20 Favorites

For my 49th birthday, I thought I'd record my current 

20 FAVORITE THINGS 

1. Car tote for groceries, weekly Costco trips, picnics... I use it constantly

2. Hot/Cold car bag for groceries, drinks, etc. Perfect especially in summer when I'm running errands and need to keep groceries cold.

3. Small whiteboards in the kitchen for messages 

(and drawing cures boredom)

also the Prayer Requests board:

3. Ladder in the pantry

4. Instagram Buzzfeedtasty's dinner ideas and more...

(I like to pretend I still have little kids at home)

5. Popeye's ice cream. Here's the recipe:

Popeye’s Dream Mint Chip Cado Ice Cream

In small Blendtec:

Ingredients

¼ c. Cream or Almond milk or Greek yogurt

Handful of spinach

Half an avocado

1-1 ½ tsp (Watkins brand—Walmart) mint extract

1 scoop whey protein (no additives—Walmart)

1-2 Tbsp honey or agave or maple syrup to taste

Dark chocolate chips

Fill the rest of the blendtec with ice. Blend on “Ice Cream” setting while turning the lid twister until mixed, then blend just until smooth. Add dark chocolate chips to taste and mix for a few seconds.

6. Hot milk and a baggie full of Honey Nut Cheerios before bed

7. Organizing!! Our fridge with new clear totes...


The 2nd fridge in the garage. (Got milk? :)



8. The full freezer in the garage stores my favorite dinner hack: freeze shredded chicken, prepared beef and chicken taco meat, and spaghetti sauce for quick dinners, or make double dinners and freeze one.

9. Themple Thursdays. (Trying on a new dress)

10. Favorite calling: Relief Society teacher (because I love studying the gospel... and it's only once a month—now once every two months with the schedule change!) Rob and I have been called to be Ma and Pa at Trek this summer, so we'll see if that's my favorite... or not 

10. Latest research favorite: makeup. I did a tutorial for Granny and Aunt Megan. 

11. A favorite summer workout: hiking Horsetail falls (mostly with Megan, but this time we had a party)

... but especially Saturday hikes with Rob

12. My kids sent me this photo and wished they had thought of it first, haha (Bonjovi and I go way back 😉)

13. This is how my favorite person sleeps every night: backward (head by the footboard), with 5 pillows, on top of the covers, with a blankey. For some reason this is most comfortable. The rest of us just don't get it 😉

14. Favorite hair brush, the Tangle Teezer...

15. This dry shampoo has made my life so much easier!

16. My nails have never been long or strong, until now...

17. Best ponytail holders ever: coils. And I learned a hack to tighten them back up after they've been stretched out—throw them in a cup of hot water or blow dry them for a few seconds.

18. This is my favorite way to wear my hair to bed: I call it "the Unicorn." It actually preserves my curl/waves overnight while keeping my hair off my neck. 

19. Recently, a satin pillowcase to minimize hair breakage and facial wrinkles. I went in to a dermatologist, and she asked if I slept on my left side (I do), because that side has significantly more wrinkles 😬

20. Rob's and my favorite tv series: "A Million Little Things," "This Is Us," and our old standby, "Law & Order."