Cross-Country Snowboarding

Impossible? Apparently not and according to my sources this is what's required . . .

1) A cool hat and goggles.

2) You must be able to keep your hands together behind your back.

3) You need to have strong leg muscles. In other words, possess the ability to hop.

4) You need to have a strong sense of the ridiculous and a thick skin for all the ridicule that will come your way.

My Deep Freeze

I haven't been blogging much lately. I don't know if it's a lack of inspiration/motivation or simply boredom with my life at the moment. I've barely taken my camera out and find myself merely sleeping and working with little to no creative impulse.

This isn't me. It's not who I am, but I know when I get bored and life changes rhythm my coping mechanism tends to be to withdraw from people and my creative side definitely suffers. I don't know if I'd honestly call it depression so much as a deep freeze. While I don't mind working at Target, it really is the only thing going on in my life right now and that's just how it's going to be until massage school starts in April. Not exactly stimulating.

I wish I was the type of person who is able to motivate and push myself past my slumps, but I confess I'm a bit of a 'wallower' and it tends to take me awhile to mentally move past my problems. I'll get there though. Eventually.

Remembering 2010

A year ago today, I was celebrating the New Year in Brussels with my sister. . .

Shortly after that, I was back in South Africa where I led my first DTS . . .

I traveled to Zambia with the DTS outreach team and had a blast with my friend Keri at Victoria Falls . . .

I was able to attend the WORLD CUP!

I said goodbye to Africa and moved home amidst much tears and sorrow . . .

Settled back in Spokane and got a job at Target . . .

Excited to see what 2011 will bring!

Handmade Gifts

This Christmas, I tried to do mostly handmade gifts. I did buy a few things, but all in all I think I got an A+ for craftiness this year.

Flowers, Etc.

Need a last minute Christmas gift? Well I have just the thing for you. That's right, I'm selling my crafts! Everything you see below is for sale, but I'm also open to taking specific orders and color schemes.

If you're interested, just send me an email at brittany.deniston@gmail.com [Price is open for negotiation].

One Flower Headbands: $10



Two Flower Headbands: $12





Flower Clip: $6



Flower Clip: $6



Flower Clip: $6





Knitted Flower Clip: $8





Knitted Flower Mini-Clips: $5/each pair





Knitted Hairband and Flower: $20

Decorating the Tree

Decorating the tree in the Deniston household can be a somewhat daunting experience. Usually there's laughter, cursing, tears, arguing, and general chaos and that's just picking up the tree from the lot and getting it inside the house.

So this is usually what about half of the family is doing [hard at work] . . .

. . . and this is the other half [spectating and offering 'helpful' suggestions] . . .

Nevertheless, it's tradition and I have lots of fun memories!

TA-DA!

My Worlds Collide

This past week, my good friend Keri came to visit me in Spokane! Keri was one of the first friends I made in South Africa. A Peace Corps volunteer at the time, I was secretly intimidated by her, but it didn't take us too long to become friends.

I loved having her in Spokane with me, but I have to admit that it was extremely strange at the same time! I felt my worlds collide in a beautiful, weird way. I had never seen Keri outside of Africa and here she was in my family's house!

I took her to get her hair done by my awesome friend Heather, which was also a little mind-bending, but so much fun!

Missing you already, Keri Dodge!