Cheers to the New Year

With the new year comes resolutions. Resolutions that we may not always follow but always try to stick to, for the month of January at least. I don't usually make them because I know I won't stick to them. This year though? I'm making a bigger effort to stick with every resolution that I make. It took a while to compile a list but here it is:

• Breathe more. Take more in. Let things go easily.
• Be quick to listen, slow to speak.
• Take risks, step outside of my comfort zone every now and then.
• Run more. Less couch action.
• Give myself a break 
• Laugh more, don't take things so seriously all the time.
• Stop the censorship
• Be honest with myself
• Be quick to lend a hug even if things aren't going so well on my end
• Document more
• Make a house a home
• Come out stronger

2012 is already starting to look promising and I can't wait to see & share what it brings.

Cheers to the New Year!

"OH! How Pinteresting!"

Since Pinterest stopped being a douche long enough for me to pin a few pins, I thought that I would join in again.

You really need to fix yourself Pinterest.

"For the Home" Pinboard: 

"Quotes I Love" Pinboard:

& of course the best board I have. "High-Freaking-Larious": 

Happy Wednesday Y'all!!

Bigger Plan & a Sense of Humor

My heart hurts. 

I've said many times "if it's not one thing it's another". 

Yesterday morning I saw tweets about a helicopter crash that happened earlier in the day in Clay County.(here in Jax). I didn't think anything of it.

Later on in the afternoon I went to my aunts house to give her Killer (since I can't take her with me to the new apartment). She quickly informed me that my (ex?) Uncle was killed in the helicopter crash that I read about earlier in the day.

I was floored. Shocked. I couldn't even say anything.

I'm still stunned. He was with a surgeon transporting a heart to a patient waiting for a transplant later that day. The heart is no longer viable. Which breaks my heart even more. I pray that they are able to find another donor and match quickly.

You can read more about it here.

Please lift his immediate family & friends up in prayer during this time.

............

Christmas...in a word was...interesting? Like I said in the previous post, I never imagined doing things alone or being separated on Kinsley's first Christmas. I never thought that I would be in this situation. But alas I am and did everything I could to make it a good one for Miss K. We were surrounded by family and completely blessed with laughter and memories.

I feel extremely lucky to have the family that I have and the sisters that I do to continue to be there and to make things bearable through times like this.

(two of my sisters & I on Christmas Day)

When we woke up on Christmas morning, I immediately went into K's room to tell her Santa came and that it was Christmas. This was the face that we got:

I'm sure she has no idea what that even means but her face was still hilarious in the situation. lol

We went out into the living room to see what Santa brought:

Do you know how hard it is to find the "right" toys for a 10 month old? I think I over analyzed every single thing I saw and picked up. Debating whether or not it was right for her. Santa was STRESSED this year. I'm so lucky that my family was so generous in playing Santa #2 this year because I had no idea what to buy!

this makes me giggle lol

We spent the rest of the day at my grandparents house

 My grandmother!

and then later on went to the movies and saw "The Sitter". (sooo funny btw).

The rest of the weekend was spent packing everything I wanted to take into boxes and getting the house in order for M. Why I'm still nice and doing things for him is beyond me. But yet, I continue to do so.

So with the Holidays done, Christmas decor down, and boxes packed it's my last week in the house and I'm all ready to move on Friday & get settled in for the New Year.

I think God has a bigger plan and a great sense of humor ;)

Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas!

Beginnings

You know when you have so much to blog about that you don't know where to start?

That's how I feel right now. I have so many emotions running through me right now and I don't know which one to feel the most or even know where to focus on. I'm happy...to be moving on Friday and start the process of moving on and starting all over. I'm excited for that but scared at the same time. I never thought that I would be a single mom. I never thought that the marriage I started would be ending one day. I never thought that I would have so much to start over on. It's overwhelming but at the same time I am so ready to get it done and over with. I know it'll make me a stronger person and I know that everything will be okay in the end.

He doesn't show any emotion about anything at all. I don't know if he's upset. I don't know if he's happy. I don't know if he's even stressed about this happening. What I do know is that he's not making anything easy. What started off as a friendly and an uncontested divorce has suddenly spiraled downwards. I feel stupid for telling everyone that "no no this one will be different'' when they told me "It always starts off that way but things will change. It will not stay friendly". I was convinced this would be different.

I thank God for opening my eyes and seeing the true person he really is though. I keep telling myself only two more days, two more days until I move and start over...

to be continued....

5 Celebrities We Hope Will Go Away in 2012

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5. The Kardashian clan

Every time we think that everything has been said about the Kardashians, they manage to come up with something that gets their faces splashed across the tabloids all over again.
The message that Kourtney is pregnant again came soon after Kim's divorce announcement. Apparently her $10 million wedding wasn't enough to keep the love between her and Kris Humphries alive.
Even younger brother Rob Kardashian took his turn in the spotlight, making it all the way to the finals of season 13 of "Dancing with the Stars," where he won second place.
And then there's the nail polish line, fragrance line, and is Khloe being sued for assault and battery? The stunts just keep coming, and frankly, we're tired of it. And what's with all the "K" names, anyway?

Can I have an a-freaking-men on this? I am beyond tired of hearing about the Kardashians! Especially Kim. I am ready for Khloe to get pregnant though. I'll be excited about that. lol

4.Lindsey Lohan

LiLo was such a promising child star. Her roles in "The Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday" won her acting awards and tons of publicity, but lately, we feel a little bored with her.
The actress/singer/model keeps getting herself into trouble with the law, but we just want our favorite "Mean Girl" back.
Since 2007, Lohan has had multiple DUI offenses and visits to different rehab facilities. She could have gotten through this much more easily, but the terms of her probation keep somehow slipping her mind.
Her courtroom battles thus far have all gone similarly -- she is sentenced to jail time, gets put on probation, goes to jail briefly (if at all), then violates her probation and starts the cycle all over again.
Maybe after her recent Playboy photo shoot, the star will clean up her act, but we hope maybe she'll keep it out of the tabloids in the future.

Anything I hear about her doesn't surprise me anymore. In fact I've tuned her so really all I have to say is..she's still around?

3. JUSTIN BIEBER

 Teen idol Justin Bieber has had tweens around the world in awe of his beautiful singing voice since being discovered in 2008. With help from other artists like Usher, Ludacris and, more recently, Boyz II Men, Biebs became a pop sensation before even hitting puberty.

Am I the only female that thinks this little girl should just stop? stop it already STOP. Is this how our parents felt when N'Sync was big? I mean really.

2. Ashton Kutcher

Frankly, the newest member of the "Two and a Half Men" cast has begun to irk us a little bit.
Since Ashton Kutcher broke through in 1998 with "That '70s Show," we've watched him transform from scruffy heartthrob to the really scruffy, long haired, unshaven TV actor that he is now, and with that came a divorce from his wife of six years, Demi Moore.
The couple got plenty of attention when they wed, mostly because of their 15-year age gap, so it is not surprising that the tabloids were all over their divorce as well.
Meanwhile, we were surprised that Kutcher -- one of the first celebrities to whole-heartedly embrace Twitter -- didn't tweet about his divorce sooner. Luckily, he handed over his Twitter account to his management team, but not before coming under fire for his tweet condemning the firing of Penn State coach Joe Paterno.
Here's hoping Kutcher will go the way of his Twitter account, and get out of the spotlight for a while, in the new year.
I'm not too sure why people want him gone. He doesn't bother me. Except for the fact that he needs a haircut.

1. Jersey Shore Cast 

There's really not much about the "Jersey Shore" kids that isn't annoying.
After the cast spent a season in Italy, we were hoping maybe they would like it so much that they'd stay, but no such luck. The show is set to begin airing its fifth season in early January. To which we reply, "How is this possible?!"
The show is based on bar fights between the housemates who all have ridiculous nicknames, and who use ridiculous amounts of spray tan to get their neon-orange glow. Judging by a recent promo for the new season, we're betting on seeing the same old, same old from the shows "stars," including Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and Jenni "JWoww" Farley.
Hopefully after this season, the "Jersey Shore" cast will move on to better things, like getting real jobs and drinking less. Because The Situation here is that, frankly, we've seen better abs.
 Never! It's so annoying and trashy that I just love it.

That's my gift to you. Senseless celeb information for your hump day afternoon!

Since I'll be packing and spending time with Kinsley for the rest of the week until Tuesday I will most likely not get a post up. So Merry Christmas to y'all!! Have a good one!



Happy Wednesday Y'all!

 

Priorities

Why hello y'all! I keep repeating to myself "two more weeks just two more weeks" then I'll have a little bit of a life back.

Have you ever felt like you slept through the entire weekend but really you just coasted through? I don't know what I did this weekend other than go shopping for the apartment but came out with only glasses and wine glasses. Priorities I suppose.

I'm on the hunt for a bedspread that matches this bed:

 In those three panels on the headboard it has a damask pattern.

I'm thinking white pintuck like this:

With splashes of gray and yellow? Or gray and silver accents? I can not commit to anything over the past week! bah.

Other than shopping and not being successful I got nothing else done but laundry. I'd say that was a pretty productive weekend...minus packing. Or even looking at a box to pack. ugh.

With that I give you happenings in the form of the iphone:

What a mug.

It was a sad, sad day in the Harmon household when I couldn't find the energy to start laundry at the time and it was so cold outside that I had to swallow my pride and throw on an FSU hoodie to go shopping. Besides that this was the only hoodie I had that matched my black glitter TOMS. Again..priorities.

I'm so proud that she knows what the camera means and starts to smile. Smart kid. 

 In running news. Well there hasn't been much running to share. With everything going on I have had absolutely no time to get anything in. So hopefully once I get moved I'll be able to take advantage of the gym at the new place. Since you know...I have half marathon #2 in February! 

Happy Tuesday y'all!

Only one more day until a 5 day weekend :)

Because that's how classy people roll

The things people search and get to my blog are just hilarious. But ranking in at #1, "Let me clean off my bitch slapper" still reigns. Woo. So Proud.

This weekend M's parents wanted Kins on Saturday night. I had nothing planned so they took her and he went out with friends. So what did any smart ecstatic mother do? Stock up on Cupcake wine, gossip mags, and cheesecake!

totally staged for Twitter.

After two slices of pizza, a tumbler of wine,yes that's right. I said tumbler. because that's how classy people roll.

& a slice of cheesecake later. I was ready to have my baby girl back home. All night when I wasn't expecting it was no fun at all. Ironically I ended up watching "A Family Wedding" & "Jumping the Broom" though and falling asleep. (Ironic because well you'll find out one day I'm sure. lol) Oh the exciting weekend I have to myself. I sure hope this isn't a sign of times to come!

Sunday morning Kins came home and she was attached to me all day long. That made this mama's heart full :)

She was bowling with Killer. And by bowling I mean...throwing a Christmas ornament at her and laughing.

I'm also happy to be able to finally share some pictures from the Mommy and Me shoot by Corinna Hoffman Photography! yay!

Pictures were taken at Kinglsey Plantation

I could not be more happier with these! I'm so excited to have Cory do Kinsley's one year shoot as well!

I totally had more to post but I've completely blanked. So I'll be lame and just share pictures with you.

yikes

Happy Monday Y'all!

Does anyone want to come help me pack? bah.