Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Let's Talk! Tuesday



Welcome to Let's Talk! Tuesday :)  A time for us to chat and get to know each other a little better.  Please feel free to join in by adding your information below in the Mr. Linky box :)  Also, grab my button for your blog if you want!





Some random things......

1.  Our 13 year old son left Monday for a week long youth conference.  I am so excited and believing that God is going to reveal Himself to him in a way that he has never known Him before.  I am praying and believing for great things for our whole youth ministry, including our fearless leaders! ;) 

Speaking of my 13 year old....here is a nerd pic from last week's "Nerd Day" in his youth group that my sister took and I haven't shared yet (I couldn't resist)


And in all fairness...here's a "real" pic :)


2.  I am leaving Wednesday to join in on the youth conference for that night's service!  I have a friend on staff who I will be staying with (no, I'm not wrecking my 13 year olds week away....how tragic to have your mom follow you around!)  I am excited to get away - a road trip and some alone time with God.  I hope to spend a large part of Thursday listening and writing.

3.  My posts lately are a little sporadic.  I am still journaling, studying, meditating, ...I even have a couple of posts saved as drafts....just not ready to post yet.  Plus with summer here and my kids home from school, computer time is limited (as it should be).  Thank you for your patience :)

4.  Remember our daughter has been working this summer at one of our local vet clinics?  Well....she brought a little bit of work home last week. 


"Mom....I have something to tell (show) you...."

"But mom....he was a stray and no one wanted him.  He was going to be put to sleep if I didn't adopt him."


I am thankful it is only a summer job.  ;)

5.  Monday evening I got to meet 3 of my highschool friends for an early dinner.  We try to get together at least once a year, but I think we missed last year......it was great to see them, as usual!  And I can't believe it's been over 19 years since we graduated from highschool!!  What??!   :) 


6.  Have I mentioned that we leave for Disney World on Sunday after church??! Whooop whooop! :)

7.  Have I mentioned that we are driving to Disney?  in an RV?  with another family...a total of 9 people....all the way from Texas to the East Coast?   Should definitely make for good blog material! ;)  (I just hope I can get some pics or video to go along with it! lol)

8.  In order to give my kids equal blog time, I though I'd include a pic of my 5 year old in all his glory :)

(taken by my sister )

9.  My mom posted my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe on her blog...click here for super yummyness.  But beware.....

10.  I made it to 10 again!  Yay!  Can't wait to read what YOU have to say today!

Have a Happy Tuesday, everyone! :)

XO
Shelly

13 friends had this to say:

starka said...

Hello Shelly ..super missed ya last week, so glad to hear from you again this wonderful LETS TALK TUESDAY!! My daughter wants to do the whole work with the vet thing too. I KNOW I will have many friends coming to live with us that need a home. OH MY!!
Looks like you have been enjoying yourself with friends and looking forward to fun fun fun. Enjoy that ALONE time you may need it with 9 in a RV !! LOL Be Blessed GIRL xoxo

starla said...

HAHA ..look I spelled my name wrong!!!LOL

BTW..forgot to tell ya that I was so excited for LETS TALK that I woke up at 3 am to see if you had posted yet...:0)

Shelly said...

@starka LOL :). Too funny :)

Oh and guess what?...I set my post to publish at midnight but when I woke up this morning it hadn't published so I had to do it manually :(

Going to read yours.... :)

Anonymous said...

LOL @ Starka!! Maybe your Mom should have named you Rainbow Blue after all :)

Shelly, RVing to Disney World?! I can't imagine. I'm scared to imagine. lol. Some good posts will indeed come from that trip.

I guess everyone's going on vacay next week, I'll actually be heading to where you're leaving from.. Texas!

starla -aka: starka said...

Oh yeah SHW CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE named me that since I cant spell like any good hippy!!!:0)

PS: Hey shelly - Love your sisters LETS TALK Today !!! :0)

~Pam~ said...

Hi Shelly! Happy Let's Talk! Tuesday! I just posted mine. :-)

Loved your post today. RVing across country! You are a brave woman..;-) Seriously, have a blast and I can't wait to hear about it.

The new doggie is so cute..I would have brought that puppy home too.

Take care and enjoy your evening.
~hugs~

~Pam~ said...

LOL @ Starka..that is too cute

Unknown said...

All your kiddos are adorable and that nerd picture is great! Have fun in Disney World. I think renting an RV sounds a lot better than flying!

vonimoller said...

O i really missed this when there was no lets talk Tuesday last week.
ok 10 short things.
1) i am very scared lately 2 give my whole self in a friendship coz im scared i wont have enough 2 offer and/or ill lose that person.
2) i am journaling (whos checked my blog?) and LOVE IT.
3) i am back at yoga.
4) i am working on my task and passed my last one.
5) i wish my friend/I lived closer.
6) my dog is pushing me out my bed.
7) i must make me oats for breakfast.
8) my fiance knows me 2 well that when i am down i cant lie and say O noothing LOL.
9) i am sending my resume in to a social services company today.
10) i left a comment here LOL hehe

C said...

nice pics! I've been missing to post for Let's Talk! Tuesday.

Have a safe road trip, I'm sure it'll be tons of fun.

bj said...

Hi, Shelly...this is the first time I've heard about your meme. I sure will try to link up soon. Seems I ALways have SOMEthing to talk about!!:))

I enjoyed reading your 10 things...(is that a requirement?)

Glad you had fun with friends. We've been out of school 54 years and 3 of us still get together about 2 or 3 times a year. Very special, indeed...

ittybittyaddition said...

I really enjoyed reading this, & I'm glad I could get pics of your kids in "all their glory" haha!! & I'm excited that 2 of your friends, Starla & Farmer Julie are now following me - YAY! Miss you XOXO

PS - I posted some BEAUTIFUL pics of "SHELLY' on my blog....check them out :0)

http://sweetsweetrelease.blogspot.com/

starla said...

Hey guess what I did..I figured out how to make a button ..YEAH!!!
:0) Which helped me understand what to do with yours..LOL
So I grabbed your button it is now on STARS RAIN ...yippy!!!!!