Favorite TV Shows

Sometimes I feel like I'm just at a loss for what I should blog about…probably because I know or think I won't have any good pictures to include with it! Then, on days like today, something just kind of comes to me while I'm at work, and I decide I don't care if I have my own pictures to include or not.

 

Today, I thought I would share some of the TV shows I enjoy watching.  I will honestly plan my evening schedules around what I'm already doing (bells, volleyball, etc.) so that I can still be home (and most likely in bed) in time to watch these great shows! 

 

On Monday nights, I'm definitely home in time to watch Dancing with the Stars…..and I'll probably be texting Mom throughout those 2 hours talking about whether or not we liked the dances and who just needs to go home! Haha.

 

 

On Tuesdays, Chopped is usually on all evening on Food Network—Matt got me hooked on that show  years ago, and I love it! My favorite judges on the show include: Alex Guarnaschelli, Amanda Freitag, Geoffrey Zakarian and Marc Murphy. Now, the new season of 19 Kids and Counting is back on, so I'm waiting every week to watch that show now! AND, it was just announced today that one of the older girls, Jill, is now engaged!

On Wednesdays, Matt and I will usually watching both of these shows on ABC Family together. Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy are so great! Lately, on Melissa & Joey, they've been bringing in fun guest stars, like Joey Lawrence's younger brother Andy, last week, and tonight, two of Melissa Joan Hart's previous co-stars from Sabrina-the college years- will be on there! Can't wait! Baby Daddy is also really funny—plus, I love Chelsea Kane and Melissa Peterman!

 

 

Thursday and Friday nights tend to be good movie nights on ABCFamily. I love watching movies, and ABCFamily is my favorite channel to watch them on! (Especially around Christmastime, but you all already knew that ;)

 

Annnnd, similar to Thursday and Friday evenings, if we're home on the weekends, ABCFamily will usually be on, so we can have movies on in the background. Sometimes, if we're trying to be productive, this can be a bit of a distraction...haha.

Love List

Time for another round of things I'm loving!

1. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee--Matt and I came across this in Homegoods Friday night. To say that we were both excited would probably be an understatement! Matt chose for the bag of coffee beans, so that he could use our coffee grinder to have even fresher coffee.

 Mmmm...drinking it takes me back to breakfast in our room with this amazing view in Ocho Rios!

2. Karen Kingsbury is now sharing an e-series to follow up with all of her books about the Baxter family.  I started reading these books in high school, and finished up when I was at Longwood. When I got to the last book of the series, I just didn't want the stories to end! Luckily, my mom shared a link with me to sign up to receive chapters about the Baxter family via email through Karen Kingsbury's newsletter.

*If you haven't read her books yet, I highly recommend you get started now! Start with the Redemption series, then the Firstborn series, then the Sunrise series, followed by the Above the Line series, and finally the Bailey Flanigan series. Yes, it's a total of 22 books once you've finished all of the Baxter Family Series, but they are all WONDERFUL. It's so neat because all 22 books have the same characters, but each is focused on a different family member, and how all of the characters are connected.  Don't waste anymore time, go pick up a copy of Redemption and get started on Book #1 of 22!!

3. The new cast of Dancing with the Stars was revealed on Good Morning America yesterday! I wasn't as into the cast, at first.  Until they got about halfway through who the Stars are, I was rooting for Danica McKeller from The Wonder Years, but THEN, Candace Cameron Bure came out and I was so excited!! Thennnn, they brought out Meryl Davis and Charlie White from the Sochi Olympics--now that is going to be a great competition to watch! But then, I was confused...how could they NOT have Derek Hough on this season?? That didn't make sense, until they revealed who is partner will be.  It is going to be very cool to watch him work with Amy Purdy, a double amputee Paralympian!

4. Matt's Chick-fil-A special----okay, maybe somewhere else out there has already tried this, but in this household, Matt made up this breakfast sandwich, and I'm also a fan! Order a Spicy Chicken Biscuit and add egg!  If you don't like the Spicy Chicken from Chick-fil-A, you might also like this.  Adding the egg onto it cools down the heat, but you still get the great flavor! :)

5. I love these shirts, based off of TV shows or movies, or just really funny quotes! Some are pretty weird, though..haha

Friday Randomness

To say that I'm SO glad it's Friday and I'm ready for the weekend would be a huge understatement!  This week has gone by SO. SLOW. Tuesday through Thursday, I woke up thinking it was Friday, and Thursday night, I went to bed thinking I'd wake up and it would be Saturday! Talk about a disappointment! haha.

This week has also been crazy hectic.  Which is why you've only seen one blog post this week before today's.  I had plans for different posts each day, but I've just been drained each day that I haven't been able to or felt like it some nights.

I do have lots of new pictures to share, and I'm hoping you'll see a lot of those next week!

For now, here's just a bulleted list of things we've been up to lately and random thoughts:

• Last Saturday, we took a trip to Longwood for Oktoberfest!  We