Menu Monday randoms...

Well, I'm taking a page from Mrs. Smith's book this week and blogging about the things I cooked last week, because for once, I actually managed to cook a couple of things!

Here's the breakdown, with a few photos! (Go me!)

Bow Tie Fiesta
I snagged this recipe from Blue Eyed Bride's blog and it was a huge hit with the husband! You'll enjoy it for sure! It made for a perfect Sunday night dinner.

Spiced Mocha Cupcakes
Monday night was baking night at my house! I'd been craving cupcakes and milk, and the really good, homemade kind, so I pulled out this recipe that I'd blogged about ages ago. The cupcake part was delicious! I totally screwed up the icing, not use how. So I bought a can of frosting and let that be that. Oh well.

That's about it for this week. :-)
XOXO,
Mrs. Jones

The post-season....

Softball has been going 90-to-nothing for us lately!  It started two weekends ago with the SEC tournament championship! I got some great pictures as we celebrated with my sister. It was so great to watch them win an SEC title for the second time this year! (Regular season title came first!)

This weekend Alabama softball started NCAA Tournament play, and we cheered the Tide on at home to another regional title! Things get harder this week when Michigan comes to town to fight for the super regional title and a berth as one of six teams to the Women's College World Series. I'm so excited and nervous!

Roll Tide!
Mrs. Jones

A little TV chatter...

{Disclaimer: This may contain spoilers. You have been warned.}

Happy Sunday lovelies.... Tonight, we've been catching up on some of our massive DVR queue. I've got a few random thoughts on my favorites and just wanted to chime in and see what everyone else had to say!

- I love Smash. I hope you watched it. The finale was the best yet. I love Broadway and music and great tv shows, and this has all of the things I love rolled into one! Katherine McPhee is awesome and I love Megan Hilty too. But Debra Messing is one of my all-time favorites!

- Grey's Anatomy.... It was an okay finale. So dramatic it was almost too much. But I still love the show and the waiting game for the next episode in the fall might kill me.

- Private Practice.... Heartbreaking. I need to go hug a small baby now. But I loved Addison getting together with Jake. But oh, Sam. Who will she choose?!?!?

- NCIS.... If they really let Ducky die, I will cry. What an episode. Love the love they have all of the characters showing each other!

I've still got to catch up on a few other shows, but I had to put my thoughts out there!

XOXO,
Ms. Jones

Clearing my head...

Morning lovelies!

I'm sitting here absolutely beat, but in a good way. For the first time in about six weeks? I got a lot done to start my day! Victory is mine!

The garden is watered.
The tiny front porch is swept and the ferns are watered too.
Laundry has been going all morning.

In other news.... I got a haircut! Finally. It was needed after pulling my hair up for 3 1/2 weeks while so sick. And highlights. Oh the highlights! Not the best picture, but you get what I mean....

I've found another tea I love (another sick-time find!) and I want to try this new line of OPI nail polish for a mani-pedi soon.....

Happy Saturday morning everyone. I'm going to try to get caught up on all I have to share this week, so you'll be hearing a lot from me!

XOXO,

Mrs. Jones

Go enter Neely's giveaway...

Or don't. Because I want to win. One of my favorite bloggers is giving away an awesome prize. You can guess which awesome version of the Spotted Whimsy Designs giveaway, a personalized phone cover (OTTERBOX!) I would like to win!

Check out the giveaway here, or Spotted Whimsy Designs here.

XOXO,

Mrs. Jones

Opening Pandora's box...

While on a hunting expedition for the perfect gift for a friend, I also (finally) started looking at things I would love as additions to my precious Pandora bracelet (a lovely gift my Mom likes to add to!) I only have four charms right now, and no spacers, so I'm ready to add to it over our next few celebrations.... I just wanted to share what I'm in love with and see if any of you readers are Pandora fans as well!

Charm Lotsa Love

$35

Bead Pink Ribbon with pink enamel

$45

Bead Royal Carriage with 14K and white pearl

$90

Needless to say, I'm a fan! There are wayyyyyy to many cute options to choose from if you ask me! Do you love Pandora?

XOXO,
Mrs. Jones

A couple of championships...

While April may have been the month from hell minus our trip to the Masters, there was one other shining moment...

On April 22, Alabama Gymnastics claimed the program's sixth national championship. I felt terrible, but I was so grateful I was able to be there to celebrate with my parents. I'm so proud of them and what they do as they lead such an amazing team! A week later, we gathered back on campus with 2,000 fans to celebrate again - I love my silly little iPhone shot of all the confetti and the six trophies!

As if that weren't enough to celebrate, two weeks after my parents' team won a national championship, my sweet little sister's softball team claimed the SEC regular season title with two victories over Florida. I don't think words can express how proud I am of my family!

I love this pic of my sister's "big head" that one of her friends made. I need my picture holding it at one of the post-season games!

I will have better photos and more of them when I gather them from friends, but for now, I had to share! I'm so very proud of my family, and just had to share! Roll Tide Roll!

XOXO,
Mrs. Jones

Furbaby Friday: All in the Family...

Happy Friday everyone! We made it through another week and that is certainly exciting news! I'm linking up with Mrs. Monologues this week to share some puppy love for Furbaby Friday! EB has been a ham, and I snagged some cute pics of my parents' pups too!

This is EB's natural habitat. In our bed, on my pillow. Yep.

And then she's a silly little minx who adores sticking her tongue out at everyone.

I had to check on my parents' pups one day last week, and Ringo (above) and Louis (below) were both too cute. They are NOT friends with EB, so I go solo when I go to see them! Love these two though....

Yeah, Louis is a ham..... Happy Friday everyone!

XOXO,
Mrs. Jones

Frugal Friday: Freebies!

TBIt has been forever since I've posted about my lovely couponing habit, and it's because I've been rather slow and behind with it. I haven't done a ton except for groceries, partly because we just haven't needed as much! That's the nice thing about having a mini stockpile, right?

I have gotten a couple of cool freebies in the mail! I do e-Rewards surveys for certain values, and you get "cash" you can redeem for gift cards and the like. I had $75 in e-Rewards values, so I snagged a $25 Starbucks card for nothing. I was excited. The surveys are simple most of the time and I do them when I'm bored. I like free money!
You can check it out here if you want to join!

And from a reward I had already entered, I won a big prize this weekend! I had to sign for my mail and I had no idea why on Saturday.... imagine my surprise when the Disney Car Land Adventure Sweepstakes sent me a $100 Target card! Super excited to take care of a few house things with it, that's for sure. (Like a new back door mat!)

Just wanted to share these little things today. I'll get back to posting coupon fun and deals soon, I promise!

XOXO,
Mrs. Jones

Primal Update #3

Well, I started this post with all these pictures in early April before pneumonia hit... I still want to share a few fun pictures of my spaghetti squash and stir-fry! I did not stick with this plan while barely eating for a few weeks when I was sick, but this week we are transitioning back to primal eating slowly.

Chicken salad is one of Mr. Jones' favorite lunches. I need to make it for him again soon. There are tomatoes galore growing on our plants, and I can't wait until we are just picking and eating straight from our garden. That will be so enjoyable, and we'll be eating oodles of tomatoes then! :-)

The only good news from this month was the weight loss - even while eating mainly carbs and junk that was all I wanted - my weight dropped, so now I'm down 18 pounds and the goal is to keep on going!

XOXO and I'll be back with a more "real" update soon,

Mrs. Jones