Phoning It In #26

I had Princess Diaries on for delightful background noise while writing the Patterns vs. Possibilities blog, then when I finally came in the living room to sit down, Mia had just gotten the birthday note from her secret-prince-Dad.  He was reading: "From now on, you'll be traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be.  The key is to allow yourself to make the journey."  It went pretty perfectly with what I'd just written, and the cheesiness of the whole moment made me laugh! lol

P.S. I've seen the movie a hundred times so it shouldn't surprise me, but how young do Anne Hathaway and Mandy Moore look in that picture!?

I got caught up on transcripts and thank-you cards at work yesterday, and I'm grateful for a little downtime this afternoon!  There's one other thing I'd like to clarify/reframe from the previous post.  If God never opens the door for me to become a mom and/or a wife, by no means do I believe that would mean I failed in living out my calling.  My focus needs to be daily faithfulness to God, living in peace, keeping a pure heart and clean conscience and loving others well -- whether married or single.  When I walk with integrity and pray over the things I can't control, God will guard me and keep me from shame and regret - whether married or single.  I'm confident about that, and I'm more and more confident that God will lead me in the path of life He has already planned and marked out for me!

A great pic of Kristin and her youngest three boys! ❤

Sam n Ella's party celebrating Chet Lee's graduation 15 years ago this week!!  I'm beyond grateful for the continuing friendships with Chettles and Jeffrey Edward and their wonderful families!  (Also, I'd love some Sam n' Ella's pizza - it's been a very long time!)

Miss Kyndal Faith at Creation Nation last week (top row) and at Gathering Place during her last club 11s volleyball tournament (bottom row).

The "Screamer Swing" at Creation Nation - she loved it!

And horseback riding... fun!  (Rach made a day trip of it and took all these pics whilst Mom and I were in Colorado).

Meanwhile, Jaceman finally got to FaceTime with Paul Cuffaro, his YouTube hero and fish-loving role model. lol  He sent Mom and I a few photos and a video of their call. =)

In a very random shift, here's Melanie and Caroline at her graduation from Texas A&M last week!  Love them...  I'm determined to see a game at Kyle Field purely because of that podcast!

Chet Lee has been *very busy* with landscaping projects and gardening and flower planting lately... for their neighborhood, their own home, and this KW Red Day project!  Now on to hosting the neighborhood garage sale then the Summer Block Party for all his clients. lol  He's the best!!

Meme that feels accurate for me...

New Marathon frame from Mom - love it!!

I also redid a few of my frames at home! ❤

Miss Holly Marie looking ever so cute and summery in her pink gingham that matches the fantastic roses -- (JEM has also been busy with gardening projects, and their backyard roses look awesome)!

Shea texted these pics after I'd already written my post, so here they are now! =)

Gif from a LivePhoto Mom took while we were walking in.  Sparkly cap for the win - I was not hard to find! lol

I sooo sincerely appreciate Holly buying our dinner at Cherry Creek Grill, and I'm certain most people would've loved this part of it... they were kind enough to split the French Dip sandwich into thirds for us, but I didn't realize that prime rib basically meant raw steak.  I told Chettles that eating red steak registers the very same way in my mind as eating pink chicken.  He looked very concerned and said, "Never eat pink chicken!!" To which I responded just as seriously, "Never eat red steak!" lol  (I get that I'm in the minority there, but it would make me gag and throw up for sure.)  I ate a tiny bit of the bread but couldn't bring myself to have even one bite of the meat.  But I'm sure Holly and/or Jack enjoyed it later, so good enough!  One of many times the fancier version does *not* register as better in my book... Velveeta shells n' cheese trumps most fancy restaurant mac n' cheeses, and I'll stick with Arby's and McAlister's when I want a French dip sandwich, thank you! lol

It's been an absurd back-and-forth cycle with lots of needless waiting, but Rach finally got the official news from Tinker that she qualifies for their deferred resignation program (full pay and benefits through September 30th), and tomorrow will be her final day working at TAFB!!  The end of an era, you might say. ;-)  Yay for celebrating that at family dinner tonight - hopefully it won't involve an unexpected ER trip this time!! lol  Aww, memories.  (Last blood pic, I promise!)

Mmkay, that's all the randomness I have for you today.
I love you and believe in you, and Jesus does too!!

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