Hair Therapy!

So being pregnant has been some kind of wonderful. 

I can't wait to hold the sweet little one but I've been so busy that I can't wait til May when I can really focus on this cute little new being! Getting the hospital ready and all that jazz.

But yesterday, I really needed some hair therapy.. 

so I got a hair cut!

BEFORE:

(PS. I have no make-up in this picture above)

AFTER:

I feel better. Now I actually will have time to straighten my hair. 

That's all for today! 

Thanks for stoppin by, 

xoxo Jen.

Tag! You're it!

So, I don't think  I've done one of these before... I was tagged by Kylee from 20&Counting! Here are 11 things about me, followed by the 11 questions Kylee posed. I'll then post 11 new ones for the girls I tag to answer! 

photo credit goes to mariannegreig.com

So here are 11 things about me:

(in no particular order)

1. Weekends are my favorite because I love spending time with my husband!

2. If you could get paid to sleep, I would be rich... because I can out-sleep anyone. I have to keep a strict sleep schedule to function or I could sleep 12+ hours a day!

3. I'm currently watching once upon a time on hulu because I missed it last night.

4. I was a dancer... for 15 years (from 3 to 18). Sometimes I miss it but then I just have a dance fest around the house.

5. My kids will not be allowed to go to UF. I am a Florida State Seminole! I bleed garnet & gold... OK so maybe not gold... but garnet ;)

6. God has blessed my life and I live to praise him!

7. I love Ranch dressing...its weird I know. I love it on fries, salad, wraps, sandwiches, to dip chips in it. Its so good.

8. I'm not a pet person. We will never have cats or dogs. The hubs is allergic. They cost more money and are just an animal to clean up after. Sounds bad. I am a compassionate person... Its just, I would rather have goldfish.

9. My motto for life is to "stay positive"! Sometimes you have to "fake it to make it"! Not every day is going to be the best but if you pretend it is and keep a positive attitude... your day will most likely get better! I always say, "I'm riding the positive train!"

10. I don't usually admit this but, I kinda like the Kardashians... There show is entertaining.

11. Baseball is my favorite sport to watch. My husband and I are going to a game on Saturday! ...so excited

Now for the 11 questions posed by Kylee:

1.  Favorite feature about yourself. I have pretty eyes. My hair is pretty great too.. some days I don't even have to brush it and it looks nice.

2.  One thing you want more than anything. A healthy baby.

3.  One thing that scares you about your  future. I get scared sometimes when I watch politics. I hope our nation can stay "one nation, under God" as long as I'm alive... and I pray for my future descendants that America stays, "the land of the free and the home of the brave."

4. Biggest phobia? Snakes! Ugh... I can't even go near them. I don't like cockroaches or spiders either.

5.  Most exciting thing you have ever done? got married to the man of my dreams!

6.  Biggest accomplishment? graduating college with my Bachelor's... soon it will be my Masters!

7.  What is your biggest pet peeve? Messes.. but I also hate when boys/men leave the toilet seat up... 

8.  If you could be anything in the world when you grow up, what would it be? Well I'm getting my Masters in Social work... so something in the social work field that is also faith related! 

9.  Would you rather have no eyebrows or no eyelashes? no eye lashes.. cause you can buy fakes that look real but you can't buy fake brows that look real..

10.  Cookies or ice cream? cookies... my husband would say ice cream. we have this disagreement every once in a while ;)

11.  What's one thing you want to do before you die? Go to Hawaii with my husband and go on the honeymoon we dreamed up but couldn't afford. haha.

Tagging 11:

♥Mallory♥Tori♥Mel♥Chelsea♥Annelise♥Kinsi♥Esther♥Jennifer♥Paulette♥Britt♥Emily 

You're it! Now tell us 11 things about yourself and answer my 11 questions! Then Pass it on!

1. What's your favorite food? 

2. What were/are going to be your wedding colors?

3. What is the one thing you miss from your childhood? 

4. What is the biggest dream you have for the future?

5. Favorite Sport & Team? 

6. What are you doing right this second besides blogging? 

7.What is your life "motto"?

8. Do you like country music? If so, what's your favorite song?

9. Know any funny jokes?

10. How did you get started blogging? 

11. Top two favorite movies of all time?

Next time.. I'll add more pictures!

That's all for now! Thanks for stoppin by!

xoxo Jen.

Couponing & Saving some $$$

Who likes saving money?

Who likes sales? 

Well me too.

I've never been that great at couponing but today I can officially say "I did it!" I successfully couponed at CVS and saved over half my bill. A few weeks ago, I went to Publix and saved about 1/3 of my bill.. Here's the receipt:

Actual Price: $190.23

Total Saved: $63.53

Total actually paid: $126.70

That was good but not the absolute best. I knew I could do a little bit better. I look at the ads at CVS and Publix every week. We pick up two newspapers and clip all the coupons out of them... even the ones we think that we probably won't use (because you never know).

The key for me to save the most is to look at the ads of what is already on sale and use coupons on top of Buy One Get One FREE type of deal. So let me show you what I got today: 

2 packs of Gushers fruit snacks, 2 packs of Dole peaches fruit cups, 2 Welch's white grape juice, 1 T.G. Lee milk, 2 Arizona brand Teas, Colgate toothpaste and 2 Colgate manual Toothbrushes.

Actual Price: $36.08

Total Saved: $23.28

Total Actually paid: $12.80

So let me explain how I did it. I started couponing about 2 weeks ago at CVS and after my last purchase, I had 3 "Extra-Care Bucks" to spend for my next visit. If you have a CVS card, you get all the deals in the ad... and sometimes if you buy certain items they give you money back in the form of "CVS Extra-Care bucks" on the bottom of your receipt, which helps you save soo much!

So today, I mapped out all the deals before church and got the coupons ready. We did two separate purchases at CVS:

And that's all! Just wanted to share my amazing savings... 

To learn how to coupon, check out Southernsavers.com! She taught me everything I know!

Also, here is post I did way back when... when I first started to learn to coupon. It has a bunch of wonderful links that will help you! If you are couponing at CVS, don't forget that all the new deals come out every Sunday! Happy Couponing and hope you had a great weekend! 

Thanks for stoppin' by:

xoxo Jen.

P.S. On March 23rd, I'm co-hosting my first Blog-Hop with Young & Restless! So Mark your calendars and be ready to link up your favorite posts!

Linking Up: 

Nifty Thrifty Things

Show and Tell Saturday

Lovely Crafty Home 

Big News!

Well my husband made this facebook official last week. So I've decided to share the big news on the blog!

I'm pregnant!

I found out a while ago and I'm about 10 weeks. We had our first appointment last week and got to see the sweet lil baby's heart beat. Here's the little guy/gal:

Here's my sweet husband's facebook post that announced it to the world after telling family and friends of course: 

We are so blessed and beyond excited. This explains why the blog has gone a week lately without an update.. I've been a little nauseous.. and mostly just trying to get school work done. Grad school full time is intense. I'm interning 20 hours a week plus taking 5 classes. God is good and things will slow down this summer as the little one is supposed to arrive in late September! 

That's all for today! So excited & Thanks for stoppin' by: 

xoxo Jen.

Linky Followers! GFC says goodbye...

Hey Everyone! There's a new way to follow in town! 

So I've been reading a lot all over the place that if you are not a member of blogger... Google Friend Connect will be no longer be working soon for SOME. So many bloggers have been joining a new way to follow called Linky Tools! You can sign up for a free account here!
You can follow me here:

Its so very Cheri has been hosting a Linky Followers blog party for all those who sign up! Here are the rules:
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1. You MUST have the LINKY FOLLOWERS tool on your site to participate.

 If you see that your link has been deleted you need to add the LINKY FOLLOWER tool to your site and then come back over and re-enter your link

{You can have both the LINKY FOLLOWERS & GFC on your site but you must have the LINKY FOLLOWERS tool to participate in this party hop.}

2. You MUST follow the person who has the party on their site as a thank you.

3. Just add your blog button to the LINKY PARTY below.

4.Then grab the BLOG HOP code if you want to put it on your site.

5. Then you follow other bloggers–(as many as you want)

You will find the code right under the Linky Party where it says CLICK HERE TO ENTER–just under that it says: WHAT IS A BLOG HOP? GET THE CODE HERE. Click on GET THE CODE HERE and enter it into a post on your site. You can grab info from my post if it helps you with your post.  Leave each one of the blogs that you follow a comment letting them know you are following them and ask them to follow you back.


LEAVE ME A COMMENT - And I'll gladly come follow you back! :)

The easy way to hang a picture STRAIGHT

Welp, again, I got caught up with life. So much is going on. I can't promise that I will be posting as regularly until the end of April. but come Summer, I'll be back daily. So hang in there folks.

Two weekends ago my mom came to visit and bought us two pictures to spice up our bathroom! I love them! So this past weekend, I hung them up Thanks to Pinterest:

I found this on Pinterest a while ago: 

She explains how to hang pictures perfectly straight and exactly where you want them!

You can go to her blog here!

Well I wasn't making a gallery wall but I was hanging two pictures side by side. I measured the space with a tape measure. Here is a picture of the space... right above the toilet.

Then I got out some wax paper and laid the pictures down upside down. I measured how far a part I wanted them. Marked the paper where the frames would be. 

 like this. I didn't even have to use that much wax paper.

After I marked exactly where the nails would need to go on the paper.. I was set.

I took the paper, level, hammer and nails into the bathroom. 

I taped the wax paper exactly where I needed it to hang until I got the nails in.

I also made sure to measure the length of the frames so I put them high enough that they didn't hit the towel bar.

And now... Finally! Here they are!

This turned out to be so easy! Simple. You have to try it the next time you are hanging pictures next to one another! That's all I have for today! Go get your picture hanging on!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

xoxo Jen.

Linking Up: 

Cherished Bliss

The Kurtz Corner

Chef in Training

Not Just a Housewife

Ash Wednesday!

I promised this post on Tuesday and then I got busy with grad school and never posted it. 

(found this picture on pinterest) 

Ash Wednesday was this past Wednesday! I grew up in North Florida and when I was in high school, I would always go to mass the morning of Ash Wednesday. After church, I would head back to school with my ashes on my forehead. Many of my friends knew as soon as they saw me, "Oh its Ash Wednesday" 

So what is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent in Western Christianity, which begins 40 days before Easter. In the gospels of Matthew, Mark & Luke, before the beginning of his public ministry, Jesus spent 40 days in the desert fasting and resisting temptation. Lent is a 40 day period of prayer and fasting in the Catholic Church. I actually just recently learned that many other Christians celebrate Lent too. 

Usually, if you are taking part in the 40 days of prayer and fasting, people give something up until Easter like candy and cookies or you can also do something extra like spend 15 minutes in prayer a day. This is a great time to go deeper in faith and I always feel that I am able to enter more fully into the joy of Easter after giving up sweets for 40 days. After all Easter is where Jesus dies and rises for us! 

This year, I am trying to add more time for prayer and reflection. With grad school, I've been so busy so this is going to be good for me. Anyways, just a lil quick info on Ash Wednesday!

Thanks for stoppin by,

xoxo Jen.