Sunshine Award Hey there! So first of all - thank you to those of you who nominate me for these awards, even though I don't post all of them and respond on my blog I appreciate the nominations! Recently I was given the Sunshine Award by Molly and I thought I'd go ahead and answer the questions that she posted to her nominees! Sunshine Award 1. what's your favorite back to school...
Book Review Roundup Many of you that have been reading for a while know that whenever I get a break from school I go a liiiiittle crazy with reading for pleasure. Well, these past couple of weeks have been no exception! I got a slow start since reading anything hurt my brain after the Bar Exam, but I found my mojo once I headed home and now I have a few quick book reviews to share with you! ...
Heading to the Healthy Living Summit! Hey everyone! So this morning I have a super early (7am ) flight to HLS. I'm SO EXCITED to head to the summit again this year, and I'll be doing a presentation on Friday during the workshops about PicMonkey. If you're at the summit be sure to stop by, but if you can't, then come say hi to me anytime! Don't be shy (haha I'm plenty shy for all of us). I'm sad a lot of my...
My Weekend at Healthy Living Summit Hey everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend! I had a really amazing time at the Healthy Living Summit this weekend, but it really flew by! I wish I was back there with all my blends (blogger-friends) right now! Instead of doing a couple days of re-caps I'm going to try and cram all the fun stuff from HLS into one blog post for you all, and hopefully tomorrow share...
WIAW-Lately Goooood morning everyone! Last night started my week of puppy sitting with Molly! I love having my little companion with me, and although I normally find going back and forth between sleeping at her apartment (yes, she has her own apartment!) and getting food and clothes from mine stressful, hopefully not actually having anywhere to be all week will make that easier ...
Thursday Thoughts Can't believe it's already Thursday! Molly and I are, of course, having a blast and I think she really enjoys have a week-long sleepover buddy. I, however, would love if she did not sleep on top of my legs Aaaaanyway, on to this week's Thursday Thoughts! 1. I AM SO EXCITED TO VISIT CHELSEY AND HER TWIN GIRLS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Jealous? You should be. 2. I got my...
PicMonkey Presentation ReCap Hey everyone! I know I've made you all wait a while, but I finally have an overview of my PicMonkey presentation from Healthy Living Summit put together for you all! Since I only had 15 minutes to present, I decided to talk about the basics of PicMonkey and give people some ideas of what they can do for their personal photos as well as for their blogs. Today I'm just...
Pretty Quick Review Disclaimer: I was given a $30 credit from Pretty Quick, however all comments and opinions are my own. After reading about Pretty Quick on Sierra's blog, I signed up and then e-mailed the company to ask about reviewing their services. I was in desperate need of a haircut and wanted to go to a real salon rather than just getting a light trim at the styling school I usually...
One Word Wednesday Gooood morning! I hope you're all having a good week so far! Today I've decided to do another One Word Wednesday, since it's my favorite way of sharing all the random photos I have on my phone! So what is One Word Wednesday? In Lindsay's words: The only rule of One Word Wednesday is that you must label your pictures with one word. And it MUST be the first word that...
Thursday Thoughts Another week, another round of Thursday Thoughts! Not much happening with me this week, just trying to fight my general laziness and try to get a schedule going. Somehow I've become REALLY good about procrastination, but now that I have a better idea of what I'm looking for job-wise, I'm hoping to apply to a lot of jobs I've found over the next couple of days. Wooo! 1....
PicMonkey: Making a Graphic Ready for another PicMonkey Tutorial? My last tutorial showed you what I do with all the images that I use on my blog, but today I'm going to show you how to make a graphic. Here are some examples of graphics that I've made: To do my demonstration at Healthy Living Summit, I created a new graphic so everyone would be able to see how it works, step by step. I'm going to...
What I Ate Wednesday-Gingerbread Oatmeal Recipe If you're new to What I Ate Wednesday, head on over to Peas and Crayons to see what it's all about, and find all the other participating bloggers! Peas and Crayons Have you ever heard of a food rut? I'm sure you've experienced one many times in your life: you just can't get enough of one thing and have it over and over again. Well, guys, mine is oatmeal and oatbran....
Thursday Thoughts Well hello there! So this week's Thursday Thoughts thoughts are going to be a little shorter than usual because I really just have one thing on my mind Tuesday morning, after getting off my volunteering shift at a legal aid help desk downtown, I checked my email
Weekly Workouts & Eggy Polenta Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a great weekend! I'm having a good weekend, brunch with my cousin, shopping with friends and plenty of relaxing! Since it's Sunday, it's time for a look at last week's workouts and what I have coming up this week. Plus, I've included a recipe that many of you requested! First, here's how I did with last week's workouts: Sunday -...
The Sweet Life In Paris-Book Review Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good start to your week! I had a fun but rough one with Tina's tabata workout yesterday morning! WHEW! But in such a good way, I loved it! I promised a re-cap of my busy and fun Saturday, so here we go! On Saturday morning I headed out to Oak Park for Core Power Yoga, and afterwards I met up with Chelsey for breakfast at Delia's...