This is the story of my love for a hot brit

i'm in love with James Morrison. If you have not heard any of his songs i suggest you stop what you are doing and check him out. I'll even make it easy for you ... i'll post a link to one of my fav songs from him (i was trying to post a video but it wasn't cooperating grrrr) And today i did something very exciting ... bought tickets to see him in concert on april 27. maaaan, i can't wait!!!

James Morrison The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore

And if you have time ... check out You Give Me Something, You Make It Real and Undiscover are also on the top of my list too!

Oh he so awesome! Let me know what you think about this hot brit!!!

This is a story of great music and the park.

So on Friday i won some tickets to go to the symphony at the Rivercenter. I have never been to the symphony or to the rivercenter so i was soo excited to go. I asked my supervisor to go and it was awesome! The music was so beautiful and the soloist was breathtaking. Our tickets had us sitting in the balcony second to last row which means we had to walk some stairs. My legs are still so weak and it was so hard to walk up super steep steps so i was holding on the rail and using my upper body to literally pull myself up the steps. Once the symphony started we were able to move a few rows ahead of us since there was really no one there =(

Today Snowflake was a wild and crazy dog and since it was absolutely gorgeous outside so i was like "Let's go on a walk!" to work off her energy. Off we went to a local park and since it rained so much this week that the creek pretty much washed out most of the trail. We just walked around and Snowflake was in heaven. Now as i am writing this blog she is passed out and she really didn't get in trouble. Hmm ... i guess this walking thing really does work with the behavioral issues.

This is the story where i talk softball

(some of the players from the team ... L-R Devin, Josh and my bro, Jon)

This week is the kickoff to the softball season and my brother is the coach for Team Flip Flop (flip flop is a place he works at) and monday was the first game. They were doing great for the first half and then the other team was just getting lucky with the ground balls and so Flip Flop lost but last night they made up for it and kicked butt!!! lol! they beat the other team by 15 points!

And on monday i was designated the team mom so when i go to the game next wednesday there will be rice krispie treats and juice boxes for the boys. :c)

This is a story about church

So today i did something i have not done in a year. i went to church. it seems like for the past 3 years i only go to church in March. not sure why but this year it's going to be different. i am really am going to try to go every sunday to get spiritually fed. two weeks ago i was getting a strong urge to go to church. i think it's because i miss it. i wanted to go last sunday but slept through my alarm. this sunday my friend Shelice was giving a talk and i made every effort to go and listen ... even if it means going on two hours of sleep.

shelice's talk was awesome and there was a part that really stuck out and felt like it was meant for me. at the end of her talk she was reading a testimony by Elder Holland and he said:

"To all of you who think you are lost or without hope, or who think you have done too much that was too wrong for too long, to every one of you who worry that you are stranded somewhere on the wintry plains of life and have wrecked your handcart in the process, this conference calls out Jehovah’s unrelenting refrain, “[My] hand is stretched out still. I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them,” He said, “[and even if they] deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, … if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts. His mercy endureth forever, and His hand is stretched out still. His is the pure love of Christ, the charity that never faileth, that compassion which endures even when all other strength disappears."

Lately i've been feeling lost and that my life has no direction. i feel stuck. i don't know if any of you have ever felt that way ... stuck. and i think i have disappointed people because i might have done wrong (according to the church). today people came to me and asked if i was new and it was hard to answer ... "yes um no um maybe. i've been in the ward for a year and am just now coming" but i guess it really doesn't matter what the answer is ... i came and making a decision to come back to church. that is what really matters. but i also am not sure if i can follow all the teachings as before but it could all change ... no guarantees though.

Before i close i must say ... this album is AWESOME!!!

This is a story where i get caught up.

Hi all!
So while i am doing laundry i figured i will sit down and take a couple of minutes and update you all with what's been going on lately.

First, when i last posted a for real post it was the day before my brother's birthday (March 11) and as i was surfing the web i came across a cookie monster song that says C is for Cookie. Well my brother has a love for cookies and i thought i would make a little video in honor of his b-day so check out the Birthday Cookie video!

The following Saturday i went out with a friend of mine to celebrate her birthday and almost got hit on by a 40 year old man. That's the story of my love life. LOL!

Then on Sunday my mom and her boyfriend took me, jon, my bestfriend joe, our two cousins chung jo and woong sik, to an all you can eat korean buffet for Jon's b-day. It was sooo yummy and we ate more than our tummies could hold.

Of course March 17th was St. Patty's Day and at first i was just going to spend the night at home but my brother convinced me to go out and join in on the festivities. I do not think i saw so much green in my life. My brother ran around like a leprechaun ... a 6'4" leprechaun. LOL! Oh what a night!

And then to end the week i got to hang out with friends last night. I have pictures but there were not taken on my camera so once i get copies i'll post them. So that's my week and a half in a nutshell. My goal is to try to be more consistent with posting so that I am not bombarding you all with a long entry. Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.

This is a story about try to put a room together.

And this is why i can't get anythig crafts done. Hopefully it won't look like this by the end of this weekend. I really need to get it set up! It is currently my storage unit and i finally had it when i went to look for something for a project and i couldn't find it.

And here is Snowflake patiently waiting for her picture. She knew that i had to take her pic before she would move and she sat there til i did.

This is the story of music at the Alamo.

*** Update ***

I orginally made a video of the pics from last night but blogger was acting up and i just now realized that i can create a youtube account and make a link to the video from there. So i deleted the Smilebox and replaced it with a link. If you looked at the Smilebox photos please take a look at the video. It has one or two more pics and the music is my friend's song that i would love for you all to hear.

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Last night a few of my friends and i went to a restaurant/bar called the Alamo in Newnan, ga to see our friend, Jason, perform. The Alamo used to be an old movie theatre and it was neat to go in there and imagine how it would have looked in the 50s or 60s. I am not sure when it closed as a theatre. Below is a link to a video with a few pics of the night. Enjoy!!!

Take a looksie at the video here

This is a story about a bad dog in timeout.

Snowflake does not like to be her back.

She acts up. She goes on her back for time out!

This is a story about getting homemade things.

Oh this sounds like fun so here goes!!!

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me!My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It’ll be done this year. {Translation: you may be waiting a little while}
4. You have no clue what it’s going to be … it may be cards, bread, a bookmark or a complete surprise to you (and me!) … Who knows? Not you, that’s for sure.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
6. Most importantly, you must offer the same deal on your blog - the first 5 people to comment on your blog (or if you do not have a blog, facebook) get something made by YOU! If you’re not the kind of person that wants to make something tangible for others, how about some kind of service for them, any type, any size...

This is a story about my adventure to the hospital.

Can you pick which department of xray i was going to? If you picked Nuclear Medicine you are right. Part of my treatment for my hyperthyroidism was to the Medical Center and swallow a HUGE radioactive pill. So on Monday i did just that and then on Tuesday i ventured back. The first part of the test was to put some machine up to my neck and see all these lines go up and up and up. I really didn't know what that meant. I am guessing it is measuring the radioactive waves in my body. Next stop was to take pictures. I had to lay underneath some machine and they had to put a pillow at the top part of my back ... right under my shoulders so that i can stretch my neck. For 30 minutes i was laying with an arch in my back and after 20 minutes it hurt but i could not get comfortable because i had to stay still. Boy was i happy when they said i was done. i go back to my endocrinologist in 3 weeks for the results and will give a report then.

This is a story about white stuff we rarely see.

So at about 11 this morning i get a text from my brother that said: holy &!*#Y it's snowing. Now the talk of the weekend was "it's supposed to snow on sunday" and my response was " i won't believe til i see it" I have lived in Georgia for about 20 years and can count on one hand how many times it has snowed. Just about every year we will get a weather forecast that will state it will snow and we have had many disappointments.

So i get out of bed and try to focus on the world around me and just about scared poor snowflake when i yelled Snowflake it's snowing! LET'S GO OUTSIDE!!! I got myself together and thought about what in the world am i going to wear. I have no gloves, no hat, no coat thick enough and barely any sweaters. So i put on what i thought would work and went outside to play with the little white stuff on the ground. Snowflake was not sure what to make of this. She was sniffing the snow and growling at it at the same time. Soon she realized it was not harmful and just had a ball running in the snow and trying to eat the snow as it fell down. I tried to get video of that but of course she did it when the camera was off. Typical.

So now as i type this blog the snow is starting to melt and there is a snowflake or two slowly making it's way down. And when i think back to this day i will forever remember the day my baby made her first yellow snow.