Life Lately: August 2024

by Candice August 1, 2024

Welcome back to Life Lately, the August edition! I am excited to recap what I’ve been up to in July and share my plans for August 2024 and life behind the scenes.

Life Lately August 2024

July was such a long and slow month at the beginning. The heat waves here in New Jersey are no joke. The second I step outside of the house, I am immediately dripping in sweat.

We celebrated Nala’s fifth birthday this month! She had such a blast and was showered in her favorite treats and she truly ate the like queen that she is.

Firstly, she received a new fuzzy comfortable bed that she is obsessed with. As I’m writing this blog post, she is sleeping next to me in her new bed.

Secondly, this bed doubles as her biscuit blanket. It is so fuzzy she can whip up a batch of biscuits in no time!

Aside from Nala’s birthday, I redid my office and cannot wait to show the transformation of the before and after.

Currently Eating

I have been on such a pesto kick this month. Molly Baz came out with a recipe on her YouTube channel that featured a pesto with mint and broccolini and I knew I had to give it a try, and it did not disappoint! Mint is so versatile and to me, it tastes better in savory dishes than sweet dishes. I made my own version of Molly’s pasta and decided to just make the pesto entirely of mint, garlic, onions, salt, black pepper, and slivered almonds and of course olive oil – and this came out even better than I could have predicted. I highly recommend using mint in your savory dishes, it lends such a compliment to salt.

For my sweet treat, I started making oreo milkshakes with just vanilla ice cream and a couple of oreos and some vanilla coffee creamer I had lying around as I didn’t have any milk. Let me just say, I think we should be subbing milk for cream in our milkshakes. The cream adds the perfect texture and obviously makes the shake incredibly creamy. You can also use any milk of your choice as well, I just really prefer creamer over milk.

Currently Watching

My reality tv obsession continues into July. I am all caught up with The Kardashians, I finished watching Vanderpump Villa, and I also finished watching Bling Empire New York. I recently finished watching Dancing for The Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult and it was so fascinating to see and hear these stories come to light about how the dancers are treated through the Shekinah Church.

Looking towards this month, I plan to watch more documentaries like these on Netflix, especially true crime as those stories really tend to grab my attention.

Life Behind The Scenes

I redid my office at the end of July and am completely obsessed with how it turned out. I am still waiting on one more piece of furniture before I share the transformation photos. When redesigning my office, I opted to keep it more neutral and incorporate pops of color through wallpaper and paint. I repurposed my living room rug and put it in the office and added a bench. My favorite part of the office are the new built ins. These built ins are smaller, but more practical as the last built ins I had was way too much storage for me.

Adding butterfly knobs to the cabinets adds the perfect detail and speaking of detail, I have the perfect solution for covering up unused outlets. Use dollhouse doors – it truly is the cutest little detail and no one would even know it’s covering up an outlet!

Nala

Nala had such a blast in the month of July, she celebrated her fifth birthday surrounded by her favorite treats, toys and even got new gifts. She continues to interrupt my zoom meetings and always lets me know when it’s time to be fed. She also loves watching true crime as well – it’s genetic.

Nala is a nightowl, however recently she has been sleeping throughout the night. She likes to wake up the same time as me and likes to start our day together.