Soooooooo.........
......... what do I have to report today on Sweating it Saturdays!?!? That the same thing has occurred. Work is time consuming. School is time consuming. And I am good at making excuses. Need I say anything more?
There's always next Saturday, but I have a feeling with the week and weekend I have coming up....that will be nonexistent, again. Dear God rescue me!
Things I know about 28: It's tough.... Just as tough as 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21,.... were but I can BE tough to get through the hard things. I can. I will. I hope.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Faith and Eggs (Day 19)
So today was a fun day. Not only was it Good Friday and a day off, but it was the Egg Drop Challenge. Jordan and Sandra geared up their kids to having a egg drop challenge on the day we were out of school. It was time for us to get together (and for the kids) to have a fun time together. I truly had this grand plan to go to Wal-Mart and get the best things to make my egg drop THE BEST...so I could beat the KIDS. Yep, I am that kinda of person. Life had other ideas, as I was CRAZY busy with work and school. Needless to say, I got nervous when I saw Thursday night that Sandra and her kiddos had already constructed their egg drop contraption... I also called her a cheater. Okay...so let me get back on track. Friday morning comes and I head on over to Jordan's, where I am greeted with the kids at the door blowing up balloons to make their egg drop device. I quickly panic and decide to grab a couple of things to make it happen. What do I grab... a diaper, yarn, a plastic cup, a trash bag, and tape. Worked my mad skills and ended up with this....
So we were all ready to go! I had my egg, also known as Eggdar, ready to go. Not going to lie, I didn't think I had a chance.....
As you can see Eggdar survived!
So we decided to go to bigger and better places... I mean we needed eggs to die here! We packed up the car and headed to the park. My mission was to win; however, once we got to the park, the kids mission was to play... I just wasn't having that! We climb to the top of the playground set, which gave us a higher altitude than the top of the stairs. We all drop and....... .NOTHING they all survived! What can we do to make these eggs die!?!?!? Take off all the parachutes! Okay, this has GOT to work. I mean they have nothing to break their fall. One of the eggs will surely die! I will go ahead and tell you, they didn't. They all survived. I was disappointed. But we had fun. so we let the kids play and the adult girls talk. I must say, I am thankful for my growth in faith. My new and blossoming life has allowed me to come into contact with some AMAZING people! Two of them being Jordan and Sandra. We had a great time talking about kids... guys... and life. It was nice to have some voices of reason! (Thank you ladies) As the temperature started to drop, it was time to get the kids all back and go warm up.....so we went to get ICE CREAM! Yep, who doesn't do that!
What did I learn about being 28 today? I am still a kid at heart, and I hope I never lose that since of wonder, excitement, and imagination! Oh, I also have some pretty cool friends!
So we were all ready to go! I had my egg, also known as Eggdar, ready to go. Not going to lie, I didn't think I had a chance.....
As you can see Eggdar survived!
So we decided to go to bigger and better places... I mean we needed eggs to die here! We packed up the car and headed to the park. My mission was to win; however, once we got to the park, the kids mission was to play... I just wasn't having that! We climb to the top of the playground set, which gave us a higher altitude than the top of the stairs. We all drop and....... .NOTHING they all survived! What can we do to make these eggs die!?!?!? Take off all the parachutes! Okay, this has GOT to work. I mean they have nothing to break their fall. One of the eggs will surely die! I will go ahead and tell you, they didn't. They all survived. I was disappointed. But we had fun. so we let the kids play and the adult girls talk. I must say, I am thankful for my growth in faith. My new and blossoming life has allowed me to come into contact with some AMAZING people! Two of them being Jordan and Sandra. We had a great time talking about kids... guys... and life. It was nice to have some voices of reason! (Thank you ladies) As the temperature started to drop, it was time to get the kids all back and go warm up.....so we went to get ICE CREAM! Yep, who doesn't do that!
What did I learn about being 28 today? I am still a kid at heart, and I hope I never lose that since of wonder, excitement, and imagination! Oh, I also have some pretty cool friends!
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Throwback to 18
So it's day 18 of being 28, so I thought it was only fun to go back to being 18.... then I realized I was disturbingly gross at 18, so I decided to throw back to a conversation my brother and I had during the Teacher of the Year banquet this year. I am just going to make this fun. You can decide for yourself, which comments are mine and which ones are Jeremy's, enjoy!
What I learned about being 28 today? I am glad I have mature older brothers to look up to. It really shows me what 29 will look like when I get to being his age. :)
What I learned about being 28 today? I am glad I have mature older brothers to look up to. It really shows me what 29 will look like when I get to being his age. :)
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Day 17-And they keep coming...
It's a great day... it's Wondering Wednesday! I need to get better at this. I need to start carrying paper with me. I need to REALLY write down the things I wonder throughout the day. I wonder when I will start. I wonder.
Wonderings about being 28... life was easier at 8.
Wonderings about being 28... life was easier at 8.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Tanzania Tuesdays (Day 16)
African Cats....
Duct Tape Style. I probably wouldn't mind them so much if they came in this form.
I did however get confirmation on a few things this week in regards to my trip to Tanzania:
- We will not be sleeping in tents. This has been the question I have asked at every single meeting and never seemed to get a response; however, I spoke with the e3 lady this week and she confirmed we will actually get to sleep in a hotel.
- The flight is roughly 17 hours...the trip from the airport to where we are going is 2 days. We were told to wear comfy clothes. Simple... NOT! We recently had a meeting with 12Stone and a air marshall who spoke to us on travel safety. He spoke on things from safety on airplanes (and during a crash) to what you should do if you get kidnapped. So how does this have anything to do with what I wear?!?! Well, tune in next week to hear ALL about what to do on an airplane to be safe!
- There's a good chance we will be working with a new church to build its children's ministry. SUPER excited about that!
- And probably the most important thing I learned with talking to Kathie from e3. I probably will NOT get attacked by African cats; however, she did tell me that the tribe we will be working with suffered great losses in prior years from their crops being trampled on by.... AFRICAN ELEPHANTS! I guess you can say I have a new African animal to fear!
So let me get real here.... I still have a LOT of money to raise. I still have a LOT of prayers that need to take place. I have only raised about 25% of the funds, which isn't good since I was suppose to have half of it by March 19th. So I guess this is my plea and cry for support. Really any amount can and does help...and is greatly appreciated! You can go directly to the online giving page, which is included below and select the Tanzania trip leaving May 23rd and my name...
As for prayers in regards to this trip:
- Pray for God to shine light on exactly what He wants us to do while we are there and He provides us with what we need to do to prepare for His mission
- Pray for the people we are going to be working with in Tanzania.
- Pray for our team as we continue to prepare both financially, spiritually, mentally, and physically for this trip.
- Pray for the e3 leaders who we will be working with (many are just getting back from Africa this past week)
- Pray that God softens and opens my heart and eyes to what He needs me to do individually to prepare for this trip.
- Praise God for allowing me the opportunity to be a voice to His Kingdom.
- Praise to those who will get to hear the Word of God.
- Praise to those who are willing to support both through prayers and funds the trip to Tanzania.
What I have learned about being 28? While I often think things are about me....they are NOT! There's a bigger world than the great city of Grayson, Georgia. God offers more to me than I can imagine; therefore, I must humble myself to truly appreciate the gifts He gives me.
Duct Tape Style. I probably wouldn't mind them so much if they came in this form.
I did however get confirmation on a few things this week in regards to my trip to Tanzania:
- We will not be sleeping in tents. This has been the question I have asked at every single meeting and never seemed to get a response; however, I spoke with the e3 lady this week and she confirmed we will actually get to sleep in a hotel.
- The flight is roughly 17 hours...the trip from the airport to where we are going is 2 days. We were told to wear comfy clothes. Simple... NOT! We recently had a meeting with 12Stone and a air marshall who spoke to us on travel safety. He spoke on things from safety on airplanes (and during a crash) to what you should do if you get kidnapped. So how does this have anything to do with what I wear?!?! Well, tune in next week to hear ALL about what to do on an airplane to be safe!
- There's a good chance we will be working with a new church to build its children's ministry. SUPER excited about that!
- And probably the most important thing I learned with talking to Kathie from e3. I probably will NOT get attacked by African cats; however, she did tell me that the tribe we will be working with suffered great losses in prior years from their crops being trampled on by.... AFRICAN ELEPHANTS! I guess you can say I have a new African animal to fear!
So let me get real here.... I still have a LOT of money to raise. I still have a LOT of prayers that need to take place. I have only raised about 25% of the funds, which isn't good since I was suppose to have half of it by March 19th. So I guess this is my plea and cry for support. Really any amount can and does help...and is greatly appreciated! You can go directly to the online giving page, which is included below and select the Tanzania trip leaving May 23rd and my name...
As for prayers in regards to this trip:
- Pray for God to shine light on exactly what He wants us to do while we are there and He provides us with what we need to do to prepare for His mission
- Pray for the people we are going to be working with in Tanzania.
- Pray for our team as we continue to prepare both financially, spiritually, mentally, and physically for this trip.
- Pray for the e3 leaders who we will be working with (many are just getting back from Africa this past week)
- Pray that God softens and opens my heart and eyes to what He needs me to do individually to prepare for this trip.
- Praise God for allowing me the opportunity to be a voice to His Kingdom.
- Praise to those who will get to hear the Word of God.
- Praise to those who are willing to support both through prayers and funds the trip to Tanzania.
What I have learned about being 28? While I often think things are about me....they are NOT! There's a bigger world than the great city of Grayson, Georgia. God offers more to me than I can imagine; therefore, I must humble myself to truly appreciate the gifts He gives me.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Moron Monday (Day 15)
Since Mondays do not have a name yet... I decided to give this Monday to the morons of the world. So here we go...
If you weren't aware, I am single. Shocker, I know! Anyways, I dabble in online dating from time-to-time. It really is quite an art...a jungle...and many times a terrible tragedy! Well, recently I stumbled across this delicacy of aman boy. Let me set the seen for you... the moron's guy's profile picture is the epic douchebag picture... you know what I am talking about. Come on, you know the guy working out at the gym and believes he is looking great, so he takes a picture of himself flexing in the mirrors at the gym and snaps a mirror picture. It gets me every time (insert sarcasm here). While I worry over this guy using this picture as his profile picture, I am quickly amused to see he has MANY of these great pictures in his photo album. I know, you are thinking I must be interested since I looked in the album. Believe me a girl can go to a bad store and still window shop....there was not committed taken. So you may be wondering how this guy is such a moron with just gym mirror pictures...Well let me welcome you to his profile....
Let me tell you, if this is Prince Charming I will remain single FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! Thank you God for reminding me often that I am a good catch and that I mustn't settle!
What have I learned about being 28 today? While I had dreams when I was younger of being 28 married with little kids, I have learned from actually being 28 that it's okay to be single, especially when the pickings are slim. :)
If you weren't aware, I am single. Shocker, I know! Anyways, I dabble in online dating from time-to-time. It really is quite an art...a jungle...and many times a terrible tragedy! Well, recently I stumbled across this delicacy of a
Let me tell you, if this is Prince Charming I will remain single FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! Thank you God for reminding me often that I am a good catch and that I mustn't settle!
What have I learned about being 28 today? While I had dreams when I was younger of being 28 married with little kids, I have learned from actually being 28 that it's okay to be single, especially when the pickings are slim. :)
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Snapshot Sunday (Day 14)
For the first time since deciding about going to Africa I had dreams about the pleasant things that are going to happen....and not just the cats.
What I learned about being 28? Dreams are great! I hope I always have them. I hope I always remember them. I hope...because I dream!
What I learned about being 28? Dreams are great! I hope I always have them. I hope I always remember them. I hope...because I dream!
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