Bachelor Recap

Bachelor In Paradise Recap

I’m back today recapping last night’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise. To catch you up – last week’s episodes focused on the pre-show relationship between Pieper and Brendan and Chris and Alana. Chris and Alana got voted off the island, which I can’t say I’m sad about. I wish that everyone would go after Pieper and Brendan with the same…

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Canton Trade Days

Downtown Canton

Happy Tuesday, friends. I realize that Tuesday is normally my day to recap Bachelor in Paradise, but Monday Night Football means that the episodes are airing on Tuesdays now. So, I’ll recap BIP on Wednesday instead this week. Which means that I’ll share my weekend at Canton Trade Days. My in-laws came into town last Friday to bring us a…

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Weekend Recap + We are getting spooky

Jonathans the rub

It’s Monday! I started my morning off with a cup of coffee with some pumpkin creamer. I’m not officially in Fall mode just yet, but I’m getting more in the mood! We are supposed to have some bad weather here in Houston this week, and weather models are predicting it’s going to rain through Wednesday. Fingers crossed the rain is…

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Friday Favorites: Short Week Edition

seaside, Florida

Happy Friday- I’m back today with some Friday Favorites. Even though I’ve only worked two days out of this week, I feel like I’ve worked a full week. Email jail is real, ya’ll. (I call my email backlog email jail, because it can sometimes take a full day to get caught back up). Even though it was a short week,…

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This is 35

seaside, Florida

Happy Thursday, friends! I’m back today after a two-day hiatus. I am going starting my morning off with a meeting – and I’m about to go through allll the emails from the last couple of days that I missed. Aaron and I decided last minute to join two of our best friends in Seaside, Florida for the long weekend and…

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Cooking

Five recipes to get you through this work week

Happy Monday! Hope you all are enjoying this wonderful (long) Labor Day weekend. My mother-in-law and I went to Canton over the weekend, which I’ll share about later this week, and it’s my birthday tomorrow! Woo hoo!!!! So, I’m taking a blogging break tomorrow and Wednesday, but I’ll be back Thursday. I know that many of you are at the…

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Friday Favorites

woven wood shades

I’ve got some fun Friday favorites to share. But first, maybe this week was the first week of school – or maybe today marks the end of the first week of your fiscal year. Whatever the occasion – Happy Friday! It’s been a good week, and my in-laws are coming into town later this afternoon. Here’s what I’ve been up…

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Cooking

Easy Dinner Recipe: Instant Pot Ribs

mccormick instant pot ribs

Happy Thursday, Friends. It’s been a good week – my blinds got installed yesterday (well, most of them), and I love the way it changed the look and feel of my house. We’ve got a furniture delivery going on today, and I’m excited to show ya’ll what it looks like. The Spuds were at the vet earlier this week, and…

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Dogs

Puppy Update – 4 Months

golden retrievers

Happy Wednesday – I went to the vet yesterday for (almost) our last round of shots for Tex and Cali, so I thought it would be appropriate to give ya’ll a four-month “pupdate.” They turned four-months old on August 28th, and I’m just so glad they are members of our little fam. If you’ve been reading here awhile, you know…

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