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Showing posts from June, 2014

E.L.F flash sale!

Today only!  You can get the Natural Radiance Collection for only $25, that's a 50% discount!  Click link below the picture to take you right to it! Makeup in a Minute: Get our Natural Radiance Collection, usually $50, for just $25 at EyesLipsFace.com. That's 50% Off! This offer is valid today, 6/19 only…

.chili dog casserole [full recipe]

I've blogged about this meal before, but we had it last night for dinner so I decided to take pictures and make a full post about it.   Warning: This is NOT a healthy meal at all ahah!   I do what I can to make it a little bit healthier by using turkey hot dogs and I usually use homemade clean turkey chili  I…

.may favorites [2014]

May flew by and we're already in the second week of June!  Whew!  Talk about being behind on a favorites post, woops!  aha!  May was a crazy month for me... lots of exciting things happened [hence the lack of posts in May, sorry 'bout that].  I'm sure I'll go into further detail later on about wha…

.adopt a shelter cat month [meet my girls]

Three years ago we loaded up and headed to our local Humane Society to look into adopting a shelter cat.  We roamed around and played with the cats for several hours.  Then we came across a kennel that had kittens in it.  I fell in LOVE with one of them, and my family fell in LOVE with another.  We held them an…

.julep maven box [june 2014]

The Julep Maven June 2014 box came in the mail today.  This is my second round of boxes and I'm going to do an honest review for you here... The packaging is fun && they even included some pixy stix this month.  The polish colors are pretty as well.  I received 2 boxes: one included 3 polish…

the fault in our stars [book review]

This book review is on one of the best books I've read in a long time.  This book touched me so deeply.  I read it on my kindle then had to go out and purchase the physical copy to keep by my bed.  The Fault In Our Stars [tfios] proves that the Young Adult genre isn't just for teenag…