Happy New Year!!!

I love New Years Eve!! Its a night full of champagne, smiles, sparkly dresses, fireworks, noise makers, and possibilities!  Its the perfect time to take a look at yourself and decide which things you love and which things you want to work on in the new year.  What will your New Years resolution be this year?! I encourage everyone to resolve to be the best you you can be.  Figure out what makes you happy and go after it, and once you get it never let it go!  If you want to lose weight, do it! If you don't, a year from now you'll wish you started today!  If you want to be a better friend, call your loved ones at midnight and tell them how much they mean to you!  If you want to get your life together, start thinking about your priorities.  Ten years from now will you look back on today and be proud or will you feel like you wasted time being unhappy or unkind?  There is no better time than now to change start working towards the life you want to have and the person you want to be. 

Cheers to 2012!!! 

Here's one of my favvoorriitee New Years Eve movie clips of all time from When Harry Met Sally!! hehe Enjoy! 

Infinite X's and O's, 

Dee

Everybody Pray!

Friends, please pray that I get better soon!  I've had the stomach flu the past couple days and I desperately want to be better for New Years Eve!! I'm feeling a little stronger now but I want to put on my sexy stilettos and party dress and go out for a fun start to the new year tomorrow night! 

Infinite X's and O's, 

Dee 

"God Bless Us, Every One!" - Tiny Tim

Merry Christmas my loved ones!!  I hope its a special and happy time for all of you and your families! My family and I always celebrate our Christmas on Christmas Eve and every year I find myself more excited!  But this year especially has been a special one.  For the first time in yeeaarrsss my whole family was together.  My brother John and his little family moved back home to California recently and were present for our special evening last night.  

The evening started with the usual Christmas Eve church service at Mariners.  Each year the lights and the music and the message is more beautiful!  I can't help but notice how every time I walk into church and find my seat among the crowd I'm always surprised at how appropriate the sermon is for whatever is presently happening in my own life.  This year the pastor talked about how even when life throws us surprises, God isn't surprised.  He discussed how we all have these plans for our life; get into the right college, get a degree, get the right job, meet the right person, buy a house, have kids, etc etc etc.  But it doesn't matter what our plans are because our plan for ourselves isn't good enough because the plan God has is so much bigger and better.  And that we don't get to choose when or if we meet the right person and when or if we get the job we want because sometimes what we want isn't always whats best for us.  God brings people into our lives and takes them away sometimes for a reason.  Whether its so we realize how much we appreciate them and run after them or realize they came into our lives to teach us something and we move on to the next chapter.  This was a message that I needed to hear because I have a plan for myself too.  And I'm always working towards the goals simultaneously placed in the plan.  But sometimes I'm overwhelmed and I just need to remember that if I am meant to have something I will have it.  I think this is a good lesson for everyone to keep in mind.  Sometimes it just takes hearing it from someone else and having it laid out plain and simple for us to remember this message's importance.  

So after the service ended we headed back to the house for a big family dinner and gifts!  Every year we light the fireplace and candles, turn on the Christmas music, cook up a storm and enjoy each other's company!  The kids ran around like wild animals squirming with anticipation for unwrapping all their gifts.  I think we were all relieved when they finally got to open them, haha.  Mom made a big italian dinner this year and it was soooo yummy.  Not to mention the table looked beautiful as always. So after dinner we relocated to the living room where all our beautifully wrapped gifts sat in our designated spots around the living room (we all sit in the same place every year).  The kids loved their gifts and ran around playing with them while the grown ups got to open :)  This year I was toooooo spoiled! I got the perfume and watch I wanted!  I'm SO excited! Now I'll smell and look fantastic! haha I also got a few dvd's that I have been enjoying watching all day today including "Life As We Know It", "Friends With Benefits", and "View from the Rear Window" (one of my favorite old Hitchcock films)! hehe and then the grand finale... my mama surprised me with Photoshop CS5. Oh my goodness! such a special gift.  A few months ago my computer hard drive crashed and the apple "geniouses" lost my photoshop and for the last few months my mom has secretly been bugging them about it and they finally helped us get it back.  But not only did they get photoshop back for me, they got me the brand new extended version. What an awesome gift!  

I feel so blessed this Christmas and I hope all of you are having a special holiday too.  Cherish the ones you love and enjoy every moment with them!  <3

Infinite X's and O's, 

Dee

Its a Beautiful Day

Today I feel like....

Yeah.. i feel good. :)  

Infinite X's and O's, 

Dee

Me, Myself, and I

I am a simple creature.

I love flowers. 

I say how I think and feel so no one can misunderstand what I believe.

I love hugs. 

I trust until given a reason not to.  After that, you may never fully get it back. 

I have big dreams.

I believe in being sexy without being skanky.  An idea I feel some don't understand.

I can play a beer game with the boys and fit right in. 

Or I can sip a glass of wine wearing a little black dress at a elegant affair.

I can curse like a sailor when I'm really passionate about something. 

Or I can eloquently express a feeling or idea using the perfect words.

I plan for the future.  It doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the present. 

I may be young, but I'm not a child.

I can stay out til 4 am dancing and playing.

I can stay home, make dinner, and watch a movie. 

I admire and I have admirers. 

I have some of the best friends in the world. 

I want to be a woman that brings warmth to a room just by entering it. 

I want to be someones real life fairytale someday. 

I don't expect people to want the same things I do or have the same priorities. 

I do expect people to respect them. 

I will never let my loved ones doubt how much I care for them. 

I will not apologize for it. 

Infinite X's and O's, 

Dee

Classy Never Goes Out of Style

This is a post complete with little tidbits of advice on how to be a lady.  Ladies, wear a smile!  Girls, guys will "hook up" with a slut at a party, but he won't marry her.  Be the girl he wants to bring home to his family and brag to his friends about.  Be a woman that you would be proud for your daughter to be someday!  

Think about itttt!!!! 

Infinite X's and O's, 

Dee

Isn't It Romantic?

I love love love photography but I don't think theres any kind i like better than couples shots.  Whether its two little kids sharing a smooch or a young couple dancing in the kitchen or an old couple looking more in love than ever, pics like these just make your heart feel all warm and fuzzy.  

Infinite X's and O's, 

 Dee