Aileen Rebecca Strong

My name is Aileen Rebecca Strong (it means -Daughter of Light, Bound to, Strength!!!!!)

i am 27, and a live-in nanny in bend oregon (for the time being)- though i love love love photography and hope to be able to pursue that full-time as a career sometime in the near future, and hopefully move out of the cold of central oregon to somewhere warmer.

i'm dating an amazing guy- long distance and learning how impatient of a person i really am, and trying not to be to focused on what i don't have, but be thankful for what i do have. trusting God that he knows what he's doing and his timing is better than mine....sigh (i did say trying didn't i. lol)

i love to sing, and create, and i try to look at the world in a different way than most people do- to find wonder in the small things and joy in the everyday life as it happens around me

the photos (top left clockwise) me and my dog sunny, me at karaoke!, me and my 3 siblings, me and my awsome boyfriend rodney, and the beautiful baby is my neice joelle!

Sometimes i daydream about the life i would live is money and time were not obsticles, of the person i would be, and then i make lists of steps today that i can take that will get me closer to that life, to that girl.

as i write this it's 12:52 am, and i aimed to be asleep by 10:15 to asure myself enough sleep to be awake enough to function tomorrow after my 6:30 wakeup alarm goes off, but i over did my sunday morning sleep in and accidently had some caffine after lunch, and so i am wide awake when i should be fast asleep, and i find myself in a very contemplative state, feeling like i should spout of philisopical and wise things, i'm reflecting and pondering, and my mind is goinng a million different directions.

i suppose i'll hop on over to my blog page and write something new, and perhaps deep- but we shall see (july 19th 2010)

the vid below is from 2007-2008... when my hair was still way short- thank God it finally got long again... anyhow- some fun clips from the vid blogs i used to do

a few little known facts about me-

singing is my FAVORITE thing in the world to do! and karaoke is my fav outlet for this thing!!!

as a teenager i wanted to be a fashion designer - and i LOVE clothes (were you to peek into my closet you'd know this is true)

i just got my 3rd tattoo!

i wore a backbrace from age 14-19, due to scholiosis (so did my older sister)

i play piano (took lessons for more than 10 years)

i am usually reading at least two books at any given him (i average about 3-4 books a month)

i LOVE
* i love dimes * and sand * i love chocolate milk and rice * i love warm days that are cloudy * i love hugs * i love singing * i love taking pictures * i love fuzzy blankets and stars * i love books * i love skittles and anything that sparkles * i love making things * i love giving gifts * i love color and apple cider * i love my doggy sunny and my amazing friends * and my family * i love smells * i love dryer sheets * i love hot tubs * i love kittens * i love the smell of cut grass * i love lemon aid * i love making videos * i love laughing * i love drawing * i love naps * i love nail polish.... and i love God who gave me all these things! more that i love... *fuzzy socks in winter *pinapple sherbert *driving with the windows down *the sand stuck in my bible cover *the smell of my bible- mmmm dryer sheets *root beer *vanilla tootsie rolls *tiny dogs *matches (and lighting as many candles as i can before it almost burns my finger) *soy sause *hello kitty *febreze *card games and board games *ruffle chips with cheese and bacon dip *POTATOES!!!! *being barefoot in the summer *watching the sun sink beneith the horizon and the world growing dark *walking the butte *falling asleep quickly (happens rarely) *the feeling of freshly shaven legs *so pink mixed with fresh cotten--- "my smell" *my electric tooth-brush *spray paint *fine tip sharpies *jamba juice *jamba juice *jamba juice (did i already say that one?) *instrumental music *my piano *ice water *the sound of kittens meowing and newborns cry *family bbq's *the forth of july and fireworks