Things I'm Loving Right Now!

Happy Valentine's Day y'all! I hope everyone is having a fantastic day! Big plans? Date night?

I usually just LOVE Valentine's Day and plan this big meal (because Johnny & I do NOT like to brave the crowds on V-day) and have his gift all planned out! However, this year has been a little bit of a challenge. Here is why:

1. When you have a baby, it is really hard to plan ahead on anything except what said baby needs to survive. And even on those survival items, you might still procrastinate.
2. My grandbuddy, great aunt and uncle were in a bad car wreck on Tuesday. My great uncle sadly didn't survive the accident and my Grandbuddy and Aunt Clara are both in critical condition in the hospital, so that has pretty much consumed this week... **I would appreciate ANY prayers that y'all could life up for my family! :)**
3. I've just been busy in general lately... but busy with things I enjoy doing, so that makes it fun!!

So, because I don't have some sappy Valentine story or big plans and yummy recipe to tell y'all about today, I thought I'd post about things that I'm using and loving right now! Appropriate theme, right? Love! Here goes!

My Valentine decorations at home! Just a touch here and there makes it extra cheery!

These are some GREAT plastic cups that I found at Wal-Mart. They look like old glass mason jars, but they're plastic. They come with the lid and matching straw that are both hard plastic. These have been awesome for my Body by Vi shakes. Perfect size and I feel a little stylish! :)

PayPal & Priority Mail Flat Rate shipping have made my life SO much easier with this monogramming business! I always wondered how people knew what to charge for shipping, but with these flat rate boxes and envelopes, they say "if it fits, it ships!" so that's very helpful and takes a little stress off of me! The people at the post office let me take several home with me and I just go online on www.usps.com to print my shipping lables. Then, just drop it off at the post office! So cool and not a lot of waiting around! Now PayPal can be a blessing and a curse! It makes everything super easy when it comes to buying or selling online, which is exactly the problem! It's way easier to BUY things online when I can just put in my PayPal info instead of pulling out my credit or debit card! So, I've got to watch myself! :)

I've already blogged about this bracelet before, but seriously I wear it almost every single day! It is so cute, but kind of rustic, so it just goes with everything! Or maybe I just love it so much that I pretend it matches even when it doesn't! HA! And this ring...oh this ring.. it just one of my favorite pieces of jewelry! Again, I wear it almost every single day. I had been eyeing this thing for MONTHS and finally the other day I had a store credit at a cute little gift shop and spotted the ring, and thought, ya know what I'm getting it! And I'm so glad about this purchase. I've enjoyed it for sure!

AHH! I got an iPad mini!!! I luurrvveee it! Johnny says I'm a marketer's dream (even though my degree is in marketing) :S I don't care.. it's so much easier to throw in my purse and I just like the size better than my iPad! I did get my iPad sold, so basically it was an even trade! :)

And THIS girl. Oh this girl. She is so sweet and so busy right now! If she could crawl she would be into everything. She really has such a sweet tender heart. I can already tell! She looooves her Daddy and loves to snuggle with her mommy.

So! Those are somethings I'm using and loving, and a few little snap shots of BG's life lately! You know I can't do a post without adding a little bit of her! I hope you all have a very Happy Valentine's Day! And even all you single ladies (and guys, though I doubt any guy reads this!), just remember that you all have the BEST Valentine there is! God loves you wayyy more than some guy can try to show you with chocolates, jewelry or flowers! :)

Wednesday Whatevers!

I have SO much bouncing around in my head these days that I think this Wednesday Whatevers post will be great for me! So here goes!

• I have a strange strange obsession with grocery shopping. Like, at a REAL grocery store. It excites me. There is a Kroger that's about 40 minutes from my house that I love love love to go to. One reason is that it has a Starbucks in the front. You go in, get your yummy-oh-so-delicious Starbucks drink, and then meander around the store checking things off your list. Heaven, I tell you. Now, if you're a city-slicker reading this post you probably think I've officially lost my mind. But really.. try living in the boondocks for 2.5 seconds and tell me how you survive without a decent grocery store and a good coffee drink! 
• Bailey Grace is growing. Like, growing way. too. fast. Makes me upset just to think about it. I always said I wouldn't be one of "those moms" who got upset about silly things like that, much less talked about it out loud, but really. It all goes by way too fast. And she's only 3 months old. I can't imagine when she's like 16! AHH! 
• I love my friends. I just can't say enough how thankful I am to have each and every one of them in my life. Some are there to listen, some to make me laugh hysterically and others to tell me when I'm wrong! I just simply couldn't make it without any of them. Friends are SO important in life and I hope Bailey Grace finds amazing ones! 
• My Papa has an iPhone. What is this world coming to?! Haha no, really I love it! We chat daily about how the weather is (apparently that's a farmer thing :)) and about what Bailey Grace has been up to. It makes keeping in touch so much easier and I love it! 
• The monogramming business is booming y'all! I'm absolutely loving it and finally feel like I'm getting a little caught up! If you are reading this and haven't liked my page on Facebook, you should definitely do that now! There's a giveway going on now that will be announced on Sunday! Exciting stuff! You can find my page here. :) 
• There are just not enough hours in the day. I feel like I've said that before..but geez. I just can't seem to get everything accomplished that I need to! For instance, I started this post earlier today and here it is 10:52pm and I'm trying to wrap up my last few thoughts for the day.. So. Tired. 
• I made Teryaki Chicken drumsticks tonight for supper and it was soooo good! I even made legit fried rice to go with it! Like the kind they serve at a japanese restaurant. Johnny was officially impressed. 
• Okay guys, I feel like I have way more random thoughts than this, but I just can't seem to organize them enough to type them out! Maybe I'll do another random post later this week. Anyways, happy Wednesday! The week is half way over!

xoxo

Keeping My Commitments.. but Enjoying Them Too!!

I am the biggest worry-wart ever! Like honestly, I worry about everything. I think age has mellowed me a little bit in this category, but not much.

My biggest cause of worry is what people think of me. Not the usual "what are they going to think of my outfit?!" or "oh my goodness I can't say that because they might think I'm stupid".... I worry about what people will think of my character, my morals, etc. I do NOT like to disappoint people. Just ask my parents. This is most of the reason why I stayed out of trouble as a child and teenager (for the most part ;) ). I did not like the look on my parents' faces when I did get in trouble. Just didn't make me feel good.

So, now let's move forward to 2013... I can't stand to not keep commitments! For instance, my somewhat New Year's resolution was to read the Bible through in 2013.. Do you know how many days I'm behind?! 18. Yes, that's right... EIGHTEEN! Ugh it just causes me so much stress and anxiety knowing that I'm not doing what I said I would do. I didn't tell anyone but myself (and God) that I was going to do this, but it is just eating me up inside knowing I'm that far behind. I am very much a check list type person and I like having all my boxes checked! Kills me! Then, wouldn't you know.. I find a Bible reading app that tells you what chapter/chapters to read each day in order to read the whole thing through in a year..and it has little check boxes beside each day. All those little empty check boxes...cause. me. stress. But I also know that our God is a forgiving God and hopefully he can take me as I am, reading a few chapters at a time. I do want to read the Bible through.. just maybe not in a year! :)

Also, this new business venture is causing me a little bit of stress and anxiety. Although I absolutely love monogramming and getting to use my creative instincts (of which I don't have many), actually getting the orders completed and to the customer is taking a little bit longer than I had hoped. The other night I literally could not sleep because I was so worried about getting my orders done. I almost hopped out of bed and went over to my mom's house (where my machine is set up) to crank out some orders right then. I finally got to sleep and the next morning looked at my order list to find..... it had been 1 week, yes ONE week since those orders had been placed. That is NOT a big deal. I was getting them done as fast as I could and that's okay. Personalized things take a little while and I need to cut myself some slack. However, I do feel like this will be a positive trait to have because I won't be lazy about getting my orders completed. I just don't need to worry myself to death about it. I do think I've done a pretty good job so far though :)

With all this being said, My February resolution is to have 28 worry free days. I'm going to TRY to spend this month giving myself a break. Not saying I'm going to stop reading the Bible or stop doing any of my other commitments, but just try to not be so hard on myself so maybe I can enjoy these things and not see them as another box to check off on my list! I'm hoping this month's task will turn into a lifestyle change, but for now I'm setting my goals for just this month! 

Happy Friday y'all! I hope your weekend is fabulous! 

xoxo