4 more days!

In 4 days, 

I will be walking across a stage

and receiving an empty diploma cover!

I know I have been absent from the blogging world

the past couple of weeks, 

but I have turned in all of my projects

and finished all but 1 of my finals. 

It has been a LITTLE insane around these parts lately.

I would like to say I have at least read all of your lovely blogs.

But that would be a lie.

I opened Google Reader this morning and it 

said All Items (976) 

and you know what I did . . .

I hit the "mark all as read" button. 

That just seemed a bit overwhelming to 

my fried brain!

Once this week is over I promise I will catch up 

with all of you!

Now I have to get back to studying. 

1 more final.

4 more days.

Friday cannot get here soon enough!!

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random stuff

Is anybody else as excited as I am?

This looks awesomely epic!

It is a shame though that the producers

feel they have to show it in 3D.

And I am trying not to think about how 

far they have strayed from the books;)

But, you know, other than that, I am super excited!

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On another {more serious} note, 

we have been extremely blessed and lucky, 

in this part of Georgia,

that the storms ravaging the South

have missed us so far. 

We are under a tornado watch until 8pm tonight.

So, it is not completely over yet.

But it looks like we will just get some strong winds & rain.

{via}

Please keep the people affected by the storms in your prayers. 

There are a lot of towns that were hit hard

and some were completely decimated. 

on my playlist

Right now I am LOVING obsessing over

Adele's newest album 21. 

I also loved her first album 19.

21 just seems so sad & heartbreaking

but wonderful all at the same time. 

And her voice is amazing!

These are my favorite songs off the album . . . 

there is a short introduction to the song by 

Adele;  the actual song starts at 1:10

I know it seems quite depressing 

listening to them back to back. 

But I just love it!

What is your favorite song of the moment?

Sorry, for being MIA lately!

I am catching up on all of your lovely blogs. 

Only 16 more days until graduation!!!!

weekend recap

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{ae original}
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This weekend I went to the rodeo!

Which is one of my favorite things to do.

On any given weekend in 

the great state of Georgia

{heck, make that any state in the south}

you do not have to go far to find a rodeo.

This one was an IPRA event. 

The evenings events were:

-bareback riding

-saddle bronc riding

-calf roping

-steer wrestling

-barrel racing

-team roping

-bull riding

I had a blast!

However, the wind was trying to blow us away.

By the end of the night I was COVERED in dirt. 

It looked like I had rolled around in the ring with the horses;)

I did not get a lot of good pics because I only have a point & shoot. 

I really need to invest in a better camera.

But here are some of my pics.

 bareback riding

 saddle bronc riding

 trick riding act

Rusty the rodeo clown:)

digging in the dirt

It may be the farmer's blood in me, 

but I love digging in the dirt. 

I have been so busy lately with school and work

that I have not had time to plant anything this year.

I definitely do not have time for a full-blown flower bed, 

so I decided to do some planters for the front porch. 

It was so relaxing to sit in the sun and plant my flowers. 

Lowe's has a great selection of "springy" flowers

& there is a cute farmer's market down the street from my house 

that has a good selection. 

Here is the result . . . what do you think?

{before}

{after}

I think I need to add some yellow flowers. 

The daises in the blue planter will not last long they are 

already on their last leg.

{but they looked so sad all by themselves on the shelf}

So I will probably replace them with some marigolds or something similar.

lucky girl!

JG one of the best blog buddies a girl can have

is throwing a Giveaway-Palooza

in honor of her blogaversary.

So far she has offered some seriously fabulous items!

Y'all should definitely check it out here.

Some of the giveaways are ending soon so hurry!

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Speaking of giveaways, 

I have been a super lucky girl lately!

In the past month or so I have won 3 giveaways.

The lovely Holly at A Few of My Favorite Things

sent me this awesome package.

{a sweet note, a gift book, Starbucks gift card, & Barnes & Noble gift card}

I got this cute Snobish Designs necklace from 

Leeann at Join the Gossip.

I also won this great Sweet Tea Junkie t-shirt from 

Miss Sweet Tea at Sweet Tea Diaries.

This shirt is just perfect because

I am a southern girl who loves her sweet tea!

I feel like I am forgetting somebody. 

I really do apologize if I did.

Thanks everyone for all of these great giveaways!

It is always fun getting goodies in the mail!

the loot

Finally, the last road trip post . . . promise!
I actually did not buy a lot of souvenirs on this trip.

I did get postcards and magnets from

Texas & Louisiana.

I also got this super cute mask from one of the shops

in the French Quarter.

On our way back to Georgia 

we stopped at an outlet mall in Mississippi.

This is where I got into trouble;)

I bought two new pairs of Chucks!!

The mall had a Carter's outlet.

I called my sister to double check the dude's size

and she just laughed when I told her where I was at.
Her advice: try not to go overboard.
I think I showed considerable restraint;)
However, Mr. Nash did score some goodies!

 Too true :-)

 a baseball & fish on his butt . . . just adorable!

I hope y'all enjoyed my road trip recaps.
Maybe it was not too boring for you.
Overall, we had an absolute blast!
And are already planning our next road trip.
We are leaning towards NYC or somewhere in the NW.