Archives for March 2014

Copious amounts of t-shirts can strangely tell a lot about a person. If you think about it, your hodge-podge assortment can quickly share your entire life story, or at least mine can. T-shirts can serve as a collection of things that were important to you, or are important to you. Serving as a timeline of your life and as an almost about you display.

A diverse collection of my shirts could tell you my life in a quick glance. It would start with my love to dance, presented by many shirts dedicated to Kim Massay Dance Productions. Next comes my Edmond North Pom shirts for cheering on those Huskies. Next comes college, plenty of OU Sooner shirts to go around. BOOOMER! Equally important is my array of Pi Beta Phi shirts. Embarrassed to say how many of those there are…Hey, it’s easy to get sucked up into needing every single new shirt design. Then, the Beta Theta Pi shirts come into play when I met Colton. As college proceeds, career aspirations rise into focus with company t-shirts from where I interned and advertising club shirts. After graduation… more advertising club shirts and volunteering shirts. Now here we are to date, who knows where my next t-shirts will come from!

Other t-shirts may not serve as a timeline but as a sort of show and tell of interests. I have quite a few oversized Polo shirts for my Fratty days. A collection of Dave Matthews shirts from concerts attended. Colorado shirts for my love of the beautiful mountains, hiking, and gigantic cozy fireplaces. Thunder Pride shirts for OKC. Thunder Up! Perhaps even as praise to a yummy restaurant. Oh the Mont… what would I have ever done without Swirls in college?

Don’t even get me started on the absurd amount of t-shirts I own that are not shown or spoken for in this post. I try to regularly donate my t-shirts for others in need. Also, so that I don’t waste closet space for billions of old t-shirts that I don’t wear. But I do think it is special to keep some key t-shirts that you can keep forever. For example, I still wear my grandpa’s OU shirt to bed. It is the most amazing soft thing I own and has sweet sentimental value. His outpouring of love and dedication to the Sooners and OU, years and years after attendance, was extreme and amazing.

What would your t-shirts say about you?

Oh! How I love the simplicity of accessorizing with Summer scarves…

Some men guffaw at the idea of a “Summer” scarf. They just don’t get it. It’s the most perfect piece to add color to any basic outfit! A scarf can really tie an outfit together, or simply add some stylish fun. A simple white tee with jean cut offs is just that…but add a bright scarf to it and BAM! You’re ready.

Not only is it stylish, but also very useful for the constantly freezing person, guilty! I get chills all the time walking indoors after being outdoors on glorious sunny days. Sunshine, please visit Oklahoma. Scarves are the perfect thing in the Summer that you can wrap around your shoulders without getting looks from others because you’re wearing a jacket when it’s 95 degrees outside.

I love the really bright scarves for Summer. Every gals’ closet should have a turquoise, orange, and purple scarf, in my humble opinion. While I love fabric details, I prefer my scarves to be simple with a solid bold color. I also like them to be more heavy then what you would think when you hear “Summer scarf,” solely for the fact that it’s cozy and serves as a way to stay warm in the office, restaurant, theater, etc. If I’m cold, I’m unhappy.

How do you accessorize your simple white tee/cut off look?

Happy Sunday Friends!

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28

Stress is so unhealthy to have in your life, yet we all do it! Stress comes at us from all directions of our lives: work, family, friends, health, other responsibilities. We stress about the most unnecessary things that we can’t even control.

Stress affects our health drastically. It increases your risk for many sicknesses and even leads to depression. No one should be so stressed that they don’t allow themselves to feel joy. You must fight the fight and not let stress overtake your life. You’re the boss!

My Ways to De-Stress:

• Constant Communication w/God
• Exercise
• Creating a No Stress Zone
• Laughter

I have found that the more I let go the better I perform and feel. Talking to the Lord each day whenever hard things come my way helps me to maintain perspective and reminds me what is most important in life. Keeping perspective is crucial for a healthy life. Think in terms of one year. In one year, will this mistake matter or affect your whole life? Chances are it wont.

Creating a somewhat sanctuary can be a way to escape from a long day. This can be either a physical or mental space. For some people it’s their church, others it’s the arms of a loved one, or meditation, or cuddling with sweet furry friends. Find yours.

Beautiful Sunsets

Sweet Puppy Time

Exercise is also a great way to let go and let your mind go free. A good sweat session brings me a feeling of control and makes me feel powerful and strong. Ready for anything!

And, of course you need laughter! Make sure you laugh every single day, there are plenty of reasons to laugh in life. Don’t be so serious.

Laughter is the Language of the Soul

I loved this Ted Talk discussing the way you should think of stress. Turns the concept on its head and turns stress into a positive experience.

Here are some other good tips on Reducing Stress.

Let’s all stay stress free this week!