Friday Favorites

T.G.I.F

This week has been incredibly long and today will be a another crazy work day--trying to get everything finished before I leave for VACATION! it will be simply blissful to have a week off without work!!! My workload just keeps increasing so this will be amazing :)

Here is my quote for the day! I have this quote hanging in my office and I absolutely live by it.

Have a great week everyone!!!

XOXO

Shakedown

So we had a little earthquake yesterday and it was just a little scary. I was working and my entire desk started to shake and some of my cute little pictures fell from my shelves. I am pretty sure if that never happens again…I will be just fine…. (California, you got that…we are just amateurs on the East coast). I think our entire office jumped out of our chairs and gathered together to talk about what we were doing at the exact moment when it happened (kind of similar to that car accident skit by Dane Cook)

Apparently we did not follow proper protocol and were sent an e-mail about what we should do in the case of an earthquake (ummm this hasn’t happened since the 90’s here so chatting about it seemed pretty logical at the time…opps!)

So after this quake occurred…the phone lines went crazy and my facebook notifications and work e-mail were off the hook with updates and new e-mails. Anyways, my brother sent me this e-mail today as a reminder of the events of yesterday.

Too funny!

Well besides the events of yesterday…the weather is absolutely beautiful and I would much rather be outside right now :(

Hopefully the hurricane stays in the ocean (fingers crossed) we leave for vaca in 3 days!!!!!!

Manic Monday!

Such a manic Monday…not even joking. It is waaaay too hard to go back to work after the weekend and this particular Monday is just crazy.

I mean if I have to go back to work…it would be nice if there was like ice coffee (grande -sugar free vanilla- regular coffee- with extra ice) waiting for me at my desk or something :) Wow I guess I need to stop dreaming…this girl works by herself…no assistant yet ever!….I guess that would def. explain all the paperwork on my desk.

So the weekend was very low key for us. We went to dinner with my family on Friday night, did some grocery shopping, took Bentley for a couple long walks, went to the dog park twice, played board games, cleaned the apartment, and had some much needed QT with my husband…it was a perfect weekend.

Just one picture from this weekend….this was after our long walk on Sunday morning with Bentley. It looks like he is smiling from ear to ear -adorable-

Thank God for beautiful days with my beautiful family!!!

XOXO

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Isn't this so true....I mean as a child we dream of our future and all the things we think should make a "happily ever after", but somewhere in the middle of growing up, love, and heart break we realize the most important thing in life is being happy for ourselves and after that our very own "happily ever after" comes into play in the strangest of strange ways. We find our soul mate, we succeed in our jobs, we travel the world, we have a family, we help those in need...and all because we let our own version of "the perfect ending" play out for us...not someone elses cliche fairy tale.

XOXO

She's on Fire

The concert was a-mazing….Train and Maroon 5 were both great.

Loved being with my cuties….we danced, partied, screamed, sang…it was crazy!

After the concert we decided to do a little haunted car ride and went to gravity hill. Gravity hill is a hill in PA where you start at the bottom and it pulls you up the hill with the car in neutral…it is really creepy (apparently there is science behind this, but to me it is beyond creepy).

Soooo, there is this whole story that an accident with a bus load of football players happened there and every single player died. Apparently the ghosts of the football players are trying to push your car away from the accident scene….crazy stuff because it worked...our car went completely up the hill backwards in neutral!!

They loved it! I haven’t been there since high school so it was fun to go back.

Anyways here are some pictures from the concert!!!! We had a crazy amazing time!

Husband and I

Maria and I

Haley and Maria

Girls <3

Singing/Screamo :)

XOXO!!!

Trainin' It

So tonight is the concert we have waited all summer to see. Maroon 5 and Train!!!

Flashback…you may recall a certain post a couple weeks ago when I “lost” the tickets…well I really did because they still have not come up….BUT ticketmaster was amazing. I called-waited on hold for like 2.4 minutes- and bam new tickets sent the next day to us (thank the Lord!) They were super friendly and understanding and I was super relieved because I was having a minor major panic attack over this.

Anyways this week when I am not crazy busy…I will post all about the concert because I am sure it will be A-mazing

Oh, isn't this just the cutest dog in the entire world...oh yeah, he's mine! but seriously he had such a long weekend with the all the visits he had from friends and family :)

I just adore him!

Happy Monday!

XOXO

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Absolutely love this!!!
Have a great weekend :)

XOXO

Love This!

I love this absolutely beautiful day of low humidity and sun, my amazing husband who is working so hard this week for finals, laughter of my co-workers, greek yogurt, flip flops, Starbucks Via, quotes, Bentley liking loving being outside with a giant stick, and God for giving me all these moments in my life that make our journey so incredible.

I so work for weekends :)

XOXO

Possibilities are Endless

Do you ever think about just leaving everything behind and moving to a new place fun and exciting and trying to start over? Crazy for such a control freak kind of girl to think  like this...but just some thoughts on this Tuesday.

Truth is I have been thinking about this sooo much lately. My husband is still in school so this would be something that would take place in a couple of years, but part of me so badly would LOVE to move to a new place, with new faces, new streets, new jobs, new hobbies, and new experiences with the one person who is my comfortable. The other part of me worries about the struggles of a new place, new streets, new jobs, new hobbies and new experiences. Plus the fact that I am incredibly close to my family and most importantly my best friend/sister.

Andrew and I have had so many talks about moving lately. We feel for him to get the best possible career--we need to be open to whatever job comes to him and willing to take a leap. I think about all the possibilities of establishing ourselves in a new environment and the thought of possibly having an amazing job that I could have never found if I didn’t broaden my horizons and move somewhere completely out of my comfort zone.

Let me tell you about this comfort zone I have created for myself. I have lived in the same town since birth, the farthest I have ever traveled is Florida, I have worked for the same company since high school (moving up of course since graduating college), I have lived no more than 15 mins from my parents and siblings, and my family does everything together. I am not at all saying that I didn’t have the absolute best childhood (because I did!), but I think it’s about time for the little girl from the North East to move on.
The thoughts of this are actually kind of refreshing and scary all at the same time.

Did you ever think about taking such a leap of faith? Did you actually do it?

XOXO

Friday Favorites

I decided to start my Friday Favorites. I am a quote junky lover and decided to post some of my favorite quotes and also some new quotes I am finding and loving.

Have a great weekend!!
XOXO

Keep Calm and Carry On

Keep Calm and Carry On is my quote for the year….I believe it sums up in a couple words how I feel about all the struggles and tough times I have had to overcome this year.

So because it is my fav quote for the year I have decided to research the meaning behind “Keep Calm and Carry On” and share with those who may not understand the importance.

I think it is amazing so here it is:

Keep Calm and Carry On was a poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of World War II, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of invasion. Seeing only limited distribution, it was little known. The poster was rediscovered in 2000 and has been re-issued by a number of private sector companies, and used as the decorative theme for a range of other products. There are only two known surviving examples of the poster outside government archives.

I won’t bore you to tears with the whole history behind this, but there is so much more behind it and it is really crazy to read.

So Keep Calm and Carry On…there are better days ahead! I truly truly believe this!

XOXO

Weekend Recap

The weekend was crazy like always….Friday night the hubs and I went out to dinner together, did a little shopping/grocery shopping, and watched a movie…oh and we ran into Justin Bieber at the mall of course.

The next morning I got up early to clean up the house, make cake pops, and get everything together for a picnic we were hosting.

We were hoping to be poolside all day with our guests, but over night someone jumped one of the fences at our complex and threw all of the patio furniture in the pool :( (lame!) So we ended up cooking out and then we all headed out to do a little group shopping.

Andrew and I found some shelves we loved (very IKEA) and decided to re-do our bedroom--we spent the rest of Saturday and part of Sunday running all around civilization finding lamps, organizing bins, and decorative boxes (I am a little crazy about decorating and such a perfectionist so it took me a little longer then most) End result---we absolutely love the new things we purchased and it looks amazing and very modern (picture does not do this room justice, but I tried--side note: check out Bentley taking over already)

Sunday night we went to my parents for dinner and then went mini golfing…not to brag, but I came in FIRST!!! This never happens because usually I end up losing my ball about 30 times during the game so I was very happy.

 

 Happy Monday!!!
XOXO