The Mollie Allen Show

A Time for Reflection

2011-12-20T11:06:00.000-06:00

As the year comes to a close it's that time again. Time to reflect on the last year and what it has meant. What we've learned, how we've grown - or not grown. Time to list all the things we'll do different next year and swear to stick to the changes we promise ourselves. 2011 has been an incredibly intense year for me. There have been many changes, losses, new adventures and lessons learned.

The Surrender Box

2011-08-03T07:05:00.002-05:00

Or Letting go and Letting GOD. Several years ago a church I attended had a visualization practice that went along with that Sunday's message which was about letting go of all the 'baggage' we carry around with us. The things we can't control, can't change and aren't helping ourselves our anyone else by holding on to. Christians - heck people in general are famous for saying we've 'gotten over'

Staying Grounded in Busy World

2011-08-02T08:32:00.031-05:00

Life can get crazy busy and in the middle of our hustle and bustle we often lose track of the important things in life. we lose track of ourselves, sometimes we even lose track of the most important reason we're here and the most glorious gift of being alive and that is just to simply LIVE. For a more grounded life, choose not to get caught up in the fast-paced world around you. 1. Live simply

Getting my OM on

2011-08-01T10:31:00.000-05:00

According to the Mandukya Upanishad, "Om, or Aum is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. The past, the present, and the future are all included in this one sound, and all that exists beyond the three forms of time is also implied in it". It is a Hindu sacred sound that is considered the greatest of all mantras. The syllable Om is composed of the three sounds

Sixty-Seven Cents

2011-07-29T16:43:00.001-05:00

When I was a kid I spent my summers baby sitting my little brother & sister and the kids of my mom & dad's best friends. Over the course of the summer I'd make around $300. In 1990 my parents bought a 1972 Pontiac Ventura II from my great uncle for $500. It had 42,000 miles on it and ran like a dream. That summer I forfeited my baby sitting earnings in exchange for that car. My first ride, and it

I Get it From My Momma

2011-07-19T11:46:00.010-05:00

There were a lot of things about my mother that I didn't like. She walked around the house naked when I was a kid. Totally traumatized me. Seriously. She spent more time watching Falcon Crest, Dynasty and Dallas than being a mom.. to me at least.. by the time my siblings were born those shows had faded out so they got a little more parental interaction than I did. She smoked. I hated that she

The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow

2011-07-05T11:11:00.000-05:00

So, I've not blogged much in the last year, even less so since my mom passed away in February and I'm beginning to see that falling away from this particular outlet may not have been the best thing for my mental and emotional stability. Blogging is cathartic for me. It's the way I 'get out' all the stuff I'm holding in and trying - but usually failing - to deal with. And the past year has been

The Money Matters of Marriage

2011-06-01T11:38:00.001-05:00

When I was much younger - in my late teens and early twenties I was not very good at managing money. It's not something my parents spent any time teaching us about other than the constant reiteration of how broke we were - which was at times confusing because we were only broke if us kids wanted to do something. If the 'rents were up for entertainment fundage somehow magically appeared. I

Ding dong the witch is dead...

2011-05-02T01:52:00.005-05:00

So if you haven't seen the news tonight you will undoubtably see it soon enough and learn that Osama Bin Laden has been killed and his body is in US custody. And while someone being killed is most definitely not the topic I'd planned on talking about upon returning to blogging so soon after my mother's death - I think that maybe somewhere in this is a lesson - and perhaps a little healing......

Rest in Peace Momma - I love you

2011-02-10T15:06:00.005-06:00

Saturday February 5, 2011 at around 1:15am my phone rang. It was my sister Theresa calling to tell me our mother had just passed away. I'd gone to see her the prior Saturday and she looked good. We sat out on the porch at my sister's house for a few hours talking, enjoying the nice weather. I had planned to go see her again the following Saturday, but Theresa called me Thursday morning and

Welcome to 30 days of blogging!

2011-02-01T17:19:00.000-06:00

Oh wait - It's February... make that 28 days. It's been almost two years since I've signed up for a Nablopomo. Nablo huh? National Blog Posting Month. To explain what that is exactly I'll borrow a snippet from their webpage. Welcome to National Blog Posting Month! National Blog Posting Month is the epicenter of daily blogging! People who want to set the habit of blogging by doing it every

My Public Service Accouncement

2011-01-30T12:11:00.003-06:00

Or 'How cigarettes are destroying my family'. In a previous post I wrote about my mom's diagnosis with small cell lung cancer. In this post I'm going to share the less than pleasant experience I had as a result of a photo I posted on Facebook. If you've followed my blog for any period of time then you'll know that while my heart is a big as Texas I am very outspoken and stand up for what I

Da dum da dummm....

2011-01-22T12:17:00.003-06:00

Except from my and Matthew's 'The Knot' Wedding Page When Matthew instant messaged Mollie on OKcupid.com Saturday September 28th 2008 at 2:40pm she checked his profile and thought "Cute... but kind of nerdy". September, 28, 2008 (2:40:43 pm)Ranger_1:hi. how's it going? :-) (2:44:52 pm)Dmplgrl1124:hmm not sure if this thing is working or not (2:44:56 pm)Dmplgrl1124:ah there it goes (2:45:03

Hello blog.... it's me again

2011-01-21T14:44:00.004-06:00

I'm Alive!!!! I know all 3 of you readers out there have been wondering where I'd wandered off to It's been just under a year since I last wrote and although 'I've been super busy' is actually true that's only half the reason I haven't written until now The last 12 months have been the most impactful years of my life. There's been good times. There's been bad times. And there's most

Three's Company Too

2010-01-03T19:07:00.003-06:00

Not a lot to report today.... still sick. I've had a sinus/upper respiratory infection since the day after Christmas and it doesn't appear to be going anywhere. I still got in my 15 minutes of exercise though. I focused on strength training which burned my muscles like heck but didn't put any strain on the breathing - which has been rather difficult thanks to the gobs of snot clogging up my

Good things are a'comin

2010-01-02T18:17:00.004-06:00

Today is January 2nd, 3 months since I was laid off from my job and I am for all intents and purposes still unemployed. The despair of being without a job is waning though. After submitting my resume to quite literally 100 plus job postings, I finally got offered a job. I'm just not due to start work until January 11th. Direct hire this time - no more temp gigs. Woohoo!January 11th is also the

Welcoming in 2010

2010-01-01T17:29:00.005-06:00

Happy New Year friends... In December 2008 I wrote a post saying - goodbye to 2008. I recapped the major events that happened in my life and mentioned a few things that I was looking forward to in the new year. I think this year shall be different. Instead of saying goodbye to the prior year and focusing on what was, I'm going to say HELLO to the new year and focus on what today will bring. Now

For each and every thing... there is a time...

2009-12-31T18:46:00.005-06:00

Today is Thursday, December 31, 2009. The time is 6:46pm.It has been 3 months since I last blogged.3 months since I was laid off from my job of 2 years.3 months since the panic and fear set in that for the first time in my life I might have found myself in a situation I may not be able to find a way out of.Today I can tell you that much has changed in those 3 months.I don't start until January

Moving Forward by Taking a Step Back

2009-09-29T10:46:00.006-05:00

Sometimes a sign of trouble in paradise is really just aspeed bump reminding you to slow down and enjoy the ride. ~Me Yesterday Matthew and I reached a breaking point.He'd called me like he does every morning so I can talk him through the drive home from work. He works nights and is often fairly exhausted by the time he gets off around 8:30am, so talking gives him something to focus on so he

Manage My Muffin Top Monday

2009-09-28T10:22:00.002-05:00

Not much new to report on the fight to banish my back fat. I've not lost any more weight lately, nor have I gained it. I've also not really been following any type of eating plan or fitness regime in quite a while.I did begin eating all raw foods at the beginning of September but finances have been really tight lately and eating pretty much nothing but fruits and veggies can get really really

The Half Way Mark

2009-09-22T10:19:00.003-05:00

Today is my and Matthew's six month anniversary. We decided to try dating and see if we could evolve our friendship into something more back in January of this year, but it was on March 22nd that we officially decided to become a 'couple'.I know normally anniversaries are counted in years rather than months, but as someone who's only had one previous boyfriend in her life, each month of being in

Manage My Muffin Top Monday

2009-09-21T09:01:00.000-05:00

Saturday Matthew and I went to MS to spend the day visiting with my nieces and get a fitting from my mom for our costumes for the Renaissance Faire in November.We ate pizza at my sisters.We ate McDonald's on the drive home back to Mobile.I think you can see where this is going.We're doing a fine balancing act between eating really healthy, and eating really un-healthy. We've not completely fallen

Passion Vs. Comfort: Do You Have to Have Fireworks to Have a Successful Relationship?

2009-09-16T15:25:00.006-05:00

A friend who's recently been in a similar situation as the one I mentioned in my last post recommended this article Passion Vs. Comfort: Do You Have to Have Fireworks to Have a Successful Relationship?. It really says a lot and I wish I could say it made a light bulb flash in my head and led me to an instant decision I felt great about but that would be too easy. What I can say is that it's given

Hodge Podge

2009-09-16T10:36:00.003-05:00

I've said it once and I'm apparently in need of saying it again.I've been a bad bad blogger.I realized yesterday that I've not really blogged much lately, and what I have blogged has mostly been the Operation Muffin Top(ple) stuff - re my attempts and failures at losing weight.There's been a lot going on in my life and I suppose the reason I've not blogged about it is because blogging is kind of

Manage My Muffin Top Monday - Week 1 Raw Food Recap

2009-09-07T10:24:00.004-05:00

Sunday marked one week since Matthew and I decided to try out an all (90%) raw food diet and I can honestly say I've had some seriously positive results.We weighed and measured outselves Sunday morning and decided to re-weigh, measure every Sunday to chart our progress and in the past week I've lost 5lbs. That puts me at a total weight loss of 13 pounds since June, when I started actively trying