Weekend Recap!

Good Monday, friends! How was your weekend?

I realize I slacked on last weekend's post so maybe I'll add stuff lata. Last week while I was blog slacking, I also helped host a successful Young Alum event at my alma mater (Woohoo!) and had a girls night at Jenny's. She's having a construction-themed bday ("Can You Dig It" - how cute is that?!) for her little boy this weekend and we helped make construction signs like "Toddler Zone" etc.. haha.. Sarah and I had a bit of wine and started making inappropriate words with the letters. Wine makes crafts more fun. Just saying. ;)

Anyway as for the weekend, it was pretty awesome. As I've mentioned, Eric and I have been a tinge overcommited (I always hear the Britney song "Overprotected" but substitue "Overcommitted" in my head. Odd? I know..."Say hello.. to the girl... that I am..." haha.. ). Sooooo I convinced him to take Friday off work...and I did the same.. and I planned a little day trip to OKC! Neither one of us had taken a day off since before the holidays. Anyway, not exactly anywhere luxurious or tropical, but definitely different from the norm and a fun little day trip. :)

We started off at a Mexican Restaurant (duh, you know us) called Mama Roja  for lunch on Lake Hefner. It was a tinge chilly and cloudy, but the lake was still pretty (not as pretty as the below photo of Lake Hefner I stole from google images, but pretty nonetheless...).

After lunch, we headed to the Myriad Gardens that just reopened. The botanical gardens were quite pretty and cool to experience in their first couple weeks being open to the public! In the pic below, you'll see an outdoor ampitheater behind us (awesome) and the indoor gardens are to the left. 

Below is an arial shot of the whole thing. It reminded me a bit of Millenium Park in Chicago... Very cool. 

So we totally paid and went inside the greenhouse part. Duh. I mean why not. Eric likes cactus. (Okay, so I told him to do this. Whatever)

Indoor bridge across the garden :)

Indoor waterfall...

The plants were actually quite impressive. We did a few nods at each other like "these are cool."

From there, we headed to explore a few more places and finished up around 4ish with a drink on the outdoor deck at Nonna's in Bricktown. :) It was a bit windy, but with jackets and the sun out, it was perfect!


Courtest of google images :)

  I caught him relaxing. I'd say the day was a success... :)

And then he saw me snapping his photo and did this...haha..

We walked to a nearby movie theater and saw Thor (so-so flick), and then headed back to T-town (an hour and a half drive or so), listening to the Thunder game on the way home. They were playing in Memphis that night or else I would've tried to get tix to the game. Perfect day away. :)

Saturday night, Eric and I headed to a late dinner at India Palace. I've decided Indian food is totally an acquired taste b/c I have grown to really dig it, despite not digging it at ALL the first time I went. Anyhoo, then we were total fat kids indulged in chocolate fondue for dessert at The Melting Pot. Kinda random, but so yummy! In short, we definitely did a lot of out-of-the-routine stuff this weekend, which was really kinda fun. :)

Sunday, I attended a bridal shower for a friend of mine, Lauren. (She's in the blue/white dress above). :) We went to law school together, but actually became closer when we realized we lived across the breezeway from each other at our old apartments. :) We bonded over things like 10+ days w/o power during an ice storm...and a random homeless man who liked to splash himself with water from our breezeway's birdbath whilst twirling around and singing. And randomly, her fiance and some of my friends were already friends! Such a small world! :) Excited for her wedding in Kansas City in the fall!

I also made it to the gym once this weekend. I consider that a personal victory. Where has my motivation gone? Blah. Been thinking of doing a bootcamp, but I SO hate to spend $125 bucks just to create accountability for myself...

Anyhoo, great weekend doing some different things, enjoying a day off with Eric, and preparing to round the corner to summahtime! Hope ya'll had a great one!

So What Wednesday!

So what if....

• I'm blogging on my lunch break while I eat leftovers. I just got off a looooooooong (and slightly pointless) conference call. Who schedules calls over lunch anyway?
• I'm actually excited about these leftovers...probably more so than going out to eat. They're from Eric and my first trip to an awesome local place, Lunabread. Tulsa friends- They MAKE everything there from scratch. As the chef said "We don't even have a jar of mayo here." They make their own root beer, ice cream, bread... Anyway, check it out and pay a visit!
• I have a space heater under my desk right now. I'm such a rule breaker. Shhhhh... If you tell anyone, I'll say you put it there and I had no idea. ;)
• I totally thought that Gossip Girl's season finale was this week (as evidenced by my last post). My friends and I were all watching wide-eyed at the end and then they showed previews for NEXT week's season finale. Aw hell. haha.. Oh well, still super excited!
• I still haven't gotten the photos from Eric's camera from last weekend #slacker
• I'm really pleased with myself for figuring out how to do a cool, messy bun in my hair today. It's the little things, people.
• I kinda want a cocktail.
• I have no idea what I want to do for my 30th birthday. No.idea. I feel like I should do something super cool, but also want to save money and not have to plan anything and/or entertain a large group of people. Blah. Maybe a quick weekend getaway...?

Monday Thoughts

One of my favorite days of the month: when my Glamour mag arrives. I really like getting "fun mail" and I consider magazines fun mail for sure. :) 

But, here are my thoughts... 

How many magazines have featured "Five Flat Belly Secrets That Work" lately? A lot. Every time I see a magazine, I see something about flat belly secrets. Soooo... that leads me to wonder? Is there some flat belly master with some massive book....

...with flat belly tips that's under lock and key? And maybe only editors of fashion and fitness magazines have access to this book? B/c um.. why must they only release FIVE at a time? I picture the keeper of this book to look like an old, wise, Jillian M!chaels with her awesome attitude to match. 

But, uh, I'm gonna need someone to get to the bottom of this b/c, as bikini season approaches, I'm going to need more than five tips at a time. Thanks in advance. 

#totallyrandom #Monday <-- I like giving hash tags to things that aren't on twitter. Whatever. 

Weekend Recap coming. Eric has some photos on his camera that I have to get. It was a good one-his bro graduated college, we saw a movie, I finished the book Something Borrowed (good stuff!), and Mother's Day was great with my mom. :) I hope all you hot mammas out there had a fabulous Mother's Day! 

For now, Gossip Girl season finale is t minus an hour and fifteen minutes... Bottle of wine chilling in fridge, peanut butter and jelly sandwich is calling my name. I'm gourmet around here, people. Happy Monday! 

10 (Random) Things I Love :)

Guess what! I was tagged in 10 Things I Love by the fabulous Married... with a Pup! How fun! :) Soooo here goes!

 In random order:

(1)  Yup, still loving them. Deal with it. :)

 (2) Visiting big cities! I just love looking out on all the lights and buildings as the plane prepares to land and thinking about how much there is to explore, take in, experience.. It's exhilarating!

 (3) The ocean. Pretty much any time I stand in front of the ocean, I'm reminded how small I really am. It's a great big spoonful of awesome to just stand before something that vast.

(4) No no.. not them again... but carriages. I love carriages! They just seem so "old world" and romantic. They're likely not as romantic when the horse does his business whilst walking said carriage, but let me have my nice, unrealistic thought. :)

 (5) I love lipgloss. It's weird. I carry approximately 12 in my handbag at all times. I mean, you never know when you're going to need another color.. ? *shrugs* I'm weird. I know.

 (6) Stopping to smell the roses a little more. Eric and I have been so incredibusy. I know I blog and it seems like we've got lots of fun going on...and we do. And we both love being involved. BUT we haven't had lots of down time going on...or time to just enjoy each other's company...or our own company for that matter. We've both agreed to say "no" a little more to things b/c those "things" quickly take over our schedules... :)

 (7) Cardigans. Esp longer ones. I'm typically cold, so there's that. But they're also cute, stylish, and easily dressed up with fun accessories-belts, pins, yada yada.. :)

 (8) Not really rain... even though our plants have loved the recent downpour we've been getting. But I LOVE the smell of a spring rain...not a storm..but just a rain. It just smells so fresh.. :)

 (9) The crack of candy...aka these peaches. They're so good, friends. SO.GOOD. They're my favorite and Eric's parents...er... the Easter Bunny... ;) got me some in my basket. I may have eaten two bags already. Let's not talk about it. (The bag says fat free, though! It's like eating celery...er... whatever).

(10) Last but certainly not least, this little lady, my own royal princess, Ms. Gracie dog. Even when she's snoring or chasing squirrels in her dreams (as I assume), she brings a smile to my face. 

I'm supposed to tag 10 people, but I know Tuesday is a super popular day for bloggidy topics, so if ya'll have time and wanna do it, I say go for it! So yeah, I'm opting out of the formal tagging... Sorry, friends. Lemme know if you do it so I can come read!

Weekend Recap! On time for once! :)

Happpppy Sunday, friends! Guess what I just did.. Go on.. guess.. Nope. Wrong. What I did: Just bought a swimsuit, swimcap and goggles online! YAY! That makes it official; I'll be swimming again soon at the new gym... (Reason I join gyms: Spending money motivates me to go. If you run outside or something, I give you major props for the self-motivation that I don't have...haha). :)

On to the weekend!

Friday night, I was so.tired. from getting up and watching the royal wedding at 4am (Oh yeah, I did). So I crashed out early. :) 

Saturday morning, woke up bright and early to help with Rebuilding Together's national build day! Eric's really involved with the the Rebuilding Together Tulsa group and organized the entire thing for our company. It was our company's FIRST year to sponsor a house-thanks to Eric! Gotta admit, I'm pretty proud of him... He handled the media and photags that showed up, supplies, tents, food, organization, etc. It was definitely no small undertaking. But thanks to him, a nice elderly woman's house has a fresh coat of paint, energy efficient updates, and is getting new windows, etc soon. :) We just did the paint on Saturday morning. The house used to be a VIVID shade of pink. All over. Like cotton candy pink. Whoa.

 Yelling at Eric to look at me for a photo was prolly not the smartest thing, given how high he was, buuuut I didn't think about that at the time. And he's safe on the ground now so all's well. haha.. :)

 Really impressed by my boyfriend... Just saying...

Saturday night, headed to one of his friend's weddings out at Five Oaks Lodge in Jenks (Tulsa suburb). :) Really pretty... and some of us girlies really liked the rocking chairs... Just saying...

 Weddings with candy=good. Weddings with candy set up along the line for drinks=better. :)

 The photobooth was a hilarious hot mess. Fairly sure we had no idea what we were doing in most of these photos...buuuut whatever... :)

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And b/c I never did a weekend recap last weekend, a few shots... We had lunch at Eric's parents casa.... So fun! They hid Easter baskets stuffed with candy treats for us. (Please see Eric being silly...haha)

Had great food, great company, and a great Easter with his family. :)

After lunch, I headed to see Water for Elephants with my mom. I hadn't read the book, but wanted to see the movie... Good stuff, friends. I didn't really believe the Robert + Reese feelings for each other... but whatever. I could still get in to the story. Knowing the story was about the circus and a jerky ringmaster/circus owner, I figured we might have to deal with some less-than-pleasant animal scenes. One scene really got me. If there had been another one like that one, I would have left the movie. I'm really glad I stayed b/c the movie ended up being really great. 

But seriously, I can't watch ANYTHING that harms animals. It makes me want to cry and vomit at the same time... It's a little ridiculous to be honest. The movie I am Legend? Nope. Haven't seen it b/c I heard the dog dies and it's sad. I had issues even watching Where the Red Fern Grows and Old Yeller as a child. I'm not joking....haha...It's like this Friends ep where Phoebe watches Old Yeller. Remember it? Sheer comedy! :) "What kind of a sick doggie snuff film is this?!" hahahaha... (I know I've said this, but I'm fairly convinced I can compare almost anything to a Friends ep.)

Okay, enough rambling about how I like animals more than I like most people... Moving on...

Also saw....

...and...

The Kings Speech absolutely blew me away. Colin Firth was amazing! Source Code was better than I expected, but still not as good as Inception (many of the reviews claimed).

So that was this weekend...and a little of last! :) Hope you had a good weekend, friends! :)

And HAPPY MAY DAY!!!!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Join in on Jamie's blog!

1. Makeup by TiffanyD. I tend to google youtube videos on cute hair, smokey eyes, etc.. Ya know.. stuff I have no idea how to do and feel like I need a video tutorial on. Annnyhooo, I stumbled upon Tiffany dig her a lot! She's fun, has great info, and has a youtube channel, a blog, a twitter, a facebook... Anyway, you get the picture. She's got some great beauty tips for spring right now, so have to share my fun new find on the interwebs! Love me some TiffanyD! :)

2. My disgusto cold sore is going away! Finally! How on earth I only started getting them as an adult, despite my mother having them all her life is beyond me. Blerg.

3. All my shows are back on before their summer hiatus! Yes, that's incredi-lame that I'm so jazzed about that, but whatever. :)

4. I found a gym! I'm definitely gonna join that one I mentioned (forever ago, but we dont need to talk about that) even though I know half the people who work out there. I took a tour and the moment I walked in the pool area, I inhaled the chlorine and felt relaxed and at peace with life...haha.. I'm being overdramatic, but seriously. It was a definite sign I wanna swim again fo sho. I can't really do much with this blasted cold sore, soooo when it goes away, I'm gonna guest pass it up there! :)

5. Blogger's scheduled posts... b/c um.. I'm totally drafting this on Tuesday night. haha.. Gotta blog when you have time, right?! Duh. :)

6. My blogfriend, Annie, and her husband Billy welcomed their fabulous baby boy into their lives! Cullen is absolutely adorable and you should definitely go over to her blog for some ooh-ing and aaahh-ing over his cuteness! :)

7. Goody's spin pin. Okay, I dont LOVE it yet b/c I haven't gotten it, but my coworker and friend showed it to me in her hair, explained it and um... I need one. Stat. What am I talking about? Watch the video!

8. The storms/hail are officially supposed to be DONE in T-town today! We've had storms since last Friday, dropping some hail in their path and creating some serious flooding. Thankfully, my car has no hail damage and my area hasn't been affected by floods, but I'm glad to see the storm system go. Sending good thoughts to any of ya'll affected by this stuff...

Happy Wednesday, friends!

Tail Wagging Tuesday!

So, every week I've been wanting to participate in C Mae's Tail Wagging Tuesday b/c um.. hello... my dog is kiiiinda my child. So it only makes sense that a Gracie-themed blog is something I'm all over...:) Anyhoo, I dunno what blogger and I have been doing lately, but it hasn't been bonding. I think I've just been busy and then get home, look at the macbook, and think "I'll get on later..." Ever go through weeks like that? *shrugs* Anyhoo, as I prepped for bed, I decided I was bound and determined to link up this week!

This week's Tail Wagging Topic: 

*********Where your pup sleeps!**********

My answer to that is easy.... EVERYWHERE! 

In terms of night time though, she sleeps in my room wherever she pleases.... in bed or on the floor. I got her a really nice pup bed. Of course she's NOT a fan of that. It's like getting your kids really nice toys and they like the box it came in...haha.. *shrugs* My roomie's dog loves Gracie's bed, so whatever. At least it gets use. 

She sleeps atop the sofa like a cat...

Meow!

 She sleeps on the sofa pillow like a person taking a nap...

 Her new favorite is our tan sofa. The black pillows go really well with her white fur she leaves behind...haha.. :) She's too cute to care about that though...

 And like I said... my bed :)

But I think her favorite place to sleep is pretty much anywhere close to her person (aka me). And that's perfectly fine by me. Very little makes me happier than my little snuggly doggie. :) This photo is horrid of me, but it was too cute not to snap. She crawled up by my face and just laid down. Gracie is the awesomest (yes, I realize that's not a word. Whatever)....even if she does snore. Shh...don't tell her. I don't want her to be embarrassed. ;)

:) Happy Tuesday, friends! Head on over to C Mae's blog and link up!

Dear Blog-

Dear Blog-

I'm sorry I've left that week old post sitting at the top of your page. You're way too fabulous for such old dribble to be the most current thing available. I've been busy, but that's no excuse. I miss you, dear blog. I had a lovely weekend and cannot wait to tell you all about it from the comfort of my pretty little white macbook keys. :) I also had quite a busy week last week and even managed to get a cold sore from likely overcommitting myself recently and/or stressing myself out... (gross! Cold sores are evil). So, blog, please send my best to all the other blogs out there and know that I'll be back soon! I can't promise to be any more exciting...b/c let's face it... I ramble... But I promise to not disappoint you in updates like I did last week. :)

Much love-

Jax

Weekend Recap! :)

Hiya friends! How was the weekend? Mine=gooooood! The weekend was a busy one, but was definitely good times. :) Before I start rambling about it and blasting you with photos, I wanted to tell ya I have a guest post on Tracy's blog today about St. Lucia! Go check it out if you're like me and feeling like you need a vacay!  :)

Okay, now for the weekend!

Friday, I had the privilege of attending Project Hope's annual fundraising event, Kwero, with Maria at the Mayo, a historic hotel in downtown Tulsa that's been completely restored. :) At each place setting was a little bookmark with the photo and hearbreaking, yet inspiring story of an orphan in Uganda. All donations went to help build an orphanage, medical clinic and school in Lira, Uganda, known as “Calo Me Lare” or “Village of Redemption." Check out any of the event's linked websites above for stories about the orphans, the mission, etc...

The below is a horrible photo of me, buuuut it's the only one we remembered to take. (I know.. who am I? haha). :) Anyway, we enjoyed our fans and wanted to pose with them. (of course).  As far as Friday nights go, it was definitely 5 star. :)

Saturday, I actually headed BACK to that historic hotel, the Mayo, for a wedding! But, not just ANY wedding... MARY'S WEDDING! :)  I blogged about her shower a couple weeks ago and have been so jazzed to celebrate with her and Bryan! :)

The decor was gorgeous...

The couple is perfect...  :)

...and my date is kinda awesomesauce (and he even accidentally matched their lavender decor...haha).

Aren't they just glowing?! :) I don't cry at weddings...usually. But, I definitely fought back some tears for these peeps. :)

"The family." Mary (bride), Dennis, and me all met at the law firm. :) What started as a few lunches and stopping by each others' offices turned into a great friendship that's lasted years after we all left the firm. :) Oddly enough, we all left within the same calendar year...and none of us really do litigation anymore. Kinda random...

Mary's husband, Bryan, is a very talented musician in his spare time. He used to play in a great, local band called Taming Enos. :) (As I type that, my mind rushes back to college, live music, buckets of bud light, and entirely too much fun swaying around on the dance floor) Anyhoo, Bryan actually wrote a song for Mary and sang it for the first time at the reception! :) (I SO have it on video, but was having issues uploading).

The room was definitely not in a shortage of musically talented people! Bryan and Mary's good friends, David Cook and his band, were also in attendance. (David Cook and band are from here). :) So the reception closed out with a really fun jam fest of some pretty talented folks!

An absolute blast with some really fantastic people that deserve all the happiness in the world. :) Eric and I headed home and thought watching Lost would be a totally good idea (Have I mentioned that I've gotten him a little hooked? He's on Season 1!). Things you shouldn't do when you're exhausted from a long week and have had a few glasses of wine: lay down to watch a television show. The next thing either of us remember is waking up on the sofa-him on one and me on the other-at around 9am the next morning. My mascara-coated eyelashes were glued shut and my contacts felt like I'd used a blowdryer in.my.eye...

haha.. Good grief... :) #exhausted #toomuchgoingon (<-- I like to use hash tags when I'm not on twitter. Whatever).

Had plans to do lunch with some of Eric's friends, so headed out there mid-afternoon Sunday. Nadine (his friend's wife) is from Sri Lanka and prepared an amazing Sri Lankan meal! I'd never had Sri Lankan food-good stuff, friends. Good stuff indeed. :)

Random: So... a girl at the wedding had on an awesome little gold necklace. I complimented her on it and she said someone had brought it back from NYC for her. Anyway, decided to look on etsy for something simple and gold and I found the EXACT necklace! :) And it was under $30! Awesome necklace for the win!

From http://www.etsy.com/shop/simplybybluebird

Soooo that was the weekend! Hope yours was good, friends! :) SO glad winter seems to officially be behind us!

Oh and um.. I have a quick confession... I woke up this morning and my first thought was how excited I am to see these two again tonight... Not sure if that's sad or awesome. Let's go with awesome. ;) 

Gossip Girl is BACK!!!!!!!!!



I have a royal obsession...

It's Friday. I'm finishing a project I haven't had time to finish all week b/c meetings and other stuff ate my schedule. *picture pacman eating my outlook calendar...b/c that's what I just pictured...*

Need a quick break from the daily grind? Lemme help...

I've been obsessed with Ms. Middleton and her suitor for a few weeks now. Not like creepy obsessed... but just obsessed. I read a newsweek article b/c my interest was already peaked, but yeah.. now it's official. Thanks, a lot newsweek. ;)

The article: an excerpt and the full link:
When Catherine Elizabeth Middleton marries William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor, a prince of the royal blood, in Westminster Abbey on April 29, she will be scoring a number of firsts. Kate will be the first royal bride to have a university education, the first to live with her husband before marriage, the first to have a mother who used to be a flight attendant. Most impressively of all, Catherine will one day be the first queen of the realm to have fallen over at a roller disco in a pair of yellow hot pants.


From this site (check it out-it's funny)



If I was a morning person, I'd SO be going to a local movie theater where they're actually catering breakfast and broadcasting the wedding! (How freaking cool is that?!) And I'd prolly wear a fasinator. B/c um.. Kate makes these crazy headpieces haute. I'm just saying...

You go, girl! (Yup, said 'you go girl' to the future princess)

My point here: Kate rocks! This wedding is gonna be awesome. I'll be awake watching it. And likely tweeting with any of you also watching it (please say I won't be alone!). Okay, resume your life now...:)

(Have a great weekend! I need to play blog catch up this weekend after another meeting-heavy week). :)

I look like a human torpedo in a swimcap

So, I've been thinking about cardio workouts and have come to the conclusion that I really don't love the treadmill. I'm just not a natural runner. I DO it, but running is just something I kinda do as a means to an end (a tighter booty) ...or if I'm being chased. I mean, it's a great workout... but I've just never LOVED it. I also don't dig spin class. I mean, you're not going anywhere, but the teacher just keeps yelling to go faster and turn up resistance... I don't get it. I especially don't like it when the teacher is one who exclaims things like "visualize climbing the mountain!" Newsflash: There is no mountain. I visualize the clock reflecting in the mirror and how much longer I have to endure the instructor bouncing around on her bike while I contemplate throwing my water bottle at her. (But only b/c she's totally k*cking my butt since I'm out of shape!) And my butt hurts afterward like someone beat me with a stick. I know tons of people LOVE running and spinning...and I could definitely give it a chance, stick with it awhile, and likely learn to enjoy it more. I know that. But... I got to thinking...why do that, when I could do something I already know I really do love?

Swimming!

Swim caps. Goggles. Lane ropes.

I dig it.

I feel the same way about swimming that some people feel about running. It's relaxing, clears my head, and it's a great cardio workout. I don't even mind smelling like chlorine or bruises on my arms from accidentally bumping the lane rope... :) I swam competitively back in my high school days, have taught swim lessons, and my summer job as a teen was lifeguarding. In short, I like pools. :)

So, I've begun my quest for a gym with a great lap pool. In Tulsa, that's a challenge b/c swimming just isn't a big thing here. Two gyms decently close to my house have pools. One is kept at approximately boiling (overdramatic=me) so as to not freeze out the aquacise participants. Yeah. Not exactly workout-friendly.

The next gym is actually quite awesome and has a pool open for lap swimming at almost all hours of day. And the non-pool part of the gym has a zillion classes! I puffy heart classes. :) I just have to go check it out soon! :) The only downfall=half the professionals I know work out at that gym (again, likely being overdramatic). Not a big deal; I know I know... But really, I like to keep working out kinda private...or at least semi anonymous. And I prefer my current all-chick gym b/c I don't like working out with dudes because they grunt a lot, sweat profusely, and intimidate me on the hand weights for some reason. But, if my little gym isn't meeting my needs, it's just not. Soooo time to buck up on my end for the purpose of bettering of my backside (and other sides as well)....haha.... :)  So, headed to check it out this week. Guest pass here I come!

I just really want my workout to be something I enjoy doing. *shrugs* What about you? Is working out just a means to an end? Do you really like your workout? Thoughts on your gym? Do you like classes or just working out on your own? Are you a morning worker-outer or an evening? (I'm totally evening).

Welp, that was really random... *shrugs* It's a Monday. Random always works for a Monday...haha.. :) Hope the week has started off well for you, friends....

Oh also! I wanted to take a moment and introduce my friend, Maria! She's the one who set up the fun photoshoot over the weekend that I posted about. :) She just posted her first blog entry today and I'm excited for her to be joining the blogger world! She's also the one who set up that fun hip hop class I'm taking that I've blogged about. In short, she's a cool chick and I've talked her ear off about how awesome blogging is. If you have a moment to follow her Hijinks and High Heels (how cute is that name?!) or pop over and welcome her, I'm sure she'd totally love it! :)

Maria at the photoshoot...with a raspberry flavored beer and a curly straw...haha! Love it! 

Happy Monday, friends!