my shows!!

we never watch tv. hardly ever. we could be one of those families who don't have tvs in their house. with the exception of two shows :) the two best shows! this sunday is the end of one and the beginning of another. what to do...what to do. do I watch the season finale of this?


orrrr watch the season premiere of this?

decisions, decisions!! but very exciting ones!it's been the longest wait of my life for game of thrones!

book love



 



Oh how I love this little story.

Some books I love for the storyline. The people in it are all good and fine but the happenings and the whereabouts is what reels me in.

And some I love for the details and the writing style. I love reading about strange places or different worlds and fictional towns. When you can see exactly in your mind what the writer is saying. When the words flow so pretty together no matter what they're writing about, it's lovely.

Some I love because they make me think and make me feel like I need to be a better human.

Then there's some I love for the characters. Which are usually my favorite books, because if there's anything I've learned about writing, it's that you cannot start stories or novels or books based on ideas. It has to start with characters. That's why people read!

And then every once in a while, few and far between is a book that has every single one of those loves all wrapped up into one wonderful book. This is one of those! I love every single thing about this book. I am an immediate die hard Ruta Sepetys fan. I was so surprised that this book was in the YA genre. And then I read an interview she did talking about how young readers are so intelligent and smart why NOT write a novel geared toward those kinds of people. YES!!! Why not indeed!?! I'm in love with this story and have whored it out to everyone I know. It's up there with The Help in my loved books. If there hadn't been two other people waiting for me to finish it so they could read it, I would have started it over and read it again!

so proud!!

home sweet home

i love this!!!! he's like his momma. he gets hooked on something and won't stop. he's been singing and playing this song for a good 4 months now. and i love how he always changes songs to make them suit him.

kotas song

he plays this lil tune all the time and tells me that one day he's gonna write lyrics to it! it's my favorite lil tune ♥
 

Strugglin

i work with a girl that reminds me so much of how I used to be. i can't stand her. i have a hard time tolerating her on a daily basis. it's either karma biting me in the ass or it's a blessing. i guess those are both one in the same when you think about it. and i am not saying that i'm better than her. i've never been that kind of person. i'm just honestly and openly thankful that i am no longer that person. most days i just tune her out and let everything that comes out of her mouth motivate me to be better and have positive thoughts but some days i don't do well with it at all and i let her attitude and her ways bring me down. which turns the whole thing around and makes it my fault. i let her do it. it's work to stay on top of negativity. it's a lot of work, when you're in certain situations like the ones ive found myself in the past two years. i'd like to say that it makes me a better person and keeps me on the track i want to be on, but i'm affraid that's not always the case.

It's a challenge every single day. I wanna be the kind of person that can love her anyway. And not let her change anything about who I am. I'm determined!!