Baby Got Books

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The Five people You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom will forever remain one of my favorite books. It was brought to my attention my freshman year of college. Our First Year Symposium teacher put it as part of our reading list. This was the same class where Cassie and I came to be friends in (one of the many ways we were brought together). This book is a story of an older man, Eddie, on his 83rd birthday. He works at an amusement park, and on his birthday this year he is going to die in his attempt to save a little girls life. When he dies, he goes through a process of meeting five different people. Each person shed light on different events or aspects in his life. 

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I can't stress enough how wonderful this book is. All of his books are very insightful, but this one is my favorite. 

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Without a doubt, I love princesses. Like, love them.
So, in the wake of reading The Hunger Games, I found this book, which combines the mentality of competition through districts with royalty. What more could a girl ask for?

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This book is lovely and has a compelling story line of a girl named America who dutifully, although a bit hatefully, enters The Selection but wants nothing to do with being selected as the future queen. Of course, the fact that she's secretly in a loving relationship with a boy in a class below her doesn't help the situation either when she is selected as a "contestant."

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The Selection is book one in the series. You can read the novella before this called The Prince and book two called The Elite.

Hump Day Hugs #6

If you like being single, it's okay to admit that. Maybe you like being alone. Maybe you like just dating and hooking up. Guys like these things, and the world has no problem with it.

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Okay. I've got to be honest for second, and I think Mary will back me up. I am not a fan of today's topic and that's mainly because I can't offer much advice or insight into it. I've been married for the majority of my twenties, and Mary's been in serious relationships for hers. So, basically, we're really not the people to ask about being single and liking it. We were both born to be Susie Homemakers; not to be single.

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As much as I agree with Cassie (we really are meant to be domestic divas), I have to admit that at the time in my early 20s when I was single I had some of the best times of my life. I found out so much about myself and what makes me happy. I would go on impromptu road trips and go out dancing on weekdays. While I have met the right person now and have no desire to be single again, I wouldn't trade those single years for anything. They were so much fun and made for some great memories. If you're single and waiting for the right one to come along, EMBRACE IT!

However, we can both attest to liking our "me time" - where we focus on us and just step away from everything for a little while, like taking bubble baths and getting pedicures.

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But, we will say this - try to be positive in your single-hood. I know too many times we focused on the negatives of why we were still waiting on the sidelines, but please look on the bright side!
And, if you ever need some motivation to do that, you can always check out Pinterest. They've got some good ones, and we've picked a couple!

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And then, you can check out this awesomeness about being single as told by Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, and Rebel Wilson.

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If you're single and waiting for the right one to come along, EMBRACE IT! Go for late night dancing on a Tuesday! Go on blind dates! Have fun!

Something Nice to Say

Did you miss us??

We hope so!!

And soon, you and I might be able to coerce Mary into telling us all about her adventures across the pond!

In the meantime, here are this weeks words of wisdom.

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I can't begin to describe how true I find this quote. No matter what happened in the past or what we've dwelled on, life keeps going on around us. Life keeps moving on whether we choose to or not. So...embrace it! Move past it!  Life goes on and so do we! 

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I had a completely different quote picked out for today, but I changed my mind this morning because this is how I know I'm going to be today. Our AC went out...again so I'm cranky from lack of sleep, & I had to go to Lowe's at six this morning. I feel like that would make a great opening to a joke...or a horror film, you choose - "A woman walks into a home improvement store at 6 a.m."

But, I digress. Some days you know are going to be bad. Or, maybe you know the whole week is going to be terrible. Instead of going for the age old mantra "Grin and Bear It," choose this delightful, lady-like rendition! I know I'll be chanting it to myself all day today! Care to join me?