Over-thinking

It's crazy how easy it is for me to over-think something so simple. I can run it through my mind so many times that its a blur. The best part is trying to pin point the moment when everything started to unravel. It's hard to pick out one moment.

Fail.

New Morgan isn't doing so great. Why is it so hard to figure yourself out? I'm the worst at the whole "being an adult" thing. It's all a joke.

22 & Changing.

I would call this "New Morgan". But I'm not a completely new person. It's more like "figuring herself out Morgan". It's scary but it's good.
Lately, I have realized that the most important thing is being happy. With whatever, whoever, whenever. It doesn't matter, as long as you are genuinely happy. The rest will fall in to place after that.
I've also realized how important it is to know who you are and be self confident in that. Sometimes you let yourself get lost along the way and don't even realize it.
So here's to Morgan figuring herself out and letting herself be happy, come what may.

Holding back....

Fear is a major obstacle that I face. I get nervous, anxious and afraid about the littlest things and stressed out easily. You probably wouldn't know it because I try to hide it to the point where I just can't handle things. Fear is such a STUPID thing. We shouldn't let it stand in our way, keeping us from things that could be life changing. We have no reason to fear.

Important Ones

Just a quick bit about how important good friends are. The kind you can always count on. The kind you cry with. That friend who knows every little secret. The one you can complain to, and who you listen to when they need to vent. The one you can waste hours with. Friendship is such an important and valuable relationship. I'm blessed with the best if the best.

Open Your Eyes to What's Right Here

This applies to so many situations. Don't be blind to what is right in front of you. It's so easy for us to be blind towards the things and even the people that are right there in plain sight. Things/people who you become accustomed to, those who are in your everyday life, can get blurred out to a point where you don't really see them. Every one does it. And I'm sure you've probably felt unseen before as well. Don't let the people you love in your life become blurred out by everyday stress. Open your eyes, remember what's in your heart and show them that you see them and you love them.

Seize The Day

I'm the kind of person who feels like I can never catch a break. Being an adult is hard; figuring out who you are is hard. And when you get stuck in a rut it really does put you in this mindset where everything in the world feels like its going against you.
I don't want to jinx myself...... But I think I'm finally out of my rut. *knocks on wood*
I've been presented with some really good opportunities lately and some good changes are hopefully in my near future. It feels so good to let myself feel optimistic.
So I'm going to keep my heart happy and light and pray that I take full advantage of the opportunities that I am given and live up to deserve them.

I Skipped Past February...Whoopsie.

Oh My Dear.

I have abandoned my precious little blog and I feel horrible about it. Not that anyone had been greatly disturbed by my absence but I can't expect this little blossom to bloom if I'm not posting, now can I? No. The answer is No. February flew by faster than I can even explain. I blame all that Leap Year nonsense and the lack of the very important 29th, 30th and even a 31st. I don't know about you but I could have used a few more days in the month. Now here we are, already the 4th of March and nothing to show on here for February. Oh, well. It can be summed up in one line:

Work. Sleeping. Saturday classes. Birthdays. Bad couches. Hair fixes. That's it.

SPEAKING OF WORK......

New and exciting things are happening in the MNI world and I am beyond excited to be a part of them all. New opportunities to grow, learn, and flourish! I cannot wait to help direct and be part of the office life at the new facility. It really makes a girl feel good to be allowed to be involved in something so exciting and new. Yay for growing! Yay for the new children we will meet! Yay for awesome bosses who have what it takes to succeed!

Saturday TECTA classes on the other hand....eww. I was not made to be up before 8 am much less already be sitting in class at this time. Seriously, though. Thank you Jesus for Starbucks. My current obsession is the Caramel Apple Spice. OH YES.

My little brother, daddy, and older sister all celebrated their birthdays in February. My dad and brother are going to the Bristol races in mid-March to celebrate (late!) and then at the end of March my parents, brother and I are going to see Eric Clapton, along with The Wallflowers, in concert. INSERT SCREECH OF ABSOLUTE EXCITEMENT!

We finally got a couch for the living room. It would not fit in to our apartment. No way. No angle. Not through the front door. Not through the back. Not through the window. I wanted to set the thing on fire. End of story. It's still too painful.

My hair is back dark again. I will never ever try to put highlights or red in it again. UNLESS I get my blonde streak back. That's another story though. It was a terrible idea to do the red. Ugh. Fail.

I promise to post more. I really do. *Cross your fingers*

Big Love, -M

Wrapping up January for Fab February!

February is here. BAM.  

Also, today is my wittle baby brother's 18th birthday! I don't know how it is possible for the crying little curly, blonde headed boy that use to terrorize me to be an 18 year old boy/man. It blows my mind.

Here is little precious back in the day. Too cool for preschool I'm guessing. This boy was OBSESSED with his motorcycle jacket and was so proud to have one that resembled Daddy's. And here we are today:

He is driving me around in his Miata, looking fresh. *Note our matching gray v-neck t-shirts we were sporting, on accident.

ANYWAYS...

This past week has been super busy. I worked the morning class at work Mon-Wednesday this week and I took a nap every day after work. Didn't matter if I got home at 3:30 or 5:30...NAP. It was lovely. Thursday I ended up waking up at 7 am on my own *gag* and somehow managed a productive morning. I headed to Barnes & Noble to grab a white chocolate mocha and read some crafty books on my Nook. I found my next B&N purchase, an awesome sewing book. Fingers crossed that someone wants to get it for me...hint, hint.

At lunch I grabbed some Jason's Deli and headed over to have lunch with my friend. Y'all, if you haven't tried the chicken salad there you are MISSING OUT. It has almonds and tons of pineapple in it, which may make you question my sanity but it's delicious.

Then on Friday we got a rare dusting of snow, which sends the people of Tennessee running like chickens with their heads cut off. SNOW DAYYYYYYY! Full day of child care for us! I think i was more excited about the snow than the kids. It warms my heart and makes me soooo happy! I want to live where it snows all the time.

 I've spent my Saturday doing a lot of reading and surfing through Pinterest, making brownies and cleaning out the hall closet. The excitement is just too much to handle, you guys.

XOXO- M

Tunes For Tuesday

I figured I would post a little something about the music I am constantly listening to and a few of my favorite bands that I cant get enough of here lately! First off, I need to mention that the Pandora Radio app on my iPhone is amazing. They also are a website where you can listen to Pandora radio online! (Click HERE for the online version or if you have a nifty little iPhone click HERE to see about downloading the FREE app in iTunes!) My favorite Pandora stations to listen to are Jason Mraz, City and Colour and the 'sleep station'.

Lately, I've been listening to a lot of The Fray after seeing them preform for the Nashville New Years Eve bash. Absolutely amazing live. Totally worth standing in the rain to see these guys. So naturally I've listened to their music even more lately. Another favorite band is City and Colour, a band that my boyfriend introduced me to. Their songs are all so good and just easy to listen to and fall in love with. And Dallas Green. OH MY WORD. He's simply adorable and you add that amazing voice on top of it and BAM. *le sigh*. Dream boat material for this girl. Little Hell is a great album as well as his other 2. You can never go wrong with a little Jason Mraz. I love to listen to him on long drives. So much fun!!

Another band I am IN LOVE with is WAKEY!WAKEY!. I saw Michael Grubbs on One Tree Hill and loved his sound. After a little internet research I found his band and am now OBSESSED. Can't get enough of it. For reals. So go look that 'ish up and add it to your Pandora stations. 

A music post wouldn't be complete with out a little gushing over The Beatles and how much I absolutely love them. The album I keep playing in the car over and over here lately has been Let It Be...Naked.

Seriously, if you don't listen to The Beatles, go do it now.

Love, M.

This is my Saturday night.

I'm curled up in my heated blanket, staring at my blog trying to write and schedule some posts. Yay.

Book List: 11-15

It's been way too long since my last book list post! Seriously though, I read as often as I can so this shouldn't be as difficult as it apparently is. Here are a couple more goodies for you to look in to reading. Some of these I have finished recently and others are books I read forever ago!

11. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

12. Wuthering Heights

13. Priestess of Avalon- Ahh, sooooooo good.

14. Gone With The Wind- CLASSIC!

15. She's Come Undone

*Also, I want to point out that I will read just about ANYTHING. Really, anything I can get my hands on. The books that I post on this list ARE those that I feel are worthwhile but still, this list is just a pile of books that I manage to read. I'm not promising that they'll all be amazing books or they'll all change your life or anything like that. I'm just saying that if you want to read them, you should. I read simply to read. To meet new characters, read about new places or different time periods. I read to learn new words and see things through different people's eyes. I'm not going to stick only to the books that are 'popular' this week or this month. I will read anything and I encourage you to do the same. DON'T put down a book after only one chapter. Read the whole thing and then see what you think.

JUST READ!

Manic Monday

So, in true form, today was a Monday like only a Monday could be.  As everyone is moving towards the normal swing of things after the holidays, I have a lot going on in my head. I've yet to figure it all out to put in blog form so instead here are a couple of photos to sum up the past couple of days. Exciting, I know.

 I got a Keurig for Christmas and my life is forever changed. Really. Go get one. Drink some coffee. Be happy. It's amazing and it's fun to press the flashy button and then BAM a cup of coffee. P.S.- Look at my precious fox coffee cup sitting there. Adorable.

 ^ See that?  I made it. All by myself. I'm hella proud.

 Also, our tiny little bathroom needed some more space to store all our (read-MY) crap so being the handy woman I am, I put up these shelves all by myself. Honest. *Note: they've been there for two weeks and nothing has fallen down yet. Scoreeeee.

 I'm really crafty these days. I decided to free-hand a lovely M on to some note cards to send to a friend. Presh. I know. Why can't I just craft for a living?

 My brother came up to spend a couple of days and we got a chance to hang out. It's awesome that he can drive me around these days, but that makes me realize that he will be 18 in less than a month. That  makes me cry and feel old and cry some more. He drove us to our sister's, where we laid around doing nothing all together and she cooked our favorite dinner. Oh, and we made brownies. perfect.

BAM! LOOK AT THIS ADORABLE FABRIC I FOUND!!!

I can't wait to start on a project with this, hopefully tomorrow. I'm stuck between making a blanket for Easton or making something for the child I will never have. Crazy lady, here. I know.

One Line A Day

This year, I have every intention to blog more and do my best to come up with good post ideas. I also plan to use my new journal I received for Christmas. It's a line a day journal and every day, at the end of all the excitement, I have a small space to sum up my day. So cute and fun! So here to a new year filled with more blogs posts, more written down memories and more expression of me!