Instagram this Week!

Hey Reader-Friends, with spring break around the corner, I hope to post a few more interesting posts besides the weekly Instgram post! Nonetheless, it’s a great time with Jenni! Link up with us!

1., 2., & 3.) The eats this week! Tomato, spinach, mushroom, and pesto sammie. Fish tacos Friday night with Chad. And chicken fajita quesadillas from camping on Saturday.


4., 5., & 6.) The fun this week! Cash stash in the sock drawer, new nail polish, and “the broom experiment”…I’m sure you tried it, too!

7., 8., & 9.) The friends this week! Jenn-Jenn and me at Trivia, followed by a shot of me with one of the cutest couples I know –Liston (the goofy one, obviously) and Meri Ansley..and finally, one of my very best friends and me (snuggling by our campfire this weekend :)




10., 11., 12., 13., & 14.) The adventure this week! Chad and I took a weekend for ourselves and went camping and mountain biking in Ackerman, Miss. We sweated, we laughed, we snuggled. It was perfection.

Time flies when you’re Instagraming

24 hours is just not enough in a day! Seven days are gone in a blink! And all I can do to keep up is re-cap with Instagram. Linking up with Jenni for this week’s “Best of Instagram.”

1. One of the days this past week for the February photo challenge called for something “blue,” so in honor of BEB, ta-da!

 

2. Some of my girls and me at Hey Joe’s for Trivia on Wednesday night.

 

3. I can’t tell you how many times I have told  myself that the responsible thing to do would be to sell this beaut back, so I can better afford bridesmaid dresses, big girl bills, etc…etc…etc…BUT my heart is screaming “NOOOOOO” very loudly. Heart wins for now.

4. The past few weekends, Chad and I have made some spectacular dinners. This week’s menu included Tilapia (pictured above) and Mediterranean pizza (gone before a picture could be snapped).

 

5. And as usual, this is what Sundays look like.

Happy day to all!

Better Late than Never Instagram

This semester is my last one of undergrad. All those that have done senior year before me made it look so easy. It was supposed to be the “care-free” year. PHA! I am so busy…It may have something to do with the fact that not one but TWO of my very best friends are engaged!

1.&2. “Will you be my maid of honor?” magnets Amber Grace made for Jessica and me. Oh, speaking of Jessica, she just so happened to get engaged tooooo! Oh, and these two gals decided that they are going to do their weddings merely weeks apart this coming July. Deep breaths. Deep breaths. Exciting times!

3.&4. Got to spend a leeeettle bit of time with Mama on Monday because I had a dentist appointment in my hometown. I love this woman beyond words. She took me for my favorite…SUSHI!

5.&6. Honestly though, I don’t crave restaurant sushi as much these days because my boyfriend happens to be an AMAZING sushi chef! Look at that stuff! It is so legit. That adorable little fluff ball that is ever so intrigued by the bottle of beer is Squidbilly. He was a favorite that night when we had some of my girlfriends over for Chad’s said amazing-ness!

7.&8. Fast forward to V-day. Chad was still an amazing boyfriend, he just happened to be an amazing, broken boyfriend. He took an elbow to the head while playing basketball, and we had to get him eight stiches. He was all tough, and I was all proud! He is definitely going to be in some pain, but it was certainly a memorable first Valentine’s Day. I think those “sweet-hearts” were the right medicine, though. Red velvet cheesecake brownies. I am oh so grateful for Pinterest! 

Thanks for letting me link up so late, Jenni!

MIA Explained

I don’t want to flatter myself and assume that my readers have been wondering where I have been, but in case any of you have been wondering, I hope this post satisfies your curiosity.

I have prayed about writing this post.

I have already hit backspace about a million times, trying to come up with a good way to lead into this. I give up. So, here it is: my boyfriend of five and half years and I ended our relationship recently, and I have been dealing with that. I thought it would be best to stay away from blogger while I dealt with the initial changes in my life; emotions are not to be trusted in the drivers seat. I refuse to throw a pity party for myself on my site, nor will I throw a bashing party for him.

I promise you that I’m doing well. I promise you that I have my ugly moments. I promise you that I’m hurt. And I promise you that I truly believe that God has a better, and more beautiful plan for my life now than when I was trying so desperately to control it myself.

I really don’t want Blue-Eyed Blog to turn into "The Break-Up Chronicles", but of course, in order to keep this the honest blog that I strive for it to be, I will share all the hard things I learn along the way with you while writing about all the wonderful things that are still present in my life. If you are still around these days, thank you so much for hanging in there while I have been exceedingly MIA. As always, your readership makes me smile. And smiles are valued more than ever during this time of heartache.

I want to share one more thing with you, Reader-Friends. Watch the video below; this is why I’m truly okay in the midst of this time.

Super-Fly

I’m a flyboy’s girl, if you haven’t heard Reader-Friends! What can I say? The cliché is true for me: I like a man in uniform; furthermore, I like a man with talent (as one of my very best friends says); and truly, I love a man that can literally fly my little grounded tail into the heavens. Here we are-

One thing I have learned about dating a pilot is that I must be the eyes on the road when there are wings in the sky. Jon is constantly looking into the clouds, ooohing and ahhhhing over the aircraft flying over. Then he says to me, “do you see that? That’s a djfsljfosjdofjo908308r03wif!” Okay, obviously that’s not the name of a plane, but it might as well be; I am so impressed by how he memorizes all the letters and names that go along with how the tail of an aircraft appears and such.

{This is Jon and his Dad, who is also a pilot. Point made, huh?}

Saturday was very special for this girl. Jon took me to the air show in our area. And it was quite a show, indeed! Here’s a little peak of what I got see:

Blue Angels, Millington, TN 2011- Posing solos

How freaking scary awesome is that? Those planes right there are called the Blue Angels, F/A-18’s are what they are, and the elite is who’s  flying them! The fleet is a part of the Naval military branch. You have seen Top Gun, right? No? You must go now. Netflix is calling your name!  (Come back as soon as you’re done, of course!)

Check out a few more shots from our super-fly day! (True, I’m ridiculously and unapologetically corny!)

We ended the long day with a Delta State University Aviation Alumni dinner.

Good food. Good people. Good night!