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A HAPPY Friday!

Yay for Friday!  Today is a happy day because yesterday I……PASSED MY PRAXIS!!!


Well I don’t know about ace it, but I passed and that’s all I needed!!

I took the week off from blogging to study like crazy for this Praxis exam and it was the hardest exam ever…..way harder than my undergrad Praxis.  I am so appreciative of the people who prayed for me to remain calm and to be able to remember everything I have learned.

I’ll be back Monday with a Weekend Recap 🙂

Enjoy your Friday!!

Weekend Recap!

This weekend ushered in what felt like a permanent spring-like weather!  I kept a warm weather candle burning all weekend, and with the sun shining,  I was in a great mood all weekend!

FRIDAY

 I met this cutie at Panera when he got off of work to eat supper.  He’s trying to eat healthier, so he’s got a broth bowl and a salad.

Then I went to Walmart to do some grocery shopping.  And the strangest thing ever happened there:
Me pushing my buggy in front of an older man: Excuse me….sorry!
Older Man: Wow!!  You look like you’re straight out of the 60s!
Me (really confused and laugh nervously): Oh haha thank you?
Older Man: No really!  You look like my “first girlfriend” from 1960.  Same hair, same glasses, everything!  <—he whispered the girlfriend part in front of his grandson haha
I walked off laughing and immediately called my mom who got a good laugh out of it.


SATURDAY

 I finished up my grocery shopping at Kroger after meeting my dad for an early breakfast at Cracker Barrel!



 I did a little Pinterest browsing.



 I ran down to the park to meet up with Rachel and Ralph for a walk.  We ended up walking for an hour.  I love spending time with my sister!



And then she drove me home because my legs were tired 🙂


SUNDAY

Sunday started off with a beautiful Easter music program at church.  My sister, Rachel, had a solo and it was AMAZING!  If you’re friends with my on Facebook, then you saw the video I posted of it yesterday.  It made me cry–not only because Rachel sang it so beautifully, but because the words were so powerful.


 That afternoon I went to the laundromat to wash our bedding.  We have all white bedding and so it just needed a good wash to make it super white again.  While I waited, I studied for my Praxis.  You know how they have a People of Walmart site?  Well, I’ve decided they need a people of the laundromat site–interesting crowd!



 Rachel and I rode together to Bath and Body Works to take advantage of the last day of the candle sale!!  I added a Coconut Mahogany and another Georgia Peach candle with a kitchen soap.



And we enjoyed some time on the back porch after Dustin got off work yesterday evening.  I can’t wait until it stays warm and we can carry our supper outside.

This weekend was laid back and perfect!
How did you spend your first weekend in April?

Linking up with Biana

Friday Favorites!

Hey y’all!  It’s my favorite post of the week because that means it’s Friday!  

Unfortunately, in my area we had really bad weather last night.  A little after 8:30 last night, the weatherman on TV said a tornado was going through my town.  Luckily for Dustin and I, when our neighbor built her house last year she installed a tornado shelter inside and had already called us earlier yesterday evening telling us to come over if we received a tornado warning.  When the weatherman told us a tornado was heading for our town, we grabbed our essentials and ran next door to get in her shelter.  Thankfully it didn’t affect our side of town, but it did go down my sister’s road.  They lost power, heard things hitting all windows, and stayed in their hallway under a mattress.  I saw a few pictures on Facebook of some damage: trees down on houses, power lines down, and an RV that was picked up and dumped on a truck.  I haven’t heard of any injuries, but I am thankful that our families are safe!

Now, onto my FAVORITES!  I wanted to show y’all a few of my favorite things that I do daily (or almost daily)!


Now that the weather is warming up again, I am starting to replace some of my nightly showers with baths.  (It was way too cold for me to take a bath during the winter!)  My FAVORITE thing to do at night is to put some Aveda lavender oil in the bath water, light whatever candle I have in the bathroom at that time, and turn on the TV and/or grab a book to read.  The Aveda oil makes my skin feel like silk when I get out of the bath, and I’ve already decided that in our next house I’m installing a TV in the bathroom for me to watch while I’m taking a bath.  Priorities, right?! 



I’m also really into only using certain candles for certain seasons or holidays.  For example, I love Mahogany Teakwood from BBW, but I consider that a fall/winter candle so I only light it when the weather gets cooler.  My FAVORITE warm weather candle is the Capri Blue candles from Anthropologie!  Now that the weather has started warming up and it’s starting to really feel like spring, I’ve taken this out of my cabinet to use each day.   
(Fun Fact: I light a candle every day after school and keep it burning until we go to bed.)



My FAVORITE way to start off each day is to drink a glass of Spark.  Spark is a vitamin drink produced by Advocare and comes in many different flavors.  Right now I drink watermelon, but my other favorite is mango strawberry.  I would say strawberry lemonade is a favorite, but I had to quit drinking it because it made me so sick.  #stomachprobs
Every morning when I first get up, I pour a scoop of Spark into my blender bottle and drink it as I get ready.  My sister sells it, so she’s always letting me try new flavors!



Another daily FAVORITE is the She Reads Truth app on my phone.  Because I’m in such a busy and stressful season, it’s been such a lifesaver to have a Bible study right on my phone.  She Reads Truth has multiple studies–lots are on different books of the Bible and a few are topical.  I just finished the Lent study and it was amazing.  I love that this study is Biblically solid and sound in their commentary.  If you’re looking for a great study, I highly suggest SRT!



Another thing that I do daily is listen to music.  I was brought up in a house where music was constantly playing, and it’s something I’m used to and have carried over into my house. My dad bought this Bose Soundlink speaker for us when we finished building our house last year as a housewarming, and it’s literally my FAVORITE thing.  It’s bluetooth and wireless and small!  I keep it in the kitchen because that’s the central area in our house, and I love listening to music when I cook.  The best thing about it is that the sound quality is amazing (because it’s Bose, duh) and I can turn it up really loud when I clean so I can hear it all throughout the house.  If you’re a music listener, it’s an investment you’ll want to make!


What are some of your favorite things to do daily?