5 on Friday

Hey y'all! Sorry... I've been MIA lately. Life happens and we get busy and unfortunately blogging falls last. I have a lot to share so I'm linking up to share my favorite things this week. 

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Last week my friend I work with fell sick...like in the hospital sick...so I planned for our volleyball players and their families to join us for a UCF volleyball game. We did plan on getting the players sweatshirts so last friday I had a luncheon in which they received their sweatshirts and arranged for all 82 of us to go to the game. Here is an arial view of the game.

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After the game, I went home to help my husband paint our master bedroom to get ready for the arrival of our new bedroom furniture. There seemed to be a bunch of small things that held us back at little so we were literally painting up to 1 hour before Haverty's arrived. I am so happy that our bedroom furniture is here. When I walk into the room it feels like I'm staying at a nice hotel. Everything feels so crisp and clean. 

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One of the items in our room that we added was a new ceiling fan. Does it mean you are getting older if you get excited about a nice ceiling fan? We purchased the fan at Lowe's. There was no discount but hubby had a few gift cards so we used those. We purchased the allen + roth victoria harbor fan. I love it because it matched the lamps I bought from Costco last year. It really gives the room a finishing touch. 

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I finally went back to the gym this week. I met my friend at a Zumba class and it was a great workout and I could feel the burn. Did you know that you could loose up to 1000 calories by Zumba-ing? Since I haven't worked out in a while, I was happy that I was not sore then next day. 

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Tomorrow night the family and I are going to see the Eagles. I'm really excited about this and I hope they play some of my favorite songs. 

Until next time...

5 on Friday

It's time to link up again to share my 5 on Friday. I swear I think the weeks just fly. It is pretty crazy going into stores and already seeing Christmas candy on display. Um...HELLO...Thanksgiving needs to get here first! It's bad enough my weeks go by, I don't need people rushing the rest of 2013 for me. Enough of my little holiday bandwagon rushing nonsense. It is time for me to share my 5 favorite things.

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I love these Justin Gypsy Boots. Enough said.

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I like sharing what you are thankful for around the dinner table. I like hearing what others are thankful for too. So, when I came across this on Pinterest this week, I had share. I just love the whole look of the place setting. BROVO!

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The CMAs were this week. Love the CMAs! I also would love to have Carrie Underwoods legs! She definitely has it going on. Squats....here I come!

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Today I bought all the ingredients needed for homemade chicken noodle soup. I love chicken noodle! It's so.....classic. I plan on making it this weekend and freezing some for a rainy day. Once you go homemade...you never go can again!

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We start some of the home improvement projects this weekend to get ready for the new bedroom set. We spent all last weekend purging and organizing everything in our spare bedrooms. I think we have done really well with downsizing stuff. Now we will be moving furniture and starting knockdown to get rid of all the popcorn on the ceiling. Hubby has done this so many times that he is practically a professional. Pictures soon. 

Until next time....

Thankful Thursday Link Up

Hey Y'all! After some thinking...I wanted to create my own button. Since it is November and Thanksgiving is just a hop, skip, jump away I thought it would be good to share by top 5 things I am blessed or thankful for each Thursday. If you would like to join me then just grab my button and link up! I would love to hear what each of you are thankful for in your lives.

Family

I am very blessed and thankful for my family. It is such a great feeling to know that you have supportive people in your life no matter what. Not many people have family support and I do not know how they do it. My family are the ones that I share my laughs, cries, excitements, challenges, good days or bad days. I know they are always right beside me when I need them.

Friends

I am not the type of person that has many friends. I am the girl that puts a lot of effort and time into the very close friends I do have. These individuals are my second family and I know they are there for me and they know I am there for them. I would be lost without these girl so I am very thankful for them.

My third pic is blank because my friend does not like to partake in pictures. 

Pets

I love my four legged children. Gosh...I really do. The thing I love about pets is that they love you know matter what. They do not care if you are mad, sad, fat, skinny, smelly, forgetful, or whatever else. They are alway there waiting for you when you get home ready to give you love. Who doesn't love getting puppy kisses or snuggle time?

Health

I have had a hard time with my health in the past. When I was in high school, it took them 2 years to figure out that my gallbladder stopped working so I had surgery. Then I was diagnosed with IBS. I am very fortunate that things are under control and I am back to myself. I still have attacks but nothing like it was back in high school. For that, I'm very thankful!

Employment

I think this is pretty much self explanatory. I am thankful for my job. Many people are unemployed for various reasons and lets face it...money does drive everything. It's a shame but it is true. I truly love my job as a school counselor. Everyday is different and enjoy helping the kids and teachers. I feel like I found what I was called to do...help others.

So, link up and share what you are thankful for in your life. 

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5 on Friday!

Guess what day it is? Hey, hey, bloggers! Guess whhhat day it is? FRRIIIIIIIIDAY! Whoop Whoop! This week has been insanely crazy. I guess there is something about kids and halloween that makes all the hormones to go crazy. It was also Red Ribbon Week but nobody can pronounce it right so we just call it Wed Wibbon Week. We had a lot of fun activities for them during the week. I am just happy that it is Friday and I am excited for the weekend. I have some fun things to share so lets do this!

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Mom and I did the Spooky Run and it was a lot of fun. It was a very small race, very small. Like…100 people small. It was a great night and the weather was perfect. I did not run this race so I came in nearly last. I never had that happen before and it was a whole new experience for me. Mom was Superwoman and I was Batgirl. 

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There was a lot of hanging out by fires this week. We were over at my parents house for pizza night and after dinner we hung out by the fire. Who doesn't love brick oven pizza night? Dad set up the hammock so I called dibs and it was my happy place for the night. Then a few nights later hubby set up our little fire pit and we relaxed by the fire. It was very relaxing but now it looks like the misquotes when WWIII on my legs and they itch like crazy. 

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I am a huge Braves fan. I would love for the Braves to go back and play in the world series but everyone who is a Braves fan knows how that goes. They get super close to making it to the world series but then drop the ball. I have never been a huge Sox fan but I feel like they are close in comparison to the Braves. Well, that is my rationale anyways. I was totally rooting for the Sox this whole series. They won! Go Sox!

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Hubby and I have been working on updating our home. It is really hard to do that when you have two different tastes in things. We have accumulated mix matched stuff from when we both lived separately and then moved in together to combine are stuff. Now we are looking for unity so we went to "look" at furniture. HA! We ended up buying furniture! A new bedroom set and dinning room set to be exact. Yes, we have lost our minds but we deserve it. 

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My favorite song this week.

Until next time y'all…