It's the first Monday of February! My #MCM this month is going to be Tye Sheridan. I don't know if this counts as a Man Crush has he just turned 18, but he's an adorable kid.

I first saw him in Mud with Matthew McConaughey when he played Ellis, one of the two boys that hangs out with McConaughey's character. I started following him on Instagram and saw he was going to be coming up in a few other movies as well. I saw Joe which I really liked, he stars alongside Nicolas Cage, and a few episodes of Last Man Standing with Tim Allen and plays the boyfriend to Kaitlyn Dever's character Eve. He also stars in the movie which has not yet been released with Dever called Grass Stains. I love his accent and the innocent characters he plays! He's originally from Texas according to IMDB.

Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan in Joe

Tye Sheridan in Joe

Tye Sheridan in Joe

Tye Sheridan in Mud

Tye Sheridan in Mud

Tye Sheridan 2014

A few weeks back I found a bunch of neat tupperware at our base's MCX that were on sale. I love tupperware and kitchen gadget type things that make organizing or doing things easier. These came in a bunch of different colors and all varieties! The brand is called Sistema and it's their To Go line I'm specifically jazzed about. What I really love about them is that they snap and lock shut, sealing in anything you may have that's liquid. I'm always throwing snacks into my bag for work and I'm so afraid one day something will pop open and make a giant mess. I don't have to worry about that with these.

In addition to the ones I found at MCX I also found the exact same brand (and even more than just the To Go line) at our local Marshall's! They are priced very well in my opinion for what they do. I'm always looking for easy and convenient ways to try and bring healthy snacks and lunches to work and these help a lot. I'll show you the ones that I have and link you to their website. You can then check out Amazon on your own if you'd like.


This is the Breakfast To Go system. It has a large pot, with a smaller nesting pot that sits on top. On the bottom of the nested pot is a collapsible spoon so you don't even have to worry about bringing your own utensils. I do what they show here with granola in the bottom and yogurt in the top. When I'm ready I dump the yogurt into the granola and mix. It's probably good for keeping oatmeal too, maybe? I have the blue one.



This one is the 2L Triple Split. It is quite deep and comes with a small "yogurt pot" with a screw on cap. It's larger than it appears. I have put lemon curd in the pot and stick it in the large compartment with a bunch of mini orange-cranberry muffins. In the other two spots I've put grapes and cubes of cheese cut similar in size to the grapes, and then maybe two hard boiled eggs in the second small compartment. Even then I still have room! I have this in hot pink.


This is the salad system. It's pretty much self explanatory. What I like most that is different from other salad to go systems I've had is that there is a separate tray to put extras that you don't want getting soggy. I like to add chicken, cheese, and croutons. There is a small pot in the middle for your dressing. I believe I have this in blue.


Last but not least is the Lunch Cube. These come in two sizes, a 1L and a 2L. I have the smaller one (it's the only one available when I purchased the first set). There are three compartments. The sandwich compartment has it's own lid to keep your sandwich separate from the other compartments. The only difference between the two sizes is that the larger one is deeper, deep enough to probably stack two sandwiches inside the sandwich compartment. I have a green one.

Go to their website! They have soooooo many types and they are all freezer, microwave, and dishwasher safe and have snap-locking lids. http://sistemaplastics.com/

Have you ever known you should be working out but you are way too interested in the show you're watching? I feel like that all the time. I've found a fun way to incorporate workouts to your TV schedule! I think these would be fun to do with friends over too but you can just as easily do them alone.

So I realize it's almost a whole week late but I've been crazy busy. I got a little promotion at work so I was sent away to another location for official training and I have spent almost more time in my car driving to and from my training location than I did actually working. It was miserable. I got to carpool with some of the awesome ladies who were also training and that lived near my area but still... I'm glad to be home in my own branch :)

So last weekend someone started a Facebook post about Norman Reedus being in my town. My town is tiny. Most people don't know where it is and when you tell them the name half the time they don't believe you. It's near the southwest edge of the Mojave desert. Nothing big ever happens out here, so when you hear Norman Reedus is in town you can bet everyone is out looking for him.

In case you're unaware, Norman Reedus is currently most know for playing Daryl Dixon on AMC's The Walking Dead, he's the badass zombie hunter that rides a motorcycle and uses a crossbow. Others may know him from Boondock Saints. In either case, the girls love him.

As soon as I heard he was at one of our local bars (with pictures someone posted as proof!) I squealed and danced all over the house and called my friend from work. We planned to go look for him. We had some leads but they were all from about an hour or two prior. There were many stories of why he was here, where he was staying, and so on. One story was that he was visiting his sister whose husband is stationed out here in the military. I'm not sure whether that was true or not but what was really the case was he was doing an independent (french foreign?) film called "Sky" I believe. He was here for the weekend and eventually people were able to figure out where he was staying and which trailer park he was filming at. Like I said, it's a small town and we are a pretty chatty community. Word gets around fast.

Anyway my friend and I (leaving my husband at home) took off in search for him. We checked the bar (twice), the bowling alley, a few places on base, the pool hall, and so on. We never found him, but it was such a fun little adventure. Nothing this exciting ever seems to happen. If you look back a few days on Reedus' Instagram he posted a few pictures, so did his fellow actress he was filming with. Hopefully they return to shoot some more stuff!

As you may know, gym memberships can be pricey. And sometimes with the cheaper, smaller gyms there aren't enough pieces of equipment for the number of people in the gym and you have to wait around for what you want to use.

Here's some good news! You don't need to go to the gym! You can workout at home with little or no equipment. Don't waste money on a gym membership unless you plan on doing some serious weight lifting or something. I'll show you a workout you can do at home that I found online that basically only require the floor and a chair, a mat is optional if you want a little extra cushion but not necessary.

Australian Shepherds are a very active breed. Some say the most active. And we have two (who are still puppies might I add). They should be more well-behaved than they are, we are still working on the "no jumping" and "no eating the humans' hair" but I ran across an agility starter set at Marshal's last weekend and after doing some prior research into agility kits online this one for $19.99 was a real steal. Others, which I admit are much better quality, can be very pricey. We wanted to practice over the weekend but we got rain and since we live in the desert our yards are all dirt. I think you can figure out what rain + dirt equals with pets. So I finally broke it out today and set it up and started training the puppies one at a time. But first we played Frisbee

Dixie makes cute grunting noises while trying to flip it in the dirt

Happy squinty puppy!

I worked with Dixie first because she seems to catch on a lot quicker than her brother, Diesel. With my treat bag on my hip and a clicker in my hand I started showing her through the three obstacles then just focused on one. We have a tunnel, a hoop to jump through, and the weaving poles. We started with the tunnel today.



Dixie picked it up pretty quick. I was able to get her to go through the tunnel a few times without a treat and a few times she went even though I didn't queue her. But she was very focused and kept looking to me for instructions. Nothing seemed to really distract her. Luckily both dogs had no fear of the tunnel, it was windy and kept trying to blow away but they weren't afraid of it.

Diesel took a little more time to get him to go through the tunnel. He preferred to jump on top of it and watch it spring back up. He just wanted the treats!

No scary circus this weekend. Which is a good thing I guess. This Sunday Fun Day post actually happened on Friday! I had to go out to Temecula for a dental cleaning (ughhhhh) so I spent a little time out there. My parents took me to a few stores to shop and after my cleaning to The Habit, a burger restaurant. I got a few things for the house, picked up some supplies for my Valentine's Day journals I plan on making (Visit my Etsy Shop: Journals By K).

My mom bought me a new purple sparkly top for work. I found the "love you more" sign, sports bra, and doggy outdoor agility kit at Marshal's, also the butter dish. The paper came from Hobby Lobby, I was lucky they were having a 50% off all scrapbooking supplies sale going on!