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Happy Friday, y’all! Lemme tell ya, I am feeling high on life right now. Got an awesome night of sleep, had my fav millennial breakfast of avocado on nut/seed toast, had some fun family time, just crushed my Calc exam, and about to head to a birthday party 😊😊😊 It’s also shaping up to be a gorgeous day so here are some shots of blooms in our yard that make me so happy ❤️☀️🌺🌎 #yayforearth

Currently enjoying two of my favorite “guilty” pleasures....and I use the quotations because I don’t feel an ounce of guilt about them. The first being an episode of “UnReal” and the second being this mac n cheese made with chickpea pasta, butternut squash purée, nutritional yeast flakes, and green peas. What are some of your “guilty” pleasures? And what’s a better phrase I can use to describe these treats?

These coconut butter, nut, and seed cups are where it’s at right now. Making my own treats so I can control the sugar is a game changer, y’all!

Coming ‘atcha with a #lesswastewednesday post or maybe more like a #throwback post because it has been a hot minute since I’ve shared some zero waste living tips. I’ve talked about reducing waste with brewing coffee, and today I’ve got some tips for tea drinkers. Choosing loose tea over bagged will obviously reduce what’s going in the trash, but did you also know it will reduce the amount of plastic you consume? Because....drumroll please....there’s plastic in your tea bags! Most tea bags are around 10-25% plastic so when you brew them in boiling water, you get all those yummy micro plastics in your cup, and you have toss the bags in the trash because they can’t be composted. Now there are few (and I mean, very few!) brands that have actual compostable bags, although many of those are only suitable for commercial compost facilities. So what’s an avid tea drinker to do?!?! Purchase a cotton or metal strainer and shop the bulk bins! I go two routes with this - (1) supporting an awesome local brand @piperandleaf those tea is available in the bulk bins at @wholefoodshuntsville and in glass jars from P&L directly and (2) concocting my own brews from the multitude of herbs available in the bulk bins at @earthfare . This homemade mixture I have upfront is red roobios, hibiscus, rose hips, juniper berries, and dandelion root; this jar is equal to 36 servings, and it was less than $4, making it cheaper than Celestial Seasonings and most other bagged herbal teas per serving. So the next time you have a hankering for an iced sweet tea or a warm peppermint tea, get yourself to your local bulk bins (with your cloth bags and glass jars!)

I have less than a month left in my spring semester, and I am so excited for what’s next. Summer will my first semester of all online classes, and my last at Calhoun before I (hopefully 🤞🏻) transfer to UF’s online business school. And I am so looking forward to this last season at home with my babies all day, err day. Because have I mentioned they’re starting preschool, and will be out of the house for 30 hours/week! It’s so bittersweet, y’all! But right now I’m just excited that the sun is shining, and we have months of summer fun ahead of us ☀️

Y’all, I have to admit I have been sleepin’ on this split end serum from @beautycounter. I’ve been using it on and off on my ends on shampoo days while my hair is still damp, and I hadn’t noticed a huge difference. Although this product might be why I don’t have split ends, and I haven’t had a hair cut in 15 months. But as someone who only washes my hair once a week, it always starts to get a bit dry and course feeling at the ends around day 3 or 4. But I’ve started putting this product through half the length of my hair, concentrating on the ends, in the morning on my non-shampoo days, and, lemme tell ya, it immediately feels silky and looks soft & shiny. How did I own this product FOREVER and not try this?!?! And did I mention how good it smells! I’ve always loved the soft smell of salon hair products, but I always turn the bottle around to see fragrance (parfum) listed like 5th on the ingredient list 🤦🏻‍♀️ But like all Beautycounter products, this serum is free of synthetic fragrances, and the entire ingredient list is included (not just natural fragrance which still makes me unsure). So find your local Beautycounter consultant (or visit mine at @anniebeautychic) and check out this serum!

Just a mermaid and a pirate enjoying the sweet things in life 🧜🏼‍♀️⚓️🍰

A clean kitchen, Instant Pot chorizo & butternut squash chili, and a Joey Tribbiani #throwbackthursday

Soooo....I may have forgotten to take photos of 4 out of 5 of my last outfits for the #spring10x10 challenge 😬 But I promise you, I DID actually wear 10 different outfits in 10 days with 10 items of clothing. This photo was taken last Friday when it was cold and rainy and I had a Calc exam which I ended up getting a 💯 on 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 And obvs this photo was taken by Emma because she is THE premier toddler photographer of the #10x10challenge.

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