"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is." – Aleksei Peshkov
Monday, February 28, 2011
Rainy Days and Mondays
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Jaggar Speaks
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Power of the Icee
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Last night, we had an awesome time at the live recording of Brian and Ramey Whalen. It was incredible, and one of my favorite parts was to look back and see my sweet girl worshiping her little heart out. Anyway, Travis ran hand-held for them because they're also making a dvd. I strolled through the dining room this morning and stumbled upon THIS. What the heck? "Travis Spence: Media for Word Alive International Outreach." I'd like to point out that I've been singing at Word Alive for a good 6 1/2 years, and I've yet to receive a name tag. But in case anyone wants to know, I'd like mine to say, "Julie Spence: rockstar." or diva. or something like that. Or throw all that out and just get me that jewel studded skin for my mic. :)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Surprise Lunch
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
A Must Have
Okay, this seems lame of me to do myself, but I actually like reading blogs or posts where people throw out suggestions of things they really like, no matter what it is: food, baby products, makeup, books etc. So I'm going to throw out something that I really can't live without: VitaTops, particularly, the chocolate ones. I started buying these last summer and didn't even know they made chocolate. I was getting CranBran and Banana Nut (ehhh, in my opinion) but the chocolate...omg! I absolutely am not a breakfast fan: eggs, bacon, sausage, no thank you. I hate feeling full before the day has even begun, but you give me some chocolate and tell me that it's healthy at only 100 calories, you've got a customer...or in my case, an addict. These things are seriously like crack to me. I eat one for breakfast every morning. You can get them at Target, but the only downfall is that they are 4 something a box with only 4 in a box. I share with Jaggar, as he's the only one in this family with taste like me. Sage and Travis are weird and like things that I wouldn't give the dogs.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Dinner at the Lake
They loved sitting by the water. The man that was trying to fish right behind us wasn't AS thrilled to see us there, but we didn't mind. :)
Reunited and it feels SO GOOD!
Today I FINALLY picked up my Dyson after having it serviced....THREE weeks ago. Thankfully, we had a shop vac to use in the meantime, which was just annoying, not terrible. Do you know how much I love this thing? I never even put it away like in a closet--that's how much I vacuum. So to not have it for three weeks was pretty painful, but the cool thing is that they put several new parts on it--one being something I broke myself accidentally. The problem was that it wouldn't stay on bare floors, and since that's 75% of my downstairs, that was an issue. Thankfully, it was under warranty, so this was all free to me. Yay for that. As soon as I got home, I vacuumed my entire downstairs and stairwell and was excited about it. Gosh, I need to go shopping or something if this is excitement to me. ;)
Look at that cutie next to it. And yes, the vacuum's pink. I fell in love with the pink one from the moment I saw it. And in case you are looking for a new vacuum, I HIGHLY recommend dysons. My carpet was literally a different color the first time I used it. Gross. Enough on that...why am I so excited about a vacuum cleaner? 3 weeks is why, I guess.
Speaking of the above pictured cutie, he was up literally the entire night last night. He suddenly got this nasty cough (similar to the flu-like one of Christmas Eve) and just could NOT sleep. I was terrified we were going down that road again, but when he sat up next to me and asked to watch the Wiggles at 1:30 am and started playing with my face and hair, I knew he was fine. Travis was up with him for the majority of the night. He is fine today, though, thank God.
Also, because I've been buying organic, I forget that there are no preservatives in anything, meaning things spoil very quickly. Because of this, I ate a very small, but nonetheless, MOLDY pancake today. I didn't realize it was moldy until afterward. GAAAG. I've had 2 people tell me that this is okay. They assured me that I will not die or get extremely sick, but in case they're wrong, someone take me to the ER to pump my stomach.
Also, I really love this guy. Any guy that can sing higher than me gets kudos. I like to think that this song is about me. :) Actually, I did tell Sage that it's about her and she can SING it. (She's a great singer already, btw.) I asked Travis if he'd heard it, and he said yes. Then I asked him if it made him think about me and he said, "Um...yes." So with the prompt followed by the pause, I'm not so sure. :) Actually, I heard the song like 4 times in a day about 2 weeks ago. It was on every time that I got in the car, so Jesus must have wanted me to hear it and know He thinks that way towards me. ;) Also, the song, Grenade, is great too. Always love an acoustic version.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
I Told You So
Travis and I were looking at different blogs and facebook pictures tonight, and I was saying how fascinated I am with how people take pictures of themselves with their phones in mirrors. I said, "I just don't get it. I don't get how they do that." I wasn't talking about the maturity of it (though I do find it funny when people put whole ALBUMS of pics they've taken of themselves), but I was saying that I didn't understand how they PHYSICALLY did it. Ha! So, he said, "Oh it's easy. You just hold your phone beside you, look at the mirror and take it." I was like, "No. It's not easy. I've tried to figure it out. I can't."
So that started the debate, and I can gladly say that I won. It took us forever. Maybe it's my phone. Maybe we're both just dense. Maybe it's a little of both. I don't know, but it took us FOREVER to get anything remotely close. Okay, not forever. We have lives, but obviously we weren't doing anything constructive like putting all the crap away that you see in my room/bathroom. Speaking of all of that, 2 things: don't judge my fat legs or my messy house. It's Sunday, and you know I don't do anything house worthy on Sunday. :) Cheers to a new week!
Friday, February 18, 2011
A Day at the Museum
The kids and I outside the museum
This first picture is one in a series I'd like to call, "Jaggar: Not looking at the camera." Enjoy it. If you've never been to the Anniston Museum, I'd really recommend going. It's one of the nicest things that our town has to offer, I think, and it's just beautiful up there.