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thirty flirty thriving life according to lu thirty flirty thriving life according to lu home about december mail is the best december 9 2010 why because it is full of one of my favorite things of the year christmas cards one of the pluses btw there are many of living at home with the rents is that i get to see a whole lot of fun christmas cards arrive in our mailbox from kids i used to babysit who are now in college to family friends who have been on our christmas card list since the early 80 s to all my friends who have had children who are sending precious pics of the little ones i love running to the mailbox each afternoon to see what fun letters novels that parents write to embarrass their kids creative picture book cards or sweet cards with a verse that reminds us its about more than santa and eggnog and parties and even christmas cards http www shutterfly com cards stationery christmas cards to be honest i love the ones with photos in them kind of like these http www shutterfly com cards stationery christmas photo cards this year my parents are sending out a picture of our family from the sister s wedding in november it will be super cute but i want to send out my own christmas card out to all my friends and so i m thankful for a wonderful little promotion from shutterfly to help me to do it affordably so if you read this and have me on your christmas card list thanks in advance because i love getting them so much and i also must mention that i love the occasional birthday card that makes its way into my mailbox too kind of like these http www shutterfly com cards stationery birthday cards stationery one of the many benefits of having a december birthday well i think i hear the mailman at the front door so i m off leave a comment uncategorized permalink posted by lu day 4 my parents november 12 2010 raymond and dana daymond and rayna my beloved parents my roommates for now my biggest cheerleaders my friends words could not express how grateful i am to have the parents that i do they love me encourage me correct me train me and sustain me i love you both very much your biggest fan toots mo laurie pictures from my sister kim s wedding this past weekend in dc leave a comment uncategorized permalink posted by lu day 3 first love november 12 2010 well obviously i didn t blog yesterday it was a crazy day and and when i looked to see what i was going to have to do double duty on today i saw it was about my first love kind of ironic because honestly i can admit this i have never been in love i have been in serious serious like a few times but never have the words i love you been uttered from my mouth to a boy guy man other than my dad and brother or male relatives and that is way different so i m saving my love for someone that truly deserves it i don t know if i will fall in love with someone and they will turn out to be my husband but i do know this i haven t loved yet but i have faith that one day i will p s just so you don t think i am completely lame 2 boys have said they loved me but i knew i didn t love them so i didn t want to just reciprocate b c they said it first and man am i glad i didn t i ll just leave you to guess who they were leave a comment uncategorized permalink posted by lu day 2 blog challenge november 9 2010 2 the story behind the name of my blog thirty flirty and thriving is a quote from my favorite movie 13 going on 30 jenna rink the main character who bore a strange resemblance to me as a 13 year old girl made a wish in her closet with some fairy dust that she would be 30 flirty and thriving and her wish is granted and there is a fairy tale ending of course maybe its because as an awkward 13 year old i would have loved to get to see what my life was going to be when i was 30 but i love love love this movie the music the clothes and the cute boy that jenna ends up with in the end it is a great story and now that i am 30 life is full of fun adventures that i don t think i could have ever imagined as a gangly and insecure 13 year old girl and i can honestly say that i am 30 flirty and thriving until tomorrow leave a comment uncategorized permalink posted by lu blogging for 30 days november 9 2010 well one of the big reasons i haven t blogged in forever is because things have been crazy in my world the last couple of weeks and honestly i haven t had a whole lot to say so when i ran across this challenge on someone else s blog and couldn t resist it gives me purpose for blogging so here we go day 1 introduce recent picture 15 interesting facts day 2 meaning behind your blog name day 3 your first love day 4 your parents day 5 your siblings day 6 a picture of something that makes you happy day 7 favorite movies day 8 a place you ve traveled to day 9 a picture of your friends day 10 something you re afraid of day 11 favorite tv shows day 12 what you believe day 13 goals day 14 a picture you love day 15 bible verse day 16 dream house day 17 something you re looking forward to day 18 something you regret day 19 something you miss day 20 nicknames day 21 picture of yourself day 22 favorite city day 23 favorite vacation day 24 something you ve learned day 25 put your ipod on shuffle first 10 songs day 26 picture of your family day 27 pets day 28 something that stresses you out day 29 3 wishes day 30 a picture day 1 introduce recent picture and 15 interesting facts my full name is lauren dalton smith i am 30 years old and live in dallas texas i work as a counseling intern trying to gain 3000 hours as fast as i can so that i can get my permanent license and begin to practice counseling full time i love my family my friends my church watermark community church tex mex and diet dr pepper 1 i lived in boulder colorado for a year when i was 5 years old have loved the mountains ever since 2 the best summers i ve ever spent were at kanakuk kamps as a counselor for 3 years in college 3 some of my best friends are from middle school and high school 4 i have been in 13 weddings 5 i learned how to ski when i was 3 years old 6 my favorite place on earth so far is kauai hi 7 all my grandparents are with jesus now 8 i lived in charlotte for 4 years and didn t know anyone when i moved 9 i am a sports nut love watching sports center on a regular basis 10 my middle name dalton is my dad s middle name and my grandmother s maiden name i hated it growing up but know love it so much i want to name my future child dalton 11 i have always dreamed of owning and running a christian sports camp 12 i am addicted to my iphone 4 seriously addicted 13 i hate mayonnaise with a serious passionate hatred 14 my favorite pair of shoes are my toms 15 i am a diet drink snob no diet pepsi for me only diet dp or diet coke and i like them with a fresh lime leave a comment uncategorized permalink posted by lu time is tickin away september 17 2010 tick tick tickin away dc talk last night i went to dinner with my girlfriends and we were celebrating a 31st birthday what do you do on the 31st birthday for someone just last month we were celebrating one of my younger friends who was just now turning 30 and now we are starting over with the 31s not to be outdone by the fact that in 3 short months i will be celebrating the 3 1 that got me to thinking what have i done with this last year 9 months of my 30th year i had so many good intentions of doing something big and great and world changing some of which included getting a tattoo skydiving taking an impromptu trip somewhere etc something big and daring but what did i do i started working out seriously that is it my big thing when i was 30 was that i got a trainer and started working out wow i m such a daredevil but let me tell you it has worked wonders for my confidence and my waistline okay so i spent this last year of my life making plans and then life happened then that got me to thinking about what i did with my 20 s they went by so stinking fast unlike most of my friends i don t have a wedding marriage baby s to look back on in that decade of my life then that makes me feel a little depressed you see if you know me at all you know that i never saw myself as 30 and single well that s not entirely true based on the fact that i tend to set pretty low expectations for things as to not be disappointed when they don t happen i really never believed that i would get married in my 20 s before you feel all sorry for me or think that this is a pity party it s not psalm 37 4 has been my mantra for years now delight yourself in the lord and he will give you the desires of your heart for a lot of years i believed that the biggest desire of my heart was to be a wife and mom so that is what i would pray for in light of this verse i know the lord knows this and in all honesty i think it grieves him that i want those things sometimes more than i want him when i can finally got it through my stubborn little head that being married and having babies wasn t the end all be all then my heart started to change and beat for something better so that brings me back to my 20 s and 30th year of life when i stop to think or really when one of my besties reminds me i can look back on my 20 s and 30th year and be in awe and grateful for all the desires of my heart that the lord provided and for the struggles he has walked with me through graduated from college had the best summers of my life at kamp got a masters degree invested in the lives of students lead students to pittsburgh mexico brazil on mission trips recorded a song backup vocals in a nashville recording studio moved across the country started over in a new city made lifelong friends in charlotte lived alone in a cute condo fell in love got my heart broken learned that god is in control prayed with students to receive christ baptized students got ordained saw my brother get married buried all 3 of my grandparents watched my besties marry amazing men witnessed my besties become incredible moms found a wonderful new relationship with my sister got nicknamed lulu lu yaya aunt lulu went to africa to serve children and so many other things that i can t even think of now god has been so good to me with giving me such amazing blessings thus far and i have tended to focus on what he hasn t blessed me with yet now my challenge to myself is for the next 10 years to be faithful and to be obedient to the verse in psalm 37 delight yourself in the lord leave a comment uncategorized permalink posted by lu new directions september 11 2010 and i m not referring to the glee group of high schoolers that i might or might not be slightly obsessed with downloading songs of on itunes no not new directions in my life career location either see 2009 for that this new directions refers to this here blog to be honest i am bored with my posts recently as much as i love posting pics of fun trips i have been on recently let s be honest do you really care i m guessing no and much of my work life now cannot be blogged about confidentiality agreements and such so in fairness to my one reader shout out sarah j in nc i am heading down a new path for this blog basically i am going to be writing more posting pics less and working on developing into a legit writer one of my lifelong dreams when i was in charlotte i started trying to write a book ended up being more of an article and didn t get picked up by anybody so i ve got some work to do and so i am going to look to get inspired here are some of the blogs that i have been reading lately and am daily challenged by their wit humor knowledge and all around greatness don miller john acuff today s letters www lyndsights com www annieblogs com so here we go new direction pretty sure i should calm down on the use of the if i wanna be that legit writer lu more on those later 2 comments new blog permalink posted by lu the coast 2010 august 13 2010 our annual trip to port a port aransas tx was last weekend to say this is my favorite weekend of the year would be a big understatement it never disappoints with fun friends delicious food and lots of sun and sand between my toes this year we incorporated some oldies but goodies as in the greasy watermelon aka 2 00am wrestling match in the pool speed scrabble my words with friends skills were put to good use shrimp boil at 10 00pm spoons signs paddle ball sunburns good times brookie and jim are always the best hosts and make it a weekend to remember each year the whole group with our props with some of my besties sarah and brookie all of the girls and the boys dance partay more dancing and more dancing leads to dress up time such a great group can t wait for next year leave a comment friends trips permalink posted by lu hillsong live july 29 2010 this friday night can not wait leave a comment uncategorized permalink posted by lu team usa june 25 2010 the boys now here are some of my favorites my absolute favorite player the texan clint dempsey he doesn t play every game but feilhaber is a great when he does the hero landon donovan defender demerit cherundolo a cutie too bradley the coach s son but he completely earned his spot on the team boca if you don t watch us soccer here are some reasons you should these cuties the pride that each country takes in their team because it really is exciting and did i mention these cuties now how can i meet them leave a comment futbol permalink posted by lu previous entries variety family 1 friends 3 futbol 2 new blog 1 trips 1 uncategorized 81 calendar november 2026 m t w t f s s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 dec tweets tweets by texaslu blog at wordpress com thirty flirty thriving create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed thirty flirty thriving sign me up have a wordpress com account log in now privacy thirty flirty thriving view site in reader manage subscriptions sign up log in report this content collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website 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