Lazy Is In The Forecast.

Turns out we are supposed to get 10 to 15 inches of snow up here in Northern Michigan today. This always happens…we get hit with a March storm. Little does this snow know, however, that I am fully prepared to enjoy it. Yes you read that right. I know I happen to be the queen of complaining about how snow ruins my plans but I have accepted that since there isn’t a weekend agenda that in turn I can just kick back, snuggle up, and relax. I am already making a list of “can goods” (aka beer, for the boy) and in my case some bottles of wine to make it through the hard times ahead. Haha! Other than that, I plan to go to the bar literally across the street from my boyfriend’s house for some late night entertainment later though.

I would want us to look like this:

But I know this will be what we will end up looking like (picture one girl as a guy):

Most of all, I am just excited to spend Saturday morning like this:

I also want to make hot chocolate and spend the afternoon catching up on TV shows and movies. Nothing is better than lazy days with the boy. Here’s part of the line up:

Nothing like scary movies chased with completely girlie shows. The boy will watch literally anything and probably like it, so its the perfect combination.

The snow will not defeat me. I definitely need a little downtime and thankfully the weather is allowing me to just say “Well I am kind of stuck indoors, so I might as well…do nothing."

What are you plans this weekend? Anyone else feeling like staying in and being lazy is in their forecast/agenda? I want to know!

Thanksgiving Weekend Wrap-Up

Well I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving break… mine was pretty great! I was computer-less for the entire weekend just enjoying the company of my sister {home from college}, family, friends, and the boy. Seriously can’t say enough of how blessed I am. Here’s just a few highlights:

1. Christmas Tree Shopping… yes, we bought the best tree in the lot. I am obsessed with it, the only downfall is I haven’t gotten it decorated yet. So be expecting more pictures on that this week.

2. My brother is now being stopped to sign autographs… yeah, I don’t understand it but this small town thinks he will be something big someday. Let’s hope so!

3. Black Friday @ Walmart… I went crazy. I think most people on my list this year will get a present from me which is accompanied with a DVD. Sorry but I can’t resist getting a movie for $1.96, okay people?

4. Last night I wore a dress to the hockey rink for the first time in my life. About a month ago, in a buzzed {drunken} conversation, I agreed to attending one of the boys’ games all dolled up and then going to a dinner afterwards. Yeah… so needless to say, I put the dress on, sat through the best hockey game of all time, and surprisingly stayed warm. To make things even better the boyfriend scored the winning goal to make it a 5-4 final. Once the game ended, we kissed our boys goodbye and headed to the bar while waiting for the boys to get showered and redressed. Little did we know that they called each other during the day and decided to get dressed up too. So it seriously looked like prom night at the restaurant when the boys strolled in wearing dress shirts. Stinkin’ adorable! {They also credit the dresses to them winning the game… but we didn’t take the bait. Once is enough!}

If only we looked this gorgeous while cheering for the boys. I'd like to think we were the brunette version of Taylor, Kellie, and Carrie. {yeah right!}

I plan on making a few of these for the girlfriends of the boys on the team. My little DIY project for the week:

5. Last but certainly not least… My beloved Miami Redhawks won the Denver Cup this past weekend! Love & Honor. I couldn’t be happier that the team is now pulling together to start a winning streak that will hopefully continue into the last half of the season.

So cheers to winning hockey teams and a successful Thanksgiving. I cannot wait to jump into the Christmas holiday now. Thanks to Black Friday, I can start wrapping presents once I get my tree decorated first!

How was everyone's holiday? I want to know all about it.

Mud on the Tires.

Even though I was born and raised in northern Michigan, I haven’t really embraced the whole outdoorsy-ness of the state until lately. The past three years, whenever I was home from college in Ohio, I would call the boys I had known since elementary school and say “take me two tracking” or “let’s go camping.” They would often laugh and then say “well grab those Coach rain boots of yours and let’s go!” Well this weekend was no exception. We live 15 minutes from a town called Boyne Falls which hosts a Polish Festival every year. One of the events is a Mud Run.  Basically, boys work on a truck or jeep for years {or all summer} to get it to the point that it can make it through a track full of mud in the shortest amount of time possible.  So I grabbed my sister, who is as naïve about mud and trucks as I am and we went to watch.

Me & Kelly.

The boy we went to go cheer on was Mike, who drives a truck he named “Mud Slut.”

Haha yeah, pretty classy huh? But it was honestly one of the best looking trucks in the competition… I know that isn’t in the “winning criteria” but I thought I needed to tell him that he should win for that alone. {See how girlie I can be?!} The whole day we would just kick back & sing this song together:

I've got the perfect place in mind
It's in the middle of nowhere only one way to get there
You got to get a little mud on the tires

Hands down it was one of the best summer days ever. We got to do some serious people watching {my favorite thing in the world} and also ogle over guys in big trucks.  Not too shabby! So we sat in the “rain, then sun, then rain, then sun” weather, drank beers out of our new Polish festival coozies {Classy, huh?}, and just enjoyed the country-ness.  

I was one happy yet muddy girl by the end of the day! This even has now become something I will look forward to for years/summers to come.


Anyone else ever been to something like this? Anyone ever went completely out of their comfort zone and then realized what they had been missing? Cannot wait to read about everyone else's weekends!

What I'm Loving Wednesdays! {2}

I am linking up to littledaisymay.blogspot.com today to tell my wonderful 62 followers about what I am lovin' this Wednesday! I can't believe I have that many followers. I started this blog because my best friend Emily peer-pressured me into it and now I don't know what I would do to relax at the end of the day without blogging and reading other's posts. So I am definitely loving this blog. It's my journal and inspiration. So thank you for reading!

1. The fact that it’s Wednesday {making it Thursday in my workweek} since I am taking Friday off. Sounds confusing but makes total sense to me. {See next item}

2. Friday is Petoskey’s Sidewalk Sales! It means I get to wake up at the time I would be starting my workday to go downtown and shop in the streets. The stores give amazing discounts and sales, not to mention lunch and drinks outside since all the bars/restaurants put their tables in the street. It’s seriously my favorite part of summer! Pretty soon these streets will be CROWDED with clothes and people.

3. Also, Friday night is Harbor Spring’s Regatta. This translates into walking the docks to look at all the beautiful sailboats before they set sail on Lake Michigan. They hold a large party for all locals and participants, so it turns into a huge class reunion for those up for the summer before returning to college. Its so preppy… so I can’t wait to put together an outfit for the occasion. That’s all the fun!

Last Year's Regatta. {Kas, Dylan, Me, Rebecca, Kate, & Lauren}

4. Every day after work, we have been hitting the beach. There is nothing better than working a 10 hour day then driving down the road a bit to the State Park. After a quick dip in the lake, all the stress and worry from the day seems to melt away.

5. We have had customers {VIPs of the aerospace engineering world} in at work this week. This translates to dinners out and serious butt kissing. I was just happy that one of the engineers graduated from Miami University. So we were probably ignoring as we talked about Bagel and Deli, nights dancing at Brick Street, or where the best frat house to party at was.

6. Netflix arrived yesterday with the first season of The Walking Dead. I don’t know what it is but I love watching zombie related things… I even turned to *the boy* last night and said “I would like to think that I would make it through a zombie attack.” He just held back a laugh, smiled, then nodded… So I took that as he thinks I would die in the first few hours. The series is pretty amazing… the makeup is flawless and looks so real, its creepy.

7. What’s not creepy though is the fact that Boondock Saint’s actor (which is my favorite movie} Norman Reedus is a character in this series. Ahh, I love the toughness he brings to ever role, not to mention the fact he’s serious eye candy for me. So for the next few days as I work my way through the season, I get to drool over him. Win-win.

8. My dog Lola.... this was her last night. She was just hanging out with her ball. Stinkin' adorable.

So as you can see most of the things I am loving are PLANS! Seriously, I need to stop planning my life out so much but if the place that you live has such amazing events going on, its hard not to fill my social calendar up. Plus the people I get to spend it are the ones who make it fun. Hope you guys have fun things planned for the weekend… I can’t believe its only Wednesday and I am geared up for Friday. I shouldn’t rush time, huh?

So what are you guys loving this beautiful Wednesday?