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Happy Friday, y’all!!  It’s felt like Friday for me the past two days, but at least the sun is out today!  I’m linking up with Andrea and Erika today!



1. This week, we were out of school both yesterday and today, so we only went to school 3 regular days this week.  Last week we went maybe 1 or 2 regular days and were out 3?  Maybe none?  President’s Day week we didn’t go any regular days and we were out twice??  This weather is killing me!!  I’m not a fan of the cold and snow and CANNOT wait for spring weather to arrive.  Today I can’t wait to finally leave the house once all of the ice melts.

2. Speaking of spring, Easter is in less than a month!!!  Unfortunately, Dustin has to work nights on Easter weekend, so I’ll only need to be shopping for myself.  For some reason, I couldn’t get some of the images to save to my computer, so I’ve put the links here.  Let me know which one you think looks the prettiest!
3. THE BACHELOR FINALE!!!!!!!  Monday night–I’m so excited!!!!!  I wasn’t a fan of Chris the first half of the season and I’m still not completely his fan, but I like him a lot better than I did.  But I have no idea who he is going to choose!  Becca or Whitney?  Whitney wants it more, but does he want Becca more?   What do y’all think?

Not much is going on since I feel like I haven’t left the house in 3 weeks.  It’ll be getting into the 40s today and mid-50s tomorrow!!!  And sunny both days!!!!!!  Hopefully next Friday I’ll have a lot more to write about 🙂


Weekend Recap

This weekend recap is a little late since I usually post them on Monday, but Sunday night we didn’t get home until after 8 PM and there was no way I was blogging!  Where did we go?  Read along to find out!!  (I’ll learn to take pictures someday 🙂 )
 
Part of my Christmas present were tickets to see Wicked in Atlanta!!  Dustin surprised me Christmas morning with tickets to the 2 o’clock show in a new purse he had bought me!  I was so excited and Dustin….not so much ha!
 
 Before the show–we had pretty good seats!  We didn’t know if we would make it in time because we got stuck in two different construction zones heading to Atlanta so our lunch plans didn’t happen.  Instead, we scarfed down Quiznos in 5 minutes (no joke) and ran into The Fox Theatre to find our seats.  I had already seen Wicked but it was great to see it again and Dustin actually thought it was okay!
 
 We ended up staying at the Westin Hotel in Buckhead so it was right outside the craziness of downtown.  We checked in after the show was over, changed clothes, and walked to the restaurant where we ate dinner.  I took this photo inside our restaurant’s lobby while waiting for a table.
 
We ate at True Food Kitchen in Buckhead.  It was so good!  If you eat a gluten-free diet, then you need to eat here.
 
 I ordered the Spaghetti Squash Casserole, and it was great!  It looks really big in this picture, but that dish was pretty shallow.  There was a little bit of mozzarella cheese on top, and then spaghetti squash and zucchini mixed with pasta sauce.  YUM!
 
 Sunday we ate at The Varsity.  I had about three bites of this and gave the rest to Dustin.  I just can’t eat food like this anymore because it makes me sick.  
 
 After lunch we headed to Ikea.  I decided I’m over Ikea.  The last time I went I had just graduated from college and was broke.  The cheap furniture was awesome.  Now, not so much.  If I’m buying anything now, I’m buying quality.
 
 Dustin had never gone to the Coke Museum so we went there next!  The best part?? The Taste Room!!  Apparently, Coca-Cola now makes chocolate milk and we loved it!
 
We drove around a lot, ate too many cupcakes from Sprinkles (our new favorite), and enjoyed planning our next trip to Atlanta!!
 
I hear there’s snow in the forecast, again, this week.  Hopefully, I’ll get around to doing a post about our insane amount of snow last week.  Where are you warm weather?
 

Secret Church (and why it’s important that you go)

My church is hosting a Secret Church simulcast on April 24th.  We’ve been advertising it for about two weeks now, and when I found out the number of people that had registered already, my mouth dropped.  I was shocked.  Why weren’t more people as excited about going to Secret Church as I was?

If you live in north Alabama or near a church offering the Secret Church simulcast, I think that it is SO important that you go!  I’ve made a list of just a few reasons why I think it’s imperative that you make attending Secret Church a priority in your life.

For those of you who don’t know, Secret Church is an intense Bible study led by David Platt that will last 6 hours.

One

Have you ever thought about how lucky we are as Americans that we get to openly walk into church anytime during the week without the fear of being arrested or maybe even killed?  Some people even “check in” at church and think nothing of it.  It’s not like that all over the world.  Some of our brothers and sisters in Christ have to meet secretly in house churches.  And because they are meeting secretly, sometimes their meetings are sporadic so they last much longer than our churches in America.  Attending Secret Church should raise your awareness of what it’s like to go to church “secretly” and worship for long periods of time as if you didn’t know the next time you would be able to meet.

Two

Secret Church will feature a special prayer focus the night of the simulcast.  Going along with my first reason, Secret Church will focus lots of prayers for an area of the world whose people experience persecution.  Have you ever really just prayed for the persecuted?  I know a lot of times I never think about those in other countries (and some here in ours) who are persecuted because of their faith and who aren’t allowed to worship freely.  This is something that we all need to be more aware of so that we can pray for those who are persecuted.  We can’t ignore situations in other countries just because we don’t see it or experience it!  

Three

I love listening to David Platt preach and reading his books.  His sermons are full of Biblical truth and his love for the Lord is evident.  When he pastored The Church at Brookhills, I used to download his sermons to listen to in my free time, and even now I’ll download archived sermons to listen to as well.  I remember the first time I went to listen to his sermon I was in college and I saw that it was a little over an hour long.  The first thought that ran through my head was, “Wow, this is going to be long!”  After the sermon had ended, I wanted more.  Listening to a pastor who kept the Scripture as the #1 focus of the sermon is like feeding food to someone who has been hungry for so long.  It was like a breath of fresh air.  I guarantee that his 6 hour Bible study will fly by the night of Secret Church because it is evident that David Platt loves the Word of God, knows the Word of God, and lives by the Word of God.

Four

David Platt recently released a book called Counter Culture.  In it Platt shows Christians that we don’t need to be vocal only about issues like orphan care and sex trafficking.  As a Christian, how are you supposed to respond to a coworker who openly talks about her abortion?  Platt shows us how to respond with compassion and truth.  Secret Church will be tittled Christ, Culture, and A Call to Action.  Platt will be guiding us through Scripture where we not only learn about Christ, but where he challenges us to live for Christ in a culture where it’s becoming increasingly politically incorrect to be a Christian.

Please visit my church’s website to learn more about Secret Church AND register!  It’s free and open to everyone!