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1. The age I will be on my upcoming birthday is  32  .

2. The best birthday present ever would be a full weekend at some swanky spa with my girls  .

3. My favorite birthday to date was   my 30th.

4. Birthdays make me feel excited and sad. I always get excited about my birthday, but the older you get the less of a big deal they are so soon it will just be another day. Which makes me sad. That and I'm starting to feel {and look} my age, which also makes me sad.

5. The worst birthday I ever had was my 21st? And only because it was SO anti-climatic. Everyone builds it up to be this big thing, and it was just another birthday.

6. When I was born   it was a Tuesday and Olivia Newton-Johns 'Magic' was the number one song.

7. So far my favorite age has been   30. The first year of my 30's was really great.

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1. Something that is very near and dear to my heart is,  animal care. I don't really mean vet care, but more about treating animals fairly and decently. I can't stand to see an animal mistreated or discarded...for NO reason (there is never a good reason). I feel strongly about treating a pet like part of the family, fully committing to the life time care of that animal, spaying and neutering, and fostering when you can and adopting when you are looking for a family pet .

2.      The fact that I'm still breathing, I have a roof over my head, a good job, a man that loves me no matter what   is good cause to celebrate .

3. The most fun I ever had was     driving to Colorado to spend a long weekend with a bunch of people I had never met face to face until then. It was really the most relaxing trip ever. The scenery was beautiful. The company was so much fun. And the food was great (we all took turns cooking).

4. True friends are    the people that know you, know you and like you anyways

5. Something that makes me terribly happy is    spending time with my nieces and nephew.

6. A good way to spend a sunny day is     reading on the back porch..especially if there is a nice breeze .

7. My favorite celebratory food is   cupcakes!

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1. My favorite color is grey. Is that not the most boring this ever? lol. Really, grey is my favorite neutral color. It goes with everything .

2. My home decor color palette includes    a rainbow of colors? lol. We have a lot of different colors in our little love cottage. Color and animal hair...sums up our home quite nicely.

3. Other people always tell me I look good in the color     green, I guess. It makes my eyes really stand out  .

4. The color I detest is     um..I don't really detest any color. But, yellow doesn't really look good on me.

5. If you were to look in my closet most of the colors you'd see would be    blacks and greys, with some blues, purples, and pinks mixed in.

6. A color that I simply cannot pull off no matter how hard I try is "most yellows. I have olive toned skin and yellow makes me look super washed out and kind of yellow. It's not a good look...unless I use it sparingly with accessories or find the absolute perfect yellow". Word. I left this answer because I couldn't have said it better.

7. The color of my favorite dress is   blue.

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1. My favorite room in my home is     the "office"  because     the office is really our den..which is really just a third room that is too small to be a bedroom. It is the smallest room in this house but it is where we spend 99% of our time.

2. My current decor style is   eclectic  but I wish it were more     clean and pulled together. I'm working on it.

3. I wish I could redecorate the    kitchen  in my house to make it more   user friendly. I just know that the space could be utilized a lot better if we could re-design it.

4. My dream house absolutely has to have a    master bathroom and walk in closet..huge..like I could live in it.

5. One house item I am willing to splurge on is    furniture..all sorts. You really..really do get what you pay for. We've learned the hard way.

6. A decor trend that I just don't "get" is    minimalism. It seems very cold to me.

7.   Animal hair? ha ha. is a little touch that makes my house feel like home

 

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1. My favorite place I've ever traveled to is   Colorado. I loved the landscape. I loved Garden of the Gods. I only wish I was in better shape when we went, because I pooped out on hikes and there was just SO much nature to take in.

2.    Ireland     is somewhere I'd love to go someday.

3. I pass the time on a plane (or bus, or car ride or train) by     talking. I can talk and talk and talk. Listening to music. Reading magazines. Reading my Kindle.

 

4. My three must-haves when I travel are    drink ,   snacks and     music .

5. My favorite travel companion is    I might have said my sister but there was that one road trip to Dallas where she made me listen to RENT. Jeremy is definitely my favorite travel companion.

6. The craziest thing that ever happened to me while traveling is    when we were driving back from Pensacola, Fl. We pulled off the highway to a little rinky-dink diesel truck stop in Louisiana for gas. Jeremy pulled up to the pump and turned the car off when I realized the gas tank was on the other side {that's what happens when you've been driving for hours and hours}. When Jeremy went to start the car to pull around...the engine didn't even turn over. No notice, no clicking, no sputtering..no anything. Thankfully my Mom was behind us on the highway and I called her to come rescue us. One trip down the road to an Autozone and one brand new battery later, we were back on the road headed home.

7. The most exotic food I've ever tried while traveling is    a hot dog from a street vendor in Acuna, Mexico.

8. If I could live anywhere else, I'd live in   I don't know! It's hard to imagine ever living anywhere other than Texas. I love my state.

 

9. I have been to eight 

states in the U.S

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1. One of my favorite things to do when I have free time is to drink lots of coffee, stay in my PJ's all day long, stay in bed as long as possible.

2. When I have free time I tend to   drink a lot of coffee, stay in my PJ's all day long, and stay in bed as long as possible. LOL. I spend a lot of time on my laptop, reading blogs and chatting on FB (those FB conversations can get crazy funny).

3. If I had an entire day completely to myself I would   get a massage and pedicure, go to the local cupcake shop and enjoy a cupcake, browse the mall and Target for any killer deals, read a romance novel from front to back.

4. I would prefer to spend my free time (alone or with others...)  BOTH! I love my alone time..especially if I have  good book to read. But, I crave girl time. I love spending time with my family and friends.

5. Most of my free time happens   outside of work hours. Usually, if I'm not working..I'm free to do whatever I want.

6. The best thing about free time is   not having to rush to get anywhere or do anything. Really, I love waking up on a Saturday morning knowing that I can wake up and get ready at my own pace.

7. The next time I have free time I should probably    bath the dogs..they are really stinky..  but instead, I'll probably     waste time on this magic box where all my friends live.

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1. A nervous habit I have is   I blush. When I have a room full of people and all eyes are on me, I blush really bad. I feel like my cheeks are on fire.

 

 

2. Something that makes me sad is   neglected/abused children and animals. It's inexcusable .

3. Today I am thankful for   my husband. He is my constant, my rock.

 

 

4. My favorite room in my house is   the "office". The third room in our house, which is too small for a bedroom and has the backdoor in it has become our den. We spend nearly 100% of our time in this room.

 

 

5. I can't stand  people who act like the world owes them something. Life can be shitty and unfair. Sometimes, it sucks. But you deal with it and move on. No one owes you anything and your life is as good as you decide its going to be.

6. If I had an extra $100 to spend on whatever I wanted today I would   take Lil'Mama to the vet. She needs to come in this house..right now! And I can't do that until I know she is healthy.

7. The last person I hung out with was   my husband. We hang out every night. lol.

Fill In The Blank Friday - Jeremy Edition

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1. When I was a kid I wanted to be   an Air Force pilot  when I grew up.

2. As an adult, my dream job would be   a musician     .

3. W hen I was younger I wanted to be just like  my Dad and James Hetfield  .

4. The childhood Halloween costume that I remember most was when I was    a punk rocker. I remember having spiky hair and wearing a clip-on earring and my Mom putting make-up on me .

5. My favorite childhood toy was    Transformer, GoBots, He-Man, GI Joes, Thundercats.

6. The time I got into the biggest amount of trouble when I was a kid was when  my brothers and I went into a trailer home that the family was in the process of moving out of. The door was unlocked so we didn't technically break in but we still shouldn't have been there. Some other kids also knew about this unlocked trailer home and had stolen a few things from the family that was transitioning out of the trailer, but when we got caught in that house we all got in trouble for the stolen items.


7. I get daily inspiration from    my wife, music, my friends, and ice cold beer.

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1. Nothing says fall like cold evenings, sunshine with a cool breeze, pumpkin spice, scarves and long sleeves.

2. My favorite autumnal tradition is  buying a cinnamon broom...which we haven't done yet. It use to be going to the pumpkin patch to buy a boat load of pumpkins but as the years go on, I find myself less and less interested in buying a whole bunch of pumpkins for my front porch. I'd much rather have my house smell like fall.

3. My favorite fall treat is my husbands chili. For real, y'all...his chili is out of this world good and he only makes it when the weather calls for it.

4. Fall makes me think of  football because I think of all the high school football games I went to {not to actually watch the game..I knew NOTHING about football} while wrapped up in sweatshirts and blankets.

5. Autumn free form word association, go!    pretty dried leaves, carved pumpkins, tall boots, leggings, pea coats, cinnamon and spice, pine cones, fleece blankets, crock pot meals, hot chocolate.

6. My go-to outfit in the fall is    nearly the same as the rest of the year. You see, I live in West Texas so it rarely gets cold enough to require a major wardrobe change. There are more long sleeves and I pull out my pea coat {which I love..its lined in purple satin} and scarves.

7. My favorite fall holiday is (Halloween or Thanksgiving) Thanksgiving. Halloween is just such a minor holiday for us since we don't have kids and no one brings their kids door to door trick-or-treating anymore.  I do love Thanksgiving and getting together with family and eating my Grandpa's fried turkey and my Aunt Kathy's chocolate pie or my Mother-in-laws sweet potatoes. Dang, now I'm hungry.

My cute Halloween wallpaper on my phone. Makes me smile.

Friday, Friday..gotta get down on Friday

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1. My current obsession is hurricane glasses. I can't stop thinking about hurricane glasses..and how I need some for the living room coffee table. Now, if only I could find a good looking pair that don't cost an arm and a leg.

2.  80 degree weather make me happy. This summer has been rough, y'all. And that's coming from someone that has lived here my entire life. I can't even tell you how much I am looking forward to cooler weather. The mornings have been absolutely wonderful lately.

 

3. My greatest strength is  uummm...

4.    My high expectations of everyone else   is my greatest weakness.

5. My life is   blissfully ordinary. I thank God every day for all my blessings.

6. In high school I was  fairly average {are y'all seeing a trend here?} I wasn't popular, but I had plenty of friends.

7. When I'm super tired   I lose my focus. I stare off into space a lot, day dream a lot, trail off in mid-sentence a lot.