{Our Sunday Evening}

*Sunday night is date night...*

Tonight we wanted to do something a little different than the same old staying in thing.

So we went out!  We love McAlister's.  It's probably my new favorite sandwich place.

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I had the Turkey Cranberry salad {without the Turkey} and half of a Four Cheese-Griller and Tomato Slice.

Frank had half of a Philly Cheese Steak Hoagie with a side of coleslaw.

I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets...(again).

Frank read Sense and Sensibility.

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We talked about CIU, future plans, each other, coffee, our food, babies, Kentucky, Hungary, rearranging the living room furniture, bulldog puppies, and a slough of other things.

I love spending time with my best friend, and I love that we get to take Sunday night, date night, as the one night specially set aside to work on our marriage and honor God in that way.

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How was your Sunday night, life lovers?

What good books have you been reading lately?

{Cannons || Phil Wickham}

Today's Song of the Day

because God is holy, great and mighty!

I am unworthy, but still He loves me!

Praise God today in all you do, life changers!

What ways do you feel closest to the Lord?

{Noah}

I'm looking forward to only a few movies to be honest.  I enjoy movies, but not nearly as much as most people do.  However, I know a good movie when I hear of one.  Right now, counting down until the Hobbit, I can't help but betray that I am actually THRILLED about a movie coming to theatres next spring.

|| NOAH ||

A few reasons why I know I will love this movie:

#1.  Emma Watson

#2.  Russel Crowe

#3.  Based off of Bible narrative of Noah

#4.  Emma Watson

#5.  Filmed on Nordic land (beautiful scenery)

#6.  Great directing by Darren Aronofsky

#7.  Although Hollywood-exaggerated, great depiction of a real event from over 4500 years ago

#8.  Emma Watson (and Logan Lerman)

#9.  Russel Crowe

#10.  Watch the trailer

Coming at ya' : : March 27, 2014!!!

So pumped.

What movies are you looking forward to in the coming months?

{Decorative Water}

This is the simplest way to decorate with glass jars and glass bottles:

1. Fill the glass jars to desired water level.
2. Drop 2 or 3 drops of colored food dye into the water.  More drops = darker color.
3. Use the lid, or use a paper towel, to cover the nozzle to mix the food dye and the water then you're done!

This is a great way to decorate for all holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, or just for every day color-filled life!  If you want another way to decorate simply with bottles, you can use yarn! 

{Our Sunday Evening}

 

We like taking Sunday walks.  Sunday evening is always our date night :) Sunday is the Sabbath, and we honor it.  Sunday evening, we honor God through our marriage.  This past Sunday evening, we went for  walk in the woods behind our apartments.  We found some new trails we had never seen before, and we found some old trails that we haven't seen in a long time.  We had a LOT of fun, we talked, walked, and loved.  I love Sunday evenings, and I love spending them with you. :)

{I'll Be Yours || Those Dancing Days}

I saw some one listen to a song by Those Dancing Days on Spotify last night and it actually surprised me!  No one knows about this little Swedish band that went on 'hiatus' a few years ago!  But I was reminded of 'those dating days' for Frank and I - this was "our band".  And this song was "Our Song" for the time we were dating :)  I love you, sweetie!

"I'll be yours, and you're mine! And I'll be your friend, I'll stay 'til the end, I'll never stop loving you!"

{Fury Oh Fury || Nico Vega}

Today's song of the day:

PUMPED!

They came through Columbia in July - sweet B)

What songs get you pumped about doing [stuff]?

{Bucket List: Before 30}

Get involved with a Zumba class, or adult ballet class {or something to do with dance for adults}.

Run my first 10K

Run in the Cooper River Bridge Run with my family!

See Frank Graduate from Undergrad with a B.A. in Humanities and a B.A. in Bible.

Visit the Appalachian trail and Johnson City, TN with my hubby :)

Start training for my first Half Marathon!

Graduate Undergrad with a B.S. in Psychology, and a B.A. in Bible.

Run in the Warrior Dash!

Take a week-long backpacking trip with hubby!

Go on a short-term Missions to trip with Frank to either Sweden or Hungary.

{God could be moving us to Hungary to work with the MK school there.  We'll see!}

But if not:

Start Graduate School {somewhere} for Counseling/Marriage and Family Therapy.

Start working with ACE towards getting my Personal Trainer License and my Fitness Nutrition Certificate.

Learn to crochet.

Finish my Personal Training License and Fitness Nutrition Certificate.

Start working part-time as a Fitness Trainer!

Start looking at saving and planning to own our own house!

Start looking towards mommy-hood {maybe}

See Frank Graduate from Graduate School with a Masters in British History!

Start working towards paying off our student debt.

Graduate from Graduate School with my Masters in {Counseling}

Still enjoying mommy-hood, but with more than one little person!

Have a quarter (or more) of our student debt paid off.

Take the family to Disney World!

More mommy-hood-ness!

More mommy-hood-ness! {lots of little kiddos!}

Have a half (or more) of our student debt paid off.

Doctoral work?

Spend an entire summer with Frank walking the entire length of Great Britain!

Have most (or all) of our student debt paid off.

Hopefully by now, we will be able to settle in to owning a house of our own :)

Attend a Masquerade Ball!

Go to Disney World!

Sky Dive {with Frank}!

Zip Line over the Jungle!

Visit:

   New Orleans

   New York

   South Africa

   Washington

   Oregon

   Montana

   Belize

   Sweden

   Denmark

   Hungary

Johnson City
Louisville

   Different Parts of England and Wales

   Southern France
Cape Town, South Africa
Mars (Just kidding.) (or am I?)

See live:

   Lord Huron

   Lorde

   Agnes Obel

   The Black Keys (again)

   Old Crow Medicine Show

   Nico Vega

   Fleet Foxes

   Brown Bird

Learn how to play:

   the Banjo

   the Ukulele

   the Mandolin. (Frank sold his mandolin to buy my engagement ring - it'd be nice to own one again ;) )

Get into Basket Weaving.

Learn how to speak Swedish

Learn conversational Cajun French-Creole

Write and publish a book (probably young adult fiction).

Get a bunny.

Get a new big camera (and learn how to properly use it)

Discover more about mine and Frank's ancestral heritage

Get a DNA test done

+ I will always be adding to this ;) +

What's on your bucket list?

{My Friends Today}

I've been in the library since 2 minutes after it opened (10:02).

It's been a good morning so far, a bit productive.

I've fixed the format of one of my Word Studies, and I have started on the Figurative Language.

My hopes are to get the Word Studies, Figurative Language and Context done by 5 today, when the library closes.  I have added on book after book, and I am surrounded now!

My Herm Final is on Acts 16:11-15.

I can add, now, another 3 hours to my Herm Final time!  I'll be going home for a quick lunch, coming back to my room here, and finishing up the Fig Lang before moving on to Context.  These books have been my friends today.  Thankful for them.  And sick of them.

{Featherstone by The Paper Kites}

Today's song of the day :)

Just because.

Have a fun and safe weekend, life lovers!