Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Birthday things.
Hello, all!
The last week was so busy with friends and celebrating that it hardly feels like a sunday night now, but it is. I'm trying to be in my routine of cleaning/laundry but watching Man v. Food is kind of winning. I love! food shows. Any and all of them.
Anyway, getting ready for my birthday this week! A lot of cleaning, outfit planning (shopping!!) more cleaning, menu planning, and so on.. I'm excited! So excited. I love birthdays and celebrating, especially my own..heh. Hopefully I'll take pictures of that stuff. Blogs are so much better when they have pictures.
So for today... things I want for my birthday! (Mostly all I want is good times with my friends and family, thats most important, but I can't help but want some material things as well!!)
A cute shaker/tumblr! I think they are cute and fun, even for drinks not involving alcohol! I love that you can pour whatever in here, add ice, shake for a minute, and your drink is instantly cold! Love that!
The other night I saw an informercial for a water filter system, that filtered into waterbottles! I am obsessed! I realize this is somewhat pointless as it is very easy to pour filtered water into a water bottle already, but I just think it's so cute and really a pretty smart idea. It makes 4 at once! so fast and simple and I love purified water. Chad and everyone I worked with in Lawrence call me a Johnson County brat for it, but I don't care. It tastes better once it's been purified! And I'm sure it's better for you. I understand the whole "you need germs to fight germs" spiel, and I'm all for that. I do not sanitize my hands 300 times a day, I don't regularly use bleach through out my home, and if my kid or dog accidentally eats dirt, I'm not going to show up at the emergency room. But I stand by the deliciousness of clean, pure, beautiful, delicious water! Perfect!
Next on the list I don't think I'll use a picture for, but basically I'd like more and cuter clothes and especially shoes. And also a better fashion sense to make that happen! wahoooo
Check ya later this week, team. :)
The last week was so busy with friends and celebrating that it hardly feels like a sunday night now, but it is. I'm trying to be in my routine of cleaning/laundry but watching Man v. Food is kind of winning. I love! food shows. Any and all of them.
Anyway, getting ready for my birthday this week! A lot of cleaning, outfit planning (shopping!!) more cleaning, menu planning, and so on.. I'm excited! So excited. I love birthdays and celebrating, especially my own..heh. Hopefully I'll take pictures of that stuff. Blogs are so much better when they have pictures.
So for today... things I want for my birthday! (Mostly all I want is good times with my friends and family, thats most important, but I can't help but want some material things as well!!)A cute shaker/tumblr! I think they are cute and fun, even for drinks not involving alcohol! I love that you can pour whatever in here, add ice, shake for a minute, and your drink is instantly cold! Love that!
The other night I saw an informercial for a water filter system, that filtered into waterbottles! I am obsessed! I realize this is somewhat pointless as it is very easy to pour filtered water into a water bottle already, but I just think it's so cute and really a pretty smart idea. It makes 4 at once! so fast and simple and I love purified water. Chad and everyone I worked with in Lawrence call me a Johnson County brat for it, but I don't care. It tastes better once it's been purified! And I'm sure it's better for you. I understand the whole "you need germs to fight germs" spiel, and I'm all for that. I do not sanitize my hands 300 times a day, I don't regularly use bleach through out my home, and if my kid or dog accidentally eats dirt, I'm not going to show up at the emergency room. But I stand by the deliciousness of clean, pure, beautiful, delicious water! Perfect!
Check ya later this week, team. :)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Oops.
It's been so long, I know! my 30 days might take all year at this point. Or, might not get finished at all. Everyone was doing this on facebook for months, but now i can't find anybody's album with the right pictures! I have no idea what day needs to be next. I should have saved the list on my computer. Oops oops oops!
I'm busy doing laundry and cleaning today after the many days of partying that happened here, 21st birthdays are so fun, even with a cold and the ensuing mess. Mine is in 9 days! I'm so beyond ready. I LOVE birthdays, especially mine! I have so many plans for it and can't wait to get to the grocery store to get all my ingredients and everything for my Mexican fiesta dinner party! that's a bit redundant but that's what I'm calling it! I love cooking, wish I would do it more often. I'll post pictures and stuff from that, hopefully.
Later tonight I think I'll put up some recent pictures, mostly of the pets, I'm so obsessed with them, what can I say.. :)
I'm busy doing laundry and cleaning today after the many days of partying that happened here, 21st birthdays are so fun, even with a cold and the ensuing mess. Mine is in 9 days! I'm so beyond ready. I LOVE birthdays, especially mine! I have so many plans for it and can't wait to get to the grocery store to get all my ingredients and everything for my Mexican fiesta dinner party! that's a bit redundant but that's what I'm calling it! I love cooking, wish I would do it more often. I'll post pictures and stuff from that, hopefully.
Later tonight I think I'll put up some recent pictures, mostly of the pets, I'm so obsessed with them, what can I say.. :)
Friday, April 1, 2011
Day 9- A picture of someone who has got you through the most.
I lean on everyone in my life from time to time, what else are friends and family for? My picture is my dad because I can and do tell him everything important, and he's never judged or offered anything other than love and support. He not only helps me get through everything but makes me feel like I can get through anything. Love you dad, you're the best! :)
Again, only picture on my phone, I wish I had one of us together!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Day 8 and small update
Day 8 is a picture that makes you laugh. SOO many of those--unfortunately i'm doing this from my phone as I just moved and haven't set up internet yet.. So its a picture of my dog, who is pretty funny. I can't wait to have internet back so I can make better updates... I have some ideas! Maybe then I will tell people about this blog. Until then, i'll keep talking to myself. :) also my phones gps thinks i'm at a synagogue right now lol. Close enough.
Here's Monty!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Day 07- a picture of your most treasured item
My dog monty! If that doesnt count it's pictures from my childhood probably!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Day 06- a person you want to trade lives with for a day.
http://www.d-m-m.org/image-files/teacher.jpg
I'm doing this from my phone so I don't know if the pictute is working right. Buuut, it's a teacher. I want to see if I like it as much as I think I would. :)
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Day 05- A picture of your favorite memory.
Family vacations, being tan, closest friends being family.. yeah definitely all that is a favorite memory.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Day 04- A picture of a habit you wish you didn't have.
My eating habits suck. It's expensive and bad for me. no more fast fooood! I'm going to start eating smoothies. and cooking. because I want to cook more anyways. it's win.win.!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for awhile.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
30 days.
I'm unfortunately not very good at keeping this up. I'm going to do this 30 days thing that I've seen all over the place to help get me in the habit of writing every single day. I hope I have pictures of all of these things!
Day 1. A picture of yourself and 30 facts.
This one will be hard!
1.I don't have many pictures of me alone, because I hate taking pictures by myself.
2. I want to do hair for a career, but hate doing my own hair pretty much every day. I worry about how that seems to other people, especially people I'd go to hair school with.
3.I drink way too much soda. It's my caffeine addiction.
4.I could sleep for days straight if I had nothing to do.
5.I like getting up early and being productive, though.
6.Living with my boyfriend makes me happier than I ever imagined I could be.
7.We just found a cat and I change my mind literally every hour about it I want to keep it or not.
8.I wish Chad was better at romantic things or surprises, but I'd never tell him that.
9. I haven't dyed my hair in over a year because I can't decide if I want it dark or if I want highlights.
10. Finding books that I like to read at age 20 has been really hard, it's either stories about girls in high school or about women who've been married and have kids. I want to write books for the gap between that, because that's the kind of books I want to read.
11. I hate the dentist.
12. I'm pretty sure small town life is right for me, but I think I'd feel differently if I grew up in a small town.
13. I hate that my job name is 'cook' so I tell people I'm a team member.
14. I'm kind of a picky eater.
15.I love drinking games, and don't really drink if I'm not playing a game.
16. Swimsuits are my shopping weakness, and one of the clothings items I feel most comfortable wearing.
17. I love scrabble, wordfeud, words with friends,... word games!
18. 17 is my favorite number
19. Green is my favorite color, but black is probably my favorite to wear, for decorations and such I like purple and yellow.
20. I have the best dog in the world.
21. I want to have a job as a server but I'm still scared I would suck at it.
22. For some reason living in a house without my parents seems scarier than living in an apartment.
23. My dad is probably my best friend, I'm glad that I can talk to him about almost everything.
24. I'm not as close to all of my cousins as I used to be, but they are still my favorite people, and I know that I'm really lucky to have such a close family.
25. I think it's awesome that I'm friends with my boyfriend's sisters.
26. I'm about to get a scentsy-which I've wanted for almost a year now.
27. I would love doing laundry if I had my own washer and dryer.
28. I like cooking but I'm not very good at it.
29. I already cheated at this 30 days thing--it took me 2 days to do this.
30. I feel like I've never lost a real friend. Anyone who I really cared about at some point is still a part of my life.
Day 1. A picture of yourself and 30 facts.
This one will be hard!
1.I don't have many pictures of me alone, because I hate taking pictures by myself.
2. I want to do hair for a career, but hate doing my own hair pretty much every day. I worry about how that seems to other people, especially people I'd go to hair school with.
3.I drink way too much soda. It's my caffeine addiction.
4.I could sleep for days straight if I had nothing to do.
5.I like getting up early and being productive, though.
6.Living with my boyfriend makes me happier than I ever imagined I could be.
7.We just found a cat and I change my mind literally every hour about it I want to keep it or not.
8.I wish Chad was better at romantic things or surprises, but I'd never tell him that.
9. I haven't dyed my hair in over a year because I can't decide if I want it dark or if I want highlights.
10. Finding books that I like to read at age 20 has been really hard, it's either stories about girls in high school or about women who've been married and have kids. I want to write books for the gap between that, because that's the kind of books I want to read.
11. I hate the dentist.
12. I'm pretty sure small town life is right for me, but I think I'd feel differently if I grew up in a small town.
13. I hate that my job name is 'cook' so I tell people I'm a team member.
14. I'm kind of a picky eater.
15.I love drinking games, and don't really drink if I'm not playing a game.
16. Swimsuits are my shopping weakness, and one of the clothings items I feel most comfortable wearing.
17. I love scrabble, wordfeud, words with friends,... word games!
18. 17 is my favorite number
19. Green is my favorite color, but black is probably my favorite to wear, for decorations and such I like purple and yellow.
20. I have the best dog in the world.
21. I want to have a job as a server but I'm still scared I would suck at it.
22. For some reason living in a house without my parents seems scarier than living in an apartment.
23. My dad is probably my best friend, I'm glad that I can talk to him about almost everything.
24. I'm not as close to all of my cousins as I used to be, but they are still my favorite people, and I know that I'm really lucky to have such a close family.
25. I think it's awesome that I'm friends with my boyfriend's sisters.
26. I'm about to get a scentsy-which I've wanted for almost a year now.
27. I would love doing laundry if I had my own washer and dryer.
28. I like cooking but I'm not very good at it.
29. I already cheated at this 30 days thing--it took me 2 days to do this.
30. I feel like I've never lost a real friend. Anyone who I really cared about at some point is still a part of my life.
old picture but I'd say I look the same!
goodbye until tomorrow..!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
This Week
I wasn't sure how often I'd feel like updating this, the xanga gets every few months if that... but I'm back, and it's been less than a week so I'll call that a good thing. Still not too sure what I want to write about, but I guess just things that happened this week.
Chad and I bought a ps3 game that was something I would hopefully like, little big planet, and so far.. so good. I'm awful at it, but the characters are cute so I have fun.. we only played maybe half an hour, but I think it will be fun for us after we figure it out a little better. Definitely a better spent time than me trying to learn Madden, or black ops, which really don't interest me at all...
Speaking of electronics/technology things... Chad bought a HUGE new tv. It makes me want cable, but aside from that it's still just a tv to me. A slight annoyance, because it's too big for our old entertainment center, so that and the old tv moved into our bedroom, right in the way of the dresser. We both always have something we'd rather do than rearrange it all.. it's all heavy stuff so it's going to be a lot of work. but I think the bedroom will look really nice after we have everything moved around. Just in time to move back to Kansas City in a few months, haha.
I've been a bit lazy with cooking this week, even after a normal trip to the grocery store for more things than what I wanted at that moment alone (bad habit, I know). I tried to expand upon my ingredients norm, and have a few new recipes to try.. so I'm kind of excited about that. Sausage and cabbage, though I havent found a very good recipe for what I'm trying to make, but I'll figure something out, I hope! I have a feeling that will be a garlic-y recipe (Chad's favorite...It's really hard cooking for someone who thinks the presence of garlic in a meal will poison him, but we are both working through that!) Also going to try a green bean-bacon-cheesey casserole I saw on picky-palate, a recipe that combines all of my favorite things! I'll let you all know how that goes.
I made fried chicken breast the other night, which turned out really well. I saw on man v. food a while back a place that mixes hot sauce with the egg they used to bread the chicken, I gave it a try and was pleased with how it turned out! A little bit more flavor, and I want to say more moisture but I might be wrong about that, haha. I made green beans with onions as a side, which is a stand by for me, that I didn't realize I could mess up.. they tasted kind of funky for some reason, I think maybe it was the brand of canned green beans I used.. (wal-mart brand, I might be a snob) The boyfriend and his friend enjoyed though, and I had no left overs. I finished this meal with mashed potatoes and gravy.. Another thing I'm not proud of this time. I should have let the potatoes cook a little longer, and I never have luck with gravy, any suggestions? Not my most successful recipe, but it got ate, and didn't kill us so I'm not too upset.
Today I got off work early, so I had time to come home and make an early dinner before chad went to work. I did a Chicken Tortilla soup type of recipe, which turned out pretty well, though not exactly the flavor I was going for. Not sure what was missing, I'll have to compare some online recipes and see what was different from my free handing it.. I cooked the chicken in broth with some cayenne pepper added, so that was basically the base, and I warmed all my vegetables (today it was onion, pinto beans, corn, and a can of rotel..) in a skillet before adding them to the soup, though I guess that could have been all together, oh well, I'm learning! I cut up some flour tortillas and fried them in veg. oil to put on top of the soup. This turned out okay, I think smaller pieces might have been better, but they were yummy once they soaked up some broth!
I think this is all I have for today, suprisingly, a lot.. I'll try to have more to say soon!
Chad and I bought a ps3 game that was something I would hopefully like, little big planet, and so far.. so good. I'm awful at it, but the characters are cute so I have fun.. we only played maybe half an hour, but I think it will be fun for us after we figure it out a little better. Definitely a better spent time than me trying to learn Madden, or black ops, which really don't interest me at all...
Speaking of electronics/technology things... Chad bought a HUGE new tv. It makes me want cable, but aside from that it's still just a tv to me. A slight annoyance, because it's too big for our old entertainment center, so that and the old tv moved into our bedroom, right in the way of the dresser. We both always have something we'd rather do than rearrange it all.. it's all heavy stuff so it's going to be a lot of work. but I think the bedroom will look really nice after we have everything moved around. Just in time to move back to Kansas City in a few months, haha.
I've been a bit lazy with cooking this week, even after a normal trip to the grocery store for more things than what I wanted at that moment alone (bad habit, I know). I tried to expand upon my ingredients norm, and have a few new recipes to try.. so I'm kind of excited about that. Sausage and cabbage, though I havent found a very good recipe for what I'm trying to make, but I'll figure something out, I hope! I have a feeling that will be a garlic-y recipe (Chad's favorite...It's really hard cooking for someone who thinks the presence of garlic in a meal will poison him, but we are both working through that!) Also going to try a green bean-bacon-cheesey casserole I saw on picky-palate, a recipe that combines all of my favorite things! I'll let you all know how that goes.
I made fried chicken breast the other night, which turned out really well. I saw on man v. food a while back a place that mixes hot sauce with the egg they used to bread the chicken, I gave it a try and was pleased with how it turned out! A little bit more flavor, and I want to say more moisture but I might be wrong about that, haha. I made green beans with onions as a side, which is a stand by for me, that I didn't realize I could mess up.. they tasted kind of funky for some reason, I think maybe it was the brand of canned green beans I used.. (wal-mart brand, I might be a snob) The boyfriend and his friend enjoyed though, and I had no left overs. I finished this meal with mashed potatoes and gravy.. Another thing I'm not proud of this time. I should have let the potatoes cook a little longer, and I never have luck with gravy, any suggestions? Not my most successful recipe, but it got ate, and didn't kill us so I'm not too upset.
Today I got off work early, so I had time to come home and make an early dinner before chad went to work. I did a Chicken Tortilla soup type of recipe, which turned out pretty well, though not exactly the flavor I was going for. Not sure what was missing, I'll have to compare some online recipes and see what was different from my free handing it.. I cooked the chicken in broth with some cayenne pepper added, so that was basically the base, and I warmed all my vegetables (today it was onion, pinto beans, corn, and a can of rotel..) in a skillet before adding them to the soup, though I guess that could have been all together, oh well, I'm learning! I cut up some flour tortillas and fried them in veg. oil to put on top of the soup. This turned out okay, I think smaller pieces might have been better, but they were yummy once they soaked up some broth!
I think this is all I have for today, suprisingly, a lot.. I'll try to have more to say soon!
Monday, January 24, 2011
new
So I started a new blog, I guess. A first blog, maybe? Not sure if the xanga I've had for 8 years counts as a blog... anyway.
I feel somewhat inspired about life as of lately, and that always makes me want to write. I'm going to start doing more with my life so I have something to write about. That's the plan, at least. I think I'm going to start with a lot of cooking stuff, because that's my interest lately, and something I think I can talk about without complaining so much, which is basically all I've used my xanga for, for the past couple years, at least. So--new start. Exciting!
So today I had dinner with Jeinny, hadn't seen her in months and months, which is crazy since she's the friend who lives closest to me, basically walking distance I think. It's crazy how different our lives have became.. but I'm glad we still find a way to have an interest in each other, if only because it's so different from our norm. Now I'm waiting for my sweet boyfriend to get home from work, I should probably walk Monty, or do the dishes, or make a load of laundry, but I just downloaded coloroid on my phone and I'm semi addicted.. I'll start cleaning soon.. :P I just stopped typing this to play a level... crap. haha.
Okay, I think that's all I have for today--I promise to be back at some point, soon!, with something more interesting. I also promise to keep it positive on this site. I think it's something I need.
I feel somewhat inspired about life as of lately, and that always makes me want to write. I'm going to start doing more with my life so I have something to write about. That's the plan, at least. I think I'm going to start with a lot of cooking stuff, because that's my interest lately, and something I think I can talk about without complaining so much, which is basically all I've used my xanga for, for the past couple years, at least. So--new start. Exciting!
So today I had dinner with Jeinny, hadn't seen her in months and months, which is crazy since she's the friend who lives closest to me, basically walking distance I think. It's crazy how different our lives have became.. but I'm glad we still find a way to have an interest in each other, if only because it's so different from our norm. Now I'm waiting for my sweet boyfriend to get home from work, I should probably walk Monty, or do the dishes, or make a load of laundry, but I just downloaded coloroid on my phone and I'm semi addicted.. I'll start cleaning soon.. :P I just stopped typing this to play a level... crap. haha.
Okay, I think that's all I have for today--I promise to be back at some point, soon!, with something more interesting. I also promise to keep it positive on this site. I think it's something I need.
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