At camp we were taught to live by a simple saying... 10/90. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. I saw this quote over the weekend and it reminded me of the wise words taught to us by Nancy and Leebo. I thought I would share it with you tonight to help you get through the week!!
Happy Easter everyone!!
We usually celebrate Easter with an egg hunt and a family brunch at my parents'! I love the egg hunt!! The eggs contain cash and gift cards... Things that we can all really use!! This year I managed to get $22 cash, two gift cards to H&M, a visa gift card, and a subway gift card!! Libba started to get a little violent/aggressive towards the end but overall it was a great hunt!!
It is now officially spring and it has got me thinking about the outside of our house! There are a lot of things that need to be done to get ready for the season. One, we need to do something about our yard!! I'm not just talking about plants and flowers... We need grass! Second, it wouldn't hurt to put a second coat of paint on our door and a new coat on rest of the house. However, my main focus right now is our screened in porch and deck... Our big barn red deck.
I would love to do something about the color of the deck. I'm not a huge fan of the color but more importantly it doesn't look right with pink!!! It is a wonderful deck for entertaining so I really hope to have it fixed up for the warm weather!
Our little screened in porch is a mess! It needs a lot of cleaning, painting, a new fan (the one up right now is really old and I'm really worried someone will get hurt if we turn it on), and really cute furniture!! I am torn between painting the ceiling a fun color and doing something fun with the floor! We want to turn it into a cute sunroom/breakfast area!!
Happy Monday everybody! They showed us this video during one of the meetings in Richmond and I thought it was very sweet and inspiring. I thought it would be a good way to start the week!! I hope you enjoy!!!
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What a week it has been. I left for Richmond early Wednesday morning for two days of meetings. I must admit I was pretty nervous about going but it turned out to be ok! They put us up in the Berkeley Hotel for the night and I was able to spend some time with my sister!!
Friday night we had a birthday party for my nephew Stowe at my parents' house... He is 1!! It is hard to believe it has already been a year since he was born!
He absolutely loved the cake!! Why is it so adorable when kids eat cake by going in face first?!?
Lawson was being such a good brother helping Stowe open his presents!! The giant frog was from Ben and me!! They had such a good time trying out all the new toys. I absolutely love my nephews but I also love that at the end of the night I get to give them back!!
I was so excited about my new iPad that I forgot to mention the wonderful weekend I had! On Saturday, my mom and I drove to Richmond to visit my sister and do a little shopping. It was a great trip! It was wonderful getting to see my sister and catch up with her but it also reminded me of how truly wonderful it is to shop in actual stores!!
My town never had very many stores and after my mom closed her shop, I no longer had an extra large closet at my disposal!! I soon realized that the only access to the brands I loved (Rebecca Taylor, Alice & Olivia, Elizabeth and James, Calypso) was by the click of the mouse. I have grown very fond of online shopping. I love getting to see hundreds of new pieces almost everyday from hundreds of different brands!!
However, nothing can beat the excitement of shopping in a store... The feel of the clothes, the smell of leather bags, walking out with your new purchase in a cute store bag! It truly is a wonderful thing!!
Sometimes I worry that if I allowed myself to have credit cards I would be more like Rebecca Bloomwood!!! I don't think Ben would be too happy if he came home to find me sitting on the kitchen floor with a high heal in my hand trying to break apart a huge chunk of ice that was housing my emergency credit card! I feel like using a debit card puts a realistic cap on the amount I can spend. I know how much is in my account and I know how much I can spend! Credit cards offer a buy now, pay latter deal that can lead to trouble especially since I find that when shopping, the more you spend the easier it gets to keep spending!! So keep those credit cards away from me... I will continue to stick to my trusty debit card and cash!!
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