Look At This Photograph

Thanks to +Erica , +Jessica , and +Hunter I decided to this last 10 pictures on camera roll! Omg this is hilarious at the things I save and take pictures. Most are self explanatory. The last picture is for Jessica from +Chris  and I both! We love you!

Disney Days, Day 1: What's This?

Oh how I love this movie. Jack is my favorite Disney character. It's hard to explain why I love his character so much.

I believe a lot of it goes back to when I was a kid and I would sit and watch this with +Bridgitte  time after time. We have grown up collecting memorabilia for this movie. Her more so than me. In fact she is fixing to have her third child which is a girl and she is naming her Sally.

But for me it is all about Jack. I just love how he thinks and what he does. It will always be dear to me in my heart.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 30: It Matters Not What Someone is Born, but What They Grow to Be.

Dear 15 year old  me,

You did what you were suppose to back then. You stay invisible. You held your family together. You worked hard and pushed yourself. Life was simply back then. You are going to face a lot in a while. You won't believe what will come in the next ten years. Your eyes would bulge trust me. Just be glad you liked nerdy things.


Dear self,

How did we make here? We went from being a nobody. To a girlfriend, to a mother, to a fiance, to a bride, and now a wife. You waited and you conquered saving yourself until marriage. You adopted your brother when you didn't have to do so. You are changing the world. Be proud and keep being bold. It will pay off in the end.


Dear 40 year old me,

I know you are probably tired. I know you are still pushing though. The world is probably more corrupt now or so it would seem. You are a wonderful mom, don't doubt that. You are still gorgeous and nerdy. Keep smiling. God is still in control.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 29: Polypropylene

Yes this is a play off of Hunter's.

Mrs.Winthrop was peeking out of her window again. She still enjoyed watching her neighbors even after getting to know them on a more personal note.


There was the newest newlywed couple: The lanky model looking guy and his bombshell pin up voluptuous looking bride had two little ones. One was a newborn and the other was a kindergartner who was wild. She may have been 5 but she was going on 20. They were both pretty laid back but they had their moments like any good couple. They had a lot of spunk in them. His bride was not a quiet one at night when the children weren't home. Mrs.Winthrop just laughed when she saw the children go stay with someone else. She knew to sleep with the TV playing that night.

Then the couple that couldn't keep their clothes on for money. The blonde was very hyper most of the time. And being naked and hyper at the same time caused for a lot of jiggling and shaking of body parts. This made the blonde's husband very happy. It's hard to hide the hard happiness of man when he isn't wearing clothes. Mrs.Winthrop would usually discourage this kind of behavior unless they were part of a nudist colony but that couple was always so bubbly she couldn't help but laugh at the situation. She just always remembers to give them sunblock for special occasions.

There was also the couple that made Mrs. Winthrop invest in a better broom and vacuum cleaner. This couple was very cheerful as well. The reason she had invested in the top of the line broom and vacuum cleaner because this couple would have made Hanzel and Gretel jealous. This couple always leaves a trail of glitter and cookie crumbs where ever they go. They have a tiny little girl as well. She is bandaged up but just as gorgeous as her mother. Mrs. Winthrop at first thought the child may have just received a blonde gene but she learned that the little girl was in fact adopted.

"Oh God!" Was heard a lot from the other Victorian style home in the circle at the end of the road. At first Mrs.Winthrop thought the couple just had sex a lot then she realized that the couple had sex all the time and that the man was the pastor for the local Methodist church. She liked the couple regardless of their sex obsession. She knew most of the ones in the circle couldn't keep their hands off each other. Probably a good thing all the girls in the group worked at a daycare. For even this couple had a very curious child already on their hands. She was constantly running and swishing her hands through the yards.

Down on the hill from the end of the road sat the plantation house that had been Disneyfied. The tall blonde that looked a lot like the naked blonde lived there with her hunk of a husband and two little blonde girls that looked so much like their mother Mrs. Winthrop swore they were lying when they told her that the girls weren't their the tall girl's biological daughters. She loved going into that house. It always smelled heavenly and it was covered in Disney which made her feel young.

Then the biggest house in the neighborhood belonged to the most gorgeous, sexiest, stunning, charming, Italian man and his French wife. They were relatively quiet as well except in the mornings when they were working out or the husband was leaving in his sport car or on his motorcycle. Their son toddled around the yard with his plush duck in his hands a lot just plopping down wherever he felt like was a good spot. Mrs. Winthrop just smiled as she watched the wife's stomach grow. She was taking bets that it would be a boy for the couple.

Mrs.Winthrop loved this neighborhood and the people in it. She smiled as she walked across her wood flooring to call the exterminator to make sure they came out to spray for bugs. She couldn't stand the thoughts of rodents and bugs getting around her home and the ones she loved.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 28: Hit the Dirt.

Much like my best friend +Hunter  in her blog HERE, I am seriously OCD when it comes to being prepared and being clean. People laugh at us because we even organize our cleaning supplies and organizing supplies. Well we are just Type A people on that subject.

I take being prepared for severe weather very seriously. I am strong supporter of James Spann and his weather weeks during February and March. They will tell you just about anything about how to be prepared for weather.

In my post "Ready or Not" I supply the link for my Emergency Prepareness Board on Pinterest. Trust me I utilize these ideas now. Chris and I both are very serious on this matter. We follow Red Cross and FEMA instructions to the T. We have water and food on supply for everyone. We take the precautions for the pets.

When a warning goes off we usually have been prepared well in advance. We usually start watching the storms once they cross state lines.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 27: He Put A Ring On It

There is being proposed to by the person that came into your life and made everything right. And, then there is being proposed to by that person with the ring that your deceased mother wore while she was married to your father.

I am now married, the picture was snapped a few months after Chris proposed, but I love the tenderness of this picture because Chris took this picture so randomly. That ring means so much to both of us. For him it shows what lengths he goes to for me.

For me that ring was the bound that my dad loved my mother. I smile sometimes when the light catches just perfectly and the sparkles dances on the wall. Or I grin when Jackjack rubs his finger over it. It makes me thinks that my mom is approving of my life at that very moment.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 26: Love Potion #9

Even in the books before the movies came out I was obsessed with the man that loathed Harry. I wanted to hurt people because to me even in the books Snape stood out. Who knows, maybe it was his long greasy hair or his sneer that drew me in.

I even loved him when he was so mean to Harry. Maybe it was my love for bad guys that seemed like that they had a soft side. And soft side he had. I was a complete mess when Death Hallows came out. I was working at Books A Million in Huntsville then and I remember I sat in the park by myself and cried my heart out. I read that entire book in one day. 

My love for Snape exploded. I felt so distraught when he passed on. I hated that she killed him. I was mad. Then I realized he was with Lily. What did it matter what I thought? He was with the person he loved forever and of course, Always.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 25: Letters

Mother:

I love reading over your journals. I now have them everywhere I go since I have scan them and they now on my iBooks. I only wish I had gotten to know you in real life. My heart twists knowing that you died giving me life. Your excited about getting married floored me because it was like reading my own thoughts. I love reading your pregnancy journal. Seeing the other names you came up with for me makes me laugh. You were so excited about being pregnant and being a mom.

Father

We have not always agreed on everything but what parent and child does? I have respected you and you have respected me where most parents do not. You realized that I was strong and smart enough to handle myself. You instilled love, faith, hope and kindness in me. You gave me the foundation of a Godly life and I thank you so much.

We won't agree on everything in coming years and even things now. Just remember that I love you. Thank you for giving me away to the most amazing man and giving me the tiny blessing that stole my heart as well. You are an amazing man yourself. I am truly blessed at the positive impact you had on my life. So many girls complain or cannot say that about their daddy. You on the other hand make me proud to say I am daddy's little girl.

My Girls:

+Maria , +Mary Ann , +Hunter, +Jessica, +Lillian, Hannah Lombardi, and +Carolina; All of you have inspired me in each your own ways. I feel like I can conquer the world with the support and resources you each give me. The impact each of you have made on my life makes feel like I am the woman God wants me to be as I sit here writing this. I feel as though the inspiration you all give makes sense now at where I am in my life.

Jackjack

You started out in my life as my final sibling. I held you a lot when you were first born because your biological mother suffered from postpartum depression so bad she didn't even want to look at you. From the beginning she thought of giving you up for adoption. And now I gladly hold you in my arms at night. I fall in love with your smile, your giggle, you whimpers, and your voice every day. You made me a mommy. My heart clenches when you are in danger or are sick. Seeing you look at me admiringly and then look at Chris like that makes me realize why all the hard spots in my life were placed where they were because I cherish those moments.

Chris:

My other half. The only person to really see me at my worst and my best and totally fall in love with both. The person that calls to me spiritually, physically, emotionally  and soulfully. I never realized that not only would you become so important but also that you would become my best friend. I hold nothing back from you. You impacted every single faucet of my life. You build me up. You test and tempted me. You challenge me. You nurture me. You care for me. Protect me. But most of all you love me. I am always proud to say that I have never thought of leaving you and you tell me all the time there has never been a second that you have thought about leaving. How many couple doubt their relationships? I am not saying that's a bad thing because for many it's a way to show how strong their relationship is in most situation. Sometimes the pity factor gets in or the old "we've been through so much."

We have gave it our all since the very first date. I will always look back on those days and cherish the innocence they held. They showed us in our growing and learning stages of innocence. We will always been in a stage of growing and learning of something. Whether it be career, marriage, or parenting we are going to be learning and growing together. I love you so much and I thank you and the good Lord above for both loving me. 

Fresh Start Challenge Day 24: Holy Lands

A little over a year ago I had the privilege to go to Israel.

Chris and I traveled through the Holy Lands with our eyes wide and heart open.

There are two things that stand out to me as the most spiritual moments in my life.

First one:

We were baptized in the River Jordan. I cried as I lifted back up out of the water. I was baptized in almost the same place as Jesus himself was and my body was trembling even though it was very hot outside. I watched Chris get baptized as well. We both stood praying to the side of our group we were with for the trip. I felt so cleansed and renewed.

Second time:

We went to see The Church of Holy Sepulchre. When we went it was not very busy at all which we learned was very rare. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre contains the Tomb of Christ and also Golgotha, the place of the crucifixion. Chris and I walked around and finally got in line. The line let to a table and we could see people crawling under the table. I know I gasped when I realized what they were doing and what we were about to do. This was where the cross once stood. The cross was erected between two rocks where the blood of Jesus fell on. We were about to have an opportunity to touch the rock where Jesus was crucified. Underneath the altar, there is a hole through which we put our arm through to touch the rock. By doing this, we touched the rock where Jesus died.

I was crying and I felt Chris's body shaking with tears. We prayed together as well there. It was an experience I never will forget.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 23: Hit You With the Real Thing

Let's Get Ready to Rummmmmble!!!!!!

1) I could dance all day to Westlife or at least listen to them.

2) Besides literally working out and dancing, my favorite way to exercise is yoga, pole dancing, and jump rope.

3) I have started having an obsession with paper straws. I love them!

4) I love eating potato chips around Chris because it apparently how my mouth moves when I am eating them turns him on.

5) I want a vintage car. I just don't know what.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 22: Future

What if today was my last day?

That is a thought I think almost daily. It's that thought makes me want to check on everyone in my life. I usually do is what is bad. I guess it's the big heart in me, because of the thought of dying and someone never knowing how I felt about them makes me extremely sad.

I want to make sure that people know I love and care about them. Yes you all can piss me off but I still love you all to death. You may not deserve it but that doesn't stop me.

Besides making sure everyone knows I love them. I try to pray for everyone as well. Even the ones that seem strong because Lord knows that they need strength and guidance like I do.

I try to do something new or different every day as well. Sometimes I do forget but I do try to do something new almost every single day.

And now I am going to shock everyone with the next blog so stay tuned.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 21: Let Me See That Thong

Getting ready to go work on an outdoor event and I started getting dressed. Yes I realize it's a cool day for spring in Alabama, but I wanted to be comfortable because I knew I would sweat. So I put on cheerleading shorts and tank top. Enter Chris.

"You are not wearing those shorts."

My inner Goddess and subconscious is still sore and shocked from last night to acknowledge what I am having to listen. I went on putting on my socks. He kept right on looking at me. I just grinned at him and bent over. I know they show a little bit of butt. But I am married woman now. It's allowed.

He tries to pin me to the door and give his famous glare but I reached up and kissed him really deeply. Which resulted in me having to change into a tshirt unless I wanted the kids at packet pick up to see my hickey.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 20: Just Let Me Talk to You

“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”

― Max Lucado

He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.

The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing.

“If you cannot win at the game, if you cannot solve the puzzle, you are just a loser”-Near

The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own.

Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

"There were times of hardship when people forget the courage they need to keep fighting; and survive. But I think as long as we have something to believe in; to keep close in our hearts, courage will never truly leave us. We only have to reach deep in our heart to find it."

— Sakura

"A bird that has lost it's feathers can no longer sail through the sky's. And a person who has lost her memories can no longer find her way through the world she once called home. But still, I keep my faith. But as long as I have my life, new memories will be carved into the sand of time. "

— Sakura

"If you could have one wish, what would it be? We all have hopes and dreams that we do almost anything to make real. And if we get lucky, and our wish is granted, maybe that's what we call happiness."

— Sakura

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace...-Romans 8:2-8

“Love yourself first and everything falls into line”

- Lucille Ball

"God has a most wicked sense of humor."

- Maureen O'Hara

I just wanna be right here with you
I don't want to see, see us apart
- Westlife

Boss women are classy, strong, independent, loyal and lovable. They know what they deserve and they go for it.

If she has a job, her own car, pays her bills, and manages to live comfortably before she meets you, Understand that she wants loyalty not you're money. She can finance herself.

A Strong independent woman wouldn't ask a man to do anything for that she couldn't do for herself.

If you want me it takes more than a wink more than a drink and more than you think.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. 

Erma Bombeck

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. 

C. S. Lewis

Fresh Start Challenge Day 19: Never Fails

It used to be a true passion for me but I did get away from it for the most. I still dabble in here and there. As of lately though I have found a new surge for doing it. Those days spent in Hunter's foyer were the most peaceful to me in a long time. I felt like my old self. The one that was shy of Chris and blushed when he looked at me a certain way. It felt like starting over. It does the soul good to do that. So I have requested to paint murals at work. It will be amazing for me this summer to spend hours working on something that will be admired for years to come. And just in time for the next chapter in my life to begin.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 18: Which Path

I can remember this was a spur of the moment idea for me. I wanted to let some steam off and honest? Brag a little. I wanted to get things off my chest about my life. And I have done and I feel comfortable about that too.

I only have a few that I consider inspiration to blog and that would be +Bridgitte, +Erica , and Miss Jen. I have spent countless hours thinking of what to do with this blog since then. I love working on it. It's a work in progress but all good projects are just that.

To start back blogging after adding an addition to my life my inspiration was +Hunter and +Mary Ann  these girls inspire me to push myself more and more.

And the man behind everything (or so it seems) +Chris  inspires me in everything I do. He truly believes me and tells me so all the time.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 17: Winter Summer Fall or Spring, I See You in Everything

Spring

Baseball Season starts

The pastel colors.

The flowering blooming

My birthday 

Summer

Riding horses
Canning
Farmer's Markets
Pool

Fall

Football season

Raking leaves

Hayrides

Apple everything

Winter

Sweaters

Fireplace

Christmas music

Boots

Fresh Start Challenge Day 16: It's In Print

I am in Paris writing this and I am already crying with just the first few words. I can finally write this. Our wedding is this year. It is in black and white, well actually in crimson, black, and gold. I, Odette Molyneux, am getting married! Never in all of my life would I believe I would be so overcome with joy about walking a measly 30 feet to someone. Though, never in my life did I expect to fall in love an Italian guy over and over.

I am overwhelmed with love from him all the time. I know he doesn't stray from me and with his good looks that is truly amazing. This puny girl who lived a life of geeky nerdiness and Harry Potter has attracted one of the most blessed gorgeously blessed creatures on this planet. Sometimes I swear I could be pregnant off of his smile and laugh.

All of these crazy amazing feelings will never go away even after I walk down that aisle because he won't let them go away. He will spend the rest of his life trying to surprise me and that makes me smile more than any flowers or stuffed animal ever could. Because at the end of it it's not the gift but the amount of time he spent thinking about me. He could say he thought about me all day but having the surprises lets me know he really means it.

The best thing is seeing the date and our names in print on 400 invitations.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 15: How Do I Love Thee, 15 Ways!

Loving myself is something that I have struggled with but I have gotten there and I am proud of it.

1. The Lord is my Savior and has always been.
2. That Chris and I have had God at the center 
3. I can ballroom dance. Yes totally true I put more than 15 hours into that a week.
4. I am a mom to the cutest boy on the planet. He steals my heart from his daddy all the time. They are working on sharing it though.
5. I can run 10 miles in an hour!
6. I am working towards my cosmetology degree while working on getting my teaching degree and I love it.
7. I have learned not to be ashamed of my body.
8. I have perfected how to put on my own lipstick.
9. I have accepted being a bride.
10. I grew a back bone.
11. Learning that I can be sexy without feeling ashamed or dirty.
12. I have kept up drinking eight glasses of water every day for two years now.
13. I have learned 72 Bible verses by heart since dating Chris.
14. Agreeing that Chris and I should incorporate certain this into our relationship.
15. Being a strong confident person.

Fresh Start Challenge Day 14: The New Soap on A Rope

GLUE ON A SPONGE

Mrs.Humpal's Room




Simply begin by cutting a sponge to fit a plastic container and pour in and around the sponge. Kids can press whatever they are trying to glue on the sponge and glue goes on easily. No more wasted glue or glue hands. Okay so some kids still like to push their hands on the sponge and make glue hands. Okay some teachers too. They don't get gross or smelly at all. So I love this!