Sunday Snaps, Week 2: Here Comes the Sun

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Hey All! While Julie and I have decided to give you the leniency to make your OWN theme and link up whatever pictures you want for Sunday Snaps, I thought I would give myself the theme "Here Comes the Sun" as Julie had suggested to me beforehand. Check it out!

I thought this picture was very "summer"y and sun-shine-y enough for my theme. My friend Brooke on the left and I had a little mini photo shoot a few years back when laying out by the pool. Still some of my favorite pictures of us!

This is another picture from our mini photo sesson. I don't think I need to explain why this is "here comes the sun" appropriate! ;-)

I was fortunate enough to catch one of the last days of the Texas state fair last year. (I have a terrible tendency of missing fairs by being out of town.., I'm missing TWO this summer!)

What are your favorite "here comes the sun" themed pictures? If you think you've got some winners, I'd love to have you show them off at this week's Sunday Snaps! Post 'em and link 'em up! :-)

Happy Anniversary to ME!

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Hey y’all! I guest blogged today over at A Beautiful Day with Jules, and loved the content of my guest post so much that I thought I'd share it with y'all here today! :-)

I moved to Texas from California a year ago this week, and I thought it was only fitting that I create a blog post to commemorate my first anniversary here in the ‘ole hot state (since as I’ve mentioned in SEVERAL previous posts, I always like to celebrate the ‘little’ things)!

On August 6^th, 2011, I packed my bags and headed over to this glorious state. I had NO idea what I was in for, but managed to keep an excited smile planted on my face as I transferred my poor body from a cool 70 degrees to 100+ degrees in a matter of two days.

Since living here in Texas, I have learned and picked up so many things/habits I didn’t know in California. One of which is the oh-so-famous “y’all”! I am SO guilty of this one! It’s just so convenient. Why the conjoined word phrase hasn’t mozied its way on down to CA is beyond me!

I REALLY learned what football is all about here—especially college football! I could not believe how much fun it was getting to attend my university’s first game of the year… even if we didn’t win (anyone who knows about UNT knows we don’t have the best track record when it comes to winning football games).

I’ve learned about love and I’ve learned about heartache. I’ve learned the true meaning of friendship and how crazy but oh-so-fun it can be to live with 3 random girls. I’m still constantly learning things here in Texas (like how much mosquitoes love my sweet blood), but I’m so proud and so happy to call it my home for the time being. J So cheers to my first anniversary here in Texas, and cheers to the blogging community for enduring my mini-celebration! ;-)

It's been a great ride here at City Girl Gone Country. I'm still amazed when my DIY posts like my T-shirt to Tank Tutorial gets countless views each day (you like me, you really like me!). I can't wait to see what comes next, and look forward to sharing more crafty things in the future with y'all!

Sunday Snaps Link-Up 08/05: "Personal Best"

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Hey, y'all! Welcome to the very first link-up of Sunday Snaps: a weekly-themed photography link up!

This week's theme is "My Personal Best." Anything goes (whatever the subject, whenever the date), so long as it was taken by YOU!  If you need an example on how to compose your post, check out my post from this week. Here are my three "Personal Best" photos:

Now it's YOUR turn! Rules:

• Please follow both of your hosts! (Myself and Jules)
• You MUST provide the party button somewhere in your post in order to link back to this party (available to the right on my sidebar). Failure to do so may result in your link-up being removed.
• Link up to the specific post, not just your blog.
• Please only link up one blog post each week. 
• No repeating blog posts each week; this wouldn't make sense, anyhow, since there will be a different theme each week!
• Please only post a total of 3 pictures for this link-up!
• HAVE FUN! And follow some of your fellow link-up bloggers while you're at it! ;-)

Sunday Snaps Week 1: Personal Best

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Hey y'all, and welcome to the first week of Sunday Snaps: a weekly photography link up! 

This week's theme is "Personal Best." Jules and I want to see and admire the 3 pieces of work that YOU are most proud of! I'll show you mine as an example :-)

Ad-Swap Spotlight: August

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