too much hate

First I just wanted to touch on the incident from last week. There is too much hate in this world. Its everywhere. We need to stop with the hate & open our hearts. We need more love & compassion or things are just going to get worse. My heart breaks for all those parents who lost poor little innocent souls that day. I can't even imagine what that must be like. However, when awful stuff like this happens I always try to look at the lesson that God is trying to teach me.

Events like this remind me that no matter what dumb BS I might be dealing with in my everyday life, means complete crap compared to what happened. I need to be more thankful & grow as a person. I'd like to think events like this would help others grow & learn to have more compassion towards each other, but after seeing all the hate on twitter & other places still occurring after what happened, I see some people haven't learned from this at all. But I can assure you, I have.

via #Truth

Okay so moving on to something a little more brighter - CHRISTMAS! Despite what happened, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Mine consisted of everything Christmas. Shopping, wrapping, decorating....you know the usual. 

Decorating the tree with my sis & the BF....I didn't realize it when the picture was being taken but my sis & I were dying laughing because of the BF holding Rudolph in the back.

Our finish tree! I wish we could have Christmas decorations up all year....it's just so pretty!

& this is what it looks like when I wrap presents ---->

Complete War Zone! 

The finished product!!!


This weekend in SOCAL it finally got cold....& I mean chilly cold. I LOVED it....so I thought it was only appropriate to bring out the plaid.

Plaid: Victoria Secret Leggings: Thrift Boots: MIA

This outfit is really simple to achieve - just get a long plaid shirt, black leggings, add some boots & you're good to go!

In these pictures my hair is on day 7 of no washing or brushing.....it's def in full blown messy. What's your go-to outfit when it's cold out?

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& one more thing before I go ----->

(Courtesy of Erin at Living in Yellow)

To the Blog World and Anyone Else who Wants to Help,

Last week tragedy struck so many of us in ways we did not foresee. An elementary school and small town in Connecticut was shattered by a mass shooting. We knew we wanted to help and we came up with this:


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On Tuesday, December 18th (Tomorrow), there will be a blogger day of silence. We will post the button and that's it. Please try to not post anything else that day if possible.

 We are also raising money that will go to an organization in the memory of this tragedy. The organization is called The Newtown Family Youth and Family Services. Here is the official description of the support service we are donating to:

"Newtown Youth and Family Services, Inc. is a licensed, non-profit, mental health clinic and youth services bureau dedicated to helping children and families achieve their highest potential. NYFS provides programs, services, activities, counseling, support groups and education throughout the Greater Newtown area.

ANY DONATIONS MADE TO NEWTOWN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE DONATED DIRECTLY TO THOSE EFFECTED BY THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING."

Please visit THIS PAGE to make your donation.

 We can't imagine how they must be feeling, especially this close to the holidays. We would love for you to spread the word on your own blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Let's make a difference and use blogging in a positive way. Thank you in advance for participating.

 Love,
The Blog World

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