In an always changing world, I'm so blessed to have a never changing God. Always true. Always dependable. Always there. Never breaks a promise. Never tells a lie. The joy of the Lord is my strength. In thinking of this I was reminded of many other things that bring joy and happiness to my life. I am in such a happy place as I type this now, but like most of you, have my down days as well. I thought I'd make a list of the things that bring joy and happiness to my life so that on those down days I can look at this and know everything will be alright.
1. God- my top joy.. as the list continues there will be many 'material' things that He has blessed us with, and I am reminded that it is all through Him I have it.
2. Brett
3. Being Forgiven
4. Being loved by the King.. just because
5. Family
4. Those friends that are so close to us that they are basically family
5. A child's laughter
6. Little boys playing baseball
7. Diet Mountain Dew
8. 1000 thread count sheets
9. Genuine smiles on a child's face
10. A full tank of gas
11. Dessert
12. "Game night" with friends
13. The look on Brett's face when I've made a HUGE mess in the kitchen
14. Being called "Duck"
15. My grandmother, and all of her wisdom
16. Someone telling me their good news
17. Date nights
18. Weddings
19. The lake
20. Rosey red cheeks from the sun
21. The beach
22. Pillow talk
23. Seeing the students at Rise on their playground having the time of their life next door
24. Remembering High School
25. Laughing so hard that who knows what might happen :)
26. A clean house
27. Fluffy towels freshly folded out of the drier
28. Alabama Football
29. Saturdays in the fall on the Quad
30. December 19, 2009
31. MY BIRTHDAY!!!
32. text messages
33. Notifications of someone posting something on my wall
34. God's handiwork all over this beautiful land
35. A sunny day
36. Worshiping at University Church of Christ
37. being married
38. Pachabells Cannon in D
39. A tear jerker movie (I know doesn't make sense)
40. Flowers blooming
41. Children's books
42. Plays
43. helping someone
44. Sharpies
45. Seeing an old friend
46. babies
47. Sunday afternoon naps
48. Pictures
49. Watching Brett get excited over a work out
50. The holidays
Again.. just to name a few ;) Thank you God for all the gifts in my life that you have blessed me with, if not for you, I would have nothing.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Happy Easter
What a wonderful Easter weekend we had!!! It started off Friday night with a great date night for Brett and I.. early dinner then home to watch "Bones"-- Brett and I are somewhat addicted to this show about an FBI agent that works with a Forensic Anthropologist; suspense with a romantic/comedic twist. Saturday morning, after the rain went through, Brett and I headed to Kentuck to watch some of our favorite little guys play baseball. Afterward Brett had to head up to campus to work on some of his many things he has due in the upcoming weeks, and I headed home. It turned into a beautiful day, and I enjoyed having windows opened and getting some things done around the house.. along with watching two of my favorite movies in the process, Father of the Bride I & II. I was working on making some dishes for our Easter lunch, and what a lunch we had!!!! I made...
Nutter-Butter Banana Pudding
Rainbow Jell-O
and a sweet potato casserole... But Oh.My.Word. had how many wonderful dishes we had at lunch!!! It was a wonderful pot luck meal filled with many of our closest friends that are family to us. Thank you to the Breedlove's for having us all over!!!!!
Yesterday afternoon while admiring God's beautiful creations I couldn't help but to just continue wanting to give thanks, and had so much joy in my heart in knowing that God, our Father, created all of this and how much power he has. Jesus has risen, He is alive!!!!!!!!
We are blessed beyond measure, and thankful to God.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Congratulations Miss Jessy!
Jessy and Jonathan both have Christ at the head of their lives, and I know they both will always strive to keep Him first and the center of their relationship.
Can't wait to discuss wedding plans at work, and to watch everything fall into place!!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Spring Break 2010
Spring Break 2010.. no trip to the beach, or the mountains.. no get away to some bed and breakfast or quaint place to stay.. Instead it was spent here in Tuscaloosa, and it was FABULOUS!!!! It was so nice to just be at home, come and go, and get a few things done!! The week began spending time with family for my SIL's boyfriends birthday. It was a great way to start the week, casual friends and family get together-- and the food is always wonderful!
And then, for some reason, I decided I wanted to be creative over the rest of the week! Project #1..
This was one of Brett's great grandmother's pieces of furniture that has ended up at our house (I have to say, that I LOVE all the pieces of furniture that we have that have come from many different family members- I think it adds character, and we're grateful to have it!!) I like having this piece because I can tuck away many things!! It was once in our dinning room, and we recently moved it in the kitchen table area. The wood color just didn't go with the red walls, steel appliances, and black counter tops; so I thought I'd paint it black...
It's somewhat finished :):) was waiting for new hardware to put the doors back on, that will be done this week and it will be time to refill the cabinets!! And yes, talk about not going with things-- those chairs, that may be my next big project ;)
The ladies of our Young Married Sunday School class decided it was time for a girls night, so we went to All Fired Up (I had never been, and I just loved it!!) and then dinner at Fig. Hopefully I can pick up my piece at the end of the week, I'm anxious to see it with the real colors! It was a fun night with good friends-- ladies, we need to start thinking about our next outing!!!
Project #3...
Mary Helen spent the night at our house after church Wednesday night, and Thursday we decided to do some painting!! It was a fun sleep over filled with Nancy Drew and Zac Efron, haha, I love having a 10 year old as such a dear friend, she keeps me in the loop and gives me an excuse to get to know all this info!
Project #4..
so, I had seen this at several different shops, and just loved it.. Probably because the lake is one of our favorite places! Glad it's almost that season!Project #5.. Well, this wasn't my project, and I wish I can say I was more apart of it, but this was a project going on with some of our good friends. The college group at our church, along with 2 other churches came to Tuscaloosa for the 2nd part of the spring break week to do some community service. In the West Circle community, in Northport, a garden is now ready, a home was cleaned out, some touch ups were done, and progress was made. God was definitely present, and I think everyone was reminded how awesome He is, and how if we only trust and put our faith in Him, HE WILL PROVIDE!!!!!
oh LaMont and Zion, this picture is just dangerous!!
Brian (my BIL came up with the Montgomery group) definitely put in some hard work!!! Thank you Brian!
If you don't know about the brown house ministry, you should really check it out! http://www.the-brown-house.org
Brett and I are so glad to call Amy and Adam Pierce friends, and learn from them, and God's obvious presence in them, all the time!
Spring Break 2010 was awesome.. actually quite literally wore me out!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Paulk :)
So now that I am a Paulk, I thought I should change my blog!
The answer to the always asked (yet now it is coming few and far between) question... YES, we are loving married life! 2 1/2 months in, and it's great! We are just busy busy busy! Tis the season I guess! It's all good stuff, so we can handle it! Brett is finishing school in May, so he is super busy with all sorts of Senior Engineering projects, I'm busy at work, and we both stay busy all sorts of extra-curricular activities; life is good for us Paulk's!
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