Valerie Valentine Blog

It's been ahile since I've had time to update my blog! Thank you so much to those of you who have been following along with me on my social platforms! It means the world to me. Today is October 1st, which means it's baby month!! I cannot believe it! I feel like I have been pregnant FOREVER! At the same time, I can't believe baby Chloe will be here in 3 short weeks!I have been doing everything I can to prepare, yet I still feel so scared of the unkown. I'm going to be honest with you, I have never even changed a diaper before! So my experience with babies is little to none. But I know God puts that natural mother instinct into us women to care for our babies. So I just keep reminding myself of that. We had a beautiful unicorn themed baby shower back in July and Tyler and I did our maternity photos with Morgan Maria last month. The nursey is ready to go and hospital bags are packed! Now I am just trying to enjoy the last couple weeks of it just being Tyler and I - the...

I hope everyone is doing well given the circumstances we are all dealing with. It comes and goes for me... sometimes I'm cool, and then other times it hits me like a ton of bricks that pretty much the whole world is on a lock down and I'm seeing some of my favorite local places in my town being forced to shut down. I'm the type of person that one minute I believe ignorance is bliss, then next minute, I'm trying to take on all of the world's problems. Funny how that works. But I've come to the realization that it's time to focus on the good things in life! There is absolutely nothing I can do about this global pandemic. But I CAN control my attitude about it and I CAN  control how to make the best use of my time. Here are a few ways I've been able to focus on the good: 1. I've been texting and having REAL phone conversations more!  I know this sounds odd, but usually I just spend my social time on my phone through Facebook and Instagram-scrolli...

My blog, Valerie Valentine is full of variety! Sometimes things on here are very personal, other times my posts are craft/ gift related, in this post I'm sharing so deals and steals I have personally come across! Starting off with the blue light blocking glasses I picked up at Target today for only $10.00!! I shared these on my insta stories tonight! (That  can be found under the highlight "Good Finds" on my page!)  Blue light glasses: https://www.target.com/p/women-39-s-clubmaster-plastic-metal-square-silhouette-blue-light-blocking-lens-glasses-wild-fable-8482-pink/-/A-78141199 This adorable headband/scrunchie that matches a "catdana" for you kitty cat! Every purchase goes to help feed a cat in an animal shelter! And I LOVE this LV print! They have others to choose from too! Use my code "_valerie_burton" for 40% off your purchase!!  https://madebymeow.com/collections/all I absolutely LOVE these stickers! I use them in...

Just want to brag on God this morning💕  My husband’s car  broke down back in December. We had it towed to a car shop to fix it, it has been in there for over a month! Starting to feel stressed with only one vehicle, my husband -the problem solver that’s in his character of who he is, wanted to buy a new car. I didn’t feel peace about it. The next morning I realized I hadn’t prayed about this situation at all! So I prayed for God’s Will to be done & for the car to be fixed. That very afternoon Tyler got the call that the car was ready!!🙌🏽 we are going to go pick it up today! 😍 They also replaced his transmission for FREE because it took so long. So this verse is ringing in my head today! 💓 “Don’t’ worry about anything, instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done.” Sometimes situations in life can be so stressful and for some reason we often feel like we have to figure it out all on our own. But I found that it's so much ea...

Welcome back to my blog! Anyone else feel like there should be a day between Saturday and Sunday?! The weekend always seems to fly by! On the weekends I have 2 rules: #1 I'm not cooking dinner. #2 Relax and have fun! Last Friday , after I left work I stopped by Target on the way home. It was pouring rain as I was shopping, so you know I had to wait out the rain and spend an hour and half in there! 😂lol! When I got home I practiced making projects on my new Circut! Then made tacos for Tyler and I and enjoyed watching One Tree Hill on Hulu! Saturday, we got up and drove to Anderson, IN to see a former youth student, now a dear friend. We had a great time catching up and went to the cutest coffee shop called, Jack Rabbit Coffee! Then we ventured over to a thrift store! That evening we celebrated our friend Chad's birthday at B dubs. My cousin and I were flying solo for dinner, without our husbands for the night, so we thought we would do something fun...crazy....spontaneous......

Happy New Year friends!! It is officially 2020, a new decade! Last week in our staff meeting, we reflected on how God has  really  showed up and came through for us in our lives the past 10 years. I was overwhelmed thinking about how much Jesus has changed my heart, my mind set, and my life from when I was 13 to now, 23. I was so amazed thinking about all the times God was protecting me from people and typical teenage things that I "missed out on" but I realize it was His hand on my life through it all. And I pray that is the same case for my future children someday. A fun thing my husband and our friends did last week was creating a 2020 bucket list together! We each individually wrote down realistic and fun things that we've always wanted to do and promised to complete them by the end of 2020!! Some of mine included: Designing my own Stoney Clover Lane bag in Palm Beach, FL Holding a baby cheetah Being more intentional with my HS youth students  Going...