Friday's Letters

Today, I am linking up with the beautiful Ashley from Adventures of Newlyweds for Friday's Letters!

Lets get started.

Dear hair, I understand that my haircut is a little shorter than usual, but is that a good enough reason to be so out of control? Dear Baker Hughes (boyfriend's employer), Please stop working your men so hard. Joshua felt the need to take a nap during his lunch break, in the mall parking lot, where mall goers called mall security to check on him because he was asleep. Not cool! Funny, but not okay. Dear Elliot, I had a great late afternoon with you outside just lying down on the hammock. I love watching your reaction to other birds outside, bugs and the neighborhood noise. Dear Austin (brother), I am so excited for your school trip to Israel, but very nervous about you being in another country for 6 weeks. Please be safe and come home in one piece. Dear Chambray shirts, After seeing so many of you in different blog posts today, I am on the search for one of you.  Please come easily to me and don't hide. Also, be in my price range. That would be great. Dear Blog Friends, Have a great weekend!!

National Chocolate Chip Day

In honor of National Chocolate Chip day, and because I had bananas that were going bad, I have a yummy recipe to share!

I got this recipe from this cute new momma! She is super sweet and so is her handsome baby boy!

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed (I use 3)

1/3 cup melted butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

4 tablespoons chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the butter and mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Next, mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and stir in. Add the flour and mix. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of the chocolate chips into the batter. Pour mixture into a buttered 4"x8" loaf pan. Top with the remaining tablespoon of chocolate chips. Bake 45 minutes-1hour (mine takes 45 minutes). 

This bread is so easy to make and so delish!! 

What are you making for National Chocolate Chip Day?

Swamp People

Swamp People.

 Have you heard of it? 

It's a television show that is, in my opinion, very loosely based on alligator hunters. It follows and films several alligator hunters. My parents are not from here and I have never gone hunting for any kind of animal. I was very intrigued by this show, until I learned that it is so fake.

 I assumed that it was slightly exaggerated, but still watched it. I talked to people that have been alligator hunting and was told that the alligators don't fight the hunter as depicted on the show unless you do something to them. So, I stopped watching it. 

Just so you know, not all people from Louisiana are like those in the TV shows. I don't know anyone like the stars of Swamp People.

Moving on.

When I was watching Swamp People, my favorites were Glenn and Mitchell Guist. 

They are brothers and live off the land, just as their parents taught them. They live in, what I would consider a shack. No AC, electricity, or plumbing...from what I can tell anyway. They hunt alligators, squirrels, rabbits, and other animals to eat. I'm pretty sure they don't venture out of their little hide away. They are funny to watch, which was the only reason for watching them. I like all of the hunters, but those entertained me the most. Unfortunately though, Mitchell Guist died today. He apparently was on a boat, started having a seizure and fell out of the boat. Such a sad day for his family, but at least he died doing what he loved.

If I Was a Policewoman

Yesterday was not a great day. It was an off day at work, filled with children crying for no good reason. I know that sometimes, kids don't know how to communicate things properly and just throw a fit instead, but that doesn't take away at how annoying it is for them to be throwing a fit for no good reason. 

On my way home, there was a really bad wreck on the main road in Houma, which created loads of traffic. Two lanes of traffic needed to merge into one lane. That shouldn't be complicated right? Everyone acted like it was there first time driving. Not one person used a blinker, and that just aggravates me more than anything. Blinkers are not a luxury. They come in every car and are so easy to use, so why do so many people avoid using them, especially when in traffic?!?! If I was a policewoman, I would be the annoying one that tickets people for not using blinkers and going under the speed limit. Obviously a policeman is not going to ticket the 804 people that didn't use a blinker yesterday, but it just made me think, more than ever, that would be my number one reason for pulling people over.

Enough complaining. The traffic was due to a wreck, and one of the drivers or passengers was on the road, getting helped out by EMTs and when I saw that I just felt so lucky and blessed that I wasn't hurt in my wreck last month. Every wreck is different, but the damage to the car of the hurt person looked very similar to my car, just in a slightly different place. If the truck would have hit me more on my side, I could have been in a similar position as that man was yesterday.

In other grateful news, the coconut flavoring is back at Starbucks!! It is so delicious and is the great way I started off my Friday morning! Have a great weekend! Mine will probably be filled with Jazzfest, Cinco celebrations and more coconut flavored coffee drinks.

Thirteen Days

It's really been 13 days since my last post! I can't believe it! Almost two full weeks! I've been busy with a ton of stuff, but that's for another day. :)

Today I'm here to thank Chris from Chubbette Tales...Life after Spanks for my first blogger awards! Chris and I would totally be friends if we lived closer, that's my opinion anyway. Haha She is such a sweet girl and has great style! Check her out!

She nominated me for a Getting to Know You Award and the Liebster Award. Thanks girl!

Liebster Blog Award Rules:

Thank your Liebster Award presenter on your blog.

Link back the Blogger who awarded you.

Give your top 5 picks for the award.

Inform your top 5 by commenting on their blog.

Post the award on your blog.

Tell Me About Yourself Award Rules:

Thank and link back the person who awarded you.

Write 7 random things about yourself.

Spread the love to 15 more bloggers.

Since I am lazy love all of followers, you are all awarded both of these awards!! I have loved getting to see a glimpse into each one of your lives! It's crazy to me to find so many things in common with other girls that are thousands of miles away from me, along with some that are pretty close!!

So, now to the 7 random things about myself.

1. I record too much T.V. and will never be able to watch it all.

2. I was hit by a school bus in 7th grade. Technically I hit the moving bus. Everyone around me was in so much shock, it took a long time to get someone to help me up. It was so scary and so gross. The skin was hanging off of my arm, as if it was a peeling sunburn. Gross and Scary.

3. I had an underbite and had corrective surgery to fix it in 2005. My jaw was wired shut for 7 weeks. BEST DIET EVER! Seriously though, I got down to 89 pounds and it was gross, but the results are worth it. 

4. I am a nanny for a wonderful family with 4 children right now, but cannot wait to get back into dental assisting. 

5. My first job was at a daycare. I loved it and was there on and off for 4 years. The only reason I ever had for leaving was because of conflicting school schedules, then it was just time to move on. I would send my children there though, if I have any.

6. All of the experience I have had with children really makes me think I may be an older mother, like 30 years old, or that I might not become a mother myself. I LOVE children, but I think I might want to be the cool auntie that brings the kids to do stuff and have fun sleepovers instead of having my own children.

7. If I do have a little boy, I really want his name to be Wilson Reid, but Josh is not ok with that so it probably won't happen. When I have a baby, Wilson will be my maiden name, so I feel like I get to pass down something. Reid means redheaded, and I dream of possibly having a redheaded boy, and if not, it'll still be part of "me" going into the name. If I have a girl, well lets not go there.....

I hope y'all had a great weekend!!

Who Is Your Doppelgänger?!

Today I'm linking up with the beautiful and hilarious Raven of A Momma's Desires and Pacifiers!

I'm sure that everyone has seen or heard of the generators that tell you which celebrity you look like, after you upload a picture of yourself. I decided to get in on this link up and it has proven to be very entertaining.

Raven suggested this website.

The first picture is the one that I uploaded to the site, followed by my top "look a like."

My Number One Match:

 So out of ALL celebrities, my closest match is Fred Durst. Clearly from the picture I uploaded, I absolutely look like a bald man with a mustache/beard combo, no? Following Mr. Durst is Oscar de la Renta, Joseph Biden,  Michael Bloomberg, Prince Harry, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Schneider, Boris Becker, Bruce Willis and finally, Angelina Jolie. My top nine "look a likes" are men. There is only one woman in the mix. Haha 

I then decided to see Joshua's "look a like."

Again, the picture I uploaded followed by his number one match.

Please excuse his goofy face. It's the only picture I have of him by himself, without a really goofy face and without sunglasses on.

Joshua's Number One Match:

My man looks like Jennie Garth. No way! Although, I wouldn't mind if it said he looked like her husband soon to be ex-husband. His other matches were: Michael Douglas, Renee Zellweger, Naomi Watts, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Lopez, George Clooney, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, John Malkovich, and Cate Blanchett. My man looks like a lady, besides the three men mentioned. Do you see his skin color? It's not quite the same as Jennie's. Ha!

Who is your look a like? Go find out and let me know!

Target Goodness

I stopped by Target today after work to look for a swimsuit cover-up for an 8 year old I nanny for and went to the women's section to peruse a little, since I was there and all. ;-)

I've been trying to purchase less "wants" and trying to take quality of things more seriously. So, needless to say, I've been shopping less. I stopped myself from purchasing a few things today. So you go buy them, post pictures and let me be envious. 

How cute is this dress! I didn't actually see it in the store, but it is on the website. 

 I saw this dress at Target and almost tried it on. I love the color blocking trend, but really love the diagonal lines on this one. I feel like it would be more flattering for a short person like myself.

Target also has some rompers that look super cute. I saw them online, not in person. I tried to get the picture from the website, but I could't get it to work correctly. The romper comes in 4 cute patters, but my favorite is navy with little white birds. I might have to go back to Target and check if they have it. I didn't stay long because my body started shaking from not having anything in the buggy I didn't have a lot of time to spend.

Have you bought any Target goodness lately?