June Review

Hi Friends!

I am enjoying my week off to celebrate the 4th of July, and I think it is about time to write a new blog post.

I've noticed that my posts are becoming much more scarce, and they have been pretty regularly just monthly updates on my 101 in 1001 list. But I'm okay with that.

 

I never got around to posting a list of what my goals were for June, they just sat on a post-it note on my laptop, staring at me all month. But wouldn't-ya-know, they all got accomplished.

• Use a disposable camera
• Visit someplace new
• Read books from the library
• Memorize a verse

I decided that for June I was going to select only a few that I could actually get done, and it is really cool to see that I did.

 

 

I used a disposable camera on my trip to Charlottesville. (Check....check)

 

 

 

 



 

I read a great book by Karen Kingsbury, Leaving. It was one that I borrowed from the library, and promptly returned late. Womp.

 

 

 

 

I also memorized a verse one morning during my quiet time. Hebrews 11:1

 

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I was really glad to complete my list for June, and in addition I was able to send 4 more letters snail-mail style.

 

Hooray for new things!

 

P.S. Do you have any great July 4th plans? I am going on a kayak-camping trip, yay!

 

 

 







May Review

Y'all, I still love my 101 in 1001 list. Can we just say that is a miracle in itself?

 

Last month I set some realistic goals for myself:

• Invest in a friend's dream
• Donate blood
• Host a pinterest craft party
• Watch the sun rise
• Coffee shop-hop
• Buy from the farmer's market

 

What I did:

 

• Invest in a friend's dream- I have known a sweet girl named Macy for several years now, she has been such an inspiration in so many ways. I have followed her journey via social media and have been blown away by how she allows the Lord to guide her life. A few months ago, she began a new journey and is now living on the other side of the country. Before she left, she had a "yard sale" and sold most (if not all) of her belongings in order to raise money to follow God's plan for her life. I was able to help her only a small bit, but I couldn't imagine another person more deserving of my small gift.

 

• Donate blood- Yikes! This was fun! They gave me a tee shirt, lots of food, and a cool arm bandage to wear all day. I would say that my first time donating blood was a huge accomplishment.

 

• Host a Pinterest craft party- This was just adorable. I can't imagine a sweeter group of girls. I will have to share a post soon on the party details(:

• Watch the sun rise- At the beach, duh. No, it was cloudy, and I could hardly see the sun. Fail.

Myrtle Beach - 06/07/14

 

• Read a library book- I read a sweet little book by LaVyrle Spencer titled That Camden Summer. I found a paperback at our library and was able to take it on the beach, it was absolutely perfect.
  

 

• Drink coffee black- Umm, gross. I know it would have been better in this perfect mug from Anthropologie.

Anthropologie

 

 

• Donate to a non-profit org- I was able to donate 50lbs of canned food to our local food bank! I got lost in the process, and ended up late to work (oops), but I am so thankful to the people (especially Kroger) who donated and helped me reach my goal!

 



 

 

I'll try to set myself some June goals, is looking pretty busy!

 

May Goals

It has been almost 100 days since I began my 101 in 1001 project. And I still love it. I have crossed off 6 things and I have several in-progress and others already planned. I was worried when I began that I would set myself up for another "job", but luckily it hasn't seemed like it at all. Whenever I go through my list, I get so excited about trying new things. I do have to set time aside, and plan for some of these things to happen, but when I look at it, I realize that I am planning something that I really want to do! It's like planning a trip, it may take some time and money, but when you get to sit back and enjoy it, it becomes 1000% worth it.

Okay, I'm done now...moving on.

 

Last month's goals:

• Have a yardsale & donate to a cause
• Host a Pinterest party (I may do these two together:))
• Complete the Insanity workout
• Send a letter snail-mail style

What I actually did:

• Complete the Insanity workout (YAYAYAYAYYYYYAAAYY!)
• PLAN a pinteresty party
• Send a letter snail-mail style
• Pay for my family's dinner

I can now say, whatever I plan---isn't concrete. But that's what is so fun about this, I never really know what I get to experience next.

• Invest in a friend's dream
• Donate blood
• Host a pinterest craft party
• Watch the sun rise
• Coffee shop-hop
• Buy from the farmer's market

Let's see what happens!

 

Pinday: Let's Have a Party

I'm throwing a party this Saturday...and I can't wait. I haven't finished shared a post on my goals for May yet, but I will be back with that shorty. I just really wanted to throw out here some pretty perfect pins that inspired me to throw a super girly shindig in the middle of crazytown busy season. So here are the pins that made the cut:

 

 

(All Pinterest photos, none are mine)

 

Happy Wish Company

 

 

Queen Latifa

 

Catch My Party

 

Hostess with the Mostess
 

 

So, I'm uber excited(:

 





March & April

Oh hey, you. It's been awhile. A loooong while. I've been crazy busy with life-ish stuff recently and haven't had much time to write a post. So here is one to wrap up March, and lay out some April plans. Remember when I set my 101 in 1001 goal? Well, I've made minimal progress, but alas, progress made have I (yes, that's a Yoda refrence.)

A quick look back at my March goals:

• Memorize a verse per week
• Send flowers to a friend (this one is planned already!)
• Plan a surprise day trip
• Take a train ride
• Visit someplace new
• Mealplan an entire month
• Do some DIY projects
• Cook just for me

What I actually did:

• Send flowers to a friend
• Plan a surprise day trip
• Visit someplace new
• Do some DIY projects

I think 4 of 8 isn't too bad! Considering I hardly had time to think this month.
So I sent flowers to my beautiful friend, Roxanne, on her birthday.

Me, Ryan, my brother and his girlfriend took a surprise day trip to Richmond, where I had never been before & had a great time. We live about three hours out of the city, so it was a nice little haul, but so worth it. We spent the day checking out the touristy places & hitting up some great locations that John & Sherry over at Young House Love suggested (all were great by the way).

Some plans for April:

 

• Have a yardsale & donate to a cause
• Host a Pinterest party (I may do these two together:))
• Complete the Insanity workout
• Send a letter snail-mail style

Because we are already a week in, I'm keeping the list small.

Let's see what happens!

 

Have you felt extremely busy the past few weeks? Is it spring? Or just me? I'm on the lookout for really cool party ideas for this "yardsale/pinterest" party, let me know if you come across any!

 

Deutoronomy 31:8

 

The verse that I am memorizing this week is Deutoronomy 31:8

 

 

Source: Unknown

 

 

How powerful is this verse? The Lord promises to go with us and before us. I am so comforted knowing that he has prepared a path for me, and he is walking me through it.

 

 



Romans Fifteen Thirteen

I'm officially snowed in. Anywhere from 9-13" is on the ground outside, and I am much to lazy to go measure it right now. But it is absolutely beautiful. I'm not sure if I will be going anywhere anytime soon, but I'm thankful for one good snow this year. No more please!

I wanted to share my memory verse for this week with y'all. You may recognize it because it is part of my blog title. With that being said, I felt a real need to memorize it...because that would be weird if I didn't know it.

Etsy

(This print was from a shop on Etsy, but is no longer available to purchase so I don't know who to give credit to :/)



I can't even begin to count the times that this verse has proven to be true in my life. I find myself anxious and stressed most of the time and it becomes very easy to lash-out on people whom I love. By repeating these words to myself, and trusting in the Lord, I am always filled with peace, hope, and joy. Not in an entire book could I explain it like this one verse does.

 

Isn't it amazing how easy it is for us to access His Word? Just by a turn of a page, we have God-inspired words in front of us. It blows my mind.

 

Do you have a verse that you are constantly looking to? I'd love to know them!

 





101 In 1001: DIY

Hey Y'all!

I hope you are having a great weekend! I just wanted to share a DIY post on a few of my crafts that I have started working on for my project.

Honest to goodness, these have probably turned out the best of the many DIY projects that I have tried. So, it's kind of like a big deal.

 

#1

I follow Sarah at Life On Virginia Street, and can I say that her office is a-mazing? She just shared a post on her office reveal, and it truly is beautiful. I had seen this beautiful painting behind her desk and thought how pretty it was. Luckily, she shared a DIY post a few days later (Que angels singing).

 

 

Life On Virginia Street

 

Her color combo is perfection. It's light, airy, and pretty.

I really like the idea of a thin frame too. It makes it look like a professional piece of artwork.

 

I knew that I wanted to paint a huge canvas to put over my bed since I don't have a headboard. My walls are a very light blue, almost cloudy, so I needed to use bold colors to keep my room from feeling like you are walking into a cloud when you open the door. It needed balance, no matter how much I loved the blue+green color combination.

 

Before going to buy my supplies, I looked online at a few craft stores nearby to see what specials they had going on. A. C. Moore had a few specials going on including a couple coupons that you could print and take to the store, and Hobby Lobby had almost the exact same special. I chose Hobby Lobby because the selection is HUGE and I was closer to it on Thursday. I was able to score 30% off my paints, and a coupon for 40% one regular priced item.

 

(Please excuse the lovely professional photos, my camera hates me)

If you would like a detailed post, view Sarah's here.

 

 

 

(I got excited when I started painting and didn't take any pictures...)

 

 

 

 

#2

I was walking through the JCPenny Home department and saw a few bins with 60-70% off signs. As I was looking, I found some lovely white mugs. They were originally $10 each, but with the discount, I only paid $2 each. I decided to attempt the "sharpie-on-mug" DIY project again. My first attempt was a disaster, imagine lots of time spent drawing and then sharpie washing right off.... :(

I didn't spend half as much time drawing this go-round, and I baked those puppies forever.

(@ 350 for about 45 minutes)

 

Well, they have started chipping already, but I don't even care. They are cute.

 

Inspired by this one.

Inspired by the much cuter one.

 

 

 

Did you try any DIY projects this week?

 

 

 

 

Philippians 4:8

NaptimeDiaries

This beautiful verse is the first one in my challenge. I found this image on Pinterest and followed the link to a cute Etsy shop called "Naptime Diaries". I have linked the picture to the shop so you can purchase the print if you like! The background is actually white, but it shows up a purple/gray on my end for some reason. Not sure why..
ANYWAYS, the whole point of this verse was to memorize it and to fill my mind with Godly things. Which is ironic, considering the message.

I hope you are having a fantastic Thursday!
Are you memorizing anything this week?

It's Kickoff

It's kickoff to my 101 in 1001 challenge, that is. I wanted a good even day to begin it on, so I waited all..week..long. February 1st, you are MINE. Tomorrow I will start crossing things off of my list, and I am way too excited about it. I can't even imagine what is going to happen within the next 1001 days, and how much God is going to show me his love. I can only pray that I live every day to the fullest that he intends. I am constantly reminded of my favorite verse..

Over the next few weeks, I have set a goal for myself, so I actually get to start this fun stuff!

• Finish Jillian Michael's 30 day workout
• Send some letters snail-mail style
• Have dessert before dinner
• Do a few DIY projects
• Cook dinner just for me....I'm thinking salmon!
• Memorize a verse a week

I think starting off easy will be the best way to go about it, I don't want it to ever turn into a "job" to get things crossed off! Ew!

As for today, I am going to study some in school, eat lunch & dessert by myself at Macadoo's,  (yes, I actually enjoy doing homework and eating alone in a sit-down restaurant) and then work till the cows come home tonight. But the whole time, I am going to enjoy the sunshine, and get myself ready (hah!) to start 30 days of workout...because we will pretend that Thanksgiving wasn't the last time I exercised..

101 in 1001



 

Hey y'all. Sorry I'm MIA recently, it looks like a trend. I'm jumping on the bandwagon here with a 101 in 1001 list. I first came across one of these lovelies at Miss Shelby's Blog, I then read more of these lists here, here, and here.

 

Begin: 2/1/2014

Finish: 10/29/2016

 

For Others
1- Send twenty letters, snail-mail style. (0/20)
2- Bake cookies for neighbors.
3- Serve dinner at a homeless shelter.
4- Have a yard sale and donate to a cause.
5- Send flowers to a friend.
6- Coupon & send stockpile to a shelter.
7- Have a random acts of kindness week.
8- Visit a nursing home.
9- Help someone move.
10- Invest in a friend's dream.
11- Donate blood (or bone marrow if I'm lucky).

For My Relationship
12- Get engaged.
13- Plan a surprise day trip.
14- Workout together two times a week all month.
15- Start a Christmas tradition.
16- Take engagement pictures.
17- Plan a marriage, not a wedding.
18- Have dessert before dinner.
19- Go fishing.
20- Go kayaking.
21- Hike somewhere new.
22- Make a scrapbook/journal.
23- See NYC at Christmas.
24- Take pictures in a photo booth.
25- Wear red lipstick on a date.
26- Visit Mayberry on July the Fourth.
27- Take a pottery class.
28- Join our church as members.

For My Family & Friends:
29- Send my Nana flowers.
30- Make a friend from another country.
31- Go on a girl's weekend trip.
32- Buy my family a meal out.
33- Be a bridesmaid.

To Go Places:
34- Go to the beach, but just for a weekend.
35- Visit 5 new places.
36- Go camping somewhere new.
37- Take a train ride.
38- Go to a blog conference.
39- Go geocaching.
40- Go skiing.
41- Go to a festival.
42- Go to a corn maze.
43- Go to a concert.
44- Tour a vineyard.
45- Move to college.

To Try New Things:
46- Take a cooking class.
47- Take a ballroom dancing class.
48- Go whitewater rafting.
49- See a drive-in.
50- Get a Blowout at a DryBar.
51- Watch the sun rise.
52- Watch the sun set.
53- Ride bikes at the beach.
54- Attend an orchestra.
55- Go to an outdoor yoga class.
56- Go to a zumba class.
57- Go wine tasting.
58- Run a fun 5k.

To Do The Grownup Thing:
59- Mealplan an entire month.
60- Graduate college.
61- Recycle all plastic bottles.
62- Save 5k on my own.
63- Start a new business.
64- Use my Etsy shop.
65- Pay off my car.
66- Follow a real skincare routine.
67- Have a no-spend week.
68- Get certified in something.
69- Get a promotion.
70- Be an intern.
71- Vote.

To Get Crafty:
72- Host a Pinterest craft party.
73- Print Instagram photos.
74- Do twenty DIY projects from Pinterest. (0/20)
75- Buy real artwork.
76- Make a teeshirt quilt.
77- Draw 10 things. (0/10)

Food & Fitness:
78- Cook through an entire cookbook.
79- Buy from the farmer's market.
80- Cook just for me ten times. (0/10)
81- Complete a Jillian Michaels thirty day workout. (0/30)
82- Swim laps instead of running on the treadmill.

For The Blogger:
83- Meet another blogger!
84- Write a guest post.
85- Blog three times a week for a month.

For Me:
86- Get a massage.
87- Memorize one hundred verses.(0/100)
88- Be social media free for one week.
89- Plan a surprise party.
90- Read twenty books from the library. (0/20)
91- Get fresh flowers for me.
92- Leave a 100% tip.
93- Finish the fifty-two week money challenge.
94- Wake up early on my day off.
95- Drink coffee black.
96- Attend/throw a dinner party.
97- Plant a tree.
98- Go horseback riding.
99- Pull an all-nighter.
100- Meet someone whom I think is famous!
101- Wear dresses for a week.

Ahhh. I'm excited. Let's see how many we can get done(: