Unexpected Graces

Photo of the day
I know what you may be thinking… “SPIDERMAN?!” … and I hate to disappoint you, but it’s not Spidy. It’s a window washer! I’m pretty sure that would be a fun job!
Rappelling is one of my favorite outdoor sports. Not that I get to do it that often, living in Dallas, […]

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Photo of the day.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-na-scotus27-2008jun27,0,4515047.story
In one of my newsfeeds on my iGoogle homepage this morning, I saw an article referencing the Supreme Court affirmation of gun rights. The article goes on to reiterate guaranteed citizens the right to keep guns at home for self-defense. “In a 5-4 decision, the court said that “the […]

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Last week I finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl, by Phillipa Gregory. Let me say, GREAT read! I usually am not intrigued by historically based/fiction literature. I usually lean towards current (1990+) mystery novels (James Patterson) and the occasional classy romance novel (Luanne Rice). But this book was highly suggested by tons of my friends, […]

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Here’s a photo of the yummy fruit salad I made for a snack at work today. The fruit salad consists of: Blueberries, Raspberries, Nectarine, Strawberries, Bananas. If you know me, you know I’m obsessed with fresh fruit. There have been some great sales lately on produce at local grocery stores (Tom Thumb). Raspberries […]

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Thursday afternoon I had a 3.5 hour meeting where stood up and spoke the whole presentation. After I left the meeting my throat was a bit dry, which is usually pretty normal after speaking for 3.5 hours straight. However, the next two days I woke up with a bit of a scratchy throat…. and […]

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My pastor, Matt Chandler, has mentioned how we can go from living a “normal” laughter-filled day, to receving a phone call that will bring us to our knees, crying, and broken within seconds.
Before last Tuesday, I had only experienced that phone call once in my life… just one year earlier. On Tuesday , June 10, […]

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I love PINKBERRY. The only one I’ve been to is located in New York City. We desperately need one in Dallas, TX…. but for now the new Orange Cup, located in NorthPark Mall will do just fine. This place is so delicious I can barely explain it. Not only is their marketing beautiful, but so […]

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The Village Church is built on 5 core values: TRUTH… COMMUNITY… CHRISTIAN SPRITUALITY… FOOT-WASHING… MISSIONAL LIVING. Our pastor, Matt Chandler, went through a sermon series on all 5 of these core values.
This a little blurb taken from a hand out I received before church service a few weeks ago that I really enjoyed!. It […]

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I receive email updates from Apple a couple times of week. I usually skim it quickly and delete….but not today. I did my quick skim and did a double-take with the mouse scrolling action while my eyes simultaneously got huge! I saw these and just HAD to learn more:

This neat contraption, brought to you by […]

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Memorial Day wknd

Brian, Gus, and I made another trip to Katy for Memorial Day weekend. This trip seemed to be a bit more leisurely and relaxing. We stayed at my mom’s and visited my dad for an evening. I am so blessed to have family located so close to me. (4 hours isn’t so bad….)
Here […]

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