Do you see what I see?

exhibit A: a spotted seal, large body small head lots of spots
exhibit B: super mutt, large body small head lots of spots

also....why do I find her sleeping in our shower?

Breath of fresh air

I love our front yard and I love our back yard. Growing up in a home with a big back yard was so much fun for me and my family. When we started looking for a home to buy I did not think that we would find one house with a big back yard. I was very surprised and we found several. However, the one that we bought was by far the most beautiful and private....
Come on over and stay while, have a glass of lemonade and relax

I love this back yard...it is defiantly a refuge and a sanctuary for me

A stress relief

So its the second to last week of school. Lots going on mentally, physically, emotionally etc.

I am so ready for the upcoming mountain trip, the upcoming beach trip and celebrating an amazing year of marriage with Allen.

Today though, I am planning on going over to one of my sweetest friends houses and relaxing with a baby in my lap. She is still so tiny that she can't hold her head up but she LOVES to be held. I am counting down the minutes.

how do you relieve stress?

In the waiting room

There are so many things wrong with this picture. I wish that I could spell it out for everyone and then maybe contact the local news/radio station so that people could be aware of how wrong things are being played out right now.

Instead, I have to give it to the Lord. I will probably have to talk to him throughout the day and surrender on an hourly basis. Maybe more than that.

Thank goodness for God's grace that is new every single morning and sufficient for me!

Thank goodness for family that cares so much for me and prays for me every single day!

Thank goodness for friends who encourage me just by being nice and letting me know that they are sorry I am having to go through this, or can be frustrated along with me, or can say that they are still praying.

I am more than blessed. I really am.

Monday = Dday

So after months of people talking in the corners, months of worry and definitely months of prayer Monday is the day we find out who will be losing their jobs. Other schools in have released numbers to people and I am sure some are still waiting but Monday is our day. I do not feel prepared. I am aware of the odds up against me and I am also aware that compared to how powerful and great our God is that those odds don't mean anything.

I really believe that God opened the door for me at my school. He gave me a job title that I never would have picked on my own but one that I really love. I do not believe that my time is up to be a teacher at this school but that doesn't mean that it is. I really think that if God put me here then he will remove me when His timing is right. I feel so sorry for everyone affected by this massive lay off in our county. I know that no one is looking forward to being told they no longer have a job. I really hope those left will be supportive and understanding and caring.

So my prayers go out to everyone including our family. If your reading this and it is Sunday then please pray for Monday. If its Monday please pray and if it is any other day of the week, please pray.

Many thanks and much love.

Elizabeth Barrett Browing

" I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you"


I am so glad that people can put words to thoughts and feelings that I experience in life in such a beautiful way

home sweet home

just a few more weeks and i can go home to my beautiful family and home. I love st.simons island. I love the salt air and the gorgeous old trees.

its okay to be 26 and homesick right?