Trending #Awesome

Do you see a trend in this statement? Apparently so! I posted this picture of Neil Patrick Harris on my Facebook probably 2 months ago. I think every single person on my friends like "liked" it.
It's not that there is anything wrong with being single, or dating someone for years before getting married - like myself, or having kids. I aspire to get married and have kids in the next 5 years for sure. It just seems like right now there is an incredibly rapid influx of wedding and baby showers surrounding me. That makes me feel the pressure! One of my good friends told us about 2 weeks ago that she is pregnant with her second child. (It's Cayson's mama for those of you who have followed my blog and seen sweet Cayson on here.) TWO girls I know got engaged over the weekend! I'm drowning in a sea of princess cut diamonds (oh I wish!) and diapers over here!

I don't mean this hateful so I hope that no one takes offense to it. But usually what happens is, my unmarried non-parent friends are on my side about these things. Then, BAM! they up and get engaged and then they pressure me to do the same. What these folks don't get is that Skye and I have an equation right now that works for us. Next week will be our 7 year anniversary of dating (8 years of knowing each other). We aren't the perfect couple and we do fight. But I can honestly say that anyone who's been around us for any length of time knows the love we have for each other. We have seen some friends' marriages come and go already, we have some friends who are now single parents. Rushing to get married and grow up just isn't in the cards for us. People say "when you know, you know". I almost take offense to that -I know that I love him dearly, but I also know that he's not going anywhere anytime soon. I feel a little sorry for people who rush to get married and then spit out a baby within a year. They don't really take the time to get to know each other and just have that important couple time. Again, no offense is meant by this it's just the way I feel right now.

I'm truly happy for the people in my life who are making the big moves and getting what they want! I love being involved in my best friend's weddings and baby planning processes. I can't decide what's the right timing for them, just for myself.

I'm only 27...and down here in God's Country that's old hag status. But at least I'm an awesome old hag!

5 Question Friday!

Segment borrowed from My Little Life - Thanks!

Questions for Friday, December 2nd (speaking of December, who stole my November?!): (Special thanks to Sandy, Sharayha, @emilywickham, @trooppetrie and Lorilynne for their question suggestions! I would love to link you in a future 5QF, so come on over to my community or watch for my Thursday afternoon shout out for questions on Twitter and offer up your best question suggestions! Remember to @5crookedhalos me and use hashtag #5QF if you go the Twitter route!)

1. What is your favorite Christmas decoration in your house?

My favorite Christmas decorations by far are my outside icicle lights on the house! I LOVE those because it really makes me feel like Christmas time to see people light up their houses. It just puts a smile on my face to come home and see them on! That might be a little Griswold-ish, but that's how I roll.

2. Do you finish your Christmas shopping early or are you a last minute type?

I very much a last minute shopper. For example, right now I have zero Christmas presents. But in the last week, I will get all my shopping done!

3. When do you turn on your heat?

I'm a wait until it's 30 degrees at night to turn your heat on kind of person. Just about 2 weeks ago we turned our heat on. Until then we were sweatshirting it up!

4. Do you ever wish your blog was private?

My blog is fairly new, so right now it suits me just fine being public.

5. Do you put your deodorant on before of after you put on your shirt?

Definitely before. Hands down. Otherwise, you get those yucky deo marks.

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Thursday Things to Love

1. My Gym! For a reformed chubster, I chuckle at myself for thinking that I love my gym, but it's so true. It's less than a mile from my house, it's one of those 24 hour access deals, AND it's no contract and $15 a month. You can't beat it with a stick! Plus, they offer boot camps - which I love. I did one in the summer and it's 4 weeks, 3x a week for an hour of pure hell. At the end of that month though I felt so good about my fitness level. They are starting another one soon that I want to be a part of after my holiday food massacre. I have a renewed sense of confidence thanks to this gym! So Holla to Workout Anytime!

2. The colder weather here in East TN! I woke up this morning to a nice frost on the ground. I enjoy the cooler weather, unlike a lot of my fellow Tennesseans. Skye and I are into snowboarding and we have about 5 semi-good ski resorts within less than 3 hours from where we live. We also try to go to one big place every year - like out West to Colorado or California to snowboard on the big time mountains. We are going for the first time this Sunday in North Carolina and I am so excited! Funny how I never thought I would be into something like this, but oh the things we do for boys and end up enjoying!

3. Season of Goodwill - I went today at lunch and dropped off 7 HUGE leaf trash bags full of clothes at Goodwill. You thought I meant the Christmas spirit with that, didn't you? Nope, the actual cleaning out your closet Goodwill season. Thankfully none of that stuff fit us anymore so it was a good reason to donate.

4. One of my very best friends in the world got some good news back on a biopsy test result today!! Her mom died of breast cancer when she was 6 years old, and she's around that age her mama was. They found a lump, biopsied it and everything came back fine. Thank you Lord!

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Do you Twitter or Tweet or whatever the hell it's called? I joined the Twitter world about 2 years ago and I was into for a while and then the inspiration left me. I was more into Facebook. My Facebook is now a mess and a little difficult to keep up with so I'm diggin' on Twitter again - Follow me! @nikkib918 and I'll reciprocate.
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