The truth by Sarah

I don't have the motivation to blog.

This is all you get.


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Thanksgiving

As the Thanksgiving holida approaches I find myself thinking more and more about how good God is to someone like me.

I am so undeserving. Yet he bestows blessings for me in every area of my life, from family to friends, to a good job a nice home and food on my table and clothes to wear............

I don't know about you but let's take a little time to be thankful!!!

love

Dorothy Spradlin

Not so spring cleaning by Sarah

It's been a clean-tactic weekend.

Moved the desk from the master bedroom to the empty nook in the kitchen. Now every one can use it and hopefully the mail won't be everywhere.





I decided not to skip over Thanksgiving after all. I opened my box of fall decorations and had a trip down memory lane. Almost all the fall stuff I have was my moms. She made Mr. Turkey herself and it has been out at Thanksgiving as long as I can remember. How could I not put it out? I decided the piano was a good out of the way place for it all.





I took all the junk off the mantel and put our leather wine boxes there for now.





I decided to move my dads glass case to the wall next to the kitchen. I think it goes better there. Excuse the random vacuum cleaner in the picture. Oh and the plywood island top. Maybe Santa will bring me a granite slab for Christmas.





I put my moms rocking chair in the bedroom. And then I put random boxes of Christmas stuff next to it. Haha. I just could see putting it on the top shelf in the garage only to make my husband get it down in a week or two.





And on that note, I leave you with this thought:




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Yeah Sarah by Kelly

sitting here at eileens surprise birthday party and sarah hooked me up with the blogger on my phone. it is too bad that i cant make any letters capitalized on my phone or put in some punctuation marks for some reason.

Surprise! by Sarah

LIVE from Eileens 21st surprise birthday party!!




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Pee wee football by Eileen

OK so you guys know that my son in a Pee wee football league and plays Flag football.



These kids are all 7/8 yr old OK. So we have been having a wonderful season (not like the professional team we all love and even though they are not doing so well we still love). We are currently #1 in the league. Whoop Whoop!!!



So there have been a few teams that we have played and lets just say the HEAD coaches and the players parents have not had very good sportsmanship. They (coaches) have been throwing temper tantrums on the field in front of these kids, the parents have been telling the boys to get aggressive to the point where these kids have now started to beat up on our players. My son keep telling me after every game "MOM! They were crying like babies because they lost. They just need to play fair and play nice".



OK so the head coaches of these two teams are on the board of directors for the league. In my mind this presents a big conflict of issues or am I wrong. They accuse us of cheating and so many other things. :(



Our coaches have been teaching our boys that if you apply yourself and listen, you can achieve what you set out to accomplish. So we are just going to let this be water under the bridge dust our feet off and keep doing what we know to do best: Cheer our boys one and be proud of them no matter what happens.



To the coaches and players of the Garland Peewee Flag National Team:
***WE ARE PROUD OF YOU GUYS****

FUNK by Dorothy

WHY does it seem that I get so worked up and overwhelmed about things that are beyond my control........................geeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I just need to not care, or better yet I just need to not be there, or I just need to move out of state, and start all over...................

Yes I am in a FUNK!

Dorothy Spradlin
AKA Funktified

Thankwhating? by Sarah

I'm trying really really hard not to skip over thanksgiving. This is the first year that I've had a hard time doing so. I think it must be because our house is actually kinda finished now and my Christmas decorations will look even more awesome this year. I'm way ready. A little birdy told that Eileen already put her trees up... I have some catching up to do!!


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Falls the Season by Dorothy

Well Ladies,

can you believe it is November the 1st. Wow where has the year gone.

I am looking forward to what the season brings us and I hope you are too.

We have so much to be thankful for so let's count our blessings!

Have a great week!

from ole so thankful-Dorothy

Woof by Soco

Woof woof woof woof woof. Woof woof woof. Woof woof woof woof woof WOOF!




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Friends by Dorothy

Today has been a challenging day for Dorothy Spradlin....................
I am trying to understand how at times it seems so hard to understand women and to be a woman.
I mean we are difficult people I know, trust me I AM ONE.

Why do we feel the need to always have to feel right or be right? From what I can remember we have been fighting for this role because there is not a balance between Man and Women & GOD, for so many decades and century's we have just missed the part. We have tried to fill the shoes of God and for lack of headship in our homes, play the role of a man. I understand sometimes God puts us in that role for a season or when life brings us uncertain things, but we need to really understand the consequences it brings us in our every day lives. If we choose the role of headship by choice then be happy with the results. Don't murmur and complain that things don't work out, don't be bitter about the outcome............ACCEPT it.

Or maybe find out what your role is by simply asking out creator, we might save ourselves from undoed stress, less complication, and going around some of the same mountains day to day like the Israelites did.

God created us Women for so much more than GOSSIP, LAZINESS, BICKERING, COMPLAINING, COMPLACENCY, MANIPULATION, SEDUCTION, INTIMIDATION & CONTROL.

Let's get this ladies, let's ask a perfect God who we are and let's desire to be more like him. What will it take for you and I to become a Proverbs 31 Woman?

I am willing to strip myself of what this world thinks we should be or how they tend to mold us. Will you?

I challenge YOU!

Saving the day!!! by Dorothy

Hello Bloggers and hello Silc, and hello world!

I am so thrilled to say that I had a blast this weekend as well at the decorators warehouse where the place was filled with my favorite things..........................

Home decor, jewelry, food, and accessories.
How can you go wrong with that?

Now upon our adventure to this no mans land place that took freaking forever to get too, it was worth the drive. I learned so much about decorating and I want to give a shout out to Veronica who allowed me the opportunity to get in touch with my T.V. Broadcasting skills, and I even met one of the most beautiful brides that was getting married in December. To my surprise Eileen blurted out "Dorothy look there is a bride over there" and what do I do, I hunt her down to see what she is doing in a place like this, only to find none other than "A real Bride" she was wearing a beautiful imported dress from Italy and her hair had ring curls and she was so beautiful.................she and her mother were taking bridal pictures. You should of seen people as they entered and people as they shopped stopping to see this wonderful event. It was magical. So I start putting my good camera to use and the next thing you know I go from fixing her train in each shot to having her do poses and re-assembling the already decorated stages........lol.

It was awesome, and I am so glad to be apart of this. Come to find out and bless her heart (Sarha you'll like that) The mother of the brides camera was on the wrong setting......oh no................but I then became a professional photographer and took many many photos of the bride to be. So hear I go again to save the day!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH, aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa

Hence I have sent those very one of a kind pictures to the bride and her mom. I am so hoping that they will be perfect. I have to believe that sometimes God puts us in the right place at the right time!

So be blessed Mother and Bride to Be, this is for you!

Love,

Dorothy

***CaNt WaIt TiLl ChRiStMas**** by Eileen

There are only 68 days till Christmas!!! My husband (as a birthday Gift to me) lets me start putting up my Christmas trees the week after my Birthday (Nov 3rd). Yes I know that's crazy but Christmas does not last long enough. I Put one in just about every room in my house :)So come November 3rd I will be putting up picture for all of you to see :).

Hooray for Kelly by Sarah

At our very first ever SILC meeting, before we even knew it was SILC yet, Kelly told us that she wanted to us to go to the tea room in Arlington Texas. Two years later... she finally got her wish. Bless her heart.

Side note: bless your heart is a term created by old Southern women to give them something pleasant to say when they see an ugly baby. "Well bless it's little heart..." And don't try and tell me there are no ugly babies. There are and you know it. Now, if they ever add in the pea-pickin part, you need to pray for your child right then. "Bless it's little pea-pickin heart..." is the worst possible thing that could be said. Now you know...

But back SILC. The Rose Garden Tea Room was located inside The Decorators Warehouse in Arlington. It took us just under an hour to get there but the decorator part to me really made it worth it. There is a sign on the side of the building that reads "#1 Christmas Store in Texas". And as you know, everythings bigger in Texas. Including Dorothys hair.

The tea room part was so so to me. I know Kelly will hate to hear that, but it's true. It was ok decoration but it just wasn't my cup of tea. (you get it!? I made a funny...) There was nothing wrong with the decor really, it just wasn't for me. I did, however, like their big TEAROOM sign!

The thing that really erked me the most was the chairs. I get that it's the rose GARDEN and that it was probably a big cost savings.... But they were lawn chairs. Green plastic and some white iron with slip covers. Maybe I'm being snooty but that's how I feel. There. I said it.

I feel better.

Let's talk about the food! After all, that's what we come to tea rooms for! HHEELLLLOO??

Eileen and I had the Chicken Salad Sandwich. Shocking, I know. The sandwiches themselves were very good sized and filling. A good overall chicken salad sandwich. It also came on some very pretty bread we haven't seen before! Something new and refreshing! The sandwiches only came with your choice of one side. Either fruit, salad, or a cup of soup. That disappointed me. Most places give you at least two sides. Eileen got the fruit and I had a cup of the soup of the day which was a chicken tortilla. Eileens fruit was good but there wasn't enough of it. She also enjoyed the poppy seed dressing that they make there in house, which is a big deal since Eileen isn't big on poppy seed stuff. The soup I had was good. Not great but it was good. Dorothy ordered a bowl with her sandwich. And this was a BOWL.













Just look at how big that bowl is next to her hand! I was impressed. Dorothy opted to have the club sandwich rather than the tuna after hearing they put onions in it. Bleh. I think the sandwich was ok. She didn't really say much about it. I do recall one comment that it was a little on the small side though...





Kelly I think had the sliced turkey which she seemed to really enjoy. She even mentioned how much she always enjoys it when we were first looking at the menus. It came with a dill dressing that she ordered on the side and used more as a dip.





We all had the house tea which all I can remember about it from the waitresses description was that it had rose hips in it. I was a little foggy brained at the time since I had no food. Food = good for my brain. But the tea was rather good!





Oh! I almost forgot to mention they did have these weird long garlicy crisp crouton like things on each table for us to snack on when we got there. But most of them got left behind due to lack of interest. Pay attention now: we left behind food. That tells the story right there.





Oh. And then there was this over priced from a box tasting strawberry cake that they had microwaved to make it warm. Hardly even worth the picture but the bunny ears make me laugh. Not good when your saving grace to make it into the review is Eileens bunny ears.





Then, my favorite part, the decorators warehouse. But more on that later. It deserves it's own post.




Bye for now!

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Don't be sad Sarha,


I know why because WE have not blogged in awhile............well here I am Dorothy to the rescue.............


Dorothy

I'm still sad by Sarah

Can you tell why?


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:( by Sarah

I'm sad.


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Soco is here!! by Sarah

Sooooocooooo!
She's too cute.
Pictures for now, stories to come later.

























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Just a pic by Sarah

I'll let you write your own captions for this one...




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Oh. Lord. by Sarah

Strange things happen in our household. That's just part of living with JJ and I. This morning I woke up and found this in my bathroom.





Why he decided to make a sponge stick to the wall and leave it there I may never know.

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Fall is here! by Sarah

On a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being really disturbing, how disturbing is it that I'm excited to go to bed because I know on my way back into the office tomorrow morning I'll pick up another pumpkin spice latte?

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Good Morning by Sarah

1. I just got these shoes in the mail yesteday from Target. I already I own them in brown but felt I needed them in black.

2. Next to getting married and having/making babies there is no better feeling than wearing your new cute shoes.

3. I need to shave my legs.

4. Is there any grosser place than the ground outside a gas station? Seriously. It was gross. I'm surprised that was never incorperated into Fear Factor. Unless I missed that episode.

5. My calves are ultra jiggly. I have zero muscle mass. If it wasn't for the fat on my legs i'd look like OliveOil on Poppye.

6. My toe nails need to be painted. I plan on painting the big toes in my car and letting it dry as I drive to work so that I will look more professional at work.

Good morning.

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August = Crazy by Sarah

August is insane.

The 11th was our 4th wedding anniversary. We went to our favorite spot, Texas de Brazil. That's where that flower arangement picture I posted earlyer came from. It's pretty dark in the so sorry for the grain but here we are!!





You can't tell, but I'm wearing my wedding dress. Chew on that thought for a minute.

The 13th marked the 2nd anniversary of my moms death. Which tends to make me think about this.





Maybe I'll explain that to you someday. Just not today.
I was off work the day before so I drove out to the cemetary where my great grandfather, great grandmother, grandmother, and some of my moms ashes are at. It was always important to her that she go visit them on important dates. I can remeber her being upset when she became too ill to take the trip out there. So I feel great honor when I go out there. I know it makes her proud.

And on a side note, it was 103 degrees outside that day. 103. Mama if your listening tell Jesus I need some points for that one.

...if you never saw my mom and I together in action that might seem rude or disrespectful but trust me, it's just funny... :)

TODAY the 17th is my hubbys birthday. I gave him what is probably the most white trash hick gift I've ever given anyone in my a whole life: a 62 piece gun cleaning kit. Can you here the banjos? But he did like it. I'm glad. I know it's not the most exciting gift in the world... But he is so hard to shop for! If the man ever wants anything he has usually bought it before I even knew he wanted it. Lord.

Happy Burfday baby. I love you.

Next week I leave for Alaska!!! Don't worry, I'll blog as often as I can!! WWHHAALLEESS!!

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Cuteness! by Sarah

Look at these super cute ice cream cone cake pops that my manager made! She got the idea off of another super cool blog that I follow http://www.bakerella.com
You should check her out!




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Hello World or should I say hello Silc Sisters~

Ever wonder why some words are called the names they are given, like NOODLE, seriously this cracks me up.

How's about Bean? That is hilarious!

Now back to a great time with my girls. You guys are such hoots and I had a blast with you all.

MWAH!

Love

Dorothy

SoCo update!! by Sarah

Here is a new picture of little SoCo!! Look at her cute little puggy profile!!







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SILC in August by Sarah

Its hot.

HOT.

Okay. Now that that's out of the way, we met this August on our two year silcaversary.

We went to Nee Nee's Tea Room which is located inside of Cobwebs Antiques in downtown Plano. The little antique shop was cute. I didn't actually know that the tea room was located inside them so I was excited to know we had some on site shopping we could do!

The tea room was very small inside. I felt like it was decorated a little sparcely. The walls were bright yellow which I don't think I would have done but I do understand the train of thought: small closed in space needing bright lively color. I get it. But still.

Our food, once we finally got to order it, was very good. But be warned, the sandwiches were a little on the small side. I recommend getting the full sandwich order and not the half sandwich special. If you are anything like these four hungry women, trust me, you'll need the other half. But they all came with fresh fruit! The soup of the day was Chicken Taco which all of us really loved except Eileen. But then again... lets be serious. It was Eileen. :) Love you!

I had the "special" of the day. A grilled cheese. When asked what was so wonderful about their grilled cheese the waitress told us they used two different kinds of cheeses.

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR.

Twoooo different cheeses?

.....

Really?

That's it?

Ok. So I tried it. Why not. If its good enough for Nee Nee its good enough for me! While I must say the super (not) original use two different cheeses did leave me wanting, the bread that it was served on was very well prepared. It looked like a normal white bread that was done like a garlic toast: just enough garlic with out being over powering and not so much butter that the bread was soggy. In the words of Goldie Locks it was jjjuussstt right.

Dorothy had a Deli sandwich with Turkey, Cheese, and Mustard. Again. Not super original but tasty none the less. Dorothy, believe or not, got the half sandwich special. And a cup, not a bowl of the soup. GASP! A Silc first!

Eileen and Kelly both took one step for mankind when they ordered a chicken salad sandwich. A tea room must. According to them, it was very good! And believe you me these ladies have tasted their fair share of chicken salad sandwiches. They also ordered the half sandwich special but later ordered and extra sandwich to split due to us being Americans.

We then had a somewhat lack luster photo shoot. I mean... when they best shot we get is from the "silly" photo... its not a good sign. See for yourself:

I don't know why we put Kelly in that chair. It looks like... "Hi. This is Eileen, Dorothy, Sarah, and their paraplegic friend Kelly!" Again. Not our best photo moment. I blame the photographer... yeah... the photographer.

So all in all... would I recommend Nee Nee's Tea Room? Hmm... I guess if you were shopping in DT Plano and were just hungry it would be okay, I mean the food was good, but I wouldn't do like the other people that were at the tea room today and host my bridal shower there. No.