Diet Dr. Pepper/ Dr. Pepper- I love DP and if I could drink the real stuff and not have to worry about the calories or sugar, I'd probably drink a 6- pack a day. We grew up on the them with my Grandmother and she taught me the best way to drink them is to freeze it for an hour and make it slushy like. Yum
2.7 Deadly Zins/Red Wine- I LOVE red wine, white is great, but I love red. I discovered this bottle a few years back at a local restaurant and it's not too expensive, so I buy it all the time for the house and it's fabulous.
So what are your top two picks? Go visit Taylor and let us know.
1. Maria Menounos- I love her soft curls and beautiful brunette hair.
To this day, I still suck and curling my hair, I am trying to learn
but it's crazy that at 28 I've never mastered curlying my hair.
2.Carrie Underwood- The girl first off is gorgeous, but she always has great hair, even at the hockey games, ugh so jealous.
So who are your picks for Top 2 celebrity hairstyles. Visit Taylor at The Undomestic Momma and tell us.
On a different note, please, please, please continue to pray for me a full-time job, the money issues are getting even tougher now and I just can't think that at almost 29, I may have to go knock on Mom and Dad's door and ask to borrow money to make ends meet. Thanks ladies!!
Get in the Best Shape I've ever been in and lose the weight I've gained: I was almost to my goal of 135 in May when I went on a cruise, but after a rather bad and depressing break-up in July I got lazy and stopped working out. I am determined to lose the weight before May and I'm working my butt off to do so.
Enjoy life more and stop stressing the little things- I am a BIG TIME stress"er" and I wan to stop stressing so much and enjoy life more. I spent the last 4 1/2 years living doing whatever someone else wanted to do and looking back now, I was miserable the whole time!!! But I would have never admitted that at the time. I NEVER want to do that again!! and third...
Become better about blogging, I started blogging for my photography, then I really enjoyed it so I started for enjoyment and I enjoyed reading others blogs, so I would like to get better about doing it everyday. I've let it really backslide lately.
So what are your New Year's Resolutions? Visit Taylor here and tell us.
We love to play lots of games in our family, but growing up two of my favorites, and they still are today too were Nertz and Scrabble..my mother is the scrabble queen and she rarely loses, but it's still fun to play as a family.
1.Nerts- we use to play this on our church youth trips all the time!!
Okay, to start, today has not been a very good morning for me. First of all, I didn't make it to work until 1:00, I started my day by doing a favor for my cousin and taking her husband to have test so she could get her son to school. Well, I end up running into my ex's co-worker who informed me, that the guy I was trying to get in touch with (who happens to be his best friend an also whom I shot down in times past) is now (as of about 2 wks seeing a girl from AR). Everything happens for a reason, right? God has a plan for everything and I am just SO thankful to have moved on with my life and that I am no longer being verbal and physically abused by my ex anymore. Life's looking up!!! ; )
Back to the story, so I go out to my car to get ready to leave and it won't start because I was talking running my mouth too much to my ex's, co-worker's wife, so I had to call my parents neighbor to come and get me and take me to work. Now my car is sitting at Methodist Surgery Center waiting for someone to pick me up after work and take me to jump it off. WOW, it's only Tuesday, really? Hope everyone else's Tuesday is going better than mine.
Now on to Top 2 Tuesday!!
Okay, so I love todays Top 2: Dream Kitchens and must say first of all, that I have a total fascination obsession with loving kitchens in general and looking at HGTV.com's website and fantasizing about the kitchen I wish to have one day. Hey, a girl can dream, right?
1.This first kitchen, I just love the white cabinet look and would love to have them in my home one day. I LOVE the fridge and island/bar on this kitchen to.
(please note the fridge: LOVE it!!)
2.Concrete Counter tops-yes, to some this may be weird, but I also have an obsession with concrete. I would put it in the entire downstairs of my house if I could. I just love the idea of having concrete counter tops too. Just something about it makes me smile when I look at this kitchen. That along with the glass front cabinets would sell me alone on this house below if I was looking at it.
Caroline, I love your idea for this one!!! To participate visit Taylor at The Undomestic Momma and link up. Happy Tuesday!!!
WOW, okay, so I have been MIA for a few days now, but what a difference a few days in your life can make. i have been struggling with myself and who I am since I went through a very, very, VERY bitter and angry break-up in July.
First of all, let me start by saying that Saturday night I went to church and the message was so intense and I truly feel like it was another message screaming out "Meredith, Meredith" he was preaching on forgiveness; how we must forgive others for God to heal us and forgive us. STAB #1
He went on to say, how we let our past hurts control our present life and how we hold things against others who have done no wrong to us, simply because someone once did wrong to us. STAB #2
Okay, so many of you know that my break-up in July was very painful and hurtful. But I don't think many understand why it was so painful and hurtful. I went back to my ex, who is an alcoholic multiple times after multiple indecent incidences. He put me in situations I should never allowed myself to get involved in whether it be alcohol, drugs, etc. You name it, we were probably in the middle of it at some point. Another reason why this is so hard and painful, but also eye opening and awakening is because as many of you know, I work for attorneys, if anything were to have ever happened, I number one would have been out of a job and possible even more. Yes, I take responsibility, I could have walked away and should have, but I didn't. Now that I have, God has truly blessed my life in SO many ways and is even working on helping me to forgive myself first and foremost.
I have a very difficult time forgiving myself in any situation, whatever it may be, but to have to go back and admit your sins to God, who already knows, is still humbling I truly believe. God has worked in my life SO much the last 2 and a half months that I did not allow him to work in over the last 4 1/2 years because I truly allowed some man to be my "god". God says, "you are to have no others before me" and I truly believe God had to dump me on my butt to get me to clean-up my life and keep my eyes on him. I continue to struggle especially in the last few weeks with wanting to do some things that are horrible for me and my body, but by the grace of God and through prayer and friends, I have managed to avoid that which almost cost me it all!!!! I do ask for your continued prayers in support, as I am still weak when it comes to some items in my life or allowing them back in my life.
My family has been praying so hard for me b/c I took my ex back multiple times and I assured them that there is NO GOING BACK this time, but they still have there doubts. I am truly FREE for the first time in 4 1/2 years from his abuse and control and I have to say, it feels SO GOOD to be able to do WHATEVER I WANT TO DO!!!!
TOP 2 TUESDAY:
Top 2 Favorite Songs:
Well this first one is my top Christian favorite song at the moment, because of all I have been going through the last 2 + months, I have been trying to fix my eyes on Jesus and listen to more christian instead of my normal Metallica (yes, Metallica is my favorite, need I say more), etc.
1.Casting Crowns- I will Praise You in this Storm- it fits where I have been and what I have gone through the last 2+ months. It makes me cry just thinking of this song and what Jesus did for me and how I am covered by the blood.
2.Goo Goo Dolls "Better Days"
To participate in Top 2 Tuesday, go over to Taylor's blog here and tell us your picks.
First off, before top 2 Tuesday..... I want to wish my Mamaw a Happy, Happy, Happy 91st birthday!!!! She loves telling people she's 90 almost 91 all the time, she is so proud; she has to be one of the best looking and healthiest 91 year olds I've met.
Top 2 Favorite US Cities
1. New Orleans, LA- I had such a blast in my short but sweet trip to New Orleans a few years back, we actually went not long after Katrinia when things first started getting back to normal. I would love to go again and get to see more sites as we really tried to do a lot in 30 hrs. Yes, that's about all the time we were there, but a blast it was nonetheless.
2.Las Vegas, Nevada- Yes, the first thing that comes to mind is gambling, but there is SO much to do besides that. A few things we did were: take in a show, site see, skydiving (which was my FAV), Grand Canyon (it wasn't that bad of a drive from LV).
To participate in Top 2 Tuesday, visit Taylor and tell us.
Today's Top 2 for Tuesday is: Top 2 Characters You Would Want to Play in a T.V. Show or Movie
1. Sarah Jessica Parker- a.k.a. Carrie Bradshaw- Sex and the City she has great style, great shoes, a great apartment, fun life, and lives in NYC, I've always wanted to live in NYC, it's just way too cold for me and too expensive.
2. Angie Harmon- a.k.a Rizzoli on Rizzoli & Isles- TNT's new hit about 2 detectives, I love Angie Harmon from back in her Law & Order days. She has great style, I think she is beautiful, and she just makes being a detective look so fun and cool. I love crime scene dramas in general and have always secretly wished to be a homicide detective or a medical examiner, I just think it would be such a cool and fascinating career.
So who are your picks? Visit Taylor at The Undomestic Momma, link up and let us know.
Clean fresh sheets- I love snuggling up in sheets right out of the dryer. The sent of the fabric softener and the warm sheet, what could be better at the end of a busy day.
2. It was a hard to choose between pedis and sweets, but at the end of the day,
