Things That Make Me Smile

Even though Mondays (especially when C has to be at work at 5 AM) generally suck. I'm going to be an optimist and show you things that make me smile.

And maybe some of them got me through this Monday:

{one}

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Really, what would I do without my coffee?

I don't know. But I am turning into my mom.

I can not function without coffee in my system.

Awesome.

{two}

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The fact that this guy FINALLY has another book out.

I hope the library has it.

Or I could buy it for my collection.

Hmm...

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I would really like this shirt.

I love the play on the "potty mouth" of BS.

And I love Blake Shelton.

I'd be upset that he's married, except that he's married to my favorite lady: Miranda Lambert.

Have I ever mentioned their photo is my computer's desktop?

Okay, you can be officially freaked out.

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This music video:

This song.

I LOVE IT.

Its so smiley and happy.

{five}

The fact that even though I didn't work out today, I ate pretty well and don't feel too badly about any of my choices.

Smiles and high fives all around.

Happy Monday!

My Guilty Pleasures...

Since today is a Monday, and I could really use some guilty pleasures, here is my list. I am not sure how many items will be on this list, but please enjoy.

1. Real Housewives of... Orange County, New Jersey, and Beverly Hills. Only those 3. And in that order. I could watch them all day, everyday. I know that I have definitely watched plenty of marathons.

2. Disney movies. I wish my dad had let me bring my VHS collection to San Diego. I know that they are classics or vintage and probably worth a large amount of money BUT I wanna watch them!! I guess this should just be Disney, since I love DISNEYLAND!

3. Country music. It is my favorite. I love it. It always makes me happy and smiley. It always puts me in a great mood. And if you didn't know, they always tell the best stories.

4. Mexican food. It doesn't have to be authentic, it can be California Mexican, Tex-Mex, or any form of knock off Mexican. It has the best flavors. Spicy, cheesy, gooey, and delicious. I love tacos. And quesadillas, and nachos. Oh, and burritos and enchiladas and tamales. Jalapenos and peppers, delicious. It is just fabulous! My favorite. Oh and chips and salsa!! My go to food when I want something to eat is always Mexican.

5. The beach. Sunshine, the ocean, the most easy napping location, and of course, getting a tan, well, kind of. I'm anti-tanning but my small amount of Mexican in my heritage means I will always tan a bit.

6. Accessories. Sunglasses, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, hats, and purses. I love them all. They are my favorite. For the most part, no matter how much weight you gain or lose, they should always fit. I have a lot and I am always wanting more.

7. Red Velvet Cake and Carrot Cake. The only cake that I really like. They are my favorite. I like pie and I like cookies and brownies, but those are the only cakes that I like. Delicious. Maybe its the cream cheese frosting. I don't know...

8. Disco and funk music. Another favorite. It always makes me want to get my groove on. I can't believe I even said get my groove on. That's a large embarrassment.

We'll end this list at eight. It is an even number, and I really can not think of anything else.

make new friends, but keep the old...

one is silver, and the other's gold. If only life was so simple as this silly and childish song. I know that as an adult, your friendships from the past and the one's you make in the future evolve in a different way than they did when you were a child. Yet, I see people who have friends at my age and they actually spend time with their friends. I wonder now, with the friends that I once had or still have, who knows at this point, why were they my friends? Out of pity? Did they think they couldn't get rid of me? Did they really even like me? And if they did like me or do like me, why has all that changed? Why does nobody seem to care? I have done my fair share of caring and yet I never get anything in return. I do not like to feel jealous, but sometimes I do. I wish I had a friend to go shopping with; girl talk with; or even so Chris and I can have some friends to hang out with, for something to do. I get jealous that everyone seems to have something and I don't. I know I made a choice to move to San Diego the first time, and then to Maryland, and then back to San Diego, but that doesn't mean I don't deserve some kind of friendship. I feel like I am an afterthought for them, and it doesn't feel good. Eew, what an awful case of the Mondays. :/

These are a few of my favorite things...

The title is self-explanatory. This is a list of my favorite things.

• Lists. What thing to start off with. I love making lists. Some are short, some are long, but I really love lists. They could be lists of anything in the whole wide world. It does not matter. I prefer them handwritten, but any kind of list will do.
• Ice cream. What would our world be without ice cream? My favorites (yes - more than one, I really can not limit it to just one): Baskin Robbins' Peanut Butter N Chocolate. Mmmm... Baskin Robbins' Love Potion #31, once again, heaven in a cup. Butter Pecan, it makes me feel like a classic movie, that I should be living in Black and White - which, is completely weird, but it is utterly delicious. Rainbow Sherbet - summer in an ice cream cone.
• Reading and books. I can get lost in any book. I always give a book the benefit of the doubt. It might not seem very good, but 8 times out of 10, it definitely turns out better than it started.
• Sunglasses. I have quite a few pairs. Thankfully, I was blessed with a wide-ish, heart-ish, and round-ish shaped face. I can pull off any big sunglasses in the world. I can pull off aviators and classic Ray-Bans. I can't pull off anything small, but anyway, I have a bunch, in many different colors. I just love them.
• Real Housewives of Orange County. It is almost embarrassing, but it really is my favorite. I do not dislike the other versions of the show, but Orange County is the original and it is my absolute, hands down favorite.
• Old Hollywood. It sounds silly but anything from 1920 - 1960. It was a different time. It was a different world. Movies were better, people were more creative, movie stars weren't so whacked out. It was just better.
• French Toast. My favorite breakfast food. Mmm... with lots of cinnamon and syrup.
• Watching cooking and decorating shows, things that are so far from my life, but I love them.
• Dresses and skirts. Don't get me wrong, I love my comfy jeans and leggings, but really, I love dresses and skirts. Long or short, plain or printed, with heels, flats or flip flops. Obviously I should have been born when pants were forbidden on women. I really could hvae gone for those times.
• Grease and Footloose. Best movies, ever. They don't even need any explaining.
• Parenthood, the TV show. I'm a crazy cross of Kristina and Julia, and I love it; while Chris is a cross of Adam and Joel. I love that even more.
• San Diego. I live here nad I love it. It is my happy place. Beaches, sunshine, and all the things that I want in life.

....something always brings me back to you....

I've been toying with meditation and yoga and different relaxation practices for awhile. I really do not know where to begin. I am hoping that it will help me sleep better and get through my day. The exercise is helping, and my eating was okay for awhile, but I really want to cut some thigns out of my diet. I just want to take an overhaul and try again. We all grow up with our parents telling us to eat this, eat that, but do not, I repeat do not eat that and only a little bit of that. I can not tell you what my mom and dad said I could or could not eat. This is really just a brain dump, it is a Monday after all. My coworkers and I toyed with growing wheatgrass and drinking shakes of it, together, as to not have to deal with the potential grotesque-ness (my new word, thanks I'm glad you like it) of drinking grass. Apparently, it helps flush out the nasty toxins that make you have B.O. I do not sweat profusely, but I tried to give up regular deodorant to help prevent cancer (you know, aluminum being bad for you, clogging your glands, and potentially causing cancer) but it did two things: 1) Yeah, I sweat like a whore in church and 2) I got a rash. The rash is slowly going away now that I've gone back to my regular deodorant. I'll try again when the rash heals. It could be the scent, I could try unscented.

I've thought about what it must be like to be an organic eating, water drinking, super active, wheat grass shooting, non coffee addicted person. Oh yes, also adding yoga and meditation to that as well. For starters, they'd definitely not be me. I am slowly losing my addiction to caffeine (praise Jesus, no seriously, its a life saver). I love me some coffee, and I'd like to drink large amounts of it daily, BUT if I miss it because I'm too lazy to make it and too cheap to buy it, I DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT, get a migraine. I had a mild twinge of a headache, but with enough water in my body, the hydration prevents anything more. So I guzzle my tea, with its lower caffeine count, and cross my fingers that I can keep the pain at bay.

This blog has helped with the relaxation. I really just type up all I want and say all I need to say and find important. And on a beautiful note, I love my Sara Bareilles pandora radio station.

garbage

No, I'm not talking about old food, paper, and empty containers. I'm talking about my secret addictions: Real Housewives (of everywhere but Atlanta and New York, I can't really get into them). My ultimate fave, is obviously the original: The Real Housewives of Orange County. My second favorite is New Jersey. Beverly Hills and Miami are tied for next in line, well I haven't really watched Miami, but I kind of dug Beverly Hills. Anyway, I'm addicted. I always watch all the marathons and reruns. It doesn't bother me if it is fake or real, it is so entertaining. It really is the only trashy TV that I watch. I loathe Jersey Shore; I can't stand the Bachelor and the Bachelorette; you won't catch me wathing Teen Mom 2 or any of the other crappy MTV shows (Real World), most of these shows are just for people to drink, have sex (or who have had sex and now have children), and do illegal things without getting caught. The message it sends out is irresponsible.

Anyway, that is the only garbage that I watch. Speaking of garbage, I have to stop putting garbage into my body. Ugh, Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred is only SOMETIMES something I can do. I need to treat my body like a temple and let the only garbage in my life be the kind in my trash can and my Real Housewives television.

I don't have much more for today.

Sun Drop

Yesterday Albertson's was giving out coupons for an almost free soda. The girl at the store tried to market it as a new kind of soda. However, it is not anything new. It is old, made by Dr. Pepper, NOT 7-Up like she said; has more caffeine than Mountain Dew; and is made with orange juice. It tastes pretty good. Better than Mountain Dew, and more similar to 7-Up. It does not replace my Diet Coke, so I probably won't drink much more of it. I had to try it though.

This movie commercial makes me think of Sailor Moon. It is called Sucker Punch, but the girl looks like the human version of Sailor Moon. Today I have nothing more to say, its Monday, isn't that enough?