Friday Night Vid....

A re-discovered favorite song of mine. Enjoy the weekend!

xo,

Line dancing & Plant obsessions...

Haalloo Errbody!

Just photo logging my uber-fun weekend :)

Saturday night we ventured over to the Waterin' Trough for some line dancing! I think I like it better than the Dallas Bull. Here's a quick recap of another up til 1:30am Southern Adventure...

.photo courtesy of Ashley aka @itsashtin (instagram).

.Sarah & I. 

 .Ash & I. 

After dancing, Sarah & I found the local Sonics to eat at. While there - we talked about the 1980s & how no one can beat how absurd & hilarious it was. Top That.



Ahhh.... 1st Sunday Football Game of the season.......

.thematic oreos...... 

.Mom's homemade Chili. it was scrumptious! glad to take home leftovers :D

My dear "friend that I love, but never met" Jacqui has such a gardening talent with Succulents & Fairy Gardens. See her phenom plants... she is mailing MAILING me the coveted String of Pearls plant from the Mid West where she's from & I can't wait for them to arrive! Since she is sending them all the way to me, now I have this #obsession with succulents! Holy crapola!! In her honor I paid it forward & shared my propulgated Mexican Hat succulents with the girls at work. 

 Lastly, fall is now on the horizon. As it approaches, I had to make one last hurrah for summer. Hence: the Blackberry Collins, courtesy of my Husband - my bartender hobbyist.

Good night! xo,

Labor Day Extravaganza! *photo heavy*

I'm still recovering from the 3 day weekend. Since moving to Florida, Chris & I have joined the rest of the fambam spending the weekend at The Disney Beach Club Villas Resort.

.painted my nails in honor of the weekend ahead.

After a 2.5 hour car ride to drop off our fur-baby Charlie, we arrived at last!

.perfectly centered shot :) instagram @knmarkford

Our first night we went to dinner at Buca - a yearly tradition. Always on the menu:

• Apple Gorgonzola Salad
• Caprese
• Spicy Chicken Rigatoni
• Chicken Marsala
• Pasta Alfredo
• Pesto & Prosciuttio Stuffed Chicken
• Gnocchi
• Green Beans
• Garlic Smashed Potatoes
• 3 Bottles of *smuggled in* Wine

.buca!!.

.imitating the happy italian lady holding flowers, dressed in her native attire: christmas lights. Ashley & I are never afraid to take funny shots & do stupid things - but apparently I'm the only one doing that here LOL. for some reason no one wanted to take a photo with the statue. I still haven't figured that out. :)

.lambrusco.

.the gluten free, dairy free, trying-to-be-good-because-all-this-food-will-make-us-sick girls. aka salad feins. don't be fooled, we ate from everything ordered, but we cleared the salad bowl :) LOL 

.buca lova.

.all to celebrate Ronnie's 18th bday!!. 

.la familia!.

After dinner, we headed home, got in jammies & proceeded on to game night. This year: Apples to Apples. Dad won with 8 cards; I had 2... "worldly" & if I remember correctly "energetic".

.oh - it was on. 

.this game got fierce. 

Every year we attend Mass at Out Lady of the Universe. And every year I see my friend Santi (from my home parish in Tampa). He makes a yearly "pilgrimage" to this Church every Labor Day Weekend. No photo of us. I'll be sure to get one next year.

.sunday funday mass :).

Group shots from around the Villas Resort:

.the ladies. 

.Husband <3.

.the youngins.

My SIL (sister in law) Lindsey recently got a waterproof case for her iPhone. Needless to say - we had a LOT of fun in the sand bottom pools. Here are 2 of 30,000,000 photos...

.pirate slide.

.underwater camera fun.

Miscellaneous photo. I love her. :D She's the best sister God could have given me.

.seester :D xoxo. 

Sunday night: dinner in. HOMEMADE PIZZA!! yum-o!

.homemade pizza. 

I made my pizza with organic sauce & no-wheat, gluten free dough. delish! 

Next Memorial Day, we'll be coming back to the Disney Resorts to stay at the Animal Kingdom!! I'm so excited! We wanted to scope out the place - you know, because we snotty Disney resort-going people. Jk. We walked around for about 2 hours enjoying the animals, decor, drums, & seeing the sights. So excited for May 2013!

.the wall of the animal kingdom. word.

.the bathroom of the animal kingdom. hakuna matata. 

.my lovie.

After much calculation, we figured out that with the Disney vaca package my cousin Julie has - we'll get to spend every Labor Day at Disney for the next 42 years! Bring it on! :)

xo, 

Stone Fruit

I'm a big fan of stone fruit; particularly peaches.

And, is it me, or do they taste better the thinner you cut the slices?

These are the things I ponder. I ponder while eating peaches.

xo,

Will Run... for Coffee

Oh yes, you heard right!

This morning 730 am on a Sunday morning I participated in the Java to Java 5k with Sarah & Rachel.

Got up at 6 to be out the door at 615 when Sarah arrived at my apt. We carpooled to the event. On the way there milestones were made:

1. I ate the breakfast of champions: kettle corn & pork jerky. I hadn't prepared & had a protein/banana from home. So I figured the kettle corn as my carb & sugar & jerky as protein. Like I said, bfast of champs.

2. Almost cracked a tooth + got busted: as I drove & ate, stuffing my face with carnival snacks, all while listening to SheDaisy <---- wow. I didn't know myspace still existed, I rolled my jaw whilst bitting down on the popcorn. Here's the got busted moment.

• K: oh my gosh - this popcorn is amazing!
• S: wow - i'm pretty impressed that you're eating that
• K: rolled jaw
• K: rolled down window, spit, spit, spit.
• S: what are you doing?
• K: I'm eating the breakfasts of champions! don't ruin my momentous victory over pre-racing food!
• S: wow, sorry. I didn't mean to call you out on your ish. LOLOL
• K: I rolled my jaw on the popcorn - don't notice the failure.
• S: Didn't know you were trying to be stealth.
• K: covers mouth, spit, spit, spit <---- that's me being stealth LOLOL

this is a true (in order of events) yet semi fictional 

(exact wording) story. i'm horrible at retelling stories - so take what you want from it. 

3. Drove to Del Oro park, by way of Clearwater & Dunedin. We drove 18 minutes out of the way of the race event location

4. Completed registration just when the blow horn blew. 

5. Had EIA attack @ Mile 2 = way better than last race. :( that I had an EIA attack

6. Shaved 10 minutes off my completion time :D

7. Had, what would equal to, 6 cups of coffee as a victory drink! (don't yell at me for drinking a dehydrant)

 .attempt #1 at running & taking pics.

 .attempt numero dos.

.sarah vb, me, & rachel s. = standing still

Completed in 47.43. 

Oh, and milestone #8: I am now a self-proclaimed Happiness Coach. You can pay me in coffee or actual money. 

xo, 

                                 

And who doesn't like carrots & cake?

I'm a blog stalker. And I'm also one of those rare jems that clicks 95% of all links from the people I follow on Twitter.

So, here's my mini review of the fun, interesting, weird, thought-provoking things I discovered on the internets this past week:

Nerd Fitness // Post: Get the **** Over It

http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2012/08/16/get-over-it/

How many times have I guilt tripped myself over eating a piece of candy or the whole dang bag! Get the **** Over It! I'm digging this new trend that Nerd Fitness so lovingly pointed out.

Carrots N Cake // New Blog&Twitter Discovery

http://carrotsncake.com/

@carrotsncake

A blog about healthy living & the like. I like her humor. The author is down to earth. She took her health by the horns & I can relate on a lot of levels. And who doesn't like carrots or cake?

Bit.ly // A [Late] Discovery

https://bitly.com/u/o_7beasrojf6

My mother always complained about my style when I was growing up. I remember shopping for new school clothes & she'd point things out for me to try... "It's in fashion this year" ... "You'll look cute in that"... I never liked what was in style. I guess a mother with a fahsion background would be perplexed with a daughter who didnt want to keep up with the times. I'd always like the sturrup strap leggings 2 years later, the scrunchies the spring after their debut. I guess it goes the same with common websites.

Well, off to the weekend :)

xo,

The Fruit of Perserverence

So the past 33 days - I spent my prayer time preparing for a Consecration to Jesus, through Mary.

It's a devotion to Jesus: learning more about Him, coming closer to Him, and giving more love & devotion to Him - all through His Mother. They call it a consecration because you make an oath you know, the God swearing kind. In the old testament - when you broke an oath, you died. Hard core - not a promise I say I'm going to do something, but I'm not binding myself to it. Not hard core.

I used an app on my phone. You know me & apps. It's called iPieta. The best $2.99 you'll spend as a Catholic with a smart phone.

Large side note: It has devotions, prayers, the Bible, all the encyclicals by all Popes, Catechism, Bible commentary, writing of the most well known saints, novenas, and a hell of a lot more. To find the Consecration online click here.

Back to my story.... so I spent the last 33 days doing these prayers. Most days, I didnt understand the commentary. Most days, it didn't register in my heart, what my meditations were trying to tell me. See, I'm a convert to Catholicism. I wasnt rasied with Mary though most Catholics dont really understand Mary anyways. I can explain Her, Her roles, Her virtues, Her everything because my brain gets it. But my heart didn't. And finally - on day 33 - we approached the explaination of the Tree of Life.

And then it clicked. see what perserverence gets you?!  I'll go into the Tree of Life at a later post. And if you're already in the know, then you know already :)

Today I made my Consecration prayers. I plan on getting a chain this upcoming week.

Dont think I'm pius. It only took me 8 years & 5 attempts to complete this devotional.
xo,