Monday, February 20, 2012

Just Go With It...

Since random bits of news seems to be my writing style lately, I've decided to run with it one more time (at least!).  I suppose that is the problem with having a blog just to have a blog.  I'm not a foodie.  I'm not chronicling the adventures of motherhood.  I'm not a fashionista or a craftinista.  I'm just me & lately I've been just trying to take the little bits of joy that are sprinkled through my days by my heavenly Father & take some pics of those joys & write a little blurb about them.  It's majorly disjointed but I guess that's how I live *grin*

Last Friday before I could leave for work I had to scrape the frost off of my windshield.  This winter has been so kind to us that I've only had to do this on three or four other mornings.  As I was scraping away I felt the fatigue settle into my arm.  I was thinking just as I have been thinking recently that I really need to start doing some aerobics with weights & build some more strength!  The thought had barely crossed my mind & the scraper broke right in two.  All of a sudden I didn't feel so wimpy!  
But yeah, I still really need to get those dumbbells out & dust them off...maybe this afternoon...

A week or so ago Mike's sister was looking through a box a family photos when she stumbled upon this gem:
It was taken in the August of 2002.  That's me in the front left with my sister, Beth.  Her son Caleb is the cute bugle boy.  The back row is Stew, Mike's brother, Mike, & my brother in law, Brennan.  We had all traveled down to Lake Cumberland, Kentucky for a vacation together.  We rented a cabin on a mountain & had so much fun hanging out together & going places like Dollywood (where this pic was taken).  This was way before Mike & I got together.  I just love thinking back to that time when neither of us knew what the Lord had planned for us.  How do you like our Civil War garb?!

Yesterday when Mike & I were headed out for a little shopping trip to Lowe*s (I know, do we ever shop anywhere else?) when I glanced over at our yard & thought I saw a dead animal lying there.  I told Mike we would have to check it out when we got home.  Well, we did check it out & it turned out not to be dead (much to my relief).  Our visitor was this cute little bunny & he stayed in our yard, sunning himself for quite a while.  Then I got too curious about him & wondering if he was hurt & I managed to scare him away.  He left a very cute little bunny sized impression in our grass.


And finally my last bit of photo happiness - my new burgundy scarf!  The best part about it is that I bought it at the grocery store (of all places!) on sale for only $4!  I'm loving its softness & warmth.  And I'm loving this picture taking angle because I can absolutely assure you that I am not as thin as I look here.  From now on, if you want a pic of me this is how it must be done!

Happy Monday everybody!

3 comments:

Mrs.T said...

I actually love reading random posts. Not sure if I am capable of writing one (every time I think about it, I can't think of many topics to touch on), but I do enjoy reading them. I intended to comment on your last one (about the sledgehammers, jackhammers and all) but ran out of time.

What a cute bunny! And I love your "Civil War" picture ... a very neat memento of a time when you and Mike had no idea what God had in store for you! The scarf is so pretty too -- looks like it matches your lipstick. Wonder if that picture taking angle would work for me? Probably not...

Mary Ann said...

Mrs. T, thanks for encouragement :-) If you ever want to tackle that random post & you don't think you have enough to say, let me know. My mind is buzzing 150 mph all the time! It's kind of exhausting :-)
I think that pic angle would work for you! If it works for me, it'll work for anybody!

Yellow Elm said...

hey! thanks for stopping by the Yellow Elm interview & giveaway on the Kyla Roma blog :) I wanted to pop over and say hi after reading your nice comment, and I noticed you went to Northland. I went to Bob Jones...kind of a small world! :-)