Friday Favorites: Ole Miss Edition

Friday again??!!! This week flew by and i’m not mad about it. Here are some FAVORITES again just like every Friday with Andrea, Erika, and Narci.

Y’all. Although this week flew by it has also been crazy. I was in the car for 11 hours on Monday, had my classes on Tuesday with an assignment assigned in each one, worked all day on Wednesday, and yesterday went to class and packed because i’m going to see my FAVORITE pie lovin’ guy today!!!!! And it’s his birthday! Guess what we will be celebrating with?

vvvv

G is 95 and nine-eleven is 14. It’s a bittersweet day today.

Follow me on Instagram because i’m sure there will be a cute picture of gramps and me somewhere 😉

Speaking of cute pictures, I don’t think I mentioned it on the blog but a couple weekends ago my FAVORITE married couple friends had a gender reveal and found out they are having a BOY!!!! Yay! He will be here in March!!

And speaking of boy, Monday night I got back from a Labor Day weekend at Ole Miss where one of my FAVORITE boys goes to school…(my bestie’s boyfriend.)

Thursday night I dove to Fayetteville after class to stay with Emily for the night.

But before I left I had to send her a picture of the tickets so she knew I didn’t forget them, like she didn’t trust me or something?! 😉

Bright and early Friday morning, Em and I stopped at Starbucks and she wasn’t as excited as me…obviously.

It’s so weird to me that we go through Tennessee to get to Mississippi, but I made Em take a picture because I love these pictures and I don’t know why!

Friday we hung out, went to dinner, and went bowling afterwards.

Saturday morning Ole Miss people are crazy and woke up at 5:30 IN THE MORNING to start tailgating for their game. I sucked at taking pictures this weekend. I blame it on the fact that I was just trying to soak it all in and not be on my phone. But this is pretty much what every corner looked like.

I love my best friend.

Even when she takes selfies on my phone…

Aren’t Tyler and Emily the cutest??? They are my FAVORITE people. MOVE HOME, FRIENDS!!!!

We walked to the game like an hour early (I’m still convinced Ole Miss people are crazy) and their stadium was pretty full.

Not in this picture, but it was!

Saturday night we went out to the bars and it was Em and I

and Tyler and Christian because when i’m around I don’t allow Tyler to have a girlfriend so he has to come up with his next best option. #byefelicia

Sunday I didn’t take any pictures (did I mention that I REALLY sucked at my picture taking) but Monday morning came and it was on the road to Arkansas we went.

And found some interesting people along the way.

As soon as we got to Fayetteville I got back in my car to drive home. I was exhausted by the time I got home that as soon as I ate, I laid in my bed and opened my phone to turn on Netflix or something. I don’t remember falling asleep, but  I woke up the next morning with my screen still unlocked and nothing pulled up. #thestruggle

I have to say…I now know why Ole Miss peeps love their school so much. They have A LOT of fun! Their tailgating was nothing like what i’ve seen before either and their campus really is pretty. Love my friends and i’m so glad I got to see them this past weekend.

By the time you’re reading this i’m probably in the car from the Iowa airport headed to see my FAVORITE person. Let’s do this, weekend!!!

Accidental 3 Day Weekend: Part 2

Today i’m finishing up my recap of the best weekend. Part 1 is here. Don’t miss out, I know you’ll regret it!! 😉

Reeeewind back to Saturday afternoon. After I got my hair done I met up with Emily and Tyler. They were eating (of course) and then we went to run errands for her dad. Saturday selfie at Walmart curtain shopping. I know….BAD TO THE BONE.

 One of our holiday breaks freshman year of college, Emily’s mom made us mudslides. And ever since then i’ve craved one every time I see her. We’ve been talking for years, literal years we’re seniors, about making mudslides again. So we finally made it to the liquor store to buy the mudslide mix after getting our ice-cream at Wally World.

We obviously need to go to alcohol school or whatever because it was absolutely disgusting!!!!! And guess what? Mudslide mix has cream in it. And guess what? People who are allergic to lactose will get sick when they are stupid enough not to realize mudslide mix has cream…..

Finally after a little while I was feeling better and Emily was craving food from Bucca di Beppo…so we went and got some food. Look at my dates? So cute, so cute.

After we got back to Emily’s, Tyler and I left. Sunday morning came fast when I was awaken mid-dream to the standard iPhone alarm for Sunday School with my favorite little 4 and 5 year olds. Goodness, these kiddos are just so sweet!! One little girl always comes up to me to tell me that her mom and I have the name. And we spell it the same way!!! #twins

After my Sunday school session was over I rushed home, grabbed some food, changed, and got ready to leave for the Red Sox/Rangers game in Arlington with my 3 favorite guys. Dad and the brothers.

We got there about 40 minutes early and as soon as we sat in our seats we got back up to grab some food and some drinks. When in Rome…

It’s impossible to get boys to take pictures. Scratch that, it’s impossible to get Middleton boys to take pictures with you. But I told them since this was their birthday present from me they had to take a picture.

Now the absolute best part! Have y’all ever met your hero? Whoever that may be to you. Someone you look up to. Someone you want to be like. Well, at the game on Sunday I was randomly looking around and saw a man in a green shirt walking down the aisle a section over from us. I thought he looked familiar and then it hit me! That’s Mr. Lowe…I awkwardly stalked watched him walk down the rest of the stairs and saw him hand something to Shay. Yes, like Mix and Match Mama Shay!! On the exact same row. Just one section over. I know. I had a mini freak out session with myself. The brothers wouldn’t understand, so I had to freak out by myself. I kept going back and forth about whether or not I should go over there, what I would say, etc. etc. I knew that if I didn’t, I would regret it later on. I couldn’t even tell you what I said I was so nervous to be meeting her, but I can tell you I just adore her even more than I did before. And her dad! I’m pretty sure he complimented my shirt (I knew I liked them!)…but again I couldn’t tell you the conversation that we had. Ha! I asked Shay if we could snap a picture and then let her be to enjoy her daddy/daughter time while I went back to hang out with my dad. It’s so cool that we both really relish that special time with our dads and the Red Sox. I live in the town over from her, so I had always hoped one day I would finally get to meet her. And how perfect that it happened to be at the Red Sox/Rangers game?!

Here’s the picture that I made the boys promise me I could have for taking them to the game as their early birthday presents 😉

We love us some Dustin Pedroia! And seats right behind home plate (that also gave us access to a suite!)

It’s was so hot outside – thankfully and unfortunately. I knew I would get some sun, but the tops of our legs started burning so I had to put my feet up for a little bit.

We had to leave at the top of the 9th to get home. Which of course was right before Hamilton’s hit that cost the Sox the game. It’s ’cause we left of course. But they were handing out free Coca-Cola, so the brothers were allllllll about it.

We walked into the house at 5:45, Morgan’s baccalaureate started at 6:00, and I smelled. Mom sent us this picture beforehand and told us to start shedding a tear already.

I changed quickly and made it only 10 minutes late to Morgan’s thing. I think Baccalaureate is only something we do in our area – I might be mistaken – but essentially all of the graduates are linked to a long ribbon where we each have a rose. As we walk up onto the stage we cut in between our rose and the person’s behind us to signify us breaking off and leaving each other to venture out on our own. They announce where each student is going to college and their future plans. Baccalaureate is just a religious ceremony that we’ve had since I can remember.

Afterwards the parents and their girls got a picture. The brothers didn’t have to come…brats!

And basically i’m her paparazzi. “Molly, come take this picture!”

My mom snapped this picture and I just think it signifies our relationship. I’m always wanting to be around her and hang out and she’s like nope, I want nothing to do with you. That’s okay…I know she’ll love me next year when she starts missing home 😉

Ugh – 2 1/2 years younger, but she gets to be taller.

Momma and her girls.

Morgan graduates Friday night, and to be honest i’m still in shock that it’s actually happening. Not that I didn’t think she couldn’t do it but because it just means we’re all getting older. I look back now and it feels like I was just the one walking across the stage in the blue gown. But in that time it took forever for me to make it this far. High school to college is a huge transition, but I have no doubt this one will rock the real world. Don’t worry you’ll be hearing more about her next week when I recap her ceremony…..no tears yet!!

Accidental 3 Day Weekend: Part 1

There’s truly nothing better than a good weekend. And this past weekend was just that, but possibly better than good…like greeeeaaatttt! You ready to hear all about it?!?! It’s so much good it’s going to be broken up into two different posts. I KNOW! And so much good I probably look like this guy right now!

Well, if you’ve been reading this blog you know that I work Monday, Wednesday, Fridays. This week, Morgan had a senior event Friday morning, so I asked my boss if we could switch around my days and i’d go in Thursday instead of Friday…so I did. Therefore, Friday morning was spent celebrating my baby sister becoming my not so baby sister anymore.

At Senior Day they announce each student with the grade they came into our school district. Once that class is out they share “remember whens” and it’s the next grade level’s turn. Morgan was one of the first ones to go…we’ve been here since I was in Kindergarten. Then there is a talent portion and a video that’s played asking the seniors what they will miss when they graduate.

I paid more attention to trying to snap a picture of her then seeing her walk across the stage. Electronics….

There she is. She’s real, people! Super proud to be her big sister. And just a forewarning there will be more Morgan pics coming up this next week 😉

It was a lot longer than I remember, so Emily and I sent selfies back and forth to each other during the ceremony. And realized we had the same arm candy on….like true best friends or what?!

Emily and I have been best friends since middle school, and Morgan and JP (Em’s little brother) have been best friends since probably Emily and I were. We’ve been known to all hang out together. No shame! Em and I are still wondering how this was us THREE YEARS AGO….

Proud of my girl!!!

And I love, love this girl!! So glad she and I can feel old together as our younger siblings walk across the stage Friday night.

Morgan and her best friend Savanna snapped a picture, too.

And then mom called in the reinforcements…aka me…to help her run errands. She gets sidetracked when i’m not around. But mostly, we just finished up last minute graduation party details.

We got home and I immediately got ready for my friend Valley‘s bachelorette party in Dallas Friday night. We got down to Dallas just in time for dinner, so we ordered us a nice sized glass of wine!!

I shared the salmon and smashed potatoes from Bob’s Steakhouse with my friend. And it comes with a giant honey glazed carrot on every dish. I know what you’re thinking…we all were too 😉

After dinner we all headed up to the hotel room for her lingerie party. This was our view looking at Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas. SO pretty!

We were at the Omni Hotel 🙂

We all sipped on some champagne while we came up with crazy names for all her lingerie.

Most gorgeous bachelorette I ever saw!!!!!!!!!!

They’re going to make a menu of the names we came up with for her lingerie for Valley’s husband to “choose from” during their honeymoon. They’re going to Maui…no big deal. You hate her too? Join the club.

I grabbed a pic with this beauty before we all headed downstairs to go out on the town.

And because candid’s are my favorite. And I love the way i’m looking at her. We should just be getting married or something because this is what #truelove looks like.

Vals and all of her high school friends that were at her Bachelorette party!

And before they all left I had to get one more picture.

The girls that I rode down with had to leave early, so I left with them. I got home and was craving popcorn. I made this bowl, poured some butter on top, and devoured the entire thing. And all was right in the world last Friday night!

Saturday morning my aunt flew in from Houston for Morgie’s graduation. We went and picked her up and using our good hostess manners, we treated her to a “welcome back” Starbucks.

I then spent the rest of the morning (2 hours) attempting to figure out Pinterest what I was going to do with my hair because I had an appointment at 1:30….1:30 rolled around, I still had no idea what I was going to do with it so I told my girl she could work her magic and this is where I ended up. All the emotions at one time!

I came home to brat 1 and brat 2 napping in my bed. Hello, who invited you two?!

….so make sure you come back and read the rest of my weekend, it involves new hair, LOTS of good stuff, and these two….

I know! You’re probably as excited as they look!!!

Happy Monday!

Memorial Day Weekend

I said I wasn’t going to post today, yet here I am. Lucky you 😉

Let’s recap the great three-day weekend we just had! Friday I left work about an hour early because pretty much everyone was gone for the holiday weekend. I came home and did my work-out. Our family didn’t really have plans, so my dad and brothers decided to go to our high school’s baseball team playoff game. And I tagged along. Our high school’s team went pretty far, but ended up losing this game. I. Miss. High School. Baseball. My brother played on the JV team this year. Can’t wait to watch him at the Varsity level next season!

Ry wouldn’t take a selfie with me, so I had to take this. Just 3 Middletons watching our favorite sport.

Saturday morning I woke up and was craving pancakes. Stop it, I know what you’re thinking! They’re not burned they’re just gluten free, okay?!

And then sat at the kitchen table drinking coffee and blogging the rest of the morning while it was raining because….so relaxing!

And then I went to Em‘s house Saturday night to watch a movie with her, Tyler, and her dad for his birthday. He made us watch Something About Mary (I think that’s what it’s called) and it was aaaawwwfffuuuullllllllll. Haha! Tyler, Emily, and I hated it!

So after the movie was over, Tyler and I went home and crashed. Sunday morning brought the normal Yoga and Church. Plus I added a lunch date with Reeana at Dickey’s – aka our restaurant. In high school we went here every single Sunday pretty much after Church with her parents. I was basically her adopted sister. (Sorry about the mid-talking pic of you, Ree!)

I came home to see mom made the siblings homemade cheesey pizza, LIKE WHAT?! This looks straight out of a restaurant, I was so impressed with her. Not to mention it smelled delicious and was full of gluten and lactose so I couldn’t have a bite.

At lunch Reeana asked if I wanted to go hiking. I was just thinking the other day how I wanted to go hiking, so I said for sure let’s go! She came and picked me up and we went about 45 minutes away to what was suppose to be a beautiful trail to hike.

As soon as we got there they told us everything was closed off because of flooding. Seriously, Texas, seriously? We were super upset we drove out there to not be able to see anything, so we went driving around near that site and saw a bunch of cars parked on the side of the road. Naturally we stopped and got out to see that there were a lot of people lined up fishing. We decided it would be brilliant to make our own trail and hike up the hill next to where all these people were.

And it was…until I started taking on water with soaking wet shoes and socks. Thank you, flooding! And even after putting on bug spray I ended up with a ton of bug bites all over my legs! But it was fun getting to talk to and spend time with this girl. We live so close to each other, but still don’t get to see each other that much thanks to big kid jobs and her studying for the LSAT.

The view was still pretty despite the long grass we went trekking through. Could you imagine what life would be like had God not given us trails, and greenery, and rain, and friends, and on and on an on? Sometimes I have those moments where i’m sitting there thinking “Wow how awesome of a Creator we have to give us all of this!”.

She throws up this sign and I still am friends with her. I don’t know – I ask myself why all the time 😉 #hornsdown

I love being outdoors. We have plans to come again and go on the normal trail when it opens. IF IT EVER STOPS RAINING IN TEXAS!

I got home Sunday night and showered and we had dinner as a family. Morgan said she was going with JP somewhere (Emily’s brother) so I said okay i’m coming and tagged along with them because #whatelseisagirltodo and we ended up going back to Emily’s house with them and watching another awful movie. Haha!

That they picked out. Never again.

Yesterday was Emily and JP’s dad’s birthday so we planned to go to Top Golf, but it was super busy. So we drove to Dallas, got lunch, Morgan and I went shopping, the two of us worked out together, had dinner, and now i’m here blogging. And that was my weekend. And now you’re caught up. Aren’t you glad??? Me too!

Now it’s back to work today. Sigh. Long weekends with good friends and family are too fun 😦

Weekend Recap: My Friends Are HERE!

My people are back and i’m happy and therefore this monday morning is happy whether i’m completely exhausted or not. The completely exhausted is a huge understatement this morning.

If you didn’t read about last week check out Friday’s favorites here to catch yourself up and figure out who these people are. I don’t want you to be lost, k? K.

I’m pretty sure I caught you up through Thursday. But I found this creeper picture I took of my sister and her teammate at her scholarship night…what! When did she get old?!

So on to the weekend! Friday night Christian (Tyler’s roommate) wanted to go to a “honky tonk” while he was in Texas. We attempted to go to what we thought would be a Texas honky tonk because even though we are from Texas i’m pretty sure Tyler, Emily and I had no idea what that was! It ended up being awful. We drove an hour there to figure out it was only a bunch of older people. We were so out of place haha. None of us had been there before so we definitely were not expecting that. We sat in a bunch of traffic on the way back thanks to an accident but when we got back to our town we went bowling.

Emily was mad Tyler wore the Texas shirt, but I loved it. Rock it, boy.

Saturday morning Em’s dad made us his famous pancakes. And we all scarfed them down. These are the best pancakes you’ll ever eat in your life. Just look at the butter and you’ll understand!

We drove down to Arlington around 3 on Saturday planning to get there a couple hours early to eat, tailgate, and get to the concert by 7:30. Welllllllllllll as we all know, plans majority of the time fall through. We were stopped at a tire store after the girl driving realized there was a nail in her tire when Tyler’s sister looked down at the ticket and noticed it said the concert started at 5:00. AND IT WAS 4:52. We sped there and Em missed Cole Swindell. Basically the only reason she wanted to go. Naturally to cure our blues we got huge margaritas.

 

Yum, right?

Em took this panoramic of Cowboys’. There you go, out of towners. Cowboys stadium!

The boys wanted to wear their cowboy hats for who knows what reason.

I love my best friend.

Apparently Em thought it was necessary to take pictures of Christian and I walking, so I shall bless you with them as well. I mean, it was part of the weekend I guess. Cowboys stadium is huge so there was a lot of walking.

Even though we were there to watch some of the biggest names in country music, our best entertainment came from this couple sitting next to Christian and I. They were arguing, she took off his wedding ring and threw it in the stadium (?!?!?!?!), he then took off hers, was gone for a couple hours, and came back at the end of the concert and they left together. It was so weird, yet so entertaining. While there was also a couple in front of us fighting.

 

#namethatmovie

Sunday morning we got up and met Tyler’s parents for breakfast before taking Christian to the airport. While sitting at breakfast we realized that Tyler forgot his own dad’s birthday…………….

………….

Who does that, right? Tyler does that.

So after we dropped off Christian, we went to the store and picked up a card and cake for Tyler’s dad.

And then I came home yesterday afternoon and spent the day with the fam. I loved this weekend. It’s so fun having friends around again. NOW TELL ME: WAS YOUR WEEKEND FABULOUS TOO?

Em Turned 21!

This past Saturday, the 7th my very best girl turned 21. You know her, right? You’ve seen her around the blog a couple times. I love Emily and her friendship (it’s the kind that ya never want to let go of) and i’m so happy she’s finally 21!!!! I wish I could’ve gone to Fayetteville this weekend to her, but I couldn’t make it.

(If this isn’t our first picture together, it’s close to it.) We made these shirts for spirit wear our freshman year of high school.

This was our little high school crew. Junior year seems so long ago.

We joined a dodgeball team randomly with our boyfriends and their friends and we were called “Balls ‘n dolls”. We made these shirts one night and I guess after work decided to do face masks together. She and I used to wash each other’s hair! Hahaha

Our sophomore year we went after school one day to turn in applications to work at a restaurant, and we walked out with a job that day. We worked there together until she got fired (hahahah) and I recently stopped because of my new job. Best friends shouldn’t work together. And they’d purposely try not to schedule us where we would be together because things like this happen 😉

We went through probably two random “seasons” in high school where we didn’t talk to one another. I think it was over stupid high school girly drama, but this was our senior homecoming. My boyfriend of 3 years and I had just broken up and I was planning to sit at home on senior homecoming and she said “NO you’re not” and had me come with her group that year. She did my hair and forced me to come out. Because she’s a good friend like that.

We were basically attached at the hip all the way through high school, I have some of my best memories with this girl. There were times we were both competitive with each other. We could both admit that, but after being snappy and having intense conversations we were ready to be around each other again! Kind of like a marriage haha.

We dated guys who were friends (a couple times) so that we could all hang out and sonic was the hang out. There was a story after this picture, but i’ll spare you 😉

We didn’t go to prom in the same group, but we did meet up to get a picture at the dance.

And we hung out after baccalaureate with Tyler (her ex boyfriend at the time, but current boyfriend now!) and it was SUPER AWKWARD!!!!

The summer after we graduated we went off to our different schools and talked for a while.

She came to Norman in the fall to visit me for a weekend. And it was so much fun being reunited with someone I was familiar with. We both pledged Pi Phi and became friends on a whole new level. We were sisters!

And then I went to Fayetteville that spring to surprise her for her 19th birthday. And she cried. Because she’s the crier in this relationship friendship. It was so fun.

And we hung out a couple times that first semester when we each came home for breaks. And I give her credit for always wanting to hang out even when I couldn’t sometimes.

I only saw her a handful of times when I was going through that weird time at OU, but every time she comes home now we see each other and I truly miss her. A LOT. It stinks not having your best friend close to you to do things with or randomly say “i’m coming over”. Or having sleepovers and pillow fights. Kidding, we didn’t do that.

        I love you, Ems. Thanks for your constant friendship even when I was a brat, and mean, and whatever else high school girls are. I always have fun with you no matter what we’re doing and you make me laugh until my abdomen hurts. You’re my better half (don’t tell my future husband) And I couldn’t ask for anything else in a best friend. NOW GET HOME AND LET’S GO TO KENNY CHESNY AND DRINK A BEER ALREADY!! XOXOXOXO

…when you don’t know what to ask for.

Go here first if you missed the beginning of my title’s sentence because then you will be lost. And I don’t want you to be lost, okay???

When you’re 21 it’s hard to know what you actually want for your birthday. You have pretty much anything you could want. Except for your tuition paid for. And those of you that do, can you send me money? Haha I’ll take it in any form. Let’s get to the other 10 things from Emily’s magical list.

12. The summer scarf

Y’all know if it’s anything scarf related, i’m all in. ALL IN! So, this summer i’m probably going to be wearing scarves in my pictures. As for spring and summer I want something light-weight and colorful to bring out an outfit. I thought this would be a perfect one because it’s full of color and everybody loves them some chevron.

However, this one below is all me. Yellow, stripes, and that crinkle is faaaantaaasstic. Be right back, headed to Target.

13. Anything mint or pink color.

Now this spring…the new thing is bold colors. I’ve still seen a lot of black around…but I like bold colors for spring and summer! It makes everything more happy 🙂 Besides, wearing bold colors makes you look more tan 😉 But especially mint and bright pink. It’s everywhere! Look around next time and i’m sure you’ll see it somewhere. I went to the homepage for women’s fashion on Pinterest…and all of these pictures came from there. But seriously, these girls look AMAZING. And now I officially wish it was Spring/Summer.

14. Nail Polish

Nooooowwww i’m speaking girlfriend’s love language. Emily is all things nail polish. When we were in high school i’d go over to her house and for some reason can remember her always painting her nails. And the good thing is that you can never have too many colors!!!

15. Duh

16. Vests

We’re total vest people around here.

White (sweater vest option for $8!) – Pink (can’t find it) – Grey

This moto vest is going to be really popular. I’m feeling it.

17. Slippers

Other than the sheer fact that slippers are the bomb. I take some to work with me and throw them on when my heels are hurting my feet. At Oklahoma I always wore them everywhere. Outside. I didn’t care.

First option  $7.48 – Second option $13.99  – Third option $13.99

18. Something personal to you.

For my birthday, I told my dad that on my bucket list was going to all of the MLB stadiums. (I thought of it after I wrote my list) So….he got me Red Sox tickets for a weekend in Boston with him this coming Spring. Loved that gift!

19. Expensive things!

I know I always tell you this, but I always ask for expensive things for gifts that I don’t want to spend my own money on. Maybe it’s a concert? Hello Sam Hunt. Maybe it’s a new laptop? A new phone? A new bed? Haha whatever you want, you know you wouldn’t get on a normal occasion and you can’t figure out what else you need. Hey, and it could be just a trip for you and a friend somewhere…I don’t know?

20. A new watch

Maybe you’re finally wanting to splurge on a Michael Kors watch? Nows the time to get it 🙂 ‘Cause then you can get your arm party going with me!!! Because pracelets of any kind…send my way immediately. Also, some of Kate Spade’s watches are super cute and I think you should go to her site and check them out as well.

21. Gingham

Aren’t you sad we’re at our last one? I thought about saving the best one for last, but let’s be honest all of mine were the best ones….;)

I’m just telling you now…gingham is coming in. I’m about to order something as we speak because I love it so. Probably something like this shirt. If you don’t like this one or the other colors offered, be sure to check the next time you’re out and you’ll come back and want this one 🙂

Whew! Does everyone have an idea of what they want now??? Haha
If Emily doesn’t ask/get at least 3 of these things i’ll probably disown her. Kidding 🙂

What to ask for…

Mornin’! We have a winner, y’all!!!

Erica Gammon

Congrats, Erica! E-mail me at colorsoflifeblog@gmail.com to claim your gift card to Taralynn’s!

As for today’s post…do you ever have those moments when you don’t know what to ask for for your birthday? Well, Emily did the other day. Her 21st is coming up and she has no idea what she wants to ask for…girlfriend needed some help!  I love my friends. But I especially love when my friends ask me to do blog posts for them about fashion choices and things like that 🙂

As for me, I usually always ask for practical things. Home decor, home appliances, gas gift cards, the things I don’t necessarily want to spend my own money on. For example, Christmas 2013 was the month before I moved into my own apartment at OU and I knew I would need some appliances and dishes. And that’s all I got, it was great!

Today i’m bringing you: 21 things to ask for for your 21st birthday. 21 things is a lot so i’m going to break it up into 2 posts. Hopefully I can give someone ideas!

1. Jewelry

If you would have asked me this list a couple years ago, jewelry would never have made the cut. I was never into jewelry. In fact, I didn’t get my ears pierced until I was a junior in high school. But now this is going to be a lot of my list. I love bracelets. I love necklaces. And I love earrings. It adds an instant “pop” to any ol’ outfit.

Pink crystal – Indian Turquoise – Pink tassel

2. Rainboots

I love rainboots. Love ’em. You really only need one pair, but you want to make sure they are a good pair. Did you know you’re technically suppose to wear rain boots with shoes? But who does that? So I always want to make sure that the pair of rain boots I have are comfortable because I usually have them for a long time. This particular pair I got for Christmas from Santa, but i’ve found you a super close second. They are stripes and I have a feeling you’re going to be seeing a lot of stripes on me in the near future. It’s becoming my thang.

3. Coffee Giftcards

Most people don’t like giving gift cards. My aunt hates it, she just thinks it’s thoughtless. I understand that, but I LOVE GIFTCARDS. I like not having to spend money on the little things like groceries or coffee or food, you know. I’d rather use that money to splurge on something else every once in a while.

4. Work Clothes

For those of you working in corporate America where you’ve got to dress business casual on a day to day basis, this is ALWAYS something to ask for. Sometimes a good pair of pants can end up costing quite a bit.

5. Books

Emily is going to be upset when she sees this on my list haha she does not read. But it’s such a good gift in my opinion, especially when there’s something you want to read and you don’t have anything else to ask for. These are currently on my list to read.

6. Purses

This tote I think is super practical and super cute. Turn it one way for Spring and the other way for Winter. Some people aren’t all for yellow…but that is my color. There’s purple also.

7. Stella and Dot Bracelets

Stella and Dot has always been on my radar. The girls in my sorority would buy their arrow necklaces (Pi Phi) but when i’ve looked through the different products they had I saw this new one. If you’re more into bracelets this is a good option. I just really like the personalization option a lot. It makes it seem a lot more thoughtful.

 

This is a new part of Stella and Dot’s spring collection. I love, love this string on the bangle. Plus, I love bangles and layering bracelets. They have this bracelet in another color as well.

8. Stella and Dot Necklaces

Honestly, i’ve been dying to have this necklace for months now. I’m not quite sure why I haven’t just bought it yet…

I thought this would be a cute idea too. I definitely was skeptical about this idea at first of having your name on a necklace, but I see so many of these necklaces on people and decided I liked them. I think your anniversary date or just about anything else would be cute too. That’s the best part is you can personalize it however you want. With the matching bracelet from above! 😉

9. Stella and Dot Earrings

Sometimes I don’t feel like wearing dangle earrings, but I still want some color. And I thought these studs would be the perfect solution to that problem….like Candace Cameron Bure. Girl, rock that Stella and Dot!!

This pair of earrings is fab.u.lous. i’ve been dying to get these too, wow. I need to pick up my stella and dot shopping. These come in a espresso, turquoise, and aqua as well and I think any of the colors look amazing on.

10. Anything organization…

If you’re like me anything organization is the best thing to ask for. This Erin Condren notebook has not left my side all semester. I’m thinking of getting myself her planner next year.

11. Samoas

On a little bit more of the silly side…if I allowed myself, I could eat an entire box in one sitting. This is the best thing you will ever eat. And probably the best thing you could ever ask for 😉

I should have the other 10 up here tomorrow. So if you didn’t like today’s, hopefully I can do something for ya tomorrow 😉 Happy Wednesday!

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S&T: How you met your mate – 2 of my favorite stories

I’m excited for Andrea’s link-up today. One of my favorite things is hearing how people met…did they hate each other first? was one dating the other’s sibling? did they meet in middle school? were they best friends for a while? Oddly enough, i’ve heard all of those stories. I’m sure i’ll be doing some major blog hopping today.

 I had more people scheduled, but they didn’t get back to me, so today i’m just sharing two stories with you. Because i’m not in a relationship, I thought i’d have Emily and Reese post. I texted them on Sunday and told them the gist of what was going on today and they all agreed. So, let’s see how God put these different couples together….

Emily and Tyler

Tyler Tyler Tyler, where even to begin…

Freshman year biology I guess is where you could say it all began. Entering high school was a whole new world with so many new faces. Tyler and I were paired up to be lab partners and to be honest he never really had much to say, haha. He was quiet, kinda shy, and still hung out with the same group of kids he grew up with. I on the other hand was a little more outgoing, and was excited to be in the new environment of high school. As the year went on friendships began to grow and I noticed that Tyler and I started to have a lot of friends in common, we started talking more and more in class and feelings started to appear (at least on my end). It’s kind of a blur how things matured with us but before you know it Tyler and I were dating. We both brought different things to the relationship and fed off of each other’s energy when we were together. As the relationship continued I grew closer with his family and he with mine. It was only a couple moths into the relationship when Tyler told me he loved me, I can honestly say I had never had a boyfriend so this was a real curve ball and I worried we were moving too fast when in reality Tyler just knew from the beginning it was right.

Do you recognize the girl on the right??

Tyler was my best friend, we challenged each other academically, supported each other mentally, and shared the same values. Eventually our families became best friends as well and from then on we had family vacations every summer. Fast forward to two years into the relationship and the relationship was now very serious and intense, and that’s when the fear set in. At 16 I considered myself too young to be in such a serious relationship and I found myself questioning if Tyler was going to be my forever. Eventually these thoughts lead us to breaking up, I don’t think I had ever been so devastated… even though I felt as though it was important to experience new things I was scared that maybe I had made the wrong decision and I had lost him forever.

Senior homecoming. They were dating other people at this point.

Over the next two years of high school our feelings towards each other changed as we both dated other people and for a long time we had a mutual hatred of each other, we couldn’t even stand to be in the same room, but our families still loved our vacations, which continued while we were broken up. (I swear my parents thought it was funny) one summer after a huge fight that was it, Tyler and I completely cut ties.

One of their many family vacations.

Senior year rolled around and I found myself in the middle of my parent’s messy divorce, there were so many times I had wished that Tyler was there to help me through but he was in a serious relationship and we continued to grow apart. Before I knew it we were both walking across the stage at graduation. That fall I started my freshman year at the University of Arkansas while Tyler was at ole Miss. (6 hours apart)

Fast forward again to summer of 2014, our parents (who had remained friends) decided it was time to start up the family vacations again that had been neglected since the start of college. This was the first time Tyler and I had spent time together since the start of college and boy did it start out rough. We fought, bickered, and complained. One night we were outside talking (actually getting along) because I was upset over my mom’s new boyfriend, Tyler comforted me and for the first time in a long time I felt unconditional love. So here we are, Tyler and I are back together and yes distance is hard but he’s worth it in so many ways.

Tyler changed my life, he challenges me in every aspect of life and encourages me to be a better person. He is the dreamer to my doubt and has the biggest heart. After seven years I have learned every side to him and while it might not always be pretty, there is no one else I would want to share a life with. Our time apart matured our relationship and made us both realize how important we were to one another. I thank god every day that we found our way back. I love Tyler to death and cannot wait to see what the future holds for us.

Couldn’t you just cry?? The first thing I think of when I look at their relationship is that quote…”If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.” I love Tyler and Emily like they are part of my family. You two are my best friends and i’m happy you found your way back together! 🙂

Reese and Diana

This is their very first picture together.

I met her in our environmental science class. (I hate science). I saw her and I
thought she was soooo pretty! First thought right off the bat. I made small talk
but never anything big. Then I finally moved closer to her in class and then had
conversations with her. Always asked for a pen for two reasons. I actually
needed one and I wanted to talk to her. She always dressed up for me trying to
impress me but I never picked up on that (I know I’m a bright one). Then we had to do a group project and that’s how I got her number because the group exchanged numbers or else i don’t know when I would have. My first text I ever sent to her was “SNACKS!!!” because I always told her to bring snacks to class because four hours is a long class! Needless to say she failed at that haha. But we kept talking and she came over Friday night (November 14) and I gave her a tour of the house and then I looked at her and kissed her and that’s how I asked her out. ❤️ everyone that
has met her loves her. She’s the first and only girl to ever go to grandpas and
the dog farm. I can’t wait to bring her there when everyone’s there. She’s so
amazing. That whole semester she’s the best thing that came out of it. I don’t know what I would do without her. She treats me great. There are no words to describe the feelings we have for one another ❤️

So cute!!

Reese, Grandpa, Diana

This was Valentine’s day this year.

Our family always makes fun of Reese. He never had a girlfriend and he’d always talk about how he was going to bring a date to a family event…(he’s a talker.) Now I can say this because Reese is my cousin….but he’s always been one to jump into things really fast. Any little relationship he had he says I like her so much and I told him to shut up because he’s 12 hahah, but I will say this relationship has been different and i’m surprised she’s stuck around this long 😉 When he told me about her I was thinking in my head “gah, this will be a week.” But it’s been 4 months! (Love you Reese, don’t hate me!!!) I haven’t met Diana yet, but i’m glad she’s made my Reeser happy.

And because we are talking about the L word go watch this video about a couple who’s been married for 56 years. Melt. My. Heart.

Also, don’t forget to enter my giveaway from Friday Favorites last week, because i’ll be announcing my winner TOMORRROW!!!! Happy Tuesday!

Friday Favorites: Fri-YAY edition

I’m not even going to act like I wasn’t excited for this Fri-YAY to come. Also, it’s casual day at work—do pjs count? Let me know. Now I do remember one of my New Years Resolutions went along with this…

But this was a long week. Starting school, working the other three days of the week, homework already, lack of sleep, cold weather, ugh. That’s not Fri-YAY material. That’s more like MON-DANE material. Was that clever?? Really, I would like to go hide back under my covers for a couple hours. But I won’t. I need to be adult-like and go make money. One day i’ll thank myself.

Join in with me as I link up with Andrea, Erika, and Narci for Friday Favorites!

After I got off work last Fri-YAY two of my FAVORITE girls and I went with my family to the Texas Legends basketball game and treated ourselves to a nice, healthy dinner afterwards.

Saturday night was my FAVORITE kind of night. My parents and I went to the local bar (yes, I hang out with my parents on the weekend, and yes I have fun doing it!) to hear a band play, I posted a little about this earlier in the week. Are you not caught up on your Colors of Life reading???!!!!

Sunday I turned everyone’s FAVORITE birthday….21!!!! Read about that here.

Mon-DANE was so Monday-like that I didn’t take a picture. But how about I leave you with this one today:

That could turn your Mon-DANE right around. In fact, they’re getting even lower!! Oh, happy day!

Tuesday is every college student’s LEAST FAVORITE day of the semester. The very first day. I did a heavy sigh as I woke up early Tuesday morning, with my bag packed up, my shoes tied tight, hope I don’t get in a fight. Ohhh, back to school, back to school…..if you didn’t see my post on Instagram, you would have understood my Adam Sandler reference.

So I was shopping the other day and I saw one of my FAVORITE sights. These two cute little ol’ ladies were shopping accessories, purses, wallets, belts, bags, you name it. I stalked overheard their conversation and one said “I don’t want to take too long, but i’d like to go look at that purse.” The other one replied, “Oh no don’t worry, you go right ahead and look at that.” Couldn’t you just DIE????? Cannot wait to own my retirement home one day.

I’m starting to get the hang of this new school thing. The days get a little long while i’m on campus, but I know my outcome will far surpass the boredom that I have while sitting around look at funky pieces of architecture between classes.

PEACE OUT & HAPPY FRI-YAY!!!!!!

21 part two

(update: part one is here)

So as I was sitting by the fire blogging, mom made us Chili’s frozen margaritas…they were nasty. But I liked the thought and the little umbrella.

My dad remembered they had plans to go to the local bar for a little bit on Saturday night to see a band that was playing. I was almost 21 so I decided to start it off right with some 50 year olds!

I was the youngest one there, so my dad begged me to request his favorite song. He bought one of their CD’s and everyone there signed it….including the lead singer of the band.

 

“I’ve got gross hair, but I don’t care because it’s midnight and I just turned 21!!!” “I’ll shower in the morning.”

I woke up to my dad begging me to tell him what to get me at Starbucks that morning, haha. So finally after me being half asleep at 9:00 I agreed. And when I got out of the shower I had my coffee and gluten-free muffin my mom bought me from the Unrefined Bakery sitting there waiting for me.

“It’s Molly’s birthday, so we bought ourselves donuts”………WHAT?!

My birthday fell not only on a Sunday, but on the Sunday everyone goes back to college from being here for Christmas break. So I celebrated with my friends while having mimosas and breakfast tacos:)

 

I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’ve got the best friends out there. Thanks for coming Emily, Emily, Reeana, Morgan and Jonathan.

  

The Emilys both had to leave early, but we cracked out the gluten-free cake (That everyone loved) hahah not! I mean, I thought it was good. But when it’s the only thing you an have, of course it’s good! Did my mom not do an AMAZING job ordering a leopard print cake for me. If this doesn’t prove to you that I love leopard print, I don’t know what will.

As Morgan and I walked back to the car we noticed someone (or some bird) left her a pretty little surprise. It’s two days later and this is still on there…i’m just saying.

I got home to the house decorated like this 🙂

And we watched the Cowboys game until it ended.

I opened presents and Ry gave me this coat and scarf. Everyone was so distracted by the Cowboys game that I didn’t get pictures with anyone else. It was all cowboys>Molly that’s just rude.

Rick wanted me to have gluten free beer. Haha!

Then around 5:00 we got in the car and went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant in downtown. Ry was so excited!

Margaritas and fish tacos. Be still my heart.

My birthday was fun. I’m grateful for the people in my life now and I can only imagine what 21 has in store for me. I’m hoping next year will be even better than 20 and filled with plenty of family, fun, friends, and lots of love. That’s all you can ask for, right?

I already know 21 is going to bring me:

-One year closer to graduating college
-My sister graduating high school and going off to college
-My friends 21st birthdays
-Lots of traveling
-Probably some tears
-Probably some laughs
-Probably some obstacles
-Most definitely some good times

But isn’t that LIFE? At least i’ll be getting one more year’s worth of experience. I know i’m not guaranteed tomorrow, so today i’m thankful I made it this far. And i’m hoping for many, many more birthdays to come! Bring it on 21!!

21 part one

Yes, the infamous 21st birthday weekend has come and gone. I feel like I took a jillion and a half pictures this weekend, so i’m going to split it up into two different days.

“EEP, I’m almost 21”

Just kidding, the Emily’s both texted me and asked what I was wearing to the basketball game we were going to later that night and when I said probably what I wore to work they MADE ME stop what I was doing, take a selfie, and send it to them. How needy….am I right? But let’s not act like it was that big of a problem for me 🙂

Through my work, the employees got to request tickets for the Texas Legends basketball game because it was Miracle League night and we sponsor The Miracle League. I requested the max (10) and brought along Emily #1 and Emily #2 and then told my siblings there was 2 tickets left, so I let them argue who got it. Morg and Ryan won.

I had to take pictures of us. You know, to document that we are in fact friends. It worked out perfectly because they both knew of each other from the restaurant we all worked at.

And that picture above was apparently “too awkward” (thank you Morgan) so we had to take another.

And then strike a pose (we got to the game a little early, can you tell?)

And I didn’t like any of them so Morgan had to get it at a different angle.

And then after still not liking any, I gave up. Here’s a quick snap of the boys! All photos by MorgMiddPhotog because i’m sure you’ll be asking 😉

And this is our motley crew!!!! Nice selfie taking skills Morg, you do a sister proud!

We were serenaded by an elementary school choir singing God Bless America (so cute!) before the game.

     

And then we moved seats because ours sucked. And we watched the game from there.

The Emily’s had a little one crushing on them and making faces at them. He obviously did not want to be there but he was seriously giving us a good laugh! At one point I winked at him to see what he would do and he just stared at me and turned around. Too bad I creep little kids out 😉

Hey girl, you single?

This game was suuuuuuuuuuuuper boring and I would have been disappointed had we paid for these tickets. There was too much going on, it was loud, kids were playing games on the sidelines, people were talking on the mic during the game, someone smelled like illegal substance. It was just all around bad. Nobody said they wanted to leave because they wanted to stay there for me, which is super sweet!!! Finally I was the one that said we should go because everyone was pretty much hating themselves at this point! Haha. So we left at half.

We went to Chili’s because Jowers was starving, the other girls wanted a milkshake, and I didn’t want to go home. We attempted another picture, but I again didn’t like it. Ugh!

There were fries involved…’nuff said. Plenty of grease. Plenty of smiles around the table.

We drove through steak ‘n shake so everyone could get a shake because chili’s doesn’t make them anymore. And then we all went to our separate places and fell asleep.

Saturday morning I slept until 11:00, so yes I wasted the entire morning. But no worries I ran some errands for my momma, including a run by the grocery store for her.

Then we took some furniture to dad’s office. So here I am in the back with lamps, pictures, and a table.

I swear my mom has been there every day for the last I don’t know how long trying to get his office set up for him, everything in it’s place, pictures hung, etc. It sounds hard being a wife 😉

When we got home it was late in the afternoon so I made some food and caught up on Parenthood.

And after that I decided to go to the Saturday night service at my Church because I knew I wasn’t going to get up early to go Sunday if I was heading out to brunch at 10:30.

The message was good and challenged me a little for this upcoming year, so i’m glad I made it. I came home and sat by the fire and blogged a little for part of the night.

UPDATE: Check out part 2 here

Friday Favorites: Because I Can

Mornin’ friends. We made it through the first week of 2015. 51 weeks until it’s 2016. AHHHHH! We’re going to blink and it’ll be December again. But we don’t have time to think about that right now because i’m linking up with Andrea at Momfessionals, Erika at A Little Bit Of Everything, and Narci at Grace and Love blog for Friday Favorites.

You in????

Friday morning I babysat for these three sweet kids. Their parents went to Vegas for the weekend to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday. I went over there at 8:00am and we watched tv to wake us up. I took them (in the pouring rain no less) to Urban Air to jump on the trampolines for two hours and while we were there I let them have ice-cream & chocolate…yes, early in the morning. Yes, because I can 😉 #bestbabysitter. We grabbed lunch at Subway and then made puzzles until their grandma came over to stay with them the rest of the weekend. It was fun. I always enjoy these crazies.

Saturday night Em 1‘s mom and her boyfriend wanted their kids + significant others to meet. So, I was her little brothers +1. Just kidding, I went because I was invited. We ate BBQ, beans, and there was Mac ‘n Cheese and SWEET TEA! I’m kinda mad at her momma for not making puppy chow. (Don’t worry she knows i’m mad at her) After dinner we all played Scattergories and Em and I KILLED IT! Why? Because we can!!! That’s what you get when you’re the only team with all girls.

(Thanks for the pics Ms. Vickie!!)

Sunday funday with my family. Around 7:30 Ryan came in my room to wake me up so I could go to Starbucks with him and my dad. Look at me drinking that hot coffee again! Ryan was allowed to get a Venti because he got up. I however, obviously didn’t shake on that deal.

Later that morning, Ryan, Morgan and I went to see Annie in theaters. Our consensus: Morgan and I didn’t like it and we thought that it doesn’t compare to the old Annie. Probably because we grew up watching that version. However, Ry not having seen any of them really liked this Annie. He’s younger too so maybe that plays into it a little bit. Have you seen it yet? Are you on me and Morg’s side? Or Ry’s?

I was selfie ready for work bright and early Monday morning. I was bundled up in my scarf and peacoat why???????? No. Wrong. It’s not because I can. It’s because it was like -12 with a windchill of -12 so that’s probably -24, right? It’s a good thing i’m not a meteorology major. I was ready to hit the office for some good old fashioned adult-like working’. Growing up is hard to do, man. or woman. whoever you are 😉

Because classes don’t start until Monday, I worked every day this week. Normally i’ll be at school Tuesday/Thursday. We didn’t know we were going to have to work late Tuesday until about 1:00, so I went on a coffee run to the Starbucks downstairs for the three of us in HR. I’ve noticed that with 2 jobs, a social life, school, and what not that my phone is buzzing and alerting me 24/7. How on Earth do people live without phones these days?

Remember this….because YOU can. It was part of my new years resolutions on Tuesday’s post. If you missed that be sure to check it out HERE.

Yesterday my boss gave me the day off of work so I ran around with mom, because I could. While we were at the mall, I had to stop at Starbucks and get some hot coffee. Who am I?? Starbucks? Hot coffee?

Then we went to Hobbs because we were looking for lamps and mirrors for my dad’s new office, so I snapped a selfie because I can. And then mom gave me the look. But it’s fine.

Next time I talk to you, my friends, i’ll be ANOTHER YEAR OLDER. Cue the tears. Birthdays are bittersweet. However, I will accept gift cards and money, you know, to make me feel better about getting old.

See you Monday!

New Years Recap

I’m going to be honest. I think New Years is a totally over-rated holiday. It’s probably my least favorite holiday. I usually never celebrate it socially. The past couple years I watched Netflix most of the night and came down right before the ball dropped and was in bed by 12:08 because that’s the crazy, out of control, wild gal I am.

However, when there’s food put in front of you, devour it and don’t look back. And that’s just what I did. Mom made a shmorgusboard (spelling?) of food. Of course I never expect anything less from her.

She was chopping away at 5:00 because it’s never too early to prep.

She had her cheeses out and labeled on her super cute serving board written with chalk.

And there was queso, smokies, chips, cheese, vegetable dip, vegetables, crackers, chocolate, chex mix, churros, the list goes on and on. My plan was to hang out at home because when I asked my friends what they were all doing everyone was all “no plans. probably going to sit at home.” so then I did as the Romans and planned to sit at home. No complaints.

Then, as I was texting Emily she said she was going over to someone’s house and I should come. After I tried talking her out of it because i’m an introvert and that’d mean i’m with people I don’t know, she convinced me to tag along, so then I had to get up off the couch (ugh!) and put my face on aka dig my make-up out of the bottom of my drawers and act like I remember how to put it on. As soon as I got ready she texted me and told me Tyler (you’ve heard about him before, that’s her boyfriend) didn’t want to go. I said nawwww girlfriend, Molly brushed her hair and put on make-up, Molly’s going somewhere. So I went over to Emily‘s house….

About an hour later, one girl we knew already at the other person’s house called us and said not to come because nobody was there. Ems got a little taste of her own medicine because she had JUST finished getting ready. I might have laughed to myself. Maybe. And then it wasn’t funny because her, Tyler, and I had gotten dressed and we were just sitting there staring at each other.

Then Emily said “we should get ice-cream” BRAT! She knows i’m lactose intolerant so she did it because she hates me, I know it. I said we could go if I got sweet tea. So I got my sweet tea, and we drove to Coldstone for her and it was closed. HAHAHAHA.

So then we got out and took this picture by the huge tree.

And the picture totally sucked (probably Tyler’s fault) so we reverted to a selfie.

And then we made Tyler jump in because he needed to be documented.

Then we she made Tyler call every other ice-cream place in North Texas until he found one open. The struggle for ice-cream on a 30 degree December night, y’all. And it turned out to be across the street from her neighborhood; she sped there from where Coldstone/big tree were. We slid through at 10:21 and they closed at 10:30. We went back to Emily‘s and Tyler made her pull of his boots because #truelove. We watched the ball drop and Tyler fell asleep, so Molly went home.

And then finished the night watching Netflix. YES! Wild, crazy, adventurous night it was. True to myself. New Years is lame, but i’m glad it was lame with two of my best friends because I miss them and they’re fun.

Hope your New Years was riveting!

Meet My Peeps: Emily #1

So this week, let’s meet…….

Emily

How do I know Emily?
Emily and I met in middle school, but didn’t actually become besties until 9th grade softball.
(P.s. she’s Emily #1 because i’ve known her longer than Emily #2. I don’t do favorites or anything like that!)

What do I love about Emily?
This girl can make me laugh like no other. We have our own language and it’s kind of weird but really fun. Oh, and we’re sisters. PPL. And we say that we are going to marry my sister and her brother one day so either way we’re related somehow. We’ve gotten into arguments a couple of times (high school females can do that) and have gone without talking for a long time, yet we’re still friends. Um, she’s used to wash my hair for me. We have a wash-each-others-hair relationship. Whatever that means. We’ve gone through a lot of stuff together…break ups, divorce, distance, drama, college, etc. but we still talk as often as we can and it’s like none of that stuff has happened when we get to see each other. Now isn’t this picture scary…

I adore this friendship through the awkward phases and all!

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Emily?
FOOD! Just about every weekend one of us would go to the other one’s house and we would pop a bag of popcorn and then melt some butter in the microwave and pour it on top. Yes, you’re gagging right now, but when you try it you’ll be thanking us. And her momma made us puppy chow one time, and i’ve been craving it ever since. We also got our first job together, and went together the first day. I’ll always remember that because I was so nervous I wanted to throw up hahah! This girl made high school a blast for me.

What do I think is one fun fact about Emily?
Oh I definitely think it was the fact that in high school Ems and Tyler dated back when we were all babies.

and Em had an end of the year party one summer that Tyler brought his best friend to. We all hang out and his best friend just happens to be an ex of mine from high school. So the four of us would hang out all the time until these two broke up. Now, 4/5 years and maaaaany experiences later look at them…

back together. Aren’t they cute?! I love them both and I could not be happier for these two and honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they got married one day. I’m calling it now. 🙂

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Okay, here with go with the interview!!

What is your name? Age?
Emily Skillestad, 20

1. If money weren’t an object, what would you do with your life?
Hang out on a beach, because there is no happier place and maybe own 20 dogs.

2. List 3 of your favorite things.
Netflix. Pizza. Nail polish.

3. If you were another person would you be friends with you?
Yes, because i’m down to watch movies and eat popcorn with excessive amounts of butter.
(I told you guys!!)

4. What annoys you most about me?
Wait about me or you…? Haha

5. Do you like taking this?
Eh, does it make me seem boring?

6. Who’s the first person you’d call if you had a bad day?
Tyler, yep one of those girls.
(I love!)

7. What’s one thing I don’t know about you?
I like sleeping with my face against the wall ’cause it’s cold…

8. What is your favorite Bible verse?
Philippians 4:8
(PPL)

9. What is one thing you hid from your parents?
Grades, at least till the end of the semester.

10. What would you rather be doing than this right now?
NETFLIX. Gilmore Girls, duh.

11. Who is the funniest person you know?
MOLLY MIDDLETOE LOL…and Jackie Sniffen butt occasionally.
(Are you totally jealous of my nickname?)

12. What is a “color of your life”?
Green.

13. What is your favorite holiday? Why?
THANKSGIVING! Food, fam, friends…FOOD.
(See, did I introduce you to her or what??)

Love LOVE this girl. Miss you friend, thanks for participating!!!

(So can you tell who has what “good side”????)

Glad y’all got to me Emlay. Come back next week to meet another one of my besties 🙂
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