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Weekend Recap!

Last weekend before spring break!  I think I can!  I think I can!  Dustin and I had a fun weekend of just being together.  I’m so appreciative of the weekend that he has all three days off (Friday-Sunday) because we both know that it’s always a possibility that he could get called into work.

I got home Friday from school after running a few errands and Dustin told me that he was taking me out to eat that night.  So we got a quick 20 minute walk in before changing clothes to head to Huntsville to Twickenham Square in Huntsville to eat at Cajun Steamer.  If you know us, you know Dustin picked this restaurant for himself because I do not eat any seafood–not even at the beach!  I may do the occasional fish taco, but that’s about it.  

I forgot to take a picture of my plated meal, but here’s after I started eating.  I got Caribbean Jerk Chicken with grilled asparagus–pretty good but way too spicy for my stomach!
I had an 8 AM hair appointment Saturday to get rid of the brown roots and to go back blonde!  #crazyhairdontcare

After my appointment, we took a little road trip (Dustin’s idea…yay!) and stopped to look at cars since I’m going to be in the market very soon.  We laughed because this dealership parked these cars so close together that it was difficult to walk in between them.

Super close together haha!

One of us had to check out the motor, of course 😉

Then we drove over to the Little River Canyon water falls.  I love the sound of rushing water and I could definitely fall asleep to it!

Sunday was church for both of us.  Then after lunch, I headed to grocery shop and to a bridal tea.  After I got home, I went for a 30 minute walk, and I came back home to D messing around in the garage and either singing or talking to himself–and I literally died laughing while snapping him!  
Check out my Snapchat to see it: sarahshaneyfelt

And last night I made Quinoa Fried “Rice” and it was SO GOOD!  Last night was the second time I’d made it and it was a request from Dustin, so you know it was good.  (And so healthy!)
We finally caught up on The Women Tell All episode and are so excited for The Bachelor finale!!!!  I really think Ben and Lauren look the best together.  

Who do you think he should choose?

Linking up with Biana today!

Friday Favorites–Pampered Chef Party!

It’s Friday, y’all, and that means only one more week of school until spring break!  It’s so crazy how fast this school year is flying by…I just hope summer doesn’t fly by, too 🙂

I’m in the middle of hosting a Pampered Chef party, so I wanted to share a few of my FAVORITES from the current catalog (and the things I plan on buying)!

If you want to order from my party, click on this link and you can access the catalog online and also order online.  Just make sure you choose to have your order shipped to you–I think shipping to me is the default!  If you’ve never owned anything from Pampered Chef, then you must order something because it’s the best, and they have great customer service.

If you decide to order, you can do so through next Friday the 18th.


This is number one on my order form right now.  I’ve always wanted to try making noodles out of different vegetables, and my in-laws have a garden each spring that results in a ton of zucchini.  I cannot wait to try my hand at making zoodles–which is the latest rage in eating healthy. 



This bar pan/cookie sheet isn’t on my list BUT I do own TWO of them because I love them so much!  I bake everything on them…cookies, sweet potato fries, roast veggies…you name it and I’ve made it on these.  I will never use another regular cookie sheet as long as I live if I have one of these bar pans.  And luckily, I have a convection oven so I can bake cookies using both pans at the same time!



I have needed a scoop like this for cookie batter and so I’m finally going to break down and buy it from Pampered Chef.  I’ve almost bought one from Williams Sonoma multiple times, but my mom has this one and I know first hand how durable it is.  



I love a good cookbook, but it’s so hard to find good cookbooks that are healthy, too.  Most of the healthy cookbooks I’ve found have recipes for food I can’t even pronounce or don’t even know what it is.  Not this cookbook.  I read through a few of the recipes and they look totally doable.  Plus, there’s a dessert section.  Need I say more? haha!



During the summer months, I like to keep a jug of Crystal Light lemonade in the fridge.  But sometimes it gets annoying making it because after I fill the jug with water, I have to find a wooden spoon long enough to mix it together.  Then I have to wash the wooden spoon.  I love that this is a one-stop product that does it all for you.  And I love that I can even mix it up a bit before pouring myself a glass of few day old lemonade.  My mom has this and I love it–and so of course I need it!


If you use Pampered Chef, what’s your favorite product?

Book Club Thursday–March 2016 Edition

Victoria and I had so much fun hosting the Book Club Thursday link up in January that we decided to do it again.  I had high hopes for reading a few books since it’s been almost two months BUT you know…grad school.  I read two super easy reads since the last link up–one I enjoyed and one I didn’t.


Let’s start with the one I didn’t enjoy.


I LOVE The Selection Series by Kiera Cass, so when I saw that she was publishing The Siren, I immediately knew that I wanted to read it.  I think because I loved reading each book in The Selection Series so much, I had such high hopes for this one.  It’s hard to describe, and it was weird.  I definitely wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

I read The Siren back in January when it came out and didn’t read another book (for fun) until this past weekend–grad school will do it to ya.

I read See Me by Nicholas Sparks and LOVED it.

I’m already a big fan of Sparks and have read all of his books.  Yes, they are predictable but I don’t care.  The prologue of this book confused me and I didn’t understood how it tied in until after the first couple of chapters.  By then I thought I had the book figured out, and I pretty much did except for one part that threw me for a loop.  If you like Nicholas Sparks, then you’ll definitely love this book!

I’ve got to make time to read Joshilyn Jackson’s latest book, The Opposite of Everyone, because my book club may be skyping with her during our April meeting.  Isn’t that exciting?

I can’t wait to read your posts and add to my reading list!