the I'm a maniac blog.

eclipsed by glory

i love this song.
its amazing how some songs just speak volumes to you.
this song is powerful to me because it reminds me of what i was taught as a child. its amazing what we sometimes forget as we 'grow up', but how comforting a tiny reminder can be.

...i want to be eclipsed by glory.

wtf? (where's is the funding)

check this out friends: november is lung cancer awareness month.
my friend jennifer started this group called "WTF" ((Where's the Funding) for Lung Cancer) in honor of her brave (non-smoking) mama who is battling stage IV lung cancer that is inoperable and at this time incurable.
help us spread the word- lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the u.s. and these fighters deserve the funding for a cure!!!

here is what jennifer has to say:

"WTF" (Where's the Funding) for Lung Cancer?

Yeah, you get the double-entrendre. Some may find it a bit crude. I find it necessary to get peoples' attention - attention to THE #1 cancer killer in the U.S AND the most under-funded. Why? Well, the stigma of smoking.

My mom, Leslie Lehrman, who is 65 years-old and a life-long non-smoker, has stage IV lung cancer - inoperable, incurable. Yes, that's right, you DO NOT have to smoke to get lung cancer. Many people do NOT know this. And more and more people who have never smoked are being diagnosed and dying of lung cancer.

I will not let my mom die without having told her story and without making a difference.

It's time to take the stigma OUT of lung cancer - smokers or not - and get lung cancer the attention and funding it deserves.
Until then, I will continue to loudly scream, "WTF" for Lung Cancer?"

Wanna scream together?
Join my Facebook group: "WTF" (Where's the Funding) for Lung Cancer?

you can follow her journey here.

snap snap schlegelmilch

yesterday i had the pleasure of taking schlegelmilch family pictures... that were long overdue according to mama schleg.
here are a few of my favorites.

love is...

seven years later and still being in just as much, if not more, love.

jinksies! happy halloween

love scooby, shaggy and velma.

blogs of the past

every once in a while i look back at my old blogs from the same month or day but back a few years.
its always interesting to see what i was up to.
last year i was overwhelmed working two full time jobs.

and two years ago this month we had tons of weddings to attend and i went on kayla's birthday hayrack ride and almost died because of my horrid allergies.

but my favorite was from 2006...from right before our wedding.

love it...love him.

delayed rip blog

thank you for not letting anyone put baby in the corner.
you will be missed p.s.

schlegtoberfest 2009

last weekend was schlegtoberfest 2009 and a german good time was had by all.
here are a few of my favorite pics.
(sorry it's taken me a week to get them uploaded to my blog! its been a busy first week back)

10 things i learned on my first red cross disaster deployment in georgia

1. i heart sweet potatoes and wish i wasnt denied them as a child.
2. disasters can ruin everything you own, but not your spirit.
3. people in atlanta drive like they are in fast forward.
4. next time i should bring earplugs...so i can sleep.
5. floods are insane. the damage they cause is mindboggling...and i will never forget how they smell.
6. chicken and waffles do go together...and they are amazing.
7. we have the best volunteers at the red cross.
8. always pack extra batteries and shoes with arch support.
9. the red cross is so much bigger than us. its amazing to see people smile when we show up to help...and its even more amazing to meet the people we help first hand.
10. i cant wait to deploy again.

i am home...

sorry for the delay in blogging.
i got home wednesday night and have been busy ever since.
we hosted a husker party thursday night, so i spent my first day home cleaning, doing mountains of laundry and cooking goodies for the party.
friday joel took the day off with me and we watched the last 3 weeks worth of the office and grey's anatomy. then more cleaning...and my dad arrived from oklahoma friday night and we went shopping for pretzels and german wine.
today we woke up to snow!!!
yes it has been 80's in atlanta and i wake up to snow today.
ugh.
dutch loves it though...she was like a little baby puppy again...so cute.
now we are just getting ready for the 2nd annual schlegelmilch oktoberfest (schlegtoberfest)...so more cooking and cleaning! :)

in love: the atlanta cupcake factory

lovvvveed everything about it.
its cute little midtown hood.
its cute cases
the cute halloween decorations
and cute cute (and tasty) cupcakes.
the owners were super rad (and from okc to boot)
i will be back for sure!
i told them about my cupcake obsession and they said im not alone.
they even took a pic of my johnny cupcake tattoo (for their blog)
i told them i would put them on my blog- so here you go!
cheers to cupcakes!
ps- the first 5 friends i see when i hit omaha get a tasty treat!

atlanta deployment: day 11 (last day in the office)

while in georgia i have had the pleasure of meeting many amazing people.
red cross volunteers.
flood survivors.
red cross staff.
strangers.(who are now friends.)
you have read a few of their stories here over the past 10 days.

here are a few more of the videos i got in the last week or so.
amazing stories from amazing people who have in someway been touched by the red cross.

the faces of the georgia floods

young flood survivor kristian hernandez