Tuesday, October 20, 2020

I Am Back....AGAIN!!!

 Hello!!

I am so sorry it has been so long since I posted...like over a YEAR long!! 

The only thing I can say is..Life Happened!

BUT if you have been keeping up with my Instagram and Twitter then you have pretty much stayed up to date!

If you have not been keeping up with my Instagram or Twitter do not fear just keep reading for a quick update!

So what has been happening you ask......

We moved into a 3 bedroom house!!


I got promoted to General Manager at work!

Alyssa started 4th grade at a new school!

Alyssa joined a cheerleading team!


I found out I was PREGNANT!! 💗


Pregnancy was not nice to me this time around!

We found out we were having a BOY!! 💙


I ended up being placed on medical leave in May 2020 towards the end of my pregnancy, which ended in me actually quitting my job in June 2020.

I gave birth to our sweet baby boy Cooper July 2020!


    Alyssa started 5th grade!

An now for today...our baby is 3.5 months old and I am a stay at home mom!

Below are some pictures of our growing family! 

How was your year? Summer? What have you been up to?



Thursday, August 8, 2019

Stitch Fix Time BUT for Alyssa!!

Hello Again!

As you all know I LOVE getting a Stitch Fix, well you may have heard that now they have widen their horizons and now have fixes for MEN and CHILDREN!! So many opportunities to praise their name! This post is about my daughter Alyssa's stitch fix. Alyssa absolutely loved getting a stitch fix and modeling all of the clothes that she got. 

I have to say they nailed her style on the head and her sizing was perfect! Alyssa is such a picky eater that she is just so thin so sometimes it is hard to go shopping for her but stitch fix definitely did a great job for her!

Take a look down below at Alyssa's very first fix!



                     **SHE KEPT THIS BLACK SHIRT**

**SHE KEPT THIS DRESS**

 

The children's options were very reasonably priced and she got double what women typically get, she got 10 items to choose from!

So what do you think are your kiddos going to be giving Stitch Fix a try?!?

Monday, January 7, 2019

My Sales Anniversary


Today I am celebrating 3 years in the Sales industry!

3 years today I accepted my first position as a Sales Manager in the hotel industry, ever since then I have tried to grow and further my career moving up in the food chain. I will say I have had some set backs and I have been discouraged but I have also made amazing contacts and met some great people! Working in this industry can be very hard and you can get burnt out very quickly, but at this point in my career I can honestly say that I started from the bottom and worked my way up!
It can be very challenging at times but it can also be extremely rewarding! You just have to take the sour with the sweet!
Today I am still in Sales in the hotel industry and still very much a work in progress.
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But with the new year I have made it my mission to not only be healthier in my personal life but also in my work life.
So here is to 2019 and to all my hoteliers, we are surviving, we are amazing and we are one enormous family! Keep up the great work, the best is yet to come!!!
Cheers!


Thursday, November 22, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I want to wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

Let your bellies and your heart be full!!
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Take the time to get to know your neighbors and really have that family connection with those who you may not see regularly.

Also, please share in the comments some of your families traditional Thanksgiving items weather it be entrees or side dishes. 

Here's mine....
Green Bean Casserole
Pumpkin Roll
Macaroni Salad

I really love all of it!! 
Thanksgiving is truly my favorite holiday!!

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Do You Ever Feel Like Your Never Enough?

Here lately we have been going through a bunch of transition with jobs, with home pretty much in everything! I feel like that is somewhat normal, as an adult I am trying to find my own way, trying to build my life and home up and put down some roots.

The problem is I don't have a clue! 

I thought I did, I thought I knew exactly where I wanted to be and what I wanted to be doing. But then things changed, people change! 

The more I grow up and the more I see Alyssa grown up I tend to question EVERYTHING!
Am I making the right decisions and I doing the best for my family, am I good enough?
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I don't know if you feel the same, maybe its just a woman thing or maybe its just me! Why do we always feel that we are never good enough or that we have to be better. 

This is such a haunting and exhausting feeling!!

Alyssa is such a sweet, smart and funny little girl so I must be doing something right, right?

I am 30!! 
I thought for my whole life by the time I was 30.... I would have it all figured out, I would own a home, have the perfect career that I loved and I would be content in my life, just sitting back relaxing for the years to come. Sadly my real life is far from that dream.

Maybe my expectations as a teenager/young adult were to high or perfect

Maybe its okay to not have it all together, maybe that is part of the adventure in life?!

Maybe now it's time to have new dreams or new goals, maybe by the time I'm 35 or 40.
Who knows?! 

Life is messy and hard, adulting is not all its cracked up to be after all!

Who Knows?! 

If you do, then tell me all the secrets!!

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

I Feel Proud!! #SmallVictories



Hey Guys!!

I posted an Instagram of my accomplishments on my day off (that I am super proud of by the way) like cleaning my dishes and cooking dinner for my family! A couple people were like yumm that dinner looks good, what is it and can I have the recipe!? 

So here it is lovies the recipe to my super easy and delicious Smoked Sausage Alfredo compliments of Danelle at LetsDishRecipes

Spicy Smoked Sausage Alfredo Bake

Clearly Danelle's picture looks way better than mine but here are my pictures below:

I love that you make the Alfredo sauce from scratch because it smelled amazing!! My family really loves smoked sausage so this meal was literally perfect for us! 
This recipe was so easy, I boiled the noodles, made the sauce and then threw everything together and popped it in the oven to broil and melt the cheese on top! 

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I felt like my sauce was not as creamy as Danelle's but it was still delicious!! I did not use the same noodles or the Cayenne Pepper or Red Pepper Flakes but I did use Chili Powder. 


Overall it was very easy to make and delicious, we will be making it again!!

What are some delicious but easy recipes you like to cook for your family?!? 
Please share them in the comments below I am running out of ideas!!

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Where Does the Time Go?!?

Hello All! 
I am so sorry for my absence, I am just struggling in the time management department with work, home life and spending time with my family I just have no idea where the time goes!

It seems like we are rushing to even get out of the house in the mornings so Lyss can catch her bus, then I go straight to work from there. When everybody gets home in the evening we are rushing as well, homework, taking care of our animals plus dinner!

By the time all of that is done, its now Lyssa's bedtime and after all of that 
I am exhausted!!


I do not know how people do it, I had the opportunity to join PTA this year at Lyssa's school and instantly was like No I barely have any time now, I cant take on anymore!!

I would love to just sit at home and relax, blog like every night and have these glorious home cooked meals, but that is just not my reality!! Some nights its chicken tenders and fries and some nights its frozen pizza! 

I'm sorry but it is what it is! 

Clearly, I need some help mommas!! I have tried planners and agenda books and even apps on my phone but I just get too distracted! 

Have you ever heard of the mom that went to wash the dishes but then saw the trash needed taken out but on the way to take the trash out decided to clean the living room because of course it was dirty as well, and then hours later the dishes still weren't cleaned LOL that is me 100% 

How do you all do it!!!??!!