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Friday Favorites!

I’m linking up with Erika, Andrea, and Narci today for Friday Favorites!

1. Spring break starts today at 3 PM!!!!  I AM SO EXCITED!!!!  The first half of the week is supposed to be beautiful weather, so I’m planning on being outside as much as possible.  We don’t have big plans for spring break–just getting a lot of errands done.  I’m hoping we are able to take one day trip somewhere, though 🙂

2. I started grad school on Monday and this is how I feel about the whole thing:


I’m taking 2 classes this term–one on integrating technology and one that is a foundations class.  These are just pre-requisites before I can get into my actual degree.  I’m getting my masters in Library Media!  It’s been a little overwhelming this week (as in, I had a MASSIVE project due for one class….alone) and I’m not going to lie, lots of tears have been shed.  I think things will get better once I establish a new routine and get used to doing grad school. I thrive in a routine and will just need to make a new one.

3. House Update!

This is what our land looked like when we bought it.  
In the month since we signed our contract, we had snow, extreme cold, ice, and lots of rain. Our lot was empty for what felt like forever.

I went for a run Tuesday afternoon after school and decided to run by our land to see if they had started.  (We like about a mile and a quarter from our new house.)  Once I made the turn into our subdivision, I noticed a cement truck but thought it might be for the house next to us because it is in the process of being bricked.  Nope!!!  They had started on our house!
Tuesday, March 17:
(The back of our house goes past that little green, grassy area.  Look at the footer on the left and you’ll see that it goes farther back.)

 Wednesday, March 18:

We couldn’t get a great picture because of the piles of gravel and sand in front of our house.   We have loved hopping in the truck after supper and driving over to check out the process.  I have a feeling that I’m going to learn a lot about how a house is built!

4. Has anyone seen the movie Cinderella?  I haven’t heard much about it and so I’m wondering if it’s close to the original story–or if they changed it.  I’m planning on going to see it over spring break.

I hope everyone has had a great week!  I’m so ready for spring break to get here–I’m going to get my grad school work for the week done ASAP so I have the rest of the week to do whatever I want!  Then once we start back to school, we’ll be prepping for our state’s standardized test, taking it, and then taking semester exams.  We’ll be out before we know it!

Five on Friday

This has been a pretty short week for me at school.  Yesterday and today, I’ve got a workshop at Athen State University for the Leader in Me.  Yesterday we did 2 school tours (which were really cute because they were in elementary schools and I’m not used to seeing little people!), and today we’ve got break-out sessions.

1. My hairdresser told me about this new app called Houzz.  Umm….I AM OBSESSED!! It’s like Pinterest but only for houses.  And the best part is that you get to create filters.  So yesterday while I was on the charter bus heading back to Athens State from the last school visit, I pulled out my phone and decided to play around with the app.  I chose to look at dining rooms and then filtered the style to traditional.  I am loving getting inspiration for color palates and light fixtures–just everything!  It’s free so check it out!  

2. Right after Christmas, Anthropologie had a sale on their sale items.  I had gotten an Anthro gift card for Christmas from my awesome in-laws and decided to get these pants.  (They are on sale now!!!) They are a crazy print, but they are so so comfortable and warm!!  I pair them with a merlot-colored tunic from Anthro, a gray vest from Banana Republic, and my very favorite booties!
This was taken on the bus ride yesterday to my first school visit.  I needed some almonds to give me sustenance 🙂

3. Last weekend I went with Mom to Huntsville to go with her while she went shopping.  As we were walking through the shoe department in Belk, I came across these sandals.  I want to get these for this spring/summer!  Look at how different they are!  I could see myself wearing these with summery dresses and crop pants!  That counts them as a need, right?

4. My hometown has a celebrity make an appearance every once in a while 🙂  “Michael Jackson” randomly shows up in shopping center parking lots (Kroger or CVS to be exact) and blares “his” music from his van and dances like MJ.  I saw him earlier this week while I was stopped at a light.  Does your hometown have anything crazy like this happen?
Not the best picture, but I had to snap it before the light turned green!

5. Dustin and I are starting to really look into our summer vacation.  He’s already taken off for work, so we know what dates we’re going on vacation.  Now we just have to choose the destination!!  We have decided to do two vacations this year–the beach this summer and Washington, DC this fall.  My best friend and I spontaneously took a vacation to DC together about three years ago and Dustin has only spent about three hours in DC.  But our problem is trying to decide which beach we want to visit.  We love Alabama beaches but are thinking we might want to branch out.  I checked out the beaches on 30A but aren’t willing to spend $300 a night on a rental since we’re also going to have to do a hotel and plane tickets for our vacation this fall.  Any suggestions for a beautiful beach?  If all fails, we’ll do Orange Beach or Gulf Shores….just thought we might find something different!

Five on Friday

Ahhh, Friday 🙂

Here are my five randoms for the week!

1. I need to lose a few pounds….ugh.  So I’ve been trying to brainstorm a few new but healthy ways to lose those extra pounds.  I’ve been seeing lots of smote Pinterest recipes that look good, so I wonder how filling they are.  I’ve been researching the different blender/smoothie makers trying to decide if I want one.  Nutribullet or Ninja???  Or just a regular blender?  If you have one, what do you think?

2. Remember when I blogged about the Peloton app?  I’ve got my sister hooked on it!  Our gym has two spinning bikes side by side, so we will pick the class we want to do and start it at the same time.  It’s like we’re doing the class together which makes it more fun. And we love to look over at each other and make an “I’m dying” face!

3. If any of you have Netflix, you need to check out this show called The Paradise.  It’s a BBC show about the first department store (in London, maybe??).  It has been fascinating to watch!  I watched the entire first season (all 8 episodes) before I got married, and I got an email from Netflix earlier this week letting me know that season 2 had been released–and there’s 16 episodes!!!  Ahhh!!!  I love it!  It’s a very clean show, too!

4. Monday night I cooked a really awesome supper.  I blogged the recipe here.  It was easy and Dustin couldn’t get enough of it!

5. HUNTING SEASON IS ALMOST OVER!!!!!!  Do I seem a little excited?  I have loved the fact that Dustin has been able to enjoy his hobby this year, but I’ve missed him every time he’s been gone to his hunting land.  I’ll be glad to have him back for a while!

He was trying to explain mortgages to me for the millionth time.  I was trying to watch The Bachelor.  Which one could I summarize to you today?? 🙂