tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28174064979430459532024-03-13T12:00:54.953-05:00The Langham ProjectThe Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-63106874850901165822014-02-11T21:44:00.001-06:002014-02-11T22:20:26.733-06:00Life Changing News<p><em><font size="3">(Ok. Bare with me. This turned out longer than I had planned but I was behind on blogging and wanted to use this post to share something with you and also to document it all.)</font></em></p>
<p><font size="3">If you follow me on Facebook or if you follow my sister-in-law on her blog, <a href="http://brennaball.blogspot.com/2014/01/sunday-round-up.html" target="_blank" title="">By God's Southern Grace</a>, you might already have an indication of what I am about to post.</font></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">Judd and I feel so blessed to share some very exciting news. </font></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="5">We are expecting our first child!!! </font><font size="3"><em>(Cast your vote on the baby's gender by leaving</em></font></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font size="3"><em> us a comment with your guess or respond to our poll on the top right of the page.) </em></font></span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><br>
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<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> I found out on an away game football Saturday (Nov. 9, 2013). Judd and I had already watched the Auburn vs. Tennessee game that afternoon. After the game, Judd walked over to the neighbor's house to watch some other games and to visit. While he was out, </span></span>mostly on a whim, I decided<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> to take a pregnancy test. Needless to say, I was very surprised and so thrilled with the results.</span></span></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">Being the planner that I am, and knowing that we were just starting to try, I had already planned out how I wanted to tell Judd. I had the materials prepared in advance. They were all themed for football season, so if things had not worked out in a few months I would have needed to start over with my decorations. It was all meant to be in every way I guess. :)</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">My original thought was that he would be in the house and I would need to put together the surprise in a place where he would not catch me in action. I thought I could sneak out to the car for a few minutes undetected.</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Although he ended up being gone, I stuck with my original plan. Immediately after reading the results, I quickly grabbed my "telling Judd" folder of materials and ran outside to the car. I managed to get it all together and close the trunk before he came home. I sent him a text message about dinner as an excuse and luckily it only took him about 10 minutes to get home. That was such a long 10 minutes to me. My heart was racing. I was so happy and still kind of in disbelief. I couldn't wait to share this life hanging news with the love of my life. </span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></span></span></font></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">Upon his arrival, I told Judd I had something that I needed his help with. Being the sweet husband that he is, he walked right out to help me. I've included below a couple of pictures of what he found.</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="3">Judd was in disbelief as well for about a second; however, once the news sunk in, he was elated.</font></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="3">I felt like we needed a second confirmation using a test that actually read the words "pregnant". The first test was the kind with two lines. We hopped in the car and headed to the pharmacy. We quickly bought a second test and shortly after, we saw this.</font></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">Our dreams literally came true before our eyes at those moments.</font></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">We told my family first. We celebrated the holiday with them. Just before Thanksgiving dinner, following our Thanksgiving tradition of blessing the food and giving the thanks through a family prayer circle, each family member shared what he or she was thankful for this Thanksgiving. When it got to Judd, he shared that he and I were so glad to share some very special news with our family and that he was so thankful that he was finally going to get to know what it was like to be a daddy. About that time, everybody in the room lost it. It was a precious moment that I will never forget.</font></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">The following day, November 29, we got to share the news with Judd's parents since they were coming to Auburn for the Iron Bowl game. The 29th happened to also be Judd's dad's birthday. Judd sketched and water colored a special birthday card for his dad that featured Aubie the tiger, Auburn University's mascot, as a baby cub. It was precious. Inside, we wrote that we made him something special for his birthday. We, of course, meant another grandchild and the card itself. Judd's parents were so sweet and happy for us.</font></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><font size="3">Skip forward another month to when we started sharing the news with friends. I had the pleasure of telling my dear friends, the fab, at our annual Christmas gift exchange party. I carried in my gift with the following tag attached. I placed it under the tree and waited for the girls to notice. It didn't take long. It is such a pleasure to have friends who can celebrate in our joy.</font></span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="3"> Throughout all of this, we had a chance to see our precious little one and to hear his or her heartbeat. Our first appointment was on Dec. 4. We were 8 weeks along at that time. Judd did have the doctor double check that we were not having twins. Ha. The heartbeat was most beautiful sound I had ever heard.</font></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="3"> We have yet another milestone this week. We find out on Thursday, February 13, 2014 if we are having a boy or a girl. We are going to make this news a special Valentine's Day surprise for both sets of parents who will be coming to visit on the 14th.</font></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><font size="3">What do you think we are having? We would love to see your guess. I will provide a little detail to help inform your decision. I feel great now at 18 weeks but was a little sick during the first trimester. I am loving pickles and all things pickled like never before. Ice cream has also been especially delicious lately.</font></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Our last few tailgates have been just as much fun as the ones I posted about <a href="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2013/09/tailgating-langham-style.html" target="_blank" title="">here</a>. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, when our Auburn University tigers played Ole Miss, we went all out with a southern themed tailgate.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Our menu included fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, hashbrown casserole, green bean casserole, and </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">brownies with pecans on top. Don't worry we did have fresh vegetables to offset the potential heart attacks caused by the rest of the menu. </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">There is one thing in particular on our menu; however, that I want to share with you.<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><br>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">While enjoying great food, we've also had a blast spending quality time outdoors with friends and family the last few weeks. </span></div>
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<p> During our southern food themed tailgate we served these little tasties as appatizers. I'm calling them southern sliders. They were so delicious that I wanted to highlight their goodness and share them with y'all here on TLP.</p>
<p><u>Southern Sliders</u></p>
<p>Ingredients:</p>
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<li>French bread</li>
<li>Pimento cheese</li>
<li>Conecuh sausage (cooked)</li>
<li>Pickled green tomatoes</li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Toothpicks</span></li>
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<p>Recipe:</p>
<p>Slice bread into thin pieces. Place bread slices flat on an ungreased jelly roll pan. Toast in a 350 degree oven for approximately 5 minutes.</p>
<p>Spoon your favorite store bought pimento cheese over the top side of your toast pieces. Or, if you have time, spoon homemade pimento cheese over the top. ;)</p>
<p>Cut your cooked sausage in half to create a flat side. Then cut it in 1-2 inch pieces. Rest 1 piece of sausage on top of each piece of pimento cheese covered bread.</p>
<p>Slide toothpicks through wedges of pickled green tomotoes, one piece per toothpick. Place a piece of green tomato atop each piece of sausage making sure to press the toothpick all of the way through to the toast layer.</p>
<p>The pickled green tomatoes we used were canned by my Uncle Frank. In case you don't have an Uncle Frank, I suggest you can your own or try to find some store bought pickled green tomatoes. I think pickled okra would be great with this as well.</p>
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<p>These southern sliders were a crowd pleaser. They pleased me too because they were easy and delicious.</p>
<p>Enjoy! Who knows, you might eat so many that you will feel like this.</p>
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<p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-11392443101261291132013-09-28T22:43:00.001-05:002013-09-29T09:35:14.733-05:00The Dr. Diva Days Of Our Lives<a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lRqz-gJP-4w/Ukehxle1f7I/AAAAAAAAGWQ/W9cGeEQ5-TM/s2048/Photo%252520Sep%25252027%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525207%25253A50%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1380426207006.7454" class="aligncenter" style="float: left; display: inline" alt="" align="left" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lRqz-gJP-4w/Ukehxle1f7I/AAAAAAAAGWQ/W9cGeEQ5-TM/s500/Photo%252520Sep%25252027%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525207%25253A50%252520PM.jpg" width="631" height="838" /></a> <div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both"><span style="line-height: 1.3em"> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="line-height: 1.3em">I am so thankful for the friends in my life. In particular, I am glad to know these women, the Dissertation Divas. </span></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="line-height: 1.3em">I mentioned them <a href="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2011/09/pinecones-dissertations-parties-and.html" target="_blank">in this post</a></span><span style="line-height: 1.3em"> a while back.  </span></div> <div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4oVwrKvam_0/UkehzVQeXAI/AAAAAAAAGWY/LMeT2tk32vU/s2048/Photo%252520Sep%25252027%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525208%25253A29%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1380426207066.2725" class="alignnone" style="float: left; display: inline" alt="" align="left" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4oVwrKvam_0/UkehzVQeXAI/AAAAAAAAGWY/LMeT2tk32vU/s500/Photo%252520Sep%25252027%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525208%25253A29%252520PM.jpg" width="717" height="545" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></div> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both"> </div> <p>From left to right, Dr. Langham (me), Dr. Carter, Dr. Greer, Dr. Searby (our mentor), and Dr. Zimmerman-Brown.</p> <p>We all saw each other through the absolute most difficult years of our lives both personally and academically. Amazingly, the four of us, under the leadership of our Dr. Diva mentor, were able to graduate together a whole year early with our Ph.D.s while also working full-time. That is a VERY rare accomplishment.</p> <p>We have not all been together since just after our commencement ceremony in December 2013. About that time, I moved to Auburn, AL to accept a new position at Auburn University. Our mentor, Dr. Searby, also took a job at AU.</p> <p>Luckily, we were able to enjoy some time together this weekend. It was so fun to catch up with each other. The three Divas still living in Birmingham, AL came down to Auburn for a Diva weekend. We ate delicious food at <a href="http://acreauburn.com/#about" target="_blank">Acre</a> and <a href="http://www.mafiasopelika.com/" target="_blank">Ma Fia's</a>, drank good wine and yummy cocktails, shopped, and enjoyed special fellowship. It was a fantastic weekend!</p> <p>Our toast at dinner on Friday sure was so much sweeter than the toast I wrote about in <a href="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2013/01/101-list-updatephd-related-goals.html" target="_blank">this post</a> from when we were still in school. It is glorious to be finished!!!</p> <div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8NFTQRxY1oA/Ukeh2XbFRfI/AAAAAAAAGWg/Y-VeATeiScc/s2048/Photo%252520Sep%25252027%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525208%25253A30%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1380426207065.6853" class="alignnone" style="float: left; display: inline" alt="" align="left" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8NFTQRxY1oA/Ukeh2XbFRfI/AAAAAAAAGWg/Y-VeATeiScc/s500/Photo%252520Sep%25252027%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525208%25253A30%252520PM.jpg" width="500" height="667" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both"> </div> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em">Earning our doctorates together was truly a bonding experience. It was such a special time to be with friends who can commiserate with one another about such a challenging time.</span></p> <p align="left">We had a blast! Thanks for a great weekend, ladies!</p> <p> </p> <div id="blogsy_footer" style="font-size: small; text-align: right; clear: both"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px" alt="Posted with Blogsy" src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-81162294184678845732013-09-22T09:24:00.000-05:002013-09-22T09:34:48.738-05:00Tailgating Langham Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZMGzemButRY/Uj79Ga1bqVI/AAAAAAAAGUk/_rWi8krniQw/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A49%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841190.1775" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZMGzemButRY/Uj79Ga1bqVI/AAAAAAAAGUk/_rWi8krniQw/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A49%252520AM.jpg" width="614" height="916" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jeRdR2S9uM4/Uj79JEdxCAI/AAAAAAAAGUs/6FmxrcIYjKk/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A29%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841131.5344" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jeRdR2S9uM4/Uj79JEdxCAI/AAAAAAAAGUs/6FmxrcIYjKk/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A29%252520AM.jpg" width="708" height="475" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both">Football and tailgating have been big successes so far this season. Our Auburn University tigers have won their first 3 home games of the year. Home games mean that we get to tailgate with our friends and family. We love it. <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bpXF_J6KD-A/Uj79LtG9S-I/AAAAAAAAGU0/_iK1IWR0Hr4/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A50%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841105.7144" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-bpXF_J6KD-A/Uj79LtG9S-I/AAAAAAAAGU0/_iK1IWR0Hr4/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A50%252520AM.jpg" width="550" height="821" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JOPeyraFA40/Uj79OnWU_rI/AAAAAAAAGU8/GEYORArvSUE/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A04%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841123.863" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JOPeyraFA40/Uj79OnWU_rI/AAAAAAAAGU8/GEYORArvSUE/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A04%252520AM.jpg" width="550" height="820" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cMIEuy_q94Y/Uj79RJsBwWI/AAAAAAAAGVE/W9Am7iN62AM/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A00%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841105.4194" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cMIEuy_q94Y/Uj79RJsBwWI/AAAAAAAAGVE/W9Am7iN62AM/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A00%252520AM.jpg" width="591" height="789" /></a></div> <p><span style="line-height: 1.3em">We tailgate at our home which is literally across the street from campus. We have enjoyed delicious food such as smoked Boston butt, fresh from the Gulf of Mexico oven roasted BBQ shrimp (thanks to our friend Tripp from Southern Fish & Oyster), burgers and hot dogs on the grill, and lots of brown drinks. We've also had some really great fellowship.</span></p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OHQjgQuHkPw/Uj79SQXIwMI/AAAAAAAAGVM/7GYX8gxTKAE/s960/Photo%252520Sep%25252021%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252010%25253A01%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841175.1938" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OHQjgQuHkPw/Uj79SQXIwMI/AAAAAAAAGVM/7GYX8gxTKAE/s500/Photo%252520Sep%25252021%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252010%25253A01%252520AM.jpg" width="605" height="605" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2YbQ_K6v3Hg/Uj79U8TcJXI/AAAAAAAAGVU/FELFGpTz4I8/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A31%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841145.5066" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2YbQ_K6v3Hg/Uj79U8TcJXI/AAAAAAAAGVU/FELFGpTz4I8/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A31%252520AM.jpg" width="589" height="419" /></a><span style="line-height: 1.3em"> </span></div> <p>We even got to tailgate with our precious brand new nephew, Landry, and his proud parents, Judd's brother, Colby, and our SIL, Brenna. Landry was about a month and a week old in these pictures. We are so glad to have been the destination for Landry's first road trip.</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1auxl42p_8g/Uj79XB_UjKI/AAAAAAAAGVc/wH1LH28ky0U/s2048/Photo%252520Sep%25252014%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A20%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841171.4666" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1auxl42p_8g/Uj79XB_UjKI/AAAAAAAAGVc/wH1LH28ky0U/s500/Photo%252520Sep%25252014%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A20%252520PM.jpg" width="554" height="733" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wEDpkVgsZ9s/Uj79YyZtImI/AAAAAAAAGVk/y5pPeG9mOKM/s2048/Photo%252520Sep%25252014%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525203%25253A52%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841107.3796" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wEDpkVgsZ9s/Uj79YyZtImI/AAAAAAAAGVk/y5pPeG9mOKM/s500/Photo%252520Sep%25252014%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525203%25253A52%252520PM.jpg" width="542" height="720" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QIYhvFRsQBY/Uj79arWy6rI/AAAAAAAAGVo/zv6xv23ApmU/s2048/Photo%252520Sep%25252014%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525204%25253A03%252520PM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841207.2964" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QIYhvFRsQBY/Uj79arWy6rI/AAAAAAAAGVo/zv6xv23ApmU/s500/Photo%252520Sep%25252014%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525204%25253A03%252520PM.jpg" width="573" height="762" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><span style="line-height: 1.3em">The very first tailgate took on an unexpected theme - tailgating Langham style. Look closely at the pictures on these cupcakes. Our friend Katie made toppers with pictures of Judd's face photoshopped on Si's body doing the Gangnom style dance. Get it, Langham style?!?! Ha! She also included pictures of my face, our dog's face, Judd's face when he dressed up as a rockstar for Halloween, and Barry Gibb's face because Judd does a good Bee Gee's impression. She is so creative!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oQrUf6jJiak/Uj79ckpQJjI/AAAAAAAAGV0/oFGVsh2uETw/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A30%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841115.6248" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oQrUf6jJiak/Uj79ckpQJjI/AAAAAAAAGV0/oFGVsh2uETw/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%25252012%25253A30%252520AM.jpg" width="667" height="448" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><span style="line-height: 1.3em">We hope you're having a great time cheering for your favorite teams this season!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fHxJFtClSaM/Uj79esVkzfI/AAAAAAAAGV8/BgZvT-IXv54/s2048/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A02%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="blogsy-1379859841202.313" class="alignnone" alt="" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fHxJFtClSaM/Uj79esVkzfI/AAAAAAAAGV8/BgZvT-IXv54/s500/Photo%252520Aug%25252031%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525201%25253A02%252520AM.jpg" width="500" height="750" /></a></div> <p>War Eagle!</p> <p> </p> <div id="blogsy_footer" style="font-size: small; text-align: right; clear: both"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px" alt="Posted with Blogsy" src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-13618698718882977752013-09-21T13:54:00.001-05:002013-09-21T16:46:52.903-05:00Introducing Landry<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-EFLsoHv9AN8/Uj3q9pRqH0I/AAAAAAAAGOU/AFPwZhJuCdI/s1600-h/IMG_5240%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5240" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5240" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wg0KVEabX3E/Uj3q-bMLCKI/AAAAAAAAGOY/8uLFOyklPF0/IMG_5240_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="702" height="487" /></a></p> <p>If you follow my SIL, Brenna, on her blog, Instragram, and/or Facebook then you might already know that we have a new nephew.  Brenna and my BIL, Colby, are proud parents of little Landry Read Langham.  We are all smitten with him.  He is a perfect, blonde-headed, angel.  He is also a mini me version of Judd’s dad, Terry. </p> <p>Landry was born on August 5, 2013.  He was born on a Monday.  Judd and I thought we were going to  have to miss his birth because I had meeting that day that I was not going to be able to postpone; however, when I arrived at work that morning, I noticed an email that someone else had delayed the meeting.  Woo Hoo.  It took me all of about 3 seconds to notify my colleagues that I was leaving immediately in hopes of being there for my nephew’s birth.  I went straight home, packed a bag, and grabbed my camera.  We hopped in the car as soon as possible.  Judd and I still were not sure we could make it in time.  After all, Brenna was already in labor and we had an approximately 3 hour drive ahead of us.  Landry was born in Milton, FL and we were driving from Auburn, AL.  We did make it just in time.  Landry was born about a half hour after we arrived.</p> <p>We all waited anxiously at the hospital.  A few weeks prior to his birthday we created a pool for Landry’s birth.  To help the time pass, I awarded the birthday award to Terry.  He sure was proud to become a grandpa that day!  The prize was popcorn since we were all guessing when Brenna was going to pop.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7lcIqCM0Yfk/Uj3q-0_CiWI/AAAAAAAAGOg/QJXlYZm3fPo/s1600-h/IMG_5234%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5234" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5234" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gvug2Iqrn9U/Uj3q_CKwflI/AAAAAAAAGOs/7ququWVisKw/IMG_5234_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="670" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xukl99Mp26c/Uj3q_8dFlvI/AAAAAAAAGO0/WqOO4v_L2QQ/s1600-h/IMG_5235%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5235" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5235" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nEVYOVhqLH4/Uj3rAVQxZ9I/AAAAAAAAGO8/Cxvzc43P7g8/IMG_5235_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="650" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YAYbixDYEr4/Uj3rAzajJII/AAAAAAAAGPE/O0FjVROpxBw/s1600-h/IMG_5294%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5294" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5294" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2cha5jgNtW0/Uj3rBb1R0fI/AAAAAAAAGPM/V0fBIz9LEyo/IMG_5294_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="455" height="664" /></a></p> <p>All of a sudden, Judd got a text message from his brother.  Landry had arrived!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S1AtXE0A2mk/Uj3rB6WgQYI/AAAAAAAAGPQ/a1W5gGJfGS8/s1600-h/IMG_5243%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5243" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5243" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s4feEWw3tyk/Uj3rCSsAF7I/AAAAAAAAGPc/diV3D4tSSJU/IMG_5243_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="519" height="761" /></a></p> <p>We could not wait for Colby and the doctor to walk down the hall to retrieve us.  We rushed in to see this sweet moment.   We were so glad to see a healthy mommy and baby!  Brenna sure did look great, too!  I’m amazed!  Bloggers, meet Landry!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SSF1b9dJFvg/Uj3rC9gcqNI/AAAAAAAAGPg/tWH2d1VFkPc/s1600-h/IMG_5267%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5267" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5267" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qvPZs_b999s/Uj3rDZL-gOI/AAAAAAAAGPo/aD_eS6_00A0/IMG_5267_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="499" height="733" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9PeDzHD9NGo/Uj3rDz6ZC-I/AAAAAAAAGP0/akVe4BqPFQQ/s1600-h/IMG_5290%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5290" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5290" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cKRv-SviOak/Uj3rEfdf8TI/AAAAAAAAGP4/Fen5jm31jbw/IMG_5290_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="702" height="648" /></a></p> <p>We had fun showing the new mom and dad the winners of the baby pool.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ix4p6TsQIfQ/Uj3rE7TiLII/AAAAAAAAGQA/l0z3eTCp7yE/s1600-h/IMG_5311%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5311" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5311" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JZnxpELnQbQ/Uj3rFUQwAdI/AAAAAAAAGQI/vvS7WA7LZao/IMG_5311_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="545" height="805" /></a></p> <p>We, of course, all could not wait to take a turn holding him.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Oi0JY5b0g7U/Uj3rF8oRedI/AAAAAAAAGQQ/LSKRGdr5jM0/s1600-h/IMG_5352%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5352" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5352" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g92MesZkL74/Uj3rGT2t7qI/AAAAAAAAGQc/BNyX6hSKQgI/IMG_5352_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="498" height="683" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-O-1Acn50Xgo/Uj3rG-6c9_I/AAAAAAAAGQk/-Dpir0eP54Y/s1600-h/IMG_5364%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5364" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5364" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-w_FtRP00xFY/Uj3rHceHC0I/AAAAAAAAGQs/sXezZeL7rLU/IMG_5364_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="515" height="756" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JP3aM2yW7As/Uj3rH17bZHI/AAAAAAAAGQ0/_ZVT_qcxTo4/s1600-h/IMG_5379%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5379" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5379" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dReNbASIUwo/Uj3rIesstvI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/b4RbPamrKiA/IMG_5379_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="528" height="775" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pFp-rqgdEyQ/Uj3rI06cjEI/AAAAAAAAGRA/b-1BhAWJNPM/s1600-h/IMG_5388%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5388" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5388" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Hp9aiQhEllY/Uj3rJauX6BI/AAAAAAAAGRI/6RsK9Wj_Mq8/IMG_5388_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="727" height="492" /></a></p> <p>He was such a good sport for his first bath and check-up.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FhHfJ9sNBQk/Uj3rJls04hI/AAAAAAAAGRU/y-4YWAxgAM4/s1600-h/IMG_5411%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5411" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5411" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jgQCa97G2CM/Uj3rKBAjQfI/AAAAAAAAGRc/WohBkxaHy1s/IMG_5411_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="515" height="756" /></a></p> <p>Brenna and Colby chose to keep his name a secret until his birthday.  We all knew in advance that his initials were LRL.  My sweet Mother-in-Law couldn’t stand the suspense.  She took drastic measures.  <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6pJvnLuspLo/Uj3rKqt0vKI/AAAAAAAAGRg/rP5BylTBRmY/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" />  She went through the Mobile, AL phone book looking for names that started with “L”.  She is so funny.  When we got back to her house after his birth, she went back to her list to see if she “guessed” it.  She came  close to his name but didn’t have it exactly on her list.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BUrRJJSuqWc/Uj3rK2FpwOI/AAAAAAAAGRs/JlaaGvbxVcw/s1600-h/IMG_5418%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5418" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5418" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7SkJK89iioA/Uj3rLTDZRXI/AAAAAAAAGR0/UOBN_FfB2f8/IMG_5418_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="529" height="781" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GQ6DHNVtn2o/Uj3rL0IHTLI/AAAAAAAAGR8/g2dIMG3Tlyo/s1600-h/IMG_5419%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5419" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5419" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8zAwyfHDf_4/Uj3rMUUOIJI/AAAAAAAAGSA/-EN8_JXnF5o/IMG_5419_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="520" height="764" /></a></p> <p>We could not take being away for too long.  We all went back to the hospital after dinner.  We took them a seafood dinner and snapped a few more photographs.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7my6pW4eVv8/Uj3rM_BfsKI/AAAAAAAAGSM/xOjOqPOGhyU/s1600-h/IMG_5422%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5422" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5422" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XiLlJOCrKqA/Uj3rNS9ttqI/AAAAAAAAGSQ/c-Ke7LDdpHM/IMG_5422_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="667" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-peHCLNX00E0/Uj3rNqAclPI/AAAAAAAAGSc/0jF_YdIOvZI/s1600-h/IMG_5429%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5429" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5429" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-m3aO4WrdWPM/Uj3rOfpstII/AAAAAAAAGSg/JsQgteLfex0/IMG_5429_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="897" height="608" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KKkvirhiZh8/Uj3rOlQ26VI/AAAAAAAAGSs/eLKuEZ5UppQ/s1600-h/IMG_5435%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5435" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5435" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Z-yVPehj5xg/Uj3rPcXwyII/AAAAAAAAGSw/9GO44xgBvQU/IMG_5435_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="656" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ul9IKR9mJyI/Uj3rPpJnCMI/AAAAAAAAGS4/0ih12sdXsWw/s1600-h/IMG_5437%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5437" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5437" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-82V6jJqBhgQ/Uj3rQERgtII/AAAAAAAAGTA/HRsSO9kHyWQ/IMG_5437_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="516" height="762" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-R_QdZr9WbZg/Uj3rQZFDBeI/AAAAAAAAGTI/QJuM6c6Wklc/s1600-h/IMG_5438%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5438" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5438" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--AZeG0VPB9w/Uj3rQ0w8T8I/AAAAAAAAGTQ/S-dgw2m22S4/IMG_5438_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="784" height="531" /></a></p> <p>Unfortunately, duty called and Judd and I had to drive back to Auburn to go to work.  It was hard to leave.  We came back to visit the following weekend.  By this time, Brenna, Colby, and Landry were home from the hospital.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zBP0dvKOujw/Uj3rRTclCBI/AAAAAAAAGTY/mkIofF4_skk/s1600-h/IMG_5526%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5526" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5526" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mueMORT6j3k/Uj3rR9eAdvI/AAAAAAAAGTg/X4JPcFJcINk/IMG_5526_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="815" height="556" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ck4gtO79RyU/Uj3rSPqv7cI/AAAAAAAAGTs/oxxswATOJoc/s1600-h/IMG_5528%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5528" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5528" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--6Y24yNGrW0/Uj3rSxnan9I/AAAAAAAAGT0/yzyIx_ZfCUE/IMG_5528_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="525" height="768" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FTKyhJpTsP0/Uj3rTQpqt8I/AAAAAAAAGT4/NNDIKoju2xs/s1600-h/IMG_5533%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5533" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5533" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-htyq_AQG3DQ/Uj3rT3DMLJI/AAAAAAAAGUE/FOG6ouC910A/IMG_5533_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="561" height="823" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2dVC_yS4D2I/Uj3rUdxP7_I/AAAAAAAAGUI/TfzCVNtysJM/s1600-h/IMG_5534%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_5534" style="display: inline" alt="IMG_5534" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Q38XaE9B1a4/Uj3rU-J7ihI/AAAAAAAAGUQ/iuVLKEUUVDw/IMG_5534_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="709" height="579" /></a></p> <p>We couldn’t wait to get a few more snuggles in with that sweet baby.  We love you, Landry!</p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-83376392299127457912013-07-21T18:07:00.001-05:002013-07-21T21:02:31.123-05:00"That's What Boys Are Made Of" Baby Shower Invitation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a 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<p>Our extended family is growing by two. Judd's brother, Colby, and his wife, Brenna, are expecting a baby boy any day now. Additionally, my brother, Bryan, and his wife, Laura, are also expecting a baby who is due in December. As a result, we have participated in lots of showers and baby fun lately. In fact, my in-laws, Judd, and I had the pleasure of hosting a family baby shower for Brenna and Colby a few weekends ago.</p>
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<p>The theme was "Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails - That's What Boys Are Made Of". The location of the party was supposed to be at the Langham family farm; however, there had been so much rain at the farm prior to the shower that we had to relocate the party to my MIL's church fellowship hall. Just imagine a farm setting for all of the pictures in this post. :).</p>
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<p>We had a blast even with the change of venue. One of my favorite parts of it all was the invitation my husband, Judd, created for the party.</p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">Are you interested in hosting a shower with this theme? If so, this invitation design could be yours for $25. <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The invitation is 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”. The invitation will fit in any envelope that is 5 3/4” x 8 3/4". </span><br>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Because our business, The Langham Project, is designed for do-it-yourself printing, we offer our clients the opportunity to print their invitations with no minimum or maximum quantity for their order. They simply receive the final order of their invitation design and are then free to print the invitations any way they prefer. Additionally, our business approach allows our clients to print on the paper/cardstock selection of their choosing. Once we send the final design to the customer, he or she can print the order on his or her own or have a professional printer do it. If the client decides to have a professional print shop print their order for them, all they have to do is take the file to the print shop.</span><br>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The final order can be sent in two ways. It can be emailed to you, the customer, in its exact size </span><u style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">or</u><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> we can send it to you designed to fit two invitations on one piece of letter sized cardstock/paper. We recommend that you purchase cardstock from the vendor of your choosing that will be the exact size of your invitation so that you do not have to do any cutting. In this case, you would just simply change your printer settings to fit the exact size of your invitation and feed each piece of cardstock through your printer. However, if it is easier for you to print two invitations per one regular 8 1/2” x 11” page that is also an option. If you request your order this way, we will include a very faint guide line down the center, between the two invitations, to assist you when cutting.</span><br>
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<p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>We plan to get an Etsy shop started to sell our one-of-a-kind invitations and stationery very soon. For now, if you are interested in ordering the "What Boys Are Made Of" invite design, please <u>leave us a comment on this post</u> or send us an email to langhjm@gmail.com.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since the invite's hand-drawn sketch did such a good job of establishing the type of decor we needed, decorating for the shower using things we already had at the farm was a breeze<strong>.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">The food was yummy and the fellowship was even better. It was fun to host this event for Brenna and Colby.</p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">Brenna also did a post about the shower. Check it out at <a href="http://brennaball.blogspot.com/2013/07/no-showering-my-shower.html" target="_self" title="">By God's Southern Grace</a>.<br>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">And, just in case we want to relive the event after the baby arrives, Judd's daddy captured it all on his video camera. Ha!</div>
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<p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-18198585788769696952013-07-07T12:17:00.001-05:002013-07-07T13:11:05.666-05:00Black, White, and Red All Over<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What is black and white and red all over?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Did you guess?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The answer is our back porch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I thought we needed some summer patriotic color for Independence Day. I planted red begonias and white impatiens in our planters. Our porch gets partial shade. These plants are thriving and seem to be a good choice for the space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We have a long way to go on our "new" home. We are tackling one project at a time. We are currently working to spruce up the exterior.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here is a list of some of our 'to do' projects. We've accomplished the first four so far. I hope to have more progress to share with you soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-plant new plants in back porch planters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-put pine straw in plant beds around house</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-remove front storm door</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-remove old front handrail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-pressure wash driveway and house exterior</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-paint all exterior trim</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-paint front door</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-plant flowers that add seasonal color in planters on front porch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-replace front door hardware, house numbers, light fixture, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-organize storage shed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-paint storage shed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW9rLa3LTwYz08KVQIqLGCi5Fgu_kHhyphenhyphenAN1xVE06lBSehDnIOrAcN94BgI_zCubrB723VnqSretBcQgASOTWUdeWE2JSJfl5tLVpsawZZDi8GPKz0vxNHj6vCM-gQOewjnhHA0Ipn-skR/s640/blogger-image-1802732732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJW9rLa3LTwYz08KVQIqLGCi5Fgu_kHhyphenhyphenAN1xVE06lBSehDnIOrAcN94BgI_zCubrB723VnqSretBcQgASOTWUdeWE2JSJfl5tLVpsawZZDi8GPKz0vxNHj6vCM-gQOewjnhHA0Ipn-skR/s640/blogger-image-1802732732.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We wish you all a happy Independence Day weekend. We are also celebrating my 29th birthday this weekend. I hope to start blogging more since Judd gifted me an iPad! Do you know of any helpful apps from which to blog when using an IPad? </div><br></div>The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-36030197119233727162013-06-01T13:10:00.001-05:002013-06-01T13:10:15.169-05:00Southern living<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXWIUVw9vc_muffc1bOjoxoMw6SCzEp-ujBsi7gar1Dzkak8E1zSs01qAYE_fuNPJ0iukmZXlJ4gmcd4x7tKsi9igJW3vXmkgNhEsJ5wjjlPiMjPqOthWEAZln9WtVAD3xY-oW6UmanEF/s640/blogger-image-1088539082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXWIUVw9vc_muffc1bOjoxoMw6SCzEp-ujBsi7gar1Dzkak8E1zSs01qAYE_fuNPJ0iukmZXlJ4gmcd4x7tKsi9igJW3vXmkgNhEsJ5wjjlPiMjPqOthWEAZln9WtVAD3xY-oW6UmanEF/s640/blogger-image-1088539082.jpg"></a></div>We have had so much transition the past few months. I finished my Ph.D. and started a new job at a different university than where I was working while in graduate school. We moved, traveled to Europe, traveled to Orlando and LA for work, and traveled several times to both of our home towns. Judd has been managing his practice long distance and is still teaching as an adjunct professor. Every bit of the last few months has been a wonderful adventure. That being said, life in our new city and new work situations for both of us hasn't quite become routine yet. We have had virtually no down time.<div><br></div><div>I've missed blogging and taking time to do the things at home that I really enjoy. Today I decided to spend a little while trying to relax. It's summer y'all. Who knew?</div><div><br></div><div>What you see in this picture has made for a great Saturday afternoon. I wish you all were here to enjoy it with me.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Hh24RM80euHIG2TV1j5EV83K7JCcWjVWANMSQ3nSUDTZfiWVeE1D4ycDOkD1aWyZyYlUqOcFK0CJn4OmsFJnTbSsF9KAipbbHvLFmuPqOTu2Xt_UYAbb-atgX6cROvTwfU1zSPlPms2I/s640/blogger-image--1601685882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Hh24RM80euHIG2TV1j5EV83K7JCcWjVWANMSQ3nSUDTZfiWVeE1D4ycDOkD1aWyZyYlUqOcFK0CJn4OmsFJnTbSsF9KAipbbHvLFmuPqOTu2Xt_UYAbb-atgX6cROvTwfU1zSPlPms2I/s640/blogger-image--1601685882.jpg"></a></div><br></div>The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-3400302579265559152013-04-29T21:29:00.001-05:002013-04-29T21:29:03.557-05:00TEDx Talk - Auburn UniversityCheck out this promo video for Auburn University's 2013 TEDx Talk.<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3DVzsiQ15c&sns=em<br />
The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-90531466767970843302013-04-27T11:11:00.001-05:002013-04-27T18:52:26.456-05:00Hippity Hoppity<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zpXwnaZ9EZ0/UXv4lNt7XsI/AAAAAAAAF84/aVY8iYhblfY/s1600-h/photo-133.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 1" alt="photo 1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hB4V5IQNwRQ/UXv4lvuK5LI/AAAAAAAAF9A/AzcQ47NFQJo/photo-1_thumb18.jpg?imgmax=800" width="612" height="826" /></a></p> <p>Hi!  I am a little late posting this.  However, I think this project turned out pretty cute; therefore, I wanted to go ahead and share it with you even if we are a bit past Easter.  You could apply the same concepts to make something for summer. </p> <p>Judd and I just moved into a new house in a new city.  We feel so blessed to be in this new location and starting this next chapter in our lives.  I graduated with my Ph.D in December 2012 and was hired the same month for a new job at my alma mater, Auburn University, as the Director of Assessment and Strategic Planning in the Division of Student Affairs.  I worked out my 30-day notice at my job at UAB, said goodbye to my dear colleagues there, and came straight to Auburn.  The last few months have been a whirlwind of change in the best ways possible.</p> <p>The house we are living in was actually the first one we rented as newly weds when we were first graduate students.  After we moved out, Judd’s parents bought the house and it has been vacant ever since.  I was eager to improve the curb appeal a little and to make it apparent that someone really lives in the house now.  I set out to find something pretty to hang on the front door.</p> <p>The idea for this project came from a shopping trip with my MIL for something cute to put out front.  I found some really precious spring/Easter décor made from painted burlap.  I was in love with a particular carrot.  When I turned it over to check the price; however, it was all I could do to keep my pupils from turning to dollar signs like in cartoons.  The carrot I liked so much was priced at around $50.  I could not believe some cheap burlap, stuffed with trash bags, with some paint slapped on it could cost so much.  We immediately got in the car and went to the local craft store to purchase the materials to make this one ourselves. It turned out pretty cute. What is to follow in this post is a quick tutorial on how to make your own Hippity Hoppity Easter Carrot.  I made mine for well under $10 because I already had a good many of the necessary supplies.</p> <p>The items below are what you will need to make this craft.</p> <ul> <li>1 yard of cream burlap folded in half </li> <li>Acrylic paints (orange, white, and two shades of green) </li> <li>Fabric paint with a tip for writing (black) </li> <li>Sharpie marker </li> <li>Scissors </li> <li>Paint brush  </li> <li>Kitchen trash bag or drop cloth to place underneath while painting </li> <li>Several plastic garbage bags or plastic grocery sacks for stuffing </li> <li>Hot glue gun </li> <li>Small piece of wire to use for hanging </li> <li>paper plate to serve as a paint palate </li> </ul> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-P2lQCiULZQs/UXv4mIH_CsI/AAAAAAAAF9I/a30fF0UF2Hc/s1600-h/photo-213%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 2" alt="photo 2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7XbwrwBLYf0/UXv4mvwDoQI/AAAAAAAAF9Q/lJkHcne58sw/photo-21_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="841" height="640" /></a></p> <p>The first step is to cut your burlap into the desired carrot shape.  Since I folded the burlap in half, I cut both the front and back sides of the carrot out at the same time after drawing the shape I wanted on the top piece of burlap with my sharpie marker.  Don’t worry about making marks on the fabric because the top piece with the lines on it will eventually be placed underneath the clean piece.  The lines will go on the inside of your carrot and will never be seen again.</p> <p>Next, paint on glue using a paint brush dipped in water.  This step will make your burlap stiff and will help your paint to go on better.  Allow the glue to dry.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qQmYg9YRnyg/UXv4m9-VlII/AAAAAAAAF9Y/QtFXJ1wcMpA/s1600-h/photo-1-212.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 1 (2)" alt="photo 1 (2)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-z6NJHyXFcjI/UXv4naf28KI/AAAAAAAAF9g/J7CbRfuhqu8/photo-1-21_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="594" /></a></p> <p>After you have drawn your template.  Place it beneath the clean piece of burlap.  Use the lines you drew to trace your design with paint .  Make sure you are painting on what is now your clean front piece of burlap.  In the photograph below, I peeled an edge of my clean portion up a bit so that you can see the template I drew sitting underneath it.  Next, paint your stem entirely with the darkest shade of green.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y3XzZoNJ-lc/UXv4nq9f5ZI/AAAAAAAAF9o/XgGPo4v4w4w/s1600-h/photo-313%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 3" alt="photo 3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tBDrqRXkOL0/UXv4oAMAmXI/AAAAAAAAF9w/OEz0vjPr9OQ/photo-31_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="596" height="804" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kYIbQBMCdg4/UXv4oRF8TKI/AAAAAAAAF94/3Z4zDL6H97A/s1600-h/photo-414.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 4" alt="photo 4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6HRi_JojNTI/UXv4o8JB40I/AAAAAAAAF-A/hzKqDIiQii0/photo-41_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="609" height="828" /></a></p> <p>While the green stem is drying, use the faint lines showing through from the bottom piece of burlap to guide the painting of your white chevron patterned sections.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0zYClfHyGf4/UXv4pHK-b7I/AAAAAAAAF-I/sE-UOPmYaNo/s1600-h/photo-51%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 5" alt="photo 5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jgmkKORgF1Y/UXv4ptLKP4I/AAAAAAAAF-Q/J2vOpPwoCVU/photo-51_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="564" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jXk5blIO1lM/UXv4qLN-hhI/AAAAAAAAF-Y/T0QzaI35K9E/s1600-h/photo-11%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 1" alt="photo 1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_YDujt0ziMU/UXv4qc5N18I/AAAAAAAAF-g/CU9Q5GFaEiY/photo-11_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="568" /></a></p> <p>While your white painted sections are drying, use the lightest shade of green to highlight your stem. You may even want to use a bit of white paint for highlighting.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RkmLwq9hOSA/UXv4q8SHPtI/AAAAAAAAF-o/fx8IE3T2N3I/s1600-h/photo-25%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 2" alt="photo 2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4yNVka8kxTU/UXv4raRGVWI/AAAAAAAAF-w/cXnBWpaGOUw/photo-25_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="563" height="739" /></a></p> <p>Next, fill in the sections that are supposed to be painted orange.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5UVqdoXeT58/UXv4riEreYI/AAAAAAAAF-4/deumd9CIekE/s1600-h/photo-35%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 3" alt="photo 3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QxhbOyw9ozw/UXv4rz40dKI/AAAAAAAAF_A/Pq6Ua3wtG3Y/photo-35_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="608" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R8H0_NWJrkI/UXv4scL7cCI/AAAAAAAAF_I/4XGczWeulYE/s1600-h/photo-45%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 4" alt="photo 4" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yYr1OvKomR4/UXv4sqUSRhI/AAAAAAAAF_Q/TUUWxgXyJas/photo-45_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="613" /></a></p> <p>Allow all sections to dry well.  When ready, use the black paint with the tip for writing to write the message and then outline the carrot.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-J8Qnk-ay4Fo/UXv4tFw9_1I/AAAAAAAAF_Y/KlKB0mqNfTo/s1600-h/photo-55%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 5" alt="photo 5" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-817HLgqIIyI/UXv4tVIiakI/AAAAAAAAF_g/KuVRxRRIn54/photo-55_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="571" height="737" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AcchFWxnJjI/UXv4t7fWDNI/AAAAAAAAF_o/jG0qJirs63k/s1600-h/photo-15%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 1" alt="photo 1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_KtXzhURMdo/UXv4uXgtxwI/AAAAAAAAF_w/q52M3NcSh7g/photo-15_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="572" height="752" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NJhzv8R0mTI/UXv4unsMP2I/AAAAAAAAF_4/ZE89xvsef4o/s1600-h/photo-39%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 3" alt="photo 3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E_JWu61_GOc/UXv4vDLGi6I/AAAAAAAAGAA/S2s3xKwb530/photo-39_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="579" height="760" /></a></p> <p>Allow to sit for several hours.  I let mine sit out overnight.  When the writing and all other paint sections were totally dry, I hot glued about 3/4ths of the back of the painted side to the front of the side with the template drawn on it so that all exterior pieces look nice.   I left a space open to allow for stuffing in the plastic bags.  I completed gluing all sides together once I felt the carrot was properly stuffed.  Here is how it looked in the morning.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Cjmbtayi4sU/UXv4vSzc8rI/AAAAAAAAGAI/4e2ltmXPpwg/s1600-h/photo-59%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo 5" alt="photo 5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qpKTb9K6nTM/UXv4v4U-_xI/AAAAAAAAGAQ/z43b-EZCCBk/photo-59_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="636" /></a></p> <p>I couldn’t wait to hang it on our front door.  I quickly  put the piece of wire through the carrot at the base of the stem poking it from the back to the front.  Then I curled the ends of the wire around my finger.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sPzJHOOpljw/UXv4wErLhCI/AAAAAAAAGAY/wNvpOahgmw4/s1600-h/photo-513%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="photo 5" border="0" alt="photo 5" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LWO9Pt3L7sM/UXv4woouiSI/AAAAAAAAGAg/jiFTH7u67Tc/photo-513_thumb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="548" height="690" /></a></p> <p>I was pleased with the finished product.  Our house sits back far from the street and we needed something large enough to show up from the road.  Since we’ve just moved, we haven’t had time to do any other types of curb appeal improvements.  For now, the carrot (or our next front door craft to come) will be enough to hold me over and make it seem like people actually live in the house.</p> <p>Happy crafting!</p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-42465677374239841032013-02-02T21:51:00.001-06:002013-02-02T21:53:17.999-06:00We've MovedLike I mentioned in my last post, a great deal has changed for Judd and me over the last few months. One major change is that we just moved from Birmingham, Alabama to Auburn, Alabama. <br />
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I wish I could share that we are settled and unpacked. Instead, I'll share how things really look. YIKES! We'll get there....eventually. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHYHwR-WCpLhgsiFsOxvIS6BhjhXpoJyjuu1lk5WxVtLHD8V4VndiiybtFPLAcdQgux-sr1HaXrHWrhtFUP584s9oh2zAhkfUjGk6UNi58uL4rkc3Oq4SQHltCpQWV07nQhGPcAbj-evd/s640/blogger-image--598331592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHYHwR-WCpLhgsiFsOxvIS6BhjhXpoJyjuu1lk5WxVtLHD8V4VndiiybtFPLAcdQgux-sr1HaXrHWrhtFUP584s9oh2zAhkfUjGk6UNi58uL4rkc3Oq4SQHltCpQWV07nQhGPcAbj-evd/s640/blogger-image--598331592.jpg" /></a></div>The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-12132739555352231792013-01-15T09:05:00.001-06:002013-01-15T09:05:20.186-06:00101 List Update–Ph.D. Related Goals<p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Abbygail\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\supfiles6310B84\photo_71.jpg"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4osuiiantls/UPVwDTW5N_I/AAAAAAAAF6o/RQAOklJ3_Fc/s1600-h/clip_image001%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image001" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-D3Dxh0IDFvg/UPVwDjH1vMI/AAAAAAAAF6w/Res7fBKbueQ/clip_image001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="637" height="485" /></a></span></span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">(Note: this was written months before it was published due to technological difficulties)</font></span></i></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">Gosh, things have been busy around here.  Busy is not always a bad thing.  While we have had a significant amount of work and school tasks to attend to since my last few posts, we have managed to have a good bit of fun during that time as well.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">The next few posts I write will be an attempt to recap our spring , summer, and fall 2012.  I’ll use my list of </font></span><font style="font-size: 12pt"><a href="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2012/01/101-things-to-do-in-1001-days.html"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-underline: none">101 things to do in 1,001 days</span></a></font><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> as a way to organize these posts.  This post might shed some light on why I haven’t been an active blogger lately.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">You may recall one of the </font></span><font style="font-size: 12pt"><a href="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2012/03/rocky-road-towards-dissertation.html"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-underline: none">post</span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#5588aa">s</font></span></font><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> I wrote last spring about feeling overwhelmed with my Ph.D. studies.  This post can serve as an update to that one.  Over the last few months I have been able to cross off a few items related to my dissertation study for my doctorate (see the numbered items below).  At the time this was originally written, I wasn’t in the clear yet.  I still had a long way to go; however, I had overcome a few major hurdles.  </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">I took these pictures on my phone just after I returned to my office from my prospectus meeting with my dissertation committee.  I was kind of amazed when I realized I had a draft of a real dissertation and that I had just successfully defended my dissertation prospectus.  I am following in my Dr. Mom’s footsteps.  I keep a copy of her dissertation in my office to use as a resource.  I am so proud to be accomplishing this Ph.D. goal.  I hope I have made my mom and my Grandmother Braden (my mom’s mom and my only living grandparent) very proud!</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Abbygail\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\supfiles6310B84\photo_312.jpg"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dkpZb7fAubE/UPVwEfyxE8I/AAAAAAAAF64/iPT_5WzAV50/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image002" border="0" alt="clip_image002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nQP0n0So3ss/UPVwExUPvmI/AAAAAAAAF7A/L4P9pY1umKI/clip_image002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="690" height="526" /></a></span></span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">Below is a list of accomplished Ph.D. related goals.</font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">4.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Find a theory to use as my conceptual framework for my dissertation</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">5.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Determine appropriate variables to analyze for my dissertation </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Abbygail\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\supfiles6310B84\photo_49.jpg"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cs_F27ZZ5wk/UPVwFlX-sxI/AAAAAAAAF7I/qL4mcoVwvKE/s1600-h/clip_image003%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image003" border="0" alt="clip_image003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LM45RW_RFaY/UPVwGJlYkvI/AAAAAAAAF7Q/nFpCoBhkHRE/clip_image003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="696" height="531" /></a></span></span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">6.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Select a statistical method to analyze data for my dissertation</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">7.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Have my prospectus meeting for my Ph.D.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Abbygail\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\supfiles6310B84\photo_59.jpg"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ioiFXjVgOus/UPVwGqAPISI/AAAAAAAAF7Y/y19VftPaAyo/s1600-h/clip_image004%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image004" border="0" alt="clip_image004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yFaS7SzxSwU/UPVwHx9cJXI/AAAAAAAAF7g/7J0i6oShWYA/clip_image004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="696" height="530" /></a></span></span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">You may remember that I have a group of friends who also work at UAB and who are experiencing this Ph.D. journey with me – </font></span><font style="font-size: 12pt"><a href="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2011/09/pinecones-dissertations-parties-and.html"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-underline: none">The Dissertation Divas.</span></a></font><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">  These three women and I are all seeking our doctorates. One of the dissertation divas, Jennifer, very thoughtfully brought me a card to wish me congratulations on a successful prospectus meeting.  Thanks, Jennifer!  We did it!</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Abbygail\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\supfiles6310B84\photo_67.jpg"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RBmsoXDydmQ/UPVwIrIkB0I/AAAAAAAAF7o/CuZERFTSKng/s1600-h/clip_image005%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image005" border="0" alt="clip_image005" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-psUf4Ky3nh4/UPVwJZT8q-I/AAAAAAAAF7w/SB_qbKAJqI0/clip_image005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="636" /></a></span></span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">8.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Have my proposal (3 chapter) meeting for my Ph.D.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">9.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Take/pass my Ph.D. comprehensive exam</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">10.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Get Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Abbygail\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\supfiles6310B84\photo_88.jpg"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l-IqaROkn4U/UPVwJ3bajgI/AAAAAAAAF74/yyMnjn_G5O0/s1600-h/clip_image006%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image006" border="0" alt="clip_image006" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qXiRNdqHX5E/UPVwKc_60HI/AAAAAAAAF8A/yc7ur093Ekw/clip_image006_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="697" height="530" /></a></span></span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">The other divas and I managed to accomplish all of these goals around the same time.  We treated ourselves to a lunch together and had a sweet tea toast to our accomplishments.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><a href="file:///C:\Users\Abbygail\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsLiveWriter-429641856\supfiles6310B84\photo_97.jpg"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; text-decoration: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none"><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Zzc_txa07lE/UPVwLFokcII/AAAAAAAAF8I/yhS3RBSP5js/s1600-h/clip_image007%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image007" border="0" alt="clip_image007" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pDs0I3_g-8w/UPVwLQzspHI/AAAAAAAAF8M/oPiM_pS6Q_4/clip_image007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="602" height="612" /></a></span></span></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">To date, I have completed all of my dissertation coursework (with a 4.0 GPA whoop whoop!), reached the goals stated above, and will soon begin collecting the data for my dissertation research!!!</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt">-------------------------------------------------</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">(Since I couldn’t publish this post back when it was originally written early last summer, I have added all following school updates below.)</font></font></i></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">These things were also achieved.</font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">11.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Collect data for my dissertation</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">12.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Analyze data for my dissertation</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">13.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Write Chapter 4 of my dissertation</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">14.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Write Chapter 5 of my dissertation</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">15.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Have my private Ph.D. defense with my committee</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">16.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Have my public Ph.D. defense with my committee</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">17.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Graduate with my Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (higher education administration)!!!!!!!!!!!</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">18.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> Have my dissertation printed and bound and my Ph.D. degree framed</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 13pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-line-height-alt: 19.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font style="font-size: 24pt" color="#4bacc6">19.</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 12pt"> While I am still in school, use each lunch hour to work on some aspect of my dissertation</font></span></p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-19975113512609165382013-01-09T09:51:00.001-06:002013-01-09T09:51:53.045-06:00Finally, a new blog post<p>I wrote this in September.  I’ve been having difficulty publishing to the blog lately.  I just tried to publish it again on a whim today (January) and it worked.  I can’t believe it.  You can scroll down on the blog home page to read it or click the link below.  The post is about some ideas for storing jewelry.</p> <p><a title="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2012/09/test.html" href="http://abbyandjuddlangham.blogspot.com/2012/09/test.html">Jewelry Storage Blog Post</a> </p> <p>So much has changed for us since my last post.  I can’t wait to catch you up now that things are working again.</p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-29011624012463202632012-11-07T16:51:00.001-06:002012-11-07T16:53:55.790-06:00Still KickingHi all,<br />
<br />
I promise I am still alive. I am also still very much interested in posting on my blog. I am having technical difficulties and have been too busy with my job and school to fix it. I hope to be blogging again soon.<br />
<br />
Love,<br />
AbbyThe Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-90955161986134353552012-10-16T20:18:00.001-05:002012-10-16T20:18:41.163-05:00Still hereHi readers, don't give up on me. I am still here and wanting to post. I have a few posts written; however, I can't publish them. I cannot seem to publish any posts that contain pictures. Has anyone else had this problem? I think maybe I've reached the capacity limit for pictures in Picasa/blogger. Help!The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-71481423922232375872012-09-13T13:15:00.001-05:002013-01-09T09:45:45.901-06:00Jewelry Storage<p>I am on the hunt for an attractive yet functional way to store my jewelry. While I have a few nice pieces, most of my collection is costume jewelry. I want to protect the nice pieces and any pieces that might tarnish. I want to be able to easily access each piece when I am in a hurry and on my way out the door. I want to display the larger pieces and the most eye-catching ones in an visually appealing way. </p> <p>I’ve found a few ideas on Pinterest. However, I do not have a space in my bedroom that is low enough to do anything that sits on top of a piece of furniture. The only furniture in our bedroom other than the bed is a tall chest of drawers and two mismatched nightstands. Also, there is no room in my closet. I’ve thought about using my nightstand; however, I can just see myself knocking something off with the covers or a pillow that may fall. So, I think the nightstand option is out. </p> <p>I’m getting inspired by the following photos. Click each picture to locate the source via Pinterest.</p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444746419/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="172544229444746419_MaXJCiSK_c16" border="0" alt="172544229444746419_MaXJCiSK_c16" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--xMkujtCwCg/UO2P_9YwfGI/AAAAAAAAF5k/qTUedShhDHs/172544229444746419_MaXJCiSK_c162.jpg?imgmax=800" width="467" height="526" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444746406/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="172544229444746406_CZHqlksY_c16" border="0" alt="172544229444746406_CZHqlksY_c16" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-RQIkcvk9Muw/UO2QAjIYT5I/AAAAAAAAF5s/ETYScETtNAQ/172544229444746406_CZHqlksY_c162.jpg?imgmax=800" width="569" height="391" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444746324/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="172544229444746324_0WLxOtx3_c16" border="0" alt="172544229444746324_0WLxOtx3_c16" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UwzyvYzsers/UO2QBZ9u96I/AAAAAAAAF50/egOMmCbAXXk/172544229444746324_0WLxOtx3_c162.jpg?imgmax=800" width="475" height="620" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444746643/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="172544229444746643_QMwBZalN_c15" border="0" alt="172544229444746643_QMwBZalN_c15" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Lm5zU4GUBDg/UO2QB3HAx2I/AAAAAAAAF58/x3AJZLKfmZc/172544229444746643_QMwBZalN_c152.jpg?imgmax=800" width="558" height="387" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444746399/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="172544229444746399_roFKMBF4_c16" border="0" alt="172544229444746399_roFKMBF4_c16" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m_Uhrxf7nKE/UO2QC2Mgt1I/AAAAAAAAF6E/hOcLJtg3sCQ/172544229444746399_roFKMBF4_c162.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="609" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444746810/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="162551867770763138_66WdhLHy_c16" border="0" alt="162551867770763138_66WdhLHy_c16" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MreMX7cWLWY/UO2QDhMejjI/AAAAAAAAF6M/s6WNzyIRBrU/162551867770763138_66WdhLHy_c162.jpg?imgmax=800" width="427" height="559" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444746317/"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="172544229444746317_RqK381FY_c16" border="0" alt="172544229444746317_RqK381FY_c16" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aISLJvmPKQ8/UO2QEfpdfAI/AAAAAAAAF6Q/iPovsQL6DAw/172544229444746317_RqK381FY_c162.jpg?imgmax=800" width="558" height="598" /></a></p> <p>Do y’all have any tips or suggestions? Also, where can I find a nifty stand like some of the ones in these photographs? I look forward to sharing what I come up with and to hearing from you. I’ll keep you posted.</p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-9855620159041591232012-09-06T17:07:00.001-05:002012-09-06T17:07:23.496-05:00Proud to Announce: 2D Studio, LLC<p><a href="http://www.2dstudiollc.com"><img alt="2D Studio L.L.C." src="http://2dstudiollc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2D-Studio.png" /></a></p> <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I just wanted to share that my husband, Judd Langham, launched a new website and Facebook page for his landscape design, planning, and urban design firm, 2D Studio LLC. </p> <p><font size="6"><font size="3">You can find 2D Studio’s website at</font> </font><a href="http://www.2DStudiollc.com"><font size="6">www.2DStudiollc.com</font></a> <font size="6">.</font>   Additionally, we’d love for you to find and “like” 2D Studio on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7020737#!/2DStudioLLC"><font size="5">Facebook</font></a><font size="5"> .</font>  </p> <p>2D Studio will maintain a separate <a href="http://www.2dstudiollc.com/category/journal/"><font size="5">blog</font></a> located within their website as a way to journal about current project details and updates. </p> <p>Here is more about Judd as described on the new website:</p> <p><img title="judd-langham-grayscale-375" alt="Judd Langham, ASLA, LEED AP" src="http://www.2dstudiollc.com/wp-content/uploads/judd-langham-grayscale-375.jpg" width="415" height="556" /></p> <p>“Principal designer and founder of 2D Studio, Judd Langham, ASLA, LEED AP, believes in creating public spaces that are sensitive to and respectful of their surrounding context and that are responsive to the client’s programmatic needs. Judd is experienced in all facets of the design process from conceptual design, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration. He currently serves as an invited guest juror at Auburn University for graduate level design studio reviews, and he serves as a guest lecturer at both the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University. Additionally, he serves as an Adjunct Professor for the Master of Landscape Architecture Program at Auburn University. Having attained status as a LEED Accredited Professional, Judd takes pleasure in using his education, skills, and talents through his professional practice at 2D Studio LLC to make an ecologically sustainable difference one design at a time. </p> <p>Born in Brewton, Alabama, a small rural city in south Alabama, his interest in landscape gardening and design came at an early age. At age 15, he started his own landscape maintenance company along with his father and brother. It flourished and grew to include a landscape installation and construction business. Through this early entrepreneurial endeavor he gained residential design and installation experience which resulted in Judd’s passion for landscape design and inspired him to study at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. </p> <p>While at Auburn University, Judd earned a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture with an emphasis in landscape design. He also earned an undergraduate Business Minor. He remained at Auburn University to earn a Master of Landscape Architecture Degree, the terminal degree for this field, in 2007. Judd graduated magna cum laude and was also inducted into both Tau Sigma Delta and Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Societies. While a student in the Landscape Architecture program, he served as a Research and Teaching Assistant to the Chair of the Master of Landscape Architecture Program, where he gained university teaching experience as well as experience in stormwater design. Additionally, with his graduate assistantship Judd designed and implemented rain gardens and other green infrastructure within the Auburn University Arboretum. Judd’s master’s level training provided a variety of hands-on experiences combined with diverse research and studies in horticulture and landscape architecture which influenced his passion and interest in creative and innovative stormwater, sustainable, and green design. While in graduate school, Judd served as the Treasurer for the American Society for Landscape Architects (ASLA) Auburn University Student Chapter for two years and was awarded the ASLA Merit Award for best thesis project and design. </p> <p>Upon graduation, Judd joined The Olin Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a landscape designer and planner. While at Olin, he worked on projects across the country ranging from a 400 acre brownfield mixed-use redevelopment in Napa, California, to a variety of projects in the mid-west and along the east coast. His project experience included sustainable campus planning and design for University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additionally, Judd worked on the following projects while at Olin: urban planning and design for the Napa Pipe Redevelopment Project in Napa, California; master planning for the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York; and garden, recreational and courtyard design for the Phipps Playground at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. </p> <p>After gaining invaluable experience at Olin, Judd returned to his home state to reside in Birmingham, Alabama, where he worked with a local mutli-disciplinary firm, Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, for two years before becoming a founding partner at 2D Studio. Since the inception of 2D Studio, Judd has served as project manager for the complete restoration of Genetta Ditch in Montgomery, AL, an urban stream on the 303d impaired streams list. The restoration plan included 3,200 linear feet of restored stream channel and riparian zone, a constructed wetland, a variety of green infrastructure to remediate stormwater before it enters the stream, and a passive park that would help to educate and stimulate the public. True to his roots, Judd has continued his pursuit of landscape gardening and sustainable residential design while continuing to evolve in project experience and interest in the design profession.”</p> <p>You can contact him here:</p> <p><strong>Judd Langham, ASLA, LEED AP</strong> <br />Principal | Designer | Planner <br /><strong>205.202.4101</strong> ph <br /><strong>205.335.3761</strong> cell <br /><strong><a href="http://www.2dstudiollc.com/">judd@2dstudiollc.com</a></strong></p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-4963724120893238392012-08-16T20:29:00.001-05:002012-08-16T21:37:34.723-05:00Essentials for Southern Men<p>This post falls into a category created long ago on this blog called “Southern Women How To’s.”  In this case, the post is about how a southern woman can recognize a southern gentleman.  Or better yet, it is to provide a glimpse into the life and style of a southern gentleman.  Of course, for all true southern women and men the items in this post are nothing new.  Southerness is not something that can simply be acquired by physical location, the way one dresses, the way one acts, the way one drinks or eats, or even one’s level of enthusiasm for sporting events.  It is, however, a compilation of all of these things and then some.</p> <p>I was inspired to write this post after reviewing with colleagues (Hi Teresa and Jaime!) a <em>Southern Living</em> online article featuring lists of southern essentials for both men and women.  Click these links for the <a href="http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2012/08/16/top-10-billy-reids-must-haves-for-the-southern-gentleman/">SL list for men</a> and the <a href="http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2012/08/15/top-10-tobi-fairleys-essentials-for-the-southern-home/">SL list for women</a>.  I agreed with most of the items on this list.   Although, I immediately began recalling things that I thought were excluded.  The SL list was a “top 10” list so there was a limit to what could be included.  My list will be much more extensive and will fall in no particular order.  I may even add to it in the future.  You can access the original source for each photograph by clicking on it.  I have linked the photos through my Southern Men Pinterest Board.  Feel free to follow me on Pinterest if you like.</p> <p>(Note: In no way did I intend to declare that all southern men should have these items to be complete.  :)  This list is simply my own thoughts about one of my favorite things: southern men.  Many of the items I have included were chosen because they remind me of my true southern gent. of a husband.)</p> <p>I’ll do a follow-up post in the future for southern women essentials.</p> <p>Ok, here’s my list of essentials for the southern man.</p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">1. Good Manners and Chivalry <font size="3"> (ok, maybe that one was listed in a particular order…FIRST)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">2. Well-Stocked Bar/Barware</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444552522/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-ec2.pinterest.com/upload/196399233720796960_49qGlWot_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">3. A Collegiate House Flag  <font size="3">(of your alma mater or favorite team)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444552067/"><img alt="College Team House Flag" src="http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444552067_gm8rFKpw_b.jpg" width="372" height="372" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">4. Affordable Jeans</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444552034/"><img alt="A pair of affordable jeans - Gap Men: Straight fit jeans (dark wash) -" src="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444552034_RuP7nDiv_b.jpg" width="367" height="480" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">5. Short Sleeved Golf Shirts  <font size="3">(I particularly like these from Southern Point)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551964/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551964_FplwikGg_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p><font size="5"><strong><font color="#000080">6. A Baseball Cap  <font size="3">(If it doesn't have a college team's logo then it had better have something southern on it (i.e. favorite hunting dog, state flag, cotton blossom, etc.)</font></font></strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551917/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551917_0cJMh65e_c.jpg" width="483" height="426" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">7. Gun  <font size="3">(I’m not sure I know a southern man without one.  Whether it is theirs or their granddaddy’s heirloom, most southern men have a gun for those “just in case” moments of needing to protect or provide for their families.)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551446/"><img alt="Gun" src="http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551446_4OBCOHfu_b.jpg" width="439" height="283" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">8. Preppy Colored Khaki Pants</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551643/"><img alt="preppy colored khaki pants" src="http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551643_f72JoFZ5_b.jpg" width="352" height="602" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">9. A Pair of Loafers/Driving Mocs</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551531/"><img alt="Loafers/Driving Shoes" src="http://media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551531_GqXaTI7e_b.jpg" width="445" height="445" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">10. Big Dog  <font size="3">(This is a picture of our dog, Cole, taken by my SIL Brenna.)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551814/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551814_yPTr3uqd_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">11. A Classic Sweater</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551577/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551577_sHXAtdXY_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p><font size="5"><strong><font color="#000080">12. Classic Suit <font size="3">(This is essential for so many occasions: church, weddings, funerals, work, etc.)</font></font></strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551427/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551427_LCoWTKhw_c.jpg" width="391" height="557" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">13. Cufflinks  <font size="3">(I included these for when today’s man is attending a party/wedding/event in a tuxedo.  I think it is nice for a man to have on something with a personal touch when wearing a tux whether it is rented or owned.  Cufflinks are a way to do just that.)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551269/"><img alt="cufflinks" src="http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551269_2OkvXBGK_b.jpg" /></a><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551274/"><img alt="cufflinks" src="http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551274_QSErTpo0_b.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">14. Pocket Knife <font size="3">(preferably with a cork screw and bottle opener)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551301/"><img alt="pocket knife with cork screw" src="http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551301_3s7B1M7t_b.jpg" width="417" height="417" /></a></p> <p><font color="#000080" size="5"><strong>15. Classic Pea Coat</strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551355/"><img alt="Pea Coat" src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551355_FNtt3TR8_b.jpg" width="403" height="556" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">16. Silver Flask</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551179/"><img alt="Personalized Silver Flask" src="http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551179_rkdf27Bf_b.jpg" width="413" height="413" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">17. Football Game Day Attire in School Colors <font size="3">(In addition, every southern guy needs a tie in his favorite team’s colors. I love this burnt orange/cotton blossom one from Southern Proper.)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444550544/"><img alt="Tie or other clothing in the colors of your favorite football team - Southern Proper Clothing-Frat Hats, T-Shirts, Frat Visors, Bow Ties, Croakies" src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444550544_lfP9cpcu_b.jpg" width="488" height="488" /></a></p> <p><font size="5"><strong><font color="#000080">18. White Cotton Undershirt  <font size="3">(This is a staple.  It is hot down here, y’all.  An undershirt completes a southern man’s outfit).</font></font></strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551208/"><img alt="Cotton Undershirt http://www.fruit.com" src="http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551208_XmY8e5KH_b.jpg" width="457" height="523" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">19. Seersucker Suit</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551214/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551214_g9eHEsG1_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="5"><strong><font color="#000080">20. Leather Boots  <font size="3">(These boots are essential because they can be worn with casual clothes to a football game or they can be used for work.  My husband calls his leather boot s*!t kickers.  Ha.  I think he means it in the literal sense.  His parents own a cattle farm.)</font></font></strong></font></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444551003/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444551003_s7nT40tR_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">21. White Oxford Button-down Shirt<font size="3"> (I like this one from Southern Tide)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444550498/"><img alt="White Oxford Button-down Shirt" src="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444550498_RSDagGPg_b.jpg" width="382" height="566" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">22. Navy Blazer</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444550431/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444550431_KYo8Sw42_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong><font size="5"><font color="#000080">23. Handkerchiefs <font size="3">(Every southern man should carry a handkerchief, especially when he is dressed up.)</font></font></font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444550536/"><img alt="Pinned Image" src="http://media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444550536_igWsBTpG_c.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">24. Boat Shoes</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444550517/"><img alt="Boat Shoes - Sperry® Top-Sider A/O Sahara Casual Boat Shoe" src="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444550517_x6LXFP0j_b.jpg" width="279" height="398" /></a></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">25. Linen Blazer</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">26. Gingham Button-down Shirt</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/172544229444550404/"><img alt="Gingham Dress Shirt (Google Image Result for http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3egacAA9X1qb2seto1_500.jpg)" src="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/upload/172544229444550404_fvrfqaM5_b.jpg" width="405" height="534" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><strong><font color="#000080" size="5">27. Manly Stationery</font></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Do you have any suggestions that could be added to the list?  Or, do you have any comments about what I’ve included?</p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-4201883792895247122012-08-09T19:38:00.001-05:002012-08-09T19:38:58.345-05:00Still hereHi bloggy friends,<br />
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Don't give up on me. I'm still around and wanting to post. I am having trouble with publishing from Windows Live Writer. I get a message saying that a remote server can't be found.<br />
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The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-55527827966667295462012-06-17T21:04:00.001-05:002012-06-17T21:17:57.456-05:00The Brenna Wedding Invitation<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pIXnpoeCHcI/T96Mg2CA7lI/AAAAAAAAFj8/ij2hl3Jdci0/s1600-h/Invitation_Proof11.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Invitation_Proof" border="0" alt="Invitation_Proof" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4yvsjRBytGc/T96MhrIr3pI/AAAAAAAAFkE/xNfnvCEuP6Y/Invitation_Proof_thumb9.jpg?imgmax=800" width="763" height="763" /></a></p> <p>We seem to be on a TLP wedding invitation blog post trend right now.  Maybe that is because the wedding invitations we’ve done are some of our very favorites.  This post is especially meaningful to us because the invitation we designed for this wedding is the one that gave us the idea to start The Langham Project DIY Printable Invitations and Stationary and because it is the wedding of Judd’s brother, Colby, and his precious wife, <a href="http://brennaball.blogspot.com/">Brenna</a>.  As you might have already figured out we named this invitation and its corresponding components after the beautiful bride.  The Brenna Wedding Invitation features a custom combined monogram (that includes the bride and groom’s full names as an overlay) with a nice surround detail in a sage green font.  The other wording on the invitation is brown.  Brenna was so kind to share some photos from her special day with us to include on this post.  We would be remiss to share these without giving credit to their amazing wedding photographer, <a href="http://www.juliecottrellphoto.com/juliecphotography.com">Julie Cottrell</a>.  We’ve put our watermark on the photos that we took. Any photos without our watermark were taken by Julie.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cwhJ7sAmTqs/T96MiXtDyeI/AAAAAAAAFkM/vkL4eU3ASSo/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-1911.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 19" alt="julie cottrell photography 19" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-m6KU5oVNLsE/T96Mi9eFBZI/AAAAAAAAFkU/TMjaLbJnC9c/julie-cottrell-photography-191_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="739" height="504" /></a></p> <p>We offer several options for our wedding invitations.  Each design can be purchased separately or as a package.  The individual wedding invitation is available for $45.00.  The Brenna will be customized entirely for any bride and groom who order it.  The monogram and colors can be changed to fit the look and feel of the client’s wedding.  This design was created to fit a square 6 1/4” x 6 1/4” piece of cardstock.   The invitation fits inside of an envelope that is 6 1/2” x 6 1/2” in size.  We, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Langham-Project-DIY-Printable-InvitationsStationary/127684577264589" target="_blank">The Langham Project DIY Printable Invitations/Stationary</a>, send the customer a digital file of his or her order. The customer is then able to purchase any paper of his or her choosing and is able to print as many or as few invitations as needed on a home printer.  Another option for the customer is to ask a local print shop to print the order.  Brenna ordered her paper from an online source and then printed the components you will see in the following pictures on her home printer.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:82114b89-712c-4061-80b3-ed35c79136ff" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/langhat/Brenna_Wedding?authkey=Gv1sRgCMbu4rDS567UGw" atomicselection="true"><img style="border-right: 2px; border-top: 2px; border-left: 2px; border-bottom: 2px" height="534" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-17fHnoawhRo/T0HBqoDcZkI/AAAAAAAAFEY/28XDtu6M5T4/s800/IMG_0488.JPG" width="800"></a></p></div> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wQXC9Ot8AOk/T96Mjp-uYWI/AAAAAAAAFkc/VMxhltFTN7c/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-9712.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 97" alt="julie cottrell photography 97" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Dvnnq7S_A1k/T96MkJD8zUI/AAAAAAAAFkk/R686FEf2Vfg/julie-cottrell-photography-971_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="610" height="896" /></a></p> <p>For Brenna and Colby we designed a matching set that included a wedding invitation, reception response card, wedding ceremony program, and thank-you note.  The Brenna Wedding Program design is available for individual purchase for $45.00.  It features the combined monogram in sage green and brown font throughout.  The wedding program is designed to be double-sided.  It is 5 1/4” x 8 1/4”. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7a9YM-7jraw/T96MkrNFj1I/AAAAAAAAFks/XKQS38QzM5I/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-11614.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 116" alt="julie cottrell photography 116" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6sGvwrHYQKs/T96MlbV4aWI/AAAAAAAAFk0/Ax5VmwA8lCc/julie-cottrell-photography-1161_thum.jpg?imgmax=800" width="742" height="1079" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aI4HAAssE3k/T96MmI-WFuI/AAAAAAAAFk8/AW1ANQd3CTQ/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-3911.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 39" alt="julie cottrell photography 39" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JoPm1HD2CLo/T96Mmki_pdI/AAAAAAAAFlE/38oqmiv6E6s/julie-cottrell-photography-391_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="767" height="552" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-T9mjO1cDrtM/T96MnNysopI/AAAAAAAAFlM/-5NzAXcPwXc/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-115.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 1" alt="julie cottrell photography 1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iyxuId4Rc_I/T96MnkpDTxI/AAAAAAAAFlU/dpCn6cz-1SA/julie-cottrell-photography-11_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="546" height="809" /></a></p> <p>The Brenna Response Card design is available for individual purchase for $15.00.  It ties in with the wedding invitation with a more simplified custom monogram (with only the bride and groom’s first and last names).  It is 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” and fits a 4 3/8” x 5 3/4” envelope.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:73dfcb12-010d-4a0c-aae6-18d08cf6ea9b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/langhat/Brenna_Wedding?authkey=Gv1sRgCMbu4rDS567UGw" atomicselection="true"><img style="border-right: 2px; border-top: 2px; border-left: 2px; border-bottom: 2px" height="800" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mnENy6fQ_qA/T0HBrM1br1I/AAAAAAAAFPM/BF2ra2HybKI/s800/IMG_0489.JPG" width="534"></a></p></div> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MR-BChn6GmA/T96MoSky59I/AAAAAAAAFlc/NGuuVeMXVwI/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-20211.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 202" alt="julie cottrell photography 202" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0_HATPaeo3M/T96MpAFx-sI/AAAAAAAAFlk/QbSphxiNwEM/julie-cottrell-photography-2021_thum.jpg?imgmax=800" width="808" height="547" /></a> </p> <p>The Brenna Thank-You Note design was customized to be larger than many wedding thank-you notes by request of the bride.  She knew that she writes large and wanted to have enough space to properly thank her guests.  The size of this note, as the rest of our products, is customizable.  The Brenna Thank-You Note featured below is 5” x 7” and fits inside of a 5 1/4” x 7 1/4” envelope.  The Thank-You note design can be purchased as a separate component for $12.00</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:7c9b909b-a63c-4057-8fbd-eb98ab1c622b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/langhat/Brenna_Wedding?authkey=Gv1sRgCMbu4rDS567UGw" atomicselection="true"><img style="border-right: 2px; border-top: 2px; border-left: 2px; border-bottom: 2px" height="534" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6blW6yQP04A/T0HCCuYP3aI/AAAAAAAAFTo/6_EkYg8CKew/s800/IMG_0524.JPG" width="800"></a></p></div> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L-fMiWIZ7rI/T96MptPjhqI/AAAAAAAAFls/kmI4aCuz6i8/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-25b11.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 25b" alt="julie cottrell photography 25b" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WqjBJswgUsM/T96MqSGf58I/AAAAAAAAFl0/nK1tA9DiUuw/julie-cottrell-photography-25b1_thum.jpg?imgmax=800" width="816" height="589" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-k8diM9ft7gY/T96MrKjv1SI/AAAAAAAAFl8/LPu6NxvRTV0/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-2811.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 28" alt="julie cottrell photography 28" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hF0lsjEimaM/T96MrwjbiII/AAAAAAAAFmE/ZZtI5BZsX1M/julie-cottrell-photography-281_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="826" height="596" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ic739nP1Xng/T96MsVSpXNI/AAAAAAAAFmM/XcMfM5udpdM/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-3813.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 38" alt="julie cottrell photography 38" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1PWoEOL30Uw/T96Ms1LiL1I/AAAAAAAAFmU/ge_w7zhhvpQ/julie-cottrell-photography-381_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="483" height="705" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DQZMQt0eiTQ/T96MtbHIGrI/AAAAAAAAFmc/sXgmf_EQLx0/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-3711.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 37" alt="julie cottrell photography 37" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Yn8EtMmmsQw/T96MuAbErrI/AAAAAAAAFmk/h9ZQBvLXAgM/julie-cottrell-photography-371_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="811" height="549" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gjbUaoVIanA/T96Mu0UKDVI/AAAAAAAAFms/rUZE94C0pX0/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-2612.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 26" alt="julie cottrell photography 26" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LvrNF0zv64k/T96MvqfHsjI/AAAAAAAAFm0/uOYTfmUXjE4/julie-cottrell-photography-261_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="808" height="550" /></a></p> <p>As previously mentioned, the Brenna wedding invitation and its corresponding component designs can be purchased separately or together as a wedding package.  The individual prices for each design are as follows:</p> <p>Brenna Invitation: $45.00</p> <p>Brenna Response Card: $15.00</p> <p>Brenna Wedding Program: $45.00</p> <p>Brenna Thank-You Note: $12.00.</p> <p>Or, you can save by purchasing these items together with one of our packages.  The package that includes a wedding invitation (including featured custom combined monogram), response card, wedding program, and thank-you note is $107.00.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:5b920996-de2b-4aae-912c-1f85ef12171e" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/langhat/Brenna_Wedding?authkey=Gv1sRgCMbu4rDS567UGw" atomicselection="true"><img style="border-right: 2px; border-top: 2px; border-left: 2px; border-bottom: 2px" height="534" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iCnDsPB_g8o/T0HCALsnTzI/AAAAAAAAFPY/c-QtJK3i_6I/s800/IMG_0521.JPG" width="800"></a></p></div> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CzzsrG_QmhM/T96Mxq_zNCI/AAAAAAAAFm8/96ERfG-QLxQ/s1600-h/julie-cottrell-photography-3512.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="julie cottrell photography 35" alt="julie cottrell photography 35" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UI-xuTiPisY/T96MyAmyJKI/AAAAAAAAFnE/ZwFMrbkUXGo/julie-cottrell-photography-351_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="798" height="544" /></a></p> <p>These designs, and this couple, are particularly special to us.  We hope you like them too.  If you are interested in ordering the Brenna Wedding Invitation design or the other pieces featured please leave us a comment on this post or send us an email at <a href="mailto:langhat@gmail.com">langhat@gmail.com</a>.  Click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Langham-Project-DIY-Printable-InvitationsStationary/127684577264589">here to find The Langham Project DIY Printable Invitations/Stationary on Facebook</a> or see our sidebar above.</p> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-75054719137485632582012-04-07T21:50:00.001-05:002012-04-07T21:50:10.566-05:00Happy EasterHappy Easter, y'all.<div class="separator"style="clear: both; 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We've witnessed it become a make believe house, school, and even a magazine/newspaper headquarters.  In fact, Judd and I bought two "subscriptions" for a quarter a piece a few weekends ago. <br /> <br />Yesterday a for sale sign was placed on the lot.  Apparently the children were very upset about this.  Look at the sign that they put up this afternoon. <br /> <br />I thought it was too cute not to share with you all. <br /> <br />I have such sympathy for our pint size neighbors.  My childhood neighbors and I were so much like them (Hi Carolyn and Rachel).  I think their little hearts are broken. I hope whoever buys the property will let them play in the yard from time to time.</font></p> <div style="text-align: center; clear: both" class="separator" align="left"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hsPLi3Dt1Ta9WMdL3QZnrkckzZmp54HbWTxrceb3HR6DT2-P_mZAADKiopgj0ME6YyXIj0u6RYDSIN-TblBIpeVvYKHxHyPNbZHG6oh4WkgshTornqgsDIR7bjrfffZBDVoxOIkk0mQS/s640/blogger-image-551552386.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img style="display: inline; float: left" border="0" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hsPLi3Dt1Ta9WMdL3QZnrkckzZmp54HbWTxrceb3HR6DT2-P_mZAADKiopgj0ME6YyXIj0u6RYDSIN-TblBIpeVvYKHxHyPNbZHG6oh4WkgshTornqgsDIR7bjrfffZBDVoxOIkk0mQS/s640/blogger-image-551552386.jpg" width="780" height="587" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center; clear: both" class="separator" align="left"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYRMkC3rO0bMjgS8BLxHnr2lnKQFFNAS797ozqksThUI3Z60WvcomCiIIZdgM1xszSKIIkqa_GKC9RiffmfMiPsvm0-wAyEtqNvPb39rgclF0JIswr1KORzfX3nwFORuuoSqkpznmEJ9i/s640/blogger-image-1162095852.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img style="display: inline; float: left" border="0" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYRMkC3rO0bMjgS8BLxHnr2lnKQFFNAS797ozqksThUI3Z60WvcomCiIIZdgM1xszSKIIkqa_GKC9RiffmfMiPsvm0-wAyEtqNvPb39rgclF0JIswr1KORzfX3nwFORuuoSqkpznmEJ9i/s640/blogger-image-1162095852.jpg" width="775" height="584" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center; clear: both" class="separator" align="left"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_QY9yEat8Gi4GJ-zsnwAqygG3RvImFZ7m0Rw9GF7gcBO06A5yY-yN82dX-2gsWk666ZGV47g-Xd6eDgX4Le3-p4uC3DtfMJk-pCaTuN3mqgM8qEe3y4_lkuUaCGYvAFXhe4OopA6j4pJ/s640/blogger-image--1635606861.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img style="display: inline; float: left" border="0" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_QY9yEat8Gi4GJ-zsnwAqygG3RvImFZ7m0Rw9GF7gcBO06A5yY-yN82dX-2gsWk666ZGV47g-Xd6eDgX4Le3-p4uC3DtfMJk-pCaTuN3mqgM8qEe3y4_lkuUaCGYvAFXhe4OopA6j4pJ/s640/blogger-image--1635606861.jpg" width="566" height="750" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center; clear: both" class="separator" align="left"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCqAuK0cRdTgWaeXmbieUOTFozTBIBW68mje_E8brqE7h7LQtZdX2ykQXmeopBmWVrBhLkQpzRTDckPRFolmJ97Lhc1d1CEnxvYH15eBlQrG2iwWXUK0pJRVfrjPmmLkLXziWrP2J-XIx/s640/blogger-image--1852841054.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img style="display: inline; float: left" border="0" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCqAuK0cRdTgWaeXmbieUOTFozTBIBW68mje_E8brqE7h7LQtZdX2ykQXmeopBmWVrBhLkQpzRTDckPRFolmJ97Lhc1d1CEnxvYH15eBlQrG2iwWXUK0pJRVfrjPmmLkLXziWrP2J-XIx/s640/blogger-image--1852841054.jpg" width="790" height="595" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center; clear: both" class="separator" align="left"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_mnIIqkNjeKiYRaSjjrofSycig_zXZzzTGPSq56CNcW6M7zfwdvismon_ZfU0PJAicbvH3ql5KDmdinDIgZufjbJFii4-1IS4oAa03-yYkZhKh8IROL2bo8gLfGZc8IuAfHMksXrJb4S/s640/blogger-image--1997782874.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img style="display: inline; float: left" border="0" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_mnIIqkNjeKiYRaSjjrofSycig_zXZzzTGPSq56CNcW6M7zfwdvismon_ZfU0PJAicbvH3ql5KDmdinDIgZufjbJFii4-1IS4oAa03-yYkZhKh8IROL2bo8gLfGZc8IuAfHMksXrJb4S/s640/blogger-image--1997782874.jpg" width="587" height="776" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center; clear: both" class="separator" align="left"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSF5Fc-g-1eu-hLpAy8VgS6ne0Rqb_rCGg64TbrTDM4EvfOxLEcGvjqMhSRfGbEut4-yysQR7hF0tpte14uL0HfDHojEQ48ejnwRkL7Bdtw8ILf1dPoXNisxnOobZ-ZbGiw8O7z-3U5Mrv/s640/blogger-image--1460255200.jpg" imageanchor="1"> </a></div> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-25026102440584487732012-03-21T09:06:00.001-05:002012-03-21T09:20:01.541-05:00Distracted By A Grandmother VisitI've been a little distracted this week from my dissertation prospectus because my sweet, most-wonderful-in-the-whole-wide-world, precious grandmother is in town. She even brought her little doggy, Miss Toddy.<br />
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I'm ok with this distraction. I am SO glad to get some special time with her this week.<br />
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Also, watching Judd snuggle and brush Miss Toddy put a pretty big smile on my face. <br />
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I hope you are all having a good week so far.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KU9O9Pg94wiYWqjsJ-Si8qn3GBjAqYfquGXVVqjQa99A6-NdPN2GpbiRknVJBOlEzp9cEKDMtQ_xRLG4iV6WlmU-89UOzJHZpKCdb-LdJzL-XODpJngxCp8ebaNihKQfyJKI9NL_dslo/s640/blogger-image-1812817266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KU9O9Pg94wiYWqjsJ-Si8qn3GBjAqYfquGXVVqjQa99A6-NdPN2GpbiRknVJBOlEzp9cEKDMtQ_xRLG4iV6WlmU-89UOzJHZpKCdb-LdJzL-XODpJngxCp8ebaNihKQfyJKI9NL_dslo/s640/blogger-image-1812817266.jpg" /></a></div>The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-43695123308554044232012-03-05T18:29:00.001-06:002012-03-05T18:35:33.287-06:00The Rocky Road Towards A Dissertation Prospectus<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eFesz-fhk50/T1VaW-L7P4I/AAAAAAAAFfY/8b5YejRJWHI/s1600-h/photo_10%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_10" alt="photo_10" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZkFITAlOxSg/T1VaXRG8grI/AAAAAAAAFfg/xfdO-2-SrNA/photo_10_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="662" height="502" /></a></p> <p>I have pretty much spent every night that I don’t have class and every single Saturday and Sunday for about the past two months preparing for and writing my dissertation prospectus.  It is disgusting to me at this point how little I really have to show for all of that time and effort.  So much of it was spent collecting literature and organizing my thoughts…and not actually writing.  I am sure that it wasn’t time wasted; however, it feels like I should have more of a complete product than I actually have.  I feel like I should be much further ahead with the output (writing) than I am now.  I’ve included pictures of the current state of my office to help portray my life at this particular moment in time.  Hopefully, if you have been following the blog for a while you will know that I am usually a fairly organized and neat person.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TFDZ9PRFHFk/T1VaX_Zig5I/AAAAAAAAFfo/wzA5YOgoBns/s1600-h/photo%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo" alt="photo" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-b7kIYJ3EYP4/T1VaYcO2KqI/AAAAAAAAFfw/flssnBMs2ig/photo_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="663" height="505" /></a></p> <p>I am pretty sure that I am to the point where people are going to stop popping in my office to visit or stop asking how my day/weekend was for fear that I might actually answer them or for fear that they may incur bodily harm from tripping over a stack of paper on my floor.  To corroborate this notion let me tell you about something that happened last week.  I had a total come apart last week complete with crocodile tears (while at my full-time job) about the fact that I probably was not going to meet a deadline for my writing that I had set for myself.  It was TOTALLY EMBARASSING.  I was crying so uncontrollably that I had to shut my door because there was no way to regain my composure at that point.  Of course the whole time the meltdown was happening I was feeling even more guilty and ashamed for not being able to “handle” the situation.  I couldn’t help but think, “Ok, here I am with two degrees in administration, yet this is how I choose to react to a stressful situation. GREAT! (cue sarcasm).”  I was crying so hard that the student assistants who work in our suite were ready to tear down the door to make sure I was ok.  Again, GREAT! (cue an even heavier sarcastic tone).  Seriously, why I am making this process so hard on myself?  Or, am I even doing that?  Is this what getting a Ph.D. is supposed to feel like?  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-doozAxH7kpg/T1VaY9DgVYI/AAAAAAAAFf4/jYLSZMP9wqM/s1600-h/photo_2%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_2" alt="photo_2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a_RnOxRwO7o/T1VaZPEWutI/AAAAAAAAFgA/6UBYJotDZi4/photo_2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="665" height="507" /></a></p> <p>I am exhausted.  I know I have said that before on the blog.  I mean it now and I meant it then too.  I realized last week that I will have spent longer working on my Ph.D than I did on my entire bachelor’s degree.  I finished my undergraduate work in three years (9 full continuous semesters).  I have already had 9 full non-stop semesters in my doctoral program and have approximately 2 or 3 more to go if I am lucky.  It could be even longer than that if I can’t get my writing together.  I feel like a broken record by saying this; but I am going to say it anyway.  I am working full-time (8-5), taking three classes, and trying to write the prospectus for my dissertation.  I guess I should be tired but I don’t feel like I should.  I feel like I am drowning and should instead be able to keep all of the balls I am juggling in the air.  I feel like I should be able to keep up with the pace of this life that I have CHOSEN!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6cV_H4dksFk/T1VaZlixTjI/AAAAAAAAFgI/dsCHoBEt5gY/s1600-h/photo_3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_3" alt="photo_3" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-882Ko51e-Mg/T1VaaTS5a9I/AAAAAAAAFgQ/w3CASYFHn6c/photo_3_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="553" height="729" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qnb6myaDqDQ/T1VaaieUWaI/AAAAAAAAFgY/oV3yfhhO3MM/s1600-h/photo_5%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_5" alt="photo_5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Qbu-xcrdqRM/T1VabF-rgHI/AAAAAAAAFgg/dubBRWh5lss/photo_5_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="681" height="516" /></a></p> <p>Currently, I feel completely stressed, out of shape, pre-maturely aged, unkempt, disorganized, worried, nauseous, and depleted.  I have even had some shortness of breath issues here lately.  <em>Gosh, Abby, get a grip</em>.  I am way too stubborn to give up.  I know deep down inside that I will eventually finish this degree.  But, geez-Louise and H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks this has been one hellacious obstacle to overcome.  Don’t worry folks I blog to vent.  I promise I am not on the verge of “jumping.”  I am just FRUSTRATED as all get out.  Worst of all, I am frustrated and disappointed in myself.  There is no one to blame for my lack of progress but me.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oHT-fYTH5ho/T1VabnFjNxI/AAAAAAAAFgo/Qn6icq9Z6Nk/s1600-h/photo_7%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_7" alt="photo_7" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ijXw1iO3YcA/T1Vab6XVd1I/AAAAAAAAFgw/97GScMBZvok/photo_7_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="662" height="502" /></a></p> <p>I looked around my office during my total and complete breakdown and was part disgusted and part amused by the fact that I have allowed myself to be so visibly unhinged.   What you are seeing is my real office at my real full-time, grown-up person, university job.  Good grief, what is wrong with me?</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3kKdoTYXgc0/T1VacfTyXNI/AAAAAAAAFg4/3kkNQ00FRTg/s1600-h/photo_13%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_13" alt="photo_13" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-imrG1GkYNZM/T1Vac9pn5dI/AAAAAAAAFhA/kMIDNtSkVg8/photo_13_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="505" height="662" /></a></p> <p>My colleagues have all been so sweet and supportive (although I feel confident that deep down they are wondering what in the world is wrong with me).  I wish I could just get a grip.  I am trying.  I’ve put on my big girl pants and continued pushing ahead despite the fact that my brain and spirit are fighting as every single word or thought is typed.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_7gGAWjXKPo/T1VadOZY33I/AAAAAAAAFhI/YLE45XdpHqc/s1600-h/photo_14%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_14" alt="photo_14" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wwdwi8e64k4/T1Vad1n7PfI/AAAAAAAAFhQ/k-6EKhOZjis/photo_14_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="640" height="485" /></a></p> <p>Well, I guess that pretty much sums it up.  That is where I am at this particular moment.  I know that God gives us all obstacles to overcome and that He often reminds us that we are not the ones in ultimate control over our lives.  I chose this path for my life and must live with the consequences and trials that come with it.  I understand that there are so many more difficult problems to face in the world than the one I am experiencing.  I am so fortunate in the grand scheme of things.  Despite my truly Debbie Downer perspective I have not forgotten that I have a husband, family and friends (and faithful blog readers) who love, encourage, and support me.  I know I wouldn’t have even made it this far without them (you).  I also know that I will be so proud when this ordeal is over and that I will probably look back on these times and laugh.  I am just not there yet.</p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2bvxs0kyKZQ/T1VaefDTVgI/AAAAAAAAFhY/vsmFuGd7cDk/s1600-h/photo_15%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="photo_15" alt="photo_15" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-srArU3i6pFU/T1Vae7jFzRI/AAAAAAAAFhg/I3jN4TQluTY/photo_15_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="519" height="682" /></a> The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817406497943045953.post-76140618975828422602012-02-28T08:42:00.001-06:002012-02-28T09:32:04.927-06:00New Blog HeaderLook! The Langham Project got a new blog header. <br /> <br />Judd designed this for us the other day. <br /> <br />What do y'all think? We both have wide screens so we are not sure how it looks on other computers. <br /> <br />Can you see it? Is it centered? Any suggestions? The Langham'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14427948269312695822noreply@blogger.com5