Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday already?
I am being completely sarcastic in saying that I can't believe it's already Tuesday. Since I am constantly counting down to Disney World, the weeks have been creeping by. I brought my ipod to work last week and David Crowder with some Journey, Chicago and Bruce Springsteen just seem to really make the day go by faster. Why didn't I think about this 117 days ago? 117 is the number of days we've been in school this year, which means we only have 63 days left! Oh, and speaking of Journey, I saw them in concert several years ago. It will definitely go down as one of the best concerts I have ever been to. And speaking of Disney, we will be hittin the road in just 17 days!
Happy Tuesday, y'all!
Happy Tuesday, y'all!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Our weekend
The Hicksters had a great weekend but dang if it wasn't over in a hot minute. Friday night we went to dinner with my brother, sister-in-law and my youngest nephew, Bryan. The best part about dinner was when some random balloon making man came to our table and told Bryan he learned how to do all these cool things at Ballooniversity. Quite a while later and totally out of nowhere, Bryan interrupted us and shouted "please remind me when I turn 16 that I want to go to Ballooniversity." It was hilarious and such a typical Bryan moment!
Saturday we looked at houses ALL day. We want to have some narrowed down so that when we do get an offer on Paul's, we will have some potential houses in mind and be close to putting an offer on one. We aren't finding a whole lot that we like but there are a few maybes out there. We are pretty picky about what we're looking for but we feel like we should be because we plan on making our next house our last house. We are still feeling very content in Paul's and are not in a hurry. If we got an offer today that we could afford to accept, we'd definitely do it. But now that we are down to just one, we don't feel as desperate. I know that the right house will be there waiting for us when his does finally sell.
Saturday night we hung out with our friends Katelyn and Derek. We hadn't gotten to hang out with them in forever and it was so much fun! They are the kind of friends that we end up in 5 hour conversations with. Katelyn is an amazing singer and Derek has unbelievable musical talent as well. They have a local band that happens to be opening up for Little Big Town on March 25th!!! They have gotten to open for several famous country stars but this will top them all. I am so excited for them and the opportunities for their band that could come from this. We leave for Disney World the day of the concert and are so disappointed that we have to miss it. I heard on the radio yesterday that it is already almost sold out.
Sunday after church we ran some errands and then Paul had his first soccer game of the spring adult league season. It was almost 80 degrees here on Sunday so it was the perfect day for a soccer game. My friend Stephie was in town from Chicago this weekend so we got to have dinner and see them Sunday night. It was so much fun talking about their upcoming wedding in Chicago. I cannot tell you how excited I am! I was a huge Cubs fan as a little girl. My brother was a Braves fan and every year we would go to Atlanta when the Braves played the Cubs. I always wanted to go to Wrigley Field but since Atlanta was so much closer we always went there. Last spring when I went to Chicago for the first time the Cubs were traveling that weekend. We went to a White Sox game instead, which was still so much fun. But this year the Cubies will be in town and we got our tickets over the weekend to go to a game while we're there for the wedding. I am so excited I could just about wet my pants.
Y'all have a good week!
Saturday we looked at houses ALL day. We want to have some narrowed down so that when we do get an offer on Paul's, we will have some potential houses in mind and be close to putting an offer on one. We aren't finding a whole lot that we like but there are a few maybes out there. We are pretty picky about what we're looking for but we feel like we should be because we plan on making our next house our last house. We are still feeling very content in Paul's and are not in a hurry. If we got an offer today that we could afford to accept, we'd definitely do it. But now that we are down to just one, we don't feel as desperate. I know that the right house will be there waiting for us when his does finally sell.
Saturday night we hung out with our friends Katelyn and Derek. We hadn't gotten to hang out with them in forever and it was so much fun! They are the kind of friends that we end up in 5 hour conversations with. Katelyn is an amazing singer and Derek has unbelievable musical talent as well. They have a local band that happens to be opening up for Little Big Town on March 25th!!! They have gotten to open for several famous country stars but this will top them all. I am so excited for them and the opportunities for their band that could come from this. We leave for Disney World the day of the concert and are so disappointed that we have to miss it. I heard on the radio yesterday that it is already almost sold out.
Sunday after church we ran some errands and then Paul had his first soccer game of the spring adult league season. It was almost 80 degrees here on Sunday so it was the perfect day for a soccer game. My friend Stephie was in town from Chicago this weekend so we got to have dinner and see them Sunday night. It was so much fun talking about their upcoming wedding in Chicago. I cannot tell you how excited I am! I was a huge Cubs fan as a little girl. My brother was a Braves fan and every year we would go to Atlanta when the Braves played the Cubs. I always wanted to go to Wrigley Field but since Atlanta was so much closer we always went there. Last spring when I went to Chicago for the first time the Cubs were traveling that weekend. We went to a White Sox game instead, which was still so much fun. But this year the Cubies will be in town and we got our tickets over the weekend to go to a game while we're there for the wedding. I am so excited I could just about wet my pants.
Y'all have a good week!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
God's provision
God continues to amaze me! As if the way He provided for us while we had 2 mortgages and the way He provided my mom to buy my townhouse was not enough, He has since then continued to blow me away. Paul and I try our best to be good stewards of our money. We by no means are successful with that at all times. We definitely have more than we need, and at times desire more than I think we should. I'll be perfectly honest, on 2 teacher's salaries after we tithe, save and pay the bills, there is very little left to go around. BUT, we have all that we need and then some. This might sound weird to you, but I actually think that my salary is a picture of God's grace to me. Stay with me here. I love to shop. I mean, LOVE to shop. I love clothes and I love shoes. A lot. I am pretty sure that if I made more money, I would be living in a constant battle with always wanting and buying more stuff. Stuff that I do not need. Stuff that would never leave me feeling satisfied, rather always wanting more. Don't get me wrong, I do believe God is ok with us having some things we don't need and doing things for pleasure like taking trips and even shopping. I think He is cool with us enjoying things in life, to a certain degree. But I know myself and I can almost guarantee that if I had more money, I would be doing all the wrong things with it. So I am thankful that God protects me in that way. Having said all of that, there are still times where I wonder where the money is going to come from. Why I would ever doubt at this point is beyond me. Yet even in my doubt and lack of faith, He has an unlimited supply of grace and the ways He provides are simply amazing to me.
We are going to Disney World next month. This is a trip my family has been talking about taking for years and we are finally going. It is obviously not a trip that is a need, it's actually a huge luxury. God didn't have to provide, but He did. We got more than enough back from our tax returns to pay for the trip. We would not have been able to afford to go any other way and I consider that His blessing and provision.
One of my dear friends is getting married in Chicago this spring. I wouldn't miss it for anything. But the concern of how we'd pay for the trip, especially on top of Disney World, was immediately in our minds. We don't use credit cards and we wanted to try hard not to dig into our savings account to pay for the trip. So we knew we'd have to come up with a good bit of cash to make this happen. Guess what? God honored that and has provided in amazing ways. Paul was all of the sudden given several private soccer players to work with for extra money. We got a pretty good size check in the mail from money that was left over in my escrow account from when we sold my house. We got another check back from Paul's mortgage for something "random" that they had overcharged us for. Not a coincidence people! Then we got yet another "random" check back from our insurance company. In a matter of weeks, we already had more than enough to pay for our flights to Chicago. It's not because we did something to deserve it. God is just awesome like that.
Can I get an "AMEN"?!
We are going to Disney World next month. This is a trip my family has been talking about taking for years and we are finally going. It is obviously not a trip that is a need, it's actually a huge luxury. God didn't have to provide, but He did. We got more than enough back from our tax returns to pay for the trip. We would not have been able to afford to go any other way and I consider that His blessing and provision.
One of my dear friends is getting married in Chicago this spring. I wouldn't miss it for anything. But the concern of how we'd pay for the trip, especially on top of Disney World, was immediately in our minds. We don't use credit cards and we wanted to try hard not to dig into our savings account to pay for the trip. So we knew we'd have to come up with a good bit of cash to make this happen. Guess what? God honored that and has provided in amazing ways. Paul was all of the sudden given several private soccer players to work with for extra money. We got a pretty good size check in the mail from money that was left over in my escrow account from when we sold my house. We got another check back from Paul's mortgage for something "random" that they had overcharged us for. Not a coincidence people! Then we got yet another "random" check back from our insurance company. In a matter of weeks, we already had more than enough to pay for our flights to Chicago. It's not because we did something to deserve it. God is just awesome like that.
Can I get an "AMEN"?!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Slack
My blogs have been few and far between lately. I blame most of it on my pitiful camera. I love to take pictures and then those pictures can almost always turn into a blog post. But my camera is on its last leg and hasn't even been worth toting around. A nice camera is high up there on our list of wants. For now though, I am afraid the majority of my posts will be picture-less boring.
On another note, it is 75 degrees outside and I cannot tell you how happy that makes me. I am such a spring and summer kind of girl! If I wasn't about as white as a sheet, I think I'd bust out a dress and some flip flops this evening.
Happy Friday y'all!
On another note, it is 75 degrees outside and I cannot tell you how happy that makes me. I am such a spring and summer kind of girl! If I wasn't about as white as a sheet, I think I'd bust out a dress and some flip flops this evening.
Happy Friday y'all!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Randomness
This might go down as one of the longest. weeks. ever.
I had a muscle spasm in my back this week. It was one of the weirdest and most painful things I have yet to experience. And it made for a really, really long Monday, which I think is what made for the longest. week. ever.
I am happy that Phil did not see his shadow. If it's not going to snow anymore, I am ready for flowers and flip flops.
I am really excited about theSuper Bowl food and friends this weekend at the Super Bowl party.
This was the first month since Paul and I got married that we didn't have to write in our monthly budget, "Mortgage 1, Mortgage 2, Home Owner Dues 1, Home Owner Dues 2, Energy bill 1, Energy bill 2." You get the point. It was GLORIOUS! And we are praising God for His faithfulness.
In 49 days we will be hangin with Mickey Mouse.
Happy Friday, y'all!
I had a muscle spasm in my back this week. It was one of the weirdest and most painful things I have yet to experience. And it made for a really, really long Monday, which I think is what made for the longest. week. ever.
I am happy that Phil did not see his shadow. If it's not going to snow anymore, I am ready for flowers and flip flops.
I am really excited about the
This was the first month since Paul and I got married that we didn't have to write in our monthly budget, "Mortgage 1, Mortgage 2, Home Owner Dues 1, Home Owner Dues 2, Energy bill 1, Energy bill 2." You get the point. It was GLORIOUS! And we are praising God for His faithfulness.
In 49 days we will be hangin with Mickey Mouse.
Happy Friday, y'all!
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