Steps of Faith - Guest Post

Howdy Lovers! I'm home safe and sound from the Dominican Republic! I don't even know where to begin with all my stories for you!! For starters, the lovely Ms. Erin over at This is my Life invited me to do a guest post as part of her Steps of Faith series. Of course, coming fresh off my mission trip from the DR gives me the perfect material for my post today. Go on over and check it out and get your first recap on my incredible experience!

 

XOXO

30 Miles In 30 Days - June - Guest Post

Hey Pink Growl Readers!!!My name is Amanda aka Manda. For those of you wondering who the heck I am, I blog over at Adventures of Manda and Mr Howie. I took over for the wonderful and beautiful, Ms Nikki, as the host for 30 in 30. I'm just stopping by over here to fill in for Nikki today while she's off playing Nashville...without me. You can't tell I'm a tad bit jealous, can you?? Anywhoo...enough about my turning green with envy.

Are you joining us? Have you joined us in the past?

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 I'm so glad Nikki got me hooked on this! I seriously attribute me losing this last bit of weight to her. I think I'd still be stuck on my plateau if she hadn't asked me to start walking with her. Seriously! She's been so amazing to me through this whole process!

So, I was searching Pinterest for fitness inspiration and I stumbled across this! 

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How fitting is this when it comes to working out and our fitness goals?!? I've had so many people tell me they don't think they could do this challenge and so they aren't even going to try. You know what? Yes you can! So stop telling yourself that bull shit story!

Let me share a lil piece of wisdom I've learned this past year...

One of my favorite family sayings (yes this really is a family saying) is "You can't bullshit a bullshiter!"  Now I've realized recently, you can't bullshit a bullshiter unless the bullshiter is you! Ok, let me elaborate for a second. You know how you can call someone else's bullshit at times, lies they tell to themselves or to someone else? Why is it that you can see when someone else is feeding you a line of bull, but you can't when it's you doing the feeding? When you stand in the mirror, you see everything wrong and convince yourself you are a) too big/too little, b) not pretty, c) you need to fix (fill in the blank), etc. We need to stop feeding ourselves the bs and build ourselves up!!!

So how did I do this week?

June 6: nada- rained

June 7: 1 mile walked

June 8: nada- roadtrip to somewhere special- will share soon

June 9: 2 miles walked

June 10: nada- sicker than a dog
June 11: 1.1 miles walked
June 12: 1 mile walked (too hot and muggy to do much more outside. Boo!)

Totals for this week: 5.1

Totals for this month: 15.25

So not as good as I would have liked, but due to weather and not feeling well, I'm glad I got in anything at all. I think this next week, if the weather stays ungodly hot, I'll definitely be making my way to the staff gym. 

So how did you all do this week?

Do you need a little encouragement? Doesn't hesitate to let me know!!

If you don't blog, don't forget you can still link up with IG by using the hash tag #30in30junelinkup.

That way, we can still cheer you on! 

Remember, this is not a competition. As long as you're moving, that's what really matters! 

If you want someone to compete with...

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Hope y'all are having a great week!

xoxo-Manda

You Can Find Me...

You can find me blabbing over on my girl E-Money's blog (or Erin as normal people call her) today, while she is enjoying her vacay in Hawaii....I'm not jealous...nope not at all...

Guest Post: Sarah - Puppy Love

My weekend was CRAY! This old gal went out 4 nights in a row and now I'm exhausted. Still playing catch up at work from being off on Friday soooo today you get the post you were supposed to get Friday! Sweet Sarah at Venus Trapped in Mars agreed to fill in for me Friday and then my auto scheduler failed me! Oh well - her post was too good not to share so enjoy!!

 

I accidentally let it slip that Nikki asked me to come guest post over at Tilly's place. I was worried I was so busy this week that I wouldn't have enough time to write the post. Well, let it be known that my pup, General Neyland (named after the greatest football coach and stadium in existence) has a little crush on Tilly. It came as no surprise to me that he offered to write the post and go visit Miss Tilly. Nikki, I hope you don't mind that I offered the guest post to Gee, I was just way too busy to get it done.

HI TILLY!

{and you other people who come here for Nikki} 

 My mom, who talks about blogging non-stop, 24/7 over at Venus Trapped in Mars said Nikki needed some help today. Well, I wasn't about to miss the chance to come see you, girl. I took a bath, and put on my nicest bow tie for you. I thought I would  use this as a pupportunity to try and impress you in hopes that you will go on a date with me, Tilly!

So what do you think Tilly? Call me, Maybe?

FRIDAY!

Hi loves! I'm off today for Good Friday so I'm skipping our regularly scheduled Friday's Letters. Instead I'm going to direct your attention over to Ms. Manda's blog where I am guest posting for her today about my spring wants.

 

I am going to spend my day cleaning, doing a little shopping and hitting up a Body Combat workout class later today. Happy long weekend and Happy Easter! Don't forget that Jesus is the reason for this season and take a moment to be thankful!

A Sweet Southern Mess

I am turning things over today to my cute little friend Anna. She is a fellow Tennessean, which I adore. She is a self-proclaimed sweet southern mess. She's a woman with a mission today so I thought maybe we could help her out! Show her some love!

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever."

Hello friends!The lovely Nikki, of whom I know you all LOVEEEE because I do, has agreed to let me guest post today and I couldn't be more thrilled and appreciative! My name is Anna and I blog over at A Sweet Southern Mess! If there is one thing about me that my readers are well aware of is that I am madly in love with the handsome man in the picture below. His name is Kyle and he a blessing from God. We have been dating for 3 years now and I wouldn't trade a single day of it. Alright...I've been mushy enough. ;) However, I needed to give you some background information before I jumped right in!

I'm about to get all political on you......

       VOTE FOR US!

Kyle and I are entered in a cutest couple contest! I am too excited about it too! Go to: https://www.facebook.com/MKPics

 then to photos and the album Cutest Couple 2012! It will be this picture and all you have to do is like her page, MK Photography, and like our picture! Voting runs until December 15 so spread the news! If we win we receive not 1 but 2 free photo sessions! 

PLEASE VOTE! :) There are so many great entries and we are definitely not winning but it is only September! We have never had any kind of professional pictures taken (we only have the pictures that I have taken over the years) and it has been the topic of conversation for a while now. This would be a great experience for us and we would be so grateful! Thank you so much Nikki for letting me guest post! 

Brie, Like the Cheese

I think that most of you have had the pleasure of growing to love Ms. Brie, like I have over the past couple of months. But in case you haven't I wanted to share her with you! She's truly so sweet and plus she's such a cutie! I've never seen an ugly or just okay picture of her. In real life I know zero people named Brie, in my blog life two of my very favorites are Brie Sophistifunk & Recipe for a Beautiful Life! So here's your little snack for today, a piece of brie! hahahaha get it? PS - I feel like ick today so this guest post was great timing! I will not get sick. I will not get sick. I will not get sick.

Hello to all of you lovely Pink Growl readers.

My name is Brie. Yes, like the cheese.

I am so excited to be here today!

I started my blog, Sophistifunk, in January and one of my first blogger friends was Nikki.

We share lots of common interests such as our love for cute fluffy pups, college football, and reading books.

Except for I'm lacking Nikki's adorable southern accent.

Over at Sophistifunk, I blog about pretty much whatever my heart desires.

This includes:

Family

Friends

Fashion

 

A fluffy pup named Zoey

Fighting cancer (you can read more about that here)

And last, but certainly not least...Colton. Too bad his name doesn't start with an "F."

Well, ladies, that's all I've got for you today. 

And a big thanks to Nikki for letting me take over your blog for the day :)

Blog // Twitter // Facebook // Instagram

Simply Sarah

This little lady is a girl after my own personality. I love her style, her wit and of course her cuteness! Plus, she likes to have a good time, and I think we could make some embarassing drunken fun memories together! She is one of my fabulous sponsors so please take a minute to check her out over at simply sarah.

Hi there Pink Growl readers!

I'm Sarah and I blog over at simply sarah.

I'm super random but you'll learn to love it.

or not. 

I'm so happy to be here filling in for Nikki while she's 'working' in Florida ;)

Hopefully she snuck away to have some cold ones on the beach.

I know we're all still feeling the blistering heat of summer

and don't get me wrong, I love summer, but I also find myself looking forward

to the quickly approaching fall. So today I figured I'd share with y'all some of the things

I love about fall. {don't hate}

#1 going to the pumpkin patch.

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One thing you'll learn about me is that I am constantly changing my nail color. I love 

finding new colors to try and essie is my absolute favorite.

 Clockwise: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7

fall fashion. love it all.

Clockwise: 1/2/3/4/5/6

trying not to get fat with all the pumpkin, cinnamon, apple deliciousness.

And of course, what good is fall without football?!

I'm a huge Colts fan.

I love Eli Manning.

I went to VCU

But I cheer for Virginia Tech.

Go Hokies!

Oh, and the most important thing about fall......

my birthday! :)

Well lovers, thanks for having me! And thanks again Nikki for letting me 

take over your space! I hope y'all will stop by and say hi :)

happy weekending!

xoxo.

An Organized Mess

Miss Jade from An Organized Mess is also one of my new August Sponsors. She's the perfect gal to follow up Dusty from yesterday. Not only is she sooo cute...see below... but she's hilarious. I love to surround myself with funny people. Show her some love and enjoy!

Hello there to all you Pink Growl followers!
RAWR!

I'm so excited to be Nikki's guest on the blog today.

I suppose you'd like to know who the witty kitty is that typed these here words, so allow me to introduce myself...

My name is Jade (otherwise known as 'Plain Jade') 

& I blog over at An Organized Mess.

If you're looking for honesty, complete randomness, & sarcastic humor -- 

I'm your girl! 

Otherwise, you're in the wrong place!

A few things you MUST know about me:

I LOVE:

My two precious balls of fur: 

Alice & Ralph 

(Yes, I give my animals human names. Yes, it's the cool thing to do.)
That's right, folks! I'm a crazy cat lady.
Who doesn't love kitties?
As Emily Maynard once said, "They're mini lions!"
If that's not super cool, then I'm not sure what is!

All things pickle flavored or just pickles in general.

I'm like a classy version of Snooki....

eCards because they are hilarious & make my day 20x better....

Quotes because they make me smile...

Oh, & of course my awesome friends...

If you want to know more about me come on over & take a peek around my blog. 

What will you find there?

Anything from DIY crafts, recipes, celebrity gossip, & {most of all} my every day thoughts. 

You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlogLovin', & Pinterest.

Yes, I'm kind of social media obsessed.

Don't Judge Me....