Bowling Nite

We had a great time bowling last nite at Island Strikz. The kids had been saying they wanting to go cosmic bowling for a while so we decided we better hurry and do it before the hustle and bustle of school and work picks back up. We had an amazing time and I just want to let everyone that I am still the QUEEN of Ingram Family Bowling Nites...yes...as well as the undefeated Ping Pong Champ..Just thought I would remind everyone....Luv Ya God Bless and Happy New Year..

Violation of Rights!!

One of the things I dread hearing my husband say is, "I'm taking your car to work today"....whaaaaaaaaat...gasp. The moment that sentence leaves his lips its like my little perfect world comes crashing down. I absolutely positvely HATE driving his truck. Its really manly and bulky and just hard for me to manuever. I am pretty short so I have to use a pillow to see over the dashboard (thats so demeaning)..lol. I feel like Im in a booster seat. I think another reason I dont like it is because I have had an incident in it before..just a tiny one. I scraped another truck JUST LIKE HIS..lol while backing up at the library. To my defense I am so use to driving my own car which has a sensor that comes on when you back up, so when you get to close to something or someone it comes on. I admit I am sort of handicapped by this device, so when backing up at the library I didnt look as thoroughly as I should because I was use to the beep beep beeeeeping of my OWN car. Anywho..thats was last summer sometime and the wound has slowly healed but everytime I have to drive it, I always have flashbacks.
When left with THE TRUCK, I tend to stay at home, and Im wondering if this may be a tactic my husband is using to keep me from shopping. He knows how much I dread driving his truck so when I mentioned shopping last night I should known something , because he was too agreeable..lol.Thats ok, tho, the stores will be still open when he gets home with my car, and it better have GAS, which is another issue. Having to adjust my seats and mirrors and fill my tank BACK up is a whole other post, but until then I guess Im stuck like Chuck cause I aint drivng that truck...

luv ya more than my british dramas (thats a lot of lovin)

the 4casters wife

On A Vampire Kick..

After watching part one of the last installment of the Twilight series I have been on this Vampire kick. I have started reading the acutal books,whaaat, yes I am appalled at myself but in spite of my judgemental feelings towards myself, I am still reading them..lol. I have acutally borrowed the whole series from a friend and plan on finishing them over my little break from school. I have also started watching this series called Vampire Diaries.its not bad either..my hubby and daughter started watching it too and they have actually taken over and have watched it without me. They have actually finished all the ones on netflix and my daughter is so hooked that she found the newest one online and was watching it last night. Well I dont know why I am so fascinated by this I have just heard that there are so may things that I am missing that are in the book and to get a better understanding of the the movie I am taking this time to read. I know some will judge me...lol.but just know that I am judging myself as well..lol. I should just delete this post..lol..but I know I will look back on this day and LOL..

Jingle Bell 5k Run

A few weeks ago I ran my second competitive race. I really enjoyed it and I had a great time. I actually ran it at the beginning of this month but since I have been in school it has been hard to blog anything. I really wish I had more time to write and maintain this blog but hopefully on this break I can post a few more things.

Ok back to the race....I didnt really train for it I had just been running every other day so to keep my "girlish figure"..lol. A friend told me about the race so I decided to run it last minute and signed up on race day. I ended up doing pretty well. I ran a 27:34 which a marked improvement from my first race which was a 30:38. I really am pround of myself I shaved of a few minutes and I ran it all by myself. My hubby ran the first race with me. I actually ended up placing 3rd in my age category and recieved a nice little metal!!

My next goal is to run a 10k..I have been running 5 miles three times a week for the past two weeks and plan on taking it up to 6 miles next week. There is a 10k race coming up on January 21 and I am thinking about doing it so..wish me luck.

Representing

OMG...Imagine the shock of driving down the interstate and seeing your face on a BILLBOARD....wow..amazing.

I know in this picture it looks as though I am representing the University of Southern Miss, and thats not entirely false, but I want to let you know that I represent so much more. I represent Christ and what his love and grace can do. When you look at this picture you see a woman who is an overcomer. A woman who despite the odds that were stacked against her, found herself doing and accomplishing things that others thought could never be, all by the grace and the love of God.

When I look at that woman smiling on that billboard, I tear up when I think about all the things that she had to go through to be there. When you see her you think wow, she is in college, she is doing big things etc., but oh if you only knew!!  The enemy had other plans for her but he must've forgot that God had plans of his own that were written even before she was formed in her mothers womb , so no matter what the devil threw her way GOD always had her back. The smile you see in the pic and the smile she wears everyday has been attacked since she was born. The enemy has used every thing possible, from molestation, neglect, poverty, teenage pregnancy to stop her from fulfilling her purpose but can somebody say BUT GOD!!!  (*insert praise break here)

USM is using the slogan "Stay Here Go Far" to encourage students to get there degree here at USM and go out into the world and do great things with it, while representing their alma mater, but, I want to encourage you from another angle.

I want to let you know that the only way to "GO FAR" is to to "Stay with GOD". Only in him can you speak to mountains and they MOVE , Only in HIM can walk through doors that have been closed in your face, and ONLY in HIM can you have ETERNAL LIFE. Be blessed and Stay with GOd....

Do you do Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!
     - Holly Golightly


I just finished watching one of my all time favorites, Breakfast At Tiffanys. While watching this I started to think about my own personal breakfast at Tiffany's. For those of you have never seen this movie, (it's now streaming on netflix if you have that), Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly and she loves Tiffany's the famous jewlery store with the cute little blue turquoise boxes. She can't afford to buy anything out of there but just walking around the store or even looking through the window while eating a crossiant and coffee, soothes her. There is a lot of other stuff going on in this movie as well. If you like good ole classic movies then you should definitely check this one out.

Now, back to my original thought..

What is that I do to decompress, what makes me happy on those days when it's hard to find things to smile about. I use to use food as a coping tool, but as I have gotten older and the weight gets harder and harder to lose, I have found healthier ways to deal with those stressful times. I go for a run , walk the dog, call a friend and vent, but most importantly I pray. I pray and ask God to give me the strength to make it through what ever is going on, and to help to deal with it in a non self-destructive manner, i.e eating or shopping.
How do you handle stress?

Let Your Nays Be Nays

One of the things that I have noticed in life is that many people have trouble "just saying NO"! It seems to be one the hardest things to say to people. My question is WHY!!!
Well this is my theory: While growing up one of the first words that we learned how to say was NO. Eat your greens , "NO", Come here "NO", Ready for a nap "NO", Give me kiss, "NO", Say bye-bye "NO" and the list could go on and on, Im sure many of can all come up with many things that we said "NO" to. The problem tho, is that once we began to use this new and wonderful word, our parents quickly corrected us and let us know that the word "NO" was not very good. In my case, the word "NO" led to a lot of meetings with the wooden spoon lol. The older I got the less and less I used it, and that even carried over into adulthood. For me, I had to change my way of thinking when it came to using the word NO, I had to learn that word could still cause me pain, but in a different way. Not being able to say not people has caused me a lot pain in the past. I have found myself saying yes to things and committing to things that I didnt want to do or even had time to do. This caused me some serious STRESS! All because I just didnt want to hurt anyones feelings or looked at as stuck up or rude. Often times after say yes to something, I would find myself wondering , how did i end up doing this, or being here. I would overbook myself and find myself running around town like a chicken with its head cutoff (lol..country quotes). This would not only stress me out but it would stress out my family as well. I would be so tired and angry I would lash out at them like it was their fault. I soon realized that I cant  keep living like this, there has to be a better way , and there was, all of this could be fixed by just saying NO. No to people and even no to self. I had to learn how to stop making decisions at the spur of the moment , and tell people that I couldnt answer them right now I would have to let them know later. This gave me time come home see what plans the family had or see what my schedule looked like and most importantly to PRAY about it. If I felt like it was too much or if I didnt want to do it, I just simply told the person NO. I ofcourse did it tactfully and in love but I said No all the same. This led to a less stressfull me. I use to still feel bad about it but now its just like second nature..lol..NO..Im not just saying no them but im also saying no to stress and conflict.
I hope that you all can find the inner strenght to say Yes to your sanity and No to things try to come against it..lol..God Bless