Happy Tuesday, friends! It’s another edition of SHAY’S WAYS 🙂 . Today’s post is inspired by one of the books I read this month… …THE COZY LIFE WITH HYGGE by Pia Edberg. I absolutely adore the concept of “hygge” (pronounced…
King Ranch Chicken Soup
In honor of our HYGGE POST today, I thought I’d share a very “cozy” recipe too! This easy slow cooker recipe includes all my favorite words: chicken, cheese, green onions and it’s EASY! If you’re looking for a simple supper…
30 Feel Good Films
Happy Happy Monday, friends! We spent the weekend in Austin for a rowing competition. It was a little wet, a little cold and a whole lot of fun. Today, I’m getting my life together for the week, but while I…
Meal Planning Monday #549
It’s the last week of February, friends! I feel like after this week, we can slowly start to move away from the heartier winter food and kind of start creeping into those spring recipes. This week, I thought I’d use…
Book Club #13: BROOKE SHIELDS IS NOT ALLOWED TO GET OLD
Happy Happy SATURDAY, everyone! It’s the 22nd of the month which means… …it’s time for BOOK CLUB #13! Yay! I love Book Club Day! Okay, just to recap before we begin… Here are the books we discussed in 2024 along…
Shay’s Friday Faves {02.21.25}
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you have a cozy wintery weekend ahead of you. We have our first rowing regatta of the season this weekend, so if you’re looking for me, I’ll be by the water. As always, I’m linking…
Oatmeal Scotchies
Our very favorite cookie shop in McKinney is Mary’s Mountain Cookies. We are regulars there when we visit our town square. Each month, they have two or three “monthly” flavors, and our family gets extra excited for February because that’s…
10 Random Things: FEBRUARY EDITION
Happy happy Thursday! It’s a 10 RANDOM THINGS: FEBRUARY EDITION! As always, we’re covering a random array of topics with each 10 RANDOM THINGS posts. Today (Wednesday as I’m typing this), I’m working while watching it snow 🙂 . I…
Easy Weeknight Beef Pie
Well, this is part “recipe” and part “my plate” because every single time I make this actual recipe for my family, it’s so dark outside that I can’t get a good pic. I heated up the yummy leftovers for my…
Contentment.
It’s Wellness Wednesday, friends! Today, instead of having a “wellness” post and a “lifestyle” post like I had originally planned, I scrapped both posts about 45 seconds into my pastor’s sermon on Sunday morning and decided to make one all…
Best Slow Cooker Roast
You guys, this could not be more of an accurate statement… …please take a look at the 10 day forecast here in my hometown… …I mean for the love, pick a season already, Texas! Sigh. Since the Lord has clearly…
Savor: MORNING RITUALS
Happy Tuesday, friends! I’m extra excited about today’s post because I’m launching a new blog series today that we’re going to call SAVOR. The older I get, the more I consciously try to savor my life. I don’t know about…













