Sh*t my kids say... Honestly, I don't know where they come up with this stuff!  Daniel said, "I don't know how he learned that, I only hit you in private."  Waka waka.

I got a call from Jack's school on Friday, informing me that he had slapped two kids (one boy and one girl) across the face.  When asked why, he said nothing.  So she tried a different tact, "How would you feel if someone did that to you?"  She asked.  His reply, "I'm a yellow belt so I would have just blocked it."  *dropping jaw*  First of all, he ain't no yellow belt ! LOL  He went to Taekwondo for 4 weeks at the community center.  And secondly, WTH???  This is contrary not only to how we have raised him but to his personality.  My friends said they thought we were talking about Dylan!   They were shocked along with us.  I mean, come on.  Look at them... 

Now which one of these kids do you suspect of being a serial killer bully? lol

So Saturday on the way to soccer games, we were re-iterating to both of them that they shouldn't hit, especially girls.  Then Jack says the 'hit your wives' comment.  Getting a trifle worried over here! haha  

We went to the Angel's game yesterday after church *see pic above*.  The boys played on our phones the entire time.  Some ball fans they are.  Okay, like freak me out man, there was a game delay due to a ginormous swarm of bees.  BEES!!!  Thankfully they didn't come our way but they cleared out a whole section of seats and descended upon the players on the field.  Somehow they finally got them out of there.  Phew!  Scared the crapola outta me though.  *shudders*

After my somewhat depressing post on Friday, I heard "Settlin" by Sugarland and if you're not familiar with it or have forgotten, some key lines are, "I ain't settlin' for anything less than everything." "Tired of shooting too low, so raise the bar high cuz enough ain't enough this time." I then happened upon an article in InStyle magazine about a girl who made her fortune after posting 200 YouTube makeup tutorials.  Then on Sunday we arrive at church to this:


Um, are you there God?  It's me, Holly.  Talk about being relevant.  

Message from the pastor.

Also our friend Jeff was wearing a shirt that said, "Find your purpose".  I'm trying!  I'm not a person who generally believes in "signs" but give me a break!  How obvious does it have to be?  I choose to believe that it means I'm close to something big here.  So tell all your friends about my blog, m'kay?  Thanks. ;)  This blog makes me very happy for some reason.  If blogging could be my job I'd be stoked.  Just throwing that out into the universe...

Anyhoo, that's where my heads at today.  Looking forward to MNF.  Game time, woot!

Go Broncos!!!
~Holly 

P.S. I keep eyeing my kitchen cabinets... I'm so close to doing something about them.  

Old pic but it's the only one I could find which displays my cabinets.

What am I doing?  What am I supposed to do?  What is God's plan for me?  These are the questions floating around my head this morning.  Please note, I am not depressed or anything, just feeling like I don't have direction.  Feeling a little lost.

Here's what I know:

I was meant to marry Daniel and have my two amazing boys.

God loves me.

I have eternal life through Christ, our Lord.

Ummm... That's all I got. lol  I know those facts without a doubt.  The rest?  *crickets*    ...I got nothing.

I went to college for like 2 seconds, then I met Daniel and lost all interest in school.  It's not his fault, I was just waiting for anything to distract me/take me away.   Therefore, I only know what I've learned from my subsequent office jobs.  I got my first through a friend of my mom's.  Thanks Nancy!   The second job I got was not handed to me or anything but I did know someone who worked there as well.  Then I was laid off.  The next day I walked into my current office to see if they were hiring and the very next day I was working here.  Six years later, here I still am.  Please note that I am extremely grateful to have a job in this economy.  I am blessed in that respect.  However, as you've probably noticed if you are friends with me on Facebook or read my blog, I have a lot of free time on my hands here.  Work is slow, so I have plenty of time to blog/browse Pinterest/Facebook/read/game/etc...  Too much time to think!  lol

I was reading Jen Hatmaker's blog this morning.  If you don't know who she is, look her up.  She's a hilarious Christian book writer/blogger whom I was introduced to by my friend Ashley.  They both blog and have adopted kids from Ethiopia.  HGTV just started filming a reality show starring her family that will begin airing sometime next year.  Definitely looking forward to that.  Anyway, I was reading her blog and that's what led to this post.  I don't want a reality show, I don't want fame, I don't want publicity.... Per Se.

Here's what I want:

I want to make more income and help my husband financially.   

Also, it'd be nice if I was happy doing my job, but that's it!  That's not too much to ask, is it?  I feel bad that my poor husband has to carry the brunt of the load we bear.  Don't get me wrong, we can still go out and have fun, it's not that  tight.  But the sad fact is, I make a small percentage of our income and I'm not happy in my job.

When I was younger I undoubtedly wanted fame and fortune.  Now, I thank the Lord that I didn't get fame.  (You have to actually try  to get that, btw)  Reality TV probably warded me off for good.  I am quite happy not living under a microscope, thank you very much.  But... what can I do??  Besides the scant abilities I learned on the job (most of which I learned through trial and error), I love to sing, I love DIY projects that I get from Pinterest, I love my little blog, and I love to read.  I briefly contemplated writing a book, I have some pretty wild stories to tell, but I quickly learned that I am not in fact  a good writer. lol  Also, I tend to overshare...  Daniel hates this.  My life is an open book.  Sorry, I'm not sorry!  Maybe I think I'm fascinating or hilarious or something... who knows. lol  Either way, you won't be seeing a "tell-all" from me on the shelves anytime soon.  If only I could invent something, but I am so not creative.

I was going to put ads on here to try to earn some extra income but they want your bank account and all sorts of personal info so I decided against it.  Also, I don't have that many readers (thank you   for reading!) so it wouldn't do me any good anyway.

Jen makes me wish I could do something significant.  I don't need credit.  I just want to do something that matters, ya know?  I'm at a total loss of what that could possibly be.  As a Christian, I want to do something that inspires people and brings them to, or closer to, the Lord.  I'm not perfect, maybe I'm not even a good example of what a Christian ought to be, but I love the Lord with all my heart and I try my best to be a good person. 

So, where does this stream-of-consciousness blog post leave me???

Oh right, at the office, bored per usual...  Contemplating my navel, as they say.  If anyone would like to offer suggestions/insights/distractions, I would welcome them.

I hope you all had a great week.  I'm looking forward to the weekend (obviously).  Pool party/BBQ tomorrow with great friends and soccer games.  Good times.  Hopefully my next post will be more inspiring or entertaining... ;)

Peace!
Holly

Hello y'all!

Well, I hit a wall (not literally) on my banister re-do.  I couldn't find our leftover wall paint!  So I have these beautifully spackled white marks on the wall. :(  I completely overestimated how much time I had to do projects before Dan came back too.  I realized last night that I had one night left to finish up the stairs, plus do the normal cleaning of the house so it didn't look like a tornado hit it when he got home.  So as of right now, the house is sort of clean, the banister is sort of done and my wall looks like crapola.  *sigh* Maybe he'll help me finish it up.  I'm just so bummed that he couldn't walk into the dream that I had envisioned.  Oh well, whatcha gonna do?

Meanwhile, my friend Lisa who we used to play softball with was inspired to make a burlap wreath of her own after my post.  She hasn't finished her burlap, Thanksgiving inspired wreath yet but she did finish this AWESOME Halloween wreath!!!


I LOVE IT!!!  Although I'm not doing a Halloween wreath (yet) I hope my burlap one comes out half as amazing as hers.  She collected the supplies all over the place she said.  Joanns, Michaels, 99 Cents Store and Shinoda.  I had never heard of Shinoda in Orange County, but apparently it's as big as Costco but for holiday decor and you need a membership there as well. 

Daniel is back today so hopefully I can keep up some of my project motivation while he's home.  I don't forsee myself getting a whole lot done due to soccer and a pool party this weekend so we shall see.

If you don't hear from me, have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend!  I'll check back in soon. ;)

~Holly