tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75768179252847073122024-03-13T21:27:46.104-07:00Downtown SouthernSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-55177260266145510082018-02-23T13:22:00.003-08:002018-02-23T13:22:49.100-08:00Pregnancy | 37 Week Update<div style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: lora, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How far along:</b> 37 weeks </div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gender:</b> GIRL!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Weight gain:</b><br />
About 26 pounds</div>
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Every single day!</div>
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Still only a few, I'm putting lotion on the belly to help.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Belly button in or out:</b><br />
A little bit out</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sleep:</b><br />
I wake up at least twice a night to go to the bathroom and unfortunately I had a slipped disk in my lower back last year that I ended up having to get a steroid injection to finally help get rid of it. Well because of that I'm having major sciatica pain, so it's really hard to sleep on my right side and my back hurts like no other when I get up to go to the bathroom and when I get up in the morning.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Best moment this week:</b><br />
We put baby girls nursery together this past weekend and it was definitely the best moment because I'm feeling way more prepared now.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Worst moment this week:</b><br />
I'm constantly worrying about the flu, both my son and my husband had it recently and I got a virus a week ago so I'm just super paranoid about it right now. I told my doctor that I wanted to keep her in as long as possible so she doesn't have to be out and around all of the germs. : (<br />
<b>And bonus:</b> the swelling has returned. Last pregnancy I had horrible swelling in my feet and ankles that started really early like probably around 25 weeks. Luckily it's held off until now and I think part of the reason it has is because I'm so much more active this time around since I have a 4 year old that I'm constantly chasing!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Miss anything:</b><br />
A glass of wine would be nice. Kind of unrelated but I'm missing Summer and ready for the warm weather to return ASAP.</div>
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ALL.THE.TIME </div>
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She obviously hasn't run out of room yet because she is still moving all over the place.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cravings:</b><br />
Greek food, ice cream, I'll pretty much just think of something random and then I have to have it.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Queasy or sick:</b> .<br />
Nope, luckily that eased off in the 2nd trimester.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Looking forward to:</b><br />
These last few weeks spending lots of time with my son before she gets here. I'm having major first child guilt right now.</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-79376050053377040792017-12-20T10:46:00.000-08:002017-12-20T10:46:10.240-08:00Book Review | November<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Book Review? What's that? Haven't seen one of those around here in a while!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sorry friends, after getting pregnant and going through the first trimester fun, I wasn't really into reading and had to take a little hiatus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But I'm back with three books to review from November (a little late)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once I was able to pull myself out of my book lull I immediately started reading <b>Murder on the Orient Express</b>. Obviously this one peaked my interest because of the movie that came out with all the big celebrities!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'll confess I tried to listen to this as an audiobook and was instantly lost, too many names to try and keep straight in my brain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was good but I have to admit, I kind of felt like I was reading a book that had been assigned to me by one of my high school English teachers. Not that that is a bad thing it's just the vibe I got from the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To quickly sum it up, there is a murder on a train and everyone is a suspect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There happens to be a world famous detective on the train as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ending is good. Real good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next up was <b>The Couple Next Door</b>, now I'll be honest I picked this book up for two reasons. The first reason is because of all the good reviews I'd read about the book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second reason is because the main characters last name 'Conti' is my maiden last name and you just don't hear it very often, silly right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Summing it up, a couple leaves their little baby asleep while they go next door for a dinner party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The come back and she's gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The last book I read was <b>Class Mom</b> and this one was probably my favorite because of the main character and how </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">freaking funny she is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I want to be friends with her in real life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To sum it up, she's a mom who has two college age daughters from two different men and then she has a little boy who is 5 or 6 with her husband, so she's a little older than most of the mom's in her son's class. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The book is very light and enjoyable - a true chic lit book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So there you go, I'm currently reading the third book in Elin Hilderbrand Winter Street trilogy and it's so good! I really enjoy her books.</span><br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-46116859398274298302017-12-12T08:15:00.001-08:002017-12-12T08:15:40.944-08:00Pregnancy | 26 Week Update<div style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: lora, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Here's a little update on how my pregnancy is going so far.</span><br />
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How far along:</b> 26 weeks </div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gender:</b> GIRL!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Weight gain:</b> So far I've gained 15 pounds, which I'm surprised it's not more with all of the delicious food I ate over the Thanksgiving holiday.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Maternity clothes:</b> Most definitely!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stretch marks:</b> A very few in the same places that I got them before, luckily they aren't dark they're very light, but honestly not concerned about them. I've started putting lotion on the old belly to help.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Belly button in or out:</b> In</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sleep:</b> Okay, not great but not horrible. I'm exhausted by the time we get John down for the night and don't last much longer than him.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Best moment this week:</b> Feeling all the kicking, she is so active and I love it. This is my last pregnancy so I'm soaking up all the little kicks.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Worst moment this week:</b> Getting over a cold/sinus infection and not being able to really take anything for it.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Miss anything:</b> Wearing regular clothes.</div>
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She is a mover and a shaker!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cravings:</b> Peppermint, give me anything peppermint flavored. And coffee, I look forward to my decaf cup of coffee in the morning so much!! I feel like I've been eating a lot more chips and queso lately so that might be a craving.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Queasy or sick:</b> Still get the gagging thing sometimes in the morning after I brush my teeth, other than that, I'm good!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Looking forward to:</b> Enjoying the rest of December and all the festive fun we have planned!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and ate lots of Turkey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I'm sharing our North Pole Breakfast 2016 (in case any of you need some last minute inspiration) 😉</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had such a fun time putting this together for John last year and I'm excited to do it again this year and keep the tradition going!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For anyone that's not familiar, the North Pole Breakfast is where the Elf on the Shelf returns to your house for the month of December to watch your little one(s) and report back to Santa each night only to return in the morning and usually causing some mischief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love our Elf, Elfie at first but towards the end I'm ready for him to hit the road!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I'm sharing our Holiday Family photo shoot with you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love how they turned out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We went to one of our favorite parks on Saturday and snapped our pics. The weather was calling for temps in the 60's but I guess because we went out in the morning it was COLD! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of my favorites - I love that cheeky little grin of his :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He's so sweet to his baby sister, he loves to kiss her every morning when I drop him off at pre-school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you haven't noticed my child is a bit of a ham in front of the camera! ; )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to try and recreate a photo that I took with him during our first holiday family photo shoot together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's a....................<b><span style="color: magenta;">GIRL</span></b>!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We found out around 17 weeks that we're having a girl. I wanted to do a gender reveal but without a whole lot of fuss. So I painted two little pumpkins, one pink and one blue. Took them to the appointment and asked the technician to put the right pumpkin in a box I had brought with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we got home we let our son open the box and tell us what we were having.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was super sweet and not a huge surprise to me because I've had a feeling since day one that it was a little girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So here is a little update on how this pregnancy is going.....and a not so great picture, but I wanted to show off the <strike>huge</strike> bump </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">☺)</span></div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How far along:</b> 20 weeks (5 Months)</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gender:</b> GIRL!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Weight gain:</b> When I went for my monthly checkup last month I had gained about 10 pounds.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Maternity clothes:</b> Um, I have been wearing maternity clothes since week 12 and really should have been in them for probably 2 weeks prior. The old saying that you start to show with the second one sooner is no joke for me! I look like I should be at the halfway point ya'll!</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stretch marks:</b> None yet, but I did get them towards the end last time but they weren't too bad.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Belly button in or out:</b> In</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sleep:</b> Complicated. I am so exhausted by 8pm and then will always always always have to get up to pee at least twice in the night and sometimes that wakes me and I end up watching TV for an hour or more at which point I fall back asleep and am exhausted when I wake up, sigh.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Best moment this week:</b> Feeling this little girl kicking around, never gets old.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Worst moment this week:</b> Headaches. I keep thinking it's the weather but it's probably pregnancy related, I feel like I constantly have a dull throbbing headache. Over it.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Miss anything:</b> I love the pumpkin beer at Trader's Joe's and am seriously bummed that I won't be able to have any this year. That's really it so far.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Movement:</b> Yes! She loves to move around at night! I first felt her around 16 weeks while eating a slice of pecan pie and it wasn't a flutter it was a straight karate chop! </div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cravings:</b> Orange Juice, same as last time. I'm not an orange juice fan but have been drinking it like crazy. I also craved cheeseburgers early on, not so much anymore. Mashed potatoes.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Queasy or sick:</b> Horrible nausea in the first trimester and I have a daily gag fest. If I even think about gagging it sets me off.</div>
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<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Looking forward to:</b> I get to have another ultrasound on November 6th so I can't wait to see her again!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Linking up with <span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://thelarsonlingo.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mel</strong></a><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><a href="http://sheaffertoldmeto.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sheaffer</strong></a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">and</span><span style="background-color: white;"> <b><span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://mixandmatchmama.com/2017/06/whats-wednesday-06-28-17/" target="_blank">Shay</a> </span></b></span><span style="background-color: white;">for What's Up Wednesday!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Cleaning out my son's toys. I get totally overwhelmed!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I've been searching Pinterest for inspiration on how to organize.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Cleaning and organizing my house. It's slow going.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Getting all of my Christmas decorations out and getting ready for Thanksgiving!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Beetlejuice</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Started listening to <a href="https://thelifecoachschool.com/category/podcasts/" target="_blank">The Life Coach School Podcast</a> that Christina at <a href="http://www.northcarolinacharm.com/" target="_blank">Carolina Charm</a> recommended.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Maternity clothes! Give me all the stretchy pants!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tip for any pregnant ladies out there - Ann Taylor Loft online has some phenomenal deals on maternity clothes!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I scored big in there clearance section!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Just working on getting ready for Baby #2!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I love all of the side dishes at Thanksgiving but if I had to choose one it would be my Granny's Corn Pudding.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We're expecting #2 in March and couldn't be more excited. I'm in the 15th week right now and finally feeling somewhat normal again. The first trimester was much harder this go round for some reason. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Linking up with<a href="http://www.momfessionals.com/2017/09/show-and-tell-tuesday-whats-in-your-bag_13.html#more" target="_blank"> Andrea</a> for her Show and Tell Tuesday and I love this one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm totally doing this post last minute because it's one of my favorite posts to read and I just love seeing what's in other ladies bags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm just going to say it before I get started - my purse is a hot mess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a tote that I got from good old Target and it's what I carry during the week to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm going to go ahead and say that June was a weird reading month for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I tried to start a couple of books and just couldn't get into them, I hate it when that happens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I ended up reading 3 books and liked all of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first one was <i>I Let You Go </i>by Clare Mackintosh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Man this one was intense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn't know if I was going to like it because it starts off with a little boy getting killed (not a spoiler, it's in the description) and I have a hard time reading that kind of thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I read it in 2 days because I had to know how it ended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been wanting to read this one for a while since Shay raved about it in her May 2016 book review.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The two books that I tried to start reading and didn't finish were<i> The Girls</i> and <i>Crazy Rich Asians</i>. I almost finished The Girls but another book became available so I discarded this one as I wasn't crazy about it. I just couldn't' get into the story line and the characters weren't doing it for me. I think I got 3/4 of the way through it so I will go back and finish it, but I know it's not going to be a favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Crazy Rich Asians was hard to get into for me, all the different families and names and people were too much to try and keep track. I've read such great reviews of this book that I will probably go back and try to finish it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's Summer, so that means I'm eating this. A lot. #yolo</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This past Saturday was a friends birthday party and they had an ice cream truck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I guess you can't really tell how excited this guy was!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was technically last week, but had to share the view from dinner with a girlfriend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nothing better than good food, good company and a gorgeous summer view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This little nugget at his 4th of July class party last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The fact that it stays light until almost 9pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eating all the summertime foods: Hot dogs, corn, watermelon, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We've been enjoying summer with lots of pool days, birthday parties, movies and play dates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not going to lie, I'm going to be undertaking a project next week to get John's art under control and I'm kind of dreading the work it's going to take. I know that it will be great once it's done but the process is going to be painstaking. Maybe I'll be surprised and it won't be as bad as I'm imaging though! Stay tuned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm working on our stay-cation schedule.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I want to make sure we feel like we've accomplished a good bit of stuff by the end of the week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also want to make sure we enjoy ourselves too, it is vacation after all.😉</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4th of July!!! Fireworks, cookout food, spending time with friends and loved ones and that summertime feeling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">John loves the Shiny song, especially when he says Hiney, boys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was hard to watch!!! I don't know what to think other than I'm scared to death for my son and what he will have to go through in school and beyond for that matter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel like every generation before talks about how things have changed and it was so different in their day. I felt myself thinking that multiple times while watching this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I hope to keep a good line of communication open with my son and instill in him that it's okay to come to us for anything and everything. Did anyone else watch this, what are you thoughts? I'd love to hear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For work I found this cute green shift type dress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">BONUS: I got it from Costco and it's only $16.99!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are meeting John's college roomate for dinner on Friday which should be a lot of fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday we are doing the Home Depot workshop with little man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nothing really, just enjoying Summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yay for Show and Tell Tuesday! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is one of my favorite blog posts to read (<strike>because I'm super nosy</strike>) so I had to join in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And <a href="http://www.momfessionals.com/" target="_blank">Andrea</a>, can you please fly to Virginia and style my house for me? Thanks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I absolutely love her taste and creativity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I find myself saying "What a great idea!", whenever I visit her blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So here's what you came for - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">**Disclaimer - I did not clean or straighten before snapping these pics so this is real life ya'll! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my House</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before moving here back in 2009 we lived in a studio apartment downtown (hence the name of my blog, Downtown Southern 😉)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I scoured my old photos to find the pics I took of the house right after we moved in to give you some before and after shots. (I love those, btw)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So come on in - this is the entryway into the living room </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We just got these bookcases over the weekend and I need some major help in styling them!! Any ideas are welcome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer is definitely my favorite season (with Fall very close behind). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it's because I was born in the Summer, maybe it's because of Summer vacation as a kid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's just something about the warm weather and long days that makes my soul happy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also love a good bucket list, so here you go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. <i><b>Make homemade play-dough</b></i> - we've actually already done this and it was super easy and fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. <i><b>Pool Days</b></i> - going to the pool with a 4 year old is a lot of fun, not to mention a good workout!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <i><b>Homemade Peach preserves</b></i> - I made blackberry preserves this past winter and now I want to try peach, it was easier than I thought it would be!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. <i><b><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/105905028720823651/" target="_blank">This project</a> </b></i>- I have an old tire that's been sitting in our garage for over a year and I decided I'm going to do something with it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5.<b><i> Beach vacation (Outer Banks) </i></b>- my family has a house in Carova, you have to drive on the beach to get there, it's amazing. It's also where all the wild Outer Banks horses live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. <b><i>Fireworks on the Fourth </i></b>- looking forward to fireworks with little man this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. <b><i>Miniature Golf</i></b> - this will be a first for John. Can't wait to see how he likes it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. G<b><i>o camping (in the backyard) </i></b>- This one is all my husband! I don't do camping, but I'll enjoy watching them from the comfort of the house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. <b><i>Farmers Markets</i></b> - There are so many great farmers markets in Richmond!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. <i><b>Grill grill grill</b></i> - Summer = grilling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. <i><b>Lay in the backyard and look at the stars </b></i>- I saw an idea on pinterest where you put blankets and pillows in a blow up pool and look at the stars. Love this idea!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. <i><b>Drive-in Movie Theatre</b></i> - Ya'll, I can't wait to do this one! All I can think of is the scene in Grease. It's probably going to be way better in my head but I don't care I still want to do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. <i><b>De-cluttering John's artwork by making art books </b></i>- I've saved every scrap of artwork that John has brought home since he started in daycare at 3 months old. Needless to say it's taking over so this project is a must. Even though it's going to be time consuming I'm excited to do this and see how it turns out. Oh and get back half his closet space too! I'm planning on saving my favorites and then recycling the rest once the books are done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's on your summer bucket list?</span></div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-9067603268433449872017-06-08T09:37:00.005-07:002017-06-08T09:37:59.971-07:00Book Review | May<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Book Review day! Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In May, I read/listened to 4 books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up first, <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i>. It was not my favorite. I've been wanting to read this book for a while since it got such good reviews and was recently a TV series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it fell flat for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hated the ending as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also have not watched the series yet, let me know if you've watched it and what you thought?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next up is <i>Fall of Giants</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was my first Ken Follett book and I enjoyed it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will say that I listened to this one and I'm glad that I did because I think I would have had a hard time reading all of the war negotiating parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Historical Fiction is not my favorite genre but I did like this one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll definitely read the other two books in this trilogy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had really high hopes for, <i>One True Loves</i>, and it was good but not as great as I thought it was going to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have read so many amazing reviews of this book that maybe my expectations were too high?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would definitely recommend this book if your looking for a good beach or pool read for your summer vacation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ending the month on a high note with, <i>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a huge Harry Potter fan so I figured I would enjoy this book, and it did not disappoint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finished it in two days, it's quick paced although it's also written in screenplay format which is a little odd but you get used to it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it! What books are you all reading/listening to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any recommendations?! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Friday-eve! 😍</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Definitely feels like a Monday over here friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a very busy weekend with lots of running around and good fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How funny is this camp chair! It was sitting in front of Bed, Bath, and Beyond and it was HUGE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This pic is actually from last weekend, we went to the movies to see Boss Baby and little man had to take a pic in the Shark!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hung out at the pool yesterday. Pool days are my favorite!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm working on perfecting my pool snacks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone have some yummy pool snack recipes they'd like to share?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm all ears!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday hubbies soccer team made it to their cup finals and they WON!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very proud of him and his team!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought for sure he had gone to sleep when he walks into my bedroom like this!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trying on his too small helmet and rain boots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He did fall asleep about 20 minutes later, thank goodness!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are my go to summer nail colors!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pink is BRIGHT!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the red is the perfect summer red with a hint of coral!</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-46116329618847610252017-05-22T06:38:00.001-07:002017-05-22T06:38:22.354-07:00A Day in the Life | Weekend Edition<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day in the Life posts rank in my top five favorite posts to read (along with home tours, holidays, and peaking in your bags, because I'm nosy)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here we go....since it was Saturday, we slept in a little.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Started the day with some snuggles and cartoons on the couch...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With coffee of course.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then it was time to get dressed and ready for the day....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before makeup....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After makeup.....much better 😏</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our first stop was going to be the Farmers Market but they weren't open yet so we headed to Ross to kill some time and had to pick up a Dory school supply set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then we headed over to the Farmers Market and I failed to take any pics, I got too excited about all the fresh produce. Here's what we got....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the Farmers Market we headed across town to run some more errands and made a stop at the Starbucks in Target (there was a pirate cake pop purchase that I didn't get the chance to take a pic of because it was eaten too quickly)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After we finished with our errands we headed back to the house for some quiet time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little man and Dad worked on some legos.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I read a little of my book (got this recommendation from Mix&Match Mama)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I headed to PlantNite at 3pm....I had gotten a Groupon for this because it was going to be done with my team at work but I wasn't able to go when they went due to a conflict.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this was my makeup day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've never heard of it, it's a lot like the PaintNite that people do but it's plants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Super fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The PlantNite was actually in our local Kroger so I did a little shopping afterwards and then headed home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all the groceries were unloaded we headed back out to Mexican with some friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so busy talking and eating that I didn't snap any pics, but my shrimp tacos with goat cheese were amazing!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After dinner we walked over to the bookstore (my happy place) and perused for a little while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kids enjoyed the bookstore, especially the unicorn masks! haha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We headed home to feed Flynn....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And read our new book...Dragons Love Tacos 2....really cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(sorry the pic is blurry)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And once little man was asleep, John and I started watching The Keepers on Netflix. This one is hard to watch ya'll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I fell asleep at 9:45pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that was our Saturday! I hope you enjoyed it! Let me know if you've done a Day in the Life post, I'd love to read them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Monday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Linking up with <a href="http://www.momfessionals.com/" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and<a href="http://www.graceandloveblog.com/" target="_blank"> Narci</a> for some Friday Favorites today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's so sweet and all the kids are so excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next up is my love for the Pioneer Woman, she never disappoints and her line at Wal-Mart is so whimsical and adorable that I just want to have it all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> And this adorable little cake stand is less than $15! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had to pick up this 'lovely' tea towel at Wal-Mart because it will be perfect for Summer and it was less than $2! #winning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I took this pic because my rose gold shoes are one of my favorites, they instantly brighten up any outfit and they make me happy 😊</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My final favorite for this week is a new adventure that we had last weekend. We live in Virginia and are a stones throw away from Colonial Williamsburg so decided to spend Saturday at an amazing park there. They have a zip line and obstacle course in the park called <a href="https://goape.com/" target="_blank">GoApe</a>. John loved it!</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-32131834181552004122017-05-09T06:11:00.003-07:002017-05-09T06:16:49.559-07:00Show and Tell Tuesday | Memory Lane<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Linking up with <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/scroach/80-s-child/" target="_blank">Andrea</a> for Show and Tell Tuesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm an 80's / 90's child and I wouldn't have it any other way. Man the 80's and (early) 90's were awesome!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have an entire <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/scroach/80-s-child/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a> dedicated to the nostalgia of my youth. <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/scroach/80-s-child/" target="_blank">Follow me</a> if you're another cool product of this generation. 😎</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MASH - I played this game all.the.time. I needed to know how many kids I would have and if I was going to live in a mansion or apartment!</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-61409229406097946252017-05-02T05:15:00.003-07:002017-05-02T05:15:31.004-07:00Book Review | March and April<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had to read this one after <a href="http://mixandmatchmama.com/2016/10/september-book-review-2/" target="_blank">Mix and Match Mama</a> gave it such a <a href="http://mixandmatchmama.com/2016/10/september-book-review-2/" target="_blank">great review</a> and it did not disappoint. It was a real page turner and I loved everything about it. Highly recommend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm a huge Harry Potter fan! So I really like a good young adult sci-fi series and this one is excellent! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sorceress-Secrets-Immortal-Nicholas-Flamel/dp/0385735308/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492806566&sr=1-1&keywords=the+sorceress" target="_blank">The Sorceress</a> is part of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel series and I believe there are 6 books in all. I will definitely be reading all of them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last book I read was <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Boy-9-Missing-Nic-Joseph/dp/1492633585/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492806829&sr=1-1&keywords=boy+9+missing" target="_blank">Boy, 9, Missing</a> and this was a Christmas gift from my husband that I instantly put at the bottom of my book pile because, hello, I have a little boy and I don't want to read about one missing! But I decided it was time to pull it out and give it a try and it was an excellent who dun it? Had me guessing until the very end and gave a nice twist! I would definitely recommend this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This little cutie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This time of year when the weather starts to warm up I get so excited about food, in particular:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pretty much anything that screams cookout and summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been raining for the past couple of days here so I've had to get creative with the indoor activities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heading to the movies (we went to see Smurfs on Sunday afternoon, it was cute)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What I'm dreading:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't think I'm dreading anything right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What I'm working on:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been feeling overwhelmed by the amount of stuff we have so I'm working on going through everything and getting rid of all of the STUFF!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm doing it a little at a time but I'm starting with my clothes and then moving on to closets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What I'm excited about:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going to Lowe's and getting some plants for the yard and around the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This time of year everyone's yard's look so nice and fresh and our yard does not because we've been busy and not able to get out and cut the grass. So I'm excited about getting to clean everything up and have it looking nice and ready for summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern Charm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Discovery on Netflix</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortitude on Prime</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I listen to books during my commute so I'm currently listening to Fall of Giants by Ken Follett</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At night we listen to trolls and sing soundtrack during bath time 😃</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got this UGG robe and it's pretty amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pollen going away so we can spend more time outside and gear up for Summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm linking up with these amazing bloggers for some Friday Favorites. <a href="http://www.tabanderika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erika</a>, <a href="http://www.graceandloveblog.com/" target="_blank">Narci</a> and <a href="http://www.momfessionals.com/" target="_blank">Andrea</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This guy had a birthday at the end of March and we celebrated with a delicious dinner and the yummiest <a href="http://mixandmatchmama.com/2015/02/bar-72-white-chocolate-strawberry/" target="_blank">Neiman Marcus bars</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next we celebrated my sweet mamas birthday that fell in early April and my parents are adding on to their house so there were some diggers in the yard and Grandpa let little man in for a ride. #yearmade</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ann-Taylor Loft is another recent favorite. I haven't shopped there in years but they had a 40% off everything event right before Easter and I was in need a new Easter dress so stopped by there and found 2 gems that went home with me. Love them both!</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-64615483795644086572017-03-10T03:02:00.000-08:002017-03-10T06:39:19.809-08:00Friday Favorites! | Birthday Gift Addition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are well into birthday season over here for John's friends and it can be tricky to buy for a number of different 4 year old's. Their little personalities are developing so fast at this age that they could be into any number of things. I find that games are an easy universal go to and can work for both girls and boys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So my go to gift is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Yeti-in-My-Spaghetti-Game/dp/B00UPAYY5C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489066331&sr=8-1&keywords=yeti+in+my+spaghetti" target="_blank">Yeti in My Spaghetti </a>- fun, easy, the kids love it and bonus - it won't break the bank!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The cheapest place I've found to purchase it is actually on Amazon. It's less than $11 - I mean what a steal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I always like to throw a little something in with it, usually a small transformer or doll or even a book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This ends up being a less than $20 gift that the kids love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love gifting these <a href="https://www.collage.com/deal-blanket45?website=true" target="_blank">throws </a>with special pictures on them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://collage.com/">Collage.com</a> is awesome, they always have good sales and they are quality products with super fast shipping and great customer service!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm actually ordering one of these blankets for my mom's birthday in April with a picture of the wild horses in North Carolina's Outer Banks. My mom loves them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">John's birthday is at the end of March so I've been brainstorming what to get him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I end up getting him a couple of things....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/adidas-Fleece-Pullover-Hoodie-Heather/dp/B019EJL876/ref=sr_1_2?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1489067574&sr=1-2&keywords=adidas%2Bhoodie%2Blight%2Bgrey&th=1&psc=1" target="_blank">hoodie</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm getting him a <a href="http://www.easycanvasprints.com/singlecanvasdesigner/#/start" target="_blank">canvas print </a>of little man and I (which he also asked for)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This can be tickets to a concert or in our case, taking him to dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Haven't finalized this one yet but will probably end up going to one of our favorite places, <a href="https://www.boathouserva.com/locations/sunday-park" target="_blank">The Boathouse</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It has everything, amazing food, atmosphere and it's close to home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So there you have it! Some of my go-to's for gift giving! I hope you got a little inspiration out of them.</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-66278691218411869232017-03-09T05:23:00.001-08:002017-03-09T05:23:52.024-08:00My Picky Eater | Hulk Muffins<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you missed the first round you can catch up <a href="http://downtownsouthern.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-picky-eater-cauliflower-pizza.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I decided to try this <a href="http://www.messforless.net/spinach-muffin-recipe-food-fun-friday/#_a5y_p=2972920" target="_blank">recipe </a>that I found on pinterest and I changed the name of it to <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Hulk Muffins</b></span> because I have a three year old little boy who is obsessed with superheroes. #whateverworks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These muffins are not hard to make at all and if I can get my son to eat spinach then that's a major win for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next day he even asked for them for breakfast! Yes!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You seriously can't taste the spinach at all, they just taste like a sweet bread.</span><br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08262299592870931051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576817925284707312.post-1675943488811844032017-03-07T07:18:00.002-08:002017-03-07T07:18:47.696-08:00Life Lately<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thought I would share some of what been going on in our world lately. 😃</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Friday friends! Wow, what a week! Is it just me or should Tuesday really have been Friday!?!? Linking up to </span><a href="http://tabanderika.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fc3a81; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Erika</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4d4c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">, </span><a href="http://www.momfessionals.com/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fc3a81; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Andrea</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4d4c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> and </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fc3a81; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://graceandloveblog.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #fc3a81; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Narci</a> </strong><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">to share my favorites from this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Definitely a favorite this week! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John had so much fun at his class Friendship party! #allthelove</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a little Elton John inspired Snapchat Valentine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of his valentine's loot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was not a favorite. But this coffee cup got me through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OMG - it's been so up and down where I live in Virginia. One day it's in the 70's and then next the low is in the 20's. But let me tell you when it was warm you better believe we were soaking it up as much as we possibly could!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a trail right beside my office at work and when it's warm I walk the river at lunch. It's great!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DIY Necklace, big flowy cardigans, Lauren Condrad Cords, and Tom's wedges are my favorite this week!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got these flowers from Aldi's the day after Valentines for <b><u>$1.99</u></b>!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you believe they were only $1.99??? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so excited, nothing beats a lovely bouquet of flowers on your bedside table....and for $1.99 - what a steal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trying to eat more salads and so far I'm loving them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So easy for a quick weeknight dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#givemealltheveggies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Love this little Hulk!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Funny story I have to share - after I took this picture he took off the mask and hands and was trying to take off the shirt but it got stuck over his head. I asked him if he needed help and he said no he could do it himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After trying to take it off with no success I went over and pulled on one of the sleeves to get him free and he exclaimed, "ugh, why did you do that!? You ruined my life!!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mean I had to slap the magazine I was reading over my face to keep from laughing out loud! I ruined his life at 3 years old!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heaven only knows what I'm going to do when he's 13?!?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#Ihaveathreenager</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But then he looks like this when he falls asleep and it's just the sweetest thing ever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy weekend friends!!!!</span></div>
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