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IT’S FRIDAY AND I’M OUT OF SCHOOL TODAY!!!  YIPPEE!!
Today is an unused weather day in my school system so we are out of school and I am going to thoroughly enjoy my long weekend!


ONE
When we were building our house last spring, I opted not to get a backsplash for the kitchen for a few reasons.  One–I am not a fan of the typical backsplash…it just doesn’t fit my style. And Two–white subway tile wouldn’t work with the cream cabinets I picked out.
Thanks to Pinterest, I found this brick backsplash and now I’m obsessed.  So as of right now, this is what I want for our kitchen.
TWO
I’ve raved so many times before about how I love the She Reads Truth app on my phone.  I just recently started a study on Hosea, a book in the Old Testament, and this graphic was on either day 2 or 3.  I saved it to remind myself how unfaithful I am to the Lord every day–I idolize material things, my marriage and husband, my body image and weight….so many things.  I highly recommend the study on the book of Hosea.  It’s ugly and uncomfortable and that’s because our sin is ugly and uncomfortable.
THREE
I’m obsessed with this picture!  SO PRECIOUS!
…..and since Dustin is reading this, I do finish grad school next Thursday.. 😉
I hope y’all have a fantastic Friday and that the weather is beautiful where you are!

Oven Baked Refried Bean Tacos

I shared this Mexican Pita recipe last week and admitted my love affair with Mexican food.  Well, I’m here to share another recipe with you today, and yep….it’s Mexican food.  I told you I have an obsession!

I had some stand and stuff taco shells in the pantry and decided to put my taco salad filling in them to bake to see if they would be good–and they were!  Your family will love these, and you’ll feel good about feeding them something filling and healthy.

Oven Baked Refried Bean Tacos

1 lb deer meat, browned (or turkey, beef, chicken)
1 packet taco seasoning
1 can of fat free refried beans
1/2 cup salsa
1 8oz can tomato sauce
shredded cheese
stand and stuff shells

1. Spray a little Pam in your 9×13 pan and preheat your oven to 400.
2. After browning your meat, turn stovetop to low, drain, and add in taco seasoning, refried beans, salsa, and tomato sauce.  Mix together.
3. Fill meat mixture in your taco shells and sprinkle a little cheese on top.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until your cheese is melted.  

*Mine makes 8 taco shells and ended up being 272 calories each!

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Linking up with Jenn today

A Day in the Life (4.18.16)

I’m finally linking up with Andrea for one of her Show and Tell Tuesday posts!  Today we’re all sharing a Day in the Life, and these are my very favorite posts to read!  I love learning about the daily lives of others–you never know what you’ll find you have in common with another blogger!

I’m sharing my Day in the Life from yesterday 🙂

My alarm goes off at 5 AM during the week day and you can see I stayed in bed a little bit longer.  I got into the habit during grad school that if I wanted to read and comment on any blogs, I had to do it first thing in the morning because afternoons and evenings were devoted to school work, Dustin, or the million other things I’m involved with.  I’m sure I’ll stick with getting up that early after grad school because I love having that time to myself in the morning.

Drinking Spark and reading blogs!  (And charging my Fitbit)

We finished up watching The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in my English classes today.  This was the first year that I showed a movie during testing week because I really spent so much time reviewing for our state standardized testing–as in, my students wrote 5 different essays preparing for the writing section on the test.  They loved watching this movie, and we completed a worksheet during and spent lots of time talking about all of the biblical allusions in the movie (book).

Then I got home and ran.  It feels good to know that I’m working my way back into shape.
We (I) enjoyed cooling off on the front porch before supper.

Supper was a crockpot meal–SO good!  Chicken, corn, salsa, adobo chilis, brown rice….amazing.

I took a shower and then remembered I had to wash towels.  White towels are perfect except when you live with a man and can’t keep them white 🙁
While the towels were washing, I decided to relax a bit and watch last week’s episode of Real Housewives of Dallas.  Thoughts so far: Leeanne is mean.  I’ll have to catch up on last night’s episode later.

This is a day in the life, right?  Here’s what I look like post-shower with still damp hair–it got bigger after it dried completely.  #thankgoodnessforstraighteners

Then someone wanted me to sit with him while he wrote out a few checks.
(Also, does anyone else still use check registers?  Or are we just old souls in young bodies?)
I started reading a new book, did my quiet time, and ended up going to bed around 10 PM.