Trick or Treat...

...Smell my feet...Give me something good to eat! (Yes, I am a 25 year old trapped in a 13 year old's body :))

Happy Halloween!

Who else is as excited as I am that today is Halloween? It is a great time of the year and I get excited at just about everything, so you will have to bear with me!

I did my dressing up this weekend for a friend's bachelorette party. We had a pirate themed party so all the mates donned our loot and had a jolly roger of a good time! Too much? I think not. Anyway, we went downtown in Austin and saw all the sites (if you have ever have been in Austin during Halloween, you know just exactly what those sites entail). We had a great time!

The bride-to-be is in the middle, her sister on the left, and me on the right.

A closer up version (I like this one better :)). And yes, in case you were wondering, I did make everyone call me Cap'n all night. What's wrong with that?!?

Tonight will be pretty low key. The hubs and I will be passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters (we usually have a lot) and tortilla soup, which screams fall, and pumpkin milkshakes, never tried before, are on the agenda for tonight. It is sure to be a good time! Best witches for a happy halloween! (get it, get it?) :)

Thankful Thursday

Sad that I haven't posted since last Thursday? A little.

What I am thankful for:

- Beautiful weather we have been having. We even had RAIN here this past weekend. I almost forgot what rain is.

No, it isn't snowing here. Just dreaming of colder weather. :)

- - A wonderful husband who, remarkably, is understanding at all times. A used to not think that I was high maintenance, but maybe I am ?!? J

Understanding is loving a dog in a pirate costume. Isn't he adorable? Thanks.

- Creativity. I grew up in a household where creativity was fostered from the games we (the kids) used to create to play to a mom who would assist me on any/all crafts that I wanted. While I may not be the most talented or crafty person ever, I am thankful for those childhood experiences and feel I am always thinking of crafts to do now.

Our new nightstand dressers. Rast dresser from Ikea with sunbleached stain and Anthropologie knobs. Still want to modify them a little but it is a start.

*Sorry the picture quality of this post was terrible. These pics are from my cell phone.

Have a happy weekend!!

Megan

Thankful Thursday

It is officially time to kick off Thankful Thursday! Every Thursday I will post a few things that I am especially thankful for that week.

(Here I should say that I am thankful for the person that made that fabulous design. I don’t know who did it but Google Images does J ).

Today I am thankful for:

* I am thankful for my sweet new nephew who was born two weeks ago. I am so glad that after a week in the NICU he is now home with his proud mom and dad! Babies are such a beautiful blessing!

*I am thankful for wonderful friends that I can turn to whenever I need a helping hand. They are always there for me but their support has been steadfast these past few weeks.

*I am thankful for DVR. Man, are there a lot of good shows on these days or what? I can never watch them in real time, so I rely on that DVR to maintain my tv addiction! Plus, it allows me to skip annoying commercials. YAY! J

*I am thankful for Claratin! With all the weather changes my allergies have been a monster!

I hope everyone has a great Thursday and finds something to be grateful for!

For this I am grateful!

"It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life." ~Elisabeth Elliot

It’s fall y’all! Fall is by far my favorite season. I have been asking Kyle what city has the longest fall season- because I want to move there. stat. Fall is not only my favorite season because of the weather and the football that it brings, but because of the atmosphere and the feeling of thanks that surrounds you during this season. Thinking about this the other day brought me to the above quote, which then brought me back to something that I use to attempt (with no success) back in the day.

Enter a gratitude journal (can you follow my random train of thoughts yet?). Starting this week I am beginning a gratitude journal. Not to detail the events of each day or even say anything memorable that captures a particular point in time, but to remind myself that no matter what the struggles or the downfalls are of the day, there are always things (no matter how small it might be) to be grateful for and that should be the point of your focus verses complaining (which I am the first to admit I have been doing too much of lately). My goal is to jot down something…anything…at least one thing…to remind me of happiness, of thankfulness, and of love that surrounds me each day.

The second thing I would like to try is this:

(And yes, I took this image off of Google images so to whoever designed it, thanks! It's super cute!) In a double effort to be more thankful as well as blog more, I hope to share something with everyone that I am thankful for each Thursday. I hate to confess that my gratitude journal is going to be my number one goal, but Thankful Thursday will run a close second! :)

So who wants to join me on this endeavor? Or who is already ahead of me and isn’t getting bogged down in complaining/missing out on the happiness that each day brings? Anyone want to join me for Thankful Thursday? Tis the Season (oh wait, wrong seasonal reference huh?)