sheer bliss

Spring is fully upon us.
With 80's the last five days it has been nothing but happiness.
Skipping class for the pool, shorts, and sunburn.
This quote pretty much sums up how I have been feeling recently:

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln



Embrace it precious ones.

such a good friday

Last night, 12,000 people gathered at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater to celebrate Good Friday. What an amazing time of worship and celebration of the cross. As it is officially Easter, remember what He did for us that makes today so wonderful. Enjoy time with family and friends, love, and take in the grace He gave to us.

Transfer Student

I may transfer colleges.
I kid, I kid. But, if I was in a position to transfer let me show you where I would be going...

When I stumbled across this beauty, I knew I had missed my college calling. You see that giant pool? Yeah, that's the equivalent of the campus green at ol' KSU. No big deal.
But in sunny central Flordia, professors are known to host class outdoors around the pool or lake, yes lake (where people ski and take boats out after class).
So Rollins, I didn't pick you. But if I had know about you, I would have.

Oh, and the icing on the cake...
"In the spring, every student longs to hear those three words. They signal an excuse to go to the beach instead of classes. And when the president places the beloved statue on Mills Lawn, you’re sure to hear shouts of “It’s Fox Day!” Typically, the first shouts occur at around four o’clock in the morning, as students begin running down the hallways of their dorms. Exclamations continue throughout the day, but generally change to “Happy Fox Day!”"

Skinny Bitch.

As I am getting older, foul language is bothering more and more. With upwards of 650,000 words to choose from, why must we pick ones that make us sound like, ahem, trailer trash?
A few years ago, I felt much differently about these words. So, when a friend recommended the book Skinny Bitch to me I was totally down to read something daring enough to host one of the words on the front cover.

Filled with language and cutting edge commentary it is a classic read for, "Savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous!"
So, this weekend when I stumbled upon Skinny Bitch In the Kitch. For a mere three dollars, I had to scoop it up!
If there are three things I am a sucker for they are: good writers, cookbooks, and a good deal.
As always, when i settle down with a new cook book (Yes, I do read cook books, cover to cover. Just call me fatty.) I start with the desserts. I do this because if there are no good desserts, I have no interest to read the rest of the book.
"Happy Endings: If eating dessert is wrong, we don't want to be right. Give us dessert, or give us death. Lift without dessert is like life without the sun. We never met a dessert we didn't like. Clearly, we're totally **edit** psychotic for dessert."
Although, this book in no way will EVER convince me I should become a vegan. It has my core principals on dessert, in my mind, a good read!

dreamer

I am a lot of things. But, there are a lot of things I want to be. There are tons of things I want to do. I really want to stay happy, forever.


Most of all... I'm a believer and a dreamer.

book worm

I am a book worm. Seriously, a down right nerd. I just learned the meaning of the phrase "book worm" this week. In the old days, if a book sat still for too long it would get literal worms that would eat through the pages and wood of the book. In new days, a person sits still and "eats" or reads through the books.
Just finished "The Last Song." AH-MAZ-ING. Can't wait for the movie, yet doubt it will live up.
So when I am a "big kid," I will undoubtable have a library. Books and books that have been read, and will be read. In the beginning, I wouldn't mind settling for this...

JA

Jonathan Adler, you do something to my heart.
Seriously, I wonder if my husband will mind if I model our home after JA's malibu dream home (Barbie!)?



Bachelorette house girls? I think yes. Okay, okay, in fear that my one day husband somehow stumbles along this post, I'll compromise.


So JA, I hope your like your nickname, and pack your bags. I'll see you in 5 (or 50) years to decorate for yours truly.

Questions.

If you have ever spent a substantial amount of time in a car with me, you know I am the queen of random questions. I don't know what I love about catching someone off guard and really making them think, but i L-O-V-E it. Sometime I suppose I ask simply because I often ponder the answer and want someone to share it with.
So bloggers here is the question of the day (insert drum roll): If you could have an endless gift card to ONE store, where would it be?. Now before we discuss the question let me assure you, my question game normally has more thought provoking questions. Back to discussion topic.
As a girl some of my first thought are:


LOVING the outfit on the right.

or maybe even...


But when it comes down to just picking one, tiny, little, amazing, place for my endless money supply, I would easily choose TARGET. Mainly because of
these:

and this:

and it is hard to ever leave without one of these:


So until someone buys me this infinite gift card, I will just keep forking over my cash for above mentioned items. Plus way more.

It was a perfect day.

Not a cloud in the sky and 75 here in Georgia. I would describe it something like this picture:

-Art courtsey of Zukzuk on etsy.
Hopefully I am a little less curvatious than this charmin bear. Non-the-less about how I feel.
Days like this I want to be on a lake with my best friend eating a peach. Instead, I settled for an embarrassing game of intramural softball. We had a blast getting annihilated by the other team. Then attempted to play tennis. As you enter your weekend enjoy beautiful days, remember them on the rainy ones.