Friday Happies!

Yay Yay! it's Friday!!!! Wooooo!!!!

I'm so excited to get this weekend going!  The Husband and I are going to be building an end table for our living room and I get to do most of the work! I am really looking forward to figuring out how to make a piece of furniture instead of letting The Husband do it all.  We officially designed the piece last night and figured out what materials we needed to buy. When I get off of work today, we are going to meet at the home improvement store for wood and stain! So excited! AND if time permits, I am going to finish my closet re-organization! So far it is going well, I just need a new nail polish rack...which we will DIY.  It will be very similar to this but will go on the wall...my collection DOUBLED over the holidays!

This morning officially start Operation:Work Out again.  I have taken some time off after my half marathon at the beginning of December because I have been having knee issues.  BOOO!! I go to the doctor on Tuesday and will have it checked out but in the meantime I HAD to start doing something again.  I feel so good after this mornings workout.  Let's keep it up!

I found this really neat website/app for books - it is called goodreads.com.  you can look up authors,books, genres, and create a 'shelf' of books you want to read.  then when the time comes to read them, you can compare prices online and in stores...the site will tell you where the cheapest copy can be found! I have set a goal for 2013 - I want to read at least 30 books this year.  I have book #1 picked out...now I just have to open it haha!

I want to add a custom clock to our gallery wall - I think it would add a lot! These are the two options I am tossing around:

 

For All Time Clocks

Rosy Red Buttons Blog

The second example was the first I fell in love with but the problem is that The Husband and I don't have a picture together off set enough OR far enough from the camera...MAYBE I can talk him into a photo this weekend?! Just one before my seeester's birthday!

Tomorrow is this pretty lady's birthday! LOVE love LOVE my baby seester!! she makes my heart happy and puts a smile on my face..don't mess with her or I'll come for ya! =)

More on that Monday!

Have a wonderful weekend y'all!

Do you have big plans??

Sunshine for My Soul

Do you ever wished you blogged 100% anonymously??

no? I'm the only one??

Sometimes I need an outlet just to vent.

I don't feel like I can really let loose because EVERYONE I know reads my little blog. Trust me - I LOVE keeping friends and family in the loop

and I love that I have met so many wonderful people in blog-land.

I have to keep telling myself that if I would have blogged anonymously, I wouldn't have created relationships with some of you wonderfuls! That would truly be a travesty!  I can't help but WANT to have somewhere to have some sort of anonymity BUT then I wouldn't have anyone to share it with; I wouldn't have comments or 'fans' or people to give me a different perspective. I would just be venting into nothingness - which is helpful if you just need to scream.

But sometimes people are mean/rude/spiteful and I want to talk about it.

I'm really sensitive about people - when I react to something, it is usually me thinking about whether it could be offensive or hurt someone in the group I am with. my feelings don't necessarily get hurt easily - unless we are close friends or you are family. I completely let my guard down around friends and family...mostly. 

Over the past couple weeks there have been people in my life who have hurt me.

Nothing MAJOR - but things were said or done and it didn't really fly with me.

Something about this girl here is that I didn't always have friends - for real. 

if you have been around these parts for any length of time, you know I'm SUPER close with my family. So I take any and all friendships to heart. 

BECAUSE of this, I don't always say when something has hurt me.

It is just so much easier to avoid that sort of conflict ....

that AND most of the people in my life are 'new' to it...

as in the last 2-7 years. Sometimes I'm not sure how they will react to my blunt honesty.  The Husband and I don't have this issue -so don't worry about my happy little marriage =) 

Anyhow - I'm rambling but I think these are the reasons that this place, this blog, hasn't been filled with all sorts of randoms and ramblings and stories - I guess I am struggling internally with other things that I feel are probably inconsequential; they just rubbed me the wrong way. 

In light of this epiphany - I started making a list.  

I've deemed it:

SUNSHINE for the SOUL

when I made it this morning, it was a terrible poem haha!

it has since been shortened to a list of happies

Saying a prayer and instantly feeling better

Going for a Run

Loving my Life

Pretty high heels

Nail Polish

Cupcakes and Frosting

My Husbands Eyes and Smile

The Sun in the Sky

My wedding rings and what they Represent

The color Pink

Romantic movies with Happily Ever Afters

Wearing Sunnies (sunglasses)

Sitting in the same side of the Booth

Cuddling on the Couch

Salty air in my hair and off shore fishing

My family and friends from all mediums in my life

The way my Husband loves Me

Meeting new people

The Husband texting me "haters gonna hate"

seriously - it rhymed at one point and it was seriously TERRIBLE...like I laughed while I rhymed it!  but hey I'm a crafter NOT a writer! I had to stop because I was crying from laughing!

So what is your sunshine for YOUR soul?

Product of the Week and a little blue

I'm linking up for POTW

a couple weeks ago, I started looking at my hair. First of all I don't LOVE my hair color but I refuse to deal with coloring or highlighting it because a) it is expensive and b) the upkeep is more than I care to have to remember to do something about.
My next observation is that I want my hair to be shinier and look healthier. I did some research and read tons of reviews and information about various products. THEN I looked at cost because let's be serious, I know you get what you pay for but at some point I have to publicly admit I don't "ball so hard" and have a budget. So I went with something that is pretty inexpensive. I picked up some Organix shampoo and the Moroccan Oil.

 

I am so in love with both products! The oil was about $8 and the shampoo I can get at Walmart for $5.50! I noticed a difference immediately in my hair - both in the shine and how clean it felt. The products are sulfate free and I am thinking that has something to do with it. AND it smells really good =) It is weird that I think $6 for the shampoo to be inexpensive because I kind of get ruffled when I buy Pantene for $10 for a giant bottle. Ha what a weirdo!!!

You have probably noticed that today is March 1st. For some reason, I have been feeling a little down and out. I have a very happy life but today I'm a little grumpy and a little down.

I have amazing friends and a too-good-to-true husband and family.
We are gearing up to celebrate our SECOND wedding anniversary in a couple weeks and we are taking a four day weekend to spend time together at the end of the month.
March is going to be awesome!

But somehow, this morning, I woke up cranky. I feel anxious and I KNOW for certain, without a doubt, it is because there are things on the horizon that I am anticipating. I am finding it a little difficult lately to live in the NOW, the present. I look forward to weekends beginning on Monday. That is just silliness!

To top it all off, the last two morning I have ended up with headaches - yesterday, it didn't matter what I took, I had a headache until I went to sleep! This morning I woke up with a minor headache and it is being persistent. SO annoying! Thankfully it is duller and I think the meds I took are FINALLY starting to kick in.

I am trying to get out of this funky, eeyore-esq mood. Blogging helps me and reading all your positive comments and your amazing blogs/posts lifts me up. Thank you guys so much for being amazing and supportive and sharing with me when I share with you! Y'all rock my world =) Maybe a little Mexican food and ice cream are in order tonight =)

how do you get out of your funks?