Fall is in the air (although maybe not officially for a few more days), and I am ready for all things pumpkin and autumnal! I love Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes, but to save money, I make coffee at home every day. This homemade simple syrup combines real pumpkin, spices, and brown sugar to sweeten your coffee (or chai!) at home….
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All Signs Point to Malibu by Jennifer Snow came out TODAY and even though I read it back in July, I thought now would be a good time to post a review since you NOW can buy it! If you are looking for an end-of-summer easy read romance book (also under 300 pages!), this one may be up your alley….
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Our first apartment was about a block from a California Pizza Kitchen, and while they have some pretty good pizza at CPK, the best thing on the menu? The Avocado Club Egg Rolls. They are egg roll wrappers stuffed with chicken, bacon, tomatoes, cheese, and avocado before being deep fried to perfection. And you serve them up with some spicy…
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August was a month of getting back into thrillers! Maybe it’s because we are rapidly approaching fall which feels like the perfect time of year to read something a little spooky or nerve-wracking. I also read more books in August than I did in July, which is a win! I’m closer to being on track to my Goodreads goal for…
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We have a sweet little toad (known as Mister Toad) in our yard who lives in a tree. We have noticed him since we moved into our house in 2019, but my toddler has recently taken a real interest in Mister Toad. I have such fond memories of making a fairy garden with my grandma as a kid, so I…
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I have been wanting to give our boring, builder-grade half bathroom a makeover for well over a year now, and this makeover has truly been over a year in the making! We bought our new build house 5 years ago now and despite not loving the millennial grey everywhere, we didn’t do ANY painting in the house until this past…
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One of my toddler’s favorite indoor activities is literally sitting in a cardboard diaper box. Sometimes he just likes to sit in it, but sometimes we will push him around in the box on the carpet. It’s physically exhausting, but a lot of fun! I had the idea to turn a cardboard box into a DIY Lightning McQueen (he is…
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I recently was thinking about how it might be fun to do a monthly round up of books I finished in the past month; however, I was not expecting all of the books recently to be so….. mid. I’m thinking this won’t necessarily replace the more in-depth book reviews that I do, but this will be more of a rating…
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Well I did it! I finished all 951 pages of House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas. House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) is the 3rd book in the Crescent City series and was highly anticipated for me. In the past I have considered Crescent City to be my 2nd fave Sarah J Maas series (behind ACOTAR); however,…
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