Randomness

Oh blog. How I miss you and wish I could spend more time with you, but I can’t even see straight right now. I did feel the need to update you though, because you are supposed to tell the story of my life and well you know that most of the time when I post it’s usually something unsubstantial. So what’s been going on with me and the fam?
– I’ve been swamped trying to get Soccer league pictures edited and ordered and delivered by my deadline at the end of the month. That is STRESS!
– On top of that, I’m preparing for my sister’s wedding that occurs THIS Sunday in Texas. Congrats to Nikki & Chris! Did I mention I’m going to be the photographer!?!?!? NERVES, hello?
– I’ve ordered some new equipment, which I’m now freaking out about because it’s way more complicated than I thought.
– Months ago, I talked to Nikki’s mother-in-law-to-be about sending me pics of Chris as a child. I wanted to do this during my FREE time, but you know nothing you ever plan turns out that way. Up until Sunday, I didn’t think the slideshow was going to happen, because I didn’t have a single picture of Chris from her. She finally emailed them to me. So now I’m in rush mode to get the slideshow made, find a projector, among many other stresses that go along with doing a project like this.
– My sister, the Bride, how I love her, but she is so busy with school and work along with finalizing the details since she is doing this wedding with the just help of a few people. The problem with that is that getting details out of her is almost as bad as pulling teeth from a gator!
– My Mom should be given a new car after all the work she has done for Nikki’s big day.
– I’m dreading the drive to Texas. We’re breaking it up, which I’m hoping helps, but part of me just wants to get there!
– We’re leaving Friday at 5 coming back either right after the wedding Sunday night like at midnight or first thing Monday morning. Ugh! LOVE the 12 hour drive!
– I have an awful fear we’re going to breakdown on the way there. Irrational fear………..
– My nerves have somewhat been calmed by the fact that I got my Dad to help with the photography. Did I mention that’s what he did for a living way back before digital photography? #winning!
– Everything I have tried to do today has taken me 10 times as long because I’ve run out of room on my computer, so I’m constantly having to delete stuff or more stuff to my hard drive. I got a 2T hard drive, so I finally got that set up, so tonight maybe I can actually work!
– Yah, so maybe I should have called this my gripe post…….. yah, I should have.

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249/365.2011 {Orthodontist Appointment}

249/365.2011 {Orthodontist Appointment}
Teenager went back to Dr. Th@mes today for his first “tightening!”

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246/365.2011 {Auburn Football}

246/365.2011 {Auburn Football}

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You’re Together Again

My Grandparents

Dear Grandmother,

Happy 62nd Anniversary! After 12 years of celebrating your anniversary with Granddad gone, I know you are elated to be with him up there dancing the night away. As much as I miss yall, I’m so happy you two have been reunited to celebrate your anniversaries together again and forever. Give Granddad a kiss for me!

Love,
Your “Little One”

Grandparents

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14 Years…Really?

napking

Dear Rob,

I just can’t believe it’s been 14 years since we tied the knot! I think back to through the years. It makes me happy to know that we’ve stuck through all the ups and downs through these years. What we’ve gone through in the last 4 years would be enough to test any relationship! For some, troubled times strengthens the marriage, for some it weakens the relationship, and for most, it breaks the relationship. During these troubled times, I’ve asked God, “Why me? Why us?” and as I sit and write this, I can say I think we’ve both grown stronger as individuals, we’ve grown closer in our relationship, but most importantly, we’ve grown closer with God. Having God as our ‘center’ is the greatest gift we could give each other. I know that God has a Grand Plan for us. So I can now sit here and I’m ok knowing that these troubled times, I talk about, are part of His plan for us, and I’m ok with that.

This is our journey and I am glad to be sharing this journey called Life with you! Let’s do 14 more, k? I know the best years are in our future.

Happy Anniversary, Honey!!

Love,
L

lyrob

Facebook post this year:
Rob said, “…is the luckiest guy on Earth. I’ve been married to a beautiful, intelligent, caring woman for 14 years. I wouldn’t want to spend my life with anyone else! Thanks for being such a great wife and putting up with me. I sure did “marry up”!”

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Wee Bit Wednesday 8.23.11

{one} what’s your guilty pleasure tv show?
Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Bachelor/Bachelorette

{two} ear piercings on men: yes or no?
No, so old school

{three} do you have dish or comcast?
Cable, we don’t have Comcast here. It’s Charter.

{four} what’s your favorite current fashion trend?
Fashion trend? what’s that! ha

{five} if you could learn to do anything, money not being an issue, what would it be?
Cruise around the world.

{six} red or white wine?
White

{seven} what type of food is your favorite (ex. italian, mexican, etc.)
Mexican. I could eat it every day.

{eight} hp or mac?
Mac all the way! PC’s are part of my dark past, I care not to think about. LOL

{nine} what color is your bedroom?
Grey & blue

{ten} what’s your favorite form of exercise?
Dancing

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Fill in the Blank Friday 8.19.11

1. My idea of pure perfection would be is a baby’s fingers and toes. Just love ’em.

2. Laughter is contagious.

3. If it weren’t for my college student workers work would not be nearly as entertaining

4. Bloggers are are interesting people, who don’t mind sharing thoughts, feelings, etc with the world!

5. If I had an iPhone, I would use inst.gram all the time!

6. I’m glad it’s Friday because I’m not feeling so great and I just want to go home and sleep.

7. Something I’m excited about is a friend of mine who is attending Emmaus next week!

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229/365.2011 {The Demise of Mell Hall}

The Demise of Mell Hall

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224/365.2011 {Birds Eye Chef’s Favorites}

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The other day I received my frozen ice box of Birds Eye Chef’s packages. There were 4 different kinds:
– Lightly Sauced Primavera Vegetable Risotto
– Lightly Sauced Creamed Spinach
– Lightly Sauced Roasted Red Potatoes & Green Beans
– Lightly Sauced Mushroom & Green Bean Risotto

The one you see above it the Roasted Red Potatoes & Green Beans. I’ll be upfront and say my family and I are not usually fans of this type of frozen veggie concoction. I baked some chicken breast and mixed in with it and it was pretty good. The light cheesy sauce was nice and I did appreciate that the veggies were not soggy. The green beans really did seem fresh and not from frozen. The potatoes were still firm and not mushy. Most of the time with frozen foods similar to these the sodium is very high and this seemed much more reasonable.

Servings: 1 cup
Calories 120
Sodium 290 mg
Total Fat 3 g
Potassium 0 mg
Saturated 1 g
Total Carbs 20 g
Polyunsaturated 0 g
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Monounsaturated 0 g
Sugars 3 g
Trans 0 g
Protein 3 g
Cholesterol 5 mg

I hope to be able to sample these other packages soon.

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program, I was selected to receive free trial samples of Birds Eye Chef’s Favorites.

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223/365.2011 {Dragon Fly}

Dragon Fly

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