Music Monday

Shout out this week goes to:  Kelly Clarkson!  What an amazing voice she has, and I appreciate that her songs are real...not much sugar-coated in her lyrics!   (And can I say....she looks amazing?!?)

Strange Weather!

We are in the middle of some WEIRD weather here in WNY.  It's in the teens or twenties one day, with snow falling, then the next day its 40 degrees and the sun is shining and melting the snow. 

Well, earlier this week we had a really strong line of storms roll through off Lake Erie, producing some heavy rain and major winds.  I was reading today the Newsletter sent out by the college I went to in Erie, PA (Mercyhurst).  I thought it was bad here...look at what happend to the campus!



The winds were so strong that it blew the Steeple off the Chaple!  Thank goodness nobody was injured when it fell, but OH MY!

(Here's the story if you want to read the article)

Oh the craziness will continue today as we are suppossed to get a few more inches of snow (no biggie) but have some major wind to blow it around too.....fun times!

Music Monday

I KNOW...I've been bad.  It has been FOREVER since I've done a music Monday, and today's posting almost didn't get posted!  (Lets just say, my computer was already off for the night when I remembered I hadn't posted yet)

So...without further adieu.  Today's song is "Hosanna" performed by Hillsong.  We sing this song at church, and sang it yesterday and MAN...the lyrics are so incredibly powerful.  It is definitely one of my current favorite songs!  May it bless you like it blesses me :)

(Disclaimer:  sorry for the slow-loading Youtube version...it was the best I could find)

Liebster Blog

Thanks, Claire @ Fast Forward Girl for nominating me for the Liebster Blog Award!  It's an award given to blogs with less than 200 followers who the giver thinks deserve a little more recognition!  (And to be honest with you, I had no idea it existed, so I was very shocked to get it!!) 

Here are the rules:

1) Show your thanks by linking the sweet person who nominated you.

2) Leave links to 5 of your top blogs and leave a comment letting them know!

3) Post the award on your blog.

4) Enjoy the Love :)

 

SO...the award(s) go to...   (And I broke one of the rules...2 of my awards are given to people who have more then 200 followers, but less then 300 followers...FYI)

1.) Jessica @ The Paradigm Shift  This AWESOME lady is one of my BFFs!  She and I got to know eachother shortly after the birth of her little boy, and we were instant friends!  I love reading her blogs for so many reasons...she is an amazing Christian woman, and is such an influence in my life.  She also LOVES DIY projects (and well...I need help with crafts!)  So it is always fun to see what she is up to (or dreaming of doing!)

2.)  Christine @ Apartment 46   I found this blog a few months ago, and I really enjoy the outlook on life that Christine has, and boy does she have a sense of style!  Man...I soo love some of her outfits!  She is in the middle of a 30 for 30 challenge, only wearing 30 total pieces from her closet!  It's so fun to check in each day and see what she has come up with :)

 

3.  Krystle @ 3 Little Men and a Mommy   I love reading Krystle's blog...she is so real and very willing to share about the good and hard times in life!  She is such an inspiration to me, raising her 3 beautiful children to Love Jesus with all their heart!   

4.  Melissa @ Little Mrs. Married   This is one of the first blog's I ever started following, and man does this girl have spunk!  One of the things that always draws me back to Melissa's blog is her amazing outlook on life!  She is not afraid to have fun, and then tell you an amazing story about it later (I have literally sat here giggling soo very hard, my stomach hurts!)  Melissa is another wonderful Christian influence and I've learned much about perseverance from her!!

 

5.  Kallie @ Learning to Be  I love the honesty that Kallie conveys in her blog.  She is a wonderful writer, great momma, and a wonderful wife!  I also love her blog because of all the pictures she has posted  (I love photography, so I love to read blogs that have lots of pictures, lol).  

 

SO...there you have it!  The 5 winners I've chosen to receive the Liebster Blog Award are:  Jessica, Christine, Krystle, Melissa, and Kallie!

 

Special thanks for Claire giving this award to me, thus making it possible for these other ladies to receive it!!

 

NOW...GO read some new blogs and fall in love with them!!!! 

Cell Phone Game

Ok, I just read a really cool story on Yahoo! and felt the need to share it with you. It's called phone-stack. Here's the jist of it.

Ever go out to dinner and feel as though your dinner-date/friends/family/etc aren't paying attention to you, and are still using their phones? Well...play phone-stack! Everyone either places their phones face down or stack them on top of each other, face-down. Even as the phones go off (hopefully on vibrate), everyone must ignore them. First one to look at their phone has to pay the bill. If nobody looks at their phones before the bill arrives, every one pays for their own meal. That's it...pretty simple way to help focus people on the present conversation and not what is going on online.


Apparently this "idea" came from a blogger...pretty neat in my eyes!!

Happy Stacking!!

(Here's the article link where I hear about it from)
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/phone-stacking-craze-teaches-dinner-etiquette-kim-kardashian-170025780.html

DONE....

So, I went into this weekend not really having anything that I HAD to accomplish, which is kind of a nice feeling. It gave me the flexiblilty to do some tasks that had kinda fallen by the way-side. It also gave me the chance to help mom with some of her stuff (the joy of still living at home :})

One of the tasks she wanted to do was take down the Christmas tree...always sad to see it go, but it means we get that corner of the house back too. I posted a few blog-postings ago the picture of our tree. (Here's a reminder in case you forgot what it looked like)

Now, I know it looks like there are a TON of ornaments on the tree, and well...there are. Here is a picture of all the ornaments on my card-table, spilling onto the piano (to the right). And mind you, some of this is double layered, if they were flat/non-breakable ornaments...

YUP...that's all of them. I failed to count them. I really don't want to know how many we put up there, but safe to say its a few hundred.

SO...with the ornaments down, and tree coming down as I type this...I can officially say that: "At my household, Christmas is done."

Happy Weekend everyone :)

Tonight!!

(Disclaimer...I've been absent. I know this. I have been so busy and am trying to get things back under control, which means I'm slowly catching up on blogs, I promise I'm trying! And I also promise that I'll give a good update soon!)

OK....

SO on to tonight!! I know I shouldn't be as excited as I am, but I can't help it. My favorite TV show comes back tonight...Biggest Loser! (Yes, I'm a reality tv junky some nights, but this one helps people regain their LIVES and so I gladly support it!!)

So, I'm super excited that the show will be starting in roughly 5 minutes...but what I heard on the news tonight, got me even more anxious. There is a girl, originally from near where I live in New York! How cool is that?!?!?

Her name is Emily, and she is originally from Silver Creek, NY...which is roughly 2 hours away from my house :) She graduated from the same college my Mom went too, which is pretty neat too! She also competed in the National Junior Olympics and the Empire State Games, earning medals in all meets...which is super awesome!!

You might recognize her, because she has been on the promo-comercials the last few weeks.

Well...gotta run! It's on!! Much love later :)