Picture Dump

I wanted to finish posting the pictures I wanted to post in my last post before Easter got here. Having Easter in March is throwing me off a bit. I prefer Easter to be in April but oh well :) This will mostly be a picture dump.

If you've been reading my blog you know I am very interested in weather. More specifically severe weather. Just to clarify, I do not wish a tornado on ANY city, person, house, property, thing. I would love to one day see a tornado up close and personal, but in an open field where nobody or property or animal gets destroyed. Anyways, I got myself a birthday present. The picture on the left is the app I got. I've been wanting this app since last year, but couldn't justify spending $10 on it. I thought my 30th birthday was enough to splurge lol. It's what I think most storm chasers use. If it's not, then it does exactly the same thing as theirs. I have been trying to learn to forecast by watching youtube videos or reading online...I know, they make a program for this, but as I learned in a podcast yesterday they do not teach you about storm chasing. I am very interested in storm chasing and even though I don't have a written bucket list...it's definitely on my list I have in my head. If I had $7,000 plus air and hotel fare then I could storm chase with the one and only Reed Timmer in the dominator. Unfortunately I do not come from that kind of money and the only way I could actually save enough is if I wanted to save approximately $550 a year and wait until Maddy is 19. The right picture is my town's first severe weather day. It was on my birthday of all days. We were supposed to get severe thunderstorms, but the temperatures didn't get as warm as they were supposed to and the storms weakened. Georgia got the brunt of the storm and actually went tornado warned. Every morning I look at the severe weather outlook map to see when to expect these strong storms. April 1-3 started out looking like a widespread tornado day, but the models show the storm weakened and moved south. South Texas is supposed to get some strong storms and possible tornadoes on April 1, but we are still too far out to tell exactly what is going to happen. Ok, enough weather talk...I'm sure some of you all fell asleep lol.

He isn't a "celebrity" so to speak, but he was on Discovery Channel's tv series Storm Chasers. I got so excited when I saw he was following me. I'm nobody special to him I know but he's the only famous person to follow me on anything. We almost share the same birthday and he isn't much older than me and we have the same passion of storm chasing. He was born on March 17 and is 33 years old. I was born March 18 (but my mom labored with me all day on the 17th) and I am 30 years old. He's a good match for my future husband...jk lol.

This was so neat. My mom chose THE perfect theme for my birthday. She chose to center it around my favorite bible verse, Jeremiah 29:11. I actually have a canvas with that verse or part of it hanging in my house. I had a friend send me a card that knew nothing about my party and what my theme was. When I opened it up and saw what verse was on there, my jaw dropped. My mom told me that this verse was for me and Maddy and honestly I just felt God's presence during my party. I had to walk away because I was about to get emotional, but it was a very neat party.I have some major life decisions to make that are scary. The thing is I don't really have to decide...it's more like an answer to prayer has been given so there is no doubt about what I SHOULD do, but my prayer being answered forces me to step out of my comfort zone and into the unknown. Even though I have prayed so many times about this and my mom has prayed for me about this and I am getting what I want, I find myself saying, "But God what about this and God what about that." I have to make that leap of faith, but it's really hard to step off that ledge. Anyways, I feel that God is showing me through my own birthday that He is here for me and will take care of me and Maddy and He has a plan for me, for her and for us...I just have to trust in Him. I do find comfort in knowing that He does have a plan and that ALL things work together for the GOOD :)

We recently had a Just Between Friends Consignment sale. When Maddy was younger, I used to buy her entire wardrobe for that season through this sale. As she has gotten older, the selection just isn't there. I still go to check or will go for pajama's. This year I was primarily going for toys for her reward box. I spent around 30-45 minutes shopping...I really think it was more like 30 minutes, the rest of the time I spent in line. The line was ridiculously long...it was about a 2 hour wait no joke. The top picture is just what was in my bag and then the bottom picture is my favorite outfit I got her. I actually think it was the only "outfit" she got. She got some PJ's and then quite a few toys.

This farm came from the sale and she has a ball with it. Here lately I have found her playing on her bed with her farm, Noah's Ark, and castle lined up on her bed with all her "peoples". It's really cute and I'm so glad she enjoys playing with them all.

These are NOT spring temperatures! I was shocked to find snow in our forecast. It did snow Monday and Tuesday. I'm ready for much warmer temps.

Here I am unknowingly spreading my stomach bug germs...oops!

These videos are Maddy singing her songs. She loves to make up songs, which is partly shown in the twinkle twinkle one.

I finally found a chicken crock pot recipe I could use. This is what we are having for dinner tomorrow night. It's in the crock pot now actually. I've been trying to find recipes for the crock pot using ingredients I already had. The only thing I did different is add seasonings such as garlic and nature's blend, omitted the peppers because I didn't have any, and added a can of black beans. I've learned to read the reviews before I cook because most of the time the recipe is bland. I'm not sure how it's going to taste but will find out tomorrow.

I hope everybody has a good Easter and remember what it's is all about...Jesus raising from the dead. I am so thankful that He died for MY sins and rejoice in knowing He is not dead, but rose from the grave.