Another Friday on the books! Is it mind boggling to anyone else that somehow it’s OCTOBER already? I feel like this entire year has slipped through my fingertips. Excluding today, we have 12 Fridays left in 2014. Gulp. Let’s make the most of them! Okay, without further ado ….
Favorite Honor: Guess who is the Featured Blogger for the month over on FertileThoughts.com!? This girl! For those who aren’t familiar with Fertile Thoughts, get familiar. This site is the world’s largest social networking site focusing on fertility and infertility and provides education, support and resources for people building their families. If you could support me and check out this link to see my feature (plus a mini post) and their page, that would be awesome. A big welcome to anyone checking out my blog as a result of this feature as well, thanks for stopping by! (Feel free to share it too using the link: http://www.fertilethoughts.com/fertile-thoughts-blogger-month-chelsea) Jump into the forum boards and connect with me too!
Favorite Celebration: Josh’s grandma turned 80 this Saturday and I loved that we were able to gather as a family and celebrate her! She is one of the strongest, toughest grandma’s around and when she says a book made her cry, you know you better plan a trip to Costco for Kleenex before you open the first page. We love you Grandma Jones! Here’s to many, many more birthdays!
birthday tierras are a must at a party, right?
Favorite Thing I’m Looking Forward to: My trip to Savannah with Josh’s mom and sister-in-law is finally almost here! I can’t wait to peruse the south with my fake southern accent and take in all of the history and beauty Georgia has to offer. (I also get to sneak in a lunch date with a dear friend and I can’t wait for that!). Any last Savannah must-see’s? Make sure to send them my way!
Favorite Quote: “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” -Charles R. Swindoll
I heard this quote during a podcast by Craig Groeschel (Part 1 – Contentment) this week and loved how true it is. I often find myself wanting to blame my circumstances on my attitude – I’m tired/stressed/hungry/pms-ing/acting this way because … you get the excuses. However it’s our reactions that alter how our day goes. When I respond short and snippy with Josh long enough, his attitude begins to match mine and then we waste an evening where we are just off kilter and quiet. I hate those kinds of nights! (And this totally happened last week so I am preaching to myself here!)
I usually have really good excuses too. I mean, trials and hardships make it sooooo easy as a back-up reason, but I have to remind myself that life is made up of the up’s and down’s. There’s a quote that says all of us are either in a storm, just coming out of a storm, or headed for a storm. Comforting, right? But because we live a world that’s messy and imperfect and can’t always be a highlight reel, it’s our choices, our attitudes and our decisions to embrace what comes our way and make the best of it that alters our daily realities. Yea, we may shed tears along the way and fail at trying, (me!), but we are still trying and I believe that the more we flex that muscle, the better we will get at managing our reactions.
Favorite Launch: Our next infertility exchange launched last Sunday (see all the details here!) and the response has been overwhelmingly exciting! In the last few days we have had almost 200 women sign-up and I anticipate many more to come until it closes on the 13th. I love this community! (And yes, anyone who is in any stage of infertility, including those waiting for a baby, pregnant with a baby, holding a baby, adopting a baby, (you get the point), is invited and welcome to participate. Check out the post for everything you need to know.)
Favorite Hallmark Moment: No, really, this is a moment that actually happened AT Hallmark. I was browsing cards on Tuesday when the word ‘infertility’ caught my eye. Hallmark actually has a card – okay, just one card, but still, a card – that offers words of encouragement for those suffering with infertility. I felt like fist pumping in the aisle but Kenny G was playing overhead and it just didn’t seem appropriate. But in all seriousness, it’s encouragement that keeps us going and the thought that Hallmark recognizes this as ‘card worthy’ makes me happy.
Favorite “First”: The Starbucks a mile from my house just opened this week! *insert flashing caution signals here* It is dangerously en route to nearly all of my commitments and even has a drive thru. Cheers to endless caffeinated possibilities! Hehe!
Favorite Flashback: Okay, so you all know I love Harry Potter, right? Well the movie theater nearby is rerunning ALL of the Harry Potter movies in their reserved theaters for $5 a ticket. SCORE! Courtney and I had a sister-date this week and saw Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on the big screen. We relived the 2001 acting skills and movie quality and loved every minute of it.
Favorite Funnies: Gah, I love all of these and nearly cried from laughing while saving them. Enjoy and hope that this dose of laughter brightens your Friday.
Have a great weekend! Until next time …
Trials Bring Joy 
I love that quote – isn’t that the truth? Our reaction and how we choose to react makes a world of a difference! Yay for your GA trip!! We just returned and loved it – you are going to have a blast :) Going to check out your other post now! Happy weekend friend!
Ohhhh I need to check out your GA post! I am so excited! And yes, I just loved that post too. Yahoo! Love you girl and hope you are having a great week!
Love these posts! The dog sleeping is the one that really made me laugh out loud!
HA! I know, that one cracked me up too. I swear I am always so appalled whenever I see a picture of me sleeping. I can’t possibly look that scary, can I??
Wow, congrats to hallmark! It’s funny cos i’ve just finished a book in which one guy was from Savannah! Must have a look at it on the internet. And cheers for the starbucks opening ;) can’t wait for the christmas flavours
Christmas Starbucks flavors! Oh you just reminded me of all the excitement that our cups hold in the next few months!!! Ohhh what book did you just finish? I am so excited to venture down there!! XO!
It was from jenny colgan, the little beach cafe i think ;)
Every single one of your funnies had me rolling! Congrats on your Fertile Thoughts feature! Can’t wait to read! I am actually December’s featured blogger, really loo and forward to being a part of the community. Happy Friday love!
YAY! I can’t wait to read your December feature! Love it! You are such a great writer!! And the funnies, oh man, they have me hysterical every week. I am always so glad others appreciate them too. Love you girl!
Congrats on being featured! Whoo hoo! Love your quote and all your funnies of course! Xo
Thanks Elisha!! The funnies get me every time too. :) XOXO!
Congratulations!! That’s an amazing honour! I LOVE MINIONS! They’re so cute! I even have a Minion phone case!! heehee
Thank you so much! The minions made me smile so big too!! Love that you have a cell phone case! I would smile whenever I looked at my phone!
HAHA, The emojis in real life, I am dying!!!!
That one made me laugh out loud too! HAHAHA! I think of them now whenever I use one of them on my phone. :)
So excited for your trip to Savannah. I can’t wait to see your pictures! And you totally cracked me up when you said you wanted to fist bump in the aisle, but Kenny G was playing. LOL!
Oh I am so excited for our trip too! We have a lot of fun packed into a few days and OF COURSE you will be seeing pictures!!! :)
Chelsea, you are an amazing person! I just caught your TTC exchange and I am signing up! LOVe, love, love this idea!!! And so great about Hallmark! Finally! An acknowledgment! Loveya, girl! xoxo
YAY! Kate, I am SO excited you are going to sign up for the fun! It’s going to be a blast!!!! Love you (and Hallmark!) XO!
Congratulations on the fertile thoughts feature! I will have to make my way there and show some <3 ! How awesome that Hallmark has a fertility struggles card, that's amazing! Love love love this whole post, your Friday funnies always make me laugh. Have a great week!
Why thank you friend! Isn’t it so great that Hallmark makes that card now? I love it! And I am so glad you laugh along with me … I swear choosing them is my favorite thing! :) Have a great week too!
Congrats on your blog feature, my dear!
Thanks sweet friend!!!