Pink razor = Mmm Mmm Good!

I’m bored but I don’t have much to write. Friday night Justin and I went to the Little theatre to watch Regan and Ryan Bell in a wonderful Tate high school production. Justin really liked it. And I love those Bell boys. I’m trying to convince the girls in the youth group that they are gonna be so sorry they let those boys pass them by………they love Jesus with everything they are. Man, I just love them, I love their passion. I love that they are absolutely sold out to their God. It’s so awesome. I can’t encourage them enough and I seriously would be all over that if I was in high school again, just adorable I tell ya, adorable! Saturday we ran all over town and back getting all kinds of good stuff. Justin was getting ready for his business trip, packing and getting little odds and ends. And I went to Middleton’s with Ms. Joy and Joanna. Jo and I found the cutest little shower dresses there. We’re gonna swap dresses for the different showers..haha, think anyone will notice?? Oh yeah and then I got my newest prized possession…My hot pink Razor phone. Something about the color pink just gives me goosebumps, but what I am most excited about, and I am sure what Audrey will be most excited about is my new ringtone. Hahahaha, it is FLAVA FLAV! He says, “FLAVA FLAV, Yeaaaaah boyyyeeee, Pick up the phone!” hahaha. I seriously fall out laughing everytime someone calls me! Justin got a new free-standing punching bag with two sets of everything…..headgear, gloves, and foot pads (to kick harder with, great). After we finally got home Taylor came over to watch the UFC championship with Justin, oh and I am afraid to say it but yes, they were both bleeding from the mouth after the first 5 minutes. I eventually convinced them that they should watch the fight rather than re-enact it. The next morning Justin hurriedly got his things together and Ms. Joy came and took him to the airport while Taylor and I were off to church. It was a great service and Leo Day is being presented to be our full time music minister………..Hooray! I love him, shoot, everyone loves him! After church I took the longest nap possible…..well it was only like 2 hours or so, but it felt like forever, I needed it. Then I had another lesson on my car. Okay so I’m struggling with stop signs. It seems that I can start out of the driveway and get going without a hitch but there is some added stress where there are other people waiting on me to get out of their way. I stalled! Hahhaa, and the car behind me honked, they are probably thinking I’m some 16 year old who’s mommy and daddy spoiled by getting her a new sports car……….no, I’m not, I just drive like one! I’m getting better and I have 4 more days to brush up until I get to show Jus everything I learned while he was gone. He’s gonna be so proud. I can’t wait till he comes back, I miss him already. But Tori is going to stay with me this whole week and keep me company. We’ll do fun wedding stuff and what not!

Can I be a Bond girl now? - updated!

2/3/2006
Last night was my first lesson on the stick shift. Justin said I did suprisingly well. I can get going and get all they way up to third gear and back down. My only fear are hills and sudden stops.......I have to think too much at this point. I won't be able to drive on the busy road until it becomes second nature........which I hope I can accomplish over the weekend! haha, yeah right. I'd rather be safe than sorry though.
Tori came to my practice session to see the new car and i showed off what i learned for the night, she said i did really well too. After our lap was over Justin made me stop on account that I was "hot dogging"........come on, how much "hot dogging" can you do in the back of the church parking lot??? He's crazy. I think he's afraid I'm going to kill myself. haha.
2/2/2006
Ok so I HAVE to write more about my new car. For those of you who are completely over it, I’m sorry, I’m just so excited. I had to go to church last night with all my little kiddies without my new car…….it was somewhere in Destin having the time of it’s life with Justin and Kurt. Jus said that at stoplights people were asking him “Where did you get that car? What kind is it??.......yadda yadda” and he said he answered everytime “It’s my wife’s!” YAYYY. It’s really exciting to go from the girl who wanted to run and get in her car as fast as she could so that everyone around didn’t know it was me driving the gimpy car with the duct taped mirror (thanks Nancy W.). And now I get a car that I want people to see. I’m so proud of it. And I am even more proud of my husband. He is absolutely amazing. Not because he let me have this car with “our” money but because he bought me this car with “his” money. Money that he had before we were married. Money he set aside and gave up just to see me smile like I did at that gas station…heck like I’m smiling right now. That means more to me than the car (and seeing as how I love that car emensely……that’s a lot!) I love him. Thank you Jus! You’re my favorite. He is such a sacrificing husband and I’ll never be able to top his generousity, but I’m gonna spend my life trying!

After Jus got back from Destin he called me to come outside and I hopped in to take a ride around. We played with all the gadgets and buttons, then we pulled over at Winn-Dixie so he could teach me how to put the top down, and we rode around some more! I can’t wait till I get to drive it. Justin says he won’t be critical of me when I am learning, so I will allow him to be my teacher, but when he goes out of town next week, Tori is my backup. (If he thinks I’m gonna let that thing sit in the driveway while he’s gone, he better think again…..hahahah) If anyone has any tips for me, speak now or get rear ended in traffic =)

P.S. I charged my camera so don’t worry, pictures will be posted tonight or tomorrow morning!

Life magazine's sexiest car of the year!

I got my car! Oh yeah, I mean I physically can touch it, hug it, kiss it.........and i've done all repeatedly. Justin had me meet him at the gas station after work to "tell me what his CEO discussed with him today"............and I pulled up to him pumping gas in the most fabulous little ride you could imagine! I was speechless and then speechful! hahaha. I screamed and jumped up and down and ran laps around it before settling comfortably in the driver's seat. It's amazing..............oh my gosh. I tried to take pictures but my camera went dead, just my luck so I will post this one again cause mine looks just like it. I am sure I will have some soon of me laying on the hood! hahah. The bad news..........these cool little sports cars only come in a stick, so i have to learn before i can drive it. I'm scared but Tori assures me I can do it. Jus gets to drive it until I am a shifting guru. Pray for me to be a quick learner! In the meantime I have an awesome little Grand Am with just over 30,000 miles on it if anyone is looking! Well, Justin had a business dinner in Destin tonight, so guess where my little Debbie Pearl (that is what I named it) is............

The Odyssey Aniversary!

Wow! What a weekend. It was awesome. So for those who do not know, every year Olive Baptist has Odyssey Weekend. Which is where a group of kids spend the entire weekend at a host home (volunteers from the church who offer their home, food and transportation) with an Odyssey leader (usually a college student who travels to Pcola for the weekend to lead lessons and what not). Well, Justin and I were the host home for the 9th grade girls (well, one of the groups of 9th grade girls anyway). These are MY girls. I taught them in discipleship classes on Wednesday nights and when those were over I promised them they could be at my house for Odyssey… and so they were. These are the most drama-ful girls you will EVER meet. Well, I guess they are just typical of teenage girls but I could never explain the sheer joy that came over me Friday night after our lesson. They were sooo non-typical at this time. So let me just tell the story. Everyone arrives Friday night around 6:30, 7ish.

They chilled out and played a while but then it was time to start our first lesson. It went fairly well, like most bible studies with teenagers do, a little distracted but not bad. And just when we thought we were done, and it was time to pray. Britney (our leader) asked for prayer requests and the journey began. Every one of those girls had something huge they were dealing with in their lives, one by one they each cried and poured their little hearts out. It’s so amazing how you can do this general little lesson and get little response and then by just asking someone to discuss something personal the bottom drops out! That is all they wanted, someone to ask them what they were feeling, someone to look at each problem they were facing and show them how to see it through God’s eyes. Our prayer session lasted 4 HOURS that night. And the greatest thing was not that these girls were weeping over their own problems, but that they were balling over each others’. Some were so hungry for the truth. Not just the truth of how much they are loved, but the truth in general. Whether it was bible stories they wanted to hear, or exactly WHY Jesus had to die………they weren’t just settling for what they already knew, but instead their hearts desired more…….It was such an innocent sweet passion for their Lord. This is how I know that Heaven is going to be awesome one day. Because no matter how wonderful my life is or how amazing my husband is or how exciting anything is to me at any moment………nothing EVER makes me feel like I do when I see someone hungry for God, when I get to talk about him, and when I get to be in a place where everyone is there acting like no one is there but God. Those truly are the most monumentally marvelous moments in my life. And I am so glad these girls were part of one of them.

Well, after the discussion ended it was like 2am so I went to join my husband in the warm bed he was already cuddled in. And surprisingly the girls went to sleep not long after. On Saturday morning Ms. Joy cooked breakfast pizza for us and we had another lesson. The girls were so good during the lessons. Dennis soon came over with the camera and the girls scattered like roaches…….they weren’t wearing any makeup and their hair wasn’t fixed, so we defaulted to the next best thing…the Prissy fashion show. Haha. Dennis filmed Prissy in a few of her outfits, one being her new Hawiian getup which is the most adorable thing ever. She has a grass skirt, coconut bra and a lei……..hahahahha! I HAVE to post a picture. We ate pizza for lunch and then headed to the beach to do another lesson before the concert at church that night.

We got to take some cute pictures but it was way too windy and loud to do the lesson out there, so we went to SurfBurger and attempted to do it there, but we ended up only suffing our faces with Chili Cheese fries.
So we decided to head to the church early and do our lesson there before everyone started showing up. Which was a great idea until we got there and EVERY door was locked. Who knew it was so hard to break into the church?? We eventually got someone to let us in and had a great lesson. Where we talked about how to deal with hurt and how to forgive. They talked about how every problem they have in their lives, they can put the cross between them and that person, meaning……look at the horribly unbearable thing Christ forgave you of (crucifying him on the cross) and your little quarrel doesn’t seem so important does it?? Oh I hope they really use that in their lives. It’s so sad how we take that cross for granted………how we forget to take responsibility for slaying the most perfect man who ever walked to planet……and we hold a grudge because someone stole our boyfriend, it’s ridiculous! After that the concert started, it was a band called FUEL. They were great, the lead singer was the cutest. My girls were in love and I was so glad they got to see that there are attractive men out there who will sing their hearts out to the Lord, and live their lives out to the Lord. They needed to see that. After the concert we made a Wal-Mart run to get supplies for crafting our T-shirts! Then we went home and got our Martha-Stewart on. Of course the main ingredients were pink and rinestones! We called ourselves the Lil’ Mamas, for no good reason, just cause we liked it! Well we had another lesson that night but I missed it because I had to go around my neighborhood with this little puppy who decided he liked my porch. A group of 9th grade girls of course wants to bring him in, so instead I had to find his home. Well, we were all exhausted by this time so we went straight to bed.

Sunday was mine and Justin’s anniversary! I got a dozen long stemmed red roses. It was so cute to wake up to the sound of little voices saying, “Happy Anniversary Tyners!” hahahah. I’m glad I got to start it off with them, I truly adore each one of them. God has amazing plans for those girls, wow, I cannot wait to see it! We headed to the rally at church and enjoyed more great music. A few of the kids stood up and expressed what they went through and learned during the weekend. I was so proud when some of mine stood and told of how they felt they belonged………I want them to feel that with me especially, I want to be there to comfort them and cry with them and laugh histerically with them and booty dance with them and shoot………EVERYTHING with them! I love them!

Well, after church Justin and I headed home and cleaned like mad men, only to find that Ms. Joy was planning to clean our whole house while we were out celebrating, we kinda ruined her surprise but, luckily for us, we hadn’t finished the whole house. So we scurried off to the Pensacola Little Theatre to watch “Barefoot in the Park”, it was a cute little romantic comedy. We laughed and cried and the whole theatre experience was just great. Then we came home to get really dressed up and tried to decide where to spend our anniversary dinner. We went through the obvious choices Jackson’s, Bonefish, Melting Pot. But we ultimately decided to go to a Hibachi Grill, we had our first date at a Hibachi Grill. Plus there is a new one right by our house we’ve been meaning to try. We thought it was quite appropriate. It is the perfect kind of place for us. It is so entertaining and a fun experience in general. It was great. Oh yeah, I know everyone is dying to hear what we got each other for our anniversary. Well, my gift wasn’t that great I gave Justin his choice between this new fancy handgun he has been begging for or a new wildlife video cam he has equally been fond of. I didn’t go an purchase either of these because I have no idea what or how to get them. So we will go this weekend and let him pick one out! Yay. Oh but here is the big news!!! I’m getting a car! Oh yeah, you heard me, the one I have been eyeing for a while now, well, Jus ordered it in like October in order for it to be here by our anniversary, but it’s late! So, I have to post picture of it when I get it! Yay. It’s the Solstice, never been made before so I’ll be one of the first, how exciting is that for a girl who has never had anything new in her life! Oh yeah. I cannot portray my excitement. This is what mine will look like: And he said he got all the upgrades it could come with, two tone leather and all! It will tentatively be here next week but Jus says they just don’t know for sure……….oh gosh, I don’t know if I can wait any longer! AHHHHHHHHHHH! I had the best little anniversary with my husband of one year. Can you believe it?? A whole year already. It’s gone by sooo fast. I love him more now than ever. I really do, some people just say that, but I not only love him more, I appreciate him more. He is amazing. He is such a hard worker, and he loves my Jesus with all his heart……..what more could a girl ask for? Oh goodness, I am SURE I left something out of this wonderful weekend, but I’ll post again if I think of it! Haha. I love you all. And I will leave you with my favorite quote from Odyssey weekend, “I’ve learned this weekend that I really want to be….uh…….what’s the word……oh yeah……..a role model.” hahahahha

And the Odyssey begins!

Well, today starts Odyssey weekend with my 9th grade girls. I’m really excited, I just love them so much. They are just at that stage where they are cool but they still want to be extremely goofy. In a couple years they will all be too mature to dance crazy and make faces in pictures……you know, all the fun stuff you miss when you grow up. I am ready to enjoy them just how they are now, with all their love triangle drama and all!
Last night we had the “get-to-know-you” banquet where everyone found out which houses they get to go to and we met the leaders of each group. Our leader is the cutest girl from Hot-lanta (for all you under-rapped children that is slang for Atlanta……you know who you are!) Anyway, she is seriously the sweetest girl ever, which is not gonna cut it with these rugrats………they will devour the weak, hahaha. A good commanding “shut up!” always quiets them for me but I don’t think she has that in her. Haha. Some people are just too sweet! No really, she is great and I got to talk with her a bit, she really loves some Jesus which makes her perfect in my book! We are gonna have the best time. Last night we had so much fun, we are already planning hot tub runs and what not! I’ll definitely post all about our weekend on Monday, if I’m not drop dead tired by then!

It's a puppy part-A!

Well, my Prissy girl’s birthday was yesterday and I must say she sure knows how to party! Haha. After giving her numerous phone calls on the answering machine all day, Justin and I finally came home from work. I hurried to bake Prissy’s birthday cake, yes there are birthday cakes for dogs that require baking. We then joined everyone for bowling night which was fun.
Jennifer, Toby and I excluded Kristen for a while to discuss her shower plans, but we soon felt too bad for her sitting all by herself at the other table soooo, we played with her too. Dallas graced us with his presence also (eat your heart out Kenli and Brooke) hahaha! Afterwards, everyone came back to our house for Prissy’s birthday party! We all put on our party hats and got our horns ready. Prissy enjoyed our singing, she got pretty excited, I think she even tinkled a bit……..but it’s her birthday so we let her get away with it.

Then her and Daddy blew out the candle on her doggie cake and she opened her present from Mom Wow. It was Milkbones and some toys!

Daddy and I gave her a present too……..sooo many rawhide bones, she loves those things, keeps her busy for hours. After running around frantically greeting everyone at her party she finally settled down enough to eat her homemade cake.
She devoured that thing! Mommy is such a good cook! Haha. The people guest got to enjoy real cupcakes, although the puppy cakes were tempting. I love that little doggie. She is the ultimate example of unconditional love. No matter how much I say “NOOOOO!” or how long I leave her by herself allll day long………she still wags her tail uncontrollably when I get home every day and jumps on my leg until I lean down far enough for her to kiss me. I can only imagine how much I’m gonna love my kid one day.

Well, we’re semi-swamped here at work so, I’ll cut this one short!

“To err is human, to forgive, canine.”

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” – Mary Ann, age 4

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRISSY!

I got a recipe for a doggie cake. I'll post pictures later!