week run-down

yeh yeh, I haven't posted since monday.

I just didn't make time. You know how I was talking about my anxiety and not sleeping? 

Well, last week, I delightfully did sleep better, but on monday night it went downhill and this whole week minus last night, was not fun. I would lie in my bed, wide awake for hours! Most of the time, no anxiety, thank God! But sprinkled throughout. it's just frustrating.

I had such a positive response to THAT post and my heart was overwhelmed with love. I want to thank those who left me comments and gave me encouragement and support! It means alot and who knew that strangers could be united over such things!?

I also want to say HELLO & welcome to all of my new followers! I am sure you've heard GFC is going away in July, but do not fret, you can still follow me by subscribing by email or on bloglovin---there's a little button on the right there :) yeh, right there.

I am energized and feeling good & pretty today.

I'll give you a run-down of how my week went, besides the usual checking and responding to emails & reading/commenting on blogs:

Tuesday
cardmaking

Wednesday
visit w/the grandparents
go to my nurse sandy's parents SURPRISE 60th wedding anniversary party!!

It was such a fun event and i was so happy to be able to be there to celebrate Jackie & Russ's anniversary. They are such a good example of making family & each other a priority. I hope that when I enter a marriage that it's for 60 years and forever. 

Russ told me, "The first 60 years was hard. The next 60 will be easier." lol.

Obviously, sense of humor is key!


Thursday
meeting w/case manager
hang out with one bestie Hayne (she's on spring break!)

Friday
Got my toes did
made important phone calls
put together 2 packages

annnddddd, one night this week, I read Woman's Day magazine given to me from nana. While reading, there was a pretty quote that made me smile and brought warm fuzzies, especially now that Spring is upon us!

let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom---marcel proust

What are you looking forward to? Are you ready for Spring? How was your week?

friday fun day: what's in a bag?

I've always thought it was funny to display and talk about what's in your bag of choice--purse, satchel, hobo, cross-over, clutch, wallet etc. I think what we carry around in our daily life speaks volumes about ourselves. I've seen other bloggers do this, so i thought, why not me? It'll be fun!

When my cousin Stephanie was getting married, at her bridal shower, we all played a game where we (in teams) had to use whatever contents in our purses that started with each initial of her name. For example, S-and I grabbed my syringe for inflating/deflating my cuff balloon attached to my trache [we got everyone beat because who else really has an S item in their purse, unless maybe a snickers bar/snack?] lol.

So friends, let's dive into my mary poppins bag of tricks...

THE CURRENT BAG:

my red envelope clutch that is my FAVE! i bought this beauty for $.75 at a yard sale four years ago!

THE TRICKS:

From L to R: pink ipod nano, bath & body works hand sanitizer, coppertone water babies spf 50 sunscreen, barnes & noble coupon, up&up tissue, syringe, saline bullet, notepad, 2 pens including that sparkly one!, clean & clear oil absorbing papers, part of a broken mirror lol, mula & coins, 3 lips products, coupons. (not pictured were the all important cards/id,store cards/emergency contact info)

I just love the travel size sunscreen, found at walmart/target for about 99 cents!

I need my burt's bees lip balm w/spf 8 to protect my lips, but do i really need 2 lipcolors? NO, but i am a girl and i need to have options! 

Oh and i should add that *sometimes, i totally carry an extra pad for those special times of the month. Not really for me because i always go potty BEFORE i leave the house for a long period of time (no pun intended) & i strongly dislike public restrooms anyways, but rather for whatever woman might need one that is with me and let me tell you, it has been needed. I like to be prepared!

So tell me, what do you carry around on the daily? Any out of the ordinary items? What are some of your must haves?

p.s. I promised a giveaway once I hit 50 gfc followers and we're almost there!! eeeeee! Thank YOU for all of your sweet, encouraging comments and for reading. I'm So glad that I decided to make my blog public months ago so that i could meet YOU, befriend you and learn about others and how really, we are all similar! I'm definitely getting excited about that so stay tuned! 

annddddd head on over to royal daughter designs,
I'm part of a group giveaway here going on NOW. Amanda has been and is hosting lots of wonderful giveaways with prizes from other fabulous bloggers in honor of her birthday this month!  Who doesn't like a birthday partay!!?