amy rocks, okay?

few days at home, feels great to be here, and only because there is much to be done, and its all OUTSIDE :) what do you want to be when you grow up? I'm asking myself, and here are some answers. Written down purely so someday, like six years from now, I can look, maybe laugh, or maybe check a few off.... 1. Own an ice cream shop in Helena Montana. 2. Open a gym in LaGrande Oregon. Its doable, and its in the works. - Strike that :) 3. Be a High School English Teacher. 4. Be a superintendent. Or principal. 5. Be a college professor. 6. Live in New Zealand. 7. Go to Africa and teach teach teach and play play play. 8. Do that every two years. 9. Build my own home. Or at least do it with my hubby :) 10. Design. Landscape. 11. Run a construction company with my dad. 12. Own a glacier/hunting/fishing/outdoor excursion business with my bro. He flies the choppers, I do the walking and talking. 13. Do freelance photography. Or at least contribute/submit to something. 14. Do a photo shoot for...

So this was kind of fun. I couldn't help myself, and not being able to resist, and giving in... is one of the best feelings ever. It was a budding desire and I gave in with no reservations. Feeling more lost and out of touch with the little giddy me that's so long been absent, I passed by a Historical Site sign along I-90 outside of Wallace, Idaho and while many of you wouldn't have a second thought for the brown road sign, it screamed to me "HERE I AM! AMY, COME AND ENJOY US." I know that's not grammatically correct, but really, that's kind of how it goes. I was alone in my car, with an agenda I was free to dictate. Damn straight I got off that freeway. It was a chance to explore, to wander, to enjoy, to learn, and to relish in. It was a road to which I knew no destination, a tiny sign displaying only an arrow and camera, and you couldn't have excited me more. WHAT IS UP HERE.......?! CHECK IT OUT! The rest can wait! This is where we are! This is wh...

a la san diego I wouldn't mind having this on my back porch someday.... of a vacation home of course :) I'd miss the mountains and trees far too much otherwise. But for now, totally a sweet place to sit and sip a beer for ten minutes before we were whisked off again!

“ But really, what is normal? This trip has opened my eyes to so many amazing, unbelievable and breathtaking things that I will never be the same. I don’t know when I will fill these pages with ink again, and I do not know where I will be when I do so, but I can not wait for it whenever and wherever it may be. This life is a beautiful one, and a much smarter man than I once said, “When we have seen Reality, there is not a grain of dust which has not a sublime meaning.” Until then… ” .... IF blogger allowed me, or if I could figure out how, to reblog, this is one I would have done in an instant. Please excuse me for the copy/paste combo and give all credit to Tyler Knott Gregson. While the preceding words hit home I can't say that I wrote them - how very glad I am that HE did. I don't know guys, you never think that it works out this way and I've spent everyday since March 13 TRYING, desperately TRYING, to get a grasp on what IS. My perception of...