H54F - I'm Back!!

Wow.... I sure have missed reading all of your bloggies!!! And I've definitely missed posting! 

How in the world has it been since the end of July since my last post?! Back to work plus another semester of grad school plus lots of craziness here and there equals no time to blog!!! Or even read blogs! 

I spent Thanksgiving break catching up on your all's blogs!!! I am almost caught up! Finally!

I figured what better way to jump back in than a High Five for Friday post!!!

Here are five of my favorite things from this week: 

1- The Sound of Music Live last night. Seriously. The BEST ever! I just love that movie. Add my fav, Carrie Underwood, and it was just great!! Did you all watch it?!

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2-It's my favorite time of the year!!! I'm loving all the Christmas decorations around town. I love listening to the Christmas music! And I love seeing all the smiling faces out Christmas shopping. 

3-My sister introduced me to the wonderful world of turning your local library card into an online resource!!! I'm loving the Zinio Magazine Collection! I can check-out all the current magazines directly to my iPad? For free??? YES please!

4 - I'm so thankful I was able to see most of my family and Ben's family for Thanksgiving. And I can't wait to see everyone again for Christmas! We had a great time in Gatlinburg. 

It was beautiful with the snow!!! As long as I didn't have to drive the hills with snow and ice in the dark. Shew, thank goodness for Ben driving! 

5- Finally, I'm loving the Skinny Taste website and all of their wonderful recipes!!! My favorite is still the Skinny Taco Chili. This time, I threw in a can of pumpkin with it :) delicious! Next up on my list, Skinny Cranberry Bliss Bars! 

Hope you all have a great weekend! 

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This week FLEW by. Probably because it was my last offical week of summer :( I have meetings Monday through Friday next week. Then the student's first day back is Tuesday, August 6th. Where did summer break go?!?!!

Here are my highlights from the past week:

1. I am LOVING the weather we have been having this week. It has been in the 70's and low 80's, which is just perfect. Perry's loving that we can go for longer walks in the morning with the cooler temps!!!

2. We celebrated Ben's birthday last weekend. His birthday was last Friday, but it was a weekend-long party, of course! We had a great time celebrating his birthday with friends! 

3. The juicer we ordered from Bed, Bath and Beyond FINALLY came in!!!!! I put it to use right away with a watermelon, peach and apple juice. It was very pink and quite delicious. The watermelon was very strong! Can't wait to try more juices!! If you know any good recipes, send them my way :) 

4. We have been getting our weekly CSA share from Elmwood Farms. This week included blackberries, which were absolutely delicious! We just got our share on Wednesday and the blackberries are already gone. 

5. Finally, I'm loving that I got my hands on the Aquage Uplifting Foam that Kate always talks about. It is amazing! I tried it yesterday and it worked wonders. So happy I finally bought some! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend. I hope to spend mine outside as much as possible before meetings and school starts back up!!! 

Don't forget to link up with Lauren for H54F!! 

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I'm trying to make time for blogging, so I decided to start back with a High Five for Friday post!!!

1. I'm loving the beautiful weather we have been having this week! It's been sunny and warm, which is a nice break from all the rain we've had!

2. We had perfect weather for Thursday Night Live last night. And I had a great time catching up with some old girlfriends. 

3. Ben and I are doing the Tone It Up slimdown this week and hopefully next week to detox our body from all of the July 4th weekend cookouts, drinking and what not :)  I actually love eating clean like this because I feel SO much better! 

4. Even though we're doing the slimdown, we had a little cheat meal last night. I had a GF pizza at a local favorite, Joe Bolognas. Best GF pizza in Lexington! It was so good I forgot to snap a picture before we devoured it. Oops. 

5. I'm loving my new suit from Victoria's Secret. And I'm loving the sale on all the swim suits right now! If only I could look like this when I wear the suit.... 

What are you loving this week? Link up with Lauren for H54F!!