Black Friday, WPS!

Unlike all the crazies that went out shopping at 2am on Friday, I was snug as a bug in a rug.

We got up about 5am and headed to Fayetteville, to see the Arkansas/LSU game.

 

It's such a beautiful drive.

Did I mention it was FREEZING up there?

 

 

We finished it up with a little bit of shopping on Saturday and headed home.

We really needed the mini-vacation.

I think next weekend we will go see the Christmas lights at Garvan Gardens.

*Happy Saturday*

 



Turkey Day!/30 days of Thankfulness

Happy Turkey Day!!

 

 

 

I know it's a few days late, but what can I say, I've been a little bit busy.

This was our work turkey.

It was a work in progress, but by the end of the day, it was a masterpiece!

 

 

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hope you did too. On facebook, everyone did the whole thankful thing.  Well, I'm putting all of mine here, in one post.

 

1. God, he sent his son to die on the cross for me. What love.

2. My husband, I couldn't of found a better match.

3. My parents and grandparents.  If it weren't for them I wouldn't be where I am today.

4. Lola. I want to be the person she thinks I am.

5. Butt warmers. Technology never ceases to amaze me, and when the weather was 40 degrees this weekend, I'm so glad my seats were able to warm themselves.

6. My home. I am very fortunate that at my age, we own our home. It is a wonderful blessing.

7. Good health. 

8. A warm bed. There are people everywhere who sleep on the streets, in shelters, on couches, and we take our warm beds for granted every day.

9. Family.  We may have our ups and downs, but they are always there when we need them.

10. Growing up in the greatest country in the world.

11. Being able to become anything I aspire to be.

12. Women's rights.

13. Our veterans, they fought for our freedoms, all of them.

14. My friends. I may not get to see them as often as I would like, but every time I do, it's as if we haven't been apart at all.

15. Emergency services. They provide care when we are in the stickiest of situations.

16. Doctors. Hate having to go see them, but thankful they are there when I need them.

17. Wine. No explanation needed :)

18. Electricity.

19. Modern technology.

20. My job.

21. Cupcakes.

22. My nieces and nephews.

23. My car.

24. Food. Not everyone has a warm meal everyday, we are fortunate enough to have three. 

25. DTV.

26. The Razorbacks.

27.Black Friday, now that I don't have to work in retail :)

28. Internet :)

29. Again, my husband, he is so amazing to me.

30. The many opportunities I have for my future.



My birthday!

So the last two weeks have been a bit cray-cray.

My third anniversary was the 14th, birthday the 17th, and the we had Thanksgiving.

 

So, this one is all about my 25th birthday, eek! I'm now mid-twenties. It feels like just yesterday that I was in college and partying with my sorority sisters. My, my, how time does fly.

I asked my entire family for flooring for my birthday. Wish granted!

 

So here are the results!

 

First, Lola had to stay in "puppy jail" so that she didn't get into the flooring since it took two days to finish.  She likes to eat things that put her in the animal hospital.

 

Here is the progression, in photos, of course.

 

 

Thanks to my wonderful family for getting everything we needed, and my amazing husband for being patient enough to lay the flooring with me after work on Monday and Tuesday!



Holiday House

Today we went to Holiday House which is basically a huge set up of shops in one place where you can get a jump start on holiday shopping.

 

*But first*

 

I went and picked up Cadence this morning from my mom, we headed to Little Rock for a fun filled day.  First stop was to pick up Jodie, my sister-in-law.  We stopped by Saver's and then headed to lunch at the neatest, kid friendly, place ever.

It's a really good train themed place that delivers your food by train!

 

 

 

 

After eating, we headed to the state house convention center and got to shopping.

 

It was crazy packed, but we had fun. And got a few good pictures with C.

 

 

*Happy Saturday*

'Cause you had a bad day

"'Cause you had a bad day, you're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know, you tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride"

 

Jenny Penny- How much do you hate me for that?

I'm sure I'll get a text about that one tomorrow. :)

 

The last few days have been crap. For realz.

I feel like there is a storm cloud following me around.

This is pretty much how I feel.

 

Work has been cray-cray the last few days and I think that my family just may be the death of me. Now don't get all "Oh my goodness! She's gonna bash her family on the internet! She's gonna bash her job!" I'm not. And well, even if I were it's my blog and you'd get the hell over it.

 

Sometimes I just want to be a whiny hiney.

But here is what I really need: Good karma, a normal day at the office, and some prayers for an unspoken request.

 

Also, I think I figured out what I want for my birthday!  I want to do my kitchen floors before Thanksgiving! No promises, but I'll keep ya posted.


Holidays

Funny thing about my family, we like lists.

Birthdays, Christmas, anything. If you want something, it better be on the list.

Otherwise, we will give you crap gifts just to teach you a lesson.

 

Ahh holidays.

A time to be with family. A time to love, give back, celebrate, and give thanks.

This year, I have a nice, big plan for Thanksgiving. 

It will be smaller this year so I can do something a little bit bigger.

I have been looking over table set ups and decorations

 

And I think I am going to do a combo of these:

 

 

Plus I have a super cheap, crafty way to do the table runner! I'll be getting started on some of the decor within the next week.  I'll keep ya posted!

 



Sharefest 2012

I love sleeping.

Those who know me, know that.

Saturday, however, was a different story.

 

J and I have started going to a new church, The Grove. Last Sunday, they had a post in the bulletin that Share Fest was on Saturday, November 3rd.  We would be working at the Garland County housing authority. I decided to get more information and trade my Saturday morning of sleeping in to go help out and give back to the community. You can learn more about Sharefest here. 

 

Our jobs that day were to prune, trim, re-mulch, and clean up the offices at the housing authority.

 

This is how the front looked before:

 

Then we started cleaning up, pruning bushes, and spreading new mulch.

 

Yep, I kidnapped my niece and she helped too! It is so sweet to see how much she loves to help others.  She worked really hard and did a great job!

 

We also provided lunch for the people who live in the government housing, offered to pray with them, and invited them to church.

 

It was worth giving up sleep to get up bright and early on a Saturday and donate our time to those who are less fortunate.  I am so thankful for all that God has blessed me with.

 

*Happy Sunday*

 

Check back tomorrow night for another awesome post!