Friday Five!

Hope everyone's had a great week!
5 things...

ONE: 

Spring Break!

I'm off today and all next week for Spring Break!  YAY!!  Keeping my fingers crossed that after more snow and ice this week, Spring makes a comeback!!  Sunday was beautiful!  I sat out and I GOT COLOR!!  (She says in her Oprah voice!!)

TWO:

2014 Boston Marathon

I'll be thinking of all of Boston and all the runners in the Boston Marathon on Monday as they lace up their sneaks and run again...with heavy hearts but determined spirits.  Those who know me, know I love the city of BOSTON.   I love its' charm, its' people, its' Red Sox!  Check out E:60 this weekend...inspiring stories of survivors one year later!

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THREE:

Brunch

I went to brunch this past Sunday with the bestie and I always forget how much a fan of brunch I am! It was a pretty spring day, the garage doors were open to the street, great tunes were playing, we were drinking at 11 a.m. and ate a great meal! Does it get any better??!!?? And let's face it, you go to brunch and you're pretty much set for the day!  I was so full...I think I only ate a yogurt for dinner at 7!

#BrunchIGChallengeSelfies

FOUR:

Pink Sugar

I've been obsessed with this scent awhile.  My sister uses it and I would wear it from time to time while she was staying with me.  I've finally gotten my own bottle and have received so many compliments since wearing it.  I always worry though when people compliment me on my perfume...I mean...do I smell bad otherwise?!? LOL  Check it out here.

FIVE:

Happy Easter!

Have a great weekend...and thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Linking up this week with Lauren Elizabeth for High Five for Friday
&
 Darci and the Girls for 5 on Friday 

Also linking up today with Carrie, who I've met through the Spring Challenge (read about what we wore this week here), for a link up she's co-hosting with Style Elixir, for Friday's Fab Favorites!

Blogging for Boston

I haven't blogged in quite sometime! I have had a lot going on lately but nothing in my life compares to what has happened in this country this week.
People, the world sucks...it really does!
I am worried. Not for myself, but for my nieces and nephews! They don't know a world other than this one. They only know a world filled with terror, crazies, nut jobs, gun violence, nuclear weapons, etc.

When is it going to END!?!?!?! Ya know when...NEVER!!! Unfortunately this is the new "normal" Forever we will live on edge, as we have been doing Post 9/11! Thank you Brian Williams for that term! (He's my new best friend and the only man I've been with this week!).

I will never understand why these kinds of people do what they do! I chose to focus on the good that was done in the face of such tragedy, remember the police and first responders and most importantly, the innocent victims. I will continue to read every story about the victims and the heroes. Much like I did after 9/11.

When 9/11 happened, I remembered the two weeks prior when I stood atop the World Trade Center for a photo with my sister and the fabulous day we spent in the city, doing touristy things...in a city we had been to a hundred times before! But I was glad I had that memory.

This week I keep thinking about a road trip I took to Boston with my cousin in 2007. I had been there a few times before but I was a young kid and didn't really remember it well. I went again when I was in high school to visit my sister who lived there for a summer, but in all honesty, I think I was there 36 total hours! (If my parents are within driving distance of their home, they don't stay away from home too long!) We did however, have a "star" sighting...when a Patriot sat by us at dinner...lol

During the summer road trip of '07, I was there almost a week. My cousin and I did the touristy things in and around Boston but by day two, I gotta say...we were like locals! Because that is the way the city is...when you're there you feel like one of them!!! Don't get me wrong, New York is a great city and I love it...but it's too big! At least for someone like me!

I have been glued to my TV and Twitter all week for updates. And now as I type this, the nut that did this has been apprehended! There are cheers and tears for the police and first responders! Tonight there is no sports rivalries at play...everyone is a Bostonian!

I've read lots of quotes/tweets of inspiration this week...so I'm going to leave you with one, now that this is all said and done!

Remember the dead and wounded....love on your kids, your families, your friends...and hug a cop. And...best to you and yours, #Boston. --Josh Elliot, ABC News (and one of my three sisters' faves :)

Love you all! Thanks for reading my rants! Until next time...it won't be so long...big things coming up for me that I wanna share!!!