Randomness in Pictures

I have several pics, so here goes:

I never posted anything from Easter.  Basically we went to my aunt and uncles house.  They have a small lake/pond and so we fished, flew kites, hunted eggs, ate, etc.

Kaley flying her kite.  I love spring time weather!

The Barbie Kite...not to shabby for only $1.

Me and Kaley.  I'm looking rough because she insisted I run with the kite to get it up in the air.

Cass and Trey (My little cousin).  She obviously has no clue what she's doing.

Getting a little better..

Can we see the sass in this walk...???

Yep, those are camo overalls! haha!

My little buddy!

One of my good friends, Jill, is moving to South Alabama for P.A. school so we spent last Saturday with her.  We pretty much spent the whole day together.  We picked her up and surprised her with a trip to the zoo.  

My friend Linda's little girl, Savanah.  She loved it!

After the zoo, we headed to Linda's to throw Jill a going away party.

The cake I decorated for her.  Y'all know I love to decorate some cakes!  It was suggested to get those old school sugar letters, but I shot that idea down.  Sorry ladies :)

It's a nurse incase you can't tell.

All of the ladies

The guys... who knows what they were talking about over there!

This past weekend Autumn (my new roommate) and I decided to go yard selling.  I haven't been in forever and it was so fun!  Perfect weather!  We got off to a late start so I think we might have missed some good deals, but we had a very successful day!

Autumn has been looking for an old trunk to convert to a coffee table.  So we are driving down the road and we pass an apartment dumpster.  I thought I saw an old trunk propped up beside it but I wasn't sure.  I waited a few minutes and then told Autumn what I thought I had seen.   I have been wrong on many occasions, but we decided to go back just in case.

Well sure enough..... it was an old trunk!  Exactly what she was wanting!

One man's trash, another [wo]man's treasure!  

Autumn and the new trunk, along with the dumpster and the rest of the trash.

**We also got a cute little wooden chair out of it.  Sad, but true.

I thought this said "R.I.P." at first.  We were a little nervous about opening it......not sure what we would find in there!

It says "R.P.B." though, so no worries!

And here is the new coffee table!  So cute!  Still needs a little work, but I love it.

We picked these flowers out of a neighbors yard and I just thought they were pretty so I took a picture.

Sunday night was another going away party for our friends Keith and Stacey.  They are getting ready to move to Tuscaloosa to help plant a church.

This is the only decent picture I took.  

Me and my friend Stacey (not the one moving)

I think that's all for today.  I will get some more pics of our other yard sale finds!  

Also, hopefully move-in pictures soon!  

I'm going to the beach this weekend, so sometime after that!

Rat's Nest???

I'm getting ready to mail my hair today.  It seriously looks like some kind of rat sitting on my desk..... kinda gross!

And I really do like it short.  It's so much easier!  And, the hair I'm sending in really isn't that much.  I mean to me it was, but to make a wig?!?!  I would love to see how they make the wigs and just the process that goes along with it.

P.S.  I hope no one at work saw me taking these pictures :/  

Oh, and I ran out of gas last night on my way to church.  I seriously coasted into the church parking lot!  Thank the Lord for green lights, good friends, and no messed up fuel filter!  

And because you are probably wondering.... I usually have 19 miles when my gas light comes on.  Well I guess something was off because it said I had only went 4.  So technically, it really wasn't even my fault.  My dad was out of town so we are going to hope he doesn't hear about that!  

I have pictures from my weekend but I left my purse at home.  **I'm obviously distracted or something because I've been a little off my game these past two days :)  We went to the zoo though.  My first trip in YEARS!  It was so much fun!

I'm super excited about tomorrow because I'm going yard selling!  Hopefully I'll find some good stuff!

A little too far???

Our front desk girl at work is off all week, so I am sitting at her desk until she gets back.  Well on Monday, I found this in one of her drawers:

Except that instead of just the first season, it was all 3 seasons.  (Well I thought it was all three.  We are missing the last DVD.  But I guess it's ok because we all know how it ends, right?)  I know what you are thinking.... "no, you did not watch them."  And, yes I did!  And I loved it! haha!  This came out my freshman year of college and we used to make it a weekly event to meet in our dorm room and watch "The Newlyweds."  This is when my love for Jessica Simpson first came about.

I really don't love, love her.  I know she and her family basically gave up everything they said they believed in (Her dad was a youth minister and professor at DBU-where I went to school) and just turned all Hollywood.  But I don't care.  I like her.  

Side Note:  I really do care that she just sacrificed her beliefs for her career.  I want to win her back to the Lord :)  And I'm really sad she and Nick aren't together anymore.

I sucked my friend Christine into watching them with me.  Although it really didn't take much but a simple offer and she was in.  As we watched all day yesterday and Tuesday, we really began to get emotionally involved (This could probably go without saying, but work has been really slow this week!).  That's why I hate reality t.v.  And anytime I hear about a married couple splitting up, it breaks my heart.  So I felt the same pain for Nick and Jess.  

I called Christine yesterday.  She told me that before she and her husband ate dinner she prayed.  Then she went on to tell me that she prayed Nick and Jessica would get back together.  And the sad thing is, she wasn't kidding.  She was serious.  And in my heart, I agreed with her. We decided it was ok since no other marriages would have to be broken in order for it to happen.

I've been calling Christine "Jessica Simpson" and teasing that I'm going to do a page for Jessica Simpson in the office today.  But I just don't have the guts.

So anyways, now you know one thing on my prayer list.  Something tells me after this post, my name might be on several of yours :)  

All I'm saying is that when Nick and Jess get back together, don't all y'all come to me with your prayer request!

P.S.  I'm sorry if you feel like you just wasted your life reading this.

P.S.S.  Another girl from work has the complete series and is bringing us the last DVD.  Woo hoo!

  

Hair today, gone tomorrow....

Well, I finally did it.  I cut my hair.  I was so nervous, but just told her to do it before I change my mind.  

I was talking to a friend afterwards and telling her that it was shorter than I had really wanted it to be.  Her response:  "Well at least you still have hair." [Unlike the people with cancer that I will be sending my hair to].  Wow, so true and such a punch in the gut.  Girls are so consumed with our hair.  

Anyways, here are the pictures.  I forgot to take a real before pic, so this will have to do.

Before:

After:

P.S.  I've been running everyday after work this week.  And yes, I know it's only been 2 days :)

Nervous!

I may be getting my hair cut 8 inches tomorrow.......

I was going to do Locks of Love, but Pantene has a similar program.  Locks of Love is 10 inches but Pantene is only 8.  

I'm nervous!  I guess we will see what I end up doing tomorrow!  

I couldn't find a ruler so I just printed one off the internet.  8 inches isn't as much as I thought.  So it looks like it's probably a go.

Sorry I'm being so self absorbed right now :)  

On a more non-selfish/non-materialistic note:  My dad left Saturday for Nicaragua.  This is probably like his 15th time to go in the past 10 years or so.  

Say a prayer for him and the rest of the team that's over there.  

A good day so far!

Well to start this day off, I got up an hour early.  Just to clarify, it wasn't on purpose.  You are probably wondering how you manage to get up early, and not late.  I'm not sure what I was thinking.  I think I was so tired I just wasn't thinking very clearly.  Once I got out of the shower and realized what time it actually was and when I had to be at work, I laid back down for a few more minutes of sleep.   That was sort of a mistake because I felt worse than I did before.

I made it to work though....

For lunch I went to this cute little park/lake down the road from my office.  I think it's going to be a new thing that I do every day.  It was SO beautiful outside and I just sat in the grass and read my book.

I love days like that!  It took me back to my days at Alabama when we would go and sit on the quad and read.

They have geese and ducks there and a sidewalk that goes all the way around the lake.  There were tons of people with their kids and dogs just hanging out.   For a second I wished I had a kid or a dog there to play with.... but then I watched a dog start to chase the geese and it's owner run after it and I saw a kid throw a fit when it was time for her to leave..... after that, I was glad it was just me :)

I wish I would have had my camera.

To top off my great lunch, I stopped by Pier 1 on my way back to the office.  They have the curtains there that I want to get for my room.  I've been waiting on them to go on sale and today there were!

It wasn't the best sale ever, but they were cheaper.  I need 2 panels so I bought one today.  I got a coupon to fill out a survey and get $5 off my next purchase.  So my plan is to go back next week (while they are still on sale) and get the other panel I need.  I already filled the survey out and it was legit.  Yea!

These aren't the best pictures, but here they are.... my friend at work looked at me like I was crazy when I was taking these.  I told him to please just ignore me.  

This is the picture that was on the outside of the package.

They are chocolate brown and I love them!

I have another lingerie shower tonight and my boss just told me to go home since we aren't busy.... I'm not arguing and I'm leaving before anyone changes their mind :)

I'm terrible at creative titles!

To start with, I am updating my blog look.  I love it, but it needs some color.  

This morning I was talking to a friend at work.  She just received a phone call from a job in Nashville that she really wants.  The excitement she felt when she got off of the phone..... I was a little jealous.  It reminded me of how I felt when I received a phone call about moving to Dallas, or the call I got about going to Memphis for the summer, or when I figured out I wanted to apply for the job at Student Life and move back to Birmingham.

As much as I hate the unknown, I love the excitement that comes when you begin a new journey.  I absolutely love living back in Birmingham.  I love that I was able to spend Easter with my family this year.  I love that I have been home to hang out with my friends whenever I want.  I love that I can attend all of my sister's events for her senior year.  I love that I am involved in a ministry with people my own age........

......but at the same time, I love the idea of packing up and moving somewhere else.  And getting out of my comfort zone.  And just experiencing new stuff.

So what does that mean?  I have no idea.   **I don't think it means I am supposed to move to Seattle----Amy.  Or to Vancouver ----Sara ;)

I was asked again today what I am doing with my life..... I still don't know.  

More Randomness:  So this time last year, I was taking care of this mess...... my closets back in Dallas.  I was cleaning and packing them getting ready to make the move back to B'ham.    It seems like so long ago, but really not that long ago. --->Does that even make sense?!?!

These are terrible, I know!  The good news is, the doors closed and no one ever knew what it looked like behind them :)

This was the pile of clothes I put in the guest room as I cleaned them out.

I started this book yesterday.  I heard it was a slow start.  They weren't lying.  But I'm sticking with it.

Bored.

So I have looked at every possible website I can and the phones at work are dead...... I think that means it's time to go home!  I've refreshed my facebook page like 50x.  That's pretty sad.

It's such a pretty day today!  I want to be outside in it!  I'm off work tomorrow and Friday.  I am so excited!  I pretty much shut down about 12 today because I feel like it's the weekend.

I still haven't moved.  I have had zero spare time.  Hopefully that's what I will accomplish while I'm off.  

Still haven't finished my Alabama taxes.  I'm so glad I wasn't called to be an accountant.  

30 more minutes.....

I woke up this morning feeling a little sickly..... I'm hoping it's just allergies.  

I just took a walk around the office to pass some time.   It only lasted 4 minutes.

Easter is Sunday.  I don't think I will be purchasing a new dress this year.  I didn't get one last year either.  I have a dress I bought this past summer for Lindsey and Ryan's rehearsal dinner.  I got it at Banana Republic and I think I've only wore it one other time.  So I do believe that will be my outfit of choice for Sunday.  We are having Easter at my aunt and uncles house.  They have a large pond behind their house, and my grandmother has already informed me that we will be having a contest to see who can catch the largest fish.  I hope money is involved :)

Ok, 12 mins left to this long, loooonnnngggg day!  That's enough time for me to get my stuff together and then go home!  Yea!

Weekend Review.

I did a lot this weekend, but nothing way exciting.  Friday I went to Children's to Volunteer, babysat, got Cass ready for prom, and then stayed home and watched Fireproof (It was good.  A little forced at times, but great overall message).  Saturday I went and watched Kaley in her first dance competition (those parents don't play!  There was a four year old that could have made a varsity cheerleading squad.  And I'm not exaggerating at all!) and then went and babysat all Saturday night.

I babysat for a friend from church.  She has four precious foster kids, ages 2, 3, 4, and 5 (And 2 of her own)!  And they are all real siblings.  I love those kids!  Say a prayer for them today.  They are in court to figure out what the future of the kids will be.  I thought I could have foster kids one day.  And that I would be fine if they had to leave after I had them.  After being around these babies for such a short time, I really don't think there is any way I could do it.  I know God will take care of them, but it will be so hard if they are sent back with their mom.

I was talking with some friends the other day about being single and all that jazz...... after talking with them and having a few revelations of my own, I've decided that I want to make sure I'm living these years of singleness to the fullest.  I have learned a lot of the past few years, the biggest thing being, I'll never have the freedom I have now once I get married and have kids.  So I don't want to be one of those people who sit around and sulk because I'm not married yet.  I want to enjoy the place where God has me right now.  

If any of you married people have anything to say about this, I would love to hear it!  

On a different note though, it would be nice to have a husband to do all my tax stuff!  I hate it!  And maybe to go and get my oil changed in my car.  And to move all my stuff when I finally move----> of course I would tell him where the boxes go :)

 

It's almost over....

Cassie had her prom this weekend.... from what she said it was a lot of fun and everything turned out great.  As promised, here are the pics......

Cass and her group

Cass and Mallory (Her best friend)

She looked gorgeous!  And not just because I did her hair and makeup!

Cass and David (Her date/boyfriend)

If any of you were a fly on the wall at our house while Cass was getting ready, I'm sure it's a sight to see.  It is always mad chaos and we are always running behind.  We are so different in the fact that I take my time whether I have it to take or not.  She gets more stressed if she is running late.  

So I fix her hair, she likes it, but I don't.  I start to take it down, while she yells at me and threatens me.  Then I begin to threaten her if she doesn't keep her head still and let me finish and if she doesn't stop telling me to hurry up.  She complains that I'm hurting her and I tell her it's her own fault for moving so much.  I finish her make-up and she looks in the mirror asking me if I'm serious.  I tell her yes, I'm serious.  It looks great!  And I tell her if she doesn't think so then I guess she just doesn't know what great looks like.  She puts the double sided tape on in the wrong place so I tear it off without thinking that it would probably rip off a layer of skin with it.  She screams.  Really loud.  And tells me I did it on purpose.  I tell her, "yes, because I love to hear you yell like that."  Mom walks in to tell us her date is outside and can probably hear all the yelling.  Her date gets inside and she puts her dress on while I am putting her shoes on her at the same time.  Her date sits in the living room while my dad is left to entertain him.  My dad asks him if he knows what he is getting himself into.  Mom puts her jewelry on her and grabs the nail polish to paint her toenails since she didn't have time to get them done before.  She runs around looking for her purse and everything that goes in it while trying not to step on her dress or mess up her toes.  I follow her with a blush brush and lipstick trying to get the last minute touch ups.  We all look in the mirror and tell her she looks amazing!  We ask her one more time if she has everything she needs.  She says yes and goes to meet her date.  And it's suddenly like the chaos just never even happened!

.....then she calls a few minutes later to tell us she forgot something!

Sisters..... can't live with them, can't live without them!

You might be out of shape if....

....you go and run one day and your entire body hurts for several days after.

Muscles that I didn't realize you use to run are hurting right now. I guess that's my sign that I need to work out more. 

Other randomness:

-I really want to go on an over seas mission trip.  I haven't been on one in almost four years and that makes me really sad.  Hopefully this summer I will be able to go.  Unfortunately, it's not free to go and do mission work like that.

-I think I'm going to start moving my stuff out on Saturday.  If I have time.  Which could be an issue.  

I still do not have a bed yet, but hopefully I'll be getting that taken care of soon.  I'm hoping to get my dad to build me a bed that looks very similar to this.  

This bed has rounded edges on the sides of the headboard, and I don't want that.  But I love it!

I found the curtains I want.  They are at Pier 1.  I will have two windows but I think I can get away with buying two panels and then cutting them in half to have four (they are the ones that are bigger than the average size).  My mom can do all that stuff, which is going to help!

I just have no patience when it comes to this stuff. I want it all done, right now.  I don't like having to buy stuff a little at a time.  

-Cassie's prom is Friday.  I love her dress!  Can't wait to show pictures.

-Amber Kirk, I think you should start a blog.  Like writing on it!!  And a lot of you people have been slackers on updating!

That's all for now.  I'm going to lunch.  It's 1:43PM.  I wish I could tell you all about what I saw yesterday when I went to lunch.  But it would cause me to type words that aren't appropriate!  So, I'll have to tell you individually on the phone.  ha!