I did it.

at 05/14/11 9:11PM
But, not without lots of help and a million prayers. Thank you all for your prayers!

  • aleta
    Congratulations, Lindsey!! I love this picture!
    by aleta at 05/14/11 9:12PM
  • lindsey
    Thank you and thank you! It took quite a bit of talent to get up there in my 4 inch heels, pencil skirt, and fear of heights :)
    by lindsey at 05/14/11 10:12PM
  • desi
    Yay for you!!!
    by desi at 05/15/11 1:45PM
  • justg
    Congratulations!!!

    What a great picture!

    Life awaits!
    by justg at 05/15/11 1:57PM
  • bradford_rebekah
    loving this photo and those great shoes...
    by bradford_rebekah at 05/16/11 4:05PM
  • jennifermy
    Congratulations! I love the shoes, it's so you!
    by jennifermy at 05/16/11 10:36PM
  • meh
    Congrats!!!
    by meh at 05/18/11 10:23AM
  • sherry_everett
    Congrats Lindsey!! Love the shoes by the way!!
    by sherry_everett at 05/21/11 6:00PM
  • windham4life
    beautiful picture, and CONGRATS!!!! :) :)
    by windham4life at 05/22/11 8:40PM

Something for myself to remember

at 02/13/11 2:23PM *
“Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”
-Stacey Charter

I have loved this quote for years now. I shared this at a Bible study I'm involved with last Thursday and it really hit home with me, yet again. I think each of us are under pressure to tweak our personalities and dreams and ourselves in general to fit some pattern... But the pattern made by whom? We have magazine articles and internet articles telling us what to wear, where to go, what to think, when to think, who to like, who not to like, when to accept a job and when to quit a friendship. Yet, here's the mystery to me: I listen! UGH, it's ridiculous! I have deceived myself into thinking that if I don't fit into perfect categories then I won't be accepted. I have never nor will I ever fit into a perfect category from a magazine. Well, not as long as I keep reading THOSE magazines. There's one book that has a category that I can fit into... I just have to make changes as I see fit, not because some editor-in-chief tells me so. So the next time I see that article, I will crumple it up. I will X it out. I will back away because MY GOD is bigger than that and HE recognizes my happiness and knows my worth. HE accepts me for the good and helps me with the bad.

Just a thought from today. Hope you all are well.
  • bradford_rebekah
    We are all wondrously made. I am glad that we are not all the same. Life would be bland if we were.
    by bradford_rebekah at 02/13/11 10:51PM
  • justg
    Well said. Thanks for the reminder.
    by justg at 02/14/11 12:32PM
  • windham4life
    so true :)
    by windham4life at 02/14/11 6:49PM
  • gracie03
    Such an excellent point. Thanks, Lindsey!
    by gracie03 at 02/15/11 9:06AM
  • aleta
    It's a great thought, Lindsey, and I like your thoughts about it. I keep something similar on my desktop:
    "Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep it in your own."
    by aleta at 02/15/11 11:05AM

What do you think?

at 01/20/11 11:39PM
"We ask ourselves, Who am I to be? Brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, Who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the Glory of God that is within us.All of us. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, out presence automatically liberates others."

Nelson Mandella, 1994
  • tom_bombadil
    yes yes yes yes indeed.
    by tom_bombadil at 01/21/11 1:01AM
  • justg
    You go girl...shine!
    by justg at 01/21/11 7:12AM
  • missysnapp
    Nice quote. Nelson Mandella is quite a guy. He's been through a LOT to speak his mind!
    by missysnapp at 01/23/11 10:23AM
  • emily
    Love it! I needed that.
    by emily at 01/23/11 4:52PM
  • lilferg88
    Awesome quote :) and very true
    by lilferg88 at 01/26/11 3:53PM
  • nick_katie
    LIKE!
    by nick_katie at 01/31/11 6:40PM

Merry Christmas y'all

at 12/25/10 2:37PM

I hope it was a nice one for you and your family!
  • justg
    That's a great tree! Merry Christmas!
    Glad to see you here...I've missed you.
    by justg at 12/25/10 2:53PM
  • windham4life
    Thanks!! You too :)
    by windham4life at 12/25/10 10:41PM

The slave driver posts

at 09/10/10 2:22PM *
I really only wanted to make a post to announce that I am blessed. That's all.

But that's not much of a post, is it?

Instead, how about I tell you about the changes around here?
We took out a wetbar in the living room.
We painted the 2 story foyer and one story entry way a darker beige instead of the light teal.
We painted the dining room a dark red instead of the dark teal it used to be.
*We got new floors in the foyer and dining room.
*We repaired the wall and the ceiling in the living room, where the recessed ceiling used to be over the wet bar.
*We put in crown molding in the one story entry way.
We painted the cabinets in the bathroom.
We painted the upstairs hallway a light beige.
*We removed the carpet in the living room and floated the floors to make them level.



* = and by "We," I mean we had it done. All the painting was us though!

What we have left to do:
Paint the new crown molding
Paint the living room
Put in the new floors in the living room
Put in the new floors in my parent's bedroom
Paint my parent's bedroom, if they choose
Paint the bathroom upstairs
REDECORATE!

Mom would like to get this lamp for the 2 story foyer (and the matching flush lamp for the entry way), as long as the decorator approves. Dad has already approved.


That's what been going on around here from Thursday to Monday. On Monday afternoons to Wednesday evenings, I'm in school. It's going to be a tough year, but I'm ready to finish up my Master's degree. 246 more days!

Floors on thin set :)
  • aleta
    The light is beautiful! You must look forward to being in class just to rest!
    by aleta at 09/10/10 2:58PM
  • AlanL
    All I can think of to say is "wow", but that's not much of a comment.
    by AlanL at 09/10/10 2:59PM
  • lindsey
    Ordinarily, I'd say yes. But even as I'm in class I find myself making lists of things I need to get done that next weekend. We painted the hallway's second coat today so tonight is a play night. Tomorrow afternoon I hope to have the first coat on the living room so that I can put the second coat up on Sunday evening. We have company coming on Thursday so it has to be finished!
    by lindsey at 09/10/10 3:01PM
  • lindsey
    I feel like I should also say that mom and dad keep wanting to take a break from all this but I refuse. Their breaks come while I'm at school :) Hence the reason they call me the slave driver. Oops!
    by lindsey at 09/10/10 3:17PM
  • jennifermy
    It is going to be wonderful!
    by jennifermy at 09/10/10 3:59PM
  • windham4life
    wow, sounds like lots of changes. I bet it will be beautiful!! You should put some more before/after pictures :)
    by windham4life at 09/10/10 5:15PM
  • lindsey

    Well, here's a during picture!
    by lindsey at 09/10/10 5:45PM
  • windham4life
    hehe...nice :)
    by windham4life at 09/12/10 4:37PM
  • moe
    it looks like the carpet thing is comeing along well
    by moe at 09/12/10 7:53PM
  • wise
    Still working on it some. You did most of the paining not us. Dad did some but mostly YOU! THANK YOU!
    by wise at 10/09/10 10:34AM
  • leyvaleyva
    This cracks me up !! How's Dewey handling the fumes? Your parents sneak out on you? Lol!
    by leyvaleyva at 10/16/10 12:56AM