January, 2010

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27
Jan 10

glimpses.

I just had one of those glimpses.

You know the one I’m talking about.

The one where you’re in your comfies, you’ve had a bit to eat, and the dishes are done.  You sit down on the couch next to your cuddled-up mutt (in the middle of a squirrel-chasing dream, I’m sure) and you can hear your husband talking to his life-long mentor on the phone in the next room.  You know he’s going to hang up the phone and be full, too, but in a different and great way.

And then you’re like… Lord, thank you for all of this.  Not the material and the personal stuff, but for making me complete in You.

I don’t know where you are tonight and what your circumstance is.  You may be single, living alone, and wondering when God is going to give you “everything.”  Sister, He already has given it to you.  He is teaching you something right where you are today that He wants you to use for your future.

You may be a stay-at-home mom and you chase children all day, wiping stuffy noses and trying to instill a passion for Christ into your babies – all while trying to be a wonderful example to them and be the “right” kind of parent.  Sister, you have such a special and amazing job.  Your children will call you blessed.

Or you may be just like me.  A newlywed, without kids, in this interesting and wonderful and curious life stage.  And I’m learning so much right now.

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27
Jan 10

Catchy title.

By the way, I’m still singing Hosanna. Forever. Hosanna forever and ever and ever… bahaha.

I called my mom yesterday when I got to work and I was like, “Mom. Go watch the video on my blog.”

My mom: “Is it going to inspire me or is it going to make me laugh?”

Me: “Both, Mom. Both.”

Anywho, HEY FOLKS. Can you believe it’s only Tuesday? Kris and I went over to LB and HughB’s tonight and the boys played darts while Laurie Beth and I flipped through her high school photo album and we laughed about how skinny we were and our awesome dresses from Tri-Hi-Y.

OH BTW. My first car was a 1994 Isuzu Trooper. Like so, except mine was blue:

The T-to-the-Roopa

I’m not going to lie, it was a ballin’ car. Of course, my 16-year-old bratty self complained that I had an “old car, wah wah wah,” but now, I WANT IT BACK. And I SAW IT ON MONDAY! IN FLORENCE! THE REAL DEAL! She even has my old stickers on her. I heart you T-to-the-Roopa.

I told Mom about this sighting, as well, and she said, “I’m sure we can borrow it this weekend for Laurie Beth’s baby shower. For old time’s sake, ya’ll can all pile in there, except this time, you can hang LB’s bump out the window for a picture.”

I love it.

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24
Jan 10

Sometimes, my house is like a musical.

Random songs you may hear sung in my house at any given moment…

  • To the tune of “I Have Decided (to Follow Jesus),” you will hear Kris sing “His Name is Nimbus, He is a Beagle.”
  • When I’m bored and I think the atmosphere needs some “livening up,” I’ll sing “HOSANNA!” from Kirk Franklin’s “Hosanna.”  And it is in my ALL OUT GOSPEL voice.  I especially enjoy the key change.
  • If someone says the word “solid,”  I enjoy a little bit of “SOLID… Solid as a rock!” by Ashford and Simpson.

I feel like I need a white pantsuit. And my husband wanted me to add this comment: “That baseline is solid.”

SOLID… SOLID AS A ROCK!

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22
Jan 10

friday thoughts

thoughts from the haiti relief concert tonight:

i love jeff buckley.  and i loved justin timberlake and matt morris singing “hallelujah.”  jeff buckley songs make me cry.  go and download “last goodbye,” “everybody here wants you,” and “lover, you should’ve come over.” those songs bring back major flashbacks of fall of 2006.  wow.

anderson cooper is so polished.  i feel myself critiquing journalists a lot, but i really can never find anything negative about anderson.  i think that part of my admiration of his journalistic style is that he tells a story.  every word he says has a purpose, and he is always collected – no matter what.  he doesn’t get flustered. (and he doesn’t wear distracting clothing.  i can’t stand that.)

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21
Jan 10

Your indulgent Nimbus Meade shot of the day.

And PS.

When did I get so old that my favorite time of the day is when I can put my PJs on?

(If you’re wondering, the time is 5:23PM. Totally legit. You see, I think about it this way. In college, I didn’t get up until 10AM which means I was only in street clothes for about 11 hours every day. Now, I get up at 6:30AM and I’m in street clothes for 11 hours PLUS I’m in heels and stockings. So that totally trumps the college wardrobe and legitimizes getting into PJs upon arrival home from work.)

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20
Jan 10

Childhood styles that I wish I could still rock (and not be mistaken for a weirdo or a raver.)

Jellies.

Smock dress. For real, I would wear this today.

…and braided pigtails, but I couldn’t find a great photo. Plus, something just tells me that braids don’t quite scream “professional.”

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19
Jan 10

if you’re not into a whiney whitney, you should probably stop reading now.

dang!  i’m so tired!  i don’t even have energy to cook dinner for kris.  had to be at work at 10 til 7AM, so i was up at 5.  but of course, starting at 2:30, i was up every hour making sure that i didn’t sleep through my alarm.

i don’t trust technology.

when i was driving home from work, i happened to run into (not literally) laurie beth at an intersection near our houses.  she rolled down her window, i rolled down mine.  we laughed at each others’ pitiful sights, and just said “holla for 5AM.”  then drove away.

don’t you love best friends?

now i’ve got to figure out something for dinner…

OH by the way.  i realize that some of you may not know of my love of kings of leon.  (it’s a band.  read more here.)  here is a musical sample that you should listen to.  and if you don’t like it, you’re not american.

I KID!

(but seriously, for my international readers, you may not be american.)

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17
Jan 10

Satisfaction.

It’s an interesting thing.  Satisfaction is never quite attainable no matter how hard you try.  In my life, the only time I’m ever truly satisfied is when I’ve surrendered everything to the Lord, and it’s only a matter of time until my sin nature creeps back and I’m struggling with it again.

I often tell people that the hardest adjustment for me was not getting married, but learning to be an adult.  To balance money, work, and personal time, and to learn how to keep my desires for “stuff” at bay.  I’m still learning…

We’ve been watching a lot of coverage on the Haiti disaster and it’s really caused me to check my thoughts and feelings.  I’m in an uncomfortable place this month because of some not-normal expenses, the budget is tight.  That’s all it is… a tight budget.  And here these people are in Haiti, with their surroundings completely RAVAGED and they’re in the middle of debilitating mass chaos.

I think… my sin is just out of control.  How can I be unsatisfied with a tight budget while these hundreds of thousands of people have lost everything.  Every.  Thing.

I’m just thankful for my God who opens my eyes.  Teaches me.

And then forgives me for my sinful heart.

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13
Jan 10

call me creepy…

…but I’ve always wondered what our bebehs are going to look like.  SO I GOOGLED IT. And this is the result after a morphed photo of Kris and myself.

Baby-of-IMG-9025-JPG-and-Photo-212-jpg

Just imagine the kid with brown hair and brown eyes… what do you think?  Can you see it?

While we were at it, we morphed Kris’s face with Beyonce.

Picture 8

And I morphed my face with Robert Pattinson.

Picture 9

HAHAHA!  Are we all in agreement that Kris’s and my child is the frontrunner for cuteness here?

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13
Jan 10

what have [i] done for [you] lately? ooh ooh ooh-uh ooh yeah.

honestly, i feel like i haven’t been sharing much with you these past few weeks.  we are in the trenches of the new year; work is demanding, so after i make dinner and straighten up the house a bit, i crash.  i’m giving all of my creative juices to my job (which is actually a great thing to be able to do – i love that i get to be creative for 8+ hours every day), so when i sit down to blog, i’m like, “………huh.”

i could tell you things like i’m getting my hair cut for the first time since the summer of ’09 tomorrow night (YAY, it’s splitendz-ville over here).  or that nimbus has decided to wake up every morning at 5AM with a single YELP.  the yelp translates as “mom, i’d like to get out of my kennel, go outside to use the restroom, and then get in bed with you and dad.”  kris and i have been rotating morning dog duty.  i guess it’s good training for the nighttime feedings that are in our future.

i’m in a cooking rut with roasted root vegetables.  i LOVE them.  i feel like i’m boring my husband with it, though, because we eat them every night.  roasted new potatoes and roasted carrots with baked chicken.  roasted turnips/potatoes/mushrooms/carrots over baby greens.  kris warmed up some that we had in the fridge and ate them for his dinner last night.  i apologized to him tonight because we’re having them again – but it’s just so easy to make and i like the taste.  so perhaps next week i’ll change it up.

today was the first time i actually thought about how perpetually cold i’ve been for a few months.  i thought about the warm south carolina sunshine, but then i thought about sweat and it brought me back to reality: i really like the winter.

and coats.  man, do i love a good coat.

in interwebby news, baby g+d has arrived, so go check that out.  and also, these stopped me in my tracks.  WOW.

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