Scenes From Our Weekend

Happy MLK Day Friends!
Who watched the Golden Globes last night? I love award season (Well, I really just love the red carpet, the awards can be a bit snoozeville). My top picka for best dressed ladies were:
Reese Witherspoon. Great color and love the hair. Although side note- Matt said she looked pregnant. I thought she looked gorgeous and I love a woman with curves who shows them off!

Salma Hyeck. Girl looks gorgeous in her Gucci dress. I love the 70's vibe of it.


Paula Patton. I love this girl. I think she is always stunning. Yellow looks amazing on her.

Heidi Klum. Nude plus turquoise is the perfect combo. She looks freaking amazing to have 4 kids.

Nicole Ritchie. I am always a fan of Nicole. Love her hair and silver gown. She has come a long way since The Simple Life!

Jessica Alba. All I can say is she is my inspiration post baby. Girl can lose some baby weight so fast! I wonder if Brad styled her for this?

We had friends over for dinner Friday night and cooked up some amazing food (recipes to come Wednesday)

Drank some delicious wine- you can find this at Whole Foods, so darn good!

We really enjoyed ourselves!

I finally watched Food Inc. Wow. I probably won't ever look at meat the same way again. A few things I will change in my life- I will now only buy organic milk, eggs, and meat. I honestly don't eat a ton of meat anyways but this really made me look at chicken, pork, and red meat in a whole new light. I will also try and buy more from local Farmers to reduce my carbon foot print and support them. I really recommend watching this, it gives such a great behind the scenes look on food production.

I ate a crapload of the Energy Balls I blogged about Friday!

And spent alot of time cuddling with this nugget who was sick.

This is him teaching his elephant how to blow his nose. I heard him saying "Booger, nose" to the elephant. Too funny.

Time Out.

I couldn't help but laugh at this chair with an hour glass underneath for time out. Then I got to thinking maybe this is really a genius idea. You see we have hit the terrible two's early. Tantrums all the time. If we don't get the car shopping cart at the grocery store a full on tantrum occurs. If we are out of fruit snacks screaming ensures. Oh and he also likes to pull hair, which hurts pretty bad for such little hands! And to top it off my little man's favorite word is "no." Do you want to take a bath "no", do you want to eat dinner "no", should we go to the store "no". You get the idea. It is exhausting around here.

Anyways I am starting to think he is at a good age to start Time Out. I need advice. How does this work? How do you get your child to actually sit there and for how long? Where do you keep the time out chair? So many questions! So lay it on me ladies and give me all your honest advice. I want to start teaching my little man some discipline and manners, because we all know nobody likes a bratty kid.


How chic is this time out chair?
Hour Glass Time Out Stool via Wisteria Lane.

Thoughts For Friday

Jayz and Beyonce picked out the most amazing crib for Baby Blue Ivy. If I had an extra $3500 I would totally buy this Lucite crib too. Hopefully hers isn't filled with all those bouncy balls- weird.

And Have you heard the beautiful song JayZ wrote for his new baby girl? It brought a tear to my eye (That was just for you Lauren).
You can listen to Glory B.I.C Here

I am kind of obsessed with It's a Brad Brad World. I wanted to stay loyal to Rachel Zoe and be on her side but I can't help but love Brad and his adorable BF Gary. Watch this show you will love it. Bravo on Mondays.

You must make these No Bake Energy Balls this weekend. They are freaking amazing for Health food. Only 6 healthy ingredients and so easy to make. I ate about 10 after I made them, which probably wasn't that healthy. Thank you Katie for my newest addiction!

I am dreaming of this JCREW Dress. It is the same style of my beloved leopard dress. I am pretty sure she will be mine soon! Isn't the blue floral gorgeous?
JULES DRESS IN ASHBURY FLORAL

It is also available in a blouse version that my girl Chassity blogged about yesterday- equally adorable! JCREW ASHBURY BLOUSE

I ended up exchanging a few Christmas Gifts and was able to get my beloved Breville Juicer! She was delivered Wednesday night and I am beyond obsessed with juicing. My first batch of juice was beets, apples, spinach and pineapple- so tasty. If any of you have any favorite juice combinations please do share!

This year I decided I wanted a daily devotional to read nightly. I had heard nothing but good things about Jesus Calling so I picked it up. This little devotional is spot on. It is only a short page to read every day and each day I read it, it relates to something I am struggling with/worrying about that day- crazy right? I highly recommend this little book, it is the perfect daily devotional.

I hope you all have a great weekend. We are having friends over tonight and I am trying out a new recipe to share with y'all next week! xoxo

Feeling Neon.

I don't know about y'all but I am having a major neon moment. Maybe it's the fact that it is January and the holidays have passed and that makes me a little sad. Or that I am overwhelmed trying to clean out and organize (man we have alot of s*&t in our house- I might should be on hoarders). Or that I am trying to eat healthy (sucks). Or the fact that the Hubs wants me to make a budget and live on an allotted allowance each week (sucks even more than cleaning and healthy eating). Yeah, it's official I am in a January Funk. But these bright neon's have me really looking forward to Spring and shopping again!

Happy Thursday! After working all weekend and then working til 11 everynight this week I finally get to spend some time with my hubby. He has a big trial today so say a big prayer that he does well (as I know he will)! xoxo

images via Sterling Style and Pinterest

Low Country Huevos Rancheros

As part of my New Year life make over I am vowing to try and reuse leftover food more often. I am embarrassed about how much food we waste in the Mason Household. I will admit it, I am a snob when it comes to leftovers. If I have it one night I really don't want it again the next night. So I have been getting creative with leftovers. This recipe is what I came up with from our New Years Leftovers.

We frequently make Huevos Rancheros with our taco leftovers so I thought why not give it a Southern twist. For all you non-Southerners you may not even cook black-eyed peas and collard greens for your New Years Day meal. But it is tradition down here, we do it every year and they are some of my favorite veggies. If you don't have collards and black-eyed peas on hand you could most certainly substitute spinach or kale and use black beans or white beans instead. Just use whatcha got! This was a simple way to use up our leftovers and so delicious.

First you start with a quesadilla filled with whatever cheese you have on hand (I used Cracker Barrel Jalapeno Cheddar) then you spread a good layer of left over Collard Greens (or whatever greens you want to use). Cook in a skillet until shell is crispy and cheese melted.

Next top with cooked Black-Eyed Peas. I added chopped green onions just because I had some in the fridge that were about to go bad.

Then add a Fried Egg plus a drizzle of your favorite Hot Sauce. Simple, Fast and Delish.


LOW COUNTRY HUEVOS RANCHEROS
Cooked Collard Greens or Spinach
Flour Tortilla Shells
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Cooked Black Eyed Peas or Black Beans
Fried Egg

Hot Sauce for Drizzle

Assemble quesdilla with cheese and greens. Cook in skillet until melted. Top with heated leftover beans. Fry an egg and place on top. Drizzle with hot sauce and enjoy!

Obsessions

PHILLIP LIM 3/4 SLEEVE SHIFT DRESS
This dress is so my style and I love the rich green color. I own a few Phillip Lim dresses and they are such timeless pieces I know I will own forever. This is making its way on my Birthday List.

OSBORNE AND LITTLE VOLTE FACE WALLPAPER
I am smitten with this wallpaper. I am toying with the idea of doing it a bathroom or hallway. LOVE.

REWINED CANDLES
These candles are made locally here in Charleston. I just got one of these candles for Christmas and it smells amazing. Each candle is poured into a recycled wine bottle, such a cool concept. Fragrances include Merlot, Cabernet, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir and Champagne. I have the Pinot Noir one and it smells heavenly. They sell them at Vieuxtemps on King Street and online HERE

HGTV MAGAZINE
One of my favorite channels came out with a magazine, duh I love it. I only wish Bravo would follow suit. This magazine was a great read with helpful tips, budget finds, and room make-overs. I devoured it!

THIS CEILING
Need it in my house somewhere!