Reviews, Progress, Our New Home

Hey you guys! It's been a minute hasn't it? Well. I am so sorry for the delay! On the 6th, we moved into our new place! How exciting right? I'm pretty excited. However, we don't have like... any furniture.. and we didn't have internet til today! So currently, I am on the floor typing this to you! It's a small sacrifice, and i'm not even mad. I would rather be in a house of my own and start being settled than be stuck in TLF still in a place that isn't mine.

Here are a few pics of the house, and etc:

Can I just tell you guys how much I love my crockpot? Best 20$ investment ever!! I have been cooking in it like every night! It's so easy.

My first crock pot experiance:

I got this off of course, Pinterest. Source <- I had been eye balling this recipe for awhile so as you could imagine I was very excited to try it. It only calls for 3 ingrediants too! So it's cheap!
You need chicken, Franks Red Hot Buffalo sauce, and a Ranch Seasonings Packet!
And of course if you need buns etc...

I let this cook on low for 3 hours.. took it out like it said, shredded it, put it back in the crockpot, shredded some more, stirred the sauce all in it.. Yum Yum Yum. My house smelled like delicious buffalo. One of my favorite scents. I got my hamburger buns, layed cheese on the bottom, along with some sliced tomato, put the buffalo chicken on top and poured ranch on top. So easy. This will definitely be an often dish in my home.







In other news, I'm not sure if I have talked about this here, but I have been on the road to fitness for the past 2 months! I am incredibly pleased with my results so far, and I can't wait to get better and better!
                             



The two top right photos are from 12-15-12. I am pretty proud of myself, and have gotten such lovely feedback from everyone on Facebook and Instagram. It's been wonderful.

I bought a Polar FT 40 heart rate monitor watch and strap recently. Here is a photo of it.
(I took this today lol)

                 

I LOVE THIS PRODUCT. So much. It is simple, I can keep an eye on my heart rate.. after its over and i'm able to see that beautiful number of how many calories I have burned, my cal. Fat percentage, and how long my gym session was. It also lets me see my AVG and MAX heart rate during my session and shows how long I Fat Burned or did Fitness. What a cool thing right?? I can also go back and check my weekly sessions and it gives me the totals for that week. This particular one was 100$ on Amazon. They have Polar FT7's at Bestbuy selling at 67$ to my current knowledge.
It is a great investment especially if you are getting fit! I will never ever workout without it ever again!

~I hope everyone has a great weekend!

xoxo Kayley

Baked Ham and Egg Benedict w/ No Bread

Heyo! Kayley here, and I am here to share my delicious low carb breakfast that I had this morning! Now, I will be honest and say that I stole the main recipe from Pinterest. But hey, it helps get my creative juices flowin' !

The original recipe said to use turkey. I would have used turkey like it said but unfortunately I didn't have turkey like I thought! So I improvised and used ham instead. :)

So, alls you gotta do is the following:

1. Get a muffin pan.
2. Layer the muffin pan with ham or turkey.
3. Crack an egg into each one.
4. Season the egg with Salt, Pepper, and Paprika.
5. Set the oven at 375 degrees, and let cook for 20 minutes.

Now, if you want to spice up the original recipe like I did... the all you have to do is go to the grocery store section where they have gravy and pick up the "Hollondaise" packet. You will be familiar with this if you happen to love Eggs Benedict like me.

So while the eggs were cooking in the oven, I started my hollondaise sauce. All you have to have in stock for this is a half stick of butter. The other two ingredients is only water and of course the ingredient in the packet. So I cooked that, let it thicken while I waited for my eggs to be done.

This is not a recipe that you have to continuously stand by, you can walk off for a few minutes while the hollondaise sauce is heating up and thickening. All you have to do really is just make sure to stir it.

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes

What I thought: I absolutely loved this for breakfast! Especially with the hollondaise sauce. I feel like it gives me that extra... umph.. if you will. :)

After I posted this on my fitness instagram and my personal, I had several people asking me how to make it, or that they made it! They didn't use the hollondaise sauce because they used what they had at the house. They still absolutely loved it!

So there you go folks.
210 calorie breakfast for 2 of them! Can't beat that!

Thanks for looking!
xo

First time at Disneyland!

   On Sunday, January 27th, I went to Disneyland for my very first time. What a wonderful, magical experience to share with my husband! We were originally going to go Friday instead of Sunday, but the weather had other plans! Luckily, by the time we arrived to Anaheim it was cleared up and not raining at all about 10AM. Now my husband and I are from Florida, and we have both been to Disneyworld. However, I have only been there once.. And I was like 13. So I really only remember the most talked about rides like tower of terror, space mountain etc...

                           


We went to Disneyland first instead of California Disney Adventure. We were at Disneyland pretty much all day, only went to Disney Adventure for dinner and Tower of Terror.

While we were in Disneyland still, we had lunch at a wonderful place in the New Orleans area called "Cafe Orleans". I had the Gumbo as well as my husband and also had beignets that were shaped like mickey mouse! The gumbo was absolutely delicious, and so were the beignets.

 

 Overall we were there until about 730PM, didn't get home til closer to 10. The drive home was absolutely dreadful since I was so tired! But it was all worth it. I can't wait to go back :)

Here are a lot more photos from Disneyland! We were lucky enough to see an amazing parade!

Video above is me and my husband on the teacups! Hope you enjoy that, and the pictures I have posted. Thanks for looking. :)

xo

Smashbox Primer Review

      So as I told you guys in a previous post, I was going to do some reviewing on the things I got about a week ago. A couple things i'm going to have to wait a little longer to make sure I give you guys an accurate review.

Let's get started!

I have extremely dry skin. Sometimes when I put my foundation in, it doesn't look as flawless as I would have hoped for, for that particular brand. I changed the type of makeup wipes I was using to the "hydrating" ones, and started applying Smashbox's Photo Finish Hydrating Primer before I add my concealer and foundation. Smashbox has all times of primers for you to use depending on what your skin is like. They are: Dark Spot Correcting Primer, Color Correcting Primer, Color Correcting Foundation Primer, and a lot of other ones also if you want a glow, or something like that. I bought this at Ulta for $42. It is in a 1 fl. oz tube. They have the smaller ones at check out that are $17 if you would prefer to pay that amount first before diving into a bigger tube. Everyday that I apply my makeup, I give my face another wipe from my makeup remover just to make sure I got all of the 'yesterdays' makeup off. After I dot the primer on to both sides of my cheeks, my forehead, and my chin. I realllly rub it in too. I wait about a minute before I add my concealer and foundation just so it has time to set.

Once I add my foundation and blend it to my satisfaction, my skin appears to be healthy, flawless, and well... pretty! It took about 2 or 3 days before I saw a difference. This will definetly be a must have for me for now on. (Sorry hubs!)

I would recommend this brand to anyone for whatever skin type you have. The smell isn't bad, it smells refreshing to me. It rubs into my skin just fine, and I am very happy with the results I have been getting. 

The ingredients include: Water/Aqua/Eau, Cyclopentasiloxane, Butylene Glycol, Hexlene Glycol, PEG/PPG-18/18 Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone, Crosspolymer, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, Glycerin, Stearyl Dimethicone, PEG-8 dimethicone, Caprylyl Glycol, PEG-8, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, [+/- Blue 1 (Cl 42090), Red 4 (Cl 14700), Yellow 5 (Cl 19190)}

Overall experience: Positive. I recommend this product.

I hope you guys enjoyed this review of mine, and I look forward to doing more!
Until then,
xx

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Review

Well hello there, folks! Unfortunately due to the weather this weekend, Disney has been postponed! But to make up for it, the husband took me to lunch, and a movie and then dinner after! Talk about an awesome date-day. Haha!

I have been looking forward to seeing Hansel and Gretel for a few months now, so I was more than thrilled to go see it today.

I was familiar with the actor, Jeremy Renner due to seeing his past movie, "The Town" and then of course him appearing in "Thor" and being a main character on "The Avengers".
Seems like he is popping up more these days in movies, and i'm telling you the truth when I say, I'm not even bothered by it. ;]

Was very happy to see Famke Janssen! I absolutely love her! She's in a lot of my favorite movies like... "X-men" and "I-Spy". She is a very beautiful woman and talented actress.

Actress I was not familiar with: Gemma Arterton.
Can I tell you that she is absolutely beautiful, and a really great actress? I hope to see her in more movies. I was very impressed with her acting skills. She also reminds me of Jennifer Garner. Her facial expressions she makes is almost identical in some scenes!

Okay, Okay, to the actual critic part.

Pros: Acting was solid. Story line, plot, the whole sh-bang. Was very well held together and I enjoyed that. For the most part the effects were very great.

Cons; The only effects that I think could have been better were the Troll, "Edwards". He looked like rubber to me. And also, I couldn't really understand what he was saying half the time, I had to ask my husband.

Overall: I would defiantly say YES to go see this movie! It really was a great movie, and I plan on buying it on blu-ray when it comes out!


*I saw this movie in 3D.
A lot of people whine that you know 3D is for things that ALWAYS pop out at you etc.
The movie industry isn't trying to always have things flying out at you FYI. It is to capture as much detail as possible. Almost like realism I would personally say.
I do not regret my decision in watching it in 3D. I think it makes the whole movie experience that much better. And I really do appreciate those extra details that I would not get seeing it regularly.

4/5 stars!

xx

Incase you were wondering how my cat is doing ;)

He's doing just great and adjusting so well!

One Year Anniversary

Wow, how time has just flown by. I can't believe it's been a year of being married already! I love being only 21 and having my very first anniversary with you! Just wait, in 10 years, i'll be only 31, and we will be married that long! I feel very blessed to of found my soul-mate at such a young age. A lot of people say "Why rush into marriage, why get married so young" etc etc. Well my personal answer is...
I don't want to miss all these precious moments. I would rather get married young, learn more about the love of my life at a young age, appreciate him more everyday, have amazing memories... I feel like i'm living a fairytale sometimes. I travel the world, my husband fights for our country, and i'm married to him.

They say that the first year of marriage is always the hardest. I believe it. Lots of adjusting, and really getting to know your partner out of just hanging out for a few days. But honestly, if we just got through the hardest "part" (I know, there will always be something along the way to workout with but you catch my drift) then for the most part it should be smooth sailing from now on!

I know today you had to go to work, and you would do anything to be here right now hanging out with me, but i'm so glad we got to spend lunch together, and this morning. 

I'm happy you also have a three day weekend!!

  I love all our memories together. I past, our present, and I can't wait to know what our future ones will look like. Cause if they're anything like they have been, I know they will be absolutely amazing.
I love waking up to you every single morning. It's almost like a dream to me... May will be our one year of living together, and this is the most time we have ever spent together at one time.
It took me so long to get used to the fact that I, or you weren't leaving anytime soon. That we can finally start our lives together as a married couple and go on this beautiful journey.

                                                     I love you. I love you. I love you.



                                                          Happy anniversary, Babe. <3


                                                                           xo