dance!

aaand she's off to the dance!

I love when happy tears well up and your throat aches. :)

Well our girl got her hair curled, a mani/pedi (from her momma!), found a little sparkly purse that barely held all the essentials (lip gloss, dance ticket, $, phone, gum, granola bar), and we made it!  I saw the look on her daddy's face when she was all ready and i felt a little pang in my belly.

ouch. but i loved it.  

Here are some fun ones.

 

and after all that fuss, D and i are ready for a movie in our jammies. :)  

careful now

phew, it's FRIDAY!



careful words make for a careful life. careless words may ruin everything.  ( Prov 13:3)

...another "words" verse. :)  i want to be more careful with my words, especially with Dan and Ab.  I admit we are pretty kind to each other in our house, we are not yellers or mean and our house is pretty calm. (as calm as it can be with me in it, haha)  However, if i get careless (crabby) it's usually with the ones i love most.  Abbi is greatly impacted by words (like her momma) so i have learned to write them down if i really want them to stick.  She love, love, loves written notes, texts, etc. :)



happy weekend!  I will be posting photos of Ab in her dress Saturday night!  eee! 

girls, husbands, & words

Want some tips on how to love your favorite 16 year old girl?

Put bacon on her turkey sandwiches.

NEVER help her with her sock bun. Just don't.

Listen to her stories.  ALL of them.  

Make her laugh everyday.

and on to PROVERBS!

I am in chapter 12 and i am not sure i ever want to leave. so good.

a hearty wife invigorates her husband. (vs. 4)

notice it does NOT say provoke, disrespect, hold a grudge against, argue with, or frustrate.  :)


worry weighs us down, but a cheerful word picks us up. (vs. 25)

amen, amen, amen! I love, love, LOVE words of affirmation.  Love to hear them, speak them, write them, receive them, and keep them.

but i do worry too much.  working on that!

PINK

happy Wednesday!

Got those flowers for myself at Kroger. :)  I love pink.

It's been a sweet morning here.  Had a private session today (yoga) and i just love my yoga girls. AMAZING hearts.

here are 2 more goodies from Proverbs 11.
(vs. 16)
A woman of gentle grace gets respect.
(vs. 28)
A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump.


I want to be less stumpy and more gentle! :)

Ab had a pretty good first day back at school.  She is taking Anatomy and Child Development this semester at Leo, plus Algebra 2 and American Lit at home. Plus babysitting, tennis, pottery lessons, and youth grouup!  Looks to be full, but not crazy.  BUSY is not BETTER. :)   I am off to make chili for a friend and find a shelf at Target to hold nail polish!  XO!

prayer and banana trees

I've prepared a wonderful spread ~ fresh baked bread!  Proverbs 9:5

I looove that verse because it reminds me to bake another loaf of spelt bread that i got so good at baking last Fall and then... totally forgot about. mmm.


anyways... hi!  Are you still reading?  Hope so.

here are those sparkly shoes for the dance i told you about.  now... if only Ab can not wobble so much. She insist they are NOT too tall! :)

Here are some goodies from chapters 10 and 11.  


God is solid backing to a well-lived life, but he calls into question a shabby performance.  
Proverbs 10:29


Not too shabby, huh? :) SOLID BACKING. thank goodness.


A good life is a fruit-bearing tree.  Proverbs 11:30

oh how i want to be a tree filled with fresh fruit!  I am sharing this with my class tonight at the Y.  Let's be grounded in soil that keep us GROWING.  I want to be a banana tree. :)  Just sayin.

This book is FULL of sweet wisdom to build character and feed our soul.  Your comments (be sure to read them!) are awesome!  Love you much.

Now i am off to pick up my girl from her first day back at school!  eeks!  She has some new classes this semester and still feels pretty new there.  Prayers are butter on toast, i tell ya.

a sister

It's Sunday evening.  aaaah.  Over the past couple days...

• i got trained in CPR/AED (and i still have no idea what i'm doing so let's all pray nobody keels over at the Y when i am working)
• abbi got her DRIVERS LICENSE!!! 
• found the perfect black sparkly shoes to go with that pretty pink dress.
• made enchiladas for grandma & grandpa.
• wrote some new yoga classes for next week!
• took a slippery, icy walk with my boyfriend. :)
• took care of my sicko kiddo.  She is fighting a cold that won't give.

now back to Proverbs... (i like the shorter verses so they STICK!)

Talk to wisdom as to a sister.  Proverbs 7:4



I had an awesome brother growing up, but no sister.  How amazing it is for me to have many sisters now.  I have some girlfriends (you know who you are) that are my sisters.  Just being able to be real, open, and love each other crud and all, is a sweet gift.  Love you girls, you teach me so much.

pretty sweet

Keep viligant watch over your heart. ~ Proverbs 4:23

He's aware of every step you take.  ~ Proverbs 5:21

Follow your father's good advice.  ~  Proverbs 6:20

All pretty sweet verses, huh?  Perfect for a sweet 16 year old. :)

She found a dress for the Leo semi-formal next weekend!  
She is going with a big group of friends, should be fun. :)  Happy weekend!

no need to panic, pol

Proverbs 3 is packed with goodies, huh?

vs.24-25
you'll enjoy a good night's sleep.
no need to panic over alarms or surprises. 

oooooh boy.  need to sew this one onto my pillow case. :)

bruise-y like a peach

Proverbs 2:7
He's a personal body guard to the candid and sincere.

My husband is a big guy and makes me feel safe, which i LOVE, but i also love that God is my body guard because i need thicker skin.  I get my feelings hurt too easily, not in a wimpy way (maybe sometimes) but i tend to worry a lot about what other people think.  God protects a sincere heart, because he knew a soft, sincere heart is also bruise-y like a peach. 

i love hearing your favorite verses!

ya ready?

It's 2013!  eeks!  D and i went to Indy for a yoga workshop (which always makes me so, so thankful that i can teach yoga with Jesus in the middle) and we grabbed our New Years Day lunch at Teds (bison burger on a salad YUM) and stocked up on D's favorite peanut butter (Whole Foods) and zoomed home to pick up our girl from her 4 day winter retreat in upper Michigan.  She was happy, healthy, and SLEEPY.  i missed her!!!

Anyways, i am SO excited that at least 15 of my best girlfriends (+ my mom and husband!) are joining me in reading  Proverbs this month. One chapter per day.  Ya ready?

I read mine first thing since i tend to be a morning person, but really you can read it any time of day ya like and sometimes life gets crazy and you might miss a day, but no biggie just read double the next and you're all caught up.

Here was my favorite of the day.

vs. 9
Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers... 

You know why i loved that?  because currently i live with a teenager who cannot leave the house with out a few rings on her fingers, nails painted, hair gorgeous, eyelashes coated, smelly spritzy spritz sprayed in to the air and walked through several times. oh my.   

...like rings on your fingers. :)

What was YOUR favorite from today?

Leave a comment to tell me.  Can't wait.