I was talking/texting an old friend, and now a client, the other day. She had just finished watching the highlight reel from our wedding. She said, "If I were you, I'd watch that 10x a day." I thought that was pretty funny, given the fact that I pretty much do! LOL. It's now been a year, 3 months and 19 days that we've been married and it still feels like yesterday. I still feel happy and giddy and completely overwhelmed that God has blessed me so much!!! I pray 10 years from now, I'll be even more giddy! =-)
OUR WEDDING HIGHLIGHT VIDEO:
Videography: Shylight Productions
Editing: Treygan Productions
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
SPANXTASTIC!
It is quite possibly the greatest invention in some time.
Yes, there was the girdle, and the control-top hose, but neither really get the job done quite like 'Spanx'. If you're 130lbs or near 250lbs, everyone has that 'problem area' or the extra jiggles and dimples that would be best unseen. Maybe the greatest appreciation for Spanx should be for the non-jiggle effect that it has in those think cotton summer dresses.
Maybe it's the magical way they make 10lbs seamlessly disappear and the extra confidence it provides in the dressing room.
"Ahh...it's only a little snug. Nothing a great pair of spanx can't cure!!"
You know you've done it. Spanx controls the out-of-control. The parts of us that we just can't pull together no matter how much we try.
As women, we have a LOT on our plates. I don't think I've met a woman yet that isn't juggling any less than 3-5 loads of "vital importance". The kids need to be dressed, fed and dropped off with lunches in hand. The house needs to be cleaned, laundry needs to be done, food needs to be cooked before hubby gets home and don't forget to fit a 8hrs of that full-time, demanding job in the mix. Just when you've gotten that done, you realize you forgot to water the plants, pick up the dry-cleaning, feed the dog and "Oh snap...what time was I suppose to pick up the kids again?"
I don't have kids. I don't even have a dog. But the loads I do carry leave me with the same feelings most all of us feel...overwhelmed, unappreciated at times, and unbalanced. As I'm writing, I'm staring an obnoxiously large load of laundry that looks like a bad game of JENGA on steroids. That image is a reflection of life...at least mine at times. You keep adding more and more, juggling the job, the start-up business, the wife-work and eventually it starts to bubble over like an unfortunate muffin-top.
Thus, bringing me back to my rant on the coolest invention ever. Spanx. No, it isn't a real product but I think, as women, we suit up in 'life-spanx' sometimes. Just a nice pair that cover up the stress dimples that our over-worked life has brought about. Pull them up nice and high to avoid the jiggle brought on by the guilt of not completing our unrealistic do-lists.
The moral of the story, be YOU! Don't get me wrong, I have no intention of giving up my SPANX! Ooohhhh NNOOOO!!! The metaphorical ones, I'll consider giving those up. Here's the deal, we only live once and that life is not perfect or in perfect order. My biggest 'do' on my 'do-list' is to simply put the do-list away sometimes and just enjoy the simple things in life. By the time I wake up in the morning, I'll need to be reminded of what I wrote! Thank God for blogs, right?
Until next time...
MK-->O&O
Yes, there was the girdle, and the control-top hose, but neither really get the job done quite like 'Spanx'. If you're 130lbs or near 250lbs, everyone has that 'problem area' or the extra jiggles and dimples that would be best unseen. Maybe the greatest appreciation for Spanx should be for the non-jiggle effect that it has in those think cotton summer dresses.
Maybe it's the magical way they make 10lbs seamlessly disappear and the extra confidence it provides in the dressing room.
"Ahh...it's only a little snug. Nothing a great pair of spanx can't cure!!"
You know you've done it. Spanx controls the out-of-control. The parts of us that we just can't pull together no matter how much we try.
As women, we have a LOT on our plates. I don't think I've met a woman yet that isn't juggling any less than 3-5 loads of "vital importance". The kids need to be dressed, fed and dropped off with lunches in hand. The house needs to be cleaned, laundry needs to be done, food needs to be cooked before hubby gets home and don't forget to fit a 8hrs of that full-time, demanding job in the mix. Just when you've gotten that done, you realize you forgot to water the plants, pick up the dry-cleaning, feed the dog and "Oh snap...what time was I suppose to pick up the kids again?"
I don't have kids. I don't even have a dog. But the loads I do carry leave me with the same feelings most all of us feel...overwhelmed, unappreciated at times, and unbalanced. As I'm writing, I'm staring an obnoxiously large load of laundry that looks like a bad game of JENGA on steroids. That image is a reflection of life...at least mine at times. You keep adding more and more, juggling the job, the start-up business, the wife-work and eventually it starts to bubble over like an unfortunate muffin-top.
Thus, bringing me back to my rant on the coolest invention ever. Spanx. No, it isn't a real product but I think, as women, we suit up in 'life-spanx' sometimes. Just a nice pair that cover up the stress dimples that our over-worked life has brought about. Pull them up nice and high to avoid the jiggle brought on by the guilt of not completing our unrealistic do-lists.
The moral of the story, be YOU! Don't get me wrong, I have no intention of giving up my SPANX! Ooohhhh NNOOOO!!! The metaphorical ones, I'll consider giving those up. Here's the deal, we only live once and that life is not perfect or in perfect order. My biggest 'do' on my 'do-list' is to simply put the do-list away sometimes and just enjoy the simple things in life. By the time I wake up in the morning, I'll need to be reminded of what I wrote! Thank God for blogs, right?
Until next time...
MK-->O&O
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