Twenty-Seven

A week ago, I turned 27. That just seems so old!! But, I'm hanging on to my youth by applying more anti-wrinkle creams and skin-firming serums every day! Ha!!!

That morning, I got up and went to the gym (woohoo!), and I came home to this:

Yes, that would be a LOT of chocolate chip cookies. My lovely, thoughtful, room-mate (and awesome friend) wanted to make sure that I remembered how old I was! She also had a Happy Birthday banner in the kitchen, but I didn't take a picture of that. I had to call in the troops to help me eat all of those cookies!!

That day, for lunch, I met Carrie (my lovely, thoughtful, room-mate and awesome friend) and our friend Jessica for lunch at Newks. LOVE that place! I was so excited to see "little" Jessica! We met her a few years ago when we were in Master's Commission and we have just stayed in touch ever since. She just graduated from high school, and she is starting at Auburn this week. Roll Tide! Here is a picture from our lunch (Jessica is on the left and Carrie is on the right in the top picture):

My birthday fell on a church night and I work in the youth department, and they ALL sang "Happy Birthday" to me that night. It was really sweet (and embarrassing!)!! After church, we followed our ritual and went to the mexican restaurant. We go every Wednesday after church. Well, guess what they do for your birthday? They bring out the Sombrero and smash cool whip in your face after they sing their little "diddy" in Spanish!

I'm just gonna say that I think there should be an age-limit for humiliation in a restaurant. And 26 should be the cut-off! Hahah!!

Saturday night, my sweet friends Jessica, Danielle, and Mrs. Marsha (Sha-Sha) took me out for my birthday! We always do something special for each other on our birthdays. We went to Bonefish. SO good!!! I got a smothered pork chop and it was delicous!!

Afterwards, we went back to the house and had these! I LOVE Flour Girls' Cupcakes! They fill them with this custard stuff. My favorite is the butter flavored cake with the vanilla center! Yum!!!

I had a great birthday week!! I'm still celebrating! :) My pastor's wife made me the BEST peanut-butter cake that ever could be made for my birthday and it is SO good! I haven't stopped eating since last Wednesday which leads me to this picture:

26 was such a good year for me! I feel like I've turned a page into a new chapter and I'm looking forward to the next year! Here's to year #27!!

Weekend Spindown

Hey y'all!!! Happy Monday!!!

This weekend was rather busy!! First of all, this was Friday afternoon when I got off work...you know sometimes you are just ready to GET OUT of the office?? Yea, this was one of those days!! Hahahahah!!

I had to go to a meeting with my fellow Premier Jewelry gals and we had so much fun! We played in the NEW jewelry, ate pizza, and talked about our favorite new pieces! We are all pretty good friends and it is always good fellowship. I'm thankful for Premier!!!

Saturday morning, I had a baby shower for one of my best friends, Danielle. I am SO excited for her and can't wait to meet sweet Maci! Isn't she just the cutest thing??

Her shower was out.of.this.world. My best friend Jessica is quite the event planner. She has an eye for decorating, and she LOVES to go all out. I love her creativity. It is definitely her calling :) Here are a few of the shower decorations!

Saturday night, I had a "Sweet 16" birthday party to go to for a couple of teenagers that go to my church. It was at a stable that was beautiful! It was a fun night--even for this "almost" 27 year old!! Here is a picture of Kim and Tiffany (mom and daughter) at the party...it's pretty much the only decent picture I got; my phone died right after this!

Yesterday, my best friend Jessica and her husband dedicated their newest baby to the Lord. I went to church with them and it was such a special day. Little Graham is the BEST baby and he is precious as well! :)

Afterwards, we all went to Shogun (hibachi), and ate some yummy food. It was 100 degrees outside, and 100 degrees INSIDE. I'm not real sure what was going on with their air...but we were all so hot!!!

This was us at the restauraunt. I love these girls...we always laugh and have the best time!! I'm thankful for good friends!!!

And to prove to you how hot it is down here...

THIS was what my car read at 5:00 yesterday afternoon....I literally thought I was going to MELT!!! Haha!

Last night we had a fellowship at church, and I didn't get any pictures of that, but we all had a wonderful time!!

Have a great week, everyone!! Make the best of it!

Olympics 2012

I am so excited that the Olympics are starting TONIGHT!!

I can't wait to see the opening ceremonies...and I'm really excited to watch the coverage every night! Summer Olympics are my favorite...well, really I like the Winter Olympics too....haha!

I hope the USA pulls a lot of GOLD medals!! I'm following lots of Olympics reporters on Twitter and it is getting me pumped!

I wanted to get an Olympic shirt to wear to work today to celebrate, but they were WAYY over priced at Old Navy. No way I'm paying $27 for a cheap t-shirt!

Next time (you know, in 2 years for Winter Games, or in 4 years for Summer), I want to have an Olympic Opening Ceremony party! I think that will be fun! I didn't think about it until too late...but I may end up at Wing's one night watching the coverage! That would be fun!

So, happy Friday, y'all! And can you believe my frequency in posting?? GO ME! :-)

Midweek Confessions!

Heyyyyy!!!!!!

--I have developed a jewelry buying problem. I sell Premier Jewelry & love every bit of it--but these statement necklaces have sucked me in!!! Love love love them. Have y'all checked out Bridier Baubles stuff?? You will be addicted too.

--Me & my roommate have been playing Scrabble every night. She always wins. English majors. They are walking dictionaries.

--I have been so lazy lately. At work. At the gym. Ugh. I've got to get motivated.

--This is my third post in a week and a half. I'm getting better!

--McDonald's coffee is my new obsession. Seriously, $1.09 for a coffee that taste better than Starbucks regular brew AND McDonald's has the ability to put whip cream on top. gogetsome.

--I can't wait for the Olympics. I'm so excited. I love the Olympics---everything about it! I love watching the swim and gymnastics and track and field. Those are my favorites!

--Did y'all watch The Bachelorette finale?? I will confess that I didn't get into this season that much until the end, though. Aren't Emily and Jef (with one F) so cute?!?

--I'm not a fan of the Bachelor Pad. Too dramatic. It's really too much on many levels for me.

That's all I can think of!!!! Happy Mid-Week!!!!

Go link up at E, Myself, and I to share your confessions!! I know you've got some! :)

Trying to get a little creative!

So, I've had a blog for a couple years or so, and my blog layout is pretty plain compared to others on the blogosphere. I've been contemplating getting a professional blog design done for my blog for several reasons:

1. Having it done the right way gives it much better quality. I'm not sure where I created mine..but you can tell it's a little blurry, etc....

2. I think it will motivate me to blog more. I created a blog to document memories, etc...and sometimes I don't take the time to upload pics, etc...but I want to...and I think having a fresh makeover will motivate me. Maybe I'm weird...I dunno. ha!

3. This is totally irrelevant to this  blog, but when I have my own classroom, I want to create a "teacher" blog to keep parents updated, etc. When I do that, I'm for sure going to have it cute and eye-catching...I want to make it "welcome-y" (I know that's not a word, but hey!).

So,  I've been following Leslie's personal blog and she has mentioned several times that she does blog design. I've checked out her designs and she is really creative! I've been thinking about a creative title for my blog so when I'm ready to purchase a makeover, I'll have an idea of what I want.

Well, this morning I see on her twitter feed that she is hosting a GIVEAWAY! I've never entered any giveaway on any blog network (or rather anything at all), but I thought this would be fun since I've already been thinking about using her design anyway!

So, I've entered to win a blog makeover! Go check it out at Sweetie Baby's Blog Design!



Hope you all are having a great Tuesday!

Just a Bunch of Stuff.....

Hey y'all! I haven't blogged in a while, so I thought I would give a little update with a bunch of random things. I need to do better, so much better about keeping this thing updated. I know, I know, I say that every time.

--I still have not found a teaching job for the upcoming year. Things are not looking very promising for any new teacher right now. Not exactly what I had in mind, but I'm just trying to go with the flow.

--Because of the current teaching situation, I've decided to get certified to teach Middle School Math. There is SUCH a high demand for math teachers, that the school system in my community is giving sign on bonuses. Two words: job security. So, I'm about to get a study guide to start preparing for the Praxis. Help me, Lord. Anyone that knows anything about me and the Praxis, knows that we go wayyy  back. Thought I would never have to take that bless-ed test again, but oh well.

--I'm hoping to be able to go to the beach this weekend. It's been raining catsanddogs for the past 2 weeks and quite frankly, I'm just sick of it! Not just the typical Mobile showers, but like earth rattling lightening storms and the rain that falls so hard that you can't see an inch in front of you. Isn't like the rest of the country in a drought or something? Seriously--the rain needs to go there.

--Yesterday, me and my room-mate decided we wanted to play Scrabble. So, I went to Wal-Mart and bought the game. I'm sure everyone else already has that game in their house buried somewhere, but we didn't. But now we do. The new, bright colored version with the black velvet letter bag. Ha. Anyway, we had so much fun! I thought I was going to win at first because I was getting lots of points, but Carrie beat me. Figures. That's ok--we will have more rematches. Fo sho. :)

--I'm wearing color stay lipstick today. The CoverGirl kind. It's the only CoverGirl makeup I own, actually. But, this stuff should be labeled lip paint. I'm serious! You have to let it dry on your lips to "set" before you put the gloss on. It's makes my lips all stiff and stuff. But they don't play when they mean color stay. This bad mama-jama will be on my lips till tomorrow morning I'm sure. Ha!!

--I'm a lover of gadgets and all things cute. So, me finding all of these online boutiques and shops is not benefitting my budget at all. And they keep updating it with new stuff. I'm obsessed with these statement pieces of jewelry. I seriously want everything!!!

--I want a new blog design. I created my current one...but it took absolutely forever and there is nothing to it at all. I'm thinking about hiring a blog designer to make me a really cute one. I think it will encourage me to blog more.

--The youth group at my church is currently in Tennessee about to get ready to go white-water rafting. I was a little jealous that they are there while I'm at work. That is, until I got on Twitter this morning and saw their tweets at 3:00 am, 4:00 am, 5:00 am, and I figured out that the "girl cabin" never went to sleep. Suddenly, I got really excited that I was in Mobile and not there. I have lost my "spunk" to pull all-nighters like that. I couldn't do it in college with exams pressing--so there is no way that I'm going to do it for fun! Yes,  you can call me Grandma!

--Last thing, I love Instagram. I'm smm1985, if you want to follow me...but that's beside the point. For about a year and a half, I swear I thought it was a photo-editing tool. Once I found out it was a form of social media, I thought it was dumb. Until I figured it out...and now I LOVE it!!! I love pictures!! It's so fun!!!

I think I'm rambling now...I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Midweek Confessions

It's been a while--I've missed all of the fun! I'm just going to get right to this! :)

--International Delight "Heath Bar" coffee creamer is my new obsession. I usually drink about one cup of coffee in the mornings. I can go without it, meaning I'm not addicted to coffee. However, I am currently drinking the largest size tervis tumbler full of coffee with this delicious creamer. My advice: gogetyousome

--I'm back at work at my pre-student teaching job. It's a little crazy that I have a hard time making it to work on time. Nothing seems to have changed, ha! I did student teaching for 4 months where I had to be at the school at 7:00 a.m., and that was never a problem. For some reason, waking up at 7, and being here at 8:30 seems impossible. Interesting.

--I have had this itch to learn how to make those cute decorated cookies. I feel like I need a hobby, but I don't want one that everyone in my "circle" has (if that makes sense). Well, let me tell you, I attempted these cookies on Saturday night. They were ohsogood but they took a whole lot of work. I was EXHAUSTED!! I made everything from scratch-cookie, icing, etc. I want to try it again since I have a ton of dough frozen in the freezer. I'm not so sure that I will enjoy this hobby unless I can figure out some sort of system.

--I love holidays. Seriously. With Fourth of July approaching, I feel like i need to decorate so patriotic, and cook some patriotic Pinterest food. I probably will. I'm also a sucker when it comes to those Target "end-cap" aisles with all of the seasonal plates and tablecloths. I know that when I have kids I will be the mom to go overboard about stuff like this. Right now, it serves no purpose though!

--Finding a teaching job is like finding the smallest needle in the largest haystack. I'm so lost. God help me!

I hope you all are having a wonderful week!!

Go over to E, Myself & I to link up your confessions, and to read what other people are up to this week!!!