Go Tigers Go!

I promise I did not fall of the face of the Earth! Last week was Spring Break so I tried to be productive and get a head on some work plus with my office blocking Blogger its hard to find time to blog. No need to worry I will find time to read everything I have missed out on!

Some exciting news from this weekend ... Memphis Tigers are going to the NCAA tournament. I don't expect us to go very far but as a young team with a coach that has only been around for 2 years its just so exciting to make it there!! I can't wait to see them play on Friday!!

Pumpkin Update: My sweet niece/nephew is 10 weeks and about the size of a prune. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature. Oh I can't wait!!

I Will Never Be Shaken!!

This weekend turned out to be a wonderful weekend even though it started off a little rough. During my Bible study this past week this scripture was given to me and I have leaned on it the past few days and I know it is going to help me throughout this week.

I wanted to share it with you incase any of you might be needing something like this too!

Psalm 62
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

1 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3 How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.

5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

9 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
10 Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

11 One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God,
12 and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”

A Lost Art ...

There is nothing better than when your beloved does something special for you just because. I am the most cliche hopeless romantic that has ever lived. I want the rose petals scattered everywhere and a knight on a white horse to come riding up and tell me that he has been searching for me all his life. I am sure this makes me come off as high maintenance and I have been told many times that I have too high expectations and I don't really want to be in love I just want to be in love in a movie.

Well maybe all those comments are correct. Maybe I do have high expectations but they are still my expectations and someday the right man will come along and either he will be the type of man that does this type of stuff already or he will love me enough to put in a little effort and try to "woo" me every so often. As I was skimming through the February edition of Allure magazine I ran across the following article about how to write love letters.

P.S. for any guy followers or readers girls would eat this up if you would just give it a try!

1. Take Notes: It's the closely observed details that will make your partner feel adored. Also, the more specific and personal you are, the less likely you are to end up with a page of cliches. Fell free to include a few sensual tidbits (about the scent of his/her skin, for example), but avoid anything too hard core.

2. Use Ink: Get out a good pen and some nice paper; your own handwriting is so much more personal. Plan a first draft on scrap, since cross-outs and spelling errors do not help your cause.

3. Play with the Form: A great love letter doesn't have to fill pages; a heartfelt line or tow on a postcard can be wonderful. Or make a laudry list, a la Elizabeth Barrett Browing, and count the ways you love the person. Quote from writers, such as Anais Nin, Dylan Thomas, or Abelard and Heloise; extra points if you gt inspiration from your partner's favorite author.

4. Write out of the Blue: You can't go wrong with a love letter on Valentine's Day or an anniversary, but never underestimate the romantic power of one sent anytime.

So everyone should go write a love letter to your darlings! I think I might give it a shot myself ;)

What I'm loving Wednesday

This week I am loving:

1. That tomorrow night I will be going to see The Grace Card with my parents and Mr PPS.

2. That this week month I have both bachelorette parties for Anna and Kim in Nashville.

3. That spring break starts Monday so I am going to buy "Water for Elephants"!

4. That is it getting warm enough to start breaking out the spring time nail colors!

What are you loving this week?

Wiped Clean

First of all my "wonderful" job has blocked blogger! I have no idea what I am going to do!!! I guess I will have to find a new time to blog other than 8 o'clock?!

Now on to the topic for the day. I need to be laying on the couch in an office right now talking to a man with gray hair, a beard, and glasses. But since that cost more than I make in a year you sweet blog friends get to fill in! Please feel free to grab a notepad and ask "how does that make you feel?" when you think its appropriate. haha!

No seriously I feel like I am so healthy right now. I have officially wiped out my past as if it never happened. There are no remnants of it, well as much as I can control. This is sad at points since there are some sweet memories but as I have now completely closed the door to my past and I stand on the door step of my possible future I feel like I can breath easy, and enjoy the view before me ;)

I was told about a book written by Martha Williamson. She was the writer of Touched by an Angel and has just put out a new book called "Inviting God to Your Wedding". I have only skimmed some online passages from it but I loved it. She talked about how you need to present yourself to your husband as an emotional virgin. Don't go getting excited here I'm NOT engaged but I thought it made a lot of sense. You can't go into one relationship with the past still in your mind. One example she gave was to not let the new boy call you by the nick name the old one did. That brings up strong memories tied to the previous relationship.

Maybe its my OCDness or the fact that I am just a women but when a chapter closes I always need to feel like I "learned" something from it. Even if what I learned was hey that guy was a jerk! haha! But just because you learned something does not mean that you need to carry all that baggage with you. Everyone has a past but don't throw your past on someone who wasn't part of it. Just release what was and be ready to move on and readily accept the blessings God is giving you or preparing for you.

So my precious readers as I stand, well type, before you I am feeling quite free!! And my goodness it's amazing!

I'd Like to Thank the Academy

Honestly I only watched the Red Carpet coverage of the Oscars not that actual show. So I can't tell you who won the awards but I can tell you who I thought looked amazing and who was a little off in my opinion.

I thought Hailee Steinfeld looked so sweet and age appropriate.

Loved Scarlett's dress color but I hated the design.

Mila picked a great color but the dress needed more volume or drama or something. I think her best look this year was the Golden Globes.

Everyone was talking about Gwyenth Paltrow's dress and I didn't like it at all?!

Of course in my eyes Reese can do no wrong and she again did not disappoint!!

I think my best dress pick is Halle Berry. The color was great on her and she had the appropriate amount of drama for the event. Loved it!!

What was your pick for Best Dress?

Pumpkin Update!!!!
Week 8:
My Sissy went for another Ultrasound this morning and everything looks great!! Pumpkin is suppose to be 15 cm but is actually 17 cm, about the size of a Raspberry. This week little fingers and toes are poking out from Pumpkin's hands and feet, eyelids practically cover the eyes, breathing tubes extend from the throat to the branches of developing lungs. Pumpkin is constantly moving and shifting, but Sissy is not able to feel it yet.

Last week I wasn't able to get the Ultrasound uploaded but here it is now!

Week 7

Can you tell that I am that crazy Aunt already and the sweet thing isn't even here yet?!?!

There's an Elephant in the Room

10 days and counting until Spring Break. Don't think I am going anywhere fun or doing anything special. Yesterday at work we were told that we are on a time off freeze until May 1st since we are currently trying to build two new companies.

However, I do have something planned that I am pretty excited about!! I have heard that the book Water for Elephants is amazing, but I never knew what it was about. Now I love everything Reese Witherspoon is in so I saw not too long ago that she was going to be starring in the movie of the book. After I watched the trailer I got so excited that I just can't wait to see it.

Being the huge dork that I am I have to read the book before I see the movie. In my experience the book is always better then the movie. The movie is going to be released in April so with the lack of school work over spring break this will be the perfect time to read the book!!

Have any of you read this book? Is it as good as I am expecting it to be?