three happies

.i have more. But here are three from today.

  

.one

the art of backing into my garage has officially been mastered. 

now that i typed that, i will probably rip off one of my side mirrors

.two

Henry is visiting while his daddy surfs in warm waters.

Tess is utterly happy. 

This photo captures her momentary craze.

.three

First off, I thought Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez were one in the same. 

Now that I have that figured out. 

this song got me all up and excited. 

It was on my XM Preview while I was flipping back and forth in the car. 
.those youngins
they make some good "music"
sometimes

Cutshall and Bieber Forever

this appeared on my Vine feed today.
Matt Cutshall is a hysterical person to follow.



have to say .. and i will Not be embarrassed.. . I forgot how much i liked this song. 





JB's a little boy.
this was before he turned into a maniac.




This awesome site was discovered when i tried to find locate Vine on my computer. 
silly, me.

VineMarket
looks like i found a new place to shop

happy woman in a rental car

my car is currently getting all prettied up after a Rt. 22 incident

where Driver A: known as Dufus collided into Driver B: known as innocent 36 year old teacher minding her own business. 

it took me 4 months to eventually get my act together and take the car in. 

Nonetheless, by Tuesday it will look brand.spanking new. 

i am currently driving around a Totoya Camry which has dangerous pick.up. 

my phone is not hooked into the Bluetooth obviously so i'm stuck listening to the radio. 

white people problems, yes.

Z.100 is what is on. 

haven't listened to that since i've was 25. 

i heard this and loved it. 

perfect song to start off the new year. 

it's been a solid start to the Year already.
Right off with the first day of 2015.

I am one happy woman. 

téa and me.

.i've always had a thing for Téa Leoni
i think it was ever since the Family Man.
a C+/B- contemporary version of A Christmas Carol with Nicholas Cage whom I'm not particularly a fan.

Recently, I discovered Madam Secretary.
I've watched all of the episodes via OnDemand within the last week.
i'm addicted.

It's nice having her back in my life.






and from Pandora. it's scary how well it knows me.

can't sleep

might as well stay up at this point

11:29 pm

a sleeping .puppy girl
a snoring cat

and this newly discovered band.
quite lovely.

white lights in the .young oceans

i'm in bed next to a snoring dog.

i'll admit i kinda don't mind it. 

i kind of like it.

.her breath is warming my arm

she keeps me cozy 

this girl o' mine. 

but.. . i am stuck awake. 

stupid headache. 

stupid 11:30. 

stupid excedrin. 

______________________

so here's what's happening 

______________________

with each passing day 

it's nearing Christmas. 

I'm not such a fan. 

all the stores seem to forget that Thanksgiving is next
.. . not the December holiday. 

so this [pictured to the left] 

is how i'm adjusting 

.tossing up some white lights in my bedroom. 

total ghetto style.

when December does finally roll around, I won't be so shell shocked. 

we'll see how well this works. 

colored lights in a week or so, if needed. 
but i'm thinking that's just crazy talk. 

________________________________________________________________________________

Two reasons this hit my heart. 

1.  Love the way he describes the class. 

     .the discussion. 

     .the thoughtful back and forth. 

     .the questioning 

     .it is a snapshot into my daily life. 

2. the first This ______________ .. .watch it. 

______________________________________________________________________________

Young Oceans
give them a .Listen

The .Power of Red

i've fallen in love with this lipstick. 
it's the real deal, no normal everyday nude. 

wore it to work this morning.. . reapplied it when my kids were in computers.. 

When I picked them up a student asked, "Do you have lipstick on, Miss Anastasio?"

. . followed by an echo of little girls complimenting me.

who would have thought kids would recognize the power of a little red lipstick? 

towels in the background = super classy

i was scrolling though my playlists and discovered this song.

if you see some crazy thirty-something wearing bright red lipstick, going mad crazy 
singing on the top of her lungs
 .. that .Would. Be .Me. 

these lyrics. the chorus.

but you're not gonna break my soul.
this is the part of me, that your never gonna ever take away from me. 

that was then and this is .Now. 

yes. yes and Yes.

RECENT .PINS

via: GPS

i'm thinking this should just say - A Person's Behavior is an Iceberg. 

Does it really only apply to kids? 

via: Socially Speaking

the ninth month, the eighth day

Here's a snapshot. 
life as of 9.8.14


Eating: 

One of the many times I feel blessed to live in new jersey. 
Yes..  blessed by the Sloppy Joe.


Reading:

Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions

on my Kindle. 

I've started carrying it in my purse.. .Now that I've started using more than just a wallet. 

It easily slips right in and i'm out the door. 

Listening to:




Wearing:: : and REwearing.

Old brown Target cargos. 
The fabric is so thin and cozy I wish I could wear them to work. 
and like every other piece of clothing i own.. . they have a small hole in them. 
Makes me feel vintage chic. 



Wishing: 
I could paint my nails with this color : Opi - A Man in Every Port-ugal

without THIS happening. The right hand is always a beast.

Thankful for:
The 15th pay day that is appearing JUST around the corner. 
My bank account will soon be back in business. 

Sade in aisle two

When you're in CVS and stopped in your tracks by a cheesy.. but wonderfully wonderful song from a decade ago. 

good stuff. 

nothing like some serious Sade.

not my will but .Yours be done

hebrews 11:39 - 12:3 

These were all commended for their faith, 

yet none of them received what had been promised, 

since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us 

would they be made perfect. 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 

let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. 

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and the perfecter of faith. 

For the joy set before him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

Consider Him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

the good i've got is Yours alone

I take all the gifts that You have given and I stake my claim like they're my own,
Will You help me when I forget to remember, the good I've got is Yours alone,

Oh cause I dont wanna tell some arrogant story
or let myself believe I'm you!
I don't wanna be a thief who's stealing Your glory...
Will You help remind me of what is true? 

The ONLY hope I've got, it's You, You.
It's You, You.

Or do I think I have anything to offer,when You have overcome the world?
Couldn't take Your place, cause You're the Author of the greatest love this world has known.

Oh cause I dont wanna tell some arrogant story
or let myself believe I'm you!
I don't wanna be a thief who's stealing Your glory...
Will You help remind me of what is true? 

The ONLY hope I've got, it's You, You.
It's You, You.

Well it's only by Your grace...
That I heard You whisper my name,
I don't have the power to save - to change a heart,
So won't You come and change my heart

Oh cause I dont wanna tell some arrogant story
or let myself believe I'm you!
I don't wanna be a thief who's stealing Your glory...
Will You help remind me of what is true? 

The ONLY hope I've got, it's You, You.
It's You, You.

Joyful about 2014.2015

My year is just about to start.. . and I am excited ... happy for so many reasons. 

September marks the beginning of 2014-2015. 
A brand new year that I have placed in God's hands. 
This year's class is going to keep me on my toes and I am looking forward to it.

Some more daily blessings. 

1. Falling leaves. 
Some on my lawn actually CHANGING COLOR already. 
The true mark of the season soon arriving.

2. More Bethel Music - This is what You Do. 

and 3. Rend Collective - Joy

telling you about this song

Appropriate for grocery store or parking lot dancing. ..

Pure perfection.

chris tomlin makes me cry

the next two weeks are going to eat me alive.. .

.i can feel it coming already

going to need some hard.core prayer. 
certainly not going to be able to do it alone.


i've posted this before
and listened to it twenty .. thirty.. . maybe forty times counting the views on my phone.
every single time, it makes me cry. 
something in chris tomlin's account of the writing of the song and the 2 Kings passage. 
it all just turns me to a weepy, can't catch my breath. mess. 

maybe this week is not the best to listen to this one. 

.what i'm YouTubing now :one

i see .You

a while ago, i watched a strange
.. . albeit memorable and unique ben affleck movie .To The Wonder
one line hung on my heart since watching it. 

i've always believed it to be true.

even on the worst days, there will always be one, sometimes barely visible- but always there.

one message reminding me that these _ our pains, our sadnesses, whatever frustrations _ are temporary.

Our hope is in Him.

without a shadow of a doubt I believe that "we were made to see [Him]." [4:55]

while at my sister's church this weekend, we worshipped with a rend collective experiment song i posted somewhere a bit ago. 

i've listened to it probably twenty times since i have returned home yesterday. 

ironic, how in these two, almost polar opposite art forms. .. 

He is ever so clearly reflected.

.Build Your Kingdom Here
lyrics

Come set your rule and reign

In our hearts again

Increase in us we pray

Unveil why we're made

Come set our hearts ablaze with hope

Like wildfire in our very souls

Holy Spirit come invade us now

We are Your Church

We need Your power

In us

We seek Your kingdom first

We hunger and we thirst

Refuse to waste our lives

For You're our joy and prize

To see the captive hearts released

The hurt; the sick; the poor at peace

We lay down our lives for Heaven's cause

We are Your church

We pray revive

This Earth

Build Your kingdom here

Let the darkness fear

Show Your mighty hand

Heal our streets and land

Set Your church on fire

Win this nation back

Change the atmosphere

Build Your kingdom here

We pray

Unleash Your kingdom's power

Reaching the near and far

No force of hell can stop

Your beauty changing hearts

You made us for much more than this

Awake the kingdom seed in us

Fill us with the strength and love of Christ

We are Your church

We are the hope

On Earth

the soundtrack of my life

pandora played this for me this weekend.

.spring night
.windows open
.back roads.
.twisting and .turning


how does it know?
..perfection

hootie's wagon wheels

heard this a few weeks ago, forgot how much i had .Loved it

.Darius was singing

of course, it's not his. .. but still had to roll all the windows down and rock it.

once again _ driving down the streets of nj's main streets something doesn't mesh.

but heck, i could care less.

.here are both versions

crossing state lines

there are times when i think i don't belong in new jersey

.like when i listen to these songs and can't turn the dial in my car LOUD enough.. .

other times i know my nj attitude is too enormous to fit permanently within the borders of any other state.

I'm not the biggest fan of any of Florida Georgia Line's videos _ although I am of their music.. . 

I would suggest listening and minimizing the window.