Brain Dump

I discovered this on one of the thousands of blogs I read and thought it was super cute.  

I love, I love, I hate, I hate
I like, I wish, for goodness sake...
I hope, I hope, I pray, I pray
I will, I won't, & for today!

Here goes nothing...

I love: salsa and chips - i do, i really do.
I love: that spring is about to be here - i think it's arriving next week!!!
I hate: people who are rude for no reason.
I hate: the pollen that will arrive soon - boo.
I like: my dog - she's my favorite.
I wish: i were 2 sizes smaller
For goodness sake: the clock needs to hurry up and move to 3 o'clock
I hope: to get in my yard and start making it pretty this weekend.
I hope: to spend some quality time with my fella tonight.
I pray: for lots of new babies that are cooking right now.
I pray: that God won't be embarrassed by me.
I will: sew something soon.
I won't: get down on myself. 
For today: i am going to go visit one of my very favorite old ladies. 

Hope your day is happy!
Deborah

so that didn't work...

well that didn't work at all.  i'm sorry.
so here's a list of what i'm thankful for - days 2-14

2: my husband - love of my life and my best friend.
3: my dog - endless source of entertainment and love
4: new boots - they make me happy
5: my family - support & encouragement for life!
6: my health
7: my friends - such a big part of my life - couldn't handle it without them.
8: katie baby - this little person will cheer me up in a heartbeat.
9: my cat - snuggles galore
10: my dad - this is his birthday and he's the best.
11: travel plans - ready to explore the world
12: david crowder band - went to their farewell tour on this day & it. was. amazing. - thankful for the encouragement of this music
13: outdoor movies - especially on nice crisp nights
14: dinner with friends - :)

saw this on facebook

Please put this as your status if someone you knew was killed by Lord Voldemort or any of his followers. As everybody knows, being killed by a killing curse, having your soul sucked out by a dementor, or getting petrified by a basilisk is a truly tragic fate for anyone; muggle or ...wizard. 93% of people won't reblog this... for they are... already dead. Together, we can stop Voldemort.

this is one of the funnier things i've seen - at least in my opinion!!  really ready for nov. 19th!!! harry potter 7 - here we come!!

summer in review...

i stink.  no posts for over three months.  i must have been busy!   so here is an entire summer recap!

listening to: music for hero headquarters vbs, the sound of children's laughter and a bit of whining in the back of the church bus, anything to get my ipod into more use!

watching: lots and lots of movies...saw inception at the theater.  totally stressed me out. overwhelming movie.

reading: a series by Lori Wick of which i cannot remember the name.  other than that just magazines - Lucky, Real Simple, People Style Watch, and Southern Living.

eating:  a lot of sack lunches and kid snacks. i went on a lot of day trips this summer!

drinking: same old, same old.

wearing:  cool and breezy things. and flip flops

lusting after:  longer hair that will be prettier when pulled into my standard ponytail.

peeved by:  parents who are late dropping off their kids and also picking them up.

brainstorming on: back to school/weekly programs planning. here it comes!

excited about:  meeting kevin.  now known as the most wonderful guy in the world.  i'm the luckiest!  God has blessed me beyond measure with this man.  cannot wait to see what's in store for the two of us.

thankful for:  a good church that allows me to do lots of fun things with the kids over the summer and for the parents that show up on time.  thank goodness!

may in review

listening to...some old music that i found (and had been searching for) - caedmon's call, bebo norman, my find rest cd!, and jennifer knapp - all the first cd's these artists put out.  i found them in a box in my garage where i had cleaned out my trailblazer when i sold it 2.5 years ago.  i'm ridiculous.

watching...not much to be honest with you - just some random movies from netflix

reading...the mark of the lion series by francine rivers - soooooo good.  and i read water for elephants for book club - another good read.

eating...not much of anything that i have cooked - seriously, my friends are awesome cooks and incredibly generous for always feeding me!

drinking...the standards - diet coke, sweet tea, milk, water

wearing...anything that will keep me cool

lusting after...a new vacuum cleaner

peeved by...yellow flies - evil in bug form

brainstorming on...what to get dad for father's day

excited about...baby girl patrick making her appearance in the world.  also "sparky" thompson's debut & VBS is just around the corner - 5 days!!

thankful for...the life of scarlett the wonder cat - she died on june 5th.  my heart broke a little that day but i am incredibly thankful for the love and sweetness of that cat.  i miss her bunches.

end of the year party

each year, i throw an end of the school year party for the ending of our afterschool programs at my church.  this year, i asked for suggestions from the kids.  i would now like to share them with you.  there are definitely come creative minds in this bunch.  (obviously no idea of what "budget" means either!)  i am including their spellings.  my comments will be in red, just so you know.  each bullet point is a separate kid's ideas.  i love this!

so for your enjoyment...

-go skiing or shipwreck island water park in panama city

-field trip (sea world), inflatables (bouncey houses, slides, etc.), gross party, art party, sweets party, sports party, animal party, costume party, silly party, haunted party

-3 bounce houses, water slide, pump it up, day of video games, candy pool, slip-n-slide, candy for snack, capture the flag (boys vs. girls), sumo wrestling, obstacal corurse, zippline

-water balloons and water slides, water day, throw pies at miss deborah (lovely), throw paint balls at miss deborah (also lovely)

-water gun, paint balloons, skick are head in pie, a bowl of jello and try to get marbiles with our toes out of the jello, ships & sailors with wanter on the ground, big marshmallows in our mouth & try to get it as far as u can who ever wins gets to throw a pant pie mixed with pie at miss debra, if it's a tie, miss derbra throws at us.

-a water aventer! watersile, water bouncey house, mini pool (or big), pizza & lemonade, bloons, MUD! (with dirt counting water), walk over to beach, walk over glass plats, thow pies at peaple (counting teackers), fight game (mud, stuffed animals, water bloon), piggy races (race on pigs) (this is the funniest one to me), pillow fight, break a water bed (what?).  MUD FIGHT

-the jumping balloon and jumping balloon slides, pump it up in panama city, night hide and go seek tag, velcro suit (an inflatable game!), capture the flag "boys vs girls", sumo wrestling, base ball "boys vs. girls", obie course, zip line, dodge ball, water balloon fight.

-bay, church wide hide & seek, giant slide w/ water, pump it up, candy pool, syrp slip n slide, football, velcro jumpy thingy, person claw game (no clue), capture the flag! "boys vs. girls", air sumo wrestling, arnold baseball (again no clue), maze, obby course, karoke, sky diving, zip line!!!!!!, fort battles "boys vs. girls", dodge ball, water balloon fight boys vs. girls, tie girls down on highway (nice, huh?), swiss alps, tug-a-war in mud, mud football

-pump it up house, 3 bouncy, slip in slide, candy pool, soda house, velcro suit, capture the flag(b vs g), air sof war, sumo wrestling, obi course, pump it up, day of video games, zip lining, paint ball war, dodge ball, water balloon fight, tug of war with mud.

-backwards day - for example: drawing contest with your left hand, other games: take two paper plates and try to made it from stat to finish only stepping on your plates.  the people that fall off become a shark and walk aournd the plates. (this is actually a really good idea that i'm gonna use for another time!)

-mud sliping slide, jello marbles, make a skit, water ballon fight, pain ourselves (i think this is supposed to be paint, at least i hope), squirt wipt cream on are faces, pick out seeds in a watermelon with our feet.

-messy games, water games, bouncey houses, water bouncey houses, pool party, pizza party, balloon party, fight party (pie fight, mud fight, balloon fight, pillow fight)

-messy games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- on the last day of truthwalkers, i would like to do messy games, dive in jello, pie in the face, mud slide, soap slide. (there are pictures on this one!)

-go on roof, kick dodge ball, bouncey slide & slide in pool, soda pool, slip-n-slide, rubber band fight, velcrow suit, capure the flap, freeze tag boys aginst girls, sumo wrestling, opticle cource, bouncey football, glider, zip line, paitball fight (saftey gear), dodge ball, water balloon fight, ski down montana mtns, make mud house.

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last year, we did lots of fun, messy games.  so some of these ideas are continuation of that.  clearly mud is a big deal this year.  i'll let you know what we end up doing.

march in review

listening to...andrew peterson resurrection letters vol 2  & love & thunder.  on repeat.

watching...gossip girl (totally sucked in & can't wait for the next two dvd's to come from netflix), the big bang theory, and star wars.

reading...books by mary kay andrews & so long insecurity by beth moore

eating...annie's bean salsa medley

drinking...lots of sweet tea & today!!  a coke!! yahoo!

wearing...shorts and flip flops - finally!!!

lusting after...a good bathing suit body

brainstorming on...vacation bible school & end of the school year plans & summer planning

excited about...nick & amy's baby coming into this world - yay for tybee ann!

thankful for...my new workout partner - she's awesome!

february in review...

listening to...the new tobymac album - tonight - it's incredible!

watching...the no. 1 ladies detective agency!!  totally my new favorite show.

reading...primal by mark batterson - princess unaware by brenda garrison - and the director's guide to Hero Headquarters vacation bible school program.

eating...buttercream icing for my cake decorating class

drinking...lots of sweet tea because i have given up soda for lent.

wearing...way too many long sleeve shirts - i'm ready for SPRING!

lusting after...the ability of some of my classmates to make perfect icing roses

brainstorming on...ways to make healthy food taste better

excited about...a new friend in my life!

10 favorite places i've been

dallas, tx - shopping, eating, smu
nashville, tn - gaylord opryland resort
st. simons island, ga - epworth by the sea
apalachicola, fl - all of it
baldwin, la - UMCOR sager brown
destin, fl - silver sands factory outlets (they are awesome!)
atlanta, ga - the varsity, the fox, lenox sqare
nassau, bahamas - some botanical garden with flamingos - i don't remember the name
waleska, ga - reinhardt college - GO EAGLES!  (i should actually say reinhardt university but that's just strange!)
charleston, sc - hymans seafood - sooooo good

not a complete list but one i've been thinking on just the same.

it's now time to snuggle with a puppy.  later tater.

cake decorating

tonight, i had my second of four wilton cake decorating classes.  i freaked out the moment the teacher said, "frost your cake!"  this is the part that scares me.  she claims by the end of this class we will be able to ice a cake with NO CRUMBS.  needless to say, there were crumbs in my icing.

in tonight's class we learned how to use our star tip to make stars (obviously), curvy lines, zigzags, and star fill-in technique.  i'm good at stars.  there was a small happy dance done after this part!

we also learned how to write with icing.  a lot harder than it looks by the way.

at least i have lots of left over icing to practice with this week.

next week - icing roses!  oh, i'm excited.  

january in review

listening to...the rain - it seems to always rain on the weekends.

watching...harry potter marathon - also, i watched the first two season of the tudors.  henry tudor smiles with his eyes - tyra banks would be proud.

reading...in the middle of mansfield park by jane austen, finished the lost symbol by dan brown and just starting sense and sensibility by jane austen for my book club.

eating...at audra's house - it seems she is feeding me a lot these days.

drinking...trying to drink more water and as always - diet coke

wearing...my snuggie - don't knock it.

lusting after...a new vacuum cleaner and a nintendo wii (still)

brainstorming on...names for the new puppy.  see post below!

excited about...PUPPY! and the cake decorating class i am FINALLY getting to take.  mondays at hobby lobby!

getting ready for...vacation bible school!!!  hero headquarters - here we come!!!!

current distraction - my new puppy!!

i went to the humane society on friday - just to look.  i've been contemplating getting a dog for a long time.  needless to say, i fell in love with a litter of puppies.  i picked the most beautiful one (of course!) and she is now snuggling next to me on the couch. 

she is absolutely precious and has been good so far. 

as far as names go - darcy is at the top of the list.  under that is jenny, katie, maggie or rosie.  any opinions would be welcome. 

September in Review

I can't decide if September has flown by or not but it does all seem a blur.

Listening to...Fellowship of the Ring on Audio CD in my car (almost done!)

Watching...The Vicar of Dibley - ah-mazing!


Reading...anything I can get my hands on but mostly Jan Karon's Mitford Series

Eating...Fried Chicken every Wednesday night because that's what we have at church.  the best fried chicken EVER. Period. End of Story.

Drinking...believe it or not...more water!  and also diet coke.

Wearing...some stuff other than flip flops!

Lusting After...new brown boots - i want flat knee high ones.  and also new floors for my house.

Laughing at...some of the prayer requests I get from the children...I love this part of my job!  For example, this week I prayed for a fish named Snake Eyes, a puppy, a little girl to get wings, and for another little girl's house to turn into a castle so she could be a princess!

Brainstorming on...what to get Dad for his birthday

Excited about...the cooler weather that has FINALLY arrived in Florida.

Peeved about...the wasps that were trying to build a nest in my shutters.