Girls Behaving Pinkly

I hosted a huge Mary Kay Pinkly party last week, and it was a great success!  We were having so much fun, I failed to take pictures of the group in attendance.  But I did get one of my awesome director, Tracey, and myself.

And I got one of the pink table.  Check out the Pink Feather tree in the background!  I was a gift from a former Mary Kay consultant, and it is hilarious... appropriate for this party!  We had pink lemonade, pink cupcakes with pink frosting, and pink cookies.  And all the guests came dressed in as much pink as they could wear!

Nothing like a Party to Motivate you!

I have a big Pinkly Party coming up this Friday evening, and it really motivated me to make a couple changes.  I have wanted to do some redecorating in our front room for a while now, but it hasn't exactly been on top of our priority list.  But with the party coming up, I had to do at least a little something.  A new and better lamp was definitely in order, as our lighting in that room stinks.  (Someday that will change with some recessed lights...)  So I went out lamp shopping.  I forgot how fun it is to shop for home decor.  After searching a few stores, I found a great lamp for a great price at Home Goods... got to love that store!  Of course after purchasing the lamp, I decided I really needed new curtains.  New curtain panels and even the fabric to make those panels is super expensive, and I soon realized it wasn't going to happen.  As I was on my way home with my new lamp, I had a brilliant inspiration.  I decided to take my existing curtains, cut them in half, make tabs, and hang them that way...  Long story short...  it was exactly perfect.  Why get new curtains when you can just repurpose the old ones!  The only picture I could find of the old curtains was a picture taken of the Flowers family at thanksgiving time.
OLD Curtains:

New Curtains:

What do you think?

911 Call
We live in a decent and safe neighborhood, but we have one neighbor that has been a huge pain. The mom and her son are continually fighting and screaming.  He has been in rehab many times, and just when we think he is gone forever, he ends up coming back.  Why she ever lets him back in her house is beside me.  He came back a couple of weeks ago, and it has been fairly quiet over there.  He did call the cops on himself (something he does occasionally), but that was not a big deal.  Then Monday I heard screaming (blood curdling screaming) coming from their backyard.  She was yelling at him to get away from her.  I immediately called 911.  A few minutes later the cops were crossing my front lawn, making their way to our neighbors front door with their guns drawn.  I heard some yelling, and a few minutes after that they were escorting him out in handcuffs.  Come to find out (from the local paper), he was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (his hands).  He had tried strangling her, and continued to strangle her when the cops showed up and had to tazor him to get him subdued.  If the cops hadn't been called, he could have seriously hurt or killed her.  The call may have saved her life! 
I share this story not to freak you out, but to remind us all that no matter what, it is better to be safe than sorry.  You might live in a nice neighborhood where you think nothing crazy could happen.  Unfortunately we live in a very messed up and crazy world where anything is possible, anywhere.  Never hesitate to call 911 when you think someone might be in danger.  Better to be safe than sorry. 
Scott and I are also VERY motivated to get our home alarm working again.  We are also considering having a neighborhood meeting.  And I think I will take a self defense class with another neighbor two doors down.  I hope this kid stays locked up for a good long time, and I pray that his mom won't let him back in the house if he ever gets out.  She probably will becuase victims tend to stay victims..  something I do not totally understand, and get really frustrated about.  These people are messed up.  They need Jesus, plain and simple.  I will admit though, when the danger hits so close to home I find myself wishing they would just go away or get locked up permanently, and I don't really care too much about them or their future.  But I know in my heart that they need Jesus, and I pray that they will discover the saving power of Jesus Christ.