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Family {Blog Challenge}

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So, this blog challenge title doesn’t offer a lot of direction.   You could probably go one hundred different ways with this one but let’s go with a bulleted list, because they are my fave currently.  When I talk about my family below…I am talking about all of us.  My mom and dad, sister, brother in law, nieces, aunts, cousins, uncles, hubby, our children, in-laws, step-family, outlaws, and even friends who are family.  I truly believe all of them are considered family and I am so very blessed with a great one.  I probably don’t tell them often enough how fabulous they are…but I sincerely am amazed at the support, resilience, talent, generosity, consideration and pure love that members of my FAMILY possess.
So, in short…

My family:

is full of love
is mostly in Sanford
loves any reason to get together and EAT
is there for one another
has never let me down, when it really really mattered
just got a little bigger (new baby niece!!)
makes me happy
is not perfect
includes kids who are amazing and teach me so much
loves to laugh
is busy
loves to have down time
doesn’t see each other enough
values each other
has overcome trials
is blessed beyond measure
made me who I am and still shapes who I’m becoming
is amazing

I love you all….so very, very much.

Music {Blog Challenge}

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So, the instructions were this:

Put your music player on shuffle and write the first ten songs that play…
 
  1. Casting Crowns – Already There
  2. Third Day – Trust in Jesus
  3. Natalie Grant – Greatness of our God
  4. Taylor Swift – The Best Day
  5. Fresh Beat Band – Another Perfect Day
  6. Ali Dee – World’s Gone Crazy
  7. Golf Boys – Oh Oh Oh
  8. Aerosmith – Crazy
  9. Boys II Men – On Bended Knee
  10. Kari Jobe – We Are
Oh how I love that Fresh Beat Band made the list.  And Golf Boys!  This makes me laugh because this is honestly a dream playlist right here, to me!!  Now I’m going to shuffle again, just for good measure…and the fact that I’m being forced to watch Good Luck Charlie.  😉
  1. Lady A – Just a Kiss
  2. Alicia Keys – No One
  3. Blake Shelton – Red River Blue
  4. Jason Aldean – Country Boy’s World
  5. Kenny Chesney – The Life
  6. Natalie Grant – Desert Song
  7. Rascal Flatts – Here Comes Goodbye
  8. Matthew West – My Own Little World
  9. Fresh Beat Band – Here We Go
  10. Aaron Lewis – Country Boy
So, clearly, the only thing that really proved?  That I own the Fresh Beat Band complete album.  I’m going to cry in a corner now….

What I ate today {Blog Challenge}

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Here is what I ate today, only it was yesterday – Sunday, August 12 –

bacon biscuit (convenience ruled as I was about to get sick #thanksthyroid)
around 3/4 a cup of my homemade white bean chicken chili (with one Ritz Cracker sprinkled in)

For reference ~ here is my chili in progress ~ 

half a container of yogurt
3 frozen grapes
small bite of cheesecake (totally not the worst thing ever – modified no bake cheesecake w/ splenda in crust and 2% milk)
2 frozen grapes
Small portion of hamburger (lean) steak, mushrooms, brown gravy (not REAL gravy, mind you), brown rice
another small bite of cheesecake (ARGH!!)
lots of water
diet coke

Five pet peeves {Blog Challenge}

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Here are my FIVE pet peeves…..

  1. Tardiness – meaning, for anything.   Work, lunch, church, bills…..just don’t be LATE!
  2. Misuse of words – like the whole your, you’re…there, they’re, their thing!  Oh so irritating!
  3. The phrase, “That’s the way we’ve always done it”.  I’m too “process improvement oriented” to like that.
  4. Disrespect of my time.  If you’re going to be late (see #1), at least let me know it. (Basically, don’t be late.  But if you can’t catch on to THAT, call me.)
  5. People who don’t take responsibility for their own actions!!!!!

 

Grrrrrrrrr!!!!