sister love.

snap a shot: my week

Went to the beach with my sister!

Stopped at Bob Evans for some Cherry Bread.  Yummm..

My sister was taking random photos of me in Myrtle.

Running an errand for work (love getting me some sunshine!)

Hadn't been out on the trails for a while and hadnt run in forever (granted I'm not much of a runner).  Thinkin' I should have stretched before and after.  I kind of can't sit down now. ;P

Hope you are all have a great week!

happy hearts day!

jeans (AE), lace-ballet flats (AE), cami (Char Russe), mint top (Char. Russe)
 

I thought you might enjoy...

A Valentines Day Reading List via Boundless.org

And maybe a list of the Best Love Songs?! via Boundless.org

How was everyone's Valentines Day?!  What did you end up doing?  Any traditions in your family?

My youngest sister gave me a box of chocolates this morning and a (ahem) gentleman friend of mine took me to lunch when I went on my work break. 

Side note:  I saw a friend on Facebook who got a bunch of girlfriends together to watch Safe Haven and eat Chick-Fil-A and Ben & Jerry's Ice cream.  Loovvvee that idea. ;)



mary-jane goes to work.

I’ve made it to day two of a 6-day nannying week!  I don’t know about any of you that have nannied before but, I personally love it.  Yes you end up totally worn out at the end of the day, sometimes you don’t want to wake up the next morning, kids get tummy-aches and sometimes they don’t want to eat the dinner you spent an hour cooking for them, but there is something about it that’s so very rewarding.  I could do it all my life, but maybe one day I’ll have a few of my own and I can play house with my own family. *wink*  But I always feel lucky to be able to get the chance to work with children when I do.  Babysitter anyone? 

 

My schedule for the week looks something like this:

 

Wake up at 6am, get ready (take photos of your outfit, HA) then wake up the kids and make their breakfast

Head out the door at 7:10 drop them off at school at 7:20

Then I either drive around and listen to music (/good chance to have a quiet reflective time and to pray) or go back to my own home and take a nap (how else do you catch up on all that lost sleep??).

At 9am I go into work and leave at 5pm

Head over to the afterschool daycare and pick them up.

Get home, make dinner

do their homework

give them both baths

watch a little tv

let them play/wind down

And then put them to bed at 9pm.

That gives me about an hour to have ME time (haha) or I just hit the hay too because I'm worn out.

 



And thats it!  A full day of nannying.

Hope you're all having a wonderful week!

how do you know if he's "the one"?

Found this interesting and wanted to share...

how deep is your joy?

I was reading a devotional by Mrs. Elliot this morning, and these lines stood out to me:

"Accept, positively and actively, what is given. Let thanksgiving be the habit of your life.

Such acceptance is not possible without a deep and abiding belief in the sovereign love of God. Either he is in charge, or he is not. Either he loves us, or he does not. If he is in charge and loves us, then whatever is given is subject to his control and is meant ultimately for our joy."

 

-Elisabeth Elliot

Hope it was encouraging to you.   God bless and I hope that you will use today to start the habit of thanksgiving and that it will carry on into the rest of your life.

 

my weekend.

 

Although I ended up catching a cold right before my holiday (MLKjr.) weekend, I still had a pretty pleasant break.   

 

How was yours?

 

 

My sisters and a friend of ours went hiking last Saturday and ended up at Olive Garden afterwards for dinner. 

 

Yum!