All in Randomness
I totally meant to share these pictures yesterday, but life has happened, and I have been busy. I am hoping to get back to blogging more though! So we had these pictures taken by my aunt a few weeks ago. It took Melody a bit to warm up, but she did so well in the end!
I wanted to share with you some of the Easter baskets I made this year. I didn’t try and use another item for a basket like I have in years past. I went traditional yet practical. I am also sharing some Easter egg fillers at the end of the post!
So this is definitely a post I will do a second version of in a few months. That will include better pictures and better looking nails after much more practice. So I found Olive and June on Instagram sometime ago. I debated buying it, but I was still skeptical on whether it was really worth it. Well it rolled around my birthday, and I had some birthday money left to spend. I basically could try out the Olive and June systems plus have a little money leftover, or I could pay for a years’ worth of FabFitFun. Both sounded appealing, but I ultimately decided to do the mani and pedi system from Olive and June.
I joined Noom back in mid-October. I basically was at a point that I really felt like I needed to do something about my health. I did lose around 30 pounds back in 2019. I counted calories and exercised. But the moment stress hit (we listed our house, we sold our house, moved, life), I gained it all back. I gained about 15 of it pretty quickly, then the other 15 over a year or so. COVID baking and take out did not help either. I had heard about Noom from many sources, and I finally decided to give it a go. I knew it was similar to counting calories, but I heard the articles could be habit changing. This is key to help me maintain the weight loss after I succeed. I received an email with an 80% discount, and I decided to just do it. I signed up for a year upfront. I did get a 2 week trial for free, however. I will try and do a post all about their app later. But you can find my experience so far below! I also created an instagram specific to my weight loss if you want to follow along. I am hoping it will help with my accountability as well. It is @livingmore_weighingless.
February was full of snow, sun, warmth, ice, dance pictures, visits with Nana and Grandpa, kitchen remodel, and more!
I decided to put all of the links to my blog posts regarding Pandemic Legacy Season Two in one place! Check them out below.
Here it is. The last game (or at least we assume there are not any tricks to come). I have to be honest, we went into this game feeling fairly defeated and not sure there was even a chance to win. But we still tried to make the most of it.
Back in January, we decided to try getting our groceries delivered by Walmart. In doing so, we signed up for the free trial of Walmart+. The trial lasted 2 weeks, and you could take advantage of all the perks during that time. To date, we have only taken advantage of 2 of the 4 offered perks. After the 2 weeks, we decided to continue by signing up for the yearly subscription. It cost $98. For the entire year you received free grocery delivery, free next day delivery on most items from Walmart.com, discount on gas at Walmart and Sam’s Club, and the ability to use the scan and go feature in the app at Walmart stores. Check out my review of the service below!
We went into this game with the idea that it could be our last, but we also felt like we knew so little. I could it already be over?
I received my winter stitch fix earlier this month. One of my requests was to receive clothes that I could easily work out in but also transition to carlines and errands. I think my stylist did a great job with my picks this month, and they were really on point with my request. Check them out below!
We now get a second attempt to win November before heading into our last month.
While we always keep Valentine’s Day low key, this year was truly that. We stayed in all day (with the exception of a lunch trip Brad made), and we just spent time playing and relaxing (and prepping for an “ice storm”).
January was full of excitement and fun (aka my birthday). We have stayed busy for sure. I feel like we just celebrated New Year’s and here we are about to celebrate Valentine’s Day! Look at all the fun that was had this month below.
Earlier this week, I celebrated my 35th birthday. It was somewhat different this year due to COVID and our desire to still not eat out in public. But Melody had so much fun getting things ready, and Brad did so good himself. My birthday was made extra special!
Last week we had a very brief snow day. It literally only lasted until lunch, and we went about our day as if the snow didn’t exist (aka Melody still had school, ha). But we did get to go outside and let Melody run around for a little bit before school. She was so excited to see snow and it actually stick. She has seen snow before, but in her mind it should snow all winter. Poor girl doesn’t realize Alabama doesn’t work that way yet, ha.
I thought it might be fun to take a look back on last year through some pictures. Sure, it was one heck of a year, but we made the best of it. We spent a LOT of time together as a family, and we did come out with a lot of great memories, even if they were not the memories we expected to make! Follow along below!
It has been awhile since I posted about our Pandemic Legacy games. Now that we are all caught up on Christmas, I figured I better finish the series. We only have three months left in the game. Yet I feel like we still had so much to figure out. Follow along on our October game below.
I received my fall stitch fix back in November. It has just taken me a while to get around to posting about it. I feel like all of the clothes I was sent this time around was definitely fitting for the season. Check them out below (I even have a little helper!).
