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you'll usually find me doing

 something along 

the lines of....

while lusting over stuff like these...

and dreaming about...

while jamming out to albums like... 

Life.

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"There are some things you can’t understand yet. Your life will be great and continuously unfolding. It’s good you’ve worked hard to resolve childhood issues while in your twenties, but understand that what you resolve will need to be resolved again. And again. You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness. 

 You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real loves moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else. 

Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room. 

The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering about sex and God and whether you should shave under your arms or not. These things are your becoming."-unknown

The Couple Who Plays Together, Stays Together

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I'm such a believer in the saying, 

"The couple who plays together, stays together."

because it's soooo important to want to have fun with your significant other!

I will be honest, Andrew and I have been lacking on this for a couple of reasons.

Reason number 1 being the fact that we've had only two weekends together in the last two months.

Sure, we've gone to dinner or grilled at our place,

but we haven't done anything exceptionally fun lately.

Andrew and I are going on 7 years {in January} and let's be honest,

sometimes it's hard to keep that fresh excitement there.

We both know we're committed, we're going to get married, have kids...

the whole deal.

I think it gets easy to fall into slumps, and forget to just have fun together.

So, on Thursday while we were working, Andrew texted me asking me to check out a Youtube video of an artist {aka a Techno/Electronic DJ type guy} Now, I am NOT a fan of techno. Andrew is. Sure, I love "house music" {David Guetta, Calvin Harris etc.} but real techno...no thank you! 

My initial thought was, 

HELL to the no.

But I stopped myself and realized that,

hey,

he wants to go...and heaven forbid it may just be,

FUN!

We went to Amon Tobin at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Minneapolis. It was more of a story through a light show...with techno music. We both thought it was an awesome concept, but we definitely got a little over-whelmed after an hour and a half. Regardless though, it was fun...and something different that I did for Andrew, because that's what love is all about. Being each other's other half even when you may or may not want to do what they want to do.

Classic car pic on the way to the show.

We walked from a friend's place. It was such a gorgeous night!

One of the sweet pics I got. And check out the video below if you want to experience insanity!

The same day Andrew asked about the show, I got an email from work telling me I won Twins Baseball tickets to Friday night's game! Of course Andrew was thrilled about this, but I was too! I really love baseball and love going to games in the new Target Field! 

Thanks to my work, we got awesome seats!

See? Told you! I love it when I can see the players faces and be more part of the action!

Of course I had to have a brewski.

Me and my hot date :)

Relationships are a lot of work.
Sometimes it seems like it's too much work.
But at the end of the day,
when you decide you want to spend the rest of your life with this person,
you have to make room for the silly and fun times...
because that's what will get you through the tough times,
and make you appreciate the person standing next to you even more!

Now, go have some fun! :)

Wisdom Wednesday

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I'm feeling very emotional inspired today.

Oh, How Pintresting!

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Joining the fun on Michelle, from The Vintage Apple's, Oh, How Pinteresting!
Things that have inspired me recently. . .

there is so much more to life than simply surviving it.

you can't rain on my parade.

in honor of my two best friend's getting married this month. already getting teary eyed!

babies babies babies. i want one.

don't. give. up.

Wisdom Wednesday

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Here's some words of wisdom that resonated with me lately.

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Trust Your Instincts

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Before you look to blame another, look within yourself,

 for at some point you have not listened to your own instincts.

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Too often we forget to trust our own instincts...ignoring what we know is right...while blaming another for our unhappiness. Everyone has instincts, but not everyone listens to them.

When things aren't going right in life, it's easiest to place blame on someone else, instead of looking within ourselves as to why we are unsatisified. I think we're scared to listen to our own instincts, because the answer may not be what we want, but it's what's right nonetheless.

So, do yourself a favor,

stop and take a minute to listen to what's deep inside...

because even though you may not be able to logically understand it,

you know more than you could ever realize.

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Oh, How Pinteresting

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Although I'm a day late...I thought I'd share some of my latest {Pinterest} inspirations....



her hair is gorgeous

love the idea of embellishments on a shirt

a dream of mine

lusting over this wedding dress

wedding love

simple, crisp, clean flowers

love this look

next sunglasses purchase

hair, outfit, beach. perfect.

dreaming of being a mommy

i'm in love with this

tattoo placement inspiration

i want this for our home