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Friday Faves!

Happy, Happy Friday, y’all!  I’m going into today like…
 …drinking that coffee because SCHOOL IS OUT!!!  Yeah!  We’ve all been counting down to Christmas break for a while now haha!!  I’m spending today running every last Christmas errand that I have to and getting it all done TODAY!  It’s been a busy week, so the blog took a backseat and I’m so glad to be back today!


It’s Friday and I’m sharing some of my FAVORITES with y’all today!

Dustin and I drive around and look at Christmas lights every December and I’ve dubbed it The Shaneyfelt Christmas Light Drive By.  This year we also drove by an “Enchanted Forrest” so obviously we had to get out and walk through it.  We loved it and can’t wait to experience things like that through the eyes of a child 😊



Speaking of, the baby got a gift!!  One of my sweet students gave me a Christmas present and when I opened it up, it was a gift for the baby!  And perfect for us since we are big Alabama fans!  I can’t wait to put the hat and mittens on the baby!!


My sister was the photographer at our cousin’s wedding the Saturday before Thanksgiving, so she snapped a few pictures of Dustin and I dancing…
 Even the video my aunt got of us is me laughing the entire time.  You just have to see Dustin’s dance moves to understand 😉



Love him!


And for my FAVORITE song of the week…
You’ve GOT to watch this!  I love all kinds of music–not just John Mayer and Led Zeppelin (just not country)!  I love the NPR Tiny Desk Concert series and this one was so good!


I hope y’all have a Merry Christmas and I will see y’all back on the 26th!

Friday Faves!

Happy Friday!  It’s definitely happy because it’s my last Friday to work of the semester!  My last day is next Thursday and that can’t get here fast enough!!

Tuesday our entire school filmed a music video!  It was so fun and I can’t wait to see the final product.  We had to wear something Christmasey–red and green or ugly sweaters and I went the ugly sweater route.


Except that my students didn’t understand that it was an ugly sweater.  I had to explain that I don’t like cats which made it an ugly Christmas sweater.  #7thgrade



My mom’s birthday was Tuesday, so that night I changed out of my ugly sweater and put on my FAVORITE sweater!!!  I wish I had another one of these because it’s the best sweater ever!!  I bought it when it went on sale for 40% off for maybe 4-5 days.  I would have bought two if I would have had another gift card because, you know, saving for an adoption haha!!  I’ll buy another one next year 😜  Also, I’m wearing my “namesake” jean and they are on sale!  I’m a self-admitted jean snob and usually don’t wear cheap jeans, but I like these!



She makes 59 look good!!!  And she’s also really embarrassed in this picture because she had no idea they were going to put that hat on her!



Best picture Dustin got of me 🙈  
I’ve got to work with him on his photography skills.



Rachel and I met up for coffee Wednesday afternoon after she worked PRN for hospice and I get done with school.  LOVE coffee dates with my sister!!



My small group got together Wednesday night for our FAVORITE Things Christmas party!!  We ate good, had Emily’s famous cheesecake, and each left with 4 presents–it’s such a fun tradition we’ve started that I’m always looking forward to each Christmas season!



Yesterday was my dad’s 65th birthday so we celebrated at my house!!  I cooked supper and Rachel had the cake made to look like his new Medicare card–yay for retirement!!!  We had a fun time celebrating dad!  He’s excited about 65–retirement and his first grand baby!!!



And just for fun, Tuesday morning lots of school systems (except ours) delayed for the freezing temps and ice on the roads (remember, the South isn’t used to this!!!).  We had a freezing fog and I snapped this as I was headed to school and Dustin was taking out the trash.  No filter–it’s really gray out there haha!  And Dustin might have to start his own fashion blog 😜

Christmas Home Tour 2018

Merry Christmas!!!  I cannot believe we’re only two weeks away from Christmas.  I need these next two weeks to slow down and then I need January to speed by haha!  

Last night was my mom’s birthday dinner, so as soon as we got home from that, I snapped a few pictures for this blog post.  This year, I didn’t go all out on Christmas decorations, so you’ll notice everything is pretty bare minimum.  I’ve gone all out before, but I just wasn’t feeling it this year.  BUT next Christmas we’ll have a baby so you better believe I’ll go all out on decorations!!

And quick side note:  We chose not to send out Christmas cards this year in order to save that money for the adoption.  If you typically receive a card from us, you won’t this year 😩 We’ll be back at it next year!!

Now, let’s get to the home tour!  I didn’t get a picture of the front of our house because it was freezing temps last night haha!! So, y’all come on in!
 I set up my Willow Tree nativity in our entry way along with a small tree that has battery powered lights and a little candy dish holding kisses!



 Here’s a quick picture of the front door.  You can see the lighted garland we have around the door and the wreath has lights on it too.  We’ve also got two small lighted trees flanking either side of the door too, and I am traditional and still put candles in the windows.  I love that look so much.  You can also see the two red buckets I stick out on the porch when we have deliveries–I want to treat the people working hard delivering packages.



 To the left of the entryway is the dining room and I’m just trying to ignore that this year haha!  I just stuck a runner on the table and used colored balls in the dough bowl.  Next year, I’ll do a little more like I did last year!



 I’ve got some of my mother-in-law’s Christmas Villages on the sofa table (one with a bulb out still).  I LOVE looking at Christmas villages and my aunt used to do a huge one growing up and I was always so fascinated!



 The one difference this year in decorations is the tree!!  I had to get a new tree because our old one literally would not stand up straight.  Last year, no matter how many magazines we stacked under the base, it leaned so bad 😂.  I’ve been wanting a flocked tree forever, so I found one that was a great price!  I’m not totally satisfied with how the tree turned out this year, but decorating a tree is expensive!  Next year I’ll buy a little more decor and make it how I want.  This was partly my inspiration!



 I realized today that we’re missing a stocking because Dustin has already taken mine and filled it.  I won’t see that again until Christmas morning haha!!  I hope I’m not sounding like a broken record to you, but I keep thinking about how next year we’ll have THREE stockings!!!  I think I’m going to get them from Pottery Barn and get them monogrammed!



 A little snowman on the side table


The next couple of pictures are from the kitchen….I still need to get a backsplash up.  I had picked out a tile and then Home Depot discontinued it…ugh.

 And I have my Christmas candle and soap next to the kitchen sink.



 I love putting a tree in our bedroom.  I’ve kept it just lights and I love the look it brings.


That’s it for this year!  Next year, we’ll have a small tree in baby’s room to add!  And hopefully we’ll get our upstairs tv room together so I can add a small tree in there, too!