Well hello there!!!

I’m super excited to start talking about this today because I’ve been waiting to share about this for the longest time. I talked on Monday about having done something last weekend that I had been waiting for months to do and it was attend the Dirty Dancing Festival in Lake Lure, North Carolina!

I just found out that this was even a thing earlier this year, around April I think, on facebook. I told Andrew about it and he booked us a room at The Lodge on Lake Lure that same day. We’ve always loved watching that movie together so it was something we knew we had to try at least once. And the fact that it was only a 3 hour drive away?! Umm hello…amazing!! It was such a great experience all around, I loved it. I was so excited to share with you all so I started writing a post that turned out I could break into three separate posts altogether it was so long. ha! It was a super event filled weekend and I took a TON of photos. Except a photo of us in front of the festival sign of course, but more on that later.

The photo above is a panorama of the festival on Friday evening, the night of the movie screening. This was taken right when we got there, before they had put the screen up. Yes. it was that packed before they even put the screen up and then it filled all the way up to the other tent up there on the left. Apparently it was the largest turn out for the movie that they have had in the 6 years they’ve been doing the festival! It was super cool to be a part of something so new, especially in honor of something so fun that is so universally loved. I mean, come on, who doesn’t love every  smooth talkin’ line Patrick Swayze recites in that movie? He’s so cool, I feel like a lot of men can sit through that movie without too much grumbling even.

I’m so excited for y’all to see how much fun we had I just want to publish the posts one right after the other right now! But that would probably be a little overwhelming, no? So I just drafted this teaser post real quick, muahahahahah!

See you next week, friends. Have a great weekend!

xx

 

P.S- to get the full idea of my love for Dirty Dancing, check out my Dirty Dancing re-cast list!

Hey, hey it’s Monday, ya knoo-ooooow.

K I’m done. Does anyone else sing unrelated lyrics to familiar tunes?

Anyway!

Ok so my week/weekend had been nuts and I often wonder if you guys hate me because I don’t take enough pictures. Ok so hate is an intense word but really I am so terrible about preserving the moment in pictures that I’m embarrassed. I’m sorta kinda a blogger now so I need to get my shxt together right?!

So without further ado- here is a mimnial picture (as in just one) post updating you on my weekend happenings.

Friday. So if you read Friday’s post, you know that I was in Wilmington last week helping my grandparents, visiting friends and family and so on. Well, I was still in Wilmington on Friday. I spend that day continuing to help my grandparents get settled in their place and that’s pretty much that. Morning until dark. Whew.

Saturday was more eventful in that after helping my grandparents with some things, I went to see the new movie DOPE with my cousin after visiting with my other grandparent for a bit. Yea I know, how lucky am I that my grandparents (among other relatives) all live in one city? Love it! After the movie, we had some crab dip and sparkling wine at a restaurant we enjoy then it was straight to bed for me because I’m lame. Translation: I have no children and I still crash. Lord help me when I am a momma. I feel like I say that a lot.

Sunday was spent finishing up some things my grandmother needed help with as well as packing up my things for my journey back to my husband and kitty babies. I was able to find some quiet time on the front porch of my grandparents’ house with a glass of wine and catch a view of the beautiful colors the sun put on display as it set over the river.

My no filter iphone photo. NC is such a beautiful place.

Lots was happening last week and weekend! I’m always thankful for opportunities to see friends and family although I’m never able to fit everything in that I want to do no matter how long I stay. I suppose I should pride myself on the fact that I get lost in the moments rather than feel the need to take a thousand photos (I feel like I say that a lot) but I really do want to get better about taking pictures. The reason is not just the blog (although I’m hoping it will hold me accountable to my goal) but it’s moreso just because my friend Niki really showed me how important taking photos can end up being. Photographs can be such a blessing and I want to stop taking them for granted I suppose. Does that make any sense?

Anyway. I had a lovely weekend with the ones I love and I hope you did too. Cheers to new adventures in the week ahead!

xx

It’s Friday! Friday! Gotta get down on…

no?

Ok.

Hellooooo glorious friends and family! (Hey Papa!)

My Papa gets a special shout out today because it’s National Donut Day! Whoop Whoop! We LOVE donuts and we just so happen to live right around the corner from Britt’s Donuts. If you’ve never heard of them, people use words like “heavenly” to describe these things. They’ve been on a bunch of best donut shops list nationally, they are the bomb. The best part? They don’t need ANY bells and whistles. Just a good ol’ glazed donut will knock your socks off. That is if you’re up for waiting…sometimes up to AN HOUR AND A HALF…in line. It’s insane but not a single person says it isn’t worth it. People literally come from all over to try these bad boys. I wish I had a photo but I don’t (are you surprised?). I’ll get one next time I go back to my hometown.

So I guess that’s my first favorite thing! National Donut Day/Britt’s Donuts. Should that be 2 things?

I’ve been watching Graceland on Netflix this week and it’s quickly become a fav for sure. The new season starts on the 25th of this month and I’m pretty stoked. I still have to get through season 2 but I think I can make it happen by then. Obviously because I was able to watch season one this week. ha! Hi, I’m Jlynn and I’m a Nextflix binger. Now that I mention it, I should probably just go ahead and add Netflix to this list. Netflix is my favorite. I just said Netflix like a hundred time. Over exaggeration. Ok moving on!

I guess another favorite thing is my title because it’s totally obnoxious (just like today’s post!). I see those link ups but I never know which one to join! I’ve recently discovered that I can join as many as I want in one post. I’m about ta go HAM. But today, I’m chillin’ with my girl Miranda for Coffee Chat (even though coffee is on the list of 5 things that aren’t my favorite. gasp!) because that’s another one of my favorite things. Seriously, I love it. She posts fun links that I love. Every one of them is always great.

Speaking of links and things that are my favorite….

Watch this little girl cry upon finding out her baby brother will one day grow up. If this is old news than I’m sorry I’m so lame but I just saw this today.

You’ll have to excuse me, this week has been rather slow for me, which has not been my favorite. So I guess for my final favorite thing (even though this makes 7), this cute little photo I found on pinterest. It makes me happy to look at it so it made me happy to  share it with you! I hope your weekend is full of happy thoughts and my love is with you for hanging out through my random rambles today. I guess we’ll see if my head is cleared up come Monday :) Happy Weekend, yall!

Via

***Linking up with Miranda for Coffee Chat!!