Thought....

Maybe I have blogged about this before...maybe not...but 8 years ago yesterday we lost our sweet Pastor in a car accident and had to watch his family adjust to life as it would be from then on...yesterday at church the pastor said something that made me think, "How appropriate for today, Lord."

He said, "Jesus got hit by the truck to we would only get hit by the shadow."  I don't know what it was about the statement but it got me thinking about our sweet pastor and all he did for his family and church and everyone that was left behind.

So here are some of Ricky Earl's most memorable and true quotes:

"If we knew what God knows, we would always want what God wants."

"Not I but Christ"


The list could go on all day but those are the big ones.  He was a man like I will probably never know again.

Little too reflective perhaps for a Monday but, eh, it was on my mind.....this is from Ruth Graham's memorial but it was the very best version of this song.  This is is how our pastor lived his amazing life!  Also the video of the Graham's is pretty stinking amazing!

Where does the time go anyway?

I am SOOO sorry all my lovely internet friends for not writing for so long!  I have been in the maddening world of limbo and stress and AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are all the things that have been happening!

1.  I got to give my two weeks notice at my job!  Halleluiah!!
2.  Got my teaching contract, 11/12th grade OFFICIALLY!!!!   YES!
3. Slowly but surely getting our stuff back plus some super fun treats, see the following:

It will sit the opposite way in our house and it's cocoa (aka brown!)

New Coffee table so it will fit (plus our old ones are looking rough)

Tip it on its side and the TV will be on the wall above it

I will take a picture when everything has arrived and is nicely in place!  I am so excited.  We have been married 5 years on August 6th and had the same furniture since before we got married (well, I had it) so my patience (and a broken window) is paying off!!!!!  And this is JUST the beginning, I have more budget I am hoping to get an accent chair and a giant mirror to lean against the wall.  We will have a whole new house!  This is what PATIENCE (which is hard for me) will get a person!!! 

Along with all of this I have convinced (wink) the First Lady to teach me all her wonderful art techniques and in the process my evil ploy to get another piece of art came to fruition:

I know you're jealous...and this is when she isn't even trying!

On the wall by our bedroom door!  LOVE

And here are some of my first attempts and practice time! Ha...I hope I can do this because I have big dreams for the wall above our bed!

What I made with the First Lady's help....not bad for a first try.

Hung it on the wall to see what it looks like....ha...bad wall for it!

Practicing my "gentle touch" technique!

Much, much more to come!  Classroom pictures and new living room pictures and art projects galore! Oh and a few "Stories in the Life of Nellie"!!!


Until then!

~B

No Frills Attached

Hello again and wow, sorry its been so long!  That is very rude of me....although it was also very rude of someone to break into my house and cause the mess that has kept me busy and without a bloggy thought! 

I am very proud of myself.  Last night we went to Hi Tone to see my friend Brooke Waggoner play (yes I have mentioned her before) and she didn't even START playing until 11:15....that's past my bedtime....and I stayed up until 2 AM!!!!  What?!?!?!  Really this is unheard of!  I also haven't hit the "I'm exhausted" wall yet!  I think this says a lot:

1) I can in fact function on less than 5 hours of sleep.
2) I have no excuse to be lazy and not get up in the morning to work when I know I can function on less than 5 hours of sleep.
3) And my hubby's dream come true:  I have to suck it up and enjoy it when we are out with friends at night and not worry over how late it is.

Only took me until age 27 and some months to figure it out folks!

Very excited about the end of the week.  Meatloaf night with the Lynches aka Jack and Nellie date night.  Room painting tomorrow before we have both TV's back and then hopefully a weekend of purchasing new things to replace stolen ones, and QUIET.  Then church and book club Dorian Gray style on Sunday! 

I love my life friends.  Love it.  So thankful for everyday I have to live it!!!!!

And now....Mrs. Odum (Brooke Waggoner...she's married)...to bid you adieu!

Run away, run away!!!

So the Hubbers and I went on a semi-impromptu trip to Dallas to retrieve a schnauzer named Kuper (yes, I did spell correctly, his mama is a HUGE KU fan.....shhhh don't tell...that is very uncool here...also the do is a story for another day)  While we were there we got to spend time with my sister in law, Amber, and her hubby Michael and their herd of children, Brennan 9, Evelyn 8, Jackson (my heart) 4, and NoNo (Nolan)1. 

We went to Hawaiian Falls water park the first day.  It went something like this....Mushroom pool (there are mushrooms that shoot water), lazy river, random slide, kiddie pool, lazy river, lazy river and more Mushroom pool.  The highlight of the day was my little Jackson man attaching himself to my toes as we floated around the lazy river.  He is so funny! 

The next day we took the big kids to Six Flags Over Texas...yes it is actually OVER Texas...who knew?  We rode 6 roller coasters, 3 of which we rode, I would say, 5 plus times!!!   My favorites were Batman and Titan.  I am pretty sure almost every Six Flags has the Batman coaster.  It's one of the ones where you get to dangle your feet and it flips and cork screws every so often.  The Titan was by far my favorite though.  It takes you up 45 stories and the drop over the other side is so steep it has to go UNDERGROUND!!!!   Wow, it was intense!  I think my least favorite was Tony Hawk's Big Spin.  It is a little coaster and the cars sit four people and they spin depending on the weight of the people in them and how you sit...it was odd...I was not a fan.

So with all that fun we headed home, new temporary dog in tow, only to find our house had been broken into.  I was going to take pictures because I don't think my words really describe how awful it was but it made me sad so I decided to skip on that.  Our HD tv's were stolen all of our gaming systems, games, controllers, and other various things.  What really broke my heart is what I found that they stole while I was cleaning last night....my wedding band. 

You see, I have 2.  I have the one that my husband put on my finger on our wedding day and the one I wear now.  Ring #1 is a simple white gold band nothing special but it was all we could afford.  Band #2 is a 1/2 carat diamond band that Trey wanted to give me the first time when we couldn't afford it.  All that is to say I kept band #1 because it was sentimental and always reminds me of how we started our marriage...sorta poor but very in love.  AND THOSE JERKS TOOK MY RING!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the plus side of "the break in"  I now have time (with no television to distract me) to touch up all the spots on the wall that need painting in our room and there is no TV obstruction in my way.  I also have time to completely reorganize my closet and dresser, they nicely took everything out of both of these places for me...so I figure they helped me get started.

They also left giant shoe scuffs on my wall where they climbed in and out the window, so I am currently debating if now might be the time to go ahead and paint that bathroom.  We can't use the shower for a week because we re-grouted part of the floor so it won't be humid and the paint can dry....why not change while we have such a giant opportunity?

So here's to you people who decided my house was definitely the right one to break into!  You have now given me ample time and opportunity to do some things I have been meaning to but hadn't gotten around to.

I don't guess I will run away....

Happy Friday!

~B