5 for Five!!

I'm linking up with Jessica and Jenn for 5 for Five today! Join in the fun!

Link up with us at the start of the work week to set five goals that you want to accomplish in the next five days!! 

Green are things I accomplished and the ones in red are the ones I didn't do- opps!

My 5 goals from last week:

1. Work out 3 times this week.(no excuses here)

2. Finish all the leftovers in my fridge this week without buy ANY more groceries.(except for milk-yay!)

3. Be in bed by 9 pm every night this week. (I caught myself blogging at 9:09 one night-darn it!)

4. Go home by 4 pm one day this week. (I left Friday right at 4!!!)

5. Try calling an old friend this week. (I did- success!!)

This week's goals:

1. Work out 2 times this week (let's see if a that makes a difference)

2. Figure out my after school plans for the rest of the year

3. Deep clean my apartment before The Boy gets here Thursday!! :) (Hopefully I can find the time to do this!)

4. Don't buy ONE thing this week. (Except for my ONE Starbucks drink!)---Yes, that even means going into Target without getting anything-ahh!!!! This will be hard!

Salted Carmel Mocha's and Pumpkin Spice Latte's are just too good to pass up at 6 am!

5. Pick out my outfits for the next day, the night before. (When I do this, I notice I save like 15 minutes in the morning. That is 15 minutes that I can eat my breakfast at the table, rather than in the car, as I'm driving---I know that's not good, but I have no other time)

Weekend in Pictures

This past Friday, our school had a vocabulary parade. Our school district does not celebrate Halloween (insert sad face here), but we do this vocab parade where every student (and teacher) dresses up like a vocab word. Some examples this year were; backwards (they put all of their clothes on backwards), blustery (they attached leaves to themselves and carried a blown back umbrella) and comical (they dress up like a clown). Well, us teachers dressed up as well!! Since we teach 1st grade, we wanted to incorporate 1st place, winning type of words. There are 5 of us that teach 1st grade, so we were all a different 'winning/athletic' word. I was competitive. Here we are! :)

This weekend was low key. Just what I needed! Because next weekend The Boy will be here!! :)

(I did this to my hair Saturday morning. I found quick 5-min up dos ((on Pinterest-of course)) and this one actually worked! I need to work on getting more volume up by the crown though)

Anyways, Friday night I went out to Blackhorse for dinner with one of my friends (we'll call her Mrs. D) and her dad. It was a great night around good people!

One of the dogs I love on while I'm down here!

Saturday I slept in until 9:30!!! This is unheard of! Waking up at 5 am everyday really wears you out by Friday night. I went to the local farmers market in the morning and then ran some more errands.

Our farmer's market by the river!

In the afternoon my very sweet friend, Mrs. D (who I also work with) let me do laundry at her house. I got to play with these silly pups for awhile and I definitely got my dog fix in!

         Aren't they just the cutest???

  

Funny story about this huge ass spider to come sometime this week. EWWWWW!!! Kristen does NOT like spiders this big!

Today, I went to church with Mrs. D. It's a very fun, outgoing, upbeat type of church service. Which is what I prefer. :)

On Thursday this fine young man is coming to visit me!!! I never thought he'd be able to with his work schedule, but I am beyond excited!! 4 more days!!

5 for Five tomorrow morning. Be there or be there!!!  I kinda like blogging in the morning before work! :)

5 for Five Update

I'm linking up with Jessica and Jenn for 5 for Five today! Join in the fun!

Link up with us at the start of the work week to set five goals that you want to accomplish in the next five days!! 

Yay---here we go...these are ones I did (or didn't do) this past week.

1. Work out 3 times this week. (I only worked out twice-darn )

2. Eat more vegetables and fruits.

3. Blog at least 3 times this week. I have so many posts floating around in my head. :)

4. Be IN bed by 9 pm (on school nights---so maybe this will start next week?! lol) It will start this week. lol

5. Finish my (mandatory 3-day) sub plans. I was supposed to have this finished 2 weeks ago...opps!

*So, 3 out of 5, not too bad for me.

My NEW 5 goals for this week:

1. Work out 3 times this week.

2. Finish all the leftovers in my fridge this week without buy ANY more groceries.

3. Be in bed by 9 pm every night this week.

4. Go home by 4 pm one day this week.

5. Try calling an old friend this week.

Let's see how well I do. I like crossing things off my list, I feel so much more accomplished! :)

Also, look what I made this weekend!! It's called Pumpkin Better than Cake!!

I found this picture on Pinterest so I just had to make it! (I love anything pumpkin or fall)

Source: somethingswanky.com via Kristen on Pinterest

Hope everyone has a great week! Hopefully it goes by fast! :)

So What Wednesday

Yes...another post. I just love all 3 hops and I have the time today so I said "Why not?"

I'm linking up with Shannon for So What Wednesday.

-So what if I've gone into school on my week off. I'm getting a lot done, so get off my back.

-So what if I still don't feel like I fit in down here. I'm not sure if time will tell, or I really just belong in the midwest.

-So what if I've been thinking about my future a lot... I love day dreaming of all the possibilities my life has!

-So what if I've been looking  at jobs for The Boy. He needs a better job- end of discussion!

-So what if I miss home. It's not the same down here all by myself

-So what if I'm getting my eye lashes tinted. They're white and I spend too much $ on mascara. I'll keep you posted. My appointment is tomorrow at 11:45! YES!

Now it's time to go read everyone else's "so what if's". LOVE this!

Oh, How Pinteresting...

One of my all time favorite hops! It's probably because after subscribing to Pinterest over a year ago, I am still obsessed. Anyone else feel the same way?

I just made a board on Pinterest called, "Yes...My Christmas List." I made it because as I'm getting older there is not much I want, except those more expensive things that I need. Almost everyone in my family is on Pinterest as well, so what a better idea to help them with what things I could actually use! :) Here we go...

Source: buzzfeed.com via Kristen on Pinterest

No one told me the nats are HORRIBLE in the south. My apartment had (no joke) around 75 at any given time. After the exterminator came, a few were still lingering. I did this and poof. Gone! AMEN!

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I made these last week. GONE! So good! Highly recommended.  

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I hope to make some of these soon. But first, I need friends down here. lol

Source: thesweetestoccasion.com via Kristen on Pinterest

I want to do this with my co-workers baby shower in a few months!

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I made this drink---DEFINITELY A KEEP! It will save me tons of $$$!!

Source: etsy.com via Kristen on Pinterest

First, I need a pair of brown boots. Then, hopefully I can add a pop of color! :)

Source: stevemadden.com via Kristen on Pinterest

Like these!

Ok, that is all! Take a look at my other post today and one more to come! That's what happens when you have a fall break for one week! :)

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Oh, how I miss blogging! Since I'm on break, what a perfect time to get all my blog hop fixes in :)

So, I'm linking up with Jamie and This Kind of Love for WILW.

I'm loving that in 15 days The Boy will be visiting me in in Tennessee! 

I'm loving that I found the recipe for Starbuck's Passion Iced Tea lemonade. It seriously tastes like the exact same! (Here it is if your interested)

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I'm loving all the fall/halloween decorations I just bought at TJ Maxx. I will be that house mom who decorates for every holiday! I love all holidays!

I'm loving all the food that my mom made for me while she was here this past weekend. I don't have to cook for weeks it seems! :)

I'm loving that everyone is getting engaged or pregnant these days. It's so wonderful to see friends/people so happy in their life.

I'm loving the fact I finally have the time to work out.

I'm loving the true and honest friend I still have back home, even though I'm hundreds of miles away. It's tough making good friends, but once I find them, I hold on with all I can. :)

Keep your eyes out because I will be posting 2 more posts today as well. I can't help myself!

Catch-Up

I am currently on fall break and it couldn't have come at a better time. My mom and sister came to visit me for the weekend and I wish they could have stayed. :(  They left this morning and so I went into school today. Yes, I went into the school on my fall break. Got a lot done and left at 1:30! Anyways, this week I hope to get a lot done. I need to catch up on my favorite blogger's post that I'm so desperately craving. Speak of bloggers, Jessica is one of my favorites. I've been following her for quite sometime now and I am so excited for her that she is now at 100 followers. Anyways, I was reading some of her recent posts that I've missed and she is currently hosting a Erin Condren give away AND starting a new link-up party starting next week. I feel like she read my mind because today I was just thinking about how I should be writing down some weekly goals, so I feel accomplished at the end of the week, rather than overwhelmed and unproductive. So, introducing Jessica and Jenn's link-up party...

Starting on Monday, October 15th, link up with us at the start of the work week to set five goals that you want to accomplish in the next five days!! 

It starts next Monday, but I thought I could do a practice round today. :)

1. Work out 3 times this week. 

2. Eat more vegetables and fruits.

3. Blog at least 3 times this week. I have so many posts floating around in my head. :)

4. Be IN bed by 9 pm (on school nights---so maybe this will start next week?! lol) 

5. Finish my (mandatory 3-day) sub plans. I was supposed to have this finished 2 weeks ago...opps!

My coworker, T and I at her house last weekend with her babies aka pups!

I hope everyone is having a great Monday. Just think 2 more days until hump day! :)