It’s The Little Things

Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful day with family and/or friends! Last year I posted about all of the things in my life that I am thankful for here. All of these things still pertain to today so I thought, instead of repeating myself this year, I would just link to that post and talk about the little things in my life I am thankful for as well as those big ones!

100 Things To Be Thankful For:

Food- I am a foodie to the core. I love food. I honestly work out so that I can eat more food. Lol…
The color pink
Netflix
Pinterest
Men with curly hair
Christmas lights- How can they not just make you happy?
Glitter
Holiday parties
Books
Braids- Makes life so much easier.
Movies
Fuzzy blankets
Daisies
Photography- Documenting this beautiful life is one thing I look forward to daily.
Texas- The pride this state has for itself is beyond amazing to me.
Babies
Candles- Especially pumpkin and apple pie flavored.
Chocolate pie
Musicals
Men who dress well- This, this, this, this, you get the picture…
Dancing
Emma Watson- I have a girl crush.
Big backyards
Swing sets
Dogs- I like dogs more than I like most humans.
The internet
Hot cocoa with marshmallows
Crock pots- best meals ever!
Fair Isle print anything
Puns
Mashed potatoes with gravy- I know I already said food, but these get their own number.
Puppy foot prints in the snow
Harry Potter marathons on ABC Family
Harry Potter in general
Little kid giggles- There’s nothing better!
The greenbelt
Fresh sheets
Chocolate milk
Lakes
Grammar
Puppy snores- puppy dreams too. Sleeping puppies in general. (PS: All dogs are puppies in my mind.)
Sundresses
Instagram
The gym
Airplanes- How else would we be able to explore the world?
Plaid
Sour candy
Cell phones/Tablets
My Mom’s Christmas cookies
Tom Hanks- This world would be worse off without Forest Gump in it.
Country music
Berry Berry Kix
New tennis shoes
Running
The movie Christmas Vacation- never gets old.
Blue eyes
Warm summer nights
Finding a truly great pen that writes fantastically!
Bonfires
Skirts that twirl
Baby bowties
Puppy noses
Riding boots
Pink lipstick
The first snow fall- it’s magical.
To do lists
Polka dots
Sales
Kittens
Ice cold water
Evernote
Supportive people- There are very few left these days.
Coffee
New carpet smell
The beach
Sophie kisses- I don’t care who thinks it’s gross, that’s my baby!
Sunsets
Sunrises
Notebooks- I love writing down my thoughts and pretty notebooks make it more fun!
Colorful socks
Lightning bugs
Big puppy dog eyes
Thunderstorms- I could watch the lightening all day long.
Lemon pinesol
Wrapping paper
Halloween
Rain in the summer- the smell is my favorite.
Little girls in tutus- cutest thing ever!
The first nice spring day
Fireworks
The feeling after brushing your teeth
Colorful pens
Holidays- they bring everyone together!
Reclining chairs
Kisses in the rain
Cuddling in bed on Sunday
Taking a walk with your love
A nice clean house
Birthday wishes
Mountains

Once again, have a GREAT day! Thank you so much for reading!

Homemade Pumpkin Bread

High school is usually a horrible memory for most people. Don’t get me wrong, I would never want to go back and I was a little bit nerdy for most of it, but I have some GREAT memories from high school. After moving across the country between 10th and 11th grade and being all teenage angsty for half of Junior year, I finally began to settle in at Northville High School and make some friends. My friends consisted pretty much 100% of choir and theater people. We were together all the time at rehearsals and such so why not just hang out in our spare time too, right? I actually met my husband in the first play I ever did at NHS, but that’s neither here nor there. The point of this story actually has nothing to do with the story I just told…..oh well, the point is that our choir department would sell this pumpkin bread at the Victorian Festival each fall. We would all sign up to bake it and then sign up for a slot with our friends to sell the bread at the booth. Let me tell you, I don’t have much other experience with pumpkin bread other than this…..but God is it good! I have made it every Thanksgiving since high school and it gets rave reviews every time!

Ingredients:

1 cup corn oil
3 cup sugar
4 eggs, beaten
1 1lb can of pumpkin
3.5 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
2/3 cup water
1/2 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice (or 3 tsp pumpkin pie seasoning)

Directions:

Combine sugar, oil, and eggs.
Add pumpkin.
Sift dry ingredients into above mixture.
Add water and mix well.
Bake in a lightly greased and floured bread tin at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

This recipe makes 3 regular sized loaves and freezes really well if you want to enjoy at a later date! I also suggest either making or buying cream cheese icing for it. A slice of pumpkin bread with a little cream cheese icing spread on it is the best! I hope you all enjoy and have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!

Crock-Pot Pulled Pork Sliders

Yum. That’s all I can say about these pulled pork sliders. I made them a few weeks ago for our Halloween party and again for dinner this past weekend. There is nothing better to me than meat that is so tender it shreds with a fork. That’s what I love the most about my slow cooker, it makes all the meats taste amazing! These are great for parties or football games because they stay warm in the crockpot for hours, but they work just as well for a meal with the family:) This recipe is so easy I only have 6 steps for you and the last one is eating!

Ingredients:

Kings Hawaiian Buns- You can get any buns really, but these are my favorite. I feel like they MAKE the sandwiches:)
Pork Roast
Broth
Barbecue Sauce

Directions:

Put your roast into the crockpot with your broth. The broth is really only there to make sure that the pork roast doesn’t dry out. I used beef.
Cook your meat on medium for 6-8 hours.
Once the meat is thoroughly cooked drain the broth and shred the meat with two forks.
Add barbecue sauce to the shredded pork.
Cut open your buns and pile that meat on there!
Enjoy!

Fall Colors Outfit

This weekend was a really great one! Friday and Saturday were spent inside with the hubby because we had some MAJOR storms. It’s sometimes nice to have an excuse to stay in and cuddle on the couch:) I had a little bit of cabin fever by the time Saturday night rolled around and decided to put up some Christmas decorations! I know, it’s not even thanksgiving yet, but I won’t have time to decorate next weekend or the one after so I decided it’s better to be early and enjoy it for longer! It looks awesome and now I am totally in the Christmas spirit! Sunday was sunny and 80 degrees so Wes and I walked over to the coffee shop in the morning, then yard work, outfit photos, and some yummy pulled pork sandwiches filled out the rest of the day. We got a lot done, but also had some relaxation time…perfect weekend:)

Get The Look:

Old Navy Skirt // Charming Charlie Sweater, Bracelet, & Watch // Target Tights // Payless Pumps // White Plum Hat via Jane // Steinmart Sunglasses // Accessory Jane Earrings // Charming Charlie Scarf // Urbanite Necklace // Designs By April Clutch

Shop Tights:

I wore this outfit to work last week and I love theses colors, they remind me of the fall leaves. I was super lucky that this last week was when I noticed leaves starting to change and got to take some pictures with them! People complain about not having “fall” here in Texas, but it really just comes later than it does everywhere else. Our front yard is covered in yellow leaves and the trees in our neighborhood are turning left and right.

I have gotten so much use out of this skirt since I bought it! It’s so comfortable and I love finding new and fun ways to style it! I’ve featured it here and here already, and I have so many more ideas left! At first I was unsure about the baggy sweater with the higher waist of the skirt, but I don’t think it makes me as shapeless as I thought it might. Overall, I love the outfit and I’m pretty in love with these photos with the fall leaved in the back too!

10 Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

The holidays have REALLY snuck up on me this year! I mean, the days just keep going by and all of the sudden its the weekend before Thanksgiving! I am so excited for my Thanksgiving meal next week, but one thing I look forward to almost as much is the leftovers. I have a hot turkey sandwich every year on Black Friday, it’s just a given. This year though, I looked for some other great leftover ideas and found a whole bunch! (Yay Pinterest!) I picked my top 10 favorites and am sharing them with you today! Pin away so that you remember them next week, and enjoy! Let me know if you try any of them!

Turkey Noodle Soup

Muffin Tin Mashed Potatoes

Roast Turkey Cuban Sandwich

Smoked Turkey Cranberry Sandwich

Turkey Crescent Bites

Turkey and Stuffing Sliders

Pumpkin Pie Parfait

Roast Turkey Cobb Sandwich

Turkey Cranberry Panini

Turkey and Mushroom Risotto