Coffee

Birthday blessings

Thursday was my birthday. I turned 20. Weird.

Anyways, I had such a fun birthday/weekend!

My dad was out of town (for work) on my birthday so my mom, sister, and I went out to lunch, got coffee, and went shopping. I had to teach spinning that night, but Jimmy and his brother came out to my house (totally surprised me!) and enjoyed cake with my family. My momma made carrot cake and we also picked up an ice cream cake.It’s hard to explain how much I love carrot cake. 

Jimmy got me the two best birthday gifts ever. A cactus and coloring supplies!! So what did I do? I drew him a thank you cactus card…On Saturday Jimmy took me out to dinner. He’s too sweet :). We went to a fancy Italian restaurant and we felt totally out of place but really enjoyed the food! I also received a special hand-made birthday card from one of my favorite blogging friends!Thank you, Laura!

My birthday was really special, I felt so blessed to be surrounded by all of the people in my life that I love the most!

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How was your weekend?!

Recent Eats

First things first in the foodie department: I finally put up my recipe for mac & cheese! Also, I have another recipe soon to come. Here’s a sneak preview:It involves cornflakes and peanut butter. Can’t go wrong with that combo!

Now for the recent eats:

Microwave popcorn

Luna bar & Italian bread with peanut butter

An apple with peanut butter

Hard boiled eggs. These we a snack before I taught Spinning the other night.

A severely under-cooked microwave corn muffin for one. I love dough.

Blackened tofu

A de-constructed stir fry dinner

Chicken Alfredo at Eat n Park

Steak salad topped with red peppers and onions from a local cafe

Salmon salad, also from a local cafe

Salsa chicken. This was almost a disaster. I was going to use my family’s outdoor grill for the first time but it ran out of gas… after I pull all the raw chicken on the grill. George Foreman saved the day though!

Lots of drinks. I’m always thirsty.

Coffee and my Bible. My favorite way to start the day.

Iced coffee and my Bible. My other favorite way to start the day 😉

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Bible verse of the day:Zephaniah 3:17

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I’m just hanging around my house today (for the most part..) and then teaching Spinning tonight at 4:30 and 7:15. Hope you have a great day!

What’s the best thing you’ve ate lately?