Last night as I was pouring the last scope of brownie mix into the baking dish I couldnt help but think what that spoon tasted like all covered in batter. I raised it up to give one innocent lick and yes, it was divine. Simply the taste of chocolatey heaven! I popped the brownies into the oven and then started to watch the Girls Tell All episode from last Monday. Jen was on her way over with champagne and more yummy goodness and I couldn’t have been more excited. If you dont know Jen, which you better because Ive bragged about her on my blog many times now, she is the super star owner of Bella Laccio Bridal in Westerville. Yeah, pretty much, shes a bombshell bridal babe. Jen has some fabulous dresses in her store front and would love to have you come in and try some on!

Knock Knock! There she was! Time to get the party started. We exchanged our girly Hellos, Howdy do’s and Hugs. I’m pretty sure Dash over-welcomed her with lots of wet nose bumps and kisses! We soon settled into the couch and the trash talkin’ began baby….Rozlyn this….Michelle that….Ali WHHATTT? We laid down our bets as to who Jake would choose at the end of the night. BOY WE WERE WRONG. We both totally thought Jake would choose NO ONE and then go find Ali! Well, I have to admit. I’m super glad he picked Vienna even though it killed me to watch poor Tinley’s heart break. I think Jen may have sprouted some tears in Tinley’s honor…

Well America, Ali is your new Bachelorette and I’m super pumped to watch her season. Right Jen? RIGHT? Bubbly and Bachelorette!

Weeding out the bad and ugly. Life is like a garden. We have  beautiful clean dirt to mold into any form that we wish for it to become. Whether we choose for it to be a simple clean design or an extravagant masterpiece that will turn numerous heads as they drive by. Only we can mold and work to develop our design. But weeding out the bad and ugly. When we have finished our design, the flowers are beautiful, healthy and look so wonderful and all we can see and focus on are the weeds that are growing and sprouting out below. We then hyper focus on the ugly weeds which make them stand out even more! But life is so similar in the fact that we WILL have weeds to dig up and out of our garden. But, we need to stay focused on the beauty that is above the weeds or else we’ll miss the wonderful essence of what our garden is truly about.

I dug up some weeds yesterday, threw them in the garbage and shut the lid. Today I will only be focusing on the beauty of what my life has become and the blessing the Lord has given to me.

Thank you to Jen from Bella Laccio Bridal for making my afternoon turn completely around. Another big thanks to Stephanie with Novia Distinctive photography for making me the most wonderful healthy cookies ever! These two women are so beautiful inside and out.