Major Damage

Hiyah folks! Happy Saturday! :)

Hope your weekend is going great! Chad and I have been relaxing most of the weekend. Last night we grilled burgers for dinner. He had regular burgers, but he grilled my Boca veggie burger for me which was delish!

Love this scene :)

Today has been a fantabulous day! (For me at least) First, I weighed myself, and I've lost another pound which puts me at about 152! So 2 more pounds until I've reached my first goal! Yay! Second, Chad and I have been shopping for fall clothes all afternoon! And though he only found one pair of jeans, I did some major damage at Belk, Target, Kohl's, and a little boutique called Lynda's Loft. Such a fun day, and I can't wait to try out all my new clothes!!

Pictured above is:

Grey sweater dress, dark "dressy" straight leg jeans, two pairs of flats (black and brown), brown boots, big comfy quarter-length sleeve sweater, grey tank to wear underneath, long sleeve navy blue shirt, pink LC sweater, black LC "suit-like" jacket, and camel colored cardigan with ruffles.

YAY!

When we finally got home, we made ourselves some pumpkin spice lattes and have been chillaxing ever since. Dinner will be something quick tonight because I just don't feel like cooking. ;) Tomorrow we have a full day of church (where we'll be doing some special music!) and then a bonfire for our youth that night. I absolutely LOVE bonfires! It's such a fall weather kind of thing. I'll take plenty of pics for a post later! But, until then.....

Thanks for reading! God bless! :)

Hello October!!

Happy OCTOBER!!! I am so excited! I love this month! :)

So last night's dinner was a yummmmmmy baked ranch and parm crusted chicken!

It was deeeelish! And, I know I said I would be posting my healthy pumpkin pie milkshake, but ummmm.... it was definitely a FAIL. First of all, the taste was just not good. :P And second of all, the consistency was just wayyy off. I'm not really sure what happened, but I will not be trying it again. Oh well!

Breakfast this morning was a bagel thin w/ FF cream cheese, and a warm pumpkin spice latte :) I sat outside to eat but didn't linger afterwards because it was freezing!

Today has been a pretty chill Saturday. We've had Chad's nephew Bobby all day, so we haven't done much of anything..... except our ginormous grocery trip to Walmart this morning. I love filling our fridge and pantry with goodies, but I really hate having to go to Walmart. :( But, after two grocery carts and a huge bill, we are stocked up for a while!

I spent the rest of the afternoon watching college football, and Chad cleaned the house. I know, something seems a little twisted in that situation.... but, I aint complaining! ;) We decided on Mexican for dinner and went to our fav restaurant. Lovvvvve those fajita skillets :)

Now we're waiting on Chad's parents to come pick Bobby up and watching the rest of the Bama game. Roll Tide! :) I'm not really a Bama fan, or an Auburn fan, or an anything fan. I really just like to pull for most SEC teams. Anyway... I just finished preparing the ingredients for tomorrow healthy crockpot chili lunch! I got the recipe from SkinnyTaste! I can't wait to see how it turns out. :) I'll have pics tomorrow. So, until then....

Thanks for reading! God bless! :)

Oh and btw, today's weigh-in revealed a 1 lb loss for the week! Slowly but surely I'm getting there! :)

Another Homecoming

Hiiiii! Happy FRIDAY! :) Today I went with a "new look," and decided to let my hair air dry instead of drying and straightening it. What do you guys think? It was nice to not have to use my straightener this morning.

This week has been cray-zay for me! Monday and Tuesday were extremely loooong work days for me, and Wednesday was not much better. I had to stay at the high school to teach instead of going to the elementary school, which made me sad because I love my little kiddos! But, yesterday I got to return to them, and today is homecoming for our school system, so we got out of school at 1:00 to get ready for the parade. I wasn't able to snap any pics at the parade because I was too busy waving at all of my students! I knew that I'd see some of them in the parade, but I never knew so many of them would be there. Plus I had students from the elementary school, middle school, AND high school. It was insane, but it made me so happy to see my students so excited! This is why I love teaching! :)

As for the game tonight, I don't think Chad and I are going to make it. I've got a pretty decent dinner planned (ranch & parm chicken), and I think Chad wants to stay in and watch movies. Plus, I'm planning on fixing us a healthy pumpkin milkshake after dinner! I'll post later about it. ;)

Also, today our dog Sasha got into something outside and had an allergic reaction. Her face got swollen and red. Isn't she pitiful :(

Tomorrow Chad and I are babysitting his nephew Bobby for his mom because it's her birthday! He lives with Chad's parents, so we're taking him for the day so they can celebrate. It's also the first day of October, which means it's my birthday month!! ;) For those who don't know, my bday is on Halloween, and though some people hate having a holiday birthday, I LOVE IT! (Though I probably wouldn't like a Christmas birthday.) Anyway... October is one of my very favorite months of the year! Actually, I love everything about October through December! Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!!!! Ohhhh I can't wait! I'll be baking lots of goodies I'm sure and DEF blogging about it all! So get ready for a fall FULL of posts! :) Hopefully, I'll be PAST my weight loss goal so that I can let myself go crazy on those holidays! ;) If you want to check my progress, go to my weight loss page! I update it weekly. Only 4 lbs until my main goal, and then maybe I can keep going..... we'll see!

Until next time, thanks for reading! God bless! :)

A Sunday With Nothing To Do???

Happy Sunday!! It's a beautiful day here in Tuscumbia, I just wish there a little more sunshine....

My view for the afternoon is of the hubs doing the "man" thing. Weed eating, cutting crass, etc. 

 

After I post, I'll be doing the "wife" thing. Washing dishes, laundry, etc. *fun fun* Anyway, here's a little bit of the rest of our Saturday!

We headed back to the stadium for a little tailgating with some of Chad's old frat brothers. Saw some old friends and got to chat for a while. Then we went to our seats. And BOY were they awesome!!

Right on the 50! Thanks to the O'Neals from our church for the tickets! :) The Pride of Dixie (University Band) took the field and looked great!

They are BY FAR the best college band I've ever heard! Here's a link to a video of their show on youtube! It's FAB! UNA also honored some people for being inducted into the sports hall of fame, and one of the people inducted was George Lindsey aka Goober from the Andy Griffith Show! He's a big part of UNA and we have a George Lindsey Film Festival every year, so I've seen him before. But I wanted to snap a picture in case any readers wanted to see him! It's an iPhone pic so it's not good quality. =/

Chad really enjoyed himself, especially the food. He had a hamburger, nachos, and even tried to talk me into a funnel cake. I however decided to pack a Subway sandwich in my bag since I knew we'd be at the game during dinner time. The game was great, but nerve wracking! It was close all the way up until the 4th quarter when UNA finally pulled ahead by 8 (which is still not a lot). In the end, we won 28-20 over Harding University. Here we are enjoying the game and our great seats!

We can't wait to go back for another game!

So , it's Sunday now, and I'm so excited because I have nothing to do! This hasn't happened since I've started teaching, so I'm taking advantage of it and doing.... NOTHING! Later on tonight we're taking our youth down to the park to play kickball, and I may get in on the fun to get some exercise.... but we'll see how I feel then. ;)

I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday!! Thanks for reading! God bless! :)

Parades, Sushi, Pumpkin, and..... demon babies?

Afternoon y'all! Hope your Saturday is going splendidly! Chad and I have had a GREAT day so far... and it's not over yet! I just thought I'd take some time in between our festivities to blog. :)

So, today is our college alma mater (The University of North Alabama) homecoming, and we decided to take part in all of the fun! Well, it's actually not my alma mater yet. I don't graduate until December... but it sure does feel like I'm already out because of my student teaching! 

Anyway..... first activity of the day was the parade! I love parades, but because I was in a sorority (ZTA), I always had to be IN the parade and never got to watch. Chad was the same way. He was in the university band (The Pride of Dixie) and had to march in every parade. So it was really fun getting to watch from the sidewalk!

The homecoming theme was "Expanding the Legacy," so everything was about building for the future. Here was Zeta's float! I loved getting to see some of my sisters again!

Chad was also in a frat, (Alpha Tau Omega) and here is ATO's float! Looks kind of similar ;)

After the parade, we went to a Japanese restaurant called Umi for some lunch! It was fantastic! Best ginger salad I've ever had.... and the soup and Cali roll were great too!

Then we headed over to Target. We love Target! But, it's usually too far of a drive just to browse without having something specific to get. We were already in Florence though, so why not? :) I'm SO glad we went because we found pumpkin spiced...... EVERYTHING!

Coffee, coffee creamer, latte mix, oatmeal, pancake mix, and waffle mix!! Chad started making fun of my love for pumpkin and tried to trick me with things like pumpkin spiced milk and pumpkin spiced jam. I caught on to the joke when he mentioned pumpkin spiced tuna and pumpkin spiced wine. har har har. Anyway, Chad would only let me get the creamer, latte mix, and coffee.... but oh well! I just tried the latte mix, and it was so yummy!

So after our Target trip, we made one final stop at a new halloween store called Spirit. Lots of cute, scary, weird, and *hem* risque costumes in there. And then, we saw this......

And this........

Well, we're getting ready to head back down to the stadium to participate in some tailgating, and then watch the game. I'm PUMPED about our seats because a friend let us borrow his season tickets, and our seats are awesome! I'll have pics later on. And have I mentioned yet that the weather is PERFECT?! The high is 79, so I know tonight will feel amazing! I'll be posting about the rest of our day tonight or tomorrow, so be on the look-out! Until then..... thanks for reading!

God bless! :)

FAB Friday!

Hello hello hello!! Hope you've had a FAB Friday! It's been a few days since my last post, and I've really wanted to blog this week, but I've been super busy!

Yesterday was a pretty great day! I taught all day, and then after school, Chad and I met our wedding photographer to pick up our finished pictures! Very exciting! :) We met at a little coffee shop/book store downtown, so we got there a little early to get some coffee and browse. Afterwards, we walked around the downtown area because there was an event called 4th Thursdays going on. Every 4th Thursday, our town blocks off the roads downtown and has a band set up and some vendors down the sidewalks for a few hours. It was really nice getting to see it all. Plus, we got to enjoy a cupcake from Yummies Bakery. ;) I had a caramel cupcake, and he had a moon pie cupcake. They were awesome! Then we snuggled up and watched the new episode of The Office. We are def obsessed with that show! But, I'm going to miss Michael Scott. :(

Today was an equally as fabulous day... and the fact that it's Friday made it even BETTER! :)

Started the morning off with a new creation.... CHOCOLATE Oatmeal! Very tasty!

Then it was off to work! But, this being Friday, I was able to dress casual. So I went with a good ole pair of comfy jeans and Toms!

When I got home from school, Chad and I decided to go for a little walk. We walked downtown and around the park. It felt amazing outside!

After our walk, I cooked us up a yummy Mexican chicken dinner! It was a weight watchers recipe I found online somewhere... VERY good! Then we sat outside on the deck and enjoyed some pumpkin spice lattes. Always my favorite. :)

Now, I am spending the rest of my Friday night uploading all these wedding pics to Facebook! Well, not all of them, just the ones a really really like! :) I can't wait to get some of these printed! Click if you want to see my Wedding Photos or my Bridals.

Tomorrow will be a fun day. It's our college alma mater (University of North Alabama) homecoming game! We're gonna go check out the parade, grab some lunch, and then go to the game that night! I haven't been to a game this year yet, so I'm excited! Well, until tomorrow fellow bloggers..... Thanks for reading!

God bless! :)

Sunday Funday

Happy Sunday y'all! Hope you had a fabulous weekend! This is exactly how I've felt for the past week, and it's how I'll feel until spring returns....

My brother sent me this, and I thought it was hilarious. (But so true!)

So, this morning I got up early to start cooking a healthier meatloaf in the crock-pot that would be ready for lunch when we got home after church.

Then I went back to bed. After waking up much later than I intended, I rushed through my morning activities to get ready for church and ended up having to eat the pumpkin oatmeal I made in the car on my way. I was a little frazzled, but it was definitely worth it! It was so yummy! :)

The meatloaf ended up being pretty tasty. Chad said he'd def. eat it again, so that's a plus! Then I spent the rest of the afternoon working on lesson plans for this week and relaxing with the hubby until evening church. We had a "chill night" with out youth and got to hang out, goof off, and just have fun. Only problem was I didn't eat dinner before and was painfully hungry by the time we got back home. :( So I just scarfed down a batch of buffalo chicken bites from one of those frozen boxed meals. Oh well, still good! I just ended my din din with one of my pumpkin cupcakes! Like I said, I'm obsessed with pumpkin at the moment. ;)

Well, Chad and I are about to be off to bed! I know it's only 8:30, but after a few weeks of teaching, I can't last much later than 9:00. :( Good thing I love what I do!

Thanks for reading! God bless. :)