the one about paper cuts

Ouchie.

Today, I got a paper cut from straw paper!!!!
A drinking straw!

That's nuts.
I didn't even know that was possible.

The end to the most pointless post ever.

Second Best Thing to Come Out of the Super Bowl

the first being that the STINKIN' STEELERS LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny story:
I was texting a good friend throughout the game, and at one point in time I texted:
"Big Ben has too much time!!!"
To which he pointed out my wittiness w/out even trying.

Note to self:

Have a blessed week!

Bushels of Blessings to YOU in 2011!!!

Randoms

List of randoms:

• Grad students do NOT rebound from lack of sleep like college kids do.  I speak from experience.
• Baylor Men's basketball rocks my world!  Elite Eight?  Are you KIDDING me???  This was the team that nation-wide coaches picked to finish TENTH in the Big 12.  Yay Bears...it was an epic run!
• If men's basketball rocks my world, then the Baylor Women provide the beat!  Final Four baby!!!!  Sic 'em, Bears!  What an amazing season this has been!  Next up, UConn...it's going to be a fun one!
• Have you heard the new Amy Grant song?  Better Than A Hallelujah.  Simply beautiful.
• And you must check out Forgiven by Sanctus Real.  "When I don't measure up to much in this life, I know I'm a treasure in the arms of Christ."  Amen.
• Oh, and these people bring so much joy to my life, I'm perpetually Sonburned! 

brandon, brian, julie, chuck, me

blessings, my friends!
♥ michelle

Busy Bee

AHHH!!!!

I have been so ridiculously busy this semester! 
I have not been home, at my apartment in Lubbock, on a single weekend in a month and a half!

It started Valentine's Weekend, when I went to Ruidoso, NM for the ski trip.

And then I went to my hometown the next two weekends for dentist/doctor's appointments and my bestie's birthday.

Then the first weekend in March, I travelled to wacky Waco and College Station for a retreat.  (I will have a separate post on the amazingness that was this weekend.  God is so good.)

Next there was 10 days of Spring Break in Colorado (spanning two weekends).

Tomorrow I will bee heading back to Waco to help out w/ a retreat at the best university in America.  Yay Baylor!  (Expect a post on this retreat weekend as well as the fact that my Mens AND Womens Baylor Bears are in the Sweet 16!!!!!)

Then, next weekend is Easter!  Amen!  Alleluia!  I will be treckin' back up to Amarillo for the celebration of the best day in history.  Thank you Jesus!

And finally, FINALLY, after a 2 month hiatus, I will bee sleeping in and relaxing in my very own apartment the weekend of April 9th.  So excited. 

This insane schedule, combined with school, volunteer, and social priorities, is the reason my live is all a-buzz right now, and thus, no blogging.  But no worries, I will bee back soon!

dreaming

of

{beautiful Colorado in Summer}

Instead, I woke up to this

{Cold Lubbock in Winter}

Dear Summer,

Please hurry.  My bones are achy, my hands are dry n cracked from scraping ice, and my electric bill would like a break.  Plus, I desperately need a snow cone...and...my flip flops are lonely. 

Miss you,

♥ michelle

Dear Spring,

Please bring pretty flowers and green grass to dreary Lubbock ASAP.  We West Texans are suffering from the dreaded LOAPA disorder.  [Lack-of-anything-pretty-around].  K?  

Thanks,

♥ michelle

P.S. How 'bout you leave the wind that normally accompanies you with your evil stepbrother, Winter. mmm k?  thanks very much!  

Get the varmit some glasses, will ya?!?!

I mean really, how hard is it to see your shadow?

Thanks to this little fella:

we have 6 more weeks of winter. 

I might not survive.  I have been a Michelle popsicle since cerca OCTOBER!  Sheesh.  Enough is enough!

Luckily I have these delicious life savers to help me cope.

Hurry up, Spring!  We miss youuuuu!!!!

Rebel love!

Yowza!

I graduated from my beloved Baylor University in May.

                                         Sic 'Em Bears!

Mom and Dad didn't know what to get me for graduation.

But half a year later, they came through. In a BIG way!

I'm talking HUGE!!!!

Yep folks, I got a brand spankin' new Canon REBEL T1i!!!

The necessary self portrait of course

And yes, I'm wearing quite the outfit:

Christmas up top

Candy-stripe pjs on bottom

In case you didn't know, I am THE Official Mistletoe Tester

I promise I really did graduate from the esteemed Baylor U

It came in this ginormous box with lots, and lots of goodies. Like a second lens. And photo editing for dummies. (Apparently they didn't get the memo that I had GRADUATED...and hence, am no longer a dummy. Sheesh.)

So I proceeded to take pics. Tons and tons of pics. And here are a few of the gems:

Artsty Fartsy Christmas Ornament

Again with the artsy fartsy shenanigans

Got to play with this cutie at the annual Pollard Christmas Extravaganza

Dad bought Mom some flowers for her b-day, and I just HAD to document them

And finally the BIG Finale:

No I did not take this pic.

But it just cracks me up!
Seriously, laugh-out-loud funny!
Anywho, that's it for my Christmas photography adventures.

For now anyway.
I have get back to the important things in life like birthday cake ice cream & sprinkles. And figuring out why my printer will NOT turn on!!! (Technology and I do not get along. At all.)

And I promise not to wait 2 months before posting again. If you're lucky, it might even be sometime this week. But only if this printer cooperates. :D

Wow...

OH. MY. COW.

I was perusin' this site and stumbled upon this post.

I wasn't laughin' until the comments. Good grief. So funny.

The jist of it is this:
BooMama and a friend were trying to come up w/ the holiest email salutation, and thus it spurred alot of commentary. Some of them were too gushy for me, but here were my favs:

-God bless your socks off,
-Break dancin' in the Spirit,
-Just a hangnail on the Body of Christ, (seriously clever)
-Jesus loves you and I'm trying, (bahahaha, sooo relatable)
-Gettin' Fat on the Abundance of His Blessings, (again, pretty clever)
-Grateful I live under grace and not the law because my love of bacon would prohibit me from keeping kosher, (hilarious!)

And thus, I had to share mine. I've used it for forever, and friends back in Waco even call me by it. It inspired the title of my blog.

In His Son-shine,
michelle