Cirque du Soleil!!

I am so excited! We are going to see Cavalia! My aunt called this morning and she is treating our entire family to tickets! We are going November 24th.

An awesome Youtube video about Cavalia:

I have always wanted to see a Cirque du Soleil show and now I get to!

In other news, life is going well. I have been so busy with church and trying to keep up with projects around the house and that leaves little time for blogging. I think I am going to start writing all of my post for the following week on the weekend and scheduling them to post automatically. There is so much I want to share!

Happy Wednesday!

I think I might be a little "!" happy. I think I need to stop shouting! Oops, there I go again.

Nervous

Yikes. I am so nervous! I was asked today by the financial administrator of our church to stand up and talk during two services this Sunday about tithing and why I tithe. I don't mind talking in front of groups of people, but about money? I've never done that before!

We have a busy weekend planned. My Sunday school class is volunteering at our church's fall festival on  Saturday night. I still can't decide if J.D. and I are going to dress up or not. I found some cartoon boiled eggs online and I was going to print them on t-shirts with t-shirt transfers and we were going to wear devil horns and be deviled eggs! I'm kind of nervous about wearing the devil horns to church though! What do you think? Are any of you guys dressing up for Halloween? Do you celebrate Halloween?

About me...

My dear friend Heather awarded me the "Over the top" blog award. I think all of the answers have to be one word, so I did my best to try and stick to that.

Where is your cell phone? Purse



Your hair? Clean


Your mother? Absent


Your father? Wise


Your favorite food? Greek or Italian (I know it's supposed to be a one word answer, but I have two favorites)


Your dream last night? Christmas


Your favorite drink? SweetTea


Your dream/goal? Children


What room are you in? Office


Your hobby? Cooking


Your Fear? Messiness


Where do you want to be in 6 years? Married


Where were you last night? Home


Something that you aren't? Mean


Muffins? Yep


Wish list item? Sewing Machine or Cricut (Again with the two word answers!)


Where did you grow up? Baton Rouge


Last thing you did? Phone


What are you wearing? Professional


Your TV? Off


Your pets? Home


Friends? From God


Your life? Blessed


Your mood? Pleasant


Missing someone? Yes


Vehicle? Element


Something you’re not wearing? Bracelet


Your favorite store? Publix


Your favorite color? Blue


When was the last time you laughed? Today


Last time you cried? Yesterday


One place that I go to over and over? Chick-fil-a!


One person who emails me regularly? Hurricane Heather


Favorite place to eat? Albasha
 
I think I'm supposed to tag people, but some people don't do this kind of thing, so if you want to do this, please do! Just send me a note or leave me a comment letting me know that you did because I would love to learn more about you!

Cooking Light Winner!

Well, I had two entries total! The winner is The Future Mrs. Etten!!! I'll be emailing you soon. Congratulations!!!

Maybe this is too personal...

But, it's my blog so I am going to share anyway. I have stated before that I don't have a relationship with my mother. She is abusive and mean and all of the things I hope to never be. My grandparents estate was settled at the end of last week and this was a letter I received today.

                                                                                                                      23 October 2009

My dear Lindy,

I had devoutly hoped to be able to pay off your student loans in full. This is still a possibility, but I want you to understand my feelings on the matter at this time.

Since you have lived in the house, rent-free, for a year, +,-, now, I consider that to quite a chunk of change that has come your way. In the normally appropriate course of events, that should have been rental income for me, obviously split with you aunt, but it is an income loss for me. Consider your "good fortune" as the first installment in what I hope to give you. I do hope and plan to fulfill my obligation in this regard.

My request to you is this:

I want all of my good jewlery to be returned, anything Eric gave me. This includes but is not limited to my Mikimoto pearl studs, my diamonds (studs) and anything else Eric was kind enough to give me. I hope that you keep the earrings Val and I gave you, as they were a gift in good faith.

Perhaps when you are a mother yourself you will come to understand better any mistakes I made, and forgive me. I love you with all of my heart, and my door is always open to you.

                                                                                                  You have all my heart,
                                                                                                   Mom


Isn't she loving? I would also like to say that the jewelery was given to me during the years when I was in college when she didn't give me anything for Christmas. It was always given in April or something with an apology of "sorry I didn't give you anything for Christmas, have this". You should also know that she is inheiriting a sizeable estate and my grandparents made it clear to everyone before their death that they wanted her to pay off my student loans. Unfortunately, that was never put in writing.

I don't care about the money. I know my treasure isn't on this earth. It just breaks my heart to see what kind of person my mother is. There is so much more to this story that I wish I could share on this blog, but I do have to draw a line somewhere.

To all of you out there who have good mothers, thank them and hug them. They are a treasure and you are so lucky.

Wishin' and hopin'...

.... for a new roof!

We have an insurance adjuster coming out today to check our roof for our hail damage. The Atlanta area has been hit pretty hard with hail storms in the last year and about 3/4 of our neighbors on the five mile road we live on have had their roofs replaced due to hail damage. My aunt and uncle next door had their roof replaced last week and it looks fantastic!

You really can't tell from this picture, but our roof is poop brown. I HATE IT! I am really partial to black architectural shingles, but I'm not sure if they would go with our brick. We would also have to paint or replace the gutters because they are also brown. Who has brown gutters? I also seriously need help picking out paint colors for the trim and shutters. Stacey H, my dear interior designer friend, do you hear me?

I'll let you all know what our adjuster says!

Also for those of you who entered my Cooking Light magazine giveaway, I haven't picked a winner yet but will do that very soon. My laziness got the better of me!

Pickle's Excorcism

Those of you who know me in real life know that I am a sucker for animals. You might also know that I have a knack for rescuing the ones that most people would consider psychotic. My youngest dog, Pickle, is no exception.

Our church hosted it's annual blessing of the animals on October 3, 2009. We really felt that all of the dogs needed to be blessed, but because J.D. had to work, there was no way I could bring all three of the dogs to the church. We settled on the one who needed it the most, Pickle. I think the picture below pretty much sums it all up.

"What, he has his hands on me? Run!"

Needless to say, we're still waiting on this blessing to "take".