Five things You Missed This Week...

Oh hey Friday! It’s about time you got here! This has been one long as heck week. In addition to wedding planning, I work as an Independent Marketing Contractor during the week. One of my clients is going through a website rebranding and relaunch. I spent a couple days of this work week up in Northern Virginia at the corporate office… and the rest of my time clicking refresh as the new site was supposed to go live. {Fingers crossed, without any glitches.} But everyone in this online world knows - it’s rare for there to ever be a non-glitched-up launch or to have it perfect without one tweak necessary… Sigh. But hey, it’s Friday! Since the blog was a little bare in the middle {of the week} this week, let’s just do a completely random 5 today to catch you up! Oh, and thank you all so much for the kind words of encouragement with last week’s 5. Y’all rock. Thank you so much for your support.

PiYo! I was invited to join an {online} group of lovely ladies for 30 days of PiYo. You know, God seriously works in the most interesting and timely ways. I definitely have a love/hate relationship with social media. But when it comes to love - I whole-heartedly LOVE the people I have met {and some that I have only “met”} via social media. Through random #hashtag hopping, I somehow crossed paths with the lovely and amazing @sugaryjoy several months ago. She is one of the sweetest and down right gorgeous {inside and out!} people I think you could meet. Maybe she is catfishing us, but I highly doubt it. 😉 Either way, I’m thankful for her. She is an encouraging and wonderful coach to have.

So I’ve jumped on board and have joined these women for 30 days of PiYo. If you have been following along for the past couple months {via my social media} you may have heard me ask about yoga recently. The timing of this Pilates and Yoga Combo exercise was perfect. Well, as perfect as exercising can be. {Why do I seriously hate it so much?!}

Today is day five and I am proud to say, that I even stuck with it and did my PiYo in the hotel this week! I have become “that girl” who travels with her hot pink yoga mat. And I’m okay with that. It’s a really fun exercise that can be modified for people {like me} who have struggled with knee problems and/or really just dislike anything that makes me sweat. I will keep y’all posted on what I think {and my results} as the 30 days progress!

Rebrand! I had a little teaser on IG this week showing the sneak peak of the 2 cats & chloe rebranding in process! Yup, it’s true. I’ve had this look for the past three years. It’s cute and all, but every time I look at my blog, I hate it more and more. I need something fresh and new! {Considering I re-arrange my house almost quarterly, I’m shocked my blog design has been the same for so many years!} I’m hoping to have it live next week! Stay tuned!

Oh, and to answer a lot of your insta-questions from the teaser post - YES I do my own blog design. I’m no expert but it is a great, creative outlet for me. If you are interested in me looking at your design, and possibly helping you tweak yours - let me know!

Shopping Spree! Shhhhhh! Don’t tell anyone, but I took a couple hours to myself yesterday on my way home from working in Northern Virginia. It’s been FOREVER since I have gone out shopping for no particular reason. Considering everyone is in back-to-school mode, I expected the Williamsburg Prime Outlets to be quite a bit more hectic. Thankfully, it there was plenty of parking and no real lines. Probably because it was the hottest day ever and only crazy people shop outdoors, in unruly humidity and extreme heat. So what did I buy?

A pair of ankle boots. Birthday presents for my dad. A fall garden fall. A candle that smells like birthday cake {just because I can’t eat it doesn’t mean I can’t smell it right?!} And a new rustic “Home Sweet Home” box for us to put our shoes in. Oh, and I purchased my first Christmas present! It’s never too early to start shopping for Christmas right??

The Ice Bucket Challenge!

Crap. I was really hoping I would make it through this awesome, yet extremely trendy, social media fundraising blitz warm and dry. Last night I was alerted via facebook that I was tagged in a post. My immediate feeling was dread. BUT - who am I to turn down a challenge. Stay tuned…

Weekend Plans? We have none. Other than work: Client work. Contractor work. Website work. House work. Yard work. Blog work. Why is being a grown up so un-fun sometimes? That’s it from me for today. Have a lovely weekend my dears! If you are stopping by from the friday linkup, please leave a comment! I would love to say hello and get to know ya! Happy Weekend!

http://www.BlessHerHeartYall.com J Trogstad

I love the look of the new blog design! Well, as much of it as you showed, it looks super cute! Can’t wait to see the reveal! And those booties are adorable! Perfect for fall!
Janna

I can’t believe you did the design yourself! You are so talented. Love the boots.