In our Sunday Best

So much for that 75* weather. I can't say I was too happy to see it snowing this morning when I woke up but I am sure I will get over it quickly when I go to cuddle with the boys today. Have I mentioned how much I love my job?! Cause I really love it. Anyway so this weekend the weather was so nice it was perfect for Sunday afternoon pictures and getting the first sunburn of the year. Oh Yeah!

Rachel's Outfit: Dress:Banana Republic, Shoes: Goodwill;
My Outfit: Dress: France, Shoes: Target

My Week in Bucharest

As I wait going on midnight to put my last load of laundry in the washer. (That what happens when five girls are living together getting ready for camp.) I thought I would put a blog post up considering I don't know when the next time my internet connection will be good enough that I can blog.

This past week has been fun. Learning how to live in the city was an adventure. I rode the tram (public transportation) not once but a few times by myself. Woah. It might have only been down the street to the Guess'house but it was a start. 

The first few days consisted of me hanging out by myself. I ventured out to the grocery store. Went on a few runs. Started watching the "Office" recommended by Jenny.

But Tuesday I went to the new water park with Jenny and Christina. It was pretty cool. 

Wednesday is when I learned how to ride the tram. Thursday I got to go to the baby hospital with Christina. Christina use to be a short term missionary herself so it was neat to see all the things she use to help out with. I was so happy I got to go to the baby hospital. Most of these kids are abandoned by their parents. It's a really sad situation and the nurses just do the bare minimum to take care of them. 

Then Thursday night we headed out to the movie theaters to see "Despicable Me 2" with the Postemas Kids. Highly recommended movie, it was hilarious! 

Friday consisted of babysitting the Guess kids, eating my first Shaorma, resting up for camp, and packing. Which is what I am still doing right now early Saturday morning. Only a few more hours till we leave for camp. Woo. I also got to skype my family and friends (A little shout out to my mom, sister, Andrea, and the Stoner's.) It was so nice to see the kids today over skype and them telling me what they have been up too. My heart is happy they haven't forgotten me yet. 

p.s. Please keep the Guess Family in your prayers. Mihi is having to fly back to the states this week for a surgery. She just found out this morning. They are an amazing family, who have been through a lot these past two months. 

Sisters ♥

This post is a little call out to my sisters...

Even though we are miles apart. We find a way to stay connected. Right now it just happens to be through blogging. Andrea blogs about family and friends, Rachel blogs about politics and I blog about traveling. Even though there all different, it's our way of staying connected. Check out their blogs from the link on the left side :)

Happy Birthday Sis!

It's my sister's birthday the first time I have ever been away from her on her birthday  It sorta feels weird to think she is going to celebrate her 21st birthday without me. But I guess we are both gonna have to survive cause I am also gonna miss her 22nd birthday too. But before I start thinking about next year already...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL! 

I love you! And miss you! And hope you have a wonderful birthday! 

p.s. And I hope that you absolutely love the gift I picked out for you. hehe.

Firecracker 5k

So when I got my tattoo last Sunday the tattoo artist said I could run as long as it didn't me pain. Which was good news considering I signed up for my town 5k three weeks ago. Can't back out now. 

Before I tell you about the 5k, I want to share with you why the 4th is one of my favorite holidays. Naturally my favorite holiday is Christmas because you get to celebrate it for a whole month! So the 4th is my second since we get to celebrate it a whole week. Since is the time of the year I truly love my small town. The week starts out with a little parade which I am usually am in for our local library. Following the parade is the carnival which last all week, which is pretty exciting beside the scary carnies. Then finishing the week up, we have our annual firecracker 5K and fireworks! For us being such a small town, we do have some pretty nice fireworks. Don't mind my bragging. 

Well back to the 5k. I don't know what the temperature was in your state but Ohio was having a major heat wave by eight o'clock it was already 80* and humid. So the race was pretty miserable but it was fun to run with some friends. 

Brave

Many of you have seen the movie trailer to this. And I am sure just like me you thought: this looks like such a cute movie and I wouldn't mind seeing it. So today my mom, sister, grandma, and I all ventured out to see it. With the heat advisory keeping us inside anyway we thought we might at well go to the movies. 

I am sorry to say the movie was a bit of a disappointment. You may ask why? When you see the trailer you think what a great movie about a girl choosing her own fate but (spoiler alert) her mother turns into a bear?! What the heck?! She doesn't choose her own fate. It just doesn't work out. The movie was definitely different in many ways. I am still not sure what exactly the theme/purpose of this movie was. It was a great disappointment.

p.s. Check out our awesome 3D glasses.

Tats

So I have been waiting for this moment almost all summer when I could go get my tattoo. And it finally happened yesterday. I am very proud of my tattoo. Naturally I spent out a few a pictures via text of my tattoo as soon as I took my bandages off. All bloody and all to show my friends. True friends still tell you how great it looks blood and all. hehe. Don't worry I will save you from the blood pictures. 

As you can see the nervousness on our faces right before we got our tattoos. 

For pure enjoyment. I will share the conversation I had with my coworker this morning. 

Me: Tyler! Wanna look at my tattoo?! Isn't it cool?!

Tyler: Did you do something different with your hair?

Me: Yah. I am a whole new person. 

Tyler: Wait till you come back from France.

Me: I know. I will be totally different.

Tyler: You will be like all tatted. 

Me: hahaha. No way. This was so painful. Probably be the only one you will ever see me with. 

So now that I have shared the after story here's the whole process. . . 

Walk By Faith

Nails and a Sister

So Friday night, Rachel and I thought we would go live it up a little and go get our nails done. Before I head off to PA for PreAmp training this week and before we get our (grasp) tattoos.

We went to our neighbors nail salon to get our nails done. They were giving me a hard time because I asked them to do this nail design on my nails that I found on pinterest. hehe. Apparently I ask for too much. But my nails turned out great and I love showing them off to people ;)

Another thing that just made my weekend was I found out that another one of my dear friends has a blog but she tries to keep it a secret which makes it that much better. So as you might imagine I spent a good time of my weekend stalking her blog which she probably did the same to mine but was disappointed in the fact I fail to blog more often then not. Anyway . . . Hope you guys are having a great weekend!

Canton Half Marathon

As many of you may have already know. I ran a half marathon today with my good friend Andrea! And yes we made it the whole way! 13.1miles. How exciting, right?!

Even though I was no were near my goal time. I had a great time and I am surprisingly still in great pain from the run. Hoping you all have a nice recover from your weekend too :)

The Country Fest

Hot Dog! It's been an exciting weekend. I came home straight from work Friday to pack my bags to spend the weekend at a friend's house while we volunteer at The Country Fest and prepare for out half marathon. It was so fun that I thought I would share some of my pictures with you :) 

Yes, I got to meet Kelli Pickler. How cool! Right?!

We are sisters at heart <3

It was also the perfect place to show off my wellington's. Hope you all had a great weekend too :)

Less then three Days

The count down is on till our first half marathon. I thought I would give you guys a little preview of how it is going so far. 

My toes may look a little beat up but it is totally worth it. I am getting excited about volunteering for the country fest this weekend and for our half marathon on Sunday. I am sure when this weekend is over I will be so happy that I accomplished some of my summer goals :) 

It Feels like Summer!

I knew my day was going to be good when I got in my car this morning at 5:25 and "American Boy" was playing on the radio. Love that song. Followed by a somewhat non-drama day at work, which doesn't seem to happen much these days. 

Started my afternoon off with a three mile run. Dang, did it feel good on this beautiful sunny and 70* day. Followed by a afternoon of tanning with Andrea and Sarah. Later which we went to clean out Andrea car and busted out our moves with Rachel during Tyler's hip hop class. 

And it was a good day even though it wasn't near any beach :)

CPAC 2012

Have I mentioned how busy life is but from some (nagging) I mean motivation from Andrea. I have decided to post and try to catch you guys up on my life. Now I do realize CPAC happened like two weeks ago but I have have to catch you guys up on a lot. . 

Rachel, Herman Cain, and me. 

My outfit : Gray Dress with Black Belt: Marshall's, Black cardigan: Kohl's, Black Booties: Target

CPAC was surprisely lots of fun. Sister bonding, meeting celebrities (sorta. If you consider the Duggar's, Herman Cain, and Rick Santorum celebrities.) , and just being able to see our nation's capital. It was so much fun and it was the first time I have ever been to D.C. It was a great experience riding the metro and everything. 

On our way to check out the Congress building.. 

I feel a need to tell you guys about the squirrel that about attack me and Rachel over a bag of chocolate filled crosseants. And no we are not losing our minds because two guys walking down the road realized it to. Probably the most scary part of the trip. We thought we were actually gonna have to use our Pepper Stray on that freaky creature. 

My outfit: Button-up shirt: Forever21, Cardigan: forever21,  Skirt: forever21, Boots: Target

Rachel's outfit: Stripes Shirt: from Andrea, Skirt: From a friend, High Heels: Target

Rick Santorum and me. 

 Rick Santorum for President!

Lincoln Memorial

We got to site see on one of the coldest days so I have to show you guys how I was rocking my super high leg warmer's to try to stay warm. We got to see the Lincoln memorial (On Lincoln's birthday, so cool right?) and the Smithsonian's. I now know a little more about politics :) Hope you have a great weekend. 

Hockey Games and Life

So I do have a good excuse for not blogging in like forever. I have just been busy with life. Now that I have started my online classes and new responsibilities at work since certain co-workers are going off and getting married and finding better life's other then working at the Y.M.C.A. (I know its kinda hard to believe.) I have been super busy. The only real reason I had time to blog today and because I took the day off of work. Don't taddle on me, I just needed a break to focus on school and rest up some.  But through my busy schedule I have found time to have fun also. About two weeks ago Rachel, Mya, and I all went out to our first hockey game to our local hockey team, the Oilers. It was so much fun. We didn't end up staying very long but it was a fun experience :)

Rachel and I also took a trip down to Washington D.C. this past week. So I will try to get those pictures up soon because I do have some mighty fine outfit pictures. hehe. Hope your all have a great week and its not to stressful. 

p.s. Happy Late Valentine's

I Miss The Christmas Season Already. . .

I really do miss the Christmas season already. I miss the endless Christmas movies and music. I miss business of Christmas. Which my mother says what got me sick this week. I didn't know any one could feel so miserable in their life from being sick between the stomach ache, bright lights, dizziness, and being sick to my stomach. . .   I am skipping work today and am sick in bed. Since I can't play with all my new stuff or show it off by wearing it in public. I thought I would brag about it on my blog :) Bear with me, I am just a sick girl in bed, sad over the Christmas season.

So I think the thing I am most excited about are my movies. I asked for the first toy story and my grandma got me all three. I am so excited and can't wait to watch them. hehe. I will probably end up watching at least one of them with my preschooler's this week :)

My mom and sister got me Columbia jacket in pink of course because that is my favorite color. And both my grandma's got me scarves with shades of pink in them. So I will look very fashionable when I wear my new jacket and scarves out. 

I also got two books for Christmas. "Wonderland Creek" by Lynn Austin and "Sherlockian" by Graham Moore. I am so excited to read these books. Lynn Austin is my favorite author and I love any book or movie about Sherlock Holmes. 

My cousin made this for me off of Pinterest, isn't it so cute?!

These are only a few of  the awesome things I got like lace up boots, tights, fuzzy slippers, giant Tangled coloring book. . . the list is very long so I wont bored you with all of them. But I hope you guys had a great Christmas and got everything you were wishing for. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all are enjoying your Thanksgiving and getting ready to eat some yummy food and lose some sleep to find all those awesome deals tomorrow :) 

Because I sure am even though I didn't get any sleep that last because I was watching some of the world's cutest kids :) then I woke up early to go the YMCA for a free cardio class with Andrea. And haven't had time to catch up on my sleep because I ended up life guarding. Wooh. My day has been busy can't wait to sit down to a big plate of yummy food. Hope your having a great Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday Rachel

It was my sister's birthday yesterday day. She is now officially 20! Through the excitement of yesterday I forgot to post but its never to late to celebrate a birthday :)

Rosie the Riveter

We Can Do It!

Doesn't my sister make a cute Rosie?!

Carving Pumpkins

Between the trying to sleep and trying to get naps this weekend I somehow found time to spend time with family, carve pumpkins with my sister, and babysit some of the world's cutest kids. And they all survived a weekend through my grumpiness and thank goodness I caught up on my sleep Sunday night right before work on Monday. 

Minnie Mouse and Mickey

Aren't our pumpkins somewhat cute? Sadly you can't see Minnie's bow in the dark but believe me it looked pretty cool. Hope you all had a great weekend too. 

Footloose and Feathers

This picture sums up my weekend. A bit drowsy but fashionable cute :) hehe.  It started by staying up and watching the old "Footloose" with my sister Friday night in preparation to see the new one. Follow by an early morning workout with Andrea. And a crazy over dramatic morning at work like usual.  

Shirt: Kohl's; Belt: Thrifted; Cardigan: Kohl's;  Side  Purse: Maurice's; Pants: Kohl's; Loafers: JCPenny's

But the day got a lot better when Jess and I went and got a feathers. For only six dollars. Yaya! And spent the night with friends from high school. Followed by church Sunday morning were I had a hard time staying a wake during church. Then lunch with Jess at Panera, yummy! 

Then followed by a much needed afternoon nap. And ending my weekend having dinner with Rachel and Andrea.  Hope you all had a good weekend too. :)