chestnuts and filled stockings

I know, I know.
I keep changing up my blog layout.
Mostly because I am bored, but more-so
because I can not find a cheap
one I like.

I keep changing the name of it.
I know this is a deadly no-no in the
blogging world, but I like change
too much and its going to
keep changing until I am
at peace with it.

I am also apologizing for my
laziness, I know I have been slacking.
Life has been pretty busy lately, a
lot of travelling and holiday events.
{I LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.}
It has also been very enjoyable
and refreshing. I keep becoming more
and more happy with the
way things have been
lately.

When I say the word happy- I mean ecstatic.

{This guy may have something to do with it.}

whoa. thats a big truck.

This weekend i help Ryan and his brother Chase move into their new birmingham apartment. Up until now they have lived in a shabby 1 bdrm apt. (chase actually slept in the dining room.) Now they live in a very nice 2 bdrm luxury apt. (which i am almost  jealous of.) The move was fun. Somehow it's always more fun helping a friend move than having friends help move you. Maybe its because there is no stress because YOUR things arent getting broken or YOUR pots and pans wont fit in the small cabinet space. Anywho- i am tired from it all. The place looks great though and i cant wait for their LSU game parties to begin - i could really use an excuse to make chips and salsa...

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things that are only good the first time:

1. clean sheets: downy only lasts one wear.

2. french fries: mc donalds fries for example, best things in the world. wait 2 min and they are ruined. remember- fries before burger.

3. napkins: its not rocket science. yes i do use 5 napkins at every meal.

4. fried mozzarella sticks- heres the problem, the temperature of these sticks are lethal when they are given to you, so you have to "wait for them to cool off" or risk permanently loosing important taste buds, but you always wait too long. what can we learn from this? dont order them. they are full of greasy calories and they are too complicated.

5. snow cones: once they melt you can freeze them again, however... it turns into a popsicle of sorts which was not what you initially wanted. just throw it away.

6. towels: they usually are still slightly damp the next morning, or at least mine are because i prefer leave my towels on the floor. 

7. pasta dishes: no matter where you order a pasta dish you will be given enough to feed a small whale. "Can a get a to-go box?" NO. dont ask for the box. leave it. it will never be the same.

8. driving to the beach: then you realize you have to drive back 5 hrs in a small vehicle with 3 other people with a seatbelt slicing into your over cooked body listening to what the driver wants to listen to... which in my case is mom and she wants to listen to a 1 of 3 people- daniel powder, gavin degraw, or really old john mayer.

change of plans...

So i havent really taken a liking to blogging regularly.

Everyday i think about a kind of blog i would like to have.. and i try but i fail.

I love twoellie for all of its beautiful decor/remodeling ideas and its occasional "outfit to room" posts and pics of her beautiful children, but i neither have children or an eye for coordinating decor.

i adore my roomate's blog simply because i can hear her talking as i read which makes me laugh hysterically but i probably wont ever see Wicked again (two times was enough, great show, but enough.) i dont enjoy dairy in my teas, and lack in her exquisite skills in writing.

Being that i do work for a church planting organization i tried doing the whole pastoral posts but i am not a pastor, PK, church planter  or anything of the sort, therefore this was too a failed attempt in finding my nitch. 

But ive decided what i want this whole blog thing to be like... and that is, exactly what it was designed for.

To post about ones feelings, emotions, life, pictures and silly thoughts.

WARNING:

i will post about almost everything i think about.

this could be good and bad.

i do not mean to be offensive or to be taken seriously all the time. 

these are my THOUGHTS.

Hopefully this will help my blog be more exciting. keep your fingers crossed.

Anywho... please enjoy. 

I have a 6" sandwich to devour .