sleepin' in.

today i did something i haven't done in ages.

i slept in.

it may have been the food coma i was in last night from an AMAZING mexican dinner with will, or the fact that i will be up kinda late tonight doing the "lawd's work."

but my body needs to be rested and free from the temptation to get all sleepy/tired/narcoleptic tonight. no attacks from satan here...

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today i was filling out a form to submit to this nice little nannying website. 

i thought it sounded a little sketchy, but how else do you find nannying jobs?

i have asked around a little here and there, but i decided it really wouldn't hurt. 

because i deeply miss my kids back in auburn. i miss keeping my babies and dancing in the kitchen to the allman brothers. 

i miss swinging and playing games with tubberware. 

so i am looking for a nannying job- part time. so if you know someone in my area... holler at your girl.

but anyways, i was filling out this form and it asked me what my favorite children's books were. 

that is a dangerous question for me... especially when you are limited to about 800 characters. 

i remember reading a lot of books... or i mean having a bunch of books read to me by my loving kindergarten teaching mother. 

but i recalled about four that struck my little heart once again.

forever will love dr. seuss and all his marvelous works of literature. kids will never tire these out. this one especially.

another beautiful yellow cover. i think i read this book about a million times at Mamaw's house. 

mom read this to me often. i got to read it to Ellabug just as much. it's a classic.

and finally this gem. 

last night we were in Barnes and Nobel and if my blood sugar had not been in the pits, i think we would stayed for about 6 hours. literally. that's one thing will and i share, the love of a good book. my choices are probably a little more "hipster" like some good C.S Lewis, which i would categorize as a classic, but whatever...

well, i am off to read another new book called Freedom Tools... book number for in the past month. 

may God bless and keep you.

xoxo.

mb.

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And a HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS is sown in PEACE by those who make PEACE.

james 3:18

in the FEAR OF THE LORD one has STRONG confidence, and his children will have refuge.

proverbs 14:26

jammin'.

ella and i took some one year pictures the other day, and i was uploading them and thought about how much fun we had friday morning.

we jammed during breakfast. i had brought my computer to study for a test, and decided to play some music for miss Ella while she ate b'fast. the sweet child is a lot like me, she enjoys her good music. for example, we started with a little Allman Bros, which she enjoyed. i could tell by the kicking and clapping from her high chair.

we listened to a variety including Van Morrison, a little DMB, some Earth, Wind, and Fire (classic for dancing), and whatever else she was feeling.

it was fun. i felt like exposing her to quality before she gets too old and is blinded by pop culture "good" music [justin bieber anyone??]



she really loves her new toys she got for her birthday. this one makes ALL sorts of pleasant noises... :)



speaking of music...
my two wings had a show friday night. we did it really bluegrass-ey without drums. it was probably one of the better shows we've done. mainly because you could hear everything really well and tyler, jon, and i sang some sweet harmony.

here is a little bit of what we look like ....






good friends i have not seen in a long time visited and came to hear us. it made for a memorable night.

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already conquered one test and one blog assignment this week. another massive test today. and i have a few things on the plate i need to finish this week, in preparation for the fun of next week....

but spring break is just around the corner.... this year for spring break 2011 i am SNOW bound to Vermont. more on that later....

playing ketchup.

[[not actual ketchup mind you]]


well i cannot believe i have neglected you readers of my life for this long...

that is sad and ridiculous. but here i am, so i am sorry for the long season of silence. i know you've missed me.

this weekend i had the joy of created Ella's birthday cupcake-cake. i went home to hang out with the family and do somethings and made the cupcakes saturday morning.
Ella's mom asked me to make them and obviously, if you know about my baking obsession, you know i jumped at the opportunity.



Ella LOVED them. I have never seen a child literally suck a cupcake down as quickly as she did. she had a two hand grab on the cake and shoved it down her tiny throat.




it was such a sweet time as Ella is turning 1! Her parent's love for her is so evident. I only hope i can one day be like that...

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among other things, this week is going to be CRAZY. lots of school, lots of sunshine, and lots of fun mixed all together. sometimes i wish there were about 4 more hours of sunlight during the day. i wake up early [as in 5:20] and then i work, then class, then whatever else the day brings. but i love this routine i am in.

i really love being this busy. I have things to work on and for.



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i got to hang out with my amazing Dgroup girls this past weekend at Shocco Springs in 'Dega. It was AUMC Winter Retreat. I had the pleasure of leading a small group with some of the COOLEST kids in Auburn.
My 9 kids were from different grades at Auburn jr. high and high school and i was so impressed by their hearts for the Lord and everything they want to do with the blessings Christ has given them.

I learned more that weekend then I have in a long time. It was a great time with the Lord and pouring into kids of my community.

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Kelsey came and visited me in Au a few weekend ago. It was so much fun and she is the best bama student i know. she came with me to the BCS Celebration, and endured the cold and "WAR EAGLE"s that were shouted in her ears. she was a trooper and i love her more than she ever will know. she is my sister.
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oh yeah. and we ARE the CHAMPIONS.

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I think i have not blogged in so long because i have been lacking in creativity. i have not been taking pictures. i have not been writing in journals of various subjects....all because of PR.

I have been blogging, interviewing, coming up with leads, shooting pictures, and traveling for my stories so much lately i have wasted all my creative energy on school.

but i guess that is not truly wasting.

but thanks to a wonderful random run-in with a friend [wink wink] i remembered there is a reason i blog.

i am thinking about posting a favorite things coming up soon. or baking something fun! we will see.

well i have to go write.