Real Life: Live & Unscripted

Hump Day Ramblings

• There is a blogger I read who has EXCELLENT content, but she NEVER creates paragraphs. It's just one long entry. I can't read that. My mind needs some spaces or something.

• Some fashion bloggers are just plain TACKY. That's not fashion. Well not MY version of fashion anyway.

• Does anyone have a cross platform task list app with reminders? I need one that I can sync between my droid and my IPAD. I was using wunderlist but it's not setting off my reminders O_O

• Just downloaded 5 apps to try. Hopefully I find one that I like AND one that is cross platform so it can sync  with my phone.

• NOW wunderlist is working...the alert isn't loud enough but I did get my email notification. Let me test these others anyway.

• ALARMED IS EVERY.SINGLE.THING!!! I LOVE IT!

• Kayla's pageant was so great! She looked stunning.

• Reading a book about fasting and prayer that is like WOW.

• I love when all the laundry is done.

• Gizmo is SO funny. He HATES my pj pants lol.

• Kayla's blue form expired and she couldn't go to school until she had a new one lol. She now has a new one lol. Don't EVEN ask me how it expired because I have NO idea.

• You need to be careful when you are cutting people off. You NEVER know if you are going to need them again. I see this thing coming FULL circle. Ummhmm.

• We tore through AJ's bday cake lol. It was gone Sunday lol.

• My mom is HILAROUS.

• Sometimes I wish you would just email me. I'll eat a bo berry biscuit instead. *sigh*

• I am my dad's personal assistant. No, really. I am lol.

• This thing is ALMOST over. Just WAIT until it's over so I can tell you all about it. God has been GOOD and He is doing a WORK IN ME.

• Ummm maybe I shouldn't. 

• My mom sent us some Fried Chicken. GOODNESS. It was SO good.

• I need to paint my nails. 

• It's almost Christmas ya'll!!!

• I want my brother to come to church with me Sunday. I'll ask him Thursday lol.

• I love keeping my life lined up with the Word. 

• I've downloaded about 30 or 40 books for my kindle and nook app on my ipad. I probably won't start reading until next year though. Have a few personal goals I need to accomplish first. 

• I need new tires on my car.

 

Ok, that's all I got lol. What y'all got!?!?!? lol

Toodles!

Kayla's Pageant

I'm SUPER late on these. I have a video but uhh Jaelyn and I are screaming lol. I MIGHT put it up... we will see lol

**NO I DID NOT MAKE HER DRESS LOL**

Y'all know Kayla does NOT like to take pictures all the time. By the time we got to this last picture I was mumbling under my breath and DARING her not to smile lol.

She didn't place or anything but she had a great time and that's what it is ALL about!!

Ok, more later! LOL

Inspired by Pinterest

Mannnnn,

Ok, so I kinda forgot I had a blog lol.

Things are SO crazy right now. I hope to get into that a little later, once things settle down.

Here is to TRYING to start blogging. There is SO much I need to catch you guys up on lol

Let's start withi Pinterest. Ok, this is like my most favorite thing EVER.

I've gotten outfit ideas, dinner ideas, ideas on stuff I want to sew (when ever that happens lol)...you NAME it, it's on pinterest.

NOT TO MENTION, I had my stairs redone like something I saw on pinterest. Yeah so TOTALLY addicted.

Jaelyn actually brought her latest project from this addictive site so I could see it lol. I'll show y'all that later lol

Ok, anyway lol

I was inspired by this post Sharing is Caring and it was pinned here

Want to make sure I give proper credit lol. This jacket and skirt was in the VERY back of my closet lol. TOTALLY forgot I had it until I saw this blog post.

And I just like this picture because it is SO me these days lol.

Alright, lemme go lol

Toodles!

Linky Love

http://zenhabits.net/patience/ Good read.

http://rightthevision.com/2011/10/11/angry-with-the-potter-embrace-the-woman-in-you/ Amazing Post!

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_724579.html **DROOLING**

http://www.cookeatdelicious.com/ Yummy!

21 Frugal Ways to Reward Yourself Great one from singlema.

http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/2011/08/25-delicious-slow-cooker-recipes.html

 Spending less than you earn.

How to avoid holiday debt most of the money links come from singlema lol

http://www.myfax.com/free/ This is the BOMB.com

http://www.neveragainministries.info/blog/2011/11/07/Is-it-ok-to-have-a-friendship-with-the-opposite-sex.aspx Ohhh what y'all think? GREAT article!

 http://zenhabits.net/crutches/

 Double Mind WOW

Ok, have y'all seen anything interesting? Link me up!

Soul Food, My Walk With God

I've been going through a situation and well it's been a hard one. (Goes back to this situation, should have posted this one first. Oops! :)

I've finally taken my hands off of it. FINALLY.

Whatever will be will be.

Sooooo, Something totally unexpected happend.

ALL I could hear was God saying, "be careful". I'm like O_O ok.

When God says be careful. BE CAREFUL.

WATCH AND PRAY!!!!!

People will try to USE you. I KNEW beyond a doubt that when that unexpected thing happened it wasn't sincere. I ALREADY KNEW.

God will NOT allow me to be fooled. NOT.AT.ALL.

I'm learning to really, really listen for God's voice. It's not a big huge James Earl Jones booming voice, it's a soft voice. In my experience anyway. So I have to literally be quiet, be still and listen.

God hasn't failed me yet. He is so faithful.

NO DEAD WEIGHT.

I don't care who you are. If you are  going to get in my way of pleasing him??? BYE BYE.

I encourage you all, be aware of those around you. I'm asking God to remove people from my life that might hinder me from making progress in Him.

I'm not perfect, just striving to be the woman God wants me to be. Keeping my life lined up with the WORD!

Happy 10th Birthday Aj!!!!

Happy Birthday to the greatest son ever!!! It's amazing how quickly they grow up! Everyone is in the double digits now!!! We love you soooooooo much!!!!!! (This is one of the ONLY pics I have of him not being silly lol)

See, silly lol. I forgot what he was trying to do lol

Sooooooo....

A few of y'all asked me what I did for my birthday. Well, this was a different birthday for me.

I didn't want any of the normal fanfare.

In early September I knew I wanted to invite my firends and family to my church. I LOVE my church. LOVE it. The Word has totally changed my life. So I did just that.

This is the invite I sent out. You can click it to make it larger so you can read it.  I mailed out a good number and for everyone else I either tagged them  in the picture on FB or sent them an evite.

It was a beautiful service! I even had my good good blogger/real life friend come from Atlanta That

oldgirlladylee lol. . My parents were there. It was just great! I was super happy.  

A few of us went out to dinner at Gengis Grill and then we hit up Yogart Mountain. It was a great day indeed!! (That's my oldgirlladylee coming out lol)

This is the most memorable birthday I've had to date. Just beautiful.

Here's my loverrrrrly dress I didn't sew lol. I*heart* it! lol

Tony had fun being my photographer lol

Alright, that's all I got! LOL

Toodles!

Hump Day Ramblings

• I saw a "spork" the other day and about fell out laughing.

• September 25,2011. Today is October 18,2011. Im not complaining but I'm ready for this to be complete.

• Aj didn't close Gizmo's cage. It's 2:25 am and hes WIDE awake. Puppies are like BABIES.

• I will be SO glad when I can sew again. It's REALLY starting to get to me but I thank God things aren't worse.

• I.NEED.A.PERM. ugh.

• I also need my nails done.

• Hmmm, it's time for some girlie "work" to be done lol.

• I need a new small printer. I should go ahead and order that now.

• I need to make myself scrapbook. Wonder if I can host a crop at my house soon?? Well, I might aim for January. I'll be busy every weekend until then.

• Dealing with a death in the family and it's super hard. What is it about death that makes family act a FOOL?

• The girls do NOT want to go to the funeral. I will NOT make them go. I'm not even going. I don't "do" funerals. Last one I went to was for Patrick and I only went then because of who he was to Tony. NERP. I can't.

• Gizmo has finished eating and he is running around like its 2:31PM instead of 2:31AM. O_O

• I wish you would have told me happy birthday.

• Just saw a pic of a blog person and you can see their age. I don't want to age like that. I want to age gracefully. In Jesus Name, Amen.

• I don't know what teenage issue Jaelyn is going through but uhhhh. WOOSAAAAA.

• I've gotten a perm, had my nails done AND ordered another printer since I started this post lol.

• Today I had 5 Guys AND a cupcake from YOLO lol. 

• First Joe Frasier and now Heavy D? Praying for the families. 

• Better live right and be ready.

• I am SO sleepy. Last night I went to bed at 7pm. *looks at the clock, it's 7:02pm* hmmm

• I thank God for forgiveness. *praise break*

• Sometimes I wish I didn't miss you so much. *craves a bo-berry biscuit*

• I have YET to really play with my IPAD. SO SLEEPY lol

• I did order another case that has a wireless bluetooth keyboard thingy and stylus lol. Can't wait till it gets here lol.

• I went DRESS SHOPPING!!! I need to post a pic of that dress this week lol.

• Jaelyn's laptop has stopped charging...I WISH y'all could see this cord O_O

• I just marked all my blogs as read. I'll be checking in as y'all post from today on lol

Aright, what's going on with y'all?? LOL

I'm trying to find my groove here lol

 

Soul Food, My Walk With God

MARRIAGE

If you enlarge this picture you can see that I have two stones missing from my wedding ring. If I would have taken this pic with my 50mm then you would also be able to see a ton of scratches on it.

Tony has been trying to get me to "upgrade" my wedding ring for the LONGEST. I just don't want it.

When we got married (at 19), we could NOT afford a big ole huge pretty ring. I THINK this ring was around $500 or $600. That was fine with me.

When I look at my ring, those two missing stones remind me of the two HORRIBLE years we had. I mean they were HORRIBLE. Like forreal lol. TERRIBLE.

The scratches remind me of the countless things we went through. Some my fault, some his.

The fact that I'm still WEARING my ring, that symbolizes our MARRIAGE is just a wonderful thing to me. I KNOW it was God's "glue" that kept us together.

There was a time when I almost lost my family. Yep. ME lol.

There was a time when I did not want to be a mother OR a wife and I acted out on that. More than once. I wasn't taking care of my home, Tony OR the kids.

What I've learned over the years is that it takes TWO to make a marriage work and it's NOT a 50%- 50% thing. It's 100%- 100%.

You can't do all the giving and you can't do all the taking. It works both ways.

I've learned to pick my battles. Some are worth fighting for, some are not.

I've learned most of all to PRAY.

So many people give up on marriages so easily now. When you marry, you married the person you are with for a reason.

Learn to pray and seek God when things get tough.

I try to tell folks all the time when you say your vows, sometimes you get to the "for worse" before you get to the "for better".

I look at my marriage now and it's all that I ever thought it would be. SURE there is room for improvement. We aren't perfect but we have joy. There is happiness in our home. I WANT to be a mother. I WANT to be a wife. Not just any kind of mother and wife but the wife that God desires me to be.

Marriage isn't for everyone, so think about it LONG and HARD. God doesn't approve all kinds of seperation. If you do it the wrong way, you will be messed up. That's not me, that's the WORD. So be careful, and be prayerful.

I know so many marriages going through the ringer right now. I always pray God's will be done in their lives. At one point I was praying something else, then realized that God's will is better than ANYTHING I can every want.

Just want to encourage someone to hold on. Marriages, especially younger marriages is something that's very near and dear to my heart. I'm young and my marriage has really been tested and tried but we made by the grace of God.

 This has been in my drafts forever. Here are a few more blog posts I've seen that were really good concerning marriage:

http://nineteen69.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/the-point-of-it-all/#comment-16440

http://couplethingsblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/warning-signs/

http://couplethingsblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/relationship-trouble-shooting-part-1/

HEre is one more link a friend sent me the other day:

http://www.joycemeyer.org/BroadcastHome.aspx?video=How_Do_I_Make_This_Relationship_Work?_

I'm not perfect, just striving to be the woman God wants me to be. Keeping my life lined up with the WORD!

Happy 34th Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

& Andre! LOL

(I love this picture of us)

Man. It's my BIRTHDAY!!! lol

This has been such a great year!!! SOOOOOOO much has happened since my birthday on last year.

The best thing that has happened to me is giving my life to God. That IS the best decision I've made and continue to make daily.

I wish I could tell y'all how excited I am!!! lol

OH, and lookie at one of my bday gifts...

YAY lol. I only became obsessed with the IPAD2 a few months ago lol. Y'all remember when I didn't even want an IPAD??? lol

Ok! That's it! Y'all have a great one! I KNOW I am! LOL