Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Day 7- A photo that makes you happy

Hey, Im a newlywed....and we're pretty people, can you blame me? :) hehe LOVE it!

Day 7 – a photo that makes you happy




Day 8 – a photo that makes you angry/sad



Day 9 – a photo you took



Day 10 – a photo taken over 10 years ago of you



Day 11 – a photo of you recently



Day 12 – something you are OCD about



Day 13 – a fictional book



Day 14 – a non-fictional book



Day 15 – your dream house



Day 16 – a song that makes you cry (or nearly)



Day 17 – an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)



Day 18 – my wedding/future wedding/past wedding



Day 19 – a talent of yours



Day 20 – a hobby of yours



Day 21 – a recipe



Day 22 – a website



Day 23 – a youtube video



Day 24 – where I live



Day 25 – your day, in great detail



Day 26 – your week, in great detail



Day 27 – my worst habit



Day 28 – whats in my handbag/purse



Day 29 – hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days



Day 30 – a dream for the future

Monday, March 28, 2011

Day 6 – 20 of my favorite things

Okay so I skipped like 10 days, BUT Im just going to pick up where I left off!!

Day 6 – 20 of my favorite things

1. My husband :)
2. Chocolate cake
3. Coca Cola in a can
4. Driving around at night singing stupid songs
5. getting off of work early
6. Saturday morning breakfast
7. The mountains
8. Pictures, taking them, being in them....
9. George Strait :)
10. Playing with Alli
11. Weeknight date nights
12. Girls nights/days
13. Trade shows with Kendall!
14. talking
15. Homemade Mac & cheese
16. Sonic
17. jewelry
18. new shoes
19. pedicures
20. me :)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Day 5 - Favorite Quote

Okay this one I am having to get my brain going on....and its pretty early so thats a feat in and of itself! :)
So I was thinking of some ofmy favorite bible verses...
Romans 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son..."
and so on and so on....

But what I kept coming back to is not really a QUOTE i suppose, but a passage....

Remember this? I love this...and every Christmas when i read it int he paper or hear it quoted on TV I tear up. I love the words...I love the spirit...I wante to share it with you :)

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.



Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.


Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.


You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.





















Monday, March 14, 2011

Thankful

So I am on a journey. A journey back to who I should be...who I can be...who I used to be.
Today begins my "wedding week", in 5 days I will be a wife and I will have a husband. I am so happy and so elated that we are having a wedding in 5 days and that all of our friends and families will be here to support us and celebrate and show their love for us.
I am truly thankful.

I am thankful for a lot of things that I may not show gratitude for like I should, so I am going to blog about it and hope that people that matter read it :)

First and foremost I am so incredibly blessed with amazing parents. Mom and Dad have supported me in everything I've ever done in my life and continue to do so. They're so giving and loving and I can talk to them about anything and know I will get goo, solid, God oriented advice when I need it. I couldnt ask to have better role models. THey've had a solid marriage for almost 46 years, and there is no better marriage to model my own upcoming marriage after, in my opinion. I love them so much and they are why I am who I am, and I am proud of who I am, threfore I am incredibly proud of them. I"ll never be able to share with them or show them how thankful and gratefulI am for them. I just hope they know.

Luke. Luke came into my life in a time when I was at a breaking point. I prayed for Luke, and God sent him to me. I truly believe we were meant for each other, God just knew it needed to happen at the right moment, and it did. He has changed my life for the better, made me see love in a whole new light, I've gained patience and kindness through him. He is my soulmate, and I really do believe in that. I can't wait to be his wife.

My friends. I have a few friends whom I appreciate more than words could describe. Friends who have done things for me that I havent even asked of them. Friends who go above and beyond. Friends who, God sent to be a part of my life to learn from, love and be loved by. I dont know what I would do with out them. ANd I know that sometimes I am not the best friend in return, and for that I hope we have a LONG friendship for me to make up for :)

My job. I do not have my dream job by any means. I do not want to sit at my desk, out in the middle of the hallway, and type up drilling reports every day for the rest of my life. But I am SO thankful to have a job, and one that is as laid back as it is when it comes to time and other things. I may complain on occasin but I really am trying to get back to who I used to be, when I always saw the positive to every situation. and the most positive thing I can think of is, if I didnt have this job, financially we'd be in big trouble. So I thank God every day for giving me a job that provides for us, because not everyone is blessed in that way.

I am thankful to have the sense to know that the negativity I have been putting off lately is not who I am, or who I want to be. I am supposed to be the uplifter, the one who sees the rainbow before it appears in a thunderstorm. And I feel myself slowly getting back to that. Im trying to let the negativity bounce off of me and not be absorbed...:)
Im just trying to be happy! :) and I am happy so I should show it more!

I thank God for blessing me in so many countless ways. I hope you have thanked Him today!

Day 4 - Favorite Book

Hmmm...Well Im going to be "Cliche" i suppose and say my absolute favorite book of all time is (well there are two) "Little Women" and "To Kill a Mockinbird" those are two that I have read multiple times....

My guilty pleasure are Nicholaus Sparks books though :)

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Day 3- Favorite Television program

Well right now the only thing we REALLY watch is "Big Bang THeory" oh myg osh that show cracks me up! I want a "Sheldon" :) haha

But I am a HUGE fan of "Friends" and can watch it all day, I also loved "Seinfeld", "Yes Dear", the EARLY years of "The Cosby Show".

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Day 2 – your favorite movie

Oh gosh I have a LOT of favorite movies...I am not sure I can narrow it down to eve 5!
So I'll just list a few of them off the top of my head...

Shawshank Redemption
A League of their Own
A River Runs Thru it
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
All the Toy Story movies
Up
To Kill a Mockingbird
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Sixteen Candles
Just about anything Disney (Except Anastasia)

Ok thats all I'll list for now :) I LOVE so many movies....

Friday, March 11, 2011

Day 1- Favorite Song

I have a lot of favorite songs...but there are a certain few that have stuck with me since childhood and I can attach to certain times of my life or happy memories.

"The Chair" - George Strait
I have ALWAYS loved this one sided song and always wanted a female country star to "finish" the song and give HER side of the conversation

"Wouldnt it be nice" - Beach Boys
I can picture me, tiny little thing (like 3) and in the car with my sister!

"Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole
I just think of my parents when I hear this. The dont listen to it or anything, but the words make me thing of my parents

My current favorite songs:

"Raise your glass" - Pink
I can RELATE to this one! LOOOOOVE it!

"F*** you!" - Ce-Lo
hahah this song just makes me HaPpY

"Marry Me"- Train
I get teary and chills everytime I hear it...its just a perfect wedding song and gettign married in a week Im sensitive to that!

"Whatever it is" & "Free" - Zak Brown Band
THis is the song that I relate to Luke and I the most..."whatever it is" we used to send the lyrics to each other via text :) and its kind of "our song"
"Free" is just somthing we relate to, "We dont got a lot of money, all we need is love" just perfect

30 day blog challenge

Okay so I am going to attempt to remember to do this (I get married in a few days so I'll miss a few of them but when I get back from thehoney moon I'll pick it up where I left off!
30-Day Blog Challenge




Day 1 – your favorite song

Day 2 – your favorite movie

Day 3 – your favorite television program

Day 4 – your favorite book

Day 5 – your favorite quote

Day 6 – 20 of my favorite things

Day 7 – a photo that makes you happy

Day 8 – a photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 9 – a photo you took

Day 10 – a photo taken over 10 years ago of you

Day 11 – a photo of you recently

Day 12 – something you are OCD about

Day 13 – a fictional book

Day 14 – a non-fictional book

Day 15 – your dream house

Day 16 – a song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 17 – an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)

Day 18 – my wedding/future wedding/past wedding

Day 19 – a talent of yours

Day 20 – a hobby of yours

Day 21 – a recipe

Day 22 – a website

Day 23 – a youtube video

Day 24 – where I live

Day 25 – your day, in great detail

Day 26 – your week, in great detail

Day 27 – my worst habit

Day 28 – whats in my handbag/purse

Day 29 – hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days

Day 30 – a dream for the future

Finally Friday randomness

We are 8 days away from the wedding! Can you believe that? ha!
We're so excited to have both of our families together and all of our friends all in one place at one time! :) And I cant wait to be Luke wife! I know that life after the wedding will not be a WHOLE lot different than it is now, but I'll be so proud to call him my husband! :)

We're praying hard this week for Lukes grandmother Lois and everyone in the family in Temple. She's having a rough time, she had a car accident and is hurting and her insurance stuff isnt working out and last I heard she went back in the hospital last night. Waiting on an update now, but really needs prayers and uplifting thoughts!

I've made the concious decision to be POSITIVE this next week, this is and should be a stressful time, but should also be a very joyous time too! Luke and I are celebrating our commiment to each other next week in a cermony to pledge to stand by each other for LIFE. Its a time to be happy and surround ourselves with positive people and things! We know that its not always possible for people to be happy-go-lucky, and not everyone has the "luxury" of being stress free ad positive, but right now, at this moment in the next 8 days I just want to have fun, enjoy our time, laugh and hang out with family and be EXCITED! So we're trying our best to be positive!