July 30th!!!

Happy 32nd Anniversary to Mom and Dad!!

Love you!!!











Happy 2.....th Birthday to My Friend, Michelle!!
I LOVE YOU and MISS YOU!!!

JUST SHUT UP!!!

There is a certain beauty to silence.

There is a time and place for silence.

There is a need for silence.....

Some people don't understand that.. period... they just don't.

Can you name the voice of a person, that just the very sound of that voice makes every hair on your neck stand straight up and make you want to KILL THEM???? I can name about 4 or 5 of those voices right NOW!!! Oh my God... It is crazy....

That makes me think... about the people that you work with.. There are some that don't bother you at all.. you are in rhythm with them, you sense when they need quiet, or even better you, sense when they need to talk and just don't say it. You workplace is like a family.. There are people that you definitely could NOT do without (PARtricia) and there are people that you just quite click with and wish they would move!!! haha!!! But it takes ALL of you to get through the work day (or night!!)...

But that does not change the fact that I could really hurt some of them, tonight. I guess it makes getting off of work all the better! My hotel room (in which I do NOT have to pay for air conditioning in, therefore will run it on HIGH COOL on level 10!!), the unusually nice sheets and wonderful pillows (for a Comfort Inn).. and watching Lifetime reruns of the Nanny and falling asleep before the 1st Golden Girls episode goes off (with my 50mg of Benadryl on board!!)... Then waking up to Standing Still or Reba on Lifetime.. yeah. Pretty boring, but how perfect it is for me!!!!

So. I will go. I am not going to hurt anyone. Luckily, I have a friend here and we keep each other in check RIIIGHT before we lunge towards anyone!! Plus, I need the check....

Closing....

Closing... I will be attending Mountain T.O.P. closing circle with my sister August 8-10. We have never gone to the closing circle before, but heard it is really good. She asked a few other people to go with her before she asked me (needed me) to go with her and I cannot say no, though I have no real desire to go. I cannot say no because it is "closing" for her too. Yep. She is closing this Jones County Chapter of her life. She is moving her things into her apartment in Oxford this weekend, then moving to Oxford 3rd week of August.

I am so proud of her and so happy/excited/scared/nervous for her all at the same time. She has many more social outlets than I did when I went, so she will be ok. But, it's a tough place. It is going to be tough lessons for her to learn. I wish I could pave a road of ease and comfort in front of her feet, but that road is going to have to be bumpy. I know that.

She and I have really gotten closer this year. I am SO happy I went to France with her. That is an experience that we will always be able to look back and say, "Remember that Spring Break before you went to Ole Miss, we went to France...". OH the stories to tell! And just having her come lounge on the couch with me and watch Reba reruns.... I will miss that. She has been incredibly helpful at my house since I started travel nursing as well.

So, yes... I will be attending closing with her. I know that this closing is real. I will gladly go on this last little trip before she "really" grows up. One down...One to go. It is going to be a really hard year, this year. It really makes me look at my life and where I will be this time next year... Maybe, just maybe, I will be getting ready to go to Mountain T.O.P. closing.....again......

I love you, Sister....

"It's not our first date... I don't have to be nervous with you.. Now I am just scared to death!!" - My Jay...

So.. 7 years... we contemplated New Orleans for dinner.. some Cafe Maspero.. but with all the rain and stuff decided on the new restaurant in Hattiesburg, Stoney's. Don't know why..have not heard anything about it... just something different and they have fondue... All I can say is clear out about 3 hours of your night for this place. Bless their hearts they have only been open six nights and obviously Friday night was alot busier than anticipated because they were out of alot of stuff... but I am glad to say that I had a GREAT time... We were able to just sit and talk about whatever... for 2 1/2 hours, while occasionally getting some food! It was really nice. With our schedules being opposite of each other alot of the time, we don't get to talk like we used to (daily debriefing...). There is only so much you can do via phone.

But we had a really good night and then did our Books A Million wandering!! (and I got a few gifts, too!!!!) So all in all.....an AWESOME night!!!

WoW!!

So... busy night at work.... I truly enjoy what I do. It is being part of a miracle. I sometimes take for granted the miracle that it is because I get tainted with all of the BS patients we get. Then you get the one that is so sweet and things go unexpectedly... and unexpectedly well... And you realize that you ARE doing what you are supposed to do! I feel that way tonight!

So, I honestly wish for all of you that you get that feeling from what you do (something that you do....) at some point in your life!

Now... I need some SLEEP!!!!

Me and my J

Like dogs chasing cars........what would I do if I caught one????

So....... Batman - The Dark Knight..... WOW!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Joker.. No, it is not some poor Heath Ledger pity pouring out of me.. Poor guy.. He accidentally died just trying to get a few zzzz's.... I can relate to that! I LOVE the Joker. I loved the Jack Nicholson as the Joker. It is just the character.. He is so out there.. The mental illness is all over the place and he embraces it! I LOVE IT!!

Heath played the part remarkably well. Props to him. I hate that ... nevermind... some of you may not have seen the movie.. But, I will say.... The PENCIL TRICK!! Never saw it a'comin! Yeah, the movie was 2.5 hours long, but I could have watched longer... Kinda the same feeling I had with Sex and the City.. The theaters are still full. If you get tickets, plan on getting there 30 minutes early if you want a descent seat!!

But, I went to see it with my J after we went and ate Sushi!! I love Ginger salads and I have come up with the perfect amount and mix of rolls..... One Rock-n-Roll and one Boston Roll, NO roe and Rice paper ONLY! That is my perfect mix! Although Jay's Neruto roll was really good. It has a cucumber wrapping! It was a mouthful, but very good!!! Then we piddled. I love our piddling. We go to different stores but end up in the same store assisting each other with purchasing decisions!

And we did it all in the Jeep without the lid! Jay doesn't think that I LOVE the Jeep without the lid, but I do. I love to feel the freedom and the wind. It is the PERFECT summer vehicle! I was so excited that he left it at the beach and took my car to work while we were there.. I told him it would be best because my car gets better gas mileage...hahahaah.... atta girl!!! But, we had the best time in the Jeep down there! Well, until the ride home.... Who ever thought that the sun would keep up with you at 75mph...??? Surely not..... My legs told a different story and so did poor Jay's face.. he is such a white boy!!! But, I can say... He gave it a GREAT effort to be a beach bum this year! So proud of him!

Well, I am back off to work for Tues/Wed/Thurs nights.. back home on Friday morning! Tyler has gone to Panama City with Morgan and her family. Kim will be holding the fort down here with my zoo. Jay and I will be off together this weekend WOW!!!!! July 26th... 7 years.... Me and my J. Unbelievable.. We have grown so much together and separately. How he loves me amazes me! I am a very lucky girl. I know this...... Maybe I should tell him more often... Will definitely work on that!!

Ok...Keep it real!

Serving Jesus; Serving Self.......

Mountain T.O.P. 2008

Wow!! What a great trip! In this pic you can see me behind the guy bent over, nailing my little heart out!! I am NAIL QUEEN!!! Just ask my people! We built a porch with steps in two days! That is right....Kick-Ass... And in the process got to meet a really great family who lives in a house that they HAND MADE with Tennessee rough wood and they have no electricity. sad story. But she was able to cook us lunch on the second day.

I love going to the Mountain with the group of people I go with. We all have the same mission: "Go have fun, hanging out, playing games with each other, mix and mingle with the youth from other churches and GO OUT AND SERVE JESUS! However it is you need to serve him.. Just go do it! And we do it. AND we LOVE it!!! It thrills my heart to go on this trip and watch some snooty little girly girls go and become WORKERS.....with ticks and chiggers and poison ivy and all sorts of weird stuff! I become so proud at these moments when "my" kids are out there mingling with the staff and other youths and adults... My kids are amazing! They make my week the best! I LOVE THEM!!







Just when you think that God couldn't hand you anymore, he blesses you.... with a week at the beach with your favorite people!!!!! (including your boyfriend that you have not seen in 3 weeks!!!) Oh how we Falls LOVE the beach... Which I guess that is not the whole truth! We love being in a Condo on a high floor where we can look out at the ocean, hear the waves and maybe catch glimpses of the dolphins in the early hours. That is my very favorite memory of my dad and I. He would always be the first up and sit on the balcony drinking a cup of coffee. If he saw any dolphins he would come get me and we shared that together. Typing that made me cry. It may be one of the only good sweet memories I have with him. If you know of any others, please remind me of them!




After 9am... it is on. Towels are placed as to save lounge chairs, tops are popped and the smell of Hawaiin Tropic sunscreen/oil is all you smell! The day has started! There is some beach play....throwing the football around and stuff... but we aren't all about the jelly fish and sand!!! And Our crowd is not the norm.....We would never just take family....we could possibly kill each other! Mom and Dad, Kim & friend (Jesse this year), Tyler & friend (Fox, 2nd year), Me and my J and Morgan (tyler's girlfriend who comes down midweek with mom and dad!!!)

We have the best time!I can't even begin to go into it.......But we did it up right this year!! And I am SO thankful for being able to spend this time with my family (blood and extended) on BOTH trips! I am blessed. I am lucky. I have an incredible family, my brother and sister are so far beyond my being to explain what they mean to me. I just hope they know...I know that I would never be able to get it out without hysterically sobbing. I thank God every day for them. My J...there are no words for me to explain how much he means to me and how wonderful he is to me and how VERY much I LOVE HIM! "He hasn't asked me to marry him, but he hasn't asked me not to either!!!!".....I am his!!!! He knows this!!

So I hope you have been able to serve Jesus and serve yourself this summer. There is a certain amount of balance I get by doing the two during corresponding weeks!! haha!!!

So. Tell me what you think about my so called life.