the rohde foundation

June 21, 2010

Back in January I shared something special with you. The fact that it is now June makes me feel like a terrible slacker. But my feelings of laziness aside I am excited to share more with you about The Jesse Rohde Foundation.

First check out their fantastic new website. Isn’t it great? I’m so proud and in awe of Jesse’s determination to improve the lives of others, wherever in the world they may be.

From the Foundation’s website:

Dr. Rohde’s vision for The Rohde Foundation grew out of his belief that an effective way to stop preventable disease in rural communities was to empower and grow the local medical work force. In 2009, the Oworobong Clinic in rural Ghana opened with over 400 patients lining up to be seen. As rural facilities continue to be opened, each of these clinics will provide health care access to over 50,000 people who previously were left on the outskirts of health care catchment areas.

Please spread the word and help if you can.

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new week resolutions

June 14, 2010


If you follow me on Twitter then you already know that the last week was not my favorite. It was hard. I mean it was make-you-want-to-crawl-under-your-bed-and-stay-there hard. It was fake-your-own-death-and-leave-the-country-hard.

But this morning I’m facing the new week with a positive outlook. I will not hide under my bed. I will not fake my own death and leave the country. I will not complain about my job. I’ll be a big girl and remind myself that I have a LOT of good things going on and a lot of be grateful for.

Here’s to a good week!

whatever comes

June 8, 2010

“Whatever comes,” she said, “cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett (A Little Princess)

I just recently read A Little Princess. I’ve seen the movie but had never read the book. I actually have a list of children’s books I want to read/reread. Also on the list are Peter Pan, The Little Prince, The Secret Garden, and Anne of Green Gables. Now I just need a few more hours in the day.

What are you reading? Probably not kids’ books right?

photo from by me

save Jake… please!

June 4, 2010

The Apron Campaign

My friend Anna’s dog, Jake, has cancer and the treatment, as you can imagine, is not cheap. As a single girl with a loving little pup of my own I can completely understand how hard it would be to lose your best (dog) friend.

This must not happen.

So please, head on over here and read all about Jake and pick up a cute little apron. Anna is quite the seamstress so you’re really scoring an awesome apron in the print of your choice.

I mean, come on. Look at that sweet little pup face.

today I remembered I have a blog

June 4, 2010

I swear as soon as all of my Paris plans are finalized I will get my life back. I’m trying to cram so much into 8 days I’m going to need a LONG nap when I get back. Until then some little letters.

Dear Summertime,
So nice to see you again.

Dear Airlines of the World,
You make my life complicated.

Dear France,
I can’t wait to see you again.

Dear my uncle’s jacuzzi,
SO glad you’re working again!

Dear Eggs Benedict,
I’ve been craving you.

Dear Readers,
If you have any suggestions of what to do/see/eat in Paris I would LOVE your help.

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keeping secrets

May 25, 2010

Sometimes I’m too good at keeping secrets. Well, okay not secrets but I’m really good at keeping stuff to myself. It can be a good thing but sometimes I feel like the people around me don’t know the the “real me” and then I realize it’s because I don’t often share that part of me. Don’t worry, I’m not going to start spilling the gory details of my life for the of the web to see but I’ll let you in on a few things.

Obviously it’s no secret that I am obsessed in love with Paris.

But maybe you didn’t know that I went to Paris for the first time when I was 19 years old.

And you probably don’t know that on that trip to Paris I bought an old house key at a flea market because one day I wanted to have a door (and home) of my own in the city.

And I know you don’t know that I’ve carried that key around ever since.

You also probably might not know that one of my only souveniers from that trip (besides a few photos and a bottle of Coke) is a page I ripped out of the phone book.

And there is no way you would know that I ripped out the “D” page because the boy I “loved” was a D name and I imagined us living there together with our names on that page.

Okay that last one was embarrassing.

But there you have it – my Paris secrets.

you are too

May 25, 2010

I’ve seen this around the web lately but somehow it sweetly ended up in my email inbox.
I think we should all read this every morning.
Deal?

via le love

a peace offering

May 25, 2010

I didn’t mean to take this long of a break from blogging. Whoops. As a peace offering here are some pretty french flowers from Jen

So lately I’ve been:

Getting ready for France

Getting ready to move

Trying to stick to this darn sugar-free diet (it’s brutal by the way)

Trying not to shop (equally brutal)

And then there is the usual: work, friendly, family, and of course Harlow.

It doesn’t sound like a long list but I’ve just been a busy bee. Things are looking good though and I’m ready for another week!

a beautiful life

May 18, 2010

A beautiful life does not just happen, it is built daily by prayer, humilty, sacrifice and love. May that beautiful life be yours always.
Dennis Castillo

I think I have blogger’s block. Hopefully I’ll get it together this week. In the meantime I hope you are having a beautiful week!

photo credit: Jake M … who is awesome ps.