My sister, the amazingly talented Maria Glassford blogs every Friday about her favorite things. You can read her blog here. But while you are reading mine... please check out my first ever, soon to be weekly (in honor of my favorite movie, The Sound of Music) "These are few of my favorite things [this week]"
1. The No Other Gods study by Kelly Minter.
This Bible study is rocking my world right now. Not to mention the amazing small group I am involved in... I am learning so much about the idols I have let slip into my life. The girls I get to do life with, the lessons I am learning and the way I am growing closer to Christ is pretty incredible in this season.
2. Cool weather, scarves and apple cider
Hello FALL! The weather is in the 60's and 70's which means I get to open my windows, turn off my air, ENJOY my coffee in the morning and not sweat walking from my house to my car. The weather is absolutely gorgeous- sunny and cool- I couldn't ask for anything better. When you add a side of fashionable scarves, sweaters and boots with a dash of festive hot drinks like apple cider and pumpkin spiced lattes... it is fall euphoria. I would be pretty excited if the weather in Heaven were like the weather in the fall of Florida.
3. Moving
I actually do not favor moving (although some may argue that), but I do favor the fact that my office, home, church, gym, family and most friends are now in a 7 mile radius. I used to drive from Fort Myers to Estero almost 3 times a day. Now I can walk to my sister or my dad's house, get to church in less than 10 minutes and be in my office within 15. It is amazing, I dont know why I didnt move sooner. On the downside, I still feel a bit disheveled (moreso in the office than the home), so I am greatly looking forward to feeling organized!
4. Community
The community I have in this area is beyond words. I literally cannot describe the friendships and family that I have developed and grown here. I have a remarkable group of friends that I see share the love of Christ on a daily basis. My church family have invested SO much into my life and I get to watch them speak Truth week after week and continue to win lives for the Kingdom. The people I get to do life with are a continual blessing and bring joy that I know comes from the Lord.
5. Technology
Which I fear sounds superficial. Whatever. I am thankful for Skype, cell phones, email, crackberries, facebook... I. LOVE. ALL. OF. IT! I get to skype with my friends in Italy, London and Russia. I get to talk to my best friends in Wisconsin and Dallas. I get to email with my friends in NYC and LA. I get to blackberry message with my friend in Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers (all day long). And I get to keep up with the rest of my friends and acquaintences on Facebook. It is magical.... and it makes having so many friends in high and low places a much more bearable experience.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Day Zero Update (Day 160)
Just a breif update on my Day Zero List. I haven't been updating on my completed ones... which has made me not able to get back to my blog... so here goes.
14.Get a puppy
I got a puppy! He is a chocolate miniature pinscher who was born on May 10th. I found him from a breeder in Orlando and brought him home on July 3rd. He has the best spunky personality, handsome green eyes and so much love to give!
15.Come up with a great name for my puppy
I named my sweet little boy, Dallas. I went looking for a girl and had always planned on having a girl, but I jus fell in love with this little boy. I thought up a TON of girl names but knew if I got boy it would have something to do with sports or one of my beloved teams. This is my little Dallas Rock Meyer.
16.Catch a fish
In October, we went on a retreat with Crew in Duck Key. My friend David who is like a professional fisherman, took a few of us girls out on a boat and took us fishing. Not only did I catch a fish, but a shark!! A little lemon shark... it was pretty amazing. Pictures to come...
38.Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen
In June, we had Mission 2010 for our high school youth group. In years past they have traveled to South Carolina in nice vans and stayed in dorm-style places to serve the community. This year we decided to surprise the kids and keep them local. We camped (see #53) at a local camp ground and on Thursday, July 1st, we served in the soup kitchen in Fort Myers. The crowd was rough, but we managed to make trays and trays of food for each individual to enjoy. It was an awesome experience for myself and the youth group kids that came along.
42.Surprise someone with ice cream
I brought my sister and bil ice cream from Coldstone after I went shopping with Sean for his birthday... they loved it!
47.Bake cookies from scratch
I baked some great pumpkin spiced cookies for Crew two weeks ago, a few people even asked for my recipe and one guy knew they were from scratch!
53.Go camping
As previously mentioned (see #38) I went camping with our youth group locally. It wasn't fun camping with friends where we fish and make chili and roast marshmellows in nice weather. It was rough. Not to mention, I was a leader- having to make sure my 6 girls were safe, quite, sleeping and not catching malaria. Did I mention it was June in Florida? Writing about the heat and the mosquitos won't do the experience any justice. Here is me before going to sleep the first night... see the smile still on my face?
54.Give to a friend for a mission trip
My friend Jennifer left for Russia about a month ago. We went to Russia together to teach some business courses at an institute. I had the opportunity to give money toward her trip which was such a blessing!
62.Go shopping with Sean
My nephew Sean turned 13 on June 1st. So I had some birthday shopping to make up to him- this was my frst completed item on my Day Zero List. He bought some video game... he was thrilled. :)
65.Swim in the ocean in the dark
This one is a funny story... Basically, on my way home from Sanibel one night I was telling my friend KJ about this item on the list. He told me to pull over... I'm talking, it was probably close to 1am and we spontaneously walked in the ocean just before the Causeway and went swimming. It was pretty fun! (Especially when we came to my friend Renee's soaked...)
66.Send someone a card with a hundred dollar bill just because
A girl I have known for some time had mentioned on Facebook that she lost $80 or something like that... I thought it was the perfect opportunity for this one. I wrote down a scripture in a card, slid in a $100 bill put it at her door... I didn't sign my name or anything and the next day I saw her Facebook status say something about the little angel coming to confess. (I hope she doesn't read my blog) It felt good to do something nice without anyone (until now) knowing about it.
69.Have a garage sale
We had a great garage sale at my sisters with 2 of our friends... I think I made around $60... it wasn't as good as they have been in the past... but I really need to purge my closet and do a serious garage sale!75.Buy the Milby's a date & babysit the kiddos
Last week I volunteered to babysit for the Milby's... I got them a gift certificate to Outback and got to play a fun game with the kids. Their kids are so well behaved and have nicknamed me Awesome Alicia... so obviously, I love being around them.
77.Take Carter out for ice cream
On my sisters birthday, we pawned off her youngest son to a friend and went shopping and got pedicures. We were running a bit late, so I had to pick up Carter from school and she went to get Jonah. This picture is after school, before I took him to Coldstone. He ordered cotton candy ice cream with gummy bears... when the gummy bears were gone, he was done with the ice cream. It was pretty funny. I love this little boy.
80.Visit the Liekweg's
I finally got to see Renee and Chris in Wisconsin! I flew up there for about 5 days and it was absolutely amazing. It was such a nice recharge time for me... lots of relaxing, painting and just hanging out with my best friend. Renee and I had amazing talks and time with God. I was so appreciative of our time together.
82.Stargaze
On our Crew retreat, David led our group to an isolated place (around mile marker 30 and then 20 miles of US1) that gave us an amazing view of the stars. It is so weird to me that the farther away from land you go, the better view of the stars you have. It is easy for me to have this finite view… I wonder what the stars look like from Heaven
97.Go to a Gator game
My best and oldest friend, Libby came home fromLondon to Gainesville
14.Get a puppy
I got a puppy! He is a chocolate miniature pinscher who was born on May 10th. I found him from a breeder in Orlando and brought him home on July 3rd. He has the best spunky personality, handsome green eyes and so much love to give!
15.Come up with a great name for my puppy
I named my sweet little boy, Dallas. I went looking for a girl and had always planned on having a girl, but I jus fell in love with this little boy. I thought up a TON of girl names but knew if I got boy it would have something to do with sports or one of my beloved teams. This is my little Dallas Rock Meyer.
16.Catch a fish
In October, we went on a retreat with Crew in Duck Key. My friend David who is like a professional fisherman, took a few of us girls out on a boat and took us fishing. Not only did I catch a fish, but a shark!! A little lemon shark... it was pretty amazing. Pictures to come...
38.Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen
In June, we had Mission 2010 for our high school youth group. In years past they have traveled to South Carolina in nice vans and stayed in dorm-style places to serve the community. This year we decided to surprise the kids and keep them local. We camped (see #53) at a local camp ground and on Thursday, July 1st, we served in the soup kitchen in Fort Myers. The crowd was rough, but we managed to make trays and trays of food for each individual to enjoy. It was an awesome experience for myself and the youth group kids that came along.
42.Surprise someone with ice cream
I brought my sister and bil ice cream from Coldstone after I went shopping with Sean for his birthday... they loved it!
I baked some great pumpkin spiced cookies for Crew two weeks ago, a few people even asked for my recipe and one guy knew they were from scratch!
53.Go camping
As previously mentioned (see #38) I went camping with our youth group locally. It wasn't fun camping with friends where we fish and make chili and roast marshmellows in nice weather. It was rough. Not to mention, I was a leader- having to make sure my 6 girls were safe, quite, sleeping and not catching malaria. Did I mention it was June in Florida? Writing about the heat and the mosquitos won't do the experience any justice. Here is me before going to sleep the first night... see the smile still on my face?
54.Give to a friend for a mission trip
My friend Jennifer left for Russia about a month ago. We went to Russia together to teach some business courses at an institute. I had the opportunity to give money toward her trip which was such a blessing!
62.Go shopping with Sean
My nephew Sean turned 13 on June 1st. So I had some birthday shopping to make up to him- this was my frst completed item on my Day Zero List. He bought some video game... he was thrilled. :)
65.Swim in the ocean in the dark
This one is a funny story... Basically, on my way home from Sanibel one night I was telling my friend KJ about this item on the list. He told me to pull over... I'm talking, it was probably close to 1am and we spontaneously walked in the ocean just before the Causeway and went swimming. It was pretty fun! (Especially when we came to my friend Renee's soaked...)
66.Send someone a card with a hundred dollar bill just because
A girl I have known for some time had mentioned on Facebook that she lost $80 or something like that... I thought it was the perfect opportunity for this one. I wrote down a scripture in a card, slid in a $100 bill put it at her door... I didn't sign my name or anything and the next day I saw her Facebook status say something about the little angel coming to confess. (I hope she doesn't read my blog) It felt good to do something nice without anyone (until now) knowing about it.
69.Have a garage sale
We had a great garage sale at my sisters with 2 of our friends... I think I made around $60... it wasn't as good as they have been in the past... but I really need to purge my closet and do a serious garage sale!75.Buy the Milby's a date & babysit the kiddos
Last week I volunteered to babysit for the Milby's... I got them a gift certificate to Outback and got to play a fun game with the kids. Their kids are so well behaved and have nicknamed me Awesome Alicia... so obviously, I love being around them.
77.Take Carter out for ice cream
On my sisters birthday, we pawned off her youngest son to a friend and went shopping and got pedicures. We were running a bit late, so I had to pick up Carter from school and she went to get Jonah. This picture is after school, before I took him to Coldstone. He ordered cotton candy ice cream with gummy bears... when the gummy bears were gone, he was done with the ice cream. It was pretty funny. I love this little boy.
I finally got to see Renee and Chris in Wisconsin! I flew up there for about 5 days and it was absolutely amazing. It was such a nice recharge time for me... lots of relaxing, painting and just hanging out with my best friend. Renee and I had amazing talks and time with God. I was so appreciative of our time together.
82.Stargaze
On our Crew retreat, David led our group to an isolated place (around mile marker 30 and then 20 miles of US1) that gave us an amazing view of the stars. It is so weird to me that the farther away from land you go, the better view of the stars you have. It is easy for me to have this finite view… I wonder what the stars look like from Heaven
97.Go to a Gator game
My best and oldest friend, Libby came home from
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Day One of Day Zero
The Challenge:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part).
So my friend Suzy has inspired me to create my very own Day Zero Project. She created one a week or so ago and you can read all about it here. If you know me, you know I make lists... I consider it my own type of therapy. Making this list was fun and completing it will be challenging! Check out my list and follow along with me as I attempt to complete 101 tasks by February 28th, 2013.
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part).
So my friend Suzy has inspired me to create my very own Day Zero Project. She created one a week or so ago and you can read all about it here. If you know me, you know I make lists... I consider it my own type of therapy. Making this list was fun and completing it will be challenging! Check out my list and follow along with me as I attempt to complete 101 tasks by February 28th, 2013.
- Get scuba certified
- Go skydiving
- Visit Libby in London
- Fast from solid food for 1 week
- Go to a Dallas Cowboy game
- Go to a Dallas Cowboy game at the new Dallas stadium
- Spend a weekend alone on a retreat
- Turn my cell phone off for a weekend
- Go to church with my Mom
- Run a 5k
- Run a 5k in less than 23 minutes
- Have a dinner party for more than 10 people
- Get a new tattoo
- Get a puppy
- Come up with a great name for my puppy
- Catch a fish
- Do 20 consecutive push ups
- Go to a wine tasting
- Take an adult education class
- Take 5 piano lessons
- Write a letter for myself to read in 2020
- Buy a plant
- Keep a plant alive
- Play a round of golf with my Dad
- Go rock climbing
- Visit AJ in college
- Have a sleepover with Kyla
- Get together with my step-sisters
- Take the Glassford family to dinner
- Run a mile in the sand
- Detail my car myself
- Send personalized Christmas cards
- Go to yoga
- Make dinner for my second family, the Casey's
- Go to the beach with my Mom
- Eat in a restaurant alone (without a laptop, book or phone)
- Read an entire book in a day
- Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen
- Learn to change the oil in my car
- Take Carter and Jonah to the zoo
- Eat lunch with Kyla at her school
- Surprise someone with ice cream
- Blog about each completed task
- Write a letter of forgiveness to someone from my past
- Take a CPR class
- Sponsor a child in Haiti
- Bake cookies from scratch
- Bake cookies for my neighbors
- Go on a vacation with Maria (just the two of us)
- Go kayaking
- Re-do my website
- Enter a writing contest
- Go camping
- Give to a friend for a mission trip
- Buy new office furniture
- Make new business cards
- Get a massage, faciail, and mani/pedi in the same day
- Visit the Farmer's market
- Give up meat for a month
- Read the Bible with a reading plan
- Go on a hike with Kevin and listen to him tell me everything he knows
- Go shopping with Sean
- Finish Beth Moore's Living Beyond Yourself Study
- Have a sleepover with my Crave small group
- Swim in the ocean in the dark
- Send someone a card with a hundred dollar bill just because
- Try a new recipe
- Purge my closet
- Have a garage sale
- Babysit for Layla & play every game she wants
- Make a journal that is filled with people to pray for
- Buy new shelves
- Collect 10 antique books for new shelves
- Do a craft project with Bethany Milby
- Buy the Milby's a date & babysit the kiddos
- Take Max & Emily out for the Cabrera's to have a stay-date
- Take Carter out for ice cream
- Memorize the book of James
- Make a journal with prayers full of scripture
- Visit the Liekweg's
- Watch the sunrise and the sunset in the same day
- Stargaze
- Find my own outdoor sactuary
- Install Russian Rosetta Stone
- Donate to locks-for-love
- Take a personal trainer lesson
- Go to the Seminole Indian Casino with Dad & Maria
- Host a tea party
- Learn to tie a tie
- Learn a song on the guitar
- Dance in the rain
- Identify 100 things that make me happy
- Watch 10 "classic" movies picked out by the Henley's
- Go Salsa Dancing
- Find an intern for my business
- Take a spontaneous road trip
- Go to a Gator game
- Buy myself flowers
- Learn to drive a stick-shift
- Host a foreign exchange student
- Pay off my car
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