TGIF! I woke up this morning really confused, not quite sure what day it was. Since I was in Chicago Tuesday-Thursday, my week flew by quicker than I can say "I had so much fun". I'll go through all the details next Tuesday for Travel Tuesdays, so until then....I'll tell you about my weekend. Sidenote: the "post that made me..." will be back next week. I haven't been able to read a single blog this week! Today, of course, I'll tell you what I plan to do this weekend and Monday, I'll tell you what actually happened. Man, you're excited now, aren't you?
First, I have to get through work. And part of that will include trying to find JC a couple more birthday presents. Ugh. Totally slacking this year and I "accidentally" gave him a pair of shorts & a shirt I bought him from J. Crew like a month ago instead of waiting for his actual birthday. So now I feel like I don't have enough for Sunday. Luckily my boss told me to take my time at lunch, since there's basically no one in the office today. I knew I liked her. Then, I'm hoping to get a little visit in with Baby Charlotte - it's been a whole week since I've seen her!
Saturday will consist of what summertime is all about cookouts, tailgating, tan lines and country music concerts. Do the words I AM EXCITED mean anything to you? They should because I'm REALLY excited. First let me discuss the fact that I tweeted Luke Bryan about 900x the past couple of weeks, just hoping he might want to throw a girl a bone here and give her some tickets because we slacked and didn't get them before they sold out. As cute as that man is, he ignored me. THEN! Oh then. I tweeted last night that JC found tickets for cheap last night. You know what Luke decided to do? See for yourselves.
Ohhhh now you wanna be my BFF, huh? Ok, that's fine. We can hang out. I won't hold a grudge, but just this once.
So anyways, I'm sure tomorrow will be magical. Ten one too many beers will be drank, seventeen too many pictures will be taken (at least that's what JC will say), not enough songs will be sang (bc really, can you ever sing too many country songs?) and it will not rain (fingers crossed). Yes, all in all, it will be the perfect day.
Sunday, instead of spending the day on the couch recovering, we will be spending the day celebrating the birthday boy. What that will entail, I have no idea. He told me a week or so ago that it meant I had to do whatever he wanted. Yaaaaaaaaa right.
To end this ramble of a post, it's obviously time for.....
In honor of the beginning of the summer concert season, without further ado, I give you....Mr. Luke Bryan. Ladies, enjoy. Gents, just understand, it doesn't get much hotter than LB. We still love you.
Yep, we're back. And yep, I'm pretty sure that's how I start every Monday post. Although today I'm not so upset that it's Monday because I'm going to Chicago for work Tuesday-Thursday, so this week is sure to fly right on by. No complaints here!
But let's rewind 3 days and discuss our weekends, shall we?
To say that I was anxious to leave work on Friday would be an understatement. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and all I wanted was a cold drink in my hand on the back deck.
This might be the best beer ever.
As you can see, I finally got what I wanted around 5pm and the rest of the evening was a blur. Just kidding, that was my 21 year old stepping in for a second.
My 28 year old self was helping celebrate my cousin's birthday with BBQ and babies. Well, one baby. Charlotte. Duh.
Then, we watched the Caps game. They won, so I can say that it was a good night!
Saturday morning we had quite the busy day. It started off with a trip to the mall, lots of window shopping, lunch and then a trip to the grocery store followed by watching 'This is 40' which I absolutely would not recommend. Funny it was not. But I ate some ice cream while I watched, so that made it better.
Sunday we had our now annual Mother's Day Cookout.
Don't worry guys, she really IS the best mom ever.
My parents and Grandma, along with JCs parents and brother came over and we spent lots of time chit chatting and eating yummy food. And what's a party without some cupcakes & presents?
Then, we visited JC's aunt's house to see his grandparents and of course the evening ended with being humped by a dog the Caps game. We shouldn't talk about that. It wasn't pretty.
And that was my weekend. Quite eventful, not all that relaxing, but very enjoyable.
Now is my time to give you fair warning that I will be MIA again this week, but for good reason. Like I said, I'm going to Chicago for work. My personal laptop weighs 95lbs, so I will not be bringing it with me. And I don't have a work laptop, so that means I'd have to write blog posts from my iPad and welp, that just ain't gonna happen. And I know what you're thinking (if you're a blogger too), I could schedule posts. But sorry, my brain just doesn't work like that. And remember how I told you on Friday that I can up with 3 blog post ideas? Well, I want to save those. Duh.
So I hope you all have fan-freaking-tastic weeks! I'm sure I'll be posting lots to the tweeter and instagram. Follow me, if you aren't already! Pin It Now!
Peek-a-boo. I see you! I'd like to apologize to the 3-5 of you who actually realized I've been MIA the last few days. I haven't had much to say in the blogging arena this week, so I felt like it was better to just stay silent than type a bunch of nonsense that would just bore you to tears and have you never coming back again. Quality over quantity, right? Right.
So now that we've got that all figured out and you've seen that ah-dorable gif, I hope we can be friends again. While I was on my blogging hiatus, I actually did what most bloggers do on the regular (read, not normally what I do). I came up with some blog post ideas. Woop woop! I was so proud of the 3 ideas I came up with. Hopefully more come to me soon. Otherwise, I'm going to be screwed again. One of those ideas though has the potential of being an on going post, so that counts for like 35 blog post ideas, right?
So lets get to it! I was thinking about how I often I read blogs. Just know, it's a lot. I have my daily blog roll, as they call it in blog land and then the random ones I see here and there via Twitter, Facebook and all of the other bajillion ways you can find blog posts. Then, last week Sarah over at Venus Trapped In Mars (fantastic, by the way) did this little blog competition - Best of Blog Land, with different categories. I won them all, obv. No wait, that didn't actually happen. Anyways. Back to my idea.
I thought it would be fun to do a round up of sorts at the end of each week, highlighting my favorite posts over the past 7 days. Maybe one day I'll be cool and other people will want to join in and this could be a link-up. I love finding new blogs to read, so this would be a good way to do that if you joined in. Ya, that sounds fun. What do you think? No? Ok. I'll just go ahead by myself.
First up. Most thought provoking of the week.
This one definitely goes to Erin over at Two Thirds Hazel for her controversial post. The girl went where most people are too scared to go - she talked about how she doesn't believe in God. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with her, I honestly don't know sometimes, but I think it was pretty ballsy of her to put it out there and I'm happy she did. And it really got people to thinking. She received a ton of comments and actually learned that she's not the only one who feels this way. Bravo, Erin!
Second category. The prettiest post of the week. The sky's the limit here. Pictures, outfits, design elements, etc. Just basically anything that makes me ooh and ahh like a 9 year old.
I gotta give this one to the girl with the best name ever - Sami Shenanigans. Every time there is any sort of red carpet event, I can always count on Sami for a good wrap-up post about the fashion. This time, for the Met Ball, she gave us not one, not two, but THREE posts about the fashion. The first one was the prettiest because it was all about the the gals who got it right. This may be a surprise to you, but fashion is not my forte, so I tend to take Sami's word on the random ones that I think look crazy, but apparently are "fashion forward" as those fashion people like to call it. I also take Sami's word because she won the Best Lifestyle Blogger in all the blog land. Yep, she's THAT good.
Next up. The post that made me look like an idiot sitting at my desk because I was laughing out loud by myself.
Since it's Friday morning, I'm allowed to go as far back as Friday of last week. I'm also allowed to do whatever I want because this is my blog. Duh. And the winner is....Staci at High Cotton Blog. I mean the girl won Funniest in Blog Land yesterday, so how could I not include one of her ah-mazing posts? Staci likes to take us back to her middle school days every once in awhile and when she does, I never fail to almost pee myself because I'm laughing so hard.
Remember those days when you used to write in your diary about Jonathan Taylor Thomas and your 13th birthday? No? I guess that was just me. Well, Staci posts excerpts from her middle school diary and then adds in her real time comments to those amazing memories. It's HI-larious. These posts also could probably contend for most thought provoking at times because Staci as an 8th grader knew it all.
And now for my favorite category. Food. Obbbbviously.
I think I'm going to have to give this one to Katie over at Keep Calm, Carry On. Homegirl made a Skinny No Bake Peanut Butter Pie. You all know my love for Peanut Butter and my on-going battle with trying to be the next Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model, so a healthy way to eat some PB & Chocolate? Sign. Me. Up.
Last, but not least, the best post of the week. One that just makes me say yes, that's it. Nail on head. Hit one outta the park. Or any other cliche saying that basically means you done did good, girlfriend.
My twinsie Alexa wins this one. Hands down. Earlier in the week, she particpated in a link-up about fears. And by golly, it was like she was using my brain to write for a hot second. I mean the title says it all - "Don't you dare bring a sandwich to the beach." Why? Well because birds are insanely unpredictable and they will obviously snatch it right out of your hand. Seriously people. Birds are gross. There are many places birds should not be and basically that's anywhere that Alexa or I am. Bing. Bang. Boom.
So there you have it. The latest and greatest idea in blogdom. Feel free to alert me of fantastic posts from yourself (I won't judge) or others over the next week. Like I said, I love finding new blogs and who doesn't want to read a fun post?
Now it's time to really get that weekend started, don't mind the fact that it's barely 8:30am. It's time for....
This is hands down my favorite song to get me in a good mood. Back when I was running on the regular, it was also the song that kept me going when I was ready to die. Oh and let's not forget, there is never a wedding that I attend where I do not request this song and then go crazy for a good 3 1/2 minutes.
Well hello, Monday. Fancy seeing you here again so quickly. Another weekend come and gone. Another Monday where I wish I was still in my bed sleeping. One would think I'd be refreshed, considering I took a 2 hour nap yesterday and still went to bed before 10 last night. But when your alarm starts going off at 5:10, you're tired regardless.
Anyways, back to my weekend. Friday was absolutely fantastic. I got to meet Baby Charlotte for the first time and proceeded to hold her for 289357 hours. Actually it felt like 2 minutes, when it was really almost an hour and a half. I didn't want to give her up. She's complete perfection. See for yourselves.
Once I was forced to leave the hospital, JC and went out to dinner.
Saturday, I had plans to hang out with my mom and Grandma. As I said on Friday. I had full intentions on buying a puppy this weekend. I had two options.
This precious little 8 week lab mix pup.
Or this incredibly sweet, year old collie mix, Mable.
When we were holding the lab puppy, someone stopped and asked if we were adopting her because they wanted her. I wasn't sure if I wanted an actual puppy, so I took it as a sign and handed her over. Then, there was Mable. No one was paying attention to her and she looked so sweet. We asked if we could take her for a walk. She was really timid at first, but once she got away from all the commotion, she was SO happy. I was in love. But my love was going to start at $300, not including any supplies. I had no idea rescue pups were that expensive! Not to mention, that someone that lives in my house with me still didn't want a dog. So I left sweet Mable with hopes that once those puppies were gone, someone would see how sweet she was and adopt her. I'm telling myself she went to a good home and not back to the adoption agency.
The rest of my Saturday was spent sulking and shopping. Then, JC and I watched the movie Broken City with Mark Wahlberg. Really good movie! Highly suggest it to everyone!
Sunday was Cinco de Mayo. Duh. I think the first word out of my mouth that morning was "margie" aka margarita. Then, when the time came for me to actually have the opportunity to get one, I said I didn't want to spend the money to eat out. Instead we got the fixins for some homemade queso.
It turned deeeelish! Everyone said it tasted just like the authentic Mexican restaurant queso. Go me!
Then, I went into my Mexican induced coma for a few hours. Aribe! And what's more Mexican than a stop by the local ice cream stand for some Cake Batter w/Reese's Cups on the way home? Yumm-o. The rest of the night included stuff you don't want to hear about - like laundry and dishes. So instead, I'll just go ahead and wish you all a fantastic week folks! Let's hope this one flies by once again! Pin It Now!
Tee! Gee! Eye! Eff! Another week that I feel like went by pretty quickly! Loving this trend lately! However, I'm 100% positive that today will drag because today I actually do get to meet my cousin's new baby. No, I didn't get to meet her yesterday. As many of you can imagine/know, she was very tired, so we decided today would be better. Disappointing, but I totally understood and am even more excited see Katie and meet Charlotte Marie this evening :) I don't think I can think of a better way to start what I think is going to be a pretty good weekend. A relaxing weekend, I predict - finally.
Earlier this week, Monday I believe, I was reading Sami's post about her weekend and how she adopted a puppy from Petsmart. So that lead me to Petsmart's website in which I learned that this weekend is their national adoption weekend and they will have lots of puppies (and cats if you're into that kinda thing) available for adoption. So obviously that was a sign and I plan to visit every Petsmart within 35 miles (36 if necessary) of my house until I find one that I cannot live without. Someone in my household doesn't love this idea. Someone in my household is probably being the overly responsible one too, but where's the fun in that? I NEED a puppy in my life, gosh darnit! I mean who's going to be the ring bearer in our wedding? We don't have any little boys in our family. See, this is in fact a NEED, not just a want.
I have a very big urge to bake this weekend too. But, if I get said puppy, we all know there isn't going to be much baking going on. Or anything going on for that matter besides puppy blissdom. So we'll see how that goes.
Speaking of going, I'm not really sure where this post is headed. I mean, I don't think any of you want to hear about what I plan to do this weekend. I haven't done it, so obviously I have no pictures to show for it and thus this is probably very boring and I'm impressed if you've made it this far.
Oh! I just remembered something really awesome I found last night. And by found I mean when I was stalking FB (totally normal), I saw a post about this new music app called 8tracks and everyone was saying how amazing it was. So I downloaded said app.
And amazing it absolutely is.
First you choose a pretty general genre of music....
...then you get to narrow it down even more.
...if you know me, you know what I chose.
Now I'm jammin' out with Florida Georgia Line (followed by old Kenny Chesney and now Darius' Wagon Wheel - see, ah-mazing) and wishing I was tailgating while getting a tanline. See what I did there? Gosh I'm clever.
So now that we've got the latest and greatest music app of all time. It's time for #backthatazzupfriday with the lovely Whitney.
I know #backthatazzup radio is not country at all. But sometimes you need a little boot stompin', hey y'all sangin', truck bed music to get you going. So today's song does just that.
I'm warning you right now. You might not get much out of me today. This post might not make a bit of sense. Why you ask? My cousin/BFF is having her baby this morning. In less than an hour, she's going to be a mommy for the very first time.
Needless to say, I can't even think straight today. I'm so excited! I feel like I'm having a baby, that's how excited I am. Well I guess I can't say that. I have no idea how people feel the day they have a baby, considering I've never had one before. But I'm guessing my excitement is at least a smidge close to a mom/dad's.
So my plans are to work through lunch today (what's new?) and leave at 2:30, go pick up JC and then head straight to the hospital. That is, as long as Katie and Baby Lane are feeling up for visitors. Fingers crossed they are. I can't imagine having to wait another day! At least I'll know the baby's name soon. That's a start.
Regardless of when I get to go see them, I don't want to come empty handed. I know I could bring the standard flowers or balloons, but I'm sure she'll have tons of those. Anyone got any good ideas? I was thinking maybe champagne, but idk if Katie will be able to drink any of that. I'm stuck after that. Help!
Katie, I cannot wait to see you and Baby Lane. Like I said this morning, this baby girl could not be luckier to have you both as parents. I'm positive you're both going to be amazing and that little girl is going to have the most amazing life. She's already so loved. Can't wait to see you both! Love you tons!
Oh hey there pretty tan, come back and visit soon.
I think that's all I've got for you today. I'm sure I'll post some details and hopefully pictures tomorrow. I'm off to not do any work because lord knows I can't focus right now.
I'm not going to lie. "Happy May Day" has been on the sign at the beginning of our community for at least 2 weeks and I just thought they were excited for May to begin. I mean why wouldn't you be? May is basically the sign that summer is here. The temperature outside would beg to differ slightly, but we're getting there. So this morning, I said "I just remembered it's May 1st. Happy May Day!" not even realizing that this is an actual thing (it's even on my calendar at work).
I then learned that May Day is a day where you're supposed to leave fresh flowers on the doorstep of a neighbor's house. What a FUN idea! I love random surprise gifts for no reason. Best idea ever and I need this to become a thing in our area. Immediately. But since I don't have the power to make things like this happen so quickly, I thought I'd "give" my friends presents on the blog today. You know, kind of like how Facebook tells you to give your "friend" who's having a birthday a gift card to Outback. Anyone else find this odd? Some presents will be "given" to real friends and some to bloggy friends. Who will it be?? Who will it be?? Here we go!
Laura. Since your birthday was yesterday & I failed as a blogger, I figured it best to start with you. Happy Birthday, Princess! I shall give you the gift of all things Mexican. All the chips, queso & guacamole you can eat, the largest margarita I can find and a Mexican sombrero for you to wear forever and ever.
Ginny. I'll obviously start with giving you another bag of Starburst Jelly Beans. Then we'll follow that up with a case of Summer Shandy and a shopping spree at Nordies.
Melanie. We'll start with a new job, with a normal Monday-Friday schedule, likely something in the styling/fashion industry. But before you start this new job, I'll find the biggest antique & thrift stores on the planet and get you a direct flight to what you would consider heaven.
Megan. I'll buy you some new speed skates, some black pants and a Nautica t-shirt. Then, we'll go Jam Skate all night long. Followed by Bagel Bites and 90210.
Alexa. First, we celebrate this day with another bar crawl. I'll buy you a pizza and 10 shots of Fireball. Then, we'll go rescue all the puppies that need good homes.
Ashley & Kaitlyn. We'll have the best blate ever known to man.
I promise I like you all, even if you don't give me a Walmart Gift Card. (source)
And there you have it friends. I hope you enjoyed your gifts. And if you didn't receive a gift, I apologize. I'll be sending you something special in the mail, when I ship out all the aforementioned gifts.*
*disclaimer: no actual gifts will be sent. don't sue me.
In other news. I got my hair cut last night and I'm kinda, sorta obsessed with it.
Yes, this was the same dress you saw me pictured in a few days ago.
This is a judgement free zone. And I like to match my bathroom.
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