Writer's Workshop: Whiskers on Kittens isn't included... sorry.

Writer's Workshop

w/ Mama's Losin' It!

List your 7 most favorite summer items or things

(Yeah, I added the "things" part. I stray from the pack. It's just how i roll.)

Be As You Are brand boxers for ladies:

I love them! I scoop up a handful of them as gifts when I find them

Margaritas:
Yeah, you're right... I love them all year long. If woman and drink could form a union, I'd choose the margarita as my life partener.


I'm not trying to impersonate a leather handbag when I'm older, y'all.
This sunscreen actually smells good!



For beachy curls that aren't crunchy!

If you've never gotten a snowball in Louisiana... you just don't get it. These are no "snow cones", my friends. Snow cones can't touch this.

Next best thing to actually being at the beach:

Close your eyes in the shower and pretend!

And my favorite thing this Summer so far?...

I'm headed in the right direction again :)

Alright, alright... & Wedding Guy. He 's been a pretty non-sucky addition to this Summer as well! Haha

These Arms Of Mine

My niece Doll Face will be 1 in a few weeks. I can't even believe it! It makes me seriously sad that she's not a baby baby anymore. I miss moments like this...

But look forward to more moments like this...

I can always count on this little one for a smile and a laugh! To me, she is perfection wrapped up in baby form.

I'm such a lucky girl to have so much

love constantly wrapped up in these arms of mine!

Wordful Wednesday is brought to you by:

The Ex-Files

Relationships are funny. They are full of all sorts of rules and regulations. Most of these I agree with... no cheating, no lying, etc... that's easy for me. I don't like to play games. It's not my style. I prefer to just say, "This is how i feel...", even if that means putting myself out there. Sometimes you just have to jump. HOWEVER, there is one relationship no-no that's hard for me. The whole, "No talking about your exes", thing. When you've spent(or wasted) a significant amount of time in a relationship with someone, they become a part of your story. I feel like I'd be leaving out parts of who I am if I didn't ever tell a story where he might be involved. Not that it's necessarily about an old relationship... just the ex may be in the mix of the story. So should I never tell these stories that make up who I am, things I've done, where I've been, because an ex is involved? I honestly don't know.

I know many people may think, "Oh, if she brings up her ex she must still have feelings for him." I just don't think that's always the case.(Especially in my ridiculously stupid case, haha!) I openly admit to spending far too long trying to make things work with my ex. I WAS WRONG. I am not too proud to say that. But had I not been wrong, I have to wonder... would I be where I am right now? Would I feel happy in my life? In my work? In my skin? In my heart? I think sometimes we have to throw our hands up and thank God for letting us make our own mistakes. Everything happens in it's own time and for a reason.

I genuinely hope the ex finds someone who is great for him. That person was not me and is never going to be me. That's a good thing FOR ME. I'm not bitter about that. It doesn't make me sick to think about him with someone else. If I bumped into him tomorrow with his girlfriend(I don't know if he has a girlfriend, just hypothetically), I would say hello to him and introduce myself to her with a smile. I'm long over that... no need to be bitchy about it, right? I know there is this stigma with exes..."I don't want to think about her with him or him with her." Part of me gets that, but part of me is realistic. Like, I know WG has a whole life that happened before me... I know there were other girls in that life, of course. Right now, I'm just glad they weren't good enough for him, that way he could save up all the fun for me! Haha :) I'm a greedy, greedy woman, y'all. I hope he gets that about me as well.(uhm, not that I'm greedy, hahaha!)

I'm happy where I am:

In my life,

In my work,

In my skin,

In my heart.

I wouldn't change anything about my past. I will keep it all to continue to go to bed with a smile on my face. Every miserable moment I endured is worth it for the warm feeling I get when WG sweet talks me or makes me roll in laughter.

All of the tears in my eyes have been replaced by butterflies in my stomach... in all areas of my life.

Exes: They won't define you, but they are a part of who you are or who you become. YOU are the reason you are where you are today... but they just may have helped push you there.

Thank God.

& Maybe your ex.

(but not to his face... that's weird.)

This has been a part of Tuesday's Tribute with 7 Clown Circus

Just Like Ice Cream

I got a new phone on Friday! WG said he thinks I'm in love with it(and though I denied it then), seriously... I'D LICK THAT!!! Mmmhmm, you heard right! It's time for another installment of "I'd Lick That!"

((I'd Lick That- pt 1 is right here))

Oh yeah, I just totally went there. That is a slightly pornographic picture when you get right down to it. I'm licking things while taking pics on my web cam. Awesome, I've finally come full circle, y'all!

I think I really do love it. It took a bit to get used to it... but now I'm all smooth sailing! The only problems I've encountered:

It's blue. It's a really pretty blue, but still, blue? It's not me.

A few clicks later and I found something that suits me much better! :) Cauuute.

Now, the big problem here is that it locks the front cursor keys when you slide the phone shut. Sounds great, right? I thought so too. Until last night when I opened my purse to check my phone and realized my phone was on some screen that looked like I was probably spending money on some service I wasn't actually using. AWESOME. Apparently all that has to happen in order to unlock those front keys is to hit the center "OK" button. Once that "OK" button is pressed, all the world is opened up on my phone. CRAP. I'm trying to figure out if buying or making(or finding a make-shift) case to put it in would be helpful or a pain in the butt. I think possibly both.

Anybody else have this problem? What's your solution?!

I think as soon as I figure that out, we'll be good. The phone and I can coninue our love affair!

Shhh, don't tell. (By the way, this picture has a hidden little bit of goodness you girls have been asking for! Hahahaha! I'm such a tease! & yeah... I totally had to take a picture of a picture to accomplish teasing you...sorry!)

The other thing I'd lick right now is my new sheets! Eek, I love them! I've been looking for the right sheets forever & finally found them today!(Perfect timing, because I totally splattered green paint on mine the other night on accident!)

((My picture is refusing to show up for some reason...))

You know what? I think I'm gonna more than lick them... I'm going to go ahead and jump the gun and sleep with those bad boys tonight. Whhaaaaat? I know, what a hussy! (If you're laughing at that ridiculous "sexy" face I'm making up there right now... I forgive you. I laughed too! I don't think I "DO sexy" very well.)

Alright... that's all for this edition of I'd Lick That! I would normally show more things that I find "lickable", but since this one is so picture packed, I think we're good!

Have a GOOD Monday, people! :)

Love, Love, Love,

Lacey

P.S. I have 99 followers right now, which is great... except how much do I just want 1 person to bite the bullet and follow so that I'll be up to 100? I mean... 2 can follow if they very well please. (I'm not stopping you, people!) Let's just get past that pesky double digit, haha!

Dear Lurky McLurkenstein,

Here's hoping you play(or get pushed into)traffic real soon.

-Lacey

Ugh, last night I ran up to Walgreen's to get some tylenol for a stupidly long-lasting headache I was nursing. How in the world there was no tylenol in my house, I don't know? When I got out of my car there was a guy who was walking to his car that was parked across the parking lot from me. I felt(and saw) him look me up and down and so I walked a little quicker to get inside. Ick, gross... but whatever, I went about my business. I found the meds and mosied back to my car(not even remembering the whole oggling that had just happened). Well, low and behold, he was lurking on a bench outside of the door. When I realized it, I made sure to keep my glance as far from him as possible. Then came the cat calls. Gahhh, seriously? Do you know the last time, "Come on sexy, have a seat right here."(while patting his lap) worked? No, not a year ago.(I'm concerned about why you would assume that about me, though.) The answer is NEVER! N.E.V.E.R. Why do creepers bother? Did he really think I might come and sit on his lap?

Annnnnyyyyway, I continued walking(very briskly now) when all of the sudden Lurky McLurkenstein gets up off the bench and starts following me to my car! Aghhh! I was so scared. He said, "Girl, don't you walk away from me.", as I was hauling ass to my car. I ran and jumped in and got the hell out of there. I thought about calling the cops, but i didn't actually get a good look at the guy. I came home and was a bit shaken up over the whole thing. I wondered what might have happened if I hadn't felt him coming towards me. I'm not a big, strong girl. I don't know much about defending myself, besides to kick him where it hurts and claw out his eyes. But FOR SURE, I'm weaker than him. I would have been helpless. Who knows?

On the way home, I thanked God that nothing happened to me. I then cursed and wished death on Lurky McLurkenstein. Ergh, what a creeper. I followed up wishing death on him by saying a prayer for him too! Lord knows that guy needs it. NOT that I think my prayer is going to help him out any... but, whatever.

Tomorrow I'm going to invest in a pepper spray keychain. Where might I find one of those?

Have you guys had a run-in with a creeper?

Crystal Dared Me...

(Scroll for Fashion Friday!)

Good Morning, lovelies. I'm here first thing this morning to accept a dare brought on by Crystal from Little Bit Funky. So, here goes!

Un-edited.

Freckles.

No concealing.

No gloss.

No tricks of the trade.

Just me.

Pure.

Simple.

The way God and my Mama made me.

Honest.

(Uhm, though you can't tell... I do infact have on a top, y'all.)
You feeling brave, too? You should, you sexy thang, you!

By the way, Crystal is giving away one of her super cute pillows HERE! Go try your luck!

Time for me to crawl out of bed and begin creating something pretty :)
Have an amazing day!

De-Funk Your Fashion Friday: Just call her "Dorothy Gale"...

Nawww, it's Amy!from:

L: You're related to Judy Garland? My friend Molly would give her big toe to be able to claim that! What's your favorite Judy movie?
Yes, Judy Garland is my great Aunt! My favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz! I love the song, "Over the Rainbow", it just brings tears to my eyes.

L: Mine too!(I also love Judy in Meet Me in St. Louis!) Next question! You have 24 hours to yourself. What do you do?
I would sleep in until 10am, then head out for a mani/pedi. After, I would have lunch with a friend and go shopping. After shopping I would head home to read a good book and take a nap. Wake up for a Lobster dinner and some red wine, then go for a walk. I would end my day with a hot bath and a fun movie!

L: Well, that sounds just lovely! Your daughter's name is Alyce! I love that! :) What were your other thoughts as far as names went?
With my daughter I only had one name in mind and that was Alyce. We had to come up with a middle name and we came up with Jayne. The spelling was the difficult part! Like: Alice Jayne, Alyce Jane, or Alyce Jayne (which we ended up choosing). So no others names crossed my mind or my husband's! She was named after her great grandmother who passed away of ovarian cancer early in life.

L: That's a lovely tribute to your Grandmother. :) Such a classic name! Last question, Amy!

Pick one! Ice cream or Cocktail?
A hard question ice cream or a cocktail? It depends on the day. If it is way too hot outside I love to go to a mom and pop shop that has yummy cookie dough peanut butter in a waffle cone. But after a long day I may like a nice glass of red wine.

L: Well, that wasn't picking one at all, now was it? Haha! It's okay, that was probably the hardest question I asked. I loved chatting with you, Amy! I hope you like the outfit!

Of course it's Wizard of Oz inspired! Right down to the panties, my friend! I don't play around! I wanted to choose something that would be condusive to having that perfect 24 hours of "you time"! Here's hoping you get to have it soon!

P.S. Happy belated Birthday, girl! Hope it was perfection!

WW: Sneak Peaks

Wordful Wednesday:

Shop Update Prep

WG was asking when we're going to hang out again and I told him I felt like I needed to accomplish something business wise first. So, I worked allllll day long and am feeling pretty stinkin' good about it now!

(Remember, I can also personalize any of the fabric items with embroidery of your choice!)

Super sweet tea/kitchen towels!

Pillow covers and waffle weave baby blankets!
Old faithful... Cutie bibs!

I've been collecting items I see potential in for a while now and finally started rehabbing them today! I think you're really going to like them! :)
I love taking something old and making it new and fresh!

Look for it all in the shop soon!

If you want to call dibs, email me: lacey_inthesky(at)yahoo(dot)com

Weekend Wrap-Up

After hearing about my date on Wednesday, my friend R coaxed me into coming back up on Saturday to hang out with her and the guy she's dating. She and her guy know Wedding Guy,(that's how he got the dirt on me, so that he could come talk to me) and wanted to go have drinks and hang out altogether. I was down, because I had no plans for the weekend... and of course I wanted to spend time with all of them, especially wedding guy.(I swear I'm going to come up with an alias for him.) Thennn, when I was texting WG Thursday, he told me I should just come up Friday too to spend time with him. So, suddenly I was spending the entire weekend with WG! Whaaaat? Who am I?

It was lovely! We laugh and smile so much together, and everything just feels really natural. I feel like I've known him much longer than I have. Crazy, crazy! I was not looking for anything at that wedding but a good time, and well... here I am feeling like this. All girly and smiley, hanging on every moment we've spent together or speaking since we met. I've gotta tell ya', it doesn't suck. Not even a little... not at all. The weekend was full of snuggles, kisses, friends, laughter, drinks and goodness. Pure goodness.

I'm even happy in the morning now... you know there's something wrong with that!

I'm all...

Except I don't speak... Hungarian? Chinese? See how much I don't speak that language? I can't even label it.

Happy Monday, Dolls :)

Where you lead, I will follow... or not.

I was un-followed for the first time last week. I've seen other people talk about being un-followed before and how it almost stings. I never got it. I SO DO now. First of all, I thought... "Crap, did I say something to offend them?", then I thought, "Am I not loveable anymore?"(haha, completely true thought.) And THEN I remembered... it's totally normal for some people to just lose interest. That's fine. I suppose I've done it as well. There are a few blogs I just kind of slowly forgot about(some of the first I discovered). I hope they didn't get their feelings hurt, but it's natural. We come and go. We change or they change. It's OKAY.

There are some blogs that I am a faithful reader of who rarely come by here, and you know what? That's alright too! Maybe they're just not that into me? IT'S OKAY! I'm not offended by that. I try my very best to come around to everyone who takes the time to stop by here though. Not only have I been able to make friends with many of you this way, but I've found more great blogs through your pages. I think it's important to stop in and say hello. I feel like I know you, and some of you... I do! We may not be able to get together for dinner or drinks, we may not celebrate birthday's together, we may not send Christmas cards... but you are great friends. For that, I thank you. I think you're just lovely... I really, really do!

So, next time you're unfollowed... come back. Read this. Remember, it's totally normal. You know you've done it! Brush it off, because soon there will be someone else following. Someone else will like you. Someone will surely find you loveable! haha :)

(Also, I bet their are plenty of people(like me) who save blogs as a "favorite" on their comp. I do it b/c I don't like too many blogs in my google reader. Gives me a slight panic attack! haha. Plenty of you are "favorites", how ya' like them apples?)

For those of you who Follow...

For those of you who don't... that's okay too :) No hard feelings.

Rainbows, Butterflies & Giveaways

The date with Wedding Guy went great! :) My girls were texting me and checking in all night to hear how it was going... so cute. I also got two calls this morning to see how it went. I've got nothing but good things to say, people! Soooo yeah, it's all rainbows and butterflies for now. I still don't have a blog alias thought up for him yet... it'll come to me. I'm also not sure I'll be giving him the blog name or address... not any time soon anyway. It's kind of nice to be able to gab about him and him not know it! I don't know where this thing is going, if anywhere... so ya know, better to keep it to myself (& uhm, all of you?).

Summer is having a Heidi Klum & Cindy Crawford skin care giveaway over at her review site, The Haute Stuff. I love Summer, don't you? Go tell her which product line you are interested in & voile!, you're entered! (I chose the Heidi Klum one!) I'm a product whore, so I'm all about this giveaway!

Lola of Lola B's is giving away some odds and ends from her shop that she only has one of each of. She's filling two boxes to giveaway to two lucky ducks! I bet that stinkin' box will be so much fun to open and discover what's inside! Whatever is in there will be gorgeous, that's for sure.

Go on now my lovelies... enter, enter!

Tell Me Bout' The Good Ol' Days

Writer's Workshop:

Tell us about Grandpa

He's been there since the start, but he's not my biological Grandpa. I'd never have known or cared had I not been told. He called me "Lady". I'm told that's all he'd ever called me from the moment I came home from the hospital. I'm not sure I've ever heard him say my real name. I liked that about him. Paw Paw and I loved to sit on the swing and talk. He always sat to my right, and I would hop up on the swing and squeeze up next to him as close as I could get. We would talk and laugh and sometimes sing until my Grandma called us in for dinner. I loved him so much... still do. Though there was no blood between this man who meant so much to me and I, he was the Grandpa I had been given by God. To me, that was stronger than blood. I miss him everyday. When I close my eyes, I can still smell him. I can feel the flannel of his shirt, see his gorgeous smile and hear his deep country voice. It's all still with me.

He's still right here with me.

My Home Friend & The Date

I got to talk to my best friend for at least an hour tonight. Sometimes that's all I need to bring me back to me. Do you have a friend like that? I can hear her voice and it's like, Bam... I'm the girl I used to be. I'll sleep a little better and smile a little more after I talk to her. She's family to me. She feels like home. That's nice. I'm lucky to have that!

We caught up on the going-on's in one another's lives. She sent me a picture of the headboard she just re-did(You have no idea. I was like a proud Mom!) & I sent her a picture of the guy I met at the wedding. We are girls that way, ya know? I'm going to stop and see her on the way to hang out with the wedding guy this Wednesday. Eeek! I'm nervous! I'm not gonna go giving this guy a blog alias or anything just yet... I don't know him well enough! I wouldn't even know where to go with that! & I already got 2 emails asking me to post pics!(You guys are fast!) Haha! I can't do that yet. I'd have to pixel out his face!

Anyway, I'm nervous! Crawling out of a 5 year relationship and easing into dating is no piece of cake.

Advice? Thoughts?

I'm happy to see my bestie too! :) YAY! It's been too long again!

C's Wedding Weekend Memories

Well, I was so ready for it to be over & now I'm kind of sad it is! The wedding was SO much fun! I met a bunch of great people, danced and played after! My friend(the bride) looked PERFECT & was just so happy it brought tears to my eyes.

A few snapshots to help you picture it :)

Getting ready! This is always my favorite part of being a bridesmaid. The transformation from ordinary girl to bride!

I bonded with the groom's little sister! Isn't she precious?!

The Mr. & Mrs.

They like me! They REALLY like me!

My friends lovin' on me at the reception :)

Out after the festivities with my bf's!
(I didn't look this put together at the end of the night! haha)


All my Lovin'
Lace


Psssst! I forgot to mention... I kind of, sort of met a boy.
:)
Cliff hanger!

Just picture it sitting next to my coffee cup...

I bought the most beautiful book a few weeks ago. No, literally... best lookin' book you ever laid eyes on! It will make a perfect coffee table book(ya know, when I have a coffee table)! I wish I had bought a few more to give as gifts! Just look at this beauty...

I picked it up just because it was so intriguing to the eye. & I was shocked with what I saw when I flipped open the book and laid eyes on the pages.

You know how 'they' say "Never judge a book by it's cover"? Well, don't listen to 'them'! Do it! Totally judge this book by it's cover. Ahh, my kind of book.
The whole book is written this way! All artsy & dreamy. Makes me smile! There are even a few pages I'm thinking of framing!
Oh, did I mention how much I paid for this gem? $1!!!!

Know why? Because I got it from the Dollar Tree!
I was shocked and almost offended for the author of this book! I mean, YAY FOR ME for only having to pay a buck, but it's worth more! Run to your local Dollar Tree if you want one! It's also sold on Amazon, but for about 25 times the Dollar tree price.

It's a life story of sorts of Dorris Eaton. She is the last living star of the famous Ziegfeld Follies! Her life is just gorgeous. I love skimming the pages & pulling inspiration from the lovelies that are strewn about!

Amazon's right up:
Each page offers a wild mix of illustrations, doodles, photos and memorabilia from Eaton's archives, accompanied by handwritten text outlining her fascinating life, which comes across like something out of the musical Gypsy. Born in 1904 to a theatre-crazed Virginia family, Eaton was cast in New York's famous Follies at age 14, appeared in numerous silent films, worked for years as a dance instructor and earned her college degree at age 88. New York Times contributor Redniss's surrealist scrapbook approach is striking and unique, captivating readers by twining simple, evocative text with a stunning array of images, splaying words at all angles across the page; though this slows reading, the forced pace gives readers more opportunity to appreciate the book's charms.

Anonymous

Dear Anonymous Commenter,

Ya' know... I think about a lot of the people who take sweet time away from their busy days to stop by and drop a line. I'm so grateful & genuinely shocked that people care about what I'M saying here. Little ol' ME?! No way. It's nuts to say the least. Blogging is wacky that way. But YOU? I think about you far longer than the others. With the others I can just click a picture and learn all about them! Sometimes I make up stories in my head about who you are. Sometimes I know you... sometimes I don't. Sometimes you're famous... sometimes you're my Grandma. Alright, you're never my Grandma. I know she can't use the computer, because she calls me to look up the obituaries for her.(Getting older is sad. The obituaries suddenly become an outline for your social calendar. Ech, I digress.) Anyway, I wanted to thank you. Thanks for coming by here, even though you clearly don't have a blog yourself. That's dedication, my anonymous friend. That's dedication.

Comment of the Day: "You are so welcome, you hot sexy beast, you." - Anonymous

Oh Anonymous, you flatter me ;) (Haha, it's probabaly someone I know really well!)

And that's why I don't do the Funky Chicken anymore.

Wanna know some RANDOMNESS about Yours Truly?

Awesome.

Let's do this thing.

LA from Freckled Nest did this a while back & I snatched it from her!

WARNING: This post contains photos of myself with no makeup, sleepy as, well... just really sleepy, and wonky hair! I must really like you guys to let you see me lookin like this! AND let me just tell you, this isn't as bad as it gets(Right, Lu? Shut up Lu, tell me I'm pretty and that you love my hair.)! If I don't lose a bunch of followers after today, then I'll know you folks weren't stickin' around for my good looks! haha ;)

Outside My Window

darkness. trees. dog barking.

I Am Thinking

I need to take some medicine. I'm hungry. I wish I were sleeping. I wish everything were my kind of perfect.

I Am Thankful

for baby kisses. for the love of my Mom. for my beautiful friends. for God's grace. for my amazing family.

From The Kitchen

I can see my mess of a bedroom.

I Am Wearing

jeans. bright blue tank. white bandeau. turquoise & pink undies. turquoise bra. stud earrings. pink polish. 'so pink' body spray.

I Am Creating

a rehearsal bouquet.

I Am Going

to try to sleep soon. try being the operative word.

Around The House

my sewing table open. dresses strewn about. my to do list. baby toys.

One Of My Favorite Things

my nieces and nephew

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week

in my friend's wedding this weekend. thursday- saturday is consumed with wedding activities. sleeping on sunday.

The bouquet came out really cute! :) I know they are supposed to be ugly and tacky, but I just couldn't stand to make it too ugly and tacky! Looky! You can also see that I'm wearing just what I said I was up there. I'm no liar, my friend. If I were, I would have said I was wearing something way more fabulous! Oh, and excuse my pieces of bang being goofy. The fan rotated right onto me as I snapped the picture!

Eek! I look sleepy(and slighly smashed)! 4am and no makeup will do that to a person.

It's night-night time for me!

Be Cool My Babies :)

((Uhm, I'm sorry. Did you for some reason think this post was going to explain why I no longer do the Funky Chicken? Where'd you get an idea like that? Psh, weirdo.))

Let's talk about my fab new look, shall we?

No, I didn't go blonde.
I didn't lose an extreme amount of weight(dammit).
Nope, I didn't chop my hair into a trendy bob.
I didn't get a glamorous new dress.(I should though, right? Good, I think so too!)
I got a lovely new header from the amazing shop Jacq and Mal on my very favorite website of all time... ETSY! :)

Here was my before:

(which I really do love, but it's pre-fab & plenty of people have it!)

and here's the New & Improved(as seen above):

The owner, Brianna, was so easy to work with! She listens to what you're looking for & then prepares a first draft for you. My first draft looked nothing like my final(which happened to be my 2nd draft)! I didn't have a clue what I wanted when I first contacted her, and when I saw what she created, it's like it popped into my head EXACTLY what I wanted. She did an amazing job & was super quick!

(That's the first draft! I liked it, but knew I needed a little more funk. A little more cutesie!)

Here are some of Jacq & Mal's other creations

Eek! Perfectly cute with the font turning into string :)
Rawr. I love this one! It reminds me of my etsy banner with the skyline! I actually think I may get her to create me a new Etsy banner soon!
The simplicity of this one is perfection. Look at the little pup poking his head up at the bottom! :)



Oh & you know what else is fabulous about this shop? The prices!
I paid less for my new header than I did for my smoothie yesterday morning!

Go visit Jacq and Mal and get yourself somethin' fancy and new!
I promise, it'll make you feel as pretty as a new dress!

Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

I must have just known today would be no good somehow.

These may have been the tip-offs.


I don't know why this kid is holding his crotch. Seems a little inappropriate to me.

1. I didn't sleep at all. NOT. ONE. WINK.
2. I've just been having a bad week. I don't want to talk about it. No, not even to you(sorry). What's the point, really?
3. I got out of bed(from my long laying sesh)and threw on some clothes. I didn't bother with that whole 'make yourself look decent and put on some makeup so you look alive' thing. NOPE.
4. I got hit on by the guy making my smoothie. (He looked like Shemar Moore(yeah, I had to google that)from some soap back in the day. Apparently he's on Criminal Minds now... oh yeah, and he works at my local Smoothie King. Duh.) Anyway, I walk into SK and he begins walking to the spot to take my order. There's some song on that I've never heard about "making love" and he's singing it loud enough for me to hear. Clever, right? Then he decides we're going to have a conversation. AWESOME, Shemar... awesome.

Shemar: What are you up to this morning?

Me: Being tired.

Shemar: Why?

Me: Didn't sleep.

Shemar: Aww, insomnia? out drinkin'? male problems?

Me:(at this point I thought about saying I liked women, but then thought he might be into that.) Uhm, just couldn't sleep. Just wasn't happenin' for me.

Shemar: I see. Well that's ashame. Why aren't you sleeping now then?

Me: Work. It happens.

Shemar: Oh what do you do?

blah, blah, blah...

Ergh. Why can't I just be a HUGE bitch to strange boys. He asked for my number so we could "network", and by "network" I'm pretty sure he meant "make love". Ended up giving the guy my card so he would stop asking questions, and now i'm going to have to dodge any unrecognizable numbers. Honestly, be a bitch, Lacey.)

5. I'm psychic.

6. I pull into work and the lights are on. The open sign is up. I'm all, "hrmm, maybe I'm not supposed to be here! YES! I can just go home!" (I was excited about the prospect of going home because a)I haven't slept, remember? KEEP UP, sheesh! and b)Doll Face is at my house today & she was giving me some serious baby kisses before I left. I could use 100 more.) So I run in to check my schedule & sure enough, I'm not on for today. The owner comes up to the front to talk to me and says, "Oh good! Since you came in, I'll just take you off another day and go run my errands today." BOOOO. Why the H couldn't I have just called when I saw the lights on? Gahh.

7. It's cloudy and rainy and both of my umbrellas? Yeah, they're on my bedroom floor.

8. I'm pretty freakin' sure my leg is haunted or falling off or something.

(One 0f those numbers is a complete and utter lie, and I'm ashamed to say it's not #8)

::Sigh::

Life can just suck it today.

I'm sitting here avoiding sewing of any kind and watching The O.C. on Hulu.

God Bless Hulu.

Now, if only I had a bed...

To end this moment of Blitching (blog bitching) I'd like to just say that I really am grateful to God that I am alive to live days that seem pointless like this. I have moments when I feel sorry for myself for stupid(and some not so stupid)reasons, but I do see through it all. I am so grateful for this life, for this day, for this rain, for the guy in the smoothie shop thinking I look good enough to hit on, for my haunted leg, for those morning baby kisses, for it all. I'm thankful. I'm alive, and that means...I'M OKAY. Things could be SO much worse. This is nothin'.

Covers that make me shiiiiver!

I know covers are supposed to keep you warm, but these just give me the chills! Check 'em out. I usually listen to covers people post on Youtube when I'm doing my creating! Here are a few I've set aside to share with you!

This chick is adorable(look at those dimples!) & she sings like an angel!(& apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so, because she got herself a record deal from singing on Youtube.) I love this song too...

You're going to believe every word this girl is saying. She sings emotions well... love that!

This one was on CrossRoads a while back. I'm not usually a CMT viewer, but when I was flipping through channels, I heard it and it caught my attention. I think I might have even teared up! It's just a gorgeous song! The original singer(Bryan Adams - I used to have the biggest crush on him when I was little!) sings on the song along with Jason Aldean, so i guess it's not a full out cover, but whatever... roll with me, won't you?


& Here's the same song by this talented little lady! Her voice is lovely. She could sing the phonebook well, I'm sure. It's funny how hearing a song sung by the opposite sex can really change it up, right?

What about you? Any good covers(or songs you love, in general) to share?

Have a good Monday!

I'm going to try to pay attention to my blog a little more this week! My blog vacation was good for me & now I have lots of things I want to yap in your ear(eyes? haha!)about! However, I'm in my friend's wedding this weekend and have some pre-wedding events to attend near the end of the week... sooooo, we'll see!

I Heart Y'all. I really, really do.