The Breakfast Table

my next failed attempt

2010-11-08T22:14:00.002-06:00

To laugh at my newest attempt at blogger productivity....feel free to place bets on how often i DONT post at.....

www.maggieblevins.blogspot.com

i wishes...

2010-11-07T21:05:00.004-06:00

(35mm black and white film, developed by myself)

I think I would like to start an art blog.

..... to document art school.....

bedtime

2010-07-06T21:51:00.002-05:00

the dishwasher was going.

i stood at the sink washing what was left over.

in another room the mother rocked a crying baby.

across the counter i watched the father gather children.

with a boy under one arm calling out his good nights to all he passed,

the father sent the other upstairs to bed.

i continued to wash.

the father called out commands to the bed goers.

get in your bed. go upstairs. put on your pajamas.

and the baby in the other room continued to cry.

i continued to wash.

hustle. bustle. tears and tantrums.

the mother rocked.

the father gathered.

i stopped washing.

standing quietly next to the gate was the twin to the crying baby.

she was passed and walked over.

she neither hustled nor cried. she just waited.

i picked her up.

i swear she smiled.

eventually the bed goers were in bed.

the crying had stopped and the father apologized.

i don't know why.

i was content to watch her be content, just being held.

...

PS. i am in Kentucky for the summer. and our blog is incredibly boring. so if anyone actually even still reads it. i am very sorry and you deserve a prize.

At least i don't have to give a speech.

2010-05-19T23:29:00.000-05:00

I'm graduating tomorrow.

I really just want to be a sentimental baby about it....

can i be happy later?

Narrative Painting

2010-05-11T20:41:00.009-05:00

"Selfless Love"

Project One: Symbolism/Metaphor

"Jane Eyre"

Project two: Single-Scene Narrative

"Charles Kitchens"

Project three: Diptych, theme of war

"Thereafter"
Project four: Continuous Narrative

PROCRASTINATION RANT...

2010-04-05T18:27:00.003-05:00

DAVID HOPKINS

Is ruining my life....

I just though you should all know.

These are just some photographs from my cello documentary.

To make up for my whining....

"Jane in the pink room" actually might have been more frightening...

2010-04-01T23:44:00.000-05:00

Grand finale of the epic adventure: "the big ATL"

(...sorry i'm still recovering from Teenpact, and still thriving off of Teenpact inside jokes)

Anyway, Atlanta is our last stop.

theeeenn (hallelujah) HOME!

So right now, i'm sitting on a bed..a very pink bed...which is sitting inside a lovely room. A very pink room that belongs to a beautiful little girl with strawberry curls and pink rosy cheeks. This room is inside a house that is not pink that belongs to Mama's dear friend. This house is inside a darling little town called "Peachtree City" that is right outside of Hotlanta.

My mom is being all chatty downstairs with Dear Friend, and i'm stuck alone in this pink room on this pink bed waiting for her. It would be lying to say that i'm not more than slightly disturbed by this pink room at this moment.

Allow me to share:

(yay for Buzz's webcam of awesome spectacular-ness)

The first picture is the room itself.

The second, is the giant horse near the head of the bed. He looks friendly, he's not.

The third, is the creeptastic glowing globe. MEGA weird. It looks cool, it's not.

And finally, the fourth picture is what scares me the most.

Yes, that bunny is for real.

It's watching me. I don't trust him.

This is no april fools, friends.

I may get eaten by a bunny rabbit tonight.

spontaneous roadtrip: success

2010-04-01T09:28:00.000-05:00

I miss my people.
I miss my house.
Love Savannah, GA
Love ALL the places we visited.
Love vintage clothes from Savannah, GA
Cannot WAIT to be home. :)

The Price is Right

2010-03-13T20:18:00.000-06:00

My sister is now the soon to be Mrs. Price.

We are thrilled.

my nap

2010-02-27T16:36:00.005-06:00

My eyes were still closed, but i knew that i was awake.

Laying in my bed i could hear people in the kitchen moving and talking.

i heard laughing.

i heard the laughter of a woman, unknown, a normal low laugh.

i ignored it.

Then i heard a second laugh.

i smiled.

it was wonderful.

beautiful.

i thought of ringing and bells.

and pretty music.

what an amazing laugh.

i love that laugh.

i never noticed it before.

20 years i have heard and let it go unappreciated.

my momma has a beautiful laugh.

wonderful.

beautiful.

ringing.

bells.

pretty music.

pretty momma.

Charles Courtney Curran

2010-02-22T15:11:00.002-06:00

He literally paints the lighting of Spring.

I want a cool breeze, a grassy hill, the spring sun, and a picnic.

T.G.I.F.

2010-02-19T21:39:00.001-06:00

without facebook, i've been making my time on the computer more productive.

organizing pictures,

organizing my gmail inbox... (1240 e-mails.. yikes!!!) it's a daily process...

blogging more frequently...more frequent visits to your blogs...

e-mailing people baaaack...... (sorry e-mail from august, that i never replied to)

getting to know buzz lightyear a little better. (i love my baby)

maybe when i finally complete the organization of my inbox...i'll reactivate my facebook account.

who knows. maybe i'm done with facebook for life... :)

MAGGIE IS HOME!! so glad that all the sis's are together.

( + brett.... but it's ok. we like him too.)

"reunited and it feel so gooood"

Spring? is that you?

2010-02-19T15:23:00.005-06:00

I saw the first daffodil today. it said "hello! spring is on it's way...if you can just be patient for a teeny bit longer!"

aaaaaagh! so. exciting.

BLAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!

2010-02-16T16:29:00.000-06:00

I feel so behind...

stop fretting over things...and just DO them...

miracles happen fast.

2010-02-15T21:44:00.000-06:00

there's a pretty white sheet on everything.

i didn't even realize what was happening.

happy belated balumtine'th day.

2010-02-15T18:24:00.058-06:00

We all need thome help thontines.

Lately I've been having serious bloggers block.
Although on second thought, there have been plenty
of things i've been meaning to blog about,
but instead of taking the time to blog, i've simply
been living. But I am here now, for these few moments. ;)

It's past due time for a visit.

shall we?
First of all, now that the mad rush of Valentine's is over, we all need to be reminded that we can share love ALL through the year, and one of the best ways to do that is through song.

From esteemed musician and filmmaker, Dave Barnes:
("this is um, one of my favorites")

Dave...like a father to me.

so.

afewthingsthathappened:

buzzlightyearwhatagreatmac
DeasVailOWLCITYlive
TheFormal.
Valentine's@EDDING'Shill
JohnMayerLIVE
MYownFIRSTrealROADTRIP.
i'maNanny!
ethneethneethne
SNOWwait,no.That's something that has NOT happened!

everywere i am,
snow is not.

Sometimes I only have so much time
to spend on feeding my need for creativity...
and i'm sorry to say that it’s the blog
that so often gets neglected.

lately, we've been busy busy busy busy people.

I kissed facebook goodbye last week.
I'll most likely re-activate my account eventually...
but i gotta tell ya,
it's been nice without the distraction.

please oh please snow.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T17:54:00.005-06:00

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

- I Cor 13:13

All my love, to all my loves,

Pritchett

rolling on the floor laughing.

2010-02-04T20:06:00.001-06:00

i really. really. want waffles.

(eth-NEE)

2010-02-02T11:41:00.005-06:00

meet ethne.

what once was johnnie, now shall be ethne.

Oh may it be so...

2010-01-29T10:12:00.004-06:00

"Guide us waking, O Lord,
and guard us sleeping;
that awake we may watch with Christ,
and asleep we may rest in peace."

Rick quoted this prayer in a post about Amy. Such a sweet prayer. So simple. So profound. Such comfort.

There's always hope...

2010-01-22T11:56:00.004-06:00

Recently, I read a quote from the wise and insightful Bro. Dwayne Schafer.

"Change comes in frequent, determined attempts."

The idea that all is not lost on the first failing, or even the second , or the third, or the tenth attempt has given me a renewed motivation to continue to strive for the changes that I know are necessary in my life. This simple little quote speaks volumes of encouragement to me.

How about you?

I want to be an English Teacher.....

2010-01-21T16:02:00.002-06:00

Something I came across doing some online research for an art project.

Funny metaphors used in high school essays

Just in case you need some writing inspiration. Every year, English teachers from across the USA can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. Here are last year’s winners:

1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.

2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.

3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli, and he was room temperature Canadian beef.

5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.

6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.

8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife’s infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine.

9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn’t.

10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.

11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you’re on vacation in anothercity and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30

12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.

13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.

15. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan’s teeth.

16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.

17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she was the East River.

18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.

19. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.

20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.

22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.

25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.

I wish I could laugh that hard everyday.

:)

2010-01-07T01:22:00.001-06:00

hello, you.

~mj

Why Jeeps are always the best:

2009-12-22T21:23:00.003-06:00

a wonderful christmas time

2009-12-17T09:50:00.005-06:00

the midterm is done.

finally, christmas break!

(i still have my work cut-out for me with formal planning and such--more on that later...)

but for now, to celebrate:

merry movies!

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

2009-11-21T08:12:00.004-06:00

SHUT UP!!!!

I woke up today at 7:29, on my own, WITHOUT an annoying alarm clock going off at 6:00.

...So it's actually set on Al Green...and that's kind of fun...but still. ;) (thankful for Saturdays.)

anyway, the main point:

I am thankful for those first moments in the morning, when you wake up on your own.

The sun is streaming through the windows, you're listening to the gentle whir of the fan, lying there all cozy and warm in your bed, but the tip of your nose is chilly.

I have found that it's in this peaceful time, (if undisturbed) that some of my best thinking is done. Best prayer time, and best solution finding time. It's incredible.

good morning, and happy thanksgiving week!

My Dearest Friends

2009-11-20T16:19:00.006-06:00

I am passionately thankful for my friends.

Young and old.
Relatives and pretend relatives.
I'm thankful for friends that tell you how something you did changed their day, or made them feel warm and happy inside. I'm thankful for friends that make you feel all warm and happy inside. I'm thankful for friends that make you cry.
but cry with you.

I'm SO thankful,
for these PEOPLE.

aah!! Thank you, Lord.

It makes the struggles of this life infinitely easier.
It's why we drive miles and miles to church meetings and singing schools as often as we can, even though gas is expensive and there's tons of stuff we should be doing at home.
All so we can worship, and grow, and learn to praise God in song with kindred spirits:
This crazy group of kids trying to be an example of the believers.*

So we can hold one another up.

So we can be together.

For all of you that I've been a terrible friend to, and completely neglected over the past months or even years, I'm sorry.

I love you All, and thank YOU for your love and friendship.

Thank you girls, for being sincere, loving, and comforting. Thank you for being beautiful, elegant, and modest. Intelligent and wise. Crazy and fun. Helpful and kind, always. Thank you for being understanding, forgiving, and loyal.

Thank you gentlemen, for always being gentlemen even when the world tells you it's archaic, wimpy, and cliche. Thank you for being respectful, humble, and Godly. Thanks for being bold and courageous. Thanks for being hilarious ALL the time. Thank you for all being crazy handsome and fun. ;)

"You may value the friendships of youth and of age,
And select for my comrades the noble and sage;
But the friends that most cheer me on life's rugged road
Are the friends of my Master-the children of God."
-House of the Lord, vs. 3

Because I haven't said it enough,
I'm thankful for you.

* "...In word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

This Evening

2009-11-19T17:19:00.004-06:00

I took a walk and saw an angel in the clouds. Glory.

The Scientist played the moment i walked back into my room. Thanks, Coldplay.

I'm thankful for the little blessings.

Thanksgiving is one week away. Let the countdown begin!

What are you thankful for?

/mj

"City of Black & White"

2009-11-09T12:21:00.009-06:00

My First go with a film camera set on manual. These were my favorites.

Darn the computer for making them extra blurry, but i kinda like it.
(a few of them turned out a little blurry to start with) ;)

My goal for next time is to get more contrast. help?? (que Maggie.)

I love black and white film, don't you?

(The Coldplay one might be my favorite favorite even though it really is blurry.)

"I'm not a real girl. I'm just Mary-John"

2009-11-03T21:27:00.011-06:00

I'm tired. I'm sleepy. I'm tired of seeing this country go to pot. Let's do something about it. no, really. it's time.

I've been rude to my family lately.

I haven't shaved my legs in days...

I haven't taken off this nail polish...and i hate and abhor chipped fingernail polish.

There are people in our country trying to use our tax dollars to pay for the killing of our babies.

Sometimes I wish Facebook would disappear. Just run away...explore a new life, taking over some other society. (yet, who happens to be logged in right this minute??)

I'm not behind in school...yet. Tomorrow- Defensive driving course with Whitney. all day. Thursday, Friday, & Saturday- Working at Christmas Village. gag.

Senior Pictures: another thing still on the checklist.

Guess which teeth are still in my mouth and shouldn't be? ...oh wise ones...

How come I NEVER get to the rest of the stuff on my To Do list?

I feel like NOTHING I do am I doing a complete and thorough job, to the best of my abilities. I feel rushed in everything.

I'm feeling overwhelmed. I don't want to just get-by. Will I ever get to things like painting my closet doors and working on my stories from years ago? Finish every single piece of art work that i never finished? (there are many.)

What things could i accomplish if I managed my time more wisely? I don't want my life to fly by... and me think oneday...but there were so many things i never did. I never accomplished anything! because i was... lazy??

But it's alright.

I'm NOT behind in school.

I have a home and a family. that's all that matters.

My desire to get in the Word increases daily. I love how the more you read, the more you truly want to.

Thank you Lord for apologies. and forgiveness.

I am thankful for nail polish.

I can be happy now.

My Turquoise Chair

2009-10-07T21:26:00.003-05:00

This was my chair....my turquoise chair. I saw it, I loved it, it was mine. I went to get my chair today. It was gone. And I am sad.

To my chair.....

Introduction to Painting

2009-10-07T15:07:00.004-05:00

Project one: Still Life (From Life)

A-

Project Two: Still Life (Photograph)

Project requirements- still life using fruits and vegetables that represnt a marriage.

not graded yet

Grace and Providence

2009-10-04T22:41:00.007-05:00

Almighty King! whose wondrous hand
Supports the weight of sea and land;
Whose grace is such a boundless store,
No heart shall break that sighs for more;

Thy Providence supplies my food,
And tis' thy blessing makes it good;
My soul is nourished by thy word,
Let soul and body praise the LORD.

My streams of outward comfort came
From him, who built this earthly frame;
Whate'er I want his bounty gives,
By whom my soul for ever lives.

Either his hand preserves from pain,
Or, if I feel it, heals again;
From Satan's malice sheilds my breast,
Or overrules it for the best.

Forgive the song that falls so low
Beneath the gratitude I owe!
It means thy praise, however poor,
An angel's song can do no more.

- William Cowper

To Someone in Franklin, TN:

2009-10-02T14:49:00.000-05:00

We miss you!

2009-09-30T08:23:00.002-05:00

Haste Makes.... Waves?

I put a pot of water on the stove to boil for pasta,
then reached for my crock of sea salt.

It was empty.

I found a new package of sea salt in the cabinet, left the crock open to refill,
and turned to grab a knife and open the package.

I quickly sliced open the package, turned back to the stove, and in my usual
trying-to-do-too-many-things-at-once-suppertime-haste,

I poured the entire package of salt into the pot of boiling water!

As I turned to pour the salty water into the sink, Brett and Morgan walked in.
Apprising the situation and trying to offer support, Brett said,

"Now you've got sea-water!"

To which Morgan quipped,

"Go ahead and make some waves!"

Scan Happy

2009-09-18T13:33:00.009-05:00

fishy.

What Maggie and I did over break today.

happy friday!

Adventures in Art School

2009-09-15T18:04:00.004-05:00

"The Dancing Monkey"

episode one

Monday in my Digital Media class my professor was apologizing for the boring subject matter that was on the agenda for the day. He continued onto wish that he could just have a "dancing monkey" come in everyday and entertain us but sooner or later we were going to have to actually cover some material. At this point in his ramble the girl behind me (*mj- sky) jokingly offered to bring her "dancing monkey" to the following class.

The professor's eyes lit up as he exclaimed, "I have one"!

He ran from the room to return a few moments later with....

bummer.

2009-09-08T17:58:00.008-05:00

My latest addiction: Owl City

I almost saw them tomorrow night.

bummer.

Senior year is finally here...

2009-09-04T08:49:00.005-05:00

While we were away at singing schools, parties, and lake weekends, the summer just sort of slipped past. It was a beautiful summer, full and happy. It's saying goodbye now. A light breeze has a appeared, the smell of fall is here, and the spirit of football, no doubt is wide-spread throughout the south.

hey fall.

The fact that I am a senior is scary, scary to me. This is my last year of high school, my last year of school at home. At the same time, I can't help be excited about all that is coming. Please pray for me that I will know where God is leading me.

love to you all!

(image courtesy of google)

2009-09-02T23:31:00.002-05:00

WORD of the DAY: billet-doux (be' ya doo'), (bil' a doo')

a sweet note, a love letter

Etymology: French. billet-note, doux-sweet

MY definition? Something all women love!

"Where I Stay"...

2009-09-01T20:59:00.021-05:00

MY ROOM

MY BATHROOM

MORGAN'S ROOM

MORGAN'S BATHROOM

KITCHEN

LIVING ROOM

JAMIE

Sad Sunday

2009-08-31T08:09:00.004-05:00

Yesterday was Sad Sunday.

The first Sunday of the school year the girls go back to school.

I miss.

back to blogging, then.

yay for school!

A day with us....

2009-06-10T22:40:00.003-05:00

OK so last night at dinner my father...a rather protective dad of three girls plus the extras he sometimes claims.....gives a lesson to his family about the economy.

(just for the record he says he can't claim this)

Dad: So, anyone know why the car industry is declining so quickly?

Table of girls: crickets*

Dad: OK, Who knows the two MAIN purposes for cars?

Table of girls: crickets*

Dad: OK- reason 1) Back when women weren't in the work force (accusing look at mom- for no particular reason) boys would drive around in nice cars to pick up girls.

reason 2) And then they would take those nice cars and go parking..with those girls

But when women started working ...boys no longer needed to go parking they could just go home.
So lesson to save the economy grab a guy and go parking.....right.

Cause my Dad would only kill the boy if he found him...

Today after lunch Johnny and I were instructed to clean the kitchen. Johnny immediately starts acted crazy as only she can do...picture the reptile thing she does on facebook slash joker in between....yeah
So, as mom leaves the kitchen I am pleading for her help. From half way up the stairs comes her reply..

"Mary-John, stop being so.....very long pause.....

...freaky.

AH the perfect word.

Don't you love them...I do.

Church Key

2009-05-06T10:09:00.004-05:00

Why are these bottle openers called Church Keys?

Also, the tornado siren is going off again. I'm not even lying.

♫ Stuck in my head: "Wizards of Winter" by TSO.

Pants on fire... (and lots of rambling)

2009-05-02T18:55:00.000-05:00

yeah, yeah. so I lied about the whole blogging everyday. I failed you. forgive a sista. "LIAAAH!!!!" (like in "Princess Bride"... remember?)

I REALLY want to know if anyone uses "webdings". so.. PLEASE tell me.

I feel like a punk tonight.

I got paint on the carpet from painting a tree house for my best friend...

a tree house box. It really was kind of lame, so don't be impressed.

I really want to play scrabble.

Don't you love it when it rains? Just not when it looks like it's going to rain, without the rain.

Perrier + Lime = :)

Sorry you read my blog posts...really truly.

I think the swine flu commotion is dumb.

People like Elder Obey really make me feel convicted about my pathetic walk with the Lord and service to Him.

God gave us family. Aren't you glad? Last night at my friend's birthday party, I noticed his older sister who got married a year ago, cutting the cake. She looked so natural. So content. And then I scanned the room for her husband. He was watching her too. It made my heart smile. I thought about how many more cakes she would make and cut for their children on each of their birthdays one day. And the precious family they will have, all serving the Lord. He gave us all a place in life. A job. Why do we worry about what degree we're going to get? What school to go to? We already know our job here. I'm so excited about motherhood. I'm glad I have several years to get there, and I am happy waiting, but am so thankful that oneday, I may get the chance to have some little punks of my own, teach them about Christ, and make them many, many birthday cakes.

The tornado siren is going off. We're all gonna die.

Have a peaceful night.

♫ Stuck in my head: "You" by Switchfoot

Tree.Rock.Cloud

2009-04-20T21:28:00.000-05:00

"But a sudden piece of glass on a sidewalk. Or a nickel tune in a music box. A shadow on a wall at might. And I would remember."

"I'm talking about love, with me it is a science."

This is a preview for my final Photography project. Eventually it will be made into an iphoto book in response to the story "A. Tree. A Rock. A Cloud." by Carson McCullers

I have uncovered the secret to the universe.....

2009-04-13T19:35:00.000-05:00

A True Hero

2009-04-06T21:39:00.000-05:00

IRENA SENDLER The prize doesn't always go to the most deserving!!! Read on and you'll see why: Irena Sendler A 98 year-old lady named Irena recently died. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' ... being German, she KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews. Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, for larger kids. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms, and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunite the families. Most of course had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted. Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize ... She was not selected. Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming. LET'S SEND THIS ONE AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS HER ~ May she rest in Peace
This is a true female HERO story per http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp

and finally, Tomorrow.

2009-03-27T23:31:00.000-05:00

yay! Tomorrow is finally here, and we are enjoying it with Nathan and Mercy. :D :D

(ok...so yeah, i was too lazy to come up with anything else to blog...)

Remembering Trash Girl

2009-03-26T10:01:00.001-05:00

I made a visit to our M&M blog for the first time in forever, just to check things out, and I found...Trash Girl. :>

I realized it's been two years to the day since trash girl made her appearance helping others.

March 26, 2007

Thanks for your service trash girl!

Ever After-- Since her start helping others with their garbage duties, Trash Girl has gone on to become an icon of trash, nation-wide. Most cities have devoted a holiday to trash, weekly, in honor of Trash Girl, and to show her their deep appreciation.

Thank you, Trash Girl.

Today.

2009-03-25T18:19:00.000-05:00

So, A.B. over at Sentencing You to Death has inspired me to post on a daily basis. However, i am only going to try this until next week... (NOT going to set myself up for failure.)

I hereby promise to post Today, Tomorrow, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and finally next Tuesday.

Maybe after that, i'll be so obsessed with blogging i won't be able to stand missing a day! HA!

Oh, and speaking of Sentencing You to Death, I really have to brag on it.

genius.

I am incredibly impressed, and totally in awe of the sheer ingenuity of the basic idea of this blog.

No, I am not sucking up, mind you.

But seriously, how awesome is a blog with a title like "Sentencing You to Death" when the basic purpose of the blog is to add a sentence daily for a month... no matter how ridiculously long...

i love it.

So. Now that I am through promoting, I'll continue to try and give you something worthy of your time.

( I did say try.)

.Today.

I went to the Dentist.
(Best dental experience ever, except for the daunting news for the Wisdom teeth. Yep, the poor little dears have got to go.)

I proved to more of the general public that rain and humidity does not indeed have positive effects on curly hair.

My mother and I shared nearly and hour of conversation devoted to the word "scallywag" and it's synonyms.

Does anyone ever use Webdings?

Mama and I read Eclipse (the third of the Twilight saga) back and forth to each other all day depending on who was driving, and also at Starbucks over coffee. (ok, ok, I know what you may or may not be thinking...I'll touch the "Twilight" subject one day, eventually.)

We went all anti-interstate on the way home from Birmingham. (Not nearly as appealing and spontaneous as it sounds.)

I should be finishing school right now.

I miss all the "college kids."

That pretty much covers today...

I feel like yesterday pretty much got jipped, since I spent yesterday blogging about the yesterday that belonged to yesterday. Tuesday was fine. (It just felt left out.)

Now, since we just got home, I'm off to remove my soaked keds (not a good shoe for the rain) and assemble a tacky purple task chair that i love...
I can do this.

As for you, dear reader, see you tomorrow!

I miss you sisters, come home soon.
♥

♫ Stuck in my head: "Vegetable Car" by Joshua Radin

Yesterday.

2009-03-24T08:09:00.000-05:00

For any of you that had the privilege of being in Alabama yesterday, can you not agree with me that there was something about yesterday that made it possibly the best Monday ever. Nothing spectacular happened. But it was just one of those days. A happy day. Everyone i saw yesterday agreed. ....maybe it was just all the vitamin D and sunflowers... combined with a day of healthy eating. I was in love with yesterday.

We had the most glorious weather.

How could the day not have been spent outside?

.......................

So March is almost over, but it has brought birthdays, anniversaries, trips and work and play. lots of play.

We've been to San Diego:

Elvis and Daddy shared their birthday again. I don't have a picture.

(my sister is 22....................??)

My parents have been married now for 28 years.

love. :)

28 roses,

and this card.

(pun intended)

(My father's rare cheesiness is adorable.

...er...appreciated?)

She turned 16:

what???

loveayums.

Spring Breaks are usually pretty grand. The trip to Atalanta to see the Terracotta soldiers and 3rd Louvre exhibit at the High Museum was wonderful:

...whitney and i did the punk thing on purpose.

...meanwhile my father is on a motorcycle trip....
shhhh....

...And in case you're still reading, (bless you)

then there was yesterday:

So happy beginning to a great week!

...and so, Margaret and Johnnie are off to Greece and Turkey...

2009-01-26T14:59:00.000-06:00

Proverbs 21:1

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You might be an Art Student if.....

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your professor misses a day because of bronchitis and comes back with a blue streak in her hair

you spend an entire class cutting up card board boxes

tape becomes very important

tacking up assignments to the classroom wall is required

it is common to walk into the classroom and find the professor standing on the desks adjusting the lights

you frequently have to move the furniture around in the classroom

sooner or later you are always instructed to not eat your school supplies

you start a project by scribbling all over a piece of paper

music is frequently played during class

homework is commonly collecting "pretty pictures"

you are made to stretch in the middle of class

you have to wash your hands multiple times during class

you come home dirty

you learn about common shapes, squares, circles...

"cleanup" is a ritual and has to be taught and enforced

your professors tend to be a little....shall we say "spacey"

your professors frequently use words like, harmony, beautiful, flowing, etc.

your professor can get by with wearing a huge rounded snow globe ring with glitter that floats around in it

you are asked to place assignments on the floor to look at them

................Or you might just be a kindergartner...............

Happy Stewardship

2009-01-22T12:37:00.000-06:00

"Laying up an inheritance for future generations." :)

The Oak Beams of New College, Oxford.

2009-01-21T11:01:00.000-06:00

Pray for him.Pray for us.

"The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth is whitherosever he will. -Proverbs 21:1

crap....(oh shh....not supposed to say that word)

2009-01-19T09:18:00.000-06:00

I'm so sick crap.
GO AWAY CRAP.
crap. crap. crap. crap.
please do not ground me for this post.

I am SICK of people being so full of bull that they cannot clearly see everyone around them.
People, using their friends as a means to make themselves seem better. More like-able. The world has enough wicked people in it, those of us who share a christian faith should band together not drive a wedge between us by fake cheesy smiles or insincere kind words. We should truly love one another. I was thinking about love this morning, when i woke up. Love. Real. True. Unswerving, Love. Why do we not love more? Doesn't it sicken you how God asks so little of us, and we ask so much of Him. We do so little for Him, yet, he does everything for us. He loves us so much. And how many times do we turn our backs on Him? I would that we could all love him more.
Last night while visiting some very close friends' church, The pastor was reading Psalms 71, and it really struck me. Such beauty in that chapter. Such a need for God. " Be thou my strong habitation..." "O God, be not far from me..." If we only felt that way at all times. Funny, we don't want God near when we know we're doing wrong. Yet we always want him when we need his help. "O God, be not far from me..." At all times.
Because I have oodles of experience in marriage, i was thinking, when a husband leaves a wife for a while, doesn't she yearn for him? And is there not a more sad sight than to see a couple in which one spouse so attentively aids her ...(did i say "her" this is supposed to be generic :D ) husband , (tehe) and he basically ignores her. He doesn't seem to miss her, he doesn't seem to care.
hmm....so it sickens me all the more, when we ignore our husband. "Be not far from me"
Shouldn't we have a burning desire for him to be close to us?
hahahaha...i crack myself up....we should have a burnin' yearnin' HAHA. laugh. you know you want to.
So...back to the whole "lovin' one another" thing... Another thing i've been thinking about alot lately, in Matthew it tells us to go to our brother when he offends us. But go to him, and him alone. We hardly EVER go to our friend when they offend us! why??? The bible tells us to! And if we do, we've almost ALWAYS gone and talked to someone about it first. "oh girl, did you SEE her!" "Did you hear wha she ha said to me??? "Instead, we have a "better" alternative. Gossip. We gossip continually! Even in our hearts. We tell ourselves terrible things about our friends in hopes that our pathetic selves will seem better. ugh. We are all so full of CRAP.

So God, please be near us always, help us to love each other truly, even just a breath, of that with which you love us, and help us to not be full of crap.

Florida Court Sets Atheist Holy Day \

2009-01-14T18:32:00.000-06:00

FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAYI
In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter andPassover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case againstChristians, Jews and observances of their holy days.
The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognizeddays. The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionatepresentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Casedismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor,how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas,Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet myclient and all other atheists have no such holidays."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you d o. Your client,counsel, is woefully ignorant." The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day.Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.'Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is noGod, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court isadjourned.
You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!This is too good not to forward.

Thoughts To Ponder

2008-11-30T23:29:00.000-06:00

Auntie Lynn has been posting quotes from "Seeking the Face of God" By Gary Thomas.
It would behoove you to visit her blog daily and spend some time studying these quotes. Here are three that particularly apply to the Christian walk and self-discipline:

"Setting goals, but being unwilling to train toward them leaves us worse off than ignoring goals altogether, for we have done nothing but add an element of insincerity to our lives."

"Spiritual training assumes we can change--that the lazy can, in cooperation with the Spirit's work, become more diligent, the selfish can learn to love, and the cruel can learn to be kind. We needn't see ourselves as slaves to the darker sides of our personalities."

" That's just the way I am" is a confession of sloth, not humility."

After reading these I always feel convicted, edified, and encouraged--ready to begin a new day in pursuit of those character traits not easily exercised by my weak flesh. I hope you will give these some thought and share with me your comments. - Love, Pritchett

Of Apples and Wine

2008-11-22T00:27:00.000-06:00

Woman are like apples on trees. The best are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

Now men, men are like fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the sh*t out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

Please forgive, just couldn't resist-- Pritchett

Going to sea

2008-11-21T17:59:00.000-06:00

To Pritchett and the girls

Look east unto the sea until she returns me to arms again.

Love Daddy

Be Happy, Don't Worry!

2008-11-21T09:59:00.000-06:00

The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice!
Psalm 97:1

As Thanksgiving Day approaches, let us prepare our hearts and minds to be thankful for all our many blessings. Let us bring to remembrance each blessing in our life be it good health, food and warmth, or family. Let the list be long!

Our "Baby" Done Good!

2008-11-19T21:42:00.000-06:00

Parenting is all about the balancing of the desire to keep your little chicks right under your wing and the instinct to prepare them to "fly from the nest". Elvis fluffed her wings a bit tonight when she walked into a room full of strangers in order to follow her dreams and achieve her goals. And though a knot forms in my stomach as those wings begin to stretch, I know I can't hold her back forever. It would be against nature and the natural order of things. Much time in prayer has been invested for Elvis' future--that she will fulfill her dreams, hopefully, as she follows God's will for her life. Elvis, we're proud of you.

Apologetics 101

2008-11-19T09:04:00.000-06:00

Someone once said, “It takes a little knowledge to believe something, still more knowledge to explain something, and even more knowledge to defend something.” The ability to clearly articulate and adequately defend the faith is an ability that cannot be overemphasized. Believers must know not only what they believe but why they believe it.
In every age bracket, Christian people must know that the Christian faith is credible. It is founded upon an impressive collection of historically documented evidence. Our faith is not blind and our defense of it does not have to be uninformed. Albert Barnes expresses the issue with accuracy:

“Christianity is founded on evidence; and though it cannot be supposed that every Christian will be able to understand all that is involved in what are called the evidences of Christianity, or to meet all the objections of the enemies of the gospel; yet every man who becomes a Christian should have such intelligent views of religion, and of the evidences of the truth of the Bible, that he can show to others that the religion which he has embraced has claims to their attention, or that it is not a mere matter of education, of tradition, or of feeling. It should also be an object with every Christian to increase his acquaintance with the evidences of the truth of religion, not only for his own stability and comfort in the faith, but that he may be able to defend religion if attacked, or to guide others if they are desirous of knowing what is truth.”
- taken from “Be Ready to Answer”, Michael Gowens

ATTENTION ALL

2008-11-18T19:31:00.000-06:00

In two weeks I have to give a 3 to 5 min. Informative Speech.

I am now open for topic suggetions.

ooh and Mine and Morgan's tueday night classes were both canceled next week so we will be home earlier afternoon...YAY!

Worldview 101

2008-11-18T08:57:00.000-06:00

"And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: having a good conscience; that whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ." IPeter 3:13-16

"A fierce battle is being waged today. It's a battle between right and wrong, truth and error, and good and evil. You and I are standing, whether we realize it or not, squarely in the middle of this heated conflict." - "Be Ready to Answer", Michael Gowens

At every army fort today is an ammunitions bunker, storing a vast array of weapons for use in war. Well, we are at war today. I've been thinking of late that we should store the "weapons of our warfare" in one place-- a place easily accessible where the thoughts of others, appropriate scripture, and factual evidence can all dwell together in an organized manner for quick and easy reference. I think a binder would be just the thing, with tabs to organize various types of information. A "Worldview Binder" of sorts. Tell me what you think? I will be responsible for the initial setup of each binder, and periodically post information, scripture that should be safely tucked away for future reference, and not just future reference -- but for daily and weekly review. Because the most accessible storehouse we possess is our own mind.

If at first you don't succeed...

2008-11-18T08:45:00.000-06:00

Bravo, Maggie!!!

2008-10-29T21:01:00.001-05:00

DUEL

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Yesterday as I was walking home from class I passed a white fence and on that fence was a bird. About a foot away from the bird was a squirrel. They were facing each other and neither were moving. Finally the squirrel started slowly backing away but never turned from the bird until he was parallel with a tree and then he made a dash for it...so..I guess the bird won. It was hilarious.

2008-10-15T10:37:00.000-05:00

A reminder that in all things, we should look to the Lord:

In happy moments, praise God

In difficult moments, seek God

In quiet moments, worship God

In painful moments, trust God

In every moment, thank God
-Anonymous-

♥

2008-10-14T23:11:00.000-05:00

The greatest movie ever made.

I think I could watch it every night for the rest of my life.

You've got mail.

Video

2008-10-14T20:09:00.000-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvqhdllXgU Ya'll watch this video its people who agree with Mccain views but our voting for Obama.

Tiffany Blue

2008-10-14T15:18:00.000-05:00

Did yall know that Tiffany actually owns the color of their logo. Aka, You can buy a color.

For Christmas I want my own personal color. What do you think it should be?

Dreams

2008-10-09T14:49:00.000-05:00

“I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can be together all the time.” -Calvin and Hobbs

Last night I had the weirdest dream..maybe ever. We were all at our church..Like everybody we know. Graham and Molly were getting married. (It is starting to get really fuzzy but this is the general idea.) The weird part is that Graham was dead. It was like he had just died and they were still having the wedding out of respect or in his memory or something. And then at the end, I started sobbing just like if he had really died..It was the saddest dream I have ever had.
When I woke up I remember thinking, "I need to remember this, it would make a good story." When I woke up this morning I realized it was just bizarre!

Fire Proof

2008-10-08T19:12:00.000-05:00

Tonight Elvis and I went to see the new movie Fire Proof with Kirk Cameron. It was a really good movie and they actually talked about God...Shocking I know. Anyway, very good everyone should go see it. However, I will warn you, The Acting is not so great andsome of it was just terrible. But the messsage was Great!

In which Johnnie teaches Pritchett how to blog

2008-10-07T18:18:00.000-05:00

look mom. blogger.

mom see blogger.

mom discover blogger.

mom, blog.

Blog about what? How about, how you need to finish your math, how about I blog about how I have to drag you out of bed in the morning? How about I blog about how, despite your constant over-the-top silliness, when I come into your room in the mornings dancing a jig to your cd of fiddle tunes you give me that disgusted look & roll over?

OK, ok. enough blogger for mom.

Mom can blog later.

mom, blogged.:)

...have you ever seen yourself dance??

The Breakfast Table

2008-10-07T15:16:00.000-05:00

By John Singer Sargent

Margaret-- I thought this was interesting since it's called "The Breakfast Table". And we looooooove Sargent. :D pretty.

blah blah blahg

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ahem, welcome dearsies

Readers Digest:
"When he received a journal as a gift, my eight-year-old son was mystified. "Mom, what am I supposed to do with this? The pages are blank.""You write down interesting stuff that happens to you," I said."So it's like a blog... on paper." Beverly Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Blogs WILL NOT DOMINATE!!!!!! NEVER!!! NOT EVER!!! Children should AT least have had some sort of journal BEFORE they turn SEVEN!!!

However, our blog's gonna be right smart wicked awesome. right dudes? toootttallly...

akay... so family, have a look at yourselves: (i think you're kinda hot...) not that i have any pictures to show for it on my beloved yet "impaired" Toby. (hey, it's also not my fault that my hand-me-down laptop is too slow to upload picturas...bless his heart...well, he doesn't really have a heart...but if he did...i would wish for it to be blessed...) anyway... moving forward...

Boy--

No doubt, the most handsome of them all. all dads. all boys. ever. pretty sure. which could be why he has all little girls showing off and eating out of the palm of his hand. "watch this boy!" "i'm watching girl" ......yes, he's alwaaaaays watching. good daddy.

Pritchett--

"you coming, Pritchett?" (need i say more about why we're calling our mama person by her maiden name?) oh...and while we're on "fast-food style" descriptions (a.k.a. not that great, smaller than usual, aaand, done in a hurry) (oh, and yeah, i came up with that on my own...creative, i know. :D ...what...you don't think so? psh...) I will go on to mention for the rest of us, mama joy is a crack head...we think. i mean... she acts like it... anyway...

riiight...

Elvis--

oldest child syndrome. big time. likes board games, communications, (NOT communicating) ;) and parodies of songs. "i'm a hot dog, i'm a hot dog..." yeeeah....not sure about that one. Momma, ...'scuse me, i mean pritchett, just felt pretty adamant about her blog name being elvis. not sure why, but elvis it is. (please note all names are subject to change at any given time.) (hey, psst, that sounded all official didn't it??)

yeah, i'm lame.

and this leads us to...

Margaret Mead--

...of the Mead Family. Middle child syndrome. big time. :D the sweetest of us all.

Johnnie-May--

thaaaaat's mee!! (remember the amanda show?) Johnnie please....ok no. Obviously y'all don't remember the amanda show...anyway. I do not have the baby syndrome. :D In fact, i sort of despise being the youngest child because everyone resents you for it. So there.

So i guess that's all of us. Now, do any of you have anything to say?

If by chance other readers have happened upon our place of mutual conversation... (this could be you) and are lost in the insane chaos, and unexplained, inside joke-ness (that works, k?) of these posts, keep in mind that our original intent is to privately blog with our family and others who from time to time find themselves chatting, dining, and so forth at our breakfast table wasting away (or not) time that most likely should be spent at work, school, or unloading the dishwasher. (usually school for me) :D However, this isn't actually a private blog. So please, don't let us scare you off! Also, i am the first poster... it can only get less confusing from here. ha.

As for you family, i expect you to post...

...and often too.

I understand my posts will not be perfect, nor grammatically correct so forgive a sista, and move on. Girlie girls, i miss you! See you this weekend.

and finally, let's blog!

Testing

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