tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75845708646260644572023-11-16T08:06:38.318-05:00all things beverlybethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-23250427803559570182011-06-19T12:37:00.000-04:002011-06-19T12:37:59.051-04:00i'm still here!it has been way too long since my last post, i know. we moved into our new house just two weeks ago, and decided to take a little hiatus from cable and internet, but i wanted to just give you a quick little update while i could -- and while i have 10 minutes online at the in-laws! <br />
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no pictures yet, but the house is coming along! i've started working on a few projects and i cannot wait to share them with you! jonathan and i started painting yesterday - we finished the dining room and it looks fabulous, if i do say so myself! i'm still waiting on some fabric swatches to make a final decision on the fabrics for the dining chairs and dining room curtains. more on that <a href="http://allthingsbeverly.blogspot.com/2011/05/theoretically-speaking.html">here.</a><br />
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we love where we live. <strong>l.o.v.e.</strong> it is an urban area and very different from our home in lexington, but i've always been drawn to urban life, and jonathan has been really excited about the change of pace. we love our neighborhood and have <em>the friendliest</em> neighbors ever. seriously. everyone knows everyone and every family looks different one from the next. i love being around people that are different than me. then there's the whole big city thing, and well, i have, and probably always will have, a fascination and love affair with big bustling cities, so i couldn't be happier about that. <br />
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all in all we are happy. happy and blessed and excited to see what God is going to do in our new little corner of the world. <br />
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i'll be back in full swing in a couple weeks! see you then!bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-26213296615296928782011-05-31T18:15:00.003-04:002011-05-31T18:15:00.132-04:00my husband is cuter than your husbandsorry, but he just is.<br />
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so, as i mentioned <a href="http://allthingsbeverly.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-year-ago-today.html">here</a>, yesterday was our anniversary. in the midst of a truly crazy week - both of us wrapping up our last week at work, and getting ready to move this saturday - we decided not to spend any money on one another and just postpone our anniversary celebration until after we are all moved in and settled in our new place. well, for one, i'm so proud of him for sticking to it and not spending any money - he usually goes big when it comes to gifts/holidays - and second...remember the part where i said he was cute? yeah? well, here's proof::<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">see, i told you he was cute.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">if you only knew how un-artistic (self admittedly) my husband is, then you would really appreciate this card. he says the heart on the back (his "trademark" - ha!) looks like a butt...and...uh...it kinda does. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>best. card. ever.</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;">to top it all off, after i had been packing and cleaning all day, at about 3pm, he told me to stop packing and get dressed, he was taking me on a picnic (i.heart.picnics.) so i did just that and with our pup in tow, we went to the park and had a fantastic, sun-lit anniversary meal. for us, it was the perfect no-cost anniversary celebration. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>i love my husband.</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> <span style="font-size: small;">p.s. - sorry if you don't like the cheese and the mush. it's just who i am. ;) i was dubbed "the cheesy one" from my 3 former, beloved, jersey roommates...and, let me tell you, it only got worse after i got married.</span></b></i></span></span></div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-71698938485942569132011-05-31T12:30:00.006-04:002011-05-31T12:30:00.757-04:00winningno, but really - i won something!! check it out::<br />
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i entered a giveaway at the <a href="http://fabulous50shousewife.wordpress.com/">Fabulous 50's Housewife</a> blog and i won!!! <br />
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lucky for one of you, the giveaway comes with strings attached -- jonathan and i have to read it, sign it and pass it along to another blogger, who will keep the tradition going. so, i'll let you know how it is, and maybe you'll be the next lucky reader. :)<br />
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i feel like a million bucks. i never win <i>anything.</i>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-3224071950713639202011-05-30T09:00:00.029-04:002011-05-30T09:00:12.114-04:00one year ago todayone year ago today i woke up, still in a dream, surrounded by my best girl friends. still in my pj's we drove to a place that will forever be special to me, where i wrote a letter to the man of my dreams,<br />
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</div>one year ago today, my husband woke up, surrounded by his best friends, and drove to a place that will forever hold such dear memories. he put on a tux,<br />
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we said "i do", kissed our first kiss as husband and wife,<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">***</div>it feels close to impossible to put this last year, our first year, into words. God has given us much, and has blessed us in ways i never knew were possible. He has been faithful to us, and has taught us much through one another. i am ever humbled, and amazed, thankful and blessed to be able to call this man my husband. <br />
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i am happy. i am thankful. i am blessed. <br />
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jonathan beverly, i love you! thank you for an amazing first year of marriage. here's to another year, and to the rest of our lives. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>pictures by <a href="http://www.greydoorphotography.com/">grey door photography.</a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-35614134230682552802011-05-28T17:14:00.000-04:002011-05-28T17:14:50.654-04:00theoretically speakingif you were going to be moving into a cute new house, and you were going to inherit an awesome new dining set, and you were planning to paint the table white and the chairs gray, and you chose this fabric for the new curtains, in your new dining room::<br />
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which would you choose? or would you decide that two pattern in one room wasn't a good idea and just go with a solid fabric for the seats? theoretically speaking, of course.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>(pic credits:: <a href="http://www.calicocorners.com/product/designer+fabrics+for+the+home/shop+fabrics+by+color/gray+and+silver/dahlia+dove.do">1, </a><a href="http://www.calicocorners.com/product/designer+fabrics+for+the+home/shop+fabrics+by+color/yellow/key+west+white-yellow.do">2,</a> <a href="http://www.sewmamasew.com/store/free-spirit/mikaela-golden-honey-child--JPHCMKGLD.html">3</a>)</b></span></div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-26267469575329642172011-05-27T10:24:00.000-04:002011-05-27T10:24:39.146-04:00what i've been up to...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">exhibit a::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> exhibit b::</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">exhibit c::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijS_OR3lrmVj38tGsyp_mLwu2wc-FEaF1S3dhMYW7fA7Q74pjBP9ExqZ_7kVZV76geTWs5e82nQc0m5O9HvuM3X_ilo3VrT0tgkjXgsmEHyzshLsIbNwwgNMEeUBmebXGb5Mxj45G4n90r/s1600/IMG_1265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijS_OR3lrmVj38tGsyp_mLwu2wc-FEaF1S3dhMYW7fA7Q74pjBP9ExqZ_7kVZV76geTWs5e82nQc0m5O9HvuM3X_ilo3VrT0tgkjXgsmEHyzshLsIbNwwgNMEeUBmebXGb5Mxj45G4n90r/s320/IMG_1265.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">try not to be <i>too </i>jealous. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSDq9XmAxbnjN-UR3HLpepcv-3vASJt2ahTlM_f7XgV5aOTDY_P83mQ2U5hggm0lTUBY_vohiIwvV4rfNSku3NcL1CZpkmEX28bMlWiOt1w9BuzvTozMN4sYBPYfz1zMYZltY4O84CPMU/s1600/IMG_1263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-24723895901211357812011-05-24T10:51:00.000-04:002011-05-24T10:51:57.198-04:00meds. water. coffee. repeat.i've heard that if you are going to be a successful blogger you need to post <i>at least</i> once a week -- and so i've made it my very own personal goal to do so. it has, however, been over a week since my last post. <span style="font-size: small;"><i>(oops!)</i></span><br />
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life is a bit crazy here, as you can imagine, i've been busy packing, sorting and organizing (t-minus 11 days til the big move - yikes!). jonathan is finishing up his current semester with grad school, and wrapping things up at the high school where he teaches. then, to throw a wrench in the craziness, i've been a bit under the weather. i'm still not exactly sure what this little bout with sickness is - a "bug" i've been told (a little vague, eh?) - but i do know that i'm over it. so, today, i'm home, still in my pj's, curled up on the couch, with my ice coffee and my looooong list of blogs to catch up on. if only i didn't feel like pooh, this might just be a perfect morning.<br />
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so, soon <strike>i'm sure</strike> perhaps i'll have more interesting things to report on, but for now, if you need me, i'll be on my couch - downing meds, bottled water, and coffee. (coffee makes <i>everything</i> better.)bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-23550520975432123652011-05-15T19:33:00.000-04:002011-05-15T19:33:56.753-04:00home sweet {soon-to-be} home<span style="font-size: small;">over the last two weeks we've made</span> <span style="font-size: large;">four<span style="font-size: small;"> trips to cincinnati in search for our new home, and with cincy being almost an hour and a half away, and gas being 4 buckaroos a pop i am elated to announce that we found our new home!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">isn't she lovely?!?::</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">because we're not sure what the future holds, how long we'll be in cincinnati, or where we'll end up for the long term, we are still just renting for the time being. the market being what it is, there are no promises we'd be able to turn around and sell a house in a couple years, and right now that is not a risk we're willing to take. we did, however, sign a two year lease, so that cute little house will be our home sweet home for the next couple of years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">the deets:: it's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house with a partially finished basement. there is a HUGE deck on the back that will be <b><i>perfect</i></b> for entertaining. the kitchen is also pretty cute - which i'm pretty happy about. :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">after living in our tee-tiny one bedroom apartment for the past year, jonathan and i were both hoping and praying for a house, and we are so thankful that we found one! everything really just worked out perfectly for us to call this home, and now i just can't wait to get all moved in and start decorating! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-4809261777199072962011-05-12T10:39:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:48:35.834-04:00big news!!drum roll please.....<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>we're moving to cincinnati!!!</b></i> </span><br />
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jonathan just accepted a job at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_Junior/Senior_High_School">holmes high school</a>, which actually sits just across the ohio river on the kentucky side. it's considered a suburb of cincinnati and literally just a 5 minute drive across the bridge. <br />
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for those of you that know me, know that i am a city girl at heart! i love concrete. seriously. big buildings, highways - all of it! i just love feeling the energy of a big city and being in the midst of so much life. so, needless to say i'm pretty excited about being so close to cincy. we've spent a little bit of time there over the last year and i have loved it from our first weekend spent there. little did i know, or even think, we'd end up moving there!<br />
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the move itself i am pretty stinkin' excited about. there are, however precisely 2 reasons my heart sinks a little more every time i think about leaving lexington:: <br />
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i am definitely excited about what's to come, about starting a new chapter and seeing what God has in store for us in cincinnati, i'm just not so excited about leaving these two precious boys that i have come to love over the last year. it's a mix of feelings, and bittersweet at best. excited to go, sad to leave - but isn't that how it always is?<br />
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i am, however, so so proud of my husband. he is such a great coach, teacher, and an <b><i><u>amazing</u></i></b> man. he is going to be such a great asset to holmes and i know they are going to just love him there. <br />
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i'm sure i'll have lots to post over the next few weeks. adventures in apartment/house hunting, packing, and all the <strike>fun</strike> craziness that comes along with moving. keep your fingers crossed we find a place soon...<br />
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did i mention we move in <span style="font-size: x-large;">THREE WEEKS?!?!</span><br />
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bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-44838322746319869452011-05-08T07:00:00.027-04:002011-05-08T08:41:24.560-04:00happy day, mama!i found <a href="http://www.toryburch.com/blog-post/blog-post,default,pg.html?bpurl=/editorial/mothers-day-tastemakers-2011/">this tory burch blog series</a> about mom's in celebration of mother's day and it inspired me. so, mama, this one is for you!<br />
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1. pray.<br />
2. trust God, He know's what He's doing.<br />
3. don't worry, it doesn't change anything.<br />
4. God will provide.<br />
5. use caps. everyone who reads your blog is going to think you don't know how to use propper grammer. ;)<br />
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laying in bed with her listening to her read the little house on the prarie series. and pilgrim's progress. and any and every book she read to me/us. <br />
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spend the day at an art museum. play rummy. play backgammon. play any game. yard saling. enjoy a bagel and a cup of coffee on a saturday morning. (bagels + coffee + mama = three of my favorite things) laugh. when my mom gets tickled she is a hoot! i'm talking tears rolling down her face, cheeks turning red hysterics. (i'm thinking of a particular instance, mom:: cracker barrel....bananas....).<br />
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</div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-40900003896851317702011-05-01T09:38:00.000-04:002011-05-01T09:38:05.264-04:00free love birdsi am sooooo excited to share a tee-tiny project I did this weekend. remember in <a href="http://allthingsbeverly.blogspot.com/2011/03/sneak-peak-from-my-idea-book.html">this post</a> i shared with you my new found obsession with with trying to find an animal or two worthy of a makeover? well. alas! my yard saling (sailing?) yesterday morning paid off! <br />
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i spotted these cute little love birds at a yard sale and just had to get them! <br />
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the best part? they were free. well, they didn't start off free. i asked how much and the lady in charge said they were two buckaroos and went on to tell me that they were real brass, and worth so much more. they were beloved by her for years and years - which only left me begging the question why she was selling them. i, having been trained well by my mother, and almost never paying "full price" for anything offered her $1. she agreed. which only confirmed my suspicion that she was just trying to make a buck (no pun intended) and those birds probably did not hold <i>that</i> much value to her. i handed her a $20 and she told me she didn't have any change. "so, i guess they are free!" she said. score. (suspicions doubly confirmed.)<br />
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so home they came. i was just so excited i painted them almost as soon as i got home. just look at how cute they turned out::<br />
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adorable, right? it's amazing what a fresh coat of white paint can do! now to find a home for these love birds...bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-65286650624196216622011-04-27T12:30:00.001-04:002011-04-27T12:30:00.217-04:00tornado funfirst of all let me just say that one, there was no actual tornado, and two, had there been one it certainly would <em>not</em> have been fun. we were, however, under a tornado warning for about an hour and a half this morning and since i am such a <strike>good</strike> <strike>scared</strike> overcautious nanny, trevor, lotso the bear and i took cover in the bathroom.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">trevor just thought it was the funniest thing in the world that we were playing in the bathroom. he just kept asking "miss bethany, why are we playing in the bathroom?" and then giggling, which made it fun for all parties involved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_SlcNuH4EwM5W9OiKDEKKHsfiwqdPFv_UYULlG6cYyqos3-z6x1wMNVQjLq73VwYSO7If2m-uR1zLuKfL1TrnV6vurvpt8hqfLChnlKYd5Xq7Cy0PWdc8pGdh8Yxupohbi1emp3gEQBH/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_SlcNuH4EwM5W9OiKDEKKHsfiwqdPFv_UYULlG6cYyqos3-z6x1wMNVQjLq73VwYSO7If2m-uR1zLuKfL1TrnV6vurvpt8hqfLChnlKYd5Xq7Cy0PWdc8pGdh8Yxupohbi1emp3gEQBH/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">after about half an hour the fun started to fade away, so there were no complaints when the warning turned into a watch and we finaly emerged from the bathroom. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfMse0owpbFGjYJK_GbAJXYbKB95lxnqM0CK-rN7gku-QbUSFGzi6__y5cf4ys2S8sGzExdGXzCNkrfRsrpzWj1smji5CaLU-dc9gJGN655Kr7xrTSyY8qcQIBuvuF5xbQf5XQ5-liyfG/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfMse0owpbFGjYJK_GbAJXYbKB95lxnqM0CK-rN7gku-QbUSFGzi6__y5cf4ys2S8sGzExdGXzCNkrfRsrpzWj1smji5CaLU-dc9gJGN655Kr7xrTSyY8qcQIBuvuF5xbQf5XQ5-liyfG/s320/DSC_0006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">you can only play so many games of connect 4 and sing so many songs before boredom sets in. </div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-26440129637779399482011-04-24T09:34:00.000-04:002011-04-24T09:34:42.965-04:00all to HIM i oweI hear the Savior say <br />
Thy strength indeed is small <br />
Child of weakness watch and pray <br />
Find in me thine all in all <br />
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Jesus paid it all <br />
All to him I owe <br />
Sin had left a crimson stain <br />
He washed it white as snow <br />
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Lord now indeed I find <br />
Thy power and thine alone <br />
Can change the lepers spots <br />
And melt the heart of stone <br />
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Jesus paid it all <br />
All to him I owe <br />
Sin had left a crimson stain <br />
He washed it white as snow <br />
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It's washed away! All my sin! And all my shame! <br />
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And when before the throne <br />
I stand in him complete <br />
Jesus died my soul to save <br />
My lips shall still repeat <br />
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Jesus paid it all <br />
All to him I owe <br />
Sin had left a crimson stain <br />
He washed it white as snow <br />
Sin had left a crimson stain <br />
He washed it white as snow <br />
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<i><b>Oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead</b></i> <br />
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Jesus paid it all <br />
All to him I owe <br />
Sin had left a crimson stain <br />
He washed it white as snow<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy Easter, friends!</span></i></u></b></span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-37363494527268025342011-04-20T10:19:00.000-04:002011-04-20T10:19:58.538-04:00blessingsmy mama sent me an email this morning with a link to this song, and it was just too good not to share.<br />
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<b><i>"what if my greatest disappointment, or the aching of this life, is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy..."</i></b>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-42077671777659846952011-04-12T08:43:00.000-04:002011-04-12T08:43:33.394-04:00it's a GIRL!!!no, <em>we</em> are not having a girl, but lauren, my high school best friend, and her husband, mark just found out that their baby #2 is a girl!! i could not be more excited for them! they adopted their first precious daughter last january, and thought they could not have children of their own - but, well, God is full of surprises, isn't He?? faithful, and full of surprises! so, baby girl #2 (name tbd) is due in september! just look at how cute this family is! <br />
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so, so, so excited for them! love this sweet family, love my sweet friend, and i already love baby girl #2! can't wait to meet her!bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-40335413961123217582011-04-09T21:49:00.000-04:002011-04-09T21:49:15.421-04:00just playin' in the rain (not always such a good idea)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-RKuzEkcqER8Z9hOoZvsn0kaH_LHTEB5wzPPCqdmMDaG3HGa3yeWpYBPU-t2zudQJKVlSiswu2pjsuO9Bs_8ukokoCqpOSHK3QHmUfDfJ-Wpgbu2uh2iUlv3sETAfS98IvZJrGCzf2xc/s1600/rain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-RKuzEkcqER8Z9hOoZvsn0kaH_LHTEB5wzPPCqdmMDaG3HGa3yeWpYBPU-t2zudQJKVlSiswu2pjsuO9Bs_8ukokoCqpOSHK3QHmUfDfJ-Wpgbu2uh2iUlv3sETAfS98IvZJrGCzf2xc/s320/rain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>+</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3mCiHsCqRNEkxi8Ef99vWuCqwG4SZSwWZ5BKcndJi04PMg4u8sdmIoh2rI6pMG6czS_vZcFc7CRxvL10so4LvxhMHm_ULfSIPTEauZMZMbhdVHgAZqa1HC2O9oQW0FLcgAQRBXEM0I5d/s1600/tungsten-wedding-bands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3mCiHsCqRNEkxi8Ef99vWuCqwG4SZSwWZ5BKcndJi04PMg4u8sdmIoh2rI6pMG6czS_vZcFc7CRxvL10so4LvxhMHm_ULfSIPTEauZMZMbhdVHgAZqa1HC2O9oQW0FLcgAQRBXEM0I5d/s320/tungsten-wedding-bands.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>=</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">a really bad idea. :(</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">this afternoon we had some pretty heavy rain - i'm talkin' torrential downpour. well, being the kid-at-heart that i am, i convinced my hubby to play in the rain with me, and like the wonderful, fun, fun-loving, best-friend-of-mine that he is, it didn't take <i>too</i> much convincing and he was right out there with me. the thing is, it may have sounded like a good idea, and it may have been fun (and it was!) - but ten minutes after we came in and dried off <i><b>and realized his <u>wedding ring</u> was gone </b></i>we resolved that it might not have been the best idea after all. i spent a good couple of hours scouring the ground all around our apartment building, under cars, in bushes, and in the apartment just in case it fell off after we came in. no such luck. we quickly came to the same gross conclusion:: it was <b>gone. </b>we are about 98% sure that it got swept down the sewer/drain/ravine/thingy at the end of our parking lot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">so we spent the evening browsing local jewelers trying to find his ring, or a similar ring, but to no avail. after the third jewelry store we started to realize that ordering it online was the way to go - </span><span style="font-size: large;">so home we came, and ordered a new ring we did. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">(you can call me yoda.)</span> so in 3-5 days he'll have his new ring.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">i feel pretty sick to my stomach about the whole thing, and feel like i need to take some kind of responsibility for it since it was i that talked him into playing in the rain. yuck. today was the kind of day that i wish we had a "rewind" button for. </span></div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-38780725159802542352011-04-08T22:29:00.000-04:002011-04-08T22:29:11.705-04:00$2 ikea curtains!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>much to my dismay, we only made it to ikea <i>once</i> while in cincinnati. BUT on that one wondrous trip i did find these amazing curtain panels for <i><b>$2 each!</b></i> <br />
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don't you just love them?? i do! and i cannot wait to hang them up!bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-17381210137189964852011-04-06T17:56:00.001-04:002011-04-06T22:48:54.390-04:003 of my favorite things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8U7PDRK8KSXBeo1AESEM3iDedxG_Rl2slPSssiQScviS6CpRcROKvxfeAEadBBrFb02TjHa7wI_53OZKCj89eageeD5q8zMYQAxvGhqzmKMMnVYUn60gZFRG5HPj9h6npC12soGDlBxag/s1600/IKEA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8U7PDRK8KSXBeo1AESEM3iDedxG_Rl2slPSssiQScviS6CpRcROKvxfeAEadBBrFb02TjHa7wI_53OZKCj89eageeD5q8zMYQAxvGhqzmKMMnVYUn60gZFRG5HPj9h6npC12soGDlBxag/s1600/IKEA.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">'nuff said</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...and i'm just so fortunate that i'll be spending the next 24 with all of the above. :) (well, maybe we won't be spending the <i>entire</i> next 24 hours in ikea - but we will be making an appearance or two.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">since it's spring break in not-so-springy-kentucky, in effort to make the most out of a little extra time together, jonathan and i decided to spend a night in cincinnati. thanks to priceline we got an awesome last minute deal on a hotel room. </span><span style="font-size: large;">(i took the pic above from our balcony just a lil bit ago.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">yay for getaways - and time with my favorite guy. </span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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and since we already needed another over-the-door towel rack/hook/thingy-ma-bob, i thought i could bring this guy home and fancy him up a bit for the bathroom.<br />
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i already had the primer, so after i primed the hooks, i ran over to walmart, picked up a can of spray paint, a little bling, and brought 'em home and got to work.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">step 2: two coats of spray paint </div><div style="text-align: center;">i chose this color::</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOUVJjHUfmcSu8iRgLQe-H95Yypxos708oMdLDltF5mWG1pBHu9rdVkH06cs9Lwi6f5L4SzARPkNr81G_yBuFTSdgG9Y1rMo7Mi3D3KLQyOdabENu8APUc_maiF6UoIJZz6T4OXaMjJUk/s1600/IMG_1027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOUVJjHUfmcSu8iRgLQe-H95Yypxos708oMdLDltF5mWG1pBHu9rdVkH06cs9Lwi6f5L4SzARPkNr81G_yBuFTSdgG9Y1rMo7Mi3D3KLQyOdabENu8APUc_maiF6UoIJZz6T4OXaMjJUk/s320/IMG_1027.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_rG34WZHXmC7VlCtWnRT3m-lTZ7RStlxlUwBcxPLK6XFhT6pDZQ8jmSZ4YrxuJcCYwOaOuDd8GzqEKwqrxKipldjO-Vxv7teBSaVnsLiodd1uV9WoWjVWk-cGJKceqaiT0yHF37aL7NR/s1600/IMG_1025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_rG34WZHXmC7VlCtWnRT3m-lTZ7RStlxlUwBcxPLK6XFhT6pDZQ8jmSZ4YrxuJcCYwOaOuDd8GzqEKwqrxKipldjO-Vxv7teBSaVnsLiodd1uV9WoWjVWk-cGJKceqaiT0yHF37aL7NR/s320/IMG_1025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> step 3: add the bling (i used a hot glue gun)</div><div style="text-align: center;">ooooh...shiny.......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FsOdbjjaGZrkcBwJi454ahkCW-8krm7XgSxgVCXRmsGQIbKi7tAFHIiF1nbvEOwmffeeLOVRgI1V9mqjo8J9DyPmhr-PQ_zPRSAVagDbvpqVVGtBR92k0BDWoW2xHbAVreqpFbMvL11R/s1600/IMG_1035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FsOdbjjaGZrkcBwJi454ahkCW-8krm7XgSxgVCXRmsGQIbKi7tAFHIiF1nbvEOwmffeeLOVRgI1V9mqjo8J9DyPmhr-PQ_zPRSAVagDbvpqVVGtBR92k0BDWoW2xHbAVreqpFbMvL11R/s320/IMG_1035.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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our shower curtain actually has hints of that same color blue in it, it just didn't show up in the pictures very well.<br />
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so, nothing spectacular, but i'm pretty pleased with it, and now our towels have a pretty, shiny new home!bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-58014197340321954252011-03-31T17:30:00.002-04:002011-03-31T18:39:20.209-04:00tile paintin' fun!i am in the middle of 3 projects right now and i cannot wait to finish and post them all! one of which will probably still be a week or so until it's completion. today, however, in anticipation of the project i'm working on with the boys, the three of us painted tile magnets!! fun, right?! jordan had a fundraiser for school at christmastime and he won a cute little tile magnet set, so, today we finally broke it out and went to town! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">fun times were had by all!</div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-65435005124453537812011-03-30T22:11:00.000-04:002011-03-30T22:11:10.939-04:00prima donna (but only when i sleep)turns out my sleeping habits are not so normal - at least, not according to jonathan. i'll tell you why and you can tell me if it's that strange/out of the ordinary...<br />
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my friend, jen, gave us these sleep masks when we got married::<br />
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</a></div> same story as above actually. street noise. use to drive me bonkers! turn on my little honeywell fan, the noise fades away, and i am lulled to sleep by the humming fan. aaaaaah.<br />
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then, and here's where the hubs and i really differ - i need it to be cold. i'm talking ice box cold. when i was single and lived alone the thermostat was set between 60-65 at night. (let's not even talk about my power bill in the summer!) jonathan can't handle that - which is ok, since i'm pretty sure that makes him normal and me - well, not so very normal. so our compromise is 68 degrees. it works. <br />
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so i prefer it to be dark, cold, and noisy - does that <i>really</i> make me a prima donna? bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-14850053411634492292011-03-29T14:23:00.001-04:002011-03-29T16:10:51.643-04:00a poem about springjust kidding. no poems. i don't write poems. but i might....if spring actually decided to stick around for more than a week. if that happened i might just be so happy i'd write a poem.<br />
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well. for about a week lexington had sunny, gorgeous 70 - 80 degree weather. <i>for a week.</i> the thing is, it snowed on saturday. yes. snow. and it may have been the first time in my life i <i>wasn't</i> excited to see snow. mind you, this is coming from a gal who spent a year in jersey, and a year in new york city where i walked in snow up to my shins multiple times a day, for a few months out of the year. it never really bothered me. yet, for some reason, this go-round i just wasn't happy to see the snow. <br />
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i'm ready for spring. i'm ready for flowers. t-shirts and capris. flip flops. park trips with the boys. i'm ready for eating out on patios and being at home with the windows open. not to mention, lexington is <b><i>bee-yoo-tee-full</i></b> in the spring! i'm talkin' take-your-breath-away gorgeous. this will be our first spring since moving here (another reason i'm excited and ready for spring!) but we did visit last spring for easter and i was just amazed at how beautiful it was. i'll leave you with a few pics of lexington in the spring so you can see for yourself, and i'll hope for gorgeous spring weather for all of us soon!<br />
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oh!....and another reason i'm hoping spring is almost here? keeneland horse races. it's a pretty big deal in lexington, being "the horse capitol of the world" and all. ;)<br />
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saturday morning i cooked breakfast and we played rummy (which has become our saturday morning ritual). i spent saturday afternoon cleaning while jonathan watched a <strike>lil</strike> lot of espn. saturday evening we went to church with some friends, and then had poker/game night at our place. i came in 2nd and won our money back! woohoo!! :) (we are not much for gambling, but we did a $5 buy in to keep things interesting!)<br />
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sunday afternoon we spent at the in-laws. my mother-in-law is an incredible cook and sunday lunches are always scrumptious! i'm talkin' thanksgiving style every week. yummmm-oh! then...and here's my favorite part of our weekend....we took easton to the dog park for her first time ever!<br />
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we finished off our weekend watching the uk/unc game (go cats!! - final four baby!!) and fighting off the sunday blues with a little comedy -<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">hope <i>you</i> a wonderful weekend! <b>happy monday!!!</b></div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04778185357068232221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584570864626064457.post-51138840582987832352011-03-25T18:53:00.001-04:002011-03-26T00:02:30.918-04:00silhouette giveawayno... <i>i </i>am not giving away a silhouette...with only 5 followers it wouldn't be much of a contest (although your odds of winning <i>would</i> be incredibly high!). ;) BUT...you can check out<a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/2011/03/silhouette-giveaway.html?showComment=1301092981272#c1466948805724640682"> this blog</a> and enter to win. if you like crafting, or decorating at all then you need one of these killer machines! i cannot tell you how much i want one. oh, i dream of owning one. maybe i'll hope for one at the turn of the big three-oh in 8 months. hmmm...<br />
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