How to Be a Woman Who is Winning

On Sundays, I like to sit on the front porch wrapped in a blanket, with a large cup of hot chocolate, and watch the cows mosey around in the field across from my house. (Yes, I live in the country.) It’s during this quiet time that I think about not only my Sunday, or what I’m going to accomplish today, but about what exciting and new things that my upcoming week holds for me. Last night when I was pinning, I found this quote and for some reason, it really hit home for me. It really made me think about the kind of […]

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How to Wear a Blanket Scarf

There are scarves, and then there are blanket scarves. So what’s the difference? Blanket scarves are a larger version of your every-day scarves. My every-day scarf is long and narrow, and I can drape it around my shoulders. My blanket scarf is a large square that I can fold and twist and wear it a variety of ways. Take some blanket scarf styling cues from Cosmopolitan and try wearing your blanket scarf a new way. Ella Pretty Blog also styles her blanket scarf with jeans and fabulous accessories. Want to know how to wear your blanket scarf? Then here are […]

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50 Questions Which Will Free Your Mind: Part 5

As part of “My 101 Things to do in 1001 Days” Challenge, I added the task to answer “50 questions which will free your mind.” These questions really make me stop to think. I encourage you to answer these questions yourself. You may remember that I started answering these questions a few months ago. I am answering five questions a month. I answered the first five on June 10th, and the next five questions on July 8th. On August 5th, I answered questions 11-15. Last month, on September 2nd, I answered 16-20. Here are my answers to the next 5 questions. How […]

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Blogtober Day 6: Volunteers vs Aggies

Even though I live in East Tennessee, I’m a Texas girl through and through. I was raised in the country but I’m totally a city girl. Living in Tennessee is the next best thing to living in Texas, except Texas is still where I call home. So it’s no surprise that this weekend will cause a lot of conflict and anxiety and heartbreak in my house. You see, my heart is going to be divided this weekend as the Tennessee Volunteers play the Aggies of Texas A&M at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Why is my heart going to […]

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Blogtober is in Full Swing: Day 5

I had emailed a blogger friend of mine in California and she said that she was participating in “Blogtober”, which I thought was really cool. Basically you blog every day in the month of October, thus “Blogtober.” Then I thought to myself… I’m already doing this so I figured I’d jump on in and see what we can discover about each other! So let me play catch up for just a minute or so… Day 1 – Introduction My name is Vanessa and by day I work as a Registered Medical Assistant to a General Surgeon in a large surgical practice […]

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