Wish List 2

I am well aware that I have already put my Wish List out into Blog Land. However, it is only your birthday once a year and so I wanted to put out Part 2 of my birthday wish list. My primary love language is gifts so it is  no surprise to me that I have presents on the mind this month:)

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Any shade of Essie or OPI nail polish

CDs- John Mayer and Aaron Neville are my current favorites

Calvin Klein- Euphoria perfume

comfy monogrammed bedroom slippers like these

and a new compartmentalized make-up bag -all 5 pieces of  my make-up get jumbled around;)

Time Machine

1985, 1995, 2005, 2025?
Where would I go if I could jump in a Time Machine and visit some part of my life? What a question!
Go back to times I can't remember and see myself as a baby. Go forward to times I can't imagine and see myself doing who knows what.

What a thought to end up this weekend! I know I would not visit some of my emotional, teenage angst years. Those are best left in the past. Really they only get revisited when Melanie brings them up;)

I think at this current time, I would go visit the future Sabrina. I often wonder about her, and her life.

What will her faith be like and how will she be sharing it?
What does her family look like; where, what, when, and who have changed?
Where will she be working, and will she love her job and the people she interacts with daily?
What does she look like? Has she eaten healthier, exercised more?
Does she still need to read right before she goes to bed, and does she sometimes still fall asleep in her glasses?
Who are her friends? Who does she call when she wants to talk and share?

The answer to this and more will unfold itself in the coming years. I do know that in each present moment I am laying the foundation for my future. I know that my future won't be some random chain of events tossed around by chance. Nope, I believe in God's providence and timing. I believe that I am more like my future than my past.

I guess we will see.....the way my life is going I know that the love will win over the pain. The family will triumph over the strangers. The beauty will transform the reality.

Right Now

Right Now I praise God for his blessings. They are huge, overwhelming, perfect, beautiful, and satisfying.

I am awed that he is in the themes and the details of my life. ( I want to do a post on this idea later.)

Next Fall/Spring I will have a Graduate Assistantship!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am grinning, I am giddy, I am just so thrilled and relieved.

This means so many things to me.
It means I will not have to pay tuition....I will have to work but the tuition waiver awes me totally! Like it truly makes my heart skip a beat with thankfulness:)
It means that I did the right thing by choosing to do my Internship (Fall/Spring) in Athens.
It means that when I prayed so long ago that if God brought me back to Athens it would all work out....that he heard that. He heard that:)
It means that when things don't work out the first time, don't give up! The second time around you are even more aware and thankful.
It means that my debt will be less and my degree will still be amazing!
It means more to me because I am growing in faith and know that NO MATTER what, God cares for, loves and knows all of me:)

I spy.....

I spy with my little eye....

Amazingly gorgeous blossoms full of life and happiness.

Runners and walkers out moving in the Spring sunshine.

Wedding Invites and Engagement photos and the like all around.

The end of the school year sneaking up on unsuspecting students!

A layer of pollen covering my car and making me sneeze.

3 boxes of mac and cheese in my cabinet! What in the world is that about?

A new hair cut that is different but cute and allows me to add more hair accessories to my shopping list!

I thought it was a lot:)

Yesterday as I walked the track at dusk I had babies on the brain.

I was thinking that it seemed as if I knew a lot of mommies of 2-3 year olds. I lovingly refer to it as the Baby Boom!

Doing the math twice for accuracy:) I count up 11....that is right eleven, 2-3 year olds in my life!

Yeah, there must have been something in the water a few years back, and while I am glad I didn't drink it, I just love the joy and happiness that blossomed right along with all of these precious babies.

Having a healthy baby is a blessing and I thank God for all the babies that I know and will know. May I never take it for granted if my time comes along one day. Strong friends like Mrs. Kassy and baby Asher remind me to give thanks for health especially the health and improved health of precious, tiny babies.

4 Cupcakes

I am obsessed with Food Network's Cupcake Wars.

Today I am thinking of 4 cupcakes influenced by the 4 seasons. Now this is all in the imagination of Sabrina...currently I have made none of these beauties....but I have enough inspiration:)

Spring- A lemon splash cupcake with a mint infused frosting. All topped with a light pink gumpaste Dogwood flower.

Summer- A warm cinnamon cupcake topped with a sea salt caramel icing. Maybe with beach blue sprinkles!

Fall- Apple and cherry chocolate cupcake. Then add a dark chocolate frosting topped with a Fall leaf.

Winter- A wintergreen cupcake. Then a sparkling cranberry frosting. All topped with sugar coated cranberries.

Yum:)

4 Weekends

All 4 weekends of my April 2011 are booked.....and I am so happy about that. I plan on enjoying my birth month to the absolute extreme:)

This weekend I went to Six Flags with friends. It was a special UGA Night where they were open from 6pm-midnight! Fun, fun, fun....though I was a little more scared of heights than I have been in the past. Also, we had a great housewarming/Pampered Chef Partay for Melanie on Saturday in ATL:) It was just wonderful and hanging with my aunt's fabulous, funny and fun-loving friends was perfect.

Next weekend I hit the road to help my cousin and aunt on a college visit in Tennessee. I can't believe that boy is a Senior already and that graduation is in May. However, he still has a lot of growing to do and prayers are all always welcomed on his behalf!

Then I have a lingerie shower for a friend. Also, a one night girl's retreat with my church! Mountain cabin and studying the topic of rest, and worrying less, sound just like what I need!

Finally..... insert drumroll, is my birthday weekend!!!!!!!!! Pottery Painting and Dinner in Atlanta. Graduation Party for the seniors in my program. And a cookbook signing by The Neely's. 3 days of fun and friends and celebrating. (Ps- I am so blessed to get to see Julie, Cherika, and Melanie in May for more birthday plans!)

Combine all of this together and I am a blissfully happy girl! Come on April, I'm ready for ya!!!