Home Revamp

Do you ever walk in your house and just think to yourself that it is in dire need of an update?

That's where the hubs and I are now. Two years ago we updated our living room by taking out the carpet and installing hard wood floors, we bought new furniture (which I hate) and voila, the living room has been changed, what about the rest of the house?!

 

As of yesterday we are both on board with a new change, and here are some inspiration pics to go off of...

 

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The hubs and I desperately need this, as we are both extremely stubborn...I love this {via}

 

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On another note I finished all three Crossfire books this weekend...seriously Sylvia O'Day, you need to hurry up and finish those last two. I am having Gideon Cross withdrawals!

 

I definitely recommend them, they were fantastic, risque, but fantastic!

 

xo

 



Friday!

 

 

one. Cutest Kid Award - goes to me :)

 

two. I started the Crossfire books on Wednesday, I'm already on book two and Oh Em Gee, just like Christian Grey, I SO wish Gideon Cross was real...and what man in the world treats a woman like that 24/7, husband needs to take notes? #justsayin

 

 

 

 

 three. I am so in love with this song. It's the perfect summer song...I just want to dance to it.

 

    four. Hello, my name is Miranda, and I'm a nail biter...it's terrible and I need a manicure. I need something cute and summery...coral, pink, orange, bright, help ladies, what's the newest Essie color for the perfect manicure?   five. It's Friday, enough said...see the difference?   Monday Face  

 

Friday Face

 

 

xo

 

 

 

   
 

Letter to Me

 



 

Miranda(21),

 

DO NOT go to Charleston for your 21st birthday. You and your fiancée spend way too much money and have no fun to show for it, and the only thing you want to do is have your first legal drink, but none of the bars in Chucktown will let you in, because your significant other is wearing a camo hat, turns out bouncers in Charleston don't like those apparently...it's a bust!

 

You're contemplating going to either Florida or New York for your bachelorette with Angela, although we did have a blast, go to New York, at 26 we still haven't gone and you know we still regret it to this day!

 

Don't get the tramp stamp tattoo! It hurts like a bitch, and you don't even get to see it, plus it's not your fave! Butterfly, how original!

 

So...about not wanting kids...that doesn't turn out too well, but don't worry, you won't be disappointed!

 

Our wedding day is just what you wanted it to be, but spend more time with dad and mom, it goes by in the blink of an eye and  you're going to wish you spent more time with them, don't worry there still here and kicking, it's just they have looked forward to your wedding day as much as you have.

 

Build the house, don't settle just because we get knocked up!

 

As much as you want it, do not buy the mustang, Chevy comes out with a bad ass Camaro within the next year and you will regret that purchase!

 

At this point in our life, you're way too worried about what others think, don't worry I've changed that for us, but why don't you go ahead and do that now!

 

Spend a lot of time with our little Pomeranian, Rascal, that's all I'm going to say about that :(

 

When work promotes you, DO NOT accept it, this will ultimately lead to you leaving the company and every thing that you had worked for.

The massive hair cut we got in 2009, yeah, don't make that appointment, you will hate it and ever since our hair has grown at the pace of a dead snail!

 

Until now, live it up!

 

Miranda(26)

 

P.S. We get to meet Jake Owen, he ends up getting married not long after, so try your best to make it count! :)

Making new "Blog" Friends

  So today I am linking up with the above to make some new blog friends. The blog community is so vast and wide that it seems there are endless blogs for just what you are looking for. Whether fashion, family, food (what's up with the Fs?)   I am into all of the above so I follow a wide range of websites on my blog list.   xo  

 

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Planners

 

I am obsessed with them. If I see a cuter planner, mostly pink, I will buy them, fill in birthdays, anniversaries, vacation days, doctors appointments, when to pay what, and then I'll never pick up the damn thing again...still obsessed and still continue to buy them.

 

I'm lusting over Erin Condren planners. She just came out with her 2013-2014 designs and oh em gee they are gorgeous! If I ever ordered one, which will not happen because there ain't no way my cheap behind is about to drop $50+ on a planner, it would be so hard to choose which one.

 

Did you know you can customize stickers, get matching notepads...there are so many customizable things you can do, even down to the colors you want your name printed in...hello pink Miranda!

 

 

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Like our new garden flag?

 

You can buy it here.

I love the cut out look of it. I had a personalized flag made with out last name with a burlap background, stitched in gamecock colors. It didn't last a week with our dog...so mad!

 

As a matter of fact, the dog continued to jump on our daughter, and after months of not being able to break him of it, we decided to give him to a family who had more patience and more time to spend. Jake is now in a great home, with another dog his size, with a woman who is a stay at home mom, needless to say, he is loving it!

 

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Princess was scratching her back last night, so we checked it out and hello, red, itchy rash. I rubbed her down in hydrocortisone, and this morning it looked way better. Prayerfully it's nothing more than a heat rash.

 

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So my car is in the shop since the guy rear ended me. His insurance paid for a rental car for me, and wouldn't you know, I'm now driving an F-150...really? Does Enterprise not know I'm a Chevy girl and driving that POS goes against every thing I was taught as a child growing up? Sorry Ford fans who are reading this, but Chevy has been in my family since before I was born,

it's all about personal preference.

 

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I know a lot of, young people, usually the ones who do not have children, really get into the 4th of July. I've never been one to look forward to that Holiday, but luckily this year we get two days off instead of just the one, since the 4th lands on a Thursday. I'm a little bit more excited about it now, plus I love dressing up the Princess in festive outfits. You bet your sweet ass she'll be donning red, white and blue!

 

 

Bonnie Jean Stars and Stripes Bow Dress via Belk

Can you believe that sweet dress is only $18 online! I am in love with it! The largest size it comes in is a 4T, which just so happens to be the Princess size...I better enjoy this year, because as of next I think we will be moving in to the junior size clothes of the store.

 

Speaking of cute clothes, while walking through Target the other day, hubs points out the cutest onesie I think I have ever seen for a little girl. It was probably for a 3 month old size. I told him don't show me stuff like that, it just gives me major baby fever! Not to mention our neighbors have the sweetest little 18 month old. She is so tiny and is down right hilarious, I have fell in love with her, which does not help my baby fever. I just so happen to think that princess would be the best big sister in the world...alas, we are done with the babies, unless God has other plans.

 

 

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Is it bad that I eat 1 1/2 bags of sunflower seeds daily? I sit at my desk at work, like a parakeet, and chomp on them all day. I am so ready for when I will be sick and tired of eating them. It's been two weeks and I'm still chomping at the bit (pun intended)...it's exhausting, but they are so addicting!

 

xo

 

 



What a Weekend



 

 

Friday my boss let me off work a little early...which I thought was going to be a great start to the weekend, unfortunately stopped at a red light 10 minutes later, I got rear ended. Luckily no one was hurt and the guy who hit me, was in fact a gentlemen, who took full responsibility, checked on my well being, and called his insurance company to claim he was at fault. At least I can say that getting rear ended, although a huge inconvenience, it could have been a lot worse.

 

I cannot lie though, he did get a ticket for "driving too fast for conditions", and I smirked :)

 

As cheesy as the movies get with their action scenes and cheesy lines (my pockets ain't empty cuz, via F&F2) the hubs and I love the Fast and Furious movies. We knew we were going to see 6 in theatres on Saturday, so on Friday we caught up with all the old ones.

 

Saturday my sweet husband took me to the Westin Savannah Harbour, an amazing resort I have always wanted to stay in. We had an amazing time. He arranged for a balcony river view room, and when we got there it was only a river view room, no balcony. After we contacted the front desk and told them the situation, they explained to us they had no river view balcony rooms, but that they did have a golf course/resort view room balcony, on their "preferred guest" floor, which essentially means the top floor where the rooms are bigger. Of course we said yes!

 

I always pack a coozie...#gamecocks

 

Red Velvet cupcake - so amazing!

Hubs had these waiting for me at dinner...he's amazing!

 

My sister and her husband (in pics above) met us for dinner later that night at my favorite restaurant, The Melting Pot. It was a great dinner and great company. We always have a blast when we go some where with them. Afterwards we went to the only rooftop bar in Savannah, called Rocks on the Roof. They have delicious cocktails, and a spectacular view. That's where my sister and I took the picture above. It was a muggy night, so excuse our frizzy hair!

 

FYI - if you ever go to The Melting Pot, fill out their club fondue paper, it's a paper they give you with your bill. From that they will send you an email. Show that email to your server the next time you go, and voila, you get 1/2 dozen chocolate covered strawberries that they make fresh for you that same night. They were so delicious, the hubs and I ate every.single.one.

 

Princess stayed with her mee-maw and of course we got these two pics sent to us...

 

 

My mother-in-law said she swam for two hours, by that point she was so exhausted, as soon as they left the driveway she was out!

 

Fast six was amazing...did you know they are coming out with a Fast 7, set to be in theatres in 2014?

 

I can't wait!

 

Also, last night we rented Warm Bodies and Safe Haven out the redbox. WB was obviously the hubs pick, and it was actually an okay movie. Safe Haven, like any other Nicholas Sparks novel turned movie, was amazing, and by far my favorite so far, excluding The Notebook, of course.

 

How was your weekend?

 

xo

 

 

 



Friday Five

Five on Friday

 

So today I am linking up with The Good Life Blog, for the very first time, to join in on Five on Friday...essentially you post about 5 things...y'all know how random I am, so this is perfect for moi!

 

 

one. Guys with long hair! Seriously, my dad would have HATED had I ever brought a guy home with hair past his ears, luckily, for my dad, I never did, but if I'm being honest, the hubs grew his hair out last summer and OMG...loved it! I'm not talking about Howard Stern kinky curly locks, or a guy with his hair in a pony tail...yuck! I'm talking about a man with a little length, something you can run your fingers through.

 

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Now, we all know my love for Jake Owen, right?! His hair totally does it for me, if he ever cut it off, I'm not sure I'd ever look at him the same.

 

What really put this whole long hair thing into perspective for me, was Florida Georgia Line.

 

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Let's face it, the boy from Florida (on the right) is probably better looking than the GA boy (on the left), but not for this gal...nope! Once again, the long hair just does it for. How about that Chevy?

 

two. I'm addicted to Instagram! I've had the app on my phone for two years now, or however long it's been, but as of two weeks ago, I can't stop. I post pics constantly, and stalk other people even more.

You can follow me here.

 

three. I have the best husband in the entire world, y'all...I'm not just saying that either. Let's face it, with marriage, comes arguments, add the fact that we've been together since we were 15 years old, that's a long time. Every marriage has "ruts" as I like to call them. You know, when every thing the other person does get's on your last nerve, you argue at the drop of a hat, etc.

 

Well the hubs and I have been in a rut for a week or two, and now that we're getting back to the good, he told me he had a surprise for me this weekend, and being the persuasive person I am, I got him to tell me what it was. He booked the Westin at Savannah Harbour for us. I have always wanted to stay there, and he did amazing. River, balcony suite. Yay! He says he has more surprises in store, I can't wait! Here are some pics of the resort, now you can see why I've always wanted to stay.

 

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four. I stayed at my parents house last night, due to the Tropical Storm and the hubby having to work, it was great. Twenty six years old, with a 4 year old daughter, and there still isn't anything like staying with mom and dad. Loved it! Hearing dad shaving since the rooms are adjoining. Smelling the Maxwell House that they have drank ever since I was a child. Seeing princess run up to her grandparents to give them a good morning kiss...priceless!

five. It's Friday...enough said!

Have a great weekend!