It's Friday, the last one in August! I am absolutely giddy that September is around the corner. It's the start of so many things I look forward to.Today, I'm linking up with The Good Life, A. Liz Adventures, Carolina Charm and Hello! Happiness for Five on Friday. -one- Pumpkin Spice Latte Yes, you read that right! On my weekly trip to Target this week I decided to check and see if they had their pumpkin spice lattes yet. I remembered last year that they had them before the Starbucks stores. To my surprise the day I was there (Tuesday) was the first day my Target had them. ... read more
Archives for August 2013
Saying Goodbye to Teaching
As long as I can remember I've wanted to be a teacher. One of my favorite things to play growing up was teacher. I had a classroom in my playroom. My brother was often my student. I had stickers, a pointer, a desk, the whole nine yards. My love of and for teaching never changed. As soon as I could work, I got a job at a preschool. I did that until I went to college. I was hired out of my final internship and at 21, I became a teacher. Teaching was everything I had hoped it would be. I loved going to work. I loved my students ... read more
Our Going Away Party
This past weekend our best friends threw us a going away party. It was such a sweet gesture. As soon as we arrived, we immediatly noticed the party was Texas themed. We had cowboy hats and lots of other props ready for us to use. All of the food came from our favorite BBQ place. And all of our friends were in their Texas gear, boots, hats and lots of plaid! Best of all, Jen made a DVD for us of the past 10 years of friendship. It was more than I ever expected. My heart was completely full that night. We both felt so ... read more
My first lesson in letting go {motherhood post}
This past week I joined a gym. It's been a year since I had a membership. I have worked out at home since AG was born and really didn't want to send her into a kids area of the gym after hearing about how many kids got sick from it. And frankly, I didn't trust anyone else with her besides family. Not when she was just a baby. Now that she is one and it's getting harder to work out at home, I decided this was the right time. I also wanted something to do over the next month that will give me a bit of a mommy break and me time. The gym is actually ... read more
Five on Friday
It's that time of the week again. Friday is here! Friday is here! Usually I look forward to Friday. I look forward to my morning Starbucks treat. I look forward to counting down the hours until hubs gets home for the next two days. It's usually my favorite day of the week. But today is different. Hubs moves to TX tomorrow. We don't close on our house here until September 20th. So my parents are staying with me for a while until we move out to TX. Just as I have the past few weeks, I'm linking up for Five on Friday today with a great group of ladies! ... read more
Simply Made with Love GIVEAWAY!!!
We are just over a week away from the start of September. I can't begin to tell you how happy that makes me! To celebrate the upcoming arrival of fall I'm hosting a giveaway. You can win a fall shirt for your little one and a monogrammed kitchen towel. You can find more details below, GOOD LUCK! a Rafflecopter giveaway ... read more
Cute as a Button Birthday {part two}
Thank you all for your sweet comments on the first part of AG's birthday post. Today, I am going to share all of the people pictures I have. I wish I would have hired a photographer for the party. There are so many pictures I wish I would have been able to take. Even though my mom took about 100 pictures, probably 3 weren't blurry. We're working on this....she says it's the camera. I beg to differ. Anyhow, here are some of my favorites of the ones we love from her big day. It's my PARTY! Singing happy birthday and getting ... read more
Cute as a Button Birthday Party
It may be over a week late, but I am finally getting around to post pictures from AG's first birthday party. The theme of her party was Cute as a Button. Of course I have Pinterest to thank for this idea. This post is dedicated to all of the details. The food, decorations and DIY projects. I started working on this party when she was 8 months old. I'm one of those people who see something and think to myself "I can do that!" So instead of buying most of the things for her party, I made them. I used my party printables to organize everything I wanted to do. I picked a project a ... read more
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Baked Mac & Cheese and What’s Cooking
It's been a long time since I've posted our weekly menu. I honestly can't tell you the last time I made one. With selling our house and having showings at night, it's hard to plan dinner. There were times I had it planned, ready to go and we would get a call saying we had someone coming at 6pm. And there went dinner. Thankfully our house is under contract, so we won't have any more showings right now. I'm looking forward to a nice week of family dinners before our move begins. The recipe I've decided to share to day is one of my favorite ... read more
