who is influencing you?

Several of my twitter friends have shared a New York Times article over the last couple of weeks. I hadn't had time to read it, but so many people I respect kept commenting on it. So I saved it in my handy Instapaper to read later. Having now read it, I can see why it's …

random friday stuff: vol 6

Hi friends! It's another sweltering day in the Ozarks! I hope everyone is wearing their sweat-resistant sunscreen. Here are the fun random things that have consumed me this week: SO MUCH NEW MUSIC!!! I've been crazy random on my music tastes and I'm loving it. Do yourself a favor and check out these new tunes: …

green grapes and gray water

This *might* end up being the most random post I've ever written. Then again, I write a lot of random stuff all the time so who knows. Hang on for the ride. On Wednesday of last week I flew to California to visit my fella. First off, it was so, so great to see him. …

I really like your dress!

Does anyone else out there struggle receiving compliments? Don't get me wrong, I love hearing them in my soul. They make me feel so good. It's almost like every one you get, it is a helium balloon tied to your thoughts...it just keeps lifting them up. And when you're not used to hearing compliments in …

random friday stuff: vol 5

Sometimes you just have to make your photos super exaggerated and over saturated. 🙂 I haven't done this in ages! Here are all the things I'm a bit obsessed with on this super hot and humid Friday: Oversized t-shirt dresses. They are certainly not the most flattering of dress choices, but they win for the …

peace like welcome rain

Good morning, friends and Happy Sunday! It's raining here in Missouri, again. I'm pretty sure it's been raining for the last 6 months. It has been the weirdest year here in the midwest. Lately I've been so grumpy when it rains. Now that I'm living alone and yard duties are mine, every time it rains …

you enjoy YOU.

by Craig Groeschel Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! I thought I'd check in and say "yo!" First off, thanks to all of you lovelies for being so real with me after my post last week. Because of your words I decided not to delete it. I saw this quote the other day and decided to share …

two sides of the same coin

Change is good and change is hard. My therapist once told me that every relationship (especially marriage) is a contract that has to constantly be renegotiated. We are human and we change. Because of those changes, negotiation has to happen or the relationship breaks. I think that can happen to your relationship with yourself too. …

there is an upside

I've had one of those days today where my emotions have been up/down/up/down/up/down. REPEAT TIMES 1,000. I've been so "up" that I've giggled with satisfaction of a big win, and I've been so "down" that I literally almost passed out because my adrenaline dropped from anxiety/stress over other news. Yeah, it's been a day. But …

identity crisis

For some reason lately I've started every conversation with the greeting "Yo." Or "Heyo." I have no idea where it has come from, but when you get a "yo" from me instead of a "hello", welcome to being my friend. You want to know something funny? Every time I say it, and I mean EVERY …