Catching Up on Life

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. To catch up (and explain why I have been away)....


I volunteered at Model United Nations two weekends ago. It was tons of fun. I help out with the print press which put out 6 or 7 8 page issues over 2.5 days. AWESOME.


Then came Thanksgiving with my beautiful family and friends. I don't have tons and tons of photos, but this is one of my favorites of my grandmother. Isn't she gorgeous?!


And I've been working on my surreal project a bit. For now, final papers and exams are consuming me so I may continue to struggle with the infrequent posting. Hopefully I will be able to post lots over Christmas break! Hope you enjoyed the holidays!

And the winner is....

Congratulations to the winner of the Susan B. Komen Travel Mug mrs. c.

mrs. c said...I love coffee and I would love this mug!

Mrs. C send me an e-mail with your address and info so I can get you your mug. adove87@gmail.com.

Be looking out for another giveaway and if you are interested in advertising through my blog by giving away something through my blog, please contact me at adove87@gmail.com

Hopefully we will have another giveaway soon!

Another Giveaway: Eco-Friendly Susan B. Komen Travel Mug

Breast Cancer Awareness Month may have passed, but the issue is no less pressing. This week the giveaway is an eco-friendly Susan B. Komen Travel Mug provided by cookware.com. Proceeds from this mug help the Susan B. Komen foundation which seeks to find a cure for breast cancer. This mug will also raise awareness as you use it and show off the pink ribbon pride! It is also an environmentally-friendly mug (yay preserving the earth's resources!). (I love gifts that give back!)

To enter into the giveaway, please leave a comment below on this post. You can gain extra entries by 1) Facebooking about my blog (with a link) and the giveaway 2) Blogging about my blog (with link) and giveaway and 3) Tweeting about my blog (with link) and the giveaway. 4) Subscribe to my blog (for the first time). Be sure to leave an extra comment for each one! The drawing will take place on Saturday at 5pm so leave your comments till then! Good Luck!!!

Final Simple Living Class

My final Simple Living class met Monday night. We had a fabulous time eating RAW portabello mushroom burgers topped with avocados, lettuce, and tomatoes on sprout bread (recipe posted soon). We also heard from my awesome cousin, Jessica (see her blog here), about some awesome sustainable food options, including "sprouting," which I am now thoroughly interested in and want to do here in the apartment. I will have to read up on it a bit and learn some more. It was a really great end to the class with most people requesting more meetings. I think I will make it a once a month event. Thanks Jessica for an awesome chat and great recipes and ideas on sustainable, tasty, inexpensive food choices!!

Multi-Faith Prayers for Peace

This past Sunday I helped coordinate an event hosted by Rhodes called "Multi-Faith Prayers for Peace." The event brought together members of several faith communities in Memphis for a time of prayer, reflection, inspiration, and discussion. I thought it was a huge success. We had a great turn-out and some really cool people came to talk including this awesome Buddhist named Khenpo. In this picture a Buddhist talks with a member of the Baha'i community and a Catholic. It is really great to see such discussions taking place. The event was in the Memphis newspaper this morning. I was quoted! Check it out here.

First Photo for my Surrealism Project

Our new photo class project is focusing on surrealism. I bought little model train people and will be putting them in comical positions. What do you think of this one? Not close enough? Good? Hope you enjoyed your weekends!

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Shannon for winning the clutch!

shannon said... Shannon F. - I love this!
It's on twitter: http://twitter.com/ShannonFuller

Shannon, please e-mail me at adove87@gmail.com to receive your prize. Thanks to all who participated! Please check in next Thursday for another giveaway.