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Today I'm linking up with Jamie for "What I'm Loving Wednesday"!

First and Foremost I'm absolutely LOVING my new running shoes. Christin at Fleet Feet Memphis helped me to find a shoe that has a larger toe box for my bunion. Yes I'm only 30 but I have old lady feet. I'll give you a quarter to rub it. What movie is that from?? In all seriousness I've run in these twice so far and they are marvelous. If you are running and haven't been properly fitted for shoes shame on you! Now run don't walk to your local running store and get fitted. You can thank me later!

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Second, I'm loving my gym. Now that the New Years Resolution hype has died down I have enjoyed being back in the gym.

I went to Spin class last night and although I burned some calories I just really couldn't get into the class. It was only 45 minutes and there was sub teacher who really lacked energy and her music selection sucked. I never realized how much the energy of the instructor plays into me enjoying the class. Farriss, please come back!

Of course I'm always loving my Hubby! He helped get rid of our hot tub in the back yard this past weekend and cleared out some flower beds so I'm loving his alot this week. :) How could you not love that face? I know I'm partial but I really lucked out with this cutie!

What are you loving this week?

What You Don't Know Wednesday

I totally stole this idea form Christin. I've been in a blog writing funk so I'm hoping this relieves it!

1. I was born at 7:13 p.m. and weighed 7lbs 13 oz. I also have 2 middle names Kelly Savina Louise Franks.

2. I recently self diagnosed myself with a Gluten Sensitivity. Avoiding gluten has made a world of difference with my "stomach" issues. Now I think I'm going to get the Al cat Test to see what else I'm allergic to and make some diet changes. FYI Issuance usually covers this test.

3. I was an only child until I was 5 years old and still act like it. Admitting this is the first step right? Lucky for me my husband treats me like a queen. I'm one lucky lady!

4. I never went to day care as a child. I stayed with my grandparents who lived less than a mile from our house. I blame all my spoiled tendencies on them! It's definitely not my fault. ;)

5. I am extremely clumsy. I ran into a coffee table as a child and got a huge bruise on my cheek which resulted in a huge dimple. I also ran into a door jam and received 50 stitches on my forehead when I was 3.

6. The plastic surgeon that stitched up my forehead was also one of my best friend's boob job doctor. Small World, huh?

7. I secretly wanted to be a cheerleader growing up but my dad told me it wasn't a sport. So I played soccer instead. I was the prissiest soccer player EVER! I always had on full make up, two french braids with white bows on the end. Don't Judge! If I was going to play soccer I was going to look good doing it. I think players underestimated my soccer skills because of the way I looked. I would know a girl down in a heart beat.

8. Playing soccer made me love running. It's my stress reliever!

9. I wrecked my first car the first weekend I had it and had to drive a minivan all summer for my punishment. The upside...Cops in Collierville NEVER pull over minivans!

10. I gave up Ice Cream for Lent my senior year of High School while working at Baskin Robbins. Talk about some serious will power. I also lost 20 pounds!

11. I was in a bad car wreck the morning of Prom my senior year. I was thrown from a car and walked away with only a broken collar bone and stitches in my back. Obviously God had other plans for my on this earth because everyone that worked the scene has no clue how I walked away from that alive.

12. My husband and I are two years and two days apart. He stole my Birthday Thunder. J/K Love you Hunney!

13. I've run 3 half marathons..one with a stress fracture.

14. I've never been to Disney World or Land. I'm hoping to change that this year. My husband feels that I was deprived as a child. I see many more trips in our future. I love being married to him!

15. I've recently started to read the bible front to back. I'm 30 years old and have never read it. I think it's long over due!

Well Hello There February!

I can't believe it's February 1st but boy am I excited! It's my Birthday....and Jared's and my Mom's, my cousin's, her daughter, one of my bestie's and a few more. Let's just say the Franks Family will do everything not to add another Feb. birthday to this list.

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I love February, not just because of my birthday. It's also the month of LOVE! I'm pretty lucky to be married to one hunk of a man who has a heart of GOLD! Also, I love to decorate with hearts and lots of pink and red. I'm thinking about making this garland over the weekend. It looks pretty simple.

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Enough about that. Who's excited it's Friday? MEEEEEE! We have a pretty low key weekend planned. I get to see baby Parker after work for a little bit and I'm planning on going to Body Pump and Spin tomorrow morning. I definitely didn't wake up this morning for Spin at 5:30 a.m. so I'm trying to redeem myself. Also, if you know the whereabouts of my chest strap for my heart rate monitor please hit me up.

Sorry for all of the randomness. I'm all hopped up on French Vanilla Coffee!

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Currently....

This weekend was super low key so I'm following True Britt's lead and copying her "Currently" Blog post.

Reading: Beautiful Creatures. I'm trying to finish it before I see the movie. I'm also reading the Bible all the way through this year. I'm using the you version app on my phone. It gives you an Old Testament Reading and New Testament Reading each day.

Wanting: My whole house to be decorated and me not have to do anything. A girl can wish, right! 

Feeling: Happy!

Listening: K-Love. I'm taking the 30 day challenge and I can definitely tell a difference in my attitude and outlook towards everything. If you aren't currently listening you should start and try out the 30 day challenge and see what changes it can make in your life. God can work miracles if you let him!

Drinking: French Vanilla Coffee and Water. I'm trying to up my water intake to a gallon everyday. I'm 25 ounces in so far. Only 100 more to go. The only downside is I'm spending alot of time in the bathroom. :)

Dreaming: About getting out of debt. 2013 is the year of savings and paying stuff off for the Franks House

Loving: GOD and my little family. Jared and Mable make my life complete!

Happy Birthday Mable

Today our sweet angel turns 3! I can't imagine our lives with out her except maybe when I'm trying to go to bed and she is stealing bed space and covers!

 She is one spoiled rotten little girl and today she will get all of her favorites. Eggs for breakfast and some vanilla ice cream after dinner. 

Happy Birthday Mable Anne Franks! 

Your Mommy and Daddy love you to the moon and back!

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Happy Hump Day Folks! Now that I have a snazzy new blog design I figured I might need to blog a little more! Today I'm linking up with What I'm Loving Wednesday. This post is going to be dedicated to all my favorite "getting ready" products.

First up is the Clarisonic Mia. Can I just say that this little gadget is life changing. It actually makes me want to wash my face every night. I know I should want to anyway but let's face it I'm guilty of crawling into bed with my makeup on at least once or twice a week. I received the Mia for Christmas and I can definitely tell the difference in my skin. My pores are getting smaller, my makeup and lotions go on so much better and my occasional breakouts almost never happen now! Go ahead and splurge on this amazing item!!

I've also strictly been using only CeraVe products on my face for the past month and the combo of these products and lotions with the Clarisonic are my equation for beautiful skin!

I know you're probably wondering if my next product is blog appropriate. Ha-ha! But seriously this stuff is the most amazing make-up primer I have found to date. Not only does it work great but it's also super cheap. I think it's somewhere between 6-8 dollars at Target.

The next product is Orgins Underwear for Lashes. I use this as a primer under my mascara. It's 15 dollars a tube at Macy's. It lasts about 4 months and makes my mascara go on smoother and makes my lashes thicker and longer! Run don't walk and get this product!!

This is my favorite mascara right now. I fell in love with Lancome but at 25 dollars a tube I just couldn't justify that. So when I found out Lancome was made by Loreal I had to give it a try and I haven't looked back!

The next product is Argon Oil which I purchase at Sally's Beauty Supply. I put it on my hair after I comb through it after its washed. It's smells great and takes care of the frizzies! It's just like Moroccan Oil but ten times cheaper!

This next product I put on after I towel dry my hair. It helps detangle and also protects against all of the blow drying and curling!

Let me know if you have any products you absolutely can not live without!

Weekend Recap

Since I work from home on Fridays, our Friday night tend to be rather low key. By the time 5 o'clock rolls around I usually am not all about getting dolled up going out. With that being said we hit up Red Box and rented Looper and Abraham Lincoln Vampire Killer. Can you guess who chose the movies? Ha! We watched Looper Friday night after eating Crock pot Buffalo Chicken with carrots and celery. It was okay. Not sure if I would make it again. I combined two recipes and I think next time I will stick to one or the other. As usual, I was asleep before the movie ended. It was good until then.

Saturday we woke up to rain and dreary weather. We laid around, read books and Jared watched his other movie. We have had movie passes left over from Christmas and decided to put them to use and go see Zero Dark Thirty that evening. It was AMAZING!!! Jessica Chastain definitely deserved to win the Golden Globe last night. I have seriously loved EVERY movie she has been in thus far. Afterwards, we hit up Huey's for a good burger and fries. I have been a total flop with the clean eating but I'm starting new today. That's a whole other blog post!

Sunday we skipped church and headed out to see Jared's parents. His mom had emergency surgery on her leg after a fall Thanksgiving weekend and was starting to get better and then fell again last Thursday. They decided that she hadn't injured anything that they repaired in the first surgery. PTL However, they think it might have injured her ligaments. She goes today for an MRI to see. Prayers would be greatly appreciated that she does not have to have surgery again!

Last night was spent on the phone with Xfinity. I greatly despise them. Our DVR went out right in the middle of the new episode of Downton Abbey and had not yet come back on. Now I have to get a new cable box and all of my recorded shows are GONE! Uggghhhh! SO annoying!

Is anyone else sick of the weather? If it's going to be cold be cold and if it's going to be warm be warm! Also this rain needs to go somewhere far away from here.