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Spending the Day in Tuscaloosa

Last Thursday, I spent the day in Tuscaloosa with my best friends, Janie and Mary Beth.  All three of us live in three different places–Hartselle, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa–so we have to strategically plan times when we are able to see each other.  It’s not often, but we really cherish the time we have together.

Janie and I met in early high school and instantly became best friends.  Since I’m a year older than her, I went to Alabama first, and then she came the next year.  We met Mary Beth immediately after that at the BCM and never looked back!  The three of us were inseparable during college and never would have though we would be getting married during the same year and all within four months of one another!

 Mary Beth got married first on June 21, 2014, in Tuscaloosa.


 I got married next on July 26, 2014, in Hartselle.


 Janie got married last on October 25, 2014, in Birmingham.

The three of us had scheduled June 4th in our calendars for over a month–that’s what happens when you live apart and your lives are crazy busy.  I drove down to Janie’s in Birmingham early that morning and then rode with her to Tuscaloosa.  Mary Beth and her husband, Brandon, moved into their new house about a month ago and Janie and I had been dying to see it since they bought their house!

Mary Beth lives in the cutest neighborhood!  I could not get over how nice her neighborhood was, and it wasn’t until I got back in the car with Janie that I figured out the look of her entire neighborhood–French country.  I love it!



We then decided to pretend like we were in college again and eat at our favorite places during our college years.

Up first–City Cafe.  
This is the college kid’s dream restaurant.  It’s home cooked, southern food and it’s cheap.  What college kid doesn’t love that combination?  The only thing about City Cafe–expect to wait in line.  And if it’s your first time, ask the person in front of you how the line etiquette works.  One time while in college, some ladies cut in line and I thought there would be fight breaking out over an open booth.  Seriously, it got heated.

 My meat and two: baked chicken tenders, field peas, and mac and cheese!

After City Cafe, we drove around letting our food settle while Mary Beth took us on an updated tour of Tuscaloosa to see what had changed.  That city is always under construction, and we hadn’t been there since Mary Beth’s wedding the summer before.  Then we headed to our other favorite place for dessert!


 SUMMER SNOW!!  This place is a shack on the edge of Alberta, and I don’t know how I would have survived college without it.  It’s “shaved ice” but not really….more like heaven in a cup.  I have no idea how they get it the consistency that they do because I’ve never had shaved ice like it anywhere else, and I’ve had a lot of shaved ice.  I ordered the Jimmy Buffet which is my absolute favorite, and it’s strawberry and margarita flavors mixed together.  If it’s your first time there, ask to see the VIP menu and order off of it!


We had the best time together and I wish we all lived much closer to each other.  It just makes our time together much more special!

Life Lately…

…has been crazy!!!  I finished up with my very first grad school finals on Sunday night, so I’ve got about a three week break before I start my summer term.  I didn’t have time to do a Friday Favorites post last Friday because I was so busy with wrapping up grad school projects and papers.  So I’ll do a Friday Favorites on Tuesday!
 
I got to help judge a food competition in Home Ec last week.  This was the cute little set up they had for me when I got into the classroom, and the jam was a thank you for judging.  So cute!

 

This mini apple pie won hands down.  So, so good that I might have eaten the whole thing…

 

We baby sat for some friends last week.  This was the sight I saw after I got done picking some toys up.  Be still my heart!

 

Praise the Lord, it’s May!  And I also drank healthy smoothies for breakfast for two weeks straight!  I think that calls for celebration 🙂  And I did.  I had whole grain blueberry muffins this past weekend as my celebration haha!

 

I saw this in Hobby Lobby this past weekend and immediately send Dustin a picture.  It would look great as an entry way table!  (Hint hint, Dustin)

 

Remember when I blogged about my Lilly for Target purchase?  Well, it came in and this sad looking photo resulted.  It was too snug, too short, and I was hiding the snugness in the chest area.

 

So now my mom is the proud owner!  Doesn’t she look so cute??  She looks so much better in it than I did and I’m so glad that she loved it, too!

Life Lately

Today’s post is a little iPhone dump from this week.  I’m glad I actually remembered to take pictures of things I did this week because I have been doing a horrible job of that lately.  I think if I can just make it to this summer, then I’ll be good!

I borrowed my dad’s Nutribullet Saturday in order to try making smoothies for breakfast.  I feel like smoothies would be a lot healthier than other options and way more filling.  But be careful, you can make smoothies fattening too!

This one below had a little too much spinach in it for a Monday morning.  It was my first one to make though.  I put in spinach leaves, pineapple, papaya, strawberries, a spoonful of nonfat Greek yogurt, a tiny spoonful of honey (to counter the yogurt), and water.

We also started state testing on Monday and I was giving the test ALL DAY.  I was in the laptop lab so I dressed comfy! 
 And my outfit for Tuesday’s testing.  Apparently I have a thing for blue tops and purply pants 🙂  They are comfy!
 Tuesday I was also craving chocolate like no other!!!!  For my break during testing, my sister dropped off some of her dessert that she had made the night before.  It was so good!  It had oatmeal, peanut butter, raisins, and chocolate chips.  Way to go, Rachel!
 We also went and looked at the house progress this week after walking at the park.  I love that our new house isn’t far from the park at all!  I’ll be doing a house post within the next two weeks. 🙂
 This was my favorite breakfast smoothie!!!  I actually bought different fruit and it added a nice taste.  I used strawberries, red raspberries, and blueberries…..so yummy!

I tried this new quinoa recipe last night that my friend Sarah had sent me.  It was wonderful and super easy to make.  I accidentally messed it up and I think I liked the way I cooked it better than what the recipe called for.  If you’ve never had quinoa, you need it!  It’s a little expensive, but it’s a plant food that has tons of fiber and protein along with lots of vitamins like iron and vitamin B.  I’ll post this recipe later, too!