What I'm LOVING Wednesday

I'm loving...

That New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, and 98 Degrees are going on tour this summer. Be still my teenage heart. And by the reaction on my Twitter timeline and Facebook feed yesterday, it seems I'm not the only one who is excited about this. As my longtime readers know, I went to the New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys concert in 2011 (recap of the concert and after party here. Oh yes, you read that right, I went to an after party and got hugged by Jordan and Donnie. Be very jealous). :) So, a trip is possibly in the works for me to go visit my awesome friend Jodi to see the concert in Boston when they perform there in June. And while I'm there it just so happens that the Rangers are playing the Red Sox at Fenway, so I can catch a game too (and mark Fenway off my list of baseball stadium/ballparks I need to visit). It's all tentative right now, but we hope it happens!

For your listening enjoyment:

I'm loving...

This chapter from Psalm. I went to a service last night at my friend's church and the speaker referenced this chapter. I know these verses have helped some friends recently.

I'm loving...

That my roommate's dog Sadie feels the need to stand guard outside my bedroom or bathroom door in the mornings. Laura said Sadie is going to go through withdrawals when I move out next month.

Don't let that sweet face fool you. :)

I'm loving...

That legendary actress Shirley Temple (Shirley Temple Black now) is following me on Twitter. Okay, I doubt it's really her (until it's verified, I'm not going to believe it). But if it really IS her, how cool would that be? We shall see...she tweeted at Dick Van Dyke, so if it's really her, maybe he will confirm it (and yes, of course I follow Dick Van Dyke on Twitter, did you really need to ask??) :)

I'm loving...

That I'm having entirely too much fun with Siri on my iPhone. And yes, she does call me "Your Majesty". I mentioned the other day she was giving me attitude with her responses. It seems she's forgiven me now! :)

I'm loving...

This picture of Luke Bryan that my roommate posted on my Facebook page. And it gives me an excuse to put a picture of him on my blog! :) You are welcome...

Some men just look good in a baseball cap ... ;)

Happy Wednesday y'all!! For those of y'all in Dallas, I hope you got your free pie at Norma's Cafe today!

XOXO!

30 DBC Days 13, 14 and 15

Since I was spending the weekend with my family, I wasn't able to update my blog the past few days. I'll post more about that later this week, but here are two reasons why I was too distracted to blog! :)

Continuing on the 30 Day Blog Challenge!

Day 13: Goals

Marry an independently wealthy guy (who loves Jesus, baseball and looks like Chris Evans), be at stay at home wife/mom, and blog all day. Okay, not really my goal (but if it happens, I'm cool with it). Okay, in all honesty, my goal is to just be happy in whatever I do and whatever is going on in my life.

Day 14: A picture you love

Giving kisses to my great-nephew E

Day 15: Bible verses

Back in February I listed 13 of my favorite Bible verses, here they are again.

 

Have a great day!

XOXO!

Thursday 13- Favorite Verses

Thanks to everyone for the emails/tweets asking how I'm doing- sorry I've been slacking on my blog this week. I could complain and give you all the gory details of my week, but I won't. For my Thursday 13, I wanted to share some of my favorite scriptures. I should really focus more on the Word instead of complaining so much (hey- I'm human, what can I say?) If you have any favorites scriptures, please feel free to leave them in the comments or email them to me!! XOXO sweet friends for being there for me!

 

 

 

 

 

Three guesses what I'm having for lunch today for my Thirsty Thursday!! :)

Head over to For the Love of Blogs and link up for Thirsty Thursday!!

...Hello 2011!

Sorry this is so late in the day getting posted! I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve! Some friends and I went to the Dallas Stars hockey game last night. Despite a loss, it was still a lot of fun. There were some good fights! ;) After the game we hung around downtown/uptown Dallas until about midnight. Again, I could never be in New York City on New Year's Eve. I know NYC has at least a million people. I was doing good to be stuck in a crowd of 45,000 in Dallas. Good grief there were some crazy people down there. I was thankful to get home safe and sound.

 

Me at the Stars game.

 

What's a hockey game without a good fight?

Waiting for midnight. This is only a small portion of the crowd.

 

I don't know what I took this picture (strange things occur at 1am), but this is me without makeup (I had just washed my face). Just showing 2011 a little "sass". :)

I spent New Year's Day shopping at Kohl's (hooray for gift cards) and cleaning my apartment (I know, lots of fun, huh?) I got my Christmas decorations taken down and packed away. Earlier this evening I was finally able to sit down and watch a little college football. Speaking of  which- GO FROGS! TCU (Texas Christian University- located in Fort Worth), beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. I'm not sure how long Youtube will allow this to be up, but this is Andy Dalton, TCU's quarterback, being interviewed after the game. I love the scripture that he quoted.

Just in case the video has been removed by the time you view it, he quoted: 1 Peter 5:6:  "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time." Critics were saying that TCU didn't belong in the Rose Bowl because they were a small school- I think this win proved those critics wrong! Congrats again Frogs on a perfect 13-0 season!! :)

For those wondering, yes, I did record the NCIS marathon on USA. I'm getting ready to watch some of those right now. The SyFy network has been running a Twilight Zone marathon today so I have recorded that as well. I'm glad I have AT&T Uverse cable because I can record up to four things at once on my DVR. :)

As some of you know, one part of my 101 in 1001 challenge is that I want to read the Bible in chronological order. I'm hoping to do that this year. In case you are interested in joining me, I thought I would post the books/chapters that you need to read each day. They are broken down to a few chapters a day. I'm going to do my best to post a week's worth at a time. Hopefully that will keep me accountable! :) If you click on the verses, it will take you to those chapters on the Bible Gateway website.

 

Day 1: Genesis 1-3

Day 2: Genesis 4-7

Day 3: Genesis 8-11

Day 4: Job 1-5

Day 5: Job 6-9

Day 6:  Job 10-13

Day 7: Job 14-16 

 

Happy 2011 friends!!

Tuesday Thankfulness

I get many emails a day and don't always get to some of them right away (especially the forwards). My sweet friend Jami (aka, my "little sister") sent me an email on Friday that I didn't see until today. It was JUST what I needed to turn my day around (let's just say I wasn't having the best morning). I personally think that God had me not see this email until today. Of course I am going to share it with y'all!

First of all, welcome everyone from Tuesday Tag-Along! Enjoy your visit!!

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God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go.

Father, God, bless all my friends in whatever it is that you know they may need this day! And may their lives be full of your peace, prosperity and power as they seek to have a closer relationship with you. Amen.

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Speaking of emails that made me smile today, my wonderful friend Forrest sent me a "song" that he wrote about me (to the tune of Take Me Out To The Ballgame).

Take Ra-chel to the ball game,

Take her out with the crowd.

She is addicted and that's a fact.

She won't leave when a cute guy's at bat

Let her root, root, root for the Rangers,

Unless they're playing the Braves.

For there's one too many to count

Ways that she is great!

Happy Tuesday friends! Be blessed!!