Cold Dog

On cold mornings, while I'm waiting for my clothes to warm up in the dryer before I put them on, I turn on the heater, and read for a few minutes. He inches closer...and closer...trying desperately to push me out of the way and get his nose near the warm air. 

i love this dog.

Thanksgiving

So much to be thankful for!! 

God has truly blessed our family greatly.  I hope you had a wonderful and restful holiday this year!

We started off the trip to Kansas on thursday with a Thanksgiving lunch feast fit for a Whatahusband ;)

Then spent some time with my mom and sisters/husbands...and these 3 beautiful kiddos. Don't let the blue football hand-me-down outfits fool you...  (Can you tell they have an older brother and a resourceful mom?) these babies are all girl.

Getting 2 infants and a 3 year old to smile at the same time is HARD.  Behind the camera is a gaggle of happy smiles, clapping, and "look over here!!"'s

I kept thinking to myself...2 outa 3 ain't bad.  :)

Atleast I knew I wouldn't have to entice Granberry into enjoying this moment!

What is your chief desire?

What is your chief desire??

Whatahusband and I have been asking each other this question alot lately because we are house hunting, and if you were to ask me what I want more than anything else I would say "dark carpet that hides stains and an oven built into the wall."  Sheesh. What small, unimportant things.  What do I want that really matters? I would love to be more patient, more fun to be around. Quicker to love and slower to anger.  To smile more. More kindness. I want to live a life worthy of Christ, and to have a happy and healthy family. I want to be a wife worthy of praise; to me a mom someday.

We all want something. Would it surprise you to know that desire and insecurity are connected?  It doesn't surprise me because insecurity is my issue...a familiar beast on my back.  It's that thing that God keeps bringing back to my heart time and time again, and just when I think I am getting the hang of it? Bam, it hits me again.  How I long to be rid of it forever, and thank you God!  I have a mighty Healer on my side.

I share these videos not as a person who knows, but someone who knows where to go when I don't have the answers! To the Word.


I couldn't figure out how to get these videos to load onto my blog directly, but each link will take you to the Beth Moore segment from another blog. I just love Beth Moore. She seems to be a very real person, and really never get tired of her bible studies.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!



Part 1:  http://magnifyhimministries.blogspot.com/2009/08/check-out-this-beth-moore-teaching.html

Part 2:  http://magnifyhimministries.blogspot.com/2009/08/beth-moore-overcoming-insecurity-part-2.html

Part 3:  http://magnifyhimministries.blogspot.com/2009/09/beth-moore-overcoming-insecurity-part-3.html


A note on time: Although each video is listed as being 30 minutes long, the teaching part is only about 10-15 min per video. The stuff before and after her speaking can be skipped. :)

50mm 1:18

I am   s l o w l y   getting the hang of my camera, and I have very high hopes of capturing my family...especially the 5 wiggly nephew/nieces...in some keep-worthy photos over the holidays.  I am trying out a new portrait lens, and so far it's been tough to adjust to. It has a very short depth of field, which is great if you want to get photos with beautiful blurry backgrounds.  But, since the focus depth is so shallow, it's tricky to get the intended subject to be crystal clear.  Practice makes perfect, or so they tell me.

Since we don't have kids, I don't have any living subjects to practice on. Well, no willing subjects I should say. Whatahusband would rather me take pictures of his car than him, and norman can only take so much before he wants to be left alone to nap in peace.

One day maybe I'll take the perfect picture of Norman's ridge - it's so beautiful.

Ah! This is a new text addition to our house. I was told about this quote by a good friend of mine, and when I heard it, I gasped. I need reminders that God should be in our happiness as much as our sadness.  I just LOVE it.

"If God has made your cup sweet, drink it with Grace.

But if he has made it bitter, drink it in communion with Him."

Oswald Chambers

On Top

My Alma Mater shines brightly today, cause we're number one!

GO CATS!

Viva las texas

Back from a friends Wedding in Las Vegas and we couldn't be happier!  We had an awesome time together, but we are most assuredly not vegas people. :)

So many interesting things to mess with see.

A trip to the iconic In-n-Out burger

We did gamble a bit - to the tune of $14 dollars. One dollar in, and he broke the machine.

One Word.
Buffet.

There were some very beautiful mountains behind all the massive buildings that you could see every once in a while...can you see them??

One of the highlights of the trip was watching the aggie game with a bunch of crops guys from ATM.  Many of these men whatahusband hadn't seen in years, so not only was it a very touching reunion, they were all yelling and cheering together when they watched the Aggies upset Bama - is was SO thrilling!

And...that means....just maybe... KSTATE WILL BE # 1 ?!?!?!

nascar

One of the perks of Whatahusbands job is we get to go to NASCAR and sit in one of the owners boxes.  I've gotta tell ya - it's SO much fun. Way better than seeing it on TV.  This year we got to go down to the garages and pits, and even sit at the starting line to watch the big start.

It was all going great, until I almost got kicked out of the party and un-invited to next years race....

So this is what happened.  Last year, the driver came up to the box for a meet and greet before the race.  He signed glossies, shook hands, and said hello to all the guests. When it was my turn, I shook his hand and said, "good luck today!  What do you say to a driver for good luck? Break a leg? oh! Pop a tire!" Everyone in the room laughed, and it was a big hit with the driver too...until he popped a tire during the race. No joke.  When it happened, the whole room said "Lindsay! you jinxed him!"  Then, to make matters worse, the in-field TV crew interviewed the driver and he said on TV "I have never popped a tire. Ever. I can't believe this happened." Oops.

So this year I kept my mouth shut. When we arrived to the suite, the car sponsors were there in the box and they remembered who I was and said, "you're the pop a tire girl, aren't you?". Sheesh. And Whatahusband couldn't help telling people what happened last year. It really was funny when he told the story, and everyone laughed. Until the 31st lap when this year's driver popped his tire. The room went completely silent (again) and someone whispered "Lindsay."  I could have died.  One of the sponsors said to Russell, "you can come back next year, but don't bring your wife."

Oops I did it again.

Make up

Ok, so I kinda feel like a dweeb writing about make-up and posting pictures of myself, but I just love it when I get good recommendations from friends I trust - so hopefully this will be one from me.

I'm on a make-up kick. I still can't figure out how texan women keep their make-up from melting off their faces during the summer (that will always be a mystery to me).  It's getting cooler now and I've been noticing make-up more and more lately. I see women around town and I think to myself, wow she really looks pretty, and it doesn't appear that she's "super made-up". I really wish my makeup looked like that.  Or the other extreme, I see pretty women who tried WAY too hard, and I think if she would just tone down what she's got on her face, she would look sooo much better.

I have alot of opinions for a lady who knows zilch about make-up and uses an unfolded bobby pin to straighten her lashes in the morning.  I just want to look normal, and appear on the outside how I feel on the inside...all without having to get up 15 minutes early.  So I buy make-up for dummies - - the kits that have shades that coordinate with each other and contain a diagram on how to apply those shades onto your face.  I have not had much luck UNTIL recently. I have heard lots of great great things about bare minerals make-up, so when a new kit came out called Shine On, I decided to go for it.

I have gotten tons of compliments since I started wearing it, which is a nice bonus, but the thing I like most about it is this: it's slightly shimmery, and you can wear it very light (pinkish) or very dark (plum/purple) making the same make-up go alot further for the money.  Love that.  I'm fair skin/light hair and eyes, but I can see these colors looking good on lots of ladies.

And yes, there is a photo diagram on how to apply both looks (light or dark) in the box so, yay for visual aids.  This is by far the best make-up I have purchased in a long time.  Just in case you're wondering, I don't wear BM foundations. I super super sensitive skin, and for some reason the foundations made me break out.