There is actually a valid reason to why this week’s Mash Up Monday is later than usual… The Keurig machine was broken… DUN DUN DUHHHHHH!! Yes. I spent the last hour trying to fix it, and people, I am a miracle worker. (Well, Youtube is, but let’s give credit where credit is deserved…) Anyway, let’s begin this week’s Mash Up Monday!!

Coffee, emails, coffee, small project, coffee, BIG PROJECT, and more coffee, well maybe water because that’s just a lot of coffee, but you get the pattern. Today is a day that I am going to get a lot of things done! My projects have been progressing, but today it is time to pull off the bandaid for one of them and just get it done! It’s been a project I have been working on for a year now, and I don’t want it to be done because I am always wanting to improve it, but it’s time to let it go!! Yes, just like Frozen. If you are sitting there with a project like you can’t seem to finish, try really hard today/tonight to get a good chunk of it down or just finish it!! I’m going to be right there with you, and I can confidently say that we both got this!! (If you use bitemoji’s (and you should), you know exactly which one would go after that sentence!)

This weekend was incredibly relaxing. It’s off season for this chic, and it has been SO nice! Sleeping in, hanging out with friends, going to the movies, just laying around because I can, it’s freakin’ awesome! At times I don’t even know what to do with myself, and at that point in time I realize I can watch more Gilmore Girls, and all is well with the world.

Before I go on, if you know me very well and you are reading this post, please sit down before reading this next sentence… I am ordering books today. (MJ’s response to me ordering books,”But we don’t have a fireplace.”) Yes, it is that sad that books are not a huge thing in my life, but during this down time, I have realized how much I am glued to all things technology, and I really don’t like it. I somewhat rely on it to entertain me, and so today I am putting it to a stop. Will it take me months to probably finish those books? Yes, yes it probably will, but I’m happy to get my head into a book and away from the computer for a couple of hours!

As always, lessons learned/events that transpired over the past week:

• I have now seen La La Land twice, and it keep gets getting better each time I watch it! The soundtrack is SO good. I listen to it every morning, and yes, I do know most of the words now and have made a dance to it! (Judge, if you must.)
• I have become quite the healthy chef/baker this week, so far I have made:  quiche cupcakes, peanut butter rice crispies, peanut butter energy bites, and today I am making an awesome salad and kale chips!!
• Being that this is my wedding year (and many other brides wedding year), I cannot begin to tell you the amount of inquires I have received for or around my wedding day that I have to say no to. It’s been the absolute worst because these brides are also my dream brides! GAH!
• And yes, I am SO excited to get married, but it still makes me sad.
• I now know all the characters in Gilmore Girls and can confidently say that I could easily answer any question you ask about it (up to season 5)!
• Stay tuned on Instagram story to see sneak peeks into my projects and me staying accountable to all of the things I have said in this post today!!

Lordy, so much going on over here, and yet nothing all at the same time!! I hope you all have an amazing Monday!! Stay tuned for two awesome posts this week:  Patrick and Kelly’s Hurricane Wedding and my first post for photographers!!

xoxo