Wisdom Wednesday- How I feel

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Because it never has been so true as now.

all that I'm after is a life full of laughter....

Life has a strange way of creeping up on you, and sometimes you forget to stop & smell the roses....  We've had a crazy busy last couple of months, with weddings, family obligations, vacations, birthdays, friends & just the normal everyday.... doesn't seem like its going to slow up anytime soon since B & my shared calendar has pretty much been filled every weekend through the second weekend in october!  Luckily that means that we have some very fun times to come with some very special people!!

This summer has gone by way too fast.... although the heat has been killer! As much as I love the summer... I'm ready for a little bit cooler weather, to still be able to wear sandals but with some nice layering as well ( I have a total obsession with cardigans... B says I love them more than him!) 

Which brings me to the things I'm looking forward to.... FOOTBALL season! starts next Thursday night for us.... (GO RAVENS!!!). We've already started planning our little football party which includes Nachos, Sliders & sweet potato fries! whoop whoop!

We also are going to the MD crab festival @ National Harbor, The Avett Brothers w/ Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, More Weddings, Possibly Ohio for a family visit & vintage/antique fair, a college alumni golf tourney, College Friends visiting for a long holiday weekend!, Fells Point Fun Festival, Susan G.Komen Race for the Cure... and still more! i'm tired just thinking about it all.... but looking forward to it so much!!!

Have a fabulous weekend... i'll be enjoying mine with a bridal shower, date night with B, B's volunteer fire company picnic ( with crabs.. YAY!) & some family time...

finding my footing..

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the last couple weeks have been full of ups & downs.... its hard to have a moment when you think that everything is back to normal.  But i guess that is the journey of life...and helps us to be who we are & show us really how strong we are. And fortunately i'm lucky enough to have plenty of fabulous people who always have my back & are there to help pick me up whenever i start to fall. But i always need to remember that i need to find some time for me..


May has been crazy so far... every weekend has been jammed packed with things to do... which isnt necessarily a bad thing... but i can't wait until memorial day weekend to have no plans & just relax & possibly go & explore the city i already love just a little bit more.

So far we've gone to the farmer's market opening in the city, celebrated B's 30th bday & Mother's day with  our families....and coming up we have B's mom's graduation , a college friend's wedding, my 10yr High School Reunion (EEK!), and  my lil niecey bebe's 5th bday!!!...i can't believe she's going to be 5!!!

puppy love...

this is what i woke up to this morning... my darling puppers Roxy... all curled up in a ball.... tough life this one has....i just want to eat her up i love her so....

life is not a race....

 i have a rather fabulous friend whom i went to college with & really don't keep in contact with very much anymore. Not that anything happened or we don't want to....but unfortunately life happens & sometimes i'm not very good at keeping in touch. Although i'm very thankful for her & her friendship...because i know.... that no matter how many days or months or years go by....that she will always be someone i call a friend....and a very dear one at that. She has seen me through some tough times & some happy times.... she is brillant & creative & most importantly one of the most beautiful people i have ever met both on the inside & out.

She wrote this on a blog on myspace forever & a day ago & little does she know its something that i read & re-read over & over again whenever i need a lil pick me up...

"Don't undermine your worth

By comparing yourself with others.

It is because we are different

That makes each of us special.

Don't set goals by what other people

deem important,

Only you know what is best for you.

Don't take for granted the things

Closest to your heart,

Cling to them as you would your life,

For without them life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers

By living in the past or for the future.

By living your life one day at a time,

You live all the days of your life.

Don't give up when you still have

something to give.

Nothing is really over

Until the moment you stop trying.

Don't be afraid to admit that you are

less than perfect.

It is this fragile thread

That binds us to each other.

Don't be afraid to encounter risks.

It is by taking chances

That we learn how to be brave.

Don't shut love out of your life

By saying it's impossible to find.

The quickest way to receive love

is to give love,

The fastest way to lose love

Is to hold it too tightly,

And the best way to keep love

Is to give it wings.

Don't dismiss your dreams.

To be without dreams is to be without hope.

To be without hope is to be without purpose.

Don't run through life so fast

That you forget not only where you have been,

But also where you are going.
Life is not a race

But a journey to be savored
Each step of the way..."