Just Fab Goodies

Bought a couple early day Mothers day presents for myself. Actually I subscribed to Just Fab A while ago and the last couple months I forgot to skip by the fifth so I accumulated 3 credits. Which you would think if someone hasn’t ordered with having two credits available for a couple months, why charge them again. I called to see if they would reimburse me for two even one credit, but of course they did not. They really do entice you with your very first purchase, and I know $39.99 is not much, but for the same price or even much less you can buy the same bags or shoes at Forever 21 type stores or even Ross. So this will be my last purchase from them, I canceled with them after I ordered this. 0

Juli likes it 🙂
My order also came with a teal nail polish and 2-year subscription to a magazine, I choose Rachel Ray Magazine.

Until next time!!
        
              

Next post will be Friday May 1

Weekend Snaps

We had a really relaxed weekend just at home most of  the time, except for a quick bite to eat at my sister in laws house for burgers. They were soooo good!

Juli was pretending to be a baby, and her cousin was pretending to be a big boy in the big boy swing.
Loves cuddling with the new puppy
I was trying to take a selfie and Gisele popped in with kisses 🙂
Hope you guys have a fabulous week!!
        
              

Next post will be Wednesday April 29th

Strawberry Lemon Sorbet

Thank you Elli Quark for sponsoring this post. All opinions are 100% my own.

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup Frozen Strawberries
1Tbsp Honey Bear 100% Pure Honey
1 Container Elli Quark Lemon Flavor Yogurt
Empty out the Elli Quark yogurt cup into food processor or blender ( I used blender)

Add Strawberries and Honey and blend!

Mine wasn’t quite the consistency I wanted to eat right away, so I put it in the freezer for an extra hour. It might have been perfect if I would have put maybe half of the yogurt.

Made enough for 3 servings

It came out very good tangy with a hint of sweet from the honey. I can’t wait to experiment with other recipes using the Elli Quark Yogurts. Jon was super excited when he got home from a long day at school and had this as a snack. He said it tasted just like strawberry ice cream, which makes this momma proud because I would rather give him this any day than regular store bought ice cream.
Elli Quark is a spoonable fresh cheese with a creamy texture similar to Greek yogurt, but with a richer, less sour taste. It also has a better protein-to-carb ratio than Greek yogurt, with HIGH PROTEIN and NO ADDED SUGARS or artificial sweeteners.

To order, you can visit their website www.elliquark.com and to also find your closest store that carries Elli Quark.

Follow them on Instagram https://instagram.com/elliquark/

        
              

Next post will be Monday April 27

Diy Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Mother’s day is right around the corner, the kids usually like making my mom something as well.
I was looking around at some of my favorite blogs for ideas. These are some of our top favorites, I’m not sure yet which one we’ll be going with, so I’ll show you guys in a later post. I think the plates are super adorable and would look so cute in the kitchen. Jon likes the hand print frame.
These photos do not belong to MayrainHeels.com and have links to their proper owner, where you will also find directions to each project.
Happy Crafting! Remember Mother’s Day is May 10
        
              

Next post will be posted Friday April 24

Weekend Snaps

 We started our weekend bright and early on Saturday because Jon had a track meet at my old high school. Ohh the flashbacks, I had when I was there. Afterwards, we were driving by the playground where we go walking on the river and Jon and Juli wanted to stop and run around.

Sunday It was my nieces birthday they decided to have a small bbq at the park. It was a lot of fun, I was kind of dreading it because it was supposed to be pretty hot, but it wasn’t so bad. I was just not prepared for the heat yet, so glad it stayed pretty cool. We ate good bbq and had lots of good laughs. When we got home there was a nice colourful sky.

That was my weekend, What did you guys do this weekend?
             
              

Lets catch up

We’re working on potty training Juliana, if you guys have any tips or suggestions please pass them my way. She just does not seem very interested at all. With Jonathan, I believe I mentioned before it was super easy, he just pretty much decided he was going to do it one day.

I also decided to finally join a gym for the first time !!! I go on a tour of Planet Fitness Monday.  I’ll let you know how that goes, I hope I like it.

I’m so excited I picked my first college class. I start this summer, I only get to take one class though because it’s a short six week semester. I’m so nervous it’s been 10 years exactly since I graduated high school. And since I never knew what I wanted to study, I didn’t know what career path I wanted. My parents really screwed me always giving me what I wanted, I never had to work hard for anything in my life. It’s no wonder, I’ve always felt so lost with no sense of direction. Then life happened and I just put off college. Even though I’ve had pretty good jobs, it’s always been in the back of my mind to go back to school. So I’m very happy that I’m finally doing it. It’s going to
be a lot of work, but I believe I’m ready for it.

 Summary From AmazonAt age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry. 


For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping a major secret from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.

To save their relationship, all Owen needs to do is confess. But, in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin.

I just finished this book yesterday. Just like all her other books this one made me go through all kinds of emotions. The confessions in this book, that Owen would turn into paintings made this book very captivating. I liked that she had an artist paint the pictures and put it in the book. I thought that was different. I don’t want to give too much away, so I would recommend this book if you guys are looking for something new to read.

You guys have any recommendations on what I should read next?

About the show
Younger” follows 40-year-old Liza (Foster), a suddenly single mother who tries to get back into the working world, only to find out it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at her age. When a chance encounter with a 20-something guy at a bar convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 — with the help of a makeover, courtesy of her best friend Maggie (Mazar). Armed with new confidence, she lands a job as an assistant to the temperamental Diana (Shor) and teams up with her new co-worker and fellow 20-something Kelsey (Duff) to make it in the career of her dreams.

I was very excited for this show, when I first heard about it. Something different from the drama shows I’ve been watching. And I really like Sutton Foster’s quirkiness, I watched her on Bun Heads and I really liked her character. It’s a story I’ve heard before, parents getting divorced, the mom gave up her career to raise her children. And although raising children is a lot of work, employers don’t see it that way. They see it as being on hiatus for the X amount of years. It’s so wrong!!

You can catch the show Tuesday 10/9c on Tvland or watch full episodes online.

The costumes in the show also caught my eye similar to my style.

Comment down below! What are you guys up to?? Let’s chat!!

Have a nice day!!
             
              

Spring Shopping On My Mind

I’m loving this warmer weather. I definitely need to pick up a couple things for this season and the next, to brighten up my wardrobe.

Spring Wishlist

Shop my Wishlist
1. Bath & Body works Cherry Blossom Sangria Candle 2. The Iconic Sling bag 3. Aeropostale Pastel Pattern Watch 4. Nordsrtom  BP mini Laquer set 5.Choices Blue Floral print dress 6. Macy’s  Madden Girl Kilter Platform Wedge Sandals 7. HM  Duvet set double


Have a Fab day!

             


              

Easter Fun

Easter selfie

Meet Abby the newest member of our family.

Hubby running out of places to hide the eggs
Toddlers up first

 We had such a fun filled Easter weekend! I had misplaced my camera, which is why I’m uploading my pictures so late. Only I can manage to  misplace a big DSLR camera.
 We started our Easter festivities on Saturday attending the State Capitol egg hunt sponsored by Blue Heart International which helps victims of human trafficking. They wanted to break the Guinness world record for the most hidden easter eggs. They had over 500,000 eggs, but the record was not broken. I heard the news that the shipping was delayed on the eggs, so the event didn’t qualify.
 I expected it to be packed, but not as much as it was there were thousands of people. I heard there was major chaos during the VIP egg hunt parents trampling over kids. We did the free egg hunts the kids had fun got lots of eggs. After you would exchange the eggs at different stations for handfuls of candy. They also had different activities jump houses, face painting, and different food trucks, but like I said it was just soo packed we didn’t stay too long after the egg hunt.

On Easter, we went to visit my sister in law in Stockton for some delicious food and more egg hunting. Juli is obsessed with eggs since surprise eggs became a thing on YouTube. I really wanted to buy her Kinder eggs, but I could not find any anywhere.They are chocolate eggs with a surprise inside. We had a great time with family ate too much food and way too many sweets.

Have a nice day!
             
              

How to..

Last week I went over to a friends house for mommy talk and a play date. She asked me if I wanted an iced coffee, you know me I like my caffeine and can never turn a cup down. I asked her where she got it from, she said she had made it about a week ago. Huh, is it still good, does it still even taste like coffee I ask. It was very good!! so I decided to make my own batch of coffee concentrate.
What I used
I happened to have this brand of Folders Gourmet in Caramel in Drizzle on hand. I didn’t really like the flavor in a warm brewed cup of coffee. So I thought I would just try it this way, I made the correct choice it tasted so much better cold.
  • I started with dumping the entire bag of coffee into the gallon of water and letting it sit in my fridge for 12 hours.

  • The next morning, I strained it using the coffee filters. Some people use cheese cloth or strain it twice. I just did it once and used the coffee filters because its what I had. I didn’t see any left over coffee grounds in my pitcher when I was done.

  • When done straining just leave it in the fridge until ready to enjoy. I read it’s good for up to 30 day’s like it would last me that long.
  • Just pour over ice and enjoy. I can’t believe it has taken me this long to try this, it’s perfect for the warmer weather that’s coming.
Have a nice day!!