A Walk Down Memory Lane

Don't get me wrong...my 20's have been pretty sweet, but when you think about what life was like as a kid you start to realize how much you took some things for granted. Below is a list of a few things I miss from my days as a carefree kid :)

The days when you were too young to have to pay bills.

The days when you wanted to carry a purse just for fun and not necessity.

The days when you were chauffeured everywhere.

The days when it was all about playing kickball while waiting for the bus.

The days when there were good boy bands...*nsync and backstreet boys.

The days when it was Justin Timberlake and not Justin Bieber.

The days when it was still the WB and not the CW.

The days when these things were all you needed for makeup (definitely rocked a scrunchi, glitter and dark lip stick)

I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. Let me know if I left any crucial memory from the 90's and early 2000's off this list!

10 words or less

Hmmm...today I am supposed to sell myself in 10 words or less. This is gonna be hard...

Independent.

Baker.

Crafter.

Chef.

Friend.

Daughter.

Sister.

Traveler.

Smart.

Leo.

Ok that last one is really because I couldn't leave off at only 9...ha ha. So did it work? Did I sell myself to you?? I hope that doesn't sound as weird to you as it does to me...ha ha. I don't even want to tell y'all how long it took me to think of that list...I guess I don't like talking about myself...which is weird because I'm a blogger...guess I'm a contradiction just like the Starburst commercials :)

I said what?!?!

Looking back at this particular event I still can't believe the words came out of my mouth...this was not my finest moment nor did it make my mother proud...ha ha.

The Scene:

I had been at my first and current "big girl" job for a few months and it was time for annual performance reviews. I fill out my performance sheet. Submit it. Wait for my boss to fill out his performance sheet about me. Then wait for the actual one on one meeting to take place. It's later in the afternoon and the time has come for my meeting. I walk in my boss' office with a notepad in hand (just in case) and the meeting starts. Everything is going well and my boss was pleased with my performance the past few months...then this happens...

Dialogue:

Boss man: So what do you hope to be doing in 5 years?

Me: I hope to still be dancing.

I'm serious people...I said those words to my boss! My new boss!. I'm really hoping he has forgotten about that by now. Of course he restated his question to mean in my career so then I gave a more appropriate answer...probably something like "oh I want to be a manager" HA! Looking back it is hilarious now, but after it sunk in what I had said...I was soooooo embarassed.

Just one moment

Ok so maybe this was from Tuesday night...ha ha...but who wants to see a picture of a cubicle?!?!

Pinata Cupcakes

For Cinco de Mayo I wanted to make a festive dessert like I did last year (click here to see). I had seen the pinata cookies and the pinata cake pictures floating around pinterest and blogland so I decided I wanted to make pinata cupcakes. I made a short trip to my local Bed Bath and Beyond to pick up a cupcake corer and then to the grocery store for white cake mix, icing, sprinkles and mini M&Ms as the candy surprise!

**side note...the super cute and festive wrappers were given to me by my Aunt for my b-day last year...on the bottom it says eat more cake!!**

Making the pinata cupcakes is pretty simple. Make the cupcakes according to the box and let cool completely. Once cool, use your corer to take out the middle of each cupcake (but don't go all the way to the bottom more like 3/4 the way down). Fill the middle with mini M&Ms or whatever small candy you would like and then put the cored out piece back on. You might need to cut off some of the cored piece or smush it down really good. Top each cupcake with icing and sprinkles. Enjoy!

If you share these with say your friends/co-workers, don't tell them what's inside...let it be a little surprise :) Oh and because I did bring these to work my friend sent me this "some e-card"...

I think she found out my evil plan...ha ha. However, I eat just as many as everyone else :) That's why I have to share or I would eat all 24!! ha ha.

My advice for you

Yeah...we are adults and we need to take some things more seriously these days, but sometimes everyone needs a little silliness in their life :) I guess this also goes along with my favorite quote about laughter. Do you see a trend here?!?!

Run Forest Run!

Today's post is about something or things you are most afraid of. Now there are lots of universal things I worry about, but I'm gonna talk about a few things that makes me run for the hills!

Wasps, Crickets and Roaches...oh my!

I would include pictures, but even I hate looking at them.

Let's take a stroll down memory lane as to how my fear of these creatures came to be...

Wasps (2 stories)

1. One summer back before I could drive, I went over to my friend's aunt's pool that had a water slide. We were having a ton of fun playing on the slide, creating new ways to slide into the pool and ignoring the wasps flying around. I mean why should I be afraid of them at this point?? They hadn't done anything to me. One challenge we created was to see who could go down the slide feet first on your belly the slowest. (Yeah I know we were weird kids). I was up first. I climbed to the top, got in position and started my decent to the water gripping the underneath of the slide for support. Well wouldn't you know that's where the wasp nest was and sure enough I was stung!! I let go and screamed bloody murder the rest of the way down. Ouch!

2. During my last summer up at school, I took a scuba certification class. This particular day we were learning and trying out the giant step into the water with all of our scuba gear. I was patiently waiting my turn and all of a sudden my hand hurt. That's when I saw a yellow jacket fly away. Yep that little sucker stung me. But this time I did not scream or react in any other way because I didn't want to draw attention to myself. All I did was take my giant step into the pool and let the water soother my hand. By the time I went to bed that night, I had a huge bruise on the top of my hand. Not cool!

Those two incidents have led me to believe that all wasps are out to get me. Therefore, when I see one, I will turn and run the opposite direction.

Crickets

I don't remember having an issue with these little guys growing up, but this one time at Target changed everything. It was Jr. year of college and the outside wall of target was black with crickets...gross. My friends and I ran inside as fast as we could without incident...or so I thought. Walking through the store a little curl on my neck kept bothering me, but every time I would brush it away I didn't feel anything. Finally, my friend saw why it was bothering me...a cricket was stuck in it!!!!!! Ahhhhh. So yes, I freaked out in Target and haven't been the same since.

Roaches

I don't think I really need to elaborate on this. Just nasty. But I will if you really want to hear the stories...yes there are multiple.