Five Little Grins Link Up [Week 32]

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We'll go ahead and say it: Most people think Mondays suck / are the worst / should die a fire-y death. I'm sure you get the picture.

We've all had our fair share of bad Mondays and bad Tuesdays and just plain ol' bad days. Instead of focusing on the bad, what if we focused on the good things?

What if we focused on the little things that made us smile today, yesterday, last week? Could our whole attitude change? In time, would we find that we're having more good days than bad?

Cassandra, Paulina and I would love for you to join us on our weekly link up counting at least 5 things that made you smile in the last week. We could start our Mondays on this positive note!

Of course, this is all about encouragement, so hop on over to some other blogs and leave a positive note and make a new friend!
The Rules! (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!! Alright! I've got tons to be grinning about this week and I hope you do, too!! 1. On Saturday, we had our birthday party! I was so happy to get a great group of people together - some of those friends hadn't been at the same party for 6 years! 

Birthday cupcakes from my mom!

Photo collage from our birthday! :) 

2. Our cat's are finally settling into the move. That was sucky!
3. I got a serving job for the summer! Today is my first day of training. YAY! Time to pay off my debt
4. Our apartment is ALMOST unpacked and I am excited to finish decorating! 
5. Jess, my mom and I went to the Penelope Lane Boutique Craft Fair on Saturday and it was so wonderfully fun!  

Obligatory Sbux picture! 

Also, another sneak peek wedding pic from my photographer

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5 Little Grins Link Up [Week 24]

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We'll go ahead and say it: Most people think Mondays suck / are the worst / should die a fire-y death. I'm sure you get the picture.

We've all had our fair share of bad Mondays and bad Tuesdays and just plain ol' bad days. Instead of focusing on the bad, what if we focused on the good things?

What if we focused on the little things that made us smile today, yesterday, last week? Could our whole attitude change? In time, would we find that we're having more good days than bad?

Cassandra, Paulina and I would love for you to join us on our weekly link up counting at least 5 things that made you smile in the last week. We could start our Mondays on this positive note!

Of course, this is all about encouragement, so hop on over to some other blogs and leave a positive note and make a new friend!
The Rules! (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!!
This week's been a great one :)

1. Yesterday, I did so much fun wedding stuff! I went to our venue and talked flowers and details, tasted cupcakes and bought stuff for the table decorations. I LOVE DECORATING :)

Treats from my venue make paying the bill easier ;) 

Cupcake tasting! 

2. I have my first giveaway going on!! 

my portion of the prize :) And a surprise! 

3. Today's an awesome day for me in blogland. I might be all over the place. Also, I'm almost at 500 followers :) 

4. Iman comes home tonight!!!!!!! (He's been at his bachelor weekend) 

5. For the first time the blog showed up in my Google Alert! Woo!!! I feel like such an accomplishment. 

Even this image from Friday's blog has been super pinnable! 

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5 Little Grins Link Up [Week 10]

Well guys, I spent yesterday sick in bed. I had such a bad migraine and body-ache that I could barely string a coherent sentence together! I also fought a fever all day and into last night. So far I feel better, just stuffy today. I took one more day off, just in case. I don't want to get the kids sick.

So, here are my little grins for this week! Thank you so much for linking up with Paulina and Cassi while I was in bed!

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We'll go ahead and say it: Most people think Mondays suck / are the worst / should die a fire-y death. I'm sure you get the picture.

We've all had our fair share of bad Mondays and bad Tuesdays and just plain ol' bad days. Instead of focusing on the bad, what if we focused on the good things?

What if we focused on the little things that made us smile today, yesterday, last week? Could our whole attitude change? In time, would we find that we're having more good days than bad?

Cassandra, Paulina and I would love for you to join us on our weekly link up counting at least 5 things that made you smile in the last week. We could start our Mondays on this positive note!

Of course, this is all about encouragement, so hop on over to some other blogs and leave a positive note and make a new friend!
The Rules! (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!!
This is what made me grin this past week!! 
1. Christmas goodies!! I love all of the Christmas cards we've been getting and the gifts I got in the mail for my family :)
2. We got our Christmas tree!! Our house is full of the Christmas spirit :) It is wonderful!! 
3. Rekindling a friendship with my friend Erykka! We've always been close but rarely got to see each other. Now we live close so we made a BFF contract the other day ;) 
4. Vegas on Sunday!!!!
5. Iman cooked me dinner last night since I was sick!! I just adore him so :) 
What made you smile this week? 



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5 Little Grins Link Up [Week 9]

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We'll go ahead and say it: Most people think Mondays suck / are the worst / should die a fire-y death. I'm sure you get the picture.

We've all had our fair share of bad Mondays and bad Tuesdays and just plain ol' bad days. Instead of focusing on the bad, what if we focused on the good things?

What if we focused on the little things that made us smile today, yesterday, last week? Could our whole attitude change? In time, would we find that we're having more good days than bad?

Cassandra, Paulina and I would love for you to join us on our weekly link up counting at least 5 things that made you smile in the last week. We could start our Mondays on this positive note!

Of course, this is all about encouragement, so hop on over to some other blogs and leave a positive note and make a new friend!
The Rules! (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!!

And these my dears, are my five very big grins from this past week (mostly wedding related)! 

Woo, free Julep Nail box. || rocking my awesome Krza headband I won || Got my blog so hard shirt! || Picked out our bridesmaid dresses || Iman and kids together are just the cutest! 

1. I ordered our wedding invitations and sent out our LAST Save the Dates!!! 

2. I got approved for 2 weeks off for our honeymoon in Holland!!!

3. My bridesmaids found their dresses and I am SO SO EXCITED.

4. My mom and I were "testing" how we want my dress to look and we are on the same page. This is a pretty big deal because my mom was convinced we would fight over it because I'd want something that she couldn't do. But I know she can and she's amazing!!

5. Iman and I have both been successful in getting on the working out train with no intentions of stopping! 

What made you smile this week? 

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5 Little Grins Link Up [Week 8]

Good morning!

Lezzbehonest I'm not actually functioning that great today. I'm not sure who decided it was a great idea to give me a whole week off of work for Thanskgiving and make my insomnia tendencies rear their ugly little heads!

I enjoyed my break immensely, missed my students very much and had a little bit of freedom and a lot of productivity, I felt a little absense over the past week since I wasn't glued to my computer all day every day. It was pretty nice!

So I have a bunch of stuff that I am grinning about today, but my brain is sort of doing it's own thing so let's see if it all makes sense! Wait, what is 5 Little Grins, you say?

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We'll go ahead and say it: Most people think Mondays suck / are the worst / should die a fire-y death. I'm sure you get the picture.

We've all had our fair share of bad Mondays and bad Tuesdays and just plain ol' bad days. Instead of focusing on the bad, what if we focused on the good things?

What if we focused on the little things that made us smile today, yesterday, last week? Could our whole attitude change? In time, would we find that we're having more good days than bad?

Cassandra, Paulina and I would love for you to join us on our weekly link up counting at least 5 things that made you smile in the last week. We could start our Mondays on this positive note!

Of course, this is all about encouragement, so hop on over to some other blogs and leave a positive note and make a new friend!
The Rules! (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!!

And these my dears, are my five very big grins from this past week! 

Some of our favorites! 

1. Yesterday was possibly the best Football Sunday I've had!! We had a bunch of us at this amazing pub where there were bottomless mimosas, darts, pool and football. DUH! After spending about 6 hours there, we played some touch football and then went somewhere else for dinner. It was so wonderful hanging out with these people!! 

2. Speaking of, I had a lot of fun seeing ALL of my friends that I saw this week, especially Erykka, who I haven't seen in almost 3 years even though we live 10 minutes apart!

MY brother and Iman think they're thugs #snapchat

3. Thanksgiving was wonderful with our families. We even Facetimed with Shanghai!! 

4. I finally got to start my dance classes - my cold went away minus a lingering cough. Blah! 

5. OSU beat that state up north on Saturday in a VERY nerve-wrecking game!!!

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5 Little Grins Link Up [Week 7]

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We'll go ahead and say it: Most people think Mondays suck / are the worst / should die a fire-y death. I'm sure you get the picture.

We've all had our fair share of bad Mondays and bad Tuesdays and just plain ol' bad days. Instead of focusing on the bad, what if we focused on the good things?

What if we focused on the little things that made us smile today, yesterday, last week? Could our whole attitude change? In time, would we find that we're having more good days than bad?

Cassandra, Paulina and I would love for you to join us on our weekly link up counting at least 5 things that made you smile in the last week. We could start our Mondays on this positive note!

Of course, this is all about encouragement, so hop on over to some other blogs and leave a positive note and make a new friend!
The Rules! (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!!

Oh my lanta, I have this whole week off!  That's not a grin, by the way. I was pretty disappointed at first...
1. This morning I am starting my first day of 3 months unlimited classes at this one fitness place. Not only does it have pole dancing and flexibility, but they have stretch and tone, zumba, yoga, bootcamp...and a salon. I'm stoked. 
2. Baking time!!!! I haven't had baking time in forever slash it has been TOO hot to have the oven on at our house all summer. So much baking this week, especially for Thanskgiving!! [Recipes on Thursday]

Note: This is not what I made...but I did USE this

3. My Restoration Hardware Down Comforter Slippers. SERIOUSLY. Such a great Christmas gift last year!! 
4. Infinity scarves. Why did it take so long for one to come into my life?

Funny face?

5. I made a lot of progress on cleaning our room and getting rid of old stuff, I hope that I can finish this week!! 
I promised Run or Dye pictures and I think we took some great ones :) My mom and I walked it while the boys ran. It took us about an hour to walk, which wasn't bad. I can't wait to see the professional photos but here are a few in the meantime...

Pre-Race freezing

My phone's in a plastic bag! 

Green Chin

Purple freckles

Rosie Cheeks

After the race!! I'm so happy we all did it together :)

My car is covered in paint again :)

What made you grin this week? 

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5 Little Grins Week 6 [Link Up]

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We'll go ahead and say it: Most people think Mondays suck / are the worst / should die a fire-y death. I'm sure you get the picture.

We've all had our fair share of bad Mondays and bad Tuesdays and just plain ol' bad days. Instead of focusing on the bad, what if we focused on the good things?

What if we focused on the little things that made us smile today, yesterday, last week? Could our whole attitude change? In time, would we find that we're having more good days than bad?

Cassandra, Paulina and I would love for you to join us on our weekly link up counting at least 5 things that made you smile in the last week. We could start our Mondays on this positive note!

Of course, this is all about encouragement, so hop on over to some other blogs and leave a positive note and make a new friend!
The Rules! (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!! Well this week I have a ton to smile about! I hope that you do, too!

The day after we became official :) 

Minutes before he proposed! 

1. TUESDAY IS OUR ANNIVERSARY :) I know we already celebrated, but it is just so, so exciting that Iman and I have been together officially for two years, and engaged for one. I used to be a chronic commitment phobe and any relationships I did have were filled with breaks. It just shows when you found someone you're meant to be with, you see how right it is!

2.  I got to see my little sister. She is such a warrior queen and growing up to be such a great human being. I love that I get to see her more often now that I have more free time.  3. One of my kindergarteners said, "You're the best Ms. S" as she left class.  4. We went to the wedding venue and squared a lot of stuff away on Sunday. Our venue is AMAZING and ACCOMMODATING. 

My favorite baby shower gift I bought -- of course I had to get a moustache pacifier!

5. I had so much fun at the babyshower last week! My first one of many this year!  What made you grin this week? 

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