Four Favorites - Link Up!

Today, I'm linking up with Let it be Beautiful and Fancy Things for Four Favorites! Check out what I am digging this week!!

1. Faux Rabbit Beret

2. Nikon 1 J1 Compact System Camera

3. Remington Curling Wand

4. Katy Perry's Grammy Dress

1. I am a huge fan of fur coats, well allow me to rephrase that, I am a huge fan of faux fur coats. Not that I am an animal activist but I do become overwhelmed with emotion when I think about being draped in rabbit fur! Therefore I think faux fur is the way to go! I am dying over this faux fur beret! I'm not sure if it's worth the splurge considering it doesn't get THAT cold here, but it's still adorable for winter! 

2. We purchased the Nikon 1 J1 Compact System Camera this past weekend! I am really excited to learn to use it! I've already snagged some great photo's of Baby Reef! I am also pretty stoked that I now have a camera small enough to fit in my purse again! 

3. I finally purchased this Remington Curling Wand after not being able to find the one here after Christmas! I played with it tonight and I am thrilled that I now have a wand to give me waves in no time at all! 

4. Katy Perry's Grammy Dress! I've heard mixed reviews about this dress, but I have to say I LOVED LOVED LOVED it! Despite the excessive cleavage it still looked classy because the rest of her ENTIRE body was completely covered! If she had any inch of skin showing in any other place it would have looked inappropriate, but the fact that she covered everything gave it a smooth sophisticated look! I would seriously love to know what kind of spanx she had on as not one little dimple, roll, line, or imperfection showed! She looked simply fabulous! 

Wishing my darling fans a wondering Wednesday! The weather is less than stellar today so I have to forego my power walking today! Boo. This does leave me some extra time to take care of other obligations! Baby Reef is at Doggie Daycare and dinner is already in the crock pot at home! I have a feeling tonight will be one relaxing evening with a pooped out pup and an easy dinner! Very much looking forward to the relaxation! Happy Hump Day! XoXo!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Truth be told I really missed you all yesterday! I hope you were able to head over and check out the guest post and learn about some great spots to visit while in my neck of the woods! Now that is Wednesday you all know what it is on the agenda for today - WILW!

1. The Return of White Collar! Thank you Jesus! Enough said. I am so ecstatic that my Tuesday night dates with Matt Bomer have finally returned! Did any of you watch this?! Not going to be lie, but at the end of the episode when Neal becomes overwhelmed with emotions and starts to tear up, yea well I teared up too! Nothing worse than seeing a man cry!

2. Not having to cook dinner for two nights in a row! As much as I love whipping up meals in the kitchen, sometimes it is nice to come home and just relax! Gym nights are usually easy meals, but Monday we opted for left overs or whatever was quick. Last night, the hubby had an evening meeting at work and he gets the perk of having dinner provide. Me? I had a sandwich, which was perfectly fine with me!

3. Replacing picture frames to match our library/office decor. If you read regularly and/or follow me on Instagram, you know that I have been working on redecorating our home office. I want it to be somewhat masculine like a library but incorporate some feminine touches. Since I am going for a French decor theme with golds, browns, silvers and creams I decided to replace current framed photos with appropriate ornate frames! It's turning out to look really great and I can't wait to replace them all, move furniture around, find a large cream area rug and add a few more pieces to the room! If I was smart I would have taken some before photos but you can see from this photo that the large 16 x 20 frame are the types of frames I am replacing!

Yea, photo quality is crap... I really need to buy my new camera! 

4. One of my Christmas presents shipping out today! Yes, you read that correctly! The hubby ordered one of my most wanted gifts off of my list before Christmas, however he missed the cut off date to have it delivered for Christmas day. Totally fine in my book - I had plenty of other awesome gifts to open that morning! The order status for the last two weeks has read that it has been 'waiting to be shipped' so we've been waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Finally after enough waiting, we inquired with the company about the status and they informed us it is shipping out TODAY! I can't wait to show you all what it is!!!

5. Strongbow - England's Dry Cider! No I have never been to England but I do enjoy English beverages, including tea AND Strongbow! I am not a huge beer drinker. Actually I am not a beer drinker at all except for cider beers {which are actually considered 'Apple Wine'}, including WoodChuck, Strongbow, and BoldRock! Funny story though, my baby sister used to date a boy from England and he informed us a time ago that Strongbow was actually the Natural Light of English Beers! I don't know how accurate that is considering I have never been there but regardless I enjoy it! There is a nice six pack in the fridge as I type!

I'm hoping you all are having a stellar Wednesday! Baby Reef is at doggie daycare today, I'm going for my 2.5 mile lunch time powerwalk {in 32 degree weather...yuck}, and will be ending the two day cookless streak with a homecooked meal this evening! Oh yea and I'll throw some work in there somewhere too! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for my Sponsor Thursday and get to know a new friend!!

Friday's Letters!

Here we are, another Friday, another weekend on the way! This weekend will be busy like most as we will be celebrating my momma's birthday tomorrow and then celebrating Christmas with my Dad, Stepmom, brother and sister on Sunday, since they were in NYC for the holidays! I also hope to get some purging and organizing done on some down time, that is if I find any down time!

Via

Dear New Antique Chairs, I am so thrilled Mallory was getting rid of y'all and that I was able to snag you at an unbelievable deal! Y'all are going to look fantastic in our office/library! Dear How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Thank you for being on TV last night! You must know how much I love Matthew McConaughey! You do know he was only 33 in that movie right? Annnnd that he welcomed his third child into the world just a week ago?! Dear Crossfire Series, I think you are better than Fifty Shades! However, I am royally irritated that you left me hanging in book two and I now have to wait until May to purchase the third book! Dear Homemade Leg Warmers, I made you out of an old sweater and I love you. Enough said.  Dear Fears and Intimidation, Can you please refrain from making me feel inferior to others? Can you also stop causing me to be terrified to chase my dreams? Furthermore, can you simply just take a hike?! You are really inhibiting me from reaching some serious goals I'm yearning to achieve! Please and Thank you!

Hope you lovies are having a fabulous Friday!!! Have an equally fabulous weekend and I'll see y'all Monday!!!

2012 ~ A Year in Review!

I feel like it was just yesterday we were celebrating the New Year for 2012 and now here we are staring 2013 in the face! Can time slow down please?! 2012 was a fabulous year in the Harrell household and I am more than excited to see what 2013 has in store for us!

In January, we threw my mom a HUGE 50th Birthday party!!! It was a success and she was beyond thrilled to celebrate such a milestone with her friends and family!

In February, we celebrated our 6th Valentines day together and 2 years of being engaged!

In March, I began blogging regularly which has opened lots of opportunities for future endeavors!

In April, our wedding day was featured on Heart Love Weddings!

In May, we made our modeling debut in a local magazine publication, Suffolk Living Magazine! It was beyond fun and surreal to see ourselves in a printed publication! The hubby was also promoted at work!

In June, we celebrated our first year Wedding Anniversary with a Annimoon trip to Charleston, South Carolina. This city quickly became my favorite place in the states! We documented our trip with a photo shoot by the fantastic Dana Cubbage Photography! I was also promoted at my place of employment!

Our wedding day shoes, our toasting flutes, and our wedding video! 

In July, we celebrated the hubby's 26th birthday with a weekend trip to D.C. to see his team, the Braves, play the Nationals! We also celebrated Baby Reef's 1st birthday with a pool party at his brother's house!

In August, we joined my in-laws in Emerald Isle for their yearly family summer vacation! My best friend also came down to visit for a weekend and we celebrated the engagement of two dear friends!

In September, we bought a new car!

In October, we traveled to the hubby's Alma Mater, Hampden-Sydney College for our third annual Homecoming weekend, with his baseball buddies and their wives!

In November, I cooked my first Thanksgiving Day turkey and pumpkin cheesecake which both turned out to be delicious! We also attended our first black tie event!

In December, we celebrated my 28th birthday and our 2nd married Christmas together!

I can already see 2013 being a fantastic year for us and I truly hope 2013 brings millions of blessings to all of you! Thank-you for making this past year so much sweeter - see you lovely fans next year ;) !!!!

"For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, We'll take a cup o'kindess yet, for auld lang syne!"

Under the Tree for Me!

Here are a few things that I'm hoping Santa brings me this Christmas!

A monogrammed necklace to adorn my neck!


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All past seasons of White Collar {So I can watch Mr. Bomer anytime I want}!

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The Remington Large Curling Wand! I tried the mini one and it works wonders, however for my long hair I think the large one would be easier!

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 A glass engraved jewelry box with my married monogram! There is something so classic about this and I know it would look beautiful on my dresser!

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Two of these Bergère chairs for our home office!

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I haven't asked Santa for much this year but hope he comes through with a few of these items!

Happy Thursday loves! XOXO! 

Testing, Testing, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3

Hello Hello Hello my housewife lovers!!!!!!!! Let me first just say this isn't a full blown "real" post but it feels good to be "almost" back!

I have a whole new design layout thanks to the fabulous Miss Ashlyn over at Let it be Beautiful! This has been in the works for some time now, but I wasn't in a rush and Ashlyn was super busy studying her booty off in school! I knew it would get done when the time was right! Well now is that time!

I've missed the blogging world terribly and can't wait to dive back into it! I'm really looking forward to taking the blog in a whole new direction and to make this a productive and enjoyable hobby! The design was first and foremost! Now that it is complete, we've already moved on to the next step... making it more mobile! Meaning, either invest in a laptop or iPad! We bought a gorgeous iMac two Christmas's ago and while we love it, we obviously can't take it anywhere or use it throughout the house! I really enjoy spending time with my hubby in the evenings and considering he goes to bed at 9 pm our quality time is precious! I hated sitting in our office blogging away while he was in the living room watching TV! I also can't stand when we don't go to bed together, but going to bed at 9 really limits my productivity in the evenings, especially when I don't get home from work until 6! Needless to say an iPad or laptop was top on our "next to get" list! Well... low and behold we now have a Macbook courtesy of my in-laws! We can't thank them enough for this gift! Now I can blog on the couch with the hubby and "go to bed" with him yet still get things accomplished! So yes, as I write this, the hubs is sprawled out snoring and Baby Reef is keeping my feet warm! There are many more items on my blogging "to-do" list, but I think I am off to a roaring start!

I hope all of you have been doing fabulously these last few months and I can't wait to catch up with each and every one of you!

I'll leave you with our 2012 Christmas card! For the last 4 years I've used Vista Print for our Christmas cards as they are extremely inexpensive. This year I just couldn't find a design I really liked, so I checked out a few other websites like Minted and Shutterfly! I decided on Shutterfly as they were having a HUGE sale, a Free Shipping promo, and a ton of designs I loved! I saved HALF on our order! Can't go wrong with that! Now that the majority have been mailed out, I can share with all of you!

Photos taken by the ever so talented Tara of Tara Liebeck Photography!

Much love and XoXos!

August 2012 Mini Goals Roundup!

Once again we are saying goodbye to yet another month of this year! I mean seriously where is the time going?!?! Do you realize Christmas is less than 4 months away?! Oh dear me! I don't even want to think about that! Something I do like thinking about?! College football season has officially started!!!! Gooooo Hoooookkkkkiiiiieeeeeessssss! Okay Okay, enough of me cheering! I know y'all are dying to find out how I failed miserably at my goals this month! I am actually pretty proud of myself this month as I was able to accomplish a few things I've been trying to do for months!!

1. Write one handwritten note to someone once a week! Win Win Win! I finally accomplished this and hope to carry it out for months to come! I wrote a total of four notes and the fifth is going out today! I received the most heart warming and sweet messages from each person thanking me for making their day so bright! It seemed too, that they all received their notes at a point when they really needed some encouragement! It warmed my soul to know I made them feel better! It's the least I can do, to let others know how loved and appreciated they are.

2. Send wedding set off to be redipped and soldered together! Another win for the books! I dropped my beauties off almost 2 weeks ago! I hate the feeling of my naked finger and have been sporting my promise ring in its place! One thing is for sure, I can't wait to get my gems back! I don't like looking down at my hand and not seeing them!

3. Make it a priority to spend more time with ALL of our families! I'd say this is a sorta win! We spent a three day weekend in Emerald Isle with Todd's mom's family. My mom came over to take care of me when I had my wisdom teeth removed and she came over another afternoon/ evening! I even visited my sister one day at her work. We failed to see Todd's dad or my dad but I hope to change that soon! If you are from a divorced family you know how difficult it can be to split time amongst everyone and still have time for ourselves. This will always be something I strive for.

4. Attend at least two gym classes a week! This was a half win as well! My mom gave me a good point to not set the bar to high so that I could actually follow through with my goal! Instead of two classes a week I did one, and I stuck with it! I picked Zumba on Monday nights and have gone every Monday this month except for the first week of August, as I was still trying to figure out what classes to attend! I have really enjoyed Zumba! It is a killer work out and I leave the gym literally drenched! It's a great feeling and I hope it's something I continue to do for myself!

5. Call out of town friends more often to catch up! Failed. I called one friend who even came into town to visit. I really need to try harder at this! It's just too easy to not call with you have Facebook, Twitter, Texting and Email! Sometimes though, I need real voice interaction.

6. Enter more blog contests and Link Ups! I did one Link Up and entered 0 contests! FAIL! How am I supposed to get any cool stuff if I don't enter contests? Exactly.

7. Decide on paint color and flooring for kitchen! This has been put on the back burner since our roofing quotes came in WAY over the entire check the insurance company gave us for ALL the repairs. We did get the roof replaced, but the ceiling damage and the floor will be coming out of our pocket. It shouldn't cost us much to fix but it explains why we are putting the floor on hold. It's the least of our concerns since there is nothing wrong with it.

8. Continuously keep the house picked up and vacuumed! I've done a much better job at keeping things picked up. Baby Reef is now staying in the house uncrated {more on that later} and while he doesn't mess with things AT ALL I still don't leave things lying around unattended just in case he were to get bored while we are at work! I could stand to have vacuumed more but we don't have tumble weeds of yellow lab hair floating around, so for now, I'll just assume it's okay!

9.Save more money - $50.00 to $100.00 per pay check! HaHa this one just makes me laugh! It is definitely the hardest goal to accomplish!

10. Complete at least ONE house project! Would you consider the roof a house project?! If so than I win! If not, I failed. Your choice!

I feel really great this month about my accomplishments and I am excited to cross a few things off the list that don't need repeating! I know many of y'all have decided to make goals for yourselves! How did y'all do?!?! Can't wait to hear!

Hope y'all have a fantastic Friday and a safe and spectacular Labor Day Weekend! Can't believe summer will officially be over next Tuesday! Make sure to wear all the white you can before then! Yes, I follow the know white pants/white shoes/white blazers & jackets after Labor Day rule! Call me "Old Timer" if you will, I just can't do it. It just feels wrong!

XoXo,

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday Lovlies!!! Here is what I'm loving today!!!

1. My New Pedometer App. Since finding out I have borderline high cholesterol I have been trying very hard to count calories and get a bit more cardiovascular activity. With that been said, I downloaded a pedometer app on my phone so I can track how long I walk and calories I burn when I’m out with the pupster! Last Saturday instead of driving to the tanning salon I walked! 1.7 miles to be exact! Monday morning while out with Reef I powered walked for another 1.3 miles! Seeing the numbers really makes me feel like I am accomplishing something!

2. Baby Reef consoling me. I had a very emotional day Monday that eventually sent me into a sobbing mess that evening. I blame it all on PMS but I also blame it on personal insecurities and the fact that my feelings can become hurt very easily. I wear my heart on my sleeve and I love others so much that sometimes I feel like I am not loved much in return. It can make my heart hurt at times. As I sat on the couch crying to my wonderful hubby who just held me in his embrace, Baby Reef woke up from a small nap, walked over and laid his sweet little head on my lap! It sent me into even more of a sobbing mess! The fact that he knew I was upset and wanted to console me made my heart dance! I couldn’t help but dry my tears and snuggle with my sweet boys who do a great job at making me feel better when I am down on myself!

3. Books. I love books. REAL BONDED BOOKS, with paper pages and pretty covers! I’ll probably never have a kindle because I can’t fathom having to read a book on an electronic device. I like to hold a book and smell it and flip the pages. Call me old-school if you will, I think I just have an old soul. I have always loved books since I was a child! Dr. Seuss, American Girl Collection, Goosebumps, Sweet Valley Kids, Middle and High, The Babysitter’s Club, as well as a ton of others. Reading has always been a huge part of my life! Sometimes I wonder if I should’ve been a book editor or publisher! What an awesome jobs they would be! I’m currently reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest and I am desperately trying to finish it so I can start a new trilogy {50 shades obviously}! I finally reached the last chapter last night but could not hold my eyes open much longer. The plan is to go pick of 50 Shades of Grey on my lunch break today and finish the last chapter of my current book this evening!

4. Memorial Day. Woooohooo! I can’t wait to have Monday off!! My company has not had a holiday since President’s Day which was over three months ago! Sometimes I just need a day away from this desk, these computers, these files, and these folks! Work buddies quickly become like family and like family sometimes you just need a break! Not to mention I just need my brain to rest and not have to think about Notes, Deeds of Trusts, Final Applications, Tax Returns, and so forth that I deal with every day! We don’t have any crazy plans for the holiday as the hubby does have to work that Monday! I have a feeling it may turn into a little shopping day with my momma in hopes of finding some new clothing items for our anniversary trip to Charleston! A beach day will probably be thrown in there for the weekend too!

5. Taylor Armstrong Tweeted me! Yes, that’s right, Taylor Armstrong from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills tweeted me this morning! She is currently on her way to Virginia Beach for a charity event tomorrow being held at The Samaritan House. I wish I would have known about this sooner because I would have definitely gone, but after looking up the event I learned it was sold out! Anywho, I hope she has a wonderful time while she is here and really educates those who are attending and gives them inspiration!

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I'm currently having a very frustrating day at work since our internet connection is down and that is pretty much 98% of what I use to help finalize shipments of closed loans! Needless to say I need that Memorial Holiday NOW!!! Hope y'all are having a better Wednesday than I! Much love and see y'all tomorrow!!!

Xoxo,

Mother's Day Brunch = Success!

Welcome back to yet ANOTHER Monday! I hope you all had wonderful weekends celebrating the most important women in your life!! I know our house was full of lovely ladies on Saturday morning and I proved to myself again {despite how stressed out I can become} that I LOVE to plan get-togethers. Especially when it involves such important people in our lives!

I had gathered a few idea's off of Pinterest, oddly enough though, no recipes! I spent many of my lunch breaks last week picking up needed items for the day. Friday night, the hubby and I ventured to Wally World for one serious grocery trip AND to pick up food for the brunch. Once we got home and groceries were put away it was 9:30 p.m.! Perfect time to start working on finalizing everything - ha not so much! I prepped all the food and baked as much as I could the night before. Once I cleaned up the kitchen I moved on to finalizing the crafts, however, the Mother's Day banner was a disaster! I first tapped the letters the wrong way so it was completely backwards. Then, the dollies started falling off {thanks a lot stick glue}. The icing on the cake was when I got the ribbon all twisted up! I eventually tossed it to the side and said I would figure it out in the morning! At this point it was 1 a.m. and I STILL had yet to sew the table runner I wanted to make. I pulled the fabric out cut it in half and proceeded to measure it to determine how wide I wanted it and where I would need to place pins in order to hem it. I don't know if it was because I was extremely tired and already feeling overwhelmed or what but I freaked and decided I'd have to figure something else out! So much for sewing my first project!

I probably only got about five hours of sleep that night, I woke up at 6:45, let the dog out and enjoyed a cup of coffee. Then I hit the shower and decided to go ahead and do my hair and makeup so I wouldn't feel rushed to do it later. I headed downstairs popped the Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Casserole into the oven and continued to set things up. The hubby made me incredibly proud! He got up and vacuumed the whole downstairs and completed final touches like restocking toilet paper in the guest powder room and taking junk laying around upstairs! Not to mention he set up the table and chairs in the living room for me! My momma even came by an hour early! She helped me fix the banner and kept an eye on items in the oven.  I ended up still using the fabric I bought for the table runner! I just folded the edges in and safety pinned them so it looked more finished! Thank goodness for some sleep and clear thoughts!

The menu consisted of:
Sausage, Egg, Cheese Casserole
A Yogurt Bar - Including Vanilla yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, blackberries, and granola
Munchkins
Blueberry and Raspberry Muffins
A Veggie tray - Including cucumbers, red bell peppers, carrots, and broccoli with ranch dip
Homemade Hash Potatoes
Orange Juice - with choice of Champagne or Non-Alcoholic Cider for mimosas!

Here was the food table set up! I didn't get pictures of the casserole or potatoes as they were still cooking in the oven!

Veggie Platter and Munchkin Tree

Yogurt bar and Muffins

And this was the table set up with the safety pinned table runner, purple and white M&Ms, and succulents we planted for each lady! 

All the lovely ladies enjoying brunch! 

And lastly, the infamous Happy Mother's Day Banner!!! 

Once we all finished eating we gathered everyone outside for picture time!! Here are just a few! 

I love how ALL of our grandmothers wore teal! 

 My momma, the Hubby, and I! 

My Mother-in-law, the Hubby, and I! 

The Brunch was a HUGE success and I definitely could not have pulled it off without the help of my darling husband! There seriously was no way I could have vacuumed and all that jazz that morning or set up the "heavy" stuff or run to Dunkin Donuts to pick up 50 munchkins!!! That man rocks my socks and I am beyond lucky to have him! 

I hope our dear mothers, stepmothers, and grandmothers really enjoyed themselves! I didn't get pictures of it but we gave each lady {along with their succulent} a framed photo of their families from our wedding day. For instance, my mom's photo was the hubby, myself, my sister, my mom, and my stepsister. Grand's {the hubby's grandmother} photo was Grand, her 3 children and their spouses and ALL the grandchildren, including us. They really seemed to love them and I am glad we were able to give them a nice photo of them with their entire families! It was sweet hearing them all asking each other what their photo looked like and passing them all around!! 

The Brunch was made complete when my MIL gave me a card from Baby Reef!! It was absolutely adorable and brought tears to my eyes! I may not be a "real" momma to some but I think furr baby momma's count! 

Hope all of you are having a fabulous Monday!!! I would love to hear how all of you spent your Mother's Day!!!  Only 5 more days to go until the weekend!!! Haha Who's counting with me?! 

XoXo, 

May 2012 Mini Goals

Here I am back again to post a new month of Mini Goals! Helllllo May!! I can't believe how quickly this year is already flying by or that the hubby and I are one month away from celebrating the survival (hehe) of our first year married!! April came and went as did some of the goals I had set for myself! This month brings a few previous goals and some new ones as well! Check them out!

1. Write 1 handwritten note to someone once a week. This is being carried over from April since I did not write anyone a single letter! I think if I set it to a precise number it may be easier for me to accomplish! I have a few special people in mind so that is a good start!

2. Run at least 1 of the 5 mornings that I take Reef for a walk. I somewhat did this last month and ran twice in the four week time period. I carried this over since I did not fully accomplish it in hopes that I can keep up with the promise I have made to myself! I'm going to eventually enjoy running, even if I've hated it for the whole 27 years of my existence!

3. Take after dinner walks at least twice a week with Reef and Hubby. Since we did not even TRY this last month I am making this a priority! I need the exercise and so does Baby Reef! The hubby could honestly sit around on his behind all day and eat Mickey D's for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and not gain a pound. Dear Lord, I hope our future children have his genes!

4. Purchase bed frame, bed skirt, and king size pillows for the new bed, as well as, decide on a new headboard. We found out this weekend that our current bed frame doesn't extend to a king, so currently our box springs and mattress are on the floor! I find this extremely trashy and our bedroom has NO appeal what-so-ever right now because of it! We have to find a bed frame ASAP! Not to mention, it annoys me when I can see box springs peeking out from under a duvet so a bed skirt is a must as well! In all reality this goal is a HUGE MUST period. I can't take looking at an unfinished bed!

5. Replace blinds in 2nd guest room. I showed y'all here where I finally changed the blinds in the first guest room. Now that I've cleaned out the second room I can get around to changing those blinds as well! Luckily I already have the window treatments for those windows, so at least I don't have to worry about looking for those!

6. Begin teaching myself how to sew on the sewing machine. I REALLY want to learn how to sew and now that my momma is giving me a sewing machine, I finally have the chance. I'm seriously contemplating making the curtains and duvet cover for the first guest room once I learn how! Not to mention lots of fun other things for around the house! Who knows I may even become good at it and try my hand at clothes! haha!

7. Throw a fabulous Mother's Day Brunch! Todd and I are hosting a Mother's Day Brunch at our home for all of our Mom's and Grandmas! And when I say all I mean, our mommas, our step-mommas and our beautiful grandmothers who all had a huge part in raising us! I'm really excited and have so many ideas! I can't wait to execute them all! Just pray for good weather because I'm hoping to be able to set it up on our patio and have tables decorated outside!

8. Clean and organize the Dining Room and Office. These rooms need some SERIOUS organization and for the sake of embarrassing myself, I will refrain from posting photos (for now)! My dinning room table is covered with all sorts of junk and don't even get me started on our desk in the office! No matter how much I try to clean and straighten it up, it always appears to be a disaster!

9. Apply to at least 5 new career positions for the month of May. As you read here, you know how I feel about my J-O-B. I have been actively searching and applying since the New Year for a position in the field I want to be in, however, I'm not having a whole lot of luck. I look at it as, the more positions I apply to, the more chances I have. Plus, what is there to lose? Just another month in my current job which gives me another month of work experience. I know there is something out there waiting for me and as long as I keep working hard at trying to find it and get it, it will happen. It's just going to happen on the Lord's time, not mine.

10. {I added this one after I wrote out my list!} Take my wedding set to be redipped and soldered together. It hasn't been dipped since this time last year so it is definitely over due! Now if I could just part with it for a week!

I hope those of you who make monthly goals are achieving them and feeling positive about yourselves! Even if some of those goals are not accomplished you can always carry them over! Don't beat yourself up over it, just focus on the ones that you have checked off the list and try hard this month to check off the others!

Have a terrific Tuesday and I will see you lovelies tomorrow for WILW!

Xoxo,