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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Refreshing Pineapple Cocktail [Guest Post]

This week I've been a little overwhelmed with things to do - that seems to be my summer though. Everyone keeps getting sick (Iman and I both have a bit of a sore throat and it seems our cat may be sick and I have a vet appt for him today.) I also spent all day yesterday doing baby shower stuff for my cousin - we have 9 days till her shower!! I picked up some extra shifts this week at work, plus my usual summer work for my regular company and that just equals a ton of stuff to do! Oh, and a wedding on Saturday. SO while I'm off trying to breathe through each thing, I thought I'd get Jess to share a post with you guys!

By now, you probably know that Jess is one of my blog besties. Here's a picture of us and her post!

Ok, so we need to take more pictures together.

If you ever want me to stop talking to you, just offer me a pina colada and I promise you I will walk away from you as quickly as possible. Let's flashback a bit, shall we?

My fiance Andrew and I went to Vegas last year and in the excitement of too much glitz and glam, we decided it would be a good idea to challenge each other to a pina colada drinking competition. I know, I know. What's wrong with us? I'll tell you now that I'm basically Monica from Friends. You cannot challenge me to anything because I WILL take it way too seriously and freak out if I lose. Naturally I wasn't going to let him beat me at drinking away a girly fruity drink...so we're guzzling away out of those giant Eiffel Tower cups you can get in front of the Paris hotel (click here for reference) and all is well. I'm totally beating this guy and I'm feeling like a champion...and then...we walked out into the hot Vegas sun.

Holy crap. I immediatley realized I had had way too much to drink and that I was severely dehydrated. We looked for a cab to get us to our hotel, and of course we picked the only cab without working AC. At this point I felt like I was about to ~~faint~~ die. So we're sitting in this hot cab, Andrew is talkative as ever even though the guy was clearly ignoring him...meanwhile I'm in the back, gasping for air...except when it's summertime in Vegas, the "fresh air" outside is basically like walking into a sauna. Seriously, my life flashed before my eyes during that 5 minute ride.

From then on I swore off anything creamy and overly sugary in regards to alcohol (they're a trap y'all!)...and I also swore off hot cabs after drinking. Any who, if this story has also made you hate pina coladas (which really, they should be banned forever), here's a quick and easy refreshing pineapple drink that won't make you feel like you just got hit by a truck after drinking it!

Summer Changes

Happy Friday!

Things have been a little less structured over here because when I do change I like to do CHANGE. As in, let's change everything at the same exact time! I used to do this and get really freaked out - Like when I went away to college, broke up with my boyfriend, made new friends, pierced my nose and dyed my hair. Cue an identity crisis.

To be 18 and confused...the duckface says it all

I've gotten better at not giving myself identity crises, but I still remain the same with the change front. I'm not sure why. As you all know, in the past two months I've gotten married and moved and changed jobs (well sort of). All of these are WAY BIGGER than those that caused me to freak out when I went away to college.

I'm definitely not freaking out, I'm just adjusting. I'm trying to find the balance between going to the gym (oh I really want to do this), blogging, my at home work, restaurant work and family / friend / husband time. Oh, did I mention that Iman and I just celebrated our birthdays? Mine was a week ago and his was yesterday...and birthdays pretty much mean we take a week off from everything. JK but sorta.

So anyway, I'm over here trying to do some behind the scenes blog stuff + these work things and it's making my posts look like all random life updates and no fun informative posts (like warrior queen posts...I love those!

So we'll see when that starts to happen again. Hopefully on Monday? I promise there are so many in the works, especially with Jess and my excitement at all things blog.

In the meantime, you will definitely find a giveaway at the end of this post. AND tomorrow Cassi and I are hosting one for our blogiverseries!

Hard to believe but this little blog of mine has been active for 5 years! I didn't have much momentum at first, but it's there!! WOO!

Here are a few of my favorite archive posts:

Confidence June 25, 2009
Self Evaluation August 19, 2009
Hate is Easy, Love Takes Courage September 5, 2009

You can also find me at the bottom of Tiffany @ Endless Bliss's totally awesome 9 Things I Didn't Know I Needed Before Pinterest post.

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Summer Musts + Giveaway

You guys. I'm hours away from summer vacation...

I can taste the summer air! Can't you?

To be honest, the concept of summer is a little bit bittersweet and scary to me. You see, I'm working from home this summer for my company but I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing yet or when I start. Which means that days after moving into our own place again I have no idea if I can pay rent at the end of the month!

Never fear! I'll figure it out :) Plus, I'm most likely getting an extra serving job so boom! Busy Summer!

I already told you guys a little about my summer plans in my life lately post buuuut I wanted to do a checklist of things that we DEFINITELY HAVE TO DO THIS SUMMER! Are you with me?

Just Breathe: Life Lately

Hiii everybody! Can we take a moment and just breathe?

I feel like everything is rushing past me and I'm in hyperspeed! I've got a ton of things upcoming and I'm trying to arrange my time priorities and I'm just feelin a little exhausted! So I guess this post is a "life lately" type of post. It'll be one part recap, one part looking at the future and one part OMG where is this blog going? :)

It sounds like fun to me.

Anyway, I feel like my life has been consumed with planning this year. I like to plan, but I'm feeling the need for some sponteneity.

March was full of events like my bridal shower and bachelorette party.

April was all about the wedding and honeymooning.

May was filled with fun times with friends and getting ready to move...which leads me to now...we're all moved in and I'm working on unpacking!

June is always one big celebration...It's mine and Iman's birthdays + his best friend's birthday + the end of school + the best month ever! Cassi and I are doing a BIG Blogger's Give Back giveaway this month and we are accepting participants for 2 more days!! Email me to get in on the giveaway!

July is full of 2 Vegas trips, a wedding and my cousin's babyshower!

In August we've got my dad's big 5-0 and my brother's golden birthday -- 21, no less. We're also going to see Eminem and Rihanna AND school will probably start back up.

I can't even think about September yet...

I have no Saturdays free all summer long and I have a feeling that will not bode well with my serving job hunt to make some extra dough. We'll see what happens though...*fingers crossed*

Oh yeah, remember when I did 25 before 25 last year? Well...here's an update...

1. Keep my room clean every day. This has been a goal since childhood -__- bahahahahaha
2. Create and keep a Bedtime Routine. once again, I'm trying this one out with the move...but I don't think 1 day counts as a routine!
3. Do a 30-day Challenge. This month I am doing Erin @ Living Yellow's #1000in30 challenge AND a yoga challenge. WOO
4. Read 25 books. I think I read 2 or 3 max...#fail
~~5. Blog 10-15 x a month.~~ Woo! I'm averaging 20-30 now!
~~6. Become confident in my design ability.~~ Still working on it but feeling optimistic!
7. Make healthier eating habits - don't eat take out for 1 month. Wow, I love to fail on this!
8. Jog 5 miles without stopping. bahahahaha
9. Take my quad up China Wall. we didn't make it out to Glamis for this...next year!
10. Donate Blood. I ended up getting a tattoo, so I'm unable to donate for awhile.
11. Give Chuck some TLC. I'm taking a loss on this one. We really tried to get him smogged but he won't pass. Next year he's gonna get slapped with a non-op registration.
~~12. Find something for Iman and I to do together regularly (i.e. cooking class or a team)~~ I would count our fun Friday night bowling/karaoke as a regular together thing!
13. Wear an "outfit" to work every day for a month. I'm still working on my style
~~14. Sell something for WQ~~ 1000x yes! CMWQ is AMAZING!
15. Cook dinner every day for 2 weeks no, but I'm getting better!
~~16. Meet a blog friend in real life~~. I've met so many! Not to mention, I've got a blog bestie turned real life bestie now! #ilovejess
~~17. Organize my stuff in the garage / storage unit.~~
18. Go Paintballing. We have already purchased 2 packages...we just haven't used any.
19. See a meteor shower with Iman
20. Ride in the Great Orange Balloon.
21. Learn to cook on the Weber
22. Decorate a cake.
~~23. Make a difficult recipe.~~
24. Send my OSU friends a letter/card once a month starting in September.
~~25. Start to Vlog again.~~

8 out of 25 is not very great but we could add in some other accomplishments like...decorate our home, get married, donate a bunch, become a teacher, etc etc. I'm not disappointed with my year!!

I'm so excited to do some revamp stuff this summer, too. I've got so many ideas floating around in my head for the future of this blog! Stay tuned!!

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Friend Makin' Monday [Link Up Questionnaire]

If you’ve taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you’re new, please take a moment to answer this week’s question on your own blog then add your link in the comments section here at: www.alltheweigh.com so we can all see your FMM questions and answers. Please invite your blog readers to add their links here too so everyone has to opportunity to be seen. The idea is to connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it’s time for this week’s topic!

Just Wondering

1. Do you wear glasses and/or contacts?

I wear glasses all day err day. I seriously cannot wait till my someday laser eye surgery. I would love to be able to see when I wake up! Truthfully, I will probably buy a pair of non prescription glasses and wear them anyway.

2. Do you have summer vacation plans? If so, where are you going?

No summer vacations this year. It’s all about working to save money for the wedding!

3. What is your favorite food to eat for breakfast?

My favorite breakfast side dish is definitely a taco. On that note, I could eat breakfast for every meal – sweet breakfast, savory breakfast, smoothies, etc

4. Do you enjoy window shopping?

Mreh, not particularly. Only if I need ideas for something.

5. What is your favorite candle scent?

Hmm, I happen to love cake batter and vanilla.

6. If you had to choose between going to a zoo or an aquarium, which one would you pick?

I love both! Probably the aquarium, though. I love to go to the tide pool part and see all of the different swimming organisms.

7. How many times do you plan to exercise this week?

I’m going to shoot for walking tonight and Thursday, moving tables tomorrow [seriously…I’m getting muscles from Tuesday night setups at Bdubs] and swimming on Monday and Friday

8. Do you speak another language fluently?

I bet if you made me speak Spanish fluently, I could. But I’m a chicken.

9. What are you currently reading?

Nothing because I’m horrible at time management.

10. What are you looking forward to most in the coming week?

Having time off with my honey!

P.s. Those promised blogs will be up soon!

Saturday, June 1, 2013

June is HERE!

I am so extremely excited. June is my favorite month.

Not only is it both mine and the fiance's birthdays [359 days apart], but it is the beginning of summer and the start of adventure season!!!

Do you go on adventures in the summer? I don't usually get to go on full vacations, but I make sure to have day adventures. So, I thought today would be a look back at previous summer adventures! This year might be tough with two jobs and wedding planning buuuuuut June will be for adventures. Engagement photoshoot. My birthday. Vegas. Iman's Birthday. Sunset photoshoot. Wedding time. The only part I'm missing is the Warped Tour part. mrehhhh.

Be ready for a LOT of pix...