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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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High Five for Friday!

September 7, 2018

It has been 3 months since my last High Five for Friday! Yikes, that went by so quickly!

I haven’t been blogging regularly enough so I am going to do my 5 favorites lately! 
– Warm Weather
Listen. I know some of you are excited for fall and over the heat but let me tell you…I love it. I love all the 100+ days of heat since I got to Austin and I don’t want it to end. I drive everywhere with my windows down, I walk over to the pool in our complex twice a week (sometimes more) I just want to be outside sitting and feeling the sun on my face 


– Making our apartment home…
This is very much a work in progress…and I have found that I do not enjoy spending my time searching for home stuff. I thought I would but nope…I want it to look like home and not have to spend anytime shopping for anything. BUT we are making progress! 

– Exploring Austin
We have one friend here and he has been here 3 months so he is showing us all the fun spots he has discovered and we are going out and exploring new places with him! 

– Work, work, work….
I took a position in administration at a private school in Austin and while it is MUCH different than what I am used to I am loving it. I can’t say a ton about it but the school is 3x bigger than the one I was at the last 5 years and so it is taking some getting used to but everyone has been so kind and helpful. Getting to work is much longer than before. Austin is not a public transit city so I have to drive to work and its about 25 mins from home. One of the ways takes me up and down some gorgeous hills and scenery so I can’t complain too much!
Meetings and coffee is my new life 
– Books, Books, Books…
Oooh A had no idea how much I read when we moved in together. Over the months before we moved to Austin I started to bring my kindle and books over to his place and sit and read while he did things. But he definitely did not know that I could sit in a comfy spot and read for 5 hours uninterrupted if no one stops me. I got a new Papasan chair and working on making a cute little nook for myself so that I can spend even more hours reading! 
So those are my five on Friday! I am excited to go read all of yours!!

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High Five for Friday!!

June 8, 2018

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

– Monday was my birthday!!
So there was of course cake and yummy food! I posted Tuesday about all the fun bday related activities…. Random Tuesday Bits

– New Music! 
I am always so behind on music but I just discovered the Maroon 5 w/Cardi B song. I love it!  

– New Planner! 

I am kind of terrible at keeping up with planners but I also love them. Its a real thing. Thanks to Steph @ Not Entirely Perfect I went out and got myself the Erin Ley Simplified Planner and it is my Sunday project this weekend!

– Big News! 

I made a fun new announcement on the blog yesterday. I am hoping to be making some design changes around the blog too and hopefully I can blend it all together and start a new chapter for this old thing!

– Prepping for Vaca!! 

   We have been looking at all the Norweign Cruise Line excursion and package options leading up to our trip and I am so ready!! We ended up booking an excursion to do some ATV trails, Swim in some underground caves, go to an animal sanctuary and lots of beach time! We also decided to head to Miami one day early so we can relax before the day we depart!

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