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November 14th, 2022

Happy Monday Y’all!

Hi everyone, first off, happy Monday! We made it to another week, and had the first snow fall. I hope you enjoyed your weekend and did something you loved. I had the honor of hanging out with both of my 2023 brides this weekend, Kennedy and Jessica! They both asked me to be in their weddings, Kennedy’s maid of honor and Jessica’s bridesmaid. Friday, Kenn and I went shopping over in Grand Rapids and then dinner with her sister, so fun. Sunday, Jess and I had a bridal expo to go to and she found some interesting help while we were there, we made dinner at her house, and had “wine and dine” night at home! I love both girls dearly and they know it. I am beyond excited to be in their weddings next year.

Anyways, I did workout Friday, but I chose to rest on Saturday and Sunday since I knew I’d be out and about with Jess on Sunday, so we all know what that means! Today’s the last day of week two’s week of workouts so stay tuned for that Week of Workouts post later on today!

Also, I started reading another Colleen Hoover novel this weekend, “It Ends With Us” and oh my gosh, it’s so good! I will be doing a review on this book as well in the future don’t worry! But in the mean time, I have a ton to be grateful for and I just really think that we should try if not every day, once a week, to note what we’re grateful for. So, I’ll start the trend.

3 Things I’m Grateful For!

  1. I am grateful for my new church! Port City Church is an amazing church to go to. I started going about a month ago maybe, maybe two months ago? I don’t entirely remember but yesterday, one of the pastors stated this: “But if we are a living sacrifice, we LOVE. Love is empathy. Love is humble. Love take’s the high road. Never take vengeance, because GOD is the ULTIMATE judge!” I am a firm believer in that as well! Love above all things!
  2. I am grateful for the important people in my life!
  3. I am very grateful for my new outlet, this BLOG! It’s been a dream, and I’m pursuing it! Thank you all for the support and taking time out of our day to read my blogs! I love you all!

Enjoy Your Day!

I hope everyone enjoys their day today and does something great, accomplish a goal, or even set some goals for the week! I have some goals for myself, which are:

  1. Continue to edit and update the blog!
  2. Have lunch with my boyfreind! We’ve been doing that a lot lately and I love it!
  3. Work on drafting and publishing the next Fit Journey, Recipe, Interview, and Reviews posts!
  4. Read a good book!

What are some of your goals this week? Let’s chat it up y’all!

Leave a comment, send me a email below or on the Contact Me page, or follow me on Instagram and send me a DM.

Thanks for reading! Talk soon!

And that’s the TEE👩🏾‍💻💙☕️

Slow Cook Pot Roast

Hey ya’ll! I have a crockpot recipe for ya! This takes about 4-6 hours on high or 8-9 hours on low depending on what size roast you get, and how fast you want your roast to be done. I typically do the 8-9 hours just because I like how soft and easy the meat falls off the bone. I have noticed doing it on low does give you a more tender roast. Just my boyfriend and I’s preference.

Ingredients:

2 1/2-3 Pound Chuck Roast

Baby Red Potatoes (left whole, small bag)

Baby Carrots (sliced)

Celery (sliced)

1 Cup of Water

2-3 dashes Seasoned Salt to season roast in while searing

1 Packet of Pot Roast Seasoning (you will also need more water for this packet , instructions on the back of the packet on how to mix)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions:

  1. Sear chuck roast on each side until brown, as you flip to brown, use dashes of seasoned salt to season the meat.
  2. Once chuck roast is seared on all sides, put in the crockpot.
  3. Add as many baby red potatoes, sliced baby carrots, sliced celery as you would want. I like to make sure the vegetables surround and lightly cover the chuck roast.
  4. Add 1 cup of water to the crock pot.
  5. Mix the pot roast seasoning packet with water as instructed on the packet, then pour that mixture over the chuck roast and vegetables.
  6. Put on the lid, and set the crock pot to low for 8-9 hours (I prefer this setting) or on high for 4-6 hours.
  7. Stir throughout time cooking to make sure every thing is cooking equally.
  8. Once finish, separate the roast with a fork and then add your salt and pepper to your preferred liking!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy this slow cook recipe! Boyfriend tip: Feel free to toast a loaf of french bread for dipping into this dish.

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Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

Such A Great Read!

Reminders of Him was the first book of Colleen Hoover’s I actually read and I loved EVERY PAGE! I purposely would stop reading after certain points just so I could save the book and not finish it in one sitting, because trust me, I certainly could have! The chapters were just the right length, not too long and not too short. The best thing is, there’s two point of views, one from Kenna and one from Ledger, and oh my gosh! Ledger is my favorite male character so far and I’ve read a million novels and he’s by far the best one yet. Hoover did her thing when making sure he was a well-rounded character. All of her characters were well-rounded and popped off the page, for sure. Anyways, I like the two point of views because you get two sides to the story, and it makes you want to pick sides and I still don’t know which side I’m on, again no spoilers, but probably Kenna’s because she’s just trying to get her life together for her daughter.

In my opinion, this book was so emotional and had me in the feels for sure. I only teared up, A LOT! So thank Hoover for that haha. The most emotional parts were the letters Kenna wrote to Scotty, ugh! I won’t spoil it, but oh my gosh, each letter was so real and heartfelt, and as a writer, I just can feel her pain during these. Such a great job that Hoover did to get you wrapped up in Kenna’s head. Hoover really makes you feel each of the characters! You get wrapped up in all of them throughout the book. Especially the relationship between Ledger and Kenna! Ugh, it’s like you know they’re not supposed to but they do it anyways…okay okay okay, I’m gonna stop there before I ruin the book for you.


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Star Rating:

Just read it! Go on Amazon and buy it right now! But I give this book a 4.5/5 stars just because the ending seemed a bit rushed. I wanted more, but that could just be my bias opinion. A great read, I recommend everyone reads it!

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Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff

Hi everyone! This is such an easy recipe and one of my favorites! This recipe usually takes a total of 15-20 mins to get all the ingredients ready, cook, and for the Instant Pot to get to pressurize completely. Still a really quick meal after a long day.

Ingredients:

1 Pound of Ground Beef

1 10.5oz Can of Cream of Mushroom Soup

(PSA: I don’t use mushrooms in this recipe, but you can and you’ll need 8oz of sliced white button mushrooms)

1 Small Onion (chopped)

2 Cloves of Garlic (minced)

1 Tablespoon of All-Purpose Flour

2 1/4 Cups of Low-Sodium Beef Broth

8oz of Wide Egg Noddles (I use about 3/4s of the bag, if that’s easier to measure)

1/3 Cups of Sour Cream (or ~5 Tablespoons is what I do)

Seasoned Salt, Salt, and Pepper to Taste

Instructions:

  1. Turn Instant Pot to the saute. Once the pot is ready and hot, pour some extra virgin olive oil into the pot, add ground beef. Cook/brown the meat, breaking into small pieces as it cooks, season with a little seasoned salt, salt, and pepper. Remove any extra grease after cooked.
  2. Add onion, garlic (and mushrooms if you decide), and saute for about 1-2 minutes.
  3. Once you are done cooking the meat, onion, garlic mixture, add flour, can of cream of mushroom soup, beef broth, noodles, and stir to combine.
  4. Secure the Instant Pot lid, make sure valve is in the sealed position. Cook on Manual Setting, high pressure, for 2 minutes. (I turn off the keep warm button because the meat usually will stick if the pot is too hot while cooking and will burn the bottom of the pan)
  5. When pressure cooking is complete, use the quick release.
  6. Remove the lid, and stir mixture again. Let it cool down a bit, 4-5 minutes, and then add your sour cream and extra salt and pepper!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy this easy dish! Follow the blog, and Instagram!

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Warm Ups + Cooldowns

Hey everyone! Thanks for reading my first Week of Workouts on the blog! One thing I did realize that I did forget to implement into the routine each day was the warm ups and cooldowns I use each workout. How on earth did I FORGET that???!! Anyways, I’m fixing that right now.

Warm Ups:

For Back and Bicep Day:

Up and Overs 1×10 (there are two variations I do here, I’ll probably show a video on Instagram of the variations due to it being hard to explain exactly what I do)

Arm Swings 1×10 (each arm)

Pull Aparts 1×10

For Chest, Shoulders + Tricep Day:

Up and Overs 1×10

Arm Swings 1×10 (each arm)

Pull Aparts 1×10

Shoulder Rotations 1×10 (each arm) (there are three varations I do here. I’ll probably show a video on Instagram of the variations due to it being hard to explain exactly what I do)

Warm Ups:

For Any Leg Days:

Hip Openers 1×10 (each leg)

Leg Swings 1×10 (forward and backwards) (each leg)

Leg Swings 1×10 (side to side) (each leg)

Hamstring Scoops 1×10 (each leg)

Lateral Lunges 1×10 (each leg)

Cooldowns:

For Any Upper Body Day:

Hold for 10-20 seconds each:

Ab Stretch

Puppy Pose

Cobra Pose

Child Pose

Seated Side Bend (R)

Seated Side Bend (L)

Seated Spinal Twist (R)

Seated Spinal Twist (L)

Seated Mountain Pose

Tricep Stretch

Bicep Stretch

Shoulder Stretch

For Any Leg Day:

Hold for 10-20 seconds each:

Hamstring Stretch (R)

Pigeon Pose (R)

Low Lunge (R)

Hamstring Stretch (L)

Pigeon Pose (L)

Low Lunge (L)

90 90 Stretch

Figure Four Stretch (sometimes I do this one)

Butterflys (sometimes I do this one)

SO! There ya go, it’s all there, and it’s very very very important to warm up before workouts for mobility purposes, and cooldown your body after working it so dang hard for those GAINS!

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November 9th, 2022

Stick To Your Routine!

Hey y’all! First of all I want to say thank you for coming here to read my blog!! I appreciate all of you. Secondly, note to self, STICK TO YOUR ROUTINE!

My morning routine has been the same for a while now. Wake up (lay there for a minute to actually wake up, lol) go to the bathroom, wash face, brush teeth, put on day cream by Mary Kay products (part of skin care routine), then I eat some sort of breakfast, and this week, I started taking my vitamins (a multi-vitamin and pre&probiotic) right after breakfast. Now Monday and Tuesday, I did this entire morning routine and felt amazing, energized and all that! BUT this morning, ya girl did NOT do that😂. I woke up at 4am and couldn’t go back to sleep, did half of what I normally do, didn’t take my vitamins, didn’t put on day cream, didn’t eat breakfast, you get where I’m going with this? So my skin was dry, I had NO energy after like two hours of being up, it all just sucked! So I decided on a nap, and hit the restart button (yes, it’s 4pm, but oh well, better late than never, am I right? LOL😂).

So here’s my advice for the day: Stick to your routine! Don’t got one? Well, change that right now, and do it ladies and gents. It’s worth it, trust me. It makes it all better, I can attest to that and am proof that NOT sticking to it or having one, will throw your whole day off! I knew it through me off, at least. But we are back and better than ever y’all, I’m up and getting things done now!

Have a wonderful rest of the day, y’all. Check out my Instagram for Live Updates on the blog, FOLLOW this blog and leave a comment! I’d love to see what y’all think about this blog so far! I’ll even leave a feedback button here for y’all to message me!

Thank you! Happy Humpday!

And that’s the TEE 👩🏾‍💻💙☕️

November 8th, 2022

Happy Birthday Blog 🥳!

Today is the day that “And That’s The TEE” launches for the world to see! I am so excited to share this space with all of you! Please take a look at everything the blog has to offer for now. I’ve got this one and two other diary entries for you all to read. I have a week of workouts posted in my fit journey tab! I have a three amazing interviews in the works for you with three amazing guest stars!! I’ve got my favorite recipes coming your way! Just a lot of amazing content for you to read and enjoy! Sit back and relax as this amazing blog takes off. I also just got my Instagram up and running for you all this morning, SO GO FOLLOW ME!!

I am so proud of myself for creating this space for not only myself but for my readers! This is where we can all dive deep into discussions, life, emotions, feelings, advice, and all of the above. I want to thank God for giving me this opportunity to share my life in the most fun way that I know I can! God is with me, and God is for me! Amen!

So happy birthday to you, blog🎂! Let’s give everyone an amazing adventure to follow and enjoy!

P.s. If you stopped here first, please click the link –> Hello + Welcome. That’ll give you a better run down on what this blog will entail and why I decided to even do this blog!

Thanks for the read! Hope you enjoyed! Go check out the Instagram for Live updates, link is above!

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Take that first step! Do it for you, not for anyone else!

Tee

Week 1 of Workouts!

I have decided to start Brittany Lupton’s Glutes Program for the month of November! This is a new journey for me and I know that I have gotten a ton stronger since starting her programs. I did dig into her Advanced Split program when I first started out on her app, and her Core Program as well! I still implement her Core Program for the upper body days on her Glutes Program! ANYWAYS! Here’s this week’s Week of Workouts!

Day 1: Glutes

Workout:

SUPERSET:

  1. Hip Thrusts 4×12
  2. Banded Hip Abduction 4×30

Reverse Hypers *bodyweight* 4×15

Abduction Machine 3×20

BANDED GLUTE BURNOUT CIRCUIT: 3×10 on all

  1. Glute Bridge
  2. Glute Bridge with Abduction
  3. Fire Hydrants
  4. Glute Rainbows

Day 2: Back + Biceps

Workout:

Lat Pulldowns 3×8,8,6

Chest Supported Rows 3×10

Rear Delt Flys (DB) 3×10

Single Arm Pulldowns 3×10

Ex Bar Bicep Curls 3×12

CORE CIRCUIT: 2 rounds / 45secs on 15sec rest on all

  1. Bear Plank Shoulder Taps
  2. Toe Crunch
  3. Oblique Heel Taps
  4. Bird Dog Crunches
  5. Plank

CARDIO: 5mins each on both

  1. StairMaster
  2. Recumbent Bike

Day 3: Quads + Glutes

Workout:

Front Squats 3×6

Walking Lunges 3×8

Leg Press 3×10

Leg Extension 3×15

AB CIRCUIT: 3 rounds

  1. Bicycles 20 reps
  2. Oblique V-Ups 12 reps
  3. Crunches 10 reps

Day 4: Chest, Shoulders + Triceps

Workout:

DB Chest Press 3×8

DB Chest Flys 3×10

Shoulder Press 3×8

Lateral Raises 3×10

Rope Tricep Extension 3×10

Push Ups 3xAMRAP (I did 10 each set!)

CORE CIRCUIT: 2 rounds / 45secs on 15sec rest on all

  1. High Plank Knee to Elbow
  2. Bicycles (3sec hold)
  3. Deadbugs
  4. Side Plank (R)
  5. Side Plank (L)

CARDIO: 10mins

Recumbent Bike

I just want to thank Brittany Lupton for her workout program! I can feel myself getting stronger and stronger with each workout and I love that! I hit a lot of PRs this week as well!

Thank y’all for reading! Please follow my Instagram for Live Updates on the blog!

And that’s the TEE👩🏾‍💻💙☕️

November 7th, 2022

Happy Monday Y’all!

Mondays have such a bad rep you guys haha, like no one wants to get up on Mondays, no one wants to do anything on Monday nights, but I’m gonna try to start doing this thing where I greet Mr. Monday with a positive outlook for the week ahead! So, I want to start off the week with three things I’m grateful for!

3 Things I’m Grateful For!

I think it even deserves it’s own heading haha!

  1. I’m grateful most of all that God gave me life this morning and woke me up!
  2. I’m grateful for my boyfriend, and being my number 1 supporter.
  3. I’m grateful for my favorite photographer, Hannah Marie Photography for taking all my headshot for me and helping me brand my blog!

What are you grateful for this morning?

Enjoy Your Day!

I hope everyone enjoys there day today and does something great, accomplish a goal, or even set some goals for the week! I have some goals for myself, which are:

  1. Continue to edit and update the blog!
  2. Workout and publish the first Fit Journey post!
  3. Read a good book!

What are some of your goals this week? Let’s chat it up y’all!

Leave a comment, send me a email on the Contact Me page, or follow me on Instagram and send me a DM.

Thanks for reading! Talk soon!

And that’s the TEE👩🏾‍💻💙☕️

November 6th, 2022

Happy Anniversary Landon!

Today, two years ago, my boyfriend and I started dating! We’ve been through so much together these past two years and I love him dearly! He makes me so darn happy, the happiest girl alive! This weekend we took extra time to spend together (not that we aren’t always together, lol) but we canceled plans just so we’d make sure to spend quality time together, just the two of us. I’m so beyond thankful for him and every thing he’s ever done for me. He keeps my head on straight, has taught me a lot of things, for example, the importance in saving money for our future together one day, and has been my number one supporter through any and everything!

I honestly don’t know where I’d be without him. He really is a gift from God! We both say all the time that we are
“made for each other” and I believe that to be 100% true! He loves me dearly and I appreciate him for it, because I know sometimes I can be hard to handle.

Happy Anniversary Babe, you mean the world to me, and I’m so excited to see where this next year will take us, and what the future has in store for us!

I love you, always and forever!

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And that’s the TEE 👩🏾‍💻💙☕️