skinny love.

i told you to be patient, i told you to be fine,

i told you to be balanced, i told you to be kind.

in the morning i'll be with you,

but it will be a different "kind."

- bon iver.

200.

this is my 200th post. wow. seems like so long ago when sweet tea & sundrop began. so long ago when i first started this blog on a random whim freshman year. and it's especially funny for me to look at my first blog post (in january 0f 2009) when i thought this blog had to be something. when i thought it had to be cool & hip. when i randomly made the decision to make all of my blog titles also be song titles. i thought i'd go through and pick some interesting little quotes from my past blogs - from 1 from every month my blog's been in existence, so bear with me here, folks...

january 09 - i'm "that" quintessential girl who, when you meet her, will attempt and most likely succeed in making a connection between someone that she knows and someone that you know.

february 09 - i love going home for breaks from school and drinking nothing but sweet tea, going to field parties and bonfires, and wearing a camo hat.

march 09 - i love weather that i can just wear a skirt, top, jean jacket, and flip flops in.

april 09 - when i was little i used to get told that my eyes were beautiful, some of the most beautiful eyes that anyone had ever seen.

may 09 - i just have to think about where i want to be in my life, the person i want to be, the friends i want to have, and the relationships that i hold value to.

june 09 - in times of mass frustration, i just look to my dad, and realize how much work he does daily, how many people he saves, how many lives he touches, how much he loves, and realize that i need to get the ball rolling in my life.

july 09 - healing takes a while. and i need just a little while longer.

august 09 - it's a life spent waiting for the "one," and simply going to school and getting a job and doing things like that because they're there to fill up the time spent waiting.

september 09 - it's good to know that other people feel the same way you do through their lyrics.

october 09 - (whoops. didn't post any at all this month.)

november 09 - here i am. wishing and hoping and praying to have even the chance to have a love beyond imagination, a love filled to the brim and even overflowing with passion, loyalty, silliness, and longevity.

december 09 - (whoops. didn't post any at all this month either.)

january 10 - 2009 - you sucked a lot. but then you were good sometimes.

february 10 - i feel like a talent and a hobby go hand in hand, sometimes, but i guess you don't necessarily have to be talented at a hobby in order to like it.

march 10 - maybe it's just because i'm a southern girl born and raised, but whenever your outfit is missing that "something," try adding some pearls, and i guarantee you it'll be better than it looked before.

april 10 - and here is the next thing i love - accents.

may 10 - i miss that boy who was like my brother, that boy who honked at me obnoxiously and did his crazy eyes every time we passed on the road - me in the x-terra and him in the white jeep.

june 10 - i can now officially say that i have been to heaven and back.

july 10 - who still believes in love at first sight?

august 10 - how could anyone be perfectly lonely?

september 10 - and with the release of sara's new album, my love for her and her music has been cemented.

october 10 - the danger of refusing love is real. - eugene rogers

november 10 - as the thanksgiving season comes to a close, and the one of advent and christmas begin, i start to realize how sincerely and utterly blessed i am.

december 10 - the art of the apology. how should we apologize?

january 11 - there are some days when you go to church, and you feel like the sermon was made for you.

february 11 - this song is more beautiful than what i knew could exist.

march 11 - i've been falling out of touch with religion lately, making excuses for not going to church, not reading my bible, not necessarily living my life completely the way i know god would want me to, and something as simple as that prayer put me back in check with reality.

april 11 - and it's back on my grind after a beautiful weekend at home - it seems as if these last few weeks have been slipping through my fingertips quicker than the finest sand on a beach somewhere beautiful (where i would gladly be right now sipping on a margarita and getting tan instead of huddled inside for the next two weeks studying).

may 11 - i'm back from my hiatus.

june 11 - it's things like this that make me excited to be a part of the tribe - a tribe that extends much farther than williamsburg - one that extends all the way to haiti.

that's it. keep following me on this crazy journey - i'm sure it will only get more and more interesting as time goes on.

xoxo.

krp.