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Friday, 07 August 2009
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Cakes.
I'm becoming obsessed...and it's bad.
I was pondering ideas for a UT tailgate party (when football season starts!!!!) and wanted to make a Longhorn cake or something to that affect. Well, I stumbled upon this website that used cupcakes to create a Longhorn.
AND, I want to do it.
So then I was thinking about Tyler's birthday...it's in September. And I already know what I want his birthday cake to look like. It's PERFECT!
Then I even found a Cinderella cake for Jill's birthday.
And a graduation cap for Tyler's graduation.
This would be WAY AWESOME but I know I'm not that talented. Hahaha!
Then Melisa and Clint are going to have a baby (which means that I'm going to be an aunt!) and I wanted to make a baby cake for them!
Father's Day and/or my dad's birthday = perfect cake for that!
<-- EXCEPT it would be COKE and NOT beer!
The list of cakes that I want to make is endless, but I don't even know if I CAN create a decent looking cake...and yet here I am...wasting time looking up cake designs. But when I do get around to creating them, IF they are good looking, maybe I'll keep the list up! =)
This is what I mean when I say that I'm obsessed. Yikes. Poor Tyler, I don't know if realizes what he's gotten himself into.
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
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People Watching
...it's a habit of mine. It always has been and will forever be! I love to people watch. My favorite place to go would have to be the Post Office at 4:45pm. People are frantic, running around like their heads are going to explode! I have always wanted to write a comedic bit on the Post Office and the people that utilize their services. I happen to be a fan of the USPS, but there are days (like yesterday) that I don't enjoy being there.
As usual, I stroll up to the Post Office at 4:40pm. And of course, there are at least 10 people in front of me. I have ONE package and I need to purchase stamps. I know the package won't cost a lot and I can see from the line of people in front of me that I was not the only one that had decided to wait until the Post Office is almost closed to mail my item. =) I bring this upon myself.
As I become the NEXT person to be called up, the man behind the counter decides that he deems it more important to shut and lock the room up that contains boxes and labels than to swiftly move through the line so that he can go home. Is it really necessary?! It's all FREE! That makes no sense to me. There were at least ten people behind me and all of them groan. It was quite comical and I finally did make it out of there with 100 stamps and my package sent...but it was the whole process that took forever and all the people are ridiculous.
The whole situation made me realize that we need to be so much nicer to the people that work at the Post Office. They have to deal with crappy customers all day, the last thing they need are annoying people that come in a 4:55pm on a Friday afternoon. So, I say this as a reminder to myself...go to the Post Office at 3pm (or at the latest, 4pm). =)
Sometimes I sit in the parking lot after I have delivered my package, it'll be 4:58pm and people are running and trying to side step people to the door. It is quite entertaining. If you have a chance to do it, I would take it.
Tuesday, 04 August 2009
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Summer...a mini vacation!
Well, being in Houston with Tyler has caused me to reevaluate things, create "me" time, and finish up thank you notes! Since I'm here in a hotel with no car, there are days that I waste by doing absolutely nothing-Mom would not be proud. But I have been buckling down with the thank you notes and have been getting into the Word, so it's not all bad. But I'm realizing just how much I need and yearn to be around people. Interact. Laugh. Love. Encourage. I have learned that I desire to fellowship with others! =) Even though I know that because of my personality, but never to this degree.
I do have plenty of time to sit and be quiet. I need that. I didn't realize how much I could learn from being still and listening to the Lord. I am finally allowing Him to speak, and I can truly listen! It's incredible.
Some scripture that has been brought to my attention is found in Revelation. Tyler and I went out to eat with some friends and the mother of the house pulled me aside for a second and shared this with me:
"Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place." Revelation 2:4-5
At first, these verses blew past me. I didn't at all consider how I could apply this to my own life. I was slapped in the face with it. Mrs. Caldwell said that she and her husband pray verse 4 over each other and their own lives. It's easy in the first couple of months of marriage to find things about the other person that you don't like and want to change. In reality, it's easier to argue with each other about them or get mad at your spouse, but like verse 4 says that "You have forsaken your first love." You must remember why you first loved them. You can't let something so minute take away the love you have for your spouse or for the Lord!
When we get mad at life, be it our spouse or something the Lord has placed before us, do not forget your first love. Do not forget what made you love the Lord and your spouse.
Tyler and I have the opportunity to lead a Sunday School class together and I couldn't be more excited! I am so pumped to see how the Lord will use us together! =)
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
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I don't know...
how good I am at this anymore...?
Tyler and I have been reading one Psalm each morning and praying together. This morning, we read Psalm 26...and verses 2 and 3 (from The Message) really stuck out to me!
2 Examine me, God, from head to foot,
order your battery of tests.
Make sure I'm fit
inside and out
3 So I never lose
sight of your love,
But keep in step with you,
never missing a beat.
My prayer is that I will be fit enough to walk step by step with the Lord. Verse 2, "order your battery of tests.." How crazy is it to think that the Lord does allow us to go through tests to see if we are spiritually fit. As of late, I am not fit at all. I keep telling myself to go run, and I don't. I keep telling myself to stretch, and I don't. It's this lack of discipline that allows Christians to fall through the cracks, and I myself am not incapable of doing so. It seems that I rely on my husband to do my Christian duty for me. To pray for me. Read for me. Well...NO MORE! Sure, we can share that time together, but I also need it on my own. After all, it is the Lord and I's relationship too!
God, create in me a desire to become more fit. I yearn to walk step by step with you, never faltering, keeping my eyes on you! Your love is what keeps me going. I'm tired of falling but I know that with you, I cannot fall!
Friday, 20 March 2009
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Spring Break '09
I've been super productive this Spring Break, and it's been amazing. I love that accomplished feeling. ...yet there is ALWAYS something else that needs to be done! :)
I love it, yet hate it. I love feeling productive, but hate it because I know that there's more left.
I have completed all of these things over the break:- selected a wedding photographer.
- selected a florist.
- begun the process of wedding reception decor. What fun!
- received all of the wedding invitations...now I need to SEND them!
- found a rehearsal dinner dress! Yay for fun times with Becca!
- prepped myself for my first shower.
- begun the search for wedding shoes...green ones!
- selected a wedding makeup artist!
- chosen a date for Bridal portraits. Woohoo!
- begun the search for wedding hairstyles. It's still in the works.
- settled on rehearsal dinner: Trail Dust. Yum!
- searched for wedding bands for Tyler and I.
- finalized the order of the ceremony.
- completed the wedding music list. :)
- selected the shirts the ushers will wear!
- turned in all guest accommodation contracts!
- helped Tyler select a groom's cake! Yummy!
- watched Texas victoriously make it to the next round in MAAAARCH MADNESS!
Oh--Praise HIM! Tyler will possibly be getting an interview with a company IN Austin! How exciting!
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I'm one of those Food Network junkies. I always have to dry my hands off twice. I love teaching (and can't wait to have my first graders this semester!). I love serving the Lord, and now I will always have someone that will serve Him by my side! I love reminiscing over old music--namely cheesy Christian bands from yester year. I love working out, but I need to work on my self-discipline! I love to fellowship with friends and family; I love people! I am SO ready for Texas football season to start! Hook 'em!
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