The Throw Pillow Debate

So, I have recently moved in with my boyfriend.  And by recently I mean last Sunday.  However, before that if you were looking for me, the last place to look would have been my own apartment.  I moved into my apartment the end of December and total probably was there less than one month added up.  Hence, the decision to move in with Michael just made sense.  Well around February (maybe the end of January, I can't really remember) Michael decided to buy a new couch.  Its a really beautiful couch and really comfortable and serves the purpose he was looking for of providing ample seating.  In my (oh so humble) opinion, though, it just lacked something.

It looks so big and bare!

So I told Michael we should get some throw pillows for it and dress it up a little.  The look he gave me told me we would not be doing that.  He said (as nicely as he could), "I don't do throw pillows."  Well of course I couldn't let this go.  Since then I have been telling him that I am just going to show up one day with pillows and because he loves me so much he wouldn't dare get rid of them.  Then to appease me he told me if I ever move in, I could buy some throw pillows BUT he got final veto approval.  I agreed.  And then we made the decision for me to move in.  Now I can't stop looking at pillows!  He told me I had to limit them to 3, but I'm sure I could sneak a 4th one in!  I am trying to be nice though and not go too "girly".  Here are some I am considering.  Don't you think they would look great?

(Hahaha, just kidding, he'd kill me!)

(This would match the curtains and walls)

(Apparently I like the circle theme)

(last two here)

Peacock Skirt

So because my last name is Peacock, I feel it necessary to buy anything with a peacock or peacock feathers on it.  And this skirt is no exception.  What do you think, should I buy it??

(Ruche)

Birthday Celebration

This year for my birthday Michael and I decided to throw a big party at his house (at the end of the month our house!!)  We spent weeks cleaning the house and the back yard to get everything ready.  The party was a HUGE success!  At one point there were over 30 people.  It was so wonderful to have so many friends together at once to celebrate and enjoy each other's company.  It was a lot of work, but I think we just might have to do it again next year.

Michael's house, all clean and ready!

Some of my guests, all having a great time!

Cool Website

I felt the need to share this website because I think every female should know about it.  And if you already do then you're ahead of the game.

http://www.outblush.com/

Enjoy!!

Oh, and apparently I have decided to give this whole blogging thing another go...

A little work out motivation

Just when I look around and I think that people are really getting into being fit and active this article pops up on my Google home page. 

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/176817/20110708/america-obesity-f-fat-mississippi-food-health-rate-increase-high.htm

In case you are pressed for time or don't actually feel like opening the article here are some nice little excerpts for you.

"High Obesity rates continue to earn America an 'F'."
"An annual report F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011, from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that Mississippi has the highest rate of obesity in the country, soaring up to 34.4 percent (That would be my neighbor state, way to go guys!)......The report released on Thursday also showed that over the past two decades, seven states have doubled their rate of obesity and ten states have doubled their rate of diabetes......The highest obesity rates fell mostly in the South, in large swaths of poor and rural areas, and where fried foods are eaten in abundance.....Since 1995, obesity rates have risen fastest in Oklahoma, Alabama and Tennessee, with the slowest rates occuring in Colorado, Connecticut and Washington, D.C.......Following Mississippi, the most obese states are Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana. It's not until No. 10 on the list, Michigan, that a state above the Mason-Dixon Line appears. The least obese states continue to be in the West and Northeast."

In case you missed the trend in this post (the bold and large words) let me bring it to your attention.  I live in the worst possible place to succumb to corpulence.  And as I have no desire whatsoever to be catagorized as any type of over weight let the long runs in the scorching heat begin.  And perhaps I should consider a move to Colorado?  Or better yet Europe.  If America is getting an F, who is getting the A?

Remind Me

I am completely obsessed with this song right now.  I might have listened to it on repeat my whole way home from work today. Can't wait for the actual video!

Homemade Fruit Punch

Doesn't this look absolutely amazing and yummy?

Definitely think I'm going to have to make it sometime soon!  Recipe here.