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hellojessicabrown · 6 years

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Getting Back into the Swing of Things

This recap is going to seem a little disjointed. I know that and I’m acknowledging it but I want to start these weekly again. Think of this as your weekend food recap if you will.

We arrived back in St. Louis about 7pm on Thursday night. When we were close enough we ordered salads and wings from the pizza place near our house. After unpacking the car we sat down to eat and watch Archer. We ended up going to bed pretty early and woke up the next morning by 8am.

I started the water kettle so that we could make coffee but we ended up deciding to get the grocery shopping out of the way and grab Starbucks on the way. We both decided on cold brews with vanilla cream.

We were going to buy herbs for some recipes we had coming up but decided it might be time to get the plants so that we could continue using them. We are waiting for the Basil to pop up because we are growing that from seeds. We have Thyme, Rosemary, Chives, Cilantro and Dill. Until it gets warmer we are keeping them inside.

We got home just in time for lunch so I threw together a chicken sandwich.

Our sandwiches had Chicken Breast, Bacon, Colby Jack Cheese, Onions, Tomatoes and Avocado on toasted Seed Bread from Aldi topped with Everything seasoning from Fresh Thyme.

After lunch Jeremy got to working on a side project we hope to have coming up while I worked on getting videos edited and the blog back to itself.

For dinner we went for Surf ‘n Turf. Jeremy marinated steaks and prepped crab cakes so all I had to make was the vegetable. I choose asparagus. He even made a lemon dill aoili that was amazing!

After dinner we watched some tv but I ended up asleep by 10:30 pm.

On Saturday morning I woke up to the smell of coffee and Ke$ha trying to get into the room. When I rolled over I realized that Jeremy wasn’t in bed anymore which is an extremely rare occurrence. He came in a few minutes later with coffee and was surprised I hadn’t woken up sooner. It was after 8 am!

He left the room and I thought it was to grab his own coffee but instead he came back with this beauty.

Breakfast in bed, and french toast at that! It was the perfect way to start the weekend. It’s never bad with this cutie cuddled up close either!

Early Saturday morning my books from Amazon arrived and I was really excited to dive in. I was about 150 pages into The Girl on the Train but I had read some amazing things about 100 Days to Brave. It’s really nice to read a couple of pages and just be done for the day. It sets your mind right though and I’m going to incorporate it into my mornings.

For lunch I made a big salad with fajita mix on the side. Our salads had Butter Lettuce, Tomatoes, Black Beans, Corn, Taco Cheese, Avocados, Chicken Breast, Green Peppers and Onions with a little Bolthouse Honey Mustard on top.

I spent the afternoon lounging, reading The Girl on the Train and icing my back. I was trying to get back into working out this week so I practiced a ton of self care.

We had plans with friends at 7 pm and I was feeling like pizza. I made a homemade dough first and let it proof on the counter while I made the buffalo chicken.

Our pizza had homemade Buffalo Chicken, Red Onion, Mozzarella and Ranch. I will share the recipe later on the blog.

We stayed out until about midnight on Saturday so that meant a late wake up call on Sunday. I didn’t get out of bed until 9:30!

I’d love to tell you that we had a fun interesting day but we didn’t. We spent a ton of time being boring and then made dinner together.

Our dinner was a copycat from our fancy anniversary dinner. Swordfish Steaks, Quinoa and Roasted Carrots. Jeremy even made a homemade Black Bean & Corn Salsa.

I tried to go to bed early, I really did but that didn’t happen. Monday I got up at 5:30 and did A Little Obsessed - Cardio Core. My back didn’t hurt like it had been so my hopes are high for restarting 80 Day Obsession. I could just pick back up at Phase 3 or day 65 but I feel like I can do even better this round if I restart.

The Sullivan’s Island post will be live on Friday! Starting next week the recap posts will be a little more structured and fun.

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hellojessicabrown · 6 years

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Yard Work & Garden Building

As I’m making my coffee and getting ready for work this morning, I am daydreaming about the beautiful weekend we just had. I know you are still waiting on our anniversary update but I’m trying to get together the wine list that we had so that I can be completely informed before I post it. Instead today, you get an insight to all the fun things we did this weekend.

Jeremy and I knew that this was going to be the weekend to be outside. We woke up at 7am on Saturday, went to grab coffee at Starbucks and then drove both of our cars up to Firestone. I needed an oil change and AC recharge and Jeremy took his in for an alignment. We had so much to do that we took an Uber back home so we could get busy.

First things first, I started working on weeds while Jeremy mowed & trimmed. I made a homemade weed killer and it actually worked! It was 1/2 gal of white vinegar, 1/2 cup of salt, 1 T of Dawn dish soap.

When Jeremy started on the back yard I asked him to protect my bunnies. There are 5 living in our back yard and though they should probably be gone already we are happy to have them back there. After I stepped on one on Friday night I was all about keeping them safe from the lawn mower. We covered them with a bucket and a heavy piece of metal but one decided to shoot out and cause Jeremy to quit mowing. We scooped them up and put them inside the bucket with a grate over it (after chasing two around and pulling one (the one I had stepped on) from the siding of the garage) All but one was burrowed but isn’t he cute?

After getting all the yard cleaned up we went and grabbed our cars and met up at Home Depot to get the supplies to build an enclosure over our raised garden bed.

We built this beauty in March of 2015 and though it’s grown many things we have not eaten nearly enough veggies because of the many animals we have running around in it. We even tried this method before:

Now we are talking though! We spent all of Saturday afternoon building this beauty all the way up until Mouse Races that night.

Ke$ha thoroughly enjoyed her weekend outdoors. She really is a funny husky. Sunbathing is her favorite.

Saturday morning started a little slower at 9am. We headed out for coffee and stopped by to see Jeremy’s parents and our nephew. We still needed to get mulch so we headed home to measure and then it was back to Home Depot.

To get the mulch home we rented a truck. It was seriously $19 for 75 minutes an totally worth it. 12 bags made the front of the house look so nice!

My hydrangeas are always my happy plants even after a day of 100+ degree weather they tend to bounce back. I’ve planted them with my lonely rose bush but they and the crocuses are covered now.

We’ve also had a dog wood growing for the past few years that I am obsessed with. The red blooms are gorgeous and it’s now taller than me.

After finishing up the mulching we went back to completing the garden bed. We had a few more zip ties to zip and panels of garden fencing to secure. We headed up to Ace Hardware and grabbed some more zip ties and a few more plants to complete everything. Everything turned out beautifully.

I had a planter left from last year with nothing but dirt in it so Jeremy and I picked out some flowers and Lavender for it. Lavender is supposed to keep mosquitoes away.

The Alyssum smell like honey. Such a great addition to the front porch.

We decided to plant corn up by the house this year. Last year we did sweet potatoes and pumpkins but we’ve sworn off any kind of squash because we’ve gotten squash bugs every year from it.

Our blueberry bush has gotten leaves in the last couple of days too. We’ve been using the cover to protect the bunnies but they are going to have to go soon because once the blueberries start I’m going to need to keep them safe. We have yet to eat blueberries from our own plant.

We are also hoping that this is the year we finally get apples from our trees in the back. The one closest is a Red Rome Beauty and bears fruit 2-3 years after planting and the other is a Honey Crisp bearing fruit 2-5 years after planting. The Red Rome Beauty is taller than both Jeremy and I now.

And now for the plant unveiling. We’ve planted:

Plants:

- Tomatoes - Yellow Pear Tomatoes - Black Cherry Tomatoes - Sugar Snap Peas - Strawberries - Jalapenoes - Eggplant - Green Peppers

Herbs:

- Cilantro - Basil - Chives - Thyme - Dill - Terragon

Seeds:

- Green Onions - Spring Mix - Brussels Sprouts - Green Beans

We are hoping to have too many fruits and vegetables to eat soon!

The last thing we accomplished in the yard on Sunday was recovering the cage that protects the blueberries. Right now, it’s protecting baby bunnies but I think it will keep the birds out even better.

I may have gotten a little sun but this weekend filled up my cup spending time outside in the sunshine with my husband and pup. My house is all nice and beautiful outside and it will be even better Wednesday when our little bistro patio set arrives from Amazon.

Be looking for the anniversary post to come soon, hopefully complete with that wine list!

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