10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly happy and grateful list link up.

1. Ghiradelli hot chocolate

2. Scrapbooking/Crafting

3. Jellybeans

4. Awesome appointment

5. Taco Bell's nacho fries

6. Breyer's ice cream cake with chocolate crunches

7. Me time

8. Hershey's Gold Peanuts & Pretzels

9. This bookshelf

10. Free Chick-fil-A chicken biscuits

What made you happy this week?

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Currently List

Happy Thursday! It's time for another Currently List!

Watching: I've been catching up on the news and immediately remembered why I decided to take a break from watching the news. I have been watching Grey's Anatomy and Lucifer. I can't wait for the next episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Reading: As usual, I've been reading blogs and catching up on emails. I'm a bit disappointed that I may not reach my reading goal for this month, but I'm still going to try.

Listening: Please stop what you are doing and listen to Perfect by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli. This is such a beautiful song. Bocelli's voice is incredible.

Making: I have finally been able to make some layouts and I've been writing a lot in my journal. It's been so long and I'm hoping to share some more projects soon. I've also been working on a few blog posts.

Feeling: I feel so well rested. I got a lot of stuff done and decided to take a long nap...it was the best decision ever.

Planning: I still have so much stuff that I have to get before my little one arrives. I just found out that my local Babies R Us store is going to close and they will be having some great sales. I'm a bit disappointed that they are closing because we love to shop at Babies R Us for all our baby supplies.

Loving: Oh. My. Goodness. I am loving Kraft Mac & Cheese. I ate an entire box and it was so good! #noregrets #pregnancycravings

What are you currently up to?

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My Sweet Boy Scrapbook Layout

Happy Wednesday! It's been a while since I shared a scrapbook layout. This pregnancy has really made me exhausted so I haven't really made any scrapbook layouts or crafty projects. Luckily, I'm starting to get my energy back and I'm so excited to share this layout I made a couple of weeks ago.

For this layout, I decided to use a photo of my ultrasound and write a letter to my little boy. I kept it simple and used some puffy stickers from Shimelle's Little By Little collection. I took some papers from Crate Paper's Little You paper pad and cut them into strips. I adhered my photo and some strips of paper above the photo. Then I added the journaling and adhered some more strips of paper. To complete my layout, I added some puffy stickers.

I really love the little puffy stickers and I love how the stickers add a pop of dimension to the layout. The colors on the strips of paper are just adorable. Overall, I really like how this layout turned out.

Supplies Used:

• Crate Paper Little You 6x6 Paper Pad
• Shimelle Little By Little Puffy Stickers

What crafty (or non crafty) projects are you currently working on?

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10 Things That Made Me Happy This Week

Happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with Charlotte, Lindsay, and Beth for their weekly grateful and happy list link up.

1. Snow days

2. Getting more sleep

3. Zaxbys

4. Getting stuff done in time

5. Perfect by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli

6. New ideas

7. New craft supplies

8. Supernatural is back

9. Grey's Anatomy

10. Awesome deals

What made you happy this week?

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New Year Q & A

Happy Thursday! I really the Blended Blog's Q & A series. They are so much fun to answer and I love reading everyone's posts. This month, the Blended Blog made a New Year related Q & A so I decided to answer the questions.

1. Resolutions or No Resolutions? I don't make resolutions, but I do set goals. I think you have a higher chance of accomplishing goals instead of resolutions.

2. Love snow or No snow? I love snow! I just don't like driving in it.

3. Name a new place you want to go this year? I want to visit Savannah or go to the North Georgia mountains.

4. Would you rather have a new hair cut or hair color? Hair cut. Random fact...I've only dyed my hair once and that was for my wedding.

5. Name one special thing you want to do for yourself this year? This is a tough one. I really never do anything special for myself. I want to focus on myself and work on my one little word for the year.

6. Least favorite thing about January? I really dislike the cold weather.

7. Most favorite thing about January? My birthday is in January!

8. When do you take down your holiday decorations? Usually a couple of days after Christmas.

9. Do you diet in January? No, but I do think it's important to try and eat healthy. I think the only thing close to being a food related goal that I set was to drink more water.

10. What area of your home do you want to organize the most? This is a tough one. I'm pretty sure that I'm already nesting and I just want to clean everything! I should probably make a post about this because it's hilarious.

11. Favorite winter comfort food? Crockpot grape jelly and barbecue meatballs. Oh my goodness it is so good!

12. Favorite guilty pleasure? Love and Hip Hop: New York and Love and Hip Hop: Miami. Don't judge me. I don't watch it often, but a few of the episodes are sometimes funny. Love and Hip Hop: Miami just recently premiered and I only decided to watch it because of Amara La Negra. I really think everyone should actually hear or read about her story.

Feel free to answer the questions and leave your link below.

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Currently List

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Currently List.

Watching: I've been watching Essie Ruth's journal videos on YouTube. I love her process of journaling.

Reading: I've been catching up on some blog posts and I'm still reading My Friend Fear by Meera Lee Patel.

Listening: Crying in the Club by Camila Cabello is stuck in my head. You can check out the song here. The song reminds me of Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera.

Making: I haven't made anything yet, but I do plan to journal in my Moleskine sketchbook.

Feeling: I am so exhausted and sleepy. I just realized that I have to stop doing too much in one day because I end up getting extremely tired.

Planning: I still have some blog posts that I have to work on so I have to schedule in some time to work on that.

Loving: I'm all about naps. I've noticed that with this pregnancy I have been taking tons of naps. With my two boys, I didn't really take a lot of naps. The doctors were not kidding when they said that every pregnancy is different.

What are you currently up to?

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Holl & Lane Magazine

I have been following Holl & Lane magazine for a few months and I absolutely love everything about this magazine. The Editor in Chief, Sarah Hartley, is such an inspiring woman. I love that she had a dream of making her own magazine and had the courage to go and do it. 

When I found out that there was an open call for pitches, I knew I wanted to try and accomplish one of my life goals which is to write for a magazine. I will admit that I was absolutely terrified and there were a few times that I almost decided to just quit. I kept thinking no one will ever be interested in what I have to say or what I want to write. I kept doubting myself, but I kept thinking about how Sarah just went for her dream and was inspired all over again. I decided to write an essay and pitch Holl and Lane. And I am happy to announce that I was selected to be a contributor for this month's issue!

It is an honor to be a contributor for this month's issue of Holl and Lane magazine. Accomplishing this goal has made me think about my other writing goals. One of my major goals (and I've mentioned this on the blog before) is to share more essays and personal stories on my blog. I am hoping to start doing this very soon. 

Thank you so much Sarah for making this amazing magazine and going for your dream. I can't wait to see what 2018 has in store for Holl and Lane magazine.

If you are interested in purchasing this magazine, reading my work and all of the other amazing stories in this month's issue, please feel free to use the code: DYM8EH3 to get 10% off your copy. If you are unable to buy an issue, please check out the Holl and Lane blog.

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