Mama I'm a big girl now!

I am officially a home-renter!  Whoo hoo!  My sweet mama and my saintly aunt and uncle came down to Tampa this weekend to get me all moved in to the townhouse my sister and I have rented (she helped me move, too.)  I have countless bumps and bruises, sore calves and a ka-zillion mosquito bites from the process, but I'm in!  (It poured in a Noah's Ark kind of way all day on Friday. Wet + Hot = Mosquito frenzy.) 

Anyway, I'll post some pics of what we have done so far tomorrow.  I'm in survival mode -- there's very little decor outside my bed and bathroom.  We still have a chunk-load of DIY-ing to do, and those will be much more exciting posts, but here's where we're at for now.

Stay tuned for DIY posts about the chest of drawers we bought tonight for our TV (which we also bought today!)  and a mean post about my Harry Potter party!

No Bachelorette recap this week... too busy with DIY-ing, I missed half the episode!

My so late recap of America's birthday

So work, life and yoga got in my way of posting this sooner, but here I go with my 4th of July recap.

Around 10 am on Friday, the president of the company walked into the creative office and said the most glorious words ever spoken: "Let's wrap things up and get out of here by noon or 1 today." lawdhavemercyIlovethislady.  So I peaced out at exactly 1:12 pm and headed home to lay in my bed and avoid packing for an hour get ready for the weekend.  My sister, Charlie and I were headed for 3 whole days in not our studio apartment. Heaven, I tell you.

Meet Charlie - King of the House

We stayed with one of my sister's friends in her parent's house with her dog and her sister's dog (Her parents were on a post-wedding vacation in North Carolina while her sister and her new husband were on their honeymoon! Yay Newlyweds!)  In case you missed the mathematical equation just there, the dogs = the humans.  It was a wild rumpus if I've ever seen one.

Indeed this is a 3-way tug of war between a 65-lb dog, a 45-lb dog and a 14-lb dog...

The activities of the weekend consisted of laying out (I did NOT get fried! Whoo hoo!), watching the Casey Anthony trial like it was our job, cooking and eating the leftovers for three meals, and watching Modern Family season 1.

Om Nom Nom... Nothing says 4th of July like grilin'

Let's talk these phenomenal Mar-a-Lago Turkey Burgers...  They're a little complicated (you have to saute some of the ingredients before you mix everything together, and well, you have to light the grill) and they have some specialty ingredients, ahem, mango chutney, BUT they are SO WORTH IT.


And we made guacamole to munch on while we were grilling!

I love guacamole. I love guacamole. I love guacamole.

So then I put it on my burger...

So good... make these immediately.

And then we watched some more Modern Family. (SO freaking funny... I joined the bandwagon way late, and I can only hope I can make up for lost time.)   We also managed to work in a 60 minute Hatha class at LuLuLemon on Saturday morning (for free!!) and then a few good dog walks.  No running... EEK.  The half is 3 months from last friday, and I'm not feeling good about our progress.  We'll get there, but right now, it seems very, VERY far-fetched.


Alright, we'll that's the weekend breakdown... lots of laziness and nomity-nom-noms.  OH! And I'm re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in preparation for the movie release next Friday.  I'm almost done... I can't believe this saga is nearly over... tear, tear, sob.


Catch you on the flip side.


PS. All I have to say about the Casey Anthony verdict is this... read 2 Corinthians 5:10.  RIP Caylee.

Weekend Recap - Coming Soon!

So my weekend recap is slightly delayed due to a thunderstorm taking out our wireless internet last night.  It was back up this morning, but I didn't have enough time to post.  It's on my to-do list for later... along with a yoga class, dinner, and a trip to Target and Publix... 

Here's a sneak peek -- this is my favorite picture from the weekend.

Charlie went swimming!

Jeremiah 33:3

I had to share this nifty find...

Absolutely gorgeous print I found on Pinterest.

I have an addiction to Pinterest y'all.  The kind of addiction where you could spend hours wasting precious time doing nothing but looking at pretty pictures of food and clothes and interior decor... oh man.  But what's really cool is that my infatuation with type and prints leads me to find AWESOME prints like this one -- and even cooler, so often I find prints of bible verses that remind me of exactly what I need to be doing. 

So sign up for pinterest and get yourself some inspiration.

America the Beautiful

Last night, instead of packing for this glorious 3-day weekend celebrating my second-favorite holiday (first is Christmas), I painted my nails red.  A girl's gotta have priorities.  And, newsflash, I can pack in five minutes -- nails I cannot do quickly. 

My Instagram of my red nails... classic.

I love, love, love Essie Nail polish.  In fact, I believe I have a "strange addiction" to buying nail polish and painting my nails.  I used Red Nouveau -- a fabulous red with an orangey undertone.  

Essie - Red Nouveau

Though my nails and toes are painted perfectly, I'm still fiendin' for these Lilly Pulitzer shorts. Maybe I'll buy them on sale for next year?  $58 full price shorts = not in this working girl's budget.

Lilly Pulitzer - Walsh Shorts, $58, lillypulitzer.com

Starry Blue Cherry Bomb

Alright, well more on America's birthday later.  Celebrate safely y'all.  AMERICUH.