Today’s guest on THE HAPPY HOUR is Julie Hayes. The interesting thing about this podcast is that Julie and I have never met, but yet she contacted me about being on the show. She left a comment on my blog that said she’d love to interview me and ask me all the questions that she has for me. For some reason I just felt like this would be fun, and so we did it. When I recorded I knew that it might not work and then I could just can it if it didn’t. Good news is that it turned out great.
In this podcast we discuss books we’re reading (of course), parenting, our adoption of Amos, meeting Aaron, my time on the radio, Noonday Collection, and lots of other randomness!
Win a new CD:
We also talked about Jimmy McNeal's new album “Adopted”. Julie and I go to the same church and both enjoy when Jimmy leads worship on Sunday's. Jimmy is graciously giving me five cd's to give away to some of you. All you need to do is leave a comment. Any comment. Anything you want to say and you are entered! Winner will be determined on Sunday night!
Links from the show:
- What Julie is reading: MY READING LIST by Pat Conroy & THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY by Ryan Holiday
- The post that Aaron wrote called THE MOM PROBLEM that Julie read and then started following my blog
- Kat Lee’s blog INSPIRED TO ACTION is a great resource & her podcast is worth subscribing to for sure
- The Hello Morning Challenge & the time I did it
- Real Hope for Haiti is where Amos & Story lived before they joined our family
- Some of our interviews while waiting for Amos to come home: KXAN, CNN
- My audition for the radio station in 2011
- Brian Williams singing “baby got back”
- Good Reads is where I keep my list of books
- GIRLS LIKE US is the book I’m about to read that deals with sex trafficking
- Noonday Collection is the jewelry we talked about – you can also listen to Jessica & Wynne talk about this company in past podcasts
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Upcoming guests: Ashley Benson, Janet Reeves & Melanie Shankle
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Thank you so much for doing this interview. I loved all the questions that Julie asked you, and your honesty to these questions. I always have a laugh out loud moment when I listen to your podcast. This week it was when you talked about being able to read at the pool. I recently was telling a friend how grateful I am that my kids (6yrs and 9yrs old) can touch the bottom and I can relax pool side this summer. It’s the little things in life 🙂
For the record I never listened to podcast before I found your blog. I now eagerly wait each week for your newest podcast, and tell everyone that will listen about it. Your podcast is a great service to many. Thanks for taking time each week to create it!
I used to go to the Stone when I lived in Austin and miss Jimmy (and Aaron, too) leading worship!
Sounds like you guys had a fun time! It’s on my list to get some podcasts up and running to try them out since I keep hearing about good ones!
YES PLEASE.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi jamie. I am a wife of a worship pastor too and we are currently in the process of an adoption in Haiti as well. We have been in ibesr for 15 months… I know you know what that feels like!!! . We live in houston and I recently found your podcasts… Have really enjoyed listening and ESP the information in adoption and mom advise.. Love to have a Haiti /Texas family community one day…we were told about y’all thorough the archilbald project!! Praying they get to help us tell our story too!!
Thank you for all you are doing,
Laura