dinner with friends

We had a lovely dinner with friends at Tyler's house last night. She lives with her roomate, Olga, close to downtown. I love her house; it is so perfectly eclectic and bohemian. We ate outside on the porch-- I should have taken some shots of the food, because everything was so good. But the light leaves so much earlier now that winter is approaching. 

The giveaway I promised in my last post will be announced by the end of the week on the Lightnest Collective facebook page. I want to finish the new bag styles before the giveaway commences. I'm really excited to share some new work :)

Oh, and I am over on Erin's blog today. I love reading about her adventures with her boys in Alaska. I told her in our email correspondence that I am totally jealous she lives in such a beautiful place, and it's true. I miss living in the Pacific Northwest because of its grand-scale beauty. It really is breathtaking. I remembered what that was like to be surrounded by that during our trip to Colorado. But for some reason, coming back to the south has always felt comfortable, like home, even though I wasn't born here and didn't move here until age twelve. (I am originally from the Midwest-- born in Indiana, and lived in Wisconsin before moving to South Carolina). Anyway, I bring all this up because Trevor is at the point in school where he is starting to look for jobs-- he's graduating in May! In some ways we feel like we could go anywhere. I'll write more in depth about what he wants to do and why, and where we plan to apply. But I will at least say that the thought of moving to Colorado is a big part of our thinking right now. They have an awesome public defender program in their state. It would mean fewer cases, thus more time to spend with clients, and lower-stakes cases at first... which would be a great way to start out, we think. The state of Georgia is so overloaded with people who need a public defender, and even though that is a good reason to stay, one of the big issues is that PD's get burnt out. There is simply too much work, and they can't possibly give enough attention to each client's case. We're weighing all of these things and trying to think about what would be best. It's a process of prayer and lots of dreaming. More on that to come.

Hope you all have a wonderful week--

xoxo