a lot like a yucky day! tons of rain, delayed school openings because of some flash flooding and the temperature is dropping as we speak/type! i think tomorrow's high is high 40s! this bama gal is loving her sweater today, but has to admit, i almost feel like it's smothering me!
it's also looking a lot like Christmas! "yes, everywhere you go ... there's a tree {at the beauty salon that's absolutely gorgeous!} ....".
yes! Christmas is 25 days away! how, please tell me, how did that happen so soon? i feel like it should just be november! for months now i have felt like time has passed me bye and left me stranded. i think i missed a whole month somehow!
so, ladies' christmas celebration dinner done and over with at church, thanksgiving done and over with, house all decorated, decorated at work, now to the shopping. and no, i didn't save up because i thought a lot was cut off my list. yeah, well being your own boss i think increases faith in the ultimate Provider! here's my christmas shopping list:
dad
mom
nephew L
nephew D
nephew C
sis' step son
sis' step daughter
granny and papa
kellie (who i could possibly be done with her's already, but just not sure about 1 thing)
and in lieu of buying for each other at work, we're hoping to help a needy family in our community
Sunday School kids
Girls in Action class
what do twin 14 month old boys want for christmas? they have so. much. stuff! already! i'm thinking my gift for them, and nephew C should be something for the spring/summer since no one will be buying the big things in the summer since they're all fall babies.
can you help an aunt out?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
thankful
doesn't express it correctly. and not just for me today. every day that word just doesn't do justice for how i really feel.
i could vent about oh. so. freaking. much! right now, but i'm not. it's a new day, there's new mercy and blessings today.
i'm not taking my sis 38 year old sister to have a pet scan to see if her cancer has spread - the mole they thought was just a mole that she's had removed lots of times before,and was a routine. i'm also not the 31 year old sis that has breast cancer and has had surgery as my sis has been going through all of her cancerous stuff too.
i'm not those friends of mine. on a lighter note, i'm in my 20s ; ) sorry - got to heavy hearted there, had to lighten the mood. i'm not those girls, and those girls aren't my sister(s).
my family is healthy. my "bunch" has went from being party of 5 to a party of 6 in 2004. and as of 2009, a party of 11. this year we added nephew buckaroo, so that's a grand total of a party of 12!
how did that happen?! i love it!
i remember once, my sisnlaw telling me that once, just once, she wanted to be able to say at the table on thanksgiving (we always say at least one thing we're thankful for - yes there's too many tears shed at the dinner table!) that she was either prego or had had a baby. well, last year she got to say she was thankful for her two babies : )
my age has starting hitting me with a few realizations, and the need to set some goals for myself. i have had lots on my mind lately, and mostly questions to God. sometimes i wish He would just say, "B, let's go have some mexican food and I'll tell you exactly how this is going to go." that's not how it works, trust me i know!
so today, instead of wondering "when", i'm going to be thankful for the "now"
happy thanksgiving!
Busy B
i could vent about oh. so. freaking. much! right now, but i'm not. it's a new day, there's new mercy and blessings today.
i'm not taking my sis 38 year old sister to have a pet scan to see if her cancer has spread - the mole they thought was just a mole that she's had removed lots of times before,and was a routine. i'm also not the 31 year old sis that has breast cancer and has had surgery as my sis has been going through all of her cancerous stuff too.
i'm not those friends of mine. on a lighter note, i'm in my 20s ; ) sorry - got to heavy hearted there, had to lighten the mood. i'm not those girls, and those girls aren't my sister(s).
my family is healthy. my "bunch" has went from being party of 5 to a party of 6 in 2004. and as of 2009, a party of 11. this year we added nephew buckaroo, so that's a grand total of a party of 12!
how did that happen?! i love it!
i remember once, my sisnlaw telling me that once, just once, she wanted to be able to say at the table on thanksgiving (we always say at least one thing we're thankful for - yes there's too many tears shed at the dinner table!) that she was either prego or had had a baby. well, last year she got to say she was thankful for her two babies : )
my age has starting hitting me with a few realizations, and the need to set some goals for myself. i have had lots on my mind lately, and mostly questions to God. sometimes i wish He would just say, "B, let's go have some mexican food and I'll tell you exactly how this is going to go." that's not how it works, trust me i know!
so today, instead of wondering "when", i'm going to be thankful for the "now"
happy thanksgiving!
Busy B
Saturday, November 13, 2010
and to think ....
right now i was suppose to be in tuscaloosa with my best friend getting excited to go to the best university campus ever (in my opinion) and tonight be at the UA vs MSU game.
and to think of all i would have already missed if i had went.
life happens. crap happens. things come up. life goes on.
i've had SO much going on, but it hasn't been "fun" stuff. all i wanted was a fun weekend. well, this time i'm getting a fun weekend, just not the way i had it planned.
and thankfully so.
if i had left work when i planned on it yesterday, i would have worried myself all weekend. why? glad you asked! sorry if you didn't! my sisnlaw and twin nephews were in a bad car accident on fri. she was turning on the road her parents live on. the same way her family has for 20 plus years, the only way you can. long story short. her van flipped and oh my at the pictures! everyone is perfectly fine! sisnlaw is very sore and couldn't sleep because she kept replaying everything in her mind. i couldn't have imagined.
last night, mom called said they were on their way home from the er (they took the twins one to get them checked out), and i was relived! i also, was cold, lazy yet wanting to clean clean our house for my wonderful mom. then i heard the best noise ever! my brother's big loud diesel truck! i thought this is too good to be true! i'm in the middle of my pity party because i didn't get to get the heck away from here! i go outside, and yes! there's my bro and his safe,healthy, beautiful family! i went and opened up the back seat doors, and my eyes were met by two little 13 month old boys who were hungry and sleepy, yet all the sudden happy to see me!
they ended up coming in so i could help the twins with their supper and give their parents a break to unwind. my brother broke my heart! sisnlaw did too! i can't imagine what she went through! the word "thankful" doesn't cut it for how i feel about what God did for our family yesterday!
last night my house was filled with little boy laughter, zoom zooms and boodin' boodin' truck noises, whining over toys and their aunt britt a few times (oh i love those times!), peep-pie games, and banging of other toys. i'm so thankful this happened to them at this age if it ever had to happen to them.
they will never remember this, and they are to young to know to brace themselves. so when the van flipped, they were basically like baby dolls in their awesome car seats!
as you may could tell, my heart and mind can't let this go! if i was in ttown this weekend, something tells me i would have never had fun until i got home and got slobbery kisses from two of the three boys who have stolen my heart and life and heard them say "hey" - lj with a higher pitched voice and dc with his low voice.
life happens. life happens fast. i am in love with the giver of life, and so thankful for His protection!
so what i have a sick car? so what i have a million and one things to do before next saturday - ladies' christmas celebration dinner i'm co-coordinator of at church? so what i have another abscessed tooth? so what i have a few cold symptoms? so what my best has three million and one things to get done, and probably doesn't need to go to the game either, except for everyone deserves and needs a break, to get it all done?
things could be so much worse. i'm just thankful today. i'm blessed today. i'm happy today. i'm excited today. i'm ready for fun today. i'm ready to go shopping with my mom, come home and clean house, watch the game on tv, and things done and enjoy the fact that i have a 3 day weekend! no work til tues for me!
enjoy life,
Britt
and to think of all i would have already missed if i had went.
life happens. crap happens. things come up. life goes on.
i've had SO much going on, but it hasn't been "fun" stuff. all i wanted was a fun weekend. well, this time i'm getting a fun weekend, just not the way i had it planned.
and thankfully so.
if i had left work when i planned on it yesterday, i would have worried myself all weekend. why? glad you asked! sorry if you didn't! my sisnlaw and twin nephews were in a bad car accident on fri. she was turning on the road her parents live on. the same way her family has for 20 plus years, the only way you can. long story short. her van flipped and oh my at the pictures! everyone is perfectly fine! sisnlaw is very sore and couldn't sleep because she kept replaying everything in her mind. i couldn't have imagined.
last night, mom called said they were on their way home from the er (they took the twins one to get them checked out), and i was relived! i also, was cold, lazy yet wanting to clean clean our house for my wonderful mom. then i heard the best noise ever! my brother's big loud diesel truck! i thought this is too good to be true! i'm in the middle of my pity party because i didn't get to get the heck away from here! i go outside, and yes! there's my bro and his safe,healthy, beautiful family! i went and opened up the back seat doors, and my eyes were met by two little 13 month old boys who were hungry and sleepy, yet all the sudden happy to see me!
they ended up coming in so i could help the twins with their supper and give their parents a break to unwind. my brother broke my heart! sisnlaw did too! i can't imagine what she went through! the word "thankful" doesn't cut it for how i feel about what God did for our family yesterday!
last night my house was filled with little boy laughter, zoom zooms and boodin' boodin' truck noises, whining over toys and their aunt britt a few times (oh i love those times!), peep-pie games, and banging of other toys. i'm so thankful this happened to them at this age if it ever had to happen to them.
they will never remember this, and they are to young to know to brace themselves. so when the van flipped, they were basically like baby dolls in their awesome car seats!
as you may could tell, my heart and mind can't let this go! if i was in ttown this weekend, something tells me i would have never had fun until i got home and got slobbery kisses from two of the three boys who have stolen my heart and life and heard them say "hey" - lj with a higher pitched voice and dc with his low voice.
life happens. life happens fast. i am in love with the giver of life, and so thankful for His protection!
so what i have a sick car? so what i have a million and one things to do before next saturday - ladies' christmas celebration dinner i'm co-coordinator of at church? so what i have another abscessed tooth? so what i have a few cold symptoms? so what my best has three million and one things to get done, and probably doesn't need to go to the game either, except for everyone deserves and needs a break, to get it all done?
things could be so much worse. i'm just thankful today. i'm blessed today. i'm happy today. i'm excited today. i'm ready for fun today. i'm ready to go shopping with my mom, come home and clean house, watch the game on tv, and things done and enjoy the fact that i have a 3 day weekend! no work til tues for me!
enjoy life,
Britt
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