5 Randoms

Hey there friends,

I wanted share a bit of myself with you all today, so here they are...5 random things about me!

1. I eat Egg McMuffins one layer at a time. Top english muffin, ham, egg, cheesy english muffin. I have my whole life. My husband looks at me like I'm crazy every. single. time.

2. I like cold Mac & Cheese. Homemade, Kraft, doesn't matter. It's great warm, but it's just as good straight out of the fridge (usually standing in the open door....don't judge me!)

3. I have a mild  pretty serious obsession with things matching. I can almost always match a color, even without having a sample with me. I would love to be one of those "perfectly mismatched" decorators, but it's just not going to happen.

4. I have to keep my nails short. Any more that half an inch of growth makes me absolutely crazy! I don't understand how people with long nails do life. More power to you if you do!

5. The scent of fresh dill literally makes me happy. Yes, I am swedish...how could you tell?

Wow...that was a lot of information about food! It's 11:15 and I'm hungry! Haha!

Have a blessed day!

Heather

Spread the Word to End the Word!

Hi friends!

Today is Spread the Word to End the Word Day!!

Special Olympics and Best Buddies have come together to create a day of awareness for Person-First Language.

What is Person-First Language, you ask? To put it simply, it is a way of referring to people in a way that respects them as people first, and their disability or illness last.

Some examples:

Don't say: The Autistic Boy
DO say: The boy with Autism

Don't say: The down Syndrome child
DO say: The child who happens to have down Syndrome.

Don't say: That person IS Special Needs
DO say: That person HAS Special Needs

Get it? Pretty easy.

The biggest goal of this day is to eliminate the use of the R-Word. That's right....retarded. This word gets thrown around so often in our culture in a derogatory way. It hurts my heart. When you use the r-word to describe something as silly, or useless you are in fact describing people with cognitive impairments as silly or useless.

It is SO easy to break this habit! Add a little bit of intentionality to your speech and you are good to go!
After all, we are ALL made in the image of God!

There are some great videos floating around today, but I had to share this one. It's made by students at my Alma Mater! Go Lakers!

Spread the Word to End the Word at GVSU from Cassady Marie on Vimeo.

Head on over to the End The Word facebook page for more information!

Be blessed!

Heather

Sooo...February happened.

You guys.

It's March!

Of course, I'm sitting here at my dining room table watching the snow fall. All of Chicagoland cancelled school today. I think they've forgotten where we live.

Anyway!

February happened, and it was busy, and we're still (still!) unpacking and painting and figuring our where things go.

Here's what it's looked like around here lately.

 Moving is always an adventure. Watching 3 IT guys and a Nuclear Physicist try to build IKEA furniture is hilarious. Little girl's bedrooms should always be an amazing shade of their favorite color, and staring at boxes is always productive. Or something like that...

So. Much. Painting. I know those bottom two don't look very different, but they are. And it's amazing. More to come!

We got to take Abbey and a friend (and her friend's mommy!) to see Disney on Ice. SO much fun!

Pie dates were had...and then interrupted.

This new place is starting to feel like home.

Be blessed!

Heather

Follow Along Friday at FLT!

Welcome to Fancy Little Thing's Follow Along. We are encouraged by all of you, by the connections you make here in the comments, in our directory, in our community, in our Gal Groups and now --->> we can connect on Social Media outside of this website. This week we'll be linking up our Facebook & Twitter profiles. And, we have a few co-hosts -- Christie from Satisfaction Through Christ Aimee from By Aimee & Co. Heather from It's A Long Story Mary from Trusty Chucks, Kathryn from Singing Through the Rain and Julie from Back to the Basics Make sure you stop by and say "Hi" to each of them; they're a great group of ladies! :) Ok, onto the fun stuff!
1: Follow us on TWITTER or FACEBOOK! Both would be just lovely! 2: LINK UP! Please note - we have (2) link-ups down below.. one is for Facebook, one is for Twitter! Link appropriately please!! --->> Link up by following two EASY steps! Step #1: Fill out the “submission” form below & enter your PROFILE URL into the “URL” section. Step #2: On the next screen, select “Upload from Computer” and choose your image to upload. 3: Follow along with the co-hosts and at least 5 others. 4. Share our Follow Along! Please tweet: “Follow Along Party with @FancyLilThings today at http://wp.me/p29X49-1xW” or you can always tell your lovely Facebook followers too!