The Simple Things in Life

Things I Like (part one of…. who knows?)


Okay, so I decided to write down things I like a while ago and just recently came across the list again. I thought I’d share it…maybe I’ll inspire some of my thousand (yeah right) reader to think about simply things in life that just make you smile. Hey it’s worth a shot, and beside… better than looking at the negative right? Yeah I’m right… you know you wanna agree. So without further introduction here’s my list:

Encouraging and being encouraged
The smell of rain
The sound of rain
Paul (my favorite person in the Bible)
The smell and sound of fire
Scrapbooking
Photography
The Newsboys (My all time favorite band)
Fresh air
The sound of kids playing and laughing
II Timothy 4:12
Clean clothes
Clothes fresh out of the dryer on a cold day
Pasta
Taking walks in nature
Foreign Missions
The feel of sand between my toes
Phillip Larue
Copacabana (my favorite beach, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
The beach in general
Hanging out with friends and doing absolutely nothing
Getting invited somewhere unexpectedly
The good feeling I get when I do something for someone else
Spending alone time with God and feeling like it’s just the two of us
The song “Show me Your glory”
Learning something new
Being short
My cooking shows (don’t ask, actually do)
Acting like a weirdo
Sleep (I never get enough)
My bedroom
The smell of clean babies
Finding pants that actually fit (short is just not short enough sometimes)
Coconut Lime Verbena from Bath and Body
Foosball
Good books

Oh No- It's Happened- The Day Has Finally Arrived

My dad gets this GREAT idea to buy my mom a laptop the other day. So she's been on it pretty much ever since trying to find her place in the internet world. When she decides to read my blog. Then she has her own GREAT idea to start her own blog. Yes you did hear me right the first time. That's right my computer/internet illiterate mom has entered the blogging world. What does this mean? What is happening to the ways things used to be? I would have never imagined that my mom would want a blog- let alone actually figure it out (no offense mom, you understand). I guess this just goes to show the world that a simplier time is in the past-way in the past. This world is definatly advancing in the technical world. It's hilarious to me that even my grandparents-yes thats right good ol' Non and Pops have email. Amazing, just amazing.

Well on that happy note, here's my mom's Blog addy. The least I could do is get her some Bloggin' business.

http://themommie.blogspot.com

Abigail Faith

So yep I became an aunt on Tuesday evening. Abigail was born at 7:23 pm. She weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 inches long. She has her mommies red hair.

I can't beleive how things change so drastically when there's a baby in the picture. I have only been an aunt now for 5 days and I love little Abbie so much. I actually didn't even want to go to work on Wednesday. I wish I could have gone to see her. It's amazing how things have changed in a matter of moments it seems. Our lives will never be the same. My sister and brother in law are parents. I am an aunt. And my parents are Grandparents (muhahahaha- sorry mom and dad I couldn't resist).

Having Abbie around kinda makes me think twice about school. Not that I'm going to reconsider this late in the game, but I wanna be around to see her grow up. I know I'll get to see her and such, but I'm sure there will be alot of everyday things that I'll miss due to being 3 hours away.

As much as I already love Abigail, and she's not even mine, I can't imagine what it's like to have your own baby. It must be such a rush of different emotions- sometimes all at the same time.