Five On Friday // 3.27.20

Happy Friday!

Y'all. This has been the most surreal time of my entire life (and yours too, I'm sure!). We are wrapping up our week of spring break here... possibly the most chill spring break we have ever had. I hope you've been able to rest and relax while working from home, and that you're keeping your mental health a top priority during this time!

Five On Friday

1. Well, let me just start with what is probably the most exciting part of anyone's spring break, quarantine life, life in general, at all, ever, this week. The Tiger King. If you don't have Netflix, get it. JUST so you can watch this hilarious, incredible... very real account of a man in Oklahoma and his Tiger rivals. OMG. That is all I can say. You'll appreciate the memes coming out of it possibly even more than the show. LOL

2. My elbow. I don't have a picture to go with this one, but I got to go get follow up x-rays on my elbow Wednesday, and I am so excited to be able to say... I have the go ahead to start lifting again! My elbow is still "about 4 weeks from being totally normal," but I can begin using my arm in a normal capacity again. I have never been so happy to talk to a doctor in my entire life! It has been 5 weeks since I fell in the gym and broke it. Yesterday I did a small shoulder workout (and I mean, SMALL). I am sore today and it feels so good! My elbow and wrist are also slightly sore/tender, so I am glad I kept the workout light and quick.

3. The weather has been perfect (although pollen-y) for outdoor activities. It has been very hard on Sophia being in 'social distancing' mode because unfortunately, many parents on our street do not feel that their kids need to stay in their own yards/homes. Kids ring our doorbell a few times a day to see if Sophia can go out to play. We keep telling them, she is not going to be able to go out to play with a group until everyone goes back to school. It is so sad for her but it is necessary. I wish other parents would follow social distancing rules. We have gone on two really great hikes over the last week. Yesterday we did 4 miles at the top of Mt. Magazine, and the trail was practically deserted. Score! The views were great, the weather was amazing, and it was an all around great day.

4. I am spending my days in quarantine honing my youtube video editing skills (they are terrible, admittedly). Sophia has been on me for like two years to make more youtube videos for her. So this week, she baked cookies with her favorite stuffed animal Pusheen. She video'd herself. I strung the videos together and now she's awaiting her pending youtube fame. If you're reading this, please go "like" her video. It would just make her day!

5. Writing. With this whole 'work from home' thing (starting Monday, I'll be teaching kindergarten via Zoom conferences), I seriously cannot find one excuse not to write. I have a list of things that Andy and I came up with for book chapters... our planned book about our off the wall family travels and adventures and methods of parenting. I feel slightly silly... like I cannot even blog consistently how on earth will I write a book? The thing is, I love to write. I have always, always wanted to write a book. Andy has been encouraging me to write a book since like 2010. Here we are. I think I am out of excuses! I would like to try out some of our ideas as blog posts and gauge feedback. If we get any....... because this little corner of the internet has been dormant for so long. :) We will see where life takes us, I guess!

5 on Friday | 1.24.20

Hello and Happy Friday!

I love 5 on Friday!

Here it goes:

1. Poor sweet Sophie got the flu and we were stuck at home Monday thru Wednesday. Luckily, it snowed (about a quarter inch) on Wednesday morning and it was a "snow day," so we were both only absent from work and school on Tuesday!

2. Before Soph got sick, were were able to go eat dinner at our friends' (like family) new diner! It is so cute and delicious. I love the decor and the old fashioned ice cream counter! My niece was our waitress and she did such a great job.

3. My mom took us to see Wicked for our Christmas gift. It was so fun! Mom and I had already seen it a few years ago, but the kids hadn't. Both of them loved it! 

4. I have the sweetest friends. Literally, my friend who goes by Sweetie, is the sweetest (go figure). I was teaching last week and there was a knock on my classroom door. It was one of our amazing front office girls, and she handed me a box. Y'all. I cried. Of course I did! I always cry. HAHA. 

5. Speaking of the Sweetest friend, she owns a boutique and I finally got to make a purchase! I've been eyeballing these pants since she opened! I got the shirt, too. My friend is a master seamstress, so she's going to hem the bottom of the pants for me before I wear them. I'll be the cutest teacher on the block in this outfit! :) *image from the dressing room 

Femme Fetale Boutique

Well friends, there you have it. First 5 on Friday of 2020. Let's see how this year goes.

A little Belated

We had a super busy weekend! It was fun, but I totally forgot to do Five on Friday!! I am going to do it today, because I love it :)

ONE// I ordered my 2017 Erin Condren Life Planner last week. I have used the vertical for the last year and I am making the switch to the hourly. I'm so excited! I can't order a new planner without ordering new stickers... oh and EC had a buy x amount and get $10 off your next order... so of course I bought a few things! Right now they are running their buy a planner, get a sticker  book free promo, which kind of makes me wish I had waited, but not really. You can order a planner today and use my referral code to get $10 off AND get a free sticker book!

Since I ordered a new planner, I also ordered some new stickers. I'm working to get my physical life back on track so I was super excited when I found these Tone It Up inspired stickers from @BuckeyeBeauty on etsy!

Then, I have always wanted these adorable life fail stickers from PeanutButterTaco but never ordered them.. well y'all, that changed this week. They're SO FUNNY though I am not sure if I can bring myself to use them! haha!

These forced family fun stickers will be SO PERFECT for our planned camping trip in a couple of weeks. My children whine and hate it so much when we drag them out into the woods to sleep!! They will look back on those memories and miss them when they're grown though, I just know it!

I laugh every time I look at these!! 

TWO// Beth & Russell came from Alabama to run the RussVegas triathlon this weekend and they stayed with me. It was so fun to see my friend TWO weekends in a row!! I babysat their son Jacob while they ran the tri and Sophia had so much fun with him. They hadn't seen each other since they were 2 or 3 and we were in HSV for spring break with my sister.

THREE// New York in the Fort happened last night, and it was so fun! Beth, Russell and I went and checked out the revamped Simply Couture Boutique downtown and I got the cutest dress and bracelet! I can't wait to wear them.. maybe I will to work tomorrow. The dress is a long sleeved frock so I may have to wait a while. Its not quite fall weather down here in Arkansas, y'all.

FOUR// Homework. The classes I'm taking right now are killing me. I don't know if I'm just having a hard time because I'm so busy with everything else, or if I just really truly hate the classes. They're so boring. AND the last assignment I had to do- nothing related to the topic was mentioned in the textbook. I am so frustrated with these classes and eager for them to be over. TWO MORE after these two and that little piece of paper is mine! 

FIVE// Hair probs. The last time I posted a 5OF I mentioned rose gold hair. Well, I just can't really decide what I want to do. I sort of miss dark hair. I hate dealing with grey hair (yes I unfortunately have so many).... and dark hair means more actual color maintenance for me dealing with them. I also want my hair to get longer and it seems to be easier for me to grow out when its brunette. I haven't struggled with a hair decision this much in a long time (probably last time I went back to brunette). 

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Five On Friday

ahhhhh, the weekend! I love love love Fridays right now because I'm off on Fridays! It is so awesome to have an extra day in my weekend.. a day where the kids are at school and Andy's at work and I just kind of get to re-charge. Or do homework... which is what I will be doing today after I decide I've had enough coffee!

Linking up for Five on Friday with April & Christina

//ONE// Getting Involved. I've been so busy lately and I love it. Now that both girls are in school all day, and Olivia is old enough to do some babysitting, I've been able to get a little more involved in my community. I love our city, and there are so many incredible things happening here! I want to be a part of everything. I want to show my daughters that you can have it all. Home, career, community involvement, and fun. This stage of life has me floating!

//TWO// This B L O G. So stale. I kind of wish I was at wordpress. I just finished "designing" (I put that in quotes because it is the most basic of basic looking little blogs) a wordpress site for a class I was taking... and I just really like WP more than blogger at this time. I've made that hop before and ended up back here though, so who knows.

//THREE// Earlier this week I went to a ribbon cutting for a friend's new business, and got to spend some time with a few girls I really like but haven't had time to really get to know better. I had so much fun! After the ribbon cutting it was sushi and martinis, a huge group, and some incredibly kind gentleman at the bar paid for all of our food and drinks! Talk about a huge blessing. Every time someone comes here, they say "the people here are so friendly!" -- well, they're right. I LOVE MY CITY!

//FOUR// fall fashion. Oh man. I can't wait to go shopping. I can't wait for the weather to chill out (get it, chill!?)... I'm ready for long sleeves and scarves and boots and pink rosy cheeks. Seriously. Bye, summer! See you next year.

//FIVE// Rose Gold. Its almost time to tame the blonde mane and go for a warmer autumn hue. I can't really remember my natural color (JK, its brown. Brown brown brown). I'm going for a dark blonde with a rose gold ballyage for fall... unless I change my mind before my hair appointment. :) Whatever I end up doing, I know it will be gorgeous because my hair goddess Lisa hasn't failed me.. ever. I love her so much! When I count my blessings here in the Fort, she's in my top 5... she treats me like family and I'm so grateful to her for that.

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Five On Friday

Haven't done this in a while. Haven't blogged in a while....

which leads me to number
ONE ||| domain name. Yeah, I'm so terrible about remembering. Anyway, PPR is up for renewal and I'm just not sure I'll renew it. I don't think I blog enough to really even need my own domain. But then again, I love the name and the # so.. who knows. I'll probably forget after this post and then....


TWO ||| college!! I survived the first week back. oof. I forgot how much reading was involved.

THREE ||| SUMMER VACATION. Summer break, rather. Sophia is done as of today and Olivia has to go until Wednesday. How did the school year fly by so quickly? It seems like school just started. Time is passing so quickly. And, we keep singing the phineas and ferb theme song (Sophia is OBSESSED with that show right now).

FOUR ||| NEKO ATSUME
Sophia is obsessed
I'm obsessed
My friends are obsessed

FIVE ||| meal planning and meal prep.

I'm trying to get myself back on the whole foods healthy eating wagon. I've been sucking lately and I just know my gut flora is out of whack. Everything is out of whack. So, this is me, publicly declaring I've had enough of myself. My skin is blah, my eyes are blah, my pants are too small, my self love is down and out. REVERSE REVERSE!