I don't know about you but I love shopping. My mom and I love shopping together. It's our thing. This blog is about seeing the sunshine -- seeing God's blessings and the positive things in life. And finding a great sale or saving money when buying something I love, that's sunshine. It's not as bright as spotting dolphins in the ocean, but it's sunshine nonetheless. Do you go shopping on Black Friday? Personally, it's a little too crazy out there for me. But for those of you who love a good deal and are ready to start your Christmas shopping, this post is for you. I thought I would share Continue Reading
Archives for November 2014
Exploring the Western Caribbean
I told you last week about our time on the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship, but I didn't tell you about our destinations and our adventures. Our first stop was Cozumel, Mexico. We walked around the little shops at the port, trying not to make contact with the Mexicans nagging us to come in their shops. "Free Tequila shots!" one yelled from a jewelry store. After purchasing a few post cards, we went to meet our group for our excursion. We booked a dolphin excursion with Carnival. We were able to get in the water with dolphins. The dolphin kissed our cheeks. We were able to give the Continue Reading
Seeing Sunshine on the Sunshine
I told you my husband and I were going "unplugged" for a week on my Facebook page. We unplugged because we were going to be out in the middle of the ocean. And we'd be too busy snorkeling, kissing dolphins, eating lobster tail and drinking coconut milk straight from the coconut. We went on a Western Caribbean cruise on-board the Carnival Sunshine. And it was awesome. And it was awesome that the ship just happened to be called Sunshine. Believe me, I was seeing all the sunshine during this vacation! The ship was huge, as I knew it would be. We stayed on Deck 8 in an inside cabin, Continue Reading
Currently {Vol. 8}
It's been about a month since I've wrote a Currently post, so I think it's time. Especially since you haven't heard from me in over a week. Remember how I said my husband and I were going "unplugged" and wouldn't be using our phones or internet for a week? Well, that was because we were going on a vacation! We weren't using the internet because we were out in the middle of the ocean on a cruise ship! I'll write a separate post recapping our trip soon! And just so you don't miss it, I have a giveaway coming Friday! So be sure to stop by and enter! (This post includes affiliate links. Continue Reading
How Hospitality Can be as Easy as Learning One Word
One of my hobbies used to be swing dancing. I joined a swing dance club in college and learned a lot of fun moves. After the lesson each week during club, we would all practice the moves by dancing together. I went every week and saw the same people. I got asked to dance by the same guys a lot. There was one guy in particular who I had danced with a few times before, but every week he wouldn't know my name. After swing dance club one night, I was telling my friend how much it bothered me that this kid couldn't remember my name after weeks of dancing with him. I specifically remember saying, Continue Reading
I Know These People
One of my favorite parts of Allume was meeting new people and hearing about their blogs. It felt good to connect with others who get blogging and love Jesus. You know how when you meet a new friend and you really like her, you want to introduce her to the friends you already have? Or when you read a great book and you say, "Mom, you have to read this book; it's so good!" and you let her borrow it? Or when you hear a hilarious speaker at a blogging conference and wish all your friends could be there too so you could laugh together? That's what I'm feeling. I met some really awesome people at Continue Reading
Hospitality: From the Heart, Not the Home
In a previous post, I told you guys how much I desire to be hospitable and how I am striving to love others through hospitality. And in another post, I told you about one of the ways I tried to be hospitable and it didn't go at all how I had planned or imagined. Well, after that ice cream social, I was discouraged and the strive for hospitality kind of stopped. Then, like I told you before I went to Allume. And guess what the theme for the weekend was -- Hospitality. And then, I started a study plan from She Reads Truth and guess what their topic was -- Hospitality. I felt like God was Continue Reading