spring break week

This past week has been pretty darn good (minus a few not so great things).
This past weekend I dog sat for my friends awesome pups, I went to my first poker game (and managed to piss people off), watched a lot of Big Bang Theory (a show I use to hate), found out some pretty bad news about my aunt in Pensacola (prayers welcome and needed!), rode my bike, tried to find the Zooey magazine (which is only sold in one store in Jax) but did not prove successful, had lunch with my mom 2 days in a row (like old times), and have had an easy time at work.

Since our school is on Spring Break this week, I've been working a little less. I'm still working at the law firm in the morning, but I've gotten a lunch break and was able to take off the school job for the rest of the week to get other stuff done. Like me-time, and errands for friends and family.

The only downfall has been the news of my aunt. While I'm not going to get into detail about it here, I will say that it came by complete surprise and is devastating for her and her son. She will be okay (thank you God),but it's life changing. If you are the praying type, please keep her in your prayers. And if you're not religious, please send her all of your positive thoughts and energy. She and her immediate family need it.

I hope you've had a great week.
Only a few days more until St. Patty's Day!!! (I'm pretty excited for a couple reasons..... will share later on).

lovelove,
kel

one crazy week

While my blog may have been quiet this past week, my life certainly has not been. So here's the story) and don't worry, it comes with photos.

Since Halloween is coming up, Steven and I decided to get a jumpstart on our fall traditions.

We went to the pumpkin patch (conveniently located across the street)

We also had our annual "fright night", consisting of scary movies in a row with some homemade chilli, by yours truly. Although this year, I also decided (thank you pinterest) to add some scary treats to the mix too!

(one downer: I was kinda sick. boo colds)

They didn't turn out as well as I would've liked, but at least I worked out the kinks before Halloween!

And of course there was also pumpkin carving!

I really wanted to make my pumpkin all by myself this year (since last year I had no clue what I was doing at Steven had to come to my rescue....it was my first time carving afterall). Thank you pinterest and hgtv.com for the help on the outlines!

And of course, we cooked some pumpkin seeds!

Saturday since I felt better Steven and I had a date day. I tried really hard to keep everything we were doing a surprise, but when you have 2 bikes in the back of your car, it's hard to not know what's going on..... oh well. We biked, had a picnic, and played paddle ball in the park. All in all an awesome morning/afternoon with my love.

and in case you are wondering why I'm looking funny....I wanted to make sure the light was still red.

Saturday night my girlfriend Jenn and I went shopping. And I may or may not have tried on this giant sock monkey onsie for adults. But it's not like I walked around the store in it....oh wait...I did. haha

Sunday, the wonderful boyfriend came home from work at lunch and surprised me by taking me to Cracker Barrel. I'm seriously in love with their home-cooking style food, but hey, who isn't??

And Monday night was the Jaguar home game versus the Ravens.

*we won*

The down side to Monday night was a lost my phone in a porta-potty. Before you get too grossed out, let me explain.... It only fell on the floor, which yes is nasty enough.

Then, some girl took my phone. I seriously thought I'd die when I realized not only was it gone, but she could get a hold of all my personal info from it! YIKES! Luckily, there are decent people out there, and her boyfriend returned the phone the next day. And my amazing boyfriend went to pick it up. *whew*

This week also had some more down sides though.....

-My step-dad had to go to the hospital for tests and has been there all week. Happily, he gets to go home today, but his tests weren't all that great. If you have made it this far in my post, please keep him in your prayers.

- I've had a lot of long nights and I'm ready for a quiet weekend.

Last night though, I got some down time with some of my favorite girl friends. We ordered pizza and made some halloween crafts for our party coming up!!

So there's my crazy week. Now it's time to take a definite breather!

oh and TGIF!!!!!

xo

kellz

Goodbye sweet Coco

Words cannot even begin to describe how sad I am right now. You were such a wonderful and loyal dog for 15 years. You were the best birthday surprise I've ever gotten and I've loved you more than you could know.
Today was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. And it hurts like hell.

kellie

2010 in review

It's crazy that so much can change in one year. 2010 for the most part has been a good year, filled with good news, bad news, losing friends, making friends, and all that's in between. So...here's my 2010 in review:

In January:
*I rang in the new year in south florida with my bestie and our pals Jeff and Jeff!

*i got a new roommate

*i became a youth director!

*i started visiting my sister and her kidos every wednesday

In February:

*my friends Sarah and Brennan got married

In March:

*i started the pen pal project!

*i started another new blog feature with some awesome gals

*i got my pretty, long hair cut and darkened....again

*i got some pretty blog buttons, made by my pal Courtney

*I modeled a bit

In April:

*i had some much needed mother-daughter time!

*i reached 100 plus followers!

*lots of time with my sister, for sleepovers

and dying her hair lots of pretty colors

and time with her beautiful kidos too!

*tons of fun girls nights!

*i started a new feature on my blog: inspiration thursdays that featured awesome bloggers!

*the bestie and i went to St. Pete for one of the best and most inspirational weekends ever. i felt so much closer to God after and I felt my relationship with Him get even better!

*I got to visit my home in south florida and visit some more with the bestie

In May:

*my love of sock monkeys began

*I celebrated my 23rd birthday with my parents and good friends in St. Augustine

*my good friend got married to the man of her dreams

*i got another roommate (and the best one!)

*i signed up for camp indie

*my bestie came into town for a visit

*had a yard sale with the youth group

In June:

*got a button for project pen pal, made by the lovely and wonderful courtney!

*did a 2 hour dj yoga party with my girl friends in Riverside

*broke up with a boy

*met a new boy

In July:

*had my last book club meeting (the book: The Shack)

*celebrated the 4th with Brit, Steven, and Steven's friends at the beaches

*journaled for a cause

*went to the Sharks (arena football) game

*had a sister sleep over


In August:

*took and finished my last class EVER at UNF

*FINALLY got to visit my aunts, uncles, and cousins that in alabama that i hadn't seen in close to 8 years!

*redid my living room a bit

*continued to get awesome pen pal mail

*started (and later, actually finished) a blog challenge: 30 days of me

*went to the Jags game with Steven (the only one I got to go to all year)

*celebrated my niece, Gia turning 6

In September:

*celebrated Steven's birthday!

*vacationed in Marco Island with Steven and his mom and Mark

*participated in the lovely Janel's i heart fall class

*drove to Atlanta to see my bestie one last time before she moved to England...and met her awesome "flatties"

*Walked for a cause (heart disease)

*Joined my new church at the annual church picnic

In October:
*celebrated my sister's birthday with homemade cake (made by me!!)

*Carved some awesome pumpkins

*Visited my boyfriend's home town

*Had an awesome Halloween party with some of my good friends. (And had a kick ass couple's costume with the boyfriend)

*Went tailgating for the Florida Georgia game.....which I'm not sure I'll ever partake in again.....

In November:

*Went to some awesome counry concerts with my good friends and boyfriend:

* I got my internship placement!! (5th grade!!)

In December:
*I had more tests done for my stomach pains (including a CAT Scan and ultrasound....yet doctors are still unsure of what's causing this horrible pain.

*I started new traditions with Steven:

*And some new traditions for me:

*Spent Christmas with my wonderful parents and pups.

(and we had SNOW):

*I tried to make lots of DIY crafts for presents:

*Had my last day at the law firm.

Whew...what a year.

Dear 2011, please be a good one! The best on yet maybe??

-kellie