The Peacock Roost

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Bachelor/Bachelorette Party

We had so much fun in Nashville with our family & friends!!

Luckiest girl ever.

My brother!

New sibling pic. Dyl makes us look so short!

Best bridal party ever.

Not sure what I would do without these two!

Bride & maid of honor : )

Love this girl!

Ready to go out on the town! Love the sash my bridal party had made for me!

Love this guy. : )

Such a fun night!

Lauren (love her!)

All the ladies!

Cuties

Of course the guys wanted to try their hand at the mechanical bull!

This guy. <3

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

New Favorite Organizing Tools

Y'all know there's not much that makes me happier than finding a new way to organize or keep stuff looking neat at our house. Here are some of my new favorite organization finds!

Fridge Binz Egg Holder

Honestly at first I felt a little silly buying one of these. I mean, eggs come in a carton not loose. However, J & I really wanted one so we just impulse purchased one this weekend and let me tell you this thing is awesome! Not only does it look SO much better in the fridge, but it's so nice to be able to glance and see how many eggs you have. Much easier to know if eggs go on the grocery list. Love it! Find one at The Container Store here or we found ours at the local Kroger.

Photo Storage Containers

I love this photo storage container from The Container Store and last week we found a similar one at Target! LOVE it!!! It's not as big as the one from The Container Store but it's only 9.99! I haven't been able to find it on Target's website but they are available in the store. I purchased two to get started and can't wait to put them to use! Finally a way to organize my pictures!

Bathroom Drawer Organizers

I found these at Target this weekend and am loving these for my bathroom drawers (more to come on this in another post!) They come in various shapes & sizes and are super cheap! We're talking like less than $5 each cheap!! I cannot wait to reorganize my drawers with these this weekend!

Laundry Sorter

I have not purchased this yet, we're doing one room/area at a time and until our laundry renovations are complete I probably won't order this. However, I cannot wait to have it! I used to have a cheaper version of this one but I'm going to invest in a nicer one for our home! The sorter pictured here is available at The Container Store at this link. Also, Target has a version found here.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Erin Condren 2015 Life Planner

So I've been meaning to write this blog post for a while now but I've been too busy using my 2015 life planner to sit down and blog about it :) In case you haven't noticed I'm an organization freak. Nothing stresses me out more than not having things in their place or having a plan for my day. When someone tells me they don't use a planner it literally gives me anxiety. Where do these people plan their days, track their meals, make to-do lists, grocery lists etc?

This is why I do not go anywhere without my Erin Condren life planner. This baby is my constant companion. I use it to track what I eat, when I workout, my to-do list, daily schedule, business planning etc. It does it all! If you have never heard of these do yourself a favor and just buy one. You'll love it, trust me. I've never known someone who has regretted buying one!

If you do decide to buy one, use this referral link to get $10 off! Let's be honest, if you weren't going to buy one already that should be all the incentive you need!

Ahhh! It's here :)

This is the smile of one happy girl who was very excited to have her new life planner with her NEW last name :) How perfect that the planner comes in a peacock pattern? #itsfate

Below are pictures of some of the pages in the planner. I buy the Erin Condren markers to use in my planner but I have several friends that just buy colored pens to use. I have found 6 to be the perfect number of colors so it has just worked out for me to continue to use the EC ones.

Weekly view of the planner! I use the column on the left to organize my weekly to-do list and the lines underneath each day to meal, workout & blog plan!

So glad this year there is a transparent bookmark! So much easier to look at the week.

Monthly view!

Lots of note taking pages in the back!

Lots of great stickers! (These are just a few!)

Oh and as if the Erin Condren team wasn't already the best, this year they included a perpetual calendar where you can track all the dates that stay the same year to year and just put it in the pocket of your new planner next year. Love it!

Now PLEASE do yourself a favor and check out the life planners. You will be sucked in like a kid in a candy store!

Monday, February 9, 2015

Honey Garlic Chicken

A few weeks ago, Jared and I decided to try some freezer crock pot meals and they are now one of our favorite things! It's so nice to put something in the crockpot in the morning or at lunch and have dinner pretty much ready when I get home from work! I'm going to be sharing all our favorite ones we've found on the blog. If anyone has any other favorite crock pot meals please share, I need some more!

One of J's favorites that we've made so far is Honey Garlic Chicken. I found a couple similar recipes and ended up just making up my own based on the suggestions. Super easy & yummy!

Ingredients:

2 large chicken breasts

Bag of baby carrots

1/2 C Soy Sauce

1/2 C Ketchup

1/3 C Honey

3 Tsp Minced Garlic

Bag of frozen broccoli

Combine all ingredients (except the broccoli, you add that when cooking) in a ziploc bag and freeze. The night before you want to make this meal, put it in the fridge to defrost. (Side note: can use frozen chicken breasts because the meat will marinate when you thaw the meal before you cook it).

Cook on the crockpot on high 4-6 hours. When the meal is about an hour from being done, add the bag of broccoli.

This makes more than plenty for two people (we always have leftovers) but it could easily be doubled for a larger group!

We serve this meal with macaroni & cheese, homemade mashed potatoes and peas!

Love making homemade mashed potatoes! (Store bought just can't even compare in my opinion!)

This meal is seriously the easiest to make and warm & yummy for this time of the year!

Sunday, January 18, 2015

New Year, New Job

I don't know what I did to be on Santa's good list the past two years but he brought me another new job this year : )

I absolutely loved my time at Old National and am so thankful for the wonderful people I worked with there and the amazing opportunity that it was.

I have joined an independent financial firm in 2015 and am so excited to see what the future has in store here! I could not have felt more blessed with all the amazing things that happened in 2014 (see my year in review here) and God had one final unexpected surprise for us to end the year with!

Here's to hoping for a happy, healthy, love filled and maybe a little more sleep & free time filled 2015!

Sunday, January 11, 2015

2014: Year in Review

2014 was one of the biggest years of my life by far. Compiling this list of what we did in 2014 just makes me amazed by all we accomplished and humbled by the bountiful blessings in my life. 2014 you were so good to us!

January