Siesta Scripture Memory Team *VERSE 10!*

I can't believe we are in week 10 already!!!! I am so glad I decided to do this.

My week 10 verse:

"If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would have gained nothing" 1Corinthians 13:3 NLT

Happy Wednesday, friends!

Please have some grace on me if there are 100 typos in this....I'm on the ole iPad again and she likes to auto correct me :)

This weekend was absolutely perfect, best Mother's Day! Matt and Halle got me a gift certificate for a massage. My first one ever! I plan on using it ASAP. We got to spend time together, time with family, church, and I got a 3 hour nap. Thank you, Halle, for taking a long Sunday nap.

Lately I couldn't really give a crap less about other people's drama. As usual, I don't want to get into specifics in here...but some people are absolutely Ridiculous when it comes to the drama.
I feel like when people set unrealistic expectations of what you should or shouldn't do, it's always a no win situation. Everyone is responsible for their own happiness at the start of everyday. Choose happiness! Life is too short to fight with people.
If you are continually mad at the world, people will distance themselves from you...and someday you will look around and no one will be left. Unfortunate but true.
I have recently just had to take a step back and set boundaries with someone, and to be honest I am a lot happier. I can't continually let someone in me life that brings me down and causes me unhappiness . Again, I choose happiness.

I guess there wasn't much of a point to this post...just some lunch time thoughts while I people watch at Starbucks :)

Dear Halle

Dear Halle,

17 months old, already! I say this a lot, but I don't ever want to forget this time with you! You are the funniest person I know. Seriously. Some of the stuff you do makes me laugh so hard!
You are starting to be so naughty and daddy And I don't know what to do with you :) you think it's hilarious to grab things you shouldn't have and sprint in the other direction. All with a big giggly laugh. It's hard to punish you.
You have started to allow me to put your hair in a piggy tail and its adorable. I even snuck in a bow with it and you didn't even fuss. This makes mama happy.
You still refuse to eat on occasion....but hey it's a woman's prerogative :)
Sometimes you cry when I pick you up from lacies house. This warms my heart.
You also love your aunt Julie to pieces. We pull in her driveway And you say "ju!" So cute! Although truth be told, you are daddy's girl ALWAYS! You love to just sit on his lap when he gets home from work. He is by far your favorite person in the world. When we decide to give you a sibling please don't be mad, mama needs to have someone to cuddle too :) no worries, it will be quite a while before that happens.  We are still enjoying our time with just you.


Love,
Mommy

SWW

I don't have the cool logo for this edition of SWW.....

So what if I'm sitting at Starbucks tapping out this edition of SWW on the ole iPad? I forget how relaxing it is to sit here over lunch and people watch. (I sound like my grandma b:))

So what if I am on the edge of just up and quitting my job? I can't, but I'd like to.
Although, I feel like good things are coming for me. "When God closes a door, continue to worship Him in the hallway." While one career door just didn't work out how I'd hoped, I think good things are on the horizon.

So what if I just laughed out loud at what started playing in my headphones? iTunes on shuffle is quite entertaining! "Welcome to Atlanta where players play and parties don't stop til 8 in the morning," old school rap from when I used to be cool :)

So what if I made dinner and threw it in the trash? It was gross.

So what if I just now am starting to figure out what's really important to me? I'm not going to elaborate...that could be a new post all on its own.

So what if I've considered taking Halle to the doc for what seems to be a head cold? It's been 3 weeks . How much snot can one kid produce?! For the record, we aren't going to see dr j, but my crazy pants considered it.

So what if I am beyond excited for our fence?! You know you are a grown up when....

Dear Halle

Life with you lately has been so much fun! I don't ever want to forget this time with you. A few nights ago you said "MOM" with as much clarity as I've ever heard you use! Granted, you were ticked that I was taking too long getting you some milk, but i'll take what I can get.
You think stupid puss Mya is so funny. You want nothing more than to lay on her and stroke her fur. Obviously this only lasts less than a minute as she isn't very patient with you. Don't take that personally.
You think you are SO funny! Clearly that comes from your mama. The other day you were digging in the drawer you know you aren't supposed to be in. You pulled out a pad of paper and when I came after you, you ran in the other direction giggling the whole way. I couldn't help but laugh.
Your favorite "game" is to have daddy or I chase you in the hallway. We have done this so much that now you just think it's funny when I am carrying you upstairs and daddy is just walking behind us.
You LOVE your wagon! We have been on a few walks in it and you can't take the grin off your face the whole time.
When I take you to daycare in the morning you jump out of my arms to Lacie. You have also been known to throw a fit when I pick you up because you don't want to leave. This warms my heart that you love where you spend your days :)

Love,

Mom

SWW

So what if I have an interview in less than 2 hours and am literally about to crap my pants due to this anxiety.

So what if I woke up feeling funny and have a borderline migraine. Must be the weather my sister said because she feels the same. I'm going to add to the list of things you shouldn't do with a migrane: #1 on my list is giving an interview. I'm guessing that #1 on my sister's list is trying to prepare Easter dinner.

So what if i'm debating about adding the insurance back to my cell phone plan because I dropped my phone last night and completely messed up the screen. This may be insurance fraud. This is what I get for trying to save myself $5.95 a month on my cell phone bill and dropping the insurance a few months ago.

So what if this is all i've got today. My mind is full of interview questions and thinking about how i'll answer them.......

sww

So what if Halle's dentist appointment was cancelled at last minute but I still left early yesterday? I had already made up my time off so....SO WHAT!

So what if I applied for a new job - same place - and have been stalking the hiring manager's calendar?! I want to know if/when he has interviews scheduled :)

So what if I sort of wish my cat would run away...she is starting to be really mean. Yes, more so than what is usual for her.

So what if I feel like I'm constantly being told (in one way or another) that I can't be a Christian because I 100% believe that gay people should be allowed to get married. It's really been weighing on my heart a lot lately. People have that you either believe the Bible or you don't and you can't call yourself a christian unless you believe it to be true. (I'm paraphrasing here). It hurts my feelings and I am starting to feel like a fake because I don't believe the popular majority of others who live for Jesus. I feel like I can't be part of the "club" of christians because I disagree whole heartedly with the popular opinion.

So what if that is maybe a little too deep for a SWW. But it was weighing on my heart. So what if that's the first time i've publicly declared my opinion on that issue.


signing off.