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Friday Favorites: First of September!

It’s my FAVORITE day of the work week!  And as I sit here typing this on Thursday night, I’m sitting beside my favorite person watching the opening night of college football.  All is right in the world 🙂

I’ll be honest, this week has kicked my booty.  I’ve been insanely busy at school and every single afternoon/night after school.  I’ll be ready to relax on Sunday and Monday (no school, whoop whoop!) because we all know how tiring Saturday will be with all of the college football I’ll be watching!

I’ve got lots of FAVORITES today, so follow along as I link up with Erika to share them with you!

 If my sister and best friend are reading this, they are probably rolling their eyes right now.  I love Christmas.  Like really love it, so when I was listening to a random Pandora station and this Christmas song started playing, I sang along while putting on my make up.  No shame in my game!



 I’m still in love with everything in this picture!  Still dreaming of my trip to the Southern Living Idea House last weekend!



 I can’t decide how I feel about having my husband accompany me to the grocery store.  We went late one night last weekend, so it’s definitely a favorite to have someone to keep me company.  But it’s not a favorite when I have to tell Dustin he can’t have all the food with sugar.  #Type1diabeticprobs



 It’s always a favorite when I’ve got this guy to unload all the groceries!  He found a flashlight and decide to play around with it because he’s basically 12.



 I AM STILL OBSESSED WITH DOWNTON ABBEY!!  This is what my obsession has come to:  I woke up last Sunday at 5:45 AM to watch an episode before going out to run 3 miles before Sunday school.  Who am I?!?!?!  I plan on spending my entire day Monday watching lots of episodes since I haven’t had any time this week to watch any.



My mom hosted the cutest little party last night at my house.  I got some really cute clothes and can’t wait to get them in the mail so I can wear them!  I’ll be sharing about them once my clothes come in.  This may be a new favorite!!


What are some of your favorites this week?

Fall Favorites 2016: Introductions!

HAPPY SEPTEMBER, y’all!!!!  
I literally want to shout that from the rooftops because my favorite part of the year has started today!  I find that the older I get the more I crave fall and Christmas way more than I yearn for summer.  So because today marks the beginning of fall, my friend Emily and I are teaming up every Thursday this month to share a few of our favorite things of the season!



I happened upon Emily’s blog shortly after I started my own blog.  She and I are around the same age and have so much in common!  We both love the Hallmark channel (and reality TV), and I’m always thankful when Emily texts and tells me to record a certain Hallmark movie.  Emily is a big reader (like myself) and we both love a happy book with a good love story in the plot line.  Emily loves decorating her apartment seasonally, so I’m really excited to see her fall decorations this year!  You must make sure you check back when we share our fall decor!



If you’re stopping by from the Blogtember Challenge or from Emily’s blog, I wanted to introduce you to myself! 

 I’m an Alabama girl who married an Auburn grad (but Alabama fan) from my own hometown after we were set up on a blind date 5 years ago!  We’re a classic Country-Boy-Marries-City-Girl…..if you can call our hometown of 15,000 a city 🙂  After our wedding, we built our first home inside the city limits where I have a 5 minute commute to work!



On my blog you’ll see my passion for reading good books, cooking, home decorating, shopping, fashion, and creating and participating in family traditions.  I enjoy running, surprises in the mail, spending time with my sister, blogging, burning candles, and living in the South.  But more than anything, I love the Lord.  My goal is to glorify Christ every day through my actions, words, and thoughts.  By spending time in the Word, in prayer, through sacrificial giving and other spiritual disciplines, my worship of Christ grows in both spirit and in truth.  Please feel free to email me at saraheshaneyfelt@gmail.com if you have any questions!



I started Meet the Shaneyfelts a couple of months after getting married to document our life as newlyweds, and it has grown to much more!  I’m so thankful for the people I’ve met and connected with through blogging, and if you’re reading this, I’m thankful for YOU!!



To learn a little more about me, check out my About page!


Linking up with Annie and Brave Love Blog!

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