Check out these funny pics from Coffee Tasting Club. They are too cute and actually sort of accurate??? I’m a latte, but sometimes I’m a frappuccino too. Or Espresso. Heck…I’m a bit of everything BUT black coffee 🙂
What’s your coffee personality???
Category: Favorite Things
That Guy in the Taylor Swift Video #MCM
Okay y’all. I have a new “Man Crush Monday” for you…even though it’s actually Tuesday. I ordered the new Taylor Swift 1989 CD a couple weeks ago and I’m LOVING every single song on the album. Now, I haven’t always been a fan of Taylor Swift…but I must say I really like this one.
Let me introduce you to Sean O’Pry. Drooooooool. He’s the dude in the Blank Space video.
So there you go…eye candy for Tuesday gals. He’s a Southern boy too!
Wining & Dining & Other Randoms…
I’m having so much fun with my new Nikon D750. I’m going to start booking some Valentine’s day shoots soon so I can play with my new toys 🙂 One of my favorite companies MOD STRAPS has the cutest camera straps. I love a little bit of bling…isn’t this just fabulous? They are now selling in Target too 🙂
I usually don’t like glitter polish, but this one in particular has been a favorite over the past year. I ordered a second bottle. It stays on forever and it not chunky and flaky like some glitter polishes. It’s from Julep.
One of my best friends since high school makes the coolest jewelry. Her name is Ellen and you can check her jewelry out on Facebook at Elle Designs.
Connor is getting so big 🙂
I met up with some of my best blogger friends and we went on a wine tour at Lost Oak Winery. We had the best time catching up, girl talk, and drinking lots of wine! It was very interesting to learn how wine is made. I’m ready for another girls day or night out again. If you are new to blogging in the Texas area or just looking for a great community check out Texas Women Bloggers. I’m sure you’ll never meet a stranger in this group!
Christmas Recap 2014 & Changes in the Year to Come!
We had a great Christmas. Connor and I left to visit Arkansas the week before Christmas. We had a great time visiting Bonnie, Vinny, and Jarrett. We stayed with them the first night we got into town. Let’s not mention how I drove into the wrong driveway and woke up their next door neighbor at 1 a.m.! So embarrassing!
I visited with lots of old friends and co-workers. It’s always nice to catch up with people and see how much has changed. We headed to the farm on Saturday and celebrated Christmas, ate, slept, ate, slept some more….
Sunday we went to church and then packed up the ginormous amount of toy pieces strew all over Nannie’s house & headed back to Conway. There is NO PLACE on Earth like the farm and I’m so thankful we have a place like that to retreat to. Mom and I had a day out together of lunching and shopping. I always love having special days like that with my Mom. We headed home begrudgingly on Tuesday. After a long drive we were back in Texas.
We had an amazing Christmas and I feel so SO very blessed that I have a loving family and more than I ever needed or wished for in this lifetime.
On Christmas day we spent time with Terence’s family and had some yummy food and togetherness. We’ve had great weather this year, but I hear it may snow this week! (Always a good excuse for building a fire and making soup right?)
This next year we are hoping to make the big move to Plano/Frisco to be closer to Terence’s job. We have to sell our house, it’s bittersweet because it’s the home we bought when I was pregnant with Connor. Having family time and being closer together is something we’ve been striving to do for a long time. I’d like to get settled before Connor starts Kindergarten next fall. I ask for your prayers as we figure out what to do and transition during this time. I know everything will work out and God is ALWAYS in control!
Well, I know this is going to photo overload, but here is a glimpse of our Christmas 2014:
Fa La La La La!!!
Connor and I met up with Uncle Garry & Aunt Loyce last night to visit the annual Christkindl Market in Arlington. It’s always so much fun and all the German food and goodies are so good!
Here are some pictures of our visit to Christkindl. If you live in the DFW area I would highly recommend a visit & it’s free to get in 🙂
We are almost done with our Christmas shopping. Connor and I are headed home to Arkansas and I’m so excited to see my family.
Still shopping for your little ones here is a cute idea:
If you have a little girl in your family check out Charmazing custom charm bracelet sets. This is Connor’s friend who lives next door and we gave it to her to play with and look how much fun she’s having! So cute! I would have loved this when I was young.
Featured on this year’s Toys“R”Us Hot Holiday Toy List and available exclusively at Toys“R”Us stores nationwide and online at Toysrus.com as well as NYC’s FAO Schwarz, Charmazing – offers young designers the chance to create a host of unique charm bracelets to wear and share! Charmazing provides tweens with more than 100 different charms in 11 different themed collections categorized in two worlds, Karma (positive energy) and Nature (powerful energy). And via an inventive new app, girls can scan their Charmazing charms into a virtual Charmazing world, where they can connect with other fashionistas and trade charms with friends!
Tis The Season to GIVE!
It’s that time of year and black Friday is approaching and I wanted to share some great items you can give (or receive) this holiday.
1. Shave MOB is a great company where you can get razors and accessories for up to 70% off! Razors aren’t cheap and at these prices you can get everyone in your family a set. Shave MOB sets make great stocking stuffers.
2. One of my favorite things to do is give to local charities. It reminds me what Christmas is truly about and that Christ gave His life so that we might live! We can give to others who are in so much need this season too. The Giving for Good Card is a great program offered by The Dallas Foundation. The program was designed to introduce charitable giving in a way that is unique, meaningful and fun.
Giving for Good cards work like retail gift cards, only the value is redeemed as a donation to the recipient’s favorite charity: any 501(c)(3) public charity in the United States, including schools, churches and synagogues. Order Giving for Good cards to celebrate holidays and special occasions, to thank clients or to recognized employees. No more searching for the perfect gift, and you get the tax deduction!
Recipients of a Giving for Good card may redeem the card on our website by clicking on the Redeem button below. Or, they may give the cards directly to any nonprofit (by mail or in person) or dropped in a church collection basket.
3. My good friend Sarah makes some of the cutest shirts for friends and family. If you are looking for something cute and original, visit Wake Me Up Designs.
4. If you do not have the money to give to a charity, consider donating some old items that you have around the house. An increasing number of people are now doing Texas boat donations, because of the state’s generous tax credits.
The process is simple, as you contact the charity and tell them that you want to make a boat donation, they will then sell your boat at auction and give the proceeds to an organization that benefits children. As an added bonus, you receive a tax deduction in the amount for which the boat sold.
Weekend Update
How was your weekend? My was CRAY CRAY!!! That’s how this time of year…it’s go, go, go!
Saturday morning we got up early to go to REI in Southlake where they had a brand new store opening. The first 100 customers got a gift card so we got there an hour early only to find about 200 people already in line. #FAIL
Connor needs a new coat because he has outgrown the one he had last year. Kids be expensive yo! We ended up ordering him one. Hopefully it will get here soon because I feel like a horrible parent sending him to school in a fleece and all the other kids look like Ralphie’s little brother bundled up in their winter wear.
We had good family time though walking around Southlake Town Square and checking out the Christmas decoration.
Terence is in need of new glasses. He tried these on, they are WAY out of his comfort zone and much more trendy than he would normally wear. What do you think ladies??? He needs an opinion:
Later that afternoon I went to take photos of this little nugget. He is such an angel and gave me baby fever like BAD! He is so adorable! I don’t do babies a lot, but he was such a doll. Check out my fall galleries HERE.
This isn’t a full resolution photo because I grabbed them off Instagram.
Saturday night I met up with some FABULOUS gals I’ve been blessed to become friends with through blogging. If you live in Texas then check out TEXAS WOMEN BLOGGERS it’s a great way to get connected to other bloggers in your area.
We had a yummy dinner and fellowship.
Yesterday I stayed in my jammies all day and got caught up on some editing….
And TODAY I finally FINALLY finally got my eggnog latte!!!!!
HALLELUJAH!!!
