Fairy Princess

I got to see my goddaughter today. She's just so dang cute :) I kept her for a little while this afternoon between church while her mom ran some errands. I just had to show her off!

Little Buddy

Before you read this, you might want to go back and get a little history, then you can continue..

Mom called me when I was about 2 minutes from the house tonight. I told her I was almost home and she said “okay I’ll just wait until you get here”.

I walk into the house, she points to a jar on the coffee table. “Look inside”, she says, with a little smirk on her face. Knowing how she likes to torment me and my possibly irrational fear of spiders, I told her I didn’t want to. I made sure to stay back in case whatever was in the jar decided to go into attack mode. I looked closer though, and saw my little friend from a few weeks ago.

Dad said he saw him wandering down the hall and then went underneath the door in Laura’s old room. They followed him in there and mom helped him catch him. He said from the way I described him, he expected this little fella to be about 6 inches long. He then proceeded to tell me that this particular gecko was a baby, which meant his mommy and daddy and brothers and sisters were around here somewhere. I guess since my research on the little guy I’m not quite as nervous. In fact, one article I read said that some people keep 4 or 5 of these things as pets because they eat all the other bugs in the house. Hmm, maybe that’s an idea!

Anyway, I let him go out in the neighborhood. He scurried off like he was happy to be out of the jar. I'm sure he was!

I tell ya, the excitement never ends around here!

Overseas?

So according to my StatCounter, I have a reader all the way in Europe. How cool is that! I'm not sure who it is, but it's still pretty nifty. So, whoever you are, stop lurking and leave a comment! =D

My weekend was busy! Went to a birthday party Saturday morning, then to lunch with some local friends and out of town friends, then went home to start many loads of laundry. Then back out to another friends' house to hang out. I was exhausted by the time I finally got home for the night. Sunday I had church and then came home and took a much needed nap. Then church again that night. I had a bad headache and was actually in bed before midnight...and if you know me, you know that's waaay earlier than normal.

Now it's Monday, yet another work week. I'm not looking forward to it at all!

How was everyone else's weekend?

Not a lot..

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. There's just not a whole lot going on. Work is the same. Life is the same. I wish something would happen!

Wait.

I take that back. I don't want anything to happen, God!! Wishing for something to happen could be pretty dangerous. Kind of like praying for patience...not the best idea!

I guess the most exciting thing is that my sister finally bought a house! She's been trying for the past few months, and things would always fall through at the last minute. But she was finally able to close and now holds the keys to her very own cute little abode! I can't wait to help her decorate :) If I can ever find the time to make it up there..

Hope everyone had a good Monday!

Obesession

So I totally blame my friend Mallory for my latest obsession. She introduced me to Marc Broussard. Have you ever listened to him? I am in LOVE! According to Wiki, his style is considered "bayou soul" and I believe he's from New Orleans. Look how cute he is!
If you get the chance, check out his video for his song Home. He's got the kind of music you just want to get up and dance to!

I Surrender All

This gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes every time I watch or hear it.

The girl in the window

"The family had lived in the rundown rental house for almost three years when someone first saw a child's face in the window."

This is the saddest story I've ever read. I won't go into details on here, you can read the article if you want.

Loss

My good friend Laura's grandmother passed away late last night.

Keep the Lemoine and Maclin family in your prayers if you would. She was extremely close with her grandmother, and I know her heart's breaking.

Cardboard

I found this on a random site today. Very powerful.

oh by the way--happy birthday to me!

Mosaic

This was fun :)



1. Une journée entre amies..., 2. Italian Job Set, 3. west monroe Scores, 4. dark green leather Journal/Diary/Sketch Book, 5. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, 6. iced tea, 7. The North Coast of Ireland?!, 8. Flickr meltdown, 9. A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them., 10. He Reigns, 11. as the sun begins to set.., 12. Rocky

Here's how it works:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker. Choose 3 columns with 4 rows.
The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name. (kid version: favorite animal?)

Let me know if you do one!!