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Weekend Recap!

Last weekend before spring break!  I think I can!  I think I can!  Dustin and I had a fun weekend of just being together.  I’m so appreciative of the weekend that he has all three days off (Friday-Sunday) because we both know that it’s always a possibility that he could get called into work.

I got home Friday from school after running a few errands and Dustin told me that he was taking me out to eat that night.  So we got a quick 20 minute walk in before changing clothes to head to Huntsville to Twickenham Square in Huntsville to eat at Cajun Steamer.  If you know us, you know Dustin picked this restaurant for himself because I do not eat any seafood–not even at the beach!  I may do the occasional fish taco, but that’s about it.  

I forgot to take a picture of my plated meal, but here’s after I started eating.  I got Caribbean Jerk Chicken with grilled asparagus–pretty good but way too spicy for my stomach!
I had an 8 AM hair appointment Saturday to get rid of the brown roots and to go back blonde!  #crazyhairdontcare

After my appointment, we took a little road trip (Dustin’s idea…yay!) and stopped to look at cars since I’m going to be in the market very soon.  We laughed because this dealership parked these cars so close together that it was difficult to walk in between them.

Super close together haha!

One of us had to check out the motor, of course 😉

Then we drove over to the Little River Canyon water falls.  I love the sound of rushing water and I could definitely fall asleep to it!

Sunday was church for both of us.  Then after lunch, I headed to grocery shop and to a bridal tea.  After I got home, I went for a 30 minute walk, and I came back home to D messing around in the garage and either singing or talking to himself–and I literally died laughing while snapping him!  
Check out my Snapchat to see it: sarahshaneyfelt

And last night I made Quinoa Fried “Rice” and it was SO GOOD!  Last night was the second time I’d made it and it was a request from Dustin, so you know it was good.  (And so healthy!)
We finally caught up on The Women Tell All episode and are so excited for The Bachelor finale!!!!  I really think Ben and Lauren look the best together.  

Who do you think he should choose?

Linking up with Biana today!

Three Ways My Husband Shows Me He Cares

Sunday night before the Oscars started, I made myself a Spark and sat on the couch to watch the first 30 minutes or so of the show.  For those of you who don’t know, Spark is a vitamin and energy drink from Advocare, and typically you’re supposed to drink it in the morning or early on in the day.  I didn’t think it would affect me very much, but I was wired Sunday night and probably didn’t fall asleep until midnight where I slept horribly after that.  My husband had to work yesterday so before he went to bed, I jokingly told him to get my side of the bed ready (I sleep with a blanket over my side of the comforter to keep me extra warm).  When I finally went to get in bed that night, I walked in to see that he had left my lamp on, put my blanket over my side of the bed, and moved my pillow right next to his.  It’s little moments like this that remind me how much he really cares about me 🙂


THREE WAYS MY HUSBAND SHOWS ME HE CARES

1. He honors my strange requests.  Just last night I made us a few quick smores after our supper.  As we were eating them standing up in the kitchen, I reminded Dustin to eat them over his plate since they will drip chocolate.  He jokingly asked if we wanted to go eat them on couch…our off white/cream couch.  I love that he can joke with me about how I am when it comes to keeping things clean, but that he also honors that too.  He shows me he loves me by consciously taking care of our things.


2. He shows concern for me when I don’t feel well.  I’ve always had major stomach issues, and I don’t think Dustin fully understood those until we got married and the stress of graduate school took a toll on my body.  Whenever my stomach issues flare up or any other time I’m sick, he always asks what he can do to help.  If I ask him to bring me medicine or to even go to the store to grab something, he does it immediately.


3. He values my input.  It doesn’t matter what it is–vacation, job, clothing choices–Dustin always asks for my input and he values my opinion.  Us women love to give our opinion on anything, and I love that Dustin honestly wants my opinion on things.  My favorite is whenever he’s off and I’m at work, I’ll notice I have a text from him and it’ll be a picture of his outfit asking me if it looks good or matches.  Even when I’m away from him, he wants my input!


Dustin, thank you for loving me and putting my needs before yours in our marriage.  I love you and I can’t wait to experience so many things with you!


Love that my husband can fall asleep anywhere and at any time of the day!

Linking up with Andrea

A Day in the Life–January 5, 2016

Remember next Thursday that Victoria and I are hosting a link up of book reviews and/or recommendations, so we can make our reading lists for 2016!  I’ve got two new books to share, and then I’m going to review some of my favorites that I read in 2015.

On our first day back to school last year, I did a Day in the Life post (click here) and so I decided to do it again to see how much has changed (or hasn’t changed haha) in a year!

Wake up time is much earlier this year than last year!  Don’t worry, this is just twice a week that I do this and only because it’s very hard to work out in the afternoons while I’m in grad school.  And because I woke up so early yesterday morning, I had to go to bed earlier Monday night to prepare myself, so I DVR’d The Bachelor to watch it the next night.
Headed to my 5 AM class at the gym–yay!  (No pictures after since I hobbled back into the house and straight to the shower.)
A quick breakfast of my Special K Protein bar and Spark while I’m getting ready.
During my planning period I had to have a snack of almonds because I was starving!  I also had a few lists going of things to accomplish and the blue book is the novel we start reading on Monday.
I went over components of a narrative essay today and how it differs from a short story.
Then I was able to leave school before 3:30!  I went home straight after school yesterday but the whole time I was driving, I kept trying to think of something that I was forgetting to do or if I had somewhere to be.  It’s been so unnatural lately for me to be free after school, but I didn’t argue!  Grad school starts back Monday–yuck!
When I got home I lit my candle, turned on Friends, put away dry dishes, and washed breakfast and lunch dishes.
Then I separated some laundry and decided to do two small loads in order to stay on top of things.  I try to do one load of laundry every day or every other day.
Then I watched TV for an hour and a half!!!!!!!!

My husband got home at 6 and I snapped this of him while he’s unloading his massive lunch box.
We ate a quick pizza dinner–by the way, the DiGiorno’s Pizzeria Thin Crust Spinach and Mushroom pizza is the healthiest pizza I can find in the frozen foods section.  Half of the pizza is 500 calories!  We eat dinner every night at the dinner table–it’s something that’s extremely important to me.  No supper in front of the TV!!
This is 1/4th of the pizza!
Then my friend Rachel from school brought me a Starbucks K cup to try since she saw me with a cup of coffee on Monday.  I used to hate coffee so much and then I recently turned 28 and now like it!  And my husband says what I like isn’t coffee, but lattes and mochas from Starbucks are totally coffee.
Then Janie called me and told me she found 6 foot Christmas trees on sale for $7 at Walmart!  I had her buy me two and then found out that they were only $5!!  FIVE DOLLARS Y’ALL!  I will find places to put these trees next year!

Then I watched The Bachelor from Monday night.  Lace = crazy!  And Ben is so cute.
This guy watched it too without admitting it haha!

After The Bachelor was over, I took a quick shower (what I do every night before bed) and did my quiet time.  I’m doing the Genesis study in the She Reads Truth app right now.

I would love to say I slept great last night–especially since I had been up since 4:15–but Dustin woke up in the middle of the night and had low blood sugar, so I was up for that.  Thankfully he woke up though and told me!

Linking up with Jenn today!