Something good...

Psalm 23

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.



So good...

My goals for Spring Break:

Spring break is this coming week. Phil is backpacking Utah. Haley will be in Jamaica. Mary Kate is going to New York City. My young life girls are going to Myrtle Beach. But, since I have a very important big day coming up in just a couple months, I have to stay home and get things accomplished. However, aside from all the wedding stuff I've got to get done, I have a list of things I'd like to do for myself, to get a little break from this thing I've been calling life... (aka the life-sucking semester of 19+ hours of school, working 20 hours a week, leading young life, and planning a wedding and a marriage. Yep, that is my life!)

• Finish The Bell Jar - I started this book last Thanksgiving break. How pathetic is that?
• Spend an afternoon in the Plaza Barnes and Noble, drinking some coffee, looking out the second-story windows, and reading some magazines!
• See a $ movie a day! There's a dollar theater close to my house. They show month-old movies for only $2!
• Play with my weiner. Haha - sounds gross but I have a weiner dog, Elmo, who is getting old and frail and needs some puppy play time.
• Sleep in every single day. This is a hard one for me. Even when I try, I can't manage to sleep past 9. But it would be glorious if I could sleep in till about noon everyday.
• Go running with my bff. If it's nice, it's lovely to go running with Lauren around the square.
• Cavity filled! Yep, my second cavity of my entire life. I've got to get it filled sometime this week.
• Wedding invitations in the mail - doesn't sound very exciting but it's got to be done!
• Eat about a pound of peeps.

Happy 1st day of Spring!

Lace

Happy Birthday, to the one I love!

This is the face of Phil Stroessner, 22 years old today. Isn't this picture catalogue-worthy?! What a good lookin' man. Anyway, I just wanted to wish him a very happy birthday! I love you so much babe!

-Lace

b-day surprise

For Phil's birthday (which isn't till tomorrow), we took a surprise trip to the lou on Saturday. It was such a fun trip! Highlights:

The St. Louis St. Patrick's Day Parade, where we saw many amazing things, including a few dyed dogs like this one! Horrible but hilarious...






A tour of the Budweiser Brewery - which was INCREDIBLE! We got to see these clydesdales - where Marta made the comment about someone shooting them throught the fence with a shot gun.




A trip to Dewey's Pizza in Kirkwood, where my little, 2-month-old baby neice Cora showed up to play with me!






And our last stop was Skyzone in Chesterfield, where we jumped and jumped on trampolines for an hour. Exhausting, but very fun!




We had a blast!!!

The distortions of charity...

How pretty is this girl?

Pretty ridiculous.

Let me tell you why...

On Ebay earlier this week, Scarlett was selling a date with herself. A man could bid in the auction to take her out to her next movie preview, all the money going to charity. The date with Scarlett sold for over $40,000! And how sweet, all 40K of someone else's money goes to Oxfam while millionaire Johansson took all the credit.

A couple funny facts:

• Scarlett Johansson is only 22 years old, and the 6th richest celebrity under 30 years old.
• What does Scarlett Johansson look for in a guy? Well, People Magazine asked her. Her reply... "I only date guys with a net worth of over $40 million dollars who work out all day and treat me like a princess..."

Just some food for thought...

Welcome to the club!

Just wanted to say congrats to this beautiful couple! Ryan and Danielle have joined us in the quest towards marriage! I could not be more excited for them! What a beautiful, BEAUTIFUL thing!

One Love,

Lace

good movie

hey this movie is great. check it out. cool cinematography and narration. i haven't read the book, but need to soon. spring break maybe?

ok sweet...

Columbia's newest phenomenon!

EVERYONE CLICK HERE!!!

The Jamaican Jerk Hut (used to be a trailer that moved around from Jeff City to Columbia) is not located inside Mojo's Cafe! They serve all of my favorite Jamaican dishes, including the best secret known to the island, the Juicy Pattie! (Once described last summer as spicy beef wrapped in a cheez-it!) See picture below:


The Jamaican Jerk Hut also serves Ting, my favorite Jamaican soft drink! I can tell this place is going to be a new and frequent favorite!!!

One Love,

Lace