Brown Paper Packages...

"Tied up with string. These are a few of my favorite things!"

Let's be honest, you can't just read that... you have to sing it!

What is your favorite book?

Currently, I am into this

What is your favorite song?

Right now I like "Thrift Shop" by Mackelmore

What is your favorite color?

Pink! But I also like teal and coral lately!

What is your favorite destination?

Anywhere tropical or warm particularly Mexico

What is your favorite memory?

I have a lot of favorite memories that I don't think I could pick just one. I mean, we're still making them right?

What is your favorite TV show?

Lately I'm loving

and

What is your favorite movie?

Grease

What is your favorite food?

Mexican

What is your favorite dessert?

Any cupcake that isn't chocolate!

What is your favorite treat?

Since its Easter, I can get my hands on all the Nerds Jelly Beans I want but when it isn't Jelly Bean season, I like Nerds and Sour Patch!

What is your favorite car?

Range Rover

What is your favorite piece of clothing?

A good pair of jeans and a comfy t-shirt.

What is your favorite fashion accessory?

bubble necklaces.

What is your favorite perfume?

Oh Lola

What is your favorite leisure activity?

Reading or crafting.

Who is your favorite author?

Karen Kingsbury.

www.karenkingsbury.com 

Who is your favorite actor/actress?

Katherine Heigl 

Who is your favorite singer?

I don't really have a favorite.

Who is your role model?

Role models aren't really something I get into. I want to be the best version of me but emulate traits that I admire in others.

Where is your favorite place to be?

At home with the hubby.

What are your favorites? I'd love to hear from you! If you write a favorites post, tag me so that I can read it!

Day 2

Day 2 of the 30 Day Blogging Challenge

Where do I want to be in 10 years? Great question!

I honestly had to think about this one for a while because I just don't think that far down the road haha

But in 10 years I'll be 34 years old! That seems so weird! Stuart will be 36. I hope that in 10 years we'll have our complete family. We want 4 kids but want one of those to be adopted from an Asian country.

I hope that I will be a successful wedding and event planner. I have been studying through an online certification program and I hope to have started my own business or working somewhere by then.

I really can't expand on it any further because we can dream all day about where we want to be in 10 years but I do know that I am lucky to be living this life with my man! He is awesome!

Another Year Older

In the midst of doing the 30 day blogging challenge, I am also going to try and catch everyone up on the things we've been doing lately! On March 2, I celebrated my 24th birthday. Now I'm sure that when I woke up on my 18th and 21st birthdays, I probably THOUGHT I felt older but boy did 24 throw me for a loop! I honestly did feel older and felt like I should grow up (yeah right! where's the fun in that?!)
 

We started out the celebration Friday night with a date night. Ever since we started dating, Stuart and I have been very pro date night! We try to go out at least twice a month and then do other less expensive dates throughout the rest of the month. So this date night doubled as my birthday dinner. It was actually one of five haha. What can I say, birthdays are big around here!

 

I got to pick the restaurant so I picked Red Bowl. I threw Stuart off completely because I'm sure he thought we'd be eating San Jose ;)

 

I got to indulge in this beautiful spread

A Crunchy Roll and 3 pieces of Salmon Shashimi

 



We bought this gem

 

Then the next day was my actual birthday!

 



We woke up and ran the Color Run! It was so much fun and even though we aren't runners, my mom and I ran about half of the course.




Before

 

After

 

 

Short dance party before the race... Stu was not amused!

 

I know that 24 is going to be a good year! I'm looking forward to all that I'll experience in this next year!

Day 1

Ok so here we go! Day 1 of the 30 Day Challenge starts now!

 

So obviously I'm married. Most people know that. We have been married now for 19 months.

There's not really a lot to expand on this subject so I thought I'd switch it up a bit. Stuart and I answered the same questions about marriage so you can get a glimpse of what our relationship is like :)

What's your favorite thing about being married?

Stu- "Hmm, there are lots of good things. Lets see... I enjoy going on dates but not just movies it can be just a walk."

Meg- "I love just being around each other! We were very serious about NOT living together before we got married so once we got married it was awesome to just live together."

What's your least favorite thing about marriage?

Stu- "The cleaning. I don't like cleaning"

Meg- "Sharing my bed! Haha I am very serious about my sleep and having to share my bed sometimes is a hard thing for me!"

What's your favorite moment of marriage so far?

Stu- "I would say the moments where we are both laughing so hard that we're crying. Oh! And the moments when we find out we like the same TV show cause that only happens like twice a year!"

Meg- "I would have to agree that my favorite moment is also when we laugh so hard that we're crying. Apparently, we're both extremely hilarious... to each other at least!"

What are you looking forward to the most in the future?

Stu- "Umm, having kids and being old farts making fun of young kids and getting to use the word 'whippersnappers'"

Meg- "Starting a family and making new memories with our kids... And hopefully a dog! Hint hint babe ;)"

What's the one thing that you learned after marriage that you wish you knew before?

Stu- "haha umm my opinion doesn't matter as much as I think it does."

Meg- "Sometimes you should ask permission instead of just doing something and then asking for forgiveness... Like shopping..."

What is your favorite thing about your spouse?

Stu- "Oh there are so many to choose from... (Insert sarcasm) I would say her genuine caring spirit for others."

Meg- "Definitely his ability to make me laugh and even snort! He definitely can break my seriousness when I'm stuck in my head!"

 

Day 2 is coming soon!

 

 

ABC's of Me!

The ABCs of Me

A — available or married?

Married for almost 2 years!

B — book?

Right now I'm starting the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy but I've also read all four books in Karen Kingsbury's Bailey Flanigan series recently.

C — cake or pie?

Cake all the way! As long as it's not chocolate!

D — drink of choice?

Diet Coke or Diet Dr. Pepper

E — essential item?

Chapstick or nude lip gloss

F — favorite color?

PINK will always be my favorite but I'm also obsessed with coral, teal, and navy right now.

G — game to watch or play?

football and baseball

H — hometown?
Elgin, SC

I — indulgence?

Clothes... It really gets me in trouble sometimes...

J — job?

Part time preschool teacher and church admin assistant.

K — kids and their names?

No kids yet. But hopefully soon :)

L— life is incomplete without?
Jesus Christ. And maybe a cupcake every now and then...

M — music group of singer?
Queen and Mumford & Sons lately.

N — number of siblings?
One younger brother.

O — oranges or apples?
Apples!

P — phobias/fears?
Snakes. And walking into a room by myself.

Q — favorite quote?
"Be the change you want to see in the world"

R— reason to smile?
My hubby. He's cute and really funny. He tends to ruin my makeup a lot because he's always making me laugh.

S — season?
Summer!

T — tattoos?
Two.

U — unknown fact about me?
I have really bad anxiety.

V — vegetable you love?
Zucchini, broccoli, spinach, carrots, celery, cucumbers, potatoes, asparagus.

W — worst habit?
procrastination.

X — X-rays you've had?
foot, hip, teeth.

Y — your favorite food?
Mexican. Anything Mexican.

Z — zodiac?
Pisces.

I'd love to hear from my readers! If you read this, I'd love to know what you think!

Confession

I have a confession.

It's a pretty big one.

Are you ready for it?!

Here it goes...

I'm a horrible blogger!

Phew! I'm glad I finally got that off my chest! I'm sure if you're reading this you're probably thinking "duh... that's not really new news!"

 

I have been thinking about this blog for a few days and feeling extremely guilty for not having much of anything on it. I have racked my brain for ways to keep myself in the pattern of blogging almost every day and I still don't think I've found a solution but I did find a starting place! While I was browsing Pinterest (Ok, ok, so maybe it was more than browsing. More like I spent 2 whole hours on it while I should have been asleep) I found a 30 Day Challenge of blog topics.
 

 

Some of them seem really boring but I figured it would get me writing and hopefully inspire more blog posts for the future.

 

Who is willing to join me in this venture?! It's probably going to be a bit painful and will definitely take longer than 30 days but I'm going to do it!

 

Day #1 begins tonight...

Granola

My husband likes to call me a crunchy granola (also known as a hippie) from time to time. It really doesn't bother me because those choices I make are saving him money. :) So yesterday, while I was battling my 4th round of sickness in 2 months, I decided to tackle homemade granola. Stuart likes to eat it as cereal and I love to eat it in yogurt with a few slices of apple (it literally tastes like apple pie!) I was surprised to see that we had almost everything we needed at home. I found this blog through Pinterest and decided that this was a fitting recipe for our needs. 

I must warn you, all the pictures I took of the process were on my iPhone which I love dearly but the pictures it takes sometimes are awful quality. Please bear with me...

I do not eat chocolate (I know, worst female ever!) so I had to make 2 different batches. For Stuart's batch, I followed the recipe exactly. For mine, I added extra sugar and extra honey to make up for the loss of sweetness since I left out the chocolate.

What you need:

3 cups rolled oats

2 TBSP sugar (I added extra to the non chocolate batch)

2 TBSP vegetable oil

6 TBSP honey (I used more for the batch without chocolate chips)

1 cup mini chocolate chips

1/4 cup walnuts or almonds

To Prepare:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  Spray cooking sheet lightly with non stick cooking spray.

Mix oats, sugar and nuts in a large bowl. In a saucepan, warm oil with honey until honey has thinned out.  Pour honey mixture over oat mixture and coat well.  Spread granola evenly on to prepared pan.  Bake for 10-15 minutes, then stir granola.  Bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until browned.  Let granola cool, then, stir in chocolate chips. Store in air tight container.

 After making 2 batches without any issues, I know that this will be a staple in our house for a long time! So if you make this granola, please share with me how you made it your own!

And please send me ideas for other recipes you want me to share. I freezer cook and do a ton in the crockpot! :)