Let It Snow!

You may recall me posting almost a year ago about getting snow in Huntsville. Well folks, it happened again today! Yep, it SNOWED in Huntsville! Mom, Kimberly and I were in The Woodlands, but if it snowed anything here like it did in the Woodlands, it was quite a sight!

I even said at one point while getting in the car after a stop at "Toys R Us" "I never thought I'd say this, but SNOW is getting in the car!" The above picture is of the snow on our windshield shortly after I made that statement! It was awesome to see and really got us in the spirit! We at lunch at The Olive Garden (big surprise there, I know ;) ) and had a table right next to the window where the snow was REALLY coming down hard. So we watched the snow fall as we ate and Christmas music played in the restaurant!

It was SUCH a fun day! I had a blast with my Mom and sister and we talked about how years from now we'll be able to look back and say, "Remember that year the three of us went Christmas shopping in the snow?!"

It is already a treasured memory!

The Blind Side

Go see it! Go see it! GO SEE IT!!!! The absolute BEST movie I've seen in YEARS!

Be Inspired.....

Stop the music at the bottom of the blog to watch this INCREDIBLE story!

No Condemnation

"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." ~Romans 8:1~

A friend of mine recently sent me the link to a podcast Jonathan Jackson did talking about his faith, being a husband, father, actor, musician etc.

In the podcast he talks about one instance where he was disciplining his young son and how we need to discipline our children in love and walk them through the process of grace and forgiveness. He said that it's not enough to just say "What you did is wrong" but AFTER that, talking through it and looking at them when it's all done saying, "Do you know that everything's okay now?"

As he was saying this a mental image came to me of Christ doing just that for us when we've fallen short. Too many times it seems like we get so caught up in the guilt of our actions that even after we've confessed it to the Lord, we STILL carry it around and Satan LOVES throwing it back in our face to convince us we are horrible and undeserving of any good thing when in reality, you and God took care of that already....It's forgiven!

I'm the worlds worst at carring around old sin. And when Jonathan was saying all of this, I saw this image of Christ getting eye to eye with me as we talked things out, then of Him looking at me saying, "Do you know that everything's okay?"

There IS NO condemnation! If we've confessed our sin(s), God's forgiven and forgotten and He wants us to move deeper in faith with Him! I'm learning that's awfully hard to do if I'm lugging tons of past sin around that God's already forgotten about.

So, now I ask you....Do YOU know that everything's okay? If you need to hear that (like I did) let me just tell you right now....Everything's okay. You are loved, you are adored. There is no condemnation.

Thoughts on a Tweet

I always thought it would be cool if I ever tweeted Shonda Rhimes (creator of Grey's Anatomy) something and get a response. Today I did.

I tweeted her about a dream I had Monday night in which Derek referred to Meredith as "Meredith Grey-Shepherd" and asked if my dream might come true. Her response, "She doesn't have to change her name to love him."

That wasn't at all what I was trying to imply but apparently others thought that because I got other tweets about as well.

I DON'T CARE that Meredith didn't change her name! I wasn't even expecting her to, because it's just not Meredith. I did however LOVE the acknowledgement that they ARE actually married, because we get no form of that on the show. She wears no ring, she has she same name, heck, the marriage itself isn't even legal! And yes, that BUGS me. But in no way do I think that because Meredith didn't change her name that means she doesn't love him! But you can't easily explain that in 140 characters. And you REALLY can't get that across to someone who has so many followers that it's a total God thing I even got a reply and who probably tuned me out the second she responded simply because other things (and tweeters) wanted a reply to their question...That's why I came here. Shonda will never read this so she'll never know, but it certainly makes ME feel better!

For those interested, in the dream Meredith was doing an operation with Derek talking her through it directly across from her. Things started to go south and Mer began to panic. Derek tried to calm her down and finally said "Meredith Grey-Shepherd...." That stopped her in her rambling and Derek was able to calm her down and get things back on track.

That's what it was all about...NOT about questioning how much they love each other! And now that that's out of my system, I will enjoy this Grey's day! Hope you do too!

And just so you know, I DO appreciate Shonda answering my tweet....I just think something was implied that wasn't meant to be and this is the only way I have of clearing that up! :)

Vote for Patrick Dempsey

Vote for Patrick Dempsey for Favorite TV Drama Actor for the 2010 People's Choice Awards. You can vote daily! Spread the word....Thanks!

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Happy Birthday, Prince Charming!

The picture abovew was taken around Easter of 2008 and I just love it!

Austin turned three today!

Man, how time flies....I'd swear I was just holding him yesterday for the first time, keenly aware that this was the only boy that I would ever love at first sight (all the other guys out there, I have to get to know to love, but Austin had me at first glimpse...And still does, by the way).

There's a reason I call him my Prince Charming....And he totally lives up to the name.

Happy Birthday, Austin! As with your sister, words fail to describe how much I love you!