Dear Blogosphere has been my online journal for over seven years. It has followed me along a journey of education and growth. It is where I have shared adventures, delights, and thoughts with my family, friends, and the world-at-large.
Today, I find myself contemplating on God, religion, hope, and love. I converted to Roman Catholicism at Easter Vigil of this year. I am still learning about my faith and know I will continue to learn and experience it for eternity. So lately I have been sharing my thoughts on my faith.
Please join me on this journey. Share your thoughts.
This is what I've done today...
Not what I was expecting at all!Then I broke it down by ethnicity...
Whoa!
Lots of prep work (computing variables, checking out data, etc) today. For...
Yesterday, when writing the date on a cheque, I remembered that I hadn't finished listing my twenty-four things to do before my twenty-fourth birthday. I think I've created a pretty awesome list. Two-hundred...
Stephanie made some adorable (and gluten free!) "sushi" desserts for a birthday at work. So cute!
Things are about to get insane. Tomorrow morning I'm going to go pick up two hundred sexual autobiographies...
It's getting to that point in the quarter (the end!) and the semester (midterms!) where I think everyone could use a little Boundin'.
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@Sarah, I had a delicious dinner! A Natalie creation:...
My darling friend, Shahn, did a Faves and Craves post a few weeks ago. I have snagged her idea and am focusing on delicious things!
Champagne (and strawberries)! I have come to realize that I could...
I have created two travel maps! One of travel plans next month that are definitely coming to fruition:
And one of plans that I hope come to fruition:
Isn't it exciting? My Sagittarius self can...
Last night, after watching the finale of Pushing Daisies, I decided to hang a new piece of fabric on my huge white wall. I love it, much improved! It's Marimekko's Onnellinen, which I picked up this...
i'm so vain. I know this song is about me.
scarf + softy pink shirt = unusually feminine
Several items of business!
(1) How did the mixdisc swap go?
(2) I'm officially visiting that school in Alabama...
I am deciding what to enter for the "How Do You See Davis?" photo contest. I went through all the photographs I've taken in Davis since March 2009 and have narrowed my selection down to the following...
Babies are fun to shop for!
Today was a lovely day. A little crazy but enjoyable none-the-less. I had a record number of students at office hours. FOUR! Four whole students
Then my research lab got...
A Favorite: Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova. Photograph from here.
Happy Valentine's Day, friends, family, and blog followers!
And, of course, a special shout out to my fellow single...
Recruitment weekend here is officially over. Oy, it was a lot of fun. Kyle called what I got to do "double dipping" -- I got to be a recruit and a recruiter. My favorite question from my fellow recruits...
Sunny, lovely weather on Monday!
How I spent my Monday! Organizing 500 exams is just as much fun as it sounds.But it's all good when you have a Caitlin around!
Just a quick blog post to say I am...
Hope y'all are having lots of fun mixdiscing! I was listening to Paul Simon and Simon & Garfunkel yesterday and realized that poor Paul and Art have clearly been victims of a maneater.
Enter Cecilia...
And this groovy song...
I have to say I love songs about women leaving men. (Maybe I...
That's me, in pink.
I am about to leave campus after being here for ten hours. I graded two hundred anatomy sheets today. After about thirty, I had the order memorized, so grading was... speedy. But...
So, wonderful, lovely, happy news!! My lovely, beautiful, amazing older (and wiser) sister is a mama-to-be! I am so excited for them and the sweet baby! Emily has always been like a second mother...
This is not ok.
I've been running on little sleep and have been barely keeping the balancing act that is grad school in check. All of this, though, does not get me down. You know what does?
No. Diet....
Welcome to Dear Blogosphere! I am Natalie, a 20-something PhD student, a Catholic neophyte, and a newlywed. This blog has served many purposes and is now a place for me to collect and share my thoughts as a new Catholic Christian.