June 30, 2008
i do know that i haven’t posted any blogs in over a month, but i have so little and so much to say at the same time, i find it hard to write a blog, but one day soon i will….
May 19, 2008
monday, may 19th. 7p.m. $10 cash. amazing worship. presence of God. be there.
May 11, 2008
i was at the mall yesterday and my dad called to see what he should get my mom for mother’s day. ahhh nothing like waiting till the last minute. and we see where i get my procrastination from. in honor of mother’s day, my mom already bought herself a baker’s rack not to mention she buys gadgets and gizmos for the kitchen every day from williams sonoma, where she works part time, but my dad still felt he should get her a little something, or rather have me pick up a little something since i was already at the mall… so i went to dillards to buy my mom some perfume she wanted. i paid the young lady for the gift and she wrapped it for me and i said “thanks, bye” to which she replied “have a happy mother’s day!” ummmmm what exactly makes one think i am a mother? probably the fact that she was a fetus and i was older than her. oh, it gets better. i am a good daughter and go to church with my parents to celebrate mother’s day. where not only does the singing make me want to bang my head up against a wall and i do not understand the sermon, there is baby dedication. couple after couple get up on stage with their babies and my mom is eeeewwwing and aaahhhhhing at every single one. which defintely doesn’t add to the pressure to find a husband, get married, and have kids immediately. especially after my last visit when she showed me the park she was going to take her grandkids to one day. no pressure! after church mom introduces me to her friend, who just so happens to have a 29 year old single son. wow, how convient. i have saved the best for last. while mom, dad, and i were eating lunch in public i might add, my mom informs me that i was conceived on mother’s day. not believing that i am actually in this conversation and begging for it to end, my dad asks how she knew that and my mom goes into the details of how she knew. mortified and completely grossed out i covered my ears, started babbling, and even cried a little. and that my friends, has been my mother’s day weekend!
all this aside, i did have a really good time at home with my family. my mom is really amazing and i love her very much!!!
May 11, 2008
ashley tagged me, so now i tag you. if you read this, then you should repost and answer on your own blog
5 things on my to-do list:
1. look for a job
2. send out my resume to a lot of places
3. pray often that i get a job
4. write china thank you letters (i am one year late)
5. lose 60 pounds immediatley
5 snack I love:
1. chips and salsa
2. fresh pineapple
3. chex mix
4. graham crackers and nutella
5. milk duds
(which is why i need to lose 60 pounds)
5 things I would do if I were a billionaire:
1. donate money to missions
2. buy several houses all around the world
3. hire a maid
4. travel, travel, travel
5. buy season tickets to alabama football games for ther rest of my life
5 bad habits:
1. eating unhealthy food
2. thinking “that’s what she said” after almost anything anyone says
3. always being late
4. road rage
5. procrastinating
5 places I have lived:
1. chattanooga, tn
2.mobile, al
3.vista, ca
4. tuscaloosa, al
5. birmingham, al
5 jobs I’ve had or have:
1. babysitter
2. receptionist
3. financial assistant
4. barista at starbucks
5. office manager
April 29, 2008
i have been in a funk today. the reality that i really need to find a job and the money is running out has set in. my 2 months of fun have dwindled down and here i am still jobless and less motivated to find a job because i am enjoying my uneployment a little too much. i had so many plans for every minute of my time off and motivation to find my dream job asap when i resigned, and now almost 2 months later, i feel like i have neglected those plans and lack motivation to carry them out. the main reason i haven’t applied for many jobs is i have no idea what i want to do. it changes daily. some days i feel like i am having an identity crisis and desperately need to know what my purpose in life is. other days i am content just not knowing and that concerns me. doesn’t it say in the Word those without vision will perish? i know there is a balance i have to find between knowing who i am and what i was called to do without always knowing the next step. i got sunburned in orlando and i am peeling and i was thinking how i need to exfoliate, scrub all the dead skin off. then i started thinking how i would like to exfoliate my entire body, inside and out. scrub the negative thoughts from my mind, and scrub off the doubt or the bitterness that i’ve allowed to build up on my heart, scrub away the extra pounds on my body that i allow to hold me back, scrub away fear about the future that has crept in. i’m carrying all this deadness around with me everyday and it’s time to exfoliate. time to get clean again and have a fresh start. time for a clear vision and purpose and taking steps towards them even when i don’t know what tomorrow holds. no more waiting…and letting the deadness sit on me. i am scrubbing it away. starting tonight.
April 25, 2008
i have gotten really bad at blogging i realize, but i either have too much to say and too little time to type, or nothing to say and lots of time to type. i am in orlando right now until monday visiting my friends, the nalls. last time i was here was back in january when i came with some of my old starbucks gang. i have had a good time, but i feel kinda guilty about being on vaca because i still don’t have a job and i have been looking, kind of….. i had been waiting to see what happened with one particular job before i applied for a lot of other things, but it was pretty much a waste of time and i should have been looking for other jobs instead of banking on one. oh well! moving on! anyways, a lot of things have been on my mind lately but to blog about them would be really random and make for the longest blog ever and i don’t really feel like typing all my random thoughts, so this boring update blog will have to do for now!
April 15, 2008
so, last tuessday, scott and i went to nashville to visit our dear friend kelly ann. as always, we had a great time. we are like 3 peas in a pod. we always have so much fun together and we all laugh at very high volumes. when we went to china, we couldn’t really be around each other because we were supposed to be quiet. tuesday night we were playing phase 10 at fido (the cutest little coffee shop in hillsboro village) and people shhhh-ed us. anyways, i digress. all this to say, i love scott and kelly ann and the fun times we have together. we stayed with kelly ann’s brother tuesday night and on wednesday morning we drove to kelly ann’s house to shower and get ready for our pancake pantry brunch. so, we are driving along in our pajamas, listening to old school rap music and singing with our microphones when a truck cuts across two lanes, cuts us off, and almost hits us. so we all scream, yell at the guy driving the truck, and immediately start singing “regulators” by nate dog and warren g again without skipping a beat. can you imagine if we gotten in a wreck. how do you explain people in their pajamas singing into fake microphones driving around nashville at eight in the morning????
taking scott to the airport
April 3, 2008
why i love savannah….
my favorite road
the bluff
low tide
this could be my porch
and this could be my view
i would settle for one of these
my favorite little white church
the azaleas
March 24, 2008
this morning my dad and i left my parent’s house in daphne around 8am. about 5pm we got to my nana’s house in savannah. before we went to her house, we made the drive around the isle of hope by the bluff. it is one of my favorite places on earth. moss hanging from the huge, ancient oak trees, azaleas in bloom. beautiful homes on the water. i love savannah. more specifically i love the isle of hope(isn’t that a great name?) which is where my nana lives and my dad grew up. no matter how many times in my 30 years i have been here, i still hear stories of my dad’s childhood, my grandparent’s childhood and try to picture it all like i was there. before all the stories and beautiful scenery, my dad and i had an 8 hour drive with the xm radio. it could have been exciting, but it wasn’t. we listened to talk radio for about 95% of the time and every show was talking about the same thing. hillary clinton and barack obama. barfaroni. that is what i have to say about that. i mean blah, blah, blah. i will say i didn’t mind too much that it was talk radio, just the content was getting on my nerves. the other 5% of the time we listened to 60s music. about halfway through the trip my dad said “you should have brought the dvd player” hmmm nice suggestion now. then a while later i thought “AND i should have brought lost season one to finish” but oh well, what are you gonna do. we had a good time anyways. i read eat, pray, love and i am proud to report i am finally almost done. i don’t know why it takes me so long to read a book these days. anyways, i am sorry i changed my background and didn’t write. i didn’t mean to change it but then i was too lazy to change it again! anywho, ta-ta for now!
March 13, 2008
i feel like because i don’t have a job and i do nothing but sit at home i should write blogs all the time, but i really have nothing to write. so therefore almost another month has gone by with no new blog. last wednesday was my last day of work and i am looking for jobs now, but i have really taken a week to just relax and not do much of anything. my mom came to visit last thursday-sunday and we had a good time. i introduced her to the dollar theatre and olexa’s and i think she thouroughly enjoyed both. if you have not tried either, you should. the dollar theatre because it is a dollar and olexa’s because they have my all time favorite cake in the world…..warm vanilla cake with buttercream icing with peanut butter ganoche(sp??) on the side. amazing. while i have all this time off work, it is a chance for me to kinda get my life in order…..get my prioirities straight …..and get back on track, even though i am not really sure what track that is…..i feel like for the longest time i have just been frantically running around trying to do everything and go everywhere and just all over the place and haven’t had time to take it all in. so i am taking a break from things, resting, learning to say no, and taking time for myself. some things i am focusing on include: reading books beginning to end (which has not happened in a really long time), working out, cooking healthy, spending meaningful time in the Word, sleeping late if i want to…..my guilty pleasures will include watching season 5 of alias and seasons 1-4 of lost. of course this is all easy to do because i don’t have a job, but the hope is once i get a job i will still keep these things a priority because i enjoy them and i won’ t get so caught up in the busyness of life all over again….anyways, that is kinda what i have been up to for the past week or so. since the last blog, i moved into a house in leeds with my friend, rachel. willie, diego, and i have adjusted well to the new house! i am still unpacking a little here and there but for the most part i am settled. so that’s it, maybe i will have some exciting blogs soon!
