1. “Out of the Woods” by Taylor Swift may very well be the catchiest song I’ve ever heard.
2. I bought a new rug for our foyer this past weekend, and it pretty much makes me feel like we have a completely new house. I love when little things make a big difference.
3. It’s been a week since I upgraded, and I’m still not a fan of the Yosemite OS. NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT.
4. Monday was chock full of what I like to call Mama Neurosis – overwhelmed with worry. Not a single bit of it was founded in anything resembling reality. So that was a good waste of all sorts of energy.
5. This print by GraceLaced was in my gift bag from Allume, and over the weekend I framed it and put it in my kitchen. It is just beautiful (the picture is terrible, but the print is beautiful).
6. Kari Kampakis is one of my new favorite people (we live in the same town), and if you are the mama of a girl – or the aunt or grandmother of a girl – her new book is such a great resource. It’s called 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know, and it is full of wisdom that’s practical and grounded in scripture.
7. Here’s another new release for you: Kelly Minter’s What Love Is. It’s a new Bible study, and if you have never done one of Kelly’s Bible studies, now is the time to change that. She is a phenomenal Bible teacher, an engaging writer, and I CANNOT WAIT to go through this study. It is next on my list.
8. I don’t have any idea how long this will last, but as a lifelong Mississippi State fan, I don’t think it will ever stop being surreal.
9. Ever since the time changed, I keep thinking that it’s about 9:30 at night when it’s really about 6:15. My inner time predictor is way off-kilter.
10. I just took an unintended hour-long break from writing this post because my trackpad on my computer lost its mind and kept moving to the left across my screen and I couldn’t control my cursor. So there you have it: the nerdiest sentence I have ever written.
11. Priscilla Shirer interviewing Lisa Whelchel? Yes, please.
12. And speaking of Priscilla, here’s one more Bible study treasure.
Breathe Promo from Going Beyond on Vimeo.
13. Oatmeal with blueberries is my breakfast BFF right now.
14. Our polling place has quit using the pens that I love, and today I wanted to ask, “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOOD PENS?” I didn’t say anything, though, because Alex was with me and I didn’t really want to communicate to him that one of the things I enjoy most about voting is the particular brand of pen we typically have available. Well, and the fact that I want to exercise my right to participate in the selection of elected officials. Of course. Naturally. FOR SURE that is the bigger issue. Pens are way down the list. #3, at least.
15. I am really kidding about that last thing. Except that I LOVE THOSE PENS.
16. When I was at State for the A&M game, I went to my old sorority house for a post-game reception-type thingie. I made a point to find all the composites from my time there, and I believe my senior year combination of perm and bob will really bless you. I’ll call it a “pob.”
17. Alex just looked at the previous picture and said, “Mama? What’s up with your hair?” EXCELLENT QUESTION.
Hope y’all are having a great week!
Agree with the upgrade disappointment. I’m still fussing at my hubs that I have to have my bank text me every.single.time I go to login, even after registering my computer.
Sorority picture is fantastic. Don’t you look back and just think, I was a BABY?!?
Crispix cereal w blueberries WAS my BFF right now, but the grocery store was out today…so now, it’s raspberries. I’m counting on the Publix at mom’s having the blueberries though as I fly home to visit AL this week! Maybe I’ll see you again at Chuys! (It still tickles me that I got to bust in on your lunch there just to meet you).
the pens at my polling place were not the same,either…and I thought ‘what is happening here’ and then realized that pens are not likely to make a huge difference in the voting results.
I had hair like that! Pobs were very popular back in the day! I just wrote oatmeal on my grocery list today. Always in the mood for hot cereal this time of the year. Happy days for your team Sophie, Kathleen in Az
So what kind of pens where they???? I’m a pen collector. And apparently a pen thief. I unintentionally (promise!) collect them without purchasing them. (And I don’t mean I steal them from stores!!!!) ANYWAY – always in the market for a good pen especially since my favorite for study/marking up/doodling can’t be bought anymore.
Agreed!
Im’a have to know the name of the pens!
They make fun of me at work I bet I have so many pens if I wrote with a different one everyday I still probably would not use them all. Glad to know that there are other people out there, I thought I was just crazy!!!
I TOTALLY rocked a pop back then. Well, maybe not rocked. More of just “it ruled me.” Curly hair in middle school = bad situation. P.S. Hey! I don’t think I’ve officially said hey! I heard you speak at Allume and you seriously made me laugh out loud and cry real tears… which is hard to do! Thanks for sharing your heart with all of us!
I love this, Sophie! That last picture is the best – makes me want to pull out my 80’s photos and show the hair scene in Tuscaloosa! Thank you so much for sharing my book with your readers. You are one of MY favorite people, and one of my favorite bloggers too, and I can’t wait to get together for more conversations. You’re a great inspiration to me, and I feel so blessed to have met you. Thank you again!
I just have to let you know how your posts make my mornings delightful. Plus letting me know of interesting items to check out. My granddaughter will probably be getting the book you mentioned.
Love your early-you hair. I predict a come-back for the pob.
Oh my stars! I had a pob hairdo, too! :-) You make me laugh, Sophie Hudson. :-)
Wait. what? Why do you have pens at your polling place? We don’t get to “mark” anything in Kansas. We use a touch screen and press a giant green button that says “VOTE!” when we’re done. I’m a little jealous that you might get a pen. To keep? I voted, and all I got was a stupid sticker.
In happier news, love the pob. And the pearls! Makes me miss the 80s/90’s hair.
Ah, the 80s – you were kind to no one and should not be coming back in any way, in any style, well except the music. That’s always okay.
My husband is super, super irritated with me singing “are-we-out-of-the-woods yet” 700 times an hour. But it’s just the best!!
Love the senior composite! Is it just me or does it kinda look like Alex, wearing a pob wig (and makeup and pearls, haha…)? Love it!
I just loved hearing you speak at Allume! You were wonderful! Go Mississippi Girl! Your blog always makes me smile! Keep writing!
Lisa Whelchel is speaking at the Woman’s Christmas Tea this December. I am so excited to hear her speak.
You sure do make me laugh. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for all of your sharing.
I would love to know what you don’t like about Yosemite OS. I was just prompted to upgrade, and the reviews were very mixed!
“Pob!” I love it!
Just giggling uncontrollably over “Mama, what’s up with your hair?” Just last night, my sweet 14 year old daughter was looking at a picture I had taken of us and she said “my hair actually looks good in this picture. And your hair is big.” And now I’m laughing all over again!!
Sometimes I spray my hair on the way out the door and think, man, I wish they had this product in the 80s – I could have really made a statement.
Love the Graceland print!
#1. My husband is a pen hoarder…….I always say if there is ever a pen depression and pens are used as cash…….we will be rich……$$$$
#2 my daughter found my high school year book when she was about 10 (she’s 46 now) she took one look at my picture and said “did you dress like that on purpose) with out skipping a beat I said “no it was Halloween”
God Bless
I do so love your ramblings. Thanks for the book recommendations. I’ll check them out. Now if only I could find an evening bible study group with women in my age group, I’d be thrilled!
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Dear BooMama,
Wayyyy off topic, but I just googled Mentholatum because my husband of 41 years went to the CVS to get me some and came home with Vicks. Somehow, I got to your 2012 blog entry about the 2010 shortage…and I laughed so hard I might have popped a stuffed up eardrum!
Just ordered a six-pack from Amazon so I have to wait another day. Been hooked on it since 1963, when my family moved to snow country in upstate New York.
Thanks for the laughs…
Sophie, thank you so much! I’m so honored! I so wish we could’ve spent more time getting to know each other at Allume…I will so look forward to that someday soon. xox
I had the exact same hair in my senior high school pictures! 1991.