- The Ward
- The Rules
- Reached (audiobook)
- Sever
- Taken
- MILA 2.0
- Mind Games
- Pivot Point
- Do Hard Things (audiobook)
- The Goddess Inheritance
- Warm Bodies (audiobook)
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Okay, so this project wasn’t a “Pinterest” project but something I saw on FB. Here are the screen shots I took – I don’t have any links to share unfortunately.
I included both screen shots so you could see a picture of the dish and the full recipe.
So it’s a pretty simple recipe and I like that I had everything for it except the crescent rolls. Tacos are kind of staple in our diet so I was really excited when this turned out to be rather easy. Plus, instead of purchasing soft shell tortillas that have a tendency to go bad (eventually) before we’ve used them all up – the crescent rolls provide a good alternative that can remain frozen and good for a long time! I found the recipe easy to follow and I love that it looks so great! It was an easy recipe but one that looks like it took a lot more effort.
Something that the FB post forgot to mention was that the dish is a bit dry because you make all of the juices out of the meat and then the crescent rolls are obviously baked. We added taco sauce but it was still dry. Does anyone know how to counter this? I also didn’t know how to add lettuce – maybe just sprinkle it on top? Also, they don’t mention that if you don’t change pans (as I clearly didn’t), you don’t really want to put the toppings in the center – although it looks super classy – because all of the toppings would melt. Also, it’d be weird if you were sharing this dish with others to just dig in – right?
Overall – I’d rate this recipe 5 out of 10. It was easy and it looks great but I have noticed that both Dan and I are dragging our feet in regards to eating the left overs (never a really good sign). Definitely a dish to impress my friends with though!
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So Dan and I have a new Easter tradition – one that is NOT as economical nor healthy as I’d like but one that we both enjoy (and really, it’d cost about the same to travel to visit family). This tradition revolves around our favorite form of entertainment: movie going.
Yes, going to the movies is SUPER expensive (and we, again unfortunately, pay the outrageous price for soda and popcorn – it’s a vice I’ll gladly own up to) and we can all complain about the price but really, this what Dan and I enjoy doing and we don’t do a whole lot else for entertainment (alcohol, going out, etc). SO anyway – this is what we did this weekend!
Thursday Night: The Croods
We really enjoyed The Croods. It was funny and heartwarming with a good message. Definitely one that both children and adults would enjoy. Very funny and visually beautiful. I love me some “belt.” And that “baby” was pretty cool too.
Friday Afternoon: Olympus Has Fallen
This was a surprise for us. I really wanted to see it and Dan was a bit indifferent. I think this was probably the BEST movie from the whole weekend. I loved Aaron Eckhart as the President and Gerard Butler was AMAZING. It was so devastatingly patriotic that, I’ll admit, I nearly got a little teary eyed as Washington and the White House was destroyed. My dad would have really enjoyed this movie. It made me just want to enlist in the armed forces and be bad ass – or get to the gym and be bad ass on my own (you know, as I’m stuffing my face with crap). I’m really surprised at the lower ratings for this film – I’d probably go again. It was literally heart pumping the entire way through.
Saturday Afternoon: The Host
This was a movie both Dan and I really wanted see and whenever we’d see a preview we’d say “I want to see that.” (I did not read the book before hand – although I have since purchased it on Audible and am through the first chapter). As we were driving to the theater Dan was looking up reviews (his passion – not mine, I’d rather not know what everyone else thought about the movie before seeing it) and was really put off with the poor ratings on Flixster. When we got to theater (1:15) – we were further devastated to see that we were two of twelve people in the theater. Once the movie started (again, we had no idea what the plot was besides what was given away in the previews), I immediately understood the poor ratings. The “voice” in her head was CRAZY annoying HOWEVER once the plot got going and we met Ian – my heart melted and I fell in LOVE with it (which is why I’m reading it). So I don’t really know how to “mini review” this one. Don’t expect brilliance, do expect a little annoying voice over (but I don’t really know how they could have done this better), and do expect two great male protagonists. 
Sunday Afternoon: G.I. Joe Retaliation
This one, again, was a bit of a surprise. After Easter breakfast with Dan’s family and before Easter dinner with my family we were like, “Why ruin a good weekend?” Haha! (Plus, the Easter bunny brought us $200 and we figured we could put it back in our bank account to pay for our expensive tradition). At this point, the only other movie that looked good that we HADN’T seen was G.I Joe. This was probably my least favorite film of the weekend. I had not seen the first one and apparently didn’t need to because I was able to keep up. The action was well done and I was a bit surprised at one point in regards to a certain Joe (read: Channing Tatum) (but the above poster should have hinted at it for me). Anyway – it was a good story with good action and visual (the rock scene ROCKED my socks off – no pun intended). But overall, if we weren’t going for a 4/4 movie weekend I could have done without it. I will say The Rock is friggen AWESOME and I’m really excited for his movie with Mark Wahlberg coming out this spring too!
Happy Easter everyone!
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“I know so many of my reluctant readers will not be able to put it down!”- Miss Remmers
Release Date: April 16th, 2013
Publisher: Harper Teen
“There are no men in Claysoot.
There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends . . . and he’s gone.
They call it the Heist.
Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate—until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets, the Heist itself, and what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot—a structure that no one can cross and survive.
Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken—or risk everything on the hope of the other side?”
From what I understand – you either love or hate this novel. I, fortunately, DEVOURED this novel but as I read other reviews I do understand the points against the novel. I was really sucked into this novel and thought it was fast paced and full of excitement! I loved the setting and the premise. The characters were a little stereotypical but everything was, in my opinion, so great that I hardly even noticed until the end of the book and I looked back. There were moments where I couldn’t turn the page fast enough and, I’ll admit, I hardly noticed what was going on around me while reading. This is, of course, awful because I was at SCHOOL reading during recreational reading Friday! Whoops! All of the students wanted to know what book I was so sucked into and so I enjoyed giving them a teaser. No worries – I already sent this book title to the librarian to be pre-ordered.
Overall, I think this book was great and I know so many of my reluctant readers will not be able to put it down!
Note: I didn’t want to spoil anything but don’t think I didn’t pick up on the common themes between this novel and other “choice” picks.
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To the FTC, with love: eARC from Edelweiss
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So think of this as a kinda sorta Pinterest post. Me trying something new – in this case, becoming an adult haha!
A lot of people don’t realize that I have very thick curly hair naturally. I hated it growing up because I didn’t know how to handle it or style it - so, essentially, it quickly went into a rather funky bun. When I did style it I had to add all kinds of product so that it wouldn’t get frizzy. Ick. I hate product.
After graduating from high school I discovered the straightener and for the last six years or so have been straightening my hair fairly religiously. But that, too, takes time and I am very much not really into the whole taking time to get ready thing (although I’m trying to get better at it). Since starting this healthy lifestyle where I sweat and get really icky on a daily basis and can’t just wear second day (or third) day hair – I’ve been styling my hair in a top knot (obviously) or braiding it.
BUT I saw this video on YouTube earlier this week (love this girl!) and decided to try the two products she mentioned by Marc Antony. I don’t have a Walgreens – but I was able to find the products at CVS. So last night I finally decided to try her style out and it worked!
Now, unfortunately – I didn’t take a photo this morning when I woke up. It was a little unruly (cute – but unruly) it was so curly – I kind of felt like the girl from “Rise of the Guardians” – except the curly hot mess version Here the curls have been worn down all day and have “mellowed” out quite a bit.
The only two things I would mention are: the products, while they work and I’m really happy with them, were a little expensive (around $15 a piece) and it really sucks going to be with wet hair. I usually shower at night (because I can’t get my butt out of bed otherwise) but I usually put my hair up in a bun and then blow dry it in the morning. I laid out a towel over my pillow but it was still kind of an awkward night.
Anyway – I can definitely foresee me rocking this hairstyle again! I got loads of compliments and my hair is super soft!
EDIT: Here’s the hair in the morning before it’s been worn all day long. I love this hair style! Super easy and cute! Sorry for the earl morning eyes haha.
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