Headin' South!!

Saturday morning I am heading down to Florida for a week with my family!! We are going to Orlando and plan on going to all the parks in Disney World and Sea World. I am so very excited!! I have not been to Disney World in at least 10 years. To me it truly is the happiest place on earth. You just can't help but smile when your there. The only bad part about it is that Tim will not be able to join us. I know he would love to, but duty calls. Of course I will miss him, but I do appreciate how supportive he is being of me taking this vacation.

Our group that is going will be my mom, my dad, and my mom's first cousin Billie Jo. Billie Jo is a blast and I can't wait to spend the week with her! We are driving down. Which I was not too happy about. B.J. is afraid of flying, so she wants to drive. While I told her there was nothing to it she is still afraid. I really can't blame her I know she can't help it. I have the worst fear of heights and not matter how hard I try I can not seem to get over it.

Well expect lots of pics when I get back!!! Probably will not post any blogs while we are gone, but should be able to comment on all the blogs I regularily comment on.

Busy Bee!

Lots has been going on! As we get prepared to move to Virginia there is a lot to do around our house. The Army has people who come in and pack and move us, but everything has to be prepared for them to pack. Also we are renting our house, so we have to do a few things to make it more rentable (is that a word??). The most major thing was painting a blue accent wall in our living room back to the color of the rest of the house. This of course involved a lot of moving furniture around and then it had to stay that way because the wall had to be primed and then painted twice. Glad that is done with!

I went walking in Nashville on Sunday with a good friend. We went to the Greenway. I'm not sure if other areas have Greenways, but we have quite a few here in middle Tennessee. They are just paved walking trails that lead around the outside of the city or town they are in. Often times they weave past old buildings or railroad tracks. I love them! This one is in Nashville, about sixty miles south of where I live, and the bridge behind me is a pedestrian bridge over the Cumberland River. I love that bridge. Actually I love bridges in general which is strange because I have the most terrible fear of heights.

This Saturday my husband and I are helping to host a Military Ball Etiquette class. I hope that it is very beneficial for the ladies who attend. I am modeling an appropiate and an inappropiate dress. Lucky for me my inappropiate dress is just a maxi dress I already had. I was not going to be happy if they wanted me to wear something short or lowcut. Anyway I doubt I will get to take pictures, but if I do I will post some.

Tonight my husband and I made stuffed peppers for dinner. They were sooooo good!! But so rich that I could only eat one of my two.

There is a pic of our living room while painting. Me on the Greenway, and peppers from tonights supper.

Rockchalk, Jayhawk!!

This is what I wore for the NCAA basketball tournament today. My husband is a huge Kansas Jayhawk fan. I am not much into sports, but try to be supportive by wearing his team mascot on game days.

To be honest these pictures did not turn out very well. My tripod has gone awol, so I had to make do with setting the camera where I could. Also the sun was way too bright, and it was windy. Oh well! The pictures will get better.

The Jayhawk shirt I am wearing came from Old Navy as are the skinny jeans. The red belt is from Amazon. The scarf I think is from Target. I have had the scarf for years, and of course my ever present Converse sneakers. Have no idea where I got this latest pair.

If you are a basketball fan I wish your team good luck during March Madness!!

New Idea

So, I think I am going to give fashion blogging a try. I love clothes and fashion. Clothing has always been a huge part of my life. No matter my age. I went through a lot of different phases. When I was young I would go and dig out my mom's old clothes from the 70s and wear them. She always hated that. I think she was afraid that I would get made fun of in school, but I really didn't care. Maybe I will dig up some old pics and post those. It may be a little slow at first with our move to Virginia coming up at the end of April, but I will catch up. Also with the traveling we intend to do on the weekends while husband is in school up there I should have some very fun locations for photoshoots!

Speaking of the move, we should have a better idea by the end of the week as to where we are going to be stationed after his school in VA. I just hope we go somewhere interesting. Europe would be AWESOME!!! I would love to see the fashion there

Look for my first fashion post this weekend. Being that it is the NCAA Basketball Tournament and my husband is a huge Kansas Jayhawk I am thinking I will do something in the shirt I bought for the games. See if I can give a basketball t-shirt a little style!! ;)

What is the Deal with Denim?

If you see me often in my everday life most people are surprised that I hardly ever wear jeans. I was thinking about this a few nights ago when one of my friends said she was surprised to see me wearing jeans. The truth is jeans don't fit me very well. They are either too tight, or too short, too long, the rise is low or too high. Then there are the different shades of denim. It overwhelmes me!! That being said I do wear jeans. I have a couple of pair right now that I like. One is flared and one pair is more skinny. They are both very dark wash. I do not care for the lighter washes.

I have been trying to figure out why I am not a fan of denim. Maybe its because it seems as if everyone wears jeans everyday. It just gets old. People wear them with everything too. Have you ever thought of pairing your sweater with a nice pair of dress pants or a skirt? Those things do not have to only be for work. I wish that people would step out of their comfort zone and wear nicer things. Sure as I write this blog I am at home, and I am wearing an old pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. But I am at home! People should take more care of how they look when they go out. Not just women. Men should want to look nice as well.

I have not taken many pics lately, but this is one of a new dress my mom-in-law bought for me. I LOVE it!!!

Rain,Rain Go Away!

Usually I love rain. Provided it does not cause wide spread flooding that damages many homes and businesses, but it has been rainy and stormy her for about a week. When it's not storming it's just cloudy and damp. It really wouldn't really bother me except that I want to do a couple of photoshoots, and right now it's either pouring rain or the ground is just too soggy to do outside shoots.

As for other happenings. My husband finally got his offical orders. Now like it or not we are headed to Ft. Lee, VA. He is attending a school there that will last for six months and then we will be moving somewhere else. We intend to spend this time in Virginia to explore the northeast. The place that we hope to make it to while there are New York City, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia Beach and Washinton D.C. The only one of those places I have been was D.C. and that was when I was 14, so I would love to see it now when I can appreciate things more. Oh, and I forgot, we have to see Foamhenge!! It is a fullsize replica of Stonehenge made out of foam! To me it sounds super cheesy, but hey cheesy usually equals fun to me. I know that our list of cities sounds a bit ambitious, and we may not make it to all of them. But I do hope that we make it to D.C., NYC, and Atlantic City. Those are the main places I really want to get to while we are living close.

I have not posted any pics of me in a while. The first one is me being silly with my phone, and the second is one of those pictures they take of you at various attractions then add in the background. In this one its me, my parents, husband and mother-in-law. We are in Seattle, WA about to go to the top of the Space Needle.

What I have learned to Love about Me

Just a little over a month ago I turned 30 years old. Since my birthday I have been thinking a lot about the things about myself that I didn't always like. Things that I have not only come to terms with, but have learned to love.
-My Curves- I have been a curvy girl for pretty much as long as I can remember. While I have gone up and down a bit on my weight I never lost my curves. There was a time when I didn't really like having such large breasts and wide hips, but now I love my body.
-My long nose- I was blessed with the Matthews (my maiden name) nose. By that I mean a big nose. For most of my life I hated it, and was saving for awhile to have a nose job. I do not really know when my feelings changed, but over time I realized that I didn't hate it anymore. There are still occasional times when I see my nose in pictures and I think it's too big, but I know I would never change it. It is simply part of what makes me me, and if I were to change it then I am not sure that I would still feel that I looked like me. I hope that last line makes sense to other people and not just me!
-My pale skin- I have a VERY fair complexion. Just look at the header for this blog. That is what I look like all the time. I never let myself get a sunburn. Part of that is vanity I do not want to look old before my time, but I also am at high risk for skin cancer. Even more than I do not want to look old I want to do as much as I can to prevent skin cancer.
-My Hair- I have very unmanagible hair. I go in and out of liking it all the time. Right now I don't like it much because I cut it short. My hair is very thick and curly, but most of the time its just frizzy. The frizziness got on my nerves for a long time, and I would flat iron it like crazy. Now I just accept it for what it is, and most of the time I like it. I can do a lot with it, and it holds curl really well. Also I don't have such greasy hair that it has to be washed everyday. That is a definite plus.

*I had planned on having some pictures to post with this, but due to some rainy weather I have not been able to take them. Some pics should follow soon.*