4H Fair Adventure!

here we go! rodeo!

you remember the good ol' days when you used to go out back and spray down your big stinky pig?

baby goat!

this was horse was ready for his close up, he knew he would be famous as soon as he hit my blog

walkin the cow

Luke is not the biggest fan of my favorite ride, the Scrambler

that ride where the big boat swings back and forth ya know

ferris wheel is a bit more relaxing

view from the top

another view from the top. there sure are lots of water towers here....

Luke and I had a lovely date at the fair, hanging out in 100 degree weather with stinky animals, eatin funnel cakes and drinking lemonade. i'd say we renewed our love a little bit.

what else does one do when its this hot outside? we saw Harry Potter, that was a highlight of the week i guess. and True Blood! isnt this exciting to read about on a blog? things I've watched. should i start making a list?

after freaking out some about my life, i got over it and realized sometimes it takes getting rid of everything i can possibly imagine to remember things i've forgotten, and reconnect to myself as a divinity filled being experiencing the gift of embodiment. it is also a great opportunity, having a blank canvas, to create whatever i want in my life from here. also, i bought a $100 mini laptop at the pawnshop. so i do have something! which of course is for writing my cookbook! and you thought i'd forgotten about that....

i got a job as a yoga teacher at a sort of gym. its like an appointment with personal trainers only gym. nice atmosphere and great people, lovely green yoga room, and the other yoga teacher reminds me so much of my first teacher, Debra! this makes me happy. its also just an awesome opportunity because they are basically giving me free reign to do, well, whatever i want i guess. i can teach as many classes as i want whenever i want and charge as much as i want and get half and teach and do whatever i want! im really excited to build on my teaching skills and confidence, and share where its something less accessible. also, i went to my first Zumba class there today, and the other students were so friendly and interested in talking to me and open to what i had to say. Zumba was pretty fun, not as tiring as i expected. good for coordination. seeing myself in the mirror dancing in the "latin american style" made me feel like a crazy monkey doing some sort of tribal dance with my long gangly limbs. but the others said i was so coordinated and doing really good. so, go me! maybe i just have this image of myself that i see that i've made in my head, and its not actually what i look like. but just for a good laugh, imagine me doing Zumba. monkey style.

yesterday Luke said, "maybe we should just stay here for awhile" and i had thought the same thing earlier that day. right now we have some opportunities here and everything we need at the moment. so its ok to not know where i want to go next. because apparently i dont need to go anywhere. but man, who woulda thought. indiana. whats next, a greased up watermelon contest? oh right, we're going to that today. yep, we're in deep.

On a Different Note

luke's brother daniel and their mom, before their canoe tipped in Tippecanoe county....

just doin a little warmin up before the canoeing

banjo playin on the back porch

i just noticed that i hadn't put pictures up from our epic canoe journey down the Eagle Creek. this happened some time ago, maybe the second time we were in Indiana...?(how many times have we even been here now???)

also, despite being confused and freaking out just a little (but its ok, its all part of the divine plan right?) the other night i couldn't sleep and i was thinking about my cookbook that i need to write. before i'd thought it would be a vegan cookbook, but i decided whilst laying awake in the middle of the night that it should be an everything book! because i'm not even vegan. i just like vegan food. and all food, really, that is quality. and every body is different, so we all eat all kinds of things. so i am writing a book that has all kinds of things that i cook, from vegan, raw foods, to lamb curry and chicken fried steak (a healthy version of course). so this book is going to address all types of dietary lifestyles and inspire people to be healthier and be themselves! it also is going to have a yoga section, maybe an exercise section, a breathing section, and so on. all kinds of things that inspire us to feel better and live healthier. and maybe, in the back, it could have a DVD with a yoga class on it! and a cooking show! and then i will be called to be on the Food Network! and they will pay me to wander lost in places and eat! and then i will make more books and exercise DVDs! its genius! and it starts now.

done and done.

Lost in Indiana

hey that's how Brooks sleeps! face down

luke and his kitty

me and luke's dad at taste of tippecanoe

tasting delicious indian food

pretty fireworks!

the ducks by the pond out back

welp, who woulda thought, still in indiana. not me. or luke. but we are outa money for now. we are both working some. i've been entertaining myself by working out obsessively, which has paid off and i've lost 10 pounds and have ripped arms now! so that's probably the only thing i've got going for me now. (note: these pictures are pre-ripped)

other than that, i'd say this whole plan has failed entirely. have i said that before? i have no money, no career, no place (that i really want) to go, no material posessions other than too many clothes and hula hoops, and luke and i aren't even sure things are going to go in the same direction for us. so now what. am i ending up completely alone and helpless? thanks alot, inspiration to go travel...

yet i still kept on hearing in my head "move!" which i now have reinterpreted as i needed to move my body continuously, such as exercise, yoga, walking, bike riding, anything i possibly can do to not sit still too long, and this realization has brought me much more contentedness. so maybe i figured out that thing i was trying to figure out by doing this whole big thing. before, when i heard "move", it might not have meant location......oops.

if i wasn't entirely before, i have reached a point of utter, complete, and overwhelming confusion.

help!