SUMMER

Summer has come upon us very quickly and it is going to fly by as well.
Last week I spent every morning with 20 3,4, and 5 year olds at Play~N~Praise Camp at Woodlawn. We had a great time learning about Noah and then we ended the week with a FUN DAY filled with hot weather, water fun and a petting zoo.

This week, I am spending the whole day with some great kids that just finished Kindergarten thru 5th grade and after the first day, I know that the rest of the week will be great but HOT!!!

Will post again later with some pictures of summer fun!!!!

update on my "30 before 30...by the end of 2012" list

My list of "3o before 3o...by the end of 2012"
1. Have a game night at our house!-(February 4- and the girls won all three games)

2. Continue to grow my hair out... My hair has not this long in about 10 years or more. (went from December to March withouth getting my hair cut... )
3. Have ice cream for dinner (We had ice cream at Kids Praise the other night and that was my dinner...)
4. Try 4 Pinterest craft and gift ideas. I will try to do more.(here is the link of my projects that I am working on-http://dancindaisygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/pinterest-projects.html)

5. Go a day without texting or internet. And that means Facebook as well!

6. To organize my scrapbook room---- I finally got the scrapbook room organized!

7. Start catching up on my scrapbook
8. To organize our office room, because even though we have only lived here 9 months, it has become a junk room. (I spent one of the last days on my christmas vacation cleaning and organizing the office. ---pictures to come later) Here is the post with pictures. http://http//dancindaisygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/organizing.html
9. Enjoy a spa day
10. Make sugar cookies from scratch
11. Start exercising
12. Watch the sunrise with Adam
13. Start blogging more often. So far as good!!!
14. Enjoy our 1st Valentine's Day as a married couple. -We went to the movies on monday night and then spent the whole day together. Pictures of our gifts will come later.
15. Go thru my closet and get rid of some clothes.- I have one bag already. had a great yard sale on May 19th. I got rid of  about 6 boxes worth of items...

16. Begin planning our 1st vacation
17. Learn how to cook some new recipes- I have written down a few and tried one new one so far.
18. Have a PJ day.
19. Have a reunion with the girls from college.(Monday, January 2nd, I met Joanna, Sarah, Kathryn, Kelly and Susan and some of their spouses and kids. It was so nice to hang out!!!)
20. Write letters to friends that I don't see as often- I have written some letters to a friend.
21. Have pictures taken of Adam and I
22. Host a 31 party
23. Spend more time reading-I finished Tim Tebows book and now I am almost done with "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks. I have also read about 3 books for work since the end of April.
24. Start sending birthday cards to the close friends and family... the snail mail way. I have already starting marking the dates on my calendar.(So far so good with this one!)
25. To really take a picture a day for 2012. I have tried this the last two years and I do really good until the end of the year. I have not posted a picture the last month. So I am going to try my best!- I have completely failed at this one ...but oh well..
26. To keep my new car clean... I have been able to do this on a weekly basis.
27. Finally attend a Zumba class.
28. To paint our bathroom and decorate it
29. Spend a day with my niece and nephews..
30. Provide a meal for a family that needs it.- A family down the street from us had a baby a week ago and I fixed spaghetti for them today!

37 years

I am not believing that the time is here. But after 37 years of teaching my mom has decided that she is ready to retire. She has been at River Bend Middle for 12 years teaching 7th grade and before that she was at Oxford Elementary teaching 6th grade.   I am excited for her!
Tonight, her fellow teachers surprised her at the Crawdads game and she got to throw out the first pitch for the game. She was truly surprised and I know that she had a great time hanging out with the teachers and their families.  Thank you Mr. Sigmon for organizing it all!

Love you mom!!!!

Anniversary

I can not believe that a year ago tonight... we had just left from our Rehearsal dinner in Lincolnton. I went to hang out with Adam for a few minutes before the craziness of our Wedding Day. I had been sick and I remember praying with him and asking God to heal me for my Wedding Day. The wedding day had been a long time coming and I had been dreaming of that day forever and being sick was not on my list of things for my wedding. So I left and was in the bed  early anxiously waiting for the next morning where I would walk down the aisle to my soon to be husband!!!!

So now on the night of our 1ST ANNIVERSARY... TAKE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE FROM A YEAR AGO WITH ME... ON THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE... BECOMING MRS. ADAM WHITENER!!!

 On the night of our rehearsal dinner, they had a music night on the square in Lincolnton and Adam's mom asked the band to dedicate a song to Adam and I... and we got called up to the front of the stage!!!!!

 Cindy did a great job decorating for the Rehearsal dinner!!!

 Our table at the reception!!!

Our cake!!

The ringbearers.... such a cute picture!

My hubby!!!

Love the sunglasses!!!

Cody and Taylor helping my sister and mom fix my dress!!!! 

My precious flowergirls!!!

They were waiting on me!!!:)

 My daddy giving me away!!!

 Our kiss!!!

 The Bridal Party!!! Love these people so much!!!

 Finally Mr. and Mrs. Adam Whitener

 With our parents!!!

 My college girlfriends !!!!

Leaving the church!!!

Thanks for taking a look down memory lane! It feels like yesterday and it was the happiest day of my life!

Worshipping with the Angels

Over the last week, our church family has lost two very faithful members and then today we lost a former staff member.

Mr. Ed Biernacki passed away last friday evening while sitting in his recliner at home. Mr. Ed had a special place in so many peoples' hearts. He had just turned 91 years old. He was a WWII survivor and boy could he tell you stories about it. He loved to take pictures and he would email everyone with them. He was always at church events with a smile on his face and always greeted me with a hug. He loved the Lord and made such an impact on many people. Mr. Ed will surely be missed but now he is worshipping with the angels!

Mr. Ed Moorehead passed away Sunday morning. I have known Ed for a long time. His daughter was one of my SS teachers when I was a little girl. He also served our country in the Air Force! He was always very faithful to attend church until his health started to decline. Now he is also worshipping with the angels!

Brother Gerald Reeves went to be with the Lord this morning. Brother Gerald was the Associate Pastor at WBC for awhile and  I was able to work for him for about 2 years I believe. He cared for and loved everyone that he came in contact with. He had impacted so many lives as a missionary, pastor, teacher, father, husband, grandfather and friend. I am so glad to have had the opportunity to have been able to know Brother Gerald. I know that he will be missed! But now he is worshipping with the angels and I am sure he is loving on his granddaughter, Faith, as well!!

It is sad that all of these men have left this earth, but I know that I will see them again because many years ago I placed my faith in Jesus Christ and will see them again in Heaven.

If you have never asked Jesus into your heart... what better time than the Easter season!!!! If you would like to know how or have any questions...send me a message!!!

Raising Godly Children: 30 Day Marriage Challenge

Starting on April 1st, I am going to begin this marriage challenge. I ran across this and thought that this is a great time to do this because on April 30th, Adam and I will celebrate our 1st year anniversary. It is hard to believe that it has already been a year. If you are reading this post... I welcome your accountability!!!
Raising Godly Children: 30 Day Marriage Challenge: Idea from IMOM. You can Print Here.

The things you do....

Several weeks ago... Adam and I went out to feed the dogs and well Buggz was in need of some medical attention(I will spare you the details of this). So we head to the Vet not really knowing how much it would cost... so they kept him and had to fix that "first problem" and then the Vet called and told us that when they did an xray that he had some things in his stomach.... they said it had to be wood.... but that they would watch to see if it moved at all and if he could pass them. So the next day the Vet called again and said that they would need to do stomach surgery to get the things out. He ended up having pieces of plastic and wood in his stomach. So now you can call Buggz ...THE CHEWING DOG!!! So after 3 days we were able to bring him home but he had a cone, could not have too much to eat at a time, needed to be fed several times a day, had to take 4 different medicines, and had to be let out all the time and could not be around the other dog "Hobo".

So needless to say after 2 weeks of that, I was more than thrilled when the Vet released him and said that he could go back to normal activities; however, we needed to get the wood chips out that we had as the foundation in their lot.

So that leads me to the title of this blog... THE THINGS YOU DO ....FOR YOUR PETS!!!

Today, Adam's parents, me and Adam worked all afternoon taking out the wood chips and then spreading rocks...in the hot weather for the 1st day of spring. But by 8pm we had finished spreading 6000 lbs of rock in the dog lot.....now "BUGGZ"  better not try to chew those!!!! 

UPDATE

Just an update....
The big 30 has come and I made it. I haven't updated much lately but I am working on a few post showing some of my pinterest projects!!!
OH AND I AM LOVING THIS WEATHER AND I AM SO READY FOR SPRING TIME!!

The BIG 3O and Birthday Cake

I am just a few hours away from my "BIG 30" BIRTHDAY " and I know that it is coming whether I like it or not, so I better just embrace it. And I think I am ready now, I am actually ready to leave my 20s behind and make my 30s the best they can be.

This week has been very busy as we are getting ready for the Upward Banquet, so I have been longing for Friday to get here... and that means MY BIRTHDAY! Since everyone is working on my birthday- I scheduled a massage to pamper myself on my birthday.

On Wednesday night, at our Kids Praise Choir program we had cake and ice cream for my birthday!!! I know I sugared up all the kids before they went home but I had to have a birthday party with my kids!!!!

Then today at work, we went out to eat lunch for my birthday and had another birthday cake.... BUTTER CREAM ICING AND CAKE... IS MY FAVORITE!!!

And Pastor Mike told our waiter that it was my birthday so they came to sing to me and put the sombrero on my head....

NOW BRING ON 30....WHICH IS NOW LESS THAN 2 HOURS AWAY!!! ALSO BRING ON THE WEEKEND AND MY DAYS OFF WITH MY HUSBAND!!!

3 Years ago

It is crazy how fast time flies by....
Three years ago this week is when I met Adam for the first time. He called me on a Tuesday and we chatted on the phone for awhile. We realized that we had alot in common... Then we met for lunch on Thursday of that week and we sat and ate lunch and talked for 2 hours that day. Then then that Friday night we went out on our first official date, we went to eat at Flat Rock Grille and went to see Confessions on a Shopaholic!!! I still remember it and we still have the movie ticket from that date.

And well the rest is history!!

February update

I can not believe that we have already began the month of February and we have not even had any snow!!! It actually does not feel much like winter.... don't get me wrong, I am not a huge fan of the snow but I would like one really good snow and then it to go away and bring on the spring time! Spring time is my favorite time of the year!

Since I was off today, I spent the day cleaning and updating my house with some Valentine's decorations. Over the years I have stored just a few things and now that I have my house I plan on changing out certain items for the seasons.

This is my table cloth for my dining room table with a heart glass dish in the center... I need to get some candy or something to go in it but I have not made it anywhere to get some.

This is the kitchen table decor... it is not much... I am not the most creative person but I try with what I have and not have to spend much to make it happen.

Oh and not really pertaining to Valentine's Day or February... Adam and I worked on the dog lot this morning. We had to put more wood chips out for the dogs because it was very muddy.

Here is the final product!

Pinterest projects

I have posted the following projects mainly for accountability for myself. I have already accomplished several of these but I will post pictures later. What are some of your pinterest projects that you have done?

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with 9 more days to go... here is an update

My list of "3o before 3o...by the end of 2012"
1. Have a game night at our house!-(February 4- and the girls won all three games)

2. Continue to grow my hair out... My hair has not this long in about 10 years or more.
3. Have ice cream for dinner (We had ice cream at Kids Praise the other night and that was my dinner...)
4. Try 4 Pinterest craft and gift ideas. I will try to do more.(here is the link of my projects that I am working on-http://dancindaisygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/pinterest-projects.html)

5. Go a day without texting or internet. And that means Facebook as well!
6. To organize my scrapbook room
7. Start catching up on my scrapbook
8. To organize our office room, because even though we have only lived here 9 months, it has become a junk room. (I spent one of the last days on my christmas vacation cleaning and organizing the office. ---pictures to come later) Here is the post with pictures. http://http//dancindaisygirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/organizing.html
9. Enjoy a spa day
10. Make sugar cookies from scratch
11. Start exercising
12. Watch the sunrise with Adam
13. Start blogging more often.
14. Enjoy our 1st Valentine's Day as a married couple. -We went to the movies on monday night and then spent the whole day together. Pictures of our gifts will come later.
15. Go thru my closet and get rid of some clothes.- I have one bag already.
16. Begin planning our 1st vacation
17. Learn how to cook some new recipes- I have written down a few and tried one new one so far.
18. Have a PJ day.
19. Have a reunion with the girls from college.(Monday, January 2nd, I met Joanna, Sarah, Kathryn, Kelly and Susan and some of their spouses and kids. It was so nice to hang out!!!)
20. Write letters to friends that I don't see as often- I have written 2 letters so far.
21. Have pictures taken of Adam and I
22. Host a 31 party
23. Spend more time reading- I am half way thru Tim Tebow's book.
24. Start sending birthday cards to the close friends and family... the snail mail way. I have already starting marking the dates on my calendar.(So far so good with this one!)
25. To really take a picture a day for 2012. I have tried this the last two years and I do really good until the end of the year. I have not posted a picture the last month. So I am going to try my best!26. To keep my new car clean
27. Finally attend a Zumba class.
28. To paint our bathroom and decorate it
29. Spend a day with my niece and nephews..
30. Provide a meal for a family that needs it.

organizing

I have tried to spend some time organizing since I was off over Christmas... I wish I had the money to buy all the containers and storage units that I could use to make the space the Best Organized room; however, I don't so I will have to make do.

I started with our bills, I sort all of them on the bed and them put them in order of the dates so they could be filed.
This is the pile of the envelopes and the junk mail that needed to be shredded. I filled an entire trashbag full of shredded junk mail.

Then I filed all of the bills in our file box that we have. It sure does help us out now that finally have that organized.

OFFICE ROOM

This room has become a junk room. So I started organizing this room and this is the room that I can not seem to get the way I want.

Here is the room after... I know it is not perfect yet, But I am working on a few projects right now.

SPARE BEDROOM

This picture is sideways, but most of the clutter is the christmas decorations that I had to get put away.
Here it is now. We had to move the end tables from our living room in this room since we got new furniture.

THE PANTRY
After my grocery trip the other day, I decided to reorganize and clean out our pantry.

Some of the things that I have tried to help keep our pantry in order is a canned drink box (you know the ones that you can punch out the end and it is ready for dispensing in your fridge) and I use it for canned soup.

I also used a storage box that I got at Walmart to help keep the muffin mix and rice bags from falling thru the wires on the shelves.

What kind of organizing tools or units do you use?