The weather has finally dropped and is beginning to stay cold, as I got up for my run yesterday it was feeling a little like the weather had decided to skip fall and go straight onto winter. I'm alright with that too, because that gives me an excuse to listen to Christmas music just a little bit early this year. Anyways, besides the weather I have had some serious life cravings lately, have a strong feeling they're not going anywhere until fulfilled, thats how my cravings work. They crave and crave until it appears. Viola!
1. Family time. Not just saturday breakfasts but just the good chaos of my family gathered around in the living room. I'm desperate for us to be sipping our coffee, warming booties at the fire, and listening to the pure laughter as it resonates through the walls.
2. Apple Cider, Christmas music, and lit streets. Something so special about every house glowing as you drive around. Just adds this extra-spectacular "ness" that we need by the end of the year to push us through.
3. Cuddles. Cuddling under warm blankets and watching movies.
4. Big sweaters, tall socks, boots, hats, and scarfs. End of story.
5. Starbucks. Can't get enough Pumpkin Spice Lattes in me for the life of me, and looking forward to my annual peppermint white mocha!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, mine starts tonight!
Lots of love!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Chocolate, Tea, & Life's Little Breaks.
I am learning new things everyday in life, but especially lately been focused on the word; balance. I mean really what does it mean to be balanced? The technical definition is a place of "mental steadiness or emotional stability; habit of calm behavior judgment, etc". However when I think balanced, I think of all the different areas in my life, whether that be church, school, homework, friends, family, boyfriend, alone time, babysitting, and break time. How can a person be balanced when all of that is on her plate, and for some it's even more so because they have kids and husbands to take care of. This time in my life for me though just consists of the many that were named. I am learning a state of balance, which as of right now for means that I am to devote monday through thursday to school as a number one priority. That meaning that it is to be completed before everything else, and on the weekends it's split between dinners with friends, my boy, and waking up and enjoying a nice cup of coffee with the family. I've decided this is why I love home even more so now that I am in college, because it's a place away from the chaos, schedule, and priorities. I think an important lesson in life is to have fun in everything you do in life, because if you don't see the good and exciting things, then life becomes dull and dreary. This is why somedays even when the list is long and far from being achieved that it's ok to breathe, take a time out and wonder aimlessly through stores with friends finding special treasures, and treating yourself to frozen yogurt. Life should be filled with simple little breaks that let you get back on your feet again even just for an hour or two or maybe less. It is never regretted, and always worth it. I am slowly finding that place of balance, somedays it seems far fetch and other days it seems right on, perfectly proportioned, but thats just how life goes right?
Today I chose to take a break after two midterms, 20 pages of reading, and wonder through World Market with a special friend. I found a tea diffuser to use for my new white chai tea momma bought me, honey made to go in my tea (my favorite), and a little treat, kinder chocolate. Mmmmm. It was all well worth it.
Today I chose to take a break after two midterms, 20 pages of reading, and wonder through World Market with a special friend. I found a tea diffuser to use for my new white chai tea momma bought me, honey made to go in my tea (my favorite), and a little treat, kinder chocolate. Mmmmm. It was all well worth it.
Monday's done with, everyone can breathe and know where one day closer to the weekend.
Lots of Love.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
I can breathe.
Long long week. I am honestly living day to day, without even thinking ahead for the next day. So for this week I have driven to Ft.Worth he total amount of two times, Denton three times, and have only spent two nights in the dorm. The lady at the front desk sees me every time I leave, and I'm pretty sure she is actually beginning to question whether I actually live there or not. Regardless of that fact, I have had two tests, found time to go to a circus, enjoy dinner with girlfriends, and end a nice long week of school with a fabulous sushi dinner at a place where me and boyfran are working on becoming regulars (so far, so good). Life is chaotic, but thats what makes it so wonderful, right?
P.S. All I have is instagrams for you, no nice camera, my sister was the one taking all the pictures last weekend, so hopefully you will just enjoy! I personally love the look of instagrams.
P.S. All I have is instagrams for you, no nice camera, my sister was the one taking all the pictures last weekend, so hopefully you will just enjoy! I personally love the look of instagrams.
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| Circus. |
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| Somehow we never end up looking normal in our pictures. |
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| Looks good right? By the way, If you sit at the bar at a sushi place, it is very likely you will order more rolls, because watching them make them just makes them taste and look about 10x better. We always end up ordering to the bar people and they make them on the spot. It's dangerous. More for yall later. Lots of Love. |
Monday, October 10, 2011
Orange Pumpkins.
So about that story about that little rascal.
My favorite kiddos were in town this weekend and me and sister really wanted to do something fun and "fallish" (thats a word in my book) besides just sitting in the house. We come up with this brilliant idea to go to a pumpkin patch, great right? I know. We don't have too much time though, so we look up the closest pumpkin patch to Fort Worth and it was only about a 15 minute drive. We quickly dress the two year old who by the way is just waking up from her nap, and we tell the 8 year old to grab his shoes. He really didn't want to go, but what kind of aunts would we be if we didn't make our nephew engage in all the fall fun. Anyways it was looking a little dreary outside so it seemed appropriate to go ahead and dress like it's fall, but really fall seems so far some days in Texas. Anyways, regardless of the humid 90 degree weather I am unaware of, I throw on my black skinnies, a long sleeve shirt, and boots, did I mention I had on knee high socks with those boots? Well you can bet I did. We get diapers, cups, car seat, and finally make it out of the house. Get everyone in the car, but of course I cannot get the straps to go over baby girl's little shoulders, so I keep trying, but it's really too small. It takes two sisters of course to make this work so let me draw up a little mental picture for you here. Sister and me are both standing in the driveway pulling on the car seat straps trying to make them bigger, the two year old is so excited but so confused to what we are doing, and the 8 year old is screaming that he "knows how to do it" and "let me do it". Oh and let me remind you it's about 90 degrees outside, so were all sweating. Everything sounded so picturesque in my head with the pumpkin patch, the whole idea of fall, and taking babies to walk around and pick out pumpkins. Ah, but of course this is not going to happen all because little baby girl is too big for her car seat. We all head back inside and wait for her mom to get home, because surely a third sister will be able to fix the car seat, and of course with one tiny pull she had it made. By this time, everyone is home so of course nephew is a no-go, so instead me, sister, and baby girl load up one more time in the care for round two. I remembering going to pumpkin patches when I was little and there were scare-crows, horses, hay rides, and endless fields of pumpkins. This was not the picture of the pumpkin patch we pulled up too, but rather a giant stone company who laid out their assortment of pumpkins on hay and called it a day. So very picturesque. Regardless of the fact, it was nothing like I wanted it to be, baby girl had a wonderful time and spent quite the amount of time picking out the perfect pumpkin (couldn't decide between orange, white, orange & yellow, green & warty, or orange again). It is always fun to see a little one light up over the simple things, and we came home with one baby baby pumpkin, and one little one. I know little bit had a good time, because by the time we left she had dirt all over her face and her hair stuck to it, which is always a sign that a kid just went through a tunnel of fun, and she sang to her pumpkin the whole entire way home (which was longer than 15 minutes because we got lost of course).
My favorite kiddos were in town this weekend and me and sister really wanted to do something fun and "fallish" (thats a word in my book) besides just sitting in the house. We come up with this brilliant idea to go to a pumpkin patch, great right? I know. We don't have too much time though, so we look up the closest pumpkin patch to Fort Worth and it was only about a 15 minute drive. We quickly dress the two year old who by the way is just waking up from her nap, and we tell the 8 year old to grab his shoes. He really didn't want to go, but what kind of aunts would we be if we didn't make our nephew engage in all the fall fun. Anyways it was looking a little dreary outside so it seemed appropriate to go ahead and dress like it's fall, but really fall seems so far some days in Texas. Anyways, regardless of the humid 90 degree weather I am unaware of, I throw on my black skinnies, a long sleeve shirt, and boots, did I mention I had on knee high socks with those boots? Well you can bet I did. We get diapers, cups, car seat, and finally make it out of the house. Get everyone in the car, but of course I cannot get the straps to go over baby girl's little shoulders, so I keep trying, but it's really too small. It takes two sisters of course to make this work so let me draw up a little mental picture for you here. Sister and me are both standing in the driveway pulling on the car seat straps trying to make them bigger, the two year old is so excited but so confused to what we are doing, and the 8 year old is screaming that he "knows how to do it" and "let me do it". Oh and let me remind you it's about 90 degrees outside, so were all sweating. Everything sounded so picturesque in my head with the pumpkin patch, the whole idea of fall, and taking babies to walk around and pick out pumpkins. Ah, but of course this is not going to happen all because little baby girl is too big for her car seat. We all head back inside and wait for her mom to get home, because surely a third sister will be able to fix the car seat, and of course with one tiny pull she had it made. By this time, everyone is home so of course nephew is a no-go, so instead me, sister, and baby girl load up one more time in the care for round two. I remembering going to pumpkin patches when I was little and there were scare-crows, horses, hay rides, and endless fields of pumpkins. This was not the picture of the pumpkin patch we pulled up too, but rather a giant stone company who laid out their assortment of pumpkins on hay and called it a day. So very picturesque. Regardless of the fact, it was nothing like I wanted it to be, baby girl had a wonderful time and spent quite the amount of time picking out the perfect pumpkin (couldn't decide between orange, white, orange & yellow, green & warty, or orange again). It is always fun to see a little one light up over the simple things, and we came home with one baby baby pumpkin, and one little one. I know little bit had a good time, because by the time we left she had dirt all over her face and her hair stuck to it, which is always a sign that a kid just went through a tunnel of fun, and she sang to her pumpkin the whole entire way home (which was longer than 15 minutes because we got lost of course).
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| The pumpkin assortment |
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| If that doesn't say I'm having a good time, I don't know what does. |
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| We really persuaded against the warty can't stand up pumpkins. |
Happy Fall!
lots of love.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Fall Feelings
To tell you the truth, I gave up blogging this summer. I just stopped, not because I was too busy or didn't want too, I just didn't want to write it all out anymore. Everyday since I stopped, I sign onto blogger and read the daily updates, pull up my new post entry and then close it out. I felt like I had nothing to write about, or explain to you. Today though seems perfect to tell you everything, all the fun little things I've stored in my brain, and it's raining as I sip my coffee slower than usual, so it makes for the perfect scenario. For now heres just a few thoughts that have been weighing pretty heavy on my heart.
-For starters, School. It has been so much better. Some days I wake up and stare at my planner with no idea on how I'm going to get it all done, but someone told me to take it "one day at a time", and honestly it works out much better with the stress level, keeps it a lot lower than normal. You should try it. Also, to tell you the honest truth about me and school is that we do not get a long. Nope, but let me tell you the greatness in getting to take major classes… it doesn't feel like school! So the 94 I scored on my first major class test was such a blissful feeling because I didn't need to cram or study, just learn about things that interest me. It's a whole other world.
-Weekends. Weekends are like 3 full days spent at a little place, some call Utopia. Seriously. I treat them like mini-vacations. I mean of course, I have little bits of school to do here and there on Saturday and Sunday, but really I just go day to day enjoying so much of life. I go home all the time on weekends, but why not. I love Fort Worth and everyone I love is there, so who cares what people say about me not enjoying college life. I don't care. Back to weekends, they are a little piece of pie at the end of a week, and provide a whole lot of sanity to carry me through 4 days of school.
-Babies. To say that I am in love with my wonderful nieces and nephew is a little bit of an understatement. Just getting to cuddle up against them is the best feeling in the world. Even though my little 2 year old best friend is in a bit of "I can do it on my own" phase, she's still cute and fun to be with. But really, having two baby girls to hold and kiss is seriously the greatest joy in life. I love being an aunt. I wish I had more time to do things like go to boo at the zoo, trick or treat with them on halloween, or just wake up to them more often, but I know reality separates us and I am thankful for the time well spent with the little boo bears. I've got a little story about one of those rascals but I'll save it for another day.
-Family. I love home. I love my family. I am always so much happier when time is spent with them. Last night when Texas finally received an abundant, unending amount of rain, we all decided it was the perfect night for a movie. So even though only two sisters were home, and mom was gone, we had two other sisters ( me and Whittney), Nephew, little brother (who is not so little at all) like 5 inches taller than me not little, and Dad. We all piled into my parents king size bed and watched the Iron Giant on my parents tv. It was so special and moments like that are always well cherished.
I am so blessed.
♥
lots of love. Good to be back.
-For starters, School. It has been so much better. Some days I wake up and stare at my planner with no idea on how I'm going to get it all done, but someone told me to take it "one day at a time", and honestly it works out much better with the stress level, keeps it a lot lower than normal. You should try it. Also, to tell you the honest truth about me and school is that we do not get a long. Nope, but let me tell you the greatness in getting to take major classes… it doesn't feel like school! So the 94 I scored on my first major class test was such a blissful feeling because I didn't need to cram or study, just learn about things that interest me. It's a whole other world.
-Weekends. Weekends are like 3 full days spent at a little place, some call Utopia. Seriously. I treat them like mini-vacations. I mean of course, I have little bits of school to do here and there on Saturday and Sunday, but really I just go day to day enjoying so much of life. I go home all the time on weekends, but why not. I love Fort Worth and everyone I love is there, so who cares what people say about me not enjoying college life. I don't care. Back to weekends, they are a little piece of pie at the end of a week, and provide a whole lot of sanity to carry me through 4 days of school.
-Babies. To say that I am in love with my wonderful nieces and nephew is a little bit of an understatement. Just getting to cuddle up against them is the best feeling in the world. Even though my little 2 year old best friend is in a bit of "I can do it on my own" phase, she's still cute and fun to be with. But really, having two baby girls to hold and kiss is seriously the greatest joy in life. I love being an aunt. I wish I had more time to do things like go to boo at the zoo, trick or treat with them on halloween, or just wake up to them more often, but I know reality separates us and I am thankful for the time well spent with the little boo bears. I've got a little story about one of those rascals but I'll save it for another day.
-Family. I love home. I love my family. I am always so much happier when time is spent with them. Last night when Texas finally received an abundant, unending amount of rain, we all decided it was the perfect night for a movie. So even though only two sisters were home, and mom was gone, we had two other sisters ( me and Whittney), Nephew, little brother (who is not so little at all) like 5 inches taller than me not little, and Dad. We all piled into my parents king size bed and watched the Iron Giant on my parents tv. It was so special and moments like that are always well cherished.
I am so blessed.
♥
lots of love. Good to be back.
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