Oh, Mishka

(photo source)Let's talk weekends...Mine was amazing.Friday night Jordan and I stayed in and watched a movie.Saturday was Cat/Griz AKA the best college football rivalry in the history of the world.  I stayed in and watched the game with my dad. He made us french toast and I made some yummy l...

(photo source) It's a Monday Inspiration trio today!  These quotes are extra special because they all come from Dean Smith (go Tarheels!)!"If you're going to make every game a matter of life or death, you're going to have a lot of problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.""What to ...

(photo source) Congrats to Lisa, of That's What She Said...!  She's the winner of the Perricone M.D. giveaway!

(photo by me)I adore this verse.  Even if you aren't religious, I hope this inspires you."Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might."-Ecclesiastes 9:10Whenever I think about this, I figure out what is most important in my life at the moment, then I remind myself to focus...

I love walking in the snow and holding hands while wearing gloves.

photo sourceInstead of 5 Things to try over your weekend, today I have a list of 5 giveaways I think you should all check out.1. Perricone M.D. Cold Plasma giveaways are all the rage right now and thanks to Miss Liz, here are 4 you should enter: Blog Goggles, Gabby She Wrote, B is for Brown,...

(The view on my way to work)We're in the middle of a crazy snowstorm today!  I walked outside this morning straight into thigh-deep snow.  Jordan and I spent an hour trying to get my car out of its spot so I could go to work, only to have cars be stuck on either side of me in the a...

I was looking through my old photos the other day and found some from a trip Jordan and I took last year.  My favorite pictures are just silly candid shots: Jordan and I playing cards late one night and a couple of us playing with my little cousins.  I'm excited for the holidays so we c...

Jordan and I have been dating for 2 years today!So far we've kissed, hugged, celebrated each other's birthdays, gone to a Brad Paisley concert, driven all over Montana, camped, danced, laughed at my cat together, seen countless movies, watched a new president be elected, watched the Tarheels win ...

While I loved all of your advice, you basically all told me to do completely opposite things, so I decided to do a little bit of everything! I did a semi-permanent dye, it's nothing drastic, but it's darker than my natural color.  I also got a trim and quite a few new layers to add volume.&n...

I have a wonderful new blog sponsor, Bridget, who sells a wonderful skincare line by Rodan + Fields.  They're the same people who created Proactiv!Bridget lives here in my town and was sweet enough to give me some samples of her products.  While I'm not usually a fan of microdermabrasio...

 photo source "Don't whine, don't complain, don't make excuses." -John Wooden

photo sourceAs much as I miss Jordan while he's gone on the weekends, I do appreciate the alone time.  I'm one of those people who need quiet time by themselves often in order to recharge and relax.  Some of my favorite activities involve myself, a good book or movie, my cat and a hot d...

Y'all, I am not even joking when I say that I need a new hairstyle. It's very curly naturally, but I straighten it most of the time. I know, I know, everyone wants what they don't have. Most days it either looks like this:or like this:I'm not very creative, I know. I'm waiting for it to grow ...

Today is a giveaway day! The folks over at Perricone want to give one of you lucky readers at jar of their Cold Plasma. Among other things, their wonderfully fancy product fights aging, blotchiness, redness, and dryness. So it's pretty much the perfect product for right now as the weather starts ...

photo sourceI just saw this fun little game on Jenn's blog and wanted to join in. You should, too!Reading… A Purpose Driven life by Rick Warren and Winning Every Day by Lou Holtz. I can't recommend either of these books highly enough.Keeping… receipts! I finally decided to be an adult and keep tr...

photo sourceI recently got an email from Jamie, a fellow blogger, telling me about her newest project. She's started a blog called Addressed to Anonymous and I think it's genius. As Jamie says,"The basic idea is that this is a place for people to send unsent letters and unspoken words - anonymous...

Cute animals cheer me up even when it gets dark really early.photo 1, 2, 3, 4

photo sourceThis Recipe Tuesday, I'm sharing one of my recipes. One of my very favorites, in fact. This chili is the first dish I ever made that isn't directly from Food Network or a family member. I took a chili recipe I learned years ago and have made it my own by little tweaks until it was ...

photo source"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."-Marilyn Monroe

photo sourceYou know what makes me sad?Hunting season.It takes my boyfriend away from me weekend after weekend after weekend. He was gone last weekend, he's gone now and he'll be gone again next weekend. And that's being optimistic.I was OK with it last weekend, since I was super sick and basic...

Since everyone is posting adorable pictures of themselves on Halloween as a kid, I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon and do the same. Only...I'm pretty sure this is just what I dressed like one day and this wasn't Halloween.This is Jordan and me 2 years ago on Halloween. We started dating 11 days...

photo sourceThis is, I believe, the first 5 Things post written by someone outside of the USA! Seyma wrote this post and she's from Turkey. I can't get over how compassionate this list of things to do over your weekend is. Thanks so much, Seyma. Your list is just perfect.1. Grab someone you l...

photo sourceIt's very belated, but here is what I'm thankful for this Thursday:fun nail polish to match my Halloween costumephone calls with my little brother, who I miss like crazyall the gorgeous snow we've got heregoing out with my BFF Jacisnuggling with Jordan and catching up on TV showsand h...

photo sourceHey folks, I've disabled unregistered and anonymous commenting for a while. Sorry to all of you who aren't registered, but it just takes a second to get an Open ID!I'm just sick of reading comments from some weirdo who thinks they have a reason to care whether I legitimately sprained ...

photo sourceSorry I don't have a blog post this morning! I caught some kind of cold/sinus infection/death virus that kept me in bed all weekend feeling like I got run over by a truck. I'll be home later today though and I'll have a better post then.I hope you all had a great weekend! Leave lots o...

photo sourceThis week's 5 Things to try over your weekend post is extra special. My boyfriend, Jordan, wrote it! He wants me to let you all know that he made it as girly as possible, however I'm just not sure that you can make elk hunting or pumpkin launching especially girly. Anyways, enjoy h...

photo sourceThings I'm thankful for today:pumpkin ice creammy adorable, cuddly catdoctors who make me all better after I hurt myself yet again (oops!)Brad Paisley's song "I Hope That's Me"brand new sweaters that are perfect for fallamazing, inspiring new bookscomforting old booksmy friends set th...