Once a Month....Glass Half Full!!!

When I started school I honestly thought I'd be blogging MUCH more than this, but I'm totally failing at styaing in touch with you guys and mostly  me!  Once enough on my little piece of space isn't enough, and I'm starting to feel heavy again -too many thoughts, too many feelings, and not enough Joyful people in my life!  SO!  To counteract that, I'll post my Glass half full NEXT WEEK, so start getting your stories ready! 

I have one for you.  *Ahem*  Are you ready?
I am now a full time student.  I am exhausted and we are SO BROKE!  :)  We have lots of love, so that's okay.  So I picked up a part time job to help Michael not feel so squeezed and obligated, thankful though I am.  It's a job where I'm working with children who can't really help themselves and need extra care.  In my interview, it was for a 1:1 position.  Well, I got my job placement and I have THREE children I'm working with.  Two are nonambulatory (Stuck in wheelchairs), all three are nonverbal (don't talk) AND incontinent (use diapers).  So I hang out with them, change diapers, feed them through G-tubes, and shower them.  It's WAY more stressful than I bargained for, but I like it -sort-of.  It's physically exhausting and emotionally challenging working with these kids because they're going to die -soon, in a few years, who knows....but it's coming. 
I was crying about it to my DH -he's really awesome, and you know what he said -"Babe -if you really can't handle it, it's okay.  There's only so much you can do and money is just money.  If you need to quit, that's okay by me.  I just want you to be happy."

*SWOON* 

He's so wonderful!  :)  Needless to say I'm not quitting, but I am thankful for an amazing husband.  I hope everyone is having a stellar Tuesday! 

I'm linking up to my long-lost friend Chantel's





Make sure you come back on Monday for Glass Half Full!  :)

Time travel....

 The time has be on FIRE!  I just read my last post and I promised to come back and write to you all and I DIDN'T!!!  :(  Womp womp....

School has been good but absolutely nuts.  I lay in bed and fall instantly asleep.  I now remember what being an undergrad felt like and I'm only taking 1/3 of the classes!  Yikes!  :D  I haven't done anything creative lately -been spending ALL of my free time reading text books, sleeping, and making sure the husband has clean laundry (he forgets that he KNOWS how to use the washing machine...). 

I'll be heading to Charlotte to visit some family this weekend so it'll be another weekend when I DON'T post, but hopefully I can get my schedule situated, settle into a homework pattern, and find some extra time!  I MISS YOU ALL so much and hate that I can't write every day and post on all of your blogs like I used to!  :(

Hope you all are doing very well! 
xoxoxo

I'm ALIVE!!!

Hey strangers!  I miss you all, and think of my blogging family every day!  I just wanted to pop in to say hi, that I'm still alive, and will be back tomorrow.  I missed Glass Half Full this week, sorry -I've been really busy and haven't hardly had time to sleep {GAK!  I'm a sleeper, so this has been very hard!!}.

I'm making time in my homework schedule tomorrow to come visit, tell you about school, and to see what you have been up to these past two weeks!  :)

Miss you all, and "see" you soon!
xoxo

Blog-cation

Hi everyone!  Happy...what day is this?  The past four days have been a COMPLETE whirl-wind!  :)  My audition went well and today was actually MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!  Yayyy!!!!  I'm exhausted, pooped and WAY past wanting to do anything but take a snooze {that's next on my list after eat!}.

I wanted to tell you that I'll be taking a hiatus for the rest of the week to make sure that I'm settled.  I may be back on Friday, but for now -sorry, I have to take an involuntary blog-cation!  hehe

Glass Half full will be back next week, so don't forget!!  :)

~xoxo~





PS -if you want to do a guest blog this wee or next, just shoot me an e-mail!!  Briana!

Fabulous Friday! {squee!}

This is an absolutely fabulous Friday!!! 

{No Friday is complete without my trusty self portrait and my SWEET pink scrunchy!}

If you couldn't tell...I'm REALLY happy that this day is here.  No really, I REALLY am.


Why is this?  Well, firstly, it's a day for new friends {YAY!  I lub new friends!  You're very welcome to put up your feet and stay a while...}.  Secondly, it is the LAST day of work for me at my current job {YAY *happy dance*}.  Why?  Well this is because {thirdly...} school starts for me next week!!!  Fourth on the list of wonderful Friday happenings is two meals out with my friends!  My friends from lunch are treating us to pizza {Nom! -don't worry, though, I have taken this into consideration and did some extra exercise last night.  I had an AWESOME walk jog AND played on the Wii...}, and another couple is coming out to dinner with us to celebrate this seemingly never-ending year being OVER, and a new one starting!  Fifth is that school starts on Wednesday, with my audition on "First Monday."  It's a Catholic college, so they call the Monday before school, "First Monday."  *shrug*  I'm Episcopal so I think it's pretty cool.  I wish I could tell you that number six was going to be about a super awesome really cool craft.  Alas, I am without craft for this weekend, but will be trying to play with photoshop.  Since hubs is a student, we got it fo' freeee!

Also, I wanted to tell you a funny story, since I let you all down the other day.  This is a story of Briana vs. Rip vanWii.

Are you ready?

One day, in a land faaar far away, there lived a woman named B {not Bri -she's SERIOUSLY not a cheese}.  This woman used to be a sultry slim thing until a bunch of crap happened and she quit exercising and got lazy.  Not too long ago, she decided that, since she didn't enjoy squeezing into her clothes, and being uncomfortable, she needed to lose some weight.  

{EDIT: Time: 8:00 PM}
After spending 3 weeks recovering from a back injury, she decided to try a 30 minute walk jog. You know -where you walk, then jog, then walk...mostly walk.  So she's goin' along, goin' along until she's finished.  She did over TWO MILES walk-jogging and felt SO good {read: pleased as pie with herself}, she decided to to some Wii Fit Yoga!  Since she looks pregnant {and is not}, she decided on ab, back, and more ab exercises to help fix this serious problem.  So she gets her exercises set up and gets to work.

{EDIT: Time: 8:40-ish PM}
She does the V thing, and the triangle, and then this one and that one, and when it's all said and done, she does the really nice sideways stretch.  It's her favorite stretch.  It's so good the dog even does it.  So she's laying there...enjoying the stretch...giving tummy rubs to the dog...enjoying the moment.  It's really quite nice.

So she's stretching.....  Then she starts hearing weird sounds.  Like -growling.  She thinks, 'Growling?  IN MY BED?  That's weird.  The dog's not allowed in my bed.  Huh -oh well.'

"Babe...?  BABE?  WHYAREYOUONTHEFLOOR?  AREYOUHURT???  BABE?!?"  One eye cracks....  "Michael?  Floor...?  Wii!"  Which kind of sounded like, "Michael floor me!"  {giggle}  He was very confused.

{EDIT: Time is 12:55 PM}
After figuring out that I was a) okay {remember 3 week back injury}, and b) someone hadn't come by the house, drugged me, and stolen all of our stuff, he sat back and started laughing at me.  I was, of course, VERY confused.  Why? 

You'll NEVER guess {although I suppose you already have...}!  I FELL ASLEEP WORKING OUT ON THE FLOOR!  {giggle} Mii was standing there, the music was playing, and the dog was all stretched out from cuddles.  {giggle}  It was really funny.  Really!  I bet you're laughing now. 

See, aren't you glad that I tell funny stories {that switch tenses and are really random}??  :)


I hope everyone has an awesome Friday!
~xo~






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Photo Edit -picnik

So I took a moment to edit one of last night's photos.  It's the coolest yet, but it still needs work.  I used Picnik, but would rather use Photoshop {*ahem* hint hint....}.  So here's what I've come up with!  :)





:)

Thank GOODNESS it's Thursday!

 This week has both crept and flew by.  Tomorrow is my last day at my job.  I CANNOT believe it.  I thought that this year of my life would NEVER come full circle, and tomorrow -it will!  I'm a little nostalgic, but am really, really ready to start learning and following my dreams.  My calling, really. 

After yesterday's desire for silence, I got home, popped open the wine bottle, picked my trumpet audition pieces and got to work.  Work that was not at ALL quiet, but -that's fine.  I was getting my stuff done!  :)  Michael made dinner, and we ate, visited, and then got ice cream.  I practiced trumpet and guitar, and then we played with my camera. 

Here are some of the shots!  They're unedited because I can't figure out how to use photoshop yet.  I'm working on it, though!

{Taken "from the waist" -I can't wait to edit.  He's so handsome!  *Swoon*}

{Me -I'm not angry, promise!}

{My ring hand, compliments of Michael}

{Front porch bird house}

{odd and cool picture of my lens cover}

{Field across the road from our home}

I'm really looking forward to editing these and giving them a cool finish!  I'm also hoping to create a cool watermark, so any helpful ideas and hints are greatly appreciated!
  Maybe sometime soon I can start linking up to cool photo challenges and be inspired to make more crafts.  And exercise....and....

Have an awesome Thursday!  I'll be by later after this evening after I've Wii'd and gone for a little walk-jog.  It's nice enough here {FINALLY!}

~xo~

Just a Moment, Please

I think I just need a moment.  A moment of Peace.  A moment of silence.  A moment where I am laying on the beach, Pina Colada in hand and no one is needing me to answer the phone, do the dishes/laundry/cheerleading, and I am just -Yoda.  Seriously.

My last day at my current job is Friday.  Praise the LORD.  Today has been non-stop, 1 billion miles per hour.  People are making me on edge, our school statuses...stati?...are putting me OVER the edge, and I honestly just need a moment. 

In normal circumstances I would tell you a funny story, but today -today we're going to observe a moment of silence for my sanity because:

my school audition is on Monday

we're waiting on my financial aid

we're waiting on my husband's financial aid

I'm trying to be a social butterfly, but not many are butterflying-back

I really REALLY want to eat deep fried foods and curl up into a food coma

+ lots of chocolate

I hope everyone has had a great Wednesday.  I'm thankful that I'm home, PJ'd and not required to do anything else.

xo~

Hoo are You Tuesday! :)

  Happy Tuesday, y'all!  I have started my official "Last week of work" count down!  I have 3.5 days left.

Today I'm linking up to






This is my third week linking up, and I like it!  I like having parties to be in -you know, friends, things to do and look at!  So while you're here, take a look around!  :)

This week's questions are....

1. What is your favorite flavor?  Hmm....That's a REALLY hard one.  I really like strawberry for candies, and cherry for slurpees.  Apple for pies, and well...can I just say that I'm very versatile?  :)

 
2, What was or is your favorite subject in school?  Besides music (I don't consider music as a subject anymore -it's my life...just to clarify!)?  That would be history.  My favorite classes in college where the elective Anthropology classes on Ancient Greece.  *swoon*  They were REALLY awesome!  

Does this make me a giant geek?  It's okay if it does.  I've succumbed to this...mostly.

3. What are some of your hobbies?  My number one hobby would HAVE to be sleeping.  I REALLY like to sleep {I'm one of those weirdo's that needs 9 hours of sleep on a regular basis, but can pull late-nighters when necessary}.  Secondly I'd say that's reading {this girl CANNOT go anywhere without her kindle.  In fact -it's in her purse RIGHT NOW!}, and then crafting.  My attention span is often times too short to sit down with ONE craft.  Cleaning is good for this.  These tasks are short and easily done, and allow me to think.  So maybe cleaning should move to number two {this doesn't mean that my house is clean...}.

4. Do you prefer fruits or vegetables?  Depends.  They need to be firm.  For example.  I can eat grapes if the pop in my mouth and crunch, but I CANNOT eat them if they are the least bit smooshy.  I can eat watermelon, but not peaches, and the weirdest one...I can eat Egplant but NOT mushrooms.  So -Fruit?  haha

5. What color of eyes do you have?  Brown.  Brown hair, brown eyes.  I'm terribly exciting!


 

 Happy Tuesday!!!

 xo~

 

Everyone's a Loser! Really!!

My title for this post stinks, but I have THE best intentions, of course!

Firstly, I wanted to let you know that due to my recent obsession with our Wii Fit, I have to tell you about ANOTHER awesome give away!  My friend Lindsey Lu over at Fitness for the Rest of Us is giving away 10 Minute Solutions FOR Wii!  *SWOON!*  She's giving us LOTS of opportunities to enter, so go over and make sure you do what you can {read: NOBODY enter so that I can win!  JK...but really....}.

Lindsey Lu is one of the marvelous creators of Win, Lose, or Blog and I have to say -she's a really great cheerleader!  Thanks for the awesome give-away, Lindsey!  :)

Secondly, I wanted to tell you about Reasons to Lose.  Have you heard about these ladies?  I'm pretty sure that I've filled you in, but if not -hop on over to see 'em!  They're on to their fourth week, and I'm hopping in and joining them.  I'll be following along, posting my weigh in on Thursdays {GASP -maybe not this Thursday...} and my measurements on my {W.L.} page too!

I hope everyone's having an awesome day!  :)

xo~




*EDITED:  I just found out that I have to take an audition for my program IN A WEEK.  I'm pretty sure that no one mentioned this.  I'm not one TO FORGET AN AUDITION.  *inhale-exhale-inhale-GAHH!!!!*

Glass Half Full {4}

 Happy Monday, Y'all! 

Did you have good weekends full of great weather?  Bloomington was SO HOT -we basically stayed inside and were slugs.  Hey -don't judge.  It was really nice.

Well -it's Monday again, and while we ALL have mixed-feelings about them, it is time for the BEST part of Monday!  My best part of Monday, anyway {it's because I like you guys!}.  :)

New to Glass Half Full?   No worries....  :)

Here are the rules (drum roll puh-lease!!!):
-Write a post in YOUR blog about a time when you realized that your glass was half full (read: your happy/funny/inspirational/mushy stories)  This can be past or present, please -no posts pertaining to the future.  :}
-Link your post to the Mr. Linky
-Put your name and the title of your post.  {ex: Briana ~ Always the Bridesmaid...}
-Visit another's story, and just tell them, "Hey, read your story and am visiting or following...laughing or crying, etc."
-Feel free to take the "Glass Half Full" image.
*I'll make sure to visit everyone's post!!!*
{To see more on Glass Half Full -see my page on it!}









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This week's Glass Half Full Monday is brought to you by.....

The Art of Friendship

As most of you know, I've just finished being a participant in the FIRST SEASON of Win, Lose, or Blog.  

I was the only contestant to actually GAIN weight in this weight loss competition, but that's not the point.  *Cough*  There were quite a few of us.  Some of us really rocked it and well...actually, everyone did awesome {I have my own thoughts on my lack of rocking}.  I had the opportunity to visit with these women, to learn that I'm NOT the only woman who avoids looking at her body in the mirror or eats when she's upset, and most importantly, to realize that friendship is not something that materializes out of thin air.  Friendship is something that you work on -maybe not daily, but that you do out of a desire to seek things in others that you admire or aspire to.

With that being said, I had the opportunity to catch up with a good friend this weekend.   It has been about a year since I've had the chance to sit down and visit between both of our busy lives.  Last year I thought I was the friendship queen {really -I'm a HUGE social butterfly married to a bloke who's content to sit with a book and not talk for HOURS.  I NEED female interaction on a regular basis}.  I had folks over, was social, and gave making friends in Bloomington my A+ effort.  Unfortunately when I lost my job and was unable to give my best A+ effort, I lost almost all of those friends {through no one's fault, I'm sure.  That's just the way life is!}.  Some made an effort, though, and that's made all of the difference.  I've gone {in a year} from social to solitary, and am beginning to break out of that and back into my old social self.  

It feels good to be the social me again, and I'm happy to say that all it takes is a good friend or two {and a Blogland full of friends and kind words!} to break ya' free.

Happy Glass Half Full, friends.  Thanks for making the effort -it means more than you think.

xo. 

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FRIDAY...Friday....fridayyyyyyy Funny!

HAPPY FRIDAY!  I hope that everyone has an awesome day!

{via}

Welcome to the NFF folks, and heyyy to my friends.  Glad you're stopping by because  Friday is like a party day to me.  You wake up and you think, "OH!  It's FRIDAY!"  Then you're just happy {or maybe it's the opposite for you...but if it is, I'm sorry.  I enjoy Fridays}.

If you've been around my blog, you know that yesterday was a crummy day.  As in I woke up and then the day just seemed to be a mess.  I didn't even have to do anything to make it that way.  Then on top of that, I had a bad weigh in, my Blogger busted up my design {I'm open to a makeover if anyone has suggestions or materials...just sayin'}, AND fuss with my husband {ha! -fuss is not the term.  We had a discussion and that's putting it mildly.}

So I told everyone funnies yesterday.  Did you read them?  If not, you should.  They're funny.  My life is funny.  Especially since I think it carried over into today!   Ready for another funny story?  Ready?  Ok -good!  :)

So I wake up in my Friday-euphoria {see my statements about Friday above...} to my husband pushing me!  Yes -pushing me {the nerve!} saying, "Babe!  Babe!  7:30!!!  7:30!!!"  I'm thinking, "okay, that's fine.  It's 7:30...OH!  7:30!!!  GAH!"  He's the alarm setter.  I'm much more pleasant when I am not woken by an alarm so he sets his and we get up together.  This seems great, right?  Yeah -not today because he didn't set his alarm.  He forgot.  So one point for life -I was 30 minutes late rushing through my morning routine.  If you're curious, I managed to get all of my clothes on and in working order.

I get to work with my McD's unsweetened tea and I'm really hungry!  Since I was running late I tossed my oatmeal {pre-packaged, HA!  That would be funny...} into my purse.  I get to work get everything turned on and up and running and start my oatmeal.  Well, wouldn't you know, IT EXPLODED in the microwave.  Over HALF of it was spilled on the microwave, the mug, UGH.  So, I'm sitting here hungry and laughing and I can't seem to help it.  See -THIS is what happened....

{I'm really upset that my oatmeal exploded.  See...can't you tell???}

So you see, I'm determined to have a great Friday, even if it's not in the game plan.  I'm even doing a PG rated Burlesque exercise class tonight.  Yeah -that's right.  I'm walkin' on the wild side with my provokitive dancing and my exploding oatmeal!  Watch out!

Have a great day, everyone!

xo~






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And.....

Active!

Okay okay okay.  So you know I was in Win, Lose, or Blog, right?  Well one of my new friends {she was a competitor but now we're all friends!  YAY!} is giving away a brand new EA Active for the Wii!  I want to have it, but I also want you to have a fair shot SO -go over and pay her a visit!  You can find her at Adventure is Out There!

K?  K!  Now I'm off to Wii it up!  :)

xo~

{Bad day blues}

Do ya' ever have days where you're just NOT in a good mood?  Where you wake up and you're feeling snarky?  Well that was me today AND THEN I had to weigh myself for my last Win, Lose, or Blog weigh in.  You can read about THAT disaster here. 

Well instead of snarking you all, I'll leave you with something funny to laugh at. 

We have this dog.  Her name is Saphira {but you already know this...}.  Saphira is really sweet and cute, but she gets REALLY excited about going o.u.t.s.i.d.e.  Get my drift?

{Don't you just want to cuddle-rub her??  *sigh*}

Anyway.  We'll take her outside and let her run around -the normal doggie stuff, and when it's time to go back inside, she runs up to the porch -still in a very excited way.  She's usually much faster than we are and we'll be coming around the side of the house just IN TIME to see her run full speed into the door.  I am COMPLETELY serious!  She does.  She thinks that it will open for her or something and runs smack into it every time.  We seriously cry with laughing so hard because then she turns around and looks at us like it's OUR fault she ran full speed into the door.  Ahhh *chuckles*  I LUB my Saphira-snausage!  :)

Wanna hear another?  Oh goodie!

Okay -so do y'all watch SYTYCD?   Well last night there was that weird bed-time pillow dance?  Didja see it, huh huh huh??  Hubs and I were watching it with a group of friends and one of the couples said, "hey!  We TOTALLY do that every night before bed.  We put on our jammies and totally dance with a pillow."

I could NOT stop giggling.  It was so SILLY.  So we got home last night and I asked the hubs if he wanted to do the pillow dance.  Totally a G rated question, right? haha.  He gave me this look.

{*giggle*  It's so funny!  He's so silly!}

I get this a lot from him.  It's his, "Briana is ridiculous but I love her anyway" face.  Seriously -like once or twice a day I get it.  But he's just so DARN handsome that maybe, just maybe I do ridiculous things on purpose.  :)


Okay -good.  I feel better and y'all have had a couple of laughs.  Good.

I hope everyone has a great day!!

xo~

{BIG NEWS} :)

Happy Hump Day, y'all! 

{This is me, except I have better hair in real life}

I'm REALLY excited that it's Wednesday and am ready for Friday to be here once again.  I'm ready for Friday on principle, but this week has been a roller coaster for me.  Let me give you a run-down, k?  I'll start from the beginning....



Last Thursday: met with the local Music Therapist for lunch {she's pretty much my idol...if I believed in those things...}; sent e-mail to St. Mary-of-the-Woods College to check in and say, "hey!  I still exist"
Last Friday: got an e-mail from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College telling me that they still have space and would like for me to sign up {SQUEE...?}
Weekend: deliberation, crying, and discussion on said college enrollment
Monday: Accepted into St. Mary-of-the-Woods College's Music Therapy Equivalency program {SQUEE!!!!!!!!!  I LUB Music Therapy!}; waiting on Michael's financial aid decision; last week on Win, Lose, or Blog
Tuesday:  Gave notice at work {VERY stressful when you feel like you're walking on egg shells all the time...read: my job isn't something that I enjoy doing and giving notice scares me...*cough*  Yes -it is possible to like your co-workers and dislike your job...}; waiting on Michael's financial aid decision
Today: Waiting to hear back on MY financial aid; browsing for a good part time job; waiting on Michael's financial aid decision

Did I mention that I start school on the 25th???  YAYYYYY!!!!  That means, however, that I need to figure out a part time job, we need to hear financial aid answers, and get both of us squared away BEFORE then?  Michael starts school on the 30th and if he doesn't get help it's bus driving for him {which he very oddly enjoys...he's also an engineer's son.}!  I'm thinking of trying to get my PT job at Starbucks!  I very much like their frozen drinks and anything with peppermint in it, AND I'm a morning person!  :)  I could be PERFECT for Starbucks.  Now all I have to do is get them to hire me!


In other news, I'll be back tonight to last minute {seems that's how we do it at our house...} post my Creative Therapy post!

Have an awesome day, y'all! 

xo

Hoo are You Tuesdays @ Night Owl Crafting

 Happy Tuesday!  This is week two of my participation in Night Owl Crafting and I am LOVING these linky parties!  :)  Are you ready for my answers to this week's questions?  :)


1. What are some of your favorite summer activities?  I LOVE to eat Watermelon in the summer as well as read on our front porch with the citronella candles lit.  I also enjoy being in any body of water be it fresh or salt, large or kiddy sized.  Sleeping is also on the list when it's too darn hot to do anything else.

2. What is your favorite flower?  Anything from the Lily family for their elegance, Lilac's for their smell, and Hydrangeas because they remind me of our wedding and my childhood {sentimental, sure!}.  Otherwise I really like flowers that attract butterflies {our butterfly bush is a favorite object of entertainment for me AND for our cat!}

3. What is your favorite meal of the day?  I LOVE breakfast -you know...the kind with the bacon and pancakes, potatoes and muffins, biscuits and gravy {or honey and jam!}.  Not eaten all at once, but THAT kind of breakfast!

4. How much time do you spend on the computer each day?  Too much -I sit in front of it all day long.  It's killing me! hehe  I'm ready to spread my wings and get movin' by the time I come home every night.

{This is me...can't you tell?  I'm wearing my super awesome scrunchy and looking really happy! Ha!}

 
5. Do you have any pets? Yes!  We have a Sussex spaniel named Saphira.  She's named after Eragon, but we didn't give it to her.  We just liked it.  We're cool like that.  She was trained as a field dog, but she's afraid of guns and is much more of a lover than a chaser...
 

...and a diva-drama queen cat named Daphnie.  She was a rescue from the shelter when I was in college and missing the hubs {he was just my boyfriend then} 

Both are very cute and snuggily -if you couldn't tell.  :)

I hope everyone has an awesome Tuesday!! 

 



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Blog make-over

I am obsessed with blogging {if you couldn't tell...} and I LOVE even more than that, is having a cute blog!  If you're like me in that regard, head on over to Life in the Pitts for a give away from Shay Bocks -a SAHM who loves  her design!  Hurry on over, now!

:)

Glass Half Full Monday {3}

 Hi Everyone!  :)  I hope that your weekends were restful and that your morning has been great so far.  We're back to Monday {again...darn you Monday!} and back to the Glass Half Full linky party! 

Want to participate?  Here are the rules (drum roll puh-lease!!!):
-Write a post in YOUR blog about a time when you realized that your glass was half full (read: your happy/funny/inspirational/mushy stories).  This can be past or present, please -no posts pertaining to the future.  :}
-Link your post to the Mr. Linky
-Put your name and the title of your post.  {ex: Briana ~ Always the Bridesmaid...}
-Visit anothers story, and just tell them, "Hey, read your story and am visiting or following...laughing or crying, etc."
-Feel free to take the "Glass Half Full" image.
*I'll make sure to visit everyone's post!!!*





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This week's story is brought to you by: Hope {the faithful feeling, not a lady...just sayin'}

It's also going to be short and sweet, seeing as I can't give you a lot of details.  Lets just say that I'm making a HUGE change that greatly effects our lives {I mean -HUGE- and no, I'm not having a baby...}.  Instead of telling me how much stress this choice will put on our lives {read: marriage, finances, free time, schedules, and anything else you can think of...} he tells me to stop trying to talk myself out of this choice and to just go with the flow.  {Insert a gaping Briana-face here.....}

 

{this is an actual photo of me at breakfast yesterday morning}

 He keeps telling me, "What's the worst that can happen?  We'll not be any worse off than we are right now." And, "Why worry about it -there is nothing you can do.  You can't control this situation, so you might as well just enjoy this exciting time."  So in the spirit of my greatest supporter, I'm going to just enjoy the ride.  Maybe the feeling will last for a day, an hour, a couple of minutes, or forever, but for now I'm just -"going with the flow."

I hope everyone has an awesome Monday!

xx

 
 

I'm linking this to a new party over at My Thoughts and Treasures that happens every Tuesday!  Chantel is a great lady, so hop on over! 

 

Friday = Party Time!

I am SO glad it's Friday!  I've survived another week, and I'm excited for the weekend!  Lots of good things are happening in the Priester household, and I Pray that they continue!

Welcome to my new friends!  I'm glad you've stopped by -nice to "meet" you!  hehe

This week I'm linking up to the good old New Friend Friday {a fav} but also a new party my friend the thrifty ba is hosting.  This week's theme {or the forever theme} is on balls!  I don't necessarily or intentionally decorate with balls, but in looking around to find something cool to post, I came across this pretty thing:

And these guys supporting my bedroom curtains:

But do you know who loves balls the most in our home?

{Saphira, our VERY (HA!) viscous guard dog...}

Nope -not her.....


Yep....HER!

{Daphnie-doodle!!!}

She LOVES balls.  Especially of the tin-foil variety.   Who doesn't like tin-foil balls?  They're shiny and make fun sounds when you chew on them {yes -she's cute but don't put it past her!}.  She's chased this guy for a good 30 minutes and is starting to become disenchanted with it!

I however...

{Do you see the cool little rainbow by the foil ball????}

...am easily entertained by shiny multi-colored things!



Hooray for balls, parties, and FRIDAY'S!!!!
xo

Don't forget to come back on Monday for The Glass Half full!  See you then!  :) 

I'm linking to:

and some new parties too!

the thrifty ba's ball party!

and