2011: The age of communication. There's texting, e-mail, youtube, blogging, facebook, phone, skype, and a million other ways that I am not aware of where you can talk to someone else. So why is it so hard for me to keep in touch with my homies. I love them dearly and I think about them all the time. I pray for them and their well being. I stalk them on facebook. But I hardly ever call, e-mail, text, etc. Why? Why is it so hard for me to communicate effectively? I used to blame them. Wondering why they never contacted me. Nuts right? I mean my fingers aren't broke. My phone has a dial tone. Now mater how many times I say that I'm going to make an effort, I never do. Then I complain about how lonely I am. Or I over analyze every detail of the last convo I had with someone to try to get tips as to why they are not calling me when in reality all I had to do was call them.
You know what made me realize my lack of communication skills??? The fact that I wasn't invited to my 10 year high school reunion. I was really down about it. Like why wouldn't one of my FB friends give me a wall post telling me about it. Well why would they. I cut them all off sometime during college. At the time the reasons seem legit, but who did I really hurt?
I've made a lot of mistakes in my life when it has come to friendships. Not forgiving, not accepting, hurting people that I would never EVER want to hurt.... and I would like to think that at the age of 28 I have it all together. But I still have some growing to do.
All of that being said.. Here is my COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE (not the most creative name, but at least it's to the point right?)
Every day for the next 30 Days I will text or call at least one person in my phone. That's 30 people that I should contact to say "HI, how's life?" to,
Will you take my challenge?
Cheers to you saying yes!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Where in the world is Elisa Malone????
Ok... I know what you are all thinking... Here goes another person trying to start a blog and then bailing on us after only one month! I will give a pause to all of the tongue lashing that I know I will get..... and... GO.......
Good. Now that you have gotten that off your chest at least let me explain what had happened lol.
I wish I had an awesome reason like my computer was stolen by aliens who wanted to take over the world by using MY computer and only my computer. But no... I don't have any excuses. Besides Excuses are tools of the week and incompetent used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who use excuses will never become.... Oh Snap.. I had a flash back to SPR 07 LOL.
Well there were a lot of things going on in my life over the past several months. I have just been busy busy busy. But I still could have carved time out of my day to write. I thought about writing. Everyday. But everything I wanted to write about I didn't want to face. Sometimes I think that if I push certain thoughts, feelings, and goings on out of my mind that they would go away. They don't of course, but writing them down and sharing them would just solidify the crap that was going on. I'm a realist by nature and I just didn't want to realize my life.
Let's raise a glass to me sharing with you again. I'll cheers to that for sure :)
Good. Now that you have gotten that off your chest at least let me explain what had happened lol.
I wish I had an awesome reason like my computer was stolen by aliens who wanted to take over the world by using MY computer and only my computer. But no... I don't have any excuses. Besides Excuses are tools of the week and incompetent used to build monuments of nothingness. Those who use excuses will never become.... Oh Snap.. I had a flash back to SPR 07 LOL.
Well there were a lot of things going on in my life over the past several months. I have just been busy busy busy. But I still could have carved time out of my day to write. I thought about writing. Everyday. But everything I wanted to write about I didn't want to face. Sometimes I think that if I push certain thoughts, feelings, and goings on out of my mind that they would go away. They don't of course, but writing them down and sharing them would just solidify the crap that was going on. I'm a realist by nature and I just didn't want to realize my life.
Let's raise a glass to me sharing with you again. I'll cheers to that for sure :)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Where have you been all my life... or 3 weeks?
Hello World!
OMG! It's been 3 weeks! Where has the time gone??? So here is what I have been up too....
Week 1
I was sick. Sick.. Sick.. and Sick... I have a new found relationship with bathroom. I will leave all the horrible details out. But the good news is that I have decided that my bathroom is BOOOORRRING! It needs a complete face lift. Can we say Summer Project?
Week 2
After being sick I lost 10 lbs of sick weight. I knew I would gain most of it back since it was probably just water, but I decided that I should start working out. I can't control a lot of aspects of my life, but I can control my weight. So... with a team of good friends and motivators Project "Fit in them jeans" started. Ok.. we started with Insanity. Let me just say that this is the most appropriately name workout ever! You have to be in shape and insane to put your body through that pain, stress, embarrassment, and HELL! It just wasn't for me (or my workout pals). So after 3 days of being insane, we decided to join a fit club. I LOVE IT! We work out every morning at 5:30AM and alternate between kickboxing and body sculpt. Its great! I also watch what I eat now. I have been cooking everyday for the past 3 weeks. If you know me you know that this is MAJOR! Me... cook... everyday?? No Mickey D's... I have lost 4 pounds to keep me motivated :)
Week 3
I had the pleasure of going out to lunch with none other than P Diddy. And she truly ran the city. I went to lunch with a friend and everyone in this place knew her name, her kids name, and her momma name! This was a buffet lunch at a banquet facility and they were bring us desserts that weren't even on the table! She snapped her little finger and the head cook came running. She complained about the soup and she got a free lunch. It was the best service I ever received at a restaurant! Thank you Diddy. It was awesome. Next time have them make sure my seat is nice and warm before I sit down. I know you can make that happen ;)
This week also was my church decades party. Everyone had to dress up as their favorite decade. This was a blast! I was 50's. Like June Cleaver or Donna Reid. You know you typical house wife. Not far from the truth right lol.
So let's raise a glass and toast to me being back and everyone finding something they can take control of!
Cheers Peeps!
OMG! It's been 3 weeks! Where has the time gone??? So here is what I have been up too....
Week 1
I was sick. Sick.. Sick.. and Sick... I have a new found relationship with bathroom. I will leave all the horrible details out. But the good news is that I have decided that my bathroom is BOOOORRRING! It needs a complete face lift. Can we say Summer Project?
Week 2
After being sick I lost 10 lbs of sick weight. I knew I would gain most of it back since it was probably just water, but I decided that I should start working out. I can't control a lot of aspects of my life, but I can control my weight. So... with a team of good friends and motivators Project "Fit in them jeans" started. Ok.. we started with Insanity. Let me just say that this is the most appropriately name workout ever! You have to be in shape and insane to put your body through that pain, stress, embarrassment, and HELL! It just wasn't for me (or my workout pals). So after 3 days of being insane, we decided to join a fit club. I LOVE IT! We work out every morning at 5:30AM and alternate between kickboxing and body sculpt. Its great! I also watch what I eat now. I have been cooking everyday for the past 3 weeks. If you know me you know that this is MAJOR! Me... cook... everyday?? No Mickey D's... I have lost 4 pounds to keep me motivated :)
Week 3
I had the pleasure of going out to lunch with none other than P Diddy. And she truly ran the city. I went to lunch with a friend and everyone in this place knew her name, her kids name, and her momma name! This was a buffet lunch at a banquet facility and they were bring us desserts that weren't even on the table! She snapped her little finger and the head cook came running. She complained about the soup and she got a free lunch. It was the best service I ever received at a restaurant! Thank you Diddy. It was awesome. Next time have them make sure my seat is nice and warm before I sit down. I know you can make that happen ;)
This week also was my church decades party. Everyone had to dress up as their favorite decade. This was a blast! I was 50's. Like June Cleaver or Donna Reid. You know you typical house wife. Not far from the truth right lol.
So let's raise a glass and toast to me being back and everyone finding something they can take control of!
Cheers Peeps!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Honesty is the best policy...
Life is a funny thing. Its filled with equal amounts of joy and pain. The highs and lows is enough to make any one feel like they are in a constant state of drunken euphoria. When something good happens you always start thanking God for allowing this to happen. You sing his praises, update you facebook status, and Tweet about your good news. It's when God throws you a curve ball that he is really testing your faith. I had a test this week. We received unexpected news about Justin's health. We do not know as of yet how this will effect the status of the transplant but we hope, no, we PRAY that it will not be drastic. My first reaction was one of sorrow. I cried and I asked God why this now. Just when things seemed to being going up. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that it's not for me to know why God decided to give us this burden. If I was to know all the hows and the whys of life that would make me in control. All I have to do is trust God and stay in his will. I hold on to his promises daily, and I know that he will see us through.
Honestly, I didn't want to share this with you all. I wanted to come and write about the fun aspects of the latter part of this week. How I endured Braylen's fevers and resisted taking him into the emergency room (again) just so they can tell me that he's too young to get this or that medicine (again lol). I wanted to make jokes about how I got to spend time with Jaedyn (Jen's oldest son) on Saturday and watch Despicable me in 2D and still got all of the jokes and loved the movie (I was also going to go on a random tangent about how 3D is not a new concept and I saw my first 3D movie staring Michael Jackson at the age of 4 at Disney World). I wanted to discuss how I just found out that you can get 2 points in the sport of "fooseball" (football to all of you fans out there) if you tackle someone in someone else's in zone when you are not running in the wrong direction or something like that. This was also going to be reason 736 why I don't understand football. This was not learned on my own. It came up during a conversation I was having at a St Jude Superbowl Party Fundraiser. I was then going to get into how much I love St. Jude and how everyone should learn about this wonderful organization and about how no Child should die in the dawn of life (their slogan.. http://www.stjude.org/).
I decided to tell you guys the truth because I think that it's an important part of my journey. Set backs occur. Bad things will happen. Life takes odd turns, but thanks be to God that he did not leave my side. Thank the Lord that he gives me strength to endure through the tears and the fears. I thank him for good friends that pray for me and that give me reality checks. I thank him for an awesome Church Home and a Pastor that promotes healthy life Christian Principles. And I especially thank God everyday for life. As someone reminded me Friday, not everyone woke up to a living Husband.... and I did. That in itself is something to Praise his name for.
So lets raise a glass tonight to being Honest within all of our struggles and to the strength that God gives us every day, every hour, and every second..... Cheers!
Honestly, I didn't want to share this with you all. I wanted to come and write about the fun aspects of the latter part of this week. How I endured Braylen's fevers and resisted taking him into the emergency room (again) just so they can tell me that he's too young to get this or that medicine (again lol). I wanted to make jokes about how I got to spend time with Jaedyn (Jen's oldest son) on Saturday and watch Despicable me in 2D and still got all of the jokes and loved the movie (I was also going to go on a random tangent about how 3D is not a new concept and I saw my first 3D movie staring Michael Jackson at the age of 4 at Disney World). I wanted to discuss how I just found out that you can get 2 points in the sport of "fooseball" (football to all of you fans out there) if you tackle someone in someone else's in zone when you are not running in the wrong direction or something like that. This was also going to be reason 736 why I don't understand football. This was not learned on my own. It came up during a conversation I was having at a St Jude Superbowl Party Fundraiser. I was then going to get into how much I love St. Jude and how everyone should learn about this wonderful organization and about how no Child should die in the dawn of life (their slogan.. http://www.stjude.org/).
I decided to tell you guys the truth because I think that it's an important part of my journey. Set backs occur. Bad things will happen. Life takes odd turns, but thanks be to God that he did not leave my side. Thank the Lord that he gives me strength to endure through the tears and the fears. I thank him for good friends that pray for me and that give me reality checks. I thank him for an awesome Church Home and a Pastor that promotes healthy life Christian Principles. And I especially thank God everyday for life. As someone reminded me Friday, not everyone woke up to a living Husband.... and I did. That in itself is something to Praise his name for.
So lets raise a glass tonight to being Honest within all of our struggles and to the strength that God gives us every day, every hour, and every second..... Cheers!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
I can't live without my....
Greetings!
First let me say that if you don't have friends who have your back you don't have anything at all! I feel beyond blessed to the reactions that my homies have given me. Support is not just for your bras ladies! Having supportive women in your corner to push you to your highest heights and pull you from your lowest lows is a staple. They can be like a seat belt... A life jacket... a cold slush on a hot day. This is something to thank God.
Today has been a great day! Dropped Braylen off at daycare and he didn't cry! He actually sat at the table expecting breakfast like a big boy. No tears for him means no tears for me :) I then went to breakfast at a cafe I have never been before. Jen decided it would be a good idea to try their 3.99 special. It was amazing! I'm not an egg person and it was the BOMB. To make it taste even better... it was FREE.99. Some kind elderly man decided to pick up our tab. He didn't even come to say hello; just paid and left. Thank God for small blessings right? Oh.. and PE (shameless plug****www.pearlessencedecorating.com****shameless plug) booked 2 new clients! Not bad for a Monday.
I put a pot roast in the crock pot this morning so I didn't have to cook dinner today. I love pot roast. Justin... not so much, but hey.. he's still going to eat it so I can handle his grumblings.
So for the last 2 months I have been without a dishwasher. Our old one (that we only had for 1 year) died during it's rinse cycle. Since that sad evening my life has been consumed with washing dishes every day... wash wash wash..scrub scrub scrub... BOOOOOOOOO! I never realized how much a dishwasher made my life so easy. Gave me so much more time in my day. Well we got a new one last Thursday. I came home today and was not greeted by a sink full of dishes and a counter full of dirty cups (we Malones are a thirsty bunch to say the least). All I that waited on me was a dishwasher full of clean dishes that I put up while Braylen was enjoying a cup of juice. To make matters even more awesome, Justin remembered to bring me a Reese's Peanut Butter Heart! Chocked full of peanut buttery goodness.
Tonight let's Cheers to Friends and Dishwashers. They both make my life that much more easy and give me a since of stability that a girl can only dream of :)
First let me say that if you don't have friends who have your back you don't have anything at all! I feel beyond blessed to the reactions that my homies have given me. Support is not just for your bras ladies! Having supportive women in your corner to push you to your highest heights and pull you from your lowest lows is a staple. They can be like a seat belt... A life jacket... a cold slush on a hot day. This is something to thank God.
Today has been a great day! Dropped Braylen off at daycare and he didn't cry! He actually sat at the table expecting breakfast like a big boy. No tears for him means no tears for me :) I then went to breakfast at a cafe I have never been before. Jen decided it would be a good idea to try their 3.99 special. It was amazing! I'm not an egg person and it was the BOMB. To make it taste even better... it was FREE.99. Some kind elderly man decided to pick up our tab. He didn't even come to say hello; just paid and left. Thank God for small blessings right? Oh.. and PE (shameless plug****www.pearlessencedecorating.com****shameless plug) booked 2 new clients! Not bad for a Monday.
I put a pot roast in the crock pot this morning so I didn't have to cook dinner today. I love pot roast. Justin... not so much, but hey.. he's still going to eat it so I can handle his grumblings.
So for the last 2 months I have been without a dishwasher. Our old one (that we only had for 1 year) died during it's rinse cycle. Since that sad evening my life has been consumed with washing dishes every day... wash wash wash..scrub scrub scrub... BOOOOOOOOO! I never realized how much a dishwasher made my life so easy. Gave me so much more time in my day. Well we got a new one last Thursday. I came home today and was not greeted by a sink full of dishes and a counter full of dirty cups (we Malones are a thirsty bunch to say the least). All I that waited on me was a dishwasher full of clean dishes that I put up while Braylen was enjoying a cup of juice. To make matters even more awesome, Justin remembered to bring me a Reese's Peanut Butter Heart! Chocked full of peanut buttery goodness.
Tonight let's Cheers to Friends and Dishwashers. They both make my life that much more easy and give me a since of stability that a girl can only dream of :)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
You had me at 'Hello'...
Hello, Hello, Hello....
I am Elisa.. fun loving mother, wife, business owner, and Christian. I wanted to start this blog to share my thoughts and life with all of you. I always have a lot on my mind and nowhere to put it. I used to keep a diary (not a journal, but a diary... I'm so young at heart) but I think this form of a creative and emotional outlet will be more interactive and fun! So... what have I been doing all my life you ask.. Well here is a brief synopsis..
I met my wonderful husband the summer of my sophomore year of college. Picture this.. Summer.. 2003... A dorm room.. a phone rings. I answer.... long story short we started dating (after much chasing on his part) and we were wed August 18 2007. I became preggers with our first child in Jan of 2009 and we started house searching in Feb of the same year. In March of 2009 my hubby was diagnosed with end stage renal failure. He was put on dialysis immediately. It all happened so very fast. There were surgeries, and tears, and more surgeries and more tears but our faith in Jesus kept us going and he kept us strong. Enter Braylen Eric Sept 12, 2009. The apple of his parents eyes. October 2009 Pearl Essence Event Decorating was born. My business partner/ homie for life decided to take our love for decorating and saving money to the bridal nation. We kicked it into high gear and landed our first big event!
So to make a super long story short... I wanted to get tested to see if I could be a kidney donor for Justin (hubby). I got tested in October 2010 and by the graces of God..... I AM! When God moves... HE MOVES! How amazing is this.... and now here we are Jan 2011.
I really want this blog to be uplifting and honest. I want to share the ups and downs of being a mom, business owner, and having a husband with an illness. It's all a balancing act.
I hope you all enjoy and will raise a glass with me..... Let's cheer to life!
I am Elisa.. fun loving mother, wife, business owner, and Christian. I wanted to start this blog to share my thoughts and life with all of you. I always have a lot on my mind and nowhere to put it. I used to keep a diary (not a journal, but a diary... I'm so young at heart) but I think this form of a creative and emotional outlet will be more interactive and fun! So... what have I been doing all my life you ask.. Well here is a brief synopsis..
I met my wonderful husband the summer of my sophomore year of college. Picture this.. Summer.. 2003... A dorm room.. a phone rings. I answer.... long story short we started dating (after much chasing on his part) and we were wed August 18 2007. I became preggers with our first child in Jan of 2009 and we started house searching in Feb of the same year. In March of 2009 my hubby was diagnosed with end stage renal failure. He was put on dialysis immediately. It all happened so very fast. There were surgeries, and tears, and more surgeries and more tears but our faith in Jesus kept us going and he kept us strong. Enter Braylen Eric Sept 12, 2009. The apple of his parents eyes. October 2009 Pearl Essence Event Decorating was born. My business partner/ homie for life decided to take our love for decorating and saving money to the bridal nation. We kicked it into high gear and landed our first big event!
Now its 2010... all looks good on the home front. Dialysis is steady and baby is healthy. Justin aka Hubby is hospitalized for blood clots that traveled from his legs to his lungs. Thanks be to God he survived and surgery was not needed. This was a true faith tester. The question of "Why?" kept coming. Why would God allow this to happen on top of the dialysis. God is sovereign and we had faith that his will be done.
August 2010 marked the Grand Opening of Pearl Essence Event Decorating. Primer event decor showroom of the area! I quit my corporate job and began being my own boss. Well almost my own boss, my business partner Jen can be very bossy at times lol. 
So to make a super long story short... I wanted to get tested to see if I could be a kidney donor for Justin (hubby). I got tested in October 2010 and by the graces of God..... I AM! When God moves... HE MOVES! How amazing is this.... and now here we are Jan 2011.
I really want this blog to be uplifting and honest. I want to share the ups and downs of being a mom, business owner, and having a husband with an illness. It's all a balancing act.
I hope you all enjoy and will raise a glass with me..... Let's cheer to life!
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