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Fall TV

It is no secret that I love fall. Cooler temperatures (well, maybe not for a few more months), football, and…..all of my shows come back!! With The Mindy Project starting back tonight, I thought I would share the run down of all the shows I can’t wait to start watching again!

The Mindy Project – Chris and I binged watched the first two seasons over the summer and I am in love! I feel Mindy and I would be friends. And hello, Danny is yummy!

The Good Wife – This is another that we binged watched over the summer. We did five seasons in a matter of a few weeks, so that tells you how serious I am about my love for this show!

The Big Bang Theory – This is my favorite show ever. I can watch the reruns a million times and still laugh. I am interested to see the new dynamics that they speak of in spoilers.

The Originals – Mmmmm Elijah. I mean….this show always keeps my interest. Vampires, wolves, witches, hybrids, oh my! And…..Elijah.

Vampire Diaries – This show used to be AMAZING. It has lost some of the appeal but I still hold on. If Damon and Caroline joined the Originals, they could cancel this show.

Grimm – This is a weird one, but I am hooked!!! It is sort of like fairy tales, but dark and twisted.

Law and Order SVU – I have loved this show since the very first episode. People have come and gone, but my heart holds strong!

Modern Family – I just love everything about this show! And the Phil-osophy!

Revenge – I wasn’t sure how they were going to keep this show going, but I can’t wait to see what happens!!! I love it!

Scandal – Sometimes I get a little bored, then shit hits the fan and it keeps me coming back for more! I also get annoyed with the relationship between Olivia and the president. Like…she is such a strong person, how can she be so weak for him?!

Shark Tank – I really need to come up with something brilliant and go on this show!

I am not quite caught up with New Girl but will be excited about that as well!

New shows I might try: Gotham, How to Get Away With Murder

I am also guest posting over at Magic City Bloggers today! If you live in the Birmingham area, you should join them! Such a great blogging community that has just started and really growing quickly.

Also, Kate Spade is having a surprise sale! Hello up to 75% off! You’re welcome!

What shows are you excited about? What should I try that isn’t on my list?

September 16, 2014 by Nadine

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Weekend Shenanigans

Friday-Friday evening Chris had one of his friends over, so we stayed in and hung out with him for awhile listening to music, telling old stories and snacking.

Saturday- I worked out first thing. Yay for week three in a row of 6 day a week work outs! I got a lot of cleaning and laundry done. I also finished reading the twelfth book in the Stephanie Plum series! We decided to stay in to watch all of the games for the day, and that is just what we did. We watched game after game after game! Happy with Alabama’s win, and sad that the Dawgs lost to South Carolina. Then we watched the game that wouldn’t end with Florida and Kentucky. Three overtimes? I was so ready for it to be over! Not that I really cared who won, it was a good game to watch though!

Sunday – In the morning we hung out and had breakfast and watched some TV. We then got ready and headed downtown for Trucks by the Tracks. It is an even at Railroad Park where all the food trucks are at the same place. It was super crowded down there! So many food trucks! So many people! So…much….heat. Fall, you can’t get here soon enough!!!!

We walked around for awhile and enjoyed seeing all the different trucks and people out and about. And all the dogs!!!! So many doggies! But then this northern blooded girl couldn’t take another second of the heat. I cant enjoy eating hot food when it is 934859348690468 degrees outside, so I asked Chris if he minded we head elsewhere. He was down with that since World of Beer or Jack Brown’s were his choices 🙂

We met a bartender that we hadn’t met before since we usually don’t venture downtown on Sundays. He was super nice and knew all the right beers to have Chris try. I ordered the Tavern Taters with beer cheese and Chris ordered the Golden Ale Shrimp. Both were delicious, as always! Duh!

Food porn, you’re welcome. Trust me, I hate myself Monday mornings when I see all this food that I only allow myself on the weekends while I await my all veggie healthy lunch that I repeats all week. Damn metabolism!

After WOB, we wanted to check out Asian Rim off Hwy 280. They told us about their Watermelon Margaritas….so we needed to check them out! Chris really liked them, I myself am not a huge fan of tequila based drinks in general, but it was good. And pretty!

We will certainly be back there again one day for their sushi!!!! I <3 sushi so hard!

The rest of the evening was filled with grocery shopping without a list (my OCD self had a mental list I checked three times in the store) and working on some blog related things.

Livvy tried to serve herself up on a place mat. Strange cat.

I hope everyone has a great week!!! I am guest posting today over on Jana’s page while she is out of town. Please go check it out and leave some love 🙂 Jana is awesome and I am very certain that if we lived closer, we would be hanging on the reg. The girl has impeccable taste in music, beer and humor. Can you really ask for anything more? No.

September 15, 2014 by Nadine

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Confessions

–I suck at hair. I spent 25 minutes trying to curl mine on Sundday and it looked anything but curly. It just looked like a hot mess. Like seriously, how?!?!?! How do you people do it?

–I can’t stand petty bitches. I chose to take the high road in most instances in life. I wish others would do the same. I guess it makes for a good laugh?

–Olivia is getting more curious as she gets older. This morning I saw her around the toilet in our guest bath. I said no Livvy, but she has never listened to me so why start now? She hopped up and then promptly fell in. I could not stop laughing. I am chuckling all over again as I type this because you should have seen the look on her face. Does that make me a bad cat mom? I am going with no, it was funny as shit and serves her right! You don’t see the dogs doing stupid stuff like that. I just wish Mac and Gracie would have seen it!

–I have already given up one of my goals this month. And by give up, I mean I never even started it. Meh. The good news is that I have been nailing my 6 days a week of work outs!

–The other day I was just signing in my car, like this:

Annnndddd then I realized that it was my exit and I had to get over two lanes super fast. Oops!

Confessions in ecards:

You know the drill, go link up with Kathy and Liz! Happy Wednesday!

September 10, 2014 by Nadine

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Weekend Shenanigans

We seem to be full steam ahead into September. I am not really sure how that happened, but I will take it!

Friday – As I was leaving work Friday afternoon, I saw two different rainbows on my way home! One that was above our office, and one on I-59 heading towards Trussville.

Friday evening Laura and Bennett came up to our house! It was so nice to have friends over. We sampled some beers, listened to some awesome music….and then battled it out in Mario Kart! I discovered that Laura shares the same love for Marvelous Three/Butch Walker. The only picture that escaped from the night was this gem of Chris and Mac. BFF!

In other news, Mac clearly needs a fur cut! He is looking like a crazy man!

Saturday – We got a lot of stuff done around the house Saturday morning. We then settled in to catch the Alabama game. We won 41 to nothing. Afterwards we ran some errands and did some shopping. Chris needed some new tennis shoes to match all his Alabama gear that he wears on the weekends, and I wanted to go to Nordstrom Rack to see if they still had my shoes that I have had my eye on.

While I was there, I happened to score a great top and sweater too! Does anyone else take pictures of everything in the fitting room before they buy it like I do? *crickets*

These Cole Haan shoes are the most comfortable flats I have ever tried on in my life. EVER!! They had a tan pair and a tan pair with some animal print detailing on them as well. Perhaps if these remain as comfortable as I think they will, I will go back for some more! I tried on a few Tory Burch shoes and they were all instantly very painful. How the hell do all of you wear them around? If I am paying that much for a pair of shoes, they shouldn’t hurt so bad! You all are crazy!

Sunday – I got the meal planning and grocery shopping done. Speaking of which, Target finally put out their seasonal creamers!!!! In addition to the Pumpkin Pie Spice and Frosted Sugar Cookies, they had Gingerbread Latte and Peppermint Mocha. Oh yeah! My mornings just got a lot sweeter. See what I did there?

Sunday afternoon we watched some football and both the Steelers and the Falcons won! YAY!!!!! 🙂 And we worked very hard on a project that we are starting up! Probably more to come on that later.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend! Let’s kick some Monday butt!

September 8, 2014 by Nadine

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Friday Favorites

Don’t you love when Friday seems to come a day early, thanks to a four day work week? I know I do! Although, yesterday seemed long enough to count as two days. Good grief! Isn’t that funny how that works out?

Favorite Song: Alicia Keys Falling. When is the last time you have listened to this song? Like seriously? I believe it came out when I was in college. I loved it. It randomly played from my Spotify on Thursday morning and I belted that shit out like I was in concert. Love it!

Make sure you stop by Chris’s blog today! He is posting his latest mix which is perfect for boosting your mood and getting pumped for the weekend! You can download it for free, duh!

Favorite Recipe: I made an oldie but goodie, Turkey Taco Soup. At 198 calories per serving, how can you not love it?

Favorite Find: I have been wanting a pair of leather leggings forever. I know I would never wear full out leather leggings at where I am now. Sooooo I have seen tons of leggings with leather accents but they are always like $98 and I am like um no. They aren’t even real pants. I had to stop by Target last night for bleach and somehow I ended up in the clothing section. *It was totally legit, obviously.* Anywho, I stumbled upon these gems for….$19.99!!!!! Yes please!!!!

Here they are close up in person so you can see the detail.

Favorite Beauty Product: Cake Batter Chapstick is out for a limited time. Go get some NOW!

Favorite Delivery: I received my Julep box on Tuesday night. I am in love with the colors of the polish….and the lip gloss is awesome. Although, I wish the gloss smelled a little better.

Favorite Picture of Livvy: Her perch. She has really grown to love this thing and can usually be found basking in her own awesomeness in it. When she isn’t annoying the hell out of us or the dogs. I snapped this picture when she was watching me working out…and look at those judgy eyes! Whatever bitch!