Hey guys I am back, I know it has been forever and a day, but I got inspired to write again. I think you sometimes just need a break from things. Well I have been super busy with Holiday things, my friends and my husband and I are going to New York for Christmas, so I needed to get a lot of that figured out. This past weekend I went to GA to do a photo shoot for a new clothing, cafe, band venue spot in little Valdosta, GA. My husband went to this amazing concert so I decided to bring my mom with me. I thought this would kill two birds with one stone, she has been giving me a really hard time about not seeing her and what better way to spend time together but a road trip! I decided to burn a couple of CD's for the trip since I don't have an ipod due to a terrible run in with a dogs mouth about a year ago. I had to burn a couple of CD's because not all the files would convert to MP3's (which is the best way to go!) I knew and listened to all the bands I put on the CDs, but when I started to listen to them I really grew a whole new appreciation for their music and really fell in love with a couple of the artists.
The first band is AFine Frenzy the lead singer Alison Sudol is so amazing. You can tell she is very Irish and it kind of brings me back to my roots! I will post the video for one of my favorite songs of hers!
The next is Joss Stone. I have always loved the blues and soul of Joss Stones music, but I think I had an epiphany. I have been asked so many times if I could choose a theme song for my life what would be? Well Joss Stone's "Right to be Wrong" would be it. Every word is me and how my life has always been! With verses like, "I've got a right to be wrong My mistakes will make me strong I'm stepping out into the great unknown I'm feeling wings though I've never flown" ahh she is amazing and just makes your heart sing!
The last one is Feist. This spunky Canadian is amazingly creative. You have probably heard one of her songs as an ipod commercial "one, two, three, four".
As I was driving down the high way dancing and singing to her crazy songs I realized she is really weird! I think that is why I like her music so much, because a lot of her songs seem like something I would write. Her music makes me feel normal in a crazy world and don't we all need that sometimes in our lives? Check out all of these amazing female artist! I will be posting photos from GA as soon as I am done with them!

Family

Thanksgiving... is a traditional North American holiday to give thanks at the conclusion of the harvest season. To me Thanksgiving is food, travel, turkey, fall, leaves, orange, and FAMILY.

On Sunday Nate and I went over to Fashion Square mall, if any of you know this mall you know it is a crap mall, but we had to return the tux that Nate wore in our friends wedding this weekend. As we waited out side for the store to open I started up the conversation about thanksgiving (for the millionth time). We haven't decided which family we are going to see and thanksgiving is only a couple days away. As we sat there thinking about it we realized no matter where we were going, it would probably be a depressing day.

We were going to his grandmothers in Seabring because she is not doing very well, but then Nates mom had to go to the emergency room last week and is still in bed receiving antibiotics for a staff infection. His parents told us that they still might be going to seabring, but I really don't think his mom should travel. On the other hand we can go to my grandparents house and have thanksgiving there, which is normally a good time and we can invite Nates parents over. We would still have the stress of seeing his mom, but we would only have to travel an hour and a half not four hours on the busiest travel day of the year. As I sat there, in our crappy mall, I realized that Thanksgiving is about family and how we are giving thanks for the people in our lives. I also realized that growing up kinda sucks and it really sucks when people we love become sick. We both agreed that no matter what we do the most important thing is to spend time with our family! Sometimes this is easier said than done. I love my family they are great people but sometimes I can only take so much of them. Most of the people in my family are very opinionated and mostly about my life. I know they are just helping me out and giving me advice that they wish someone had given them, but when it comes from your family it is different. I guess I just see it that since I am so comfortable with them I can become more agitated and annoyed with them. It even seems that way with really close friends, you feel comfortable with just telling them that you don't want to hear it and they continue to tell you their opinion! For this Thanksgiving, no matter where I end up, I am going to try and just enjoy every ones presence and enjoy the person that they are. I am going to try and take every little quirk and suggestion and just turn them into a positive, this Thanksgiving is just going to be about enjoying my family and the people that they are!