Krazy!

Hello all you wonderful people, i apologize for not sharing my Thanksgiving happenings, but there really wasn' tall that much to share. My Thanksgiving day was wonderful, and Black Friday shopping was nuts! We stood in line at Target for about an hour and it was freezing!! I honestly don't remember it being cold in Texas.

However this past weekend a few things did make my blog worthy list.

1.) La Madeline's Restaurant and Bakery in Fort Worth, Texas.

This place is ah-mazing!! I have not gone to France....yet, but I will be there this summer. And I have had a lot of quite amazing French food, but nothing like this. I had the quiche florentine, a fresh baked madeline cookie, and their strawberries Rovmananov! Of course i took a picture of these marvelous concoctions! 

oh and their French roast coffee, delicious! Their display of baked goodies is gorgeous and their bread is delicious like everything else there!                             I look a bit rough in the picture below, but i had to document the outing! 

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2.) Collin Street Bakery, Corsicana, Texas

This entire town is adorable, add an old fashioned bakery and its just plain marvelous!

this place has the best macaroons i have ever tasted as well as to die for cheesecake and chocolate chip cookies! 

3.) Amish Restaurant, Fudge Factory and Bakery, Somewher in Oklahoma! 

I saw this place on our way down to Texas and I knew we would have to stop there on our way back, and look at that we did. Even though we didn't get to see any real amish people, it was quite a fun stop, and it gave us chance to stretch our legs, go to the bathroom and get some more yummy goodies, (as if we didnt have a car full of delicious treats my uncle got for us in the last two bakeries!) 

I bought some fresh bread, amish apple butter, trail mix and two pieces of fudge! We've already tried everything and its quite good, the fudge did not meet our high standards, but who are we to judge. I mean its chocolate! I also love the festive air and the Christmas decorations! 

4.) Our long 8 hr trip was rewarded with being reunited with all my girls and a normal midnight wal mart run for Christmas decorations, as well as late night of studying already! I'm not a super good student, I've just procrastinated a few papers and finals are 2 weeks away!! Crazy indeed. I'm already on my 4th cup of coffee , but contrary to what some may say, I do NOT have a problem. It was simply extremely hard to get out of bed at 7:30 this morning!

5.)Our wonderful speaker at chapel this morning! Kenny Luck
He spoke about the lack of Alpha men in our culture today, and made some great points about the need for good Christian Men leading us in the community, churches, and relationships. But also the role of us women in this process, to be respectfully submissive and loving toward our brothers. This doesn't mean submitting blindly, but working together with them in the world. Giving them the respect and support they need.

Well that's all for now I will try to keep up this week, but I will be living in the Library for the next 3 weeks so I make no promises, Though that might be when I blog the most since I will be on my laptop 24/7, maybe I should say no promises about studying the whole time!

Happy Start of the Countdown to Christmas! :)

I can do all things through Him who gives me strength.
~Philippians 4:13

Thanksgiving Memories

Hello lovelies! Thanksgiving is upon us, and I am taking the time tonight to write about what our family Thanksgiving looks like back home.

Thanksgiving is one of the best holidays ever in my opinion. Right behind, Christmas,and 4th of July. I mean who doesn't like waking up on a beautiful November morning to the smells of fresh baked goods and know that you are going to spend a day with family and friends eating wonderful food and having great fellowship. My family consists of very close family friends, as well as my immediate back home (Idaho), and when I was growing up, tradition entailed getting up at the blissful hour of 10 and cooking until 1, at which time we went up to the B's home for Thanksgiving dinner which begins at 3.

After an afternoon/evening of stuffing our faces, and very rowdy games, (farkle, apples to apples, card games, and inch me pinch me are among the favorites), we would straggle home at 1 in the morning, where my mom, sister and I would grab a quick 3 hour nap and then head over to our mall to meet the B and W girls for a morning of Christmas shopping. After which we would ran up to the B's house for brunch, (leftover turkey breakfast wraps, leftover cinnamon rolls, pumpkin bread, monkey bread, and basically anything from the day before that you could possibly still crave) and then up to the mountain to cut down our Christmas tree. We are quite the outdoorsy folks...well at least the men in the families are, we women try our best. Now, this part of the day is the most crucial, for you see, the Christmas tree is the centerpiece of the living rooms in the family for the next month and we have to have the perfect tree. My mother and I are a bit picky where my dad just sees the first one that strikes his fancy and has it cut down and ready to go before my mom and i even get a chance to disagree. It's taken him a while to realize that is not how it is done, but we've trained him well and he now know not to even raise the ax till we have 100% approved it. Well, after another day spent in each other's company we each depart to our own respective homes to set up the trees and decorate them for this most wonderful season of all.

Now some of you may know what it is like to be far from home...hard! For the past year and a half I have been living as a college student in Missouri, while home is in Idaho. And for the past two Thanksgivings,  I have not been able to go home.  :,( yes I am sad about that small misfortune, but don't worry, I have remembered that it IS called THANKSgiving Day. And I have been thankful for even having a place to go to for this wonderful day. Last year i went with friends in Oklahoma, and spent Black Friday raiding Joplin for all it had to offer in sales.

This year however I came down to visit old friends of the family in good 'ole For Worth, Texas. They have been marvelous and  I have been able to just chill and be a bum without feeling guilty because they have known me since I was a tyke. I have however been able to contribute to Thanksgiving dinner by making rolls, and cinnamon rolls. Recipe courtesy of Mrs. B and my momma. They came out alright for me never having had made them, though i will say that the cinnamon rolls came out a lot better. I will post pictures hopefully by saturday of the coming days festivities. But for now I think I may try to sleep a bit before tomorrow's crazy events! Happy Thanksgiving and I hope you all have a blessed day!

Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise.
~Psalm 95:2

A nip and fall

Hello blogging world! After a long time of loving blogs I finally thought I would give blogging a try myself. Now be forewarned, this blog is not dedicated to one thing specifically, such as food, clothes, DIY arts and crafts, or traveling, no this blog is dedicated to a little bit of each of those things, in other words LIFE. The life of a broke college girl far from home. I hope ya'll enjoy my thoughts, opinions, interests and adventures!

Fall is quite possibly my all time favorite season. Waking up on a crisp autumn morning to a warm cup of coffee, walking outside in a great outfit and smelling the crisp scent of a cool morning. Leaves falling everywhere and the wind caressing your cheek. Not warm enough for a tank or tee, but just perfect for a simple cardigan or light jacket to keep you at the ideal temperature. Boots, scarves, hats, cardigans and layers come out of hiding in the closet and transform everybody's ensembles. And the smells, pumpkin, cinnamon, apples who doesn't love fall foods. Pumpkin spice latte, and Cinnamon Streusel Cake and you have an ideal afternoon.

Now don't get me wrong, I adore summer, love spring, and tolerate winter, but there is something about fall that is soothing. Being able to bundle up and have a warm drink without melting, but not out of need to warm up for risk of freezing to death. And yes, when summer is here I enjoy a cool glass of iced sweet tea, and some chocolate icebox cookies, wearing super cute jean shorts and a bright colorful tank top or sundress. But come time for fall and my boots are calling my name from the depths of my closet.

Fall has everything you could want great food, great clothes, great weather.  Winter has basketball, but fall, but  fall has baseball's crowning glory the World Series, (the one with the cutest boys) the end of the pro baseball season. And this year both teams that made it to the world series made me proud! Don't be fooled, I like sports, but I'm not a die hard fan or super sporty girl, I just like watching. And if I may not understand what is going on the field/court at all times, who doesn't like watching a great athletic feat being accomplished? And baseball just wins by default for being the All American sport, and having the most attractive men play it, though you must remember this is simply my opinion. But it also has football! And who doesn't like watching football on an awesome day?! Just another thing to give thanks for on Thanksgiving.

And let's not forget the shopping...ah glorious hours of walking around your local historic downtown, window shopping in those great antique, vintage, home decor, consignment and thrift store every town has. Getting all dressed up to go consignment store shopping, and then meeting a friend a local tea room for lunch or afternoon tea, is one of the most enjoyable things in my life. And the clothes you can buy/wear in the fall! Oh, the glorious clothes. If you love leggings, boots, leg warmers and all sorts of sweaters and cardigans, there is no way you can't adore fall. This is the time of year, when you can wear those great simple dresses you have in the closet in so many different ways, people will think you have an endless supply of fabulous dresses!

Yes, fall has many things to offer. I already love fall and hopefully you love my reasons why. :)