SO CLOSE

[back porch yoga at the ranch]

it has been a long and intense past 6 months... and in a few short days it will all be worth it!

as of sunday... (insert drum roll here) i will have completed my 200HR Yoga Teacher Training and will be a certified instructor! 

setting personal goals was part of what kept me motivated for the past 6months. one was to make it to the studio 5 times a week for my personal practice on my mat-- with a few exceptions (holidays and travels) i can say this actually happened! my second goal was to get into poses i thought would take me years to reach... i made several of them, but am still working on a few other! there is always more to learn and ways to grow, which is one of the reasons i love yoga and the personal practice of yoga so much!

ANTLERS AGAIN

as you know.. i have an affinity for all things antlers! 

when i came across this necklace on pinterest, i knew someone needed to wear it! so i gave one to a dear friend of mine for christmas... she loved it! when i saw it around her neck a few weeks later, i got antler envy and had to order one for myself! now i wear it all the time! 
do you have a favorite antler find?!

BEST OF THE WEST

Welcome to Fort Worth, Texas y'all! 
Little known fact about my family... some of them help run the Singleton Ranches, several thousand acres of it out in New Mexico. For many years now they have been invited as one of the top 8 ranches in the nation to compete in the 

'Best of the West' Ranch Rodeo at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. 
So of course the family loaded up to spend the day in Ft. Worth to (drink, eat and laugh) then cheer on the team!

ORANGE

oranges... they are like a round ball of summer in the middle of the winter!

i could eat 10 a day -- temporarily they are better than ice-cream. but i said only temporarily;)

now, if you'll excuse me, i'm off to peel another orange! 

but happy friday and weekend to all of you- and have an orange while your at it!

FRIENDS AND SEQUINS

its a fact: i have the best friends in the world. 

for one, they love me even when i send out birthday invitations at the age of 'late 20s' to my own birthday dinner!

 DIY invitations:  envelopes // sequins // notecards 

super simple idea and easy to execute... write your own invitations - keep it simple. 

helpful hint: address the envelopes before you fill them with the note card and sequins.

seal, stamp and send!

these are two of my favorite pictures from the night.. (sb- how did you not make the pic?!)

 through the great, good, bad and ugly - i love these girls more then they will ever know!

thank you for making my birthday so very special, and being the best friends in the world!