It's Friday!

yay it's Friday! again i'm linking up with lauren for high five for friday. here are 5 things that happened to me this week


1. i've been really busy this week during the evening. so i've had a reason to actually get dressed cutely...and i wore black & brown together on sunday...who am i?! but in all seriousness, it's been really good to have things to do. VBS planning is in full swing and we all know how much i love creating a good plan. Also Engage was last night and it was awesome! I always leave feeling uplifted but last night was just extra good.

2. so ulta is having a sale on their brand of cosmetics...and this includes the nail polish (which is 2/$4 currently) and i may have gone a little overboard. i also got some eye shadow and eye liner, which were also on sale so it's totally justifiable. 

3. Jackson & Riggs got everywhere chairs (from PBK) for their birthday. and i have really enjoyed this gift so far. it's so cute to see J&R climbing on them but i also enjoy sitting in one occassionally. mainly because i'm not right on the floor so i i have a little protection from fingers constantly being stuck in my mouth and nose...and ears and eyes. so yeah, that's been nice.

4. storage wars is a great show. if you don't watch it, you are really missing out. it's not a typical "staci" show but maybe that shows growth on my part?!?

(via)

5. i'm ending with the best video ever...i think if this was seriously a tv show i would definitely watch it! (and i'm not really sure what that says about me) so you think you can audit so you may only get the humor in this video if your an accountant...but i enjoyed it.

Happy Friday Y'all! Hope you have a great weekend!!

best tumblr ever

so i've never really gotten into tumblr but i saw this on twitter and absolutely love it. i think most of these can be appreciated by anyone but some are just so clemson that they kill me. i have laughed out loud at more than a few of these...and i definitely can relate to them!
when in clemson tumblr


a few of my favorites are: 
whenever i'm in sirrine (which is too true)
when someone wears a gamecock shirt on campus (and i honestly think they should be shot...or at least kicked out of clemson)
trying to get a drink at TD's (truth)
little caesars (the business they must do after 2 a.m. is astounding i'm sure)


enjoy :)

Wordless Wednesday

this crazy thing called life

my life has been rather boring recently but exciting stuff has been happening in my family. 
my brother got a job...yup like a real, full-time, grown-up job. and i'm honestly really happy for him. and yes, this is the same brother (i only have one) who is engaged and getting married in january of next year. and yup this brother is just graduating from college in may. it's funny how his life is turning out exactly how i had mine planned. actually it's really not funny at all. and if i think about it too much, i get a little sad. and if i'm being honest, maybe a little jealous. i had slowly come to terms with the fact that he would be getting married before me. (but i can still beat him...any takers people?) but this whole job thing is a completely different can of worms. and yeah i kind of hate that his life is all coming together and mine is basically a colossal train wreck (which is ironic since he's going to work for the railroad...) but in all seriousness, i just wish some small part of my life would start to make sense...i'm not even asking for it all anymore...just something. 
and it's not like i want his life to be floundering like mine is, i guess i just wanted to accomplish something before him (besides the obvious like graduating and such). i'm a little less than 2 years older than him but i always knew i would be employed and married before him. and yes, i did extend my college career by a year so there has really only been 9 months between our final college graduations...which is slightly more acceptable than 2 years. 
so there you have it blog-land, i'd like to be employed with a ring on my finger. but since we obviously don't live in a perfect world and my plan is clearly not correct, i'd take an interview...or a date. 
i think another reason i would really like either of the above (other then that it would hopefully ease my feelings of failure) would be the companionship/friendship/the relationship. i'm so, so, so hesitant to write what i'm going to next, but i really feel like i need too. sometimes i think the reason i haven't found the job yet or met the boy yet is that i'm not suppose to be where i am. like instead of just looking for jobs in/near greenville, i should be looking all over. (which i have been doing...just not as seriously as i've looked in greenville) maybe God doesn't want me here and he's trying so hard to tell me to let go of what i want and to look somewhere else (as if i haven't had to let go of most of my awesome plan already, i mean can't i just hold onto this little piece?!?)
so maybe i need to move and just start over. i would enjoy some friends who aren't married and don't have kids. or maybe just someone to go to lunch with on a Saturday...or meet for coffee one night. i absolutely love being with Jackson and Riggs but it's isolating in a way. but if i was at home, i'd just be hanging out with my parents and their friends and honestly that would be even more isolating because at least in greenville there are people i like that are my age. 
it doesn't really help that everyone  i hang out with from church is married and most have kids. which again, is awesome, but doesn't leave a lot of time for just hanging out. i've written about this whole idea vaguely before (and here as well) but i guess i'll touch on it again. i seriously hate when i feel like someone feels obligated to include me. i promise i may sound really weak and whiney on this blog but i like to think i'm a lot stronger in reality. for example, while out earlier, i heard on the radio an advertisement for a greenville drive game. i considered going for a split second but i thought going all by myself would make me seriously sad. but then i realized that i didn't even have anyone to ask to go with me and i got sad anyways. so just simple things like that. i guess my question to the world is where does someone find people to go to a minor league game with...or to spend a saturday afternoon with? and i came to the same conclusion that i've been reaching a lot recently...
i don't think it can happen for me in greenville. i really think God is seriously telling me to get out. look outside my comfort zone and just go. i mean i'd obviously have to find a job first but now i'm very seriously looking in cities throughout the u.s. and maybe i'll find something perfect. okay so i'm obviously still hoping something will come up in greenville but i doubt that a little more each and every day. so if God wants me to move on, then move on i will. and maybe then my life will all come together. or hey maybe it won't. i have a ton of fears about moving anywhere but i don't think i'll blog about those until i have a job offer that will require me to face those fears. which i don't have. 
so back to fun & non serious blogging tomorrow. i will confess that i wrote this a few days ago while in starbucks and clearly blogging in starbucks bring out the depressed/crazy/emotional side of me. 
and i think i'll end this blog post with the following tweet that pretty much sums up my thoughts on finding the boy.
via Southern Weddings @iloveswmag Southern Phrase of the Day: on finding the right man: Good Men are as scarce as deviled eggs after a church picnic. 

We're #1!

Go Tigers!

Bleacher Report recently ranked all 124 college football stadiums...and Clemson was #1!

{homecoming 2011}

I love going to Death Valley and obviously i think that the environment is amazing. but, to be fair, i grew up going to games at Clemson so i've never really experienced games at other stadiums. but i guess i didn't really need to go anywhere else since i've been going to the best all along :)

the article from bleacher report can be found here

H54F...for real this time

1. i keep seeing colored denim everywhere and i really want to join this trend. i think i was a pair of cropped jeans in either a bright yellow or royal blue...guess i'll be checking out target soon!

2. i watched grey's anatomy for the first 2 (maybe 3) seasons and then i just stopped. however, i've been watching repeats on lifetime and i'm totally hooked again. 

3. i bought an erin condren voucher a few months ago and it was getting close to expiring. so i decided to just buy a life planner, since i had been wanting one for quite a while. i absolutely LOVE it! i am a big fan of writing out lists and marking events down on paper, so this planner is right up my alley. 

4. all-day happy hour occurred at Sonic on Tuesday...and this made my Tuesday like you wouldn't believe. I only went twice but I definitely could have gone more. There's just something about a drink from Sonic that makes me think of spring...and get excited for summer. [i'm sure this has nothing to do with the way i obsessively drank them last spring/summer while studying for the CPA...yeah the sonic in Clemson got a LOT of business a year ago]

5. The twins got sick last week so their epic birthday party has been postponed. So even though i know they are one...sometimes i feel like their birthday hasn't happened yet. and then other days i feel like they are 3. 

{High Five for Friday is a link-up with Lauren}

What a year...

today Jackson and Riggs turn one.

and what a crazy year its been.

it's seriously crazy how much i remember about this day one year ago. i know exactly what i was wearing and everything. one year ago today, i took the first part of the cpa exam and began a crazy adventure.

Jackson and Riggs also decided to make an appearance. two random events that have both had such an impact on my life this past year and will forever be tied together in my mind.

if you would have told me a year ago that i wouldn't have a job in accounting yet i probably would have cried and seriously freaked out. and okay i would definitely love an accounting job. and i promise that i'm working on it. but i also wouldn't have believed you when you told me that i would be lucky enough to spend my days with Jackson and Riggs.

i feel like now would be a good time to admit that when i found out that Cindy was pregnant that her kid(s) i was (slightly because i'm not crazy or anything) worried that they would have no idea who i was. and all babies need a cool auntie staci

so i'm continually amazed at how everything has worked out. and i seriously hope the twins know who i am...i mean i do dress them in awesome outfits and let them climb all over me as if i am a human jungle gym.

 so while i'm still on the hunt for a job where i can use my degrees, i'm so thankful that i get to spend my days with the babies until that happens.

i thought about writing each of the twins a letter...full of awesome advice and cool stories but i haven't yet. i still think i'll end up doing it. and i might even post it here...or maybe i'll just include it in their birthday cards...which i'm still in the process of picking out, much less even writing in them. but regardless of if they get the awesome letter today or in 2 years, i think they'll always know that they can always come to me with whatever. and i'm kind of super excited for the first time they say staci...or some variation of my name. 

so happy birthday to my favorite twins...i can't wait to see what happens this next year!

Easter 2012

 {typical Riggs behavior...but at least she's still sitting still}

 {oh yup she's picking his nose}

Thirsty Thursdays-Springtime Edition

raspberry mango sangria 

raspberry beer cocktail

vodka spiked blueberry lemonade

grapefruit margarita

so excited for summertime and to try some of these fun drinks out!

all of these recipes can be found on my thirsty pinboard 

Wordless Wednesday {or quality time with Riggs}