It’s Alive!

I’m only jumping on here for a second to say howdy to those of you who may be seeing the new website in it first few hours of life. Isn’t she wonderful? Karen at Simply Amusing has absolutely outdone herself on this one so expect to hear me singing her praises mucho over the coming days. Perchance even years.

There will be an official grand opening next week when I get the bugs worked out of my widgets and links but for now I’d love your feedback!

October 31, 2009 | Filed Under Blog Stuff | 26 Comments 

There’s sure to be something for everyone

It’s official.  The respite is over and we are back to full on madness here in the McKay household.  We got home yesterday afternoon just in time to get ready to go to our high school’s last season game.  I have no idea where Thursday night games came from.   It feels like a Friday Night Lights sacrilege to me but whatev.  I’m just SO pumped that our guys are region champs!  I’m going to write about their Cinderella story on a different post. 

I know you can’t wait to hear me expound upon my vast football knowledge.  

So back to our rush to get home for the game.  Luke started reminding Tuesday that we HAD to be back home by 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon. I don’t know where he ever got the idea that I might make him miss a deadline.  I basically ignored all his smack until he began suggesting Wednesday night that I wouldn’t have time to shower the next morning.   That may have been when I told him what he could do with that lit firecracker in his pocket.  Geesh.  Am I the only woman whose husband acts like they are in a road race as soon as they slip behind the wheel?  Just so you know, I showered, packed, cleaned our room AND we still pulled out of the parking lot at 7:28 a.m.  

Booyah.

And speaking of road trips, y’all, there are some freaks on our nation’s highways.  We stopped at a Florida rest area at 9 p.m. at night.  It wasn’t my choice but there was some urgency involved if you get my drift.  We felt pretty safe since the sign advertised 24 hour security. 

 The security turned out to be a rent-a-guard who was fast asleep in his vehicle.   Safe indeed.

It’s with hesitation that I ever say that Luke and I are the most normal people in a crowd but I’m confident that the pastor and his wife who just needed to potty and get back on the road status won out on this occasion.  How do I know?  There were two other cars there besides Sleepy Man.  One belonged to a couple who were speed-walking laps around the parking lot.  Without a dog.  At 9 p.m.  In the dark.  The entire idea of it was such an oxymoron.  Rest, people.  You are supposed to rest.

I pause to even tell you about the other guy but let’s just say he was loitering, texting, and perhaps waiting on a victim date.  That’s all I can bear to think about that.  Had I been alone and saw this dude, even having the protection of the fine security guard wouldn’t have convinced me to stop for fear of ending up on 20/20.  

Am I delivering on my random or what?

There is a point to all of this.  Florida with Chuck and Deb was fabulous as always.  We always laugh like a bunch of school girls over nothing that you would appreciate at all.  Those are the best kinds of friends, yes?  These two are definitely our safe place.  As a ministry family, there’s nothing more important than having bff’s with whom you can totally decompress.  Mission accomplished.   Until next year that is..  

Here are a few of our week’s highlights in list format:

1. Liza’s Cafe  Portobello Sandwich.  Y’all.  If you ever find yourself in Panama City Beach, you MUST get to Liza’s on Thomas Drive.  Of all the fresh seafood we ate, my Portobello Sandwich was the most memorable meal I had.  We had lunch here twice in 4 days if that is a hint at all to the yumminess.

2.  Kilwin’s Lemon Sorbetto.

Kilwin’s is one of those delightful shops that serves everything from fudge to caramel apples to chocolate dipped rice krispy treats.  I don’t know what they do to their ice cream, but this lemon sorbetto was heavenly.   The perfect blend of tart with the sweetness of a sugar cone.  I also had 2 of these  in 4 days.   What can I say?  When I find something I like I tend to overdose.

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3. Silver Jeans   I’ve been looking for a great pair of jeans but unfortunately my children need electricity and groceries.   Spoiled brats.  I’d never heard of Silver Jeans before I saw them in a boutique store last week at the mall.   I found the exact pair I’d turned down because they were $90 on sale for $35 in a Pier Park shop!  What?   This was one of those deals where they were too cheap not to buy.  Luke has yet to understand or embrace this rationale.

4.  Pier Park- I absolutely adore this development.  Great shops, restaurants, theaters, and even a Target for Pete’s sake.  When we vacationed in PCB before we always felt we had to drive to Destin for decent shopping.  No more!  Well done, whoever.  Well done.

5.   Sunset

The Lord showed off on our last night there and set the sky on fire.  Isn’t He amazing?

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And that concludes the Big People Vacation Recap of 2009.

p.s.  If you follow me on Twitter, you may have heard me chirping about my new web design that is going live soon.  Stay close by for the next couple of days!  It’s almost done and I’M FREAKING OUT.   Karen is Da Bomb and you are going to want to reserve her skillz for your next makeover, I promise.

TTYS!

Lisa

October 30, 2009 | Filed Under Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Vacation | 7 Comments 

Much Needed Respite

Each October we are flat out blessed with the opportunity to spend a few days in Panama City Beach sans kiddos with our besties, Chuck and Deb. Deb’s mom has a fabulous condo where we crash land for a much needed yearly respite. I already feel a little of the Mommy Guilt just typing ’sans kiddos’ but I think I adequately established my position on the importance of Adult Time here and here. 

I had all kinds of grand plans for getting some early morning writing done while staring at the ocean but the only thing I’ve done before 9 am at this point is snuggle deeper into my pillow.  And instead of feeling badly about that I’m going to accept it as a sign that I needed the rest to go back refreshed and ready to work next week.

In other updates, there’s no use hiding what a flake I am.  I’ve talked a little about venturing more into formal ministry.  That indeed is happening as far as my work ethic is concerned but when I tested the waters on naming and officially forming an entity outside myself, I found them lukewarm and murky.  If there is one thing I’ve learned of the Lord and His ways toward me, it’s that when the time is right it will be overwhelmingly right.  I don’t think I’ll have to wrestle in the details so for now, I’ve determined to just keep doing the thing side by side with the Lord instead of running along an unsure path.

With that said, I’m so excited to tell you that a new site design is in the works by my friend Karen at Simply Amusing Designs.  I’m a designer’s worst nightmare because I have no idea what I want.  She has begun creating premades that she will customize for a fraction of the cost of a full blown makeover.  I fell head over heels for her very first theme and I can not wait to get it up and running here.  It will incorporate all I need into one site for now instead of trying to maintain a separate ministry and blog page.  I can not wait for it to go live!   Here is a teaser.   Do you love it??!!  

Okay, it’s time to eat again so I’m jumping off here.  Hope you are having a fabulous week!

Love,

Lisa

October 27, 2009 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 6 Comments 

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