day one

describe your guilty pleasure

oh man. am i really only allowed one? because i definitely have more than one. which maybe means that i have no sense of right and wrong. or that i'm baaaddd. or that some of them maybe aren't so guilty? i'm choosing to believe it's that last one :) 

some of my guilty pleasures include:

1] sleeping waaaayyyy too much. i mean, like eleven or twelve hours. until 3 pm. i have always been a person who loves to sleep and who is really good at it, and i can easily sleep 12 hours every day. except then i miss out on life. so, i do it a lot, but not too much hopefully haha. 

2] trashy tv shows. like the hills, the city, the real housewives of orange county and new jersey (love!), jersey shore, etc. i love it. it's my thing. let it go.

3] any and every type of candy. i am surprised i don't have diabetes already!

4] fashion blogs. i read so many of them it's ridiculous. but i love it! it's so fun to read about these random girls all over the country and see their cute outfits and how they express themselves through clothes.

i know i have many more vices and guilty pleasures, but those are probably my top ones for now.

and you know what? i'm totally ok with them all :)

blog challenge

so, some friends of jonathan's (who are now friends of mine yay!!) are doing this blog thing where they post blog entries about the topics below. and i thought i would do the same thing, which will hopefully make me a more diligent blogger (since i am so horrible at it!) and i also think it will be neat to learn something new about myself and think about things that i maybe never have before. here's to thirty days!

Day 1 - Describe your guilty pleasure.
Day 2 - Post something that inspires you.
Day 3 - List the five songs you would have with you on a desert island and why.
Day 4 - Write about what you imagine paradise to be like.
Day 5 - Compose a thank you letter to someone who has changed your life.
Day 6 - Describe the earliest thing you can remember.
Day 7 - Post the favorite cover of your favorite song.
Day 8 - Write about someone you think would make a good president.
Day 9 - Discuss five things you want to see change.
Day 10 - Elaborate on a dream you had this past week, described in detail.
Day 11 - Post your favorite picture ever taken of yourself.
Day 12 - Write about your favorite musical artist’s life story.
Day 13 - Describe the memory that never fails to make you laugh.
Day 14 - Post a video or link to the best mash-up you’ve ever heard.
Day 15 - Share a moment, phrase, or song that has changed your life the most.
Day 16 - Write about something that you want to do within the next five years.
Day 17 - Construct a post about what you would like to be remembered for.
Day 18 - Post a picture that evokes emotion.
Day 19 - Transcribe a passage from a book that has touched you.
Day 20 - Write about a band that you immediately liked and the song that made you like them.
Day 21 - Discuss your favorite medium of art.
Day 22 - Write about someone you would give your life up for without question.
Day 23 - Share the most awkward first impression you feel you’ve ever given.
Day 24 - Describe something you did as a child that other people remember you for.
Day 25 - Elaborate on the following: Something you would do if no one stopped you or if you knew you wouldn’t fail.
Day 26 - Define love, in your own words.
Day 27 - Define the meaning of life, in your own words.
Day 28 - Describe a moment you remember being completely happy and a description of why you believe you were feeling that way.
Day 29 - Write about what it is that you live for.
Day 30 - Close out this project by listing the ways you believe you have grown over the last thirty days.

busy busy busy

this picture was taken on the drive down to southern california.

the hubby and i went to southern california over easter weekend.

part birthday celebration (me) and part seeing best friends and part going to an old friend's wedding.

it was so good to see everyone.

one of my best friends is in the process of buying a house, and i have to admit that i am super jealous. jonathan and i both lament the lack of space in our apartment, cute as it is. so, we are starting to save up to be able to buy a house in southern california when the time comes to move home, which will be a couple of years yet.

let's see what else is new. last week my best friend jenna and her awesome hubby paul came up for their anniversary celebration and stayed for a couple of days at our apartment. it was so fun to see them and hang out with them for a few days. i can't wait till we move there so we can see them all the time! we made great food and had lots of laughs.

then, our friend christy and her hubby john and sweet baby ava came up for a day from santa cruz and hung out with us for a couple of hours. she seriously has the best little baby. all smiles unless something is really wrong, or really hurts (but even then she smiles easily).

i've just been working and hanging out and relaxing.

gone on a few bike rides. the weather has been rainy the past couple of days so i'm waiting for it to get sunny to really break in my new bike. i need to think of a good name for it! 

i've made all natural homemade cleaning supplies and skin care, and i seriously love it! i got the idea from my friend steph, and just had to buy the book and try it out for myself. i'll blog about that separately. it deserves it's own post! :)

i recently bought on amazon the encyclopedia of crafts and encyclopedia of sewing by martha stewart and i am itching to get them so i can craft and sew it up. i have been without my sewing machine since getting married but i recently got it from home and i can't wait to break in to it again!

jonathan and i are on a big kick of healthy and natural eating. i have been reading up and researching and i am just at the point in my life where i don't want to put crap in my body. i could write so much about this, so it will have to be a different post i think haha.

anyways, i am actually at work right now. can you believe that?! so wrong. but it's time to attend to some prego's and help out around here.

good night world!

long absence

so much for me starting a new blog and trying to blog a lot huh?
these past two weeks or so have been really busy.
but i promise to blog tomorrow, after resting from my work night tonight.
there are lots of stuff to catch up on!

until then, i hope you have a beautiful saturday.

my fresh start

well, i am finally back in the blogging world. it has been too long! i've decided that i need to start blogging again because i feel that i lack a steady and creative outlet, and blogs are just perfect for that! so i'm starting it up again, with high hopes that i won't completely ignore this one like the last one.

so many things have changed in my life that i feel if i tried to summarize them all it wouldn't do it all justice. so i'm just going to go forward and add to this blog day to day. fill it up with things that inspire me, such as quotes or beautiful pictures; things i experience or wear or create or bake or cook; and things in my life that make me better.

i'll leave off this first entry with this wonderful quote from some anonymous person who loves.

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