Tag Archives: link up

Friday and feeling fine

Linking it up with Jen and the QT crew this fine Friday for a weekly recap of what’s going down in our neck of the woods.

I pre-ordered Jen’s book and in the meantime needed another book to read and remembered Simcha Fisher’s book, The Sinner’s guide to Natural Family Planning, and so I’ve been reading it this week and holy, moley. That’s some FUNNY stuff. If you want a “keepin’ in real” look at NFP…this is it. Don’t expect it to walk you through the how-tos, but it will help you make it through the tougher spots in the reality of NFP and an honest, hilarious look at NFP as a whole. Completely enjoying it!!
I ran out of my eye makeup remover and had to use some other stuff….awful….forgot JUST how awful until my regular stuff arrived yesterday. Oh,Arbonne….I love you. AND a new lipcolor….which I love!! So winning, winning, winning!!!! (if you need and Arbonne hook up, I’ll set you up with myBFF)….
note to self: do NOT run out of this again!!
We have some home improvements going on: new toilets…..wahoo. This was our “facility” reality last night for a brief time. Ugh. It was, blessedly, short-lived and this morning we have the plumber coming to put in trickier toilet and then we shall be back up to full speed with TWO working toilets!! Life is good, people.
A few domestic projects as well: I made a pillow from some fabric a neighbor was pawning off and the girls and I have been toying with embroidery. I started off with something ridiculously hard and will likely put aside, but the girls are just winging it and playing with stitches and getting used to the needle and thread. Fun.
Gotta love this!
We met friends for pizza the other night while they were in town. They have 3 littles and man, how you forget the energy level….it was fun though and the pizza—–delicious and HUGE!!!!
Holding two little boys at bay had the big boy laughing!

Having two littles as foot weights had the big girl giggling.
Spring is here and I snapped this lovely, first orange blossom of the season the other day….HALLELUJAH!!
Ah, spring and the smell of orange blossoms in the air!!
Don’t forget you can still link up your “Day in the life, in photos” with me HERE. (I’m excited I was able to actually figure out how to do a link….long a curiosity of mine…..a few people actually joined….and I think I set it up for a month or something, so yay!).

Happy Weekeend to you all!!

5 Things getting me through the week

4 Replies

Joining in with Hallie and all the lovelies for the weekly round up of 5 favorites. Imma make this real quick like because as usual, I am pushing the envelope with time this morning! Whatever. Here we go:

PICTURES!!! Love me some pictures. Love to see other people’s pictures. Glimpses of life. A picture says a thousand words. So join me Monday for a photo link up…check the details HERE.
Spin Class. Don’t love the early morning wakey uppy, but sure love the sweat and start to the day!
Sweaty, blurry.
Our crockpot. We put this beast through the paces. This week we’ve been putting it through Paleo paces…have you read Sarah Fragoso’s cookbook….Love it!!!
This coffee.
Delish. Just. DELISH!
The Kindle. Current Book, A Subtle Grace…..well done, Ellen! Well, done…..almost finished…killing me to put it down at night!!
Since the girls aren’t using it……I am!!

A link up…in photo style!

3 Replies

I got a wild hair yesterday and decided to host a link up. Which I’ve never done before, but how hard can it be? Right?

So here’s the theme: A DAY IN THE LIFE….IN PICTURES! Because a picture speaks a thousand words…photo fun!

Pick a day. ANY day. However, it should be a pretty average day for an average look at your life, HOWEVER, if you choose to pictorialize (yes, it is a word…I looked it up!) your 5 year-olds EPIC birthday party…go right on ahead…no judgment zone.
Try and get as close to these “times” as possible: Waking up. Bring your best bed head and all. Breakfast (yours or your family’s). Mid day. How you hanging so far?? Lunch. What’s on the plate? Mid-afternoon. The crazy zone for a lot of you! Dinner. All together ? In the car? Out? Inquiring minds and all. Mid evening. Winding down people!!! Bed time. Success. Lived to tell the tale of another day! Woot woot!! More or less. No fast rules.
I’ll throw the link up on Monday, so you have 4 days to get your photos together.

You know the rest, link your blog, yada, yada, yada.

Fun way to find new blogs and get a glimpse of life all over.

I’ll TRY and link up with Jen on Friday, but for sure I’ll see you back here on MONDAY to link it up! (plus that gives me a few days to hopefully figure it out!)

Peace out, y’all!

Friday….bring the thunder

1 Reply

Fun Friday, Folks. You know what that means…..well since Jen is a leetle busy post-birth and all and spending her days trekking it to and fro to the NICU for baby Joseph, she’s handed this weeks QTs off to Grace.

Day 7 of clean Eating, people. Day 7. Proud to say I’m toeing the line. The whole planning thing really panned out this week. And I’m feeling good!!!
Week 1 of my gym’s 6 week Challenge and……..I worked out one day this week. Totally need to re-group on the exercise deal is I plan on winning. The whole life-getting-in-the-way ain’t gonna bring home the 2K, you know?!?
I’ve been doing lots of praying this week. For gals in labor, babies in the NICU, parents in the ICU, those suffering from cancer, their loved ones, the struggles go on and on and sometimes it’s a little overwhelming all this suffering in the world and then I was reminded of this by Ann Voskamp….because I am a “fixer” and like to make things right and suffering frustrates me because I’m helpless and yet:
Back on the upswing….we bought our beach pass and have used it. Twice. Two weekends in a row. Don’t hate. Man I love the beach. Love.
Riding her cruiser!!
I’m running out of things to say.
Really I’m running out of time, because I need to get ready for work!
In reply to Grace’s query of kitchen furniture and the like….we have a super hutch/dresser/furniture, thanks to some super awesome friends! Sadly time is limiting me from finding the picture!!!

go check out the rest of the crew and jump on in so Jen has plenty of reading material in the NICU and keep those prayers coming, people!

EASTER…taking it outside to celebrate!

9 Replies

The whole-ish outfit. My missed the shot. Apparently. the skirt is swingy and goes just below/to the knee.

The whole-ish outfit. My legs missed the shot. Apparently. The skirt is swingy and goes just below/to the knee.

Joining in with Camp Patton, Freckles in April, and North Meets South, in a nod to Fine Linen and Purple‘s wildly fun WIWS….EASTER STYLE!! I’ve been COMPLETELY MIA for the last few months on the WIWS circuit, mostly because I was in repeat mode. buuuuuuut, now I have the spring clothes out so you might see me more frequently the next couple of weeks.

Hoping you all had a blessed Lent and a are enjoying a fabulous Easter celebration today. I have a whopping T-20 minutes, so let’s see what I can throw together here what with cropping and editing and such with the photos!