Get It Gurrrrrrl

Yesterday I was going through my iPhone pictures and videos and stumbled across this fabulous little gem. This video was taken one day when I was with my college besties and we were putting my wedding invitations together. We were gluing bows to the invitations and just having way too much fun. It totally put a smile in my heart and I wanted to share it with y'all!

The younger baby sitting on the table is my niece, Savannah. She is my best friend Melissa's daughter. The twins are the daughters of Melissa's older sister, Jen. Are y'all confused yet? ; ) They both blog, but only update about once a month. Ugh. #slackers

Cutest things ever, right? Go ahead and watch it again. Y'all know y'all want to. 

#canthidemybabyfever

Love, love!

PS: There were people standing all around the table to make sure the babies were safe. Obviously. 

Emotions Running Amuck

My title makes me sound smart, right? : )

Can y'all please say a quick prayer for me? I have been SUPER emotional and kinda down the past few days. I have no idea why...surely it's not the lack of diet coke. Surely. That would just be sad. 

1) Yes, my marriage is okay. 

2) No, I do not want to kill myself. 

3) No, I am not pregnant. 

I think that covers all those bases. : ) Thanks in advance for the prayers!

Love, love!

PS: Some skyping would totally help cheer me up! Anyone?

Creativity + Wishing for Dessert

I am short and sweet today. Not physically short. But blog-wise. Get it? Good. 

It's Friday. Woohoo. Hubby and I are off all weekend. Repeat woohoo. 

I am dreaming of:

A cake pop from Starbucks. #divine #dontworryiambeingstrong

I wanted to share the card that I made for my husband's birthday. It's always fun to make a homemade card. And cheaper, too. His actual gift was us investing in a really nice lawn mower. He had literally been looking at them for weeks months. I made a card and then an inner "gift card" for the go ahead to get the mower!

As y'all may have noticed, I call my husband "sweet precious" and "love bunny." It started just a few months after we began dating and accidentally unfortunately for him, all of his firemen buddies found out. Let's just say that he gets called those sweet pet names at home AND at work. Haha. Poor husband. 

Have a great weekend, y'all!!

Love, love!

These Three Things - Ten June

Hey loves! I am SO excited to have Michelle from Ten June here today for my series "These Three Things." Michelle has a fabulous blog full of stunning pictures of her house and she ALWAYS has a funny story to share...sometimes about her house projects, sometimes about seeing gophers. ; ) She will make y'all laugh. Promise.

Hiiiiiiii friends! I'm Michelle, from Ten June. That's right- another "M" for you to add to your Megan and Megan collection! I'm over here at Mackey Madness today to say hi, throw out a few ya'lls since I'm a southern girl too, maybe play with one of Megan's dogs (because they are ah-dor-a-ble!) and to share with all of you as part of Megan's "These Three Things" series!

It's kind of hard to narrow down the list of things that describe me to only three, because I really love a lot of things. So unfortunately my list that includes M&M McFlurries, Wally Lamb books, the Bachelor, hot pink nail polish, coffee, Rainbow flip flops and anything Justin Timberlake has to go.

Let's get to the nitty gritty.

The three things that best describe me:

1. MUSIC

Let's just be honest... I am enamored by all things music. I'm certainly not musical myself (can't hold a note or play an instrument!) but I love, love, love all kinds of music. Literally, all kinds. On any given day, you can find me in my car, windows down, blasting...

Taylor

Mumford & Sons

Hillsong United

Ludacris

("Move" is totally Megan's theme song, just ask her!)

Adele

I could go on forever!! If it starts with a music note, I love it.

2. MY HOUSE

I am absolutely in love with renovating, decorating and DIYing the house that my hubby and I bought just one short year ago. In fact, that's what I blog about! The hubs and I bought a 1952 ranch last spring and we've been working to make it "ours" for the last year. It's definitely one of the things in my life that defines me, as anyone's home should! Check out our progress!

Of course, a house wouldn't be a home without my number three thing...

3. MY FAMILY

It sounds cheesy, but it's true! My amazing husband, sisters, parents and other friends and family truly define me. They are my everything! Oh and I can't forget my sweet dogs, Tucker & Maggie. I love them the mostest : )

Phew! That was kind of a long post, but like I said, I LOVE A LOT! : ) Thanks so much for having me, Megs! 

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Okay, I am seriously loving every single music choice, Michelle! You have fabulous taste! "Move" was is definitely my theme song, speeding ticket or not. ; ) Thanks so much for being here today!! I hope one day ours dogs can be besties in real life. OH and us, too, obviously. We will meet at your amazing house. #duh

Love, love!!

PSA on Speeding

If you follow me on Twitter, then you already know...

I got a speeding ticket yesterday. 

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Before you judge me. Wait. It wasn't my fault. ; )

So I was doing SO good on my fast all day yesterday. I left work around 1 pm and went to Walmart. I walked right past all those dang sweets and never even blinked. As I was heading home, I realized that I hadn't eaten lunch yet, so I hesitantly pulled into Wendy's. I ordered the chicken nuggets and quickly said, "THAT'S ALL" before I somehow added a diet coke in there. Believe me, I was tempted. What is fast food without a diet coke?

As I was pulling out of Wendy's, I was SO proud of myself for resisting the diet coke temptation. Literally, I was smiling ear to ear. I started praying out loud and asking God to keep me strong. Then, out of flipping nowhere, a cop jumps out from behind a tree with a huge stop sign. #scaredmetodeath. There was no cop car...just two cops hiding behind trees. 

I pulled over. She (I knew it was over when it was a she) said, "We clocked you going 42 in a 30. Is there a reason that you were going so fast?" My inner sarcastic self thought, "Lady, 42 is definitely not fast. It's lucky I wasn't going 60." However, I was smart enough not to voice those words. : ) Instead I just apologized for speeding. 

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That could be the end of the story. But alas, it's not. She proceeded to ask me for my license, insurance, and registration. License - check. Insurance - check. Registration - check. Then she said, "Ma'am, your insurance card and registration papers are expired. Do you have your current ones?" Crap. I don't ever get pulled over. I know nothing about keeping that stuff up to date. #majorfail. I thought I was going to jail. 

She decided to "be nice" and let my insurance expiration slide, seeing as how it had expired on May 10th and this was May 17th. How absolutely "sweet" of her. #not. Well, okay, it really was sweet of her, but it's hard to feel like she's being nice when she is writing out a huge fat ticket...and looking happy about it. 

So I drove off and called my hubby and looked like this:

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I am super blessed with a fabulous husband who did not get mad at me. He calmed me down and asked me if I was okay...and then proceeded to laugh at me and call me Speed Demon. 

I was almost home when this thought hit me..."I totally deserve a diet coke after that." I nearly turned around to head to Sonic, but I prayed for strength and turned into my neighborhood instead. I still think I deserve that diet coke. I got to thinking that the whole ticket thing was surely sent from the devil, trying to get me to break from my fast in a weak moment. That devil sure is awful sneaky. All he wants is to keep me from giving my all to my Lord. 

PSA: Don't speed. Cops jump out of trees and give you tickets. Then you have to pay. 

Love, love!

A Fast

So I am totally stepping outside of my comfort zone for the next 3 weeks. 

A couple that I went to school with has FINALLY gotten approved to adopt a child from Ethiopia. After almost two years and tons of setbacks, they are finally on the list at #72. After hearing the great news, they decided to fast and pray for their baby...and asked their life group from church to join in with them. I'm not in their life group. Heck, I don't even live in the same city, but two of my best friends are and I have decided to participate in some ways with them. 

They are doing the Daniel fast. Y'all can read more about it here. I have never fasted before, but I am actually really excited about it. The fast is pretty strict. It actually states that it is stricter than a vegetarian diet. It includes NO: meat, sugar, processed food, etc. Since I am so far away from them and a horrible cook, I'm only participating in two ways: no diet coke and no sweets for 3 weeks. 

Are y'all still there? Yes, I said no diet coke and no sweets. I thought y'all might have fainted. ; ) 

Some people think that fasting is "stupid" or "pointless," but the purpose is to deny the flesh and strengthen the spirit. Extra time spent in prayer is encouraged. The point is to draw near to God, to seek Him in our weakness, and to prove that the spirit CAN and WILL overpower the body. I know that it is going to be hard, but I am really excited. I have already prayed for an open heart and open ears to hear the Lord clearly. I will definitely keep y'all updated. Please hold me accountable! : ) It starts today! (Yes, I did eat 3 cookies last night at 11 pm to "get it all in" before the fast started!)

In other news, I got my new camera! It's a Canon Powershot and I'm in love already. 

I had to take some outfit shots for a blog friend. It was quite the disaster. I dropped my new camera already. I finally ended up going to get the ladder out of the garage to set the camera on. #needatripod

I decided to play it up a little bit with a "Southern" look. I'm no Sydney or Michaela, but it's the best I could do. 

I felt quite ridiculous taking pictures in my backyard, running back and forth from the camera to set the self timer. I'm just glad that no one could see me. Absolutely embarrassing. Please don't laugh at me! ; ) It was a beautiful day, though!

They are building a new street right behind our house. It's a nightmare. Diesel barks ALL the time now.

If y'all have any questions or advice about the fast, feel free to shoot me an email! I'd love to talk about it!!

Love, love!!

Bridal Luncheon

We ended up having my bridal luncheon the Friday before the wedding because almost all of my bridesmaids were from out of town. My grandma and my aunt hosted my luncheon and it was SO much fun. It was at this cute little cafe called Bistro Byronz...and it was delicious. Food + friends + family = perfection. 

It was so nice to have all my best friends staying the night with me. We had tons of fun getting ready together and spending the whole entire day together. I'll say it again, I am SO blessed by my friends. 

 

The table setup. 

My mom and I. 

Somebody got a great nap. 

My little sister and I. 

Our precious place settings. (I added the heart to hide my maiden name. All the cool bloggers do it.)

I think that the bridal luncheon was my favorite "shower" of the wedding festivities. It was strictly close family and bridesmaids, it was relaxed, and it was the day before the wedding. The atmosphere was electric with excitement and nerves. I know that I had butterflies for sure! Plus, there were no presents to open, which is always SO awkward to me. It always makes me so nervous for people to sit and watch me open presents.

I really do appreciate all of the sweet comments y'all leave when I post my wedding recaps! 

#mybloggingbestiesrock #bloggerpleasedontfailusagain (had to throw that one in there!) ; )

Have a great Monday! I'm off today! Woohoo!!

Love, love!!

These Three Things - Across the Pond

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 


That's how excited I am to have my bff Meg here from Across the Pond. She is this absolutely beautiful former model turned neuroscientist...who currently lives in London. She is basically like my twin sister, but obviously she got ALL the looks AND the brains, too. #geneticsstink As I was putting this post together last night, I was literally laughing out loud and my hubby thought I was a freak. Maybe I am. Or maybe I just love Meg and her humor. Y'all can be the judge! Read on, loves!

Hey YA'LL

(didnt expect that did ya?)

I'm so clever.

Megan from Across The Pond here..

gettin crazy with Megs

the cutest lil southern belle ever,

and sharing the three things that best describe me..

Warning:

some things described might make you uncomfortable because they are very personal.

1. Bear: my furry love child. I clean up his poop, and scratch his butt.

2. Chips: or as they like to say it here in the UK, Crisps

3. My Hair: it is a holy mess of long tangles and has managed to take over my life. And yet, I cannot part with it..we are in a highly dysfunctional relationship

I know what you are thinking..

wow Megan, you are so deep..

so intricately made..

and so brave for sharing such personal things about yourself..

and to you I say..

you are welcome.

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Is she not totally hilarious? See...I knew y'all would love her. Go visit her blog. Now. It'll make you jealous, happy, and hungry at the same time. Isn't that what a good blog is all about??

Love, love!

Calories Schmalories

So I typically have happy posts, but I need to release a little frustration today. Is that okay? Great. 

The other day at work, something awful happened. I went and got my lunch and walked over to the break room.  I walked in and saw her...the woman that no one wants to eat lunch with: the calorie counter. I wanted to turn around and leave, but I couldn't. She had seen me. There was no turning back. (Why had my coworkers not warned me?) So I sat down instead and tried to strike up casual, non-food conversation. It went well for oh, 5 minutes. 

Then the torture started. 

"Do you know how many calories are in that?"

"How many calories did you eat for breakfast?"

"I make my meals ahead and make sure that it doesn't go over 500 calories altogether."

"I keep a notebook and write my calories in it. You should try that."

It was a horrible lunch and I went back to work in 20 minutes. Who cares about another 10 minutes when you are just getting bombarded with calorie questions? Not me. Here's my take on it: if she wants to count every single calorie, good for her. It's her life and her food. Please don't count my calories, though. I enjoy eating. I don't like to mix food and math. : ) At least I was polite to her, right? That should count for something!

Thanks for listening to me rant, loves! Y'all are the best. I still love y'all if y'all count calories, just don't count mine. : ) 

I'm linking up with Peas and Crayons for What I Ate Wednesday!

My new favorite breakfast. YUM!

Roasted broccoli. 

Jenn's jalapeno dip! It was divine. 

(Except for when I cut my finger and got jalapeno juice in it. It burns!)

Hope y'all have a great day! 

Love, love!

PS: I'm totally embarrassed because I just realized all three meals are on the same plate. I promise that I washed it in between. #shameful (We never use our dishwasher. We just hand-wash them. Is that weird?)