I read this article this morning and found it both interesting and very helpful....
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
St. Patty's Weekend
The weekends shenanigans...
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Avery is truly my lucky charm!
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It was St. Patrick's Day on Sat and I decided to do a 5k.
It was SO much fun and I'm really glad I did it :)In the pic above is Patty, (Daniels fiance) Daniel, Tammy, and me.
I wasn't going to bring ANY kids at first but, then decided Avery would have a lot of fun and how hard could it really be pushing her in the jogging stroller?? 
Later that evening Harley and I went out to Brewskies to listen to my friends bagpipe band play...I've been wanting to listen to them for a long time and am glad I finally did :) 
These two had Kylee come over to watch them and got into her stickers..
They're so cute. I felt bad the morning of the race becuase I was taking Avery with me and not Cash...He kept telling Avery, 'You have to come to grandma Dogs with me!' :(
Avery did SO good at the race. She had a lot of fun and pretty much stayed put in the stroller with her snacks :)
Overall, I'm glad I got out and did something positive and for myself on Saturday. I've only ever done one other 5k in my life for a fundraiser and hopefully will be doing a lot more races this year!
My 'go to' song lately :)
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
The BEST day of your life...
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“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” ― Bob Marley
I'm not a huge Bob Marley fan. I remember the first time I heard 'Buffalo Soldier' I was in 8th grade at my boyfriends house with all our friends. I fell in love with that song as fast as I fell in love with my boyfriend at the time and then broke up with the song when the 8th grade 'relationship' ended. Although Bob's music isn't my favorite, that's one of the smartest quotes I've ever read and seems to be creeping into my life more and more.
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The picture (above) and it's message have really hit home lately.
My life is MINE.
I get to live it the way I feel is best for me and my family. Period.
Absolutely NO apologies or excuses.
A couple of weeks ago was Kylees birthday...
We took her up to Huntsville and celebrated with the family.
Cash raisin' the roof. 
We're pretty lucky to have Kylee in our life :) She's such a sweetheart and so much fun to hang out with!My favorite Bob Marley song to date (remixed)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Strength and acceptance can come to us in the most silent way
or
slap us right across the face...
We all have those moments where we wonder 'Why not me?' This goes for ANY situation you wanted to be a part of but were excluded from.
Sometimes there's a reason you're left out of things. Quite often for your own benefit even if it doesn't feel that way at the time.
Sometimes there's a reason you're left out of things. Quite often for your own benefit even if it doesn't feel that way at the time.
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"I have the balls and the determination to destroy anyone or anything that gets in my way... I am the hard line that separates determination from insanity."-Machine
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Machine is pretty hard core. I think it's time more than ever to to adopt this attitude :)
Growing up is hard. And when I say growing up I mean maturing, evolving and molding your emotions and learning to control the way you react to certain things people say/do to us. We as individuals are ultimately in control of how we react to the emotions we are faced with. I personally don't always find this to be an easy feat but, am definitely learning. You don't get different results always doing the things you've always done. You have to change old habits in order to move yourself past things.
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'Old habits die hard...but, they DO die.'
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SO true!
It's time to have faith that old habits die.
::loves::
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Being Healthy
This picture below pretty much sums up running...
...cuz I can...I'll admit. I've not always been a runner. In fact, I used to HATE running...some days I still do but, I do it anyways ;) I have found (for me) that it's freeing to be able to put on a pair of running shoes plug myself into my ipod and just run. Everyone needs some sort of healthy escape from life. Besides books, running/exercising is just that for me.
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...and music. I've changed a lot of what I listen to these last handful of months. I hate it when there's certain songs/bands you can't really listen to anymore because it's attached to a certain memory you'd rather forget. Then there are some bands that will ALWAYS be mine ;) Lately I've gone back to a more 'motivational' feel to music to get me through my workouts. Found new bands/songs. I've been asked from some people what I listen to when I workout and I've been making playlists and posting them on here.
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
::loves::
Monday, February 13, 2012
Over the Weekend
Over the weekend our family got together at my brother and Tammy's house :)
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Tammy cooked us all spaghetti and we ate and played games.
I love my mom.She loves me no matter what sort of shenanigans I get myself into...
and apparently I get into many!
(and no, moms don't have to love you no matter what so, I feel pretty lucky) ;)
I love these two boys!
We're all midgets compared to Jared.
The folks 
This little critter here is Sonny.She's the sweetest puppy I know!
She's only a year old and has the energy of ten 2 year olds :)
The kids and Sonny kept each other busy most of the night.
This is my sweet brother, Ryan. We met once when he was 5 and I was 13 or 14. Anyways, he's a lot of fun to be around and his little boy, Van, is so sweet!
Cash got right to business and did a little workout after we ate. This kids no dummy. I asked him what he was doing and he simply said, 'I exercisin', Mom, duh.'
This cute fella next to Avery is Van.Avery's pretty fond of him if you can't tell ;)
It's nice that they play together so well.
This chair is Cash's new favorite spot in the house. It's right by the computer and faces the TV so it's apparently the best seat in the house...Avery gets jealous and forces Cash to let her sit next to him in it. She's the BEST sister ;)
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