thx thx thx

thx thx thx is leah dieterich's daily exercise in gratitude. it is the cutest idea and having my own cup of gratitude feeling especially full lately it could not come at a more perfect time.

i mean...don't you just love this idea? here are my favorites:

happiness

{husband}

this week something really wonderful happened.
mikie was promoted to head golf pro.

I A M S O P R O U D O F H I M

its really amazing to see someone's dreams coming true. especially someone that has worked really hard and that truly deserves it. and i promise, i am not just saying that because he is my husband, he really does deserve it you guys.

wwtd

stands for what would tory do.

it might be my new motto.

i love her.

everything on my birthday wish list is from her store. help.

smile booth

last sunday we went to serenbe...my new favorite place in atlanta.

it is a beautiful sustainable living farm community...

very green ideas, very cool houses and artists galore.

while there we stumbled this smile booth.

we are 'travelers.' it's obvious, right?

{via lulovesyou}

“I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s the great puzzle! If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”

Lewis Carroll

currently loving...the union jack

maybe its because they say cute things like bollocks.

maybe its because i have a new found respect for red.

maybe its because they produced robert pattinson.

or maybe its because they have queens and tea time.

i don't know what it is...
but i am obsessed with all things british.

especially vintage union jack home decor. help.

ming makes cupcakes

{mings peanut butter cupcake}

so, unless you have been in serious denial or dieting for the past year

you know that cupcakes are pretty much everything right now.

and this website called 'ming makes cupcakes' is ah-mazing and inventive!

here is what i predict will occur...

you love ming.

ming makes cupcakes

ming takes pretty photo of cupcakes

ming provides recipe for cupcakes

you make cupcakes

you become very fat.

you hate ming.

its going to be a vicious cycle...but worth it i think.

go here and check it out.

joey wayne

my dad, he was only 25 when i came around.

and for some reason it took 30 years for me to really understand

what that must have been like.

i think i will buy him a drink tonight.

here's to you dad. have a wonderful birthday.

oh...hello.

{panama city beach}

slacking on the posting. i know.

and i started off so good too!

but let's not dwell on this...okay?

here is what has been going on in my world...

i just got back from panama city, florida. where my extended family has a condo. i went with my step-mom and had a perfect, relaxing weekend. answering work emails isn't as bad when you are laying on a beach chair with a frozen cocktail in hand. i had the best she-crab soup of life and finally got past the first chapter of my challenge book, "East of Eden."

but every relaxing, eat all you want, drink all you want kind of trip comes with a price.

and people...in one month i will be thirty so there is no time to waste.

so my latest sure-to-not-last-tactic for not wanting to die when May 29th rolls around

is a fitness dvd called "insanity"

i did the fit test portion yesterday. it's only 25 minutes long. i couldn't breath for an hour.

today is the 40 minute dvd and i think there is jumping involved. enough said.

anyway, i hope you are all perfect and loving spring as much as i am. xo.

playing in the park

{rebecca and me}

{mikie, my dad and me}

{rebecca..i love this picture of her}

thank you to my friend etienne for taking such precious pics.