Alphabet Weekend Warriors: C

I'm joining in with Kallie over at But first, coffee to showcase various date ideas using all the different letters of the alphabet. 

I was assigned the letter: 

Since Sunday's are usually CT and I's day to cram everything into, this day was no different.

I chose to do a day where I began with some alone time and then end with a day date with CT.

I started my day off bright and early at 6:45am and headed over to a little coffee and donut shop called the Donut Hole. 

They have all type of fun donuts: maple bacon, cherry cobbler, peanut butter and grape, smores, tiramisu, and so many more!

I chose to get the chocolate crunch donut and a coke.

Note to self: next time don't choose the chocolate crunch.
It's WAY to sweet!

I think I'm going to start making this my Sunday morning ritual, because it's only a block away from my apartment and such a fun environment. 
Maybe I'll start working my way through their list of wacky donuts! 

I then began to get caught up on my daily devotional. 

{I am doing the She Reads Truth - Women in the Bible daily devotional and I strongly recommend it to any and everyone!}

Before I headed home to get ready for church, I noticed that there were tons of carvings in the table and I couldn't leave without carving my initials. 

Reppin' TT, all day every day! 

I then went home and got ready for church with CT. 

This is where our day date begins! 

I curled the hair, and whipped out my go to cream shirt, and threw on the cheetah flats. 

{This is the part in my day where I knew I had taken this whole 'c' thing to the extreme, with trying to incorporate it into everything!}

CT and I then headed to church for an hour of worship. 

Our church is crazy.

How fun is this set?

 Living in Mars. . . I love it! 

After church, CT and I headed to Chili's for some lunch. 

Since we are cheap and had some coupons, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use them! 

I ordered a small order of cheese fries with a caesar salad and a coke, and CT ordered chicken fried chicken with corn. 

Their cheese fries are delicious dipped in ranch! 

{I looked into their calories just out of curiosity, and for just a half order of cheese fries they have 1230 calories! Wow!
 I'll make sure to skip these the next time we eat there.}

We ended our meal with our go to dessert at any restaurant, the infamous cookie.

CT said it was the best one he's ever had, but I think Old Chicago still has it beat. I would have taken a few less bites of it if I would have looked at the calories of my cheese fries prior to eating this. 

After lunch we headed to a place here in Wichita called the Cow Town Museum. 

This was my first time going and it was really interesting. 

Basically, it's a make believe town here in the middle of Wichita where you can walk through and see how things were back in the old days. 

They had real life churches, a salon, print shop, barber shop, theater, jail, etc. 

We went right when they opened and it was like we had the whole town to ourselves!

CT in the old fashion carriage. 

CT choking the turkey. 

To make it more life like, they had workers dressed up in old fashion attire to replicate how things were back in the day. 

This photo was taken after the gun fight in front of the saloon. 

He must have been part of the losing team, because he doesn't seem to happy!

CT locked up in jail.

They also sold concessions at their saloon and I couldn't resist getting a crush!

After cow town, we came back home for some afternoon cozy time. 

Who doesn't love a nap on a Sunday afternoon?

All in all, CT and I had a really good time!

He thought the idea was silly at first, but the more the day went along, the more he got involved. 

I did learn two things from today:

1. I need to invest in a nice camera for the blog because the phone is no longer cutting it. 

2. I'm super corny and cheesy when it comes to making a day around a letter! I'm pretty proud of myself for how well I incorporated it into the day. 

If you were to plan a day around the letter C, what would you do?

  

We still have spots available for Alphabet Weekend Warriors! e-mail Kallie @ butfirstcoffeeblog@gmail for your chance to join in on the fun!

Weekly Inspiration [6] - God's Design for Marriage

This past weekend, CT and I attended a marriage conference at our church. No we don't have marital problems, there's just no time like the present to be proactive! It was four hours on Friday night and four hours on Saturday morning, and I feel so renewed and reenergized with our marriage.

God's Design for Marriage

Genesis 2 states that God created marriage to fix a problem, not to create one.

Once married - Who we chose is ultimately who God chooses for us.

 Regardless of the situation, you are married to the right person. 

Our goal should be to love the one we are with. 

It's not about finding the 'right' person {because no one is perfect}, but loving the one you are with. 

We need to work on and strive to love like Christ. 

Being a good husband and wife is a choice we make. 

We need to choose to focus on the positive, commit to no plan B {no divorce}, and we need to take action in our marriage. 

Have you invested in your marriage lately? 

You have to work at what you love. 

Weekly Inspiration [5]

 First off let me tell you how much I L-O-V-E our church. Such an amazing place to worship. Our pastor's talk to us and not over our heads. God is really doing magnificent things here. If we were to ever leave Wichita, this would be my most missed part of this place.

Currently at Newspring we are in a series called "Lost in Love."

Today's talk was about compassion and empathy. 

3 things we need to do as Christians:

1. Have the willingness to move towards the needy and not away from it. We need to be first responders. When action happens, be there for it, both listening and doing. 

2. We need to practice the power of empathy. Have a tender heart and put yourself in the other persons shoes. 

3. You MUST answer the call to action. The Lord puts you in situations for a reason. He knows your strengths and abilities. 

Help people.

 Don't talk about it, be about it!

Mothers Day Weekend

I love the weekends! 

 Lounging. Cleaning. Sleeping in. Naps. Catching up on DVR. Loving on my husband and pupperz.

 Yesterday was most definitely a Friday. It was such a CRAZY busy day at work. I think it mostly was due to our cosmetic clinic director only having 3 more days left with us. I'm already feeling the repercussions of her leaving. I got triple the amount of emails that I normally do. Things are about to get even more crazy. All I can do is take one day at a time and continue to check www.indeed.com in the meantime.   

Last night a group of us girls got together for a going away dinner + drinks and then they all came back to my apartment.

We went to Mikes Wine Dive.

It was the best meal I've had in a really long time. 

I got a fried egg sandwich, a spicy oyster appetizer, and some gourmet deviled eggs. I was going to get the smores for dessert but I was too stuffed by that time.

This is where CT and I will be going for my birthday dinner [in 19 days!] because it was so delicious.

Speaking of my birthday, we also got tickets to the circus! I can't wait. 

 

 

Welp, it's mothers day weekend! 

I hope ya'll did something special for your mom. My mom was able to come up to Wichita yesterday to be a training model for us at the clinic for injectables.

 One of the many perks of my job!! 

 In the last month she has got more then $1500 in free product. I'd say that's quite the mothers day gift. =)

 

 

My mom also brought to town my new buffet table. Now I'm just needing to go find some red chalk paint and get to work. 

There are so many apartment projects on the to do list.

 

1. paint buffet red

2. paint mantel white

3. add tile around bathroom mirror

4. paint bathroom

5. find a better fabric storage for hobby room

6. refinish kitchen table 

 

 

     Still on the agenda for the weekend: Wichita Wild football game, church, our nieces soccer game, and a dance recital. 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Inspiration [4]

Are you feeling stuck in life? Does your life feel like it's at a stand still? 

I totally feel like today's message at church was directed towards me. 

It's difficult when it seems as everyone around you is doing bigger and better things [using their degree towards their 'big people' jobs, buying homes, and having babies] and it feels as though you are just stuck, waiting. 

What I took away from today's sermon was that our future requires our full attention. If you want to succeed, you need to be intentional in all aspects of your life. You can't just go with the flow hoping things work out. We need to be proactive and use the power of prayer to work together with Him.

Remember: our potential is limitless.

Philippians 3:13-14

I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

All He wants is for us to be happy in the path He has for us.

New ways of living never come from old ways of thinking. 

Let go of the past and focus on your future. 


**On a different notes, prayers are needed! 
CT and I have a very exciting/nerve racking appointment tomorrow. Hopefully we get good information and that we are able to financially afford some things that are about to happen!