Elizabeth Norman

Top 5 Books of 2020

Happy New Year! I don’t think the world has ever been happier to see a change in the number on the calendar. Unfortunately, things are pretty much the same around here. Hopefully you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year celebration and are ready to take on 2021 whatever it may bring us.

Living a Norman Life Christmas Playlists

“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”- Buddy the Elf. Today’s post is all about the music- Christmas music. I have put together a few playlists via Amazon Music for your holiday listening enjoyment. If you don’t have Amazon music, never fear! I’ve listed all of my tunes for each playlist down below so you can create your own on your listening platform. I hope you enjoy!

5 Good Things | No. 19

Anyone else enjoy those frosty mornings last week? I sure did! Happy Monday, friends! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend and found a few things that brought you joy. I’ve been missing these posts lately because of a number of things that came up over the weekends or during the week that kept me from prioritizing the blog. I did keep up on Instagram, so if you aren’t following me there, head over and join in! I do have five good things for you today, so scroll on through.

Amy’s Salad Recipe

I have a wonderful recipe for you today. It is a crowd pleaser and would be perfect for your Thanksgiving menu. I always go back for seconds and thirds when I have it. Back in 2008 my Mama gave me a cookbook called The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking. This recipe comes from there.

5 Good Things | No.18

Another week begins! Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week? Stay tuned for a delicious recipe post coming later this week that you might want to add to your Thanksgiving Day menu. While I get that put together, let’s have a look at five of my favorite things from last week.

5 Good Things | No. 17

Hello Weekend!!! Who’s excited? I’m living for the weekends these days. The photo above is when we visited my brother and sister-in-law last weekend. We watched some football, ate a lot of yummy food, and made smores! This weekend is more low-key, and I’m not mad about it. Teaching in a pandemic is tough, y’all. Love on your teacher friends, your kids’ teachers, or yourself if you are a teacher. They/we need it! Weekends are our favorite time right now. This week I’ve been sharing some of my favorite things I’ve come across these past three weeks, and I am finally wrapping it up this week with post number three. It’s a random assortment of things, so we’ll just call this a regular ol’ 5 Good Things post.

5 Podcasts You Need to Listen to Right Now

I have been following Kathleen Barnes of carriebradshawlied.com on Instagram for a few months, and I must have been living under a rock because she is lovely and has AMAZING style in clothes and home decor.

I mean…can you even with her sleek style and that gallery wall?

Anyway, she shared a lot of podcasts over the last few weeks, and I like to be entertained pretty much all the time with music, an audiobook, or a podcast. I gave a few of her recommendations a try, and they were good! Those, mixed with a few I found on my own, will give you plenty of hours of listening time. Keep reading to find out what they are.

HBO, Netflix, and Hallmark, Oh My! The Good, the Bad, and the Meh

Long time no see! I started this post originally on Oct. 26 but life got in the way and I wasn’t able to ever finish it. Needless to say, I have lots of good things to share, but that would be one massively long post. So, I’m going to start with things you need to watch (or not watch) right now.

5 Good Things | No. 16

Everyone kept saying how quickly the week had gone. Maybe it was because they got Monday off work for Columbus Day, but last week was long and tiresome for me. I did not get off work Monday and stayed late at school nearly every day. I was so happy to be able to walk out of school Friday afternoon at 3:30 and get my weekend started. I didn’t really do anything this weekend except tend to my much neglected laundry situation, but it was still nice to spend it at home. I have some fun things to share with y’all today, so let’s get going.

5 Good Things | No. 15

Though this blog post is all about the good things of the week, we Normans had quite the sad one with the loss of Paul’s grandmother, Mrs. Dot. She was a classy, beautiful woman who loved to golf and amazed me at her ability to get up and move with ease well into her 80s. I want to say thank you to everyone who reached out to express their sympathy, love, and prayers. Knowing she is whole in Heaven gives us peace, but she will, of course, be missed here.

I never got a blog post of good things up last week, so I’ve got two weeks worth of good things for you today. Today we’ve got recipes, a book, and even some beauty products to talk about. Let’s get started.