Instagram and Bloglovin

First of all, HEY BLOG WORLD, all freakin out cause its the end of the world tomorrow (or the end of Google Reader, at least...)- make sure you're following me on Bloglovin.

BUT, I've also read in several places that if you use Blogger, the "my blogs" list will still be functional. We shall see.

Now that we put that behind us, I'm linking up with my girl Tawny for an instagram recap!

For those of you who follow me on instagram and get annoyed with food pictures....too bad so sad!

I'm by myself, and I'm trying to be super healthy, and I happen to really like pretty plate presentation!

Did you know that frying deli meat makes it REALLY GOOD? I'm not a deli meat fan, but throw that stuff in a frying pan with a little olive oil and we're golden. 

God bless George Foreman. That is all. 

Trying to change things up a bit everyday. Whole grain english muffins are my new favorite thing! 

Second half of the english muffin is under there somewhere.... 

1) I don't like spinach. 

2) You can disguise the taste of spinach REALLY EASILY. For example...

3) Put a pretty hefty amount of spinach on top of an english muffin and top that with tuna = what spinach?

So if you plan on sticking around with me this summer, expect a whole lot more of that. 

I'm convinced that healthy living does NOT have to be complicated. Doesn't it look good??

Happy Sunday, friends! :)

Love is a pretty cool thing...

Prepare for sap-fest 2013!
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Drew is finishing his 5th week at BCT- I really can't believe it! He's almost halfway done already :)

I'm incredibly proud. I miss him like crazy, but the fun part is that getting a letter is THE BEST feeling in the entire world. The neighbors probably think I'm crazy for checking for the mail 3 times a day....but whatever ;)

S.W.A.K. - are you KIDDING ME?! He's CUTE!!!

I'm at the point where I link pretty much everything back to Drew (Paige, shut up about Drew, you're annoying). "Oh, Drew would LOVE that video" "Drew would think that was SO funny!" "That guy has glasses like Drew's" etc, etc... Good thing I'm a loner this summer or I'd probably reaaaally annoy some people. 

So today I stumbled upon a Chive post (yeah yeah....they have some interesting stuff!! mixed in with a bunch of junk...but still) called "Love is a pretty cool thing." 

And I read....

"My heart...it feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like its trying to escape because it knows it doesn't belong with me...it belongs with you."

*fought back tears, like a big sappy baby*

So I then spent a good chunk (I actually really hate that word....chunk...sorry) of time going through pictures back to when we first met. Good stuff :) 

First photos together- December 2011

Still Dec. 2011?

                                     

Spring 2012

Previewing that bunch of photos, we're kind of a couple of weirdos BUT thats pretty much the only kind of photos I have of us together for the first 6 months or so.... Love it!

So I hope you have enjoyed reminiscing with me! For those of you wondering, no I still haven't gotten a phone call from him BUT its the weekend now, so here's hoping.......

List and Stuff

Warning: "selfies" included. Sorry guys.

I have nothing planned but I have LOTS of thoughts and a few photos to share, so here we go!
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1) Dr. Arnone (my flute professor) got a random free copy of Marie Claire in the mail this month and passed it on to Darbi who in turn passed it on to me. WOO! I never buy magazines. Ever. Because I'm broke, yaaaaaay. So I spend a little of my free time (HAHA....whats that?!) browsing because I like photos of pretty clothes and hair and stuff.

GUESS WHAT I READ?!

"Frizzy" curls are in.

Thats right ladies, you heard me! Its summer, and Marie Claire *July 2013 says that its ok for you to rock those curls in the Texas 100 degree humidity. Alllllll riiiiiight. (Disclaimer: the hair gets bigger as the day goes on, am I right?!)

2) Camp. 

These are the stipulations: Gotta look older than the little munchins (the struggle is real, y'all), its 100 degrees in TX, want to look semi-professional, and hours are 7am-6pm. 

Enter "camp chic"- yep, I made a name for how I try to dress at camp. DORKY.

Too small to read, but the nametag reads "Ms. Brown." Yep.

3) Sangria.

I learned how to make it!

Or rather, I sort of made up an easy recipe based on something I had heard. 

My dear dear friend Ainsley (who might be making a debut in the blogging world sometime in the near future...) came to visit and Sangria was made with our friend Mark.

Easy and delicious! I don't even feel like I should share the recipe because its embarrassingly simple....

Pretty AND delicious!

I definitely had more bullet points planned, but Kula is being a little chatter box and clearly needs attention "RIGHT MEOW, temp mom!"

Adios friends! Until next time....whenever that ends up being!  :)

Out of stock and Against the rules

Hi friends :)

I decided on a Shabby Apple purchase.....

source: Shabby Apple

But as soon as I committed, and clicked the little red "Add to cart"- "OUT OF STOCK""SUCKER!!!""TRY AGAIN". 

Ok, maybe it wasn't quite that harsh, but thats how I felt about it ;) 

So for now, I do believe that I will be postponing my Shabby Apple decision....unless this little pretty happens to be back in stock in the near future *hint hint.

Now, for some reason it appears to be semi-"against the rules" to post on Saturdays. I've seen several tweets lately saying something along the lines of "I broke the rule and posted on Saturday...." I'm not sure what that means. Do people not read blogs on Saturday? Also, don't they know that the rule is "NO POST ON SUNDAYS!!!" (hah hah HP fans...see what I did there?) Anyways, I don't have much time in this little bloggy world as of late so TOUGH. Saturday post it is. :) 

We finished a fun and exhausting week of HSBO (high school band and orchestra) camp at Baylor. There were 30 little fluties, and my job was to assist my teacher, Dr. Arnone, with the flute classes/flute choir and to coach a flute quartet for the chamber recital that the students put on for their parents at the end of the week! Exhausting, like I said, but we really do have so much fun teaching, challenging, and inspiring young musicians. 

Tomorrow we start the process all over again, but with middle schoolers!! This week is exciting for me because I get to be the head "flute teacher" (the school of music faculty kind of have a "run awaaaay" policy when it comes to middle school camp). So this weekend I'm trying to catch up on sleep, get caught up on my summer school class, and make lesson plans for a week of flute classes! 

Oh yes! Meet Kula :) She is the pretty baby of the family that I am house sitting for. 

Y'all, I am SO blessed to be staying here this summer! This is my first time living alone, but I couldn't ask to be at a more peaceful and accommodating location. I will be a nice summer, thats for sure!

And finally- DREW UPDATE!

I miss him alot, but we're both doing very well!! I hear from him (via snail mail) about once a week...but I'm really hoping that he get his phone privileges soon....as soon as tomorrow actually, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much. I can say already that corresponding by letter only has been Very good for us. He's about to test out of what they call "red phase" and he's excited to not have to sit in a classroom much anymore. He sounds healthy and stable...I can't exactly say "happy" because I'm not really sure if any of them are happy. But he's doing very well there, and thats all I can ask for! It is looking to be a financial struggle, but I'm planning on going to his graduation/family day in August if at all possible. Prayers for that working out for me (and his sweet momma!!!) would be greatly appreciated!

Thats all from me for today- my apologies again for the lack of posts recently. Thanks to all of you for your support and patience!!!

Shabby Apple- Help!!!

You guys- I'm SO BUSY!!! and I honestly hate it when people complain about how busy they are all the time... but I was looking forward to getting into blogging more this summer. No can do so far!

Quick update: I'm still in my last degree class (ends in 2 weeks!!) and have a 25 page term paper and super long presentation due right after the 4th of July. I'm "faculty" at the Baylor HSBO (high school band and orchestra) camp this week and at the middle school camp next week as well. Crazy!!

But, I'm writing to you guys primarily because I need help!
(Its pretty much a trivial matter at this point but I honor each and one of your opinions very much!)

I won a Shabby Apple gift card and I can't decide what to buy! (TEHE)
Gimme a vote PUH-LEAAASE!!!

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source: Shabby Apple 

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See what I mean?! Impossible to decide. At least I narrowed it down this far, right?!

What do YOU think I should get?