Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
weekend bliss
This was one of those weekends where you know you have a lot on your calendar, but you knows it's all going to be so much fun!!!
For starters, Elvis was alive and back in action!
For starters, Elvis was alive and back in action!
Yes, if it seems like that man strangely resembles my dad, well, then you have not gone completely crazy. We had a women's event at church and dad was part of the entertainment. I was loving it. My sister on the other hand was about to crawl under the table!
Then, Saturday, we celebrated Gavin's first birthday! My best friend Heather is such a great mom and it has been so fun watching our friendship grow as we celebrated Gavin's first year. Here are some pics form Saturday (be ware, he is "wearing his dad's face"!)
After the party, we went to Hailey's musical (her sister). Heather and I finally realized that we hadn't taken a pic together all day, so here we are in the hall of good ole' IHS....a.k.a. "The Crooked I"
Such a great weekend!!!!
Tonight, its Burgers and the Bachelor with my sis! I'm so excited and my dad will just have to go watch TV in the other room...but he secretly likes girl shows, so we may be able to pull him in.
Friday, January 15, 2010
humanity
If you missed this episode of Oprah yesterday..you missed a treat. I sat and just cried (you know the big kind that you can’t stop from happening, that just hang in the outside corner of your eye). It was so good. Here's a video of the sweet surprise!
And, as I sat crying at the Oprah Show, I thought, why? Why do I cry watching TV shows. It just happens, always when I watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, usually when I watch a Hallmark movie, sometimes during a "give away moments", "surprises", Lifetime Movies, Grey's Anatomy, or Friday Night Lights.
Then, it hit me... I really thought about this long and hard last night...I'm moved by humanity. It moves me when “haves” (and I don’t just mean the wealthy) reach out to “have-nots”. When people stop their busy lives and focus on someone else. When people sacrifice their time to honor another. When people are stuck in a rut and have a breakthrough and, moments like yesterday when a family member is honoring the life of another and people recognize the efforts and do what they can to help out.
Maybe it’s my new job, but I'm always impressed by companies that step up with these challenges and help push them over the brink.
For example, CVS Cares has done some great partnering with Extreme Makeover. Yesterday, Paula Deen and Lowe's made some breakthroughs for a family trying to make a difference in the lives of the organizations that helped their son in the final days of his life. I have so much respect for moms who choose to use an opportunity like a birthday or holiday to have gifts or donations made in their child’s honor to charities instead of brining more toys.
They don’t have to do that, none of these organizations have to, but I love that CHOOSE to. Maybe there are false motives, but I like to think and for a moment, we get it! We understand it’s not about getting, but giving. That the world does not revolve around us. That needs are EVERYWHERE. That we can do small things and make a big difference. That poverty, misfortune, hurt, pain, heartache, and loss are all in our neighborhood and it’s our responsibility to do what we can.
I'm also reading Same Kind of Different as Me right now, getting ready for the Bloom book club and it is transforming my thoughts. Which may not be good, because it makes me want to do more! But, it is so good and I just found out they have come out with a second book, and I can’t wait to read it, too.
Anyway, those were the thoughts on my heart today. Enjoy your day and make a difference this weekend!
**And, so you dont think I'm totally leaving out a huge need right now, I do recognize all the things going on in Haiti, I've just not decided yet what I want to do, but I do encourage you to do something. Red Cross and Compassion International are two places collecting donations.,Their needs are big and I love that all the blogs I follow and all over twitter and facebook, people are doing something.**
And, as I sat crying at the Oprah Show, I thought, why? Why do I cry watching TV shows. It just happens, always when I watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, usually when I watch a Hallmark movie, sometimes during a "give away moments", "surprises", Lifetime Movies, Grey's Anatomy, or Friday Night Lights.
Then, it hit me... I really thought about this long and hard last night...I'm moved by humanity. It moves me when “haves” (and I don’t just mean the wealthy) reach out to “have-nots”. When people stop their busy lives and focus on someone else. When people sacrifice their time to honor another. When people are stuck in a rut and have a breakthrough and, moments like yesterday when a family member is honoring the life of another and people recognize the efforts and do what they can to help out.
Maybe it’s my new job, but I'm always impressed by companies that step up with these challenges and help push them over the brink.
For example, CVS Cares has done some great partnering with Extreme Makeover. Yesterday, Paula Deen and Lowe's made some breakthroughs for a family trying to make a difference in the lives of the organizations that helped their son in the final days of his life. I have so much respect for moms who choose to use an opportunity like a birthday or holiday to have gifts or donations made in their child’s honor to charities instead of brining more toys.
They don’t have to do that, none of these organizations have to, but I love that CHOOSE to. Maybe there are false motives, but I like to think and for a moment, we get it! We understand it’s not about getting, but giving. That the world does not revolve around us. That needs are EVERYWHERE. That we can do small things and make a big difference. That poverty, misfortune, hurt, pain, heartache, and loss are all in our neighborhood and it’s our responsibility to do what we can.
I'm also reading Same Kind of Different as Me right now, getting ready for the Bloom book club and it is transforming my thoughts. Which may not be good, because it makes me want to do more! But, it is so good and I just found out they have come out with a second book, and I can’t wait to read it, too.
Anyway, those were the thoughts on my heart today. Enjoy your day and make a difference this weekend!
**And, so you dont think I'm totally leaving out a huge need right now, I do recognize all the things going on in Haiti, I've just not decided yet what I want to do, but I do encourage you to do something. Red Cross and Compassion International are two places collecting donations.,Their needs are big and I love that all the blogs I follow and all over twitter and facebook, people are doing something.**
Monday, January 11, 2010
trouble
You know you are in trouble when you sign in to your google reader and it says you have "more than 200" unread items. Ok, I'll give it to you, that's manageable, then you keep scrolling and it goes to 260..no problem, then 420, then "more than 500" and now 540. Yikes. I wonder if it will ever end? So, I might have been overzealous with my added subscriptions. But, I found stuff that I want to find again!
It probably didnt help that I was reminded today about how I need to make my life count by listening to this...its a good thing I dont live closer to Nashville, or I might have to cheat on my church. Yes, I listen to sermons sometime as background noise while I'm doing office work. Yes, I turn it off when I'm making phone calls, but I soak up some good wisdom while I'm writing notes!
I did think of a really inspirational post this weekend, but I didnt write it down. I had one of those "big girl weekends":
It probably didnt help that I was reminded today about how I need to make my life count by listening to this...its a good thing I dont live closer to Nashville, or I might have to cheat on my church. Yes, I listen to sermons sometime as background noise while I'm doing office work. Yes, I turn it off when I'm making phone calls, but I soak up some good wisdom while I'm writing notes!
I did think of a really inspirational post this weekend, but I didnt write it down. I had one of those "big girl weekends":
- I purged my kitchen of old snack foods...and, I got very mad at myself. There are starving people in my community and I had to toss out a FULL trashbag of food, some of which went out in 2008. I also got mad at the "stock-pile" I've created. I know its a smart to buy when things are on sale and you have a coupon, but is also wasteful to buy just because its on sale and you have a coupon (someday, i'm going to do a post on my little obsession with couponing...hey, a single girl has to have something to do in a small town on weekend nights). I'm really trying to be diligent to use the things I have (which is way too much). I'm having a difficult time with Excess.
- I washed the new sheets I got for my guest bed and I re-made the whole bed so that its pretty. I'm sure my dad won't appreciate it as much as I do when he comes next week, but I know he will notice, and thats all that matters.
- I put away all my christmas stuff from last week when I got home and I've washed and put away all the laundry from being gone. The smell of clean laundry makes my heart patter.
- My house is clean (thanks to the tazmanian devil that I turned into before I left for 3 weeks) and when I walked down the hall this morning before I left, I took a deep sigh in the fact that there was nothing in my way. It really is the simple pleasures in life.
- Oh, and I candied almonds 30 minutes before I went to small group to put on my spinach salad lthat I took last night. Seriously, those were amazing.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
pittman christmas
Pittman Christmas, hanging out with the fam. What a great way to spend my first Saturday of 2010...this might be an ok year after all!
And, for the record after careful thought, I decided that 2009 wasnt so bad-
I started a new job. I paid off my car. I had my one year remission anniversary! I went to Italy and spent 10 amazing days with my sister (which only gave me the fever to want to travel more and she is a good traveling buddy, maybe I can talk her into saving up for something else). I went to Washington DC to see another great friend and well, be a nerd in the nation's capitol for a day. I got settled in my new house. I cheered on my sister as she finished her first (and probably only) marathon and as she walked across the stage to get her Master's. I was listed in the 20 to Watch, but I'm sure the watching is over...or at least hopefully the creepy kind any way! Several friends had babies and watching them grow is already so much fun! I discovered Eat This Not That and the amazingness that is Google Reader (which has transformed my life). I made my first two quilted items. My Papa turned 90!!! And, I learned some really good (and some disturbing) things about myself (I love self growth and discovery!). Probably most important, I spent a lot of great time with my family and learned how interesting it must be for my parents to have two 20-something single daughters. But, it could be worse, we could be hanging out with stinky, hairy-legged boys!
So, not so shabby for a year. I'll take it and move on!
Whether it's:
Oh, and ps, for those of you who actually visit my blog site, I'll work on updating the playlist. I've just realized how long these songs have been up here.
And, for the record after careful thought, I decided that 2009 wasnt so bad-
I started a new job. I paid off my car. I had my one year remission anniversary! I went to Italy and spent 10 amazing days with my sister (which only gave me the fever to want to travel more and she is a good traveling buddy, maybe I can talk her into saving up for something else). I went to Washington DC to see another great friend and well, be a nerd in the nation's capitol for a day. I got settled in my new house. I cheered on my sister as she finished her first (and probably only) marathon and as she walked across the stage to get her Master's. I was listed in the 20 to Watch, but I'm sure the watching is over...or at least hopefully the creepy kind any way! Several friends had babies and watching them grow is already so much fun! I discovered Eat This Not That and the amazingness that is Google Reader (which has transformed my life). I made my first two quilted items. My Papa turned 90!!! And, I learned some really good (and some disturbing) things about myself (I love self growth and discovery!). Probably most important, I spent a lot of great time with my family and learned how interesting it must be for my parents to have two 20-something single daughters. But, it could be worse, we could be hanging out with stinky, hairy-legged boys!
So, not so shabby for a year. I'll take it and move on!
Whether it's:
- 2010, we will win
- 2010, gonna get thin
- 2010, gonna read more
- 2010, gonna spend less
- 2010, gonna save more - pay off more
- 2010, help more
Oh, and ps, for those of you who actually visit my blog site, I'll work on updating the playlist. I've just realized how long these songs have been up here.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
today
well, I'm allergic to TX. I've had allergies the whole time I've been here...but somehow, the Happy Hour sweet tea from Sonic has totally taken care of it the last two days.
I don't have a "year in review" post to make...sorry...if you will click on 2009 and hit "previous posts", you'll find what I would have to look through! (didn't mean for that to sound mean).
But, I'm ready for 2010 to be here. My boss said our theme this year is: "In 2010, we will WIN!" I like the sound of that, so I'm going with it.
I have added a lot of blogs to my Google reader over "the break", which is probably not good since I'm kinda obsessed with keeping that cleaned out. But, I did discover this afternoon how much I miss hearing the music that people have on their blogs. I did a little "Stalking", I like to call it perusing and discovery, but most people call it blog stalking. But, I found some things I like and want to keep tracking and, well, the only way I can keep up with them and remember what I want to go back and look at is to fill up my Google reader.
I had a great Christmas, I got some cool presents...a drill, some books, lots of random home things, some cookbooks, fun kitcheny things...you know all the fun things that I need! I did some after Christmas shopping. Maybe having a few fun new things will make me want to decorate next year. I got storage tubs (which I'm dreading having to unload at my house by myself when I get home...maybe my dad will come home and unload them for me!) to change out all the boxes in my basement. I got some tan ones so my fall stuff doesn't have to be in green and red ones-yes I know what does it matter?
Anyway, I have been thinking about a lot of things. And, one of those was even starting a new blog with a new name and all the things that go with that, but my sister talked me out of it. So, I'm still bigpittstop and I'm still here.
I'm not really one for resolutions...so I dont have any of those to talk about. I do have some personal goals and I'll share more about that later.
For the time being, Simplify is the word of the year and I'm wrapping my brain around that.
Well, mom has made Man Pleasing Dip (or as my sister and I call it "Dad Pleasing Dip") and seafood salad for our New Year's eve celebration. We have a few movie selections out and if Ryan Secrest is lucky, I'll still be up to ring in the New Year with him.
Kate and her OKC friends are coming in town tom, so I'll get to have a girl day tomorrow! Already looking forward to it.
Off to the party in the dining room...there is one good thing to just hanging out at home with your parents...no makeup, I don't have to do my hair and I can be in my PJs! I'm just sayin'!!!!
(BTW, I still haven't found the spell check on this new upgrade....Anybody?)
I don't have a "year in review" post to make...sorry...if you will click on 2009 and hit "previous posts", you'll find what I would have to look through! (didn't mean for that to sound mean).
But, I'm ready for 2010 to be here. My boss said our theme this year is: "In 2010, we will WIN!" I like the sound of that, so I'm going with it.
I have added a lot of blogs to my Google reader over "the break", which is probably not good since I'm kinda obsessed with keeping that cleaned out. But, I did discover this afternoon how much I miss hearing the music that people have on their blogs. I did a little "Stalking", I like to call it perusing and discovery, but most people call it blog stalking. But, I found some things I like and want to keep tracking and, well, the only way I can keep up with them and remember what I want to go back and look at is to fill up my Google reader.
I had a great Christmas, I got some cool presents...a drill, some books, lots of random home things, some cookbooks, fun kitcheny things...you know all the fun things that I need! I did some after Christmas shopping. Maybe having a few fun new things will make me want to decorate next year. I got storage tubs (which I'm dreading having to unload at my house by myself when I get home...maybe my dad will come home and unload them for me!) to change out all the boxes in my basement. I got some tan ones so my fall stuff doesn't have to be in green and red ones-yes I know what does it matter?
Anyway, I have been thinking about a lot of things. And, one of those was even starting a new blog with a new name and all the things that go with that, but my sister talked me out of it. So, I'm still bigpittstop and I'm still here.
I'm not really one for resolutions...so I dont have any of those to talk about. I do have some personal goals and I'll share more about that later.
For the time being, Simplify is the word of the year and I'm wrapping my brain around that.
Well, mom has made Man Pleasing Dip (or as my sister and I call it "Dad Pleasing Dip") and seafood salad for our New Year's eve celebration. We have a few movie selections out and if Ryan Secrest is lucky, I'll still be up to ring in the New Year with him.
Kate and her OKC friends are coming in town tom, so I'll get to have a girl day tomorrow! Already looking forward to it.
Off to the party in the dining room...there is one good thing to just hanging out at home with your parents...no makeup, I don't have to do my hair and I can be in my PJs! I'm just sayin'!!!!
(BTW, I still haven't found the spell check on this new upgrade....Anybody?)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
cleanse
Why is is when I go back through my inbox and delete items that I long ago should have, I feel like I've been through a personal detox? It's truly one of the greatest feelings in the world...you know next to curling up with a puppy and giving the coat off your back to a freezing homeless person!
Tis the season
**for the record after I posted this, some ad popped up about homeless people...coincidence or not?**
and, spell check is gone after I updated my blog posting application...this is so not good...if you know where it went, send it back b/c you know how bad this could be! But, for the record I did spell coincidence right the first time w/out the spell checker...I'm so proud
**for the record after I posted this, some ad popped up about homeless people...coincidence or not?**
and, spell check is gone after I updated my blog posting application...this is so not good...if you know where it went, send it back b/c you know how bad this could be! But, for the record I did spell coincidence right the first time w/out the spell checker...I'm so proud
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