Saturday Snippets

Some fun weekend reading for you... XOXO!

I love this hospitality purpose statement. I think if I wrote mine it would be very similar.

The state of the Bible in American society...

Seven Things I learned from John Piper {an ode from Mark Driscoll}

Build your own jewelry rack {a fun, simple, and USEFUL summer project}

How to be a friend to an infertile couple

HILARIOUS! The teacher in me loves these...

The most stressful number of children... do you agree?

Ten things to hang above the bed

A Favorite Photo

This is my favorite portrait of myself in recent years. Classy bride standing in a meadow with really big hair on her wedding day. I kinda feel like a supermodel here...

Usually, I don't like myself in pictures when I'm making a serious face, but this one just works for some reason. And it works really well. Huge photo credit to my favorite photographer, Alex. Too bad you probably can't hire her, because she's so freaking brilliant and talented that she got into Parsons and is moving to NYC this summer. 

But, I must admit I am a huge freakazoid and most photos of me are incredibly goofy. My other favorite photo of myself is one from college. I have this crazy flipped out bob haircut right after chopping my hair for Locks of Love. I'm jumping on my bed, hugging on my best friend, and wearing my retainer with my big metal smile pushed into the camera lens.

Yes, I still wear a retainer. We've been going steady for 16 years. Sadly, I don't have a digital copy of this picture. You are missing out.

A Day in the Life

I actually decided to document a day in my life before I knew it was a prompt for the May blogging challenge. All these pictures were taken on a Tuesday, which happened to be the last day of classes at ASU before finals. Micah was out of town, which is why he does not make an appearance. I feel like this is my "old normal." I will be at home all summer and then the baby will arrive right after school starts in the fall. I will be teaching online, so I won't have to go to campus on a regular basis like I do now. I know I will figure out my "new normal" once the baby arrives, but it's fun to have these pictures to help me remember what life was like now...

*All photos were taken on my iPhone with no edits or filters.

Clean the sheets day // 7:40am

Donuts for my students on the last day of class // 8:35am

The sweetest thank you note ever written by a college student // 9:55am

Headed into the gym // 10:15am

Still somehow running at 20+ weeks pregnant // 10:25am

Car wash // 11:45am

Lunch at Rubios // 12:30pm

Working on a school project // 1:15pm

Stop by the public library // 2:00pm

Had to pick up my current laundry-folding show // 2:05pm

Stayed at the library to work  on school stuff for a bit // 3:20pm

Taking a survey in the library parking lot for some undergrads in a psych class // 4:05pm

Grocery shopping at Fry's // 4:15pm

Second stop at Target // 4:55pm

Putting away the groceries // 5:30pm

Headed to girls night // 7:00pm

Dressed up the bump // 7:15pm

When in doubt, order mac and cheese // 8:30pm

Ice cream stop on the way home // 9:50pm

Oh yes... that // 10:30pm

Good night // 11:05pm

Happy.

Long, slow, quiet mornings that involve a big latte and reading my Bible at a leisurely pace

Coffee shop dates with girlfriends

Surprises from Micah {dates, gifts, notes... anything unexpected}

Birthdays {celebrating my own and everyone else's too}

Cute clothes on sale

Dairy Queen Blizzards

Getting out of town... 

{weekend getaways, camping, visiting girlfriends, going home to see family, traveling abroad... I love it all.}

Clean bathrooms

Monthly pedicures

The feeling after a successful workout

Dear Jaywalker, I'm Sorry I Hit You.

Dear Entitled Jaywalker,

I'm sorry I ran you over in my Mazda. I was in a hurry to get to class and I didn't see you wandering down the middle of the street. I didn't notice you as you walked diagonally across two lanes, with your back to oncoming traffic, at the slowest pace known man. I did notice the crosswalk thirty feet away from you, and I even noticed the pedestrians there, waiting to cross the street at the designated spot. In fact, I even stopped and patiently waited for them to cross with their right of way. I made eye contact with them and gave a smile and a wave as they looked both ways and stepped cautiously into the road.

It's not that I have anything against the occasional jaywalk. In fact, I do it all the time. But let me teach you a few lessons. If you are going to jaywalk, do so at your own risk. You do not have the right of way. You should look both ways and hustle across the street at the quickest pace possible. And if, while you are jaywalking, you happen to cut off an unsuspecting driver and cause them to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting you, please don't flip them off or stand in the middle of the street angry and baffled as to why their car almost collided with your body. I am not against jaywalking; I am against entitled jaywalkers who don't realize they are putting themselves in danger and then sneer at the cars that almost hit them.

So, I am sorry I hit you, you entitled wandering pedestrian.

Except, not really.

Love,

Jen

P.S. Don't think it's just you. I will address your friends, the entitled cyclists, as soon as I can.