As of Late...

Since I haven't been posting as much, I decided to spend 1 post giving you a quick run down on some of the highlights over the past few months... Here goes...

• We went to visit my sister and her fam over Memorial Day. They live on what I call the Tuttle Farm - 80 beautiful acres in the middle of nowhere Missouri... (okay, not really... it's just outside of Kansas City, but whatever... Missouri is in the middle of nowhere, itself.) We had the best time, and I was sore for days after dusting off my riding boots.

• McKenna starts Kindergarten here in a couple weeks.  AHHH! I know, right?? Well, she set a pretty high goal of wanting to read 100 books before school starts. So off to the library to get a library card we went... she's been doing great and is regularly checking off the numbers on her cute Summer Reading chart. 

• After years of having long hair, I finally cut it off!! AHHHHH!! And I love it!!!

• I picked up another fun, new gig, working for Jill Dyson Ministries. Jill and the rest of her team are so much fun to work with! If you don't know who Jill is, check out her website! She has some great music and an even greater mission!
• Speaking of work, I've had a few more articles published in American Cheerleader Magazine, in the summer and fall issues.  I'm currently working on another one for the winter issue. 

• Over 4th of July, my friends and I all took a trip to the high class city of Hardy, AR. Over the past few years, we've all gotten really busy (with kids, jobs, life...) and haven't spent as much time together. This was the first time in a long time that the whole "crew" was together. We need to make an effort to continue making an effort to be together. 

• Bryant's family came to visit a few weeks ago. When they left, they took McKenna with them to spend a few days at her Aunt Storm's house in Chattanooga. MK had a great time and came home with tons of stories of fun things they did. I had forgotten what it is like to have only 1 child, and I had no idea what to do with my spare time! Meda and I spent some QT together though, and had a good time! Luckily, McKenna is back and we are back to our normal, crazy schedule. 

• I made my first "real" work of art with paints! Fleet Feet had a Running Paint Party with local artist, Billy Moore. The night was complete with wine and cookies! Below is my painting. I had so much fun! 

Those are just some of the highlights (literally picked out from my instagram! ha!)

McKenna Video Fun

Something leads me to believe McKenna wants to be a singer/performer when she grows up.

Or a hairstylist.

 


Below is a playlist of McKenna's Christmas performance at school. I'm secretly proud of her sass. ;-)

Embracing My Inner Miley

So I want to thank Short Sassy Mama for the inspiration on this post. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who suffers from this type of horrible thing...
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So we all have celebrities we love, right? And then we all have celebrities that annoy us, correct? Well, I have some peeps who I adore and some peeps I dislike. We'll cover those I like first.

 I'm a product of the mid to late 90's/early 2000's pop culture. The NSYNC and Britney Spears era of pop music. So naturally I tend to gravitate towards those celebrities I grew up with.

Clarification: I mean this only in that these are the artists who I "grew up with" so to speak. That doesn't mean that I don't or didn't like older music and older artists of my time, from Vanilla Ice (oh, who could forget that sweet 'do on top of his head or the Ninja Turtle cameo that pumped us all up with "GO NINJA! GO NINJA GO!!??) to Mariah Carey (how about the time she literally went crazy on TRL with Carson Daly. Classic 90's. Oh, and speaking of Carson Daly - what ever happened to him and his black nail polish?? I miss that awkward nerd who tried so hard to be cool.).

I just happen to feel a stronger connection with Britney, Christina, & Jessica due to our closeness in age and their rise to the scene timed so perfectly with my own personal decision that I wanted dye my hair blonde and be a famous singer and dance around on stage wearing a sparkly nude colored skin suit. We're just tight like that.

Anyway, I digress.

So basically - I have celebrity musicians that I like (i.e. old-school Britney as seen in the picture to the right). And then I have celebrity musicians who I don't like. Take example A, B, and C pictures below. All of whom's fan clubs I do NOT belong to.

Lady Nasty Gaga

Miley Cyrus

Rhianna

So basically, and for a number of reasons, I'm not a big fan of these three ladies. Reasons run anywhere from what their painful ear stabbing voices sound like to their I-think-I'm-going-to-make-a-"STATEMENT"-this-time-so-the-magazines-will-put-my-picture-on-the-cover fashion style.

The TOP reasons for my dislike for them is that ALL THREE have the qualities listed below.

Make WAY more money than me.

Accomplished WAY more than me at their age.

Have personal assistants to do their hair & makeup everyday. Oh and also personal cooks and trainers to make sure they look stellar at all time. (This is where I tell myself that jealousy is a horrible, horrible thing...)

Damn.

Okay, but what REALLY irks me is when their songs come on the radio. No, not because I don't like to hear their songs, but because I DO like to hear their songs!!! I may not like their voices, but damn I love those catchy tunes! This happens to me with all three of the not-so-lovely ladies pictured above.

But mostly - it happens with Miley Cyrus. Which is even more annoying because she's what? Like 8 years old? Seriously, as annoying as Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana or WHATEVER HER DAMN NAME IS is, you have to admit you've caught yourself "nodding your head like yeah." Or maybe even "moving your hips like yeah."

Don't deny it. We've all "Partied in the U.S.A.," if you will.

I have a confession. While writing this, this post has been somewhat of a therapy session for me, and I've come to grips with the fact that I need to overcome this and embrace my inner Hannah Montana. But I can't do it alone. I need others along with me. So let's just go with it.

So join with me right now...

I'm putting my hands up, cause they're playing my song.....and I'm nodding my head like, Yeah....