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10 things that make me happy

June 1, 2018 0

One of my May Goals was to take photos of 10 different things that make me happy as part of my 101 in 1001 list. I’m rounding up those 10 photos right here. Hopefully they’ll make you happy too 😀

We were walking around our neighborhood the other day and I saw this plant that IMMEDIATELY reminded me of a unicorn. It is the perfect start to my pictures of happy things because I cannot get over how happy this plant makes me.

Any day where Space Mountain fast passes are involved 🙂

Finally taking my rose gold ears to Disneyland… and capturing this great picture of a stranger and his girl.

This is Justen sharing my Poshmark closet for me. Almost completely out of nowhere, Justen got really into working on my Poshmark closet in his free time.

My new River Maiden shirt! I have 0 shirts from local coffee shops, and I was so excited to buy this. River Maiden had a pretty rough year this past year, and I’m proud to be a customer of theirs <3

I spent MONTHS trying to find these Sam & Libby sandals on the internet. I finally found them on Poshmark and bought them and I am SO GLAD I did. The big huge bows just make my freaking day. Also my distressed embellished jeans were like $11 at JC Penney, which ALSO makes me happy.

Piles and piles of Poshmark packages really make me happy. I look at this and I get dollar signs in my eyes because this is my JOB, y’all. How unreal. It makes me so happy.

My new pajamas! Halfway through the month I developed a pretty severe, distressing eye twitch. It was on and off all day for over two weeks. at one point we called the advice nurse who gave us a bunch of suggestions, one of which was to allow myself to oversleep. While we were out, I bought a new pair of pajamas and an eye mask and really started to take the whole oversleeping thing seriously. HOW CUTE is the print on these pjs, y’all?

Freaking PEONIES! I picked these up at Trader Joe’s, but I’m just all the heart eyes over peonies and I’m on a mission to figure out how I can keep them alive forever and make a bed out of them. I guess that’s a bit extreme but hey that’s me.

Starbucks Happy Hour with my Justen. We’re not frapuccino people, but when they’re half off then sure. We walked the 1/2 a mile down to Safeway to get these and enjoy the warm afternoon.

My camera roll was full of more moments and photos of things that make me happy and THAT made me even happier. 😀

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Whole 30 Compliant Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken

May 29, 2018 0

Whenever we’re in need of a new recipe (which is once a month thanks to my 101 in 1001 list), we ALWAYS search for something that is Whole 30 compliant. Our go-to recipes will always be Whole 30 compliant if that’s all that we look for. Which isn’t to say were constantly on Whole 30, because we’re not. But they’re safe from dairy and gluten and stuff that makes us feel gross.

A few months ago we decided to try this SUPER SIMPLE Buffalo Chicken crock pot recipe from The Real Food Dietitians. So far we’ve loved it: by itself, on spaghetti squash, and on baked potatoes. I imagine it would be great in a salad or in a wrap… seriously, the possibilities are ENDLESS.

All you need:

Chicken Breasts
2 tbsp Ghee
1 tbsp Coconut Aminos
1/3 cup Franks Hot Sauce
1/2 tsp Garlic powder

All you do is melt the ghee in a sauce pan over medium-high heat, then add all the ingredients minus the chicken and stir together. Pour over chicken in crock pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours. Shred chicken with two forks before serving (I like to let it sit in the sauce for a little bit after it’s shredded).

Serve however you feel like. Baked potatoes, next to potatoes… we love this recipe and it lasts us for a few days. It is so delicious.

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March 2018

April 4, 2018April 28, 2018 0

This year I’m documenting what happens one little month at a time. It’s on my 101 list and it’s fun to keep track of what we’re doing. I’m sure that in years to come we’ll look back on the little details and be happy that we can remember them 🙂 Cheers to that.

Coffee Shops Visited: 8

Crema
Slow Hand Coffee
Case Study Coffee
Stumptown
Jim & Patty’s
Hidden River
Saint Simon
Thatcher’s Coffee

NOTABLE EVENTS

1 – Went to Arnold’s, Crema and RCA Studio-B.
2 – Went to Peg Leg Porker, Slow Hand Coffee Roasters. Cinco with Ernie
3 – Bowling with the Halter’s
4 – Oscar’s Party at the Halter’s
5 – Surprised the twins at their school before flying home (and discovering our flight was cancelled!)

9 – I bought Bachelor Nation 😀
10 – Went to Case Study Coffee + a cute little bakery next to it. Attempted to make a paleo apple crisp and it was AWFUL. 11 – Went to the Portland Saturday Market & Stumptown Coffee
14 – Volunteered at The Salvation Army
16 – Went to Camp Kuratli to help judge the Bible Bowl Competition
17 – Bible Bowl competition. Went to Jim & Patty’s.
19 – Got coffee with my friend Brandi at Hidden River.
21 – Volunteered at The Salvation Army
23 – Walked around the mall with my friend Anna. Had Happy Hour at Feast316 and met up with some friends at the Portland Night Market

27 – Went to Saint Simon Coffee Roasters + walked to the grocery store to get dinner.
28 – Went on a hike around Lacamas Lake. Justen told me it was a walk but it was straight up a hike.

30 – Spent the day at camp with the Nottles.

31 – Went to Thatcher’s, spent the evening with Alan + Maria

Books Read: 2

#Girlboss and Bachelor Nation (you can read my reviews here)

Blog Posts Written: 4

Things Accomplished from my 101 in 1001 List:

6 blog posts (#38)
5 coffee shops (#47)
Tried a new recipe (#50)
2 books (#57)
Bought myself flowers (#68)

Catch up on our year:

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Monday Minutes.

February 5, 2018February 1, 2018 3

Crap you guys, I’m doing this. I am posting you some inspirational crap on Monday Morning. Who am I? Look, Monday’s are SO HARD. Especially Mondays that are REALLY MONDAY. Like the ULTRA MONDAY Mondays.

Here’s a little motivation for all y’all.

Mondays are FRESH. They’re often struggly, but they are FRESH. You have 1. a whole new day AND 2. a whole new week. Every day is a new day, but you’ve had some time to recharge and now you’ve got the ability to take on this whole unlived week with big, wide, empty arms. Things happened last week. Things happened this weekend. Things happened last night. But you’ve got a whole new set of weekdays to live through, and that stuff is a whole evening or weekend behind you.

NOT ONLY that, but every hour is a reset. The clock comes right back to 0 and you can choose at any point of your day to restart your day. If you’re in desperate need of some change, then sit and wait for the next MINUTE to start. There you have it. A new, fresh, untouched minute. Things might be bad, they might be hard, they might be struggly but once you survive the minute past that thing… you’ll survive another minute… and another… and then it’s been a half hour… then an hour.. then a work day, then a day… then two days.. then a week. and a month. and you. will. run. into. better. things.

If you look down the lane of the race you’re running and you are fearful, insecure, timid, worried, unprepared… then DO SOMETHING. Every precious moment is an opportunity to pick something up or set something down. Stay still until the next new minute and think about what you’re picking up or letting go, and then MAKE. THE. CHANGE. Make that change EVERY MINUTE for a DAY, for a WEEK, for a MONTH…. until the choice requires less of your energy and becomes NORMAL. That’s change. Change smarts on the smallest level, at the millisecond we get sick and tired of _______. Start or stop, but make that decision.

and even if you live today 45 seconds at a time, holding your breath for the next minute and the next hour and the end of the day… you’ll survive. You’ll sleep today off and tomorrow you can choose to hold your breath for 40 seconds at a time and one day you won’t notice the minutes passing by.

Embrace the seconds and minutes beyond what you’ve just passed through. Change the parts that you don’t like. and give yourself a lot of grace if you’ve had a really struggly Monday.

Guess what. You can re-read this post tomorrow, because it’ll be relevant tomorrow, too. I’ll be here if you need me <3

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JANUARY 2018

January 31, 2018March 12, 2018 2

Justen and I started dating two years ago in January, so we got to experience calendar years together, which was so fun. This is our first New Years Day to New Years Eve being married, so I wanted to document it all with monthly little recaps!

J A N U A R Y

Coffee shops visited: 3
Thatchers
Albina Press
Hidden River Roasters

NOTABLE EVENTS

4 – Spent the evening with my friend Anna.
5 – Camas First Friday, Clue Edition. Lots of sweets. Went to Hidden River Roaster.
6 – Took a girl I know shopping at Target, babysat for our friends.
7 – Justen & Andrew’s birthday party.
10 – I met up with Jackeline from Jarmendjai at Albina Press for great coffee + great convo. 2 years since we met. Stopped at Thatcher’s, where we met.
11 – Adriana came over + we exchanged Christmas gifts and watched Pitch Perfect
12 – Went to Heathen Brewing for Justen’s birthday dinner
13 – We went to Seattle for Bee + Kat’s Harry Potter themed wedding. Stopped at the Starbucks Reserve.

14 – Baby Lauren was born!
18 – Our 2nd dating anniversary. Justen used his birthday money to take us to Red Robin.
27 – Drove to Bainbridge Island for Auden’s 2nd birthday.
29 – Coffee with my dad, Bachelor with Maria.
30 – Coffee with my friend Marlis. Budget meeting dinner at Cheesecake Factory.

Books read: Living Well, Spending Less and The Woman in Cabin 10.

Blog posts written:

Things accomplished from my 101 in 1001 list:

No spend month (#6) *FINISHED!
Reviewed 2 months of Birchboxes (#39)
Posted 10 new blog posts (#40)
Started Project 12 (#42)
Visited 2 coffee shops (#47)
Created a signature espresso drink (#48) *FINISHED!
Tried a new recipe (#50)
Read 2 books (#57)
Started my empty shelf to keep books I read (#58)
Finished watching the Harry Potter series (#61) *FINISHED!
Bought fresh flowers (#68)

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Friday Mood | January 26, 2018

January 26, 2018 11

WELCOME TO FRIDAY, Y’ALL!

We made it! We did it! and y’all I am FEELING this Friday. I’ve been babysitting overnight for 4 of the last 7 nights and I’m ready to sleep in my own bed and press my ice cold feet against Justen’s legs because he’s legally bound to me and has to put up with me. Marriage is awesome.

So anyway. This is the Fridayest Friday I’ve Fridayed through in a while.

I figured I’d share some of the stuff I’ve been collecting in my phone to share with people. Like… hey, y’all can be my people. You kind of are.

First. Let’s start with pretty much the most WTF thing I’ve seen in a REALLY LONG TIME.

The other day I saw a girl doing a Facebook live video of her preparing her baby’s placenta. It was actually a video of her with her baby’s placenta. I was like… what in THE WORLD could someone be doing with their baby’s placenta? Stupid me and my stupid curiosity, I hit up google. I’m actually judging you if you’ve done this, just saying.

A few weeks ago I left my keys at the coffee shop. When I walked back in, I realized how easy it is to identify my keys because I can be like “oh yeah, it has a mary-kateandashley keychain.” I’m super used to it and suddenly I realized how funny my keychain is. Also, I absolutely bid on (and obviously won) that keychain on eBay.

True story: about a month into dating, I thought I left my keys at a restaurant. I was panicking and remember watching Justen calmly call the restaurant and explain that we were looking for keys with a mary-kateandashley keychain with Disney Princess shoes and I thought… yeah, I think I might marry him. haha.

Real life photo of my hair this winter… anyone else feeling this? Actually my hair kind of always looks like that.

Yeah, let’s talk about how Printable Happies CONTINUES to be my spirit animal. Like… yes. everything about this. Counting down the days until we go to Nashville (31!!!!!) AND until we’re off of our no spend month so I can buy this bad boy.

Hello did y’all know that Amazon has giveaways? because they do. and on the day I discovered it, I ACTUALLY WON SOMETHING! and not something ultra lame either, I won these earrings that I actually love! I’ve not won anything since, but whatever!

I literally hate pizza, but Justen loves it, so we decided to make pizza. My half was the olive half, and when Justen presented me a piece it was a bunch of sauce and very minimal cheese and I literally lost it. I held it together for like four minutes and then I spent the next two hours crying about how Justen didn’t put cheese to the edge of the pizza. Let’s talk about how fun it must be being married to me.