Month: May 2013

Ten Things

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Today’s challenge is a fun and easy one. Ten things that make you happy.

1. The ocean, the beach, the sand between my toes and a salty breeze, while soaking up the sunshine.
 
2. Hawaii. It is, and always will be, my home
 
3. Getting a great deal on something! I love getting discounts: buy one-get one, free shipping or free items. It totally makes my day!
 
4. Babies. Especially fat, squishy, roly-poly ones.
 
5. My pup, Gunner. He is seriously the sweetest, most insane dog ever and I love him to pieces.
 
6. My morning coffee. Whether it’s a hot one and I’m enjoying the early morning quiet, or my iced banana nut powering me through another crazy day at TrashLand, there is nothing better.
 
7. A fabulous-windows down-sunroof open-amazing, country song on the radio. Nothing puts me in a better mood. Today it was Kip Moore’s “hey pretty girl”
 
8. A great outfit. Seriously, when you know you look good, you FEEL good too!
 
9. My husband. It’s an obvious one, but even when he’s driving me absolutely insane, I know there is no one else that could make me as happy as he does.
 
10. The voice of a loved one — either on a coffee date with a dear friend, or a phone call with my Grandma. It lifts my heart to hear their voice.


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Sorry is the hardest word

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*Day 13:* Issue a public apology. This can be as funny or as serious or as creative as you want it to be.

Ok — I have the worst road rage. So for anyone who has ever driven in a car with me, I’m sorry. I swear it’s the only time I yell at random strangers

 “for the love of christ, it’s green — GOOOO!” 

“WHERE did you learn how to drive?!! get out of my way!!” 

I could go on and on, but I’ll leave it at that. You get the idea. So my friends (and the people I’ve yelled at!), my apologies. I swear, I’m really a nice person. Just a very impatient one.  

And lastly, to the dear friend that I hurt today, I am sorry. I’m not perfect, and I’m sorry that my insensitivity caused you pain. Please forgive me and know how much you mean to me! I love you! xo
 


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Weekend Recap

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It’s a crazy Monday morning around here — so I’ve decided to do a weekend recap with photos :) My dear husband does not yet seem to understand why I need to take photos of everything, and have him take photos of me doing them … but he will!
 
Saturday morning, I painted my bathroom. I was going for a pretty coral color (since coral and mint is my new favorite combo) but it came out more salmon. After a couple of days, the color has grown on me and I can’t wait to finish putting the bathroom together!
 
 
 
 
 
Saturday afternoon, our good friends Mike and Jessy came over to see the new house with their two kids. Mike is Keith’s best friend from high school and he was the best man in our wedding. Jessy was one of my bridesmaids, and their son Cody was one of our ringbearers.
 
 
Little miss Cali Ann …. this girl has such a personality, I love her to pieces :)
 
The boys at dinner :)
 
The whole gang! It was Cody’s idea to get the waitress to take our photo, so glad he did :)
After dinner, we went back to our house and watched our wedding video with them for the first time! Cody got a kick out of seeing himself on TV, and watching his dad’s best man speech :)
 
Sunday morning we took his mom and grandma out to brunch and this was the *only* time I forgot to take photos! I was too hungry I guess!
 
Sunday afternoon, was more unpacking and organizing and getting settled! Here is a sneak peek of how my dressing room is coming together. I cannot wait to finish this room!
 
 
And a quikc look at our new white-washed fireplace. I absolutely LOVE how it came out! I even started decorating our mantle a little bit, and can’t wait to hang our wedding photos above it.
Anddddd we went shopping. We are suckers for Banana Republic, and they were having a big sale yesterday, so we got 35% off our purchase! Plus we had Banana Rewards ($150 worth!) so we made out big time. Keith and I got a bunch of summer stuff for our upcoming trip to Jamaica.
 
 
Sunday night is quickly becoming Mexican night in our house — last night was chicken enchiladas, with rice, roasted peppers and homemade guac. Yum!

So there you have it … our fun, busy, crazy weekend :) I promise to do a house tour later this week, since we are (finally) no longer living out of boxes!


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