Stop Taking Pictures of Me!

It's hard work being Grace Parker.....

There, that's better :)

I adore her!

Things I've Learned in 8 Months

Thursday will mark 8 months since Grant and I have been married. (WOO HOO!) Honestly, 8 months has flown by. However, I have learned alot about myself in these 8 months, and I've also learned alot about Grant......

1. Don't move your feet when you are in bed. Husband will find it terribly difficult to fall asleep while your feet are moving.

2. If you are craving something for dinner, it's usually bland, and most likely your husband is craving something very spicy and difficult to make.

3. Husband will watch Oprah with you if you fast forward to the good parts.

4. Husband is never on time. Never early. 9 out of 10 times you will be 10-15 minutes late. This drives wife CRAZY.

6. When your sweet husband offers to do the laundry, don't get so excited. This usually means that he is going to do a load of his own clothes, not including yours. When you wake up the next day and realize you have nothing to wear, he will say "I don't know how to do your laundry".

7. The best time to cuddle is in the morning.

8. Keep Chips Ahoy in the pantry at all times.

9. It is important to have all of husband's family and friends birthdays listed on a calendar. Sometime during the day, call husband and say "It's __________'s birthday today. Call him/her".

10. When walking into a room of people you have only met once or twice, stop and have a review/quiz to help husband remember names of everyone and which couples go together. (Example: Tom goes with ______)

11. Do not make the bed with a cellphone buried underneath the sheets.

12. Make sure you turn off lights in the house. Nothing irritates husband more than a brightly lit room with not a soul inside of it.

13. Do not eat everytime husband eats. You will get fat.

14. Don't expect to watch High School Musical 2 while husband is home. He will throw up. Wait till he leaves to play golf. Then close all the blinds and watch with glee.

15. When renting movies at Blockbuster, prepare yourself to get two.

16. When eating popcorn at the movies, ask for a 2nd bag since husband will saturate the popcorn with nasty melted butter. When eating popcorn at home, get your own bowl since husband will pour spicy creole cajun seasoning (aka Tony's) onto popcorn. This may induce vomiting.

17. When watching golf for 3 hours, try to focus on the positive. Some of those men aren't too bad looking. Also, Tiger Woods will get all teary from time to time. It's quite the Oprah moment.

18. Husband will toss green bell peppers into spaghetti sauce when you are not looking. Eeeew.

19. Sometimes, when you least expect it, husband does something very romantic and wonderful, like bring home Chick-fil-A.

20. When frustrated, go to Target. It heals you. When husband is frustrated, he goes to Best Buy. This is a much more expensive healing place.

Just Checking In!

Hey Ya'll! Is it just me or has blogland been eerily quiet lately? Anyhoo, it's been a lovely Saturday so far. Grant and I slept in till 9:00!! WOO HOO! That was quite the treat. After that, my absolutely amazing husband washed my car for me. I don't even wanna tell you how long it had been since my car got a washin'. It's embarassing, ya'll. :)

Tonight we are FINALLY going to see Bourne Ultimatum with Grant's parents. I have been dying to see this movie and it's about time!

By the way, last night I had the priviledge of watching Miss Teen Usa. I love pageants... I will leave you with this clip. I must say that I am so proud of how young ladies are really poised and eloquent in our country. Grant and I kept rewinding on the tv to hear this little speech over and over again. It is so moving.

Have a wonderful day precious friends!

Gratitude

Every once in awhile I rediscover a song that meant very much to me at one point or another, for whatever chapter in my life I was going through at that time. This week I started humming the tune to a song... I knew it was Nichole Nordeman but I couldn't remember the lyrics. I finally remembered tonight. It's funny how things come back around at just the right moments...

Send some rain, would You send some rain?
Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade

Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid...

But maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case ...

We'll give thanks to You
with gratitude
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
If You never send us rain...

Daily bread, give us daily bread
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight

Wrap us up and warm us through
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time

Or maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case...

We'll give thanks to You
with gratitude
A lesson learned to hunger after You
That a starry sky offers a better view
If no roof is overhead
And if we never taste that bread...

Oh, the differences
that often are between
Everything we want
and what we really need

So grant us peace, Jesus,
grant us peace
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
Between alibis and enemies tonight

Or maybe not, not today
Peace might be another world away
And if that's the case...

We'll give thanks to You
with gratitude
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
That we are blessed
beyond what we could ever dream
In abundance or in need
And if You never grant us peace...

But, Jesus, would You please...