"lovers dance when they're feeling in love"

my favorite song right now. i could listen to it over, and over, and over...oh wait, i have been. ah love.

(side note: He Is We could also easily be my new favorite music group right now. they're album My Forever is amazing. pure amazingness)

"Coming Home"

Oh man, just watching this preview brings me to tears. Its about time they make a show like this. I am counting down the days till it airs, and stocking up on Kleenex.

"lovely day, lovely day"

When trying to think of what to name this post, the very first thing that popped in my head was the song "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers. I LOVE that song and felt it described exactly what I wanted to share. In case you haven't heard it, it should be playing right now at this very moment on my playlist. Turn it up, its good stuff I promise.

So today I had quite possibly the best day I've had in a really long time. I finally felt like myself after battling the flu and an ear infection. That's always good no matter what's going on. I had a really good day at work, I got a lot done, felt accomplished, and enjoyed everyone's company. Not to mention had the BEST burger ever for lunch (I get free lunch every day at work, did I mention I have the best job ever?) Ok, now I have to share what it was. It was from the Snake Bite in downtown Idaho Falls, right around the corner from where I work. Its a cute little hole in the wall restaurant where hip people go. Anywho, I digress. The burger. Its called the Blue Snake River, a blackened burger with a bleu cheese & green chilies dressing & bacon, on a croissant type bun. oh. my. heavens. SOOOO GOOD. Ok, enough about the burger, back to my lovely day. I get home and enjoy time with James watching our favorite show The Big Bang Theory which was exceptionally funny and eating some awesome Chinese food (which I couldn't eat very much of because of my previous high caloried burger for lunch, my stomach just couldn't handle all this yummy food). Went to James' basketball game and enjoyed not only watching the game but spending it with some good friends from my ward. Then came home, oh wait I forgot about Doc! He got groomed today and looks oh so adorable. I just love my best friend:) Oh yeah, I also forgot I was able to return my rental car this morning and get my car back. Long story short, a kid hit me a couple weeks ago, nothing major, and had to get it fixed which took a couple days. His insurance is paying for everything, the insurance company was surprisingly very cooperative, they're not usually, I should know I deal with them everyday at work. Not personally, I only get the claim info initially, but I get to listen to my lawyer boss chew them out. Its quite amusing actually. Ok ok, where was I. Oh yeah, I got back from basketball and enjoyed some more time with James and Doc, and then went over to my neighbors/friend/ward members house for her knitting night with some others and enjoyed their company for a while. Came home, watched another one of our shows and here I am. Ready for bed and felt like it wouldn't do my day justice if I didn't document it. It's so important to remember the good days to get you through the hard ones. Oh, and I read this today on a blog I follow:

"If we are afraid to do what we want, or are insecure of what others may think, then thoughts stay thoughts, visions stay visions, dreams stay dreams and good lighting passes us by."


Ah, time for bed. Nothing like ending on a good note.

love, love, LOVE

I found this awesome site through my awesome friend Des. If your ever in the mood to look at some sweet wedding videos, definitely visit it. I promise you wont be disappointed, I could spend all day on there. To enter pure bliss click here!

Wardrobe Challenge: Re-Do

 

Remember forever ago when I decided I was going to do my wardrobe challenge? Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, Im a slacker and havent really kept up with it. Oops. I did for a little bit back in November when I started my new job (oh yeah, I have a new job!! Im a paralegal for a law firm, Brent Gordon Law, and its hands down best job ever! But thats a whole other post) and I did it for, oh, maybe a week? Well Ive stumbled upon a fabulous new blog that Ive linked to my Sites to See, and she has this awesome challenge she does each season: 30 for 30. Well I got all excited to be a part of it, I picked out all my 30 items and was so excited to start it. But then I realized, I was abandoning my original challenge and I couldnt do that. I needed to follow through with it before I started on something else. So I thought to myself, why not kind of mix the two together? Genius! So, I have combined my 30 items to remix with the items I set aside for my Wardrobe Challenge, and they are living together in harmony. So, to keep myself in check and accountable for all of this, I will try my best to update my progress on here. But, Im not holding my breath, I have a feeling if I did there would be some CPR going on fairly soon.

(these are a few of the items that were in my 30 for 30, but also in my Wardrobe Challenge)

A Flick Worth Watching

Um, I loved this movie. I love Emily Blunt, she did an amazing job. And Rupert Friend, I thought the name and his face looked familiar, and sure enough he is in another movie I adore, Pride & Prejudice, except in that one he plays the evil Mr. Wickham. Ahh, after watching this last night I wanted to watch it again, and again. Such a good love story. 

Behind the Scenes

You may think
I’m just fine
How could anything
Ever be out of line?

I take my time
To set the stage
To make sure everything
Is all in place

Even though I’ve got the lines rehearsed
A picture only paints a thousand words

Things aren’t always what they seem
You’re only seeing part of me
There’s more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I’m incomplete and I’m undone
But I suppose like everyone
There’s so much more that’s going on
Behind the scenes

Sometimes I can’t see
Anything
Through the dark
Surrounding me
And at times I’m unsure
About the ground
Beneath my feet
If it’s safe and sound

When it’s hard to find hope in the unseen
I have peace in knowing it will find me

Things aren’t always what they seem
You’re only seeing part of me
There’s more than you could ever know
Behind the scenes
I’m incomplete and I’m undone
But I suppose like everyone
There’s so much more that’s going on
Behind the scenes

You may think I’m just fine
How could anything ever be out of line?

To Button, or Not To Button?

So I have this cardigan that I LOVE, and normally wear buttoned, but last night decided to be bold and daring and wear it UN-buttoned. I know I know, I live on the edge. And then I thought, well what do I wear underneath it? If Im going to be bold and daring, I cant just wear plain old black, cause thats what I typically would wear. So I decided to wear yellow, and not just any old yellow, my favorite mustard, yellow cardigan. Thats right, Im wearing a cardigan underneath ANOTHER cardigan. Whoa Nelly. Im wicked edgy today. Thats right. I said wicked. Cant help it Im from Massachusetts.

French Influence

Lately I have been completely infatuated with Audrey Tatou, a beautiful French actress who happens to have been in 2 movies I now absolutely adore.

I loved Coco's style, she was all about combining both fashion and comfort. She hated corsets and flashy accessories. She was simple, classy and strong willed. Good story.

A Very Long Engagement was more artsy and I LOVED how they did the film. It was witty, thrilling and charming all in one. Both were in French and contrary to most people I loved the subtitles, its more of an experience that just simply watching a movie. Two thumbs up on both!

Silent Strength

Last Sunday I experienced one of the most powerful talks during Sacrament. It was given by a young man who I had heard about, but never spoken to. I quiet, humble man, husband, father. I havent been the same since hearing his talk, its been going through my mind all week. So finally I decided I needed to share it. He spoke on a personal trial of losing his 1 year old baby girl about 2 years ago. It was the first talk he has given in over 2 years, so it was a very emotional and powerful one. He spoke of courage, faith, charity, eternity, all based around losing his precious child. He spoke about how strong his wife was through the whole ordeal, never complaining once. There wasnt a dry eye in the house, you looked around the room and every female had red eyes and wet noses like me. It made me reflect on my life, and everything I complain about, which ends up being so trivial. Heres a family that has carried this trial with them for 2 years now and you would never know. You see them and think, "what a happy family." We all have trials in our lives, I know I have had my fair share of them. I just hope I can be more like this family, have that silent strength, with a testimony so strong that it will carry you through any storm.

Piece of History

 So I own my very own piece of history! Life has been so crazy I totally forgot about it. I found it at a flea market back in Missouri just before we moved out here to Idaho. It was in a big frame in a booth and almost walked right by it, but it caught my eye and as I looked at it closer I yelped in excitement at what I found! I couldnt believe it! A newspaper from 1813, thats 1813  people! Almost 200 years ago! Im not sure if its worth anything but its sure worth a lot to me. Being born and raised in Massachusetts I have a lot of New England pride. I love telling people Im from such a historical place. One of my favorite classes in college was American Heritage, learning about our fore fathers and the constitution, which took place in my old stomping ground. So naturally when I found this I HAD to have it. Plans are to frame it in special double sided glass so you can flip and see both sides of it, and to make sure its preserved from light. But who knows when that will be. 

Up Late Thinking

Being so busy during the day, my night time is for resting and thinking. Tonight's thoughts, consistency. There are many disappointments in life, many instances where I feel let down or forgotten. But there are always constants, the things that keep us going. For me, its the Savior and my husband. When everything else falls apart they are always there. They are who I turn to. For that I am so grateful.