Wordful Wednesday

I'm a little late posting today, but I'm sure everyone is accostumed to my "timeliness" by now!

Welcome to Wordful Wednesday! If you've come my way via Angie I'm so glad you did! And if you've come by some other path, please go visit Angie at SeVen CloWn CirCuS to see some other cute/sweet/funny/beautiful/outstanding Wordfuls from all over!

"Feel the Sun on your Feet"

I was reading and had my feet in the air propping up the book--- loved the sun shining in between the toes and the pink dots that showed up!

"Meet Mr.Bird"

Awesome seagulls that was brilliantly stark white with gorgeous grey spots highlighting his head

I love takin "wildlife" photos- takes more time (that u dont really have) to get a great pic!
"Purple Palms"

Palmtrees at sunset are just so beautiful! 'Nuff said!

XOXO-- KK

In My Daddy's Hands

Do y'all ever have such peace about the things going on in your life that it can actually frighten you all of a sudden? The last few months I've really struggled with that...

I've let go of trying to be the control freak who needs to have a plan, and I've let it go-- just gave up the worry, the complaining, the stress, and all that comes with wanting things in life to be planned out. And that's worked for me. Just praying to God about letting him take control of where my life is going is the right way, but... I became frightened.

All of a sudden this week I started getting ansy. I have no unearthly idea why, but it started scaring me that I felt such relief. I've never NOT felt worried or uptight or scared of what was to come or "what if's", and I paniced a little. Is something wrong with me? Aren't I suppose to worry about what my future holds? Why am I okay now, but I wasn't before???


It sounds so ridiculous writing this to y'all, but for the last 3 days I've felt like I was numb just trying to work things out in my head. And yesterday I had a DUH moment sitting in church. NO I'm not losing my mind, and NO I'm not suppose to be spending my days paniced about my life. My Daddy loves me-- and He's going to take care of me. And the biggest part... I know that!! I do- it's in my head and in my heart, and He's the one that has put it there. It's okay to not be worried, because the reason I'm not is because well, I asked and now I've received. I don't think I've ever missed the obvious like this before, but I put my pain and worry on the table for Him, and He's giving me unbelievable peace.


Praise Him,

Love the Oscars

One day I will be in the audience at the Oscars! LOL. *SIgh* Beautiful people, beautiful dresses, lots of smiles and FUN! Who wouldn't want to go have a fun time with 100s of people who don't know you?! Only dilemma... there is NO WAY to be capable of out-dressing Angie, Evan Rachel, Jessica, Penelope, or Kate! Such beautiful women- inside and out!

I wasn't planning on watching the preshow, but I'm glad I am-- it's nice to hear them talk and remember they are just people... who do get really pretty dresses and jewelry to wear! :)

If I could have one thing from the Oscars tonight I would have Angelina's green earrings! I have red ones like them and love 'em.

Anyone else's in their pajamas watchin' tonight?? And if so, have any favorite pics for winners??

Big Picks: Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Oscars Oh Oscars!

My Picks!

Actor in Leading Role: Brad Pitt Wrong! Sean Penn won
Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger Correct!
Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet Correct!
Actress in a Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz Correct!
Animated Film: Wall-E Correct!
Art Direction: The Dark Knight
Cinematography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Costume Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Directing: Slumdog Millionaire
Film Editting: Slumdog Millionaire
Makeup: Curious Case of benjamin Button
Music Score: Defiance
Music Song: Wall-E "Down to Earth" Wrong! Slumdog won
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire Correct!

....Have to wait and see if I'm right about any of them!

My Sunday Thanks

I usually do Be Still Sunday, and choose not to post on Sundays, but it's 1am and I'm still awake because I slept all day due to my migraine. :/

I just wanted to take a minute and say THANK YOU to everyone who left me msgs wishing I'd feel better! It was so sweet of y'all, and if you haven't received an email back from me yet rest assure you will be!

I've had migraines since I was in high school so its become routine, but it certainly doesn't make it any less painful! Nothin' a little Excedrin Migraine, Coca~Cola, Lots of Water and a long nap can't take care of! Plus the caring words from you all! :) I'm so sorry so many of you know my pain. I pray one day there is a better cure than hopping us all up on loads of caffinee! Luckily, Migraine is gone and I'm heading back to North Point Church for the second time this morning. Can't wait to see what God has in store today!!

Hope you have wonderful Sundays!
In His name,

Six Word Saturday

Just found this at Call Me Cate's Blog Six Word Saturday and loved the idea! Go to her blog to find out the history behind the idea. Saturday's are perfect to simplify things, so here's my day in a snap:

Home Alone, Giant Migrane, FrostyFrog Time!

That's all I've got today! For the record, I've got some info on the button making, but one I actually understand the info I promise to write about it and SHARE with everyone!

What is everyone up to this weekend??

Things to do While I’m Alive

As I've mentioned in a previous post, my friend and I wrote lists when we were younger of the "Things To Do BEFORE Turning 30," and that list has stuck around for along time now. The big thing I'm determined to do IS to finish seeing ALL 50 STATES before my 30th birthday, but the rest of list is a combination of the "by 30" list and new things that I want to challenge myself to do! Just thought I'd share--- maybe it will inspire my to cross a few more off the list this year :)

Things to do While I’m Alive

See the Northern Lights
Skydive
Learn to play Acoustic Guitar
Marry the man that God created solely for me
Have 3 children
Adopt a Child
Travel to all 7 Continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antartica, Europe, Australia
Run a ½ Marathon
Visit all 50 states:
Ones that I have left to see--
Alaska, Conneticutt, Delaware, Idaho, Indianna, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michagan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington
(Been to: 28 out of 50)AL,AZ,AR,CA,CO,FL,GA,HI,IL,IA,KY,MO,MT,NV,NJ,NM,NY,NC,OR,SC,SD,TN,TX,UT,VA,WA,WI,WY
Own my own home: (In the process of maybe coming true..)
Own a chocolate lab
Road trip across the country for a week or two
Lead someone to Christ
Honestly read the Bible from cover to cover (for content, not just to do it!)
Go Fly Fishing!
Learn to Crochet
Visit Israel
Bungie Jump
Swim with Dolphins
See the Passion Play in Oberammergau: X (2000), hopefully going again in 2010
Be Published
Cook a dinner for 100 strangers
Step foot in every ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Artic
Volunteer at a Hospital
Volunteer at an Orphanage: X
Go on a Mission Trip: X(2008-Costa Rica)
Get the Courage to Scuba Dive in the Great Barrier Reef
Sell One Photograph
See the Grand Canyon: X (2008)
Sleep on a Train over Night
Go to Walden Pond

Learn to Ballroom dance

Write someone elses life story w/o mentioning yourself: Wrote my Gram's story last spring! Amazing experience and something that couldn't have happend at the best possible time

Be an extra in a film

See a lunar eslipse

Sleep under the stars (no tent)

Grow a garden w/o killing it

Play with a big game cat (ie. leopard, chettah, tiger, lion)

Send a message in a bottle

Photograph an endangered species

Write a letter to myself, put it in a library book & look for it in 10yrs

Ride an Elephant

Catch fireflys w/ my grandparents like I did when I was little

Stand at the North Pole

Stand at the South Pole

Meet as many United States Presidents as Possible: Pres. H.B. Bush, Pres. G.W. Bush

Take a submarine ride to see the Titantic

Be someones mentor

Miracle Decision

I actually wrote this blog last week, but the week got busy and I allowed other blog stories to trump ever posting this one. Big mistakes, and I'm felt awful everytime I look at it and chose not to post it yet. Maybe there was a reason I waited I don't know--- It's important to me to share this with y'all out there because well... Just read and you'll see :) Bless Y'all and Have a Great Weekend!

February 10th, 2008 3:38PM
Lately, Ankoo and I have been having some pretty serious discussions, which is certainly positive, and it's the way that I can remember our relationship being when we fell for each other about a 1000 days ago :)



For the people who only know me thru the world of technology, I guess I need to go back a bit and explain. My sweetheart and I met back in October of 2006 and were together 18 months when things started falling apart, partially my fault and partically his. We loved each our emmensely, but were struggling with where each of our lives were going individually and as a couple. I would go so far to say that we agreed 90% of the time on where we could see our lives in the next 5, 10, 20 years, but the places we differed were big, and by big I mean we made them gargantuan because we were unsure how to work things out. On top of that stress, last year was a horrific year for my family, and I found myself trying to pour my entire being in to dealing with the reality of the situations and trying to be a rock for other family members,. Sweetie and I were both also trying to graduate from Auburn with the FEAR looming over our heads of what that would mean for us... ie. He's from South Alabama and I'm from purdy North Georgia.... Not ideal to say the least. (It's 4 1/2 hrs, which may sound not horrible until u take in he'll be working weekends and i'm working weekdays) Anyways, we took time apart, both uncertain whether that would be the end for us or not, and throughout many opsticals we were there for each other when tragedies hit, and life kept tumbling. Don't worry--If you are in the mood to judge us for getting back together after being apart for 5 months go right ahead. I've seen the looks, and heard the advice, and I 100% understand, but for us the best thing was to have that time to realize why we had loved one another to start with. We're young, and we are human-- we make mistakes, but we also know how to fix them. All of that has lead back to the open conversations that we have with one another now-- about the "now" and about the future...



Skipping forward, we've been talking seriously about going on a mission trip together sometime in the next 12 months, and I'm so floored at his actual desire to go. He's heard me talk for a long time about the missions that I was apart of locally growing up and about Cheryl and my trip with her church this past summer to Costa Rica, and has a desire to go himself-- not necessasarily Costa Rica, but somewhere. I have a sincere passion for missions and to continue to travel whether it's here in North America or abroad to share the love that God has and to be able to tell others about the relationship with him that I've had for the last 18 years. I thank God every single day that He continues to speak to Ankoo's heart.

I think sometimes as much as we like to say, "Ofcourse my boyfriend/husband understands the things I'm passionate about! Why in the world would he not "get it"?".... sometimes we as women don't always "get" why men say or like certain things and vice versa, so when it comes to my almost leaning on obsessive need to reach out to children ,wheveever and whenever God calls me to it's important to me that Ankoo be at my side, and not just be understanding that I love kids, but that he trully has an opportunity to see with his eyes what can come of giving of yourself, and the reasons why I'm so drawn to mission work with children. I just want to always be able to share with one another the joys that God brings to our lives because if we ever stop leaning on God and making our choices based on Him, that's when we will inevitably fall apart.

Humbled by Him,

HELP with Buttons

Does any really sweet person have time to give me some advice on how to make a button??? Whether you know of a helpful site, can explain it to me your self, or just have a little tip, I would be grateful. I've learned today how to make"stuff" on Photoshop 6, but I don't know how to make a button for people to link back to my page, or that will take them to a specific post, etc.

HELP, PLEASE!!!!

Bless your soul if you're willing to take on the task of helping me! Thank you thank you in advance!

Writer's Workshop #1

This is my first attempt at MamaKat's Writer's Workshop so I'm gunna go do a little mental dance and decide from the Prompts provided!

The Prompts:

1.) If you were starring on American Idol TONIGHT and HAD to sing, what song would you choose and why.
2.) Take a picture of yourself right this minute without primping and explain to us why it is you have not washed your hair today.
3.) I just asked Pat to help me with a writing prompt so here's his: "What do you think about the NBA All Star game"...blech.
4.) What's your number one pet peeve? Develop a punishment for anyone caught in the act.
5.) Write about something mean you did to a sibling growing up.

My Picks... I'm going with #2 AND #1 because I only know about football, and i have OLDER siblings so they tortured Me!
Number DOS.

I'm at work, so this was taken quickly in my office! The weird blue light is from the windows being tinted and bright sunshine bursting thru for a brief moment!

I DID however wake up at 5:30am.. okay fine I got out of bed at 6(late as usual!) and shower and wash my hair! It looks mightily FLUFFY today because I had no time to dry it...

To be honest I took 7 pictures before this to get me hair to look normal and not like a big 80s wig.. but I didn't primp!! I pinkie promise!
Moving on....

Numero 1.
I thought and pondered and panicked and questioned all yesterday evening about what song I would sing if put in front of Randy, Kara, Paula, and Simon. I wondered, " What song would they think was "ME"? What would be as they say "appropriate for your age"?"

They strongly dislike songs that are too old for you as in I could never do a song from the 90s, and would definitely question that I was only 12 in 1999.. so that crossed out a good number of choices floating in my head, aka Edwin McCain "I'll Be." I know he's a guy-- I actually know a guy who Edwin was his stand-in at a bar in Colorado on nights when he took off, gotta love it-- but a lot of people take songs from the opposite gender and change them up a bit to fit them! Just think it would be a good audition or first performance song, but nope! I'll Be

Then I really like Taylor Swift's "Should've Said No"-- GREAT range in the song, always good to showcase the range of voice :), and it's "age appropriate. Problem is it would be unbelievable for ME to sing that in front of Thousands of people on stage on the first LIVE broadcast w/ music and the backup singers. I just KNOW (how do I know? I just do. Trust me.Seriously people) Paula would be up dancing to my voice if I performed this song. Too bad it's not a great audition song. Despite my love of it.. it would have to wait til Hollywood Week. Should've Said No

And so... I landed out Leona Lewis' "I Will Be." Fantastical Range-Would be great acapela- Age appropriate- Discovered my Simon himself-- It's the perfect song! If it's not playing on my page YET travel your way to the bottom of my page and click on it! Let me know what ya think!! Oh, and No, I will never be tapping myself singing this song for y'alls listening pleasure! Haha. I'm not a gluten for punishment!!

Soooo..... which prompt are you pickin' today?? If you haven't yet, but want to write too go to Mama's Losin' It and visit Kat every Wednsday to get the promps and then link up on her page on Thursday!

Hope y'all enjoyed my use of my funny bone today!

Smile all Day and see how many people smile back while you're out today!!!!

The Colors of Spring

Doesn't this sweet little apron just make you think of Spring time? Openning all the windows and cooking Easter lunch? I love it!

It was from the apron giveaway MamaKat did last week (which I sadly missed) and is from MyModern Etsy store. I'm so happy she's doing a THIRD Giveaway! And although I'm greedy (mwahaha) and would love to keep this fact to myself so I could have a better chance.. I thought maybe I'd be sweet today and let y'all know to head over and try your hand at winning it too! Go to Mama's Losin' It and follow Kat's directions for the differnt ways to be entered! If you feel like it, please let her know I sent you to her! Hehe, always good to be mentioned (I'll gladly return the favor anyday!)

This is my favorite from The Secret Ingredient ~ I Love the pattern and the gorgeous RED:

I hope YOU, you, You, YoU, or yOu..or Me..... WINS!!! GOOD LUCK GIRLS!!

XOXO--

*Wordful Wednesday*

Good Morning Sunshines!

*Wordful Wednesday is brought to YOU by Angie and her crazy, sweet and always uplifting circus! :) I'm happy it's Wednesday! It's so nice to make it to the middle of the week, and now if I can just survive today & Thursday it'll be the weekend again!

I have a hodge-podge of pictures that I wanted to share today b/c I don't have enough to say to do a blog about EACH!

This is my "Mimi"-- no clue why I started calling her that when she was about 3, but you go with what fits! I look this picture on her Mom's birthday last week and loved it because it's just... Her. Period. No need to do any touch ups, she's 10 and absolutely beautiful! What I wouldn't give to have blue-grey eyes like her! She's got an amazing personality-- she's such a spitfire, and I love that about her! Always listening, taking in absolutely ever single thing you say around her. She's growing up to be such a young lady, just like her cousin "Emmie" who is her twin from a 'notha mother :)
I did a little color adjusting on this photo using Picnik MY GOODNESS I love that site!! This is pretty much the second time I've played with it, and it's all due to seeing the adorable photos Tarah puts up for I LOVE Faces! every week! It taking a bit to figure out which adjustments I like to use, but it's so much fun to see what you can do. This was the only photo we took where you can see my full dress :( I know it's fuzzy, which is a complete bummer, but at tleast the dress looks great! Haha

This picture was taken on the bus while in Costa Rica last year on a mission trip. I love making these bracelets, and love teaching children their meanings even more. This one in the picture was an example one I wore for 2 days, then gave away to a little boy at an elementary school, he didn't have one because we started running out and had to give about 8 of the kids ones we'd been wearing! It warms my heart in such a giddy way to think that that little boy might be wearing that bracelet or atleast have it sitting on his dresser at home right now. A constant reminder of God's love and the Salvation for all who believe in Him.

I LOVE Wordful Wednesday-- Could I ever upload a pic and not talk about it!? GASP! I shutter at the thought!
If y'all want to add your own Wordful Wednesdays or see more pictures from other blogs go on over to Angie's Circus!

Love y'all,

One Boy One Girl

It was 1991, when a skinny, little, brown-eyed, four year old girl fell in love with the magic of Beauty and the Beast. She couldn't imagine a more beautiful princess in the world, and couldn't wait until she unexpectedly would find her very own Prince who would love her the way that the Beast loved Belle. This little girl absolutely loved dreaming of being a princess and being swept off her feet....

That little girl was of course Me! I'm sure y'all probably all figured that out pretty quickly,huh?! I had to reminisce just a little so that I could tell you all about how wonderful the Mardi Gras Ball was this weekend and how I felt like Belle in my Gold and Turquoise dress dancing with my Beast Prince! Oh my, It definitely was magical and a night to remember! Felt like it was just us- One boy and one girl- dancing alone :)

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I went early on Friday morning to have my hair done by Julie at Envy Salon in Opelika, AL right up from Auburn, and it turned out beautiful... see for yourself!

It was so beautiful I truly almost cried! After get my hair done Ankoo and I got on the road to Atmore to meet up with Goobs(his mom) and Fathertime(his dad) and Evalyn(Eva- his sister). We quickly scooped them up and carefully avoided my hair getting hit by any of the rain that started coming down on the way to Lower Alabama :) We changed at his Aunt's house and left for the parade.. here are the first photos from it! Belle and the Prince--sorry its fuzzy! It was raining and the street lamps aren't exactly perfect lighting!

Eva and I at the Order of the Incas Parade trying to stay dry!

Ankoo's Mom and I <3

Our Usual Self Portrait- Taken Before the Ball Started while I waited for Merlin to come in for Lead Outs!

Okay.. I have a lot more photos from Ankoo's camera and mine, but that's all I'm putting for now! You'll have to come back for more throughout the week! Hehe, Incentive to drop by!

Love you all,

Pls Excuse the Insanity!

If you're stoppin' in to say hi today, please excuse the insanity, and the fact that I might not currently have a background to my page! In true form to Not Me! Monday I certainly didn't think it would be fantiastic to update my background and in the process

-Have my whole broswer shut down
-Accidently hit for the orginal setting to be put in place
-Panic when I had no clue how to atleast salvage my blog so my side bars
wouldn't disappear!

I have way too much intelligence for those sorts of things to occur! Nope, Not Me! :)

Enjoy the blog in all it's magical wonders-- I'm sure if you come back multiple times today itll continue to morph into hopefully something pretty!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

The weekend has come and gone, and it's MONDAY again. My oh my, last week seemed to just disappear. Luckily for you the week brought on a few Not Me!s. Oh yay! With no further ado I'll get to it...

I did not get to be pampered all day Friday and have my hair beautifully done by Julie at her salon called Envy Salon, so that I would look stunning for the ball that night, and Julie is definitely not such a miracle worker that she was able to do my entire up do in 60 minutes flat. Miracle I tell u-- Miracle!

I did not get a chuckle last week out of hearing a friend say, "You know what? My absolute favorite food is Finger food! I could eat it ALL Day!"---Thinking this was such a silly thing to pick as a favorite, I certainly did not stuff my pretty little mouth with 10 finger sandwiches at the ball on Friday and feel no remorse for doing so... even though I tried shoving each one in my mouth quickly before anyone noticed I had been back to the buffet table a dozen time! Nope, Not me!

And I did not wake up this morning and eat King Cake for breakfast because it was just so gooey and impossible to resist! (If you've never had a King Cake for Mardi Gras, PLEASE do this for you and your kids and order one from here-- It takes 2days to get to you and is SOO worth it!) No, Not Me!

I was not so sleepy on Saturday that it took Ankoo calling SIX TIMES for my body to respond and realize the phone was ringing-- And when I finally tried to "race" to the phone I did not fall straight off the couch and onto the ground because my legs refused to come alive! Haha..I actually wish someone could have seen this in action to laugh with me... I mean..IF that had happened...Which it of course did not... :)

And to top it off I did not decide last minute to not cook steaks at home for Valentine's Day, and instead opt for my sweetheart and I to get dressed up at 7pm and go OUT to dinner at Olive Garden. I would never had put trust in Ankoo that he'd called to check to see if there was a wait at Provino's, only to get there and see that people are parked on the other side of the road, and the wait is 2 1/2 hrs!!---- It definitely did not turn out to actually be the best, most relaxing Valentine's Day we've ever had! Nope Not Us.. We're way too organized and up tight to enjoy the hour we waited to Olive Garden, and to just enjoy that we were out together!

I also did not get the movie "Wall-e" from Kooks for Valentine's Day and did not love it immensely!!

That's all folks!! Hope everyone had someone to love on and to love them on Valentine's Day!

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I have ONE More!! I did not get hit in the face by really wet purple bead necklace at the parade, that did NOT for certain give me a bloody lip that actually didn't even hurt because it was so cold out! Nope, no man on a float would ever be stupid enough to heeve plastic wads of necklaces at an unsuspecting target that would happen to have been my lip. Nope not me!

Just Had to get that one off my Chest!! :) LOVE YALL

Every girl deserves to be the Bell of the Ball

Well Ankoo and I are on the road to Mobile, AL for the Order of the Incas Mardi Gras Ball tonight!! I'm so excited to be going from the second year in a row, it's such a priveledge to be invited.

Ankoo's family is very involved in the mardi gras organizations in Mobile. His uncle, who invited us to the ball, and cousin are both members of the Incas. His uncle and aunt have a tradition of inviting their neices and nephews to the ball when they turn 21, which is how Ankoo and I got invited last year, and they were sooo sweet to invite us back again!!! His other uncle is a member of Mistocs of Time (MOT), and his wife, Marian, is a member of another organization. When she was younger she was lucky enough to be crowned Queen of ALL of Mardi Gras, just like her mother had Been before her!

The legacies is pretty amazing, which is why Im nervous about tonight! We just found out yesterday that I'm going to be in "lead outs" which is where 400 pol show up to see the members of the organization and their escorts be announced and come in to the ball! Ankoo's cousin Merlin needed an escort because his wife isn't able to make it down for the ball, so they asked me to be his escort!!! Wow!! I'm really nervous, but I hope it all goes smoothly. I'll be sure to take lots of photos!

Happy Mardi Gras!!
Love u all--

Wordful Wednesday aka Horsie, Horsie, HORSIE!!!!!!

It's Wordful Wednesday over at Seven Clown Circus and the pictures that I promised to uplaod two weeks ago are finally here! These are from my adventure taking C to the Equestrian Unit a few weekends ago for a meet! It was alot of fun and I got some cute photos out of it!

Hope you all enjoyed the adorable photos of Miss C and the horse with the Blue eyes! We loved him!

To:Kaylan-- From: God

So there's this women named Angie Smith who's blog Bring The Rain has touched my life beyond words. I was looking for a bible verse that I knew she had on her blog and just spent the last hour searching for her page because I paniced when it was not on my list.( I still don't know what happend) When I found it I quickly scrolled down the page looking for the quote, and a these simple words caught my eye:

So, Sundays...we're going to Calcutta.

The words were in bold. For a reason. I stopped and just starred. Like the air in my lungs wouldn't move. The reason? Just last night I went with my life long friend Mary to go see the movie "Slum Dog Millionare" which is about the slums in India. I hadn't seen Mary in over a year, but on a whim called her and made dinner plans. We went with a group of people from Mary's church ,Perimeter Church here in GA ,who she has gone with to India twice now. It was wonderful hearing more stories from her about her experiences on the trip, and then seeing the real pictures in the film. On the way out of the theater I asked, " Well, does Perimeter have any plans to go back soon?" and she told me of a trip that a group of high schoolers are taking this summer, then she said to me, " Maybe you could go with us next time?" and just smiled.

That thought has been in my head all day, I just keep pondering it, so when I read Angie's full blog and found out she is going to Calcutta with Compassion Bloggers, who if you haven't heard of before please go check them out, I started praying immediately for the children over in India-- the ones that Angie and the others on her mission team will be meeting-- the ones that will comes to have better lives because of the impact Compassion will have-- the ones that may come to know Jesus Christ all because of people who are willing to GO, take the time and GO share God's word-- I prayed for Angie to use her amazing testimony and life to give her strength and wisdom while in India, and then I prayed that God continue to lead me and guide me to where I'm suppose to be in my life. To give me a sign somehow of how He wants to use me.

Please be praying with me for the things above, It means so much to know that I have support out there even of people that don't fully know me, but who I hope are able to know my heart.

Continuing to Be Transformed--

Hatred toward a Woman

Are people really this hateful? I'm blown away by the HATE people are voicing toward Nayda Suleman, the mother of the beautiful Octuplets who were born on January 26th,2009. Why is everyone so willing to openly judge this woman? To yell at her, call her horrific, the devil

This women had an atopic pregnancy around the age of 22... now I only know about this from classes in college and from hearing from mothers who have dealt with this, but an atopic pregnancy is not something that's taken lightly and certainly is painful physically and emotionally. I just wonder if the people who are hearing her story are grasping that this is what lead originally to her turning to IVF?

I don't have an opinion of this woman, and the reason is: she has FOURTEEN CHILDREN WHO NEED OUR PRAYERS. I don't think it's brilliant or resposible to be single and have 14 children, but this woman and her children are now brought to the forefront of our world, and it is our place to pray for people who we know are in need, am I wrong about this?

I guess my heart breaks for these children pretty easily. The children didn't choose their mother, they didn't choose to be criticized and starred at by a microscope held by the media. I know this woman doesn't "deserve" to be given hand outs to "justify" having so many children, but she does deserve to be treated like a human, and a mother of 14 children, 8 of which are in need of medical help to continue to grow and mature positively. I say it all the time, it is not our place to judge others. Each one of these beautiful babies were created by God- not in the natural way, but they were created by Him and are His children. Please don't forget that if you take some time to just watch the first minute of the video and see the babies.

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If you have a desire to pray for each of these children by name here they are:
The older children- Elijah, Amira, Joshua aka JJ, Aiden(He is autistic), Calissa, Caleb(ages 7 down to twins 2yo)
Octuplets- (A)Noah, Johan, (D)Mariah, (C)Isaiah, (F)Jeremiah, Makai, Malia, and Josiah

They need all the prayers that they can get! Please do not be like some people and choose judgement over compassion.

In His Name,


"I do believe that children are blessings from God."-Nayda

I'm in Love with the Boys

By boys I'm referring to the boys on American Idol. My prediction is that it's going to be a guys year for sure! So many of them are so darn adorable and have AMAZING God-given talent. For a girl who's singing talent extends to my SUV and the glass of my shower, I wish I had even a small portion of the talent these guys, and a few of the girls, have on that stage!!

Top 6 Favs:
Adam Lambert
Danny Gokee (sp?)
Michael Sarver
Kristen McNamara
Jasmine Murray
Ann Marie Bosckvich

I wish Michael Castro and Kaylan Loyd could have made it thru! Keep workin' it and the end of the road!

"Loose lips, sink ships"-- quote from show

Cheeburger Cheeburger with My Sweetheart

With things being so hectic in our lives lately Ankoo and I decided to have an early dinner Sunday night and go to a new place that we've been meaning to go to for the last 2 1/2 yrs! What delightful restaurant did we choose you ask? Why, Cheeburger Cheeburger of course! So upscale-- typical us! Haha! I was fun to just have a relaxing dinner just the two of us and have a little fun. I took a few snap-shots so i thought I would post them. I'm trying to get better at posting pictures.

The best Chocolate shake EVER! It was more like pure chocolate ice cream- super thick!

My lil' burger w/ cheese, sauteed onions and salsa! Oh so good!

Slurp! Mmmm

Enjoying his Cookie dough milkshake

Puppies and Pictures

I received an email this morning from a friend saying a guy in Atlanta had rescued 6 black lab mix puppies from the middle of the road on Saturday. Once I saw the picture I couldn't believe someone could be so awful to abandon such sweet puppies!! The guy has bathed, and flee bathed all the puppies, and gotten them dewormed I think, and wants to find them some great homes As Soon As Possible! He tried calling Animal Shelters, but no one had room and he really doesn't want to have to take them to Animal Rescue where they'll be euthanized if not sold in 5 days. Soooo... I have wanted a chocolate lab for the last.. TEN YEARS, ever since I saw a beautiful English lab in Colorado when I was 12 I've wanted one of my own. i never knew I'd end up dating Ankoo who has "our" beautiful Kimber who is a fullbreed Chocolate Lab and fall so in love with him as well. Anyways.... these pups need a home, and I need a pup to love, so Ankoo is calling the guy tonight to get a little more info!! Maybe it'll work out! If any of you all are looking for a puppy and have a loving home email/comment me and I'll give you the guys phone number. He lives here near peachtree st. I think.

ALSO, Does anyone know of a great local photographer here in GA? My friends who are getting married in September are wanting to take engagement photos, and I've been volunteered to do them for them. I haven't done a lot of work recently, so hopefully all goes well, BUT they are in an intense search for a photographer for their wedding, and I thought I'd use the plethera of bloggers that may read this blog as a great resource to find out about some photographers! Please let meknow if you or a friend of yours does photography, or if you've used a photographer in GA that you really loved and wouldn't mind recommending. Thank you all so much!

Continue having a fantastic Monday!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

It's Monday, and what an exciting Monday it is! This is a First~ My very First Not Me! Monday !! I've planned ahead and made sure to write this BEFORE work so that I would make sure to have time! This past week was a packed one, and full of fun & excitement, and I of course did NOT do anything silly, and slightly ridiculous! :)

I certainly did NOT eat only an entire can of green beans as my complete dinner on Tuesday because I was too tired to drive 3 whole minutes to the store. I would *never* eat a meal that wasn't well-balanced, No, Not Me!

And I of course did NOT have to bundle up in 3 levels of clothes to go to sleep EVERY night this week because the heater has gone out and the temperature inside the house in 57degrees. Imagine: undershirt,t-shirt, hoodie w/ hood pulled up, sweatpants, and boot socks.. i would have never felt ridiculous wearing such a get-up because if I was to wear an out fit like this it would look way too cool to ever be laughed at by an unsuspecting visitor! Goodness... Not Me!

I didn't enjoy having to go to work late TWO days last week waiting on the Heating/Air man to show up at the house-- and I would Never in a million years squeal out of excitement as I switched my alarm clock from 5:15 am to 8am the nights before while dreaming of blissful extra hours of sleep! Not Me!

I did NOT enjoy getting to spend time laughing like a little kid with my younger cousins TWO nights in a row, and accidentally causing them to not go to bed til 10:30 both nights! I would never allow my happiness of annoying my 13yr cousin, and carrying around his little sister,my 10yr old cousin, to get in the way of the dream land that awaited them! Hehe.. No no no, not me!

And I would Never wait til the day of my friends wedding shower to go gift shopping! I'm waaay too prepared to wait until the last minute to do a thing like that! Not Me!

My boyfriend would never ever drop me off at the front door of Target to run in and buy tights to wear under my dress on the way to the shower ( because I Of Course would never forget to pack a pair on Friday morning,err.. I mean Thursday evening!), then park in the Handicap parking spot to run in and find me! He is WAY too law abiding to EVER pull a stunt like this! And if he was to ever perform this so-called act I would never be to oblivious to notice how wonderfully close of a spot we had until he pointed it out to me! Oh NO! Not Me! (For the record he honestly has never pulled such a stunt before! I promise we aren't "those" type of people!! Good gracious! I'm Blushing in embarrassment as y'all read this!)

Oh! And I would never be so predictable to utter the words during the above incident, "OMG! ANKOO! I SOOOOO want to be able to BLOG about this.. But I'm too embarrassed to mention it!" Nope, never ever! :)

I did not annoy Ankoo to death taking a few (ie. eight!) pictures of us at the shower to get the "perfect" picture of us to add to our blog! No, Not Me!

I did not promise myself to write a blog every day last week then get too busy to follow through! I'm certainly not that predictable-- Not Me!

I also never searched multiple bookstores, music stores, Target and Walmart to find Barney DVDs for C because she is obsessed with "Baby Butt"-- yes she doesn't realize the right name is Baby Bop-- and I was Not giggling inside my head when I found a set of 3 DVDs with a sing along cd! I would never allow the site of Barney to bring a sparkle to my eye! Nope, Not Me!

My Goodness It feels so wonderful to get those things off my chest! I can see why so many people are on the Not Me! Monday list every week! It's wonderful! Thank you Again to MckMama! And don't forget to go over to her blog if you'd like to read some more Not Me! Mondays!!!

One Word

Hello! Hope you all enjoyed your weekend! My cousin had this on her FB and I thought it was cute!

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to tag the person you received it from!


1. Where is your cell phone? bed

2. Your hair? blonde

3. Your mother? loving

4. Your father? grounded

5. Your favorite? giggling

6. Your dream last night? rings

7. Your favorite drink? sunkist

8. Your dream/goal? mother

9. What room you are in? bed

10. Your hobby? photography

11. Your fear? bugs

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? blissful

13. Where were you last night? weddingshower

14. Something that you aren't? single :)

15. Muffins? delicious

16. Wish list item? camera

17. Where you grew up? DeepSouth

18. Last thing you did? eat

19. What are you wearing? jeans

20. Your TV? on

21. Your pets? gone

22. Friends? amazing

23. Your life? whirlwind

24. Your mood? sleepy

25. Missing someone? ankoo

26. Car? SUV

27. Something you're not wearing? flannel

28. Your favorite store? WilliamSonoma

29. Your favorite color? orange

30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? dunno

32. Who will resend this? bloggie

33. One place that I go to over and over? work

34. Favorite place to eat? home

35. One person who emails me regularly? cheryl

Be Still Sunday

We Live, We Love, We Forgive and Never Give Up!

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I've fallen in love with this song this morning. Unfortunately, the last month has been a very trying one for my sweetheart, and although I know it's only coincidence it hit me this morning that my Grams told me last week that, "When bad things happen, they happen in threes.. so tell him to watch out!" Of course she was only joking. And at the time there was no way for us to know that on February 3rd, today, Ankoo and Eva would have to be attending a wake for their lifelong friend Randall. It's such a tragedy, and knowing that if only he had worn his seatbelt the morning of January 31st that he might still be alive makes it even harder to deal with.

This song is very uplifting, and just what I needed to hear, because it's saying that we never know if we'll wake up tomorrow, and that we have to live for today, and for God, no matter what comes our way. Please be praying for Ankoo and his sister Eva tonight as they attend the wake for Randell Helton, Jr. and tomorrow as they attend his funeral. I wish I could be there to wrap my arms around both of them, but I know that God will be there with them, which brings a comfort as I sit and wait for the inevitable call filled with tears this evening.

P.S. A plea from Ankoo: No matter how itchy it may be, or how much you think it's a nuissance, or just plan don't want to, PLEASE Wear your seatbelt! No matter your age or the distance you're going, it could save your life one day.