My First Week in my new Erin Condren Planner

Hey guys! I know its been a bit since my last post work has kept me fairly busy over the last few months but it is finally slowing down a little bit so I have more time to devote to this little internet space of mine.

Starting today, I will be sharing my planner layouts so that yall can get an idea of what I like to include in my planner and how I plan out my week. I ordered the new Erin Condren 2015 - 2016 planner and it starts this week so this is my first week planning in my new planner! It's also a little bit of a change for me as I was using a plum paper planner for the past year. I loved the Plum Paper planner but after a year of using it the layout was just not working for everything that I needed.

Upon seeing the changes that were made to the Erin Condren planner for this year I felt like it would be the best to meet my planning needs. So without further adieu here are some pictures of this current week!

First off the outside of my planner. This is the cover that came with my planner as I ordered the regular RTS (ready to ship) planner. I actually swapped the back cover to the front and then just temporarily wrote my name on it with a sharpie because I wanted to personalize it a little bit.

Here is a shot of the first half of the week. As you can see i've pretty well planned out Monday (which i'd hope so considering Monday is almost over). But I am still putting things in for Tuesday and Wednesday. A few things I should be filling in tomorrow are meals (in the green boxes at the bottom) and finishing up my shopping list for a quick run to the store tomorrow. I am also experimenting with how I want to fill in the headers on the boxes as they are no longer prefilled. 

These are a few accessories that I wanted to share with yall that I have been using in my planner. The new Erin Condren sticker book, the new EC markers, and I just love using the ruler to make it easy to filp to exactly where I am in the week.

So that is basically how it is going so far with the new planner. Overall i'm loving it and love how it is keeping me pretty organized so far. I also got some super cute stickers in the mail that I ordered today. They are from the Etsy shop Hello Ashleyann with you can check out here >>>> Hello Ashleyann

They are gorgeous and shipped way sooner the the ESD! I have always loved her stickers and these are no exception. I've already used the weekend and hydrate stickers and I can't wait to use the summer sticker set! I've ordered a few more stickers and planner accessories from a few other shops and I hope to be able to share those with you soon!

Delicious Dinner Rolls

Happy Friday Everyone!

I am here to share one of my recently discovered favorite recipes with you.

These are delicious and take hardly and time to whip up. What I love about them is that I can pretty much throw all the ingredients in my mixer with my dough hook and then I let them rise while I finish cooking dinner. So the original recipe is from here >>>>Kitchen Meets Girl

But i'm going to share it here along with the changes I made and what I do that results in those beautiful rolls you see pictured above.

The original recipe calls these "30 minute dinner rolls". With my changes these take about the same amount of time, which includes cooking for 10 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of warm water
• ⅓ cup (6 TBSP) Melted Butter [REAL unsalted butter, not margarine]
• 2 packets Rapid Rise Instant Yeast [I use Fleischmann's]
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 3½ cups  all-purpose flour 

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees

Combine melted butter, sugar, and egg mix until combined (I do this by hand). Then combine the 2 packets of yeast with the 1 cup of warm water, give it a quick sir then toss it in with your butter, sugar, egg mixture. Next I add 2 cups of flour and pop it in my mixer with my dough hook on a medium speed until combined. *If you don't have a mixer you can do this by hand with a wooden spoon, I would not recommend doing this with a hand mixer as the dough is going to get quite thick. Then add the remaining amount of flour 1/2 cup at a time. 

Now once the flour is fully incorporated I grab the dough and knead it with my hand just a little while forming it into a ball. Then I put it back in the mixing bowl cover it, preferably with a kitchen towel, and I set it on top of my warm oven for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes I then grab a cookie sheet and start forming my dough into 12 balls. The pop them in the oven for 10 minutes or until they are golden brown on the top. Brush with melted butter and proceed to stuff into your mouth. :D

I hope y'all enjoy this dinner roll recipe as much as I do! For newbies at using yeast this is about as easy and simple as it gets and it's pretty difficult to mess up, just remember WARM water (not scalding, or boiling). 

ENJOY!

I'M BACK!

Hi everyone!

It's been a while but i'm back and will be posting here on a regular schedule again, WHOO!

As i'm sure you can see I have a new design and this little blog will be taking a slight different direction than it was previously. I will be blogging about a few new topics based on some new things that I have recently discovered that I love. The first being fashion! I know there are a lot of blogs out there that are about fashion but I'm hoping I can provide some unique insight on how to create a wardrobe and how to learn to put great outfits together quickly. I will also be talking more about my recent dive into planning. I hope to give y'all tips and insight on how to choose the best planner for your needs and to share my planner setup, along with some great shops that you can purchases planner goodies from for those of you that love to decorate like I do.

Last but not least, I will be posting some youtube videos to go with some of my posts, especially where a video may provide better information than a typical typed post.

So i'm glad to be back and i'm very excited about all the new content that I am working on for y'all!

It Has Been Too Long!

Hey everyone! It has been FOREVER since I posted, but it is because I have been swamped since school started back up. But I am back now and excited to share some great things that will be happening soon. One of those being a slight change to this blog. Tune back in soon to see a bigger post with all of those exciting details. Oh and tonight is SHONDALAND. So sit back and enjoy some awesome TV premiers!

Favorite All The Things!

Meme anyone? This was honestly my first thought when I was reading about the criteria for this months Total Social link up with the amazing Sarah at Venus Trapped in Mars and Helene Helene In Between. So are you ready to hear about some of my favorites? #favtotalsocial 

A few of my favorite twitter accounts in no particular order are....

1. Carly @collegeprepster

2. Erin  @twothirdshazel

3. Cosmopolitan @Cosmopolitan 

1. Awesome country music and you can watch the first two seasons on Hulu.

2. Witches. Nuff said. You can watch the first season on Netflix.

3. My all time fav. you can watch like 8 seasons on Netflix.

4. It's funny and I like that the setting is in the future. There are a bunch of seasons on Netflix.

To finish I just wanted to share a few other my other favorites: fishtail braids, my iPhone, Dr. Pepper, and this amazing red purse.

Also in honor of #favtotalsocial I will spend the day sharing some of my other favorites throughout the day on my other social media platforms so if you don't already follow me you should! 

Fun (Free) Summer Activities

As a college student I know that money is always tight. Especially during the summer a lot of college students are trying to work and save money or are just short on cash in general.  But just because you might have little to no money to spend does not mean that you can’t have a fun summer. So without further adieu I have compiled a list of fun things that you can do that cost mostly nothing.

1.  Look for free activities in your town

 - A lot of towns offer tons of fun free activities, and they are often easily found just by googling the name of your city and free events. For example my city has a calendar with the different events and offers different things such as outdoor movie nights, and an art walk.

2. Have a girls night

- When I say girls night I mean a night in with some rom-coms, manis and pedis, and some good old fashioned junk food.

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3. Have a Netflix marathon

- Grab a couple of friends and some snacks or popcorn and spend the day binge watching a show. I would reccomened The Witches of East End or Nashville.

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4. Get a public library card

- Nowadays having a public library card gets you access to a lot more than just books. Some public libraries now offer DVDs that you can check out and also eBooks.

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5. Go swimming

- Chances are you know someone that has a pool, or you live in an apartment that has a pool.  So take advantage of it! Go swimming, and get your tan on. But don’t forget your sunblock.

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You Need to Try: 2 Ingredient Pancakes

Personally i've never been big on things people deem "healthy recipes". This is generally because a lot of the time I find them to be lacking in flavor and I like my food to taste good. So when I initially stumbled across this recipe I was quite skeptical... But it turned out delicious, and it's boyfriend approved! Also I'm linking up with Katie Did What for her healthy habits linkup, so make sure and check that out for more healthy tips and recipes.

Now the original recipe is from Blogilates and you can check it out here>> 2 Ingredient Pancakes

After reading the comments I decided to make a couple simple additions to the recipe and I think that they were better with those additions. So all you need to make these pancakes are 1 banana & 2 eggs. Super simple right? And these are generally items that most of us already have on hand. I then decided to add a little bit of sugar and cinnamon to the batch I made. Now they already have some sweetness from the banana so I didn't add a lot maybe a couple pinches, and then a couple of shakes of cinnamon.

They were really delicious! And simple!

 Just a few other notes....

- They will not taste like a traditional pancake like most people are used to. Personally to me they tasted a bit like french toast, which is not a bad thing.
- Make sure to mash the banana pretty well, you don't want giant chunks of banana. Some people said they put it in a blender for a few seconds but that it makes them thinner and more like crepes.
- You want to heat your pan at about a 4 and after you make the first batch turn it down to 3.
- It won't bubble like a normal pancake before its ready to be turned, the key it to look for the edges to turn lighter then its ready to flip
-These are supposed to be about this size of your fist, any bigger and they will be near impossible to flip
- 1 banana and 2 eggs makes about 7 small pancakes, which is intended to be 1 serving.

For nutritional info check out the Blogilates link above, and they also have an instructional video!

Top with butter and enjoy the easiest pancakes you'll ever make!