tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59673004017381978552024-03-05T16:48:31.954-05:00pickingwildflowersBJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.comBlogger454125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-75860397554225609212012-10-10T20:37:00.002-04:002012-10-10T20:37:50.538-04:0031 Days: Fierce Boundaries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Day 1: Fierce Boundaries</span></b></div>
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One of the main reasons I have been an irregular blogger as of late is that I just get <i>too busy </i>and feel as if I don't have the time. </div>
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Instead of a simple and practical post, I always feel pressured to make it perfect, fit for for all audiences, and gorgeous in creativity. But then, I remembered that is not what blogging for me is all about. I didn't join the blog world for vanity, I joined it for a tool to self-discovery. This little world has been a refuge and a place of healing for me and even if I am not admist a life crisis (at the moment), it doesn't mean I still don't need this little bit of liberation I get from it.</div>
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So here I am, giving it another go - but without the self-imposed demands I make for myself. I do this for me, first and foremost. That is my "fierce boundary" that I commit myself to.</div>
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I'm setting fierce boundaries to not deny myself the experience of blogging that I love so much just because my blog isn't the prettiest, the best written, or the most followed. Also, I'm going to set boundaries on the time I spend blogging. Sometimes I give blogging <i>too much </i>time and then resent it for weeks or months because of the time I lose. Like how I try to apply 'balance' to everything in life, I challenge myself to do the same thing here. </div>
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Cheers to a fresh, less-demanding start to blogging! </div>
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<br />BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-30628114768323179302012-10-05T17:13:00.003-04:002012-10-05T17:13:47.315-04:00I'm Back! (and this time with a game plan) <br />
I always say that I am coming back to the blog world - and I do for about a day. But then I retreat back to my hiatus. For some reason, I just can not get my groove back. <br />
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Perhaps I blog less because I no longer feel lonely, alone, and isolated. Maybe I just got burnt out and lost the passion for it so I needed a break. It could be that I have procrastinated on getting my laptop to the Geek Squad for a clean-up and I refuse to waste my tiny amount of patience on the irresponsive thing. I think I know what the main reason for my apathy is though: Twitter and Instagram. <br />
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I follow most of my favorite bloggers on Twitter, thus, I feel like I know them better than half the people I graduated high school with. Not only do I read their miscellaneous 140-character thoughts, I also see pictures on Instagram of what they're eating, where they're going, or what they're doing. The instant, direct, continuous flow of information given to me via those social networks, makes me less inclined to read or see the whole story on the blog. I know, I know - I should care more, be less lazy, and continue to participate in this little online community that I've grown to cherish so much over the years, but I just can't seem to find my stride. <br />
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I braved the bulky laptop, signed on to blogger (gasp!), went directly to one of my "go-to's" ( <a href="http://hersoutherncharm.blogspot.com/">H S C</a> ) and found a PERFECT link-up. Seems to be that I am not the only once-consistent blogger that's gone awry. It's all about<strong><span style="font-size: large;"> 31 days to a fresh blog start: </span><span style="font-size: small;">starting over, but not.</span></strong><br />
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I am already 5 days late to the party as you can see. But is that not typical Baily fashion? I think so! <br />
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I am going to work on the first few posts over the weekend (because Bama has a 'bye') and hopefully get caught up soon. But seriously, who said I have to follow any rules? If you know me, I do things my own way and 'on-time' isn't really my thing. <br />
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p.s. <a href="http://allkindsofcomplicated.blogspot.com/">Kai </a>will be pleased that I am finally giving the blogger thing another go. I will need her to continue hounding me on Twitter to get back on the blog. Love ya girl :) </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I avoided the annoying Twilight and Hunger Games books, but I couldn't resist the urge to get in on this craze... I'm on book #2 and and #3 is waiting on me...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I have been on a pound cake binge lately...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I'm not my grandmother, but I can make a decent pound cake. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I really need this rain to stop in Central Florida. We needed it, but enough is enough already.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">This non-stop rain I'm talking about, I guess.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">And the distance between Orlando and Charlotte. I miss him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ummm... Phillip Phillips, please! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I could watch the video of him performing "Midnight Hour" for days at a time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Beginning to see God's direction for me in the near and far future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The prayers that have been answered for me lately has blessed me with peace and comfort.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">When the sun <em>does </em>shine, I like to indulge in a little "me time"...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I'm loving bright yellows, blues, and of course my favorite color - turquoise! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Summer is my very favorite season for fashion... I was raised a Florida girl, what else would you expect?</span></div>
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Over the past two years, I have made it my challenge to have a quiet-time every day. My journey has brought me along this path of discovering that my relationship with the Lord goes hand-in-hand with my happiness. I have come to acknowledge that without my faith, depression would have eaten me alive. <br />
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With <a href="http://shereadstruth.com/">She Reads Truth</a>, it's a combination of learning His word, expressing our creativity, and sharing our testimonies with other people like us. The study is called "Soul Detox" and it holds a valuable lesson in learning how to rid ourselves of the toxic thoughts that prevent us from seeing and doing God's will for our lives. Check it out on the website or on the Twitter and/or Instagram hashtag #SheReadsTruth. <br />
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I miss sharing my life on here. I miss the interaction with my blog friends and the incredible sense of belongingness that is unique to this social community. A big part of me really wants to be gung-ho about blogging again while other parts persuade me to think otherwise. Even when I do have the time for a "catch up" post, I lose the motive to do so for some reason or another. <br />
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I do not want to continue to neglect this blog. I don't want the gap between entries to intimidate me from posting the way that it does. I don't want to feel like I am writing for others. Instead, I want to write for myself but help and inspire others in the process. I don't want to be chained by the expectations of being a "blogger", but be freed by the fact that this is a place for me to express myself in any way, shape or form that I want to. I want to write like I did when I first started this blog - with passion, with drive, with self-need.<br />
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<br />BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-22352689172258874772012-03-15T14:54:00.001-04:002012-03-15T15:00:26.948-04:00writer's rutSometimes, I just really miss writing. But yet, I don't miss the way I was when I needed the incredible relief that writing never failed to give me. As an extrovert turned introvert going through the high's and low's of depression, I was a fluid writer then. Maybe because I thought too much - I thought deep and lucid thoughts all the time, and writing was my way of getting it out of my head and clearing the space. <br />
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There are tons and tons of unpublished blog posts that served as a blank canvas to my angry and sometimes self-depricating thought processes of my past. I never published them, some things that I have written are mine and no one elses. Writing isn't always intended for an audience. Sometimes what you write is merely a dance with one of your demons. You do the dance, you bow, and you thank God that it's over.<br />
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I don't think in the same process as I did when I was going through a time of emotional disturbance and mental turmoil. Therfore, I do not write in the same way either. There is no longer that NEED for relief because I have fulfillment in life that I did not have back then. Still, I miss writing.<br />
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Is it bad that I don't know how to write when I'm happy? Why is sitting in front of a type-writer so much easier when you're depressed? I want to write, like really write, and I can't get myself to be able to do so. All I know is, if my writing abilities hit the road when I finally kicked depression and anxiety out of my life - then let it be. There is nothing worth letting those two back into my life.<br />
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But there's something that tells me I was a good writer before I was a sufferer of depression, I think I'll get my writer's swag back, but I need inspiration. How do you fuel your creative writing?? Help!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a few pics from my PERFECTLY AWESOME weekend in New Orleans celebrating Jackie and Brett's wedding!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so good to see these amazing people again. I miss them terribly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I got to take Sheldon to his first trip down Bourbon Street.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let's just say he faired better than I did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-89942765017110207982012-02-14T19:45:00.001-05:002012-02-14T19:45:58.912-05:00Happy Valentine&apos;s Day!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsO2qXHoZCVYUgmiPSrVwjXuhyU8j17u3BK9aiz3K6LckRkVhpyMbCdibJPyopdr8dVHHb14hPqDFLj88Qv6Zhpvf251njmMYTbjbB6kpurjxDjt8TLiWEktU6ZWuZQGAz_qNdIOPRu7w/s640/blogger-image-1353360065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsO2qXHoZCVYUgmiPSrVwjXuhyU8j17u3BK9aiz3K6LckRkVhpyMbCdibJPyopdr8dVHHb14hPqDFLj88Qv6Zhpvf251njmMYTbjbB6kpurjxDjt8TLiWEktU6ZWuZQGAz_qNdIOPRu7w/s640/blogger-image-1353360065.jpg" /></a></div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-91173412708598182082012-02-07T21:29:00.000-05:002012-02-07T21:29:59.593-05:00Week 1: February Photo-A-Day<div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">Here's my first week of the </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;">February Photo A Day Challenge </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">via instagram</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">My view: NSD! At home sick with the norovirus</div><div align="center"> but watching the Tide roll in the #1 recruiting class </div><div align="center">on <strike>National Signing Day</strike> Nick Saban Day!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQRS8-2l_Dbp_SUxdVTjP924nx2mDpO9XnbfIIOqs1izwtvQMnQs0bRCsEqQXQg5j-MdL8NIkKjtv-ujZDwZ6T5RYLZT_NcsM3k9s1HNJ2x2Kgzv5_zybyJmjlpbDl_8ltQLhN4j2nkk/s1600/IGFebMyView.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQRS8-2l_Dbp_SUxdVTjP924nx2mDpO9XnbfIIOqs1izwtvQMnQs0bRCsEqQXQg5j-MdL8NIkKjtv-ujZDwZ6T5RYLZT_NcsM3k9s1HNJ2x2Kgzv5_zybyJmjlpbDl_8ltQLhN4j2nkk/s400/IGFebMyView.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Words: these words came from my book, "The American Night: the writings of Jim Morrison."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CEYpytshPdcOfeOQDER7vZSWr3Sc3aSlTrRxHzskiQatEn1Ffq5JKNQYYiD5eJEYxtb0CJgxLfLeOt52zkITcPZfVGDuNyw4AC0hoMylHBF3ZqWGWC0-_P_uniujJCOVX3CLhwkU0_Y/s1600/IGFebWords.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CEYpytshPdcOfeOQDER7vZSWr3Sc3aSlTrRxHzskiQatEn1Ffq5JKNQYYiD5eJEYxtb0CJgxLfLeOt52zkITcPZfVGDuNyw4AC0hoMylHBF3ZqWGWC0-_P_uniujJCOVX3CLhwkU0_Y/s400/IGFebWords.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hands: enough said. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">But if you want to check out one of the ways that I try to stop hate,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">visit </span><a href="http://www.r-word.org/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">www.r-word.org</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> and pledge to stop using hate words!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: xx-small;">(image found via google)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIC7xGNjIRGhZYlJLZz8KpiMMW2j2cJHxeVHcerUkp_zbjZPLGGfgx6IH_gvfwygXHbvLR04rpVhyphenhyphenE1DfpgcAuIbTmajUF87OVtv1Ya01UK-ofIANKUpJs5xpcMUI5yjwRvk3zEVZL0mY/s1600/IGFebHands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIC7xGNjIRGhZYlJLZz8KpiMMW2j2cJHxeVHcerUkp_zbjZPLGGfgx6IH_gvfwygXHbvLR04rpVhyphenhyphenE1DfpgcAuIbTmajUF87OVtv1Ya01UK-ofIANKUpJs5xpcMUI5yjwRvk3zEVZL0mY/s400/IGFebHands.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A stranger: I went with <em>strangers </em>and used a flashback shot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> from the Hangout Fest 2011 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPQ9RpUkTGRkd07h_JaIEjchAgG4oxTjIvz9q5fEhwJg1psrRCJnGP1N3LlN0GdJaoyfvxHQaEr3ouyWoy3ynnj9dCSdnxPS3Ny-Jg2ccEROXk00TL5M-oFNcfNH_Zpz_W5vrFm4oLMw/s1600/IGFebStranger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPQ9RpUkTGRkd07h_JaIEjchAgG4oxTjIvz9q5fEhwJg1psrRCJnGP1N3LlN0GdJaoyfvxHQaEr3ouyWoy3ynnj9dCSdnxPS3Ny-Jg2ccEROXk00TL5M-oFNcfNH_Zpz_W5vrFm4oLMw/s400/IGFebStranger.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">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. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll post again next week!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyone else joining in the fun on Instagram or elsewhere?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Follow me on IG at @bailyjones</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-48025399817675895212012-02-07T13:07:00.001-05:002012-02-07T13:15:01.834-05:00looking forward<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’m excited about a lot lately. And life is GOOD!!</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have so much to look forward to in the coming weeks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">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! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">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! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">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.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></span> </div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-90168896521055079182012-02-06T12:52:00.001-05:002012-02-06T13:00:32.372-05:00Where 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, <a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/23/10214424-hundreds-of-homes-ravaged-by-deadly-ala-storms">another tornado outbreak hit Alabama</a>. 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 <strong><em>close call. </em></strong>To say something makes you think about life, blessings, and eternity is an understatement. God bless those people.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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?!? <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">ROMANS 8:28</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-NIV-28145a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[<a cmimpressionsent="1" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A28&version=NIV#fen-NIV-28145a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</sup> have been called according to his purpose. </span></div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-49183058881088541872012-02-06T10:07:00.002-05:002012-02-06T14:54:55.082-05:00I've been sick...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqT5SEZsBuvPpkGwSzLVtUg7cKzsbvvMvqJThocn0P0UzIQ4MgjAxiHpTH82WNMHQkYbaXwLh5CBq6GRIc8I5_aUN5OiySSFZmluMPnxbxlgKDpVStJr7IvMVOO1OQxkKNGmdSNJyt7rw/s640/blogger-image--1447125357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqT5SEZsBuvPpkGwSzLVtUg7cKzsbvvMvqJThocn0P0UzIQ4MgjAxiHpTH82WNMHQkYbaXwLh5CBq6GRIc8I5_aUN5OiySSFZmluMPnxbxlgKDpVStJr7IvMVOO1OQxkKNGmdSNJyt7rw/s640/blogger-image--1447125357.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-57570342487382076172012-02-05T17:18:00.002-05:002012-02-06T14:55:19.921-05:00love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyS2kj0aangdv4pUNpf_ef2thKm_qn-BdFMWSi2zbznuONpDCaiZIzPntukz7xN1FfChm60pF6KJrO3b8HDz0nuIz9RjODYKVuf9KoUB6GOuEfDJIaicJm2RLNQrk9c-5cU8Q22yXIqE/s640/blogger-image-648032562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyS2kj0aangdv4pUNpf_ef2thKm_qn-BdFMWSi2zbznuONpDCaiZIzPntukz7xN1FfChm60pF6KJrO3b8HDz0nuIz9RjODYKVuf9KoUB6GOuEfDJIaicJm2RLNQrk9c-5cU8Q22yXIqE/s640/blogger-image-648032562.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-21780849712979034822012-01-19T20:36:00.000-05:002012-01-19T20:36:45.223-05:00it's still a new year<span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 14pt;">Sometimes we don't always get off to the most magnificent start in the new year. Sometimes it isn't until Spring or Summer that we really start feeling ALIVE and wanting to live it up. We are so gung-ho about New Years because we're in a celebrative spirit, but usually after the first of the year comes and goes the exhaustion from the holidays get to us and we find ourselves in a slump.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 14pt;">No, just me? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 14pt;">This year hasn't been that bad though. Last year my new years was a defining one. I moved home after 6 years at school where I battled mental illness and depression more than anything else the last couple years that I was there. I changed my life around and was in a home-coming spirit this time last year. The world was mine to grasp... yet, sometimes I feel like I'm still just hanging on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 14pt;">Except over the entire course of last year, I continued to learn and grow and become. In the summer, I fell in love with my close friend from adolescence while he was in town mourning the loss of our other good friend who was taken from us too soon and unexpectedly. The entire year was about taking the good from the bad, overcoming the little things and seizing the beauty in the bigger picture of things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 14pt;">The events of last year made for a wonderful start to this year. There is so much hope, adventure, and ambition boiling inside me that just wasn't there in the years past. I am just so excited about what 2012 has in store!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 14pt;">So if you aren't off to the best of starts, I hope you keep going. Keep truckin', keep dreamin', keep prayin', and keep livin'. I'm glad I didn't quit when life tried to get the best of me last year.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise";"><div class="corner_lt"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="corner_rt"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="icon_quote"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="quote_text" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://quote-book.tumblr.com/post/15127682257"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="quote_corner"></div><div class="author" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Neil Gaiman </span></div><div class="author" style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise";"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">peace & love</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise";"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">baily</span></span></span></div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-75906207466440577312012-01-18T10:29:00.000-05:002012-01-18T10:29:42.353-05:00long-distance lovin'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOfEbuBpOHLnjQmBGLMm3XJiiRXfpx-T5flXvEnOTCRDOUts_rAsghUK_cQZkssKWakSOHCxEzZNQRmTP72pqNbm8-z2IDFu7PP7-w8fYU6wyE9WQFzSxE58HV4p2uUB1l_4mL5n2flw/s1600/WisYouWereHere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOfEbuBpOHLnjQmBGLMm3XJiiRXfpx-T5flXvEnOTCRDOUts_rAsghUK_cQZkssKWakSOHCxEzZNQRmTP72pqNbm8-z2IDFu7PP7-w8fYU6wyE9WQFzSxE58HV4p2uUB1l_4mL5n2flw/s640/WisYouWereHere.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">1 John 4:7</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Beloved, let us love on another, for love is from God and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.</span></div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-81124781171102998552012-01-16T10:10:00.000-05:002012-01-16T10:10:41.376-05:00EASY RECIPE!!! {Chocolate Chess Pie}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWgJ4x8bgHzCGptIJ79NibUQxqdTkXv4X6-IBPRls41OgWqjuIkbSlYLs95FEIKFnSaxgX42nKJSN5L1B-ArR7OuftKYxAKGDfQSKOmblfh2M16LWUaVySkTFa_zo1W3ggHBQepuHXbM/s1600/choclatechesspie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWgJ4x8bgHzCGptIJ79NibUQxqdTkXv4X6-IBPRls41OgWqjuIkbSlYLs95FEIKFnSaxgX42nKJSN5L1B-ArR7OuftKYxAKGDfQSKOmblfh2M16LWUaVySkTFa_zo1W3ggHBQepuHXbM/s400/choclatechesspie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">As a Southern girl, I love some pies!! I’m very much on a pie kick right now, just like my cupcake, cake, and fro-yo binges in the past have played out – I can NOT get ENOUGH pie! I don’t know how I stay as small as I do.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">Ingredients:</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">¼ cup butter</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">1 ½ oz unsweetened chocolate</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">1 ½ cups of sugar</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">1 tablespoon all-purpose flour</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">Pinch of salt</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">½ cup milk</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">2 eggs</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">1 teaspoon of vanilla extract </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 14pt;">(I added a little extra!)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 18pt;">1 unbaked nine inch pie crust/pastry shell </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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-Soren Kierkegaard <br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My week was amazing. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started attending a Bible study, job hunted (that part isn’t so amazing but still), won a National Championship, slept good, and hung out with fabulous friends.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And I am nose-deep in my Jeff Ashton book – the prosecutor in the Casey Anthony trial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I’m still obsessed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a real-life soap opera happening in my neck of the woods… don’t judge me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Speaking of Soap Operas… who is sad about them ending?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother is mourning One Life To Live as it goes off the air afer 47 years today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll finally have space on the DVR now.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I finally got my sushi fix with Susan last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This craving was hindering my day-to-day functioning because it had gotten so bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sushi Pop never fails me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wine, sushi, and best friend time is never overrated.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Waiting for the Sunrise"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We even went back to her townhouse to watch the pilot episode of The Wonder Years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a perfect Thursday night out.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Hoedown; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">-a good Sunday sermon</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Hoedown; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">-wine and gossip with momma</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Hoedown; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">-a daily picture of “boogie” (grayson)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA91S-hJJ5xJBBIi36pQt6s-k3y5nxZuiB2H35mLFt-GfDLZr03UXPTCKxjxK9Ks4Yq1etZ6BaFy2B3EXH6GaM-UWSvCM4ZTTEQZLskLOWu9WlCeZDgpdnVd2B3iIHEw6KSSXSIcyeaHk/s1600/boogie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA91S-hJJ5xJBBIi36pQt6s-k3y5nxZuiB2H35mLFt-GfDLZr03UXPTCKxjxK9Ks4Yq1etZ6BaFy2B3EXH6GaM-UWSvCM4ZTTEQZLskLOWu9WlCeZDgpdnVd2B3iIHEw6KSSXSIcyeaHk/s320/boogie.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">I'm so thankful that God made me a BAMA girl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">I can't wait for the rematches of all rematches tonight where I get to watch my school take on a conference rival in the BCS Championship game. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">I remember Pasadena like it was yesterday... being there to see the Crimson Tide clench Title #13. Tonight, in New Orleans, we battle for #14! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">It is something SPECIAL to be a Bama girl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Go visit jesslynamber.blogspot.com and give her a Roll Tide! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">I hope she doesn't hate me for using her purty graphics! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">love her. xo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">PEACE & LOVE & ROLL TIDE ROLL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">baily</span></div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-37202003459268139192012-01-05T21:48:00.001-05:002012-01-05T21:52:30.246-05:00belated resolutionWell, this year is off to a mighty fine start. I just returned to "real life" from Charlotte where I rang in the New Year with Sheldon and his family. <br />
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So in a way, I am just now starting my blank slate. I wasn't in my own structure until this afternoon. Hopefully, I can be a better blogger in 2012. I'm going to try.<br />
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I want a new blog design.<br />
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I'm excited about 2012. I've never felt better in my entire life... I just know God is going to do amazing things in my life just as He did in 2011. I really am SO blessed! <br />
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Excited to begin my new year - and maybe a litte belated - with a more regular blog routine. So keep your fingers crossed for me not to give up on that resolution! <br />
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But I said it. It's out there now so you have to hold me to it. Peace & Love.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life Is Good. </div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-86159254243607239852011-12-24T12:57:00.000-05:002011-12-24T12:57:27.308-05:00Millie & I wish you a Merry Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyDQXVaWymUncOpq8GGVOqLKQkJNP3JkNTSzIKHIIOf58sNzJRGnq0SaPw9hRCFxqvTJfqDX3WnRuwOMbvG-bI0zbJPAQI3DY7YXjLDFSpzHN05npbuaFOgdTuQcPDwbTl5IPIoyklv4u/s1600/card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="467" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyDQXVaWymUncOpq8GGVOqLKQkJNP3JkNTSzIKHIIOf58sNzJRGnq0SaPw9hRCFxqvTJfqDX3WnRuwOMbvG-bI0zbJPAQI3DY7YXjLDFSpzHN05npbuaFOgdTuQcPDwbTl5IPIoyklv4u/s640/card.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, I spelled her name wrong... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">oopsie ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peace & Love,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baily & Millie*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I forgot the "i" on the card. Ha!)</div>BJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04055033990049546163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5967300401738197855.post-82879147225481592752011-12-24T12:53:00.000-05:002011-12-24T12:53:39.406-05:00Did you know?<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>MERRY CHRISTMAS</strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>peace and love </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>to you and yours</strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
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