Recently November

Christmas is on its way and school is almost over! I'm so excited. I will finally get to take some time to relax and refocus. November/ December is my favorite time of the year. 

1. I put up the Christmas tree in the apartment! 
2. My favorite, a tall cappuccino with a pump of caramel. 
3. Got lazy and ordered pizza. It was really good though. 
4. Decorating the apartment. I put these above the stove and I teleported up north. I love it
5. Super cute mail box
6. I finally got leopard print shoes. They hurt my feet but that shall not stop me from wearing them

Revitalize Thanksgiving Day 2

It's thanksgiving day 2. Here are a couple ways you can redo your menu to keep it interesting.


Super Easy Whipped Cream
Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 table spoon of powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Recipe:

Taste it to see if you like the taste or if you need to add any more sugar or extract. Mix together until peaks form. Hint (it will take four times longer if you try to hand mix it. If you have a mixer use it!) 

Redo Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients:

• Cranberries to the color you want
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/16 cup of sugar
• A couple walnuts 

Recipe: 

Bring your water to a boil and add in the sugar until it dissolves. Add your cranberries in and bring the sauce back to a boil. ( I only had canned cranberries. I was a little nervous that it wouldn't turn out but it stilled tasted good.) Add in your walnuts. Only let it the walnuts stay in for a minute or so. Don't let them burn. It may look a little thin but it will thicken once you let it cool in the fridge. 

A couple add ons to the top:

• Add a little brown sugar on top of the sweet potatoes
• Add garlic to your white potatoes
• OR rub some garlic on the plate before you add your white potatoes or your stuffing 

Happy Thanksgiving!

In everything remember what is important and who is important. Thank you Jesus for days like today and thank you for the men and women who have fought for our freedom! Even more though, thank you for your freedom and love you give. 

Take some time today to step back and remember how blessed you are! Also eat some turkey and pie because it's delicious! Happy Thanksgiving! 

November 10 in 30 mid-month update

Thanksgiving is this week!! I'm so excited! My favorite thanksgiving tradition is spending time with my family and taking time to remember what's important...and eating pumpkin pie. What's your favorite thanksgiving tradition?

1. See if I can get a new job. I would love to work at a small inn! I applied for one and called about the other.

2. Decorate my room for Christmas. I'm bringing all my decorations back from home when I visit for thanksgiving. But I did buy a dumbo ornament today.

3. Focus on school and my tests. It's November and one week into December and the semesters over. It's getting harder to focus only two weeks!

4. Make at least two payments towards my trip in January. I have the money saved up but haven't actually given the check yet.

5. Go rollerskating. No and I'm sad about it I want to go. Probably the week after thanksgiving will be when we finally go.

via fossil

6. Buy a new sweater, I only have one that I wear almost every day. I'm still looking I for one. I super love this one from fossil but it's $88.

7. Take time each day to stop doing other things and study. I'm trying to but it's getting hard to focus. I especially need to study for managerial accounting though.

8. Get back to journaling, I really miss it/ make time to journal and not got to bed so late that I have no time to journal. I've journaled once; I need to fix that.

9. Take more pictures. No. This is my final food prep class though. I make a cranberry and apple stuffed pork. It was really good.

10. Begin the DIY on my livingroom wall and coffee table. I finished the wall, now to the coffee table.

5 minute Christmas Apple Dessert

I was hungry yesterday and felt like making a snack. At first I was going to add peanuts instead of peppermint but I saw peppermints on the counter and thought it would taste good, and it did! It's a super simple dessert, but it's really delicious. I'm definitely making this for my Christmas party.

Ingredients:

• 2 apples
• 3oz milk chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons of caramel
• 3 crushed peppermints

             

Directions:

• Cut up your apples into slices
• Melt the chocolate
• Drizzle the chocolate and melted caramel on top
• Sprinkle the peppermint on top while the chocolate and caramel are still melted so it sticks too it 
• Put into the fridge to harden
• EAT

A Vinyl Wall

This weekend the walls in my apartment looked too white so my roommates and I decided it was time for a remodel!  So far I'm winning the battle against myself decorating the entire place for Christmas before Thanksgiving; we'll see how long I can hold out. 

I also found a coffee table for $5. It is now my new DIY project.

I love thrift stores!

November 10 in 30

It's been forever!! My life lately has been so busy, I have so many blogposts to read and post, ahh. I've had this list sitting here for about 6 days now, So whether or not I like it, I'm posting it. I just really want to post this before I over think it again! Have a great day! And I would love to know...what are your goals for this month?

1. See if I can get a new job. I would love to work at a small inn!!

2. Decorate my room for Christmas.

3. Focus on school and my tests. It's November and one week into December and the semesters over.

4. Make at least two payments towards my trip in January.

5. Go rolerskating.

6. Buy a new sweater, I only have one that I wear almost every day.

7. Take time each day to stop doing other things and study.

8. Get back to journaling, I really miss it/ make time to journal and not got to bed so late that I have no time to journal.

9. Take more pictures.

10. Begin the DIY on my livingroom wall and coffee table.