Snapshot Saturday

This is too funny.  We were at Opryland Hotel tonight.  I was taking a picture of everybody.  Brian, I think, is really just pointing to be funny.  He made some random guy look also, and I have absolutely no idea what Chris is looking at/doing!  We did not plan this photo.  What a crazy night!

Try-out

I'm trying out a new background for the holidays, as you can see.  I like it but I think I might like it better if it didn't have those Santa buttons.  Oh well, I'll try it for a little while.  Happy Saturday!

My Black Friday...

Sadly, Chris had to go back to Knoxville to work today.  However, my Mom and I were able to spend a wonderful day together.  First we went to visit my Grandmother.  I don't get to see her enough and we had a great visit.

Then my Mom and I headed to lunch at Ruby Tuesday's.  Did you know that they have free garlic cheddar biscuits now?  Umm...Yummm.  After lunch was a movie, 127 Hours.  Interesting true story about a man on a hike who gets his armed trapped between a boulder and a crevice wall.  I'll let you imagine how he got out.:)  We ended our day with a quick trip to Publix and home to make pigs in a blanket.  LOVE my family and I am so thankful for the times when I get to spend time with those I don't get to see as much as I want!  Good news...Chris is back for the rest of the weekend and our plans are to watch the Vols play beat Kentucky tomorrow and then we're all going to Opryland Hotel.  What a great weekend before back to reality on Monday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

May your Thanksgiving be filled with family, friends, good food, and blessings!  Let the holidays begin!!

Don't Let the Turkey Get the Best of You!

I hope all of your Thanksgiving preparations are going well and that we all take the time to pause and smell the turkey roses.:)  Enjoy your family.  Remember your friends.  Reflect over the year up until now.  Honestly, there are many things about this year that sometimes I think I wouldn't mind forgetting.  I want to stop, though, and remember to thank my God for everything.  He is good and His ways are perfect.  Lord help me to remember that and to have confidence in You!  

Hope your day is filled with lots of family, good food, and naps!

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Snapshot Saturday

Yes, I know this is not my own snapshot, but I make the rules! :) It's almost Thanksgiving week and I'm so excited to be with family.  We'll spend Thanksgiving lunch with Chris' family and then we'll have Thanksgiving breakfast on Friday with my family.  I'm really looking forward to this new way to celebrate.  Love this holiday photo:  

I'm borrowing this quote from a friend, but I loved it and would like to pass it on to you:  

Dear friends, I wish for you bountiful blessings this holiday season.  Most of all, though, I wish for you enough.

Happy Happy Friday to You!

Happy Friday Friends!!  I am so glad that the weekend is here!  This brings me that much closer to the end of the semester which brings me that much closer to my last semester of Nursing school!!  Can we say Hallelujah?  I'm feeling very good about the weekend even though I've already had a couple of (minor) setbacks.  For one, my car slowly died on the way home from school today.  First the radio and air, then the odometer/thermometer/windows/blinkers/headlights...I could go on.  I was talking to Chris on the phone and we were laughing because I would give him a report of the next thing to die.  You have to laugh rather than cry sometimes, right?!?   Anyway, when I got home I tried to start it again and it wouldn't even start.  Chris is hoping it's just the alternator which is a relatively mild issue in the scheme of things I guess.  Definitely cheaper than a new car.  

Anyway...the second thing is that I have to work tomorrow.  Now, I don't know about you, but I think that working on Saturday is for the birds.  I kind of feel like everyone is having a party except for me.  However, I do want to help out while I'm in school so this is a great opportunity for me to do that.  It also will help with Christmas coming up!  (More likely, this paycheck will go for more practical things like alternators.)  

Despite these "setbacks", I'm pretty excited about the weekend.  Chris' cousin Callie and her little girl Sophi are coming to visit and the VOLS play tomorrow night!  Worship with our wonderful church family is Sunday and Thanksgiving and Christmas are on their merry way!  (There might be a couple of birthdays thrown in there as well.)  I know that I've rambled on here today, but I'm feeling a little joyful about life right now.  Nope, we don't really have the money for car parts right now, but we'll manage.  God has proven to us that he always provides.  

"O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below--you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way."