Road Trippin' Tunes

(photo via Pinterest)

Happy Friday! I’m going on a small road trip this weekend by myself and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m in the midst of making a Road Trip Playlist and imagining cruising down the highway with the windows down. What are some of your favorite songs for the road?

Here are a few of mine:

1.       Hold On by Alabama Shakes

2.       Fader by The Temper Trap

3.       Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac

4.       Valerie by Amy Whinehouse

5.       Tongue Tied by Grouplove

6.       Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye by Luke Bryan

7.       You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go by Miley Cyrus

8.       Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder

9.       Party by Beyoncé and J Cole

10.   Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ by Michael Jackson

Philly 2012

Girl Time

Wow, it's been so long since I've updated and so many things have happened. Whoops! These past few weeks have been toughies, but I'm so thankful for the 2 girls weekend trips that have fallen in my laps for this month. This weekend I'm headed to the mountains with my mom, gram and aunt. I took a couple days off work so I'm expecting lots of eating, game playing and wine drinking. Then at the end of the month I'm headed to Philly with two of my favs. So thankful for all this girl time up ahead. God sure does have some good timing. (:

(all photos from Pinterest)

Bye, October!

Fall has officially been around for a few weeks now, but I feel like I FINALLY got to really experience it this past weekend. We went to Helen to walk around, experience the town and see all the beautiful colors up in the mountains. I was truly amazing at all the variations of orange, red, yellow and green. So, so beautiful.

Let's go fly a kite

I'm dying to travel somewhere exciting. Any of these places will do.

Marco Island

This past weekend was our beachy family reunion at Marco Island. Many, many, many laughs were had, games were played and birthdays were celebrated. 

The night I flew in, my mom, her two sisters and their mom went to go visit my great aunt Susan. (I was pretty bummed I didn't get to go). She turns 90 in March so they had cake, wine and a home-cooked meal. They said she was as sharp as a whip, hysterical and so so happy they were there to visit. (Side Note: my aunt Amy [blonde] bought Hello Kitty birthday hats just to be fun. We barely took them off all weekend. Multiple people made comments, took our picture, some sang to us, and we all got some free drinks!)

The sunsets were breathtakingly beautiful, food was yummy and the family time swelled my heart. We may be overwhelmingly dysfunctional and dramatic, but I still love my family. 

I'd love to share some pictures if you'd like to take a peek...

Labor Day Weekend

My Labor Day Weekend was filled with giggles, hugs and a little man yelling "JEEFFEERRR". My heart could not have been happier. It was such a blast getting to spend time with one of my bff's and her family. And I probably touched her growing belly a few too many times. I was so intrigued of that little baby girl growing inside of her! We also painted the little squirt's nursery and had fun decorating. 

[On the wall it says: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8"]

*Disclaimer: Not the best photos of me. I was exhausted! (: But for good reason. (: *

PC Beach

For almost 20 years, us girls have taken the same trip every summer. My mom, her bestie (of 40 years!), the bestie's 2 girls and myself. And every year we have a blast doing the same thing. Laying on the beach reading our books, eating while constantly talking about the next meal and watching silly medical shows until we can't keep our eyes open. Surprisingly I didn't take that many pictures, but here's some I did take if you'd like to see...

The Cubbies

Historic Wrigley Field is probably on my Top 10 list of favorite places. My heart was extremely happy to be there over July 4th weekend. Last time I was at Wrigley I was in my early teens. So now that I'm older (remember, birthday is right around the corner!) I have a different appreciation for the field, the ambiance and Wrigleyville. And I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty excited about my brat and beer at the game.

Bossypants

Road trips are always better when you have something to do. So to entertain my mom and I, I purchased Bossypants by Tina Fey on audiobook. 

Very possibly one of the best purchases I've ever made. At least for a road trip. I think I would actually recommend this over the book because Tina Fey narrates and you get to hear the book how she meant it. 

My mom and I almost had to pull over when we were in Chattanooga because we were laughing so hard. (:

Happy Monday!

I loved my little 3-day workweek last week. This week might be a little more tough. Ha! Plus, yesterday my eyelid was swollen and I think I have a stye under my eyelid. Ouch! On the bright side, Thursday is the boy's birthday! YAYY!! I might be more excited than he is. Happy Monday!

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My kind of town, Chicago is... [Part 2]

The 2nd half of Day 2 included the best part, THE CUBS GAME!! I am a big baseball fan. I'm not into all the stats and crazy info like that, but I love going to the games. The cheering, the ambiance, everyone coming together to enjoy America's favorite pastime. It's a beautiful thing. (Fun fact about me: I attended my first baseball game and mere age of 2 weeks old.)

My mom grew up in Chicago, so I have adopted her love for Wrigley Field and the Cubbies. Seriously, one of the best fields ever. I think because of all the history. (Can you tell I'm in love?)

Top down, cruising through Wrigleyville. What a great day.

Me and my momma hanging out in her hometown. Their "downtown" is just the coolest little "strip".

Gotta love some Cubs themed cornhole! (I won, by the way)

Loved this little cooler!

She's making me a little July 4th cocktail. 

My gma and her crazy old friends. Old people are funny when they're drunk. (:

On our round trip we passed a wind farm. A wind farm?! Coolest thing ever. These wind turbines ran for 33 miles, and as far back as the eye could see. My mom and I were super impressed. 

(all photos were taken with my iphone and ran through the crossprocess app.)

Hope everyone had a fabulous July 4th. And already the weekend is here again! Loving these short weeks. (: