High Five For Friday!!!

As all of you may know if you live on planet Earth, own a calendar or have looked down at your cell phone this morning, IT'S FRIDAY!!!
Now it's not just a typical Friday morning for this girl. I am actually writing from HOME. I.am.off.of.work. This is EPIC!
Now, I would love to share with you the adventures of how I purchased the winning lottery ticket or how I stumbled across a buried treasure but unfortunately this is not the case.
I am having surgery today. Wah wah. Oral surgery that is. Put to sleep. No food or drinks after midnight. What?!?!? No Starbucks on the way? Kill me now.
It's only going to be that whole I'm going to drool on my shirt,  have a numb face for hours, talk like I have a broken jaw and look like a chipmunk for the next three days kinda thing. Yea, this girl has to experience that wonderful moment...me, myself and I. Hooray! NOT.

Ok enough of the negative, poor me story.....let's get started on the positive! TGIF! Today I am linking up as usual with Lauren to bring you the five highlights of my week, H54F (High Five For Friday).

1. I booked our vacation! We are using the vacation time to celebrate mine and Madison's birthdays, they are 5 days apart. The hotel room was booked for 4 days and 5 nights and is completely free (gotta love those perks!). Oceanfront. Balcony. Myrtle Beach. 84 average high weather. 20 pools. 2 water parks. An amusement 1 mile away. Need I say more?

2. I became a sponsor of Chelsee's Southern Beauty Guide blog. I am learning more and more tips daily to improve my blog, posts and layout. I can't wait to expand my horizons.

3. More of the wedding pictures are being posted to FB by Eric Wilson the photographer. I am thrilled every time I see a new "sneak peek".

4. Madison's dance instructor a couple of weeks ago emailed me with an itemized price list of Madison's dance recital costume. The email I received she would owe $313.71 for her costume or she would not be able to participate in the dance recital. I freaked, I cannot pay that amount at this time. So bummed and down in the dumps that I could not make this happen, I decided we would just have to skip it this year. Well, Wednesday night I received an updated email with an apology stating that the instructor had sent me the incorrect pricing and that it would now only be $98.71. What a relief! Now $98 I can swing but $317, I'm afraid not. I am grateful the instructor caught the mistake!

5. I've received four new followers this week and my blog seems to come up in conversation among friends. I am grateful for the people who stop and take the time to also enjoy what I love. Thank you to the blog community and all of the others who read my posts!

As always, I hope you enjoyed the post! Have a great weekend!

WOW...It changed my way of thinking forever!

Have you ever just sat in your living room, in your office or in your car and just had that moment. You cry. You feel depressed. You are sad. Surrounded by a world of confusion and chaos. Trapped in your own thoughts and feeling like no one will understand.
Well, for some reason on Monday morning I was that person.
I simply got out of bed, sat down on the couch and sobbed, like a baby.

I had experienced nothing.
I hadn't went to work and had a rough day.
All my bills were paid and my fridge was fully stocked.
But for some reason (No not from PMSing, for all those who may be wondering) I was sad.
This seems to happen to me every once in awhile. No explanation what so ever.
So this year in my long list of New Years resolutions I decided to try and find the positive in every negative. I try to find something uplifting and motivating to keep my mind from wondering from the greatness life has to offer.
So for some reason on that very day I made a cup of coffee and sat on my couch, while wiping the tears and feeling the strange sadness in my heart I googled "Feeling sad for no reason". As if God had sent the message straight to me I found this little (but sort of long) note of inspiration, motivation and reasoning.

"Stop feeling sad for no reason. Stop placing all of your happiness into whether or not your crush will text you back. Stop feeling a vague sense of melancholy, something that you aren’t able to pinpoint but you know is there.
I woke up today feeling that quiet sense of melancholy. The steps I took on the way to the bathroom felt heavy and when I looked at myself in the mirror, I could see myself cringing. This doesn’t happen very often, I don’t usually meet the day with a “Screw you!” kind of attitude but when I do, I get angry. How is it possible to feel so crappy at 8:30 in the morning? Actually wait, how is it possible to feel great at 8:30 in the morning? This is dumb though. These feelings aren’t real. I’m choosing to be in a sour mood. When there’s nothing there to make me feel sad, it’s quite clear that I’m the reason. I’m the one who’s making myself feel miserable. And since I’m the one who got me there, I can also be the one who gets me out.
For those of us who don’t have chemical imbalances but are rather just prone to feeling a boatload of emotions, we have to learn not to indulge every thought we have. It’s difficult though. With people who suffer from analysis paralysis and melancholia, it’s like we’re constantly betraying ourselves.
We get upset over minute things and then get upset over the fact that we’re upset. We get sad that the amazing person we went on a date with last week hasn’t asked us to go on another one, and then we get angry at ourselves for giving the person so much power. We choose the things that control us. We give our phone a lot of power. We get bummed out about text messages and phone calls and, oh my god, it shows that they read my text but haven’t responded back! We give the Internet a lot of power. When someone doesn’t follow us back on Twitter or write on our Facebook wall, we fall into a spiral of grief. Why?
We need to start figuring out what emotions are legitimate and which ones are bogus. If you’re feeling things every minute of every day, some posers are bound to sneak in through the back door of your brain. These posers are meant to veer you off track and get you upset for no reason, but they don’t come from a genuine place. They’re as fake as a Prada bag on Canal Street. We don’t like to admit it but sometimes we like falling into ruts for no reason. It reminds us that we’re alive and that SOMETHING is happening to us. Who cares if it’s good or bad?! I’m sad and it’s better than nothing!
Except it’s not better. In fact it’s a lot worse. All of those times you feel this vague sense of sadness, all of those times you let the posers in, add up to something major in the end. So we have to stop indulging every emotion we have. We have to realize we have control over these Monica “JUST ONE OF THEM DAYS” kinds of moods. Because they’re so not real. Seriously. Screw Monica for giving vague sadness some power! Not a month goes by that someone doesn’t post that video on their Facebook with the caption: “Sing it, Monica. Just one of them days…” Give yourself more credit than that. You know what I did this morning when I felt myself going into Monica territory? I stopped the “Just one of them days” bus and danced to some Rolling Stones. Now I’m all better. Don’t let your emotions punk you. Chances are you’re feeling something that’s not even there."

This little note was brought to us by "The Thought Catalog".

I am in high hopes that if you ever need words of encouragement that you can always come back to today's post to find your smile again, feel the warmth in your heart and to have a better day after reading it. It change my mood immediately. It re-guided my heart, mind and soul down a more positive path. I am ever so grateful that I stumbled upon this and that it changed my day for the better. I hope you too gain something from it.

 

WOW: 

 

Have you read something that changed your way of thinking, improved your mood or helped to brighten your day? Please share if so! I would love to gather some daily readings of WOW.

 

If you are still reading, I thank you. I know this post was lengthy but it came from the heart and was intended to show you that there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel. Don't give up!

 

XO

 

Want to know what is fabulous about Wednesday? Everything! We are half way through the school/work week, anytime we link up with the fabulous Jamie we have an excuse to cyber stalk Pinterest and it seems like most Wednesday posts are pretty positive.

Positivity, the only thing I am trying to surround myself with these days! If you are a party pooper, debbie downer or a scrooge then get lost. I might stress out sometimes but for the most part I have started out this year in a new light and I already feel like I am headed down the right path. Especially with all my bloggy friends supporting me! Love all you peeps!

Did I mention I just became a sponsor for one of my favorite reads? Yep her name is Chelsee over at Southern Beauty Guide. If you haven't started following her, GO NOW! I couldn't be more excited to contribute to her page and get my blog some additional exposure!  I am working on some new pages and on the search for a new blog look. Have any suggestions for a blog design or a site I could check out? Please share! I hope to keep all of you intrigued and wanting more!

Since I have been in bridesmaid mode this weekend and still trying to get back into the groove of things I thought I would just stick to my Pinterest loves this week and save all my other loves for later!

 

I'm loving...these yarn covered bottles! I couldn't guarantee that I would be patient enough to sit and finish this project! Although I have many great pinned DIY projects, I never seem to complete a craft. My mother received all of that special thing we call patience, I on the other hand did not.

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I'm loving...This card! The website let's you enter the dates so they can print the correct amount of days. For the site click here

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I'm loving...these shoes. Although I would never last a blink of an eye in them they are super cute and colorful.

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I'm loving...How true this statement is! How many times do you start typing and the screen changes, suggestions come up and you stop typing to watch how ridiculously fast Google attempts to find the #1 search result? It's a little outrageous don't you think?



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I'm loving...COFFEE! I have to have coffee every morning or else this girl is asleep in five seconds flat! There is something about waking up in the morning and having a warm cup of coffee to begin your day. Love all of these expressions related to coffee.

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I'm loving...Amaretto soaked, chocolate covered cherries! Can we say yes please! I love cherries, chocolate and amaretto so these would be heavenly! I am looking up the recipe as I write this!

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I'm loving...This letter to a neighbor. I would die if this letter was written and left to me. The letter explains why I laughed hysterically and why you will be also. Someone had a lot of time on their hands and a sense of humor. Gotta love it.

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I'm loving...Monster spray. When kids have nightmares spray it under the bed, in their shoes, all the places monsters might hide. They will love it.

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I'm loving...that anytime it is under 32 degrees outside you can make ice bubbles! And well, today was a high of 17!

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I'm loving...How true this statement is! I intend on getting one outfit out to wear and the next thing I know my entire closet is dumped onto my bed. Every girls problem!

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I'm loving...Random acts of kindness! For example: Leave a sweet note for the mail man thanking him for his daily deliveries. You never know how a small gesture can make a huge impact in someone's life!

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What are you loving? Button up and share your loves!

 

 

XO