It's the Little Things: New Blooms, Grilling & the HUNGER GAMES!!

This week's weather did well by my new plants! 

The transplants took beautifully. 

My tulips have already started blooming. 

The snapdragon has tons of new buds, ready to burst! 

The dahlias and morning glories have poked through the ground with lots of little sprouts. 

Everything looks great so far! 

Don't you just love projects with such tangible results?

My mom always says that it is so much more rewarding to clean a dirty house than a spotless one!

Also, I'm spoiled. 
I enjoyed dinner outdoors twice this week! 
It was a very strange feeling - relinquishing control of the cooking. Have I mentioned yet that I'm a bit of an control freak avid cook?
I did it twice though, and the results were...well...


 DELICIOUS! 


Chris grilled up a tasty dinner for us on Sunday. 
He grilled marinated pork and shrimp with butter and Old Bay -and now, I'm hungry again just thinking about it! 
My parents grilled shrimp and served it over my mom's famous Caesar salad with homemade croutons and dressing. 


Spring Break should happen more often than once annually...I'm just saying...

I also chopped off 8 inches of my hair this week. It feels FANTASTIC. Chris has only ever known me with long hair, so I was interested to see his reaction. I didn't tell him that I was getting it cut or that I had a surprise or anything.  When he got here, he told me I looked pretty twice, and then 5 minutes later realized what I had changed. 
Success! 

AND, to SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST!!!!!! 

Nothing beats the midnight premiere of the Hunger Games on a school/work night with my little sister!! We got there over an hour early and it was jam packed! We barely got seats together. They did such a great job with the movie. Obviously, they had to leave out several small things from the book, to fit it into a reasonable amount of time, but honestly, they captured the characters and the storyline very well. I wanted to start from the beginning and watch it a second time as soon as it ended! 


May the odds be ever in your favor!

What little things made you happy this week?

Words Do Not Begin to Describe my Excitement

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Have you read The Hunger Games Trilogy? 

No? 

Stop what you're doing right this very second and hustle your bum to the nearest bookstore or library. 

I'm not joking. Stop wasting your time reading my blog and MOVE it! 

I just finished re-reading it. 

Yes, these books are that good. I've read them twice in the past 6 months, and no, I don't have too much free time. I was up until 2:30am finishing it last night. 

You may recall my first post about this trilogy when I first discovered them. Well, the movie premiers at 12:01am on March 23. Guess who has tickets?! THIS GIRL! I'm using my 15 year old sister as an excuse for going to the premier on a work night/morning at an ungodly hour, but let's be honest...I'm crazy silly excited about this too! 

Both times while reading these, I laughed aloud, I cried, I turned the pages anxiously (figuratively of course, since I read it on my kindle). 

Normally, I don't have much faith in Hollywood when it comes to bringing stories to life, the images never quite seem to live up to my imagination and the story is never fully told. However, based on these pictures, they are right on track so far! 

Are you still reading? And you haven't gotten or started reading these books yet? GO! NOW! Don't come back until you're done!   

Seriously, girl, guy, whoever you are, GO! There is something here for everyone. War, political intrigue, family drama, romance, suspense, revolution! GO NOW!