Nicole Dianne

watercolor pretties and jumping men

.. giggles .. and inspiration ..

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peonies image

I think I need to buy some watercolors!

And that last picture...
you laughed out loud like me
right?

celly unleashed

It's been a while since I dumped my celly files on you tootsie pops

so today is the day.

Let's get the ball rollin with

my spectacalies.

I'm told they make me look collegiate.

Pshh..

You know what else makes me look collegiate?

Buying beer

teddy grahams

and chocolate milk.

I can assure you..

it helps with your studies

take my word for it

I have excellent grades

Do you know what else is collegiate?

And by collegiate I mean, not really collegiate.

insex.

get it?

(I don't want to explain this one to you so just catch on..k?)

Grandpa couldn't understand the concept

of looking into a phone for a picture.

what the heck?

It's like he's from the 50's..

Did you catch diabetes and clogged arteries

just from looking at this too?

Hair twins.

There's an art to parting bangs.

I felt too safe driving behind the floating ladder

so I switched lanes.

And just so you're aware..

my dad and brother were ninjas or something 7 years ago.

new and exciting things

When I was younger new and exciting meant

I either got new clothes or the boy I had a crush on finally knew I existed.

Now, new and exciting is finding recipes like

spinach banana smoothies

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and the boy I have a crush on coming home to me.

The countdown is on folks

the countdown is

on!

for R&R that is.

In other news,

We moved and everything is settled in at our new abode.

My favorite part of moving is redecorating and reorganzing

I get legitimately happy over these kind of things.

the half with Mr's name is blurred so we can protect his identity

it's important that those in top secret military units remain nameless..

or is it?

I'm loving..

Happiness & deployment Homestretch

my faj

Happy Father's Day to the coolest man I know!

He catches lizards with his little brother.

He likes to make sure I don't forget small things
like changing my oil
and bearing a child so he can be a grandpa.

And he'll BBQ for you at any hour of the night,
honestly.

He's one of a kind, and everyone who knows him will tell you so.

Love you pops!

I'm sitting here completely devastated and heartbroken.
One of my friends from high school was married 10 days ago and on his honeymoon
due back tomorrow.
Well, there was an accident today.
He's now in intensive care and his beautiful wife didn't make it.
She went home to be with the Lord.

My family's been sitting here for hours trying to make sense of this tragedy.
My heart aches, my stomach is turning and my head is pounding.
How does this happen?

Our friend was on my dad's baseball team all 4 yrs of high school and has since
coached with him for the last few years.
The beautiful couple was closer with my parents than they were with me,
and seeing my dad burst into tears as he broke the news to his baseball players was
absolutely painful.
This couple was so special to them.
My parents were ecstatic after coming home from their wedding,
just 10 days ago.
They were so in love.

I've been in constant prayer tonight and begging for answers.
Nobody deserves this.
Especially not him.
I'm so heartbroken.
He is supposed to be with his bride 10 days after their wedding.
Not sitting in a hospital bed, worlds apart.
Mr and I have been talking all night, putting ourselves in the situation
and it makes us absolutely sick.
There's no words.
Please, please lift up our friend in prayer.
He needs it and through God's power he can feel peace in this tragedy.
He's alone in a foreign country with out his new bride.
The power of prayer has to reach him.

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this  world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

some thoughts

I won't specify where the thoughts for this post came from, but I'm just throwing my two sense out. It makes my heart ache when people don't treasure a marriage. Marriage was designed and created by our Father in Heaven, representing Christ's love for the church. The distorted view that many people have of this sacred union is really scary to me. It's tossed around like a recreational activity which lends to the polluted view of marriage that many people have today. If only I could talk with a handful of people and catch a glimpse of where these views start and why the treasure of being husband and wife has turned so fowl to some. It might lend to answer the questions I have for them.

edit: This isn't to say I think marriage is easy, or that Mr and I live in a world full of fairy-tales and rainbows. Nor am I blind to the many circumstances where women/men should protect themselves and their children from certain happenings in a marriage, by leaving. This post just stemmed from conversations lately and personal experience. Please know I would never be so naive to think that marriage isn't a two-way road. I also mentioned how I'd love to talk with people that have negative views toward marriage in general to hear their story/understand their reasons. As I stated in the beginning..it's just my two cents, thrown out in my personal blog ;)

Some inspiration from a daily read, Jesus Calling, Mr and I have been reading together:

Through spending time in My Presence, you gain glimpses of My overflowing vastness. These glimpses are tiny foretastes of what you will experience eternally in heaven.

Let My Love envelop your outreach to other people take time to rest in the Love-Light of My Presence.

Ask My Spirit to quiet your mind so that you can think My thoughts.

Buy it, read it and be blessed like I have. Jesus is so fulfilling and overwhelming in the ways He speaks to me. The temptation to go about my day with out acknowledging my Heavenly Father is easy and never intended. But I'm often reminded to stop and just let God.

So for now, I'll continue back to what I was supposed to be doing. However, I don't suppose He minds when we break from our mundane tasks to reflect on His love and purposes for our life.