5 on Friday

Happy Friday, everyone! In a few hours I will be making my way to Greensboro to visit my family for the weekend and I'm excited to be back home in the house that I grew up in for a few days. Oh and I'm going to try to make this a social media free weekend so wish me luck! So do y'all remember when I wrote a blog post about Lent earlier this week? If you missed it, don't worry you can catch up on it here. This week I've been trying to think more heavily about what I can give up and what I can take on in regards to the 40 days of Lent. As of today, I have tried to make more of an effort to not watch TV before going to sleep and making sure to take my makeup off every night. For today's post, I've come up with five things that remind me of what I should be doing to celebrate all that God has given up for us. Maybe they will light a little flame in your heart that will shine brighter then before. Maybe you will get some ideas of what YOU can be doing differently. Maybe they won't do anything at all but are fun to check out. Whatever this post does for you, I hope it's at least positive and worthwhile.

ONE

 

This little girl is named Emily James and she has a little heart of gold. Watch what she does and has to say when her parents suggest that she should get her first haircut (at the age of three) and should donate some of it to kids who have cancer. Each and every one of us should have this kind of outlook towards those who are suffering.

TWO

Do you judge a book by it's cover? If so then you are like most of us. It's hard not to do it, and I have caught myself a number of times and had to stop what I was doing to remind myself of the reasons why what I was doing was wrong. Perfect example happened yesterday when I was exploring THE EVERYGIRL and saw this article on a lady's Washington DC Apartment tour. Not only was her apartment head-to-toe amazing and totally decorated how I would want it (and very colorful and full of life), but this lady happens to also be a U.S. Army Captain, works at the Pentagon as a Policy Officer and runs a lifestyle and interior design blog called Life with a Dash of Whimsy. I've never seen that kind of career combo but it totally works for her!

THREE

 

Have you gone ahead and entered the giveaway for the spring "package" that a group of my sweet blog friends and I have created for you all to enjoy? I am giving away something so that you can gain something! Pretty sweet right ;) If you haven't entered go do that right now! 

FOUR

 

Pentatonix. This group can SING and when they play this song, I melt in my seat it's that good! When the song talks about "saying something", I try to relate that back to my friends and family. When I am upset, I don't always like to say much. And often times, Will and I might get in a fight because neither one of us can read each others minds. So now every time I hear "say something" in this song, that's what I think of! How do you think they did with this song?
FIVE
Due to some financial issues (please tell me I'm not the only one who has had them) Will and I have decided that going to NYC this April was just not the right choice. Instead, we have decided on an NEW location and I can't wait to share that information with within the next week or two!