10 Things I Love

Annie at Our Little Family tagged me in "10 Things I Love". The rules are:

State who tagged you:

Annie at Our Little Family, she has the sweetest family ever with two adorable children...little Blake and baby Olivia, go and visit if you don't already know her, you won't be sorry I promise.

State 10 things you love:

1. My family (of course!) and friends...I have a great husband (Ryan) and an adorable son (Cole), along with amazing parents (and in-laws), sisters & brothers (in-laws included) and nieces & nephews. I am also so blessed to have so many great friends who are always there, you can read about one of them here.

2. Shopping...what girl doesn't love shopping really?! I love to browse online all the time and even more love clothes shopping.

3. Renovating...this is a new love/hate that we have just recently begun to discover. We love the finished look of the project, however, the cost and overall time consumed...not so much. Bathroom pictures to come as soon as I find the perfect shower curtain (open to suggestions...looking for something to match gray).

4. Flip fops...I LOVE FLIP FLOPS...there is nothing better than when the snow melts away and the sun and warm weather finally come to stay. I broke out the flip flops 2.5 weeks ago and aside from work I don't take them off.

5. Summer...Flip flops, sun, tans, warm weather, swimming, boating, fishing, BBQs, parties, wedding season, I could go on and on.

6. Food...I love to eat (hence being constantly 20lbs heavier than I'd like to be). Favorites are shwarmas, anything Mexican, burgers, chocolate, popcorn, butternut squash fries...k, now I am hungry!

7. Water...You will RARELY find me without a bottle of water on hand.

8. Social media...I'll admit it...I'm a Facebook, Twitter and Blogger junkie...anyone else? ;)

9. Grey's Anatomy...Meredith + Derek - need I say more?

10. Travelling...our last trip was to Turks and Caicos for our honeymoon last June and it was by far the most amazing place I have been yet. I can't wait to go back again and to travel to new and exciting places.

Tag 10 friends and tell them about it.

1. Lena @ Mom2MemphisandRuby

2. Lindsay @ A Small Town Life

3. Ana @ Adventures in the District

4. Amanda @ Baby Bear Blog

5. Stacy @ Blogging with Stacy

6. Nan @ Dancy Days

7. Jennifer @ Small Town Life

8. Danielle @ A Day In The Life

9. Beth @ Just Me And My Life

10. Jill @ Jill's World

And of course anyone else who wants to join in the fun!

P.S. What the heck is with Bloggers spacing issues?!?

What I've Been Up To

Besides being in the middle of a bathroom renovation (Ryan) and my house being completely upside down, I have been attempting to get my craft on. If you know me, you know that I have no artistic abilities, no talents and no patience. I'm pretty much boring. BUT, lately I have seen so many cute little things all over blogs that I had to try my hand at something. So many ladies have made adorable wreaths and I needed something new for my front door. In honor of Spring (even though we had freezing rain this morning!), I have made the wreath below and will be hanging it up very soon (as soon as I add some more to it).

The colors aren't exactly as they are in real life...a little weird looking in this picture

Any suggestions for a little added fun?

This beautiful Mommy-to-be is 35 weeks and is looking absolutely fabulous! Some of the fire department gang got together on Sunday to help celebrate Katie, Jason and little Baby Jackson. I made two little onesies pictured below (excuse the terrible quality of the pictures).

That's my excitement and while it may not be much to most, it really is for me. I rarely do anything creative or crafty and this is the extent of it. I'm going to continue to try my hand at being crafty, here's hoping it gets better and better.

Hopefully the bathroom renovations will be completed tonight and I can get some pictures up for everyone to see...Ryan did a fantastic job!

Do you have any easy, fun craft suggestions?

Comments

Back in February Taylor posted about the things she's learnt about blogging and it definitely helped me out with some questions I had but never wanted to ask or never bothered to learn on my own. One of the things that she mentioned was enabling your e-mail. There are few things more frustrating than seeing this when I want to reply to a comment by e-mail... noreply-comment@blogger.com . Please oh please enable your e-mail... I love getting comments and equally love responding to them, but I can't if you don't have your e-mail enabled. So, please go to your dashboard, click on edit profile, then click on 'show e-mail' and then save! Voila, that easy and then you can continue your conversation by e-mail. Just a thought in case anyone isn't aware of this or how to do it.

I Think It's Time...

for a hair cut!

Look What I Got...

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Christmas came early (for real!)

Sigh...I love it!

WILW

This is my first time participating in What I'm Loving Wednesdays over at Jamie's and here's what I'm loving:

-That next two weeks are short weeks, thank goodness for some well needed time off to spend with family and celebrate Easter.

-That tomorrow morning I will get to spend some extra time with this sweet face before taking him to his very first dentist appointment.

-The warmer temperatures that we have been so blessed to have lately (keep it coming please!)

-My boys (look at how young Cole is here...ahhh!!!)

-My amazing family and friends

-My craftiness...pictures to come once I have all of my little crafts completed.  So exciting! :)

♥ BP ♥

Being from a small town it often seems that our days are filled with darkness.
Today is one of those days.

The small town that I grew up in lost an amazing woman today and while it comes natural to say positive things about people after they have passed, Betty really was that good.  This woman was a substitute teacher who made each and every child feel special.  She tutored children in French after school in her home, watched all of her students play hockey at the local arena and always came out to support the fundraising events in the community

Betty had such a great sense of humor and was always smiling and laughing.  I remember joking with her that if we ever got caught doing anything bad by the cops, we would have them call her.  She would always just laugh and say I'll be there in a flash and truth be told, she likely would have been.

Knowing everyone in a small town has it's ups and downs.  It's amazing the support that the community will give when something happens good or bad.  The compassion that can come from such a small town is outstanding and almost unbelievable.  The down side is that we see sickness and death so often or so it seems.  Every couple of months there is some sort of tragedy or an illness to face and come together as a community to grieve.  I know this may come across as very negative, but it's quite true and I'm sure that so many people from home would agree.  We seem to be unlucky, whether it be an accident, a death, an illness, we see it often.

I am praying for Betty's family and those who have been affected by her death.  May your memories strengthen your faith and heal your hearts.

Happy birthday Betty...♥

Surgery

As mentioned in this post, back in December when we lost Lauryn, our family was going through another hardship.  Today we are away with my Father who is undergoing major surgery.  I'll be back sometime soon with more details, but until then please send prayers and positive vibes our way.

Top 2 Tuesday - Top 2 Songs on Your iPod

Today is Tuesday which means Top 2 Tuesday over at Taylor's and this week is the Top 2 Songs on your Ipod.  This one is so easy, but so hard at the same time as I love every single song on Britney's newest album.  I'm going to shy away from Miss Britney just this once (don't hate...I still love you Brit!) because I just can't get enough of these two songs...they make me want to tear up the rug and remind me of our fabulous girls weekend from two weeks ago.

1.  Rihanna - S&M...this song is seriously addictive and has such a good beat.

2.  JLo ft. Pitbull - On the Floor...amazing!!!

What top two songs are on your iPod/music list?  Head on over to Taylor's and link up.