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Tuesday Ten: Random Edition

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

I find that when I’m missing big chunks around here I just slap it all in a Tuesday Ten. It seems to work. Sometimes I just have random thoughts to throw ...

#fridayintroductions/Aggie/books/football/reading

So Many Thoughts, A Lot Less Time

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

+ I feel like I have a bunch of ideas rattling around in my head. I don’t really know what to do with them all just yet. I’ll just keep shaking them...

2013/Aggie/anniversary/football/love/marriage

We’ve Still Got It

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

We weren’t in our usual seats for the first half of Saturday’s match up against UTEP. We left our friends in section 119 sit with some friends who h...

2013/Aggie/Baby Gray/football/Happy House/iPhone/Montreal/mutton bustin/Revolution/running

Ten!

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

I have a friend who does a Tuesday Ten, and today it’s just the thing to do. Seems like a good day to get a jumble of things all in one place. 1. I am so ...

2013/Aggie/Baby Gray/confessions/food/football/late/Mr. Gray/secret/truth

I Had Something to Write About, But I Forgot

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Mrs Gray / 3 Comments

I’ve been meaning to confess something goofy I do all the time, but I keep forgetting to write about it. Now that I’m siting here to write, I’...

2012/Aggie/football/road trip/SEC

Hot Time in Oxford

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 1 Comment

(See what I did there? Hot time in Austin–hot time in Oxford? Yeah, I thought of it in the first quarter, and I sure hoped I’d get to use it.) ...

2012/Aggie/Baby Gray/football/SEC

No Time Like The Present

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

What a great weekend! We had a blast, and the Ags came home with the win.  Plan for today: leave the suitcases, let Rover the Roomba do his thing, and just...

2012/Aggie/Aggies/football/tailgate

Inauguration

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

There was lots of anticipation leading up to Saturday’s game. Mr. Gray and I watched the Gators play the previous week, and I was feeling cautiously optim...

2012/Aggie/Aggies/Baby Gray/football/Hullabaloo/SEC/video

This Is It

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

This is it, folks. Game week.  I say it every year, and every year I mean it. I love football season. I never thought in a million years that I would be on...

Aggie/football/t-shirt

Confession of a Fightin’ Texas Aggie

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Mrs Gray / 0 Comment

Just a little something to get off my chest–especially after all my ranting about t-shirt fans the past couple of weeks. When I was a freshman in college,...

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Wife to Josh, mama to Hays (7), hopeful adoptive mama, and Jesus lover. I founded Purpose Box in July of 2014. I'm all about open sunroofs and coffee dates. Welcome to my space; have a click around. I hope you feel loved, encouraged, and empowered.

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This morning, mid-workout, I walked out and said, This morning, mid-workout, I walked out and said, “Do you know we’ll be married 15 years this year?” 

Y’all. The fives and tens get me. How am I old enough to have been married that long? 

Sometimes I think back to the 16 year-old girl who knew she would marry this guy. She had no idea what she was signing up for—she couldn’t have dreamt how great he would be as a husband, a father, a leader, a friend, a confidant. 

So, while we’re a few months off, I’m still here. In awe of my calculation. Wondering how it could have flown by and been a lifetime all at once—but, you know what they say, time flies when you’re having fun!
Turns out, I like it a lot better when we travel t Turns out, I like it a lot better when we travel to the snow and not vice versa. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 

Couple of thoughts: 
• offer heaps of grace and patience in the return to regularly scheduled programming
• choose to believe people are doing the best they can with what they have
• offer what you’re able
• check in on those around you

This week’s experience was different for every single person I have spoken to, even those very close in proximity.

Teacher friends, jumping to you for a second here, remember that each of your kiddos will have experienced this week differently, too, when they get back to you Monday (or whenever they are able). Some will have spent the time cuddled up, playing games, enjoying the snow with hot cocoa. Others will have been freezing, alone, and scared. Meet them where they are. Academic needs may not be the forefront upon return, and that’s okay. A hug and a smile goes a long way.
Thank you, @wurstfest! 🎤 Our beloved pitchers Thank you, @wurstfest! 🎤 

Our beloved pitchers come in clutch—AGAIN. Man, what can’t these things do? 

The good news: the cattle and animals have water. 

The bad news: our house does not.
Snow much fun! ❄️ I spent yesterday afternoon Snow much fun! ❄️

I spent yesterday afternoon bummed the go-kart wouldn’t start in the weather. Didn’t even think to bring my ol’ girl out. She got the job done! 

PS: the pasture’s too muddy. Don’t bother. 😂😂

PPS: I always wave as people pass. I almost never see them wave back. The whole “neighborhood” was honking and waving today.
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