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My Christmas was filled with Seafood Chowder, brothers, beards, delicious food, children, crafts, horses and stories. My favorite kind of time. Here's just a few snippets, I didn't feel like taking many photos this year... I was too busy sneaking away to whisk through The Hunger Games:). I already miss my family and wish my sister-in-law was always around. ( I NEED MORE SISTERS, if you'd like to be adopted by me as a sister, let me know)
P.S. A few more days to leave your name for an Izze treat to be mailed to you!
Merry Christmas... may we get better at relationship as our technology increases!
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I am so happy to announce new partner, Izze sparkling drinks! Remember this craft I did using Izze bottles? Well it has been a Pinterest hit, so Izze sent me some great products to test out, photograph and get crafty again! I can't wait to get started. But that's not all...
If you've never tried Izze before or you are a big fan and would like to taste some new products, you can submit your name in the comments below and 4 of you will get to try some new flavors for free!
If you don't know who sells this refreshing drink you can type in your zipcode and Find Izze.
Also, if you happen to be getting married, Izze is doing a Wedding Sparkle contest... check out the video to enter!
So if you'd like to try some new Izze flavors or would like the opportunity to get your favorite flavor... tell me in the comments and I'm happy to send 4 of you some stuff... :) to make your new year sparkle!
Cheers!
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Today is my birthday. I have officially graduated. I am no longer a wandering 20's. I know what I want, and I'm going to get it. at least that's how i imagine us powerful 30 year olds to think.
I have had mixed feelings about saying goodbye to 20s, in fact it was way harder than saying goodbye to teens ;). I don't feel 30, I never felt 29, in fact most the time when talking to youngsters, I feel like they are older than me and I've been carded to see a rated R movie, and they won't let me taste wine at Trader Joes without an id... so I guess I have never really felt old. But alas, I have to recognize the number has changed so I've got some stepping up to do.
I have a lot of thoughts about 30 that I will share soon. But for now I'll tell you about my day, my lovely birthday.
I have had some hard birthdays in the past. Not because of anyone, or anything, (well there were a few a-holes that broke up with me on my birthday) but according to facebook who's laughing now? ;) just me and my birthday issues.
But this year, I did it all different. I scheduled a day for myself. I thought about what I'd like to do, and I made it happen. This is what I did... (with the cooperation of my sweet husband who took Isabel with him to work ;)
I have a pretty fierce cold with snot bubbles and coughing, but by golly I'm not 20 anymore, the 20 year old me would cry and feel unloved by God that I was not feeling good on my special day, but not this year... I'm 30, and I chose to look at the small hardship as a challenge instead of a breakdown, I was determined to make this day count.
I woke up and stared outside the window into the trees and thanked God for life, and thanked God for my mother who gave me life, and I marinated in the thankfulness of what it means to simply exist. Then I rolled out of bed and went to a massage appointment I booked... (and drooled and snotted during the whole thing) I promise you this isn't normal, but today... I decided I didn't care.
I came home, showered, took my time getting dressed and straightening my hair and got in the car.
I went to Dean & Deluca, and got my favorite sandwich (that I've been eating for 15 years!!!) i started working there when I was 16, with the addition of birthday bacon and a sweet tea. I sat down with my list/journal book and I wrote things that came to me and wrote goals and asked my self who I wanted to be in year 30 and what I wanted to do, and how I was going to do it.
I took a walk. I walked to my favorite paper store, browsed the items I was going to buy for my business, but then decided, nope- no work, only play today.
I went to the mall. I went in every store I wanted to. I stayed in Anthropologie for hours, calculating and trying on clothes, only to return the clothes I bought last week, purchase some bowls for my kitchen and make $53.00. that's a success in my world.
I shopped until my red, watery eyes were tired and my last tissue had been sneezed upon, and came home to my husband giving my daughter a piggy-back ride, listening to her squeal with delight, ate a cheese stick, a cupcake and a glass of sparkling juice.............
and it was perfect.
Would any trip be complete without a tattoo? ;) Lauren got the most beautiful set of arrows wrapping around her arm. I still remain a blank canvas.... but her tattoo seriously is one of my favorites I've ever seen, very elegant and simple.
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This is what I was doing last weekend... making breakfast with my girls....
have you ever thought about how really a lot of breakfast food is like eating dessert as soon as you wake up? ;)
Recently I went on an impromptu girls mountain trip near Asheville. I almost didn't go (for a million reasons) but I am SOOO glad I did! I am finding more and more experiences are worth every penny. I can't think of a single trip I regret! But I can think of a lot of random things I have purchased that I regret! :)
It was such a wonderful time, but it wasn't close to being long enough. What more do you need on a girl's weekend: fire, hot tub, shopping, chocolate lounge (twice) coffee, good food, laughter, cookies, a midnight birthday party, mountain walks, baby snuggles with Tillie... and my dearest friend Kristina surprised us from Florida!
And no spontaneous trip would be complete without a tattoo ;) up next...
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