It's OK Thursday {The End}

  Yes, its the very last It's Ok link up... ever.... sad, but excited to hear what Neely has in store now! So alas, without further ado, I bring what's ok with me this week...   It's Ok....  

• to be sad the very first link up you ever did is ending
• to make mistakes as long as you recognize them and learn
• to cry... seriously, cry, let it out
• to be all in
• that I selfishly recommended sandwiches for City Group dinner because I am trying to be more healthy
• to freak out when you bring your pup home from the vet and her face blows up like a blimp to FREAK OUT and call someone in tears
• to stay in bed an extra 20 minutes because you are perfectly content
• to be a little sad when you see your first house put on the market (in other news need a house? I know of a great one in Grapevine, TX)
• that I spent a good 5 hours trying to compose 5 sentences of an appellate brief (they are 5 good solid sentences)
• to be afraid of something new as long as you do not let that fear hold you back or keep you guarded
• to tell someone what you need and want, better to scare them now than 6 months from now
• to be giddy
• to love, be loved, and give love.

Who Uses that Word {It's ok Thursday}

So we are taking a minute out of this normally-scheduled It's Ok Thursday to bring you breaking news.... I'm pretty sure I was called the infamous C word for the first time yesterday. OK so I know I was called, it, but pretty sure it was the first time. Yes, you heard me right the C word. I will not repeat it, but its the on you are thinking of... yes...

Appalled? Tell me about it. I mean had the situation warranted the use of such word, perhaps (not that any situation warrants that word) but still... I know, I know he said it out of anger and pain,  but come on.

Truth is the big D is hard. Its akin to death. I mean you literally have lost someone. Its the death of a relationship. Its hard. Its even worse when you have managed to be civil through the whole thing. I cried. Right there in my office, cried, door open, bawling on the phone.

The worst part? I let it affect the rest of my day and my work-product. (Note to self: Lynn should not practice law while mildly upset). I managed to perform a comedy or errors on some depo notices and had to call opposing counsel to ask him to politely just throw away that last fax... promise me just throw it away....

So, I decided that my c-word self would just skip group and get my stress relief run on... Yeah didn't help. What helps? My CG family. They know what I need, know how to comfort me and well they care. They do not judge, though I think C may have been mildly taken aback by my use of the C word. However, after a small cry and chit chat things were better. Its not easy, but I am not sure what I would do without them. So, we boiled some craw fish, ate some spicy food and had a glorious fellowship.

Silver lining you ask? A lil wine when I got home and Clark Kent to the rescue!

So, let's see what's ok with me this week....

It's OK....

to cry in your office after being called that word

to seek comfort in the Lord and the children he sends to lift us up

to pray through the hard times

to want to call M a zillion other choice things, but not (hello big girl pants)

to ask for help when you need it

to just want to be held all night

that I managed to eat dessert everyday last week and sometimes twice

to give in when you are scared

to fall

to be Me... everyday, all day.

It's Ok Thursday

  It's Thursday, so you know what that means... link up with Neely and Amber and tell us what's ok with you...   It's OK.....   to get mad when someone does not follow through to cry in your office when you realize the IRS is out to screw single people that I secretly stalk the guy that also works out at 5am in my apartment complex gym because I want to know what he does for a living that he is also up this early to just stay in to accept Starbuck's from a really cute, but almost complete stranger to sit in your living room and cry while your pups use you as a mommy-jungle gym to talk about your dogs like they are children (cause duh they are!) to use duh... a lot.... to not have it altogether, all the time, or ever for that matter that some of my pants are tight, cause I can get the weight off! to depend on others for accountability and to let them know when you need them to throw food away because its not good for your and stares you down at night to have breakfast for dinner to put off a project until the weekend and then find out is cancelled (yay glad I didn't waste my time Mr. Partner)   In other news, how cute is my lil bean? She did not like mommy doing doc review (or as my friend Ben called it "dog" review)

  OK, ya'll what's ok with you this week?

It's Ok Thursday

  Link with with Neely and Amber as they try to reach 150 links today and tell us what's Ok with you this week:   It's ok...   to wear your hair a bun for more than one day in a row because you are too lazy to wash it that I have no desire to watch 24/7 coverage of all the tragedies that have ocurred this week to let the puppy pee inside on the pee pee pad when it a torrential downpour outside that I second-guess just about everything these days (lil caution never hurt anyone) to nap during your lunch break (its my hour) to online shop but never hit purchase (a girl can dream of $500 worth of clothes) that I have still not recovered and painted my dining chairs that I have little to no desire to walk around downtown during Main Street Art Festival for the sheer fact that I hate crowds and parking to think men with more than one tatoo are a lil creepy that I hate two turkey dogs, chicken, lil half the hummus and an ice cream sandwich last night at group (i worked out this morning) to not be a size 0 the rest of my life to have curves to be alone.      

It's OK Thursday

  You know what to do... Link up, let it out, here is what's OK with me this week:   to let your puppy cry it out/scream it out, whatever, she will eventually go to sleep to leave work right at 5pm because you are literally falling asleep at your desk to scream a bad word when you spill your chair latte because you really needed it this morning that I get excited for City Group each week by what we are having for dinner (and Jesus, love me some Jesus) to have pizza for lunch when its with two amazing women to spend more on your dogs at the vet than you do on yourself to be vulnerable, God calls us to do to struggle and wrestle with things as long as you realize on He can give your answers to eat chocolate cereal for breakfast (everyday) to force your family to make a plan and stick to it and when they don't simply say sorry I can't to laugh so hard at yourself that water comes out of your nose to be the oldest one with the room to question    

It's Ok Thursday {Testament Edition}

  It's Thursday y'all which means I am linking up with Neely and Amber to let you know what' ok with me this week. Well, this week I am going slightly off the normal outline to share something more important with you because this week I have learned, It's Ok to Have faith.  

I have the awesome privilege to be a part of a group of Christian men and women who share in His word each week as we dine and worship together. Last night we did something new and split into men and women to truly share with each other. The goal: transparency. To say I was scared, is an understatement. I have always felt it was ok to believe and have faith, but to be honest, open, and vulnerable to a group of people, was not something I had experienced like this. Sure I can get in front of a group of people and talk about my experience with domestic violence, but to expose myself to people when it comes to my faith, was scary. So, lesson 1, its OK to be vulnerable.

 

I sat around the dinner table and listened to some of the other women speak. We prayed for each other and then I knew I needed to do it. I needed to share. I had sat in the group of people for almost two months, listening, learning, and experiencing, but I had yet to let Him speak through me. Part of me was always scared that the words would not come out right, or I would not be able to conjure up the perfect verse, or heck even find the book of the Bible we were in in my own Bible. Its just not something I had been taught.

 

It was in that moment that I got it. It's ok to walk by faith and not by sight. It's ok to doubt. It's ok to question. It's ok to be fearful. Why? Because Christ will never stop loving you. He will guide you, show you, walk with you, and give you the words when you feel silent. He fills every void, every gap, he never waivers and is always there even when you stray.

 

After I shared I felt healed. All the anger, pain, guilt, and shame was washed away. When I allowed myself to truly see and hear Him, I was given His grace. It was ok to be me. I sat around that table and never once did I feel judged-- I felt loved, cherished, supported. This group of women accepted me because He accepts me.

 

Life has not always been easy for me, its not supposed to be easy for anyone. However, I often felt like He had turned away from me, forgotten me, was angry with me. I was angry with Him. How could He let me endure all the pain and struggles I have endured. How could he let His child see so much in 30 short years? And then I remembered, it is through the weak and broken that His message becomes clear. He uses those who you least expect to be His voice and witness. He doesn't give you anything you cannot handle. He will always provide you the tools you need to survive. I guess in a way He must think I am pretty strong. I am His messenger. I am His voice to others. Whether its speaking to others about overcoming obstacles, setting goals, surviving tragedy--I have the awesome ability to show others that He is the reason I am here.

 

So, this Thursday I share with you why it's OK to Believe. Tomorrow is Good Friday and Sunday, Easter. These next few days I challenge each of you to be His witness. Remember, He gave His only son for us, Christ died so that we could live.

It's Ok Thursday

Although I am so jealous of Neely being at Blissdom, I am excited because in one week we are having our first Blate! You would think for two people who live 30 miles apart we could figure this out, but alas, we shall meet! Yay!! Can you tell I'm uber excited? Anywho, here is what's ok with me this week.

Its OK....

- to take a 30 minute power nap at your desk after lunch (every day this week)

- to be obsessed with your dog

- to leave dishes in the sink for a couple days when you live alone, right?

- to sit at Bible study and have no clue how these people know exactly what to say each and every time and I kind of stare off in the distance

- to still love Grey's Anatomy even though I know that its so far off from reality these days ( I mean what doctors survive that many tragedies?)

- to have every intention of doing a DIY project on your dining chairs but choose to sleep instead

- to be jealous of everyone who is going on vacation these days while I sit and wallow away in my office

- that sometimes I admit I have no clue what I am doing, where I'm going, or what I hope to be

- to not know whether to text or call or just give up!

- to miss my best friend K more than she knows and wish she would just move here with me and we can be spinsters together (ok well not spinsters)

- to spend more on your dog's haircut than your own

- to splurge on clothes when you actually saved like a bunch (thank you Loft)

It's OK Thursday

Yeah I know, a little MIA this week. From work overload, to insomnia I have been rather fearful to post lest you all think I have either gone over the edge or complain that all I do is well, complain. But today, no today its OK to do all of the above because I am linking up with Neely and Amber to tell you what is OK this week....

It ok....

to eat a slick of cake and have gelatto in the same day

to wake up at 5am put on your workout clothes and decide you are just too tired to move and go back to bed

that I have no desire to be at work this week since its "spring break" but I do not really get spring break anymore

to cry in the middle of the day because you are so tired and frustrated

to close your day after you eat lunch lay your head on your desk and sleep for 30 minutes (hey its my office, my lunch break)

to just say no

to hurt someone's feelings when its not out of spite

to love and let go

that somedays I workout just so I can eat dessert

to come home, take off your shoes and just go to sleep

that I'm not always the best mommy to Chloe because I am so darn tired, but heck she sleeps all day (must be nice)

that I am 30 and just now figuring out life!

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It's Ok Thursday

Its that time all. To confess, let go and let it out and tell everyone, what's ok with you this week!

It's ok....

To find healing in unexpected places

To do something just for you

To leave work early when you feel like death

That I buy groceries with the intent to make food and end up eating cereal because its faster

To eat dessert (more than once a day)

To doubt

To ask for forgiveness

To not feel bad for people who post things on facebook that they supposedly want to keep private

To love Nashville (the show)

To walk away

To confide in your blog friends and miss them when you're gone

That I have boxes of crap still in my kitchen and am using a plastic bin as a coffee table

To make a change

To believe in Faith, Hope and Love.

It's Ok Thursdsay

  It's Ok....   to take a few days off from blogging just because you need to to put blonde back in your hair just because well you're naturally blonde and miss it to make changes in your life because you need to to listen to your inner voice to wear vertical stripes with horizontal ones to think coffee in the afternoon (hot coffee) sounds gross to eat one small piece of candy each day that V&D still worry about me when I run at 5am "in the dark" to write in your journal every day, more than once a day to just not "fit" to want to fix and change other people, but its great when you realize you can't to still want the fairytale to dance in your room, with the dog to Madonna to chose chocolate over wine to say no, I can't, I'm too overwhelmed to have Starbuck's every day every once in a while to let it go to go after what you want to not feel obligated: obligation is giving someone else control of your life to know what you need, what you want, and what you desire and how to balance all three to ask for forgiveness to listen to yourself  

It's Ok Thursday

  Ah, yes Thursday, we meet again. So let's explore what's OK with me this week! IT'S OK.....   To chug sip cranberry juice out of my coffee mug so my co-workers don't see (oh the joys of womanly things) To keep said giant jug of cranberry juice in my desk drawer for easy access To finally call the doctor and admit in defeat that you are sick, infected with something and need meds! To be needy! To want to come home and do nothing but sleep. To dream of a mental health day (working on the taking of said day) To crave pizza for dinner, but not want the calories so go to the grocery store and buy Lean Cuisine pizza to satisfy said craving (and about $27 worth of other frozen things so you do not have to cook for a week) (This is what happens when M travels) To gasp... skip a workout b/c let's face it, I was just too tired That I still need a mommy every once in a while That I do not love my job every single day, or minute or week for that matter To still think twitter is kind of pointless sometimes To not jump on every new social media bandwagon To tell people no (again working on this one) To want someone to send you flowers To need constant reminders that you are loved, cherished and needed. To engage in retail therapy (hello it was on sale!)     Dish, people, what's OK with you this week?

 

 

It's Ok {Lawyer Edition}

Yes, its time for what's ok and this is the lawyer edition! Link up and let loose.

It's Ok....

• to bill for meeting with people in your office about a case and bill the entire time you sit there
• to be "the infantry"... as in take marching orders and not question the chief
• to totally scare the bejeesus out of your 1st year associate friend over lunch by venting
• to vent to other lawyers about the trials and tribulations of practice
• to doubt that this is what you want to do your whole life
• to HATE document review
• to loath discovery and love it at the same time
• google law before you go down the wrong path (or rack up a huge westlaw bill)
• to tell poor unsuspecting souls not to go to law school
• to copy and paste (I mean come on why recreate the wheel)
• to ask questions and expect answers
• to be leery of your clients
• to say no when you cannot do any more work
• to close your door, put your head down on your desk and nap for 10 minutes

It's Ok Thursday

  Yes, its that time, to vent, confess, let it all out! And I promise today will be a tad more positive! So link up with Neely and Amber and let us know what ok with you....   It's OK...   To vent, scream, shout when you need to to confide in your friends (especially your blog friends) to buy shoes you have been lusting for umm a year second-hand! to spend a little money to do hot yoga when it makes you feel oh so good to talk about what bothers you to your spouse, even when you think it may hurt their feelings to tell a pointless story every once in a while to laugh at yourself to shop... shop and shop some more (only the sale rack of course!) to dream of trips to Atlanta, LA and other places to meet your blog friends to take time for you it still yell at the idiot who decided cutting someone off at 7am on the highway under construction is a good idea only to make me late and angry to be so excited for the premier of Suits tonight!!! (love me some Harvey Spector) to still love Grey's... I know so lame, but just can't quit it to also love Dance Moms to yell at Christi from Dance Moms... yes at the TV telling her to take a chill pill or 5 (and is she preggo?) to gaze out the window in your office for about 20 minutes each day (and bill someone for it? I kiiiid) To feel blessed every day to have angels in my life who love and cherish me  

It's Ok Thursday

  Ah, yes Thursday, that fateful day before Friday (such a tease) but not when today is my Friday and tomorrow I am Vegas bound for Miss America! Just a tad excited ya know. So anywho, before I leave here are my thoughts on this Thursday....   It's Ok.....  

To go to ihop on your anniversary with your husband because its tradition and the first meal we ever had together so stop hating people!

 

To get annoyed easily by people who just feel the need to talk for no reason

 

To buy shoes... lots of them....

 

To buy two dresses for Miss America and then text pics of yourself in them to your friends and have them decide which one to keep because I am no clue!

 

To fail. At life, love, work, dinner.... it happens.

 

To yell at people while driving because they cut you off.

 

To jam out to Miley Cyrus... anytime because she just makes me feel good.

 

To write. Anything.

 

To get angry with your spouse.

 

To let people know when you are upset with them and talk it out.

 

To cool down by walking away.

 

To wear your hair in a bun to work because you just don't feel like fixing it.

 

To shop on your lunch hour. It's mine and I can with it as I please.

 

To leave work when you feel like crap and not feel guilty (even though I still felt guilty).

 

To ask God for help, forgiveness, guidance, acceptance.

 

To push restart on your life.

It's Ok Thursday

Hello world! I know I have been a little MIA since last week, I mean come on there was a small holiday snuck in there too! So, I'm back (actually i was back at work yesterday, no rest for the lawyer) and ready to dish!

  It's OK.....   To dye your hair reddish brown and still be the Illegal Blonde... The blonde is still in me people!   To not be perfect at everything, or perfect at anything really.   To fail. Failing often brings more lessons than success.   To open your heart after hurt and pain.   To forgive. Forgiveness often heals the forgiver more than the person who receives your foregiveness.   That I still am not a huge fan of Christmas.   That I ate way too much the past four 2 days.... and feel no guilt (ok a little guilt)   To not like everything you got...   to have a tiny Christmas, the best things often come in small packages, right?   to celebrate the holidays with your family, even when you are not related to any of them, but you know no matter what they are there for you.   To be vulnerable.   To cry, its cathartic.   To start over. Life is too short to hold grudges, live with regret and be miserable.   That I am super stoked that 2012 has almost come to a close and a new year is upon us and looks so bright!   And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2

It's Ok Thursday

  After the hellacious  morning I have I have decided its ok....   to scream at idiots who cut you off!, seriously learn to drive to scream at people drving 50 in the left lane, I have placed to  be! to scream when you realize you  have left your bra at home while you are changing at the gym to scream when you brun yourself on the straightener to scream when you drop your entire make up bag and watch hundres of dollars break into a million tiny pieces all over the gym locker room floor to scream because you are to so tired because you went to bed at 1 and got up at 5 to scream because your have had the visit from Aunt Flo from  H*E*double hockey sticks this month because of the lovely meds you are hopped up on ITS OK TO SCREAM! Because some days just suck!   P.S. This all happened in the course of 40 minutes this morning.  

It's Ok Thursday

Y'all should be so proud of me, I decided this week to keep a list of my lil confessions for the week... just sat it right there on my desk so I could catch all the lil thoughts that run through my head, so here are some good ones....

It's OK.....

• to forget that not all people I speak with or deal with are clients
• to get excited when you look at the clock and its 10:13 and you smile cause 10/13 is your birthday (anyone else do this?)
• to steal cute meme's from P!nky and share them with your friends and they love them and make your day....
• to ask for a coloring book and markers for your stocking this Christmas
• to share dessert with your co-workers because you both want pie and cake
• to close your office door because you need space and a good cry
• to take it as a compliment when you boss tells you he appreciates that you keep your figure (darn right! I don't workout at 5am for nothing!)
• to make fun of yourself when you realize you have been a total drama queen
• to miss your best friend more than your husband sometimes....
• to not be ready for Christmas, but craving the New Year!
• to ask for depo summaries to do because they are good billable hours, then curse yourself because they are awfully boring
• to hate: doc review, doc production, marking hot docs, really anything involving documents!
• to eat four one thing from the copious gift baskets we have received each day
• to feel closer to your blog friends than your real friends sometimes

What's ok with you this Thursday?

It's Ok Thursday

Thursday!!! Yay!!! So need this week to be over... So Link up and let lose, with what's ok with you.

It's Ok.....

• to leave work at 5pm
• to get in bed at 7pm
• that your husband may or may not call his mom still to check things out... (it only proves I know what I am talking about)
• to want snow instead of sun
• to take off your tights half way through work and go commando!
• that I still have no idea what I am doing at work sometimes... still a work in process
• to vent on your own blog, about whatever you need to vent about
• to buy more than one pair of pants knowing you will take all some of them back
• to take funny picture of yourself and your dog on photobooth
• to love the following things:

It' Ok Thursday

My name is Lynn and its has been two weeks since my last It's Ok Thursday confessional! Forgive me friends, but I have sinned and to need confess.... So here goes, It's Ok.....

to not eat any turkey on Thanksgiving... but copious amounts of pie

that my Christmas tree is still sitting in its box in the middle of the living room

to shop on Black Friday and not buy a thing (the people watching was much more fun)

to eat one small piece of chocolate every day once in while

to blog at work, in bed, on the go... ya get my drift

that I don't know what to ask for for Christmas because I kind of went on a Loft binge a couple weeks ago... but then again the LV catalog came today and Coach now monograms!

I have barely billed this month and don't feel guilty I deserve a small break!

that I am baby crazy and my husband is about to kill me

that I got in bed about 8pm last night so I could blog and watch Nashville (so what if I'm old and boring)

that I think the ipad mini is just stupid

to not care about your toes when you wear tights and heels everyday, right?

to get annoyed when the housekeeper moves my stuff...

to vent, in the car, to know one and look like a crazy lady yelling

to forget you promised to do something but then do it last minute and it turn out great!

to be so ready for a great out of town weekend soon! (close far doesn't matter its a small reprieve from life with friends)

It's Ok Thursday

It's Thursday, Thursday, gotta get down on .... Yeah I know Thursday is such a tease! However, its a great day to dish about what's ok with you this week! So link up and let it out!!

It's ok....

• That I'm not posting much today because y'all need to head over to my fav girl P!kny's page where I'm guest posting while she is sailing the seas!
• That I have eaten or will eat Mexican food 4 times this week!
• That in one week I will stuff my face and have no guilt.
• To love that my office has become the place to convene.
• To be head over heels in love!
• To take a gazillion pics of your baby... that happens to be a shih tzu.
• To plans trips to places that you may never go, but in your dreams its great!

Banff Springs.. yeah you know you wanna go

So,what is ok with you this week?