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My Favorite Go-To Apps on My iPhone

Do you ever wonder what life would be like without cell phones?  I didn’t have a cell phone when I was in junior high, and now, sadly, it’s rare for me to have a student who does not have a cell phone.  We’ve gotten so accustomed as a society to having things at our finger tips, but that’s not always a bad thing.  I want to share with you a list of my favorite apps that I use on a regular basis–some of these apps are extremely helpful and I wouldn’t have access to them without a cell phone!

She Reads Truth
I love this app!  I love the biblically sound Bible studies this app contains–some are topical but most are on books of the Bible.  My favorite study that I have done this year would have to be the Genesis study I did in January.  It showed me how the book of Genesis pointed to Christ in ways I had never realized before.  I highly recommend this app!
Cost: Free!  (But most of the Bible studies cost $1.99)


Redeemer
Tim Keller is a pastor/author that I really enjoy.  Redeemer Presbyterian Church is his church in New York City.  I love this app because it contains his sermons, and I enjoy listening to his sermons some mornings while I am getting ready.  Keller preaches in a way that is easy to understand, so if you’re a new Christian or have been a Christian for 50 years, you will learn from his sermons!
Cost: Free!


Pinterest 
Pinterest is one of those apps where I really want to ask what life was life before it?! haha!  I pin everything from recipes to fashion to home decor to fitness routines.  Find me on Pinterest here!
Cost: Free!


iMessage
Ask my husband and he’ll tell you that I text a lot 🙂  I have an iPhone and love the fact that I can text from all of my devices–if I’m using my MacBook and get a text, I can text back from my computer instead of my phone.  Love you, Apple products.
Cost: Comes with your iPhone


GroupMe
GroupMe is an awesome app if you are in a group text.  Every member needs to get this app and instead of constantly being bombarded with a group text thread, this app allows you to group text in a much better way.  The best part?  When everyone is texting at 10 PM and I’m ready for bed, I can mute my thread without having to silence my phone!  You can have multiple threads going and named so you can organize your groups!
Cost: Free!


ScannerPro
When I was in my last semester of grad school and having to put together a portfolio of my internship, I had to scan in a lot of documents.  Since I don’t have a printer at home yet and the scanner in my classroom printer isn’t hooked up, I was having to use a copier in the office to scan in documents.  The computer teacher at school introduced me to this app.  You basically hold your camera over the document you want to scan and it somehow uses your camera to take a picture/scan your document into a PDF.  Then you can email that document or send it to your Google Drive–whatever you need to do.  I use this app a lot now that I’m done with grad school.  I’ve had to scan in receipts at home for Dustin’s flex spending account, and I also scan in worksheets at school that aren’t on my computer so I can upload them to Google Classroom.  This app was well worth the money!
Cost: $2.99


Instagram
I really really really love Instagram.  I love looking at the pictures people post and I love that there really isn’t any political drama on IG.  Another favorite?  Instagram stories!  I love these way more than Snapchat because I follow more people on IG than I do on SC.  Find me at @saraheshaneyfelt
Cost: Free!


Tell Me: Are there any apps I didn’t include that you find useful?


Linking up with Mackensey and Whitney

Weekend Happenings: My Trip to the Southern Living 2016 Idea House

Saturday I hit the road to meet up with my best friend so we could tour the Southern Living 2016 Idea House.  We had a blast!  As we were leaving, Janie commented how touring the house was well worth the money, and I couldn’t agree more!

The house is located in Mt. Laurel, which is a SL community in Birmingham.  (Fun Fact:  I bought my wedding dress in Mt. Laurel!)  It’s open Wednesday through Sunday, and it costs $15 a person to tour.  Tours are self-guided.

Since this is the 50th anniversary house, SL asked different well-known designers to design their assigned rooms using inspiration from past SL idea houses.  You’ll see some rooms that were inspired by houses in the 80s but have been modernized for today–very neat!

Note:  I took all photos on my iPhone so not the best quality!
 The first thing that caught my eye (and became my obsession) was the gallery walls in the living room.  First, the living room was neutral = my entire house.  Then I saw this gorgeous gallery wall of wildlife and immediately knew I have to recreate it at my home.  One thing I loved about the tour was that SL gave you a reference for all of their sources.  I looked up the bird prints and realized that they are way out of budget–can’t spend $1000 on one picture!



 This is the other side of the living room–identical gallery walls.



 I love how the living room was separated into two seating areas.



 The master bath wasn’t my favorite.  It might have been because I like bigger, more open baths, but as you can see here, there are separate (small) vanities on each side of the bathroom.  Then there were 4 doors leading off of the square room–2 you can see here and 2 more up by where I took this picture.  The 2 doors that you can’t see lead off into separate walk in closets.  The door you can see on the left leads to the shower–and that door IS the shower door.  And the door to the far right leads to the toilet room.



 Ahh, the dining room!  I liked its over-the-top pattern mixing because it reminded me of the Greenbrier resort and the famous designer, Dorothy Draper.



 We walked around the table reading the menus and place cards and Janie commented how  they had my name at the table.



 Janie started calling me (Fancy) Nancy in college 🙂



Who is this crazy person photo-bombing my professional photo shoot?!

 Janie’s one reason for coming to tour this house was to see the kitchen.  She and her husband are planning on updating their kitchen soon, and she was hoping she would get some inspiration.  I’m hoping she still wants to paint everything green, but all she left with was the name of cabinet makers ha!



 I’m not sure you can tell in this picture, but I was really intrigued by the two sinks in this kitchen–both are on opposite sides of the dishwasher.  And since they have two sinks, why not two dishwashers?



 This was the keeping room right off of the kitchen, and the only room in the house with a TV.


I snapped only a few pictures upstairs.
 They calle this room the “Pajama Room.”  I really liked the two mini-sectionals in the back.



 This was my favorite bedroom of all!  I loved the white, monogrammed bedding and the printed curtains.  I really loved the layout of each bedroom upstairs.  There were 3 and they all had identical layouts–upon entering the bedroom door, you walked through a mini-hallway which housed the closet before entering the bedroom.  Each room had its own bathroom.



 This was the bathroom that went with he bedroom I loved.  I really like the wallpaper in here!  To make things more cohesive within the house, all bathrooms used the same vanities and shower tile.



 Asked some girls from South Carolina to get our picture out on the porch–they drove a long way to visit this house!



 This was the set up for the side porch.  All furniture is from Ballard Designs.



This is the front porch.  I loved that the windows were identical in length to the front door–I really love long windows and love the ones in our home.  The light blue of the ceiling is a nod to the old South.  All porch lighting in the ceiling is recessed–a really good idea!  And the opening at the opposite end of this porch leads to a small garden area made for entertaining.

If you get the chance to tour this house before they close it up to place on the market, you must go!


Linking up with Biana

Friday Favorites!

Happy Friday, y’all!  It’s been a crazy, busy week but it’s been a good week!  I’ve also got a really fun weekend planned starting with a surprise date planned by my husband!  When I asked him what I should wear, he told me to prepare for dirt floors…..eye roll.  We’ll see where he ends up taking me–read about it on Monday!

Here’s a quick recap of a few of my favorites from this week!

Last night I finished season 2 of Downton Abbey.  Can I say that I’m so glad that Lady Mary and Matthew are finally engaged?!?  I’m afraid season 3 won’t be so happy.  If you’ve seen it, don’t tell me!  If you haven’t seen it, so sorry to spoil it!



 Monday night, Dustin and I went to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings to support a program that my mom was waitressing for.  Can I just point out how tired I look?  #beginningoftheyearteacherlife



 Isn’t she so cute?  She was a great waitress.  Also, I think I’m done eating at BWW.  I don’t eat wings or anything fattening, so I only order the naked wings.  I have tried so many sauces and rubs with it and still don’t like anything they have.  I’ll just leave that as a place D can go eat with his guy friends.



 Our friends, Lindsey and Wheeler, had a baby on Monday.  We headed to visit them in the hospital on Tuesday.  Can I get a job where I get to hold babies all day?  #onlyiftheydontcry



And like 5 year olds, we saw fireworks on the way home from the hospital and got really excited.  My mom pointed this out to me, but isn’t it so funny how we get so excited every time we see fireworks and act like it’s the first time?  Well, Dustin and I were guilty of that on Tuesday.  #noshame


Linking up with Andrea