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!

Fresh Start Challenge Day 13: Dreams Come True

I am extremely lucky. There is no denying that. My first date with Chris made me positive I was going to marry him or dang well die while trying to marry him. (A Rose For Emily, anyone? Sorry.)

I am not that desperate, and I don't have to be. Dates with Chris are truly something to behold.

First date with wine, cheeses, meats, and fruit in the woods watching the sun go down in his vintage car.
Second date was a drive in movie dressed in vintage clothing and dancing. That is still my favorite date.

I love our bowling dates because he is so cute when he bowls. He does this little wiggle and I just love it.

I have two dates that haven't happened yet though.

One is simple; I want to have the same meal we had on our first date inside our garden we have. I love the swing and the cobblestone paths. Just stay there all night talking and eating.

My other one of course is to go to Viva Weekend. Or a vintage weekend ordeal. Or a WWII party would be awesome as well.