Hello everyone, Today I called in sick. And by that I mean that I sent my teacher an e-mail saying I wouldn’t make it to class today. For the first day of my second quarter of Chemistry. Does this make me a terrible person? I really was feeling sick this morning… To prove it, I…
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It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas
Hello everyone! And Happy December! I hope you all had a lovely weekend! It snowed here!! Something about snow makes me feel the need to do Christmas shopping…which I actually had to do for the gift exchange shindig at the farm this weekend. Of course I left my camera at home..so I have zero pictures. …
{WIAW #7} Bonus Recipe
Hello Friends!WIAW (What. I. Ate. Wednesday.) is something I love to participate in with Jen at Peas and Crayons. Bloggers share what they eat (usually in picture form) in one single day. There is no judgement or criticism..only true reality checks with the food we consume on a daily basis. Every week she has a…
Thanksgiving 2011 Baking and Family Time
Hello friends! I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend! I don’t know about you..but I reeealllyyyy didn’t want to get up this morning. I worked at 6am at my coffee catering job so I set three different alarms to make sure I’d make it to work on time. I had a long and busy…
Sugar and Spice and Everything Awesome Cookie
Hello friends, I hope you had an amazing weekend! I had a pretty lazy one…stayed in my Pj’s for most of the day Saturday. (I needed that.) Since all of my Halloween treats had vanished quickly, I have been craving homemade sweets. I decided to try a new recipe…rather I decided to create a new…
Thankful Thursday #30daysofthanks
Hello Friends!How is your week going? It is almost Friday! Woot! Any plans? I am planning on a run date with the BF and I am SO EXCITED because he’s been gone most of October and November. Then we are heading to small town, Iowa for a childhood friend’s wedding. So many weddings this year!…
When Throwing a Halloween Party… Costume Contest is Essential
Hello friends,I hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween weekend! I decided to take on the task of throwing a Halloween party this year. The BF lives with a roomie who owns a house so the roomie’s GF and I decided we should have a Halloween party at the house. I have never thrown a Halloween party…
Friday Five Foodie Finds #6 {Happy Halloween}
Happy Friday everyone! And Happy soon-to-be Halloween! I set out on a dangerous adventure of planning a Halloween party and the big day is tomorrow. This will be my first one and let me tell you…more things to do than I thought! It’s interesting when planning a Halloween party for adults. Many of the Halloween decorations…
Happy 100th Post! {WIAW #2}
Everyone is getting married!!I think last year was the year that began the wedding insanity. I went from not going to a wedding since I was about 10 years old…to 5 to 10 a year! I even got to be in one this year! I can’t complain though, because weddings are a great place to…
Friday Five Foodie Finds #2
Happy Friday Everyone! Seriously can’t believe it’s Friday, this week seems to have gone by so fast! Two tests, work, homework and a couple of lazy sicky days this week.. The BF brought me soup and sprite (which I mixed with orange juice and water) AND Happy Birthday to my little bro!! Lil bro! We tried…
