What I Love Wednesday

 What do I love this Wednesday??

FOOTBALL!!! I am so pumped that the college football season starts tomorrow night. I am a college football junkie, probably the main reason my husband married me, I am ok with that.

I have been going to Purdue tailgates since I was little, I have been to the Alamo Bowl, Outback Bowl, Capital One Bowl, Sun Bowl, and the Rose Bowl. All with my large and insanely fun family. My cousins and I have so many good memories from our childhood that are rooted in tailgates and bowl trips. We were so blessed.

The tradition continues this Saturday as Purdue starts their season at home. Lydia, Matt and I gave up our tickets this year so my sister and brother didn't have to buy student tickets and please, a toddler trying to sit in bleacher seats in the sun, cold, rain, or wind to watch a game was NOT going to happen. So we will be tailgating and then listening to or going back to my sisters apartment to watch the game.

 
Your turn to head on over and share what you love this Wednesday!

What One Thing?

I have typed 3 paragraphs before writing this and scratched all of them. My heart cannot seem to wrap around the concept of FAMINE.

fam•ine
n.
1. A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage.
2. A drastic shortage; a dearth.
3. Severe hunger; starvation.
4. Archaic Extreme appetite.

I cannot wrap my brain around the fact that there are moms walking for days with their 8 kids trying to get to a camp where they "might" have food available to them or being that mom who has already lost one or more of her children already and is carrying another on the brink of death, just praying for a miracle to save her child.

I cannot grasp the concept of no food, no water, no nutrition. How often do I throw a few pieces of bread out because it's hard and moldy all because I had other options in my pantry to eat in the time it took that bread to go bad.

I cannot grasp the concept of not being able to run out and grab milk for Lydia because she just ran out and needs her "baba" in the morning.

My heart aches for these families, these children in desperate need of HELP! Help that we can send them.




John Warren/World Vision Photographer


$10 to us is a lunch out because we didn't have time to pack one. For instance, I went out this afternoon with a friend to Panera = $8.00 and then we ran to Starbucks for an afternoon pick me up = $4.00. I spent $13 in one small lunch break, I don't even think twice about this sometimes, especially with pay day hittin up my account this week. It could be giving this up for the rest of the week or maybe it's giving up the temptation to jump in your car and run to Target "just to browse", maybe it's drinking the work coffee in the morning instead of stopping by Starbucks for the 3rd time this week.

Whatever it might be for you, please join me in thinking before we spend this week and texting the word FAMINE to 20222 to make your $10 donation. Maybe you can give more, maybe you can donate $10 a day this week, making it $50. Search your heart, pray about how God might stretch you in this time to help others.

If you are a factual/number/percentages person, these are for you:
- 12.4 million are affected in the region
- More than 35% of all children in the region are now facing emergency levels of malnutrition
- Starvation is a real threat in famine-declared areas of Somalia
- Some 30,000 children have already lost their lives
- Worst drought in 60 years

Please help us raise awareness, if you are a social media nerd like me, please consider donating a tweet or a Facebook status with the link to World Vision's website so that others can read of how they can help, see where their money is going and read more about just how urgent this need is for our neighbors in the Horn of Africa.

Help us make "FAMINE NO MORE" a reality.

InstaFriday

Taking up InstaFriday as a way to share the moments that only my phone can capture :)

Don't you love Mom Fails?

You know those mom moments where you tip toe on that line between helicopter mom and letting them learn on their own?

We had one of those moments last night....

this is her cheese face this morning

I think I should have played helicopter... see that awful boo boo on her head :(   She was sitting, just sitting on her picnic table then she decided to stand up on said picnic table, I gave my little warning, Lydia sit down but did not run to her side. Right as I told Matt, "wait til she is jumping off that thing" she did just that but fell on her face ... MOM FAIL!

Lots of BIG crocodile tears but with the help of bubbles and bath time we conquered the dreaded moment and she is just colorful today with her red boo boo.

The Spread Campaign

There is an exciting new opportunity that Light Gives Heat just opened up to EVERYONE! Everyone and anyone can help make a difference.

I guess first of all you are asking who is Light Gives Heat? Well let me tell you they are an AMAZING organization with a huge huge heart. This graph is a great representation of just what Light Gives Heat is and what they do and how they do it.


1. What is the Spread Campaing? Here you go!


All-New Spread Campaign from Light Gives Heat on Vimeo.


2. I have decided to open up a spread campaign store, I have been eyeing their stuff for a while now but I have this deal with myself that every paycheck I give to something or some one by buying something for their fundraiser and I gave to two adoptive families the last two times. BUT now I'm so buying something from my store :) What is so cool is you can see what your purchase is doing, just how far that $20 is going. It will show you how many days of food have been purchased, how many days of education have been funded, or how many days of shelter. When you open your store you get to make a goal. I set my goal to be 6 months of food purchased by Thanksgiving. I totally think we can do this!!

3. HERE IS MY STORE:  http://spreadcampaign.org/99
Please go check it out, they have some awesome stuff in their shop. Things that will really help make a difference.  AND you will look good doing it :) Lets give HOPE and LIFE, live the gospel and love others.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THANKS, I am so pumped :)