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Will the Lady have the Salad? NO!

Last night husband and I went to have dinner at one of our favorite places: Sweet Water Tavern. The food is sooooooooo good. Its our fall back date night and the first place we recommend to friends looking for recommendation in NoVa. We sat down to dinner a little later than normal last night because…

The Bright Side of Monday

Last night at Frontline Arlington was amazing! So much so that it was my Bright Side of Monday. Check it out! I even have a video for it that I shot with Brian’s new Iphone 3GS! http://dailybrightside.wordpress.com The Last 3 weeks of sermons at Frontline have been off the hook. Come out to one of…

I’m Mrs. Brightside

So, I have started a new blog-venture. I am calling it The Daily Bright Side blog and I am going to be talking about all things beautiful, lovely, tasty, savory, joyful, inspiring, and BRIGHT. I know this sounds like it could go cheesy in 0-60 but I promise it wont. I see things all the…

Do You Know John Hughes?

Today I got to work and a friend started singing “Don’t You Forget About Me.” I thought he was trying to tell me he was leaving. Instead, he let me know that John Hughes had died the night before. I don’t think I would’ve thought that much more about the death of this man, but…

Too Sweet to Be Sour, The Power of a Cheerful Worker

Today started out not so good from the get go. It wasn’t a “I woke up on the wrong side of the bed” kind of morning. It was something different. Constantly doing stupid things, dropping keys, not able to find the right pair of socks. It felt alot like I was trying to maneuver in…

Need Advice on Paris and Italy

Brian and I are planning a big trip to France and Italy for October 2010. I know thats like 14 months away, but we are having fun planning and want to be sure that we have a perfect experience. We will be celebrating Brian finishing his Masters and our 5 year anniversary! 🙂 I think…

Vote For My Friend’s Twins in Show us the COW Contest @ Chick-fil-a!!

Two of my good friends from Union, Jay and Shantal Watson, have two cute little twins named Hope and Hannah Chayse. They are in a contest through Chick-fil-a and they need your vote! Right now they have 205 votes. 213 puts them in the top 20 nationwide. By voting, you are also entered to win…

The Unlikely Disciple

My most recent read, (aside from rereading the last 2 books of the Harry Potter Series) is The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose. This is an intriguing memoir of a young freshman at Brown University who, in 2007, after a visit to Thomas Road Baptist Church, decided to go “undercover” at Liberty University for what…

15 dollars can do more than save a life in Eburru

Now that Jeff is back from Kenya, I have compiled all his videos and photos on my computer and came out with the first of I’m sure several videos of whats going on in Eburru. This video shows, at a very high level excatly whats going on in Eburru, a few interviews with the in…

Nine Year Old Summits Kilimanjaro to Raise Awareness for Clean Water Needs in Africa

This is an AWESOME story of amazing determination and faith. Please repost and share with others! Sterling, VA – On July 2, nine year old Parker Phillips, a rising 5th grader at Lowes Island Elementary School in Sterling, became one of the youngest Americans in history to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain on the…