Grosgrain

Design Mom beat me to the punch, but I have been wanting to showcase Grosgrain for all my mom friends to see. I have already commissioned this mom to make all of my children's clothes (at least in my head I have), she is amazing!! And she is trying to market herself right now so she is constantly giving away her clothes for free! All you have to do is go to her blog and click on create a link and you are automatically entered to win the featured clothing. Go check her out!!

Plain White Tee...

I want to pass on a little secret my best friend Catherine let me in on a few weeks ago. The men's Hanes v-neck tee is the perfect t-shirt for any occasion. You can dress it up with pearls or other fun jewelry, wear it to workout in, or with jeans and flip flops. Regardless of the occasion you will always look perfectly put together in your crisp white tee. And it only cost $10 for a 6 pack!! I prefer the comfort fit, its a bit longer then the perfect fit. I hope you enjoy this little secret!

The unexamined life is not worth living...

I was thinking about community today, and what my friendships look like compared to what they used to look like. I have distinct memories of my friends knocking on my door when I was a little girl. They would come unscheduled and unannounced and we would play until someone was called home to eat dinner. At the end of our play dates we never took out our barbie planners to schedule next weeks visit, it was just understood that we would play again soon. Where did that simplicity go? I find myself longing for more of the small town mentality that my Brenham friends have where everyone just drops by at the leisure. I hate that my life is scheduled so far in advance, leaving hardly any room for spontaneity. Will it always be like this? How do I make it not like this? Do act, to my friends, like the kind of person that will welcome them in at any given time or day? All I know is that I want my friends to feel like they are always invited to come knock on my door anytime, and I will always love a play date!

The secret is out!!

Alright sit down before you read this as the news could be shocking (not really but at least really exciting!) After two years of serving at Foundry UMC, Mike has decided to take off his worship leading hat for awhile to sharpen his skills in other areas. He has accepted a job at the College of Biblical Studies as their media producer. But even more exciting is that we get to go back to Crossbridge!!! And all though we will miss the friends we have made at Foundry we are overflowing with joy that we get to come back to our Crossbridge family. Ok back to work, I just wanted to share that with the blogosphere...it makes it seem that much more real!! I am counting down the days!

Simple goodness

I'm in my first real week at the new job, and my days are still sort of a blur of information. I know it will be like this for a bit, but I am enjoying it nonetheless. I am trying to take lots of deep breathes in between all the chaos so as not to go crazy! And today I have discovered my very own flavia machine next to my office with all the FREE tea and coffee I could ever want. You maybe thinking "what's the big deal with tea and coffee?" Well flavia has individual packets of interesting teas and coffees (like Kenyan dawn and malawi garden tea) so you can customize your drink to your liking! It's like I am my own Starbucks barista! Today I am trying the raspberry energizing tea. It's a little tart, but pretty tasty! I am thinking about switching to the exotic chai for the afternoon!

A work in progress...

I start my new job on Tuesday but I have been preparing for it all week. This was me late last night researching my docs!

Beach please!

Ok so I am trying to plan a little vacation getaway for Mike and I before I start my new job. Oh by the way I got a new job!! I start July 7th at Memorial Hermann Southwest. It's going to be exciting, but it's definitely bittersweet because I have LOVED working at the Sugar Land hospital. I will post more on the job when I start.

Back to my question at hand. I am looking for a place to getaway and relax for a few days before I start the new job. My first thought was Mexico, maybe Cancun as it is close and you can find good deals on line for cheap hotels. Then Mike brought up Corpus Christi which we may be able to drive to instead of having to get plane tickets. We also have friends that just went to St. John's Island and loved it. If anyone has any good suggestions on place to go and stay for a short little beach getaway I would so appreciate the advice!!