It is incredible that this is the

Last Friday in July!

We are prancing along through the summer and it will be autumn in no time!

And now:

Friday Favorites!

Favorite # ONE

Have you tried the Pasta alternative veggie products?

This one is my favoriteThere are several varieties by Birdseye and Green Giant.

I’ve wanted to try the new marinara sauce (that I mentioned in this post) so I made Rigatoni for LB.

Sadly, there are 220 calories in 1 cup of cooked Rigatoni.

Calorie breakdown: 5% fat, 80% carbs, 15% protein.

Since I’m not about to eat real pasta, I sampled my marinara sauce atop these carrot spirals.

Calorie breakdown: 0% fat, 3% carbs, 1 gram protein.

Not bad at all!

Favorite # TWO

Surprises on Back Order!

LB checked the mail this week and told me that I had a package. My response: I didn’t order anything!

Apparently I had an item on back-order from a Venus order that I placed in JANUARY!

Mini Jean Skirt in Indigo Blue

At least THEY remembered!

Favorite # THREE

Natalie Tuman

Health and Fitness Coach

This is a real life Wonder Woman and I follow her on Instagram.

This week I attempted to complete a workout she shared on Instagram.

Nope.

I couldn’t do it!

Her websites can be found here and here.

Favorite # FOUR

Good News!

I attended college at FCCJ (now FSCJ) off and on after high school and between babies. Since achieving success earning an AA degree and an AS in Interior Design Technology several years ago, I have attempted to earn a Bachelor’s degree from Liberty University online. This week I reached out to the admissions department for advice on wrapping this up!

I’m FINALLY seeing light at the end of the tunnel! I’m so excited and looking forward to sharing news of a graduation sooner than later!

Favorite # FIVE

Kathy

She who took me under her wing and has looked out for me since I came to her team seven years ago!

Kathy is a dear friend and trusted colleague who is celebrating a milestone this week!

Happy Birthday Kathy!

Thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog!

Happy Thursday!

Because I love shopping and fashion, I will occasionally post about an outfit that I love. This summer my blog has been a collection of posts about family and random posts about travel, shopping, cooking, or thoughts about this or that.

Today I am looking through my

Instagram posts

and sharing the outfits that I have featured this summer on Instagram.

My pics are about as random as my blog posts.

This first picture was taken on a Wednesday night and it was raining. We were all set to go to the St. Johns County Pier for Music by the Sea, but because of the rain, plans changed. We went to play trivia instead.

I’m carrying my birthday mini-bag from Brighton that I mentioned in this post.

Can’t remember the last time I saw a sunny day at my house. Glad I have a picture.This post also featured items from Brighton.

One of my many shopping trips, this one is obviously at Target.

This post was all about my shopping trip to Target and it was a lot of fun. Its especially fun to have an adoring photographer follow you around. By the way, I did purchase the star spangled shorts. They are so cute!

My shopping trip to Ross to find the same jeans my sister was wearing was the subject of this post. No luck.You should always dress cute when shopping. Never push the buggy.

Although I didn’t find those Gina jeans, on that same trip to Ross, I did find this cute little $4 gray tee shirt with a criss-cross back. It was mentioned in this post.

My White House Black Market bell sleeve blouse was the subject of this post.OH… and another sunny day!

Below is one of those aerial selfies that fashionistas always post. I recently posted one and received the comment “where is ur face”. Guess I haven’t reach fashionista status.

OKAY so its another sunny day.

Last year I wore this orange blouse every other day. Now that LB takes my picture, its easier to remember what I wore two days ago. I don’t wear it as often, but I still love it!

Selfies with my phone just don’t turn out as well as the one’s LB takes. But alas… sometimes they will have to do. At least my bed is made.