I saw that going differently in my head...

So often I look around at a moment or situation and think that it didn't go quite the way that I saw it happening originally. Pictures that I tried to take of Alaina. A conversation that went in a totally different direction. A relationship that has completely changed from what it used to be.

I like to have a plan. And a back-up plan. And a back-up, back-up plan. I plan for all of the different variables that might possibly happen. It's so incredibly frustrating when that carefully constructed plan comes crashing down. I want to throw my hands up and just quit planning things all together! After I've analyzed how my plan got a kink in it, I usually go right back to planning it again in a new way. I'm relentless.

However, there are times that my plans get changed and it's so much better than what I had planned. More exciting, more fascinating, more stable, etc. I tend to get so hung up in the fact that it wasn't the way I pictured it that I lose sight of how great the new plan is. I can only hope that as time goes by, I can learn to relax a little and let go of the crazy plans and just trust that there's nothing up ahead that I can't bear.

Hailey's Surgery

Good Morning! I'm posting early today to ask for your prayers. My best friend Hailey is having a C-Section this morning! Please pray that everything goes perfectly and that she and baby are both healthy. I'll update as soon as there's more to share!

********************************UPDATE************************************

James Logan Emerson has arrived!
8:06 a.m.
20 1/4" long
6 lbs. 7oz.

Once I've gotten more details and gone to visit I'll have some pictures for you!

Friends

My all time favorite tv show is hands-down 'Friends'. I've watched every episode so many times that I can recite most of them from memory. It never stops being funny and I never get tired of watching. Since we are spending the evening on the couch watching hours upon hours on DVD, I thought I would share some of my favorite quotes.

Carol: Oh, what do you know? No-one's going up to you and saying, "Hi, is that your nostril? Mind if we push this pot roast through it?"

Reporter: I like that. what's your name?
Phoebe: Phoebe. That's, P, as in Phoebe, H, as in heobe, O as in oebe, E, as in ebe, B, as in bebe, and E as in... Ello there mate.

Monica: My motto is get out before they go down.
Joey: That is so not my motto.

Phoebe: We can be guys. Come on, let us be guys.
Chandler: You don't want to be guys, you'd be all hairy and you wouldn't live as long.

Monica: Okay, I've got a leg, three breasts, and a wing.
Chandler: How do you find clothes that fit?

Monica: Is it me? Is it like I have a beacon that only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear?

and my all time favorite...

Joey: You're so far past the line, you can't even see the line. The line is a dot to you!

Veterans Day

Tonight, I just want to take a moment to recognize Veteran's Day and all my friends and family members who have served this country. So often, we take our freedom for granted, but it has come and will continue to come at a great price. Our veterans deserve our thanks for keeping this country the greatest country on earth. Let us all be sure to say thank you to them not just today, but every day!

Happy, happy bath time

Let it go

Over on Without Wax, Pete Wilson wrote a post about striving to be a person who is fast to forgive. I have to say that while it was not what I wanted to hear, it was exactly what I needed to hear tonight. Those who know me will tell you that I am definitely not fast to forgive. I am the queen of holding on to things that I should have let go of years ago.

I don't know why I struggle to let things go. I choose to let things eat at me instead of just moving on and focusing on something else. I know that forgiveness isn't always an easy thing to accomplish, but I rarely even try. I think there's something about holding onto my indignation that makes me feel like I'm taking back a little control over a situation that didn't go as I had planned. It affects every relationship & friendship that I've ever had. I feel very certain that I would be a much happier, lighter person if I could just learn to let it go. I let myself get robbed of so much joy because I'm too busy focusing on who I'm mad at today.

So, going forward I am going to make the conscious decision to be fast to forgive. Or at least make a valiant effort...

Magic Couch

I planned on writing a great creative post today but you know how plans go...

Alaina was super fussy and a serious grump today. My in-laws came and visited for the afternoon and I cringed the entire time because my house is SUCH a disaster. I hate when people come to visit and my house is a mess. Not enough to actually clean it, mind you, but still.

I stayed up entirely too late last night and slept right through church this morning so I don't even have a great sermon to tell you about. Pretty much, this is a post about nothing in particular because I started the 365 day challenge and I can NOT fail on day 3.

I promise that I will have better content in the very near future to share with you.


Oh, and I have a magic, magic couch. In case you wanted to know...