Random Acts of Kindness Week

HEY PEOPLE!!!!


It's Random Acts of Kindness Week dontcha know?!


RAK by me for others
0 Held the door for a coworker walkin up behind me
0 Smashed the trash down in the ladies room so it wouldn't overflow yo
0 Let my friend ride with me to the gym at lunch
0 Warned my coworkers about a not so luscious smelling ladies room
0 Kept Dawson a while Tuesday night (*yes Valentine's) & fed him so Christy and her boyfriend could visit the new babe in the fam AND go to dinner... more on the new babe later
0 Made coffee (I don't drink coffee)
0 Made dinner for the parents & sibs of the new babe in the fam


RAK bestowed upon little old me
0 My friend (the gym carpooler) gave me some fresh cherries she had bought mmm
0 She also laid a mat out for me in our gym class
0 My running friend loaned me her Garmin running watch to test drive


So get out there before the week is up and get to bein' randomly kind ! ! ! ! ! ! 

February Photo a Day Project PART 2

Yeah, this might be from the 90's but there are some things ya just can't let go of.

Appreciating the sun, but still wishin' for spring tu hurry it on up

Welcome

Cuz I still can ... and I'm silly like that 

Verrrrry happy

I swear I'm not OCD. It just makes the mornings a little less hectic.

what's been rollin around in my head

• Should I give in and do Facebook? Is my life lacking something sans Facebook? Eh, it'd probably just be another time waster like Pinterest. heehee which I <3
• As I keep running, the constant questions like "can I do X (fill in the blank) miles next week?" "Will I be able to do 13.1?" Grr I hate doubt and fear! I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
• A prayer or two that's yet unanswered. I know you're there God. I'm still waaaaiiiiiiiiting..... 
• I hate when people wear their hoods (on hoodies) up on their domes on the indoors... yo, it's not raining up in here, up in here (Ang, that one's for you hee hee)
• So glad American Idol is baaaack - I love and hate Group Round... it always serves up some grrrreat entertainment, but I sometimes get frustrated that talented peeps get the boot because they get totally hosed in group picks. Anythewho, the best line of the show tonight was from the guy in M.I.T. and I quote: "Now I have a very very bad perspective towards cowboys. Even Dallas Cowboys. Freakin' cowboys."                                
• Cold weather makes Lyndy bring out the good ole electric blanket. Cat curled up with me the past couple of nights. Thinks she's on her throne. Yep, pretty much.
• Speaking of my cat... why did she see her reflection in the window tonight and proceed to hissing and growling....at herself? Dumb cat! 
• My parents are going on a marriage retreat this weekend with some church folk. I think that's cool! They've been hitched for 46 years. Awesome, right?!
• Remember me talkin bout growin out my hair? Um, this week...  on.my.nerves. What's funny though, a couple people have asked me if I had a fresh haircut. Hmm
• Sawyer will be here no later than Tuesday. I bought him a cute little John Deere onesie tonight on sale :-) I'm a good wonderful step aunt-in-law 
• Sheryl Crow sings about how a change'll do ya good. tap, tap Sheryl honey, I don't know about that... this change at my work is makin' me feel like a one legged man in a butt kickin contest, ya hear me? Bring me a weekend and bring it quick!  

February Photo a Day project PART 1

I follow a blog and you should, too... Tyla is quite the storyteller. Tyla's blog


She was talkin about a photo a day project and dude, I AM IN ! ! ! 

Thanks to Nest of Posies for the project. Gotta link ya to 'em cuz that's the thing we bloggers do. Gotta give credit where credit is due.

I have a dumb phone. (translation: Santa did NOT bring me an iPhone mainly because my Verizon upgrade eligibility happens Christmas 2012, poo!) So I'm not doing this here project via Instagram. I'm gonna post em in a regular post and also add a page over to the left along with the running log that I'm sure no one ever reads lol

Well, here goes nuthin... 

from my back porch 

our wedding rings on my Bible (Song of Solomon to be exact)

Riley didn't even know he was modeling for me  

I noticed this cute little old couple at the table beside us at Logan's... 
I love that the blue haired lady had her spiffy sneakers on 

 About to head to church, but the outfit I wore required a purse swap

For dinner tonight, our menu was: breaded ranch chicken, green beans, corn, and a healthy weight veggie medley with sugar snap peas, edamame, carrots, & black beans

So there ya have it. Gimme some feedback.

lemme catch ya up

It's nuthin too exciting, but here's what we've been up to the last few days...

Thursday night 

Cullen's last home game as an eighth grader.

 little bro & cousin Kerby cheering him on

Kerlandy liked watching the cheerleaders & playing with her Barbie 
a bit more than watching the game 

Friday Anthony was off so I sent him to Walmart. He loves doing the grocery shopping. What a blessing! So we had a kinda low key date night and just went to dinner. 

Saturday morning I rolled outta bed to do my 3 mile run before a certain little cutie pie came to play... 

we did a puzzle, played with cars & action figures, threw ball, there was hide & go seek, um pretty much whatever Riley wants to do we do

He laid his well endowed dark haired head 

on Anthony's bald head to "give him some hair"

He loves to go to the first landing of the stairs and throw ball. This time the game was played with one of Tinsley's balls and we bounced it on each step.

I asked him what his favorite thing is at preschool and he said "just that I'm learnin." Wow.
When Mom arrived to pick him up the lip instantly pooched out. Aw, it's sweet to be loved. So as he was getting ready to leave I said Riley, why don't you just come live with me & Anthony and be OUR boy instead of Mom's? He turned to his mom and said Mom, what do you think? Lol I didn't expect that one. 


Saturday night we went out to dinner with my inlaws. When we got back to their house, we spent a couple hours just visiting. No tv, just chatting. I love when they tell stories about their younger years.

Matty - my mother-in-law's cat

can you say spoiled?

Today we visited a church near my work that a few people I know attend. It wasn't our cup of tea if ya know what I mean. Eh, oh well. 

And I'll just admit, the best part of the Super Bowl for me is all the commercials. Entertaining? Yeah. The game? Not so much.

I think my fave was the Honda commercial with Matthew Broderick... a modern day Ferris Bueller parody <3 it

Feel for Phil

I hear ya Phil. I hear ya buddy.

I'm reading a book

For Christmas I asked Santa (aka Anthony) for this book - 

I've been readin' it and it's good. It's her autobiography.

Sometime or another in 2011 I caught a series on OWN (Oprah's new cable network) called "Why Not?" and it was basically just following Shania around on her journey of "self discovery." 

She talked about 

o her marriage with Mutt (and divorce),

o her childhood (she grew up dirt poor & then her parents were killed in a car accident when Shania was 21)

o her inability to sing in public (because of a little thing called F E A R)

and some other stuff here & there.... 

It was a really good series and it definitely piqued my interest on this Canadian gal. I always kinda dug her music anyway.

I should probably be done with it already but this little thing called

dominates my free time sometimes captures my attention... 

But anyway, the book is a good read so far and I just thought I'd tell ya.

tsk tsk weekend, stop goin by so fast

Why is it that Monday through Friday creeps and Saturday and Sunday absolutely SOARS?!


Saturday was busy. Had to do a 3 mile run. (have you noticed my HALF MARATHON TRAINING LOG page I've added? Look to the left over there under "Other Special Stuff") 
Bridgett and I headed off early to Camden's basketball game. They won the first game so there was a second game. They won the second game so there was a third but we didn't stay for that one cuz I had to be at Dawson's game. I'm such a good aunt. (gimme a sec while I pat myself on the back)


Bridgett tagged along with us to dinner and we made her pick the place (we have this constant debate over choosing the restaurant) so it was Demos. And it was gooooood.


Today we visited my friend Pennie's church :-) 

Do you ever feel like you're havin' a good hair day? 


I haven't had a haircut in 47 days. I'm thinkin' about growing it out kinda to a short layered bob. Nothin' too drastic, just a little more length. Say, about an inch or two above my shoulders. We'll see. 

 Outdoors

 Indoors

My main only squeeze... 

he ain't growin' his hair out tee hee

Tonight I whipped up a recipe that's supposed to be like Zaxby's sauce, but I think it's a little off... had to tweak it some

Here's the recipe, but I thought it was too ketchupy so we added some more mayo, garlic and worcestershire


Zaxby's Sauce
1/2 c Mayo
1/4 c Ketchup
1/2 tsp Garlic
1/4 tsp Worcestershire
Pepper (to taste)


Anyway, here's to a wonderful week... Monday, bring it on cuz Lyndy's ready for ya! 

this week in words

It's been one of those busy kinda weeks, ya know? 

Monday night Anthony went with a couple dudes to see Contraband. While he was gone, I went to a workout class my friend Angela invited me to. They did that Insanity DVD. Lemme tell ya, they named it right. It was insane. My face was red and my hair was wet like 15 minutes into it. But everyone else was lookin' kinda the same, so ... I hung in there. 

When I got home, I took my third shower for the day. I had run 2 miles at lunch so I got so sweaty doin that, it was time for Mister Soap to meet Miss Lyndy. *Side bar: I've apparently lost my loofah that usually lives in my gym bag. That stinks, especially when ya don't discover that said item is lost-o til you're in the shower-o. Ugh. 

But anywhooo, I got clean, Anthony liked his movie, so all's well... 

 

Tuesday night we went with Jason & Melissa to see Vandy beat the snot out of Tennessee in hoops. There were a few dunks by those nerds at Vandy so take that you orange lovin' Vols fans. Take summathat.

After the game, we went to this pizza joint their friends own. It was some smack ya momma good pizza.

 See? Can't ya almost taste it?

 

Last night we had to visit the local funeral home. Anthony's step brother had a 95 year old grandmother that passed away. It was one of those celebration type vibes though - she was 95 for cryin' out loud. What a good long life! 

After that we went out to a steakhouse with the inlaws. I opted for grilled pork chops and they were on point. Anthony and his mom had strip. Terry stuck with his standard fare - catfish, fried and fresh. Fries to the side. Do it Terry. Wish I could eat like that !

 

Ready for the weekend ?!  Yes ma'am I AMMMMM

what what? weekend wonders

Saturday
Should've gotten up to get my run in before setting out for an all day Scrapbook Day with my girls at work, but the bed was way too comfy. Eh.


I'm really behind on my scrapbooking, so it was great to work on it with my buds. We share supplies and gadgets so that makes it nice, plus the company is great. 

We scrapped from about 9:30 til 4:30. Whew. When I got home from that, I did my 2.5 mile run (in 27 minutes btw) and then grabbed a quick shower before heading out to dinner with my man and our pal Bridgett. 


Sunday
Today we went to church where Mom and Dad go. 


You may recognize these little sweetie pies... 

And Caleb said 84 days til he's off to basic training... yeah, he's joining the army I reckon. 

Kerlandy sat between Nanny and Pa Pa during church, but she looked back at us a bunch with her big ole sweet smile. 
Kerby sat with us, as in between me and Anthony. Apparently he keeps reminding his mom and dad that he wants to go to Uncle Anthony's house to play games. We gotta get that scheduled ASAP.

Went to lunch after church with friends, then I headed off to a baby sprinkle. Yeah, as in not quite a SHOWER, but just a sprinkle... tee hee

It's a gonna be a BOY and he's gonna be named Sawyer. I like the name, don't you? Of course I dig unique names.

Jen's friend Teresa made this after she saw it on Pinterest. She figured out how to do it on her own, and it was FAB. Those rolled up thingies are diapers. 
Notice the name across the top?! Nice touch. 

H U G S 

Big sis is excited about the baby to be... although she mighta wished it to be a girl. Ha  She'll be like a momma to little Sawyer, no doubt. She's 14 goin on 30...mature gal. Proly knows more about pregnancy and caring for babies than me... ha 


That's kinda how the past two days went for me. Now let's brace up for some storms they say are coming - we may be in the basement next door for a spell...