blog stuff

So, I did it. CW’s new Life Unexpected that premieres tonight at 9 has a new fan site. It really looks good and I have high hopes for it. For a short version, it’s about a girl that spent her life in the foster care system and then reunites with her birth mother and father and all the drama that ensues from that. Come check it out!

• I read this post and thought man, I wish it was Monday so I could post this right away!  And hey look, it’s Monday!  So go read this post.  And I really shouldn’t need to post this because you’re all reading Billy’s blog by now, right?!
• These ornaments are so cute.  I feel like playing Bingo when I see them!  Did you know I like playing Bingo?  I really do.  One time at band camp I went to a “real” Bingo place with a friend.  I didn’t win anything but my friend had won $500 there once.
• I loved this post.  As I commented there, God has brought the theme of obedience to me so many times.  Feelings don’t matter…obedience does!  And sometimes, it makes miracles happen!
• Bill Cosby is on Twitter. I have it marked to follow him this Friday!
• I think this scarf is pretty.
• This post made me laugh.
• As a devoted fangirl of many things, it made me all sorts of happy inside to see another fangirl meet whom she fangirls over (that was probably all sorts of grammatically incorrect).  Seriously, I almost cried.
• And lastly, have you subscribed to our Friday Night Lights podcast yet? And you still have 9 more days to catch up!
• Oh and I just saw this…new New Moon clip!

Reading Stephanie Snowe’s book Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures of a Southern Belle has been on my to-do list since it came out.  I started following her on her blog several months before it came out and I knew I’d enjoy it.  And enjoy it I did.  I finished it in two nights.  And I laughed out loud on more occasions than I can count.  And not just a “heh” but a lay-on-your-bed-and-kick-your-heels-into-the-mattress-type of laugh.  In some cases, it was a drop-your-jaw-cover-your-mouth kind of shock of her “misadventures” which I think should have been more aptly named Dating Disasters.  I had no clue people act like that. 

The book initially reads like a collection of short stories, each chapter providing a misadventure of its own.  Towards the end of the book it begins widening the angle and you see what else was going on in her life at the time.  Neither misadventure nor disaster seems to cover THAT part.  The book ultimately culminates to the email where she meets her future husband.  My understanding is the next book is more about their relationship.  But this book?  Oh my word at the funny.  You don’t have to know Stephanie or her blog to enjoy this book.  If you’d like a good laugh and probably a little more appreciation for your dating or married life, definitely check it out.

You can read the first few chapters here.  And when you realize how funny it is, I’ll do you a favor and give you the link to Amazon.  I would give away my copy but I intend to shove it in the hands of those around me 🙂

Disclaimer: I was neither paid nor asked to write this review.  I just really enjoyed it!  But yes, the link is an affiliate link 🙂

• I’ve seen this up and down the Internet, but I love these Family Rules.
• This was a great reminder to pray for my children’s future spouses.  And yes, that sounds funny.
• I love, love, loved this story of a family that Said Yes to something crazy.
• Back in my post about Crazy Love I mentioned a video I had watched and couldn’t remember the name.  Well, here it is.
• For some reason it made  me a little sad to see Geocities go.  I don’t know if I ever had a site there but I do remember when every single personal site was hosted there.
• I really love these Pumpkin Families.  Let’s see if I can get it together and do one this year.  The girls would love them!
• Megan Joy recently sang in Salt Lake.  People, including me at times, gave her a hard time during Idol this year but I really do enjoy her voice sometimes.

• I know I said it before, but I highly recommend Crazy Love by Francis Chan.  My relationship with this book has a story on its own.  I plan to tell it soon.

• And now that I’ve mentioned Francis Chan,  he’ll be speaking at Verge Conference in Austin, Texas in February .  And oh, did you know that’s where Friday Night Lights is filmed?  I feel a road trip brewing.

• Allison Iraheta debuted her single today.  I think it’s so perfect for her.  Unfortunately I don’t like Kris Allen’s enough to buy it :(  It’s just too much of the same thing.  Sorry, Kris!

• I watched the only existing video of Anne Frank several times.  I just love seeing the old film footage knowing that was actual life, not a movie.  I would love to see more of that.

• I loved this post and the idea of a family tree.

• I fully intend to try this crockpot lasagna, this hummus recipe and this granola bar recipe.

• I really love this idea of making your master bedroom more like a B&B.

• I’ve been using some new software.  First, Jing is great for screencaps. Audio Hijack has been awesome for recording Skype conversations on my Mac among other input sources, Switch has been a great audio file converter (they have some other great software too).  I also hear Audacity is great for both Mac and Windows as an alternate but I haven’t tried it yet.

   

• I’m very much enjoying the Scrabble app on my iPhone to pass time instead of Twitter.

   

• And lastly, lets end with some Dilbert gold.  I cracked up laughing when reading it at my ILs yesterday, Heather called me yesterday just to see if I’d seen it and now I’m seeing Mashable has highlighted it.

It might make you cry

God can heal a marriage

i care.

In her shoes

It will make you laugh

She loves the British accent too

It may involve pee and an office

Something good to do

Buy a cool t-shirt to support adoption

Something to listen to

Listen to the What If.. series they started at church

Listen to Crosspoint’s new series Religion Lies

Something to read

Crazy Love by Francis Chan..also go join me in the book club