I've been learning new hoop tricks this week. I got my awesome new intermediate hoop over the weekend so I've been practicing with it a lot. It's lighter and much better for hand hooping which is what I've been working on. I've mastered the behind the back elbow pass and moved on to trying to do step ins.
In the middle of writing this blog my cousin just got engaged so YAY! We hooked her up with one of Josh's friends a little over a year ago and apparently now they're planning to tie the knot. That should make family holidays more fun for sure!
I'm starting to plan for my birthday parties. So far I know I'm having a party at my house with Rockband, hooping, and drinks all around. I'm also going to see Ke$ha the weekend after as part of my present. I've started making my wishlist and I'll post it here once it's finished.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
summer time and the livin's easy
It's summertime! At least for two weeks, then it's back to the horrible grind but until then I plan to pack loads of fun into my micro-summer.
It's been two days and so far I've started a new painting (the TARDIS), started watching Firefly (I'm on a Whedon-kick), began reading a new book, and learned how to do a behind the back elbow pass with my hoop.
Plans for the rest of the week include playing video games, learning a new song on my ukulele, giving myself a manicure & pedicure, and watching Game of Thrones (I know, I know! I'm tardy to the party!)
Anyway my point is that just because you're an adult doesn't mean summer has to be boring. Yes, you aren't going to have 2 months off but I bet you get at least one day off from work a week and you should use it doing something FUN! Use your imagination, you don't need a ton of money to do any of these things except maybe the video games but COME ON there is some game on your shelf you haven't played all the way through yet or have been wanting to play again!
It's been two days and so far I've started a new painting (the TARDIS), started watching Firefly (I'm on a Whedon-kick), began reading a new book, and learned how to do a behind the back elbow pass with my hoop.
Plans for the rest of the week include playing video games, learning a new song on my ukulele, giving myself a manicure & pedicure, and watching Game of Thrones (I know, I know! I'm tardy to the party!)
Anyway my point is that just because you're an adult doesn't mean summer has to be boring. Yes, you aren't going to have 2 months off but I bet you get at least one day off from work a week and you should use it doing something FUN! Use your imagination, you don't need a ton of money to do any of these things except maybe the video games but COME ON there is some game on your shelf you haven't played all the way through yet or have been wanting to play again!
Monday, June 13, 2011
random rambling
I am indeed alive. I've just been super busy lately. After Wednesday I'll finally graduate out of my college program. YAY! I'm so happy to be done doing freaking nails. I am reallllllly going to miss the girls I'm in class with though, they are all so awesome. I can't wait to go into Cosmetology in the fall. I have a bunch of courses I'm taking online during the summer too so I'm going to continue being really busy.
Last night Josh & I went to our local music festival and had an awesome time. The Machine played and they were the best show I've ever seen at the festival and honestly one of the best shows I've ever been to. For those unfamiliar, they are a Pink Floyd cover band and they are absolutely phenomenal. I used to go every single night and hang out at the festival and walk ALL OVER the entire downtown area to meet up with friends. My how times have changed. Now we just text each other & meet up, find a spot to sit or stand, and have a seriously overpriced beer or two. We usually go two nights and I think we'll likely go see the fireworks the night of the finale.
We're planning our Disney trip for this winter and I can't wait! It's going to be so much fun.
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow which I am NOT looking forward to. I absolutely hate going to the dentist but I have a lot of stuff I need to have done & looked at, bleh. It's nothing even evasive, I just REALLY hate going to the dentist. Even cleanings freak me the hell out.
I'm going to color my hair again soon. I'm tired of the caramel color and want some red back in it for summer time.
I've officially lost 20 lbs since the beginning of the year. I'm still working toward getting the other I don't like off. I'm at a healthy weight for my height right now but I don't feel comfortable with my looks when I'm above 120. So I still have a little more to go.
I've shopped a lot recently and I can't wait to wear my new dresses and heels, I just haven't been anywhere to wear them yet.
I've just been challenged to a lightsaber dual by Alden so I'll update more later.
Last night Josh & I went to our local music festival and had an awesome time. The Machine played and they were the best show I've ever seen at the festival and honestly one of the best shows I've ever been to. For those unfamiliar, they are a Pink Floyd cover band and they are absolutely phenomenal. I used to go every single night and hang out at the festival and walk ALL OVER the entire downtown area to meet up with friends. My how times have changed. Now we just text each other & meet up, find a spot to sit or stand, and have a seriously overpriced beer or two. We usually go two nights and I think we'll likely go see the fireworks the night of the finale.
We're planning our Disney trip for this winter and I can't wait! It's going to be so much fun.
I have a dentist appointment tomorrow which I am NOT looking forward to. I absolutely hate going to the dentist but I have a lot of stuff I need to have done & looked at, bleh. It's nothing even evasive, I just REALLY hate going to the dentist. Even cleanings freak me the hell out.
I'm going to color my hair again soon. I'm tired of the caramel color and want some red back in it for summer time.
I've officially lost 20 lbs since the beginning of the year. I'm still working toward getting the other I don't like off. I'm at a healthy weight for my height right now but I don't feel comfortable with my looks when I'm above 120. So I still have a little more to go.
I've shopped a lot recently and I can't wait to wear my new dresses and heels, I just haven't been anywhere to wear them yet.
I've just been challenged to a lightsaber dual by Alden so I'll update more later.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
wow I'm bad @ updating.
Uh, yeah so I kind of completely forgot that this blog even existed. Ooops! Anyway here are some things I've been obsessed with...
This show's finale was this week but I highly recommend finding it be it online or in reruns. This hour long documentary show steps into people's realities that we often criticize and shows you their truth. It's very haunting and a great watch. The season was really short so it won't take you long to get through it.
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Another show that has stolen my heart is Shameless. It is NOT for those who do not want to see sex, cursing, people falling down drunk, drug use, or just plain chaos. So if you don't appreciate those things in your television viewing you can skip on this one. However, if you can separate dark humor on TV from the reality of these things and find them amusing you should check this show out. It also recently had it's season finale.
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Those of you who know me in real life know that I'm KIND of a hippie, not to the extreme or anything but I do prefer natural products and things like that. This is where it gets girly & menstruationy so if you are the type of person who is easily squicked out by those things then it'd be in your best interest to just skip the rest of this entry. For the rest of you, I want to recommend using LunaPads. The reason I haven't written about them before is that I had already written a review of them on my LiveJournal blog but since I have different readers here I decided to go ahead and reblog that entry for you over here.
Backstory
I've always had super heavy periods. I frequently missed school & work due to debilitating cramps that many people thought were fake. Luckily, my mother suffers from them too so she understood & would hook me up with the remote, chocolate, and a heating pad before heading out the door for work. Frankly I've always had to wear the gigantic diaper like pads for my entire period which I would have to change at least once every hour on on days 2 & 3. I can't wear tampons because I have a tilted uterus and so no matter how much I try they really fucking hurt and I feel like I have something shoved up there the entire time.
Before buying Lunapads I'd seen them advertised before in places like VaginaPagina, BUST Magazine, the book CUNT, and various other places. I'd been to the site to see what it was all about. I first heard about them a few years ago & I'm not going to lie, I was a bit grossed out. Recently I decided to break it all down and weigh the benefits of LunaPads vs Disposables...there is actually a page on their site that does just that here.
Here were my personal reasons:
-If I only use my LunaPads for one year then I've saved $90 (that's how much extra my pads cost than the kit I bought). I spend approximately $200 a year on pads because I go through 2 boxes each month.
-I am no longer contributing via disposables to landfills.
-No smelly trashcan for a week out of every month.
-Better for my body since they put all kinds of chemically treated stuff in disposables.
Those were the initial benefits I came up with. I can now add to those:
-LunaPads don't seem to hold that "odor" that disposables do.
-My underwear has not gotten a single bloodstain since switching.
-I can stack as many liners as I need to and just peel them off as the day goes on.
-If I'm really in a pinch I can flip the liner over.
-Really absorbent.
-Super cute patterns. (I got the Psychodelia)
-I keep forgetting I'm wearing them (which I guess could also be a con if they weren't so absorbent).
Now I want to address the questions/comments I've gotten about them.
Q: Ew, you wash it and then wear it again?
A: Do you throw away your panties that get blood on them? If you're anything like me you wear those during your period...over & over. So how is that any different?
Q: So you have to carry around bloody pads?
A: I just stick mine in a waterproof baggie, put the baggie in my purse, & throw them in the washer with my underwear when I get home. Again, to me it seems just like the underwear thing.
Q: That is just weird.
A: This is how women used to roll. Where do you think "on the rag" came from? They used rags, seriously.
Q: What does Josh think about all this?
A: Josh is always down for saving money. His mother is probably the biggest feminist I know and she raised him to know that periods aren't anything gross or weird. He's been buying pads for years and said it's just like buying toilet paper to him. It's totally not a big deal.
Anyway I am incredibly glad I purchased LunaPads & will be buying more in various adorable patterns over the years. Feel free to leave any questions in the comments.
(No one paid me to review these products etc.)
P.S. I've been using the site monthlyinfo to track my periods for over 2 years now, I really recommend it. It's always within 2 days of being right for me and it keeps track of ovulation so I know when to stay away from Josh.
This show's finale was this week but I highly recommend finding it be it online or in reruns. This hour long documentary show steps into people's realities that we often criticize and shows you their truth. It's very haunting and a great watch. The season was really short so it won't take you long to get through it.
_________________________________________________________________
Another show that has stolen my heart is Shameless. It is NOT for those who do not want to see sex, cursing, people falling down drunk, drug use, or just plain chaos. So if you don't appreciate those things in your television viewing you can skip on this one. However, if you can separate dark humor on TV from the reality of these things and find them amusing you should check this show out. It also recently had it's season finale.
_________________________________________________________________
Those of you who know me in real life know that I'm KIND of a hippie, not to the extreme or anything but I do prefer natural products and things like that. This is where it gets girly & menstruationy so if you are the type of person who is easily squicked out by those things then it'd be in your best interest to just skip the rest of this entry. For the rest of you, I want to recommend using LunaPads. The reason I haven't written about them before is that I had already written a review of them on my LiveJournal blog but since I have different readers here I decided to go ahead and reblog that entry for you over here.
Backstory
I've always had super heavy periods. I frequently missed school & work due to debilitating cramps that many people thought were fake. Luckily, my mother suffers from them too so she understood & would hook me up with the remote, chocolate, and a heating pad before heading out the door for work. Frankly I've always had to wear the gigantic diaper like pads for my entire period which I would have to change at least once every hour on on days 2 & 3. I can't wear tampons because I have a tilted uterus and so no matter how much I try they really fucking hurt and I feel like I have something shoved up there the entire time.
Before buying Lunapads I'd seen them advertised before in places like VaginaPagina, BUST Magazine, the book CUNT, and various other places. I'd been to the site to see what it was all about. I first heard about them a few years ago & I'm not going to lie, I was a bit grossed out. Recently I decided to break it all down and weigh the benefits of LunaPads vs Disposables...there is actually a page on their site that does just that here.
Here were my personal reasons:
-If I only use my LunaPads for one year then I've saved $90 (that's how much extra my pads cost than the kit I bought). I spend approximately $200 a year on pads because I go through 2 boxes each month.
-I am no longer contributing via disposables to landfills.
-No smelly trashcan for a week out of every month.
-Better for my body since they put all kinds of chemically treated stuff in disposables.
Those were the initial benefits I came up with. I can now add to those:
-LunaPads don't seem to hold that "odor" that disposables do.
-My underwear has not gotten a single bloodstain since switching.
-I can stack as many liners as I need to and just peel them off as the day goes on.
-If I'm really in a pinch I can flip the liner over.
-Really absorbent.
-Super cute patterns. (I got the Psychodelia)
-I keep forgetting I'm wearing them (which I guess could also be a con if they weren't so absorbent).
Now I want to address the questions/comments I've gotten about them.
Q: Ew, you wash it and then wear it again?
A: Do you throw away your panties that get blood on them? If you're anything like me you wear those during your period...over & over. So how is that any different?
Q: So you have to carry around bloody pads?
A: I just stick mine in a waterproof baggie, put the baggie in my purse, & throw them in the washer with my underwear when I get home. Again, to me it seems just like the underwear thing.
Q: That is just weird.
A: This is how women used to roll. Where do you think "on the rag" came from? They used rags, seriously.
Q: What does Josh think about all this?
A: Josh is always down for saving money. His mother is probably the biggest feminist I know and she raised him to know that periods aren't anything gross or weird. He's been buying pads for years and said it's just like buying toilet paper to him. It's totally not a big deal.
Anyway I am incredibly glad I purchased LunaPads & will be buying more in various adorable patterns over the years. Feel free to leave any questions in the comments.
(No one paid me to review these products etc.)
P.S. I've been using the site monthlyinfo to track my periods for over 2 years now, I really recommend it. It's always within 2 days of being right for me and it keeps track of ovulation so I know when to stay away from Josh.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Tactile Tuesday Week 3
Hey, welcome to another week of Tactile Tuesday aka"stuff you need to check out because it's great".
This week I want to talk about my favorite gadget. Barnes & Noble's Nook. This ereader holds 1500 books by itself on it's 2GB of memory. If you need room for more you can get a 16GB memory card and it will store up to 17,500. This is of course strictly speaking of books. If you load it up with audio files and photos it will hold less. That's another great thing about it. You can listen to music or audiobooks. I don't have the attention span for audiobooks but I know some people who really seem to enjoy them. I have around 120 books on my Nook right now waiting to be read, after I read them I can delete them and get more books. It's like a never-ending bookstore that you can hold in your hands.
If you like Sudoku or Chess they are both included on the Nook. I don't care for either and exclusively use my Nook for reading. I have used the internet on it a couple of times but I have terribly clumsy fingers and I had to retype everything about a billion times before I got it right because of the small touch keyboard.
I can't imagine not reading for an entire day. I'm pretty sure that would be hell for me. I need to read and I need to blog. I have to escape my world and go into the book world. I have to purge my thoughts onto the page and get them far away from my mind.
If you love reading and do so frequently I suggest looking into an e-reader. Not only are they small and handy, they have the capacity to keep you reading for years without deleting a single book. They are also environmentally better because you aren't reading paper books anymore. I have only bought a few books since I got my Nook and that was because they weren't available in ebook format. I love books, don't get me wrong, I have a bookshelf completely full and stacks of them all over my bedroom, but having my next read in my hands without having to do anything but flick my finger is amazing.
This week I want to talk about my favorite gadget. Barnes & Noble's Nook. This ereader holds 1500 books by itself on it's 2GB of memory. If you need room for more you can get a 16GB memory card and it will store up to 17,500. This is of course strictly speaking of books. If you load it up with audio files and photos it will hold less. That's another great thing about it. You can listen to music or audiobooks. I don't have the attention span for audiobooks but I know some people who really seem to enjoy them. I have around 120 books on my Nook right now waiting to be read, after I read them I can delete them and get more books. It's like a never-ending bookstore that you can hold in your hands.
If you like Sudoku or Chess they are both included on the Nook. I don't care for either and exclusively use my Nook for reading. I have used the internet on it a couple of times but I have terribly clumsy fingers and I had to retype everything about a billion times before I got it right because of the small touch keyboard.
I can't imagine not reading for an entire day. I'm pretty sure that would be hell for me. I need to read and I need to blog. I have to escape my world and go into the book world. I have to purge my thoughts onto the page and get them far away from my mind.
If you love reading and do so frequently I suggest looking into an e-reader. Not only are they small and handy, they have the capacity to keep you reading for years without deleting a single book. They are also environmentally better because you aren't reading paper books anymore. I have only bought a few books since I got my Nook and that was because they weren't available in ebook format. I love books, don't get me wrong, I have a bookshelf completely full and stacks of them all over my bedroom, but having my next read in my hands without having to do anything but flick my finger is amazing.
Friday, December 31, 2010
2011 resolutions
be a great mom & wife
kick school in the ass again
stop saying "awesome" so much...seriously, it's getting ridiculous
work out for at least half an hour a day even if it's just dancing around the house
lose some weight, don't obsess about pounds or inches
clean more often so you can clean less often (in my head that makes sense)
learn to drive
keep learning ukulele
keep learning to hoop
attempt to learn guitar again (magically grow long fingers with callouses)
do hobbies more often (painting, sketching, photography, blogging, writing, reading)
attempting to be realistic here. Maybe this year I'll keep at least one...
I hope everyone has an amazing New Year! Be safe out there tonight.
kick school in the ass again
stop saying "awesome" so much...seriously, it's getting ridiculous
work out for at least half an hour a day even if it's just dancing around the house
lose some weight, don't obsess about pounds or inches
clean more often so you can clean less often (in my head that makes sense)
learn to drive
keep learning ukulele
keep learning to hoop
attempt to learn guitar again (magically grow long fingers with callouses)
do hobbies more often (painting, sketching, photography, blogging, writing, reading)
attempting to be realistic here. Maybe this year I'll keep at least one...
I hope everyone has an amazing New Year! Be safe out there tonight.
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