Not much has been happening here. The weather hasn't been the greatest and I'm coming down with something. So lots of Netflix and reading time since the apartment is still clean..amazing how that happens when it's just me here ;). Yesterday was a day from Hades if there ever was one though. The past few days I noticed a rattle when I drove my car, not a good sign (and further proof Murphy's Law is real) so I took it to Firestone since I knew I needed two new tires anyways. Turns out, my shocks and struts were bad. Now, normally this is just wear and tear maintenance but before we went to Florida in December, we had those replaced. And thanks to my handy dandy app, I had proof. So it all got fixed (labor included, yay!) and when I first bought new tires for the feisty Fusion, I had bought the lifetime alignment. So I didn't have to drop $150 on that like I was worried I was going to.
My Gamma just bought me some books for my Nook and I read two out of the three she got me. Anyone remember the Sweet Valley twins? I bought a few of the adult ones and they are just as addicting. 6 hours later and there's no more rattle so I can drive safely again, which is really good because I currently have Snapshot from Progressive plugged in ( anything to save money). I had leftover homemade stir-fry for dinner and I rewatched last week's episode of Hollywood Game Night.
Moral of this post is, try to buy warranties if you can. Had I not, yesterday's ordeal would have cost us over a grand =(.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Friday Night Fun/Slow Saturday
I can joke about my ultra lame Friday night alone. But I'm actually quite pleased with my productivity. I mentioned earlier this week I wanted to put all th recipes we've tried into a cookbook format (with plastic covers to protect it from cooking incidents). Last night I finally started this project. So far I've only been able to write out 20 recipes before my carpal tunnel made me stop. But here's what it looks like so far :
Btw- NSYNC Pandora station is my jam. There was quite a few times I wrote out song lyrics instead of the directions lol. I really want to go to Hobby Lobby and get some cuisine inspired stickers to jazz up the notebook, but for now it'll do =D.
To reward myself, and because my wrist has declared war on me, it's a day of Investigation Discovery on Netflix cuddled up with my puppy.
Btw- NSYNC Pandora station is my jam. There was quite a few times I wrote out song lyrics instead of the directions lol. I really want to go to Hobby Lobby and get some cuisine inspired stickers to jazz up the notebook, but for now it'll do =D.
To reward myself, and because my wrist has declared war on me, it's a day of Investigation Discovery on Netflix cuddled up with my puppy.
Enjoy your weekend everyone! ❤
Friday, July 19, 2013
Dear Friday
Two of my favorite blogs, Miranda Mae and penguinspastapolkadots.blogspot.com do this thing on Friday (normally) where they address things. So here goes my first attempt =).
Dear Chipotle, you are so easy to crave. Multiple people mentioned you so I had to get some of your deliciousness in my tummy. Thank you for your steak burritos.
Dear Netflix, thank you for being a source of entertainment during this rainy week which has completely stopped all plans for productivity.
Dear comfy fuzzy pajama pants from Walmart, you have been keeping me warm and not judging me for not wearing real clothes. You're the best.
Dear technology, thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping me connected with my husband despite him being in the middle of who knows where. SnapChats like this make my day:
Dear Chipotle, you are so easy to crave. Multiple people mentioned you so I had to get some of your deliciousness in my tummy. Thank you for your steak burritos.
Dear Netflix, thank you for being a source of entertainment during this rainy week which has completely stopped all plans for productivity.
Dear comfy fuzzy pajama pants from Walmart, you have been keeping me warm and not judging me for not wearing real clothes. You're the best.
Dear technology, thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping me connected with my husband despite him being in the middle of who knows where. SnapChats like this make my day:
Dear Patriot Apartments, you're an amazing place to live. Appreciate you for lowering(!!!!!!!) our rent and not raising it when I renewed our lease yesterday. Add in the fact you let residents borrow movies & give us a bag of popcorn when we do, you're awesome. We lucked out with this place being the first home.
Dear El Paso, normally I hate you. You're overcrowded and the majority of your population is RUDE. However, the weather we had this week has me slightly in love with you. Keep up the good work 915.
Dear Hollywood Game Night, kudos on being an amazing new show. And having Matthew Morrison on last night made it even better. Jane Lynch, you're a fabulous host!
Dear Disney, release Little Mermaid from the vault sooner, pleaseeeee?!! I'm seriously obsessed with Ariel and time is dragging until October 3rd.
Dear Twitter, I love you. You keep me in touch with friends, other military significant others and blogger friends. All while making me think I'm kinda cool.
Dear weekend, seeing you makes me realize its almost one week down and another week closer to seeing Will. ❤
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Currently Obsessing
Over four things in particular.
First, mason jars are my thing. They make everything taste better. And lately, it's been super hot in Texas and I tend to get dehydrated easily. So I've been slicing lemons up to add to pitchers of water, and lately, it's all I drink.
It's so cute!! And yummy =)
This morning, I contacted our leasing office about renewing our lease and got amazing news. Instead of going up $50 a month like it has in previous years....it went DOWN $50. Combined with our insurance dropping $20 a month, we decided to 'splurge' on new sheets. And I'm pretty pleased with what I bought. (And they got Will's approval also)
First, mason jars are my thing. They make everything taste better. And lately, it's been super hot in Texas and I tend to get dehydrated easily. So I've been slicing lemons up to add to pitchers of water, and lately, it's all I drink.
This morning, I contacted our leasing office about renewing our lease and got amazing news. Instead of going up $50 a month like it has in previous years....it went DOWN $50. Combined with our insurance dropping $20 a month, we decided to 'splurge' on new sheets. And I'm pretty pleased with what I bought. (And they got Will's approval also)
Lastly, I normally stick to one accent nail when I do give myself a manicure, but I was bored and had too many colors to choose from, so I ended up with this
Forgive the polish on my fingers. Wine + polish doesn't always mix lmao.
Lastly, I don't have a photo yet. But I pin so many recipes on Pinterest, I lose some of them in the masses. So if I try a recipe and we like it, I'm going to add it to the book I'm making. Binder: $0.92 cents. Paper :$0.17 cents. Plastic covers:$1.75. Super cheap and easy.
Hope y'all are having a wonderful Wednesday!!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Top Ten Tuesday
My topic of choice for this Tuesday is TV shows. I'm going to do two lists. One for shows still on air and another list for the shows discontinued too soon.
Now
- Big Bang Theory
- Dance Moms
- Catfish
- Bachelorette
- Modern Family
- Revenge
- Once Upon a Time
- Grey's Anatomy
- Pretty Little Liars
- Glee (RIP Cory Monteith)
Honorable mention: Hell's Kitchen
Back Then
- FRIENDS
- Boy Meets World
- Full House
- Fresh Prince of Bel Air
- 7th Heaven
- Saved by the Bell
- Lizzie McQuire
- One Tree Hill
- Gilmore Girls
- Friday Night Lights
Honorable mention: Gossip Girl. (Guilty pleasure) Army Wives (original cast)
What's some of your favorite shows, past or present?
Monday, July 15, 2013
Weekend Shenanigans
Kept seeing a few blogs I follow link up to http://www.samisshenanigans.com/ so today is my first time =).
Still can't believe it's Monday. I wanted this weekend to drag but instead, it flew by. So this morning I said good-bye to Will...for I'm not sure how long. So hopefully more summer cleaning and this blog will keep me occupied. And when it doesn't, wine and Netflix always work.
Friday night I made a dinner of spaghetti, garlic butter crescent rolls and fudge walnut brownies.
We watched some Netflix and played NCAA 14 on the PS3. As usual, he was the FSU Seminoles and I was the Florida Gators (I won but I'm still not entirely sure he doesn't do that on purpose).
Saturday we got up early (huge shocker) and got dressed to go out on a day date. We're pretty fortunate financially to be able to do this on a normal routine. Helps keep the romance alive, doing new things, surprises, dressing up, etc. Will is generally a huge romantic so that works in his favor ;). I've been wanting BJ's Brewhouse, specifically their orange cream soda and their bruschetta. Sad day. They were out of the cream soda so we both got root beer. I ordered the grilled chicken club with a side salad and Will got the fish & chips, which was incredible!! I've slowly been trying to try new foods. I'm typically the person who orders the same thing every time we go somewhere but I'm trying =). After our yummy lunch, we finally went and watched Despicable Me 2. Oh my goodness, it was so adorable. I want a minion. Badly. After the movie ended, we both had a sweet tooth so we grabbed some doughnuts from Krispy Kreme and went grocery shopping at Target. Target is my weakness. I always end up leaving with more than I went for, and me having the debit card doesn't help matters. I console myself with: " I save 5% and every purchase helps a local school." Except my impulse grabs end up costing me more than my savings lol. On the way home, we decided to swing by our RedBox location. Ended up getting Spring Breakers. We both 'wtf'ed the entire movie. Thankfully it was a free rental.
Sunday, I helped Will pack. And I made him some snacks to take with him. Afterwards, we just kinda lounged around. Will watched sports and I read last month's Cosmo. Went to RedBox to return Spring Breakers and ended up getting The Call. Good movie, made me cry and the ending was weird prettty much sums it up, lol. The day went by much faster than I had anticipated. We went to sleep early since he had to be up at his company at the break of dawn for formation.
Still can't believe it's Monday. I wanted this weekend to drag but instead, it flew by. So this morning I said good-bye to Will...for I'm not sure how long. So hopefully more summer cleaning and this blog will keep me occupied. And when it doesn't, wine and Netflix always work.
Friday night I made a dinner of spaghetti, garlic butter crescent rolls and fudge walnut brownies.
Saturday we got up early (huge shocker) and got dressed to go out on a day date. We're pretty fortunate financially to be able to do this on a normal routine. Helps keep the romance alive, doing new things, surprises, dressing up, etc. Will is generally a huge romantic so that works in his favor ;). I've been wanting BJ's Brewhouse, specifically their orange cream soda and their bruschetta. Sad day. They were out of the cream soda so we both got root beer. I ordered the grilled chicken club with a side salad and Will got the fish & chips, which was incredible!! I've slowly been trying to try new foods. I'm typically the person who orders the same thing every time we go somewhere but I'm trying =). After our yummy lunch, we finally went and watched Despicable Me 2. Oh my goodness, it was so adorable. I want a minion. Badly. After the movie ended, we both had a sweet tooth so we grabbed some doughnuts from Krispy Kreme and went grocery shopping at Target. Target is my weakness. I always end up leaving with more than I went for, and me having the debit card doesn't help matters. I console myself with: " I save 5% and every purchase helps a local school." Except my impulse grabs end up costing me more than my savings lol. On the way home, we decided to swing by our RedBox location. Ended up getting Spring Breakers. We both 'wtf'ed the entire movie. Thankfully it was a free rental.
Sunday, I helped Will pack. And I made him some snacks to take with him. Afterwards, we just kinda lounged around. Will watched sports and I read last month's Cosmo. Went to RedBox to return Spring Breakers and ended up getting The Call. Good movie, made me cry and the ending was weird prettty much sums it up, lol. The day went by much faster than I had anticipated. We went to sleep early since he had to be up at his company at the break of dawn for formation.
Not too pleased about being up at 2:45 lol.
I'm linking up to
Have a great Monday!!
❤-L
Friday, July 12, 2013
Lots of jumbled thoughts
It's finally Friday. The hubs worked late so I planned a date night in. Sketti, slightly homemade garlic butter crescent rolls and fudge walnut brownies. Needless to say, our apartment smelled amazing and Will was ecstatic about the special meal.
My best friend arrived home safely after her trip visiting family and I'm so thankful for that =).
I made a decision tonight I'm slightly uneasy about. I let two people sorta back in my life and I'm hoping it works out. I don't need any added unnecessary stress right now. But the circumstances are difficult to say the least.
I have a new friend- Brittany from http://brittscozycorner.blogspot.ca/. Thanks again for the follow- looking forward to many more blog readings =).
One of my biggest pet peeves is people who constantly cancel plans without a reason. In the past two weeks we've wasted time, money and effort that could've been used elsewhere. So no more of that.
It's almost midnight and cuddles with Will and LuLu are calling my name. I hope everyone has an amazing weekend.
❤-L
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