Friday Connections

Happy Friday!! Thank goodness! It's been a fast week but a long week over here! So very glad it is over and ready for the weekend and some s-l-e-e-p! Sorry for the absense the past 2 days. Its been busy with work, physical thereapy, small group and everything inbetween. I go back to the doctor monday to schedule surgery and get this s-l-o-w recovery on the road! Anywho... I thought this Friday Confessions would be fun to well... be honest! Here we go

I confess that lately I just feel like life is life. Same ole routine day in and day out.Kinda been a boring blah month of January. I'm just beyond ready for it to be warm, start making trips to Nashville and fun places in georgia and just Get O-U-T of the house and have some fun. Anyone else feeling like this?

I confess this shoulder thing has really gotten the best of me. I try soo hard not to complain because well... no one wants to hear it but there are days I just want to lay in bed and be OVER this. Ready for God to put some strength and peace in me to get through this!

I confess  I have a girls slumber party tonight that I am SUPER excited about. Bring on the wine and food and PJ's! Very excited to just relax and have good fun girl talk!

I confess my husband is a complete blessing. I am the most un-mushy sappy person you will meet but this past week in particular for me has just been such an eye opener to the blessings and well God-send that my husband is. He is so selfless and giving and the way he loves and take care of me and our girls (furbabies) is absolutely incredible.

I confess  I am hosting a Super Bowl party Sunday and I have not even Began  to think about it or plan anything out! Umm... might need to get on that!

I confess I am super excited for Steeplechase 2011! We booked our spot and I absolutely cannot wait for May 14th for friends, drinks, dresses and of course hats! Spring I am DYING to see you!

I confess I am soo incredbily happy that it is Friday! This week has done me in! Happy Friday to all and to all of..... Good Day?!

Top Two Tuesdays

Top 2 things you've learned about friendship

Happy Tuesday! Good news... Monday is over, bad news... its a long 4 days until the weekend. Bachelor recap to come... no worries. For now, lets focus on the positive... friendship. The most amazing gift in life is having great friends by your side in the thick and then, good times and bad...

1. I've learned that maintaining close friendships isn't easy. It IS work. Constant work. There has to be the effort on both sides. This has been huge for me since moving to Georgia. I constantly have to make the effort to call or text my friends since I don't get to see them as much as I would like. Even at the end of the day when your tired or exhausted that one little text or call can make a world of difference

2. Friends change, your best friend growing up may not be your best friend later in life. I'm at a point now where friends can be...interesting. I either have friends that are married, settled, or in a serious relationship. Then I have friends that are all about going out, having a good time, partying it up and meeting new people. It was definitely a challenge for me to learn that this is OK, to not necessarily be at the same level as all your friends are or if they don't understand why I'm married and just don't want to go out all the time.

Like I said... friends are work, it can be a challenge and it can create heartache. But there is nothing in the world like amazing friends! 

My Husband...

Happy Monday!! I soo hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It was 70 and sunny here in Atlanta and I can say by far we had the most amazing weekend. No plans no agenda, just my husband and I having soo much fun and enjoying our 2 days of freedom. Sooo onto the title of this post. Let me go back a little bit... do any of you just have those moments randomly when you step back from life and just reflect on your situation, your life and everything in it?! Mine came Saturday afternoon as hubs and I were driving home from errands with the sunroof open and music on... we were stopped at a red light when we hear sirens and maybe 50 yards away see this older man standing out by the road... he was waiting for the ambulance and fire truck to arrive. Jerm and I started thinking and talking about that situation... did his wife fall, did she have a heart attack, what was he thinking, was he ok, was SHE ok. It really hit us both and I think we both said a silent prayer. That poor man... you just wanted to go give him a hug and hope everything was ok.

It got me thinking about MY husband. There is no one in this world that makes me mad like he does. There is no one that can get under my skin and just GET to me like he can. But there is NO ONE that God could have created in this world to be more perfect and amazing than my husband is. I see on Twitter and on Facebook of wives that post about randomly coming home to a clean house or a cooked dinner- that is my husband daily. He is constantly DOING for me and providing for me regardless of how tired he is or how long of a day he has had. He constantly thanks me for providing for us while he is in school and he constantly reminds me of the pay off in the end. As much as I miss Nashville and I miss my friends and my family and my old job and well EVERYTHING about being home he reminds me this is God's plan not ours, this is God's way of strengthening our marriage and our commitment and well... I couldn't ask for anything more.

So my reflection this weekend, my step back from reality...I am one incredibly lucky lucky wife. God has provided beyond messure... and although it may not be how and where I want it to be... my husband makes it completely worth getting up everyday and making this journey just one more time. So, old man standing at the road waiting for the amubance for whatever reason might be going on in your life... thank you. Thank you for helping my life and for helping me to acknowledge another one of God's amazing blessings in my life.

I hope you can reflect...step back even for just a few minutes to see your blessings in life. It can be hard to find at times, but if we all look close enough... my GOD how blessed we are!

From beginning till now...

Happy Monday!

Thoughts of Thursday

Had my first physical therapy today on the shoulder to 1. see if I could build some strength before surgery 2. see where my shoulder was motion wise. Umm P-A-I-N-F-U-L and not fun. Struggling to sit at work right now soo no cheery post from me! Hope your thursdays are going well! Keeping up with all your blogs! Be back tomorrow :)

Thinking tropical thoughts



What I'm loving Wednesday

I must say I did wake up this morning in a not good mood because I woke up and realized- It's ONLY Wednesday. Shouldn't it be at least Friday afternoon by now. Followed by another miserable almost 2 hour commute into the office and well.. That was the start to my Wednesday. On a more positive note the light bulb has officially gone off... I Need MUST  lose weight. Like seriously. I've kinda known this for a while- well since the wedding when I have done NOTHING. But today just was that day I said OK DONEZO FATSO time to get your act together! Soo onto what Im loving:

I'm loving this new website to help me watch my calories and monitor my progress Spark people It's a super easy way to monitor what your eating and what you need to do to get down to your target goal. My goal is May 1 to lose 20 pounds. Yes this seems like a lot. But I just feel that I would be more comfortable around this. More to come

I'm loving warm weather expected to hit Atlanta this weekend. Now when I say warm I mean sunny and ALMOST 60 but after the winter we have had I'll take it

I'm loving my new excitement to get skinny and fit. It's almost overwhelmingly exciting to think about being in shape and skinny. Granted my exercise will be difficult since I'm a shoulder down and a lot of workouts really wont work for me right now so time to focus on MY eating habits and not eating like MY HUSBAND's eating habits

I'm loving that spring is right around the corner and all the exciting events I have upcoming with friends back home. I'm sure you all get the message often that I get/am pretty homesick. I miss the random dinner and wine dates with the girls.

I'm loving upcoming craft night with the girls to make a spring wreath... nothing like a good  craft day to brighten the spirits!


As always I'm Loving the hubby and all the hard work he does for me and for us and for the house. Such a wonderful blessing