Easy Sausage Jambalaya

A go-to dinner for our family is Jambalaya. It's so easy to make and always delicious. What I especially love about this recipe, is how easy it is since it only calls for a handful of ingredients.
As I was making it tonight, I decided to share my recipe with you all...

Attempts in Fighting Chub-Rub

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If you are lady with skinny thighs that have a gap between them, then this post will not be applicable to you nor will you be able to relate to it. But if you are like me, then your thighs like each other so much that they rarely separate. In fact, no matter how skinny I have ever been, my thighs have always been BFFs. Because of this, I daily suffer from a phenomena known as chub-rub.

Purchase History: Week of July 8

Weekly Intentions: July 14

So I knew I was being ambitious last week with our 3-day District Convention closing out the weekend. But I am not terribly disappointed in what I didn't do on my list, because I still feel like I accomplished a lot.
Here's what got done on this list:

Borderlands {July 12}

Art Love - Week of July 8

I missed working on this series while we were out of town. But now that we are back I am so excited to start it back up. Please note that it has moved to a new day and will be posting on Thursdays from here on out :)

'Art Love - July 8' by mismikado

A Perfect Mess 8x10 belafontesbuns... $40	watercolor portrait painting... SneddonStudios $30	watercolor Portrait painting... rachelleleving... $16	Fashion Print of Watercolour... silverridgestu... $35
Lion Watercolor Painting Gic... ABitofWhimsyAr... $30	Watercolor Painting, Origina... WoodPigeon $42	Baby Fox Watercolor Painting... SusanWindsor $18	The Silence of Snow ORIGINAL... TheVoyagers $850
Violet Alliums- Landscape pa... Ireart $19	Handmade Watercolor Painting... YaoChengDesign $20	Buy 2 Get 1 FREE -- Watercol... PopwheelArt $20	Dark German Fairy Tale Art -... missquitecontr... $30
Peacock Girl watercolor pa... SlaviART $25	40% Off Sale - Feather Water... MaiAutumn $25.2	16 x 20 Original chevron wat... sweetmagoo $95	Map of the world ART PRINT 1... PortLove $45

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7 Rules to Packing Light on Extended Trips

Just a few days ago, I came across this Packing Guide on Pinterest. I was so bummed I didn't find it before our trip because that would have really helped me pick out what to pack. As it was, we packed and unpacked at least 6 times to fit within the 26 lb carry-on limit we had. I ended up packing very light and had I had a better idea of the weather in Latvia, I could have swapped some of the warmer stuff I took for lighter, cooler items.

Anywho, I definitely plan on using this guide for all future packing. As I read through it, I was able to summarize it into the following rules...

My Last 10 Pins

I had seen this post idea around the blogosphere and decided I wanted to take a stab at it myself :) So here is what has been catching my eye on Pinterest...

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Purchase History: Week of July 1

Weekly Intentions: July 7

It has been a long, long time since my last Weekly Intentions post. And while they were a bit of a fail last time, I really miss having a centralized spot listing the things I hope to accomplish each week. So I am gonna give it another shot...

Borderlands {July 5}

Sponsored Post: U by Kotex {Warning! this may get a little TMI}

As my title suggests, this post might get a little TMI or make some feel uncomfortable. So if you are my father-in-law, you can stop reading now :) (Love you, JD!) But if you are a lady between the ages of 10-45, then this post is for you!

Purchase History: Week of June 24

Our last days in Europe, meant snagging some items for my personal collection. I love birds especially porcelain ones, so when the hubs saw this one at Rundale Palace, he knew I had to have it :) Also I have been looking for some tasteful maxi dresses for summer so I couldn't pass up on this incredible deal from Deals Genius.

 This includes all clothing, accessories, home decór, craft supplies, make-up etc. This list does not include food, toiletries, household cleaning supplies, gifts, items for Luke, bills, fees for personal services, travel expenses or business expenses.

Borderlands {June 28}

Travel Boards: Paris, France

Purchase History: June 17

Last week was all about shoes when of the two pairs I packed, one was not weather appropriate and the other fell apart as I was wearing them in Paris. Thank you H&M Paris for having a cute reasonably priced sandal! :-)

The Rose Throne by Mette Ivie Harrison

The Rose Throne by Mette Ivie Harrison
EgmontUSA (May 14, 2013)
ISBN-10: 1606843656
ISBN-13: 978-1606843659
400 pages
Ages 12+
Buy Here for $11.35
My Rating: 3.5/5

Borderlands {June 21}

Establishing a Blogging Schedule

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Behind the scenes over here, I have been working on developing a blog post schedule. Initially I thought about blogging on specific subjects on specific days. The problem with this is that my interests vary wildly depending on my mood. I want to deliver original, insightful content and if Tuesdays were limited to only cooking but I hadn't felt like cooking that week, then my content would suffer.

Purchase History: Week of June 10

I had fun doing some sales tax-free shopping in NH last week. Most of what I got were from little indie boutiques in Rockport. But I really love this skirt that will be going to Latvia with me :)