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
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