lately.

lately.

June 5, 2012

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these have all been on instagram (_happyheartblog), but in case you missed them, here's what we've been up to. 

a lot of bath time and meal times. painting our nails fun shades of pink and mint. awesome new sunnies & socks from F21. relaxing. naps on the sofa. fresh flowers. braids. changing up the blog. pool time. home-buying adventures. 

i've also been trying to rack my brain on how to get better at thirty-one. and what to do with lia-bug all summer. m is busy with work a lot. he got a second job. we're using it to help quickly pay off some debt and put ourselves in an even better house-buying situation. we're teaching ourselves better money habits and we want to be able to give lia the best future possible. he's pretty much working A LOT. and i couldn't be prouder of having such a hard-working man. on top of that, he'll be out of town for a week soon with his main job, so there will be lots of mama/lia time and we'll go stir-crazy in this house. 

but it's been good lately. we've been good. and it's about to get better because i'm gonna go snuggle in bed and watch a movie with my love. he has the night off. we love nights off these days.

happy tuesday night.

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WEEKENDING

WEEKENDING

June 3, 2012

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this weekend was good. i felt pretty sick for most of it, but it was nice spending real time with my big love and my little love. we did some shopping. uhm, because that's what we do every weekend. we went out for lunch and ran some errands. just normal weekend stuff.

i'm hoping that whatever sickness has taken over around here is on it's way out. we've got a busy week ahead and its almost summer! no time for feeling crummy.

oh, and you see that picture of grass and boards? that's where our new home is going! we drove by on saturday to check out some details of other houses to see examples of colors and other things for our design appointment next week. we were happily surprised to see the layout of the foundation was started. it made it so much more real. i am beyond excited for the changes coming up in our lives. if i was a happy dance kind of girl, now would be the time to bust out a jig.  

instead i am snuggled up in bed, watching one tree hill and hearing quiet breathing coming from L's room. sleeping hasn't been her thing lately but tonight she went down without a fight. and i am thankful for that.

anything exciting coming up in your week?

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WHITE CHIP CHOCOLATE COOKIES

WHITE CHIP CHOCOLATE COOKIES

June 2, 2012

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another recipe! 

whenever we have guests over, whether its just friends or a party or a thirty-one event, i feel like i am supposed to bake. like, i feel kind of weird if i don't have a plate of freshly baked cookies ready. that doesn't mean i always bake, but i do always think i should. i'm sure our best friends in hawaii would agree.

i've got a few thirty-one parties coming up and while i was in the market today, i grabbed some cookie supplies. the white chocolate chips had this recipe on the back so i gave it a try.

these are very sweet, but very good.

recipe here. i split it in half because i didn't want as many cookies.

and apparently i have nothing better to blog about these days than the happenings of my kitchen. go me!

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DINNER FOR TWO

DINNER FOR TWO

June 1, 2012

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the hubby is out. the little lady fell asleep on the sofa with the dog. and it's a friday night. what's a girl to do?

i made up a big batch of arroz con pollo. i am still feeling cruddy. breathing isn't happenin' much either. but tomorrow is saturday. and that means i get to spend actual time with my little family.

so i cooked tonight and it'll feed us lunch and dinner tomorrow. no cooking for this mama tomorrow. that makes me happy.

                                                                      Source: skinnytaste.com via kristy on Pinterest

here's the recipe. and that's her picture, because it looks way better than mine.

i'll just go party it up with the dishes, the piles of laundry and the toys scattered all over the floor.
happy weekending.

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LOOKING FORWARD TO | JUNE

LOOKING FORWARD TO | JUNE

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savannah, ga.

 i'm starting june off sick and it's not exactly how i want to kick off the month of summer but hopefully it'll clear up in a day or two. so for now, i'll bunker down and ride out the nasties with lia-bug (yep, we're all sick!) and dream up my summer to-do list. 

i'm excited for...  

weekends spent at the beach or savannah. 

some fun thirty-one parties and company events. 

the prospect of building a house. 

fun play dates. 

$1 kids movies at the movie theater and summer reading programs at the library.

what are you excited about in june?

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