-Said goodbye to my sweet pup Vera + headed to Jackson, TN for the day
-Saw my neice, Emmie, in a beauty pageant
-Almost froze while walking around downtown (I love their Greyhound station!)
-Ate lunch with my sis-in-law, neice + mom
-Visited with my Grandma + Grandpa
-Watched Emmie + my cousin, Liv, try to fish but it was way too cold
-Took lots of pictures
-Loved being with family
Baked chocolate chip cookies using this recipe. I used regular flour instead since I didn't feel like buying bread + cake flour. They were pretty good but didn't stand out to be the best. I baked some immediately and they ended up being hard. I baked some after 24 hours and they were better. I still have some dough left to cook so I wonder if they will be the best?
Cooked a pot roast using this recipe. The ingredients sounded weird at first (coke, chili sauce, brown sugar and ketchup) but it was really good. I'm excited to try it again.
Looked at our growing tomatoes. All of them are pretty small right now.
Played with sweet Vera.
Helped with a friend's fantasy football draft because Zac was playing basketball. I had no idea what I was doing, haha. It was pretty nerve-racking.
Painted in the studio. I decided to use an old book that I made as a new place to paint quickly and just to have fun. It has really nice watercolor paper in it.
Wore comfy slippers Zac got me last Halloween. I'm so excited that it's getting closer to Fall. Yay!
Ate my delicious dinner :)
I'm loving this form of memory keeping :) It's quick + I like how you can add in items (room keys, luggage tags, name tags, postcards, receipts, etc.) that normally you might not know what to do with or throw in a drawer. I like that it's easy to add instagrams, printed photos + instax too. I think 4" x 6" is the perfect size too. I see lots of these in my future ♥
*I bought my summer minibook from Elise.
**You can check out her awesome, finished one here.
We ate our usual Friday night Mexican. My husband can not get enough Mexican food, haha. It's his favorite. Then out of the blue he mentioned shopping. This is VERY rare. He even said we could go to Hobby Lobby or Jo Ann's...shocker! :) But we decided on Bass Pro Shops because he had a gift certificate + we could take Vera (our soft coated wheaten terrier). We ended up not buying anything. We ended the night with ice cream from Baskin-Robbins to cool us off in this HOT weather.
I went to the farmer's market on Saturday + got so much local produce I could barely carry it all to the car. How pretty are those flowers?
I'm so proud of our tomato growing!!! I hope it keeps growing + we actually get to eat it. I swear I found another tiny one growing, but now I can't find it. We have lots of blooms. I can't wait to see how many tomatoes we get to harvest (I hope at least one). I really never thought this plant would make it; It had a rough start.
I'm also growing basil + mint :) I have been putting the mint in my tea + it is so yummy!
I made a peach cobbler to take to a friend's house for dinner that night. It was delicious!!!
I also made a tomato "salad" with goat cheese + basil from my "garden".
On Sunday my niece came over to swim. It's the first time I've been to our pool all year. She wore me out, haha. We played colors (where you guess the other person's favorite color + if you are wrong you get dunked)...She stood on my shoulders + jumped off over + over again...We had a race to the deep end...
Zac + I ate watermelon.
It was the perfect weekend.
♥
P.S. I hope everyone has a happy Independence Day! I'm just happy I get a day off work. We have no plans :) What about you?
A few Memphis Grizzlies games.
Getting my tattoo colored in.
Started a new painting.
I've decided to do the May photo a day challenge. I didn't do it in April + I sort of missed it. I think it was good to take a break for a while though. Are you going to participate?
//follow me @dailydoily//
I can't believe it's already almost May!
the March photo a day challenge. You can see the first half here.
16. SUNGLASSES 17. GREEN
18. A CORNER OF YOUR HOME 19. FUNNY
20. BEFORE/AFTER 21. DELICIOUS
22. KITCHEN SINK 23. MOON
24. AN ANIMAL 25. BREAKFAST
26. KEY 27. YOUR NAME
28. TRASH 29. FEET
30. TOY 31. WHERE YOU RELAX
I think I am done with the instagram photo a day challenge for a while. I decided not to do April. I may change my mind. We'll see.
Drove to Jackson, TN to visit my grandparents.
Got to see my sis in law, neice, cousins, uncle + aunt in law.
Enjoyed all of the beautiful trees, shrubs + flowers in bloom. I have always LOVED dandelions. I used to call them "blow-blows" haha. They always make me happy. I wished on one, but I can't tell what I wished for or it won't come true ;)
Had the best road trip buddy- sweet Vera.
Ate a chocolate dipped cone from Dairy Queen.
Listened to Jessica Lea Mayfield.
Sang along.
Wished she played longer.
Held hands.
9am // Walk Vera around the park
10am // Pick out what I'm going to wear (I hardly have any green)
11am // Get my allergy shot + drive to get breakfast
12pm // Brother Juniper's
1pm // Estate Sale
2pm // Rain on the way home
3pm // Shower
4pm // Rested
5pm // Snuggled with Vera :)
6pm // Read The Hunger Games for the rest of the night
7pm // while Zac watched a movie
8pm // Sleepy Vera
9pm // Zac loving on Vera
10pm // Take Vera out + get ready for bed (read more, haha)
I hope everyone else had a great St. Patrick's Day. Happy first day of Spring!!! (even though it feels like the first day of Summer around here, hah!)
...the instagram March photo a day challenge:
1. UP 2. FRUIT
3. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD 4. BESIDE
5. A SMILE 6. 5 PM
7. SOMETHING YOU WORE 8. WINDOW
9. RED 10. LOUD
11. SOMEONE YOU TALKED TO TODAY 12. FORK
13. A SIGN 14. CLOUDS
15. CAR
