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Fall Favorites 2016: Fall Recipes!

Happy Thursday, y’all!  Just one more day closer to the weekend, right?!  Each Thursday this month, Emily and I have been sharing our favorites for fall.  Last week we shared about fall fashion, and today we’re sharing some of our favorite fall recipes!  
Anyone who knows me that I love being in the kitchen–cooking…baking…you name it!  Today I’m going to share with you some of my favorite things to make during the fall!


You have got to check out my Oven Baked Rotel and Chicken Tacos!  There’s just something about eating warm food during cool weather, and these tacos are so good right out of the oven.  I love that you can add whatever you want into them too!



 My Sloppy Joe Casserole is a big favorite in my house!  Dustin loves it, and it really makes a difference adding in a little bit of Splenda brown sugar to sweeten it up a bit.  We love eating this with either baked sweet potato fries or sautéed green beans!

If you love eating comfort food like tater tot casserole but always end up feeling guilty because it’s fattening, then try my Healthier Tater Tot Casserole!  I’ve subbed in healthier options like lean ground turkey and 98% fat free soup–trust me, you will want to eat it every week!

To see some of my fall-themed sweets, check out my Sweets board on Pinterest!

Blogtember 2016: Three Books!

I decided last minute (as in, early Monday morning) to participate in today’s challenge.  I usually do a Weekend Recap, but since I did a Day in the Life post on Saturday or my Friday, I decided to skip it.


Today’s prompt is all about three books–one you’ve read, one your’e currently reading, and one you want to read.  As an English teacher, y’all know this is right up my alley…plus, I need a good book recommendation!

Recently Read:  I’m really embarrassed to say that the last book I read was in July (check out my recap here of those books).  And the last book I read at the end of July was Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.  It wasn’t my favorite book but I read it for my book club; however, lots of ladies in my book club really enjoyed it.  I think one of the reasons why I didn’t enjoy it was because I read 3 happy books in July and then this one and it was darker.  I also found it annoying that the point of view changed so many times because for me, it wasn’t a fluid change.

Currently Reading:  I’m kind of reading Here’s to Us by Elin Hilderbrand, but I’ve since put it down after chapter 2 and started watching Downton Abbey–which I do in any free time I have.  I read two Elin books in July, and I think I want to take a little break from her for a while.

Want to Read:  I need a good book recommendation!  If I’m going to take a bread from watching Downton Abbey, I need it to be guaranteed to be good!  I think I want to read a Kristin Hannah book, but I’m not sure.  I can’t wait to read everyone’s posts today and hopefully get a few ideas!

A Day in the Life (9.9.16)

I know I NEVER blog on Saturdays, but when it’s the Blogtember Challenge, you blog on Saturdays!

Today’s prompt was a Day in the Life.  I love these.  I love peeking into the daily lives of others.  I always seem to take away some sort of inspiration from someone else’s routine, and as you read earlier this week, routines bring me joy!

Here’s a peek into my day yesterday…

 Because I went to bed an hour earlier on Thursday night, I woke up on my own at 4:50 AM. I could not believe it.  And then 2 minutes later I remembered I was doing a Day in the Life and grabbed this screenshot off of my phone!  #lifeofablogger



 Then I headed to the kitchen to fill up my cup of Spark.  We splurged on the fridge because it had this feature and I knew I would use it–I can set a glass and have the fridge auto-fill it with water while I do something else.



 I started the routine of morning blog reading during grad school because my afternoons and nights were filled with schoolwork.  I enjoyed that routine so much that I’ve kept it up!



 This is real life, y’all.  Me at approximately 5:05 AM.  Bedhead and all.



 When Dustin works, he leaves before I get up.  I actually really enjoy my morning routine on those mornings because I tote this wireless bluetooth Bose my dad bought me into the bathroom and listen to music while I shower and get ready!  I have to be quiet when Dustin is at home 🙂



 Grammar workbooks and grading while at school today.



 After school I met up with my mom at our local coffee shop downtown to have a snack and drink a cup of coffee!



 I offered to share my chocolate chip cookie 🙂  I had the French vanilla latte and Mom had a mocha.  Both were incredibly good!



 After school and finally home and I am exhausted!  Teachers had to wear school t-shirts today but at least it was jean day!



 I lit my favorite candle from Anthropologie and turned on Friends.


…And then I decided to head to Academy and look for new running shorts.

 I found a great Under Armor pair that I think will work for me (I’m picky about my running shorts) and then I walked over to the tennis shoes to see if I could find a pair of tennies that would look cute with leggings and t-shirts.  The tennis shoes I wear now with leggings are old running shoes…and not cute.



 Then I ran into Old Navy and found this cute dress that ended up looking horrible on me!  The cut would be cute on a smaller chested girl, but it was so baggy on me and did absolutely nothing for me.  Is it only me that can never find anything from Old Navy that works for me? 



 I grabbed a burrito bowl to go from Moe’s to eat at home before my friend Sarah came over to walk.  I’m going to give myself an A- for pictures yesterday because I forgot to take a picture of us!  We walked for an hour in the neighborhoods that surround mine.



I ended the night writing this post while watching The Wedding Planner–I love this movie!  I think this movie gave me my love of routines because I remember how much Jennifer Lopez’s character was so into her nightly routines!