It's time for my Friday link up with A Little Bit of Everything and Momfessionals.
On Fridays I share things that made me happy from the week - a photo, a song, a quote, a beauty product, a recipe, a pair of cute shoes, etc. If it's a product, sometimes it's something I actually own and sometimes something I just saw online that gave me a smile. Sometimes it's serious and sometimes it's silly. I suppose I believe that God is in the simple details of life and yes, I can even find Him in a tube of lipstick.
Hello and happy Friday from Florida where I've looked for words in every square inch of this hotel. While it turns out I've done more thinking, staring out the window and writing really, really bad drafts than actually anything worth a darn, I'm telling myself that this is progress. At the very least, I feel lucky that I got to tag along with Steve to this beautiful place.
Here are some of my favorite things from the week.
1. Parmesean Truffle Fries
I might have had trouble writing coherent sentences, but I definitely could have written a sonnet about these Parmesean Truffle Fries that Steve and I got at a restaurant in downtown Tampa called Yard House. They were amazing. It looks like Yard House is a chain restaurant so if there is a location near you, I give these fries 5 stars and my undying love.
2. Barebells Protein Bars
The most prevalent health advice I've seen lately is all about protein, protein and more protein. Apparently, the number of grams of protein we should be consuming in a day should equal the number of pounds we weigh. So I'm trying. Luckily, I've got two college baseball players living in my house so I'm getting an education in protein powders, shakes, drinks and bars. These Barebells Creamy Crisp bars are Drew's favorite protein bars. They're really good and have only 1 gram of sugar.
3. Prime Dress
On Wednesday, I posted some Amazon Prime Day favorites and many of the prices on those items are still available. You can find those here. One thing that I didn't see until later that night was this dress. It reminds me a lot of a dress by Quince that I've seen all over the place, but this one is still 50% off today. It comes in over twenty different colors. I love the length and the tiered skirt.
4. Tarte Eyelash Curler
I needed a new eyelash curler so one afternoon this week when none of my words were making sense, I took a break and went to Sephora. The sales guy suggested this one. It came with this mascara, so that was cool. I like it a lot. That's all I have to say about that.
5. Writing Even When You Decide Writing is the Worst Idea You Ever Had
I don't have any words left for number five, so here are some quotes on writing by my favorite writers. I looked them up this week to give me some inspiration when everything seemed stupid. I've included them with photos of the places where I sat to write this week. Also, let's all be thankful that it's time to go home now because you might notice a beverage or two next to my laptop. I promise I'm not trying to become the next Ernest Hemingway.
"For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts." - Anne Lamott (Thank you, Ms. Lamott, this is my favorite one by far.)
"Write about what truly matters to you - not just things to catch the eye of the world but things that touch the quick of the world they way they have touched you to the quick. Write not just with wit and eloquence and style and relevance, but with passion. Then the things that your books make happen will be the things worth happening - things that make the people who read them a little more passionate themselves for their pains, by which I mean a little more alive, a little wiser, a little more beautiful, a little more open and understanding, in short a little more human." - Frederick Buechner
"Your job isn't to find these ideas, but to recognize them when they show up." - Stephen King
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you." - Maya Angelou
"Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer." - Barbara Kingsolver
"If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this." - Anne Lamott
That's all for today, friends. Have a beautiful weekend and thanks for stopping by.
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