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Snowy Weekend Recap!

Weekends that are fun seem to go by so quickly….especially unexpected 3 day weekends!  School was cancelled for Friday on Thursday night with the threat of snow and ice to cover the majority of the state of Alabama.  It was supposed to hit my area at 11 AM and it didn’t end up hitting until 7:30ish PM that night.  It was a nice, free day off of work!
 Friday night we went out for a mini-date night for Greek food–MY FAVORITE!!  I had the grilled veggie gyro to be a little healthier (I did not eat the chips).  My favorite food in the entire world is pizza, but if I had to pick my favorite type of food, it would be Greek!!!  I could eat it all and eat it all the time!



 Then it started snowing!!!  Sadly, I can’t have coffee past lunch otherwise I’ll stay up all night, so I had a caramel apple spice which was perfect and warm!  If you aren’t a coffee drinker, I highly recommend that drink.



 Can you tell who’s the most excited about the snow?!



 It was too cold for these jeans and shoes, but I wore them anyway.  #anythingforfashion



 Saturday I picked up my sister and we went to Hobby Lobby!



 And seeing all of this Valentine’s stuff really made me want to decorate the house.



 Then my mom and I did a little shopping.  I had to take this picture of her because she looked so cute!  She had her skinny jeans tucked into her duck boots and her socks peeking out.  So cute!



 I fell in love with this top at Anthro but it was too short in the front because I have such a long torso.  I really should have taken a picture of the back because it buttoned up!   
(P.S. I’m going to do a post on lipstick soon!!!)



 So I got this beautiful jumpsuit!  My mom and I saw it at the same time and new it would be perfect for me.  I love jumpsuits and have a few already–70s clothes coming back in style!!



 The sky was so beautiful on the way home.



My crazy husband put my scarf on his head and came out and posed for me.  #hescray


….And I took zero pictures Sunday, but I ended Sunday night watching The Golden Globes😊



Linking up with Biana

Friday Favorites!

Happy Friday!!!  

Today is going to be a great day!!  Why?  Because…..
SNOW!!!!!
 Excuse the poor picture quality, but I took this of the news yesterday afternoon to send to my partner teacher letting her know that the news pretty much agreed with us that we needed to close school for today.

And it probably wasn’t 15 minutes later when we got the email that school was closed for Friday since the governor had declared a state of emergency for the entire state.  So…..I’m writing today’s Friday Favorites post from my house this morning 😃😃



 I finally got my new Erin Condren planner in yesterday!  I waited until Christmas Eve to order my 2017 planner…whoops.  So I’ve gone the beginning of 2017 without a planner and I’ve definitely felt out of sorts ha!  Having a planner really helps me to stay organized and keep up with everything, so today I’ll be getting it set up and getting everything written down.  Erin Condren planners are my favorite–even though they make my purse a little heavy.


THIS VIDEO 😂😂😂
I watched this before going back to school this week and died laughing.



I sent this to my friends last night since we’re in a group text encouraging each other to eat healthy.  Pretty much how everyone feels in January, right?


This article for ideas on fruit-infused water.



Linking up with Erika, Heather, and Amanda

The Best Chili Ever!

My step-dad makes really great chili.  I always use his recipe every time I make chili because it’s easy and always a hit.  One night we had people coming over for dinner, and being the last minute person that I sometimes am, I needed my step-dad’s recipe immediately and he wasn’t able to give it to me.  So I defaulted to the chili recipe in Chrissy Teigen’s book that I keep raving about and altered it to fit my taste.

Dustin loved it so much that when I told him I was making it again a week later, he got really excited…..over chili.  So you know it’s good ha!

1 lb lean ground meat (I’ve used both deer and turkey)
half of large red onion, chopped
2 TBS Lawry’s seasoning salt
3 TBS chili powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 TBS minced garlic
2 cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 small cans tomato sauce
2-3 TBS Splenda brown sugar
1.5 cups water


1. In a large soup pot over medium heat, add your ground meat, onion, seasoning salt, chili powder, and cayenne pepper.  Cook until the meat is browned.
2. Add the garlic and cook 2-3 minutes or until fragrant.
3. Add water, tomato sauce, kidney beans, and Splenda brown sugar and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat and let simmer for 45 minutes to an hour, stirring occasionally.  

This chili tastes better the longer you let it simmer because reduces some of the liquid and lets the flavors really mesh together.  Now go make this chili!


Linking up with Jenn