lately

Here are some photos from the past few days and thoughts that have been on my mind.



I have been wanting to make fast, easy, or leftover-friendly food lately. My husband and I have gotten tired of boxed foods and eating out. It is more fun to make your own food. Sometimes it can be healthier. haha. Sometimes it costs less. Sometimes it is more fun than eating out! The hard part is finding good recipes. Especially when you want something different all the time.

 This pasta dish is from @sonylise (her instagram). She is a student at BYU-I and put this recipe up on her instagram. It is really easy. The only problem I had with it was that my body had had too much rich and heavy stuff that day and needed something lighter. (My preggy belly is actually poking in down at the bottom. haha...) Hence, the smoothie...

This was basically my dinner instead of the pasta. I'm glad I made it. I put in three small yellow peaches, a container of raspberries, one serving size container of greek yogurt, ice, some orange juice, and two spoonfulls of sugar (I had to sweeten it up even more...). I don't really like measuring for smoothies so I just winged it. It was really good and I want to make more smoothies!

It was my first time using our blender. We got it as a gift at the wedding. I hope to use it more in the future!

This lovely creation is from The Cocoa Bean in Provo. They grind cocoa beans instead of coffee beans and basically make frappuccinos. They also have cupcakes, but I'd rather drink my dessert. My husband and I decided we should take short stay-cations down to Provo just to get drinks from here because of one time when we had had car troubles on our way to California for a vacation. It was a serious let down to turn around, but on the way home we stopped at the Cocoa Bean and as soon as I started drinking that frozen chocolatey goodness I immediately felt better. Seriously. It stopped my tears. It was amazing.

 Finally, and not food related, is this wonderful carseat!! My father-in-law took me and my husband shopping last Saturday to buy a carseat/stroller combo and crib and mattress. It was fun to see my f-i-l excited about the baby and to get such a generous gift. I was so excited when I got home that I put in my bunny in the carseat to "practice". haha. I have even tried to get the carseat in the car, but my husband doesn't want to put it in yet. He thinks we'll have friends over or something. Yeah...friends over...

Anyway, we are slowly getting prepared with all the things we need for the baby. It has been fun so far. Hopefully baby will let me still have fun when she comes along.

modest fashion blogs/blogging thoughts

So I was on the Mormon Fashion Bloggers list a few months ago (from clothedmuch). I was really excited to be on the list. It was kind of... It was definitely a step outside of my comfort bubble. When I saw my blog on the list I was actually really excited. To be on the list, though, you have to post a monthly photo of a modest outfit you wore (there are a couple other things you need/have to do). Well, eventually I just stopped blogging because I felt so ill from the baby-dooder that is kickin' around inside of my tummy... I checked if I was still on the list and I wasn't. A few others weren't and the list has been very well updated. I'm glad that it has been updated and that I have been removed from the list. It shows that the list is a serious thing and that clothedmuch is a serious blog. I am grateful for that! It shows integrity. Anyway, I had fun being on the list just because I was a part of something. If I ever decide I'd like to be on it again I hope I can keep it up for a while.

examples of 'fashion blogging'

At the same time, though, I feel like blogging is kind of...superficial?? I don't know. Maybe it is just superficial for me? I've had mixed thoughts on it. When I feel well and life is good, I like blogging. But then life does its thing and eventually I take a blog break because I feel so blah that I can't even finish a sentence when I go to write during those times. You know?? Besides that I kind of think fashion blogging is really self-centered... Beauty is really hard to depict objectively. We all think of beauty differently. I think that is the hardest part for me when I look at a fashion blog. The way I look at beauty and what is modest is certainly different than what someone else thinks. It is human nature, totally normal.
So, maybe I just need to keep doing what I'm doing and share what I want on the blog, with total confidence that I love it and think it is wonderful. I'll also keep up with blogs that share the same sorts of views and whatnot.

Anyway, those are my thoughts for now.

Preggy!

I'm 27 weeks! Woo hoo! Here's two semi recent photos. 

This shirt is not flattering, but it does fit... Which means its going to get worn. And apparently stretched out. My supply of belly bearable shirts is running out. I've got two maternity shirts with the ruching on the sides, but I am trying to save them for days where I want to be "put together", ya know?

Woo hoo for golf! I'm glad I can still golf. Well, I really just like being on the range. Haha. Real golfing involves aiming. I have yet to learn that skill.... Luckily I just paid an insane amount of tuition for my one-credit golf class at the university, so hopefully that'll help!! (By George, it'd better help!!!)

Spring is in the air (an old unpublished post from March!)

I logged onto blogger just now and found this post waiting to be worked on. Even though it is from March I think I'll still post it. I have been thinking about our apartment and how I felt there, so it was a coincidence to see these photos pop up! We moved out of our apartment in March during my spring break for the semester. It was also my birthday that weekend. haha. I was also feeling ill and nauseous because of baby-doo. It was a sad goodbye and a confusing one... It was hard to go but we decided to do it and we did! It feels good to do. To actually make a decision and do it. We are a lot happier where we are now, but it is still hard. It is hard because I am being prideful and ungrateful. Other than that, life has actually been a lot happier. Warmer weather and getting past the first months of pregnancy also have helped!

decorations on the apartment door for February/winter

Midnite is the awesomest cat ever...

tattoo from the gum with the zebra...helped me stay awake in class



My old lady cat Sassy. She is so pretty.



March/spring decorations on the apartment door.

First Sunday wearing something other than boots and/or tights. Plus the sun was out!
(I'm glad March is gone and it is May now!)