Sunny Motivation

GOOD MORNIN'!!

Happy Saturday !!

*sigh*

What a beautiful day God has blessed me with!!

after a soothing ( but extremely wet) rain for 2 days I woke up to sunshine trying to seep in through my closed blinds.

*smiles* Oh sunshine you make my day!

So I just got up, threw open my curtains and opened those blinds and the cheerful warmth lit up my entire bedroom.

It's going to be a good Saturday....my Friday was ultra laid back and lazy because of the weather. ( so nice compared to my non-stop hit the floor runnin' weekend last week!) and when the warmth woke me up this morning, ya'll I feel motivated!! woo!! (I'm sure the sunshine and extra sleep is helping a lot ha ha)

I'M SO HAPPY!!!

I've got me some motivational Shontelle and her song Battle Cry blasting right now as I finish off a tasty and wholesome bowl of steel cut oatmeal ( I just recently started eating this type of oatmeal, it's supposed to be purty durn good for your tummy and I love my oatmeal and this is actually really good! I top mine with/ cinnamon, honey, a little peanut butter and yogurt! yumm-o!!)

aaaaaannnnd after I finish my late breakfast I'm going to squeeze in a quick new workout I want to try. ( bah ha, see how motivated I feel today??? shocking) and then it's off to the barn to work, and of course give my horse a training ride.

Its' a beautiful day!! I hope each of you have been having a super duper fun, or relaxing, or perhaps uber productive weekend. God is good.

I would love to stay and ramble on and on and on about this day, but the sunshine outside is far too lovely and tempting and warm to just stay here inside and blog.

Cheerio!!!

xoxoxo

Splendid

{One must always ride the Ferris Wheel to experience the full festival effect}

That's the word I choose to describe the past few days. SPLENDID.

The concert??? AHHH-MAZING!!!

Josh Turner sounds even better live.....it was great. I'm still pinching myself to see if I was just dreaming the fact that I went to my first concert and had such an awesome experience.

*ough* I'm such a puny pincher.

He sang some of my favorite songs....2nd row was the perfect place to be....and towards the end I got to stand RIGHT up against the stage as he sang!! I could have touched him!!!

aaahhh, but no worries I'm not that ga ga over him.

( although my eardrums tell me that many other girsl were)

His wife was in the the band with him, and even sang a song with him.

ummmmm, can we say ADORABLE?? And when he hits those low notes???

gah.

Spending 2 days in a row at the Strawberry Festival?

*siiiiiighhhh*

heaven.

ummm, hello!! It is practically mandatory to consume strawberry shortcake and chocolate covered strawberries at the Festival. Seriously, they won't let you out until you do. I of course fully embraced this rule and indulged in some yummm-O treats!!!

After the concert I went on a mission to find me a vendor selling those tasty frozen bananas. I mean, come on, it's fruit. and chocolate. Where in the world could you go wrong with that??? As I was watching(and drooling) the lady carefully dip my banana in chocolate I practically gasped when I saw a humongous tray of SPRINKLES!! I waited, and waited, and then she asked " would you like that rolled in nuts?" --"noooo" I said not taking my eyes off the tray. " well, would you like it with just the chocolate then" ----- " umm, noooo" still bambi eyeing the tray. " okay, then how about sprinkles?" ----" OH YES PLEASE!!!!" and the I pretty much squealed as she rolled and rolled that chocolate covered banana in colorful goodness.

It's raining today.

Perfect for some casual shopping, baking ,and a good book.

Terrific Tuesday!!

Huzzah. Hoorah and all things fabulously Terrific and delightful.

Indeed it most certainly is the frighteningly GOOD third day of the week!!!

Terrific Tuesday.

That's right, take a breather.... peek at the sunshine( I hope you're being greeted by warm rays like I am right now) sink deeper into your seat, eat some ice-cream, sprinkle some cookies.

It's a Terrific day and you should make the most of it!! Remember just because everyone is talking about this March maddness doesn't mean you have to let it fold in on you.

Everyone needs a mental break... and I do hope my little terrific posts give you that. =-]

So even if you are just taking a moment to think of a terrific happening today... do it!

Okay...okay ok ok. So today's TERRIFIC item may not mean a single thing to you at all. But it's happening tonight and I just CANNOT stop thinking about it!!!! So here I go taking total and complete advantage of the fact that one of the reasons I created this blog was for a moment just like this! To blab and ramble about who knows what. bah ha.

So, shocked some of you may be in a moment, but I am confessing right here and now that never in my entire life have I EVER been to a concert. NEVER.

aaaand boooyyy ooh boy do I LOVE LOVE LOVE my music!! I mean, my ipod has artists of every genre and type..( my taste is extremely random and out there) and you would think I would have dozens and dozens of concerts of various artists and bands under my belt.

nope. I'm not sure why....but the opportunity for me never came around, and perhaps it was because I never really looked into it when i was younger. Anywho...for whatever reason I have yet to enter the stadium or face the stage and here the crowd and tuning up and bass....*sigh*

Well whoopdeeedeee that is all about to change. This very night I am revisiting the Strawberry Festival with my kindred spirits to hear my one and only favorite country singer( not a huge country music fan but ooooh my I do love this guy and his voice!!!)

Josh Turner.

JOSH TURNER!!!

LIVE!!!

2ND ROW!!!!

2nd row!!

GAHHH!!!

His voice, *swoons* ( and yes I am aware he is married, but still....)

I am beyond excited..... ha ha. really!!! I have never been to a concert, let alone 2nd row... and I have noo idea what to expect, but it's Josh Turner so I highly doubt I'll be disappointed!!

well that is my Terrific News. ha ha, I know...not much. but BIG to me!! and for sure TERRIFIC.

So, what about you? Tell me of your first concert experience.

Summarize

HELLO!!!!! Have ya'll missed me??? ha ha

I had a crazy busy non-stop weekend...I wasn't anywhere near a computer until Sunday night and no chance to blog until tonight. and you know what? It was actually kinda nice. To take a leave of absence from the world of blogging and facebook... but I am sorry I didnt have a chance to blog a goodbye to you all or wish you a happy weekend, I literally blogged about the giveaway and was out the door.

bada bing bada boom.

How was your weekend???

( and wasn't that giveaway just jolly good fun?? I plan to pick up a few things tomorrow to add to the box and soon it shall be on it's journey to Taylor!!)

Sooooo.... to sum up my fab fab ,fun, mind ,blowing, anxious, stressful ,splendid, tiring, busy, crazy , and much more weekend....

I first traveled to Venice, Florida , Friday, with the barn I Intern at

( remember?)

Where Fox Lea Farm was hosting an Equestrian Competition ( Horse show)

Let me tell you it was a long 2 days but so much fun!!! I Showed and competed and did what I love to do most. Ride. *smiles* I competed in a Show jumpers....oooh I could blab on and on and on about horse showing and riding and training and jumping. It's my passion, I do it everyday, it's my job, I love it. GOD. IS. GOOD.

aaaaand then on Sunday I was able to meet up with some dear friends who had either moved out of state or we had just lost touch over the months. I HEART and ADORE those kinda meet ups, it's so motivating and sweet...and makes you cherish the fact that they are still so close to you even with the distance and set-backs.

aaaaaaaaand today I went to the Florida Strawberry Festival!!!!!

held every year in a town just minutes from my house.

(it's so big that school, including my college, get a day off for it)

Strawberries people. a festival about a delightful tasty fruit!!!

gaaaaaah I love fruit. and this festival is just so amazingly awesome and fun and tasty and cool.

groovyness. I ate so much festival food( I mean honestly I hardly ever touch deep fried stuff..but that's because I wait up ALL YEAR for this very week and then indulge for a day on fried oreos, strawberry shortcake, Kettle Corn and chocolate) It's once a year folks... so sue me.

anywho... it was awesome and....I'm running out of time to blog more tonight.

BUT

tomorrow is a brand new day, a terrific day, I am back to blogging, and I hope all of you had a delightful weekend!