Monday Monday

Happy Monday Y'all!! I'm actually glad to see this Monday because that means in 6 days we get to celebrate 4th of July!! Everyone has their favorite holidays, 4th of July and Christmas have to be my absolute favorite!! I am very fortunate to work for a restaurant that actually closes on the 4th.  This normally means that it gives us all a chance to get together and hang out outside of work.  4th of July starts by waking up really early to pack the car and head to the beach! We normally spend all day at the beach.  The 4th is also one of our really good friends birthdays so we celebrate with him all day then try to make it to the each for fireworks.  I'm so excited for this 4th of July that I have exhausted my fiance on all the plans. 
If you saw last Thursday we were in the works of buying a new car!! Well we got it!!! She's so beautiful!! 

I'm getting use to driving a 6 speed and it's actually pretty fun!! 
Hope y'all have a good week!!! 

Stuff and Things 6/25

-I can officially take out a car battery and replace it with a new one. Just kidding there was no new one that worked...so I just spent 30 mins in the 95 degree heat at 10 am trying to fix it just so I can take the trash out! Oh well...at least I learned something, I guess.   

-We are buying a new car tomorrow for the reason above. Fingers crossed everything works out and all negotiations go through.  If so I will be driving a cute little 6 speed red Jeep Wrangler.  I have never driven a stick as a daily driver before so yet again....another life lesson learned. 

-I should have just named this post life lessons.  There's still time to change that I guess.   

-4th of July is coming up which means it's time for our annual 4th of July party! We are lucky enough to work for a restaurant that closes on the 4th.  Everyone at work normally meets on the beach for an all day get together.  It's always a fun time.  I get antsy about now trying to plan everything.  It gets on the fiance's nerves.   I can't help it I'm a planner!! I can't wait for this 4th though!! I think it will be the best one yet!! 

-I can't believe it's almost July!! This summer is already going by really fast.  

Charleston

I'm sure everyone in the country has heard about the tragedy that occurred in Charleston over the past couple of days. I can't describe my feelings about how this tragedy makes me feel.  Charleston was once my home...I still find my heart yearning for Charleston!! 

I moved to Charleston in 2007! I remember being so excited but so scared at the same time.  I was 22 at the time and I was about to move to a city that I had been dreaming about moving too ever sense I could remember!!! For the first couple of months it was a struggle, but soon life feel into place, friends were made and Charleston became home!! I learned a lot about myself in those 2 years that I lived in there.  I even met my fiance! Charleston was a place for me to grow and gave me the time to really learn who I was.  

With all that being said! My heart breaks for Charleston but then it could not be more proud of the city that I called home for 2 years.  I'm so proud that everyone has been able to come together and support each other! That's what Charleston is all about! People that live in Charleston really love their city!! They take care of it, they support it, and we are a little obsessed with it! 

I will continue to pray for and keep Charleston in my thoughts.  That city will always have a spot in my heart.  I know Charleston will overcome this tragedy and will come back stronger than ever!!! 

Another Thursday Post!

I seem to only want to blog on a Thursday! I'm not sure why that is? But hey, at least I'm blogging right?

-I feel like I have been on an extended weekend since Friday.  My mom came down for the weekend to help get some wedding stuff done so we spent all day Saturday doing that and I was able to have my first dress fitting! I'm so in love with my dress!! I can not wait for Rick to see it!

-We have been childless for about 4 days now so we have been taking full advantage of alone time and date nights!! We went out to dinner at a local Italian restaurant last night and it was fabulous.

-We added a few more things to our porch and I think it turned out awesome!! I love the pops of color and I also love that I paid for none of the stuff on the porch.  The yellow plant stand was an aquarium stand that I just painted yellow and Rick built a top for it out of pallet wood.  The shelf on the wall was also made out of pallet wood.  The table and chairs were given to us because people didn't want it. The pottery that some of the plants are in we threw ourselves on the potters wheel.  To say I'm proud would be an understatement!!

-We are taking Jack to Monster Jam tomorrow.  This should be interesting!!! I'm sure there will be some good people watching! 

Have a good rest of the week everyone!! 

Stuff and Things!!

-My favorite thing about summer has got to be the fresh watermelon! I have been eating so much watermelon lately...I might just turn into a watermelon.  Well at least that's what my grandmother would tell me! 

-I walked my dog and drank wine yesterday afternoon...I call that some multitasking.  Luckily I was walking Maxwell and he's lazy so we had a little nice evening stroll and I don't have to worry about him pulling me around like Bella! 

-Today is Jack's first half day of school.  Tomorrow is his last day! I can't believe he has finished 2nd grade and will be a 3rd grader next year! He's growing way too fast!!

-I can totally relate to this...

Happy Thursday Everyone!! 

Rainy Wednesday!!

Happy Hump Day, Wine Wednesday, and in these neck of the woods, Rainy Wednesday!  I'm actually glad to see the rain today! We haven't had any in a while and my poor plants were begging for it.  

We had a pretty laid back weekend, and I've had a pretty easy week! I am trying to get a lot of wedding stuff accomplished for this weekend.  My mom is coming and we are going to go visit the venue to finalize some things and I also get to go have my first dress fitting!! 

Speaking of wedding things!! I can not believe that we are about 3 1/2 months away from getting married!! With that being said!! I'm just freaking out a tad!! Just a smidgen! Every time I look at the timeline of what should be done by said month, I start stressing a little. Then I try to do something that makes me feel like I have accomplished something! Maybe I'm just losing my mind! 

I'm trying to catch up on OITNB Season 2 in order to get pumped for the new season that is coming on June 12! If you haven't watched it you are definitely missing out! It's pretty vulgar but it is so funny!!  

Well y'all have a happy rest of the week!! Back to lazy rainy Wednesday!! 

Stuff and Things

Happy Thursday Everyone!! Hope y'all are having a great week!! Tomorrow is Friday!! Yay!! So I'm linking up with Kristin for Stuff and Things this week!! 

-The kids have a week left of school!! I'm actually excited for the summer this year...Not to say I'm not ever excited for summer but last summer was really hard when it came to balancing life, work, and the home...it's was rough...but I'm ready this year! 

-My obsession for nail polish has returned...I have over 200 nail polishes.  Is there a group for this?

-I'm having Mexican food with a girlfriend today and to say I'm excited would be an understatement. 

-I ordered a new bathing suit this week and I am so excited!! I ordered it from Victoria Secret, it was their swim clearance sale and I was able to get a really good deal...I also got 20% off! So I couldn't turn that down.  If you need a new bathing suit head over now.  Not sure how long it will last.

-Today is exactly a year since we got engaged....I'm celebrating by myself because everyone thinks I'm crazy!! 4 Months to go!! 

Well that's all I have today! Have a great week!!  

Tuesday Thoughts

Tuesdays weirdly are sometimes my favorite days...it's usually the last day of work before I'm off on Wednesday and the moment I have plenty of me quiet time.   So with that being said, I hope everyone had an awesome Memorial Day long weekend!! We had a great weekend but we definetly ate too much food! 

Friday I was off all day so I did some house tidying and decided that our little side porch needed a little sprucing up.  So I did some "styling" per-se and made a nice little knook for us to relax in and just enjoy our yard.  

I think it actually turned out well!! We had everything there in the around the house.  The plant stand use to hold an aquarium.  I just spray painted it yellow for a pop of color and then Rick made the top out of some old pallet boards..I love how it looks.  Also that little pink bluetooth speaker on the table is awesome...It was super cheap and puts out pretty loud music.  I think it's a HDMX speaker...also it's pink ! So that's a plus.

Saturday we just kind of lazied around the house and did some grilling.  We grilled up some awesome ribs and grilled some corn.  I definetly ate too much.

On Monday we finally hit the beach.  Jack was out of school for the day so we took full advantage of beach time.

It was absolutely beautiful!! Perfect weather too.   It was crowded but that just means summer is offically here!! 

I hope everyone has a Happy Tuesday!!! 

Ok Monday!

It's Monday Y'all and I hope everyone had an Awesome weekend!! I know I did!! I feel like poor ol' Monday gets a bad rep for being the end to the weekend...but Monday's set the tone for all the rest of the days of the week!! So I thought, maybe I should just kick Monday's butt!! So I'm doing that by not doing much of anything till I go to work today!! Take that Monday!!! 

So anyways, I'm here to give you a look at what we did over the weekend.  Bad blogger alert!! I took like 2 pictures all weekend and it was an amazingly beautiful weekend!! 

So, Saturday's are labeled as our one day that we all have off from work and school so we just kind of have a family day and that gives Rick and I a chance to do some projects around the house and what not...anyways...this Saturday we decided that we weren't going to do "chores" all day so we just winged it and had an amazing day....

We went to the beach and rode boogie boards like we were 12 years old and had the best time of our lives...I love when we act like kids together!! (Sorry no pictures) To make the day even better we were able to have a date night!! We were so excited when Mema decided to take Jack for the night for a sleep over with his cousins! Rick really wanted to go see Max Mad so we had a nice dinner and movie date.  

Sunday I was able to hit the beach for about an hour.  It was absolutely perfect! 

I took one picture!!! 

We did do a little DIY project this weekend but I'll post about that on a different post! I hope everyone has a great week!! 

PS: If you are kid of the 2000's check out Summer Hit's of the 2000's radio on Pandora...if in your car with kids it's not edited but it's awesome!! 

Stuff and Things!!

Hey there!! It's been a while....ok it's been a long while...7 months to be exact.  I've thought about you a lot and I've also still been keeping up with my favorites.  I sit down to write sometimes and get caught up or think what I'm about to write isn't good enough, or no one is going to read it so what's the point? Time to get over that.  Even though I don't have very many followers and I'm not sure how much people are going to read it I need to just write because dammit that's what I want to do!! I also like to be about to go back and see what was going on at that moment it time.  It's my own personal public journal!

Anyways...with that being said!! I'm going to link up with one of my favorite bloggers Kristin for...

 

I'm getting married in 156 days!! That seems like an eternity but it also seems like tomorrow.  It's giving me anxiety! I've never had anxiety.  Also,  I hate that I like to talk every little detail out that I find myself telling people at work who aren't even invited about it and it almost feels like I'm rubbing it in there face.  Is this normal or am I just at bash*t crazy status because of the wedding planning? 

We cut our cable off for the summer...we normally do this every summer because we don't ever watch it and it saves us some money obviously.  We don't cut out TV all together, we keep our internet and just stream everything through Netflix and Hulu Plus.  Normally I'm like great idea...we will just be outside anyways...less then 24 hrs later, I'm like a drug addict trying to figure out how to get Real Housewives of New York City so I can watch the latest episode!! 

Since I've been gone we have also added a new member of the family!! No it's not another kid, I haven't been gone that long...we got a new puppy.  She's a Boykin/beagle mix!!! She's so adorable...but ghee is she a handful.  Not the best picture but the most recent one I have!! 

 

I have got a whole list of DIY projects that I'm doing...finishing them will be amazing...let's see if that happens!!