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Happy one week until Christmas! And happy Friday! I can't believe we are this close to Christmas. I am sad that we are close, but I just absolutely love Christmas morning.
How many of you are taking next week off? Will you be reading blogs? Will you be around? I want to gauge if I should write some content for next week or not.
Onto Friday Favorites and Happenings.
ONE. I am always on the hunt for new recipes. I recently found a blogger/IGer that I LOVE. Her name is Half Baked Harvest. You can follow her here. I made her Better Than Takeout Szechuan Noodles with Chili Oil and OMG it was amazing. The homemade chili oil is amazing. I could drink that stuff. Do yourself a favor and make this. It is soooo much healthier than Chinese takeout.
I made mine with ground pork instead of the ground chicken.
TWO. We have been partaking in one of my favorite holiday traditions. We have been driving around and checking out Christmas light displays. And we found some new ones this year. I didn't take photos of many, but I did get a few good ones!
THREE. I got the girls the cutest dresses from J Crew for Christmas. I am thinking they will want to wear them on their birthday (which is 4 days later!) since they are "fancy". I also got them velvet sparkly leggings to go with these and those black ballet flats will match perfectly! The dresses are on sale for $22.12 right now. The sparkly velvet leggings are sold out, but they have the same velvet leggings in non-sparkle, on sale for $10.88.
FOUR. So I always love sharing new shows that I am into as I love when you all share news shows that you are into. I have been watching so many Christmas movies. On Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and even Amazon Prime. But then I mix it up with some of my favorite shows and then I also watch true crime shows. Those are a favorite of mine.
We have been watching Manhunt: Deadly Games. Now I am sure my Georgia friends know all about this event and I am sure many others do. But, I never knew about this serial bomber until someone recommended this show to me.
I don't want to give everything away if you haven't seen it or know of the story. We enjoyed it. It is a bit long (10 episodes) and could have been cut down a bit. But overall I would recommend it!
FIVE. Weekly funnies.
I LOVE Half Baked Harvest! Her Butter Chicken is delicious, and it's a crockpot meal, too!
ReplyDeleteShe is the best. I only recently found her. I sooo want to try her butter chicken!
DeleteThanks for the giggles with those funnies! And the lights are beautiful. I cannot wait to try that recipe!
ReplyDeleteIt is sooo good. Super easy too. And thank you. We love looking at Christmas lights!
DeleteLOL at the Bag Lady meme. I never realized just how much he looks like her until I saw them side by side. Hahahaha. I love that J Crew dress!! Olivia would go crazy for it! She loves being fancy.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't either. It is crazy to see. My girls love being fancy too. That is why I had to grab it. It is sooo cute in person too.
DeleteI don't have much to share next week but I'll read blogs still! I love the dress! I need to get a picture of some of the displays here. Two weeks ago we passed a huge one! I think restaurant salads are so good because they use like a whole bottle of dressing on them, lol!
ReplyDeleteI have a post for Monday, and I will be working through at least Wednesday, maybe Thursday, but I wanted to ask everyone too. The dress is super cute in person as well. I love Christmas light photos. Definitely get some. Haha. I bet that is why. I love salad dressing!
DeleteI can't believe how fast it's gone by! We're excited for Christmas morning too. I'll be around a bit next week and then taking off while the boys are on winter break and I'll be back after the new year.
ReplyDeleteOk good to know. I will be around both weeks a bit. I probably won't have much content, but I still have a few posts planned. Plus it is my girls birthday on the 29th!
DeleteWe love looking at lights too and those are pretty spectacular! I love reading blogs during the holidays because I have a little more time. That little outfit is so cute!!! Enjoy the break and Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteIt is such a fun thing to do this time of year. I wish we could have the lights up year round. Well that is good to know. I do have a few posts planned. Happy Holidays to you!
DeleteRanch dressing and dust sounds about right LOL!!!! Half Baked Harvest makes me hungry with every single post! I am hoping to dive into some of the recipes, I am always saving them. The girls dresses look so cute! We went for a Christmas light ride last weekend, need to do at least one more. Zoe gets so excited about everything she sees!
ReplyDeleteHahaha. It is right. I sometimes make a good salad, but restaurants just kill it on the salads. I know, right? Her food is amazing! We are going to do one more in my in-laws neighborhood. And we have a fun Christmas thing planned for the girls this weekend!
DeleteI'll never watch Home Alone 2 the same.
ReplyDeleteThat Santa text idea is hilarious!!!!!
God bless all the people that decorate so beautifully for the holiday - they bring so much joy to so many people
I love that they do that as well. It is so much fun to see. Though my girls keep asking Rory to go big like the other houses did. Ha.
DeleteI have been trying to decide about blogging next week too. I think I will be doing some posts though. Love the dresses you got the girls. And you did get some good pictures from your night out looking at lights!
ReplyDeleteI have one for today and one for Wednesday. Then I will be back after Christmas for a post on my girls birthday. They are turning 6 next week! They are going to love those dresses. They love fancy dresses!
DeleteI can not get over the lighting displays put up near you; I don't think we have anything like that all around here!! I love the girl's dresses.
ReplyDeleteI love the light displays. And we have blogs around here that tell you all the addresses of houses to look at. I made a list and we went out twice to see them all!
DeleteThat cat meme resembles my life right now! Those Christmas light displays are impressive and the girls' dresses are cute.
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