tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853221065917831702024-03-13T01:18:34.571-07:00Thanks for That Info Aimee!Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-86889681684155283772011-09-25T10:18:00.000-07:002011-09-25T10:18:55.254-07:00If Survey and some picture recapsOk I know I havent recapped anything for you guys yet and I promise I will!! I am hoping to do that today while I am watching the Chargers game but I cant promise anything. I will include some pictures at the bottom of this post from our SF trip and some other randomness :)<br />
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I did want to post at least 1 blog entry today so I saw this awesome If... survey and decided to take it because you all probably remember how much I love surveys. Hmm maybe its because I am self absorbed ;)<br />
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•If I were to get pregnant...I would be scared shitless and really confused and torn. I am not ready for a kid whatsoever right now.<br />
•If I could have any job in the world…hmm this is difficult. I would either be an event planner focused on working with sport teams and venues. <br />
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•If I had a day to myself...get a massage, read a book at a park under a beautiful tree, watch some tv, and go to Starbucks or Panera and people watch :)<br />
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•If I could get married all over again…well considering I have never been married I would have my dream wedding. Colors would be a navy blue and yellow with sunflowers and caulli lillies. The ceremony would be short (we're talking 15 minutes max) and the reception would be super long. It would be beautifully decorated but more importantly it will be a ton of fun with an awesome DJ, yummy food, and an open bar.<br />
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•If I could live anywhere in the U.S...I am happy in CA in the city that I am. i would just prefer to live in one of the historic homes or up in the hills<br />
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•If I were to have more children...I dont have any children currently but I want 2-3 kids.<br />
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•If I could have any talent in the world...I would be a world class chef<br />
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•If you met me in real life...I hope you would like me. you would think I am sweet and funny but a little bit bitchy ;) Oh and I am a bit quirky<br />
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•If I went back to school...I would go back for my MBA in organizational leadership :)<br />
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•If money were not an object...I would buy a gorgeous house and hire an interior decorator, I would get a Ferrari F430, and I would put a bunch of money in savings so I can continue to live a great life. I wouild also dionate to a charity<br />
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•If I could meet one celebrity...hmmmm if I was single it would be ryan gosling. But I think I would want to meet Anne Hathway or Katy Perry. I think I would have a lot in common with these girls because they seem down to earth and funny.<br />
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•If I could shop at only one store for the rest of my life...hmmmm this is hard. Only for clothes? Hmm I have become addicted with Banana Republic but is this my own money? Probably a department store like Macy's or Nordstrom even though Nordstroms might be too much for me right now.<br />
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•If I could choose an animal/pet...Well I have dogs and cats so I would say a horse if I had someone to take care of the gross duties. If not then probably a chinchilla<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">•If I had to choose between a house cleaner and personal chef...House cleaner for sure. I hate hate hate cleaning and I dont really do it so ya. I actually like cooking and I am fairly good (read: decent) at it so while it might be fun to have a personal chef I would miss cooking.<br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">•If I had the option to get plastic surgery…I would get a boob job. I do like my boobs and I am still young so they are still perky but I have noticed that when I lay down sometimes it gets uncomfortable because part of my boob feels like its under my arm pit. I would like my boobs to look perky and perfect regardless of my age and if/when I have kids</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Now for some much needed pictures with mini updates :)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to the Dodger vs Giants game at AT&T Park in full Dodger gear and we really didnt get heckled at all... Trust me I was scared.</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/310451_552513017999_67801105_31424731_1030606442_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="320" src="http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/310451_552513017999_67801105_31424731_1030606442_n.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite picture of me thus far :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/284972_549812953949_67801105_31383616_6158619_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="320" src="http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/284972_549812953949_67801105_31383616_6158619_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are my babies PeeWee and Roxie. Sadly we have to get rid of Roxie because we are moving and no places will let us have a dog as big as her...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/318337_551980889389_67801105_31418643_2031922_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="320" src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/318337_551980889389_67801105_31418643_2031922_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the newest addition to our family. Our kitty, Pikachu, is the sweetest and most lovable cat ever. He isnt happy unless he is cuddling with us</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/298523_551614927779_67801105_31414133_1588970_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="238" src="http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/298523_551614927779_67801105_31414133_1588970_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also went on a day trip to Sea World and had a lot of fun. That was my favorite sea lion and I even was able to feed him </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/267539_548989554049_67801105_31370059_3958378_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="320" src="http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/267539_548989554049_67801105_31370059_3958378_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also had my birthday while I was gone so I am now 24... This was Kevin's bday present to me. I got to meet my favorite Laker player, Ron Artest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>That is all for now but I will come back soon to recap some fun trips we have taken, my bday, and what I have been doing for fun lately.</strong></div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-7067921258211028532011-09-23T11:29:00.001-07:002011-09-23T11:29:08.019-07:00I'm a magicianI have decided that I am a pretty fantastic magician. Why , you may be asking yourself? Well I mean look at how many times I am able to just disappear from here. Sometimes for weeks at a time and sometimes I'm gone for months. Pretty impressive right?<br />
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Well I'm going to try to come back again but I can't make any promises. Hopefully this weekend I'll write a recap blog. For now I just wanted to say hello and let you know that I am alive and well. I also wanted to say happy fall!!! It has become my favorite season because of foot all and pumpkin and holidays starting.<br />
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Please comment and tell me what is new in your life. Trying to get caught up on your blogs but I can't read them all. :) <br />
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Until this weekend (hopefully) have a great day!!!<br />
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P.S. Sorry about no photos... Just did a quick post from my iPhone and really don't know how to blog off of here... Is there an app for this??Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-59290875174603845392011-05-09T14:42:00.000-07:002011-05-09T14:42:51.327-07:00SFC Week 6 (3..6... thats how I count)Hiya strangers! Well life and work has been crazy lately (as always) so hence my disappearance from bloggy world. 2 weeks ago I was in Vegas for a trade show and then last week was the work week I have been dreading. My boss was with me all week on sales calls so needless to say it was a hectic and stressful week.<br />
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I still need to do my SF trip recap and my Vegas trips as well. I have so many photos to share with you guys! I also fell behind on the Spring Fever Challenge and I missed weeks 4 &5. Oh well... No need to dwell on it, I will just update you all now on my goals and hopefully do my recaps within the next year ;)<br />
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Positive Picture of the Week<br />
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<strong>My Goals:</strong><br />
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1)Live a Healthier Lifestyle<br />
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2) Go to the Gym 4 times a week <br />
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3) Do more around the house<br />
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4) Build self-confidence and do more for myself<br />
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5) Personal Growth and work on weaknesses<br />
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6) Be better with money and save<br />
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7) Read at least 2 books a month<br />
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<strong>This Week's Questions</strong><br />
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<em>1) What have you done this past week to help you achieve your goals?</em><br />
~I go back and forth on my healthy lifestyle. I don't ever eat super unhealthy. I don't like most fast food or fatty fried food so its pretty easy to stay away from that stuff (a plus). BUT because of travels and being on the road well I havent been super healthy. I am concious about ordering the healthiest food on the menu. So I am doing ok with this goal.<br />
~Gym=FAIL! You try going to the gym when youre traveling and working super long days. I was completly out of a routine the last 2 weeks. I think I went just a couple of times. But I am going to try super hard this week<br />
~I clean up after myself but I havent done any chores in a while. I am better about doing my laundry so thats an improvement :)<br />
~I see a big improvement in my self confidence lately. I have been feeling prettier lately. I also am comfortable with my weight and body. I also worked on my inner strength this week and not letting people walk all over me. I stood up for myself and it felt good.<br />
~I am working on my temper and lazyiness. I think I did pretty good with temper last week. I also have worked on my sensitivty and it is getting better. Good progress <br />
~Great past few weeks for this. I got my bonus check which was nice and I put a bunch of money in savings and haven't touched it. I paid all my bills right away and didn't spend too much money on non-necessities. I have a paycheck coming this Friday and I still have a lot of money left. So proud<br />
~ For April my books were Laker Girl by Jeanne Buss (which now I am thinking is what caused the Lakers to lose) and Onward by Howard Schultz. I recommend both books. For May I am reading House Rules and it is a long book so Im not sure if I will have time to read a second.<br />
<em>2) What have you done this week to make yourself feel good?</em><br />
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I spent the weekend over at my mom's and I was able to see my two best friends that I haven't seen in a long time (one 3 months and one 7 months). I also played games with the family and went to Hookah with my little brother. Then Sunday was spent with Kevin's family. it was a great weekend<br />
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<em>3) What goal are you having the most difficult ti</em><em>me with? Do you have a plan to make it better?</em><br />
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I would say its probably a tie between Live a Healthier Lifestyle and Do More Around the House. I am going to start cooking more and buying more groceries so that Im forced to eat healthier. Kevin and I also plan to take daily walks with the dog. As far as doing more around the house...well I guess I can just suck it up and clean more <br />
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<em>4) What goal are you rocking? Do you plan on keeping the momentum?</em><br />
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I am rocking the reading 2 books a month. I love reading and its nice to set aside time in my busy life to read. I plan on rocking this even more and going to Barnes & Noble more like I use to. This past week I have been rocking the money so hopefully I keep that up. Thats probably the most important goal.<br />
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<em>5) Fun question: What is your favorite Board Game?</em><br />
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This is a very difficult question for me because I LOVE LOVE games. I am happiest when I am having a game night. some of my favorites are Scatergories, Loaded Questions, and The Game of Things. I also like Tabboo a lot as well. <br />
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Well thats all folks. I will try to come back and do some more updates for you soon. Until then I will leave you with another picture. Don't look below if you don't like seeing bikini shots or if you are going to chastise me for posting a bikini shot of myself. I warned you :)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3mhI6QPpIROmShnIaWvNwmSIuL4xgPE0EtKT3QqvmcOtMsHy1piSgaHOitkMcLFnoDpzV9G9DatMKhEuNAX5Ft1K5pN9bd-N75L-JHs1ONqzJt5pjK24QVOTp6K_zJsb-X-40ir-3y27/s1600/IMG_9931TU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3mhI6QPpIROmShnIaWvNwmSIuL4xgPE0EtKT3QqvmcOtMsHy1piSgaHOitkMcLFnoDpzV9G9DatMKhEuNAX5Ft1K5pN9bd-N75L-JHs1ONqzJt5pjK24QVOTp6K_zJsb-X-40ir-3y27/s320/IMG_9931TU.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got this done at a local photo studio. :)</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-63157415781720984302011-04-19T13:44:00.000-07:002011-04-19T13:44:34.203-07:00SFC Week 3- Working hard for my moneySorry I have been kind of sparse lately. With my vacation and then my turnaround trip to Vegas I have not really been on the computer much. I will do some recaps soon but I have to get a USB cable for my camera and it is finding difficult to find. If you know where I could get one please let me know. :) This week I may not be able to post much because it is a SUPER stressful week for me at work. <br />
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So its time for SFC Week 3... I was suppose to post this yesterday but that proved to be impossible... Sorry :(<br />
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<div align="center"><strong>Positive Picture of the Week</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong>My Goals:</strong><br />
1)Live a Healthier Lifestyle<br />
2)<strike>Train for a 5K and a 10K</strike> Go to the Gym 4 times a week <br />
3) Do more around the house<br />
4) Build self-confidence and do more for myself<br />
5) Personal Growth and work on weaknesses<br />
6) Be better with money and save<br />
7) Read at least 2 books a month<br />
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<em>1) What have you done to achieve your goals?</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~I have been eating pretty healthy lately. , I dont eat fast food or fried food. Even when we went out to dinner last Friday I got salmon and a salad. Also even when I was drunk in Vegas I ate a Cesar's salad.... I do need to start taking vitamins. I have been better at drinking water</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~I had to give up on running because I have 2 bad ankles and it was proving to be too painful to run. I failed at going to the gym last week but I did walk some and I was sick. I did go on Thursday even though I was super sick. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~Ive been trying to clean up after myself and not leave stuff around. I still need to work more on this goa</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~I failed on the self confidence this past week. I have been feeling really down about myself. I have been doing stuff for myself though. Like taking naps, reading, and going out of town.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~I failed on personal growth and working on weaknesses though. Big time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~I have been good with my money and even when I was in Vegas I stuck to how much I planned on spending there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">~ I finished <u>Laker Girl</u> by Jeannie Buss and I recommend it to any girl that enjoys sports ESPECIALLY if you are a Laker fan. It was a great read. I am halfway through 2 books now. One is the newest Starbucks book out <u>Onward </u>by Howard Schultz. This one is another great book focusing on how a company overcame challenges.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>2) What have you done this week to make yourself feel good?</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I went on a turnaround Vegas trip with 2 of my girl friends. It was a lot of fun especially because we went on a party bus. I think letting go and taking another weekend off was needed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>3)Are your SFC goals your ultimate goals or steps to your ultimate goals? Do you find it easier to set big goals or mini-goals?</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">These are not my ultimate goals they are just baby steps that will help me reach my ultimate goals. I like making mini goals because I feel that its tough to just say "I want to feel comfortable with myself" well how are you going to go about doing that? You have to be healthy, work on your self esteem, and not care what </div><div style="text-align: left;">others think. Or if you say "i want to be rich" well how? Save money and work hard at your job so that you can climb up the ladder.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>4)What are your ultimate goals, things on your bucket list?</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ultimate Goals: Be happy with who I am, Be very successful and live a comfortable lifestyle, travel, and be great in any realtionship Im in (girlfriend or wife, mother, friend, daughter, etc).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bucket List: Travel the world, Go to every single baseball park and football stadium, have kids, sky diving, and many more.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><em>5) If you could achieve just one more thing in your life what would it be?</em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I would want to be the best person that I can be to my loved ones. i want my friends to enjoy being around me and know that they can come to me with any issues they have. I want to be the best possible girlfriend to Kevin. And I want to be a better daughter and sister to my family. Does that count? Be the best that I can be. Haha </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And since this has been a very wordy post I am going to leave you with one of my silly pictures from Vegas.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-45347228821500342052011-04-13T11:22:00.000-07:002011-04-13T11:22:04.517-07:00Wee Bit Wednesdays and Im SickHello everybody! Yes, I am sick... It always happens when I travel. Maybe I should start taking some Emergen-C or some vitamins to make my immune system stronger. My body doesnt seem to do well with temperature differences. In SF it was cold and windy which is probably why I have an ear infection and cold that has led to some type of respiratory illness (shortness of breath and chronic coughing). Im trying to take it easy today but vacation has put me behind at work so I am also trying to get work done so its not a HORRIBLE month for me; thats looking to be the case.<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Nope, not that I recall. I have come close a couple of times though</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{two} what is your favorite casino game?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Blackjack. Hands down! Its the only game I gamble on when I go to Vegas (except for the one time I wasted $20 playing Roulette). I LOVE Blackjack!<br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{three} do you have a good sense of direction?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Haha... Not at all!! I have the worst sense of direction ever! I hardley know how to reverse directions. I rely heavily on my GPS</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{four} laptop or desktop?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Laptop all the way. I cant remember the last time I even used a desktop. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{five} what is your go-to hair style when having a bad hair day?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The poof for sure. I pull most of my hair into a tight ponytail and then my "bangs" (really its just the hair in front thats shorter than my other hair but in no way bangs bc it goes down to my chin) I pin back into a poof.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhOOCuuIZ-jasdtzX5qfNO-iiKfk_M5r4IlJ_vbq7N9VfBHM6Qr8t7oHCvi8MCU9CQcMivOIGE42j8T6kO3KDt_twI5c0JsSwNtzHWSUC95NHNprsY9-DqprnoLpedZ-IUZnYh_JorMl7/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhOOCuuIZ-jasdtzX5qfNO-iiKfk_M5r4IlJ_vbq7N9VfBHM6Qr8t7oHCvi8MCU9CQcMivOIGE42j8T6kO3KDt_twI5c0JsSwNtzHWSUC95NHNprsY9-DqprnoLpedZ-IUZnYh_JorMl7/s320/untitled.bmp" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Not at all. i never read the newspaper. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{seven} do you have a favorite celebrity chef?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Yes... I love Gordon Ramsey. I love the fact that he is an Asshole!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{eight} what tv show would you like to make a guest appearance on?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Oooo Im going to steal 2 great choices: The Office (thx Leigh Ashley). Man I can watch this show over and over. I think it would be a fun show to guest star on. Grey's Anatomy (thx Amy @ Life's Journey with a Smile). Another show I love and man o man the guys on this show are mmm mmm good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{nine} do you have satellite radio in your car?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Nope but I would love one. One of the cars I rented to go to Vegas had one and I loved it. It would be a great investment for me since I drive A LOT and drive the 4-5 hour drive to Vegas every 2 or 3 months.<br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">{ten} what was the last movie that made you cry?</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I dont recall but here is a list of some movies that have made me cry: "The Notebook", "Definitely, Maybe", "I am Sam", and "P.S. I love You"</span></div><br />
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P.S. You guys are going to have to wait a little bit for my recap because I have to wait till Friday to buy the uSB cord for my camera... I will have a mini update tomorrow for Sports from a Girl's Point of View.Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-10734404181868687932011-04-11T10:06:00.000-07:002011-04-11T10:06:23.121-07:00SFC Week 2 and Boo Hoo Vacataion is Almost OverGood morning everyone! This is the earliest I have woken up on vacation... But today we have a full day because we have the Giants vs. Dodgers game tonight. Please wish us good thoughts because we are Dodger fans and the spirits around here are that all Dodger fans were responsible for the beating of the Giants fan. So I am hoping that tonight goes well and we dont recieve a lot of shit.<br />
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Anywhosit, today is the posting for the 2nd week of the Spring Fever Challenge and I am sad to report that I didnt do much the first week (can I blame it on the vacation?) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v78/70/33/67801105/n67801105_30234459_7612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v78/70/33/67801105/n67801105_30234459_7612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since I dont have any of my current SF pictures uploaded yet Ill use this one. It was taking in December of 2005 on my family vacation. I love how it makes it look like we are plotting to take over the city</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">1) What have you done this week to achieve your goals?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Not much sadly :(</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Goal 1: Live a Healthier Lifestyle</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well I tried to eat healthier (aside from some of the stuff on vacation). I also worked out regularly last week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-I ate a veggie egg white omlete this week and I havent had any red meat at all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-I eat pescetarian most of the time now because Kevin is a Pescatarian for 6 months</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-I went to the gym/worked out 4 times last week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Goal 2: Train for a 5K and a 10K</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did some runs before I left for vacation but havent done any here as planned. However, even though I havent been working out while on vacation the long hilly walks we have been taking are good training.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Goal 3: Do More Around the House</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did do this last week. Especially with Kevin's grandma moving in with us. I cleaned up a bit more. I also did almost all my laundry including folding it and putting it away (which usually takes me a week to do). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Goal 4: Build self-confidence and do More for Myself</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well I am trying to work on my self-confidence but this is a slow path. I have allowed myself to indulge a bit but thats easy on vacation. I would say because of vacation I have done well on this goal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Goal 5: Work on Weakness and have Personal Growth</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have tried to be more aware of my temper and anger issues. I also have tried to stop and think before I react. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Goal 6: Be Better with Money and Save</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can I get a free pass this week because of vacation? Thanks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Goal 7: Read 2 Books a month</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well I bought SEVERAL books at Borders because the one up here is closing down and had 80% off everything. The book I am currently reading is <u>Laker Girl</u> by Jeanie Buss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">2)What did you do this past week to make you feel good about yourself?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Well I went out dancing the first night of our vacation. i love dancing because its a lot of fun plus I know I am a good dancer so it makes me feel sexy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">3)Is your mind future-oriented or in the now? How does this affect you when working on your goals</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Mostly I am future-oriented, I am always thinking abot what my life will be like and what can I do to reach my ultimate goal. I think it helps in achieving my goals bc I can see the end result and work harder to achieve it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>4) Is there someone in your real life that makes you strive to do your best?</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Yes, it is Kevin. He keeps me on my toes. He points out my weaknesses (not in a bad way but in a helpful way) and helps me figure out easy solutions for them. He praises me when I do well. He overall wants me to be happy and he encourages me to grow as a person esxpecially with my self confidence. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">5) Fun Question: Do you read Blogs on the actual Website or through Google Reader?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I go to the individual website. 1) I dont understand Google Reader 2) I like to read my blogs on their home site. Its cooler that way (in my opinion)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay I guess it wasnt as bad of a week in terms of keeping up with the goals. I have bought a notebook to keep better track of my goals and what Im doing or need to do to accompolish them. Hopefully I remember to use it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I am off to finish my vacation. Ill be back on Tuesday or Wednesday with a recap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-31069289862809521512011-04-10T10:45:00.000-07:002011-04-10T10:45:50.821-07:00GTKY Sunday and Are we sure this isnt Vegas?Hi Everybody!! Ok so my trip has been AMAZING thus far but I keep calling it San FranVegas because its been one of those trips. We are tourists during the day and partiers at night. I started calling it San FranVegas because the first night we met up with one of our friends who lives up here (plus his friends) and we ended up staying out till 5 am. If thats not Vegas like then I dont know what else is.<br />
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Last night was awesome too because we went on a ghost hunt and made some friends, came back to our room to drink with them went out to a karaokee bar (didnt get to sing) then came back and drank more. <br />
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During the days so far we have been to Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, Lombard St., and Union Square. We have done the Wax Museum, ate a lot, did a Ghost Hunt, and lots of sightseeing. Today we are doing Alcatraz!<br />
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Now is the time for Getting to Know You Sunday!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Not really too much. I try to stay up to date by reading it a bit but I dont make a habbit of it. I should be better about that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. how would you describe your "look"?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Im pretty girly and I like to wear hoochie clothes sometimes ;) I dont know. I never think of labeling my look. i wear what makes me comfortable and what I think I look pretty in</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Yes, I ran CC and track all four years of high school (Captain as well). Then my freshman year of college I ran CC and track until I got too injured to do so anymore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Lipgloss for sure, didn't even have to think about that. i mean I love lipgloss but uh I would kill anyone who tried to take my heels away from me.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. what's your favorite show to watch on tv?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">The Office all the way!!! I love it. Ok I also like Grey's Anatomy and a bunch of reality competition shows like Cupcake Wars, Project Runway, Chopped, Top Chef, etc. (mostly food)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Cook but I like baking too</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">HMM I dont know. Ill watch any scary movie once and thats usually it lol</div><br />
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Since I have time I decided to do a Foodie Thursday post and do a review of Shenandoah at the Arbor which is a restaurant we went on our last foodie adventure. Now I am not a good writer and Kevin won't do the review for me (pouty face) so bear with me<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>The Basics:</strong> Shenandoah is an American Cuisine restaurant with a homestyle/kitchy feel. It features recipes that the chefs and owners have gathered from all around the US including Galveston, TX, San Francisco, and Louisana. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Atmosphere: </strong>As soon as you walk into Shenandoah you feel as if you walked into your typical grandmothers house (I know it remind me a lot of my paternal grandma). The dining area is designed to look like a home with the intimate atmosphere and the vintage cabnients and mismatched linens. It just makes you want to take off your shoes and stay awhile.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Service: </strong>The service is fantastic and you are treated like you are family. As soon as you are seated you are served the most delicious fresh out of the oven apple fritters, you just have to make sure not to eat too many. The first time we came the waiter got to know Kevin and I (and by the end of our dinner even knew our anniversary) and he was very helpful in our choices. We always ask what they recommend and it always tastes delicious. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Food: </strong>The food is delicious and their servings are huge so you always have leftovers to look forward to (and trust me they taste even better the 2nd time around). My favorite dish here is called the Galveston Pasta and it is unlike anything you have ever tasted. The description is "<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Penne, shrimp, chicken, & Andouille sausage, in a jalapeno tequila cream sauce". </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Their speciality here is their sauces; no matter what you get you can guarentee that the sauce will make the dish. Some other notable dishes are their Dixie Style Fried Chicken which is what they're famous for and their Riverwalk Steak (once again an amazing sauce tops it off). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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ME? I am super super duper excited (even though that scares me) because Im leaving on vacation tomorrow with kevin. Its our longest vacation that we have taken together (usually we have done weekend getaways). We will be flying Virgin America (its the only airline kevin will fly) to San Francisco tomorrow morning. We will be there for 5 days and 5 nights. We will be eating at yummy restaurants, going to visit key tourist sites (including Alcatraz), and having lots of relaxed fun. We will also be going to a Dodgers vs. Giants game...Go Dodgers! I may be working 1 or 2 half days while im up there because I have quite a few customers in San Francisco. I am excited!!<br />
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Okay so its time for Wee Bit of Me Wendesdays. Its a new button because Leigh Ashley changed her blog layout and I must say I am loving it :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">{one} what is one food that, as an adult you love, but as a child you said you’d never touch?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Sushi... I could eat it every single day but as a child I scoffed at the idea of eating raw fish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/spicy-scallops-roll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/spicy-scallops-roll.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">{two} did you go to college? if yes, what was your major?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">I went to college and graduated. I picked my majors as a freshman and never turned back. I was a double major in Economics and Business with a focus on Marketing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">{three} what’s the most wild animal you’ve seen in real life (not counting the zoo)?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">A bear... It was scary, for Cross Country camp my freshman year of college we went to Mammoth. The girls were in the cabin and the boys were in a tent. Well one night the boys all ran into our cabin screaming bc I guess the bear was watching them sleep. Fun times</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{four} have you ever been to a fortune teller?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Nope.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">{five} can you juggle?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">I always tried to but I cant. I can do it with the easy scarves no problem but I cant do it with balls or any other objects. (Am I immature because balls make me laugh?)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">{six} hardwood floors or carpet?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Hardwood flloor all the way. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{seven} is it called “soda” or “pop”?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Soda or coke.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">{eight} what was your first car?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">1995 Ford Taurus</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">{nine} what is the most decadent dessert you’ve ever eaten?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Its call Chocolate Tartufu. Its a chocolate Gellato with a Zabione Cream center topped with cocoa powder and hazelnuts. It was delcious. Also Im looking forward to getting a chococolate chocolate sundae from Ghiradelli Square in SF.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ten} how often do you rearrange your furniture?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Whenever Kevin wants to rearrange it it gets rearranged. He is the decorating person around here and he has good tastes so I go along with it :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-45303429758536140092011-04-05T13:45:00.000-07:002011-04-05T13:45:58.115-07:00Tail Wagging Tuesdays- PeeWee is the CutestHiya folks! So its tough for me to get motivated to blog sometimes which is why I love the little blog hop parties and what not. First off Im going to give you the quick rundown of my weekend<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><strong>Friday</strong>: Game night!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><strong>Saturday</strong>: Foodie Adventure (Im going to do a review on the restaurant we went to on an upcoming Foodie Thursday). Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness charity comedy show. The line up consisted of Jimmy Kimmel, Ray Romano, Patton Oswalt, Jim Jeffries, Bill Buhr, Steve-o, and a few more. IT WAS AMAZING!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><strong>Sunday:</strong> Lazy day and then Grey's Anatomy at Dlo's</span></div><br />
All in all a fantastic weekend. AND I leave for vacation in less than 48 hours. San Francisco here we come!<br />
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Ok so Im linking up with CMae over at Live What you Love for <strong>Tail Wagging Tuesdays</strong><br />
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This week she wants us to feature our favorite picture of our furbaby. <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Well I have several furbabies but I feel like PeeWee doesnt get as much attention on my blog so Ill focus on him. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">1) He is super loyal and he thinks he is a scary guard dog.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">2) He LOVES cats and thinks that they are his best friend. Him and our youngest cat Athena are best buds</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">3) He knows that Angela (one of our cats) is pregnant so he doesnt tackle her anymore. He just sniffs her tummy then walks away.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">4) He prances when he runs. Literally he looks like a deer or something. We call him prancer sometimes because of it</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">5) He knows how to roll down windows when he is in the car but his smartness stops there because he trys to jump out of the car when Im on the freeway. So I have to lock the windows which pisses him off.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">6) He thinks he is a big dog and he gets along best with the big dogs when we are at the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">7) He is 100% a momma's boy</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-62774510884707869042011-04-04T10:16:00.000-07:002011-04-04T10:57:41.119-07:00Spring Fever ChallengeHello everyone! So I am pretty excited because I decided to participate in Spring Fever happening over at Life’s Journey with a Smile. It is a fun and inspirational challenge where you set goals for yourself for the spring and report on how you are doing on them.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So I dont think this technically starts until next week but i did have a feel good moment this week to share. I went to an awesome comedy show (April Foolishness); laughter is the best medicine</span></div><br />
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<strong><span style="color: purple;">This Weeks Questions:</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>1) What are your Goals?</strong><em>My Spring Fever Goals: (It may seem like a lot but I have faith in myself)</em><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">Goal # 1:Live a healthier lifestyle.</span></em></strong></div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;"> Eat healthier and keep a food log</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Exercise at least 5 days a week</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"> Drink lots of water</div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #073763;"><strong>Goal # 2:</strong> <strong>Train and complete a 5K and a 10K</strong> </span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">Goal # 3:Do more around the house</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">Cleaning. I hate it but I need to get over it and just clean</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Laundry. I need to stop waiting till the last minute to do this. Try to do laundry on a weekly basis.</div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color: #073763;">Goal # 4: Build Self-Confidence and do more for Myself</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">I sometimes care too much about what other people so I am working on not caring about it as much. </div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"> I’m going to try to be a bit more selfish because I don’t do much for myself and I spread myself too thin and ignore my own need</div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><em>Goal # 5:<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span>Personal Growth/Work on Weaknes</em></span></strong></div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">Work on temper and sensitivity</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Organization (work, house, day)</div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #073763;"><em>Goal #6: Be better at saving money & have better spending habits</em></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">Goal #7: Read at least 2 books a month</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<strong>2) Why did you choose these goals?</strong> Well I feel like these goals are pretty well rounded and it affects every part of my life (health, work, personal, and relationships). My main goal is to make myself a better person inside and out so that was the motivation for most of my goals. I really want to be a healthier person (physically and mentally) which I feel will most of my goals help with that.<br />
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<strong>3) What is your plan of action to make them happen?</strong> All of my goals will have mini goals so that they feel more attainable then I have the following ideas:<br />
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<ul><li> Exercise and food journal through mapmyrun.com. It’s a great site that keeps track of calories and miles ran.</li>
<li> Personal Growth, Organization, and books- I am going to keep a journal to stay on track</li>
<li> Saving Money- I have a specific amount of money that I have to put into my savings account per paycheck. I am also going to keep a closer log of my bills and spending</li>
<li>Rewards (Yes I am a little kid that is motivated by rewards) If I have a good week I will get myself ice cream or some other type of reward </li>
</ul><strong>4) What does this challenge mean to you?</strong> It means I am on the right track to becoming a better person. It will also show that I’m a strong person with will power if I am able to meet these goals. It will give my everyday life more meaning than usual.<br />
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<strong>5) Fun Question: What is something most people don’t know about you?</strong> I am obsessed with post it notes. They actually make me super happy and I get excited when I go to an office supply store just to look at the post its. <br />
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Okay folks, I hope you enjoyed my first segment of Spring Fever Challenge. Come pop by every Monday to check it out <br />
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<div align="center"><strong>Have a very Happy Monday!</strong></div></div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-28746994254033833552011-04-03T12:07:00.000-07:002011-04-03T12:07:27.969-07:00Already a SO-So Sunday... GTKY SundaySo today is going to be blah because I have a lot to do. I have to do a lot of cleaning and laundry and if you have been around here long enough you know I HATE cleaning. But you gotta do what you gotta do.<br />
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Anyway, before I start doing the dreaded I figured I would do some Getting to Know You Sunday of course.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. do you weigh yourself?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">I occassionally weigh myself. Sometimes after a hard workout at the gym I feel like I should weigh myself. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. what's the nastiest thing you've ever eaten?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Hmmm I dont know..I try to not remember the nasty tasting things. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. snail mail or email?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">I prefer email because the only stuff I get through snail mail is bills. I dont get a lot of mail either way from friends. Texting is the way we communicate</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. do you have any irrational fears...what are they?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">I dont think any of my fears are irrational. Ok fine i am afraid of soggy bread. It really grosses me out. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">5. do you play an instrument?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Nope I have no musical or artistic talent whatsoever. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. would you rather be bitten by a snake or attacked by a bear?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Definetly a snake, I feel like I have the opportunity to survive that. If I was malled by a bear I dont think I would be walking away alive or with all my limbs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">7. do you ever go braless in public?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Never in public... Call me a horrible person but I get grossed out if I can tell someone is not wearing a bra. I dont need to see your nipples through your thin shirt. Im sure there are people that dont wear a bra and I cant tell and thats fine. I have smaller boobs and I always wear bras. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">8. today i am thankful for........................?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">Yesterday. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: red;">I hope you had a great weekend and have a Happy Sunday!</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-37086246445837923502011-04-02T09:58:00.000-07:002011-04-02T09:58:22.439-07:00Happy List Saturday. Also Super Excited for Today and Why that Scares MeHappy Saturday everyone and a Happy one at that! Well of course I am linking up to Dandelion's Wishes Happy List because what better way to start your Saturday?<br />
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</div><div align="center">I had a game night last night with some pretty close friends, some of which I hadnt seen in a while.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I am happy because yesterday my boss told me that I had a fantastic quarter and that I made my quarterly bonus along with full commissions for febuary which means an extra $4150 (well before taxes ater it will be almost half) for me...Going into my savings baby!!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</tbody></table><div align="center">I am double happy about the above statement haha. Like seriously I worked my booty off. And we increased sales by 14% for the quarter (I am trying to improve by 20% for the year bc one of the head guys in France said I could go to France if I was able to do that... a girl can dream right?)</div><div align="center"><br />
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</tbody></table><div align="center">I am happy that kevin's grandma is moving in. I am glad we can give her a place to stay and she is such a nice lady.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I am happy that we are having a foodie adventure with our friends Sarah and Mig (its a monthly or biweekly event). We are either going to one of our favorite restaurants or we are going to this big food truck festival with over 75 food trucks.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I am happy that tonight me and Kevin are going to the Kevin (different kevin) & Bean's April Foolishness show. It is a charity comedy event and some of the lineup includes Jimmy Kimmel, Axis of Awesomeness, Paton Oswalt (kev's favorite), Bill Burr, and Ray Romano. </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">I am happy that it is April and it is a new month! April is my 2nd favorite month after all.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I am happy that we are leaving on vacation Thursday... San Francisco here we come.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I am happy that LA has been having some great sport days. LA Dodgers have won their first two games (and beat the hated Giants... Im sorry they are my rivals). The LA Lakers have won the last 2 days while the San Antonio Spurs have lost 6 in a row so the Lakers have a chance to finish #1 (as it should be)</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">I am happy that Im going to Vegas this month. I am happier because I might be going twice. Once for pleasure the weekend of the 15th and once for work from the 26th to 30th.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><strong>I am happy that I have such a long happy list because I was feeling kinda down in the dumps yesterday but now I am super happy because I see how blessed I am</strong></em></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="left">So yes as you can see from some of the items in my Happy List I have a fantastic day lined up and Im super excited about it. However, around here the word excited scares us. Why? Well because whenever me and Kev are excited about something it usually blows up in our face. Like if Kev is excited to see me well then for some reason when I come home I act like a mega witch to him. Or if we are excited for a party we are hosting it usually gets cancelled or turns to a dud. So around here we try not to use that word.</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"> But im being extra optimistic and Im going to say that today will be a great day with no issues... (but ill knock on wood just in case).</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Well I hope you have a great day and make sure to go link up and tell us why you're so happy today</em></strong></div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-21278359506307790062011-03-30T09:30:00.000-07:002011-03-30T09:30:58.125-07:00Middle of the Week... Let the countdown to vacation begin (8 days). Wee Bit Wed.Hello Everybody...Top of the morning (or afternoon) to all of you. I have a feeling today is going to be a blah day so I have to try super hard to motivate myself to do work.<br />
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I am proud of myself because I ran 2 miles yesterday...While my times werent where I would ideally like them to be I have to realize that I am just starting out again and I cant be at the point where I am averaging 7 min/mile. I also did 1 hour of hot zumba yesterday. It was only hot zumba because the air wasnt working and I SWEAR it was 100 DEGREES in there. I never sweated that much in my entire life...<br />
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Time for some Wee Bit of me Wednesdays...Go link up!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{one} if you won a trip to Disneyland/world, who would you take with you?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I would take Kevin and it will be to Disneyworld. 1) We both have never been 2) He is a lot of fun to take places 3) He would kill me if I didnt take him ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2967/70/33/67801105/n67801105_30685816_6616264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2967/70/33/67801105/n67801105_30685816_6616264.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is us at Disneyland 2 years ago. Don't we look like we are having fun?<span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{two} when was the last time you listened to a CD?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I would say probably 6 months ago and it was Taylor Swift</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{three} what spice/seasoning is your favorite?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I LOVE spices. It is what makes my food tastes so yummy. My obsession is Tapatio. I love it. My favorite seasoning to cook with is Garlic Salt. Really anything with Garlic I love</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{four} if you were in a band, what kind of music would you play?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Um Crappy music? Oh are we assuming that I would have talent? Probably hard rock then yah!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{five} if you could have personally witnessed one historical event, which one would it be?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Hmmm this is a tough one. I would say to be there when the automobile was invented because that is something that completly changed the world. :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://campus.udayton.edu/~hume/Automobile/Model%20T.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" r6="true" src="http://campus.udayton.edu/~hume/Automobile/Model%20T.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{six} if you could go back to school, what would you study?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I would go back for my MBA with an emphasis on Business Development/Management. I also want to go to school so I can do event planning/wedding coordination on the side. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{seven} if you could go to one sporting event, all expenses paid, which one would you see?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">The Super Bowl… Easiest question I have ever had to answer ever. I will go see one Super Bowl before I die!</span><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
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</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong>{eight} do you drive an automatic or a manual?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I dive an automatic. I dont know how to drive stick...I feel it might be something I should learn how to do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">In front of a large crowd? Not really but I get warmed up and then I can do a fairly good job. I think everyone gets nervous before that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Of course, I live in CA for goodness sake. I have experienced more earthquakes than I count. I am lucky that I havent experienced a big one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here is my quick weekend recap:<br />
<ul><li>Friday: Took my friend to the airport then had couples game night. (I wrote about it in <a href="http://thanksforthatinfo.blogspot.com/2011/03/happy-list-saturday-come-join-in.html">my Happy List</a>)</li>
<li>Saturday: Layed around all day. That night we went over to my neighbor's house to a party over there. It was a lot of fun but I might have had a bit too much fun when explains my sunday.</li>
<li>Sunday: :Layed in bed most of the day and was 100% lazy. Went over to Buck and Dlo's that night to watch the Laker game. Had yummy chicken fajitas taco (with Tapatio my obsession) and Sees suckers for dessert. We also watched a lot of <strike>Weapon Warriors</strike> Deadliest Warriors on Spike.</li>
</ul>Yep it was a lovely weekend full of a lot of lazyness and fun times.<br />
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So yesterday I decided that I was going to start training for a half marathon. Yep the thoughts that just pop into my head. SOOOOOO I will be running my first half marathon on Oct 9,2011. I was a competitive runner for 6 years but I did mostly middle distance (mile and 800). I did Cross country for 5 years but the longest distance I ever ran was 10 miles. I am pretty excited to get back into running but nervous at the same time (as I need to strengthen my bad ankle)<br />
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I have created (bv merging together a variety of different plans) a 7 week program in which I will be running in a 5K and a 10K. Then I will start on a 20 week training program for the 1/2 marathon. So all in all it is a 27 week training program which I feel will be good for me.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>So here are my running goals and plans</strong>.</div><ul><li>Start training today! Thats right folks I will be running a 2.5 miler in just a little bit</li>
<li>Run in a 5K race on April 23. I hope to get 21 minutes or faster (I use to run them in 19-20:30).</li>
<li>Run in a 10K race on May 15. My main goal is to finish without walking. I actually hope to get a time better than 49 min.</li>
<li>Stick to my 27 week training program even with my work and personal travels that I have coming up</li>
<li>Run the 1/2 marathon! My goal is just to finish. </li>
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</tbody></table>I will be proving a lot to myself if I get trained in time and run the whole 1/2 marathon. I will be so proud of myself. I know its going to be a long adventure but I will blog about my progress here. Anyone out there that has ran a 1/2 or full marathon? Any advice<br />
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One last thing, I am super excited because we will be leaving for vacation next Thursday! :) YAY!! I cant wait to fly up to SF and just experience the sites. Going to be nice to take a longer vacation then just a weekend<br />
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I think its funny that the first thing I thought was "I wonder if GTKY is already up" Classic. So go <a href="http://www.mannland5.com/2011/03/getting-to-know-you.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mannland5+%28MannLand5%29">link up over at MannLand5's Getting to Know You Sunday</a> so you can be as cool as me ;)<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Friends & Family, the gym, beautiful pictures, money, the need to be a better person</span><br />
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2. what was the last thing you bought yourself?<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Does food count? Because I bought myself Panera bread yesterday and it was super tasty.</span><br />
3. would you rather watch a movie in a theater or from the comfort of your own home?<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It really depends but I guess in the theaters. I don't go to see movies a lot but when I do i really enjoy myself. I really want to go see Something Borrowed when that comes out. If its a movie that I am super excited about then I like to go. But usually I just prefer to watch episodes of The Office.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">I hate hate cleaning so that is really hard. I guess wiping down stuff lol. I really despise all household chores.</span><br />
5. coffee or tea?<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Tea all the way! I especially love making myself Iced Chai Lattes especially because mine taste better than Starbucks... Thanks Keruig! But Hot Chocolate trumps it all</span><br />
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6. what could you eat every day and not get sick of??<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Sushi and chocolate... Probably not together</span><br />
7. what's the last book you read?<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">wow I dont even know. I need to read on my PanDigital more. Such a bad ebook reader lately. Been too addicted to blogs</span><br />
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8. do you think you look you "look" your age?<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">No. I look younger and I always get told that. But I think I am starting to look more my age now :) Yay!</span><br />
I hope you have a fantastic Sunday and that it goes by slow so that we all can stay in the weekend longerAimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-63935584104466348402011-03-26T11:51:00.000-07:002011-03-26T11:51:10.819-07:00Happy List Saturday! Come join in the JubilationHiya folks! Happy Saturday and a happy one it is! I already feel so accomplished and it is 11:30 am here in semi-sunny CA. I am glad that the rain has subsided for a bit. This week has had some heavy rain (in CA standards) that I have had to do a lot of driving in. Its nice that the weather outside is beautiful; not too hot and not too cold. It is just right!<br />
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So it is Saturday and it is time for another Happy List over at Dandelion Wishes. If you are happy (and you should be) then go link up!<br />
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I am happy that I woke up early this morning (8:30 am on a weekend is not easy for me) and hit up the gym to do Zumba. (Even if it wasnt the right zumba instructor and she kinda sucked).<br />
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I am happy that I am getting the opportunity to dance all the time and it counts as exercising.<br />
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I am happy that I have been doing pretty well at not spending friviously. I mean sure I would love to go buy me a pair of shoes or some clothes but I need to work on saving and having better money skills. I have been doing good thus far. <br />
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I am happy that my original game and drinking night got cancelled last night because we got to go over to our favorite couple's house. There were 3 of us couples and we went out to Ihop (I was good and had a ham& cheese omlete with eggs substitute with fruit) then we came back and played Loaded Questions adult (I was having extraordinary luck at this game and guessing everyone right)<br />
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I am happy that I have the house to myself and I can lay here and just catch up on blogs and take a little nap.<br />
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</div>I am happy that I have been able to turn off work during the weekend. At my last jobs I wasnt ever able to leave work and stress during work hours. I would stress all the time at night and over the weekend. My stress level and happiness has changed remarkably with my current job.<br />
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Finally I am happy that I am once again going out to LA to a lounge/club to dance the night away with friends and Kevin. I LOVE dancing (if you havent already figured that out.<br />
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I am a pretty big foodie. I love food. There are not too many things that make me happier than food trucks, new restaruants, and food festivals. I am constantly looking for information on restaurant weeks, savor and strolls, and "taste of" towns. If you look Im sure you can find some awesome food events happening around you. I use Yelp as my main resource to find great new places to eat because its nice to see how others rate it and also what they recommend. <br />
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Lately my obsession has been Food Trucks. I'm talking about the gourmet food trucks that have specialized menus and have people raving about them. The ones that have the mouth watering menus and the paint job to go along with it. I have tracked them down and fit them into my work schedule so I can start scheduling my appointments around where the highest rated food trucks will be. I have decided Im going to try to eat at a food truck once a week. Yummy!<br />
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Every Thursday from 11 am-2 pm there is a Food Truck Fare at the OC fair grounds in Costa Mesa, CA. There are different trucks featured each week. Basically there are 10 food trucks set up in the parking lot all right next to each other ready to fulfill whatever your craving (tacos, bbq, potatoes and fries, meat, sushi, greek, etc).<br />
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</tbody></table>I stopped by there for the first time and boy I was a super happy camper. I hit up the RollingSushi Van anf got Spicy Tuna Chips and a Baked Lobster Roll. It may be a bit scary at first to get Sushi from a van but it was delicious. For dessert I had Rasberry Louks from Louks to Go. I really wanted the Nutella with banana one but they ran out of bananas. The rasberry one was super good too though.<br />
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If you havent tried out a gourmet food truck you are missing out. It is great and unique cusine for inexpensive prices. I would recommend you check out Yelp to find food trucks around you and find out when the best rated trucks will be by your work.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Have you had food truck gourmet? What did you think?</strong></div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-23763567529063318612011-03-23T09:22:00.000-07:002011-03-23T09:26:02.833-07:00Wee Bit Wednesdays and Workout UpdateHiya folks! Well its time for Wee Bit Wednesdays. Im going to do this before I get my lazy ass ready for work. I love my field days because I have a lot of flexibility but sometimes it makes it really hard to be motivated to get out of the house and go do my job. (But I do I do I promise!). Anyway this time I am going to blame it on Leigh Ashley for her Wee Bit Wednesday ;) Go link up!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">{one} what was your first job?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I use to be a mothers' helper than a babysitter from a young age. BUT my first real paycheck job was working at a local amusement park where I grew up. I was too young to be a ride operator though so I worked in the cafe and the little carts. My favorite was the ice cream cart</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{two} have you ever seen a stand up comedian?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, actually I just saw Jay Mohr at The Improv and OMG he was sooo funny! I was using some of his jokes for the following 2 weeks. I loved it! I want to go to the Improv more</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{three} when was the last time you played mini golf?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://slicesminigolf.com/cartoon-minigolf-gross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="http://slicesminigolf.com/cartoon-minigolf-gross.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its been a while. i use to go pretty often when i was in high school. I think I went to Boomers about a year ago or so and played. I suck at mini golf. I mean hitting the ball into the water bad.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{four} what was the last picture you took?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This weekend, I took pictures with me and the girls. I think the one I took was of my friends dancing at the club</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{five} burnt food: yes or no?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Depends what it is. I like my marshmellows and tortillas burnt but thats about it. Also I prefer to call it "charcol"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{six} if you have a pocket full of change, what do you do with it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Put it in my purse or in my car. Then I use it the next time I go through the drive thru</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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{seven} can you touch your tongue to your nose?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes. I have a long tongue. It reaches to the bottom of my chin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{eight} do you scrapbook?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">No but I should... I jsut am not that crafty or patient.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{nine} do you buy lottery tickets?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have before but I dont do it regularly. I buy scratchers when I am feeling lucky and I buy a lottery ticket or two when the lottery gets up to be really high.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
{ten} do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In front :)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Workout and Healthy Eating Update:</strong></div><br />
Ok I think I'll post some of my workouts here so that it can keep me accountable. I have started to eat healthier and to workout more regularly. I don't have a weight loss goal though, I just want to tighten up especially my stomach, and I want to live a healthier life.<br />
So the past two weeks I have been doing pretty well at both these goals. I have been doing multiple classes at 24 hour fitness and have partnered up with gym buddies. Here have been my workouts thus far.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Wed: Zumba for 1 hour</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Thursday: Dancing for multiple hours</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Saturday: Dancing for 2 hours</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Mon: Stairmaster for 10 minutes, 150 crunches, and 1 hour of hip hop class</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Tuesday: 1 hour gym workout (150 crunches, leg press, quads and theighs machines with weights, 20 minutes on eliptical). 1 hour of Zumba</strong></em></div><br />
On the healthy eating side, Kevin has decided to go Vegetarian for 6 months which annoyed me at first (because Ill have to make 2 meals) but now I realize its going to help me because I can eat vegetarian meals a couple of days a week. If you have ideas of healthy meals (vegetarian or with meat) please let me know.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Yesterday we had Vegetarian Soy dogs on Whole Wheat bread with onions and pickles. Tonight I am making cheese stuffed tortellini salad with spinach.</em></strong></div><br />
Well that is all I hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-9890733707996468312011-03-22T09:50:00.000-07:002011-03-22T09:50:15.359-07:00It was a busy but quick weekend- Clubbing, Drinking, and Nap TimesSO for the past few weekends we have been packing our weekends full of stufff because during the week we dont have much time to do stuff. While its great to be doing fun stuff all weekend the downfall is that the weekend goes by way too fast.<br />
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I may be a day late but here is my weekend recap. I will start with Thursday night because this week that was part of the weekend since it was St. Patty's day after all<br />
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Kevin and I went to one of my "sister's" house who was hosting a party complete with Green beer, shamrock sandwiches, and lime and margarita jello shots. It was a green green night. I came with 2 travel coffee cups filled with my drink of choice lately (Sweet Tea Vodka and Lemonade-alcoholic Arnold Palmer) since I do not like beer. I also brought the Margarita jello shots I made which ended up being a big hit (lime jello made with 1 cup water, 1 cup tequila and a shot or two of Triple Sec).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/190002_534605489829_67801900_31286398_8114214_n.jpg%20" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/190002_534605489829_67801900_31286398_8114214_n.jpg%20" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Oh and it was great because I played a joke on my "roomie" (she was my college roommate for 2 years and we still call eachother that). She is super afraid of leprechauns and there was this dude there that was dressed like a leprechaun so I had him chase her around all night...Reminded me of being back in college.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Saturday: Party like a <strike>Drunkard</strike> RockStar</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The pre-party was a lot of fun and I am sure there were people that were willing to stay and play at our house instead of going to the club. I had my 2nd batch of margarita jello shots along with Tequila Rose (amazing strawberry tasting stuff that you should try), tequila shots, and alcoholic Arnold Palmers. The kitchen was the happening place with lots of drinking and laughs and of course pictures.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200666_534617096569_67801900_31286629_3363792_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200666_534617096569_67801900_31286629_3363792_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tequila Rose. I like it because it tastes yummy and its pink</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/199013_534617730299_67801900_31286635_6819845_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/199013_534617730299_67801900_31286635_6819845_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jello Shots!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">When we finally ventured off to the club it was 10 pm. We got there about 10:30 or 10:45. I have decided we had way too many people with us that it was hard to keep up with everyone. It was me and 3 of my sisters (Elle, Roomie, and munchkin), one of my girl friends and her friend (Wendy and Kalli), and boyfriends and friends (5 guys). Then when we got to the club I met up with another girl friend and her friend (Chey and Veronica) and kevin had 4 friends come. It was pretty crazy.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199100_10150119701224827_503719826_6289192_3328255_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199100_10150119701224827_503719826_6289192_3328255_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Exhibit A...This is one of my favorites. See sisters love each other</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/198601_10150119700909827_503719826_6289178_671544_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/198601_10150119700909827_503719826_6289178_671544_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See Exhibit B</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/198491_10150119700974827_503719826_6289181_4287466_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/198491_10150119700974827_503719826_6289181_4287466_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Exhibit C... I Love this picture of us though</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I tried to dance as much as possible but I think I kept getting distracted with conversations and drinks. I also managed to sneak a flask in so we had a little too much fun with that. It was a successful night though because we all had a lot of fun, danced a bunch, enjoyed our drinks without anyone getting stupid drunk, and had the most entertaining car ride home. The only bad thing? I didnt sleep at ALL that night.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Well that was my weekend. Sorry for the lengthy post and the excess of pictures. Hopefully I didnt bore you too much :)</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-66540130510347356542011-03-21T14:48:00.000-07:002011-03-21T14:48:55.090-07:00GTKY Just one Day LateHey all. So i had a fantastic weekend but its a little too much work and time to do the weekend recap at work so I will do one late this evening. I need to really remember to do scheduled postings so Im not being sneaky at work.<br />
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However, I did want to do a brief Getting to Know you Sunday a day late because I am sooo happy these are back!! I love the questions she comes up with. You could join in late as well or make sure to check it out next Sunday.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. if you won the title of miss america, what would your platform be?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">It would be for equality for all especially for Gay Rights. I feel everyone should be treated equal and it makes me sad that still in this day and age people are still being discriminated against.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">2. outdoorsy or indoorsy?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Hmm I guess Im more indoorsy because Im often indoors but I do like hiking, beach, walks, and beautiful weather</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">3. pajama's out in public..classy or tres tacky?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">It really depends. I tend to not do it.. But its forgivable if its earlier in the morning or before 10 am on weekends. And as long as they are classy pjs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. what's your favorite room in your house?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">At my new home I LOVE my kitchen. I am going to have to take a picture of it for you. Its big and has gorgeous counters and beautiful white cabients. I also love the living room because its where me and Kevin watch hours of The Office</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. nook, kindle, or book?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. would you rather wear the same outfit for a week or not brush your teeth for a week?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Same outfit but both are disgusting. Can I change my undies?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">7. what's your favorite blog at the moment?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Hmm thats hard. I would say all the blogs on my blog roll!! :) Way to be indecisive </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">8. lately i've been daydreaming about.........?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Weddings (and no im not engaged) and puppies. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned for a weekend recap! </div><div style="text-align: center;">:)</div>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-10358960128571508932011-03-19T14:18:00.000-07:002011-03-19T14:18:08.171-07:00Its Saturday and I am happy!! So let me share my list!Hey folks!! How are you all doing on this lovely Saturday? I am super excited for today. Its a gorgeous day here in <strike>sunny</strike> overcast CA and Im having a semi-lazy afternoon (I did clean the house a bit so its not fully lazy). <br />
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I decided I wanted to participate in the Happy List over at Dandelion Wishes since there are so many things to be happy for this week.<br />
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I am happy that I finally got to celebrate St Patty's day the right way! I havent drank on St Patty's day since I graduated college.<br />
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I am happy that my jello shots were a big hit. Margarita flavored jello shots for the win. I will even share the recipe.<br />
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</tbody></table> Ingredients: lime jello, tequila (preferibly silver), triple sec, and a lime.<br />
Recipe: Boil 1 cup of water and pour it in a bowl with the lime jello. Stir until it is pure liquid.<br />
Add 6 oz of tequila and 4 oz of triple sec (do more or less depending on how lethal you like)<br />
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I am happy that it was a great week<br />
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I am happy that I made my Febuary goal and will be getting my full comission on April 15<br />
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I am happy that Im lucky to have a great job where I make a good salary so that when I get my quarterly comissions and bonuses they can go straight into savings.<br />
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I am happy that Kevin's mom gave us her king sized bed frame for free now we only have to get the mattress<br />
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I am happy that I made the best chilli of my life. It was mexican style chilli and the sauce tasted like Sopa.<br />
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I am happy that I have wonderful friends and that they make me feel loved.<br />
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I am happy that people have already started giving us food recommendations and activities to do for our vacation. If you know of any great restaurants let me know!<br />
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Are you happy today? Go link up and tell us why!!Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-7578299953239563692011-03-18T13:48:00.000-07:002011-03-18T13:48:27.497-07:00ODD News Fridays are back!! :)Hey everybody! Im slacking off at work big time right now but shhh I didnt say that. I always think "ill be better next Friday" but seriosuly Fridays are soo hard to work, especially in my office because everyone is in a silly and giddy mood and we are all casual. I work better when Im wearing a pencil skirt, blouse, and heels. <br />
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Anyway I digress, I am happy to report that Odd News Fridays are officially back and boy am I excited so lets get started :)<br />
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<strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20110310/od_yblog_newsroom/up-up-and-away">Making <u>Up</u> a Reality AKA Scientists are Bored</a></strong><br />
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Apparently scientists got bored one day and watched the movie Up and decided "hmmm we can do this". National Geographic engineered an actual house that could fly with the help of 300 balloons and it actually did work. It flew for 1 hour and there was no big birds or talking dogs involved. I just dont understand why we need a flying house...gives a whole new meaning to <strong>mobile home</strong> though<br />
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Rio de Janeiro will do anything to make sure it doesnt rain while Obama is there on his visit. They have even hired a medium to keep the rain clouds away during the President's trip. I am sure Obama would not shy away from a couple of showers since he has spent a lot of his life in Illinois where rain is a nice alternative to their snow storms. Hey if she makes good money fooling these people then the more power to her.<br />
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An ice cream man was accused of dealing prescription drugs while using an ice cream truck as a cover. He made a lot of money from it while he got away from it but Im sure it pissed the kids off when they went up to ask for their Power Ranger ice cream with bubble gum eyes and he only had Oxycodine...Okay i guess it wasnt like that, he still had ice cream but still imagine if that was your ice cream man. But really you shouldnt trust an ice cream man whose truck has the name Lickety Split on it. <br />
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Well folks that is all especially because i need to get back to work (boo and hiss). I hope that you all have a great weekend. Im hoping mine doesnt go by too quick but im sure it will since its jamed pack full of stuff.<br />
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Happy Friday!Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-55439077527321685552011-03-17T09:04:00.000-07:002011-03-17T09:04:09.791-07:00Wee Bit of me Wednesdays just a wee bit late.Happy St. Patrick's day everyone! I hope you are all wearing your green :) I am not because I don't have a work shirt that is green, maybe Ill go buy a little shamrock pin or something. Anyway I love St Pattys day...its one of my favorite holidays (yay for being Irish!). Tonight I am going to a party at my friend's house and if Im feeling up to it I will be making green jello shots (margarita flavored).\<br />
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Anyway, since I have missed Wee Bit Wednesdays and since I didnt get to do it yesterday, you guys get to read about it today (also since I really dont have time nor the motivation to do a full blog entry). Guess what will be back tomorrow?? Odd News Fridays!! I know you have missed those so stay tune for that.<br />
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</i></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">{seven}</span> have you ever taken dance classes?</strong></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><i>Yes. I took jazz for a couple of years, ballet for 1/2 a year. I want to take burlesque and salsa dancing classes. I also Zumba does that count? ;)</i></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">{eight}</span> which do you use more: the thesaurus or the dictionary?</strong></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em>um neither...but i guess the dictionary</em></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">{nine}</span> what’s your favorite form of exercise?</strong></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><i>It use to be running and if my ankles werent so bad it would be. But i like the dance exercise classes at 24 hour fitness especailly zumba.</i></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em></em></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">{ten}</span> what’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line?</strong></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em>I waited a full day in line s that I can be at the front of a Panic! at the Disco concert. </em></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><em><br />
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</i></center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">Well I hope you all have a fantastic Thursday! </center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;"><br />
</center><center style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b>What are your St. Patrick's Day Plans?</b></center>Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385322106591783170.post-36997066912277672052011-03-14T18:46:00.000-07:002011-03-14T18:46:48.957-07:00The Craziness has Subsided... Weekend Round upHi Everyone!! <br />
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So things have been sooo crazy the last 2 months BUT I am happy to report that it will finally slow down. :)<br />
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I have been so busy because my sorority/society has been pledging over the last 5 weeks and I am the alumni sponsor so I had to be at pretty much every single event (which drove Kevin mad). But they had their convocation celebration on Saturday so we welcomed 15 new girls into the society. <br />
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I am participating in Mingle Monday over at Life of Meg. Its a fun blog hop so check it out by clicking the button below and link up!<br />
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So for the weekend recap:<br />
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<strong>Friday</strong><br />
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Kevin and I were able to have another date night. With my schedule lately it has been nearly impossible to spend 2 quality nights together a week so it was really great to have another fantastic date night. We went to the Improv to see Jay Mohr and it was fantastic. I havent been to the Improv to often nor have I seen too many stand up comedians so it was awesome. We started off the night with dinner and drinks at Dave & Busters which reminded us that we have to go there soon for a group date night because its lots of fun.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JDS5_SNAxCQ_TMl2H4JqpoV4lPrcOgB_DMumCiaM-ml2VT4UR5oEiw2gXkLRHadajJGY0Qq1IgHdqc3k2xTYQwvUqNqjKmnDzkd6nK1ix0B2urk_Dx89eqcHG0uxJFW-12c16HRQ6JNM/s1600/jay_mohr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JDS5_SNAxCQ_TMl2H4JqpoV4lPrcOgB_DMumCiaM-ml2VT4UR5oEiw2gXkLRHadajJGY0Qq1IgHdqc3k2xTYQwvUqNqjKmnDzkd6nK1ix0B2urk_Dx89eqcHG0uxJFW-12c16HRQ6JNM/s320/jay_mohr.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>Then we headed over to the Improv. The first comedian was really funny. He reminded me a lot of Jack Black. He was a great opening act. Jay Mohr was HILARIOUS! He did a great impersonition of Charlie Sheen "Duh Winning!" and he was completly <strong>i</strong>napropriate which is what makes comedy so awesome. Then he ended with some other great impersoniations. My favorite was when he did Tracy Morgan but it was closely followed by his Christopher Walkin impression. All in all it was a fantastic night. <br />
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<strong>Saturday: BUSY BUSY </strong><br />
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This was the last official day of pledging and it was the day of celebrations. I was super busy all day. We met the girls at 11:30 am where we then sung songs to them and did the rituals by the rock. Then we did our afternoon ceremony at an alumni house.We then did the school ceremony where we presented our new girls to everyone and went out to eat.<br />
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After that I had a mini break and went to a BBQ at my next door neighbor's house. I was there for an hour before I had to leave to go PARTY it up with the new girls while we went from house to house that night. It wasnt as much fun as I usually have but mostly because Im getting too old foir that stuff. Thius will be my last year attending that party and I only did it because I took another fantastic "little sis" <br />
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<strong>Sunday: Sleepy Day</strong><br />
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Does anyone else get as exhausted by the time change? I hate spring forward. I actually hate the time change in general. It is an old tradition that should stop since we arent farmers anymore and dont rely on the sun and time like they use to. We have electricity now... <br />
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So Kevin and I practicially slept all day. When we werent sleeping we were watching tv.. The Office of course because we cant go a day without watching it. I also started watching King of the Crown which is a beauty pagent show (that isnt as scary as Toddlers & Tiaras) and Whose Wedding is it Anyway (not one of my favorite wedding shows). <br />
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We also played Trivial Pursuit which Kevin wooped my ass good.. I have begun to realize I am not really smart (haha) and I dont have any talents that I can show. So I am going to start working on those two things. i need to be more well rounded.<br />
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Well that was my weekend! I am looking forward to a quieter week and hopefully getting a puppy...The one I wanted got adopted but I just really want a puppy so if I come across one that I fall in love with Kevin said I can get it. But I have to really really want it...<br />
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What are your talents? How was your weekend?<br />
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P.S. Sorry about the lack of photos on my entries. I need to buy a new usb cord for my camera because I lost mine...I just havent gotten around to doing that.Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08363995523415363942noreply@blogger.com2