Hello Again!

I know, I know, it's been awhile, what can I say? Life has been busy!

Got my first smart phone, a Samsung Galaxy s3 for those interested in the tech side of things, with Straight talk, which even with buying the phone and a warranty on the phone will be soooo much cheaper! And I found the perfect case, protection on all sides because let's face it, I'm a klutz and it's representing one of my top 5 favorite movies!

Went to the Nashville zoo with the family, it was pretty fun!

Fall is here!! It might be in the 80's during the day still, but the leaves are starting to change and it's actually cold in the mornings, it's COLD here people, let's celebrate with sweaters and hot coffee!!

I've got 3 words for you.....Fried. Food.Festival! The fried pizza was pretty good, but the Oreo's and veggies were sadly a little flavorless and soggy! =(

My church did the coolest thing. We all wrote down our favorite verses on post-it notes and stuck them to the wall, then next Sunday we all get to take someones verse home with us, what a great way to share parts of Gods word that have touched your life!

Till next time friends!

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A tortilla with crunchy peanut butter and marshmallows then broiled till the marshmallows are golden and delicious! =)

I was tempted to try these by one of those devious little Costco sample ladies and it was sooo worth it!

 Summer's here and it is HOT!

 And there was one more thing.....what was it.....some other big change....oh well, I'll let you know when I remember! ;-)

Not a Bad Way.....

.....to spend my 10:30am (yes, when I open at work, my lunch hour is that early!) break! =)

The chocolate was amazing, the book is kind of terrifying!

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I would like to introduce all y'all to my new (to me at least!) PT Cruiser, Clark! Why Clark and not Christopher or Chrissy (for Doctor 9) or any other Doctor Who inspired name for this TARDIS Blue car? I tried different ones, including Madame Blueberry (Psych and Veggie Tales fans will appreciate that one!) But they didn't seem to fit. 

Then as I was once again setting off the car alarm because I had the audacity to unlock the door with the key and not the fob, I was grousing and fumbling trying to turn of the alarm and my sister, Becca, said I should name the car Clark, from Love Comes Softly. Because even though I didn't love the fob now, love would come softly and I eventually would learn to embrace the fob!

Long story short, the name fit! Clark is one of my top 5 favorite fictional heroes, if my husband could even be a little bit like him this gal would be over the moon excited!!!!!! Thus, my car was named!

 A summer breeze latte (Almond/Mint a very tasty combo!) 

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Homemade English muffin bread with Nutella and smoked sea salt

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 One very tasty breakfast!

A post is coming soon about the bread. I found the base recipe on pinterest and after a little tweaking now make all my family's bread from this recipe!

I been having an ongoing battle, and as the days get hotter it's becoming more and more "heated"!

( *wink* See what I just did there?) 

My bangs versus the humidity....I think the humidity is winning! 

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The tri-color cauliflour we had roasted on Thanksgiving, yum!

The yummiest tea, tastes like spiced apple cider!

Red glitter shoes, an amaretto latte and a long book, what more could girl ask for?

While making it was a stressful (running out of ingredients and having to run to the store,  our water getting turned off in the middle of the messiest part of making it kind of stress) this magic flan cake was UH-mazing!

 I found my favorite Amy Grant CD on record (who knew she'd been singing since the early 80's?) my love of the song Tennessee Christmas doesn't seem so odd anymore!

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Picked up a free app from Starbucks (they have a new one each week on little cards by the register) and this is a small fraction of the results.....it's called Pocketbooth!

View from my new bedroom window, not to shabby, eh?!

Packing is not the hard part of moving people, unpacking has it beat for hardness and stress by a MILE!

 If you want to eat cake (which a very nice neighbor lady brought over to us last night!) for breakfast, just have it with a cup of coffee and then it's coffee cake and a more socially accepted form of breakfast food! ;-)

Our "basement"! It just has rocks and dirt for walls and smells like a cave, how cool is that?! 

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Harvesting all of our basil and other herbs to make pesto. I had the idea to use sage and pecans instead of basil and pine nuts in one batch, and let me just say, it was FANTASTIC!!! Add some dried cranberries and it tastes like Thanksgiving on a spoon!

 This adorable little cutie is Buggy(aka, Hannah Grace), she is the cutest niece in the world!

See what I mean?

Look Ma, we found headbands with flowers as big as our heads, just like Buggy!

I was bored and snapped this pic while waiting in the car, this wasn't photo shopped at all, but looks all instagram-esque anyway! =)

I guess these next two aren't Instagram, but they are on my iPod as backgrounds!

This picture is so lovely, I fell like I could sit there all day with this girl, who I just know is a kindred spirit! All the while talking of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.....

....and last but not least, does anyone else LOVE these?

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A small peak at the goings on of my life through Instagram! =)

Our sunflowers are blooming like crazy! I LOVE the dark ones!

I've been itching to wear this burnt orange skirt since I bought it at the same time as my pink maxi skirt (all the wayback in April) yeah for fall!

Pumkin. Spice. Fraps!!  Yes, they are back at Starbucks!!!!!!!!!!!! The cookies were made by me however, chewy molasses cookies with candied ginger.....I may have chosen to make these because they went perfectly with the frap..... ;-)