Rustic Design

Rustic or Mountain style has never been my favorite but recently I am loving touches of rustic mixed with modern and elegant design. I think lighting one of my stocking-stuffers has put me in the mood...

Here are some great rustic touches...

Southern Living

Southern Living

Southern Living

Southern Living

Southern Living

Southern Living

Southern Living

Southern Living

Its a perfect Snowy day to feel Rustic. 

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Sorry for the short post, more very soon. On a good note, I weighed in at weight watchers last night and lost another 2.6 lbs! Whoo hoo! That is 4.4 lbs in my two weeks so far.

May God RICHLY bless you today! 

Made to Crave

As I have shared with you before, my battle with weight is definitely a spiritual battle of bondage. I know there is so much victory for me in this, that I will only gain from the self control that the Lord provides me. I have gone over a week, eating healthy and exercising and still finding myself totally satisfied... not in over indulging in food but in my walk with the Lord and the healthy choices I am making for my body. I shared with you that I am doing weight watchers but most importantly I am going through some devotionals from "Made to Crave" You can check them out on KLOVE HERE. It is a spiritual diet of discipline and learning not to crave food but to crave the relationship and freedom of Jesus Christ. I will share an excerpt that I love...

We were made for more. More than this failure … more than this cycle … more than being ruled by our taste buds, body image, rationalizations, and guilt. We were made for victory. Sometimes we just have to find our way to that truth.

AMEN to that if you struggle with body image and health! I pray each of you crave God over all other cravings whether it food, or any other obstacle that keeps you further from God. 

Weight Watchers...

This year I decided to finally get on a healthy eating plan that I would stick to to loose some pounds and more importantly become healthier. My weight issues go deeper than just a diet which I could go on and on about, another time, another day, but my recent weight watchers plan is really working for me. The new  points plus plan is AWESOME. You can eat all fruits and veggies for FREE and you get a large number of points to blow each week. It is so live-able and I had my first weigh-in since I joined last week and I lost 1.8 pounds. Hey, nothing crazy but a healthy loss I guess. I thought it would be good to record this little journey for encouragement and accountability. Plus oh my, Jennifer Hudson looks AMAZING which gives me great motivation... BEFORE and AFTER.....

I would really appreciate your prayers, and  I pray for all you sweet women struggling with weight!

“The Lord directs the steps of the godly.  He delights in every detail of their lives.  Though they may stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.”  Psalm 37:23-24

Beautiful skin for the new year...

Okay, all you skin care lovers out there... My mom and I found a new product that you MUST get! Here it is....

It is the OLAY ProX Cleansing brush! It is 29.99 compared to....

Clarisonic at nearly $200 (who wouldn't love this) but for the price, OLAY is a great option!

It feels like a massage for the face and feels so "spa-like" you will be excited to wash your face. 

This is what I did...

Step one:

Remove your eye make up and WOW... I have used EVERY eye make up remover out there and NONE compare to "take the day off"!!! A splurge, but WORTH IT! Plus my sweet Momma slipped one in my stocking this year :)

Step Two:

Cleanse your skin, lather up and then use the ProX brush to scrub it around. The brush is supposed to....

1. Clean your skin 6x better.

2. Open your pores

3. Makes your skin absorb your moisturizer better and deeper. 

Step Three:

Exfoliate with any kind of toner... I love Clinique Clarifying 2 because it is made for dry skin like mine. 

Last Step:

Moisturize your face and...

your eyes (AVEDA rocks)

My advice is splurge a bit on your skin care; if it motivates you to take better care of your skin this year... what a great investment, to invest in healthy skin :)

Its been a happy new year

Happy New Year! I hope you all have been having a great new year! I have been very busy the past week or so, so let me fill you in. Last week we went down to Louisville to see some of our best friends Patrick and Savannah. We had lunch with them at Chuy's and then attended Patricks ordination. It was Beautiful. A very powerful and intimate night. Here are some photo's from the evening...

We did some visiting with our families....( why I only took pics of their cats, I don't know... kinda weird?)

 Louie

 Teddy

 Moo

Lucy (My nephews and niece's Christmas present)

The next day I went to the lake with Savannah, we went with Patrick and 4 other guys, Luke had to stay back and work :( We had an amazing time, and it was so good to have some one on one with Sav since she moved to Dallas. She also gave me some photography lessons. Here is what we took...

 Playing with focus 

Thank you Lord for incredible friends and family! Hope you treasure the ones you love and give thanks for them in this new year!

Lunch in Newport

My precious family came up to Newport, to go to the Newport Aquarium and we met them for lunch afterwards. We were blessed by our visit! Here are a couple pictures I took of the little ones...

Hayes

 Anna

Lane and Lila

Aren't they PRECIOUS?!!!! Hope you have a happy TUESDAY!