Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Bright Lily

Bright Lily is this cute little boutique that I came into contact with through Twitter. I have chatted with Bright Lily several times and can I tell you how sweet she is! If you have not checked out their stuff you are totally missing out!

Dahlia Earrings 




Gladys Necklace

Sabrina Bracelet


These are just a few items in the collection! Bright Lily is offering ONE of my readers $10 off an order of $25 or more! How fantastic is that! This will be open until Saturday October 6th at 11:59 PM Central time. 

All you have to do is 

**Follow Country Roots City Living via GFC
**Leave me a comment on what your favorite item is from Bright Lilly
**Go "like" Bright Lilly Facebook page and leave a comment telling her you are from CRCL



If you can not wait for the conest to end please go visit Bright Lily and get 10% off of $50 or more with free shipping. Just use promo code RINGS&THINGS


Happy shopping! :) 



Monday, October 1, 2012

Dropping In

Hi all my lovelies! I've been so busy with the move (are you tired of hearing about it because I am way tired of talking about it!) HA HA, getting organized, unpacking, enrolling Brayden in school, and decorating the house I've hardly had time to get on this little blog!

I am happy to say I have hit the 50+ followers now and that means GIVEAWAY! :) I hope to get it going a week from today and let me tell you there are AWESOME things that are going to be on here! I am busting at the seems and can't wait to show and tell you guys! :)

I have been posting some pictures on instagram if you are not following me you should! My handle is linsw00 on it! I have also been posting on twitter (click the side button over to the left and follow me). Did I ever mention that CRCL has a facebook page? Well I do, so you better go like me!


I hope you guys had a fantastic weekend and Monday!!!!

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Sunday Social

It is Sunday and you know what that means, I am linking up with Neely and Ashley for Sunday Social! This past week has been so busy for me, we have packed up and moved from Houston to Oklahoma. We are still unpacking our last few boxes and now trying to get wall hanings up and making this place feel more like "home". 






1. What do you miss most about being a kid?

The thing I miss most about being a kid is not having any responsibility! I loved the days when all I had to worry about was if my friend was going to get to come and spend the night or weekend with me. You know how it is if you knew now what you knew then there would be a few things done differently here in my adult life. 


2. Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it?

Well with my name being Lindsey most of my friends and family called me (still do) Lins. My uncle has always called me Linzer. So really I go by both of those names, rarely am I called "Lindsey".


3. What was your favorite thing to do at recess?

I like to think that I did not just have one specific group at school. I always tried to be friends with everyone. With that being said I would just kind of float from group to group. Some days I would swing others I would play games or play on the monkey bars. 


4. What did you want to be when you grew up?

Both of my parents worked at our school. Our school is small so our elementry, Junior High, and High School is all connected. My mom worked as a aide for 20 years at the school in various parts of the building. My dad taught for 38 years in the Junior High and High School. With having grown up in the school system I thought I wanted to be a teacher. I started out going to college with teaching as my major. As time had gone on I just didn't have the passion for it. So I switched my major and went toward business. I am now a stay at home mom which is the perfect job for me! :)


5. What was your favorite toy?

I loved me some Barbies! I had the barbies that you could actually play with then I also collected the Barbies that came out around Christmas time. I still have the Barbies that I collected! 


6. What is the funniest thing you did as a kid that your parents still remind you about?

My parents and I have a really close relationship so there were a lot of funny things I did and we did. One thing that I can think of off the top of my head was when I was driving the lawn mower for fun. With coming from a small town there is not really a lot to do most of the time. So I got my kicks out of driving my dads mower. I guess I just kind of zoned out but I was up ontop of the hill at the house and got a little to close to the air conditioner when I was turning and totally ran into it. My dad heard the crash, I freaked turned off the mower and went and hid and cried in my room. My mom came in to find out what was going on and she was laughing, dad ended up laughing once he knew I didn't screw anything up. 

I also hit my dads precious 1978 Ford black truck. This truck was known around town and heard too. Dad and I were playing softball in the yard he pitched me a ball and I swung my bat as hard as I could and smack hit the truck leaving a huge ass dent on the front side of the truck. We both were in shock but he just said well I guess I should have moved the truck before we started playing. 



Next Weeks Questions:

Next week we are switching it up on you! There aren't questions...WHA? Instead its an open ended kind of day all about Fall. Link up a recipe, your favorite fashion picks, trends, TV shows you love, movies you're excited to see, decor you love from Pinterest etc. Basically if it is remotely related to fall its acceptable. This will probably be done every few months for each season so get excited!!!! 


Link up with Ashley and I! Lets get Social! #SundaySocial on Twitter/Instagram 

Also if you have ideas for questions feel free to email them to us!!





Lastly I am almost to 50 followers!! Once I hit 50 I will be doing my very first GIVEAWAY!!!! :) 

Happy Sunday! 





Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Oh How Pinteresting!

I had so much fun linking up with Michelle from The Vintage Apple that I knew I had to do it again this week! I thought that since I am moving tomorrow that it would be fitting that my pins be about what I would like in my dream home! Some of these things I think I could get my husband to make if I really asked nicely! :) Also don't forget to come follow me on Pinterest!

                                                                    Source: homedit.com via Lindsey on Pinterest



                                                                   Source: floatingbed.com via Lindsey on Pinterest



                                                                   Source: blisseventproductions.com via Lindsey on Pinterest</



                                                                   Source: countrygirlhome.blogspot.com via Lindsey on Pinterest</



                                                                  Source: yournestdesign.blogspot.com via Lindsey on Pinterest</



                                                                   Source: conspicuousstyle.com via Lindsey on Pinterest</



                                                           Source: collectiveconst-design.com via Lindsey on Pinterest</

                                         

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Photo Dump

I thought I would do a photo dump for today. I am not feeling well at all so I wanted to show y'all what we've been up to lately!


 Brayden at home watching cartoons, playing at the beach, and posing with his drink at Fudrcukers.
This one of Gan cracks me up. He needed a drink, then started laughing when I was snapping pictures of him, then just gave a big laugh and smile!


Stewart Beach in Galveston


Gannon is helping daddy water the grass


Caron got tired of waiting for me to come to bed so he came up alone.


Daisy is the princess around here and thinks this is here couch.

Our place in Oklahoma!



Don't forget to follow me on instagram linsw00

Monday, September 24, 2012

Last Weekend in Houston

Hello Lovelies! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! This weekend was our very last one in Houston, I am completley excited about that little tidbit! Moving right along we are going to just skip to Saturday because I think that was the most fun!

On Monday I got a tweet from Langford Market that I had won a $200 gift certificate. They were at the Houston Blogger Symposium, one of their incentives was to take a picture of a fall outfit that you liked and tweet about it, winner would be chosen Monday. My response when I read that was "Shut it" classy huh! Since Lacey couldn't get time away from her family my husband and two kids went with me.

I did not take any pictures I was way to busy looking through all of the racks of clothing! This is the cutest little boutique ever! They had fresh cookies out, the girls working in their were so nice and very attentive. While I was pulling the items I wanted to try on Taylor (one of the sweetest ladies that works there) said she would start pulling items too. Let's note my style is very plain! HA I don't do wild  patterns if I even do a pattern. I am a stay at home mom so my clothes is not as exciting as it used to be. I ended up two sweaters one which I will wear with some leggings, tank, cardigan, and this really pretty light blue silk shirt.

The prices are pretty reasonable ranging from what I got the tank was around $10 and the shirts ranged from $30-50 each. I kept eyeing some of their handbags, oh my ladies these are gorg bags! They have tons of jelewry to customize your outfit too! Right now they are having a jewlery sale of buy one get one free. Langford has several locations but I went to the one in Rice Village.

After shopping we were starting to head back home when I saw it..right there..it was Rocky and Maggie's! You are probably thinking what the hell is Rocky and Maggie's, well if you watch TLC you will know them at The Little Couple. They own a store not far from where we were shopping. The store is a dog store named after their dogs. The Little Couple is my moms favorite show, naturally I got excited and started squeeling while telling my mom. Todd drove back around and so Brayden and I could hop out and go in and look. After all we had to check it out and see if they were in there and of course to check the store out!




The day we went they were having an adoption event for cats and dogs. According to my mom they have events often at their store. Unfortunately they were not in there but we did talk to some really cute animals. :) My mom had informed me if there was a blonde lady working that would be Jen's mom, well their were two blondes so I didn't dare and go ask. One was looking at me crazy becuase I was snapping photos the second I walked in. :)

If you are ever in Houston you have to find this place!!







**All opinions were my own.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Sunday Social Week 16


It is Sunday again so you know what that means, Sunday Social with Neely and Ashley! I am starting to really enjoy doing this link ups on Sunday! They are really fun and make you really think! I can't wait to tell you about our Saturday, I got so excited on Saturday and needless to say while on the phone with my mom we were like school kids squealing! That story will come on Monday! 






1. What is something you have wanted to do but are afraid of?

Oh goodness I am afraid of my own shadow most of the time! One thing that I am scared of that doesn't require a dangerous activity is finishing my Bachelor's degree. You see I really really suck at math. Math is a big mind block fear for me. I've got two classes left and I don't like to say I quit but I like to say that I have it on hold for the moment. 


2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

I would hope that we would have baby #3. Although I wouldn't mind carrying another baby but I have always wanted to adopt a baby. I was adopted and I have always wanted to do the same with one of my children. 


3. What are you looking forward to before the end of 2012?



Not moving again for another year and staying in the house for longer than three months! I can't wait to live at this new place and have a yard again that our dogs and kids can actually go outside and run! If you live in Oklahoma please hit me up! 


4. What are your hopes for your blog?

I hope to watch my blog grow with new readers. With the new readers I hope to form a friendship that will last. I am not into blogging to make money, I am into it to document events or thoughts going on with us. I do advertise but I have yet to charge anyone for sponsor space. I just don't feel like I have a big enough following but I honestly can't wait until I hit some milestones such as 100 readers, 500 readers, then 1,000. Due to my blog I made a friend a month into living here in TX. 


5. Do you always see yourself living in your current town/city?

I can't answer this one yet because we are moving Thursday to Oklahoma which hopefully is our new place for awhile. I did know that when I was living in Indiana that I did not see us always living there. Todd and I both grew up in Indiana and we wanted to experience something new. For some reason I had always wanted to live in Charleston, S.C. even though I had never been there. Living in Houston for the past three months I knew we would not always live in this city. The city is WAY to BIG for us and to fast paced. I grew up in a town with a population of 2,500 people. 


6. What is your morning routine?

Get up about 6:15-6:30 shower and get ready for the day. 7:15-7:30 wake both boys up, grab a diaper for Gannon, go downstairs and start breakfast. Grab coffee and start making bubs lunch for school, get his bookbag together, serve breakfast. Run back up stairs brush both kids teeth, grab bubs clothes and toss them on his bed, get Gan dressed, make my bed then I go and make bubs bed. Once everyone is ready we've usually have about 15 mins to watch a little cartoons while I check email, fb, twitter, and my blog. Take bub to school get back from taking him and start playing with Gannon. At 9:00 I turn on Live with Kelly and Michael and we watch it and play. By 11:00-12:00 around that time Gannon goes down for nap. 



Go grab a button from Neely or Ashley and link up! Here are the questions for next week.

 Next Weeks Questions: All About our Childhoods!

1. What do you miss most about being a kid?
2. Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it?
3. What was your favorite thing to do at recess?
4. What did you want to be when you grew up?
5. What was your favorite toy?
6. What is the funniest thing you did as a kid that your parents still remind you about?