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Just the word superstition alone freaks her out. Curse of the Bambino? This girl can perfectly explain what that was all about, and she might just have to circle the parking lot a few times before the game… You can’t break tradition, and you sure as hell can’t chance the superstitions.
She looks cute in a baseball hat. Hello low maintenance. Men, if your girl is willing to throw on a hat for the game and call it a day, realize just how lucky you are. You won’t be late to the game because she couldn’t get her contouring just right. She isn’t going to be high maintenance 24/7, she’s okay with just winging it, and making do with what she’s got. That being said, she can still dress up and look damn cute while doing it.
Her ESPN app might go off more than yours from April-October.
At dinner and your girls phone won’t stop going off? Don’t worry, its not another guy, its her ESPN or MLB app. Oh, you thought girls didn’t know about that? Good one. No woman goes in to things blind. If a woman has her heart set on something (like any good woman would do with baseball, or a fabulous man) she’s going to capitalize on that in any way. I bet she has a few apps that contain things that would make you happy as well.
You know opening day is as big of a deal to her as Christmas is.
Flowers are great, but every baseball loving girl wants nothing more than you to show up with a bouquet of game tickets for the season.
The thought of making it to October makes her giddy.
Making it to October means so much more to her than getting a damn pumpkin spice latte, it means her team is rocking it. It means everything she has hoped for, and all the long games, and sweaty summer days at the ballpark were so worth it.

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I know I’m not the only one feeling this way right about now. With the number of tests and projects currently due, I may never leave my house! But never fear, the end is near! One more month of classes and finals, and then it’s HELLO SUMMERTIME!

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The weather in Dallas was absolutely phenomenal this weekend, we were in the high 60’s and 70’s this weekend. Thomas and I started our Friday off with lunch on the patio at our favorite spot, Neighborhood Services! We have an undying love for this place, and their wedge will always be my favorite! 

Friday afternoon, I took the cutes I nanny to BerryNaked, which is an all natural Popsicle joint with tons of delicious, mostly healthy options! The girls loved the idea of “healthy” Popsicles and they really enjoyed the display cases filled with a colorful assortment of delicious pops! We will certainly be back.

Friday night, we headed to one of our favorite new spots in Addison for dinner. I can not wait to share more about that fabulous spot!

Saturday was spent lounging around, well at least for me. Thomas has been so phenomenal with picking up my chore duties while fully recover from my accident, so he got lots of cleaning done!

Sunday morning we headed to breakfast with Thomas family! We opted for one of our favorite spots, Crossroads Diner! I’ve talked about them before, but seriously, their sticky buns are heaven! They recently moved to a new location, just down the street from our new house, and we could not be happier with the proximity. As always, the sticky buns did not disappoint! 

If you read last Thursday’s post about how I struggle when plans are changed, you know I really like sticking to my plans. Well, my plan since November was to buy a new Macbook. With four months of planning behind me, a few gift cards from Christmas and my birthday in my purse, we headed to the Apple Store.

I thought I knew what I wanted walking in, but I ended up leaving with a little nicer model than I planned. So maybe I don’t hate change when it’s a good change, but really, who does? If you follow me on SnapChat, you know I had a very old MacBook that was finally starting to slow down. After transferring all of my old photos to an online source and putting all of my files on The Cloud, I was finally read to move on. I’m so thankful to have received that one in high school from my mom. It got me through a LOT of school work, and helped me start this little space I now call my own! I am so excited to put my new MacBook to good use!

Now that the weekend has come and gone, it’s back to the grind of school, work, and finding a new car. Happy Monday y’all!

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1. Spend time with yourself. This is a biggie y’all. I’m thankful to have this space as my outlet that I can do alone. I don’t need someone helping me with every aspect, I don’t have to take each post to an editor, I just do it. All by myself. There are days, I just simply enjoy sitting down at my desk, and doing nothing. Sometimes it means writing a new post, some days, it’s adding $700 worth of junk to my Amazon cart and then just leaving it, and some days it just means going for a drive by myself. Some days, being alone is great.

2. Focus on your strengths. You have things you’re good at, and you have things you suck at. But if you are only thinking about the things you suck at, how are you ever going to get better at the things you’re good at. Write down the things you love, or are really good at and embrace them.

3. Stop comparing yourself to anything. When you think about it, theres only one you, and YOU get to be whatever kind of you you want to be. Just let that sink in for a minute. Embrace yourself, because the models in magazines are airbrushed and the “perfect-life” people are hiding something too. Just think about how lucky you are that you get to wake up every single day and live life in whatever way you want to live.

4. Forgive yourself. There are days where I get so mad that I’ve screwed something up, overcooked a steak, or totally neglected my to-do list, and I’m so upset that I literally can’t function. That may be a bit exaggerated, but seriously, get the heck over it y’all. Forgive yourself, and forgive yourself often, especially when it’s something only you can control. Staying mad at yourself is just silly.

5. Set goals for yourself. Set reasonable goals, and rock them. Even if it’s just to wake up 10 minutes earlier every day, set that goal and accomplish it. Goals get categorized as “impossible” far too often. Goals do not have to be impossible, and they should never be impossible.

6. Never apologize for your beliefs. This shouldn’t even be a thing, but lately, I am seeing this more and more. You have beliefs and values for a reason, you have developed them all on your own, and YOU deserve to be able to believe in them all you want. When a person questions your beliefs, they’re more than likely trying to test you. Don’t give in. They’re YOUR beliefs for a damn good reason. Stick to them, and love them.

7. Most importantly, talk to yourself the way you talk to someone you love.

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Have you ever been scrolling through Facebook and you see one of those posts titled “Why there are better things than being tied down at 20,” or “Why you don’t need a man in your 20’s?” Yeah, I do. All. The. Time. Some days I ignore them and keep scrolling, but sometimes, I indulge and read them… Only to find myself annoyed. Really annoyed.

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If you follow me on Instagram, you know I mentioned that Thomas and I had finally found a house! A townhouse actually, and it was pretty much everything we wanted. That being said, it was time to start prepping for a move. This is technically the only move we’ve made together, considering the last move was each of us moving from our own spaces to one space together. With this move, we are both learning what really works and what doesn’t. Here’s a few of the things that do work!

• Make a GIANT list of everything you could possibly need to get done before your move. Hang it where everyone involved in the move can see to assure that nothing is forgotten about. I prefer using a whiteboard or chalkboard so it’s easy to erase each task as you complete it!
• Create a schedule for the week before the move. Write down a few things that need to be done each day.
• Get a tape gun. I moved quite a bit from 8th grade to my Junior year of high school. Tape guns made things a LOT easier.
• Don’t buy tons of moving boxes. Think economically… Use laundry baskets, extra suitcases, boxes from previous Amazon purchases, or anything that can hold stuff! A lot of times, your friends have their old moving boxes just laying in their garage, just ASK! Scan resources like Facebook Garage sale sites, NextDoor or Craigslist!
• Pack your most valuable things in your suitcase and move it yourself in your own car. We packed up all the contents of our DIY BAR in bubble wrap and packed them neatly in our suitcases… Can’t have broken alcohol, or more importantly broken WINE bottles!
• If you must pack open bottles, place a small piece of plastic wrap under the lid and put the lid back on, over the plastic wrap. NO ONE likes opening a box and having something spilled all over everything.
• Come up with a labeling system. Whether it’s using numbers as room guides or just writing what room each goes in, do it! Label “fragile” on anything that could possibly break and don’t forget a small description on boxes! Nothing is worse than having no idea whats in the 8 boxes labeled “bedroom!”
• Put screws and small pieces in to labeled zip-loc bags so nothing gets separated from the bunch.
• Don’t move anything you don’t want to keep. Try selling furniture you don’t want to move on Craigslist or Facebook garage sales… Not only will it cut down on the stuff you have to move, but it’ll put a little extra cash in your pockets.
• Use the money from items you sell towards moving expenses… Or toward the new furniture you’ve been eyeing Whatever works best for you.
• Don’t bother folding and packing clothes from your closet. cut open a small hole in the bottom of a trash bag and slide the bag over your clothes. Thomas did this when he moved home from college a few years back and I was amazed. It’s genius and makes closet transport so much easier.
• Make a box/basket/bag of things you KNOW you’ll need on your first night at your new place.
• Don’t buy a ton of furniture before you get in to your new space. It means more you have to move and you never know exactly how things will fit! Just wait!
• Organize boxes in your home by room. Each room will have all of its contents loaded at the same time so each room will be unloaded at the same time.
• Most importantly! Don’t freak out! Everything is going to be okay!

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