Where Everything Comes Together

i moved! click here to find my new happy blog!

eryneddy — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:07:18 -0400

i moved! click here to find my new happy blog!

My friend Chris and I did a slower remix of one of my jams. We...

eryneddy — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:10:47 -0400

My friend Chris and I did a slower remix of one of my jams. We didn’t finish them but thought why not release them anyway!

May You Be _____. “So Worth Loving just launched a...

eryneddy — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:15:00 -0400

May You Be _____.

“So Worth Loving just launched a project for the month of May. mayyou.be was thought up with our friends three pennies while vacationing on the beach last week of April. The basic idea was using the month of May as a midpoint to “restart” something in your life… or challenge yourself to think of your weakness as your strength. Check it out and challenge yourself to be something.“

anybody else struggle with worrying way too...

eryneddy — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:42:00 -0400

anybody else struggle with worrying way too much?

eddymusic:

Journal Entry #3

WORRY:1. to be or cause to be anxious or uneasy, especially about something uncertain or potentially dangerous 2. To disturb the peace of mind of; bother

FEAR: 1. A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger. 2. A state or condition marked by this feeling: living in fear.

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This one is a long one so grab a hot tea, a chocolate bar and get ready. Let the transparency begin..

Fear and worry. What an awful invention. Two things I use to struggle with and still to this day have to to work through.

For many of you, you may already know this but.. 2012 started really rough for me and my family. It allowed me to miss 2011 even more because it was a nicer year.

My mom received bad news from the doctor and shortly after that she had passed out at Macaroni grill causing herself to hit her head on the concrete floor waking up a major concussion, a giant knot on her head, and being rushed to the hospital.

My 82 year old grandma who is so incredibly dear to my heart and sharp as a really sharp knife was in a car accident that caused her to break 7 ribs, broke her ankle, foot, and displaced her knee cap. She had to spend weeks in the hospital - weeks in the rehabilitation center and once she was out she was remitted for pneumonia. During that time my great uncle passed away from the horrid illness…cancer.

I have two sisters and they both are my best friends. I can literally talk to them about anything and during this time one of my best friends moved to Colorado. Though, I am so happy for her to start a new life with her husband as they open up a practice, it was so hard to say bye to her especially during this rough patch. I just wanted to keep hugging her and not watch her truck and trailer drive away.

My Spanish teacher who I had known for 7 years and taught me for 4 years passed away. He was such an incredible man. He gave me words of advice that money can not buy and that is “believe half of what you see and none of what you here”.

Seeing my mom in the ER, my grandma all bruised and in pain in the hospital for weeks and in the most depressing rehabilitation center ever, knowing the passing of my great uncle and the effect it had on my family, regretting how I did a horrible job on staying in touch with Dr. Fitch, and watching my sisters trailer drive away was hard. With in a month and a half, a simple call to my phone made me crawl. I was worried and fearful for what kind of news I would hear on the other end. Questions of “I know things happen for a reason but why all at once?” There is no doubt I dealt with anxiety and the emotions of death. I dealt with stomach aches, headaches, and tears. I’d like to think its only the first of the year but so much has happened in 2 months that I was really worried on what the next 10 months would be like. I knew my family and I were experiencing this for a reason. I learned the value of family, friendships, grace, peace, strength, faith, life, death, worry, fear, healing, and never ending love.

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If you are going through anxiety or worry here are 4 little things that worked for me and may work for you.

#1. If you pray— I prayed and journaled for peace every single day. Every single moment I felt it creeping and the moment I prayed it was the moment I felt the rush of peace flood through my heart and mind.

#2. If you don’t pray— Journaling. “Journaling is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to accelerate your personal development. By getting your thoughts out of your head and putting them down in writing, you gain insights you’d otherwise never see.” Steve Pavlina did a post on journaling and I totally 100% believe that.

#3. Distractions— It was so important for me to stay productive. If I stayed productive it distracted my mind from wandering and thinking the worst case scenarios. Whether it was listening to empowering music while working, hanging out with friends, having a girls night, going to see movies, frozen yogurt dates, sketching until you fill up the whole page, cleaning the house over and over and over again, doing crafts (I did DIY Valentines Day cards), visited The High Museum of Art, bake cookies, more frozen yogurt dates, get a tattoo haha, and rearrange your living room are just some of the few that helped me keep my mind active.

#4 Healing— Sometimes when you have experienced moments that hurt or situations that cause fear, coping with what has happened is so important. It’s natural to want to forget rather than cope. Some say “You can’t change what has happened so why think about it” and that is totally true. You can’t change what has happened but you still need to deal and process what you are feeling. I had to face my fears. I asked myself “if X happened how would I want to handle it?” I didn’t want to ignore or mask the problems I had to confront them and work through it.

I learn through trial and error. I definitely don’t think I have all the answers when dealing with anxiety but these were some things that helped me :)

album coming out in June

eryneddy — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:03:00 -0400

I have worked on these three songs for the past few months and I am ready for them to be out and in...

love my sisters.

eryneddy — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:33:00 -0400

love my sisters.

Everyone has someone in their life that encourages them.. and...

eryneddy — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:26:05 -0400

Everyone has someone in their life that encourages them.. and everyone is an encourager to someone in their life. Philip and Anna are HUGE encouragers to our lives. Philip and Anna came to us with an idea to make the month of May a holiday for So Worth Loving. They had the phrase “May You Be ____.” on their minds for the month of may. They gave us an idea and from there Jared built the site in 3 days and we launched it!

We are so thankful for them for how encouraging they are to us. We want the whole world to know about them. They are not just amazing photographers with impecable style but incredible people.

Check out their post they did for May You Be. “The world needs you.” May You Be Cherished.

Last night I wore a dress with semi clean hair, and wore daisy...

eryneddy — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:02:34 -0400

Last night I wore a dress with semi clean hair, and wore daisy perfume… I felt like a lady..

My pink haired pixie. Jared’s cousin Courtney came into...

eryneddy — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:24:31 -0400

My pink haired pixie.

Jared’s cousin Courtney came into town last week and stayed with us for 6 days. She put up with our air mattress filled apartment, boxes everywhere, and us having to work. Though when packing or working wasn’t taking place we were taking her to some of the most fun restaurants in Atlanta, staying the night where we were moving for one night, and if we weren’t watching the entire season of new girl, sleeping, having cds thrown at us by a rapper, eating yogurt with deep spoons or just plain eating- she was coloring my hair and cutting Jared’s hair. Our goal was to make her have so much fun she would have no choice but to move to the ATL.

There is only one Courtney in this world and her smile radiates joy and laughter. As cheesy as that may sound I know that she is going to change and impact so many peoples lives by the way she interacts with them and how her smile literally lights up a room. Being a hair dresser in Minnesota her cute accent filled our half empty apartment with hysterical laughter and I am so thankful I married into a family that has amazing and inspiring people like her.

Courtney come back to Georgia and make it rain foils and eat yogurt with soup spoons with me again!

Safe products I use:

eryneddy — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:16:00 -0400

If there is one thing that I’d hope to help with would be bringing awareness to bad and...

My hair has a mind of its own.. I’ve not had my hair...

eryneddy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:59:32 -0400

My hair has a mind of its own.. I’ve not had my hair colored in probably 3 1/2 months which means my roots are LONG which means my hair doesn’t stick up because there is no texture which means…. I play with my hair in photobooth because it is floppy… haha

listen and give a thumbs up? :) eddymusic: We did a “Seven...

eryneddy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:41:48 -0400

listen and give a thumbs up? :)

eddymusic:

We did a “Seven Nation Army” Acoustic Cover by The White Stripes in our empty apartment (we are moving!) @NickPirtle played guitar and @alliswell made this video look pretty :)

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of..."

eryneddy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:18:32 -0400

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch...

the last day of our vaca… aka the day i got the most...

eryneddy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:47:00 -0400

the last day of our vaca… aka the day i got the most burntttt!!

A much needed break from the world with some amazing people....

eryneddy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:16:00 -0400

A much needed break from the world with some amazing people. Jared and I have not had a vacation in what feels like forever and man did we need one to get rejuvinated.

We got to share our vacation with Anna and Phillip. They are wedding photographers and their work is amazing and one of a kind. Their work is best described as whimsy, lovely, chic and reminds me of Anthropologie or Free People but what makes them stand apart from so many others would be that their hearts are even more incredible.

Our week involved sitting on the couch, sitting on the beach, sitting in a coffee shop, sitting while eating crab legs, sitting by the pool, sitting in the hot tub, sitting while watching movies, sitting on the porch, and Phillip baking cookies and brownies!

You know you’ve had a blast when you spend an entire week with them and then miss them when you get back home.

Check them out! ThreePennies.com

My dad and his hair is awesome. His hair still looks like this...

eryneddy — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:25 -0400

My dad and his hair is awesome. His hair still looks like this but with a salt and pepper color and a little shorter.

Growing up I was a daddys girl for sure. I remember going to Disney world when I was a little little girl and all I wanted to do was go on the water slide, swim in the pool, suck my thumb, and hold my blanky. While my sisters and mom went to go on rides and explore disney world my dad was there catching me at the end of the slide every time.

My blonde hair, blue eyed, introverted swedish man. We have been...

eryneddy — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:23:00 -0400

My blonde hair, blue eyed, introverted swedish man.

We have been together for 8 years total. 4 years dating 4 years marriage. I can say with out a doubt that he inspires me so much. He is a self-taught graphic designer to most, but if you ask me, he is a self-taught graphic designer, self-taught furniture maker, self-taught musician, self-taught videographer, self-taught music producer, self-taught sketch artist, self-taught handy man, self-taught mechanic, eye glass wearer, gracing giving, selfless …. husband. Now, if I were to say that infront of him he would look away, act distracted, or give a side smirk. That side smirk means “I’m blushing but I hate compliments and I wish you would stop because I dont know what to say”. I love it.

I am in awe of his ability to do anything that he puts his mind to. I will say to him from time to time: “I wish i could do that” and his response is always “do it then” but my brain definitely doesn’t work like his… I always hit dead ends or throw my hands up in the air because I get so frustrated if I can’t just do it perfect the first time.

He inspires me to be more patient. If I am more patient, I believe I could do anything I put my mind to.

(He RARELY ever lets me take pictures of him with a serious face. These are some of my favorite pictures of him)

"Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do..."

eryneddy — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:12:49 -0400

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go...

Love this song.. I have been listening to nonstop on my phone in...

eryneddy — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:21:03 -0400

Love this song.. I have been listening to nonstop on my phone in the car. Listen to it, buy it and support the arts!

Here are just 3 of the many I took for my dear girlfriend Mandy....

eryneddy — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:57:00 -0400

Here are just 3 of the many I took for my dear girlfriend Mandy. I love to take pictures. It’s just a hobby. I would never ever call myself a photographer.

Mandy and Ben just had a baby a few weeks ago and baby nora is the sweetest little girl. I truly believe she is going to impact this world and she doesn’t even know it yet. Her mom Mandy is a strong, grounded, patient, grace giving person and I admire her so much. I am so thankful for her friendship and when she asked me if I would be interested in snapping some photos of Nora while she is still brand new to this world I said HECK YES! (ps i got her that ACDC shirt and bow- I knew her daddy would like that shirt :))

These are some of my favorite shots.