InstaView: February

Despite the best laid plans and all that, it happened again: I forgot about neglected this little corner of the web. This weekend, I told myself, this weekend I'll take pictures so I can do a weekend recap. Instead, this weekend was spent mainly in our sweats staying out of the SnOklahoma weather and trying to stay warm.

So, until I get with it, here's a look at my life in the month of February. 

Craft supplies for Mini Cheer Camp, aka the most exhausting Saturday morning of my year | Having less than half the squad show up for cheer practice means rewarding those who do show up with a fun practice. Keely Bug put her trust in K to do a one man stunt, and they didn't do half bad! | In our family, there are three seasons: stock show, basketball and offseason (when you're getting ready for stock show and basketball seasons, of course!). I'm so proud of K and Kale, and I love spending my evenings in the stands cheering them on. 

February means celebrating Juicy Lucy's birthday! | Shaeken, LLC's Love Never Fails shirts came in during the first week of February and it was so exciting to deliver them! | I was wearing my Love Never Fails shirt at a basketball game and my cousin Jimmie Lea asked where I got it and bought hers on the spot! I knew there was a reason the box of shirts was in my car :)

I enjoy running when there's something to look at. As in, outside. I don't so much enjoy the treadmill because it gets boring watching the same patch of dirt outside the window and I'm afraid if I turn my head to see what's on the gym's TVs I'll fall off the machine. So, I bring my iPad, and there's nothing worse than when it won't work. #LongestRunEver | FFA week was the last week of February and I work with not one but TWO other FFA alumni! You know your office is awesome when you have these kind of coworkers! | My aunt Kandi held a painting party at the beginning of the month and this is my artwork! It's now hanging on our bedroom wall - just enough pink and gold that it makes my heart happy but not so much that Matt gives it the side eye. ;) 

Winter stuck around Oklahoma last week! Matt and I both got off early on Monday so we bundled the dogs up for some fun outside not because they *need* jackets, but because it's just too cute. I mean seriously have you ever seen anything more adorable than Hashtag in her leg warmers? | Click here for the video of Thabo chasing a ball through the snow | Friday was also a leave-work-early day, and my jeep just looked too cool covered in snow not to photograph. #JeepLife

Keep up with me every day on Instagram, where I post much more frequently! 

#EveryDayWithShae: The one where I make a huge announcement. Or two.

Goooooooood Friday morning, friends! I'm looking forward to listening to the Sports Animal this afternoon and hearing the "be happy Friday" song because it TOTALLY is! :) Full disclosure: I'm writing this post on Thursday night and today has just been the BEST week.

First, a huge announcement:

I've decided to take a leap of faith and chase a dream: I'm selling the shirts I design!!

For years, I've designed shirts (among other things) for teams, organizations, events and my day-job. I've wanted to sell my own designs, that I design because I think they're awesome, not because someone asks me to, but have let my own fears hold me back. Finally, last Friday, I knew I couldn't let my fears be bigger than my faith any longer, and designed my first ever, for-sale-because-I-love-it shirt! Without further ado, I present to you....

Love Never Fails

 

The final design printed on the shirts won't be watermarked, I promise :) I am so thankful for the support and orders I've received from friends and family and even people I don't know already on Facebook & Instagram! I'm taking preorders for these shirts through Sunday and they will be in before Valentine's Day, so if you are interested in snagging one of your own, let me know - email shaeken(at)okstatealumni.org. The prices are: v-neck $22 | dolman $25 | baseball $22 | crew neck $18 (that's clockwise from the top right in the picture above, bee-tee-dub). 

Moving on! Since this is an #EveryDayWithShae post, I thought I would go ahead and give a brief update of what else I talked about this week, too. Sorry it's a day late - you'll forgive me when you see the other announcement at the end of this post! 

On Thursday night, #BabyTate came over. Don't you love how I've turned your child's name into a hashtag, Lori? Tate and Thabo had endless fun playing with pom pom balls in the laundry basket! 

Dad and I both took off work on Friday to surprise Momma at school for her birthday! And surprise her, we did! We even sent a selfie from the cafeteria asking when she was going to come to lunch, and she thought we were just at lunch together in the city and being "annoying!" I think her cake was too perfect - a basketball court with deflated basketballs, her jersey number, a pile of chipped golf balls, and, to represent her current coaching job, shiny new pom poms! :) The home score was 50, in honor of her birthday, and it was on the Tigers side, while the visitors, the Panthers, had a score of 0. She may currently be a Panther, but she was a Tiger first (and at heart!) and said the score is accurate: "we always beat them!!" We continued the celebrating on Sunday at lunch with the family then celebrated Dad's birthday on Tuesday night at dinner!

On Saturday, we finally took down our Christmas tree/decorations. Enough said?

The weather was finally pretty enough this weekend to take a run!! So, on Sunday, after lunch and before cheer practice, Thabo and I did just that! I think chasing him all over the sidewalk was as much of a workout as the run was.

On Monday night, K played in the first round of the Grady County Tournament. We didn't get to go, but they're streaming it online, so we got to watch!! They won and K played so well. Thank you, Kool 105.5, for streaming the games so that those of us who can't make it can still watch! My uncle in Washington got to watch, too.

On Tuesday, I spent all day - literally, all day...didn't stop for lunch - working on a website :)

That continued on Wednesday. After work on Wednesday, Matt and I had the New Members class at our church...so dinner was popcorn. I was so tired!

But that didn't stop me from waking up today to have an AWESOME day! I found my makeup compact that I was SURE was gone forever. My mom sent me a picture showing our HS girls had hit their new stunt. Then, my boss brought breakfast to celebrate....(ready for announcement #2?)...the launch of our new WEBSITE!!! 

Finally, after MONTHS of work, it's here!! I'm SO excited with the newly redesigned www.regionalfoodbank.org. It is so colorful and full of HOPE. Check it out, follow me on Instagram to keep up with all this fun every day and have a great weekend! 

PS - don't forget to preorder your shirt before Sunday if you want one!