One of my favorite ways to celebrate each season is with candles. This year I acquired quite a collection of winter/holiday candles. These are just a few of my absolute favorites I picked up.

When I was a teenager I worked retail at the mall. I grew to hate Christmas music because I'd hear it all day every day from November-December. As I've gotten older my love of Christmas music has returned. I'm that girl who plays the Christmas station in the car (SiriusXM Holly) every minute of Dece…

Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WinWithTonysPizza #CollectiveBias Friday night lights equals football, pizza, and buffalo wings cauliflower! Wait, what? No really! High school football is in full swing and I have a winn…

I'm back with another Fall DIY in my #FallIsComing series! Today we're going to be making Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub. This scrub is the perfection addition to your fall 'Self Care Sunday'. This scrub literally only takes 5 minutes to throw together and it smells ah-mazing. You likely already ha…

I think fall has become almost everyone's favorite time of year. It's so beautiful, the temperature is nice, and clothes are great [am I right?!]. It's such a peaceful time of year and is by far my favorite season. I've compiled a Fall Bucket List of ideas to make your fall the best ever!

If you haven't noticed yet... I love the Dollar Tree. I love finding random things to turn into something beautiful. I'm not the most creative, but sometimes I put something together and really surprise myself! Maybe it's the upcoming fall that is inspiring me. I made this beautiful floral arrangement…

Over the weekend I had my home smelling like fall heaven. Friday I went to Bath & Body Works to grab some fall candles while they were $12.50. I also picked up a few Fragrance Melts while they were 3 for $12. So in my living room I had a Flannel candle going and in the master bathroom I had Autumn going in th…

I watch a lot of house cleaning videos on YouTube. I'm not sure when that obsession started or how I ended up there.  You know how you watch YouTube, then click on suggested videos until you don't even know what you're watching or why? I think that's how this happened. I'm fascinated by other …

I'm a little late getting around to checking out the Dollar Tree this year for fall items. Luckily my store still had lots to choose from. While I was there I also grabbed new Halloween stuff, but we won't talk about Halloween today.  I love how the Dollar Tree has really stepped up their game with thei…

I read every night before bed.  I don't fall asleep easily and reading before bed really helps.  I read on my iPad in the Kindle app so that I can have the lights off.  I don't read super fast, I'm not one of those that reads a whole book a day.  I just read a little bit every night until I pass…

I've spent the weekend working on updates and maintenance to my blog.  This is ongoing.  I'm hoping to be finished by Monday morning.  Please excuse the mess, broken links, or any other site issues during this time. I'm gearing up for some pretty exciting content for you, so please bookmark me and …

[Badlands National Park] Last summer my in-laws took us all on a family road trip to South Dakota.  I have such beautiful pictures from this trip and in my effort to bring Emilee Speaks back around to a lifestyle blog, we're going to revisit this trip today. On June 1st, 8 adults loaded up into a 12 passeng…

It's Callie and I's favorite time of the month again!  Barkbox day!  We excitedly accepted it from the postal carrier and ran in to film an unboxing for you! This month's theme is wild west and it couldn't be any cuter.  Little miss recently got her summer haircut.  She started blowing h…

As you know, I've been using a Limelife planner for over 2 years now.  I recently was given the opportunity to try an Erin Condren for free.  I decided to change things up and give the EC a test run.  I know... I know... I'm a little late to the planner game on that one.  Honestly though, I've been super …

I am OBSESSED with the playlist I made for the gym.  Nothing gets me more pumped up than music.  I hope you find some inspiration & motivation from my current gym playlist!

Hello friends!  I've had a pretty life changing couple of weeks and I can't wait to tell you about it.   Friday the 24th of February 2017: The beginning of the end for me.  The end of what?  The end of bad habits, sedentary days, and negative thoughts.  I woke up that Friday determined to change my …

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, MARS Incorporated. All opinions are mine alone. #DineWithCesar #TreatWithCesar #CollectiveBias How adorable is my baby?! Ahh I can't take it!  Calliope is now a big girl, she turned 1 this month.  Since she turned one it was time…

As we're moving further into February a lot of people will have already abandoned their resolutions and goals.  Fitness related goals are the number one resolutions made each year, and usually the first to go.  Today I'm going to offer up some awesome advice and tips to help you keep your goals…

Since last week's voice over video wasn't a complete disaster, and I've made peace with learning that I sound like a vapid valley girl... (no really, I had no idea!) I've decided to do another voice over for this week's plan with me. Moving along in February with more cutesy lovey dovey d…

I'm trying something new for 2017.  My wallet was falling apart and I decided I wanted to try using a personal sized planner as a wallet.  I picked up this Recollections brand planner from Michael's and it came with inserts.  I used a coupon and got it all very cheap.  I didn't want to get a Filofax …

You've been asking, and I listened!  Welcome to my FIRST voice over video!  Whew, let me tell you that it wasn't easy.  It's so weird to listen to yourself and talk about what you're doing.  Mad props to the youtubers that do this often.  I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon though... …

January's box is our second Barkbox .  I had full intention of taking photos of our first box, but we were so excited and ripped into it immediately!  Miss Calliope has really enjoyed her Barkbox toys & treats all month long.  I know we're only 2 months in, but so far we're loving it! Callie …

I haven't been using my MO2Ps much in my spiral bound planner.  I have been doing my monthly planning in my filofax.  So I had these blank month pages and I wasn't sure what to do with them.  Then I decided I wanted to 'memory keep' on my month pages. I went to a RHCP concert on the 14th and …

I love New Years Day...  I love new beginnings, goals, plans, and aspirations.  A new year sends us into reflection and self discovery.  Who are you?  Where are you?  Are you who you want to be, and where you want to be?  Have you lived the previous year being the best version of you? Resolutions have long …