Top 5 Friday - Special Instagram Edition

Top 5 Things I Was Excited About This Week {Illustrated with Instagram Photos}


1. Roasted Eggplant - I have a whole post ready to go about this, but wanted to share my new found love for one of my favorite vegetables.  Sadly, it is getting to hot to run the oven much longer, so I think we'll have to experiment with the BBQ.

2. Grocery Shopping - Am I the only one who loves doing this?!?  I was SUPER stoked when I got all my vegetables for the next week and a half for under $30!

3. Lemon & Lavender - I've been obsessed with using these 2 ingredients in my baking lately.  I'll have to share a recipe very soon!

4. Mogaritas - If you follow me on Twitter, you read this last night: "It's scientifically proven that I consume more mogaritas between Spring Break & the end of school than any other time of the year." I wish I was kidding...wait...no...that's not true either.

 5. PLAYOFF HOCKEY!!  I've been a PROUD San Jose Sharks fan since the franchise started in 1991.  My room between the ages of 13 and 20 was plastered with Sharks {and other NHL} memorabilia.  I wish I could spend as much time as I used to following hockey, but being an adult sucks sometimes and I must spend most of my time doing boring adult things like cooking dinner {not so bad}, paying bills, doing laundry, falling asleep on the couch at 8:17pm....
But once playoffs start, I revert back to the good old days and make the effort to watch every game {even if I have to go to bed before the game ends at 10:30}.

*What was one thing you were excited about this week?*

**Any good weekend plans?**

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My Month In Pictures

Even though I'm not a great photographer, I am making a habit of taking more photos.

I love going through my iPhone and seeing all the pics I took that month.

Here are a bunch that did not make it to OM during February {if you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you may have seen some of these}.

Darth Vader dropping the puck at our local hockey game:

 I was VERY proud about this cart of groceries that I bought:

My mom was cleaning up when she came across this.  Great HS memories!

I was KILLING it with Red Velvet recipes this day:

I just love this dog and her face!

"Breakfast" on my last day of vacation...I was hungry within 2 hours.

V-Day flowers from my Leadership kids:

I had a HORRIBLE day on Feb. 15th, but that changed when I came home to these:

Today I went to the gym for the first time in over 9 months and it felt GREAT!  I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, alternating between mostly walking, jogging and a few sprints.  Then I tried out these new resistance machines.  Pretty sure every muscle in my body will ache tomorrow, but it will be worth it!

Hope you have all had a relaxing weekend!