30 Days About Me Day 23

Day 23 You Tube Favorite :)

My husband and I crack up everytime this commercial comes on the TV!



Seriously it's the funniest thing ever!

30 Days About Me Day 22

Day 22 Favorite Websites!

OOOOOOHHH this is definitely a great day to link up! I can't wait to see if I can find new sites that I can enjoy :)

Here are my favorites:
Amazon
Vintage Pearl if you haven't seen this amazing womans jewelry you need to go RIGHT NOW!
HomeSchool Freebie Of The Day even though I don't homeschool yet, they have great resources that are just for fun :)
Kraft Recipes simple yummy recipes for dinners you'd actually cook
No Greater Joy search this site, they have great biblical stuff on marriage, child training and of course the bible itself!
Money Saving Mom

I am sure there are lots more, but that's all I can think of this morning! :) Have a wonderful day!

30 Days About Me Day 21

Day 21 A recipe I Love

Food! I love food... obviously ;)

As fall being my favorite season I am going to share a fall related recipe I love! So simple and soooooooo yummy!

Pumpkin Spice Cake

1 package spice cake mix
1 cup water
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
8oz cream cheese
1/3 dark brown sugar
1 cup thawed cool whip

Cake:
Heat oven 350*
Beat first five ingredients in a large bowl with mixer until well blended.
Stir in nuts. Pour into 2 round pans. Bake 25-30 minutes depending on your oven. Time always varies even in my oven so watch it closely ;) Cool completely!

Frosting:
Beat cream cheese and sugar in a small bowl until well mixed. Add cool whip and mix well...sometimes I add more cool whip if it becomes too thick. Spread onto first layer put cake together and then spread over the rest of both cakes. Keep frosted cake in refridgerator!

Tastes just like a pumpkin roll without all the hassle of making one... I don't know if it's really a hassle because I have never tried to make a pumpkin roll, but it look intimidating!

30 Days About Me Day 20

Day 20 Something That You wish You Could Forget

Toni's post today was amazing, raw, very personal and well just go read it!

As for me what in the world do I wish I could forget?

High School!

It's not like I didn't have good times. I did... From previous 30 Days posts you can see that. As a whole though I didn't like it. People used to say you'll want to go back, life was so easy then, high school was the best times of you life.... Uh no I highly disagree! The drama, sterotypes, trying to fit in, being who the "shallow crowd" thought you should be was just way too tough for me.

Seems a little riduculous huh? I mean I had lots of friends and the teachers were great, and I got extremely good grades, but something was missing. My parents got divorced during that time and I was on anti-depressants as a teenager! Yikes right?!?!?!?! I am so lame... I know what you're thinking ;)

30 Days About Me Day 19

Day 19 Talents/Hobbies

This is funny because I am not good at anything...Well if I could be so bold I am great at doing hair. I loved doing it even before I went to beauty school. It just come very natural to me. I love cutting and styling. I also really love to do color on other people, just not myself. I'm pretty boring whe it come to my own hair. I like all over color my favorite is a 5BR if that means anything to you ;)

Here is an updo I did last weekend:

My hobbie is reading. It's a passion really. If you know of any great books please feel free to recommend them in my comment section! THANKS :)

30 Days About Me Day 18

Day 18 All About Weddings
Share Our Wedding Or One We Dream Of!

I loved my wedding! It was low key, low budget and the end result was me and the love of my life were married!!!!

So here is the story: My husband was saved the summer of 2006 at trucking school. He thought he wanted to be a truck driver, so he spent $6,000 to go to trucking school. He met an amazing man there who was a preacher. My husband spent his time talking with the preacher about all things God. After it was all over he found the Lord. He comes home and tells me everything and see I didn't believe in God at all... I was just blowing him off. My husband decides we need to go to this small town in Michigan and I needed to meet this preacher man and his family. Well long story short and lots of crying I got saved in that small town! That was September 1, 2006. We go home and decide we needed to be married. I already had a 3 year old and together we had a 1 year old and we had been together 2 years. We planned our wedding day for January 1, 2007. We were dirt poor and livin' on love and ramen, I didn't know how we'd afford a wedding. We live in a small town too and the gezebo at our court house is free to use at anytime. So that's what we did, outside in January with maybe 20 guests. I got my dress at Macy's with coupons. We were not planning to have a reception because we couldn't afford it, but my best friend and her mom threw us one! They home cooked and baked everything! It was amazing all the people who pulled together to give us a day to remember. We still haven't went on a honeymoon, but someday I dream we will. And that preacher man... He married us ;)

My husband was a truckdriver for less than 6 months because he couldn't stand being away from his family! So the running joke is we paid $6,000 to get saved! ;) I firmly believe the Lord has a sense of humor!

30 Days About Me Day 17

Day 17 What Are You Insecure About/What Are You Proud Of?

This may seem repetitious for fellow 30 Days About Me readers, but I am insecure about my weight! I wonder how many of us are going to say this today? Sigh... I know it's silly and from reading Toni's today I was shocked she felt insecure about being 123lbs. I WOULD LOVE TO WEIGH 123lbs!! In my mind I think WOW seriously you really are insecure about that?!?! Sigh again...Honestly though I get it. I TOTALLY get it. I was that weight before I had my three girls. I thought I was so FAT then. I hated looking in the mirror because it wasn't good enough. Now I am 25lbs heavier! I feel the same way still... Is it ever good enough? Is any woman truly happy with the way she looks? I have friends who say to me "I wish I was as small as you." Isn't that a smack in the face? It just proves once again that we are our own worst critics! Does anyone look at Toni and say wow she's fat? NO WAY! Does anyone look at me and say wow butter ball you sure could lose a few..? No probably not. We don't judge the girls bigger than us, I think we judge the ones smaller than us out of pure jealously! Isn't that sad?! This post may seem harsh and I mean no disrespect to anyone. We are all there or have been here at one time or another in our life. I just needed to say all of this mainly for myself. Being insecure about weight stinks. :)

Here is the positive part of this post!!! I am proud of my new life in Christ! I am so incredibly thankful for what He did for me. The beatings, the crown of thorns, the nails... All thoses horrible things happened to Him so we could have a chance at Heaven. Isn't that amazing? That is some kind of LOVE! A love we could never imagine because we are selfish people. But isn't that the reason why He did it? I think so :) The proud part is that I was open minded/hearted enough to accept His gift five years ago in a small town in Michigan! That is something to be proud of!!

30 Days About Me Day 16

Day 16 Let's Talk Crazy
Something or someone we have done crazy stuff with!

There was a time long ago that this girl (ME) did things totally out of character for the ME now...
When I was a sophmore in High school we had a softball sleepover at one of the fellow teammates house. We had the bright idea that when it got dark we would go through town and "steal" things... We went to Burger King and took their rugs, went through peoples trash, took things off peoples porches etc... We stopped at our softball coach's house and played the knock and run game. So ridiculous right?!?!!? LOL Then at the end of our time running the streets like CRAZY kids we stopped at our high school and hopped the fence of the stadium and took the hurdles and proceeded to dump those and all of our stolen loot in the middle of the lawn... No one ever knew who did it...At least I don't think so, but not to long after that our school installed security cameras!!!

We thought we were so "cool" back then, but as I'm typing all this out it seems so silly! What possessed us to do that is beyond what I remember of that time. I'm not sure my parents even know about it, they are going to get a good laugh when they read this!

Here is a recent picture of me and one of the fellow thieves! She was my best friend then and now :)

30 Days About Me Day 15

Day 15 Describe/Show Your Dream Home

Well I will have to say this is my FAVORITE day so far! I am such a dreamer... My imagination runs wild all the time!

To begin I want a farm house! I really big old-fashioned farm house or one of those plantation houses in the south. I want at least 10 acres with 5 of thoses wooded. It will have to have a wrap around porch no exceptions on that one! I want 5 bedrooms (one for each of my girls, one for Chris and I and one to use as a library with couches and no technology allowed). I want a living room, dining room, and a sitting room with the original woodwork. I want a big kitchen with an island so my family can chat with me while I cook. I want hardwood floors (not laminate actual wood planks) throughout the house except in the bedrooms. I would love to have a master bathroom with a stand up shower for 2 ;) and a huge garden tub to relax in!

I think these are very close to what I was thinking in my head....

As for the outside, I want a 1/2 acre - 1 acre garden. I want a mini seperate garden for wild flowers to grow at random. In the woods I want trails for 4-wheelers because well we LOVE 4-wheeling! Big over sized rocking chairs on the porch where we can sit and sip sweet tea and lemonade! AHH doesn't that just sound amazing!?!?!??!?!

30 Days About Me Day 13 & 14

Day 13 Someone Or Something That Has Impacted Your Life

My number one would be Jesus. If not for Him and what He did for me I would not be who I am today. Five years ago I accepted Him into my life and into my heart. I am now a new person and so thankful for what He has done for me!

There are so many others though that have made an imprint on my life. My husband and my girls are the greatest in every way. Old friends and acquaintances who have come in and out of my life have left things to grow toward and things to stay away from. I am so thankful for these people.

Day 14 Somewhere You'd Love To Travel

I want to leave the U.S. one day. Honestly there are so many places I want to see for specific reasons....

Italy for the food
France for the love
Germany to see what's left of the concentration camps
Ireland for the countryside
Israel for obvious reasons
Greece to see the houses sticking out of the mountains or hills whatever they are...
Scotland to hear them talk and see the castles
Australia just because it's far away!
Last some place whether it be in India/Africa or Papua New Guinea to do a missions trip :)