a prayer

before i went to bed last night i said a prayer.

a prayer for all those affected by the horrible tornadoes in oklahoma yesterday, a prayer for our country, a prayer for my friends and family, and lastly a prayer thanking God for his many blessings.

when bad things happen in this world, we go to God.  i do it, you do it, we all do it.

we tend to cry out to him when things aren't going our way.  but what about thanking him daily for the things we don't deserve?

i'm deeply saddened by the devastation in oklahoma yesterday.  so many families are hurting!  they've lost their homes and important memories, and many of them have lost loved ones.

i cannot begin to imagine the heartache they are feeling.

today i want to ask you a favor.

when you say a prayer...

instead of going to God for something you want, tell him thank you.  thank him for his blessings.  thank him for your loved ones.  and thank him for his forgiveness and love.

and then i want you to say a prayer for all those who are hurting.

pray for oklahoma.

pray for boston.

pray for west texas.

pray for sandy hook.

pray for aurora colorado.

pray for the hurricane sandy victims.

pray for your town.

pray for your loved ones.

and pray for our country.

and remember... 

my not so fun weekend shenanigans

what a weekend!

seriously, what a weekend!!

let me just start with the good part first.  i got to go spend time with sweet baby lilah on friday night.

gah, i just love her!

the next day my friend tania and i had a yard sale.

we decided that we needed a yard sale beverage, so we grabbed a couple beers.  it made sitting in the rain much more enjoyable.

now for the not so fun part of the weekend...

so saturday night the hubs and i went down to atlanta for our friend kellie's birthday.  it was the first time in 3 years that we were able to make it down there for her birthday weekend.

so we booked a hotel for the night and decided that we were gonna go out and have a blast.

we were supposed to meet everyone at the mellow mushroom at 9 pm for pizza and pre gaming first, so we get ready to go and head down to grab a cab.

i show the bell hop the address of the restaurant and he tells the cab driver where he needs to take us.  well 15 minutes later we arrive at mellow mushroom and walk inside to meet everyone else.  we walk in ready to get our drinkin on and realize that we are at the WRONG place!

crap.

so we call kellie.  since we didn't want to pay a cab again, she said she would have her boyfriend tim come pick us up.  so we tell her where we would be and we wait patiently for tim to come get us.

well 40 minutes go by and still no tim...

patiently waiting on our ride.  as you can see LT is not a happy camper.

we finally get a call from kellie who tells us that tim has actually been arrested for a hit and run (which actually turned out to be false. and that's another story for another day) so by this point it's after 10 pm, i'm starving, and i feel absolutely horrible about the whole situation.  i can't help but think that it's our fault.  so with tears and mascara running down my face, i walk up to a cab driver and ask if he could take us to the correct mellow mushroom so we could meet everyone else there and just wait on kellie to get everything situated.  

well when we arrive at the right place, everyone who was with the birthday party had already left and went home...

so here we are in the middle of buckhead, not knowing how far we actually are from our hotel, and not wanting any more cab fares, so we decide to sit down and get some drinks and pizza.

our waitress felt so bad for us, so she gave us a ride back to our hotel.  so sweet of her.  (that saved us 20 bucks) so since we were all dressed up, we thought "what the heck" we'll just go out and try and have a good time, so that's what we did :)

and the only pics i have are ones of us after we got back to the hotel...

LT wanted to get the cars in the background... typical guy

so that's it for my crazy not so fun atlanta weekend.

happy monday!

mint & coral obsession

spring fashion is my ultimate fave! and this spring, it seems like bright or pastel colors are the way to go!

some of my fave colors for this season are mint and coral.  i'm obsessed!

pair some coral or mint skinnies with some adorable wedges and you're all set.

a cute chunky belt with a coral dress and mint accents would make the perfect going out attire.

keep it simple with ivory and white accents.

pair your simple summer outfit with bold jewelry. 

now go have some fun shopping loves! :)

happy weekend!

throwback thursday - tardy for the party

so i'm a little late...

sorry loves! 

obviously i shouldn't be in charge of anything super important EVER, because it would probably never get done.

kim is secretly singing that song to me.

so it's thursday again, which means it's time to dig up those old embarrassing photos and wonder "what the hell was i thinking?"

like this one.

ok you can stop laughing now..

moving on :)

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Take in on back now...

 are you ready to feel really old?

check these interesting facts out:

remember furguson from clarissa explains it all?

well this is what he looks like now.

and i should also mention that the first episode of that show aired 22 years ago.

and check this out...

you will never EVER be able to drink one of these again:

or this:

how about this one:

backstreet boys released their first single (brace yourself) 18 years ago!

the titanic was released 16 years ago...

here is leo toasting 16 years apart:

and speaking of leo and the titanic... did you know that kids born the year the titanic came out are sophomores in high school right now?

and this one makes me feel REALLY old...

home alone came out in 1990 (23 years ago) that's only 21 years after neil armstrong walked on the moon... so home alone was released closer to the moon landing than to now

feel old yet?

i do...

happy thursday loves!

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happy hump day :)

my go to breakfast

when i started my health kick a few months back, i quickly realized that the easiest and fastest way to get my nutrition throughout the day was through smoothies.

making a smoothie each morning as a part of your daily routine not only saves you time and money, but it's also delicious!

smoothies are a great way to get your daily serving of fruits and veggies too.

here are a few of my favorite smoothie recipes:

orange-lemon creme smoothie

3/4 cup of lemon yogurt (i use yo-plait)

1/2 of an orange sliced

1/4 cup orange juice

1 scoop vanilla protein power

1 cup crushed ice

pina-colada smoothie

*my favorite*

1 cup crushed pinapple

1/4 cup coconut milk

2-3 drops coconut extract

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

1 cup crushed ice

very berry smoothie

1/4 cup strawberries

1/2 cup raspberries

1/4 cup blueberries

1/4 cup low fat milk

1 cup crushed ice

watermelon craze smoothie 

1 cup chopped seedless watermelon

1/4 cup orange juice

1 packet of truvia

1 cup of ice

you don't have to say it, i know you love me for posting these :)

now go get healthy my lovies!

 

silly faces

i'm gonna keep it short and sweet today.

my weekend was filled with hanging out with these two adorable little girls, lounging around the house, and drinking wine on the porch with mom.

it was a perfect lazy/makeup free weekend.

harmony decided to practice her ballet moves...

while miss london played dress up with my rain boots.

silly little girls :)

have a wonderful monday loves!