Want to linkup with me? {MidWeek Randoms}

I've really been contemplating wanting to do a linkup on Wednesday's called "MidWeek Randoms".  I find that at times I have a hard time coming up with things to write all week long and LOVE the idea of a link up of MidWeek Randoms.  I have participated in other blogs before who have done these, but it has died off and stopped happening.  If anyone is interested in also hosting this with me or is just interested in linking up with me, please email me at:
bettertogetherandforever{at}gmail{dot}com!  :) 

But until I hear anything, I will do my own list of MidWeek Randoms for this week since I do not have any recipes to share today on the blog and haven't been taking photos of my food lately.  

• I decided to finally bite the bullet and purchase a month of PicMonkey (the upgrade version) for $4.99 and I have to admit, I REALLY love it!  I think I am going to have to just upgrade for an entire year which is only $33.00 ($2.75 a month) since I've used it so much the last couple of weeks.  I would really love to just sit down and do an entire blog re-design but that's on my back burner at the moment.  Everytime I try to do something new for the blog, I spend too much time on it and then save it, transfer it to the blog and it doesn't come out....its getting really frustrating to say the least.  I also blog on a MacBook Pro laptop at home.  While it's not an ancient thing to use, it is frustrating to do some blog designs on it.  The plus of having a laptop, I can blog on the couch.  So you know, it has its plus' and minuses.
• Today's high: 69 degrees.  Tomorrow's high: 35 degrees with snow and potential ice.....As of right now, we are expecting around 6 inches total of snow.
• Also speaking of the nice weather, we decided to grill burgers last night.  Yep, it was December 3rd and we were grilling.  Welcome to the unusual weather of Missouri.  Don't worry, it will be bitter cold and snowing in several days!  :) 
• I have officially moved upstairs to my new office.  I have a before and after photo to share with you all and plan on posting it to Instagram for you all to see.  
• Also, speaking of Instagram, did you know I have an instagram?  You can follow me here.
• My favorite photo editor and background creator for my instagram photos: PhotoGrid!  Love this app and it was FREE!!  It has some awesome background choices, photo boarder choices AND I love the fonts you can use for text.
• My friend, Ali decided to let all of Facebook know that 3 weeks from today is Christmas....did that scare you too??
• I've been contemplating about setting monthly goals for myself instead of just a yearly "New Years Goals", which by the way, is it just me or do you not remember what those goals were? Yeah, I can't remember mine either.....I need to get to reading this and see what I have and haven't accomplished.
• Have you all seen the new "shared" thing going around on social media accounts, "Weekly Savings".  I am going to talk to Andy about it and see if he is on board for this also.  It's where you save a certain dollar amount every week.  So week one you save $1, week 2 $2, week 20 $20; and so on until you get to week 52 and you will have saved in total (if you save the right amount every week) $1378.00.  I would love to save this money and put it towards hard wood floors for the main floor or maybe a vacation!
• I've been in a not so good mood the past couple of days.  I am just down with things not going the way that I thought they would.  I need to snap out of my funk, but sometimes it's easier said than done.
• Back to the gym I go today.  I've been promising myself that I am going to go and then come up with excuse to get out of it.  Today stops the excuses and starts the fat burn!  I can't keep sitting around, eating like crap and expect to feel amazing.  It just doesn't work that way.  I'm sure my mood will change for the better too with going to gym.  Why wait for the new year to work out when I can start today!

Again, if anyone is interested in doing this link up with me, please let me know!

bettertogetherandforever{at}gmail{dot}com

These are a few of my Favorite Things! {Over $100}

Today is the third, and final installment of These are a few of my Favorite Things!!  Today I am linking up with Elise over at Cheers Y'all and Jen over at Down with the Dearmore's!  Both are such sweet girls and I highly suggest you click over at their pages and see what they are all about AND to see what is on everyone's list of gifts over $100!!  

{ONE}  Cuisinart GR-150 Griddler
{TWO} Brother PE770 Embrodiery Machine
{THREE} Panasonic Micro Four Thirds Lens
{FOUR} Apple iMac Desktop
{FIVE} A Disney Cruise (photo source)

This year was probably one of the hardest years I have ever had to come up with things for a Christmas list to give to people.  The practical side of me says, yes we need a new griddler and this is a nice one that would work great in my kitchen!  The Embrodiery machine is a nice gift but for over $500 and no kids, it's kind of pointless.  Would really LOVE one if I had a girl.  The camera lens would be nice, but not necessary. Ultimately, I would LOVE a NIKON or CANON DSLR camera but I don't have many subjects to photograph at this time. The iMac desktop would be awesome, but then again, my MacBook Pro works just fine.  A Disney Cruise would be AMAZING but then again, if we want to have a baby, then the dreams of a vacation would need to be put on hold.  

Thanksgiving in Photo Form

Hello Monday Morning!

I'm not going to lie, I was ready to get back to work {insert shocked face here}.  Being off 4 days was nice to catch up on sleep and eat a ton, but going back to work puts me back on a schedule of eating less and shopping less {spent too much time shopping over the weekend}.... I did manage to get several good deals, but also spent time Christmas shopping for my loved ones.  My poor credit card.

You can NEVER go wrong with playing the Super Nintendo!

Thanksgiving Eats!

It's not Thanksgiving without documenting all the DELICIOUS food that I devoured and share with you all in "BlogLand"!  I am proud of myself for making sure that I got photos of all of the food too!!  :) 

Breakfast was at my mom's house.  On the menu:  bacon, beignets, cheese danishes, and breakfast tater tot casserole.  YUM!!

Dinner was at my in-laws house.  On the menu:  turkey, ham, carrots with a honey glaze, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, cheesy potato casserole, sweet potato duffle, rolls to make sandwiches from the ham and turkey, and tropical fluff.

(Don't worry, I put seconds of the green bean casserole and cheesy potatoes on my plate)

(I also had a nice scoopful of those delicious carrots on my plate that I scarfed promptly)

Dessert was the homemade Apple Crisp that I made.  I used a mixture of granny smith and honey crisp apples.  It came out very tasty, but I was so full from both the breakfast and dinner that I couldn't eat much of the apple crisp.  :( 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

(Source for turkey image)

Happy Thanksgiving from my home to your's!

I hope you all enjoy the day with family, friends and lots of love!  I have so many things to be thankful for and will cherish this day with my family.

Thanksgiving Eve

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

I started my day off bright and early for work (good 'ol 5:15 AM always comes too fast when you go to sleep at 9:30 at night).  I decided to pick myself up 2 donuts from QuikTrip for breakfast and a Passion Fruit Iced Tea to drink with my lunch (the meal at work today is Spaghetti, YUMMO!)  

I have a fun day ahead of me.....filling paperwork and cleaning out new office upstairs.  The move to upstairs is going to OFFICIALLY happen on Tuesday, December 3rd!  I am excited to move upstairs, but then again it's going to be so different.  I plan on taking a photo of my office that I'm currently in and then a before and after shot of the new office for you all to see.  :)  Once I move upstairs, then I can decorate the office for Christmas!!!  I decided there was no point in decorating before I moved.  

When I get home this afternoon, it will be a quick stop to Target to pick up several items: hairspray, tater tots (forgot to get these Sunday while grocery shopping) and maybe browse those clearance racks....  I will then get home and start my prep for Thanksgiving and try to figure out something to make for dinner for Andy and myself.  

Last nights dinner was a bust for me, but good for Andy!  I picked up some calzone's for Andy and myself and then we realized there was sausage in them.  I do not know what it is, but I am not a fan of sausage.  I am OK with turkey sausage, but real sausage, I just do not like.  I can pick it out if necessary, which I will do tomorrow morning with the breakfast tater tot casserole, but it's all good.  Andy let me go out and pick me up some dinner for myself.  What did I get?

Panera's tomato soup and Fontina grilled cheese!

I may have had this for dinner two nights in a row.....BUUUUUUUT it's just sooooooo good!

Breakfast will be at my mom's.  I have a tasty spread of the following that I get to devour:  breakfast tater tot casserole, cheese danishes, bacon, scrambled eggs, and beignets.  (I need to get my Joey "fat pants" out!  HAHA! 

(source)

Dinner will be at my in-laws house.  The "usual" Thanksgiving items will include: Turkey (isn't it a must to have turkey on Thanksgiving!?!), Ham (because my husband and his grandfather are not a fan of Turkey), cheesy potato casserole, green bean casserole (a request of mine and one of the dishes I am bringing over), corn, and rolls.  I am also bringing over dessert, homemade Apple Crisp and vanilla bean ice cream!!

"Talking" about all of this yummy food is making my mouth water!  I am going to heavily dig into that green bean casserole.....YUM!  

Such a random posting today, but my mind is absent today.  I am at work, but would rather be at home, in bed, cuddling with those cute little animals of mine.

These are a few of my favorite things! {Stocking Stuffers}

What a happy Tuesday it is.  Not only do I have only one more early wake up for work until the 4 day weekend and good eating over Thursday, BUT today is the second installment of These are a few of my Favorite Things!!  Today I am linking up with Elise over at Cheers Y'all and Jen over at Down with the Dearmore's!  Both are such sweet girls and I highly suggest you click over at their pages and see what they are all about AND to see what is on everyone's stocking stuffers list!!  

ONE - EOS Lip Balm holiday pack!  How cute is this 3 pack of EOS lip balm (you can never have enough).  It comes in the following flavors Limited Edition Vanilla Bean, Pomegranate Raspberry, and Sweet Mint Smooth Sphere Lip Balm and you can get it here and in stores at Target.

TWO - Starbucks Gift Card!  You can't go wrong!  You can purchase one here

THREE - Target Gift Card!  {Like you thought I forgot about my favorite store of all!}  You can purchase one here.  How cute is the puppy/reindeer for the holidays also!  :) 

FOUR - Essie Nail Polish in First Timer.  You can purchase that gorgeous nail color here.

FIVE - Tangled on DVD.  What can I say, I am a kid at heart!  You can purchase this here from Target!  {Yeah, I just saved and closed out PicMonkey and then realized, I forgot to add Tangled on my photos.....but it's still on my list and you can still purchase it at Target.  Click the link above}

SIX - How cute is this Merona hat for the winter time?  With me having a big head, this fits great and actually looks cute on me too!  The hat is essential with me walking between buildings at work during the winter.  You can purchase this hat here at Target!

SEVEN - You can have a hat on your list and not have a semi-matching gloves!!  :)  Pink would be the perfect color, but these red one's would do just fine!

EIGHT - I can't forget about the furry one's in my life.  This adorable KONG alligator squeeky toy for Keeley would be just perfect from PetSmart!  

NINE - Of course Smokey needs a new toy too!  How cute are these holiday KONG cat nip mice from PetSmart! Smokey LOVES catnip and goes crazy over toys with it in it.

TEN - Last, but NOT least this fun game for Andy!  He has always loved the Final Fantasy games and this would be a great game for him to play in his new home theater basement!  You can get it from Amazon here.