tried it tuesday: bayou fish house

Hi guys! It's the second Tried It Tuesday of the SUPER SUMMER SCHEDULE!! I only have about two weeks left in Cincinnati, so Kristin and I decided the next two Tuesdays would be dedicated to new restaurants we want to try. Last week, as you know, we went to Pit to Plate. Well, this week, we went to Bayou Fish House in Newport, Kentucky! MMMMMMM was it good!

We got to the restaurant and you would not even know that it's a real restaurant - here's the signs outside of the restaurant and the front door (I felt like I was going into someone's house!):

We went inside, and they had possibly the cutest decor a fishy restaurant could have. I didn't take a picture of the quote on the wall, but it was like this:

"The maid quit on us. Clean up after yourself."

This isn't EXACTLY what it said, but I just thought it was too cute! There was another sign that said:

"If you are grumpy, angry, or have a problem, a $10.00 charge will be added to your order."

I LOVE this. It's perfect.

Anyways... here's a few pictures of the decor inside:

If you look at the menu, you can tell that the food is CHEAP. It was $6.95 for a full cod and fries, and then $1.50 for a drink - I paid LESS than $10.00 for my entire meal... including a cupcake :] Below is the cupcake display, my meal, and Kristin's meal - she HAD to try the Bayou Bites (Jalapeños deep fried). She absolutely LOVED them. Below are some pictures:

I absolutely LOVED the fries that came with the meal. They were perfectly crisp, dipped in an awesome batter, and tasted so fresh. They were amazing.

Overall, Bayou Fish House was a great experience (We're 2 for 2 so far!!). I cannot wait to see what next week's adventure brings us... here's a sneak peak - if you're from the Cincinnati area, you probably know this place :]

EDIT: Giveaway going on at Cindy's blog, Primary Reading Party! She's hit 100 followers (jealous!) and is doing a great giveaway. Stop on by, take a look around her blog, and enter her giveaway!

EDIT 2: Heather at Third Grade Is a "Hoot" has reached 50 followers! To celebrate, she's giving away at $20.00 gift card to Amazon! Enter yourself into the giveaway and check out her blog. Good luck!

EDIT 3: Amanda is having a 300 follower giveaway now! She's moving on up :] Stop on by Teaching Maddeness and enter for some great things!!

EDIT 4: If you can't tell by now... I love giveaways!! There'a bother one going on at Sweet Seconds for reaching 200 followers! Go enter!

EDIT 5: Birthday giveaway going on at The Littlest Scholars! Stop on by and enter for your chance to win a $26.00 Amazon Gift Card!!

Have a good night, y'all!

monday made it: dry erase calendar

Hi guys! It's Monday Made It!! I'm linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It linky series for her 4th week of the party (my 2nd week)!

I decided to get creative today and make something with inspiration from Pinterest! I got the idea from here. I made the same thing, but mine is an ombre style dry-erase board with cool blues! I also have this "dirty" looking background to add some texture to the frame.

MATERIALS NEEDED:
16" x 20" frame - I tend to get all my frames from Michaels!
14 total paint chips (I got mine from Lowes - the Olympic kind - I chose to do mine in the ombre style but you can do yours however you want!)

2 pieces of scrapbook paper - 12" x 12"

Scissors
Ruler
Pen
Gluestick
Dry Erase Marker

STEP 1: Here's how I started the project. I began laying out the cards after I cut them to the size I wanted. Sizes will vary for your own projects, but I used about a 2 1/4 inch across and the length was made up by the cards themselves. I cut off the middle lines separating the colors on the paint chips to make them pop rather than have this white edge on them. Continue cutting and laying down until you've got it to where you want it.

 

STEP 2: Once you've laid it out to your satisfaction, begin gluing each square on. This was a length process, and I tend to want EVEYRTHING as even as possible.. which is not the best idea when you're doing this project. It's a lot harder than it looks!

STEP 3: Place it back in the frame and lay the glass back in. I bought the frames where they are front loading because I've used these a few times and I really like them. They're just as easy as backloading frames... just whichever you prefer!

STEP 4: You're finished! Write out whatever month you'd like - I chose to show you an example with July as that's the next month (oh my gosh... already?). I can't find my black dry erase marker so I used red. It doesn't look terrible... but this is just an example! ( YES! I'm going to the Bahamas in 12 days... but who's counting? :] )

I just wanted to include this next photo to show you how easily the marker wipes off. That was erased with one swipe of a paper towel... pretty simple!

Welp, that's all I've got for ya! Make sure to go check out all the great Monday Made Its at Tara's blog! You'll definitely be inspired :]

It's back to homework for me! Going to be a rough 12 days until vacation...

EDIT: Giveaway over at Herding Kats in Kindergarten!! She created one reaaaaally cute clipboard for Tara's Monday Made It linky party, and is now giving that along with other goodies away! Go and visit her :]

EDIT 2: Another giveaway! This time, it's at Tonya's Treats for Teachers! She's hit 200 followers. Make sure to stop on by and leave her some love - she's got some great prizes for whoever wins :]

EDIT 3: There'a another giveaway going on! It was Amber's birthday on the 25th at Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher, so make sure to wish her a happy belated birthday and enter her giveaway!

Have a good night, y'all!




PS. I've also linked this craft up at Miss Nelson's blog, Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera. Stop on by and check out all the other posts that have been made, and enter yourself in order to win a $50.00 Erin Condren gift certificate to shop!

sunday share..

Since I've joined the bloggy world, I've won TWO giveaways!! Ahhhh, I am so excited!! I won the giveaway at Rebecca's blog titled The Teacher's Chatterbox and the giveaway at Jackie's blog titled Third Grade's A Charm! They are both AMAZING women and have great blogs - make sure to check them out!

Beyond that - it's been a lazy Sunday! I didn't do much today but more homework (ahhh...) and shop at Target (dangerous!). Tomorrow starts week 2 of my SUPER SUMMER SCHEDULE! I cannot wait to see what this week brings me.

I'm calling today "Sunday Share." Below are just a few pictures of my typical life. I just wanted to throw some pictures out there to let y'all get a glimpse into the life of Sara (or Miss V)!

This is one of the gardens my mother has in the backyard. This one is a representation of my father, who passed away when I was 19 in 2010. Him and my mother are my two best friends, so it was definitely a hard moment to go through in life. But, I know he's looking down and watching me!

This is the baby outside. He does NOT know how to leave plants alone, which is also my other "baby." My mother loves, loves, LOVES gardening, so I decided I wanted to pick a plant out for myself and I've kept it ever since then.

I've become obsessed with anchors with Cody, my boyfriend, being in the Coast Guard. Normally, anchors stand for the Navy, but they can also stand for the Coast Guard! This is a keychain I bought and I absolutely love it.

Cody and I went to Busch Gardens when I was down there in early June. We were able to feed giraffes! This is one of the giraffes that we fed.. well, the only one we fed, and she was a doll. Very needy!

I was driving home not too long ago and came across this on the side of the highway. I've always wanted to go up into a hot air balloon, so it was really cool to see this so close to me!

Socks has adopted this box as his new home. When he's not sleeping on my lap, playing fetch with his soft balls, he's hiding in here from me!

This was me as a little girl - boy, was I cute or what?! Who am I kidding.. I'm still cute!! I loved being outside when I was little, but now, not so much... have to work on that one.

 

A couple of my sorority sisters and I went out on a senior outing as seniors at UC and we went to a place called Paint by the Glass. You do a painting of your choice while you have a few glasses of wine. It was sooo much fun and as you can see, I'm a little kid at heart, SO I decided to paint a picture of the ocean! It's typically meant for children to paint, but I loved it so I just had to do it. The picture below is the finished project :]

On the last few days of my internship, I made a few gifts for my mentor teacher. I got this idea off Pinterest here. I absolutely love the way it turned out that I believe I'll be making one for when I become a real teacher in my own classroom!!

If I am outside, I love to be by the pool. This is a picture of the veranda outside Cody's pool when he lived in Florida. This just shows how gorgeous the weather was there, and how pretty the complex was.

Again, here's the baby. Obviously, I'm obsessed with him, too. I'm one happy momma! As I am typing this, by the way, he is cuddled up to my right arm to the point where I am only able to type with my left hand! Talk about Momma's boy!

To go along with my love of being by the pool... I love being by the beach that much more. Over Spring Break, I had Cody take me to the beach in Clearwater to watch the sunset. I LOVE sunsets and we met his sister and her boyfriend there, too. We were walking along the beach and Cody found this heart made from shells! How adorable, right?

 If you know me, you know I have two tattoos. I have one tattoo on my front left hip that says "Live Laugh Love" - I also have another one on my right shoulder blade. This one says "Strength & Courage" - these are both of the two quotes that I live by daily. I believe that if you employ all of those emotion words, you will be incredibly happy. Anyway... I believe I'll be getting this flower as a tattoo on my left shoulder blade with my daddy's initials on one of the petals. I think this is an absolutely gorgeous flower and I adore the color.

Finally, this is half of my sorority family. The woman on the far left is Jennifer. She's my grand little. In the middle, that's my little Melanie. Of course, on the end, is me. I don't know where the other half was at, but these girls mean the world to me. They are amazing women, so bright, fun, and caring. I hope that we stay close as a family, even though I've graduated! Love you girls :]

And well, that's me! I'll be back tomorrow with my Make It Monday! See ya then!

Have a good night, y'all!