Weekend Recap

Busy weekend once again. Does anyone ever have a non-busy weekend? Tell me your secret please.

Friday morning I managed to remember to start the crockpot (miracle), so by the time we got home from work we had a delicious roast waiting for us. OMG yum. Having Seth home in the evenings now is awesome. Even if it means he falls asleep in the recliner at 9:00 while watching Dateline. He did manage to wake up long enough to crawl in bed. The lives of the rich and the famous right here peoples.

Saturday morning was your usual fair of laundry and picking up around the house while Seth worked on a few things outside. I managed to make some dried cinnamon apple chips though (which you will find a recipe for soon). 

Hello fall in a jar. 

We like to have date nights at least once a week but we've been trying to be on a budget (see this purchase) so we haven't gone out as much lately. Since we've been being good we went ahead and splurged (ha) on dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings before meeting up with Seth's brother, Kyle, to go see Captain Phillips. I would definitely recommend it if you are looking for something to see. I still want to google and see how accurate it is to the real events that happened to Captain Phillips. Crazy stuff though. 

Around our house, Sunday morning involves Church and then stopping by my parents house to see how the process is going. It's almost done praise the lord. We even managed to help by hanging a kitchen light fixture and not getting electrocuted. Winning. By the time we got home it was already almost one and I helped Seth paint the last section of the floor in his shop. After getting high on paint fumes we watched Gunnar try to catch a bird on the pond for approximately 30 minutes before Seth shot it so Gunnar could retrieve. Poor puppy wasn't quitting 'til he got the bird so good thing that doggy can paddle!

Somehow we managed no naps all weekend which I find to be a bit of a shame, but I'm glad we got some stuff accomplished. Including dinner of taco salad with homemade pico de gallo salsa (recipe also coming to the blog soon). 

Get in my belly. 

Seth's out of town this week (again) and our two year anniversary is on Tuesday so I'm a little bummed about that but I guess we will just have to celebrate this weekend. 

Happy Monday!

Linking up with Sami. 

I have a disease

I have a problem. A disease really. I'm not sure of the medical name for it but you might know it as:

Ieattoomuchcrap or IE:TMC

Read on to discover if you show signs or symptoms of IE:TMC and how to treat it. 

Symptoms include:

• Being the first one emailed when free food is brought into the office ie: donuts.
• Complete lack of self control around anything salty or sweet.
• Disregard for health.
• Talking constantly and incessantly about food.
• Spending hours on Pinterest perusing unhealthy recipes.

Possible side effects include (but are not limited to):

• No longer needing to wear a belt.
• Avoidance of mirrors.
• Guilt.
• Finding unhealthy quantities of food photos on your phone.
• Praying your trainer doesn't ask what you ate today or follow your Instagram.

Treatments:

Still unknown but research is currently being done (at my house). Additional information can be found below. 

If you, or someone you know has IE:TMC seek help and do the following:

• Get removed from food related emails by coworkers.
• Only buy healthy foods to prevent night and evening binges.
• Take alternate routes to avoid viewing the vending machine. 

Remember, you're not alone. Together we can find a cure. (in the meantime, hide the donuts)

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Guess what day it is...

I woke up this morning to my husband singing me the words to this video, as he kissed me bye before leaving for work. 

Enjoy. 

Happy Hump Day!

Weekend Happenings

I was terrible at taking photos this weekend so you get what you get and you don't throw a fit.

Linking up over at  Sami's Shenanigans. 

Friday - Huge thunderstorms with lots of lightening but I'm so thankful it wasn't snowstorms. It did rain out the homecoming game though, so dinner date for some bbq with the hubs and an episode of Dateline filled in nicely. Be jealous. 

Unrelated photo but I promise the storms looked even cooler than this!

Saturday - Fall really arrived. It was freezing (aka 50 degrees) outside and I found my first fall leaf before heading over to OctoberEudorafest. Chowed down on an Indian taco while hanging out with my brother at the fest. Made it home in time to snuggle up for a nap with the husband. Productivity people, I've got it figured out if you need advice. 

Hey Fall, so nice to see you!

Sunday - I experienced Nascar for the first time at the Kansas Speedway. Not a bad experience but I still prefer baseball. Maybe because I can have a conversation without saying "what" fifty bajillion times. Or maybe it's the baseball pants. Who knows.   

Sadly, no mullets were seen. 

It may be Monday, but it's payday so I'm not hating it. 

7 Quick Takes {17} - Fall decor, Nascar, and other ramblings

Linking up with Jen at Conversion Diary. Check it out. 

1. How do my weekends end up so jam packed? Somehow I'm supposed to fit in my high schools homecoming game, an oil change, the Octoberfest type event in my hometown, go with Seth to help out at my parents house, maybe visit a blog friend in real life at First Fridays and then Sunday we have tickets to a Nascar race. Which brings me to my next point...

2. What does one wear to a Nascar race? I've never been and let's just say I don't want to stand out, but I'm pretty sure I don't want to look like everyone else. Especially if it's anything like how my brain has imagined it to be (read mullets and beer belly's). Seth insists this is something I need to do at least once in my life and since we got free tickets how can I say no? Wish me luck?!

3. There has been some amazingness floating around the interwebz this week and I love it. Try this or this. If you're not having a better day after those two videos you might need to visit a doctor cause you probably need meds. 

4. Finally got some spaghetti sauce canned this week before the tomatoes rotted all over my counters. Yay me. Maybe I'll get around to posting some deets next week. 

5. On my quest to be healthier I have been continuing with my pop only once a week rule. I've actually decided to make it two though, (I know, I have no self control) but here me out. I have one pop every Sunday. It's the sugar loaded caffeine fix I look forward to all week but sometimes you just need a second one. Ya know? For example, you're at the movies and you really need a big gulp to go with that popcorn or you're having a slice of pizza which goes great with Pepsi. So, I've decided I get the one extra that I can have anytime I want throughout the week. Then I still get to look forward to my one on Sunday and don't fall off the wagon if I "cheat" and have that one extra. Make sense? It might be pathetic how much I have thought this through, but so far it's working so don't knock it til ya try it! 

6. I've been putting up some fall decor this week. Isn't it cute?

7. Slowly but surely I've been chipping away at my to-do list this week which makes me happy happy happy. I think I deserve a vacation. To bad I don't get paid to accomplish my to-do list because then I could for sure afford one. I guess I will just have to settle for a weekend. 

Happy Fall Friday Ya'll! (P.S. free fall printable here)

Free Fall Printable

To make up for my bad attitude yesterday I decided to give you guys a little present.

A Free Fall Printable!

You're welcome.

The printable is sized at 5x7 and all you have to do is print it out and put it in a frame.

To download your free printable go here. Then come back and let me know how you used it. I'd love to see photos:)

Enjoy!

The Poor-Me's are here for a visit

September said goodbye in a blazing sunset of glory last night. 

And here we are again in sweet October. I seriously love this month. Everything about it. Okay, everything except knowing it's the last month until it gets freezing, in good ole Kansas. 

October is the month we got married and when we will celebrate our 2nd anniversary on the 15th. Yay!

And that's about as positive as it's going to get today. So if you don't want to read on about Debbie Downer and Sour Sally you should probably just skip on outta here. 

I've got lots of good post ideas in mind for October but nothing ready to share at the moment (and Negative Nancy is visiting) so here's a quick rundown of life right now. 

I'm feeling slightly overwhelmed with a bunch of random "life" things and may have had a slight emotional breakdown last night which has left me with puffy eyes and a headache this morning. I look beautiful. Not. 

I have poison ivy/oak on no less than 5 different locations on my body and want to scratch at them all, but am doing my best not to be the itchy girl at work. Disgusting.

My to-do list is forever long and by the time I leave work I have enough motivation to get approximately zero things accomplished. I'm sure I'm the only one that this ever happens to. 

Seth just had to leave to go back to Texas for a couple days (after last nights meltdown I'm sure he doesn't mind). 

Can I just win the damn lottery? I could solve a lot of mine, as well as a lot of other people's, problems if that could just happen. I hate wasting money on those stupid tickets.

Okay, as you can tell I have a serious case of the "poor me's" today so I will shut my trap and try to focus on the good in life which I know I am blessed with a lot of (which just makes me feel worse for being such a little whiny brat). 

If that doesn't work I think I'll get a chocolate chip cookie at lunch. That should turn this day around. 

The sun'll come out tomorrow...bet-cher bottom dollar that tomorrow....there'll be sun! 

(somebody punch me)