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Follow up – check!
Woo hooo! My appt went well this morning. Dr. said things looked good and I am clear to get back to normal. He still wants me to come in for another follow up in a few weeks but things are looking up. 😀
~k
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DYI Face Scrub
I found this on Pinterest last night. A DIY scrub that would make your face feel amazing. Since it only required 3 ingredients, all of which I had, I decided to try it out. Let me just say I was a little skeptical at first. I’ve been known to try the occasional random dyi on my skin and most of the time I only feel lack luster about the results, but not this one. No sirree bob. When I was finished my skin felt as smooth as a baby’s bottom. No joke!
The recipe I found online called for tablespoons but I thought that seemed like a lot so I used teaspoons instead. Here you go:
1/2 teaspoon sugar (white sugar)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon of water
Obviously you could use more if needed, just double the recipe. At first I thought this was too much water but you need the water. I ended up adding a little more water to my hands and adding it to my face. It’s a little grainy so I wouldn’t rub too hard but you want to make sure you get it on good. Once I covered my face, avoiding my eyes, I let it sit for just a minute. I don’t think this is something you really want to leave on for 5 -10+ minutes. Next rinse. I immediately could feel the difference on my skin. It was so soft I was almost in shock. I couldn’t tell you the last time my face felt like that. I will say it was a little red for about a minute but the redness quickly went away.
I am definitely adding this to my skin care routine as a weekly thing. Honestly this scrub made my skin much softer than my Olay brush. I’m still using my Olay brush a few times a week but I don’t see the results I thought I would, I might be a smidge disappointed. I find the bristles are kind of rough. I think this might actually be better for my back and chest but I haven’t made the switch at this point. I am kind of in the process of changing my skin care routine so we’ll see how that turns out.
I also wanted to add that a few months ago I mentioned I was taking Cod Liver Oil. Well over the holidays I stopped taking them because life was so crazy. We hadn’t been home much and worrying about vitamins was really last on my list of things to do. Then one day at work I noticed my skin looked kind of dull and lifeless again. Hmmm. The Cod Liver Oil really was making a difference. Much more than I realized at first. Of course I have now added it back to my daily routine and I’ve found my skin is already started to look glowier and dewier. Add this to your skin care routine! So quick and easy, and it totally works!
~k
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Daily Dose of Cute
I’m not sure I have mentioned this before but Julio is a kneader and a sucker. Over the weekend I caught him kneading and sucking on his blanket. Too cute!
~ k
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Follow up
I had an appt with my dr. yesterday for my 2 week post op. Unfortunately he said things weren’t healing as quickly as I had hoped so I have to go back in a week. I am hopeful that next week things will look good and I will be cleared to resume normal activities again. Between the holiday craziness and this surgery, someone needs to get her ass back on the elliptical.
Needless to say, I was pretty disappointed by the news and when Matt and I got to the parking lot I started to cry. I know things need to heal but come on! I’m just ready for all of this to be over already. Matt was super sweet and brought home flowers for me. (I told him these did not count for next week!) 😉
I did finish up one of the projects I’ve been working. I’m
hoping togoing to get the other one finished this weekend. Matt’s been in the process of cleaning up and cleaning out our bonus room. Now that we have another TV, he wants a man cave but in the process I’ve lost my sewing table. To be honest, I hate being downstairs anyway. It’s cold and dreary, and cold! I also hate being down there by myself hence the reason I normally craft on the counter in the kitchen.~k
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Bye bye food
Last night I went to the garage to get some supplies for a craft and I realized the outlet the freeze was plugged into wasn’t working. Matt went out back and flipped the switch. When I opened the freezer I noticed it was warm inside. Most of the top food, including all our frozen pizzas were defrosted. Thankfully most of our meat at the bottom was still frozen but the Popsicles at the bottom were melted and had dripped all over the bottom. Ugh. We spent the next 20 mins throwing food out and cleaning up the freezer. Not really how I wanted to spend my evening.
We’ve known this outlet would trip but normally it happens after a heavy rain. We haven’t had any rain so I’m not sure how long it had been off. I’m thinking only a day or so. I guess that’s one way to clean the freezer but man I wouldn’t mind a frozen pizza for dinner tonight.
~k
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Peanut Butter Pie – Pinterest fail!
Yesterday Matt and I went to a friend’s house to watch the Super Bowl. The hostess was providing chili so I said I would make cornbread. I love cornbread and I like to make it. Last week I while I was “pinning” stuff I came across a recipe for a peanut butter pie. It only required a few ingredients and not much time. Immediately I decided I would also make that for the Super Bowl party.
We ran to the grocery to pick up some food items so I grabbed what I needed for peanut butter pie. When we got home I put the cornbread muffins in the oven and started to work on the pie. Fail #1 came when I decided I would take the graham cracker crust out the pie tin and put it in my ceramic pie dish. The crush started to crumble because the pie dish was a little bigger than the pie crust so I decided to just push the sides down. That would have been good had the filling not been so thick I couldn’t spread it easily. As it was, I just ended up moving the bottom of the crust. After I decided this wouldn’t work I just threw all of it back in the mixer and stirred it together. This seemed to work fine and it also helped to thin out the filling a little more.
Next came the chocolate syrup. This was to be spread over the top of the pie. Well I may have not completely realized that hot fudge topping was different than chocolate syrup. Ooopsy. Anyhoo, the chocolate syrup tasted fine but after a half hour or so in the fridge is started to run. Matt looked at it and asked if I was going to do anything else to the top because it looked like a mess. I looked at it and decided he was right. Thankfully I still had some cool whip left so I covered the top with cool whip and added some peanut butter piping. All in all it looked okay and it tasted fine but it was definitely a fail.
Here is the link to the original recipe but I’m going to post the recipe with my tweaks as well.
Ingredients
For the pie:
1 chocolate graham cracker crust
1 cup peanut butter
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
1 tub (12 ounces) Cool Whip, divided
1 jar (11.75 ounces) hot fudge topping, divided – or you can use chocolate syrup
½ cup sugarFor the topping:
2 tablespoons hot fudge – or you can use chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons peanut butterMethod
• In large bowl, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, and sugar until creamy. Fold in 3 cups Cool Whip. Spoon mixture into crust and smooth to edges. This says to fold in the Cool Whip. Maybe I didn’t beat my peanut butter mix long enough but folding didn’t really work for me. I think a slow whirl in the mixer would be fine.
• Remove 2 tablespoons hot fudge from jar and reserve in zip-loc plastic baggie for later. Heat remaining hot fudge according to package directions. Spread on top of peanut butter layer. Refrigerate pie until serving time. – Or just put chocolate syrup on top. 😉 If you go this route be prepared to put an additional layer of Cool Whip over the chocolate syrup.
• At serving time, carefully spread remaining Cool Whip on top of pie.
• Knead hot fudge in baggie with hands; cut tiny hole in corner of baggie and pipe over pie. Repeat with 2 tablespoons peanut butter and pipe on pie in opposite direction.
As you can see this is super simple and very yummy and just for comparison, here is what mine looked like.
~k
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New bookcase
For the past few weeks I’ve been looking for bookcase to go beside the tv in the living room. I found one I liked but it was a little pricey and I wasn’t sure it would be quite big enough. The wall the tv is on is really long.
This morning I got an email from overstock that said they were having a secret sale. I loooveee secret sales! And wouldn’t you know the first item on the page was a bookcase. I fell in love and sent the link to Matt. He agreed it was nice so I put it in my cart. I was surprised to see I got an additional 10% off so with that and free shipping I got a great deal! It should arrive next week. Yay!
– so I couldn’t get the pic to copy so I’m including a screenshot from my phone 😉
~ k
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What’s up Wednesday
Two days ago local schools were delayed for 3 hours due to the threat of freezing rain in the early morning hours. Of course there was no freezing rain but hey, we live in North Carolina. 🙂 Today however, it is in the mid 60’s and rainy. Last night the weather so nice and mild we slept with the windows open, in January!
What is going on with the weather lately? One day you can practically wear shorts and the next you need full on winter gear. It’s no wonder everyone is and has been sick.
Oh another, happier note. I have moved positions at work and I finally signed the PAN form today. My new manger was nice enough to bump up my pay. 😀 It was only a little. Basically he rounded my salary up but it amounted to almost a thousand dollars! I am one happy girl! In all my years here and through all my manager changes and position changes I’ve never actually received any sort of pay increase. I’ve gotten raises each year but never an actual salary change. I’m sure this won’t result in my change on my pay check but the gesture was very nice and much appreciated.
Happy Wednesday!
~k
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It’s been this kind of day….
I haven’t had wine in over a week! Mmmmm! Tastes good.
I’m sitting here enjoying a glass and watching basketball. Oh I forgot to mention we got a new tv? Yep that’s 60″ of goodness. 😉
~k
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My new spring bag
Oh I’ve done it again…
I’ve always been a purse lover but it seems like my love has gotten a little worse. I think this comes from the fact that I now have the funds to spend on things like bags. 🙂
A few months ago I signed up for a site called shoedazzle.com. They roped me in with the promise of boots for $39.95. I mean for 40 bucks who could pass up super cute boots? Obviously not this girl since I bought my first pair a few months ago, on sale! The boots were great and I found another pair I added to my Christmas list. Seeing as I have a great husband, he bought the next pair of boots I’d been eyeing and just as before, I love them!
This brings me to the new bag I bought. Last week I happened to look through the latest shoedazzle.com email when I stumbled upon the cutest light teal bag. It was $39.99 and that would also get me free shipping. After sending a pic to a friend, I knew I had to have it. A few days later my new bag was headed to Raleigh.
My new bag was delivered on Saturday and I have to say I LOVE it! It matches the pics online and is nice quality. If it holds up through summer I will be more than pleased with my purchase. I’m now understanding how girls can afford to change their style so quickly and easily. (It’s probably good shopping sites like this weren’t around when I was younger.)
If you would like a shoedazzle invite please leave a comment with your email.
~k