once upon a time...

there was a little Native girl named Raelynn. 

(little raelynn in blue)

and she used to dance in pow wows. not only that, she slept in teepee's--and sometimes in the open air under the big oklahoma sky. she would fall asleep to songs of old in the caddo, kiowa, and delaware languages with the drum circle pounding away through the summer nights.  

good times my friends, good times.

sick of being sick

so let's see....
about 2 1/2 weeks ago i got the sniffles--not a big deal. but the sniffles turned into a small cold, which turned into an upper respirtory infection, which turned into a knock me out case of bronchitis--that kept me up all night because i couldn't breathe and i sounded like chewbaca at times, which induced bronchial asthma. yes, i have a handy dandy inhaler now. boo! i have never had bronchitis or asthma before. i can, confidentely, say that i don't want either of them ever again.

the prednisone--strong steroids--and the albuterol make me feel all tweaked out. i can't sleep at night because they are like uppers and then the albuterol makes me all jittery and shaky. i only have 2 more days on the steroids, so hopefully i won't want to pull my hair out after that. this is why i never did drugs, i can't handle everything feeling all anxiety driven and out of my mind. but my kind doctor said that it will take about a month to get my lungs healthy so i have to keep the inhaler until they are better. but then he kindly added, "this could be a one time case of asthma because of the bronchitis; or you could have just developed it from here on...we'll just have to wait and see; so just in case i'm going to give you a prescription for the albuterol to help with "your" asthma for a year!"

well, thank you very much dr.corkern, but i will not have asthma for a year. i'm not claiming it. asthma sucks--actually it wheezes. and i'm trusting in Jesus to take it away. yeah i am!! i said it and i'm glad.

madea

this made me laugh today....




and it made me excited for this....




this was so my native grandma back in the day!

Young@Heart

this past weekend, Kate and I watched the Young@Heart documentary. i absolutely loved it. i think we cried at least 5x during the show. i think you should watch it. it really reminds you to not be afraid, to live life to the fullest and to always be young at heart.

Here they are singing James Brown's "I feel good" and "Hey Ya" by Outkast on the Ellen show.

so i want to learn to knit those funky fun fingerless gloves. 

 i've always wanted to know how. but as of now, my knitting is limited to scarfs. wait...i take that back...i did knit a hat once. but i was with sharon and had her walking me through it the entire way. i'm not sure how to do it now. i never asked her how you figure out the pattern. silly me. 

i even watched this video on how to make "easy" fingerless gloves.



but i was like, "huh?".
and she even made it look fun and super easy, but i was still like, "huh?"

i think i need to spend more time learning how to do other types of knitting other than scarfs.

however, i need a knitting pro by my side like Sharon or Becca or Aimee.

help!!!
i need you friends. 

i'm stuck in the land of scarfs.

Farmer's Market

After work this evening, instead of rushing home, I decided to stroll around the Farmer's Market in downtown Boulder as it was a beautiful evening. As I was there, I was mesmerized by the combination of smells that ranged from spices, florals, fresh greens of all sorts and every vegetable you could think of. As I walked along the market I was also struck by the array of colors that were being displayed by the fruits, vegetables and flowers. So I decided to take photos to remember all the vivid colors.

Here are some of my favorite pics...

for the love of cupcakes & conversation

i have a new favorite place to have coffee, cupcakes and good conversation with friends. i'm sad to know that it took me so long to try out my new favorite place because it's been in boulder a year now. and everytime i would walk by i would say to myself, "self, you need to try that out!" but alas, it has been found by me. and now that i have found it, i'm utterly happy. i am loving boulder's own Tee & Cakes shop off of Pearl Street.




it inspires me to start baking my own delicious treats. when i run in there to get a latte and a scrumptious treat, as i peruse all the cupcakes and desserts i always think to myself, "i can do that!" so who knows? maybe i'll try. it would be a great way to express myself creatively. plus i would have a way to lavish all of my friends with yummy goodness. i say it's a win win situation.