101 Days of Summer - Day Ninety Seven

WoooWeee! Day 97 already? I need to get a hold of myself and make some sort of plan for this summer!

David & Timmy hiding from Gio.

Today I had a management meeting at work at 8:15am, went to Panera afterwards with some of the gang, then went back to work to deliver food downtown (which I have a story about), came back to make more phone calls, blitzed the mall with coupons & then came home!

Ok, so the story about my delivery downtown, earlier today..I had to go to the Suntrust Building, which is the tallest building in Orlando if you did not know, so i drove around twice before I figured out where the parking garage was, then I had to go to the top level because thats where visitors parking is. Once at the top I began unloading all the food that I had onto this metal cart thing so I could just push it. I start walking to where I thought was the elevator, but no. The sign says, "Stairs to the Elevator". WHAT! This guy walks right past me with this look on his face that said, "I want to stick around and watch how you are going to do this."  I was already pushing it close to the time of delivery so instead of sitting there thinking of driving the food down and then parking or some sort of crazy plan, I began walking down each level of the parking garage until I found an elevator. Two levels, tons of sweat, eight speed bumps and countless stares later I found an elevator! It was the most beautiful sight! Once I got into the elevator I had to go down to the street level (the parking garage isn't connect to the building...dumb, I know) I had to push the food down the street and into the Suntrust building. Confidently I walked right past the concierge/Security guy because I thought I knew what I was doing. I walked towards the elevator with my food in tote and once in the elevator I went to press #21, which is where I was headed. The numbers only went up to 15. I was so confused. So as I got out of the elevator, the wheels of my cart got stuck inside the crack between the elevator and the floor. Some guy attempted to help me but instead he knocked over my cart. -_- 

At this point I was minutes away from our delivery time and was almost freaking out. So I went over the the Concierge/ Security guy who just saw the whole thing play out, and he said, "What floor are you trying to get too?" I told him 21 and he;s like, "Oh, the elevators to the top floors are on the other side of the building." I have never heard of this, how can they do this w/o posting a sign or something! I finally got into the elevator, which went all the way to floors 25 or 26! Thats a lot of floors! Once there everything went smoothly, I got to talk to some greatly important people. On my way down I began to realize that I had to push my cart up hill, two levels. Though the boxes and TMS (Basically a cooler that keeps things hot or cold) had no food in them, they were still heavy and the boxes had nothing to weigh them down so they were kind of going everywhere just walking on flat ground. I took the elevator to the highest level possible and I began my hike up two levels. I stripped off my cardigan, pulled my hair up in a ponytail. Thank goodness for all the wind it made it not so terrible. Once I got to my car and loaded everything up I had to take a minute breather to re-coupe. Non-the less, now that I know what to do when I get there and taking two people may be a better idea, I can truly walk in there confidently knowing where I am  headed. 

"Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn." - C.S. Lewis


Another note! Our Chic Boutique is up and running again and we added new items, so add us on facebook!


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101 Days of Summer - Day Ninety Eight (Dream Vacations Edition)

Nothing exciting happened today. I woke up, ate breakfast, worked from 10-5ish, came home, Gossip Girl Finale. Told ya! But this blog isn't going to be about how I didn't do much besides work, this blog is going to be about one of my favorite things to do! TRAVEL! I know this is so random, but on days that I don't have much going on I've decided to just write about whatever I want. :)

My biggest dream is to travel the entire world or to at least step foot onto every continent (minus Antarctica, I hate the cold with a passion). These are not all of the places I want to visit, but its a good start! So here we go, in no particular order...

Some of My Dream Vacation Destinations!

1.  Maui, Hawaii

2. Barcelona, Spain

3. Paris, France

4. Cairo, Egypt

5. London, England

6. Athens, Greece

7. Sydney, Australia

8. Juneau, Alaska

9. Tokyo, Japan

10. New Zealand

11. The Galapagos Islands

12. Dubai

101 Days of Summer - Day Ninety Nine

Chilling by the pool

Today I woke up knowing it was going to be a pretty awesome day! Had lunch at Olive Garden with my old CFA LOVES. We had a great time catching up and celebrating Veronica's womanhood, a.k.a. she turned 20! Emily is the only 'teen' left in our little group, besides Matt...he will be 20 June 30th. Everyone came back to my apartment afterwards and enjoyed the pool for several hours, where I got some needed sun. This white girl has been pasty white for TOOO long. Just a little sun on my shoulders and cheeks make me happy. Yes Mom, I did where Sun Screen.


By the time we all came in from the pool it was time for Selina & I to get ready for Jessica's graduation celebration at Church. We rushed over there to find a huge potluck, how I love potlucks! You just find a smorgasbord 
of food, its great! Matt of course ate before he came but I think he still enjoyed it, especially watching Kurtis try to beat up an ex-marine. Good times. Each graduate had a slide show of pictures and during Jessica's a picture of her and our Mimi came up and immediately, My mom, Jessica, Rachael and I begin to tear up, Jess just straight up starts balling. 


Mimi passed away the Christmas before my graduation so I understand how hard it is to celebrate when she isn't here. I remember praying night & day that she would make it to my graduation, I wanted so badly for her to see how hard I worked and what I had accomplished. Her opinions meant more to me than anyone else'es.

Mimi, Papaw & I the day before Mimi went to Heaven.

On the car ride home Selina & I were talking how crazy it is that one picture can bring back so many memories and emotions. But the relationship my sisters, my mom & I had with our Mimi was like no other. Its a bond that no one can take from us. Mimi was such an amazing person and its so very difficult to go through times like this with out her. We know she is looking at us from heaven smiling because of how proud she is of all of us. She passed away in 2008 and it seems like yesterday. The pain is still fresh and we still miss her dearly. She was such a blessing to not only her family but to anyone who she was around. For those of you who knew my Mimi you know why its such an emotional time, you know what kind of person she was. 


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Once we got home we watched the new Khloe & Lamar episode and then caught up on Gossip Girl from last week, which made me super duper excited about tomorrows episode!!! 


Nighty, Night. <3

101 Days of Summer - Day One Hundred

Day One Hundred

Matt & I at Senior Prom

Today is the day of Jessica's Senior Prom & its so weird to think about because I feel like yesterday was my Senior Prom....when in reality it was two years ago. I know two years isn't that long ago but a lot of things have happened since my Senior Prom in 2009.

~ Travel back two years, I was 18 years old, 15 pounds lighter (pre-college), had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, no idea what I wanted to study in school, shoot, I didn't even know what school I was attending in the fall. All I knew was that I wanted to cherish those last moments I had as a care free high schooler forever.  ~

Jess & Ryan at her Senior Prom

Today made me think about what I have done with my life in the years since I graduated high school it also made me go through tons of old pictures. Which made me think of how far I have come and who I should be thanking. But that list just went on and on and on!! 

Instead of rambling more I decided to share a picture of Matt & I at our Senior Prom in 2009 and Jessica & Ryan at her Senior Prom. We both have been extremely blessed with amazing guys that we love!

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"101" Days of Summer - Day: One Hundred & One

Ok. So I know that there are more than 101 Days of Summer, but 101 days makes me happy!

This is my 'summer' version of Project 365, which I started twice and never finished. I was just thinking the other day how so many people started it and no one has completed it, that I know of. I am sure there are those persistent and committed individuals who have finished, but none of my friends finished it. So this is a little easier of an undertaking. 

Instead of doing it solely on Facebook I decided to do it in a blog/vlog style through my blog, http://carriescountrywildflowers.blogspot.com/. I will post the “Picture of the Day” on Facebook and will link (in the description section) my blog about my day and other tid bits about how my summer is going…and rambling.

Operation "101 Days of Summer" is a go!

Day: One Hundred & One

So, as badly as I want my summer to be all about fun and games its mostly going to be about work, unfortunately. But we have to work to live, right? Whats that quote. Work to live, don't live to work. That has no application here but it just POPPED into my head so I thought that I'd share, ok...where was I?

Oh, yes! Wishing my summer was like this:                          

 

I started my morning with two, rather large, cups of coffee. Needed a jump start since someone.....*cough*cough* ....Selina...kept me up watching Gossip Girl last night. But it was worth it. We started Season 1 & I'm in love.

Today at work we took 230 sandwiches to Devry University and handed them out and we also had Baby Cow there hanging out with everyone. We had some sandwiches left over so we ran them by Best Buy. Let me just say, Best Buy's break room makes me want to work at Best Buy. We're talking flat screens, x-box, ping pong table and all this other stuff. Baby Cow (Tiff) and I rode in the back of Jason's truck and I can't even explain to you how hot it was, especially for the poor Baby Cow!

This evening I picked up a Rocking Chair that used to be my Mimi's and also her old Bistro Table set to go on my porch. My Papaw had already started spray painting it an olive green but I brought it home to finish it off. I'm so excited about the finished product!

Matt and I ate at Johnny Rockets for dinner, which was a mistake. The food was blahh. I usually like eating there but since I have changed my diet a little bit all that grease made me sick to my tummy. 


Ended the evening with a little Criminal Minds. :)

Happy 21st Selina

I just wanted to send a quick "Happy Birthday"message to my roomie & bestie. (I usually don't like ending things in 'ie' but I will make an exception for her birthday...)

HAPPY 21st

BIRTHDAY SELINA! 

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Ten More Tidbits (11-20)

Here we go again with 10 more random tidbits.....

Tidbit #11: I am quite the fan of the Lord of the Ring & Star Wars Trilogies. Not a fan of Star Trek, sorry to all you trekies. My dad got me into the Star Wars movies when I was young & I remember how desperately I wanted to be like Princess Leia in episodes 4-6 and Princess Amidala in episodes 1-3. My favorite part about them was obviously their impeccable taste in galactic fashion & hair, not to mention they got all the cute guys. When it comes to LOTR (or Lord of the Rings for those of you who aren't into this kind of stuff) I can sum it up in one word...Legolas a.k.a. Orlando Bloom. For several years I was in love with him. I even had a life-size cardboard cutout of him in my room. OUT OF CONTROL, i know.

Tidbit #12: My favorite computer game as a kid was either Rollar Coaster Tycoon or Microsoft word. I had the most BOMB theme parks ever & the level that was in the desert that no one could win, I owned that level.

Also, Microsoft word. This wasn't even the a new one where you can have images and cool fonts. I think I used word art the most. 3D images was the thing back then. I wish I still had the ancient laptop that I used to play on to see all the random things I used to write about. I used to pretend I was some business woman who had so many things to do...oh those were the good times. 

Tidbit #13: I took swimming lessons until I was at an embarrassing age & I still can't dive without belly flopping.

Tidbit #14: I was once mistaken for Elizabeth Smart when I was younger.

Tidbit #15: I used to want to grow my hair out so long that it touched the ground. I made it just past my behind and ended up donating it.

Tidbit #16: I am a twilight fan. [Those of you who hate it, hate it b/c its popular] [This makes you a hater] I liked the books before I saw the movies thanks to my sister Jessica, she forced me to read them. Since then I am hooked. 

Tidbit #17: I enjoy watching live sports but can't stand watching them on TV.

Tidbit #18: I still sleep with a teddy bear that my boyfriend gave me years ago. 

Tidbit #19: When I worked at Chick-fil-A in WG I seriously never went to work without some sort of hair accessory in my hair. I was the Carrie Bradshaw of CFA. Headbands. Flowers. Decorative bobby pins. You name it. I had it in my hair. 

Tidbit #20: For those of you who question my hair color...yes, it is real. I've had highlights before but nothing major.