Everyday Maddie

 Happy Wednesday! Ok, I rarely ever do new year's resolutions anymore, because I just do not stick to them. Maybe I put too much pressure on myself to finish them?? What about you? I do however pick a few words each year (connection, self-care, miracles, lessons). I feel like I have done somewhat of a good job with those so far. However, there are a few habits that I really want to create and what better time to start than the last 6 months of the year?? So, here are the habits I want to create... -Make the bed every day (make it while the coffee is brewing! A made bed just looks nice and makes the room seem so much more tidy. There's a quote out there- if you know who it's from, let me know!- that says something to the effect of "if you made your bed today, you have accomplished one thing already") -Stop impulse purchasing (no more random purchases from Marshall's, Homegoods, Amazon, Target- really focus on quality items/pieces that I won't get tired of i...

 Happy Monday!! I hope you all had a great weekend! I am linking up with Holly and Sarah to share a bit of my weekend! Ok, I'm going to do something a little different today. This weekend I really focused on taking pictures of things that I loved, thought looked pretty, a bit of what we were doing or eating, etc. So, here are a few glimpses of my weekend! I feel like each weekend we basically do the same things and that gets a bit boring (at least it does to me), so I thought I would try something different today! Have a great MONDAY!

 Happy Friday, friends 🎉🎉🎉 Cheers to the weekend! I am linking up with Andrea and Erika today to share some faves from my week! Remember a couple of weeks ago when I was looking for a light pink polish? I found this one at Marshalls and LOVE it! It's Suzy Shops and Island Hops. Thanks for all the suggestions!! Candles and coffee make doing early am school work much more enjoyable!! And then it was time to watch The Summer I Turned Pretty!! YAY! If you watched, what did you think?? I'm so ready for the next episode. Btw, I am #teamconrad!! Another day, another energy drink. I saw this flavor at Walmart and decided it was a need! Might be my new fave flavor! Life group leftovers make for a great lunch the next day! Yum! When Thursday has felt like a never ending Monday. Christmas in July, I guess! Have a great weekend!

 What a title, right? Sounds a bit odd, but goodness this was a good one! (TW: discusses mental, physical, and verbal abuse, eating disorders, death) Ok, who grew up watching iCarly or maybe had kids that watched it? I didn't really watch Nickelodeon much growing up, so I kind of just caught it here or there with friends. This book came out a few years ago, but I just recently read it. Actually, I listened to it on Spotify! In this book, Jennette McCurdy details what her life was like growing up as a child actor, her time on iCarly, navigating life with an overbearing mother, her time after acting, battling an eating disorder, and more. It really broke my heart to hear her relive her childhood in this book. It broke my heart to know what she was going through while on iCarly and after. It broke my heart that she is actually glad her mom died, because she knows what her life would be like had she not died. Hearing stories like this really changes my thoughts and perspective on child...

 Happy Monday!! I am here to link up with Holly and Sarah for Hello Monday! Here's a look at my weekend.... I started my Friday morning off with this coffee that I got at Homegoods. YUM. Major Friends lover here! We got dinner at The Grill on Friday night....we always do the pepper jack fried cheese- SO good. We also got the brownie sundae for dessert. Also SO good! Saturday OOTD. Always cold in the house! Even when it's nearly 100 degrees.... We had to run to campus for a sec, and I snapped this pic! Then we decided we needed to freshen up the flower beds out front. Anyone remember our revamp last summer?? It looked SO good, but gah we cannot keep anything alive. Sunday after church lunch.... We watched Friends for a bit while we ate and started some laundry. I found this energy drink at Kroger! I got watermelon and tropical punch. The watermelon is good! Also got some flowers and ended up being able to make three little arrangements with the help of some roses in our backyard...