Taylor Vlog #2

It was another great week in the Taylor household, Enjoy this weeks video blog!

Have a great day

Missa

I'm about to go Brittany

Man o man do I need a hair cut.... not a hair cut as much as hair growth!!I find myself in exactly that place right now.... you know what I mean ladies- your hair is too long to make look cute but still too short to wear down and look decent. Yep, I am there!

I cut about 9" off of my hair back in July (I think) and at the time I liked my hair but, since that have come to the realization that I really like my long hair. I dont want to toot my own horn but, the Lord blessed me with pretty hair :)

I always do this, I get a wild hair then I go cut it off and then I regret it and wait for it to grow back out... Well, today I had a morning where all I wanted to do was take my hair OUT of the barrett it is always in and wear it down so I took it down, straightened it, all the while praying that since yesterday I had grown that extra inch of hair to keep it from looking hideous and then there I was....quickly pulling it back up. It's just not there yet!!! Darn! I am so ready to be able to leave my hair down again- If it doesnt happen soon I'm afraid I really will GO BRITTANY! - As I think back on what she did to her hair I can now sympathize. I mean what girl hasnt had a bad day and want to shave it off! I mean look at her, she looks so happy and free! hehe.

By the way, once it finally grows out- PLEASE don't let me cut it off again! Help me ladies- help me.

-Melissa

Top 5 - Holy

I wanted to share this song with you all. I have had it on repeat for 2 days now... it is so beautiful and so true. This is another one of my songs that is in my "top 5" favorites of all time.

Last night (Sunday night) I got home about 9pm, changed my clothes and laid in bed. I could not shake the thought of how the Lord is so faithful in my life.... from being on top of the mountain to times when I feel like I am at the bottom of the pit... he is ever present and when I am in his presence there is change and he WILL NEVER leave me..... NEVER forsake me.

I think about how much he loves us and how in all my efforts I will never understand the depth of that Love.

How such a HOLY God cares for me and found me worth sending his son Jesus to die for me! Me? There really is only one thing that comes to mind "HOLY"!!!

Rest in Rest?

This has been an amazing 2 days. I was off on Friday and I am happy to report, I did not leave my house until my hubby was off work.

Then on Saturday we slept in and when I woke up I went to read my daily devo on my bberry and this is what it said (GREAT WORD):

October 24, 2009 Is Fatigue Next to Godliness? by Charles R. Swindoll Luke 9:18 Now here's a rhyme I'll never understand: Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? I've been to London to look at the queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under the chair. That little pussy-cat had the chance of her lifetime. All of London stretched out before her. Dozens of famous, time-worn scenes to drink in.Westminster Abbey. Trafalgar Square. The unsurpassable British Museum. She could have scurried up an old lamppost and watched the changing of the guards. Or slipped in the side entrance and enjoyed an evening with the London Philharmonic. Not this cat! She was such a mouseaholic that she couldn't break with the monotonous routine even when she was on vacation. That mouseaholic has a lot to say to all workaholics . . . and churchaholics, for that matter. Overcommitted, pushed, in a hurry, grim-faced, and determined, we plow through our responsibilities like a freight train under a full head of steam. What we lack in enthusiasm, we make up for in diligence. We've been programmed to think that fatigue is next to godliness. That the more exhausted we are (and look!), the more spiritual we are and the more we earn God's smile of approval. We bury all thoughts of enjoying life . . . for we all know that committed, truly committed, Christians are those who work, work, work. Preferably, with great intensity. As a result, we have become a generation of people who worship our work, who work at our play, and who play at our worship. Hold it! Who wrote that rule? Why have we bought that philosophy? What gave someone the right to declare such a statement? I challenge you to support it from the Scriptures. Or to go back into the life (and lifestyle) of Jesus Christ and find a trace of corroborating evidence that He embraced such a theory. Some will be surprised to learn there is not one reference in the New Testament saying (or even implying) that Jesus intensely worked and labored in an occupation to the point of emotional exhaustion. No, but there are several times when we are told He deliberately took a break. He got away from the demands of the public and enjoyed periods of relaxation with His disciples. I'm not saying He rambled through His ministry in an aimless, halfhearted fashion. Not at all! But neither did He come anywhere near an ulcer. Never once do we find Him in a frenzy. His was a life of beautiful balance. He accomplished everything the Father sent Him to do. Everything. And He did it without ignoring those essential times of leisure. If that is the way He lived, then it makes good sense for you and me to live that way, too. Excerpted from Stress Fractures, copyright © 1990 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. What a great and timely word.... I read it then felt the freedom to turn my phone back off, turn the lamp off - roll over and hug my hubby and go back to sleep and rest in rest! :) - have a wonderful day, Melissa

1st OFFICIAL Taylor Vlog

Last week was one of those busy weeks where you feel like you are in a fog and then once its over you are left asking yourself, "What happened"? I had one of those weeks and as I laid in bed this morning thinking about last week I was thinking about all of it and it was all good - just super fast. I stood in as a carpool mom this week for a few days and boy do I have a new found respect for women who drop off and pick up their kids :)

I also had a few appts this week with some amazing women and on Monday I was suprised with a new purse! I arrived to work on Monday and someone had left me a new purse on my chair... it had a note attached "Melissa, A gift for you!" .... it was anonymous- it really touched me and I cried :)

Sometimes i feel like it gets so busy I miss out on alot of sweet moments while they happen so, I decided this is the solution.

I love making videos so, I will make and post a video on Fridays every week! On each video I will take all of the high points and make a video that way I will always have it here for me (and all 3 of my readers) to enjoy. This is my first official VLOG (video blog).

Hope you enjoy it!

Love all of you,

Maybe you will be in my next Vlog. Hope to see you this week!

-Missa

cookies and cuddles

My nieces and nephews are the best!!! Last weekend we woke up and decided we would make smiley face cookies to take to the kids....here is a window into our fun morning!
Enjoy!!!

fireflies, sharks, JoJo, Ryan and thats just 2 nights

Man, this has been a coo-coo week! If I had to explain my week in 1 word it would be "bonkers". Not even my dream life is normal right now - ha ha! As if it ever has been. I have always had silly dreams (as I've share before). I, as a matter of fact, LOVE TO DREAM- I mean it, I LOVE my dreams.... they are so animated and fun and just silly. Sometimes they are reality mixed with not-reality...... they are kinda like cartoons. Silly, silly cartoons.

Last night my nephew and I got into a conversation about a dream I had about him, me and my other nephew Ryan. It involved sharks- that was on Monday night-  It was a silly dream! 

Then this morning I woke up laughing out loud - Scott rolled over and said "whhaaatt are you laughing at so early" and I said "my dream" he said, "oh boy, you and your dreams". 

Then I told him about it:

My dream involved a guy with curly hair, a cabana, flowers, the ocean and Scott was there too so don't weird out on me people! But,  it was just strange- there was no point to the dream, sure the ocean view was nice and the flowers too! In the dream there were people walking back and forth with flowers in their hands, going no where. Just walking and then I found a note on the window of my car but it was in a strange language so we were reading it out loud... it sounded like we were trying to talk with a numb tongue. How goofy is that, we could read it but not understand the language anyways,.... the strange thing is that I recognized the main guy walking with the flowers back and forth..... but, who was he? So I laid in bed thinking.... and thinking.....Did I meet him at adopt-a-block? At the church? Where do I know this guy from...... so as I lay there I think, and I think and then it hit me................ It was Orlando Bloom - YEP!!! Wow, that is weird! I didnt even know what his name was until scott told me. I just knew he was the guy from a movie I saw years ago :) Orlando Bloom -> where did that come from? What is the deal? I'm starting to agree with Scott now, "oh boy, me and my dreams".

So, once again, I get a silly laugh at myself.... I really wish there was a way to record my dreams and let others see them - they are very entertaining!

Anyways.... life to me has a series of musical scores. Each song different for each occasion. Just hearing songs can take me away. You know, the music they play in background of a movie, a score... heres one for you:  da-dum   da-dum  da-da-da-da-da-da-dum  (you know, from the movie jaws). Music is the background to life so each thing that happens in my life plays out to a tune. There are many, many scores to my life..... I love all kinds of music (except rap) and here is the score I've been listening to all day long as an ode' to my wacky dreams! 

Hope you enjoy it!

Taylors vs. Wild

Here is a video from our trip....ENJOY!!!

-Missa