Let’s Talk Tuesday #26

Let me just apologize because it has been over a month since my last Let’s Talk Tuesday post! With being on vacation, having a sick baby and some other deadlines to meet, I was definitely off my game. But here’s to getting back on track! So, without further adieu, here is this week’s Let’s Talk Tuesday!

1. How in the world is Christmas now less than a week away? I literally can’t even wrap my head around it. I think all of our shopping is done but our wrapping? Not so much. Come wrap for me!
2. Per my last Let’s Talk Tuesday post, I absolutely love Stranger Things! BuzzFeed has a cool quiz that let’s you find out which character you are and I got Will. I think I would rather be Dustin because he’s my favorite but I’ll take it. I just hope I don’t get sucked into the upside down anytime soon…
3. Have you looked up any America’s Most Googled Recipes of 2017? Can’t say that I have…
4. Ummm Amazon really does think of everything! They have created the Amazon Look that can take voice activated pictures and videos for you and give you style advice. Sayyy whaaaaat?! I know. Its insane. And a blogger/influencers dream for taking pictures! It’s also only available by invitation only so clearly I requested an invitation. Game. Changer.
5. It was chilly here over the weekend (don’t worry, it was 60 today…) so I made a big ol’ pot of chicken noodle soup using this recipe. Holy crap was it amazing! Like so freaking good. And I don’t even like cooked carrots and I didn’t even mind them. So. Good. The only change I made was adding two heaping spoonfuls of Chicken Bouillon base for a little more flavor and added color to the broth. I think I will add more water next time also to make a more broth as we like more a little bit more broth with our soup. This would be great to make ahead and freeze for when someone isn’t feeling well or even for someone who just had a baby.
6. So I planned to give Liam’s teachers bottles of wine for Christmas ya know, because they deal with 1 year olds all day But then I thought it would be a good idea to confirm that they were in fact 21 and they’re not. Soooo I made a batch of cut out sugar cookies intending them to be for his teachers but, instead, we’ve been eating them. So now I get to make another batch and pray they make it out of the house without ending up in someone’s gullet.
7. Knowing that we have a bunch more Christmas gifts/toys coming Liam’s way, we decided that we would proactively clear out one of our guest rooms to be a pseudo playroom. Eventually it will become his big boy room whenever we have another baby so we’ve started to prep the room and man was it gross! It had been “Dixie’s room” where she would perch most of the day and look out the window at the street and sleep on the bed and take naps. Not a bad gig. But now she’s afraid of our stairs and baby gates so she isn’t using it anymore so it made perfect sense. The previous owners of the house painted one purple accent wall. And I mean like Baltimore Ravens purple. So gross. So we’ll be having that painted here soon but stay tuned for a full room before and after!
8. Ever since Liam was born I have been majorly slacking on exercise. I did a month of Barre classes while on maternity leave and then ran a 10k and half marathon but literally haven’t exercise more than walking since. I want to step my game back up but it’s so hard with a little one and working full-time. Give me alllll the advise on how to make it work and not feel super selfish and like I’m taking time away from my family.
9. If you love espresso and have a Nespresso machine, I recently bought these off-brand pods and love them! They’re much cheaper than the original Nespresso pods and just as good of quality as the real thing. I’ve been making skinny lattes with those, some skinny vanilla syrup (link is to Amazon but it’s cheaper at Marshalls!) and skim milk. Mmmmm!
10. My hair stylist posted a meme on Facebook about the “This little piggy” nursery rhyme. Did you know (I didn’t) that the piggy wasn’t going to the grocery store market? Mind. Blown. And it’s totally ruined from here on out.

 

 

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