My Top 5

I already shared my current favorite 3 blogs with you and they just so happened to all be workout blogs. While I do read a lot of fitness/healthy living blogs, it's not all I read. So today I will share my current top 5 non-fitness blogs.

1. The Lunchbox Diaries (http://www.thelunchboxdiaries.com/)
Colleen tells it like it is. One of my favorite posts she has ever written was a breakup letter with running. It spoke right to me.

2. Sami's Shenanigans (http://www.samisshenanigans.com/)
Every friday she shares her favorite tweets from the week and they are hilarious. Because of her I have started checking out twitter, but I don't tweet (yet). She also watches a lot of the same shows I do, so it's fun to read her take on episodes when she posts about them (like series finales).

3. Day Old News (http://www.dayoldnews.com/)
I love celeb gossip and fashion and pictures. Therefore I love this blog.

4. Happily Grey (http://happilygrey.com/)
While some of her outfits are a little out there for me, quite a few give me great inspiration. I may  or may not own two outfits she posted.

5. Half Orange Photography (http://halforangephotography.com/half-orange-blog)
I just recently discovered this photography blog. They have absolutely gorgeous pictures. I could seriously browse all day.

Deep in the Vault

This story is coming to you from way way way back in my vault of memories. The day my baby brother was born. It's a short story, but boy do I remember it.

I can't recall what it was like or whether I even knew what was going when my mom was pregnant with my brother. I also, don't really remember what it was like to meet him for the first time...I was 4 1/2 at the time so it's understandable.

What I do remember is that it was during the week. I was at my school downtown and it was nap time. I was asleep on my mat when all of a sudden I was woken up. My Aunt was standing over me telling me it was time to go meet my baby brother. So because of my brother's arrival I missed out on valuable nap time and I think I've been trying to catch up ever since...ha ha. Don't get me wrong I love my baby brother, but to this day he still disrupts my sleep at least once a year. But I can forgive him because it's usually Christmas morning...ho ho ho. (<---- couldn't resist)

Since that one was so short, I'll give you another story. It took place at the same school downtown. My dad had been away on a trip for work for a while and while gone had let his beard grow. I had never seen my dad with a beard before, so when he came to pick me up the day he got back I refused to go with him. I didn't know who this orange bearded fellow was. Even the front desk made him show ID. I'm guessing after a few minutes I recognized him because obviously I left, but I remember him walking in with an orange beard like it was yesterday...ha ha.

My Favorite Pic

This will always and forever be one of my favorite pictures. It was the first time I got to hold my puppy and the only picture I have of her as a puppy. It sits beside my sink so I get to see it first thing every morning and the last thing every night. :)

This might be difficult

On today's agenda I am supposed to talk about something difficult in my life and how I'm working to overcome it. As of right now, I have no idea what to talk about. I'm not saying I don't have difficulties, but the only things I can think of are silly things and I'm not really working on them...ha ha.

Such as having a too expressive face. I tend to make faces without even knowing it. Needless to say I would not be very good at poker.

Or the fact that I probably laugh wayyyy to hard at some stuff that is funny but not that funny. But hey...like I've said several times before I love laughing so excuse me while I laugh so hard I start to cry.

Hmmm...crying...maybe that's my difficulty. I don't cry. I can watch the Notebook and Titanic and not shed a tear. Of course they are sad, but yet they never make me cry. I guess I'm just used to being the tough girl that doesn't show pain or sadness. Right now I can only recall 2 instances where I really cried...but I don't need to go into the details. Chipping away at the wall I have built will take time, but maybe one day I'll cry at the end of a movie...

What a Typical Work Day Looks Like

I showed you what a day off of work looks like...so now I will share what a day at work looks like...I gotta warn you it's not that glamorous. This time I'm gonna do it by the hour :)

 

6 am

wake up call, get dressed in roughly 13 mins then out the door to fight traffic

 

7 am

Breakfast with the girls aka the Breakfast Club...Plain oatmeal with a spoonful of White Chocolate Wonderful PB and a hot cup of Ginger Peach tea

 

8am

Time to catch up on google reader and run reports

 

9 am

2nd glass of tea...this time green tea...Tazo Zen. More work...

 

10 am

Snack time!!! Usually a banana, but sometimes not. Get up stretch out my legs then back to work

 

11 am

LUNCH!!!!!! Forgot to actually take a pic of my meal, so you get to look at my drink...an Arnold Palmer...ha ha.

 

12 pm

Got back from lunch early and took a stroll outside with a friend. Write a blog post or two and then back to work...

 

1 pm

Time for checks...gotta get that money to the bank!

 

2 pm

Time to file stuff away/contemplate cleaning out my file drawer. More work...

 

 

3 pm

Start making a grocery list for the weekend...then back to work

4 pm

Time to wash my morning dishes...I know I shouldn't let them sit all day, but oh well. Also time to start wrapping things up for the day

 

5 pm

FREEDOM!!! Fighting traffic home

6 pm

Pre-workout snack and some TV catch up...NCIS

 

7 pm

Gym time!

 

8 pm

Dinner and more TV catch up...Hart of Dixie!! Love it! That's cheese-less pizza with spinach, italian sausage and mushrooms...in case you were wondering 

 

9 pm

 

Dessert and my last TV catch up of the night...Law and Order: SVU plus New Girl

 

10 pm

Shower time/getting ready for bed!

 

 

11 pm

Goodnight world! See ya again tomorrow

 

 

 



9 Pictures of 10 Pieces of Happiness

Today's post is all about things that make you happy.

From left to right:

1. Puppies
2. Chocolate
3. Sparklers/Fireworks
4. The lake
5. & 6. Green sweat pants and that guy (this was taken several years ago before the beard)
7. Penguins
8. The beach
9. Nice weather for a baseball game
10. Dance

Class of 2013 and a Big Surprise!

This past weekend two of my favorite people in the world finally graduated from college, my baby brother and one of my oldest friends (more like a sister). I couldn't be happier for them. A few days before graduation my brother requested a graduation cake. So I gathered all my supplies and this is what I created...

It's white cake with white icing and white chocolate chips around the side. The middle also had white icing and mini m&ms. You may be wondering how I made the letters. I bought red candy melts from Hobby Lobby and black candy melts from Michaels to make maroon. It only took a few black ones so now I have a ton of black candy melts left over...ha ha. I printed out the aTm logo and put wax paper over it. After melting the chips, I poured the melted candy into a plastic baggie and snipped off one corner (very small snip). I traced the letters first and then went back and filled them. After everything hardened back up, I took a regular butter knife and a lighter and heated up the knife to make any corrections and cut out the hole for the "a". I would like to say this didn't take me very long, but I think the hole cake took me 3 hours with the longest portion spent on the letters. But of course my baby brother is worth it :)

On my way home from my brother's graduation, I got a phone call that my friend who graduated from UH the same day got a huge surprise after her ceremony. Her boyfriend of 8 years (maybe longer I lose track) proposed!! I'm so happy for her! Just the other day I was talking to a friend about who I thought would be next to walk down the aisle...well I guess I know now...ha ha. Here's a pic of the ring since we all love looking a shiny things! He did good.