April Playlist

Hello Lovelies!

It's been a while since I last posted a playlist or shared any type of  music post with y'all. Honestly it's been a while since I've posted anything, but I decided to start with a music post. I want to start blogging again, but I want to try starting out slow so I don't get overwhelmed again.

So here's my first playlist of the year, I hope you enjoy!

May Playlist

Hello Lovelies!

I've been listening to a lot of different types of music lately, there's definitely a few that have been on repeat and a few that are new finds that I'm obsessed with now. 

Here's my May Playlist!

Luke Bryan & Karen Fairchild - Home Alone Tonight

Carrie Underwood - Relapse

Sugarland - Joey

Ron Pope - A Drop In The Ocean

Plumb & Paul van Dyke - I Don't Deserve You 

Francesca Battistelli - It's Your Life

Britt Nicole - Safe

Keith Urban - For You 

Dierks Bentley - Say You Do

Christina Aguilera & Blake Shelton - Just A Fool

What have you been listening to this month? Let me know below, I'm always looking for new artists and songs!

XoXo,

Lori

Links to Love

Hello Lovelies!
I hope you all had a great week! My week was actually pretty boring, the weather has been insane, it decided to be cold and rainy on my two days off and warm and sunny every other day this week. #StoryOfMyLife

Anyway, no one wants to listen to that crap, here's this week's Links to Love!

Demi Lovato - Stone Cold (Official Video)
This song is incredible, definitely one of her best and I love the new video!

How to Feel Less Tired
If you always feel tired like me, try reading this, it has a some good tips that might help.

Best New CONTOUR Trend! | Chyaz

I love when Chyaz does videos like this, she always gets them right!

19 Books To Read Before The Movie Comes Out In 2016

I hope you have agreat weekend and don't forget to come back Sunday to see the new Weekly Inspiration changes in action!

XoXo,

Lori

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February Playlist

Hello Lovelies!

I hope you've all had a good week! My week has been very snowy, which is very unusual for Western Kentucky! But I'm not complaining, I love the winter and I love snow, I'm just tired of listening to everyone else complain about it!

I decided to do my monthly playlist a little different this month and include one of my Spotify playlists. So here is this months playlist!

Here's a few random songs I love!

Timeflies - Wagon Wheel
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Demi Lovato - Waitin For You ft. Sirah

And here's my Spotify playlist that I've been listening to the most!

That's all for today I know I have one more post for this week and I think that will be it. I'm doing my best to not get overwhelmed with blogging again. I want everything to be perfect, but it's never going to be perfect.

XoXo,

Lori

Blogmas Day 8: December Update

Hello Lovelies!

I hope you're all doing well, today I have an update for you. I've been mostly absent for the past three months and I'm trying to get back into the flow of things.

I wish I could say I've been off on an amazing adventure, but that's not the truth. The truth is I was burnout on everything. I was working so hard trying to juggle work, school, and blogging five days a week that I wasn't taking care of me.

To be honest I'm still working on taking care of me, but we're getting there. A few different things have been going on that I haven't been able to share with y'all, so why not get it out in the open now?

Back in June my back started hurting really bad, so I went to the doctor, two x-rays, an MRI, a trip to Nashville, and a neurosurgeon eventually gave me the diagnosis of early Degenerative Disc Disease in August. Right now we're treating with physical therapy, and I go back to the doctor in Nashville next month, if it's not better (which it's not) then I'll probably have to get a steroid shot in my back.

 On top of all that I had blood work done in August and I was anemic, again, my doctor is retesting me next week and if it I'm still anemic she mentioned the possibility of me needing an iron infusion, which I'm really not looking forward to.

To top it all off last night I dropped my laptop (15.6") on my foot and I'm pretty sure I broke my little toe. It really hurts and I'm really not looking forward to putting on shoes!

Reading: Trail of Secrets by Eileen Goudge
I've read this book many times before and I'm reading it again, it's an old favorite of mine.

Watching: Dr.Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
This is my all time favorite Christmas movie, I watch it year round and I can't get enough!

Listening to: Christmas Music

Dreaming Of: A Wonderful Christmas
Sadly I have to work Christmas Eve, which means I'll miss getting to see my family, open presents, and eating a warm meal. But hopefully Christmas Day will be good even though it won't be the same.

Planning: For the future.
I'm working on a few different things right now with school, work, and blogging. I'm trying to get everything done and I honestly don't have enough time to do any of it.

Trying: A new recipe!
A few days ago at work a woman came through my line and she told me about a two ingredient fudge recipe.

Goal Setting: At least 10 blog posts for December.

I want to have at least 10 blog posts for the month of December, I would love to do more, but 10 would make me happy.

I know I'm a week late, but I'm going to do my best to finish Blogmas and do as many posts as I possibly can this month!

That's all for today and I will definitely have a post up tomorrow!

XoXo,

Lori

July Playlist

Hello Lovelies!

I hope you all had a great weekend, I know I sure did! Luckily I had Saturday off work and I got to go to Bowling Green to my step-sisters college graduation. While we were in Bowling Green we went to the mall and did some shopping!

My favorite part was going into Ulta and getting matched for the Urban Decay Naked Skin makeup collection. I've been wanting to try the products for a while, but I didn't know what shade to order, I ended up only buying the foundation, but I think I'm going to go ahead and order the concealer online! I really like how it felt on my skin and I'll definitely write a review in a few weeks!

Anyway, here's this month playlist! Enjoy!

Christina Aguilera - Army of Me 

Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer

Tyler Farr - Withdrawals
Reba McEntire - Going Out Like That
Keith Urban - For You
Nickelback - Far Away

Sleeping With Sirens - If You Can't Hang

The Pretty Reckless - Zombie

Ingrid Michaelson - Home
Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods

If you have any music recommendations please leave them below in the comments, I love finding new music and discovering new artists!

What songs have you been loving this month? Let me know below!
XoXo,
Lori

June Favorites

Hello Lovelies!

I'm sorry I didn't get to post last week, I've been so busy with work I haven't had time to do any posts. I'm going to be busier this week, but since I have today off I'm going to try to get some posts scheduled to go up this week!

When trying to decide what to post today, I realized that I haven't done a favorites post since March, so here's my favorites for June!

Song:

Nickelback - Far Away

I don't know what it is about this song that I love so much, but it's always been a favorite of mine.

Beauty:

Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner $9.99

I've been using this eyeliner for about two months now and I'm still in love!

Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tattoo Eyeshadow in Bad to the Bronze $6.99

I bought this at the same time as the eyeliner and I love it! At first I was using it on it's own (which is beautiful), but I finally started experimenting with it and it's so easy to create new looks with!

Books:

Falling Fast by Tina Wainscott

I'm actually still reading this book, but I'm already halfway through and I just started reading it. So far I'm loving it, and this is definitely my favorite book of the month.

Movies:

American Sniper

I watched this movie a few weeks ago and it was great! I loved the movie so much that I just picked up the book and so far it seems like they didn't stray from the book too much.

What have you been loving this month? Let me know below!

XoXo,

Lori

June Playlist

Hello Lovelies!
I hope you all had a great weekend, I had to work yesterday, but I did get Saturday off. I got to see my chiropractor and I was planning on going to the theater to wat San Andreas, but when we got there it wasn't playing. So instead we came home and watched American Sniper, all I'm gonna say is if you haven't watched it yet, go watch it, it was so good!

This month I've mostly been listening to older music, there's been a few new songs I like, but I didn't like them enough to include them on this playlist!
Here's this months playlist!

Bryan Adams // Here I Am
Sia // Titanium
Keith Urban // For You

Katy Perry Firework

The Script // Hall of Fame

Kanye // Stronger

Shakira // Hips Don't Lie

Demi Lovato // Got Dynamite

Taylor Swift // Bad Blood

Cobra Starship ft. Leighton Meester // Good Girls Go Bad

I think there's a little theme going on here, what do you think?

Anyway, that's it for this month's playlist, I hope you're Monday is a good one!
What songs have you been listening to this month? Let me know below!

XoXo,

Lori

May Playlist

Hello Lovelies!

Last week I forgot to make my playlist for May, so I decided to just wait and do it this week. However, with yesterday being a holiday, I decided to do it today. This month I've mainly been listening to country and pop music, I decided to pick 6 out of these 10 because I bought them this month and I've been listening to them the most!

If you have any music recommendations please leave them below in the comments section, I would love to check out some new artists!

Christina Aguilera - We Remain

Relient K - Let It All Out
Ingrid Michaelson - Home
Demi Lovato - Fix A Heart
Montgomery Gentry - Speed
Reba - Going Out Like That
Lee Brice - Drinking Class

Carrie Undwerwood - Little Toy Guns
Ed Sheeran - Don't

Taylor Swift - Bad Blood

That's it for this today, tomorrow I have a new review for you!
What have you been listening to this month? Any recommendations based on what I like? Let me know below!

XoXo,

Lori

April Playlist

Hello lovelies!

I hope you all had a great weekend, I spent the weekend catching up on some much needed sleep!

Today I have for you my monthly playlist, normally I would make a picture for this, but I don't think this months playlist is worthy of it. Honestly I'm in a music slump at the moment, all of my favorite musicians are due to release new albums this year so I'm stuck with old music.

I don't mind listening to old music, I just wish I had some new music to listen  to. If you have any recommendations on any new artists that you think I should check out please let me know in the comments.

Anyway, here's this months playlist!

Nelly Furtado - Try

Taylor Swift - Untouchable

Demi Lovato - Believe In Me

Big & Rich - Lost In This Moment

Will Chase - If I Drink This Beer

Ellie Goulding - Beating Heart

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

Lonestar - Amazed

My favorite song of the month was probably If I Drink this beer, I first heard the song last month on Nashville and I fell in love!

What have you been listening to this month? Let me know below and don't forget to leave your music recommendations!

XoXo,

Lori

March Favorites

Hello lovelies!

I was planning on putting this up yesterday, but once again my sucky internet wouldn't let me on long enough to finish writing. I'm hoping that in a week or two we'll have our new internet hooked up and then I'll be able to get back on schedule.

Today I have for you my March Favorites, I forgot to do a favorites post last month, so I really wanted to do one for March so that I could share with you some of the stuff I've been loving over the past few weeks!

Food: Dove Milk Chocolate

This is my favorite chocolate of all time, I decided to include it this month because I don't think I've ever mentioned it on here.

Song: Love Me Like You Do by Elle Goulding

I love, love, love, this song, it's so beautiful! Btw for those of you who haven't seen the movie yet, the music video makes it look much better than it actually is. 

Beauty:

I actually have three beauty products for this month!

Nivea Kiss of Olive Oil & Lemon Lip Care

I bought this last month and I've been loving it since then. The only bad thing I can say about it is that if you get it in your mouth it tastes horrible!

Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation

This is another one that I bought during my Ulta haul last month and I have nothing bad to say about it, I plan on reviewing it soon, I just want to give it a little more time before I do a full review!

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+

I bought this last month when I went in Sephora to only buy one thing and eneded up spending $80! I've used this before a few years ago and I loved it, so I decided that I wanted to try it again and I think I love it more now, than I did then!

Books:

To Save Her Child by Margaret Daley

My review for this book will be up next week, so all I'm saying right now is that you should definitely check it out!

More Than A Convenient Bride by Michelle Celmer

My review on this book will be up in two weeks, but you should definitely check it out too! 

Movies:

Divergent

I went to my local Family Video to rent a movie and they didn't have what I wanted so I decided to get this one instead and I really enjoyed it.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

I've been dying to see this movie and I finally did, and now I can't wait till November for the next one to come out! 

That's it for today, tomorrow I'll be giving you my March Goals Update, and then Thursday I'll have a new book review up!

What have you been loving this month? Let me know below!

XoXo,

Lori

March Playlist

Hello lovelies!

I hope you all had a great weekend! Sorry I didn't get to post this yesterday, I couldn't get my internet to work long enough for me to write an introduction!

So here's my March Playlist!

Carrie Underwood - Little Toy Guns

Brantley Gilbert - More Than Miles

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

Beyonce - Crazy in Love

The Cab - Temporary Bliss

Ashley Tisdale - Crank It Up

All Good Things - Fight
Sam Hunt - Take Your Time

The Pretty Reckless - Zombie

Demi Lovato - Nightingale

That's it for today, I'll be back tomorrow with a book review!
What songs have you been loving this month?

XoXo,

Lori

February Playlist

Hello lovelies!
Today I have for you my February Playlist! This month I've been listening to mostly country music, but there's a few others I've been loving, so I hope you enjoy it!

Sadly at the moment I'm having issues with my computer so I can't make a picture for my playlist like I usually do. But that's okay, we don't need a picture.

SO here's this month's playlist!

Carrie Underwood - Little Toy Guns

Brantley Gilbert - One Hell Of An Amen

Jake Owen - What We Ain't Got

Tim McGraw - Shotgun Rider
Big & Rich - Look At Me
Demi Lovato - Give Me Love (Cover)
The Fray - How To Save A Life

Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
All Good Things - Fight
Ingrid Michaelson - Home

So, that's what I've been loving this month, what have you been loving? Let me know below!

XoXo,

Lori

January Favorites

Hello lovelies!

Today I will be sharing with you my favorites for the month of January! This month I discovered new favorites and old favorites!

Here's this months favorites!

Favorite Song: Home by Ingrid Michaelson

Honestly I'm not a huge fan of Ingrid, I started listening to her music a few months ago and this is one of my favorites. I've never really been able to explain it to people, but this song explains how I feel about Nashville. I've always loved Nashville since I was a little girl and when I think of home and where I want to spend the rest of my life, I always think of Nashville.

TV Show: Gossip Girl

I starting watching Gossip Girl for the first time ever this month and I'm really loving it, I started watching it two weeks ago and I'm already halfway through season 2!

Movie: Safe Haven

This was another first for me this month, I had wanted to watch this for a while and once I found it on Netflix I had to watch it and I loved it!

Fashion:

I have two of these shirts, one in a beautiful purple and one in a tan shade and I love them! I bought them in October and they've been my go to for Fall and Winter, I love them so much I can see myself wearing these into the spring!

Skin Products:

I actually have two skin products that I've been loving this month.

Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream

I love this hand cream I use it every night before I go to bed, I use it on my hands and it also works amazing on chapped lips, words cannot explain how much I love this product.

Simple Kind to Skin Moisturizing Face Wash

My skin has been acting up a little this month, it's mainly my cheeks right below my eyes, that area tends to get red and dry easily, so I've been using this face wash two or three nights a week and it really helps.

Hair Product: OGX Morrocan Argan Oil

I've been using this oil for about two years now, I go in phases with it where I love it and then I can go months without using it at all. Right now I'm REALLY loving it! I've actually been replacing my conditioner and using this instead. On nights when I wash my hair I only shampoo, and when I get out of the shower I run this through my hair, and I cannot believe how much my hair has changed since I started doing this about three weeks ago!

That's it for today, don't forget to check back tomorrow to see a new blog post!

XoXo,

Lori

January Playlist

Hello lovelies,
I hope you all had a great weekend! Today I have for you my January Playlist!

Honestly I haven't really been listening to music that much over the past week. At the moment I just feel like everything I'm listening to is old, I want new music, but none of my favorite artists are releasing anything new for a few more months. So, if you have any recommendations I would love to hear them, I'm in desperate need of new music!

Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato - Up

Taylor Swift - All You Had To Do Was Stay
Lee Brice - That's When You Know It's Over
Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song
Maddie & Tae - Girl In A Country Song
Francesca Battistelli - It's Your Life
Bethany Dillon - Beautiful

Bomshel - Fight Like A Girl
Ingrid Michaelson - Home
Carrie Underwood - Play On

That's it for today, I hope you enjoyed this months playlist and if you have any music recommendations please leave them below, I would love to check them out!

XoXo,

Lori

My Favorite Songs of 2014

Hello lovelies,

My taste in music is constantly changing, I'm constantly discovering new (and old) songs and artists! I love music, I love listening to it when I'm sad, when I'm depressed, and of course when I'm happy!

This year I discovered and fell in love with a lot of songs, and today I'm going to list my 10 favorite songs of the year!

Lucy Hale - Road Between
Road Between is probably my favorite song of 2014, I love the message behind it, and Lucy's voice sounds amazing.

Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Shake It Off is one of my favorite songs off of 1989, the album wasn't my favorite, but I did love some of the songs, and I think Shake It Off is great.

Demi Lovato - Let It Go
Who doesn't love Let It Go???

John Legend - All of Me
I've never been a huge John Legend fan, but I really do love this song, and I've listened to it a lot this year.

SoMo - Ride
I first discovered SoMo earlier this year and I immediately fell in love with his voice, he is an incredible artist and I can't wait to hear new music from him!

Rascal Flatts - Rewind
I've grown up listening to Rascal Flatts and they've never put out a song or album I don't like, so it's not surprise that this song is on my list of favorites!

Miranda Lambert ft. Carrie Underwood - Something Bad
The first time I listened to this song I really didn't like it, but once I listened to it some more I really started loving it. It's a great motivation song, it gets you pumped up and ready to go!

Cher Lloyd - Sirens
I had heard of Cher before she released Sirens, but I never was a huge fan. Sirens is so different from her other music and I love it!

Carrie Underwood - Something In The Water
I've been a huge fan of Carrie's since her first album, so once again, it's no surprise that this song makes it onto my list!

Nick Jonas ft. Demi Lovato - Avalanche 

NEMI!!! Okay I admit it, I'm a huge Nemi shipper, they would look so cute together, but they're both in relationships and I respect that. This song is incredible, the notes Demi hits in this song is some of her highest notes and their voices sound amazing together!

There are so many more songs that I've loved this year, but it would take forever to list them, so I'm going to leave you with these 10 songs! What were your favorite songs this year? Let me know below!

XoXo,

Lori

November Playlist

Hello lovelies, I hope you had a great weekend! This week is going to be very busy, I have a lot to do, but thankfully I managed to schedule things so that today isn't crazy. Other than school I'm not really sure what I'm going to be doing today, I need to finish my college essays, but other than that I think today is going to be a pretty easy day!

Anyway, here's this months playlist!

Demi Lovato - Mistake
Nick Jonas ft. Demi Lovato - Avalanche
Colbie Caillat - I Won't
Sugarland - Keep You

Carrie Underwood - Something in the Water
Christina Aguilera - We Remain

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods

Iggy Azalea - Black Widow

That't it for today,I got nominated again for the Liebster Award, so I'll be doing that tomorrow and then Wednesday I'll have a book review for you!
What music are you listening to? Let me know below!

XoXo,

Lori

October Playlist

Hello lovelies, I hope you had a great weekend! Last week was amazing, I got an 85 on my Algebra final, and I also got to start my new English course!

Over the weekend I went to my cousins birthday party and I think I found the perfect place to do my senior pictures at, so now I can finally make an appointment to get that done!

This week I have a lot to do:
Write my college essay for Heidelberg University
Write an English essay
Start my college application for Liberty University
Finish my college application for Trevecca Nazarene University.

So as you can tell I have a very busy week  ahead of me and I'm actually excited and ready to get started!

Here's this months playlist, I hope you like it!

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Taylor Swift - Eyes Open

We Are The In Crowd - Manners

Whitney Duncan - Roll All Night

Bomshel - 19 & Crazy
Carrie Underwood - Flat On The Floor

Demi Lovato - Got Dynamite
Black Veil Brides - Heart of Fire

So that's it for today, I hope you like this months playlist! Don't forget to check back tomorrow for my Influenster Deans List VoxBox Review!

XoXo,
Lori

September Favorites

Hello lovelies, I hope you had a great weekend! Every month I tell myself that I'm going to share with you my monthly favorites, but I always forget, so this month I made sure to remember!

Favorite Blog:
A Little Seersucker Sass

I love S.S.'s blog, she's so sweet so go send her some love!

Favorite TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
Before this month I had never watched an episode of Grey's Anatomy, but one day I was flipping through channels and I came across it and I decided to give it a chance, and I loved it! So this is my new obsession, I've been watching it pretty much everyday trying to catch up and figure out who's who!

Favorite Movie:  Hocus Pocus
I love Hocus Pocus, it's probably my favorite Halloween movie, and I watched it four times last week!

Favorite Food : Pickles!

I LOVE pickles, pickles always have been, and always will be my favorite food!

Favorite Beauty Product:
I love the EOS Sweet Mint Lip Balm, my lips are super dry and this has been helping to keep them moisturized.

Favorite Clothing Item:

My maxi dress from the Mark Summer 2012 collection. It's a really pretty light and dark blue color and I'm trying to wear it as much as I can before the cold weather sets in and I have to retire it. I don't have a full length picture, but here's what the design looks like.

Favorite Book: Too Friendly to Date by Nicole Helm
I will be reviewing this soon, so all I'll say right now is that I love this book!

Favorite Song: Kenny Chesney - Come Over
I don't know why, but I've really been obsessed with this song the past few weeks.

So there are my September favorites, what are some of your favorites from this month? Let me know below!
XoXo,
Lori

September Playlist

Hello lovelies, so normally my monthly playlist would have been posted Yesterday, but honestly I forgot, so here it is!

So that's all for today, I hope you like this month's playlist! Let me know what you think below!
 And don't forget to check back tomorrow for a new blog post!
XoXo,
Lori