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Lots of Rambling in Today’s Coffee Talk

Happy Wednesday, y’all!  I don’t have a great blog post planned for today because I’ve been sucked into watching Schitt’s Creek on Netflix 🙈  If you haven’t seen it, it’s hilarious and addicting….and wasting so much of my life ha!

So today I’m going to do a brain dump because right now, I have about 5 million things on my mind currently!
-Sunday was FREEZING and I realized that I don’t have any warm nice clothes for church.  I wore the chunkiest scarf I own so that meant I had to wear my hair straight for church.  But because it really hasn’t been super cold here for an extended amount of time, I’ll just keep putting off buying warm clothes ha!

-Dustin got me this Nespresso for Christmas, so I’ve worked really hard perfecting my lattes so they taste somewhat similar to Starbucks’s.  I’m getting closer 😂

-Speaking of coffee, I’m about to start having to drink a cup in the afternoon/evening!  I get so sleepy starting around 7:30-8pm and night and that cannot happen for me–especially when baby gets here and I know I will be surviving on little sleep.

-I really need new luggage.  My luggage set was from graduation and it’s hot pink with white polka dots….definitely screams 18 year old haha!  The handle on my large suitcase is broken and the toiletries bag is broken.  Dustin and I found some at TJ Maxx on Monday but I just told him to wait.  Anyone else like that?  You need something but when it comes down to it, you just can’t bite the bullet?!  We need to go back this weekend because I can’t put it off much longer!

-I know I’ve said this 500 million times, but if you haven’t read Where the Crawdads Sing, YOU HAVE TO RIGHT NOW!!!  I’m going to be rereading it soon because I loved it that much.

-I’ve seen lots of talk on the internet about packing cubes.  Are they worth it?  We’ll be packing for a long stay, so if they make a huge difference then I’ll buy them.  Do they?

-I wrote on IG not too long ago about being so unmotivated lately to workout and that I wanted to find that motivation.  Well, I knew the answer was myself and my own self-discipline.  So I’ve been much better about saying I’m going to run on a certain day and then actually going and doing it.  I used to be so self-disciplined in my eating and exercising, and I’m working to get back to that person–slowly, but surely!

Okay, that’s enough of my rambling for today!  See y’all Friday!

Day in the Life (1.17.19)

Happy (cold) Monday!  It’s a crisp 22 degrees Monday morning as I write this blog post, and I’m watching The Today Show show clips of people in the north east shoveling snow and ice!  So crazy!!

I woke up last Thursday morning and decided I would do a day in the life post, so that’s why I started a little late in my picture taking.
 It’d be nice if this were the actual time I woke up, but my alarm went off at 5 and I got out of bed at 5:15.



 This is what I was doing between those times–watching the local news and reading blogs.



 My royals podcast comes out on Thursdays, so I always listen to it while I get ready.  The hosts are hilarious!



 I was doing a special activity with my students that day, so I needed to wear something comfortable/could spill food on.  I definitely don’t dress like this on a normal work day!  I also wore my hair straight for something special after school–which you’ll see later!



 Two things about this photo:
1. We are getting all new windows in our school building (it’s very old), so this is currently what my view looks like.  The two end pieces will be windows that open, and apparently the window people won’t be putting those in until March…or so they say 😜
2. We’re getting ready to read The Devil’s Arithmetic and it begins with a Seder Meal, so we had one in our class to prepare for the novel!  My students know nothing about the Jewish religion or even what a Seder is, so we had our own mini ceremony, and I did that all day Wednesday and Thursday.



 I have bus duty in the afternoons in the girls’ gym.



 I had a massage after school!!!!  This is the after picture haha!  Dustin got me a gift certificate for my birthday late October, and I was saving it for Christmas break.  Well, I never made an appointment and then I started thinking that I probably needed to save it to closer when the baby is due because I probably would be a little stressed.  Well, after I realized I would be spending two entire days doing a Seder meal with my students, I booked my hot stones massage after the second day because I knew I would need to relax, and it was MUCH NEEDED!  If anyone wants to treat a new mom to a massage, you can buy me this 😂😂



 I told Dustin he was cooking that night so when I got home, he was prepping to grill turkey burgers.  While he did that, I took a shower to get all the oil off my body.  I should have washed my hair then, but I didn’t and you’ll see why I regretted that haha



 I read a few more blogs while catching up on New Amsterdam while Dustin was cooking.



 Dustin wanted me to snap a picture of his plate.  Those are cauliflower tots we ate!!


Then I read a little more in my book, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owns.  I’m going to talk about it forever, but it was amazing and y’all all need to read it!



This is what time I thought I was getting in bed.  But after I laid there for about 15 minutes, I realized I needed to wash my hair.  So I did ha!  I didn’t get in bed until after 10:30 that night.

Friday Faves!

WOOHOO!!!  HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

I’m gearing up for a field trip today with my students, so I’ll be gone from school for a half day.  Then I’ve got a three day weekend which I am very excited about!

Today I’m sharing a few of my FAVORITES with y’all!

-I mentioned using this spray on my hair each time I get out of the shower and towel dry the excess water out.  This spray is a game changer when it comes to taking care of your hair and protecting it from damage.  And it smells good, too!


 I have really been lacking in my motivation to workout these days and I really don’t have a good excuse as to why.  Wednesday, I decided to get over it and packed running clothes to take with me to school so that I wouldn’t have the opportunity to go home–which is when I’m really good at talking myself out of exercising.  I went to my dad’s house after school since his neighborhood is much flatter than mine, and I ran.  I didn’t look at my watch for distance or time and it was so freeing….and the weather was pretty perfect, so that helped a lot!  I’m hoping to run a little Saturday if it isn’t raining.



I snapped this the same day I ran–I was proud of those calories!  I love my Apple watch and I’ve had this one over two years.  Dustin surprised me one Christmas, and it’s been the best gift!  I have the series 2.



I have loved snacking on goldfish lately!  You can have 55 of them for 4 WW points, and I can really make 55 last a long time haha!



Terrible picture quality, but I got a zenz hot stones massage yesterday after school and IT WAS THE BEST MASSAGE OF MY LIFE!!!  I still have a gift certificate from Dustin for my birthday back in October that I had been holding on to, so I decided to treat myself to the hot stones massage since my sister had said it was amazing.  Well, now I will never get a different type of massage ever again!  My body was so relaxed after I finished–I recommend this type of massage to everyone!


And now to leave you with a really fun song–Dustin and I are going to see him in concert in April!  We bought tickets the first of October, so it’s been a long wait but I’m getting excited!


Y’all have a great weekend!