workout videos

If you have On Demand, you may not know about this very cool feature on there- ExerciseTV!  It's awesome if you are like me and don't want to pay for a gym membership anymore and it is too nasty to run outside!  I have recently come to the realization that I have no time to work out after school and the last thing I want to do when I get home from whatever I may have going on in the afternoon, be it babysitting or whatnot, is work out.  So, I have started waking up in the morning on doing one of these videos.  It's perfect because I just have to walk downstairs to do it and then go right back up and hop in the shower afterwards, so I'm not having to wake up all that early!  I am thankful for ExerciseTV on Demand to get my hiney in gear! :)

Christmas music

I could listen to Christmas music in July...seriously, I love it.  When I first started college and would drive home, I would put a Christmas CD in while I was going through downtown because it would calm me in all of that traffic!  So needless to say, I take full advantage of listening to it when it is deemed socially acceptable like right now!  Richie and I got our real tree today and I decorated it and of course, put on my Christmas music!  It just put me in the best mood!!  I am thankful for Christmas music and how happy it makes me!

*I do two trees and the other isn't decorated yet, so I will post pics when they are both done!

Blue Ridge Mountains

This weekend, we rented a cabin Blue Ridge with some of our friends- Adrianne and Chris, Tommy and Lauren, and Nate and Bryn came Friday!  We had so much fun going into the town, hanging out, playing games, ec this weekend.  I am so thankful to have such a cute, fun mountain town that is so close to Atlanta!  You drive a little over an hour, but feel worlds away because you are able to get away from it all! Hope you all had a nice weekend!

Gingerbread Lattes

I treated myself to Starbucks this morning and had a grande gingerbread latte. MMM!!!!  I am thankful for yummy gingerbread lattes around Christmas!  Enjoy your weekend! I am heading home to finish packing for the mountains!

Jambalya

I love spicy food and jambalaya has recently become one of my favorites.  Best of all, it is so super easy.  Just buy a box of Zatarans, chop up smoked turkey sausage (I sometimes throw rotisserie chicken in too) and voila! dinner is made.  So easy and super yummy for a cold night.  I am thankful for a quick and easy recipe, and that I had the ingredients to make it last night!

Migraine prevention

If you have ever had a migraine, you know how bad they are.  I get them and lately I am getting them a lot.  Not fun.  I finally went to the doctor about them and she put me on this medicine, Topamax, which is a preventative which means it will hopefully keep me from getting them!  Thank goodness!!!  I am thankful for my new migraine preventative and just pray that it works!

rain coat!

I love jackets.  In fact, it is kind of an obsession.  I have a closet stuffed full of them ranging in length, colors, and thickness.  However I don't have any "outdoorsy" jackets.  All of my "casual" jackets either have fur collars or are still cutesy.  So, I desperately needed a windbreaker/rain coat type jacket.  I have never bought a North Face or any of those because I can't bring myself to spend that much money on a jacket that isn't "me".  I know, I know, I am a dork.  However, I found a soultion to it.  While we were in Highlands, I found a pink (kind of a carnation color pink) Vineyard Vines rain jacket that you could layer over a fleece...(now I just need to get the fleece! Haha!)

I am thankful for my new rain jacket, especially with all the rainy days we had early this week!!