Song of the Week

Express Yourself by Madonna. Yes. Start with this song because it's going to be that kind of a week. And what I mean is that this week is going to be great and we will all kick ass at work. So turn it up!

Song of the Week

Jess's Song This Week

Speak Slow - Tegan and Sara

My pick for this week's Monday Song is Tegan and Sara's Speak Slow. I LOVE Tegan and Sara and this song is one of my many favorites by them. For some reason lsitening to Tegan and Sara always takes me to fall time and since today is August 6th that means we're getting closer to feeling some amazing weather. I can hardly wait :) It's a funny video to a fast and upbeat song. In my opinion, a great start on a Monday!

<3, Jess

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Liz's Song This Week

Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams

This week I am waiting on a phone call for a job that I really, really want. They are at a conference Monday through Wednesday so I won't hear back either way til Friday. So I will be an anxious lady for the rest of the week. Matty is thrilled, I am sure. So it's slow, mellow music for me for the rest of the week to balance out the ball of nerves inside me. Ryan Adams has quickly become one of my favorite artists of all time after my boyfriend introduced me to his music a few years ago. It's a constant in our lives. Have a great week and send some good vibes my way :)

<3 Liz

Marinade and the Benefits of a Good Pantry

I don't know about yall but most of the time when I look at a recipe if it has more than 5 ingredients my brain automatically shuts down. The recipe is either more in depth than I want or most likely I wont have the ingredients off hand that I need. Well... enter a nicely stocked pantry. I have been slowly building our pantry ingredients over the past couple months, besides you know: salt, pepper, EVOO, garlic salt. The marinade recipe that I found this weekend didn't have any exotic ingredients or anything but it does have things like parsley flakes {makes me appreciate asking for a stocked spice rack for Christmas} which we never use.

We had some small pork chops that needed to be cooked so I started looking up recipes on my All Recipes App. I found an easy recipe for a marinade and *gasp* I had all 10 ingredients!

Whatcha need:

3/4 cup of vegetable oil {I used EVOO}

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup vinegar {I used Apple Cider Vinegar}

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon prepared mustard

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes

1 garlic clove, minced {I used 2}

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients in a large Ziploc bag or a glass bowl; add pork and turn to coat. Seal bag or cover the container. Refrigerate overnight. {I refrigerated for 4 hours. The porkchops came out delicious but Im sure they would have been even tastier the longer they marinated.} Drain and discard marinade. Cook pork how you would like. {We grilled them on our George Foreman Indoor/Outdoor Grill.}

Easy peasy! Enjoy!!

<3, Liz



The Magnificent Seven

I was 10 in 1996. And you better believe my eyes were glued to the womens gymnastic competition at the Summer Olympics! I was not a gymnast. My short lived gymnastics career was over when I was 5. Im pretty sure I was already taller than all these ladies by the time I was ten. I was a softball player, but I swear I was a gymnast at heart. I could cartwheel with the best of them. And I loved seeing how long I could stay up in a handstand. How amazing were those ladies that night! It makes me smile just thinking about it! And just for the record I think Kerri Strug was faking it. Was she? Probably not. But you cant convince me otherwise! And you're telling me she couldnt put on her pants to recieve her medal and look like the rest of the team?! Psh! Shannon Miller/Dominque Dawes Fo Life!! :)

Soo you better believe I will be watching tonight. And I will be avoiding the internets like the plague to not have any spoilers. Go USA!

<3 Liz

P.S. I also LOVED this chick!! So sassy.

Awesome Song of the Week

Liz's Song This Week

Look The Other Way -  Justin Townes Earle

There's something ya'll should know about me. There are only 3 things I listen to when Im driving or riding in my car. First? Nothing. Seriously. I spend alot of my driving time not listening to anything. I know this is blasphemy for most of you but I am completely content with not listening to anything on both quick trips and long treks. Second? NPR. This is the only station I have tuned on my rado. Third? Whichever CD I am hooked on. And lately (like 2 months) it has been Justin Townes Earle's album from a few years ago The Good Life. I just LOVE it. {Obviously since its been in my player for so long.} Matty and I went to see him in May at Fitz in Houston. It was great. And hilarious drunk #1 fan was an added bonus. Please, please check out his music. Its like hip-Americana-folky awesomeness (Is that a genre? Cuz it should be.). I think its fan-freaking-tastic and recommend it highly.  Have a great week!!

<3, Liz

Daydreaming





{ROAD} TRIPPING




NESTING



LOVING



CRAVING



SAYING

Awesome Song of the Week

Liz's Song of the Week

Lights (Bassnectar Remix)- Ellie Goulding

Another Monday another Song of the Week. I have a full schedule this week between work, school, and Pretty Riot.com and this is the perfect song to put me in a good mood for it. Check, check, check it out!