what I'm loving wednesday!

Happy Wednesday y'all!

Here are some things I'm loving on this wonderful Wednesday :)

I'm loving that J has tomorrow off! Yay for sleeping in, having lunch together, and just being together!

I'm loving our new camera we got last week. It takes the best pictures! I'm still learning what all the fancy shmancy buttons do but I still love it. Here's one I took of little Daisy that I love!

and here are some of her fave toys...

I'm loving that I've been sticking to my workout plan. I've been every day this week and it feels great!

I'm loving that we're going to Charleston on Saturday :) We're going to watch some baseball but I hope to be able to walk around King Street and maybe use my new camera!

I'm loving that I've almost reached 100 followers! Whenever I get there (only 5 more followers!), I'm hosting a giveaway so stay tuned!

Hope y'all have had a wonderful Wednesday!

top 2 tuesday...random things!

Happy Tuesday y'all!

Today, the topic over at The Undomestic Momma is random facts about yourself.

So here are my random facts...

1. I have to shave my legs every night. I can't stand the feeling when they're not shaved. I use the Schick Quattro Titanium razor and it does a great job!

2. My ears have never been pierced. My mama never took me when I was little and I never did it when I got older. I just never got the urge to get them pierced! I have a few pairs of clip-on earrings but it's hard to find cute ones. I lucked out and found a really pretty pair for our wedding.

(Not a great shot of the earrings but they were sparkly and dangly :) ).

Today is also our 10 month wedding anniversary!

I love having month anniversaries during our first year of marriage :)

He surprised me yesterday with this Bible charm for my Pandora bracelet.

Hope y'all are having a terrific Tuesday!

menu monday.

Happy Monday y'all!

It's a b-e-a-utiful day in Georgia and it's also my first day of spring break :)

No big plans...just a week of relaxing, cleaning, working out, staying up late, and sleeping in.

Here's our menu for the week...

Monday

Olive Garden

OG opened a couple of weeks ago in our town and has been packed every day. Hopefully we won't have to wait long!

Tuesday

hot dogs/turkey dogs

chips

We have some leftover hot dogs from last week so J is going to have those. Since I don't eat hot dogs, I'll be having turkey dogs. We're also having these Cape Code chips with them...

Cheddar and sour cream chips = yumminess!

Wednesday

chicken

creamed corn

green beans

An oldie but goodie around our house.

Thursday

pork chops

rice

peas

We haven't had pork chops in a looong time and J does such a good job grilling them :)

Friday

We aren't sure about Friday yet. J's parents may be coming into town so we might go out this night.

Well, I'm off to check some things off my to do list!

Hope y'all have a marvelous Monday!

sunday funday!

Happy Sunday y'all!

Sunday means playing along with MannLand5 and answering the Getting to Know You questions.

1 - Why did you start blogging?

I started blogging about a year ago. I guess I started blogging just to journal our daily lives. I write about whatever happens in our lives or things that I like :) I never knew there were so many bloggers out there and am so glad I have been able to "meet" y'all!

2 - Who's the one blog friend that you would want to meet most in "real life"?

I can't name just one...I'd love to meet any of you!

3 - Why are you always concerned with losing that "extra 10 pounds" when chances are your husband/boyfriend/friends tell you that you look just fine the way you are?

I like to look and feel my best no matter what other people say. So if I feel like I need to lose that 10 extra pounds, I'll watch what I eat or go and work out.

4 - What's the one thing you wish guys could understand about you?

It doesn't really matter to me what guys do or don't understand. The only guy that matters understands me pretty well :)

5 - Tattoos. How many do you have and how many are visible when you wear your "everyday" clothes?

No tattoos...needles scare me!

6 - What was the best year of your life and why?

2009 was probably the best year so far...buying a house, getting married, and starting our lives together :) But I'm sure there will be many more great years ahead!

7 - Name three things you would do if you were a man for one day.

Hmmm...not have to worry about putting on makeup, eat whatever I want and not gain weight, and be a gentleman (let ladies go first and open doors for them :) ).

8 - What's your alcoholic drink of choice that usually raises a few eyebrows?

I don't drink anything weird. I'm usually a wine kind of girl!

Well, I'm off to a wedding shower for my future sister-in-law. She and J's brother are getting married in June :)

Hope y'all have a great rest of your Sunday!

spring is here!

Happy Thursday y'all!

Since the spring weather down here has been beautiful I've been daydreaming about all these super cute dresses!

Treasures of Santa Fe dress

Pink Cinnabuns dress

On a Whim Pocket dress

Mosaic Festival Ruffle dress

Hello Springtime dress

Lunch at Tiffany's Polka Dot dress

Nautical Storytales tube dress

Lemonade and Freckles dress

Hope everyone has a great rest of the night!

wordless wednesday.

menu monday, a birthday, and my sweet hubby :)

Happy Monday y'all!

Hope your day has been marvelous :)

I spent my day subbing, going to the post office to mail my daddy his birthday present, and going to the gym.

Here is our menu for the week...

Monday

chicken

broccoli

basmati rice

A quick, easy favorite of ours.

Tuesday

We're going to a baseball game tonight so we may eat there. I also have to go to a part of my sorority's initiation week and I may eat there. All alumni come this night so the new girls can recite the creed to us.

Wednesday

hamburgers

J is grilling for the first time in a while.

Thursday

chicken

creamed corn

green beans

I know we seem to eat chicken a lot but it's my fave!

Friday

DiGiorno pizza

Caesar salad

This is another meal we seem to eat every couple of weeks.

Today, my daddy celebrates his 56th birthday.

Here are few pics of us from over the years...

Happy birthday Daddy! I love you!

Last week, I wanted to order a new Bible with my new name on the front. J found the perfect one and it came in on Saturday.

I came back from being home-home on Saturday and J handed me the Bible. I flipped to the front page of the Bible and this is what my sweet hubby had written...

He wrote, "Thanks for making me the man I am. You are my angel! I love you!"

How sweet is he?!

Well, we're about to cook supper and then watching Dancing with the Stars!

Hope y'all have a great rest of the night :)

sunday funday!

Happy Sunday y'all!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend :)

Mine went by way too fast and was spent with my family, friends, going out to eat a lot, and going to church.

Every week I play along with MannLand5 and answer the Getting to Know You questions.

Here are this weeks questions...

1. What year did you graduate high school?

2004.

2. What part of your body do you neglect the most?

Hmmm...probably my toes. I try to keep them painted but sometimes I just forget!

3. Beach house or lake house?

I LOVE the beach and being near the ocean but I also love taking J's dad's boat out on the lake. So can I have both please?!

at Mexico Beach a couple of years ago

me and little Daisy on our honeymoon :)

in Key West.

at the lake for the 4th of July

riding the tube at the lake :)

4. Mac or PC?

PC. Mac's are too confusing for me.

5. Did you wear braces?

My teeth were pretty straight to begin with so I only wore them for about a year in middle school. I still wear my retainers too!

6. If you could be one person for a day..living or deceased..who would you be?

I'd love to be anybody really. It'd be interesting to live someone else's life who is not like me....whether it be someone rich or poor, man or woman. It'd just be neat to live in someone else's shoes for a day!

7. How many times have you moved in your life?

Let's see...3 times growing up but all in the same town. We moved from our house in the country into town and then back out to the country on my grandparent's farm when my parents built our house in 1996.

In college I moved to 3 different apartments (which was soooo aggravating having to pack up every year!). I'm glad we plan on staying in our house now for a while :)

8. Would you rather cook or clean?

Since I seem to burn everything when I cook, I'll say I'd rather clean.

and the award goes to...

...me!

I've been lucky enough to receive three awards today from three lovely ladies!!

Caroline at Pink Champagne gave me this award...

The Rules

1. List 6 things you are a master in.

2. Pass it on to 6 bloggers you think are masters at friendship and make blogging awesome.

I am a master in:

1. Making sweet tea. With a hubby who loves sweet tea about as much as he loves me, I am making it a lot!

2. Getting ready pretty fast in the morning. I'm able to straighten my hair, put on my makeup, get dressed, and get out the door within 20 minutes. I'm glad I pick out my clothes and take my shower the night before or I'd never make it!

3. Grocery shopping. I have my list made and I get in and out of the store pretty fast!

4. Watching TV. I have a semi-long list of shows that I just have to watch...Desperate Housewives, American Pickers, American Idol, Grey's Anatomy, Project Runway, Glee, and One Tree Hill and 90210 reruns. Hmmm....maybe I watch too much TV?!

5. Going to baseball games. When you have a hubby who loves baseball, you're bound to start to love it too. We've been to every one of our college alma mater's baseball team (Go Eagles!) home games this season and are planning on going to a couple of away games too. That's fine with me though. I like baseball because it's not intense like football and I actually understand the rules and what's going on.

6. Online window shopping. Y'all...I could spend a few hours just browsing different stores and thinking about what I would buy. Anything from Gap to Anthropologie, Target to Pier 1, Forever 21 to Old Navy...you name it and I'll window shop there! 99% of the time I don't buy anything but it is fun to think of what I'd like to buy :)

I pass this award along to...

Hillary at A Gal and Her Dog

Claire at Don't Stop Believin'

Natalie at Extraordinary Love

Lauren at Modern Day Knights

Mrs. Stoneking at Meet the Stonekings

sHp at Our Three Ring Circus

Jen at A Girl in Pearls & A Boy with Toys gave me this award...

The Rules for this award are:

1. Post where you want to be in 10 years.

2. Pass it on to 10 of your BF (blog friends).

In ten years, I'll be 34 years old (ahhhh!) and will still be married to my sweet, sweet hubby. I will have hopefully have a full time teaching job (if this dang economy will ever pick back up!). I may have a couple of kids and little Daisy will probably still be around. Even though I love the town we're in, I may want to move back closer to our families...but we'll see! I hope to still be blogging in 10 years, too!

I pass this award along to...

Amber at A Little Pink in the Cornfields

Annie at Our Little Family

Cee at Curiosity

Kara at Pickerill Prattle

Katie at The Mathis'

Paige at Live, Laugh, Love

Amy at Our Journey Together

Sweet Sassy Southerland at Southerland Living

Mandy at Tickled Pink

Alissa at Newlywedded: Life, Love, and Me

Lauren at Modern Day Knights gave me this award...

I received this award the other day from another bloggy friend so you can read about some things that make me happy over here :)

Thanks so much for the awards ladies!

I'm back home-home until Saturday so I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!!

what I'm loving wednesday!

Happy Wednesday y'all!

I hope your St. Patrick's Day has been wonderful :)

Here are some things I'm loving today...

I'm loving that I'm getting to go home-home this weekend...even though J can't come because this Saturday is his one Saturday a month to work :(

I'm going home because my daddy's birthday is on Monday and I was planning on spending some time with him and the fam since I haven't seen them in a couple of months.

I'm loving that I went to the gym Monday and Tuesday. I slacked off today because I was pretty tired after school and it was rainy so I just wanted to come home and curl up with little Daisy.

I'm loving these cookie dough truffles. I'm definitely going to have to try making them!

I'm loving this dress...

I'm loving Tim Gun and his big vocabulary!

I'm loving that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and in the 70s! Hello spring!

I'm loving that Target is doing a buy one pair of shoes get the other for 50% off :) I'm already seeing a lot that I love!

Well, I'm off to eat supper with my sweet hubby!

Hope y'all have had a wonderful Wednesday!

menu monday and an award!

Happy Monday y'all!

My day has been exhausting (probably due to the time change)...waking up early to sub, running a couple of errands, going to the gym, doing some things around the house, and then taking a nap (which I shouldn't have taken so late because now I probably won't be able to fall asleep!).

Our menu this week is a little boring but here it is...

Monday

chicken alfredo

I don't think we've ever made this and J did a wonderful job :) It was very yummy!

Tuesday

We're either going to a BBQ for this city council thing that J's a member of or we're going to go to Olive Garden that just opened in our town :)

Wednesday

cheesy chicken and broccoli rice

We've made this once before months and months ago. We got the recipe from a Kraft magazine that we randomly got in the mail. It's a quick, easy, and yummy meal!

Thursday

hot dogs

baked beans

I'm heading home-home from Thursday to Saturday (J can't go because he has to work) so J will get to enjoy this meal. I do not eat hot dogs so he's pretty excited to have these!

Friday

J's on his own tonight!

I received this award from Mandy at Tickled Pink the other day...

I've gotten this award before but figured I'd do it again!

So here are 10 things that make me happy...

1. my new tennis shoes

2. going home-home

3. Daisy when she was a puppy

4. Islamorada, Florida and our honeymoon house :)

5. Our new camera

6. Our little house at Christmas

7. the time change

Even though I don't like it when it's pitch black dark on the way to work, I love having an extra hour of sunshine :)

8. picnics and picnic baskets

Can't wait to go on a few of these this spring!

9. Pier 1

I would love to be able to decorate and furnish my whole house with Pier 1 decor! Maybe one day :)

10. Being married to my best friend makes me the most happiest :)

Feel free to play along and tell me the things that make you happy :)

Nighty night friends!