To do still in progress.

Hi y'all. Still cleaning and unpacking...... I'm so incredibly exhausted. Also, I'm typing this 2 days early, just so I don't leave blog world empty handed for too long. So, while I'm away, here are some cute pictures of Jude(top) and Stevo(bottom). Don't you just want to pinch their chubby cheeks and awwwwww your heart out! Happy Monday and your welcome. :)

Nomad no more.

Hello everyone! Yesterday I was busy packing, cleaning, and moving...so I didn't have a moment to blog. I'm still not finished moving yet though. I still have the big items left, like my bed...couch....desk....etc and the remainder little items to complete my move. Sweet Carini's awesome boyfriend David is helping me move with his truck. My friends are seriously the best! Z has been so incredibly helpful. He was supposed to work this weekend, but is helping me move instead. Heck, he even packed most of my junk for me while I was working because he's so proactive. I love him so much.  So far, everything is a MESS at my new place. Nothing is unpacked yet and we still have to clean up the old apartment before we bid our goodbyes. Once I get everything settled in, I'll have to take pictures and share! I won't be back until maybe Tuesday or so because I have to get all of my work moved over to the new place too. Luckily, I can still work from home! YAY! So....I'll leave y'all with a few pictures from the outside of my new home. I love it so much!

Z did ALL of this packing. What a sweet heart!

Here is the front of the building that I will be living in. It's beautiful, isn't it? [The Volvo is quite beautiful too...wish it was mine! Haha.]

This is the front door entrance after walking up the beautiful stairs[mini hill] and through the patio. Mr. N[my new lessor] has an incredible amount of antique and vintage items instead. He has a 1920s chandelier hanging right above when you walk in and one of his friends hand welded the staircase for him. I love that he finds antique and vintage items as precious as I do!

Here is the part of the patio that I was mentioning earlier. It goes across the whole lot of the front building. Perfect for an afternoon read during my lunch. Oh, I can not wait for warmer days to spend here!

Here's me walking up the stairs in the front. Z took it as we were walking back from taking a picture of the whole building. Excuse my looking funky-ness. I was exhausted...which explains the massive large bottle of water in my hand.

Ugh. Again, excuse me from this picture. Haha. This is the back entrance and will probably be the main way I get in. I love the iron posts on the sides of the stair steps and that iron decor hanging above. I fell in love with the details like this on the building. Mr. N has great taste...for sure.

Anyway, there is my building! I am in absolute love and awe. I'm so incredibly happy that everything worked out, even though it was very last minute. I believe that everything happens for a reason and with this....me being stressed for the past few weeks were finally worth it, seeing this place as my new home.

Lastly, here is the very hearty but extremely delicious meal prepared by Carini's boyfriend. It was chicken fried hamburger steak with mushroom and onion gravy and green beans boiled with a slice of thick ham. Carini made some bomb diggity mashed potatoes from scratch. Sooooo delicious! I know, I know....my life change on food was gone here, but I call this the "moving meal". With all the energy and work that was put in, a homemade and hearty meal was called for. Z made a delicious cake too, but I forgot to take a picture.

Ok! So....enough blogging for me today. I have to go and move the remainder of my stuff, clean, unpack, and organize. Phew! See you all in a few days!

Giveaway share!

Hey guys!

Real quick, I have a secret.....here are some giveaways that are currently going on right now in the blog world:

• Do you love Redbox as much as I do? Mary just whispered that they're letting you rent a movie for FREE! Just use the code: MOVIENIGHT. This is for today only, so go!
• Pretty girl, Kaelah, is giving away a Diana Mini 35mm. Free camera? Uh...yes please.
• How about some free advertising space? Danni is the sweet lady offering. Go here!
• Craving for some glamorous jewelry? Elaine has something for you!
• Oh yes....and this last one, Ilene is quite a generous one with her giveaways on Kendi and Syd's blogs. Double giveaways? Woo hoo!
• UPDATE: I left my very own giveaway out! Hahaha. Go here and win a $25 gift certificate to Urban outfitters!

So, if you haven't seen these wonderful giveaways already...I highly suggest you to head on over to each one to check it out. Also check out their blogs too. They're SUPER awesome if you don't follow them already. That's about it. Oh yes...and your very welcome. :)

Too serious?

Morning folks! Officially I am counting down the hours to get off work so I can organize, clean, clean, clean, pack, clean more, and do all of that moving stuff that we all just love to do. This is Z and I having some fun on his Mac last night. I honestly should have been packing still, but he convinced me to watch the first season of Dexter with him and Carini. Um....Dexter is A-W-E-S-O-M-E. If you haven't seen it yet, you should! I called the property man yesterday morning and pretty much my place is set in that building. Gaaaaahhh, I really wish I took a picture of it so I could show y'all. Oh well, you will eventually see it. I hope to successfully journal/blog my move in to my very first place. Who knows, maybe another vlog...yes?

Oh yes. I woke up with a bad case of sniffles this morning. BOO! Hopefully this little situation will go away by the end of my shift. I have SO MUCH stuff to do. I haven't even had time to go donate my clothes yet. If you are a Twitter friend, I tweeted about purging my closet. I had a total of 29 tops, 4 pants, 6 dresses, 7 cardigans, and 5 hoodies/sweaters to give up. This isn't even counting the fully stuffed bag of clothes that I'm giving to the Salvation Army. The clothes that I just mentioned, I'm going to try to sell them to Plato's Closet first.....and if they don't take them, I'll just donate the rest. I've heard that Plato's Closet was very nit picky, so we'll see. Making some extra cash wouldn't hurt right now. It still blows my mind that I've had so much clothes that I didn't wear. After purging, I still have a full closet....BUT please know that I'm not a big shopper. If you've been a reader, you'll know that I absolutely hate shopping. I am probably considered as an acute clothing hoarder. Haha. I just don't like getting rid of any clothes, ever. I'm sure there is an official name for this type of behavior. More on this subject later.

Want to see some ridiculously hilarious and scary pictures? See below.

This is our kind of fun, don't hate. Haha. Have a wonderful Thursday friends. This is my Friday. YAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Excuse my sniffles.

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This will be my new home in just a few short days! Well, not this particular picture[which is more than likely a view from the Vulcan], but I will be only minutes away from downtown! I'm moving everything this weekend. Thank goodness I requested off Friday and Monday...so I get four whole days to move, settle in, and rest. I've learned my lesson when it came to moving in a weekend. It's exhausting! For serious, I am soooooooo excited and can not wait! I have to remember to take pictures to show you guys the absolutely gorgeous building that I'll be living in. I'm still in awe that I will be living there in only a matter of days. I'm still a bit apprehensive and nervous about living on my own, but there's a first time for everything, right? YES! I'm definitely counting down today and tomorrow's work days so I can FINALLY move everything. I've had so many ideas about decorating and how to set up my furniture...once everything is moved, I can FINALLY decorate it up! I really want to go thrifting this weekend too, if I have any spare time to find little nick knacks to fill up the place. Crossed fingers.

Yesterday I also rode around a bit with Carini because she is currently a student at UAB. I swear, the campus is pretty much scattered throughout downtown. It's not necessarily HUMONGOUS, but there will be a lot of street crossing that I'll have to do. I'm not sure if this is just me, but I am extremely afraid of moving cars. I hate crossing traffic or even walking on a side walk that are too close to the road because I fear that someone's going to run over me! Haha. I can laugh about it now, but goodness I hope I have the courage to do all that walking and street crossing once I start school this Fall. I feel like I'm going to have some nightmares until I get used to it. Scary.

Anyway, although I wish I wasn't sick for the past few days, I'm glad that I'm finally feeling better and that I'm not sick during the move. That dilemma would be a nightmare. Phew! So glad that I can write something positive like this instead of something negative. I am so thankful for all of the supportive and helpful people in my life too. I don't know what I would do without them. Again, it's crazy how A LOT of bloggers got sick the same time that I did. I'm talking bloggers from CA, to here, SC, FL, UT....pretty much everywhere. Maybe it was the weather change? Who knows. I just hope everyone gets better. And if you're reading this and you were one of the bloggers that was sick, here is my virtual hug to you hoping that you feel better soon!

PS. There are only 5 more days until the end of my giveaway for a $25 gift card to Urban Outfitters. There are 4 winners guys! Could it be YOU?

Press the start button, please.

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Hello Tuesday. Yesterday I felt like complete crap. While I was working, almost mid way through the day....I could not stop coughing, sneezing, and my nose was running a marathon[sorry for that visual...]. I tried so incredibly hard to make it through the day, but seriously....none of the customers could make out what I was saying because I was so congested. I kept on having to repeat myself over and over again. I had a throbbing headache and the room would kept spinning. I finally gave in and asked my boss to let me leave. I'm going to sound like some kiss a** employee of the year wanna bee right now, but I absolutely hate leaving work or calling out sick. The main reason is because knowing that I could be using that time off for a nice vacation instead of being sick and stuck in bed or on the couch, it just really bugs me. I'm not working today either. Woke up and decided to call the doctor, but that didn't work out. I'm feeling a bit better today though. My sinuses are still acting up, but as long as I'm up and moving around, I'm ok. Do any of you get that way? 

This brings up the subject of my so called "allergies". I swear I have a super sonic allergy problem....or sinuses....or what ever you call it. Multiple times a year, my allergies get so bad to where I can not function like a normal person anymore. I look like I've been crying for days, I would have major headaches, and there would always be an elephant sitting on my head. It sucks majorly. Also, NO allergy medicine works! My dad has bad allergies too and lucky me, out of all of my 5 sisters...I'm the ONLY one who has the same allergies as my dad. The only good thing that came out of that was that I didn't have to cut the grass. I'm not so sure if that's a fair enough trade though. I'm considering taking one of those horrendous allergy shots that are supposed to help yearly. We will see. I hate needles. 

Onto other updates and happier news, after knocking out with some NyQuil for a few hours yesterday afternoon, I finally woke up and called the property man. He had a one bedroom available....YES! The only time that he was able to show me was today...and the clock is ticking too[this is the last week of January!!!!] so Z and I went to check it out this morning. And..............I finally found my place. It is PERFECT for me. I should have taken a picture of the building, but I forgot because really I just wanted to lay down. Ugh. Anyway, it is an absolutely beautiful building! I can't wait to take pictures and show you guys. Eeeeeeek! Nothing is final yet until all the paperwork and jazzy stuff is done, but I'm still super excited y'all! Last thing is, after I spoke with the property man yesterday, I went ahead and called my old high school to have my transcript mailed to UAB. Phew...got that done too.

Feeling not so great and having to move out by the end of this week is not what I had planned at all, but I'll have to get it done somehow! I hope your Tuesday has been going much better health-wise than mine has. It's raining here with Twilight weather in Birmingham, so I'm just going to get under the blankets and tell my body to get over this! Have a fantastic day everyone.

Getting in gear.

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Good morning everyone! I feel all sorts of nervous and excited today. Overall though, I sort of feel like the picture above. Happy. For me...a little bit of sunshine, a shared bike, a pair of adorable yellow heels, a bow tie, and suspenders can definitely bring a smile to my face. I love love love Simply Bloom's photography and I am extremely appreciative that they're in Alabama too! I'm sure you've seen a lot of their work around the blogsphere. They're pretty popular and I wouldn't think it'd be any other way.

Anywho, the reason why I'm nervous is because I will be calling to see if my new home is going to happen or not. I have to wait until my lunch...which is h-o-u-r-s from now and I think that is what's causing all of these butterflies. I've been waiting and waiting[since December!].....and my patience is wearing a bit thin. I just really hope that I don't have to go on plan B, if this doesn't work out. More on that later.

Now, what am I so excited about? DRUM ROLLS.......I applied to the University of Alabama at Birmingham last night for the Fall 2011 semester. The only person that knows this little fact is cupcake and now everyone who will read this will know. OH MY GOOOOOOSH. Y'all don't judge me, but it's been about 6 long years since I've graduated from high school. Go class of 2005! Haha. I was in college for about a year right after high school like the normal schedule that almost everyone follows, but I had other dreams/plans and took a break. It is so apparent that I took too long of a break! I've been wanting to go back for the longest, as you can hear my venting here. This FINALLY-getting-off-my-scared-tush and applying for college all happened very impulsively.

It all started when my dear friend Carini was sick yesterday so I brought her some Gatorade, Powerade, and orange juice. We just got to talking about school and how much better life is with it under your belt. [If you see this Carini, I love you muchos and feel better soon!] Well, I was headed home and was talking to cupcake on the phone while he was driving back from Gadsden and I randomly asked cupcake[who by the way would like to be referred to now as "Z"] how early is too early to apply for financial aid. From there, it went from simply checking out the "FAQ's" on the FAFSA website, to jumping on UAB's website because only half of my questions would be answered without a school being listed, to where I whipped out my old high school transcript copy, paid my application fee, and clicked the submit button for the Fall 2011 semester. Wow.

I will be SUPER busy for lunch today, so not sure if I'll have time to eat anything. After I call to see if I will have a place to live, which I hope that I do...I'll have to call my old high school to have my transcript mailed to UAB. What sucks about working in the morning is that you have to do almost everything during your break or lunch, because once I get off.....everything is CLOSED. Urgh. I hope I survive this day.

LAST THING! I have successfully lost 4lbs and counting. WoOOOOoooOOoOOOoo HoooOOOOoooOOOo! I know it's only 4lbs, but I haven't worked out AT ALL guys! It's amazing what healthy food will do for you. I've been cooking a whole lot too and I'm definitely growing a love for cooking now. Ok, ok....sorry for the extremely long and possibly TMI post! Have a wonderful Monday guys!

It feels like home.

WHOA!

Sorry about my picture being all in yo face, but I just totally bought my domain! It's now finally: http://www.storiesatmyfingertips.com/!!! Eeeeeeek! I'm super excited, stoked, happy, exuberant, ___________ [<-- anything relating to happiness]! Notice how many "!!!!!'s" there are! I figured since I've been blogging on quite a daily basis, I might as well call it my own. Plus, I started feeling weird about the whole, "macattackyo" name. I thought it was cool at first, but...not so much anymore after a year or so of blogging. I was also tired of seeing the "blogspot" behind the not so cool name too. YAAAAAAY!

That is all.

I really just wanted to express my excitement and share! I hope your weekend is going wonderful. I am FINALLY off work and will be organizing, packing, and still considering the treadmill. Have a great night!

Old postcards

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There is a ginormous flea market about 25 minutes from where I live that had hundreds of old beautiful postcards. I haven't been there for a year or so, but I'm wanting to go back and purchase those before they're not there anymore. They looked just like the ones above, if not more beautiful...dating back to the 1940's and beyond. The handwriting art from these cards alone or even letters from back when are so beautiful. I wish I had penmanship as articulate and lovely. I would love to frame these by two or four as wall piece.

Do you have lovely handwriting? I'm cursed with chicken scratch. You can check out this awesome handwriting game to see proof. I hope your Saturday is wonderful!

Well, hello Friday.

Geez you guys, SO many things happened yesterday! It was cupcake and my 10 month anniversary, I finally went to check out the studio, and the most exciting news of all....our good friend Justin and his fiance had their baby! Of course, I was meaning to post yesterday because I normally do on our monthaversary....but we had such a busy day and also traveled to Gadsden to meet baby Eden. Here's how the majority of our day went in pictures.

Cupcake and I brought the new mama some pink tip tulips and balloons. Everyone loves balloons, right? Oh, and we took a picture in front of the nursery where we got to peek at baby Eden. She was still warming up, but oh goodness...so adorable!

Here she is in the arms of her father and in the loving presence of her mama. Gorgeous, isn't she? Random note, but Haley(Eden's mama) had Eden SUPER QUICK! Seriously, her water broke and not even 3 hours later....Eden arrived. Talk about a smooth and fast baby!

After meeting Eden for the first time, we left the new family alone so they could embrace the new miracle that entered their lives. Cupcake and I went to visit his Grandmother for an hour or so. She is the most charming and silliest lady ever. She shared stories about when cupcake was young. Apparently he loved giving other people tests and loved school. He loved school so much that when he was sick, he refused to stay home. His Grandmother told me that the reason he wanted to go to school so bad was because he just had to be the best in his class. Too cute I must say! Of course cupcake was giving his Grandmother the "I can't believe you're really telling her" look. Haha. Oh yes, he also packed his bags and tried to run away at 4 years old, telling his mama that he was moving in with his Grandmother. Ha ha! I loved watching Judge Judy and hearing silly stories from her about cupcake. It was a fine hour spent and I hope for more soon.

After leaving his Grandmother's, cupcake had planned on us eating at the Courtyard restaurant in downtown Gadsden for our monthaversary dinner. Apparently they have pretty amazing food and he begged, pleaded, and guilted me into trying their strawberry butter with bread. Yikes! I know....my diet(life change) was murdered that night. Especially because my food was wild rice, rib eye steak with a dollop of garlic butter, and lobster bisque. I didn't know people ate steak with butter? At first I thought that was going to taste really weird, but of course....butter is always good. Now, I have to rant and rave about the lobster bisque. It was soooooooo delicious! I'm going to learn how to make it soon, because seriously...I can't stop thinking about it! Ha. Ok....after all the butter, oil, and bread/rice, I seriously felt horrible mentally and physically. I only allowed myself to eat it because it was a special night. You understand, right? I do.

 Oh right, I still have to mention the place cupcake and I checked out yesterday morning. It was an efficiency and oddly enough, the same exact place that I looked at over a year ago when I first started this blog! Wanna see pictures? Go here! [Please...don't mind the ex boyfriend] Anyway, I was going to jump on it and get it....but cupcake saved the day by being honest with me and letting me know that it was too small for the price I was going to pay. I was a bit frustrated at him because I've been so stressed about finding a place, that I didn't want to take a chance at loosing it like how I did before. Luckily, I placed my stress and pride aside and decided that after moving in all of my things and on top of that, working from home too....it was going to be too small. I would have been living in a closet pretty much. So, I called the property man's father, since it's a father & son type of gig....and he is going to look for a 1 bedroom for me. I'll have to call him back on Monday to find out. I'm wishing, hoping, praying, biting my nails, stressing.....that Monday will be an amazing day with great news that he does have a place for me. I didn't say this to cupcake's face because I'm stubborn, but I really did appreciate him being there with me to make a logical decision of waiting. Phew, there...I typed it!

I hope you all have a wonderful Friday!

When I wake in the evening.

I just wanted to vent about how much I miss warm weather. GASP! What?!? Me, missing warm weather? That is ODD. I've gotta say that I have always been a fan of the cold weather. Fall is my absolute favorite season, so that may be a heavy factor why...but I'm so tired of cold weather now. I've been sick more this year than I ever have been and you know what? It sucks. The picture above is when cupcake and I went strolling at a park when the sun was still warmly gleaming minus the cold weather. I know, I look a hot mess with no makeup on while he looks mysterious and angelic with that glow going on behind him. Anyway, I miss those days and can't wait for them to return!

Oh yes....and this was my lunch today. Mmmmmm mmmmmm YUM! The picture isn't giving the green bell pepper the delicious lively green color that it deserves, but cupcake made me lunch today. While I was fiercely working away, he cooked the stuffed bell peppers. I added the salad and avocado because just the stuffed bell pepper alone wasn't enough of a "princess" meal for me. If you read my previous post, you'd know what I mean by that and not think that I'm just some food shrewd. Ha. Cupcake also washed the dishes. GASP! I'm not used to this sort of thing...but I am so thankful - very much so.

Not sure what I want to eat for dinner now, my tummy is so full and I have no appetite. We will see! You know...I think I'm going to try to blog as often as I can about the food that I eat. It'll sort of be like my food diary. I will also be as honest as possible too, if ever I cheat, like how I did last night with that greasy fried duck spring roll! Goal weight...here I come!

Another life update....I did get a call back from the property man yesterday, but it was only to let me know that he was going to call me back today. Hmmm...I haven't received a call back today yet, but I have faith that he will. Even though I'm impatient and always needing an answer right there/then, the property man is an extremely kind person. I will be positive! Hopefully the next call I get is to go check out the place and sign! I hope your Wednesday is lovely.

Damn.

Rough title name, I know. The reason I say this is because last night when I got off work, cupcake conned me into going to a Vietnamese restaurant. During this meat, veggies, and fruits only time....I'm trying to avoid restaurants in general. I've mentioned before that I absolutely LOVED Pho. Yes, I ate a bowl of Pho last night. That's not even the bad part though. I ate one of cupcake's duck spring rolls too and it was FRIED! Ahhhhhh! Good thing the Pho isn't very unhealthy. It's primarily boiled beef, rice noodles[which I read weren't so bad], and beef broth. Oh yes....and guys, with the picture you see below, imagine that raw beef cooked. The broth is so hot that it will cook it for you. Don't worry, I don't eat raw meat.

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Anyway, tonight I'm going to eat a small dinner. Very small. I've read, eat breakfast like a Queen, eat lunch like a Princess, and eat dinner like a beggar. Simple enough, I think. Oh yeah...I didn't go buy a scale last night because of the Pho and movie. Ugh. I seriously forgot until I typed that last sentence. I need to get a scale so I can tell if my food eating habit has helped me any. Besides the actual scale though, I have noticed already that my tummy is a bit smaller. I find this crazy that food can do this good alone. So far this week though, by eating MUCH healthier than I have been...I have so much more energy and I don't hit a fatigue time anymore during lunch. Also, saving money from not getting fast food or to a restaurant[minus the Pho!] it saves me some green too. Woo hoo! I keep telling my big sister to save her money because I'm going to win our little bet! Haha.

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I'm wanting to make stuffed green bell peppers tonight, but look at this? Stuffed tomatoes....looks yummy, minus the fried meat part. I'll have to improvise. Cooking is so much more fun when you improvise and it turns out even better than the original recipe in my opinion.

I can DO THIS! Just ate my delicious breakfast...oatmeal and strawberries. I've fallen in love with oatmeal for some reason. Lunch will be salad with chicken and dinner will probably be some guacamole with the rest of the pork that I cooked. Oh! I also wanted to add that I have very much enjoyed cooking my food with JUST WATER! Wooooo hoooooo!

Shout out to JESS for the amazing inspiration! Her honesty is what really caught my attention and I appreciate it! I'll appreciate it even more when I shed 30lbs, but of course...that is all on me! Read about her weight loss here and get inspired!

Mid day post, this is new?

Yum. This was what made me smile and look forward to waking up yesterday and today. I think I'm in love with this whole clean eating/make your own food idea and still wonder why I never ate fruit as much? I know it's still early on, but I'm still excited about my new healthy eating. I hope it becomes a habit. I need to buy a scale.....tonight!

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The adorable boyfriend and I are watching this movie tonight at the dollar theater. We haven't been in a while or had a real date, so it's about that time. I've heard that the movie was good, sad, mediocre.....all that jazz, but I watched Anne Hathway's interview on Chelsea Lately's 2 hour interview episode and that made me want to watch it. Plus, mmmmmm....Jake Gyllenhaal is in it? Um, yes! Have any of y'all seen it? What do you think?

Ooooooh....ahhhhhh, believe it or not, there is no photo shop with this amazing picture! Sam Le was the photographer from Sunny 16 Photography. Mad props to him. I want a photo like this, but not for an engagement[in case cupcake is reading this]...just for fun.

Don't forget about the UO giveaway ending soon.....you know what to do!

How do we sound?

Last night, sweet cupcake and I recorded a little something for you. You'll see a bit of Carini in here also & she might possibly make a video too. How fun! The video is quite silly so bare with us! I absolutely love love love cupcake's southern accent, so I volunteered [forced] him into making the video with me. Basically, we will be reading the words, passage, and answering the questions below to, I assume....show if we have an accent or not. Consider yourself tagged too! I would love to watch your videos. Happy Tuesday everyone!
 

Accent Tag! from Michele Lee on Vimeo.
Your name 

Where are you from

The following words: Aunt, Roof, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting Image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught, Orange, Coffee, Direction, Naturally, Aluminum and Herbs

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

Read this passage from The Speech Accent Archive:

Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station

That was fun! Your turn!

Oh, yes...and I received an award. [blushes...]

To accept the award, you must follow these rules:

[1] Thank and link back to the person that awarded you this award

[2] Share 7 things about yourself

[3] Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers

[4] Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award

Thank you to The Girlie Blog for this award. I usually don't do these anymore, but because you are such a sweetheart...this is for you! :)

Seven things about myself:

[1]  I am 5'1.

[2]  I am usually never home on the weekends, because I'm a homeworker. CABIN FEVER!

[3]  I love anything vintage.

[4]  I always turn on the faucet when I use the restroom. It's not to "help" me go, but I feel weird when someone can "hear" me using the potty. [Sorry if that was TMI.]

[5]  I prefer beer over sweet/fruity drinks.

[6]  I love to sing, but rarely find the time to do so.

[7]  I cuss & I'm working on that, thanks.

Instead of only choosing 15 bloggers, I would like to nominate ALL OF YOU reading this blog because I think you are super cool and stylish!

Christmas is over, but this is for me.

Happy Monday everyone! I'm really sad that the weekend is over, but here is a little flashback from Christmas. Since it's still cold outside, I figured this is a better late than never post!

Remember that time when I mentioned sweet cupcake, his mama, and I went to go look at Christmas lights? Well, as the infamous late picture posting blogger that I am...here they are!

Isn't the entrance gorgeous! We went to Noccalula Falls. They decorate the park every year during Christmas and this was my first time to go. It was so cold that night and actually one of the first nights it started snowing in December. I believe I got sick afterwards too, but it was so worth it.

We rode a little train through half of the park and look how cool the tunnel was decorated. It was too cold for that ride with the wind blowing and everything, so we got off the train at the next stop and walked the rest of the time.

The paths were all beautifully lit and decorated. It felt as if we were traveling to the North Pole!

We stopped by a green lit swinging bench and took some pictures. Cupcake likes to close his eyes in pictures. We're still working on that, haha.

I had to snap one of cupcake and his mama. She is so sweet and it was so nice to have her company during the park walk.

Little Christmas trees.

I swear EVERYTHING was lit up...all the trees and bushes.

They even hung icicles on the smaller trees. So pretty!

Super awesome toy soldiers that led the way to the North Pole. Yes! They really had a Santa Clause waiting at the end for the children during the day.

Throughout the park, they had little cabins set up to where visitors can go to buy hot chocolate for $2 or $3. It was so nice to have a warm pit stop. Oh! I'm also wearing the mittens that I got from sweet Kristina via the Cold Hands, Warm Hearts swap.

The Christmas tree that the park employees decorated was so beautiful. We had to get a picture!

I look awkward in this shot because cupcake's mom actually wanted a kissing picture. Not sure if this is only me, but I've never been comfortable with being affectionate to my significant other around parents. It's just the way I was taught growing up. I still love how this picture turned out though! One of my favorites of the year. :) 

I hope you all have a wonderful day and that none of you have a case of the Mondays. Real quick, an update on the studio situation...I'm still waiting for a call back and quite nervous/stressed still. I'm going to be proactive and call the property man back tomorrow if I don't hear anything by today. SIGH. I'm glad that over the weekend I was able to do all sorts of laundry and organizing though! Oh yes...my sister Nancy and her boyfriend moved out this past weekend too to an adorable town home. I'm so happy for her! I'll have to show you guys pictures when they get settled in, if she lets me. Lastly, in all honesty, I hope this week flies with the exception that I book a place to live before the end of the month. Please send good thoughts my way friends! I'll send plenty your way too!

PS. The giveaway to Urban Outfitters for 4 winners is still going on. Only 15 more days left to enter! Click here to go now!