Friday things - October 17th

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Hi y'all!

Whew, it's been one hectic week for sure.

My boss is leaving the company next Thursday, and our little department has been in total upheaval ever since he told us he was putting in his notice. He's a great hands-on manager, and knows really well (for the most part) what each of our individual tasks and responsibilities are, and was always a great resource for help/advice/decision making whenever we needed it. And this week we found out how his duties are going to be divided up among us, and guess who is getting about 75% of his daily/weekly/monthly tasks??

This girl.

I feel like I'm drowning but no one can save me. I already have quite a lot of work to do as it is, plus I'm training someone on some old stuff I used to do, and this just feels like MEGA overload.

I'm sorry for complaining, but I'm actually very nervous and scared about the next few weeks (months?) at work. Some of these new responsibilities are very important and must be done correctly to make sure we report correct revenue, and expenses, and blah blah accounting stuff. I just don't want to screw anything up! It doesn't do any good for me to complain or speak up about this workload at work, because we're ALL swamped and someone HAS to do these things...

So basically, just send some positive, cheerful, encouraging thoughts my way over the next couple of months because otherwise I may have a nervous breakdown.

Anyways, so now with that off my chest, here are some other HAPPIER things from this week!

1. Walking Dead premiere last Sunday!! Ahhhhhh, it was so good! I loved this show for the 1st season, and really fell off when they were looking for Carol's little girl and ended up at that stupid farm for FOREVER and (spoiler if you've not seen past seasons of the show) then it turned out that the little girl had been there THE WHOLE TIME in that barn and was a zombie now. I mean, HOW did it take so long for one of them to have searched that barn?? Ugh, that season was the WORST and I just stopped watching it at that point. But this week's premiere was AWESOME and can I just say MORGAN!!!!! I was hoping against hope that one day he'd be back and FINALLY he is!! Catch it this Sunday if you want to get in on the zombie action!

2. I mentioned this last week - we're going downtown to see Dave Chappelle tonight!!! I'm SO excited, I really hope it will be a good show! And I saw a commercial the other day for a comedy club in the area and Charlie Murphy is here this weekend too! I wonder if they travel around doing shows together. And I know he's probably not doing any material related to Chappelle's Show skits, but all I can hope for is a little Rick James.

3. I'm hosting a little 30 day fitness challenge on Facebook! It's FREE, no cost for anything, just join us to get our buns and guns in shape in time for Thanksgiving! It's my first time hosting anything like this, so I hope I don't mess it up haha. Jump on Facebook, JOIN this event, and send a FRIEND REQUEST to me to make sure you get all my daily posts! I'd love to have you, the more the merrier!

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4. We were invited by some friends to go hiking and camping tomorrow, and I really kind of wanted to go - but the weather is cold, rainy and windy. That is not my ideal weather for any kind of outside activities, especially if I'm gonna have to sleep out in it! Hopefully we can go with them on another weekend when it's not raining. I can deal with the cold, but I just don't want to be cold and wet :) Does anyone have recommendations for good places to hike/camp around the Seattle area?

5. I've been seriously slacking on the cooking front lately. Being so frazzled at work all day, the LAST thing I felt like doing once I got home was trying to cook dinner. So we've done a lot of frozen lasagna, frozen chicken fingers, things like that. Basically cleaning out stuff from the freezer haha. My goal for next week is to get back into my groove with cooking, and maybe even get a crockpot meal or 2 in! I love a good soup/stew or even a roast from the crockpot once the weather starts to cool off. It's easy, low maintenance, and delicious!

Thanks for stopping by and letting me vent about work problems - this was my one pity party, and now it's done and I'm moving on!

As always, a special thanks to the ladies hosting these wonderful Friday linkups! And if you haven't checked out their blogs, you TOTALLY should!!

September Farm
The Farmer's Wife
The Lauren Elizabeth
A. Liz Adventures
Hello! Happiness
Carolina Charm
The Good Life

Friday things - already?!

Hi again!

I can't believe it's Friday already...this week flew by! I hardly remember any of it haha :) I was distracted by so many things!

I hope you all had a good week as well. We're in the middle of October and fall is in full swing (at least here it is). If you live somewhere where it's still hot and humid, I'd love to send some of this fog and rain your way!

Here are a few things from my week!

1. I completed the 3 Day Refresh this week! I did it from Monday - Wednesday and lost 1.8 lbs! Weight loss wasn't my ultimate goal, but it was nice to see a little extra benefit from my suffering haha :) Check out the full HONEST review I wrote here on the blog!

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After

2. We're going with some friends next Friday night to see Dave Chappelle do stand-up!! I am PUMPED because his material is hilarious, but I hope it wont turn into that time he did stand-up and got heckled (like they do, I mean come on) and got all upset about it and just LEFT! I would be so sad if that happened, so fingers crossed for a well-behaved crowd lol!

3. I ordered some boots last week. I didn't really need them, but I wanted some black boots because brown doesn't go with everything! I am still not-so-patiently waiting on them to arrive. I'm looking at you, USPS. I mean, how cute are these?! I sort of wish I had the $$ to have bought all the other colors too!

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4. I don't know about y'all, but I'm in need of some serious selfie lessons...I tried to take a couple earlier this week to show off my new chloe+isabel earrings I bought through a friend, and NO. Just, NO. It always comes out fuzzy, and I never know where to look, and my smile is awkward...so yeah, if anyone has any helpful hints on taking a good selfie, PLEASE let me know!

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terrible.

5. I've been super stressed this week - my boss put his notice in and will be leaving my company before the end of the month. He is the 3 Finance department manager to resign/retire/find another job in the last 3 weeks!! Needless to say, I'm nervous about taking on some of his tasks and responsibilities because I don't want to screw anything up! Makes me think I need to get back out there and start looking for a new job as well...he said he hadn't even been looking hard, just randomly doing a job search now and then. That killed me because up until about May or June of this year, I was HUSTLING trying to find a new job - applying EVERYWHERE, going on interviews, you name it. So it was a little enraging to hear that someone who was only casually job searching landed one pretty quickly! Well, I wish him the best, but I need to get my butt in gear and find me an awesome new job too!

Thanks for reading, as always :)

Please leave me a comment about anything! I'd love to hear from anyone who has been brave enough to read my blog haha

And don't forget to check out The Farmer's Wife and September Farm as they are the lovely hosts of this Friday link up!

Friday things - Hello October!

Hello out there!

It's been kind of quiet around the blog this week, just so crazy with work :/ So I'm super glad it's almost the weekend!

1.  Fall is DEFINITELY here. The rain has stopped but the cooler temps are here to stay. Leaves are turning colors and falling to the ground, and all I want to eat is soup! I {almost} wish it would be fall all year :)

2. Met up with some friends visiting from out of town on Wednesday evening, and it was such a good time! I hadn't seen my friend Allison since she graduated college ahead of me, and now she's married and has a cute little baby! It was great to catch up with her and I'm looking forward to when she and her little family move here in December!

3. I needed a jump start back into my exercise/eating plans. I've admittedly been pretty lazy on that front lately. So I bit the bullet and ordered Beachbody's short-term "cleanse" this week. I will be starting the 3 Day Refresh on Monday! Hopefully this will help curb my cravings for all things sweet (seriously, major sweet tooth lately) and I can get started back on a regular workout schedule the right way! Stay tuned here for my review of the 3 Day Refresh later next week!



4. I'm so ready for some Alabama football tomorrow! Let's beat Ole Miss!! Should be a good game, hopefully not too edge-of-your-seat though!

5. Jeff and I went to a shooting range last Sunday, and it was a blast!! I've only shot guns a few times before, so I was a little nervous, but it was great! Except I jumped about a mile every time someone else shot their gun haha! It's definitely something I'd like to get more comfortable with, so I think we'll make it there more often!

Thanks to September Farm/The Farmer's Wife for this link up!
Have a great weekend!

Friday things

Goodness, can I just say TGIF!!

I'm so thankful this week is FINALLY over...it just seemed like one of those weeks that just took f.o.r.e.v.e.r, didn't it?

I'm ready for the weekend, even if my Alabama Crimson Tide have a bye tomorrow :/ There will be plenty of other college football games to watch!

Here's a few happenings from this past week:


1. Hello Fall weather! In Seattle, this means RAIN, and boy, have we had plenty of that this week. It's still coming down as I'm typing this. It makes for great napping/sleeping in weather, but not so much fun when you have to get out in it to get to work or run errands!

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2. I'm excited to break out the fall/winter clothing! I'm ready for sweaters, leggings, boots, scarves and jackets! I made a couple of purchases this week to get me prepared...

groopdealz.com and jane.com

3. Cooked this AH-MAZING keto dinner last night with my new Nu Wave oven that my parents sent me. It is SO fabulous! You can throw FROZEN chicken/steak/pork chops in there and it will cook up PERFECTLY - I can't think of any other kitchen contraption, including the regular oven, that can do this. It's so nice to not really have to plan far ahead for dinner - just toss some meat in there and 20 minutes later you're eating! Can't wait to experiment with more recipes in this thing!

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4. Anyone heard of Moon Cheese? I found these at Fred Meyer (grocery store) earlier this week and I'm in love! They're the perfect keto snack - only like 1 carb for 5 or 6 of these little crunchy cheesy balls. They're a little pricey for the size bag, so now that I've tried these, I'm on the lookout for a DIY recipe so I can make them myself :)

5. I'm glad that fall makeup is back! I've been ooohing and aaahing over wine-colored lipsticks and dark green and gold eyeshadows on Pinterest. They're all just so beautiful! I got a lovely new fall color in my most recent Julep box - Mary Lee. It's perfect for fall and I can't wait to paint this beauty on my nails tomorrow while watching some SEC football!

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Thanks for reading, and have a fabulous weekend!

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