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My Birthday!

Happy Monday, y’all! Yesterday I celebrated my 33rd birthday! It was a REALLY great weekend because it was fall weather AND Hallmark Christmas movies started!

I thought it would be fun to share 33 things about me in honor of my birthday 🙂

33 Facts About Me!

  1. My due date was on Halloween–thankfully that’s not my birthday!
  2. I hate bananas…I don’t even want to smell them.
  3. I also don’t like roller coasters. I’m always the person holding everyone else’s things LOL
  4. I’m a morning person.
  5. I really love Meghan Markle and the British Royal Family.
  6. I am VERY particular about certain things in my life and my bedding is one of them. I cannot go to sleep unless my sheet and comforter are lined up evenly all the way around the bed.
  7. It doesn’t take much to make me cry–books, movies, commercials, songs–anything that moves me.
  8. I have a MAJOR sweet tooth and love cake and chocolate chip cookies the most.
  9. I’m a Type 1 Enneagram.
  10. My favorite movie ever is When Harry Met Sally. I can almost quote the entire movie.
  11. I remember begging my parents to take my sister and I to see Destiny’s Child on a Sunday night. They did and the concert started way later than it was supposed to, but it was the best memory!!
  12. I love learning about theology! I love reading and listening to podcasts.
  13. I’ve been wearing glasses since the 3rd grade. Originally for reading only, but as my eyes have gotten worse, the more I have to wear them.
  14. Speaking of glasses, I tried contacts. I had an appointment the day we found out about Harrison to the eye doctor. After spending 20 minutes trying to put in ONE contact by myself (with a former student trying to coach me), I left with an appointment to try again the following Monday. The night we got the call about Harrison, so needless to say, I haven’t been back LOL
  15. I became a Christian when I was 13. The six months prior had been very tumultuous–my grandmother died suddenly and then my parents announced they were divorcing. I am so thankful the Lord called me to be His during that time.
  16. I used to stand in line at Books A Million and wait for the next Harry Potter release at midnight.
  17. I LOVE music! I’m not musical at all but I love listening to music. Harrison has learned to love it too, and now when I ask him if he wants to listen to music, he runs to the kitchen to stand in front of the Bose speaker.
  18. My natural hair color is a very dark brown. It used to be a lighter brown, but it’s darkened as I’ve aged.
  19. I keep a list in my phone of baby names I love. I’ve had that list going since 2012.
  20. Clutter stresses me out.
  21. I graduated cum laude from The University of Alabama.
  22. I lived with my best friend for 3 years in college (I’m a year older) and those were the best 3 years of my life–right, Janie?! LOL
  23. My favorite foods are chicken and pizza.
  24. I would love to work in the fashion industry and considered it in college.
  25. I never snuck out of my house in high school, but I did sneak out of a friend’s house one night 🙂 I’m such a rule follower that this was a big deal haha!
  26. I love a glass of Moscato.
  27. In order to lose weight after college, I started running December 2010 and ran consistently up until I started fertility treatments in 2016/17. I ran lots of 5ks, an 8k, and even a half marathon!
  28. I used to run 3-5 days a week and would run no less than 2-3 miles.
  29. My favorite Old Testament book of the Bible is Genesis.
  30. My favorite New Testament book of the Bible is Romans.
  31. Dustin and I were set up on a blind date by my coworker, Dana.
  32. I won the spelling bee in the 5th grade and beat my then-boyfriend who came in 2nd haha!
  33. I could watch the Hallmark Channel all day long.

If you stuck with it this long to make it through all of those facts, thank you!! Please tell me something about yourself!

Why I’m Really Excited About Upgrading My Apple Watch

I have never been one to have the latest tech upgrade. Maybe it’s also because I tend to dress in classic clothes that can be worn year after year instead of trends that have to be replaced each new season. Regardless, I like to stick with whatever technology I’m using until it becomes useless.

For example, Dustin and I have had our MacBook since 2014 and won’t replace it until it dies on us (I hope I didn’t just jinx myself LOL). And I got my Apple Watch for Christmas back in 2016 right after the Series 2 model released. It’s been a GREAT watch and the only reason I ended up upgrading was because my battery started dying early on days that I also worked out.

So, for those of y’all who have maybe a Series 3 or 5 and have the bells and whistles, you may want to skip this post. But since Apple has obviously upgraded a lot of features between the 2 and the 6, I thought I’d share what I’ve learned in the 3 days I’ve owned one!

I ended up getting the Series 6 44mm because my Series 2 was the 38mm. I have terrible eyes, so I was ready to have a bigger screen.

Don’t judge my lazy Sunday 🙂

New-to-me Features I Like:

The ability to change the font size. Who knew that I could choose that on my watch? I didn’t make it the biggest size, but I did make it a little bigger than the default size.

The flashlight. When I was playing around with my watch on the way home Friday night, I saw that it comes with a flashlight. I laughed and told Dustin I didn’t know why anyone would need that on their watch. Well, I ate my words later that night after I had to sneak into Harrison’s room while he was sleeping to get his dirty clothes out of his hamper. I didn’t want to turn on his closet light so I tried out the flashlight, and it was actually useful! I haven’t used it since Friday night, but it’s nice to know it’s actually a pretty decent flashlight.

The battery life. The sales guy at Apple told me that this battery is the longest lasting battery out of all the watches. This was my reason for getting a new watch, so I’m very excited about this.

Sleep Tracker. I haven’t used it yet because I don’t like sleeping in my watch, but I’ve read a lot about it and I’m going to try it out this week to see how I sleep each night.

Handwashing Feature. This watch picks up on when you start washing your hands and starts a timer for 20 seconds.

Universal bands. I really like how Apple has made sure that each new watch can still use the same bands from all previous watches. Which means that my band that I always wore with my series 2 also works with my new one! It’s nice to know you aren’t having to buy new bands for each new watch because those can be pretty expensive.

Now I know there are a lot of newer features like the blood oxygen tracker and the ECG, but the ones I listed are the ones that I have found useful in just the three days I’ve owned one!

Is there a feature I don’t know about yet?

Friday Favorites!!

Yay for Friday! This has been a shorter week than I thought it would be haha. I was already out of school Monday and Tuesday due to Fall Break but Harrison was really sick, so I was also out of school Wednesday. Yesterday was my Monday and today is my Friday–can all work weeks be like that?! #askingforafriend

Today I’m sharing some FAVORITES with y’all!

I wrote Monday about riding 100 rides with Peloton! I didn’t realize how obsessed I would become with a piece of exercise equipment, but for someone who honestly doesn’t enjoy working out, I’m loving it! Last night after Harrison went to bed, I did the Hamilton-themed ride with Robin. Honestly, I had high hopes for it and it was not my favorite. I am obsessed with the musical, but Robin just isn’t my favorite instructor.

I know this can seem shallow and vain, but I REALLY miss wearing lipstick. I’m on the hunt for a stain that won’t spread all over my face during the day when I’m wearing a mask and one that won’t dry my lips out. Another blogger I follow says this is her favorite stain ever and that she wears it all the time, but it’s matte so I’m unsure. I’m thinking about buying it just to try it and I like the color My Type. Do y’all have any recommendations?

Shay Shull had a post up yesterday that I thought was so interesting. She did a Q&A post based on what she eats in a day. She’s extremely disciplined in her life, so I found this fascinating but also motivating?? I lack in discipline when it comes to eating and it’s something that I’m always fighting against. One thing I thought I should try is the fact that she eats on smaller plates so you can feel like she’s eating more. I’ve read about people doing this before so maybe I’ll give it a try. Snacking is my issue though and she says she only has one snack a day.

You know those TV shows that people say they can watch over and over–like Gilmore Girls or Greys? Mine is Suits LOL. After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married, my mom and I started watching Suits, so by the time the newest season had come out, we were all caught up and ready to watch in real time. Aside from the fact that it has Meghan Markle (whom I LOVE), Suits is such a great show and written so well that I can watch it over and over. I love the legal drama and the fashion and once read an article about the costume designer and how she dressed each character. If you haven’t watched it, you must!!

I recently bought these bath crayons for Harrison to play with in the tub. I bought the actual crayons for him at Easter this year and then when I saw they created bath crayons, I knew I needed them, too. I love that these bath crayons (and regular ones!) are non-toxic. They are made from beeswax and dyed with food pigments, so I don’t have to freak out if Harrison puts one in his mouth–which he hasn’t tried YET. These are really easy to clean up, too!

I’ve got an appointment at the Apple Store this afternoon to get my phone screen fixed (hopefully) and Dustin and I will be going out to eat, too. I hope y’all have a great weekend!!