{Friday Morning Chat & Coffee} Exciting Stuff About to Go DOWN!

It's Friday!!!
I am getting a late start this morning with getting this posted!
Oh well, better late than never right?!
If we were having coffee together this morning, I would have to tell you that I have some exciting news to share!!
Okay, so I have your attention...
Next Month, October, I will be turning the BIG 2-6! AHHH!!
So in Birthday Celebration, I am going to be doing a giveaway on the big day!
I revamped a BRAND NEW pair of TOMS as one of the BIG TICKET items!!
I am also going to be giving away a few pieces from my jewelry, which I would like to announce I am launching on Monday! And a few other fun things (i.e. Starbucks Gift Card!)
So stayed tuned on Monday for all the details on how you can WIN!!

So that's all the exciting stuff I have to share!! 

Remember to keep your eyes open on Monday for the 'It's My Birthday Giveaway!!'

And my Etsy Jewelry shop will be opening too!!

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Love notes from my Hubby from when we were in High School

Family Evenings Together

Hope you had a great week!! Do you have any fun plans for the weekend??

                                                                                                                                                      Friday Link Ups

Rags to Stiches

I look forward to her VLOGS every Friday!  She is awesome! One day if I get enough guts, I will have to try it out!! &
Lil Mrs. Tori
TGIF!

Thankful Thursday Coffee Date with Mustache Mama Week 7!

WEEK 7!! Thank you all so much for stopping by every Thursday and sharing every week!!  We seem to be getting more links each week!! This is meant to be fun and give you a moment to just think of everything that is going on around you and sometimes it's just those little things that we take for granted! I hope you will join me this week and link up! If you don't have time to write up a post, I know everyone gets busy, feel free to link up an old post that shows something that you are thankful for.  Don't for get to grab a button to share on you blog! <center> <a href="http://www.mustachemama.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i397/h_toevs/thankfulbutton.png" /></a></center> Here's how it works: 1. Make sure you are following your Host Heidi, Mustache Mama. 2. Link up your blog post to share with everyone (Just the post and not your blog)
3. Share this Coffee Date on Twitter & Facebook after you link up 4. Head over and read what others have shared on their blogs and enjoy an nice cup of coffee or tea at the same time! 5. Grab the cute little button too to post on your bloggie if you would like And most importantly, Have FUN!!!!

{Thankful Thursday} Power of Prayer

No I don't go to church on a regular basis.

I wouldn't say that I am all that Religious either.

I don't think that you need to be to Pray.

You see I have been praying a lot lately, quite a bit in these last 2 weeks actually. A family member has been in the hospital and under gone numerous surgeries. I feel guilty and scared. Guilty because I haven't been in touch with her like I should have been, I have no excuses for it. Scared because for a moment I wasn't sure if I would see her again...

So I prayed. 

I prayed my little heart out! That she would be okay. That I would see her again, that she would be healthy. And I am so Thankful that those prayers were heard!

She has a long road ahead of her with healing. She is so positive about life, and isn't worried about any struggles she might have in the future. She is a fighter!

I love you Aunt Bev!

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{Pinning!} Falling For Boots

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So it's officially Fall!!

You know what that means....I can wear boots now with out the silly looks! (Not that I really care)

I have an obsession with boots! I need to have them...ALL OF THEM!!

Every color, style, lace up, slip on, ankle, knee-high...There are so many ways to wear them!!

They just make every outfit that much more AMAZING!!!!!!

And boots just make me so so happy!!

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THANK YOU to all who linked up last week!

So, who's "Winning at Pinning?"
This week it's Hannah from Hurley Love for this Jello Pudding Pop (remember those?) pin!

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Friday Morning Chat & Coffee

And so we meet again! 

Fresh pot of coffee brewed to perfection...French Vanilla Creamer, of course!

And 2 little munchkins running circles around me, screaming with JOY (kind of).

So if we were really sitting together for this little chit chat, I would tell you that I have a confession to make...

I have been such a slacker lately...

I am a BLOGGIE SLACKER!!

I don't know why, but I feel so over whelmed this month and I have been lacking in the post department. I have been good about my weekly posts, Weekend Rewinds and Thankful Thursdays... But everything else has fallen to the side and I kind of feel lame about it!

I know I don't have that many followers, but I know that their are regulars that read and comment and I am sure they are thinking "WHAAAAAAT!?"

Like seriously!

But I am trying to get all my posts organized so I can start busting them out like a MAD WOMAN!

On another note..I am in the process of organizing and redecorating my craft room! 

I have a GIANT hutch that houses all my goodies, which I really love. But I feel like because it is so big, I don't even use it cause it also takes away from my kiddies play area... Did I mention that my Craft room is also a (slash) Play room...

Long story short, I am selling my amazing hutch and my Hubs is going to make a desk/craft table to go along the wall. Then shelves and other Pinterest ideas for storage on the walls. In doing this I have started purging out all my stuff, which is kind CRAY CRAY!! Convinced my self that there is no point in housing things that I know I will never use.

And I am still working on my jewelry!! I have my new Etsy shop set up and a Facebook page ready to go for the launch! I am hoping to do the unveiling in October!! Kind of excited for the name!!

I racked my brain for days, but what I came up with is kind of AWESOME if I say so myself!!

Enough about me, if we were having coffee this morning what exciting things would tell me...

SPILL!

What I Wore Thursday: New Steve Madden Boots &
Paper Cloth & Denim Top

Sassified my life a little!!!

                                                                                                                                                

Friday Link Ups

Rags to Stiches

&

Lil Mrs Tori's Instafriends Instafun                                                                                                                                                      Hope you join me next Friday!! Have a GREAT Friday & FABULOUS weekend!

Thankful Thursday Coffee Date with Mustache Mama WEEK 6

WEEK 6!! You all are blowing me away with your amazing posts!! Thank you all so much for stopping by every Thursday and sharing every week!!  We seem to be getting more links each week!! This is meant to be fun and give you a moment to just think of everything that is going on around you and sometimes it's just those little things that we take for granted! I hope you will join me this week and link up! If you don't have time to write up a post, I know everyone gets busy, feel free to link up an old post that shows something that you are thankful for.  Don't for get to grab a button to share on you blog! <center> <a href="http://www.mustachemama.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i397/h_toevs/thankfulbutton.png" /></a></center> Here's how it works: 1. Make sure you are following your Host Heidi, Mustache Mama. 2. Link up your blog post to share with everyone (Just the post and not your blog)
3. Share this Coffee Date on Twitter & Facebook after you link up 4. Head over and read what others have shared on their blogs and enjoy an nice cup of coffee or tea at the same time! 5. Grab the cute little button too to post on your bloggie if you would like And most importantly, Have FUN!!!!

{Thankful Thursday} So Many Things...

This Thursday I am thankful for a lot of things...

Kind of hard to narrow it down

to just one thing in particular...

1. I am thankful that my Hubs' Grandma's surgery went smoothly and she is recovering very fast!
2. I am thankful for my Mom & Sister for watching my munchkins while I have been working this month, it has really helped me out a lot!
3. I am thankful for Nap time... for just that 1 1/2 window I can just sit and breath with no worries...I should probably take advantage of nap time and actually do something productive, but it's so rare when they actually nap at the same time!!!
4. I am thankful for my rice cooker! It does amazing things and is amazingly fast!! Used it to cook quinoa for the first time and it was YUMMERS!
5. I am thankful for caffeine lately. It helps on those lagging mornings when I can't seem to get into gear!
6. Lastly, I am thankful for all the amazing Doctors and Nurses who are taking care of my Aunt Bev while she is in the hospital. She has a lot going on with her right now, but she is in good spirits and looking at everything in a positive light, despite the circumstances she is face with now. I pray that they continue to work their magic and she can go home soon!

I also want to share an app that I have been using lately that goes with this Thankful theme...

Gratitude Journal App

I love it!

It has an alarm that you can set to remind you every day, which is wonderful because I can 

never remember. It also has cute little bullet icons to choose from too, who does like cute bullets!?

It's a nice way to unwind at the end of the day, with a little reminder to take time to appreciate everything

that goes on!

{Weekend Rewind} Oh Monday...& A Polish Swap

Here we are again. Another weekend has come and gone!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

I am going to make this post short and sweet! 

After a long weekend of working and on the go, I am going to spend the day with my Kiddies! 

I miss them so much!!

All in All a great weekend!

Visited some really special people in my life, both whom just went through some major surgeries this past week. My Hubs' amazing Grandma is recovering beautifully from surgery that went very well, had to remove a blockage in her neck. Spent some time at their house Saturday night, Grandpa even made a pie!! It was YUMMERS!

Also over this last week my Aunt has been in the hospital, I haven't really found the exact reason for it yet. She had some MAJOR surgery yesterday morning, so I stopped by to visit with her. It was so nice to see a smile one her face and she was full of jokes! I loved hearing all the positive thoughts she had! She is truly a fighter!! She still has a long road ahead of her, with possibly another surgery. So I will praying for healing and  good health!! She deserves it!

Did you all do anything fun this weekend?? 

                                                                                                                                                     

POLISH SWAP REVEAL! 

I joined a Polish Swap Hosted by

Rachel at lala Lists

&

Carly at Lipgloss and Crayons

Such a cute idea! Great way to meet new bloggie ladies and plus who doesn't love NAIL POLISH!?

My Swap buddies was the wonderful 

Sara at Miss V's Busy Bees

She sent me some awesome polishes! I can't wait to use them, I have been lacking on my polish changing lately, but plan on taking them to my upcoming pedicure appointment!!

Thank you so much SARA!!!!

I hope you liked yours as well!!

Coffee...STAT!

Friday....(sleepy head nod)

Coffee Count: 2 Cups (and counting)

Types of Breakfast made this morning: 2

Amount of Energy I am running on this morning: 0

OK OK OK!! I am awake! I swear!!

So we're having coffee again! 

And this morning, I might just drink a whole pot to myself! I need it!

This month has been so busy busy!

Not complaining at all though, all for good reasons!

Had a great day yesterday at the store...until I was bombarded by some guy!

Not gonna lie...I was freaking out inside!!

This "Normal" looking guy comes in the store, (Note: I am completely by myself, no customers)

and greets me nicely and says he has some questions about shoes... OK, sure, no problem...Right...

Well, then he proceeds to tell me about these shoes and the name (Vans) and how it's disrespectful and on and on and  on...And the elderly with their crutches....And he would not try and sell these shoes (points to Logo on box) to his wife in Texas, but will gladly let the Man in Brooklyn know about them....ARE YOU WITH ME MA'MA!!!? (Proceeds to get VERY aggressive and has me cornered in our cashier area..) Now you know I find this offensive because, points to logo on box again, my name is Van so you can see where when you are selling this image that states MY name and I don't even know about it...(I think at this point I had a blank look and my heart was POUNDING!) ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING WHAT I AM SAYING MA'MA!!? (Starts to close the gap that was between us) Now you know young lady some might find it OFFENSIVE for me to be talking to you this close....Now I hope that one day when that man puts a ring on your finger, that it STANDS for something.....IT'S THE PRINCIPLE!!....When I walk down the street and I see that sign that says "Vans", I think that it is misleading...

Okay... were you lost....GOOD, cause that's how I felt the entire time he was YELLING at me!

OH WAIT!! I forgot to mention...The BIG black duffle bag that he was carrying with him...

WTH!!!

If you know me in real life, I really have a hard time being mean or assertive towards people, so I stood there for a good 25 minutes. (I was hoping a customer would come in or the phone would ring...Something to save me from this guy).

After he proceeded to let me know in a strange way that I was stupid for having a blank look on my face and not understanding what he was trying to tell me, I told him:

"You are right, I don't know what you are talking about and I have no idea why you are even here. So I am going to have to ask you to leave!"

(Lump forms in my throat! Great!! Now he is going to stuff me in that duffle bag!!)

Luckily he decided to leave and tell me that he will no longer be shopping with us any more...

THANK GOODNESS!!

After telling the manager about it, she said this isn't the first time it has happened, so we decided it would be best for us and other merchants as well to call the police department and let them know about his guy...

I was of course on edge the rest of the day! 

Ended my Thursday by doing my Grandma's hair before she goes on a trip this weekend. Had some good laughs, and she also let me borrow a book she just finished, Killing Lincoln. I am really excited to read it. I have heard good things about it...

Made a late night Target run and got some FUN things and food of course...

It's hard to say no to cute clothes like these! I know if I didn't get them now, they would be gone or the sizes I would need would be available...Good enough reason...Right??! LOL

This morning I made not 1 but 2 different breakfasts!!

Made a nice little plate of scrambled eggs with some cereal....I guess I should have asked first..

Lil Miss wanted Pan-A-Cakes!

So like the GOOD mother I am, I caved and made them...And to give you a good idea of how tired I am, I forgot to add sugar! lol Oh well they still ate them! 

Do you have any great breakfast ideas for Toddlers?? I would LOVE to hear them and try them out!!

I also enjoyed my first PSL of the season yesterday!! 

So in love with this drink! I might try it Iced tomorrow!!!

I am looking forward to another busy weekend! Work all day Saturday and a Family/Senior Portrait Session on Sunday!!

WOOOHOOO!!!

At this point in our coffee date, now would be the point where you would SLAP me and tell me to ZIP it!

How was your week?? Any fun weekend things going on this weekend???

                                                                                                                                                       

Linking up again this Friday:

Rags to Stitches

She shares the same love I have for the PSL!!

Lil Miss Tori InstaFriends Instafun #6