Snuggie War.

As I have previously mentioned, Seth hates Snuggies. He thinks they are ridiculous.


Here's how much I care. Remember this? I got one anyway because when I visit him at his house I get very cold and Angie the dog wants me to pet her but it's nearly impossible to pet her or change the channels with a regualr blanket covering my arms.


Okay, that last one was wishful thinking. I don't really have need for the Snuggie due to the Tivo remote. Seth likes to have it in his hand, sort of like a scepter for the King. He does so graciously share much Tivo space for things he doesn't give a rip about, such as SYTYCD. He really is precious.

(My friend Kasey just told me, by the way, that she loves to turn hers around and wear it as a cape. That would be cool if she was three. But she's 22. Even That Girl draws the line someplace.)


One evening Seth and I were working on Save the Date cards (mostly Seth was working and I was just pretending to look busy) and I tweeted that I wished I had my Snuggie. Seth, sitting right next to me, got out his laptop and checked his facebook. He looked at me and said, "Seriously?" Then he proceeded to diss the Snuggie with a comment.

This got our whole church buzzing. Who was for, who was against, who thought they were practical, and who thought they were a glorified bathrobe (that wounded me, Nicole). It was the Snuggie discussion heard round the world.
For the record, I'd like to go ahead and say that I have yet to actually don the Snuggie at Seth's house, so in his defense he has yet to see the real practicality of the thing. But that doesn't mean that this war of words has stopped. So last night, my SIL pulled out the big guns.

The piece de resistance, if you will.




This photo went up on facebook last night with the caption, "Look Uncle Sethy. Mini snugglette Lovers."



Like he can keep hating on the Snuggie when these three look so dang cute.




Are you on Team Snuggie or a Snuggie Hater?

either, way, those three little Snugglettes are adorable, wouldn't you agree?

Me and Slim Fast are Getting to Be Good Friends.

So much to do, so much to do!

and only so many cans of Slim Fast in the world. You see, I would like to lose some weight before the wedding but I can't decide if I just would like to or if I am going to. I made friends with the Slim Fast can today but I am not making any promises. How much weight can you really lose in five months anyways?





And on top of that, whoever thought I would plan a wedding in five months?


Whoever thought I would *successfully* plan anything at all? I think Seth was uber-impressed when I whipped out my special book (okay, it's just a white three-ring binder) and had all the info when we went to register at Macys.

I am telling you people:
it is good times to pick out things that you don't have to purchase but may get anyways.




good times.



I gave him the "Nernt Gun" as I affectionately call it because of that fantastic sound it makes and we were off to see the Wedding Wizard. He was so patient with me as I picked out one thing and approximately 27 seconds later would find another thing I liked way better. He never once said, "WOMAN WE ARE LEAVING THAT ON THERE BECAUSE YOU JUST TOLD ME YOU WANTED IT!"

furthermore, he has never, ever referred to me as "Woman!"

A patient man indeed.




Plus, I think he secretly enjoyed figuring out the ins and outs of the Nernt Gun and learning how to work it. The Nernt Gun's magic scanned everything from 800 thread count sheets to a Martha Stewart bake mat.

good times.

I picked out china after Seth helped me get over the fact that it might be slightly ridiculous by reminding me that we only get married one time and Imight as well get some cute china. By the way, Monique Lhuillier, if you are reading this, I dig those plates you made.

It's crazy to think that God is in every little detail of our lives and how over a year ago I was registry shopping for someone else with Seth in that same Macys wondering in my heart when it would get to be our day.

Now it's here and I am in awe of all the beautiful gifts our loving God has given us. We plan to share that love in some really creative ways at our wedding and with our marriage.





And maybe I'll get Seth a Nernt Gun for a wedding gift.

Quote of The Day.

Dr. Asa:
"An archaeological discovery of a gaming table in ancient Rome had this inscribed on it:
'Venari, lavare, ludere, ridere-hoc est vinere'
which translates to
'To hunt, to bathe, to gamble, to laugh-this is to live.'"



That Girl:
"Well, obviously they've never been SHOPPING."

Party on the Grassy Knoll.

My kickball birthday party was held on Monday night on the Knoll. We nicknamed a particular area of campus "The Grassy Knoll" and somehow it caught on and spread like wildfire and three years later that is what a lot of Mighty Oaks call it.

Of course they had a really uncool team name.

Meet "The Stuff"

L to R:

Micheal, Ryan, David, Thomas, Seth

Micheal and Ryan are my neighbors, David works for Campus Life at OCU, and Thomas is a friend from FBC. Clearly they were all dressed to win.

The best looking Kickball team ever to lose in a ten-minute game.

"Team Snaggle"

A snaggle is a weapon much like a Triton developed by taking a plastic fork and breaking out the two middle points.

you really had to be there.

Ah! The beautiful cup-CAKE. Made of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes covered with the most awesome frosting to cupcake ratio.

The bandanas the girls used to represent the best team ever.

A mini-candy bar for the 'ballas.

Treat bags for everyone. I love Hot Tamales!

Janky teeth from the frosting. Turns out all those pretty colors look pretty unappetizing when mixed together.

I received the blessed gift of the Heifer plates. These are plates that have been a part of the Vaughan family for a while now, and since my sweet roommate Nicole is leaving, I get the pleasure of using these plates for now.

My favorite kickball player.

Jami (in the Harvest gold shirt--everyone has a shirt this color from fourth grade softball or soccer) and Amy, Kasey, and Kris10 on the bench.

Amy is enjoying this cupcake. I will have to bring her some box mixes when she and Andy leave for HONDURAS to do missions full-time and we come to visit her there.

BFFs with a zest for chocolate and life.

Amy and Molly Jo...Molly Jo has the sweetest temperament and is possibly my favorite dog in the world. I have heard her bark only twice. UNLIKE Riley Cujo Thompson.

Sorry, Molls. No chocolate for you!

Kris10 and Kaci enjoying the cupCAKE

Yahi and her infamous Camp Allen T-Shirt.

Frosting fight...that ratio of frosting to cupcake was just begging for it.

"The Aftermath"

The frosting color manufacturers should call "Baby Poop."

Kristyn means business. She's leaving it all on the field, folks.

Kasey, we want a REAL pitch this time.

My precious roommate Nicole taking "The Stuff" to school on offense.

Look at the intensity!

Megan walking/running the bases. It was hot out, okay?

Look at That Girl's hustle! The back view is not that great. Shouldn't have had that cupcake.

Intimidation. A La Whitney.

Jimmy thinks he's Beckham or something.

With that half-hearted attempt at a beard I suggest a lot of night games, Konrath. :D

Who is That Girl with all the charisma? And by charisma I mean the ability to trip over her own feet?

Apartment number five. Sort of like Mambo No. 5, without the sketchy Lou Bega white suit and such. Nicole's leaving the OC to go around the world on a mission trip next year, and my heart breaks in a bittersweet sort of way when I look at this picture. I wish I could explain in words what she means to me along with the rest of our lovely OCU gang.

There was some fierce lightning and after Team Snaggle got stomped, we headed into the chapel narthex area to play the Mafia game.

At one point I called them BeBop and Rocksteady because I just knew they were co-conspirators ready to kill off the innocent townspeople.

Kaci looks slightly guilty too.

Dave is having what appears to be a crisis of belief in the background as Jami chews on her twizzlers and kills people off as a card-carrying Mafia member.

i.hate.twizzlers. so this pic of Amy grosses me out. She's like a cirque du soleil Twizzler eater.

He's in the Menards mafia. Loud and proud.

Pippi Longstocking is coming into your world. Eleven countries of it, in fact.

Whitney is also suspicious of Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

As you can see, a good time was had by all. The only ones missing were all of YOU! Furthermore, I dare you to think outside the box anout what you can do to build, encourage and strengthen your community of faith.

Team Snaggle FOREVER!

Celebrating Little Things

Yesterday's post was kind of a downer in a hilarious sort of way, and I apologize for the lack of sunshine and roses. However, I have always been real with you and I don't want to quit now. I can't divulge too much, but I have a situation in my life about which I have been praying. hard. for a long long loooong time. Yesterday I got some news that goes in the bummer! category.

Letdowns come and go, but God promises never to leave us in the dust of disappointment. In fact, he tells us that we are conquering as we surrender to the plans of Jesus, and nothing can stop Him!

In these moments of disappointment, the enemy would sure like for us to forget all that God has already done and all the ways He has answered our cries in the past.


I don't want to forget.


Here are some things as they come to my mind for which I am thankful:

• God's Word. Isn't it amazing how Scripture can cut through the rifraff of all of our emotions/desires/hopes/sorrows/deception and bring unfiltered truth to us? Today my friend Dee sent me a verse at just the right time and it ministered to me in ways nothing else can.
• God's provision for me in the past. I am so thankful to have a job in this economy as well as a place (or places!) to live as well as food to eat and a car that works. My family supports me with a little extra and I am grateful for that as well.
• Speaking of, my family gives me great joy and I love the things that my nieces have taught me about life. I am thankful for my brother who's a great dad and still loves me even when I am exasperating and a sister-in-law who has taught me how to be a good mom. I am thankful for my dad and his desire to live life to the fullest.
• For this guy (and isn't his new picture so cute?!)
• for Jami and Ashley
• That I may not know what I should be doing in this season of my life, but God does.
• For our church family and the way they are embracing a new vision and opportunity to reach the lost for Jesus
• That He counts me worthy to bear His name at all
• That I woke up this morning
• For all of you, dear blog readers
• For friends that are willing to fast and pray and encourage me with truth and love
• For CARITAS! That's for you, Kate G.
• For Meghan and LC, who bring so much joy to me (and for LC's fourth anniversary)
• for Vicki-Baby, Ashley's mama who always finds gerber daisy things and buys them for me --just got some cute wall decals about which I am pumped!
• for music
• for Seth's family, who is having a birthday party for Ross (Seth's nephew) and me tomorrow!
• for good health
• That He loved me first
• For my coworkers

I could really go on and on. It's amazing what a little gratitude can do for our perspectives, isn't it?

For what are you thankful, Bloggerotsky??

Reality TV Blabbering.

Score one for the Underdog.

Aaah, I love Kris Allen's voice. There may or may not have been jumping up and down at church by B and myself when I got the text that he won. Adam Lambert has a heckuva lotta talent too so I am happy for both of them.

I always vote based on whose CD I would buy. Although Adam is talented, I have nothing on my iPod even remotely resembling Adam's musical stylings, except for a couple of classic Queen songs. So my pick was Kris. I am positive they will both do very well.



And Lisa is so, so right. How completely beautiful.


LOVE ME SOME AMERICAN IDOL, and now it's time for SYTYCD!

rejoice, all ye. Sing and dance and make merry...

Top three dances so far for the history of SYTYCD according to That Girl are

1. Bench dance by Travis and Heidi (which I have posted on this blog before...)
2. "Bleeding Love" by Chelsie and Mark
3. "No Air" by Katie and Josh


Can't wait to see what Napoleon and Tabitha come up with this season!

What currently popular songs do you want to see utilized this season?

for me, it's that new Jordin Sparks song "Battlefield" and Neyo's "Miss Independent"

so dang catchy!

The Snuggie has Landed.

Remember this post?

Well, since Seth's administrative assistant, Carla, does love to aggravate him in multiple ways, she definitely bought me a Burgundy Snuggie with a book light.


Which I may or may not have modeled at the church business meeting last night.



What? There was a motion and a second.




one small step for Snuggies, one giant leap for FBC Bicknell.



I bid you Snuggie wishes and Slanket dreams.

Cupid, you shouldn't have! But so glad you did!

Dear Cupid,

You read my mind! The one thing I forgot to put on my list...a new bag for my laptop!!


Good job.

My Sweetheart got me a very, very fashionable pink laptop case this evening in honor of my very favorite 'holiday' as he's such a good sport about this kind of thing (by this kind of thing I mean my overarching ridiculousness in treating Valentine's as such an incredibly big holiday). Not only does he put up with it, but as one of my dearests points out, he honors my slightly frivolous ways by getting me something slightly frivolous that costs a mint and I don't really need that badly.


Bless his heart. He's too cute. Cupid, you shot me right in the tail end when I met that man. You got me good.

Thanks.
Love,
your pink-loving fan,
That Girl.


I would have shown the Bloggerotsky a link of my gift but apparently it's as rare as he is-a stand-up kind of guy in a culture that practically write of the idea of a man of integrity.


PS- nobody get any ideas about him. He's all mine!

Darla is Trapped.

Darla (my Daewoo Leganza...I refuse to offend her by telling her age or mileage) is trapped in a foot of snow on a private drive as I have been at the Thompson household since Monday night. She cannot go anywhere, and if she could, it would be anywhere I want her to be, such as the local ditch or heaven forbid the two-foot deep lake by the Thompsons' property.


So she sits.

and I hope (not tryin' to be greedy here, folks) that we have snow days until she has a bit more get-up-and-go.

But honestly, she and I are both loving the break--being off the road, in one place for more than five or ten minutes, and don't forget the added bonus of NO GUILT because I legitimately CANNOT go anywhere.


It's nice....Real real nice.

Thankful to a God who sees our upcoming breaking points and gives us a much-needed moment. or several.


Just last week I told Him I couldn't continue at this speed anymore.



"Come to me, all of you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:28


How has He given you rest lately?

Gatlinburg #1.

This photo is a foretaste of the blogging feast to come regarding my trip to Gatlinburg with Jami this past weekend. Airbrush T-Shirts, mullets, glimpses of Heaven (AKA pancake houses littering the streets...) How could a girl ask for more?

I probably shouldn't make fun of it since the majority of people I know (including my parents) went there for their honeymoon. (please no. i have seen the side of Gat that gives nightmares to small children and overexerts the elderly.)



That being said, prepare yourself for


Gatlin-Bloggapalooza! (okay, that's my working title...)

It will include a guest blog from my fab BFF JAMI as well as a video that might make your whole week.

More pictures to come too.


All in time, folks. All in time.

I leave you with this quote:

Jami (talking to her fella on the phone): "yep, we are on the road to G-Vegas....
yeah, G-Vegas is one of our pet names for it."
Laur: "I like to call it the LA of the Smokies!"

What I Love.

Sitting on the two-seater porch swing on a beautiful autumn day with nowhere to go and nothing to do.


except holding hands and playing with the doggy.




okay,
and maybe some Mexican food.

what do you love to do on a beautiful Saturday?