Check out this passage in my QT this morning !!
"Don't let this throw you. You trust God, don't you? Trust me. There is plenty of room for you in my Father's home. If that weren't so, would I have told you that I'm on my way to get a room ready for you? And if I'm on my way to get your room ready, I'll come back and get you so you can live where I live. And you already know the road I'm taking."
John 14:1-2 (MSG)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Give up the illusion
So as I opened up my devotional for today this is what the first sentence said:
"Give up the illusion that you deserve a problem-free life. Part of you is still hungering for the resolution of all difficulties. This is false hope! As I told my disciples, in the world you will have trouble."
Sometimes what we want to hear from the Lord is not what he desires to tell us. I have learned this many times before but I needed to learn it again during this present situation. I am looking forward to the growth God has for me right now. And I am especially looking forward to the growth He has for allen and I as a husband and wife. AMEN.
"Give up the illusion that you deserve a problem-free life. Part of you is still hungering for the resolution of all difficulties. This is false hope! As I told my disciples, in the world you will have trouble."
Sometimes what we want to hear from the Lord is not what he desires to tell us. I have learned this many times before but I needed to learn it again during this present situation. I am looking forward to the growth God has for me right now. And I am especially looking forward to the growth He has for allen and I as a husband and wife. AMEN.
Your beauty tip for the day...
Pluck just enough eyebrows each time, and never over do it. You don't want to lose all your eyebrows.
Fondly from the iphone :)
Fondly from the iphone :)
Monday, January 25, 2010
What I was reminded of...
In the midst of our present situation, where heartache and anexity abound this is what I was reminded of last night:
- God is committed to praying for me
- God is conforming me to the image of His son
- God is using everying in our life for good. Every SINGLE thing
- God is for me- - If God is for me then who can be against me?
- God loves me, and its an unshakable and unstoppable love.
- God is bigger than right now.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Its a GIRL!
This is a picture of her when she was about 5 hours old! She is just so tiny!! Allen and I hung out with willy + laura in the delivery room before the baby came. We were celebrating Christmas with Allen's parents that night so we left to have dinner, hang out and open gifts! It was a lot of fun and nice to be around family. I was also dying to get back to the hospital because in the middle of "Christmas" dinner we got word that Laura had delivered a GIRL! After Christmas with the Morrison's we went back over to the hospital to see her and congratulate the new proud parents.
Me getting to hold her for the first time!!
Me getting to hold her for the first time!!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Thank you
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
oh BABY!!
Welcome to the bright and shiny world Camilla Denise Layne. We all love you and have been waiting for your sweet arrival for a long time!
I am in LOVE with this baby girl. Some of our best friends, Willy + Laura had their baby on Friday night...the coolest thing, besides Camilla herself is that she shares the same birthday as her mom! We lived at the hospital this weekend and we loved it! What an amazing miracle life is and how beautiful it is in this baby!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
How I feel about Allen part II
"I don't want your money, I just want your sex"
- Lady Ga Ga
Just kidding!! Of course I want his money too !
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Without Heat
So our classroom does not have heat.
It is 32 degrees out and the temperature has been much lower the past few days. So imagine how cold a room can get without heat for a week and temperatures in the teens. NOT FUN.
I am serious, no heat to keep us warm. All of the kids are sitting in their desks with their gloves on, hats on and puffy jackets on. It really makes moving around to get a piece of paper or a pen quiet difficult.
I went to target and bought a tiny space heater for my desk. The best 10 bucks i have spent in a loooooooooong time. My co teacher keeps pretending to come and talk to me but really he just wants to use the heater.
Hopefully my fingers won't freeze and I can continue to write during these cold winter months.
oh yeah, I put in a work order back in November for them to come out and fix the heat. Welcome to 2010!!
It is 32 degrees out and the temperature has been much lower the past few days. So imagine how cold a room can get without heat for a week and temperatures in the teens. NOT FUN.
I am serious, no heat to keep us warm. All of the kids are sitting in their desks with their gloves on, hats on and puffy jackets on. It really makes moving around to get a piece of paper or a pen quiet difficult.
I went to target and bought a tiny space heater for my desk. The best 10 bucks i have spent in a loooooooooong time. My co teacher keeps pretending to come and talk to me but really he just wants to use the heater.
Hopefully my fingers won't freeze and I can continue to write during these cold winter months.
oh yeah, I put in a work order back in November for them to come out and fix the heat. Welcome to 2010!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
National...
Today is National Teachers clean off your desk day!! Guess I'd better get to it!! Happppy Monday :)
Friday, January 8, 2010
Jammies!
What an awesome day!!
Cobb county said "stay home and don't drive on the icy roads!"
So I did just that, I slept in. Allen and I drank coffee and ate bagels and watched re-runs of the office. We eventually got dressed in some warmer weather and went and played in the snow. Maggie thought it was the best and tried to eat every piece of it. The golf course across the street from our house was beautiful, all white and sparkly.
We came back in, promptly put our pj's on and proceeded to spend the rest of the day hanging out by the fire, organizing a few things, making lunch and watching some TV.
I looooooved this snow day!!
Its been a long time since I have spent the whole day in my Pj's and felt okay about it! I highly recommend it - its good for the mind ;)
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Friendship
Friend defined by Websters:
- a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- a person who is on good terms with another
- a supporter; someone who gives assistance
I am so thankful for having good friends in my life. I am so thankful that I have people in my life who care about me, want to spend time with me and encourage me. I went to bible study last night with a good friend and I was just refreshed by our friendship. I think that it would be a pretty sad and lonely life if friends were not in the picture. God has been so good to me and provided friends to me in all of the different places that I have lived. God grew me up in a place that was small but the friendships that I made there are huge. I still talk to one of those girls on almost daily basis. When I moved to auburn and knew no one - God gave me amazing girls that would walk beside me in some of the toughest times of my life. Who would not leave me nor forget me once we moved to different cities and states. Those summers that I spent abroad I met people who I had felt like I had known forever. Every single place, from peru to italy to the UK. My latest and greatest move God brought friends from Auburn and introudced me to my best friend who is now my husband. I also got to meet two amazing girls at my first job who I still hang out with and pray with and enjoy their company. God is just so sweet and so knowing!
I think that it can be hard to be a friend at times. Depending in on what is going on in your personal life and then just learning how to deny the flesh and press into the spirit. I know that I am not a perfect friend at all times. Regardless that just encourages me and challenges me to take better care of the relationships in my life. To honor God with my friendships and to become a better person because of them.
I was talking on the phone with a wise friend the other night and the conversation of healthy relationships came up. I think that during the past few years I have really started to learn the difference between safe people and toxic people. I think everyone when they really look into the quality of the relationships in their life will find that some are healthier than others, more trusting than others and more enjoyable than others. Its hard to let go of relationships that you know aren't the best for you - and its hard to put distance between yourself and another even when its what you need. In no way am I saying that you should only love people that are easy to love, that isn't what Christ preached. I am saying that if there are people in your life, in my life that are negative or demanding of you or even causes you to stumble in your faith to pray about it. To seek God's direction in either healing that relationship or taking a healthy step away from it.
1 Samuel 20:42
Jonathan said, "Go in peace!! The two of us have vowed friendship in God's name, saying God will be the bond between me and you and between my children and your children forever."
- a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- a person who is on good terms with another
- a supporter; someone who gives assistance
I am so thankful for having good friends in my life. I am so thankful that I have people in my life who care about me, want to spend time with me and encourage me. I went to bible study last night with a good friend and I was just refreshed by our friendship. I think that it would be a pretty sad and lonely life if friends were not in the picture. God has been so good to me and provided friends to me in all of the different places that I have lived. God grew me up in a place that was small but the friendships that I made there are huge. I still talk to one of those girls on almost daily basis. When I moved to auburn and knew no one - God gave me amazing girls that would walk beside me in some of the toughest times of my life. Who would not leave me nor forget me once we moved to different cities and states. Those summers that I spent abroad I met people who I had felt like I had known forever. Every single place, from peru to italy to the UK. My latest and greatest move God brought friends from Auburn and introudced me to my best friend who is now my husband. I also got to meet two amazing girls at my first job who I still hang out with and pray with and enjoy their company. God is just so sweet and so knowing!
I think that it can be hard to be a friend at times. Depending in on what is going on in your personal life and then just learning how to deny the flesh and press into the spirit. I know that I am not a perfect friend at all times. Regardless that just encourages me and challenges me to take better care of the relationships in my life. To honor God with my friendships and to become a better person because of them.
I was talking on the phone with a wise friend the other night and the conversation of healthy relationships came up. I think that during the past few years I have really started to learn the difference between safe people and toxic people. I think everyone when they really look into the quality of the relationships in their life will find that some are healthier than others, more trusting than others and more enjoyable than others. Its hard to let go of relationships that you know aren't the best for you - and its hard to put distance between yourself and another even when its what you need. In no way am I saying that you should only love people that are easy to love, that isn't what Christ preached. I am saying that if there are people in your life, in my life that are negative or demanding of you or even causes you to stumble in your faith to pray about it. To seek God's direction in either healing that relationship or taking a healthy step away from it.
1 Samuel 20:42
Jonathan said, "Go in peace!! The two of us have vowed friendship in God's name, saying God will be the bond between me and you and between my children and your children forever."
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
COLD with a chance of SNOW!!
Its COLD in the south!! Last year around this time it was like 50 degrees in Atlanta. Yesterday when I started my car it was 17!! I have spent most of my time at night trying to figure out the warmest outfit possible that is still appropriate for work. Sweat pants and sweat shirt just don't scream "teacher" to me...
With that said, there is a chance of SNOW tomorrow and Friday. Chances are it will be a teeny amount, but snow flurries are just so beautiful!! I am excited about the chance of seeing them on the way home from work. It will defiantly make the hour commute a lot more enjoyable!!
Until then, I will wear tights and leggings under whatever I can to stay warm and enjoy my hot cup of coffee while I sign these kids breakfast passes!
With that said, there is a chance of SNOW tomorrow and Friday. Chances are it will be a teeny amount, but snow flurries are just so beautiful!! I am excited about the chance of seeing them on the way home from work. It will defiantly make the hour commute a lot more enjoyable!!
Until then, I will wear tights and leggings under whatever I can to stay warm and enjoy my hot cup of coffee while I sign these kids breakfast passes!
Monday, January 4, 2010
For visual learners
Just a few pictures from a visit home...more to come :)
This store has been on ssi as long as I can remember. I hope its stays forever...
how to travel during Christmas on SSI
TCBY! Can you guess who is who's?
Breathtaking! What an amazing and unforgetable way to ring in the new year with Allen!
The most precious dog ever. Well, besides maggie: ) Eli stole my heart over Christmas.
Don't eat that soup!
So its back to work for me....sorta.
Yesterday was fabulous. There is nothing like being in your own home. I love it. Even if all i do is catch up on laundry and organize a few things. Change the sheets and take out the trash! I soooo enjoyed it! Allen and I went to lunch at a local thai place and then a trip to trader joes for groceries for the week. Allen took an afternoon nap while I ventured out to the gym (which was a zoo for all the new years resolutions i suppose). A night in with leftovers, CSI and hanging out - it was so fun!
It was sooo fun until about 10:30 when allen started complaining of not feeling well. 12 hours later we are thinking he has food poisoning so I made an early morning trip to Rite Aid for some meds and Gatorade. Poor guy. I also called the phamrasict, my doctor and nurse Say to see if there was anything else I can do. I thanked God for our overall good health and asked for a speedy recovery for allen.
So lesson learned: we will not order the soup from that place ever, ever again.
Yesterday was fabulous. There is nothing like being in your own home. I love it. Even if all i do is catch up on laundry and organize a few things. Change the sheets and take out the trash! I soooo enjoyed it! Allen and I went to lunch at a local thai place and then a trip to trader joes for groceries for the week. Allen took an afternoon nap while I ventured out to the gym (which was a zoo for all the new years resolutions i suppose). A night in with leftovers, CSI and hanging out - it was so fun!
It was sooo fun until about 10:30 when allen started complaining of not feeling well. 12 hours later we are thinking he has food poisoning so I made an early morning trip to Rite Aid for some meds and Gatorade. Poor guy. I also called the phamrasict, my doctor and nurse Say to see if there was anything else I can do. I thanked God for our overall good health and asked for a speedy recovery for allen.
So lesson learned: we will not order the soup from that place ever, ever again.
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