Meet 5 Bloggers You Should Know.

Hi Foxy Friends! I know two posts one day, crazy right? But when I was asked to be a part of sharing in the world of blogging, and helping to spread the love of fellow bloggers, which isn't that what we do on Friday's over on The Blended Blog? I had to say yes! So meet some other bloggers and find some new people to stalk follow.

6 Inspired, Fabulous Bloggers & Their Favorite Posts

LoveLifeLaughMotherhood

Facebook - Twitter - Instagram

Jasmine is a SAHM to one boy, and wife to a former member of the USMC. When she isn't blogging about parenting, relationships, beauty, or her lifestyle - she's curled up with her cat watching HBO and planning her next move.

Jasmine's favorite posts from LoveLifeLaughMotherhood

1. Simplest Way to Make Money From Your Blog
2. Why People Think Moms Need Wine to Cope with Parenting
3. It's Totally OK to Feel Frustrated About Motherhood
4. 5 Ways to Show Your Husband You Love Him
5. This is Why I Can't Support Your Multi-Level Marketing Business

Dreams + Coffee

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Brittany is the face behind Dreams + Coffee, a Tennessee lifestyle blog focused on family, fitness, healthy living and style. With a passion for staying fit, eating healthy, and pretending to know a thing or two about fashion, she enjoys sharing her favorite tips and finds with her blog community and inspiring them to always strive for a healthy balance in life. As a wife and stay at home mom to two girls, Brittany is living out her passion for writing and editing through her blog as well as through her career as a freelance writer.

Brittany's favorite posts from Dreams + Coffee

1. Three Nifty Ways to Earn Extra Cash
2. Favorite Healthy Costco Purchases
3. Seven Things I Do Daily to Stay Healthy
4. Five Things I Do Each Night for a Smoother Morning
5. How I Create a Healthy Meal Plan for the Week

Foxy's Domestic Side

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Sarah is a wife of 13 years, mom to two kids (age 7 and 5), and an engineer, who uses her blog, Foxy's Domestic Side, to document her creative side. She loves planning parties, crafting and all things beauty, fashion and hair. The engineer side of her likes to create super detail tutorials on how to do projects, so that anyone can make it too. When she's not creating, she likes going to the beach and spending as much time as possible with her family and friends.

Sarah's favorite posts from Foxy's Domestic Side

1. 5 Tips for Picking Family Photo Shoot Outfits
2. 4 Tips to Raising Polite, Confident Kids
3. How to French Braid Your Own Hair Tutorial
4. Choose to Love Your Spouse
5. 5 Tips for Moms to Take Care of Themselves

 Your Green Grass Project

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Phoebe has been freelancing while living in Colombia for the past three years. After getting herself out of a bad relationship when she was 19, she promised to herself that she would only life for herself even if that meant not copying what everyone else was doing. Phoebe wants to inspire other millennials to live a life authentic to them. Whatever that may be!

Phoebe's favorite posts from Your Green Grass Project

1. I don't know what to do with life and that's OK
2. You're ruining your life by caring what others think
3. 5 Fears When Moving Abroad Alone (And How To Get Over Them)
4. The Downsides of Blogging that Most Bloggers Don't Share
5. We are the Microwave Generation and We are Sabotaging our Success

Bajezen - From Zero to Zen

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Tachira loves to inspire others to live their best lives. On her blog Bajezen.blog she shares a unique mix of poetry , inspiration and highlights of island life . a Barabdian by birth she has over ten years customer service experience. when she is not blogging , writing or being creative ; she loves spending tie with her daughter , baking and finding new and creative ways to express herself.

Tachira's favorite posts from bajezen.blog

1. Self Care Means Not Settling
2. Love is in the Air - First Love Yourself
3. Five YouTube Channels that Add an Instant Dose of Optimism to My Day
4. Five Affirmations for When You are Feeling Overwhelmed
5. Live Authentically: Make Your Own Rules

Do Five Things A Day

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Laura is a big dreamer, full time marketing manager, blogger, and part-time artist. She aspires to inspire people in their everyday lives and help them to live towards their dreams and making the most out of every day by sharing her own experiences and stories. Her blog, Do Five Things A Day, offers an eclectic mix of excitement, passion, and a story to tell of self-discovery, development and love. She focuses on topics about taking care of yourself, and learning to find beauty and light in every moment and adventure life has to bring us.

Laura's favorite posts from Do Five Things A Day

1. Winning With Rheumatoid Arthritis - Overcoming My Fear of Failure
2. How to Use a Quarter Life Crisis as Positive Motivation
3. 12 Ways to Deflate Anxiety Naturally
4. A Story of Loss and Finding
5. "Dream within Meditation" Remembered and Reflected Upon

Thanksgiving Dress Ideas

Hi Foxy Friends! Happy Wednesday. Here in the States it's Thanksgiving in a couple of weeks, like what the heck? How did that happen? So today's prompt over on The Blended Blog is Thanksgiving Looks. I have to admit, I typically try to wear the dress I get for our family photos to Thanksgiving too. See....

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2014

Apparently I have no pictures of me, where you can see my dress, but see the kids wore their outfits.

2015

I had ankle surgery and couldn't wear what I had on for the pictures, comfortable was key (3 weeks post surgery). See the walking boot barely peeking out.

2016

2017

This year I wanted to wear something different, but I've already worn it to two different functions...cause it's so cute. So I'll show it to you now. Thanks to the lovely Deena for taking my photos, that are NOT in my backyard!

Dress (similar style, not print) / Heels

*tip with the heels (I guess when dealing with Patent leather...if it's too tight on your toes, put on thick sock, and use hair dryer to heat up the patent leather and then stick foot in to stretch it out. Obviously don't heat it too much to damage the shoe. It took maybe 5 minutes of repeating this for the heel to fit around my toes correctly).

I love how flowy it looks while walking

I'm wearing this strapless bra, in case you wanted to know.

Truth be told I wore this to my high school reunion...not sure if I should wear it again to Thanksgiving, thoughts?

And then there is what I wore for our family pictures. I think I'll wear one or the other depending on the weather. Typically it can range from hot to super hot! I love this dress! Now that I'm looking at it, I'm wondering if I should have gone with a different shoe...darn it!

Dress is sold out where I bought it, but I found it somewhere else

A little twirling never hurt anyone either.

Yep I just always look like this when I'm done twirling.

Alright, now check out the lovely ladies below and then go link up your Thanksgiving day looks over on The Blended Blog!

Kellyann. Sarah. Andrea. Deena. Carrie

Lana.Vanessa.Whitney. Abbie.Shelly

Linking up here

Amazon Prime Purchases: November

I saw Andrea post her favorite Prime Purchases, and she was linking up to Tayna who hosts the link up. I mean how fun is that? We all purchases stuff from Amazon, might as well share the wealth of knowledge of the goodies! Click here to see my past purchases. Okay let's get started!

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Mr. and I were talking about how many baggies we go through making our lunches. Baby Fox gets 2-3 baggies a DAY, and I use a couple each day too...so much waste, so we decided we wanted to try and get a bento box for Baby Fox...I was going to get this one or this one...but then realized it wasn't going to fit into Baby Fox's current lunch box. So I gave up looking for those and decided to go with reusable baggies. And the best part? That I didn't discover until we got them in the mail? They are dishwasher safe! What? Heck ya! I have no idea how to put them in the dishwasher...but whatever I can put them in there.

Reusable Baggies

First thing I used them for was fruit.

Now that we've been using them for a few weeks, the "zip" part of the bag is easier! It was a struggle at first, but I think we just need to wear them in. Now it's super easy.

We had been using these water bottles for the longest time. But they leak, especially if you leave it in the hot car...puddle of water in the kids cup holders...not good. Plus there is no rhyme or reason why they leak in Baby Fox's lunch...arg. So I was out to find something that didn't leak? So far so good, we've had them for almost a month, and I just ordered some for Mini Fox too, those other ones are gone!

Water Bottles (2 pack) / Water Bottles (3 pack)

I needed to get a new pan to make this meatloaf recipe, best meatloaf recipe EVER! The one I had gotten rusty, I know such a fun purchase. Why did we get two? Do we need two? No, but buying 2 was $5 cheaper than buying just one...go figure.

 

I decided randomly one day that I NEEDED this. I was making this recipe, and it's just so much harder to separate the fat and more time consuming. Actually have no idea if this works, or what that red stopper does...but I guess I'll figure it out the next time I need to make gravy? I hear that this makes it easier. Plus I only have a 2 cup measuring cup, and this one is 4 cups, so I can use this for when I need bigger measuring things, and I don't have to fill up my 2 cup measuring several times #lazycooker.

I don't think I posted this, but at Baby Fox's school, they had a trunk or treat and a few mom's and I decided to do a trunk together, actually 2 trunks and bring a sprinkle of sunshine in a sea of scary trunks. Anyway, we all bought this skirt, and these leggings. The headbands were made from supplies bought at Hobby Lobby.

So what have your prime purchases been lately? Anything I MUST have?

  

TBB Asks: November Edition

Hi Foxy Friends! It's the first Monday of the month, which you know that means TBB Asks! Super easy post for a Monday, we ask the questions, you answer them. Easy as that. So let's get started.

1. Have you ever kept a gratitude journal?

No, although every night during bedtime, we each go around and say three things that were good about the day. I should start writing down what we say each night.

2. Hosting Thanksgiving at your house?

No, we go to my cousins each year, they do an awesome job cooking turkey.

3. Favorite food from the Thanksgiving meal?

This is a tough one, because I like all the things, piled on the plate and mixed together. So I'm going with all of it.

4. What one thing in nature are you most grateful for?

Birds, I love watching birds fly in the "V" and working together.

5. Pumpkin Pie?

NO, big FAT NO. I would rather starve. The End.

6. Traditional Cookbook?

Not sure what this means...hmm...yes I have them, yes I use them? Is that that means? Instead of using online? Hmmm...???

7. Oven baked or deep fried turkey?

My cousin smokes it, and it's delicious as well. That doesn't answer the question though...so let's go with oven baked.

8.  Thanksgiving leftovers?

Heck yes! Since we go to someone's house for Thanksgiving, we don't get many left overs, so we usually end up making our own Thanksgiving turkey again, just so we can eat all of the left overs, hehe.

9. What is the one household product you are grateful for?

My cordless vacuum, life changing I tell ya. I talk about it here.

10. Are you most grateful for home cooked meals or restaurant meals? 

Well I love a good home cooked meal that I don't have to prepare. Although I do like cooking, so as long as I can walk away and don't have to clean up or do dishes, I'm good.