Good morning, sweet friends!  I wanted to introduce you to some fabulous girls I had the unbelievable pleasure of getting to know this past Saturday!

Originally, I had seen a post by Ashley from Wanna Be Green, about an Alabama Blate.  Well, I live about 30 minutes from the Alabama State Line and asked if they would welcome a Mississippi girl and she said OF COURSE!  I was SO excited, but so nervous at the same time.  Just FYI and possibly TMI, but when I get nervous, I sweat… so I was sweating the whole way there, that kind of nervous excitement!

Entering Alabama!

I was so excited!

So I arrive at Urban Standard, which by the way, I thoroughly enjoyed! I got a chicken salad sandwich and this delicious strawberry cupcake!  So anyways, on to my ladies!

Nom, Nom!

I met some of the sweetest girls and it was fabulous because you know how it is when you bring 9 girls together… chances are, you may not like one of them, girls can be catty!  This was absolutely NOTHING like that though, we all got along really well and enjoyed each others company.  I felt so blessed, I seriously think I gained 8 new BFF’s!

Let me introduce

I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to get to know these lovely ladies and spend almost 3 hours talking about blogging!  It was wonderful! I also gave Ashley her giveaway prize and she loved it, which warmed my heart! 🙂

Ashley @ Wanna Be Green

I was so sad to leave… : (

After B-ham, I headed down to Jackson to see 2 of my very best friends before they move to Colorado!  I joined them for church Sunday morning and then enjoyed some Cracker Barrel for lunch.  I managed to hold back the tears, but I’m sure they’ll be coming throughout the week as I realize that my best friend is not as easy to visit.  Although, she did live in London for a period of time, and we managed.  I’ll be making a trip out to Colorado this summer, for sure!

For Me and my new blog friends:
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too?  I thought I was the only one.”
-C.S. Lewis

M & P, thank you for being the best friends a girl could have, I’m going to miss you, but I wish you the best as you are finally able to live in the same city as husband and wife!  You will never know the true blessing and inspiration you have been in my life!  I love you both!
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”
– William Shakespeare

I always enjoy linking up with Ashley at The Sweet Season for Friday Letters!  She announced last week that she is pregnant!  I’m so happy for her and her sweet family, she is absolutely one of my favorite bloggers!  Her and her husband have had many trials and have continued along this journey in prayer.  I just wanted to take a minute and say how honored I am to have the opportunity to follow along in their life and that I am daily blessed by the things she posts on her blog!  She is a very inspiring and encouraging woman of God!

Dear Blog BFF’s, it’s amazing the relationships I’m building with each of you!  You’re all so different in your own special way and I feel like we really connect and could be IRL friends, for sure!  Thanks for coming back day after day and spending time with me!  Dear fugly toes, I noticed you needed some TLC while I was at yoga yesterday and it may just be time to splurge on a good ole’ pedicure!  Not gonna lie, I was a tad embarrased to be seen with you!  Dear Job, thanks for giving me only 1 day home over the course of the next week due to traveling I need to do.  It’s Ok though, I’m kind of excited about it and it’ll be nice to go somewhere, but I know when next Friday rolls around, I’ll be ready to get home!  Dear Blog Inc., I’m loving you!  You’re such a fun read and I’m excited about building a better blog and connecting with my readers more!  Dear Crazy Love, I’m enjoying you so far, I just started you, but I love the perspective I’m getting and I hope you have a lot to teach me, because I know I need it!  Dear #Alabamablogger #blate this weekend, first of all, thanks for letting this hard-core Mississippi girl join your fun!  I’m excited about meeting some bloggers in real life and connecting with some new friends!  After this, I may choose to have a MS blogger meet up, and you’ll be more than welcome to join!  Dear twitter, why oh why do you not alert me when something happens?  It’s frackin’ annoying!  I hate having to check up on it myself, I just want you to tell me when someone follows me or says something!  The notification settings are no help either! grr…. Dear Carabox exchange, you REALLY did well!  I enjoyed getting paired up with Hillary and I can’t wait to show off what I got in my box!  I’ve already instagramed it and it’s fabulous!  Y’all should check out my sweet friend Hillary, she’s a new blogger and has just started this juicing and cleanse!  She believes in taking care of health issues the natural way which is what she’s doing and I am just over the moon encouraged by her!  And since we’ve met, she has e-mailed me every week to see how I’m doing and what I have going on, seriously, SO SWEET!  Oh, I forgot to mention that she too is a Mississippi blogger and doesn’t live too far away, so we’ll be going on a blate soon! FYI!

Hope y’all had a great week and have some excellent weekend plans in store! As I’ve mentioned a million times over, I’ll be heading out to Birmingham for my blate, then heading home to see my family and see my best friend for the last time before she moves to Colorado!  Wish me safe travels and I’ll “see” y’all soon!