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High Five for Friday!

November 9, 2018


This week has been Busy Busy!! Time to share some of my favorites from the week! 

– The rain has stopped 
Guys…the rain has FINALLY stopped. I know this doesn’t seem like a big deal but it rained almost every single day for 6 weeks. 6 WEEKS! Its been 80s during the day and 60s in the evening…all is right in the world!! 
this is not in Austin but I dont care…it just makes me happy 

– We’re going to Europe!! 
I have been obsessing watching flights on Hopper as I have mentioned before because I really really wanted to got to Europe for my spring break this year. So A and I decided we would watch a ton of a flights and wherever we got tickets to that is where were are going. LUCKILY I got an amazing deal on flights to London which pretty much means we can go wherever. Right now we are thinking either London & Paris or skipping London and doing Paris & Amsterdam. Guys…these flights were $497.00 each. I am not shitting you. It pays to start watching flights 8 months ahead and paying attention to the notifications! 

– We won…
our Halloween Decor contest in our apartment complex! Not really anything amazing but I will take the $50 off rent anytime! We didn’t do any special decorating just the usual that we like to do but we entered into the contest anyway and won

– Recipes!! 
This apple pie recipe from Frankly My Dear! 
This dinner roll recipe because I love bread! 
This Cheeseburger Gnocchi from Living on a Cloud!

– Making Christmas Lists! 
I haven’t put up decorations, started listening to music or anything Christmas related but I do start my shopping as early as I can.  So I have started asking for wish lists and making my own. This biggest thing I want this year is a Camera. I will likely put it on my list but I have a bad habit of buying my own gift if I find the right price so if you find a good camera deal please do share!! But in other news I am loving making lists and starting to shop! 

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Happy Diwali

November 6, 2018


I learned about Diwali a few years ago after attending an event and I immediately thought how beautiful this celebration of light is.

If you don’t know much about it you can read up here: What is Diwali?

I work at a private religious school and we took time today to celebrate…I say this so that you know that even if you are not Hindu you can celebrate the triumph of light over darkness this season!

We are entering a season with many different holidays and pressures and activities. I think we can all use a reminder that we can be a light in the darkness for the each other and for society.

Embrace your inner light and help continue to bring light into the darkness by being open to everyone and all the differences we have. 

Do good, be better, and be kind. 
Happy Diwali Everyone! 

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November Goals!

November 5, 2018

For November I would like to…. 

  • Go to Yoga at least once a week  
  • Go to 4 meetups
  • Blog at least 3 days a week
  • Workout 8 times before I go to Chicago for Thanksgiving
  • Keep to my shopping ban for the month (ESPECIALLY back in Chicago)
  • Get my Xmas flight booked for the cheapest price  
  • check my planner daily (I have a horrendous habit of not doing this)

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