This post is gunna be short & sweet...
It's Monday and I totally have "a case of the Monday's". I had to FORCE myself out of bed this morning. "Lindsay, you HAVE to get up...GET UP...if you don't get up NOW you will be late and your whole day will be all out of whack..." That's the conversation I had with myself. Our weekend was rather uneventful and I got plenty of rest, so I don't know what my deal is? I wasn't feeling 100% on Saturday - attack of the sneezes - and I took a Benadryl, so maybe that's the culprit? I'm even drinking coffee today, hopefully that will pull me out of my funk!
I AM excited because this week is only a 3 day work week! Woo hoo for PAID time off WITH family! We are having Thanksgiving at my Maw-Maw's house with my Dad's side of the family. I love getting together with them, we definitely don't get to see each other near enough, so it's always special when we do.
Thanksgiving meal is my very most favorite meal! We have recently changed our eating habits and are seeing great results from doing so. We are going to stick to it even though there will be lots of things that we "can't" eat. We recently had a "cheat meal" and it was ok, but honestly I don't really miss those foods that much. Hopefully when those "off-limits" foods are in front of me, I'll keep moving past them!
Ruston had a Christmas "open house" event this past weekend and there was a store-front decorating contest for downtown businesses. Of course, my office participated, and we won first place!! (I'm at work and don't have pictures on this computer, but I'll update this post with pictures when I get home.) I'm not a fan of decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving, so my house isn't decorated yet, but when it is, I'll post pictures of it too!
Ok, back to insuring people...
XOXO - Linny
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
LIFE as of 10/31/10
"We have a good life." That's what I told Jordan earlier today. Life isn't perfect - we aren't the richest people on the block, we don't live in our dream home, but we have an incredibly good, blessed life and I am THANKFUL! Ruston is still Ruston, but I am learning to enjoy where I am.
I love my job, LOVE it! My co-workers are really great people and my boss is rather fantastic! I am so thankful for them, they are my friends and my little Ruston "family". My office is located in the heart of downtown Ruston, and this past Friday the city hosted a Halloween trick or treat event. The businesses downtown were asked to participate by decorating their "store front" and by passing out candy to the kids that came. This is our first year to be at this location, so we didn't really know what to expect. We all dressed up and passed out candy to the HUNDREDS of kids that came! Our business neighbors told us to expect to run out of candy b/c there would be so many kids, and run out we did. We bought TONS of candy, but there were SO many kids. Cute kids, too, so you can't just give them 1 or 2 pieces of candy! It was a fun time!
After the trick or teat, Jordan & I headed to Shreveport (about an hour away) to see my very most favorite person in concert, MARC BROUSSARD! He is from Carencro, LA (right outside of Lafayette) and I really like his music. He's proud to be from LA and it is very evident in his music. I've seen him several times before, so I knew it was going to be a good show. It was at a restaurant, which is a little different than any other venue I've seen him play, but it was really cool. The room only held like 150 people, so it was a pretty intimate show. We even got to talk to him after! When people who haven't heard of him ask what kind of music he plays, I don't really know what to say. It's not pop or punk or really any particular genre. It's rock/soul/bluesy/GOOD, does that make sense??? Look him up on YouTube and you'll see what I'm talking about. He writes all his own stuff for the most part, and he's written a song for all of his kids, which I think is adorable. In fact, the name that we want to name our little girl is the name of his little girl, too! (NO I'm NOT pregnant, but I've already picked out my girls name) If you want to know what the name is, Google "Marc Broussard song for his daughter" or something like that and it will come up. It will work because I just tried it. :)
Saturday, we woke up semi-early, 8:30 - 9:00 is about as late as I can sleep lately. I don't know what the deal is? I used to be the Queen of sleeping late, but now I wake up around 8:30 at the latest. Jordan ran some errands, and I walked almost 2 miles! I clocked it at 1.7 miles, which is a lot since I haven't done that in a really long time. Seriously, I think the last time I really walked like that was maybe back in June?? I am starting to get back in shape lately, so this was part of that.
After the walk, I went to my inlaws to help Jordan clean their windows. They have like 23 floor to ceiling STORM windows. Storm windows = windows from HELL. Cleaning them is just plain awful. They are really old, and probably haven't been cleaned in about 30 years. (My inlaws have only lived there about a month.) After breaking 3 of the 6 we cleaned yesterday, the storm windows are going bye-bye. Impossible to clean, literally. At least the other part of the windows look really good now.
Today has been a chill day. Jordan's back is hurting really bad today, so we didn't go to church. I went to the grocery store and to get my nails done.
The past few weeks have brought a lot of sadness, so it was good to have a fun, relaxed weekend. Oct. 21, my grandmother passed away. My Mom's Mom was 93. She lived a long life and for the past few years has had to live in a nursing home because she had Alzheimer's (sp?). It is sad to not have her here, but she is in Heaven, healed and whole and with Jesus.
About a week before that (sorry to get out of chronological order) Bro. Dave Ohlerking died suddenly. He was the founder of Children's Cup, the ministry that I went with when I went to Africa. Bro. Dave was such a special man, he truly lived his life for Jesus, loving on "the least of these". He was on his way to Swaziland at the Johannesburg airport when he had to be taken to the hospital because of heart problems where he soon after went to be with the Lord. He always said that when it was his time, he wanted to die in Africa, which is exactly where he was.
Then, this past Monday, 2 men from my parent's church (where I grew up) died. One of them had been battling cancer for a long time and the other had a heart attack and died. Both were 62, had a wife and 2 daughters, and were key people at my parents church. So losing these 2 special people is quite devastating.
One of the ladies I work with, her grandmother passed away either yesterday or today. She was VERY close to her grandmother, so it is really sad for their family.
All of these families are experiencing situations, emotions, etc. that they weren't expecting this soon. So much sadness and grief and heaviness. Thankfully, we know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I've been praying for these families. Praying that the joy of the Lord would be their strength.
So, what's next?? Happy things! :)
I LOVE this time of year! Spending time with family, cool weather, parties, giving gifts, etc. And this year we are going on a family vacation for the first time as a family of 6! We used to go on family vacations just about every year, those times are where most of my favorite childhood memories come from. Now that my brother & I are both married, it's time to make some new family vacation memories! Verrry much looking forward to some time off with family!
I am sounding like a broken record about this whole blogging thing, so I'll just say, I really am going to try to post more often. If I post more often, then I won't have to write a BOOK like this post! :) Til next time...
XOXO - Linny
I love my job, LOVE it! My co-workers are really great people and my boss is rather fantastic! I am so thankful for them, they are my friends and my little Ruston "family". My office is located in the heart of downtown Ruston, and this past Friday the city hosted a Halloween trick or treat event. The businesses downtown were asked to participate by decorating their "store front" and by passing out candy to the kids that came. This is our first year to be at this location, so we didn't really know what to expect. We all dressed up and passed out candy to the HUNDREDS of kids that came! Our business neighbors told us to expect to run out of candy b/c there would be so many kids, and run out we did. We bought TONS of candy, but there were SO many kids. Cute kids, too, so you can't just give them 1 or 2 pieces of candy! It was a fun time!
After the trick or teat, Jordan & I headed to Shreveport (about an hour away) to see my very most favorite person in concert, MARC BROUSSARD! He is from Carencro, LA (right outside of Lafayette) and I really like his music. He's proud to be from LA and it is very evident in his music. I've seen him several times before, so I knew it was going to be a good show. It was at a restaurant, which is a little different than any other venue I've seen him play, but it was really cool. The room only held like 150 people, so it was a pretty intimate show. We even got to talk to him after! When people who haven't heard of him ask what kind of music he plays, I don't really know what to say. It's not pop or punk or really any particular genre. It's rock/soul/bluesy/GOOD, does that make sense??? Look him up on YouTube and you'll see what I'm talking about. He writes all his own stuff for the most part, and he's written a song for all of his kids, which I think is adorable. In fact, the name that we want to name our little girl is the name of his little girl, too! (NO I'm NOT pregnant, but I've already picked out my girls name) If you want to know what the name is, Google "Marc Broussard song for his daughter" or something like that and it will come up. It will work because I just tried it. :)
Saturday, we woke up semi-early, 8:30 - 9:00 is about as late as I can sleep lately. I don't know what the deal is? I used to be the Queen of sleeping late, but now I wake up around 8:30 at the latest. Jordan ran some errands, and I walked almost 2 miles! I clocked it at 1.7 miles, which is a lot since I haven't done that in a really long time. Seriously, I think the last time I really walked like that was maybe back in June?? I am starting to get back in shape lately, so this was part of that.
After the walk, I went to my inlaws to help Jordan clean their windows. They have like 23 floor to ceiling STORM windows. Storm windows = windows from HELL. Cleaning them is just plain awful. They are really old, and probably haven't been cleaned in about 30 years. (My inlaws have only lived there about a month.) After breaking 3 of the 6 we cleaned yesterday, the storm windows are going bye-bye. Impossible to clean, literally. At least the other part of the windows look really good now.
Today has been a chill day. Jordan's back is hurting really bad today, so we didn't go to church. I went to the grocery store and to get my nails done.
The past few weeks have brought a lot of sadness, so it was good to have a fun, relaxed weekend. Oct. 21, my grandmother passed away. My Mom's Mom was 93. She lived a long life and for the past few years has had to live in a nursing home because she had Alzheimer's (sp?). It is sad to not have her here, but she is in Heaven, healed and whole and with Jesus.
About a week before that (sorry to get out of chronological order) Bro. Dave Ohlerking died suddenly. He was the founder of Children's Cup, the ministry that I went with when I went to Africa. Bro. Dave was such a special man, he truly lived his life for Jesus, loving on "the least of these". He was on his way to Swaziland at the Johannesburg airport when he had to be taken to the hospital because of heart problems where he soon after went to be with the Lord. He always said that when it was his time, he wanted to die in Africa, which is exactly where he was.
Then, this past Monday, 2 men from my parent's church (where I grew up) died. One of them had been battling cancer for a long time and the other had a heart attack and died. Both were 62, had a wife and 2 daughters, and were key people at my parents church. So losing these 2 special people is quite devastating.
One of the ladies I work with, her grandmother passed away either yesterday or today. She was VERY close to her grandmother, so it is really sad for their family.
All of these families are experiencing situations, emotions, etc. that they weren't expecting this soon. So much sadness and grief and heaviness. Thankfully, we know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I've been praying for these families. Praying that the joy of the Lord would be their strength.
So, what's next?? Happy things! :)
I LOVE this time of year! Spending time with family, cool weather, parties, giving gifts, etc. And this year we are going on a family vacation for the first time as a family of 6! We used to go on family vacations just about every year, those times are where most of my favorite childhood memories come from. Now that my brother & I are both married, it's time to make some new family vacation memories! Verrry much looking forward to some time off with family!
I am sounding like a broken record about this whole blogging thing, so I'll just say, I really am going to try to post more often. If I post more often, then I won't have to write a BOOK like this post! :) Til next time...
XOXO - Linny
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Happy Wednesday!
Hi. I said I would blog 3 times this week, so here I am....with nothing to talk about! Not a whole lot going on in life at the moment. Work is really busy. Work = commercial insurance account manager/assistant. One of the girls I work with is out of the office, so we are all carrying a little bit of her load this week.
Jordan just came in from taking the dog out, yelling that he is covered in ants!!!! LINNY TO THE RESCUE!!! I'll post more later. Any home remedy-ish tips for ant bites????
XOXO - Linny
Jordan just came in from taking the dog out, yelling that he is covered in ants!!!! LINNY TO THE RESCUE!!! I'll post more later. Any home remedy-ish tips for ant bites????
XOXO - Linny
Sunday, July 18, 2010
I'm BAAAACK!
Hello to all 2 of you who read my blog!
I have been a BAD blogger, and I have set a goal recently that I'm going to post at least 3 times a week. I know, it's kind of weak, but for this ADD chick to sit down and write for 10-15 minutes consistently almost everyday is a challenge!
SO. Since November, my life has changed in several ways!! My favorite change would have to be that we MOVED!!! Still in Ruston, but in a much newer, cuter, enjoyable house. The other house we were living in was, to put it nicely, HIDEOUS. We were renting said house, thus weren't going to put our money into making it cuter. To say that this house was a "fixer-upper" is a gross understatement. I think I might have one picture of the inside, but it will hurt your eyes too much, so I'm not going to even post it. Just image mauve, floral, ugly pink & baby blue HELL - and that pretty much sums it up. The outside wasn't too bad, but the inside - YIKES! Literally, we kept the lights off the majority of the time bc we didn't want to look at how ugly it was. So when our landlord came to us and said that he wanted to move back into the house, we weren't that disappointed.
Now we live in a cute house, on the right side of town. We go walking in the evenings, talk to our neighbors - it is just great!! I'll post a pic the next time I write, bc the cord to transfer pics is in the car and i'm sitting here enjoying my peanut butter & vanilla wafers. Sorry!
Second big change - we have a puppy...on loan! Our friends Brent & Marina are building a house right now and are living with her parents who don't want a dog. They called Uncle Jordan & Aunt Linny! We'll have Pedro, who is a chiuaua/terrier, for a few months. He's sweet, house trained, and very obedient - which makes him very easy to take care of!
Change #3 is Jordan & I both have advanced in our jobs. Advanced = more responsibility = more dollas!! We have both been very blessed to have great employers. It's not a drag to get up & go to work when you are doing something that you enjoy.
I know that all of the above changes have helped me to enjoy living in Ruston. There is definitely something about having a house that you like and can decorate and feel comfortable in. I like cleaning this house because I like this house and want it to be clean! I wouldn't say that I "whistle while I sweep" but I have a better attitude about living in Ruston in general!
What's next?? Time is FA-LYING by so fast!! I cannot believe that we are half way through July! I know it's going to be Christmastime before I know it! I have LOTS of things to look forward to in the coming months...
August - Don't really have much going on. Work is going to be really busy, and I'm determined to get back to my good gym routine. We are starting to have a healthier lifestyle, and I'm wanting to get in the "swing of things" during the rest of July-August.
September - Me & a friend of mine are going to Dallas for a Girls Weekend and we're going to see John Mayer! I know, i know...he's a tool, blah, blah, blah - but I love his music and I'm really excited to see him live.
October - COLD WEATHER!! This would be one of the things i LOVE about N. LA. And HPC's Live the Dream Women's Conference! I look forward to this weekend ALL year. If you're in the Baton Rouge area, you've GOT to be there. Register at livethedream.healingplacechurch.org!
November - DISNEY WORLD VACATION!!! My whole side of the fam is going to WDW! All 6 of us haven't ever been on vacation together - it will be my parents, us, and my bro & sis-in-law. We are big Disney fans. When I was growing up we went like 5 or 6 times and I loved it! I haven't been since 2003 (i think?) and it's been even longer than that for Jordan. (Cute side note - my brother proposed to my sis-in-law in front of Cinderella's Castle...AWWWWW) We are SO excited!!
December - Always one of my favorite months. I LOVE the holidays and I like to act like the 10 year old version of myself and believe in all the wonder of the special time of year. I love celebrating the birth of Jesus with my family & friends - does it get any better than that???
There you have it! Have a great week!! I'll be back soon!
XOXO - Linny
I have been a BAD blogger, and I have set a goal recently that I'm going to post at least 3 times a week. I know, it's kind of weak, but for this ADD chick to sit down and write for 10-15 minutes consistently almost everyday is a challenge!
SO. Since November, my life has changed in several ways!! My favorite change would have to be that we MOVED!!! Still in Ruston, but in a much newer, cuter, enjoyable house. The other house we were living in was, to put it nicely, HIDEOUS. We were renting said house, thus weren't going to put our money into making it cuter. To say that this house was a "fixer-upper" is a gross understatement. I think I might have one picture of the inside, but it will hurt your eyes too much, so I'm not going to even post it. Just image mauve, floral, ugly pink & baby blue HELL - and that pretty much sums it up. The outside wasn't too bad, but the inside - YIKES! Literally, we kept the lights off the majority of the time bc we didn't want to look at how ugly it was. So when our landlord came to us and said that he wanted to move back into the house, we weren't that disappointed.
Now we live in a cute house, on the right side of town. We go walking in the evenings, talk to our neighbors - it is just great!! I'll post a pic the next time I write, bc the cord to transfer pics is in the car and i'm sitting here enjoying my peanut butter & vanilla wafers. Sorry!
Second big change - we have a puppy...on loan! Our friends Brent & Marina are building a house right now and are living with her parents who don't want a dog. They called Uncle Jordan & Aunt Linny! We'll have Pedro, who is a chiuaua/terrier, for a few months. He's sweet, house trained, and very obedient - which makes him very easy to take care of!
Change #3 is Jordan & I both have advanced in our jobs. Advanced = more responsibility = more dollas!! We have both been very blessed to have great employers. It's not a drag to get up & go to work when you are doing something that you enjoy.
I know that all of the above changes have helped me to enjoy living in Ruston. There is definitely something about having a house that you like and can decorate and feel comfortable in. I like cleaning this house because I like this house and want it to be clean! I wouldn't say that I "whistle while I sweep" but I have a better attitude about living in Ruston in general!
What's next?? Time is FA-LYING by so fast!! I cannot believe that we are half way through July! I know it's going to be Christmastime before I know it! I have LOTS of things to look forward to in the coming months...
August - Don't really have much going on. Work is going to be really busy, and I'm determined to get back to my good gym routine. We are starting to have a healthier lifestyle, and I'm wanting to get in the "swing of things" during the rest of July-August.
September - Me & a friend of mine are going to Dallas for a Girls Weekend and we're going to see John Mayer! I know, i know...he's a tool, blah, blah, blah - but I love his music and I'm really excited to see him live.
October - COLD WEATHER!! This would be one of the things i LOVE about N. LA. And HPC's Live the Dream Women's Conference! I look forward to this weekend ALL year. If you're in the Baton Rouge area, you've GOT to be there. Register at livethedream.healingplacechurch.org!
November - DISNEY WORLD VACATION!!! My whole side of the fam is going to WDW! All 6 of us haven't ever been on vacation together - it will be my parents, us, and my bro & sis-in-law. We are big Disney fans. When I was growing up we went like 5 or 6 times and I loved it! I haven't been since 2003 (i think?) and it's been even longer than that for Jordan. (Cute side note - my brother proposed to my sis-in-law in front of Cinderella's Castle...AWWWWW) We are SO excited!!
December - Always one of my favorite months. I LOVE the holidays and I like to act like the 10 year old version of myself and believe in all the wonder of the special time of year. I love celebrating the birth of Jesus with my family & friends - does it get any better than that???
There you have it! Have a great week!! I'll be back soon!
XOXO - Linny
Friday, July 2, 2010
Hello......again.
So, I'm sure no one will be reading this since I haven't posted in about 8 MONTHS. But, this is just a teaser, I will be back...SOON. Keep checking up on me, and I just might suprise you with a REAL post!! :)
Till next time...
XOXO - Linny
Till next time...
XOXO - Linny
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