Yay Josh!

I've been meaning to write a post on Josh for a long time but all two of my readers know how bad I've been at posting lately. However, since he hit a grand slam tonight, I figured this was the perfect time to write!

I'm so proud of him! He's done so well this season and I still can hardly fathom that the Josh I see playing on TV is the same Josh we all hang out with during the off season. There are never any references to baseball when he's home and his humility always amazes me. I truly think of him and Ginger (and precious Rhett) as my family. If you're reading, I love you all!

Click here if you want to see the video of the grand slam!

Back at it........

I know, I know, it's been exactly a month since I last posted. I haven't forgotten you dear blog. It's just that this summer was totally a whirlwind and I am still coming to grips with the fact that it's over.

I went back to school Monday. At this point, I'm usually okay with the fact that school is starting back because I've had time to rest and feel refreshed. Not this year! I barely felt like I was out a week before I was driving those same back roads and pulling in the parking lot to enter the bulding with that ever so familiar "school" smell. It's crazy! It took a couple days preparing my classroom and getting ready for kids for me to finally realize it would be okay to go back. The kids came Wednesday and have been really good so far (knock on wood) and the hardest thing has been getting out of bed in the mornings. I'm somewhat enjoying being back on a schedule, forcing myself to drink my water during the day, and eating the gross microwavable Smart Ones meals instead of the cafeteria fake barbeque. In a weird way, it's been nice.

I wasn't the only one starting a new school year this week. My precious little Camden (Brooke's oldest) started kindergarten. I can't believe it. I've thought about him so much and pictured him walking into the classroom with his little backpack on. Time flies. Here's his sweet picture of his first day. He's all the way over on the righthand side, red shirt. Nice pose, isn't it? Can you tell he was super excited to be there? I know that made it much easier on Brooke and Thomas! I love you Camden!

They're one year old!!!!

PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

50 Things About Me

Okay, Meredith. I am going to attempt to accept your challenge. I thought maybe I'd get to know myself a little more if I went ahead with this. So, here goes....

1. I love to stay up late and sleep late.
2. I am a perfectionist (look at the perfectly spaced numbers and sentences here).
3. I like to clean (just not the bathroom).
4. I pray marriage is in my NEAR future.
5. I love my cell phone.
6. I'm very insecure.
7. I love my church.
8. I still can't believe how greatly I'm blessed in the way of my family. They're
amazing!
9. I have no patience.
10. I love Hobby Lobby.
11. I LOVE music and finding new artists.
12. I'm a new fan of Marc Broussard.
13. If I was forced to leave Florence, I'd want to move to Nashville.
14. I'm dying to travel- especially to Los Angeles and Venice, Italy.
15. I want to ride a gondola.
16. I'm interested in international adoption.
17. I love calendars and anything that will help me stay organized.
18. I love to cook.
19. I enjoy spending time with my friends and having people over.
20. I want to own a home.
21. I love Impact.
22. I love lip gloss.
23. I struggle with road rage at times.
24. I'm a reality TV fanatic.
25. I'm way too interested in the lives of celebrities.
26. I wish I had more self- control.
27. I love instant messaging.
28. I'm somewhat addicted to myspace and now facebook...ugh!
29. I love to sing.
30. I enjoy taking pictures and thought I wanted to be a photographer when I was
younger...Scarlett- didn't know that about you!
31. I'm a Days of Our Lives fan.
32. God amazes me more and more all the time. I pray I will never allow myself to
stop being amazed.
33. I have been known to write some poetry but I hardly ever share it with anyone.
34. T-shirts are my favorite thing to wear.
35. I enjoy looking for bargains on ebay.
36. I wish we had a Fudrucker's here in town.
37. Sweet Basil may just be my favorite place to eat here.
38. I love fruit tea.
39. Clean smells are my favorite- freshly washed clothes, soap, perfume/cologne that
smells fresh and light
40. I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell but love Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
41. I am a proud Auburn alum.
42. I do not like UNA...just because.
43. Chocolate covered stawberries are a definite favorite.
44. I like boy names for girls (I love Kyle for a girl).
45. I am a jewelry junkie- Parisian is my favorite place to buy.
46. I will be 31 this year....scares me to death.
47. I love Nicholas Sparks and collect his books.
48. I also love lead pencils- someone said that already but I agree.
49. It makes me happy that I work with people that I enjoy hanging out with outside
of work.
50. I'm still learning about myself, hence another 50 things later maybe???

Wow....that was fun but somewhat difficult. I tag everyone that reads this and hasn't done it yet!!!! Cortnie, Julie, everyone!!! :)

****NUMBER 51- After posting, here's another thing about me: I hate Blogger. It hurts the perfectionist in me because it doesn't translate my perfect lines and spaces and it runs them together and/or starts additional lines on its own. I HATE that!!!!

I'm back!

I can't believe Impact '07 ("The Mighty") has come and gone. I got home last night and am still recovering from the lack of sleep but it was well worth it. It was incredible, as always.

There's no way I can explain in this post what the overall Impact experience is like. Those of you that have been before might be able to understand. Living and working so closely with the same people for 10 days makes you feel like you have a new family. It's extremely hard to leave when the time comes. I got very attached, needless to say.

God presented himself this week as usual. He spoke to me in ways that I wasn't always proud of. I was even more convicted of the fact that I'm absolutely terrible at handling my emotions and as a result, can unknowingly put my relationship with Him on the backburner. That's hard to know. I feel guilty but am determined to fix it. I feel my faith is stronger. I am more confident than ever that God answers prayers and it excites me to wait and see what He's going to do in my life.

I'm going to post some pictures (or try to at least). Enjoy!

P.S. I broke down and joined facebook so if any of you are on, find me! You can also see the whole album of Impact pictures!

Late Breaking News............that I am NOT very happy about.

Well, this may be the answer to ending my obsession with Taylor. Click here to get the scoop. If you want to see the gross pictures, click the "splashnewsonline" link and scroll down. Yuck!

My thoughts: She's NOT even pretty....at all!

I'm still here.....

Life has been super busy the past several days but I have to take the opportunity via this post to praise our AWESOME God. He has shown himself to me so much lately. It's left me feeling very much undeserving and in awe of how absolutely amazing He is. I've prayed for things recently and God has answered my prayers even more perfectly than I knew to pray them. I prayed for joy and peace when it seemed impossible to find them. God provided. I simply don't know how to thank Him or how to show Him how honored I feel to be His daughter. He's incredible, friends! I'm so richly blessed.

In other news- School's out for the summer! I went today to finish up a few last minute things on the "to-do" list so I am officially done now! It hasn't hit me yet. I really don't know what to do with myself to be honest. Camp Invention is a week or so away then I'll go straight to Impact. I can't wait for that!

Have a great weekend!


P.S. Oh yeah- Yea for Jordin! I'm excited she won. And, I'm excited that I will be seeing her and the other top 10 contestants Thursday, July 12th! It's the third annual American Idol Concert Road Trip. I'm pumped!