We went on a little family adventure tonight to McAlister’s for dinner, and Trader Joe’s for some random groceries. As she gets older, it’s becoming more fun to do even these regular things together, as a little family of three. Emerson always smiles at strangers and makes friends with everyone, and I feel so proud when people just gush over her!
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Ok first of all, it’s caprese salad season again! It’s a super simple “recipe” of grape tomatoes (which I always halve), mozzarella cheese balls, fresh basil (my fave!), balsamic vinegar and S&P, and I’m obsessed with this stuff in the summertime! I made some last night, and when I was doing a quick quality control taste test, I had to force myself not to just eat the whole thing! But I took it to work to have for lunch, along with a salad, and a leftover piece of pizza. Sooo good! I once again had to force myself to stop eating it, so I could save half for tomorrow.
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I absolutely love these recap videos every month! I hope you enjoy them too!
May 2018 Recap Video Read More »
A month or so ago, I got a Shutterfly discount code in my email for the exact thing I needed to create. Today, I finally made & ordered it! It’s super cute, and I can’t wait to hold the real thing once it comes in. But it’s a surprise! I want to wait to share until it’s been given to the appropriate recipient/s, so I probably won’t share here on the blog for another week and a half or so. But I will eventually share! I’m just so excited about it! (I also took the most adorable photos of Emerson this morning before school for the project, but I’m gonna keep those secret to share later too.)
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I have been craving Indian food lately, and so today I got me hubby to take me out on a lunch date. He picked me up from my office, and we went to Essence of India, which is right behind Olive Garden for those who might be wondering. I’ve only tried two or three Indian places in town, but this one is my favorite. They have a weekday lunch buffet, and it’s all so delicious!
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Most people usually spend Memorial Day Weekend outside as much as possible – at the lake, in the backyard, in the pool, at the beach… And then there’s typically a big grill out with burgers, hot dogs, ribs & watermelon. But Florida wasn’t having any of that this year! It’s been raining for pretty much three days straight at this point, so we’ve been doing pretty much the opposite of the rest of the country. We’ve been “hunkered down” in this “sub tropical storm!” (P.S. – It drives me crazy how much the phrase “hunker down” is repeated during hurricane season.)
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Its been a while since we’ve hosted anything at our house (since the tea party in February probably), and so I randomly decided I wanted to invite my parents & Grandmommie over for dinner tonight. I made this Pioneer Woman recipe for steak sandwiches, baked waffle fries & made a big salad in my giant bowl. And we used my new bowls I thrifted yesterday, and they were great! We also cut those beautiful hydrangeas from our backyard!
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Phew, today has been exhausting! But good! But productive! But tiring for sure. Remember last night I said I was making a to-do list for this weekend? Well I worked HARD on it today. I got about half of the things crossed off, and man it wore me out.
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Some days I only snap a couple photos of Emerson and nothing else. But other days, I take like 50 photos in one day! Today was one of the latter. So we’ll recap the day, with just some of them…
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Today was one of those rare days that Jeff & I drove separately, because he had some side IT work to do for a friend. So after work I was by myself, driving to pickup Emerson from daycare, and the bottom dropped out of the sky & it started flooding rain! I’m talking cats & dogs people. Luckily I was able to get one of the covered pickup spots at school, & quickly ran in to grab the baby girl. Our usual route home is a quick 4 miles on the interstate, then just a few more minutes of weaving through town. But I have serious anxiety about interstate driving in the rain. In fact, I avoid it whenever possible, especially these days with my very precious cargo. So instead, I called my mama (who lives close to daycare) and invited myself on over to their house. She didn’t mind of course!
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