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Friday Favorites

Favorite Song: I don’t know why, but Like a Prayer has been stuck in my head for a day so here we go! I even ran to it this morning. Throwing it way back.

Favorite Color Scheme: I have been wearing lots of navy and white. These two outfits were from work this week.

Favorite Outing: Laura, B, Adrienne and I decided to hit up Mojo’s Pub & Grill last night! My cheat meal for the week for sure. You guys, this is the closest to a legit cheese steak that you are going to find in the south! The atmosphere was a little bit more bar-y than we thought it was going to be, but the food was great and the staff was super friendly. They are located in Lakeview near Jack Brown’s in the old Cafe Paris space for you locals.

How I felt about that steak sandwich…

Favorite Purchase: Last weekend on our girl’s trip to Target, I stumbled upon some Peanut’s beach stuff! Since Chris and I are beach bound in the near future, I decided to scoop up the last two of these little gems to surprise him when I got home. We are big Snoopy fans around here, and at $6.99 each…they were a no brainer.

Favorite App: Nike Training app!! Thanks to Kathy, I have been doing several of these work outs and they are great! Tons of workouts at your finger tips for free? Yes, please!

Favorite Links: Jackie shared this link in her post about how technology has changed the way that kids are growing up now compared to when we were younger. It was really interesting, and spot on!

Also, I found this link about the best and worst sunscreens. It was very interesting to see all the brands I have used for years on the worst list and is making me second guess my choices. Goes to show that you can trust package labels and marketing in the least bit.

Favorite Funnies:

How you feel about your spouse and closest friends..

I dont know why…but this one made me laugh way too hard

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Linking up with Amanda.

June 26, 2015 by Nadine

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Thursday or Friday Eve

What can we say about Thursdays? We are so close to the end of the week that we can taste it. If I am going to go out after work, chances are it is a Thursday. There is always Thirsty Thursday, which gives you a great excuse to drink! But if you ask me, I just like to refer to Thursday as Friday Eve.

And since it is Friday Eve, I want you to go head over to Kristen’s blog today where I am guest posting!!! Kristen is making all of us jealous with her Instagram pictures of her and KC gallivanting all over Europe. I am trying to convince her that she needs to come to Birmingham some time too!!! So head on over to her blog so that I can convince her…and you….to come down south and let me show you around. Blogger Road Trip sounds awesome, right???

Just to prepare yourself, there is going to be some food porn, and beer porn! (Do you even know me at all??) And I bet I will also shock you with how much there is to do around here!

June 25, 2015 by Nadine

confessions

Confessions

–Last weekend, Chris mentioned that he might be having some friends over while I was out with Laura. He told me this 30 minutes before I needed to get ready to leave. I cleaned the entire house in 30 minutes. I am most productive under pressure, obviously!! #ohshit

–Another example? Stephanie posted about packing for a trip and I can see how organized she is. Me? I pack about 30 minutes before it is time to leave. Why? Because otherwise I will obsess and change my mind about what I am going to bring and that just takes too much anxiety and worry. I make a list of things to make sure I don’t forget, but I need the pressure to just get it done! #lastminute

–I think I have fallen in to the audiobook rabbit hole. Listening to The Martian has been amazing and I feel like I want to spend more time in my car just so I can hear more. Work really is getting in the way of that…

–My car needs washed. It needs washed real bad. As in, I can’t remember the last time I washed it? Probably last year. (I have vacuumed it more recently though, that’s something right??) #washme #neglect

–I suck at hair. I suck at hair so hard. I want to have some cute loose curls every now and then or something. I have a curling wand, but I can never get anything to hold with it. What is your favorite curling iron? What products are you using to hold that shit together? #helpme

–I have been drinking coffee with almond milk for 3 or 4 weeks now and this morning I made my usual cup…took one sip and was like NOPE. I spilled it out and got another cup with the flavored caramel coffee creamer I buy for Chris. Some mornings you need the good stuff, you know? #givemeallthefakecreamer

Confessions in ecard:

Meanwhile, here in Alabama….

June 24, 2015 by Nadine

goals

Getting It Done

Hey there!!! First of all, I want to let you know that I am over getting interviewed by the amazing Jana today!!! That interview is way more interesting than my goal recap for spring and what I want to pretend like I am going to accomplish this summer. Just sayin’.

Body

1. Finish the C25K program – I finished the C25K program and can’t believe that I am still running on a weekly basis. Who knew. I still hate every minute of it though, except that final 5 minutes of cool down time when I know it is over and feel super accomplished. And sweaty. Mostly sweaty.

2. Find a new work out for Thursdays – I found a whole new work out program, double score!

3.Schedule an appointment for the dermatologist – I will be taking care of this when I get back from the beach!

Mind

1. Read The Body Book – I read The No Excuse Diet instead since the opportunity to review it arose, I plan to still read The Body Book this summer!

2.Read 5 books – The Beach House, Promises to Keep, Before We Met, The No Excuse Diet, Yes, Please!, Bittersweet

3.Watch a documentary – Going Clear

Home

1. Continue collecting things for the gallery wall – We bought a shelf for our living room instead, let’s call it a wash!

2.Find a way to get my china cabinet to my house (it is currently sitting in my mom’s garage) – Yeah, this didn’t happen

3. Purchase some plants for inside, start a garden outside – Big fail. Keeping the yard looking good takes up all my energy.

Food

1. Try 3 new recipes – Balsamic Glazed Pork Tenderloin, No Bake Power Balls, Sesame Chicken, coconut flour muffins, quinoa greek salad, apple butter, chocolate peanut butter chia seed pudding, quinoa enchilada bake – I was busy cooking this spring!!

2.Visit 3 new restaurants – Taco Mama, Bottega, PT’s, Rowe’s Service Station

3.Work on IIFYM plan – I decided to go grain free, dairy free, processed free instead of trying the IIFYM plan. I have kept my research on it that I have done so far and plan on revisiting…it’s just that this grain free thing is working and if it ain’t broke…it doesn’t need fixing for now! I call that a win, finding something that is actually working!

Summer Goals

Body

1. Continue current exercise schedule of running 2-3 days per week and strength training 3-4 days

2.Be able to go up in weights by August

3.Get fitted for new running shoes.

Mind

1. Complete the summer reading challenge

2. Read each of the monthly Literary Ladies book club books

3. Watch a documentary

Home

1. Continue to gather stuff for the gallery wall

2. Find a storage solution for the hand held game cartridges

3. Get some plants going

Food

1. Try three new recipes

2. Eat at three new restaurants

3.Continue on grain free/process free plan

Do you have any goals for the summer? Don’t forget to head on over to my interview with Jana!

June 23, 2015 by Nadine

weekend shenanigans

Weekend Shenanigans

Well, hello there! We only have one more weekend left in June, and summer is in full swing!

Friday evening, I got home and finished my craft project. I had Styrofoam and little bamboo wood pieces all over the kitchen table….but the diaper bouquet was complete!

Saturday morning I got up bright and early and PR’d on my time for cutting the front and side yard! Can you PR on such a thing? I am going with yes. I had that monster cut in an hour and a half. Usually it takes me about two hours. It was so SO humid and I just wanted to be done so I must have been pushing that lawnmower around REALLY damn fast. Nothing more satisfying than when you are done though and can admire your work, am I right?

I then came in and cleaned the house and got ready to head to Laura’s! Just one problem. I didn’t really account for the fact that I was going to have to transport that diaper bouquet. Woops. After a box and some larger bubble wrap. I got it figured out!

Laura wanted a girls day before baby Sheffield graces the world. What better way than to start that off then with a trip to Jack Brown’s for burgers and fried oreos? The burgers took forever to come out and I was too hangry at that point to take any pictures, but I did get one of the fried oreo. Mmmmm.

We headed to the salon where I chatted while the girls got their toes done. I didn’t want anyone touching my feet, they are so torn up from my running shoes and grass cutting shoes. But I did partake in a strawberry lemonade popsicle from Steel City Pops! Yum! And what would a girls trip be without a trip to Target?? We walked around the entire store and looked at everything 🙂 You cant do that with boys around, you know? It was marvelous.

Sunday was meal planning, shopping prepping in the morning. I also got my list for the book challenge posted. Then I had to get some veggie and fruit plates ready to take to my sister’s house, where we had lunch for my dad.

It was good seeing my family, then Chris and I headed to downtown Leeds for Cherry Limeaids and the flea market! The rest of the evening was spend watching Bloodline. I am not sure how I feel about it? It’s good, but not amazing. Yet I have to keep on watching more episodes to see what happens!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. This is my last full week of work before a short week next week for vacation. Please go fast!!!

Linking up with Biana.

June 22, 2015 by Nadine

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