What Makes You Happy??

Here are the rules:

List 10 things that make you happy.

(try to do one of those things TODAY!)

Tag 10 bloggers that brighten your day.

Make sure to link back to the person that tagged you!

 

1. My wonderful husband, who completes me in every way. I am just now realizing how lucky I am to have him!

 

2.My wonderful children, who never cease to amaze me! They are the funniest children you will ever meet:)

 

3. My mother, she has put up with sooo much from me over the years. Yet, she always knows how to make me feel special and loves me uncoditionally!

 

4. My daddy, because he knows exactly the right time to call and put a smile on my face! I will always be daddy's little girl!

 

5. My job, not just because I have one, but because I work with some of the most giving and loving people on the planet!

 

6. The Summer, because I love going to the lake and feeling like I have not a worry in the world.

 

7. My BFF, because no matter how little I talk to or see her she knows how much I love her and cherish our memories and friendship.

 

8. My blackberry, Ok so it doesn't necessarily make me happy but I am somewhat addicted to it! ( I am trying to recover)

 

9. Shopping, because for some reason it makes working worth while, even if I am just shopping for groceries!!

 

10. Restaurants, because I don't have to cook!!

 

 

 

A night with Michael Waddell !!

Well last night was such an awesome night! My hottie of a husband and I attended the National Wild Turkey Federation banquet and the special guest was none other than Michael Waddell!! If you are not familiar with him, he is a hunter on the outdoor channel and a hunting idol in this neck of the woods...

He was very friendly and so easy to talk too! We were able to get our pictures made with him as well as quite a few autographed items! I was able to ask him all the dumb questions I could think of and even let him know that I had friend requested him on facebook so we could be bff's! As we walked away my husband looks at me and says "ya know honey, you are pretty funny"!! Honey he could have just given me a million dollars, that statement alone made my night (as well as the "all you can drink for $2) ... They were giving away prizes galore and guess who won a door prize?? That's right yours truly won a gun, a remington .22 rifle (at least thats what they told me) Matt was so excited! I was half asleep when they called my name, but when I heard Leslie Sturkie, I jumped up a yelled "what'd I win?" Matt was in the bathroom so he missed all of the excitement. We also won some things in the raffle, but nothing as exciting as my first ever, in my own name, gun!! (which I will never shoot:)

As we were leaving, Michael Waddell had stepped outside to talk on his phone and we caught him in the parking lot. We gave him our thanks (and then he asked me to be his 2nd wife...ok not really but he's a cutie) and Matt looked at me and says "I thought the day we got married was the best day of my life, but damn tonight could have topped it" HMMM thanks darling!! I will post the pics of us with Michael as soon as the NWTF has them loaded!!

Thanksgiving according to a 5 year old!

Mrs. Molony asked her K5 class how to prepare the Thanksgiving turkey and then she wrote down what each child said...This was Chase's interpretation:

How To Cook The Thanksgiving Turkey

"I will go to Bi-Lo and buy a 30lb. turkey for $15.00.
I will cook it in the oven on 72 degrees for 8 minutes.
We will have turkey, chicken, french fries, cheese pizza, and frosted flakes. For dessert we will have chocolate pudding.
I will invite momma, daddy, bailey, mamaw, and papaw.
Me and momma will clean up while everyone else plays the Wii!!"

Happy Thanksgiving, Love, Chase

Yum, don't you want to be at our house for thanksgiving!!

FINALLY!!!

We have been working and working on this all summer! We felt that when Chase turned 5 he should be learning to ride his bike without training wheels..Why the rush, I don't know, it was just a milestone that we felt needed to be accomplished! It was such a struggle and lots of tears were shed (by Chase being lazy mainly) and even the bike being thrown in the woods at one point (by the hubby)!

Well, the time has come, my baby is officially a bike rider!! He hasn't even had interest in that bike in 2 months and he has learned to ride it in 3 short days! I am one proud momma:)

Is It Odd Thursday??

IS It Odd That:

* our little town wants to have a white Christmas so badly that they have rented snow machines for the square? I am soooo excited by the way!!

* my daughter's hair is resembling a mullet at this point in time

* my son found the Christmas presents I had hiding in the closet and when he asked about them I told him they were for poor children in Africa? ( he believed me and asked when UPS was coming)

Till next week weirdo's! haha

Meeting Needs

Sunday at TNC

How to Wreck Your Marriage

Week 3: 11.15.09Share


THE MESSAGE: Watch online at http://www.truenorthchurch.com.

Expecting your spouse to be like you is an unrealistic outlook of marriage. Your spouse is not like you because men and women are not alike. A man's brain is like an arrangement of boxes--it sectionalizes activities, emotions, deep thoughts, free time, etc. A woman's brain is like a ball of wire with all of these things running together; each can easily segue to one another. This creates a need to be intentional about meeting each other's needs, as the deepest needs of a wife and husband vary. "A man should fulfill his duty as a husband and a woman should fulfill her duty as a wife, and each should satisfy the other's needs" (1 Corinthians 7:3 GN)

Husbands, your wife needs your affection: "Husbands, give your wives much love; never treat them harshly" (Colossians 3:19). They need to feel like they are No. 1 in your life. Four ways to show your affection to your wife are by your words, by your actions, by the way you touch her and by focused attention.

Your wife needs conversation with you: "Reliable communication permits progress . . ." (Proverbs 13:17). Your wife is less interested in you telling her the answer to her issues and more interested in your listening and communicating with her. Intentionally hear her heart. This is one of your wife's biggest emotional needs.

Your wife needs your honesty and openness: "Insincere talk hides what you are really thinkin . . . It brings nothing but ruin" (Proverbs 26:23, 28). Always be sincere. Be your wife's friend. Be there for her with financial security and support, and commitment to the family as well.

Wives, your husband needs your affection, too, including sexual fulfillment. This is one of the biggest crossroads in wives understanding husbands. It comes from men trusting their wives to be the only one to fulfill this need for them (1 Corinthians 7:4-5). It is also the one need only a wife can meet unless the husband goes outside of the marriage.

Your husband needs admiration. The emotional need is huge, and the absence of admiration is often what a husband looks for outside of marriage when he is not adequately receiving it. From doing the laundry to sharing about his career, husbands what to know they are appreciated in this regard. (See Ephesians 5:33.)

Your husband needs an attractive spouse. This doesn't mean you need to feel like you're supposed to measure up to women in store window displays. What it does mean is to take care of yourself. Men are visual, but should not compare their wives (Ephesians 5:21-25). Your husband also needs your domestic support and recreational companisionship. How that looks needs to be determined among a husband and wife, as it varies.

Knowing your spouse's deepest needs will help you connect with each other on a powerful level. This is a fleshed-out way of living out Ephesians 5. Love your spouse the way Christ loved the Church. He did so be sacrificing His all. Give up yourself. It is a constant thing for us to be who God wants us to be, and the only way to do it is to be ultimately committed to Jesus.

Dear Monday,

Dear Monday,

Why oh why, must you come so soon? Just as I was enjoying my relaxing and family filled weekend, you showed up like a theif in the night! It must really suck to be you because it seems as though no one likes you very much, I would apoloize but you do kinda suck sometimes~unless you are having a holiday and we all LOVE you :)

Sincerely,
Leslie