Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Week 1: February Photo-A-Day

Here's my first week of the
February Photo A Day Challenge
via instagram



My view:  NSD! At home sick with the norovirus
 but watching the Tide roll in the #1 recruiting class
on National Signing Day Nick Saban Day!!

Words:  these words came from my book, "The American Night: the writings of Jim Morrison."


Hands: enough said.
But if you want to check out one of the ways that I try to stop hate,
visit www.r-word.org and pledge to stop using hate words!! 
(image found via google)

A stranger:  I went with strangers and used a flashback shot
 from the Hangout Fest 2011 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. 

10AM: this one was on Sunday and at 10:00AM I was getting ready for church - where at 10:45AM I heard an AMAZING sermon on serving others locally and worldwide. 


Dinner:  Some yummy baked chicken and vegetables!


Button: from one of my favorite tops.


I'll post again next week!!
Anyone else joining in the fun on Instagram or elsewhere?
Follow me on IG at @bailyjones


peace&love
baily


looking forward

I’m excited about a lot lately. And life is GOOD!!
I have so much to look forward to in the coming weeks.
Not to mention, it’s purty darn exciting that I’m not feeling like I was this time last week. Oh what a difference a week’s recovery makes!




In a couple days, I'm headed to Charlotte to see Sheldon.  I am so fortunate that we do what it takes to see each other as often as we do, given we have a long-distance relationship.  He is THE best person ever!  I am lucky to have him in my life... and he gets me.  He's been putting up with my little bratty butt since I was 11 years old! :) I'm SO GLAD we are going to get to celebrate Valentine's Day together - even if it is a weekend early.  Come Thursday morning, I'm leavin' on a jet plane and I couldn't be happier. 


It’s almost ONE MONTH until my best friend Jackie gets married! I am so excited for her and her life with Brett. They are great friends! I’m so excited that Sheldon gets to go with me and meet all the crazies from my college days. The 1008 Oak Ave girls will be reunited… in NEW ORLEANS. Watch out, Bourbon Street!






I can't wait to wear this at their wedding next month.
It's going to be a beautiful event!

I’m getting excited and anxious for SUMMER to get here. Can you say MUSIC time?!? I’m super stoked about TOM PETTY in Orlando in May and I’m looooving my beloved Hangout Fest’s lineup for 2012. Can’t wait to reunite with the newlyweds (Jackie and Brett) for another groovy year at our favorite festival.




LIFE IS GOOD!
What are you looking forward to in the coming days, weeks, months?!?
Cheers to exciting adventures!



PEACE & LOVE
-bjj-


 

Monday, February 6, 2012

Where have I been?

A couple weeks ago, I set out for a week long visit to see Ashley, Tyler, and Grayson.  The very first night we were there, another tornado outbreak hit Alabama.  While Ashley was working the night shift at the hospital, my mom and Tyler and Grayson and I bunkered out in the laundry room with Maybelle, Beau, and Millie - and, wow!  Only a mile from where we were lifting the Birmingham area up in prayers, a tornado devastated entire neighborhoods.  When I say close call, I mean it was a close call.  To say something makes you think about life, blessings, and eternity is an understatement.  God bless those people.

This photo is from RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD from my sister's home where I was. SCARY!



Please pray for the Trussville and Clay communities, where an F3 tornado injured multitudes and took the lives of an adorable 16 year-old girl.  Other communites in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham were affected and I pray for the entire state as they face these turbulent times.  Sometimes I wonder if the South has seen so much devastation in these recent years because it's the 'Bible belt' and it has a been the chance for churches, communities, and society's finest and most gracious people to come together and show that through God there is a greater good in all things.  I believe whole-heartedly that the Christian nation is given it's chance to prove God's mercy and grace in these years of devastating current events like Hurricane Katrina, the tornado outbreak of April 27th, the Gulf coast oil spill and the depths of the economic crisis.  Churches from all over have come together to help the South and it's amazing to see a nation still be so good-at-heart.  I'm proud to be a Southern girl, as I've seen the most amazing things come about in these harsh times.  Continue to pray that God can show his LOVE through those communites as they face another devastating blow.  My love is with them all.



Right after I got home from Alabama - which was filled with amazing memories made with the most precious nephew of mine - I got the norovirus flu.  And I threw up a LOT.  I ended up in the Winter Park emergency room with bags of IV fluid, Zofran and all sorts of good stuff that made my stomach spasms stop.  Aaah, but it got the best of me for the ENTIRE week.  No bueno.






Happy to be back! Glad I'm feeling better! And I'm looking forward to my trip to see Sheldon in Charlotte this weekend! :)

Peace & Love
Baily

P.S. Can't wait to post my first week of my #FebPhotADay Challenge from Instagram. Who else is doing it... and what's your Instagram name?!?

ROMANS 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.

I've been sick...