Feel Good Friday

Wow, I can't believe it's already Friday again. This week flew by! I hope this finds you safe & well!

what we've been up to...

I had a meeting in Marion this week where I'll be working this upcoming school year as the Middle School Counselor. It's a very small town & it's been difficult to find housing, however, I was able to get in contact with a couple who're renovating a downtown building & adding in a few apartments! I drove by on my way out of town to look at the building. How cute! Part of me feels like those cool girls you see in movies or read about in books when they have an apartment in a building in like New York or Chicago or something & then I remember that my apartment is in the middle of a tiny town whose main street is like three blocks long lol. Regardless, my small town girl's heart is excited & happy!

My Dad's latest meal on his new grill / smoker was these ribs & baked beans! & y'all, let me tell you somethin'. This was capital g-o-o-d GOOD! Just looking at this picture makes my mouth water! Linking the recipe for the ribs here & for the baked beans here!

The weather has been pretty great this week so we've been doing our best to spend as much time as possible outside, especially because most of our afternoons & evenings are spent inside our sno cone trailer! All of the rain we've had recently has made everything SO GREEN & I love it! The picture below is of one of the walking trails / parks / ponds near my parent's house that we love to walk around. Do you have a favorite walking path / area?

Like I mentioned above, we opened our family-run sno cone trailer one week ago today! We have been absolutely blown away by how busy we've been & how many familiar faces we're seeing & have missed during our off season.

We got some new shirts for this summer & look how cute this one is!

linking above picture details here:blue nail polish (shade is called "re-luxe a little") / Kansas sunflower keychain dupe / leopard apple watch band / color block wristlet // unfortunately unable to link my delicious pineapple sno cone, although that would've been super awesome ;)

Two weeks ago, I shared that we had a robin lay some eggs in a nest in a tree in our backyard. We've been keeping our distance because mama bird doesn't really appreciate our presence & WILL dive bomb us if we get too close, but my Dad managed to sneak a picture for an update. All three eggs have hatched & babies seem to be doing well!

FYI -- I'm sorry if the baby bird picture grosses you out because it totally does for me. They're not cute until they're completely covered in fluffy feathers. I think they look nasty right now lol sorry, not sorry.

Bethany's boyfriend lives out in the country & his farm cat had SIX kittens a few weeks ago. If you know anything about me or my family, then you'd know that we love a good kitten cuddle sesh! How can you not want to snuggle one of these little guys & take them home!? We're still working on it with our Dad lol.

In case you missed it, this week I shared a post featuring some of the best finds from Amazon, including my favorite sunnies & oversized water jug! Click here to read that post.

linking above picture details here:black running shorts / grey & white striped tank dupe / purple side vent long sleeve / leopard apple watch band / dainty gold initial necklace / sunglasses / pink nail polish — fingers (color is called “silk slip”) / water jug / fav comfy padded bra

friday favs...

I recently found this one-step gel polish from SensatioNail & decided it might be worth a shot to try it. I'm a big fan of always having my nails done & I typically use gel polishes with my at-home shellac machine. Check out my post all about that here.

Anyways, this one-step polish doesn't require a base coat or top coat & takes me like 10-15 minutes unlike my regular gel polishes which takes me about 45 minutes to do. Overall, these one-step gel polishes are much thinner & they do unfortunately chip a little bit on my fingers. I'm not sure if this is happening because of how frequently I'm using my hands & getting them wet due to our sno cone shack? Because I've used the pink polish (right) on my toes & have no chipping whatsoever! Overall, I'm fairly pleased with this product because it's a super easy + quick application & I think they'll last even longer on my fingers when I'm not using them quite as much!

linking above picture details here:lavender one-step gel polish (shade is called "mauve it, or lose it") / pink one-step gel polish (shade is called "can't hear myself pink") / light purple apple watch band / dark purple one-step gel polish (shade is called "iris I was rich")

How cute are these shoes? My Mom recently got them & she can't get over how comfortable they are! They are Sam Edelman. It looks like they're sold out in a lot of sizes, but they are having great sales plus an extra 20% off site wide with the code MEMORIAL20. I've got my eyes on these two strap flat sandals & these suede booties. They all just look so classy & I love it!

My Mom recently got these joggers from WalMart & they are such a steal! She absolutely loves them & wears them all the time. The purple is such a fun color to have & they come in lots of other color options as well! Also, this grey long sleeve is the same one as I'm wearing in purple a few pictures up. Can you tell how much we love it?!