tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88234212061132952852024-02-18T22:54:28.230-06:00Wine Down with the OwensAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-42982770557046206322016-01-19T11:08:00.001-06:002016-01-19T11:10:07.409-06:002016, New Year, Lots of New Posts!Happy New Year! It seems I am the worst blogger in the history of bloggers and have been off and on blogging for 5 years now. One of my major goals is to start back up my blog and not for the reasons of gaining followers (although if that comes with my blogging, that is wonderful!) and not for the reasons of anything else but to document my journey as a new wife, a future mom, and to document all my recipes as I've been trying so many new things in the kitchen.<br />
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I have a lot of catching up to do, and so I am listing my Post-Goals so I can hopefully write these and publish them to the blog. I also will be revamping my blog making it completely a new face and design, and renaming it. Since I'm not a Maggio anymore, my blog name has gotten quite irrelevant. I'm thinking of new names right now but it is so hard and sometimes I feel extremely NON-creative so bare with me on that one! The running contender right now is... Wine Down with the Owens. We'll see... :-)<br />
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So! Onto my Post-Goals of 2016:<br />
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1. 3rd Annual Naughty White Elephant Party: This is my favorite party and sometimes the only major party I host every year with my favorite girls. We exchange naughty gifts by the fire while eating my famous Chicken & Sausage Gumbo and drinking copious amounts of wine.<br />
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2. Christmas 2015: Self explanatory but this year was special as we got to spend the entire week leading up to Christmas with the family in Louisiana.<br />
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3. Wedding: Can't wait!<br />
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4. Honeymoon: St. Lucia post.... get ready to swoon.<br />
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5. Bachelorette/Bridal Shower: NOLA Bach and a very dehydrated hung over Bridal Shower... can't wait to post about this one.<br />
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6. Rehearsal Dinner/Thoughts Leading Up to Wedding/Being My Own Planner<br />
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7. Recipes: So many new ones, obviously this will be many posts.<br />
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8. Save the Dates, Invites, Christmas Cards: Need to showcase the cuteness.<br />
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9. Best Friend's Wedding: That's right, my bestie of almost 15 years got married a few months after me and I can't wait to share about it.<br />
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10. Vegas Birthday: My hubby Scottie surprised me with a trip to Vegas (my first time) for my 27th Birthday.<br />
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I also plan to post more about my fitness journey as I've started to really focus on my health and getting fit back in November. I've only lost a few pounds so far and I've had a ton of cheat days so this is definitely a work in progress, but I am doing this for me before I have children I want to be able to be confident in my own skin and work on creating a healthy habit lifestyle to carry on.<br />
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Can't wait to see what 2016 has in store for me, my family, and I will blog all about it!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-49533123601272678842015-05-15T09:51:00.002-05:002015-05-15T09:58:24.643-05:00Our Engagement PicturesHappy Friday! It's been a whirlwind of a week getting back from our amazing honeymoon, I cannot wait to recap it all but I wanted to go way back to the beginning since I haven't blogged in a while.<br />
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We had scheduled our Engagement pictures for February 25th, and 2015 has been one year for the books in Austin = RAIN all the time. You might as well call us Seattle, Texas because it has been down pouring for so many weeks - and we had to reschedule our engagements 4 times! FOUR! Thankfully our photographer Shalyn kept us positive and was super flexible in continuing to wait for perfect weather. We eventually landed a date in early April that happened to be the most beautiful weather and perfect sun, and I am so pleased with how <a href="http://www.soshayblog.com/">Shalyn </a>from Love, The Nelsons, captured our fun and intimate relationship during this session. Scott and I both can be our own worst critics and tend to pick ourselves apart so I was really nervous during the engagements, but Shay with her rapping skills and silly dance moves to loosen us up really helped us relax and I think that made all the difference with how the photos came out!! Get ready to swoon you guys... they're amazing and I will cherish these photos forever! Can you believe we dated for almost 8 years with no real professional photos of ourselves?!</div>
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-29836323814268402902015-02-23T13:12:00.000-06:002015-02-23T13:14:56.070-06:00Been a While...It has been a while since I've posted, things have been so busy! I never thought I'd be so busy yet so calm and stress-free through planning a 6.5 engagement to wedding! So I thought I'd blog a little bit to document what we've been doing and what is coming soon.<br />
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We stayed in and cooked steaks for New Years together just the two of us and it was so fun... honestly we kind of accidentally got hammered on champagne and at 12:03 we realized we were watching the wrong channel and missed the ball drop by 3 minutes. Whoops. At least we still toasted and had our new year's kiss! I really enjoy most the low key nights where it is just us two hanging out.<br />
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January 10th, we were thrown an engagement party by my bridesmaids and it. was. SO. fun and so well planned and cute! Here are some photos from it. I loved the theme "I DO BBQ" and we even received a few gifts from our close friends and a Jenga game with truth or dares on them. So cute!<br />
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That Sunday, I signed my MOH Suzy (who is getting married in October!) and I up for the Austin Bridal Extravaganza, and had just enough Park $1 mimosas to make it sooo fun! Loved watching the fashion show and getting lots of coupons for Mens Wearhouse and my bridal shop for booking my bridesmaids appointments, and Suzy got a lot of great ideas on what she wanted to do. I highly recommend doing an Extravaganza event if you are a bride! Lots of fun.<br />
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Late January I took my bridesmaids Denise and Brittnie, my only two wedding party people that LIVE in Austin, to get their Bridesmaids dresses at Alfred Angelo. SO FUN! We are doing sage colored dresses, and I let each bridesmaid pick whatever style they wanted as long as it was in the same color and short. I cannot wait to see all 6 of them standing together ALL in different styles, they looked so stunning and I love that each bridesmaid feels beautiful and comfortable in her own styled dress. I think it will be perfect!<br />
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Which brings me into wedding stuff. I am so pumped, you guys. Everything is basically complete. We even finally have found our cake person and we are just waiting for the final quote from them now. We have spent more than we planned (by uhh a lot) but we are so thrilled that it is going to be the event of the decade!! We found out just recently that apparently the biggest boxing match in our decade (was almost century but Muhammad Ali fight was in our century) so decade is going to be happening ON our wedding night. Am I bummed about it? Not really. I don't care for boxing but I know a lot of guys do, so we're planning on having a small room to the side of the dance floor with a projector screen and sound playing the fight for those that want to watch, so no one feels like they have to skip out on our wedding early or anything.<br />
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Invitations are coming along awesome, I have noticed these are the most tedious annoying thing of the entire wedding. And really, it's because I ordered a digital file off Etsy with revisions and this Etsy shop closes and opens every other day, it is the most bizarre thing to ever happen - so I might be biased about this being the worst part of planning.<br />
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We also only have our Wedding Rings left. I am so excited to go pick them out with Scott soon. We have planned to go to St. Lucia for our Honeymoon and we couldn't be any more excited about it unless someone sent us a check for the whole amount - if you're interested, make it out to "Amanda" please hehe.<br />
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Valentines day was very low key (saving $!) so we made each other dinner drank some wine and watched movies. My perfect evening for our first and last Valentines as Fiances!<br />
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Last week Maddie (my other MOH and baby sister) sent me freaking flowers to my office as a just because. This girl makes my heart just SMILE so big. She is so thoughtful and didn't have to do this but the fact that she did made my whole month. So so sweet. I miss her!!<br />
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I ran my first 5K this past Saturday and as a complete NON-runner, I had SO MUCH FUN. It was the Austin Foam Glow 5K and with all the glow sticks, black lights, foam being shot out of cannons, and glow in the dark slime being shot at everybody, it was literally a running party. We were drenched from head to toe (my feet are so sore now from running wet) and were in complete bliss. I highly recommend doing these FUN 5Ks because I barely even noticed that I ran 3.3 miles. WIN WIN!!!<br />
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It has been such a fun couple of months, I am looking forward to all of the festivities to start happening soon!!!!<br />
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This Wednesday we have engagements with the absolutely stunning amazing Shalyn with Love, the Nelsons!!<br />
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March 7th weekend I will be in Willis, TX taking Engagement photos of my sweet MOH and her fiance Taylor around Conroe and as a complete amateur I'm super excited about it and treating it like a professional session and we're also going to be looking at Wedding dresses. Couldn't be MORE excited and happy for my beautiful friend.<br />
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THE NEXT week March 12th I will be in Dallas at the MIRANDA LAMBERT concert with my future SIL Helen and her step daughter Jazmin and I just cannot wait for the road trippin and to wear my boots jammin to Miranda I love her!<br />
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Scott and his bachelors are going to Vegas for their bachelor party and I am not even jealous cause my girls are a big party and we are turning up in NOLA the first weekend of April.... any recommendations on what to do or where to go is greatly appreciated but as Louisiana girl my go-tos are going to be Cafe du Monde, and it is the French Quarter Festival so I forsee lots of day drinking and crazy shenanigans happening!!! Can't wait. And alas, in 68 DAYS - SIXTY EIGHT PEOPLE -- I will become Mrs. Owens, married to my favorite person for the last almost 8 years, and will be flying away to a magical island with him to celebrate. I am the happiest luckiest lil lady in the world.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-2303280866192655232014-12-30T11:38:00.001-06:002014-12-30T11:46:53.281-06:00Our Christmas 2014Our Christmas this year began quite early with Scott's family in town December 20th weekend to celebrate my nieces 3rd birthday, do trail of lights, and then Christmas Eve we had my side of the family and Scott's family in town through this Monday. Even though it was pretty chaotic, hosting 9 people in my home including toddlers, teenagers, and parents, it was strangely a relaxing, fun time! Also, it helped that it was filled with all wonderful loving people and of course, my momma's divine home cookin' (can you say seafood gumbo, crawfish etoufee, or pineapple brown sugar glazed ham?! *mouth watering*). I'll start with the Holiday photos I took of Raelyn and Rylee for their grandma to be blown up at Christmas, and then the rest of Holiday photos with my family. Hope you all had a wonderful, MERRY Christmas and were able to spend it with your loved ones. I'm off to finish working and BACK to napping for the next 10 days... I am a walking zombie but so full and happy.<br />
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I woke up yesterday running late for work and I had NO choice having to shower because I hadn't showered the day before and my hair was disgustingly greasy. Just being real you guys... I was gross! I got ready and I jet out the door to be at work by my daily "huddle time", 9:27am. I arrived just a few minutes before and walked right into a shitstorm. Let's just say we have a client that I dropped the ball on an order about a month ago, and frantically had to locate a shipment by making several phone calls, scheduling an onsite technician to come install that overnight shipment I was making, and I am REALLY good at my job so when I screw up, I take it personally. I hate it when I get so busy with things that I forget something that is important, and that's just what I had done. </div>
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The morning was stressful and terrible to begin with, so what is the thing to do? Go get Chick Fil A.... it cures everything right??</div>
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So here I am, in the Chick Fil A line, frustrated, feeling defeated, and I notice the same pile of advertisement trash mail that we always get sitting in my passenger seat along with a few cc offers or insurance offers, so I throw them in the trash can that is by the drive-thru menu. That felt good! At least something I felt like got accomplished today, haha.</div>
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I get back to work and munch on the amazing chicken nuggets with my Chick Fil A sauce.. literally about an hour later I get a call from Scottie letting me know that we should be expecting a piece of mail from ADP for a refund/overage check and I'm like "Okay great I'll look out for it, love you bye" as I'm working away on a work spreadsheet. About 2.7 seconds after I hang up the phone my world stopped for a second. "Oh my gosh, I effing threw an ADP "insurance offer" away literally an hour ago at Chick Fil A."..... "F!" I immediately call Chick Fil A with the most embarrassed tone and let the manager know before I said anything else that this would most likely be the highlight of his day. He laughed and asked what happened, and I let him know that I unknowingly dropped a check in his drive-thru trash can, that I was humiliated, and that I need to come dig through his trash (vom) to look for it. He let me know that he would actually look for it and call me back if he found it, well - I was already on the road heading that way to speed up the timing and just praying the check wasn't already in "the bin" with the dozen other trash bags they had. Luckily it had JUST been placed into the bin and they had the right bag to begin with. Y'all... I walked into Chick Fil A, met the manager, and he had like his whole staff looking for me. How embarrassing but amazing. I was floored. They first brought me two pieces of mail that were actual credit card offers wrapped in paper towels because its disgusting, and they were not it. I sadly let them know and ensured it WAS the correct bag though! The manager walked me around the back and this sweet boy with gloves on digging thru the trash for me walked up and said, ADP, is this it? And my heart I swear exploded. YAY! He found the check, I wanted to hug him! The manager and I laughed about it for a second and I probably thanked him a million times saying I should have been the one digging, I am so so sorry!! When I got back into my car I nearly gagged while opening this check, and it was for freaking $1350! I cannot believe I just threw away fourteen hundred dollars. What is wrong with me? I cannot tell Scott! I went ahead and did the mobile deposit to our bank right then and there to try to avoid telling him (or the bank!) the embarrassing story or explain why there was food grease all over the check. This is still cracking me up over here as I write this. </div>
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I drove back to work just thinking to myself, I swear I'm either going to get pulled over, going to trip over a rock and bust my head open, or SOMETHING! It was almost funny to me how bad my day was going. Also to be noted with this bad day, my entire family that is coming for Christmas next week has the flu and even worse - my little sister has the flu and Mono and has been in and out of doctors offices with 104 fever getting steroid shots and fluids because she's so dehydrated. Jeez! I found out when I got back to work that this spreadsheet I was working on needed to be completely done before Christmas, which means most likely I'll be working tomorrow, Saturday, while my family is in town. Oh Joy! I swear I could not wait to get home and make a stiff Vodka drink or down a good <strike>5</strike> glass<strike>es</strike> of wine. </div>
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Well I am happy to say that things have been much better! I've only upset 2 clients today so far, the check is deposited, Scott and I watched a TON of American Horror Story last night and it is SO good, we ate leftovers for dinner so I didn't have to cook, and tonight family is coming to town! I still am not finished with the spreadsheet but it is a great work in progress, and I will most likely have to come in tomorrow, but y'all. Life is good. I am a blessed, lucky girl, It is busy season at work but I love my job, and my fiance has been such a rockstar helping me around the house and doing little things here and there to make my night better. For instance, my drink had a little tiny cardboard attached to a tooth pic attached to my lime that said "I love you!" like a little flag. Also, the other night he made me a "love sack" that he got on the way home from work at CVS. This love sack included: a card that said he missed me and loved me. a red box movie with Kristen Wiig in it (love her). A pack of gum. A picture frame. An IPhone charger. And some chocolates. I just love him more than ever. It was the cutest thing in the world. </div>
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I am off to go attack the rest of this spreadsheet, and be grateful for this wonderful life even though some days may be hysterically terrible. Lesson of this long random post: sometimes you just have to laugh at the days that things may not be going that great, because in the end "This Too Shall Pass" and tomorrow will always be a better day. We have so much to be thankful for and even on the stressful days we are very blessed. Second lesson of the day: CHICK FIL A ROCKS!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, FRIENDS!</span></b></div>
Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-15753682946420632042014-12-15T10:51:00.004-06:002014-12-15T11:39:28.262-06:002nd Annual Naughty White Elephant PartyIt has been one crazy, sleepless, FUN week! We started with Monday which was my 26th birthday... This year I chose not to celebrate with any sort of huge party or event since we're trying to cut back on spending due to lots of <a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2014/10/were-engaged-life-lately.html">Wedding </a>expenses and so I ended up going out to share some apps and wine with Scottie that night, and the next night I had a few drinks and apps with my best girls.<br />
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Friday night, our company had its Holiday Dinner Party at Bob's Steakhouse in Downtown Austin, and like every year.. we say we're not going out walking down 6th street after, but we totally ended up downtown, walking 6th street after. I got home at 230am and was back up at 8am getting breakfast and heading BACK to work for a 9-2pm meeting. I was so tired and knew today was going to be a long (but worth it!) day.<br />
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Finally I got home around 430pm after having lunch after our late running meeting and started rushing around! Luckily I had my future sister in law and best friend who came in town about an hour before there to help me get started with everything.... Here's a little background on the White Elephant.<br />
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We had a girls night last year during the work week at my house that I wanted to make funny and do a fun gift exchange, so we started a "Naughty White Elephant" where you bring a bottle of wine and a gift $25 or under from your local Adult Shop, Spencers, or Lingerie Shop. It was a huge hit the first year only we were all hammered at 11pm on a work night, so this year we chose to move it to the weekend! First year to the left, second year to the right!<br />
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I was so happy to have about double the ladies we had last year, it was absolutely hysterical exchanging crazy gifts with one another. I made a big batch of gumbo and a few girls brought appetizers, we had probably over 20 bottles of wine and I only had 2 leftover at the end of the night.... successful!<br />
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I adore each and every one of these amazing ladies, and I'll let the pics do the rest of the talking! I literally laid on my couch the entire day yesterday and am STILL feelin it today from such a busy but amazing weekend! Have a great day y'all!<br />
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-72163433048038538752014-12-08T13:38:00.004-06:002014-12-08T13:46:10.774-06:00Engagement PartyLast Saturday, the 29th of November, we were thrown a Surprise Engagement Party by my parents and family. We spent <a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2014/12/our-thanksgiving-2014.html">Thanksgiving </a>with just our immediate family since everyone was out of town, and with all that was <a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2014/12/our-thanksgiving-2014.html">going on</a>, we didn't think twice about anything like this knowing that everyone was busy doing their thing this year... I can't say on the inside I wasn't a <i>little </i>sad thinking I wouldn't get to see my Grandma and show her my beautiful new ring and fiance (well, she's known Scott since the beginning so just the ring haha), but I was so happy to relax at my momma's house and enjoy some quality time with my siblings and cousins.<br />
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Since my little brother Nick was finally off work from his madness of Black Friday and Thanksgiving sales at his department store, we wanted to have Sibling Day and go out together and have fun! Nick was dressed up so nicely and took us to a sports bar for some po-boys, draft beer, and football! It was so fun, we had some cousins/nieces tag along as well. Little did I know he was being sneaky keeping us away from my mom's house where they were getting all set up! I had no clue I was enjoying SO MUCH the quality time out and about with my family. We showed back up at the house and there were so many cars, I was completely confused, but when I walked in, I looked around and saw ALL of my family telling me "Are you serious did you really think we wouldn't show up for THIS!?" I was in awe, floored, so grateful and so happy. They ordered our favorite ambrosia cake with strawberries and hung pictures of us on burlap and lace everywhere, it was the sweetest most thoughtful thing. We felt so overwhelmed and loved, such a happy night celebrating with the people that mean the most to us. I love our family. I'll let the pictures do the talking now :-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">^^ Not a bad idea! ;-) #mommysfavorite</td></tr>
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-2842754287310221192014-12-02T10:13:00.001-06:002014-12-02T11:46:09.662-06:00Our Thanksgiving 2014Thanksgiving this year was bittersweet and filled with lots of great food, love, family and friends. We road tripped and spent 4 days with my family in my home state, Louisiana. It had already been a quite different Thanksgiving Holiday because most of my extended family were spending it away from home, so I had already known it would just be my Mom & Al, siblings, and us and that still sounded so awesome to me as I only see them a handful of times a year.<br />
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Coming into town, my Uncle Wayne and his fiance, Virginia were at the Women's hospital in Baton Rouge, in Labor and Delivery, with my little cousin, William Joseph - who was 29 weeks at this point, and weighed only 1lb 10oz. He was born at 10:03pm, and sent to NICU. Wednesday morning we got to go visit with them and I even got to hold his sweet little hand. I sent to instagram a screenshot of my tweet asking for prayers, and I can't say enough how grateful I am for the overflow of prayers from all of you via facebook, twitter, and instagram! Thank you so much.</div>
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Wednesday was spent enjoying the beautiful weather in Louisiana, visiting little Will and his amazing parents, and having some oysters with my mom, Al and Maddie (paired with some amazing bloody marys!)</div>
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We came home to this little fun surprise.....</div>
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Huxley loves his new little muscle tee... how cute is that!?</div>
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We ate some delicious chili and my mom's homemade cornbread (divine!) and my girl cousins, sister and I stayed up til 2am doing karaoke and playing catchphrase. So fun!</div>
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Thanksgiving day started off really sad. We woke up to my Uncle Wayne, cousin Tony, and Virginia in the kitchen, letting us know that Will did not make it. His sweet little body was underdeveloped and his intestines had too many air bubbles that put too much stress on his heart. It was absolutely devastating. Rest in peace, sweet Will. Not only that, but my step brother was in ICU hanging by a thread. In the midst of these tragedies, I couldn't help but look around me and feel blessed and thankful for our family. Especially for my mother and what kind of person she is to us, and to our entire family. This sounds crazy to say after what I just wrote, but my mom's house is where everyone ends up. No matter what they're going through, no matter how bad it is - it means everything to have family show up because they know that they are loved and welcomed always. I can only hope to be half the woman my mom is to my children and siblings as we get older. Our family in my opinion seems to be a rare kind, where there is no judgement, there is no envy, there is no disconnect. We're all best friends, we all know everything going on in each other's lives no matter how ugly. Our little niece Emily who was going through her dad being in ICU due to an overdose, was able to stay up all night with us and we went and got a gallon of ice cream and played games and did YouTube karaoke and she was able to break away from the pain she was going through. It made me feel really good about where I come from, so as bittersweet as Thanksgiving was, we all knew we have so much to be thankful for. </div>
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<i>Foods pictured above</i>: I made a pull-apart Jalapeno Popper Bread.. Recipe soon!</div>
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We spent Friday lounging around the house in our sweatpants, no Black Friday shopping for us!!! We ate some delicious leftovers and watched movies and enjoyed each other's company. We also had Maddie take a few shots of us for our very first Christmas card, our Save the Date, I cannot wait to post about these!!! Saturday was our last day in town and we turned it into sibling day since Nick was off of work. Next post up,... how sibling day turned into a sneaky way to surprise us for an Engagement Party! </div>
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-41051374158731755282014-11-18T10:54:00.000-06:002014-11-18T11:05:09.722-06:00Homemade Chicken and Kale SoupThis past weekend we had Scott's sister, dad, and our baby nieces in town. We got to show them the venue (they loved it!!), did lots of movie watching, smores making by the fire, and music playin/singing in the garage. I also attended my girlfriend Nicole's baby shower, can't wait for Baby Anthony to be here!! The family left yesterday and we are always sad to see them go, but we are pooped! Looking forward to a weekend filled with relaxation and good food at our Friendsgiving on Sunday.<br />
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It has been pretty chilly in Austin the past week and a half, but I am loving it. Winter is my favorite... I love the winter clothes,fires at home, I love <i>any</i> excuse to cuddle up super close to Scottie and Huxley (and Bailey now) and then of course all the Holidays where I get to see my family who lives 8 hours away and Scottie's family that lives 5 hours away...<br />
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Last night we were excited to get home and start a fire imediately, and I knew I wanted to make a soup! I already had most of these ingredients on hand, so I literally just had to stop and get a bunch of kale for $1, and I was ready to go! This recipe is SO easy and while we're on this Yeast Free diet right now trying to trim down for the wedding, it was able to fill us up perfectly and we even had tons extra to bring to work today. </div>
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2-3 Large Chicken Breasts<br />
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6 Organic Carrots<br />
1 Bunch Celery<br />
1 Onion<br />
Sea Salt and Pepper</div>
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-35309586562914629992014-11-10T11:32:00.001-06:002014-11-10T17:12:45.027-06:00DIY: Bridesmaid Invite BoxesHappy Monday, friends! Oh what a fun weekend it was for us... we had our best friends Ashley and Justin in town with their little nugget Annalee from Dallas to spend the weekend with us. We stayed up way too late, had breakfast casserole and mimosas the next morning, stayed up way too late again the next night - I felt 19 again! It was SO fun, we miss them so much. The weekend was even more special, because I asked Ashley to be my Matron of Honor.<br />
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From the moment I met Ashley, back in 2010, before she and Justin were even engaged, I LOVED her! She is like an older sister to me, and we just click when it comes to about anything. I could always go to her for advice and call her at 2am if I needed her, everyone needs a friend like this! But that isn't the only reason why I asked her to be MOH. Justin and Ashley have a relationship that is truly special, inspiring, and REAL. They have a love for each other that I admire, and I believe that when it comes to having a Matron of Honor, it is someone who is wise in their ways , who knows the beauty and hardships of marriage, and is an example... and that's what she and Justin are to us. Scott also asked Justin to be a groomsmen! It was a wonderful moment that I will never forget. Cue tears! I just love our Gamboa family.<br />
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Over the past few months, I had seen some Pinterest Ideas (can be the worst and best thing while planning a wedding FYI!) about how to ask your bridesmaids formally to stand by you on your wedding day. I really liked the concept of a keepsake box for future use, but a lot of the colors made me cringe and I definitely didn't want to buy them all on Etsy it just would get way too pricey! SO I decided to make my own with inspirations of the colors of the wedding. </div>
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3 Picture Keepsake Boxes - Unfinished<br />
A Couple Yards of Lace Fabric<br />
1 Set of Peach Ribbon<br />
1 Set of Mint Ribbon (They didn't have sage but it came out looking pretty!)<br />
3 Sets of Mint Decor Flowers, Lace Decor Flowers, and Peach Decor Flowers (2 or 3 packs)<br />
1 Pack of Foam Brushes<br />
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By the way, everything was from 25-50% off at the store, I couldn't believe it seeing my receipt, it was so cost friendly!<br />
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They did not have stains at Joanns so I stopped by Home Depot on the way home and got an English Rustic stain. I had never stained before so I was really nervous but OMG I love it! It is SO easy!! My Maid of Honor Suzy and I stained the boxes together with a few cocktails. SO fun!<br />
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I "wing'd" it when it came to decorating the outside of the boxes. I have 6 bridesmaids, so I saved the picture keepsake boxes for the Maid of Honor, MOH Jr, and Matron of Honor, and decorated the cigar boxes for my other ladies.</div>
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I really love the way that they turned out. All I needed was a glue stick, a glue gun, and some random creative ideas I'd get each time I did a new box. I downloaded a free printable from WeddingChicks.com for the "Will you be my?" and also wrote each bridesmaid a personalized note with a picture.</div>
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Body Scrub<br />
2 Perfumes<br />
Nail Polish<br />
Blingy Necklace<br />
Ferrero Rocher Chocolates<br />
Will You Be My Bridesmaid Cardstock<br />
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I can say that this was SO fun for me to do, and meant so much to each Bridesmaid. I love these ladies so much and I wanted them to feel special and I think I did just that! Now for Raelyn, our little Flower Girl... she is about to be 3 years old, and so I what I did for her was a frame with a little poem, to be replaced with a picture of us together on my wedding day, her in her beautiful little gown she'll be in. I had 2 leftover flowers from my crafting so I hotglued them to a frame I already had, did the poem and decor on ribbet.com and printed it out as a 4x6 to fit in the frame. When Helen read it to Raelyn it was the sweetest thing!<br />
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So that's it! I still haven't given my Maid of Honors (Yes I have two, childhood friend and little sister) theirs because there is still some brainstorming and something else special I am wanting to do for them.<br />
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When I found out that she had picked her date in October which was 1 year from both our engagements, I knew I'd have to choose to have a short engagement, or a long engagement (1.5 year), and that's when the stress started seeping in. At first, we thought March 2016 would be perfect so we could just save all this money and take a long time planning. Well, the planner in me honestly was MORE stressed about that than doing things faster, and so we decided that we'd both rather have a short engagement, set realistic goals, and get to planning! After all, I already had planned my dream wedding in my head for years (okay, since I was like 5), and already knew the gist of what we wanted. PLUS! I have waited this long to marry the man of my dreams, why would I want to wait another 1.5 years to tie that knot!? </div>
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So we set a month. May 2015. We knew this would be a perfect month being 7 months away at the time, and needed to get to Venue Shopping. </div>
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Venue shopping is hard! Some places are financially based on the Food and Beverage to waive your venue fee, or it's Venue fee PLUS Food and Beverage and PLUS all these extras, I had heard of this main venue that 3 of our friends have been married at, and it was really appealing to me being on the lake, with an indoor reception area. But I kept looking around to compare options with many other venues. </div>
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We originally planned on having a smaller wedding, but due to some (awesome) circumstances where they needed this date booked for the larger venue as 3 weekends in May were still open, they came down tremendously on the price for what we were getting and after it already being my favorite, I knew this was the one. We toured and saw beautiful Villas with antique furniture placed, balconies that overlooked Lake Travis, and both the Ceremony and Reception area was just breathtaking. We cannot wait to tie the knot on...</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">May 2, 2015!!!</span></b></div>
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-62155949980172767392014-10-17T10:22:00.001-05:002016-01-19T10:54:15.213-06:00We're Engaged!!!! Life Lately...What a whirlwind of a few weeks it has been!! I haven't blogged since after the Fourth of July but to be honest... nothing much had happened. We had been saving money for our getaway trip to Mexico, staying home a lot, working hard... life has been good.<br />
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<b>MEXICO</b><br />
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In all our years dating, we had not been on a single vacation as a couple where we take off on a jet plane, alone, exploring around and spending quality time together. I know, INSANE. I am so glad that we finally took the plunge, bit the bullet, and booked a stay. Let me rewind here though... I'm usually quite the planner of the household and coordinate things for us to do and organize it, etc. I did not book this trip!! Scottie did! It was quite the surprise when I was groupon searching, tweeting questions out, and got an IM saying, Viva La Mexico baby we're going Oct 5 - 10th!! It was so fun knowing that it was already taken care of, who is this guy!? So we saved, I booked our flights using our Southwest Rapid Rewards/Airtran points, and we were good to go!<br />
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We took off to Cancun early on October 5th, and I have to say I LOVED flying with Scott, so so fun. He has only flown within the Texas borders like from Lubbock to Dallas, Dallas to Lubbock.... so this flying experience was one for the books! We landed in Mexico and off we were to the Secrets, The Vine Cancun. What a beautiful resort right on the Ocean. We had an amazing experience and they even had a sports bar for us Fantasy Football addicts! If you know Scott, you know we instantly made SEVERAL friends the very first night, and continued to throughout the trip. I felt like by the end of our trip we knew pretty much most every couple there around our age, it was amazing!<br />
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<b>OCTOBER 7th, 2014</b><br />
<b>WE'RE ENGAGED!!</b><br />
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This was our second morning waking up in the beautiful Cancun, Our balcony overlooks the ocean and in the mornings, we liked to open up the curtains, open the doors so we can hear the loud waves, and go back to bed a little longer just to enjoy it. I woke up to a very happy boyfriend kissing my shoulders and face waking me up and I was so giddy. I loved vacation!! Unfortunately, it was pretty cloudy and the weather radar projected thunderstorms all day long. We ordered room service breakfast with a bottle of champagne - my fault. I am a sucker for morning mimosas!<br />
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After breakfast, we didn't want to waste the day away (even if there were going to be storms) so we put on our suits and headed out to the pool. It was drizzling and a little cold, and we noticed our friends from the first night in the hot tub so we joined. BTW, Scott had come up with the best plan to remember all of our friends, by the place they live in. We thought it was pretty hilarious that everyone's names were states but ours was "Austin!" Yeah baby! When "Georgia" couple left the hot tub, there were other couples and friends coming in and we instantly started an epic hot tub party. More friends joined and we'd immediately ask where they were from (Okay mostly Scott did) and made so so many friends. Our waiter's name was Oliver and he was a riot! I blame him for my massive next day hangover. I had everything from a Miami Vice to Tequila shots to Corona Light's to Rainbow shots. Whew. Every five minutes I felt like someone was yelling "25 more shots!!" It was SO fun. Eventually we all decided to go play some sand volleyball and we had a blast! Once the long afternoon of drinking ourselves silly was over, we decided to go upstairs and shower and get ready for dinner. We REALLY loved the Blue Water Steakhouse restaurant so much the first night, that we went back the second night! This time was different though.<br />
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We had a private table on the rooftop terrace of this restaurant, overlooking the ocean. Now, the sun didn't come out today, so there wasn't really a sunset to be had - we came out when it was pretty much already dark. It was so beautiful. Full moon, stars all out. Ocean waves from the "storms" earlier the day were crashing hard and were so loud, I loved it! We ordered the Tuna Ceviche for the second night in a row too. Y'all. OMG. This appetizer was my favorite thing to eat the whole week there. It was like ahi tuna sushi marinated in cilantro and lime juice for days. So tender, juicy, amazing. We were sober by the time we got to dinner from our big day of drinking so now we were sitting there telling each other how famished we were, how big our appetites were. I was dying for some bread and butter!! Scott ordered us a bottle of Dom Perignon and it. was. SO good. I literally had no idea what this night would bring, I was just having so much fun with my best friend and enjoying the luxury of all inclusive (except for that champagne, goodness!) We actually ordered this champagne because we've always heard it in rap songs so it must be good right?! So here we are, laughing<strike> and me cursing like a sailor about how hungry I am</strike> and taking silly selfies of each other with my phone before dinner... and next thing I know he's on one knee next to me, telling me how much he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me... and I was so surprised, excited, happy, I started crying and barely remembered what he said almost immediately I just said yes! yes! It was the single most amazing moment in my life. He was crying and smiling ear to ear, I was crying saying "Really!? Is it finally our time!?" We both lost our appetites, I barely ate any of my dinner (but I blame it on the abundance of bread I ate, the tuna ceviche, and the new big rock on my finger!) That's another thing! I remember glancing at my ring every other second and crying more saying "I can't even look at it! It makes me cry I'm so happy"... I did that for a good thirty minutes or so. We ended up taking the empty bottle of champagne (yes we downed it) and another unopened bottle of red wine back to our room for safe keeping. We freshened up and decided to go celebrate at the downstairs Piano Bar knowing all of our new friends would probably be there. We were right! What was crazy was that half of them already knew what was happening to me that night and just flew right over to me. It was the most amazing time! It was karaoke night at the bar, so we got a shout-out in front of everyone too about our new engagement. I took shots with people I didn't know, I danced with my new friends, I took blurry terrible drunken pictures with my new fiance. I was and am so so happy.<br />
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We woke up the next morning feeling like death but so happy we could barely stand it. I could finally look at my ring in detail and in awe and I would look back over at my future hubby sleeping and thank God I am so blessed to spend the rest of my life with this amazing man.<br />
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The rest of the week was so fun!! We did only one excursion which was a speedboat that took us to a snorkeling area in the ocean and I had a great time!<br />
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We left on the 10th sadly, as did some of our friends, and took a plane up to Chicago for our connecting flight. Way out of the way right? I didn't care - it was a long day of flying but I have been just living in bliss. I was ready for a Chicago Stuffed Pizza or a Chicago Dog. Sadly, they didn't have the pizza but you betcha I ordered the Jumbo Char Dog and Scott got a Chicago Style Italian Beef sandwich and it was DELICIOUS. We then went over to Harry Carey's for a few beers and a baseball game before our flight took off 3.5 hours later. We got home around 11pm to my best friend Suzy and my sweet Huxley greeting us at the airport. I also ran into Brittany and Micah which was awesome! We both were in the "just left paradise" depression and tiredness from flying all day, but so so good to see them!<br />
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Working this week has been soooo difficult. I feel like I have jet lag a week old, is that possible? I am so happy to be back, but I am so tired!<br />
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We haven't picked a date yet for our wedding, but I am truly hoping for 2015 to be our wedding year. We shall see!! <b>Any wedding advice, short engagement planning advice, anything is absolutely welcome!</b> I cannot wait to marry my favorite person in the world!!<br />
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2015 is going to be an amazing year.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-13287951492346609452014-07-09T11:27:00.001-05:002014-07-09T12:11:09.359-05:00Family Fourth WeekendAfter seven years and many trips back home to our separate families, we finally scooped up Scott's fam and took them down to Louisiana where my family lives. We spent the Fourth Weekend enjoying TONS of family, great food, and some fun times. It was almost a surreal experience seeing everyone together, seeing Scott's amazing sister sing to my family with her guitar and meet my grandma, AND you know a vacation is good when the first few days back home you're <i>recovering </i>from all the fun!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helen's (Scotts sister) sweet little water bug Rylee! 6 Months Old</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My momma and her hubby Al.... #lovebirds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom's crazy co-worker Cindy. We loved her!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonfire just getting started - see the fireworker poppin off in the background?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little makes my heart smile.</td></tr>
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After having a blast at my momma's house Thursday and Friday, we took off to Aunt Amy's parent's River Camphouse on the Amite River in Southeast Louisiana. It. Was. So. Much. FUN! We took two boats down the Amite River, through the Diversion Canal and out to Lake Maurepas (Maur-a-paw) to swim in the big lake. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous Sunset on the Amite River!</td></tr>
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On the boat ride back to the camp house after sunset, Raelyn was sleeping in my lap and we were going against the wind so I had my head down and I enjoyed just hugging on that sweet girl. Unfortunately about 20 minutes into that, we hit a nice hard wave going 50mph plus, and since I wasn't watching and I was holding onto babygirl, my bum hit the hard surface on the boat pretty roughly and I landed straight on my tailbone, fracturing it! I didn't sleep that night, and it was pretty miserable and still is pretty funny to be going through right now, but that did not stop me from having a blast! Maddie and I have even made inside joke songs about it. We went back to my mom's Sunday to spend the rest of the night watching movies, swimming relaxing. I also got to visit my brother Jeff and also go see my dad's grave - which got some new pretty flowers for his birthday month!!</div>
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We drove back on Monday... It was so nice getting to spend a long long weekend with the people we love the most, all together too for the first time. </div>
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Hope you are showered with love and appreciation not just today, but every day! We usually go out to dinner or drinks <strike>and drunken kareoke</strike>, but it's going to be packed probably everywhere in Austin tonight. We're most likely going to stay in, watch movies, drink, and make each other dinner.<br />
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Here is to the 6th Valentine's day that I'm spending with my boo Scottie, and the 3rd we are spending with our little Huxley. We love him so much!</div>
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Leaving you with my linkup for #backthatazzupfriday with <a href="http://www.iworeyogapants.com/2014/02/why-we-work.html">Whitney </a>with one of my favorite love songs by Usher! If you don't know this song, I don't think we can be friends. ;-)<br />
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-53866186109611324972014-02-11T11:07:00.000-06:002014-02-11T11:12:37.142-06:00Life Lately <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>One. </b>Amazing hot coffee from Domincan Joe's, this fresh organic coffee shop in a little plaza next to my office. perfect way to warm up in this crazy cold Texan weather.<br />
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<b>Two.</b> Friday night we went to this bar called "Baker St. Pub" off South Lamar for the first time. It is identical to Sherlocks which was my favorite North Austin bar that I held annual birthday bashes at! I was so excited. Malford Milligan was actually there - he was a contestant in "The Voice"... he got up and sang it was so fun! Scottie and Denise danced to it too.<strike> And no way - I am not the crazy person yelling in the background</strike>. ;-)<br />
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<b>Three. </b>Recently I took a work from home day to take <strike>videos</strike> care of my best friend D who got her wisdom teeth surgically removed. It was a fun morning and got some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmlil84Lvfg&list=UUpfIkv8bmBwH2HbXORJKq_w&feature=c4-overview">great videos</a> and snapchats of her coming off anesthesia, also got to enjoy mac n cheese for lunch and watch movies while she slept. #win<br />
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<b>Four.</b> This is what happens when we stay at home getting #turntup. Huxley basket races. He looks terrified in the picture haha but that was only cause he was in the air. We have too much fun with this little chunk.<br />
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<b>Five.</b> Sakeeee! Finally had a sushi date with friends last week and let's just say we almost got kicked out of the restaurant...oops. It was so fun though. I had been craving sushi for MONTHS. It hit the spot.<br />
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<b>Six.</b> Cuddles with my boys, I'm under the blanket. Yes, Huxley sleeps with his eyes open. Creepy demon puppy. <3<br />
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<b>Seven</b>. Date night Saturday night after relaxing ALL DAY LONG. It was so very needed. We watched a ton of Netflix movies and lounged around. This was at Jaliscos, our little TexMex restaurant less than 5 minutes away from the house. Nothing better than fajitas and a strawberry margarita with your love.<br />
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<b>Eight</b>. Curly hair, don't care! I am loving my new haircut so much, it is so much easier to do your hair! This is actually me today, my girls and I have a "Galentines Dinner" at Matt's El Rancho. Can't wait!<br />
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<b>Nine</b>. Last night's dinner. Since it was <a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-new-chapter.html">Scott's first day at his new job</a> and I had a long day as well, we threw a pork shoulder into the crockpot with Stubb's Spicy BBQ sauce and some onions bright and early, and when we got home the house smelled delicious and we enjoyed some pulled pork tacos! <a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2011/07/pulled-pork-tacos.html">Recipe here</a>!<br />
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<b>Ten.</b> I went to Orthodontist yesterday and...... exactly 1 month until my braceface is off forever!! I am so excited, I've had them on for two years, and it has been a great experience but I cannot wait for beautiful teeth!!!!<br />
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Life lately has been so fulfilling, fun, exciting, stressful, and crazy... I couldn't ask for a better life though! We finally have<a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-new-chapter.html"> made it through the two and half months</a> telling my mom we're moving back to Louisiana to live in a trailer in front of her house, and now are back on to saving money and feeling secure and stable. :-)<br />
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-86121407577775032582014-02-10T08:51:00.000-06:002014-02-10T10:15:24.060-06:00A New ChapterAs you may or may not know, Scottie and I both work in the Software Industry, where he is a salesman for IT Software Applications and I am a marketer for an EMR Software IT Company here in Austin. We began this journey working at Dell selling computers to your everyday consumer, and moved our way up, got promoted, and left the company for better opportunities.<br />
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Well, two days before Thanksgiving and our annual trip to see my family in Louisiana, we got news that he was being laid off from his job. It was a scary feeling, but I remember being <i>so calm</i> in it all. Isn't it crazy how that works? I immediately met Scott for lunch and we talked about it. What was our plan? How can we make this work if he is 60% of our income, etc. How can we stay encouraged in this time? </div>
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Getting laid off two days before the holiday season is the worst case scenario, but we didn't have a choice in the matter. We prayed, we sent out applications, and we waited <strike>im</strike>patiently. We are blessed to live in a city with so many opportunities in the IT world, so we had interviews lined up weekly. However, no one really hires during the holidays, so fast forward 2.5 months, and...<br />
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I couldn't be more proud of him and envious of how he has carried himself the past two months. It has not been easy, cutting back on gifting during Christmas, cutting back on spending by not going out, eating in, cancelling gym memberships to save, etc. At times it's been disheartening when you don't hear back from a great lead you thought you had in the bag. It feels good to know that I have such a strong, courageous, and optimistic man in my life who didn't sit on the couch and sulk in his unemployment, he kept his faith, and he did projects during downtime. He helped me with little things throughout the weeks, he even made dinner (what!?). It's incredible how you can watch your spouse and be encouraged by how they deal with situations, how they react.<br />
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Trying times in your life like these are always the biggest lessons. How was I so calm and supportive? How did we manage to live on my income alone for two months? I got a Christmas bonus that carried us through the second month, we had enough savings and CC rewards to get us HEB/Walmart gift cards for groceries, we were seeing family over holidays who kept us feeling encouraged and loved through all of this. We know 100% that this was all in God's hands. Honestly! I have never felt so at ease in such a stressful situation. I felt like I could be his rock in this and I succeeded. We left it up to Him to decide Scott's next move in his career. We had complete faith in what His will would be.</div>
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He hated his previous job... it was the most difficult sales atmosphere where people were negative, there was favoritism, bullying, harassing, etc. He would come home feeling so defeated even though he had made a lot of money over a deal! We were already unhappy, so I completely believe that this was all God's doing. Scott deserved better. He deserved a career that he could thrive and grow and be encouraged, and doing honest work. We couldn't be more excited for this new chapter of our lives, and I couldn't be more proud to be his partner through all of this. As scary as it was for us, I am so glad that we experienced this situation and grew from it. I feel so confident in him and so blessed to know that we make such a great team and together, we really can get through anything life throws us. </div>
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1. After years of getting maybe a trim every 9-12 months, I finally took the plunge and got a hurr cut shorter than usual. I had ombre hair done in June 2013 and it was time for a change! I know it's not a huge change and to some of you it is probably still long, but I am used to Rapunzel hair. I even got side bangs that I'm still not so sure about. I usually just pin them up, gonna have to get that fixed. I miss my long hair some days, but holy moly it's so quick doing my hair in the mornings now! Loving that.</div>
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2. I am realizing more and more how much I <strike>want</strike> <b>need </b>to travel. I've literally only vacationed to these spots my entire life: Disney World at 15 in Orlando. NYC in 2012 with my sister Maddie, and LA in 2013 also with Maddie. We finally got a Southwest CC and have been racking up points and I want to fly away somewhere!!! Any suggestions for a reeeally fun getaway??</div>
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3. Hi my name is Amanda (Hi, Amandaaaa), and I am addicted to Snapchat. I literally send snaps in the morning, throughout the day, sometimes I even have texting conversations via snapchat with my sister. Who am I!? My friends now know my deepest darkest secret.... I rap <i>pretty </i>well. ;) I don't know what it is... when I'm in my car on the way to work, the first thing I want to do is turn up some gangsta beats. Lil Wayne is my fav to rap to. Also, Snoop Dogg and I go wayyyy back. <br />
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4. Pretty sure you need to check out what Scottie sent to our niece the other night. Huxley seriously is the coolest dog ever, but I had no idea he was an asian boston terrier! Haha I have probably watched this a hundred times and it is still hilarious. #YouBeGoodGirl!<br />
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And that, my friends, is five totally random things. I figured this would be fun to do for my linkup today with <a href="http://www.wetooktheroadlesstraveled.com/2014/02/fresh-face-friday-blog-hop-meet.html">Casey </a> for fresh face Friday since I'm "new" in the blogging world again, and of course can't forget to linkup for <b>#backthatazzupfriday</b> with <a href="http://www.iworeyogapants.com/2014/02/songs-that-never-get-old.html">Whitney</a>!! Since we've been on the subject of Lil Wayne, here's one of my favs by him. Enjoy and have a fabulous #turntup weekend y'all! </div>
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Hosting a Super Bowl party at your house can be quite exhausting if you don't have a plan! We wanted to keep this year's Super Bowl on a budget and make some simple appetizers to fill everyone up while we down our beers, shots, play beer pong, and watch <strike>the Broncos lose</strike> Bruno Mars' amazing half time show and funny super bowl commercials... :)<br />
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We kept it simple. We had 5 people total, so I made three appetizers, and we still had <i>plenty </i>left over for later!<br />
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Recipes are below. Enjoy and pin for next year's Super Bowl party!<br />
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-10oz Frozen spinach, thawed and drained</div>
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-8oz Cream cheese (lite)</div>
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-Handful of chopped cilantro (optional, but so good!)</div>
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-Cube the Velveeta cheese and place all ingredients in crockpot and heat until cheese has melted. You will want to continue to stir occasionally to combine the ingredients. Keep on low setting, it should take around an hour to be melted (but some crockpots may vary). This method is great so you can keep the dip warm for a few hours during the game.</div>
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After hanging out at the house for a while, we headed about five minutes down the road to Jalisco's and had a great dinner date. Thank you <a href="http://groupon.com/">Groupon </a>for keeping our date under $20! I ordered the Shrimp Diablos and Scottie ordered enchiladas. So yummy!</div>
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We've only tried the middle game so far, and I am LOVING the bowling, volleyball, and ping pong on this game. It is a great workout, too! I had never played the kinect before so this was super fun, I highly recommend getting one if you have an xbox. And it also served for some great games Before the Super Bowl started. </div>
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Saturday was nothing but laziness. We watched Last Vegas, Mud, other TV movies. We've seen Captain Phillips lately (just wow! so good) and relaxed on the couches. </div>
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Sunday Funday. We had Chris, Suzy, and Denise over for the Super Bowl game. I actually got out of the house Sunday and went grocery shopping (desperately needed, we haven't been in over 2 weeks...yikes) and picked up some easy ingredients for some super bowl apps later. We played more Xbox Kinect all the way up until the game started. How about that game???? I was totally going for Broncos, but lets be honest - I really was just waiting for that #BestBuds commercial to come on ALL GAME LONG!! The commercials weren't THE best, but they were way better than last year, anyone agree? Also, the halftime show. The HALF TIME SHOW. It was the best I've seen in so many years. Dear Bruno Mars, YOU are amazing just the way you are. Loved him. Also really fun to see Red Hot Chili Peppers. </div>
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I'll be doing a post later this week for Easy Super Bowl Appetizers, so be looking out! We had Buffalo Chicken Taquitos, which I've made before and are super easy and delicious, Spicy Spinach Queso, and Burger Sliders. We also had a bunch of celery, bleu cheese, chips n dip, etc. Oh and lots of beer, crown, and sky vodka. I'd say we had a pretty good time.</div>
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-80343896308712474952014-01-30T10:30:00.002-06:002014-01-30T10:58:03.666-06:00Photo An Hour Link UpAs I have been slowly getting back into the swing of all things blogging, I have been looking for some fun linkups to participate in so that I can meet new bloggers and reconnect with old blogfriends. I was so excited hearing that <a href="http://www.snhblog.com/">Steph </a>and <a href="http://www.inlinkz.com/displayurl.php?id=15697298">Meg </a>were launching a "Photo An Hour" linkup, so I decided to recap this past Tuesday... one of our "Snowpocalypse" days.<br />
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<b>7:30am: </b>Morning cuddles with Huxley, believe it or not he is ALWAYS the last one out of bed.<br />
<b>8:30am:</b> Email from the boss saying "come in when you can" so I light a fire, make coffee, and watch fresh prince. I love ice days!<br />
<b>9:30am:</b> Snoozing with Huxley on the couch by the fire. Still in PJs. Working-ish from home for the morning. Still too icey to get out on the roads.<br />
<b>11:30am:</b> Attempting to make it to work alive. No really. Look at all that ice on my house!<br />
<b>12:30pm: </b>Made it to work in one piece. This is my usual morning ritual. Check emails, drink iced coffee, and eat a banana.<br />
<b>1:30pm: </b>Since Jan 1, been trying to get into the habit of drinking way more water. I got myself a bubba keg that holds 64oz and it really helps! I haven't been able to finish it in a day, but getting closer!<br />
<b>2:30pm:</b> Because everyone takes selfies in the work bathroom, right? Wearing my cute scarf Helen got me for Christmas from Tarjay. So warm and pretty!<br />
<b>3:30pm:</b> Checking up on the blogpost I wrote earlier in the day about <a href="http://bit.ly/L9Vvjr">Surviving the Austin Snowpocalypse</a>.<br />
<b>4:30pm:</b> Looking at all the hilarious posts on FB of all the people making fun of Austin because one drop of ice and the whole city shuts down. Hey I wasn't complaining, I had a 4 hour workday.<br />
<b>5:30pm:</b> Gym time at Suzy's Apt. Leg day after 30 minutes cardio. We did <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/23221754302453254/">this</a> workout for legs and I am still so sore today.<br />
<b>6:30pm:</b> Wine at Suzy's, perfect for post workout. ;-) Just waiting for our show to come on.<br />
<b>7:30pm:</b> Enjoying our guilty pleasure, Pretty Little Liars. I am so addicted to this show, anyone else?<br />
<b>8:30pm</b>: Dinner at home. Scottie made us blackened tilapia with black beans topped with Avocado. DELISH.<br />
<b>9:30pm: </b>Watching TV with Huxley and Scottie, my favorite part of my nights. Love my boys.<br />
<b>10:00pm:</b> Ridiculous re-runs. I like this show WAY better than Tosh.O. I think the videos are much funnier, too.<br />
<b>10:30pm: </b>In bed, of course Huxley sleeps like a human in between us, under covers, head on pillow even sometimes. Usually sprawled out by middle of the night. Spoiled rotten brat! We are usually in bed/passed out by 10:30-11:00pm most nights.<br />
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My life isn't all that exciting, but the best part about lately is that I've gotten into a great routine of eating healthier, drinking more water, and working out 3-5 times a week. Let's hope it does something by this summer!!<br />
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I love this linkup because if you're like me, I love knowing what's going on in other peoples lives and it is a great way to connect and find people that you have things in common with! Here is the link again for the <a href="http://www.snhblog.com/2014/01/photo-hour-link-up.html">Photo An Hour LinkUp</a> and I encourage you to check out and see what other people have written about!<br />
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Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025237752229515198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823421206113295285.post-20397928305765499222014-01-29T10:29:00.001-06:002014-01-29T12:23:36.680-06:00Meeting RyleeIn December, I had planned a surprise baby sprinkle for Scott's sister, Helen, who was due with her second baby girl, Rylee, but the doctor had moved the date up for delivery and they weren't able to make it to Austin for the sprinkle. Of course we were a little bummed, but thrilled to know that our little niece would be here sooner than later. On the 27th, she was born.<br />
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This past weekend was a special weekend for us. At 4 weeks old, Rylee took her first big trip to Austin, Texas to see her Aunt Minnie, what <a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2012/07/trip-to-see-raelyn.html">Raelyn </a>calls me, and Uncle Bubba (Scott). We were so very excited.<br />
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We got the house pristine and cleaned up <i>(<a href="http://maggianotakesaustin.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-throw-kick-ass-gatsby-party.html">no more boa feathers</a></i>), and I set up some of the decor that we had for the baby sprinkle and voila - now we had a "Welcome Baby" type thing going on.<br />
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I am <i><u>not</u> </i>a crafter, but I had so much fun making the diaper wreath and the chicken wire frame for bows and pictures. I ordered the garland from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/OrangeGoRound">OrangeGoRound</a>, and they were <i>so </i>perfect, Helen loved them. They were shorter than I had thought so those are actually four garlands, two tied together. I was able to also send them with Helen for decor for the nursery. I highly recommend this shop - they were quick shipping, budget friendly, and Ann Marie who runs the shop is super responsive and sweet. The Welcome Baby card was a great find ordered from <a href="http://jane.com/">jane.com</a> (is anyone else as addicted as I am to this shop?)<br />
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Scott wrote the sweetest letter to Rylee that she will be able to read and cherish when she is older. He is such a good Uncle!<br />
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Meeting Rylee was so fun. She is just the tiniest thing, and looks just like her mama. She slept most of the time, but even when she cried it was so quiet and sweet. Raelyn also has gotten so big and is talking so much. Seriously one of the smartest two year olds. She sings, she can count to eleven, yes eleven, in English AND in Spanish (thanks Dora the Explorer!).<br />
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We spent the weekend mostly at the house just chatting and loving on the babies, it was so relaxed and fun. We got out on Saturday to go to the Austin Aquarium, has anyone been? We were not too terribly pleased with how much it was built up but how little there was to see. Probably only would go there again for a child's birthday party or something. Next time we will probably just do Sea World. I want to see some penguins and pet the dolphins! We ate at Red's Porch on South Lamar before going. It was so good!<br />
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We also attempted to take some pictures of the girls, which is pretty hard to do with a two year old! Raelyn was not having it, so we got a few candid shots and they were just oh so cute! Also, the pictures of Rylee, I just love her. I am definitely no photographer, but I love shooting with my Canon T3i. I have a 50mm 1.4 lens that I got for my birthday this past December, and am still learning how to use it.<br />
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That face, though. She is so cute. If you can't tell already, we have decked them out in Austin attire! Gotta remember their crazy Aunt and Uncle from the Weird City!! We also had Big Sister, Little Sister shirts made from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BIndulgedBoutique">BInduldged Boutique</a>, a fun little Etsy shop and they. were. so. precious. Also ordered them a little bigger than actual baby size so the girls will have a little time to grow and wear them in the future. I mean... how cute are these!?!<br />
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Cuddles with Aunt Minnie watching movies.<br />
Huxley was laying on me like a baby and just snoring away haha.<br />
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We even got a great family photo. Helen, Jonas, Raelyn, and Rylee. So sweet!<br />
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It was a wonderful weekend and I am so blessed to be a part of this family. Rylee is just the sweetest thing and we can't wait to watch her grow up with her big sister, Raelyn.<br />
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Lastly, you have to watch this video. Uncle Bubba and Raelyn playing with Huxley. This went on all night and it was just the funniest and cutest thing I've ever seen. Enjoy!<br />
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We felt the best time to do this was over the weekend with a lapse on Monday, so Sat/Sun/Mon. This would allow for activities to keep focus off of eating. We went to HEB bright and early Saturday morning and hit up the produce section. Pretty sure people thought we were insane with two grocery baskets filled with produce. The costs of a juice cleanse like this is about $50/person. Now, this also included the fish and frozen green beans, the three big pitchers that could hold 64oz. juice, the water bottles (with lines for measure!), and a pack of waters. We split all the costs three ways. I have to say, it really helps doing this with a friend - someone to hold you accountable, and someone to share your "hanger" in those hard moments.<br />
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We got back to the house and started juicing it up. It was so tedious but fun making juice. You have to peel, chop, take out cores from apples, prep prep prep! It was a lot of work, thank goodness there were three people so it went by quick.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Day 1: Liver & Kidney Detox </span></b></div>
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6 apples (remove core and seeds)</div>
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2 tomatoes</div>
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4 apples (remove core and seeds)</div>
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10 small cut pieces of beets</div>
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1 bunch celery</div>
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This juice cleanse is not meant for losing weight, but you will usually drop anywhere from 3-6lbs during. Most of this is water weight, so when you begin eating again you will see some of that weight come back. This is really meant for detoxing your body and feeling healthier. It also really changed my way of thinking about foods and what I put in my body. It is much easier now to choose a salad or clean eats over fast food or junk food. </div>
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I am so glad I tried this juicing cleanse. I made it all the way through and it has seriously jump started this healthy living thing. I have been working out at the gym 4-5 times a week, eating clean, feeling better, and it is an added bonus that I've lost a few pounds. More than losing weight, I really want this year to be about being healthier. Traveling, working out, being able to feel GOOD in a swimsuit, eating better. I even chopped a good six inches off my hair recently. Feels good!! I encourage you friends to try juicing sometime. Even if its one juice for breakfast or something. If you have any questions of course feel free to ask. I am not a juicing master or nutritionist by any means, but it was a fun thing to try and I'm glad I did it. </div>
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This article about the <a href="http://republicofaustin.com/2014/01/24/8-horrifying-photos-of-austins-snow-day-snowpocalypse-2014/" target="_blank">8 Horrifying Photos of the Austin Snowpocalypse 2014</a>: Perfection. So funny!</div>
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Well this weekend is going to be a fun one! We have family coming in town and we are getting to meet baby Rylee (Scott's sister's newborn) for the first time!! We cannot wait to love on her and Raelyn and have our little Christmas one month late. Will be taking tons of pictures. (( #RyleeandRaelyn ))</div>
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For today's #backthatazzupfriday, we are jamming to #TURNDOWNFORWHAT by Lil Jon cause if you know me, you know we always gettin #turntup on Friday night. Link up with Whitney from IWYP to get your weekend started right. Make it a great one friends!!</div>
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Before Halloween came, Scott and I were thinking about throwing a Gatsby themed costume party... but after thinking about it... not many people would exclusively dress for the event given that it's Halloween and maybe they'd rather be something else. So we scratched it. But I had a genius idea... why not New Years!? Everyone will already be wearing nice dresses and suits, sequins and jewelry, what a perfect way to bring in the new year looking glam. So I got to planning. </div>
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I wanted something that wouldn't be crazy expensive, but would be entertaining, fun, memorable... and somehow come New Year's Eve at 9pm, I had put together the perfect party. I could not have done it without my sister and girl friends who helped me get the party decor together and shopping vintage shops for the perfect headbands and outfits.</div>
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What is a party without the perfect decor to theme it up. I HIGHLY recommend during parties to always have a backdrop of some sort for photo booth pictures whether you have props or not. I didn't go crazy with props because with the theme and with new years, everyone had 2014 masks, boas, party favors, and amazing outfits. I bought a door backdrop in gold and silver from Party City for $6 each. Done and done!</div>
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One of my favorite memories of the party is how STUNNING everyone looked. Every girl was just dazzling with sequins, pearls, bling, headbands, curls, BEAUTY. Every man... holy moly. From the suspenders to the cigars to the hats... these guys were HOT! It made the party so much more fun to see everyone looking SO good. You can get suspenders from Party City for $8 and even a sequins bow-tie. </div>
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This was so fun to create! We used the Gatsby Soundtrack most of the night for all the amazing jams. We were aiming for about 30-40 people for the evening, and really thought only about 12 were coming. We honestly didn't care we just wanted to bring in the New Year with our closest friends... well we were so wrong. We had about 35 people at our peak (around Midnight) with friends of friends, it was SUCH a great time. What else keeps it simple and inexpensive? BYOB. Sure, I bought <strike>way too many</strike> bottles of champagne and OJ, but let the guests bring beer and liquor. Sure does save a lot of money! I also made sure to let guests know to bring blankets and pillows for staying over... Which I am so glad I did because we had about 10 people stay the night and they all were able to sleep comfortably - even if we did go to bed at 5am.</div>
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I know you're probably thinking, whaaa? But I'm serious! We woke up at about 1:00pm and all sat around on our couches with everyone who was still there and just laughed and talked about the night before and all the funniest moments of the night. I literally have never smelt so much beer/liquor and saw so many solo cups all over the kitchen, boa feathers on the floor (EVERYWHERE), sticky spots, shotglasses for days, flapper tassels and fake eyelashes on my staircase. Don't clean up just yet! <b>Relax, you just threw a kick ass party</b>. Go eat a juicy burger. The clean up can come later. (Or in my case, wait til that next work day when your honey still has off and he cleans it up for you ;-) thanks babe.) We still find boa feathers all over the house. </div>
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So here's the deal. I'm going to try my best to recap some of the incredible events of 2013 that kept me from blogging, and I have so many pictures I've been wanting to plaster all over this blog. If I can do it for like 1-2 months consistently, I'm going to buy myself a new blog design cause let's face it - mine sucks right now. </div>
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So for now, I want to apologize for being a blogjerk.... 2013 was one of the best years of my life, and I feel like it was because I was actually LIVING - traveling, planning parties, making new friends, growing friendships... 2014 is going to be about commitment! Committing to projects, such as this one. Hopefully you haven't all left me by now, because I have some great stories to tell! :) </div>
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