BLOG LOVIN

I mentioned this before, I love reading my favourite blogs every morning with my daily cup of coffee.

I thought I would share a few blogs with you today that I just adore and what makes me love them.

 

www.barefootblonde.com

Amber Fillerup Clark is an amazing fashion and lifestyle blogger, she has an outstanding fashion sense and the body of a super model. She shares her favourite fashion pieces and is a braid genius. She currently lives in New York with her beautiful family, her little A is the best thing to cheer you up on a bad day, and his smile in all of her pictures just makes my day. Amber also has great traveling trips & tips and such breath taking photos I could stare at them all day and avoid my work. Her beauty is sometimes unbelievable. I adore her style and how well her blog is put together. Follow her on all social media as well for a daily dose of beauty and A’s cuteness!

www.andeelayne.blogspot.com

Andee Layne creator of The Honeybee Blog is by far my favourite blogger. She has a down to earth style with a bit of an edge I just la la love! Her blog is my go to for style inspiration as I believe it reflects my own style well. I also love that she offers affordable picks as well from places like Windsor and Forever 21 and more. Her blog is down to earth as well detailing her life with her perfect lil family. Her kids are so beautiful! I like how she is so genuine and sweet. I wish I could just run into her on vacation in Palm Springs, although I wouldn’t want to disturb her on vacation and would probably freeze up! Andee is a total stunner and I adore her and her blog. The Mommy posts she writes offer great tips for those readers with lil babes. I shamefully want everything she posts about, I am such a little groupie. I love her Instagram as well!

www.maskcara.com

Cara is the girl you want to chat with for hours and jot down all her advice and tips and not miss a word she says. Her blog is so sweet and caring and thoughtful. Her posts appeal to all age groups! She has launched her own makeup line too. It’s great for beginners wanting an easy way to as she says (HAC) highlight and contour and affordable too. Cara has many videos for hair/makeup/skin & more! Her tips and tricks are explained very well and she genuinely blogs to share and help others. She’s a total babe with two cute boys and an amazing beauty ability that is so natural and care free and easy!

www.chroniclesoffrivolity.com

Katey of COF is the cutest sweetest smartest lil thing! She has grown her blog so much in so little time, its amazing to watch when you follow her! Her posts are well put together and she offers up her knowledge for free which is a total bonus because she has brains and beauty when it comes to the blogging/Media/PR world. Her blog differs from mine as she shares her love of Jesus, which I love about her even though my blog is the opposite. She has a super fun style and I love her new blog design, its a-maze-ing!!

 

Other amazing blogs:

www.caraloren.com  (comfy and stylish outfit posts with a preppy girly flair)

www.lifescandyjar.com  (amazing skin care tips)

www.lovechugs.com  (love reading her life posts)

www.freckled-fox.com  (amazing hair posts and strength from this blogger)

 

Many more bloggers I follow, these are just a few. I would love to hear about your favs!

 

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SISTER SENCE

 

I have always acted older than my age, I believe my whole life I have acted years older and felt older through the childhood I experienced. This is something that my younger sister and I share, and as this year moves forward we are discovering we share many more things in common.

Even though we are four years apart my younger sister and I we have found a connection that has grown stronger and stronger the last few years. Granted she still sees me as her crazy-weirdo middle sister which I proudly accept, we have begun to point out things that are so similar between us.

We will text each other the same picture without knowing, order the same food, and end up reaching for items at the exact time. Say movie quotes at the same moment. Have an outlook on topics identiacal to one another’s. Our weirdest yet was discovering we had a headache at the same time, in the same spot and on the same side, the list goes on and on. It’s so fun to realize your sisterly connection and look at each other and gasp, “WEIRD!” we are doing the same exact thing! I love it.

Do you guys have any stories of your sisterly connections?

I also love hearing and reading about twin connections, it’s the neatest thing don’t you think!?

It’s an amazing thing to have a sibling, I am so grateful for mine and my younger sister who I adore and am so proud of and am starting to share such an amazing and fun connection with.

 

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TRAFFIC LIGHTS

 

When I hear something on TV about how they came from a small town with only two stop lights, I get a little laugh out of it. I come from and live in a small town with no traffic lights. Not one. Yes that small.

I love where I live….most days. There are days where I wish it was a little bigger of a centre and I could go on a date to a fancy restaurant where I can dress up or go out for brunch and drink mimosas without a care with the girls. Sometimes it would be nice not to have to travel hours and hours to get to a shopping centre or for appointments and to have more opportunities, these are all things that I do think about and maybe one day would prompt me to make a change, but for now I will continue on with the positive and amazing things that keep me here.

POSITVES: My family is all here and so is most of my boyfriend’s family. I could never live far from my niece and nephew….I go through withdrawals of their hugs and cuddles after three days of not having them, yes I know dramatic. Their faces are just so darn adorbs! They light up my life and bring an endless amount of joy into it.

Knowing virtually everyone you see as it’s such a small town, you all know each other, wave to each other and stop and chat on the street catching up with all they are doing. Going for a drive and knowing exactly every back road and alley and knowing while your lost in nature and the beautiful open space surrounding my small town, I know I am not lost as I belong and feel I belong a connection I have yet to feel while visiting any  other cities in this province. It’s an indescribable feeling knowing you belong and have a sense of community.

A community that when someone is in need can do amazing things and join arms together and support the people we know and love and have watched grow up us around us. So many times this community shows its can rise above small town gossip and be there for others in emotional or financial support.

In the end with its drawbacks, its home and I feel it is intertwined in my soul and identity. If I ever leave it will never leave my heart. It is my home and always has been and always will be.

I stare out my home office window and type this watching the trees sway in the wind and budding in the spring sun. This place is beautiful, the people I love in it and all the positives make small town living right for me. Its familiar surroundings give me support and peace.

May the place and space you call home give you the same feelings!

 

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STAR GAZING

 

Since I can remember I have felt this connection to the night sky……..

This sounds very odd and weird as I type it and put the words to paper instead of thinking them just in my head. Forgive me if I sound like a looney tune. Or maybe some of you will read it and know exactly what I mean, let’s hope it’s the latter.

I can remember climbing onto the roof of my childhood home and laying on the roof finding content in staring at the stars gazing out into the universe feeling the warm summer nights wind brush through my hair. Rooftops continued to bring me a certain comfort when I moved out of the home I grew up in and into an apartment. I would climb out the window and sit for hours. The rooftop visits have halted in my current home as it’s a bit too steep to be safe. I have moved my star gazing to the front step.

After a stressful day or a night out, coming home to sit on the step and stare up at those beautiful stars shining through the dark night.

It’s difficult to explain but in all of life’s chaos everything seems to go quiet and still when you stare at the stars. It’s just you and the world and time freezes, the night can go on forever and the morning a distant worry. The stars shine down and make you wonder about your life in a way that doesn’t cause worry or anxiety but hopefulness. The starts are filled with possibilities and opportunities to come. I am at peace after a stressful day and can re-focus and re prioritise and dream of my life’s ambitions. The stars hold a wonderment about them and shine so bright through such a far distance making me feel someone else is staring at them doing the same thing at that exact moment in time, feeling the same way I am. A feeling of belonging washes over me and I begin to appreciate what I do have and feel grateful for being alive.

I go to bed with chilled limbs and bring a warm blanket up over myself and close my eyes, feeling connected to the world.

I have never told anyone of my star gazing habits and roof top shenanigans….. I wondered why I felt so peaceful and the stars calmed any feelings of anxiety I had. I had hopes of the loved ones above sending me the beautiful stars to look at and calm my nerves. Whatever the stars hold on me have maybe it’s better left a mystery to just enjoy. Do any of you feel the same staring up at the night sky?

To all my fellow star gazers –

 

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LITTLES

I am sure you all have noticed as I mention it in all my postings, I am an auntie and it brings me so much joy and happiness. The love of my littles has always brought light into my life, even in the darkest of times. When I could see nothing positive and retreated into a far away place, their small hand reached through the darkness and gave me happiness and hope. Mighty spirits my littles have.

I thank the universe above for their sweet little bodies that run towards me every single time they see my face. Scream with joy and open arms to embrace me in endless love. They can uplift my mood and remind me of what’s truly important in life and preoccupy my thoughts from negative to thoughts of love and laughter.

I will have been an auntie for a decade as of today. Happiest of birthdays to my Mousey. The soul that first made me an auntie. May your tenth birthday and all to come be blessed with love and opportunities, May your path in life be lite by the love of your family. I hope one day when you’re older you can read this post and realize what a blessing your sweet soul was to me when you entered the world, you forever changed my life and made it for the better. Your unconditional love for me has brought me through some of the darkest moments in my life. You know nothing of what you have done in your life for me and your little soul is only ten years old. You are a special gift from the heavens above and I am so blessed to be your auntie. Hearing your footsteps bring a smile to my face and heart.

I hope you become all that you aspire to be and find happiness in life and find and feel love every day. I hope that no matter what happens or what you do, you know I will love you. I hope you will come to me no matter the circumstances and know that I will always be here for you.

I am blessed to have more than Mouse, when I thought I couldn’t be a more blessed aunt; more entered the world, it is an amazing opportunity to be able to watch you all grow and watch your personality develop. You have made my life so rich, I hope I can do the same for every one of you.

You auntie is always here with arms wide open for you

 Lots of love my little's

 

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TIMING IS EVERYTHING

 

"It can happen so fast
or a little too late
Timing is everything"

 

GARRETT HEDLUND - Timing Is Everything

 

Lyrics can bring light into your life and soul and speak to you like nothing else can. I am a lover of music and the power it has to evoke emotion or trigger a memory that was once so distant but clear as day when the words stream through your ears and into your head and heart.

This song has been on my mind lately and it doesn’t help that I am somewhat mildly obsessed with the movie it comes from. (Lie) Totally obsessed. Guilty.

Timing is an odd thing if you think about it, things happen I believe as they should, and it can happen fast or a little too late, timing is everything. It has meaning behind it. It might not make sense when it first happens but there are lessons in looking back on the timing of events. Do you agree?

There is a reason you go through things in life at certain times, to make you stronger, wiser, and better your future. Just remember to look back and think about the timing of everything and learn from its lessons.

I have just began to understand the timing of my life, I have been guilty of not being present in my life; meaning I just sit back and go oh next Monday, oh no no, next Monday. Sound familiar to anyone? I have been stuck in this attitude for so long it makes me cringe. I promise myself ill work on trying new things and accomplishing goals, but it never happens, and I feel life slip away. I feel I should have accomplished certain things by 26 and start to compare myself to others.

I am not them, and that is okay. That is their journey and I do not know the ins and outs of their story.

The timing of my life is a little later of a learning process, I have hopes that everything is now falling in place. I may move at a turtles pace but I will have learned so much along the way and be a better person for it. I need to constantly remind myself of this as "Comparison is the thief of Joy". This is the timing of my life, and I will get to the destinations I desire along the way whenever that may be. I need to keep trying and know that timing is everything.

 

 

 

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JOURNEY SO FAR

 

#FLASH BACK FRIDAY

Oh the embarrassment of looking back at old pictures throughout the years. My wild hair and dirty face in all of its glory for you to witness! A glimpse into my childhood in photos. Enjoy the memories of years gone by, and in the future this blog will be an archive of present and future pictures of my life’s journey. One I hope to look back on and smile, remembering the little things in life and the moments that the pictures will remind me of. I am excited for the years to come and pictures yet to be taken and shared.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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