A few changes…!

by zel

I’m sure you’ve probably noticed a few changes (well, I’m hoping you did anyway)!

I’m trying to buckle down and figure this WordPress thing out. I’ve had this blog since April of 09′ and I never really bothered to mess with the plug-ins and all that sort of stuff unless it was something that I needed to do, like NAO. But I’m curious to know what plug-ins there are and how they can help make my blog better.

My categories aren’t working correctly, I know, and I’m trying to figure out how to fix that. Also, I’m thinking of changing them. It’s probably going to take me FOREVER to go through all of my posts and re-categorize them but I want to change this blog up a bit. I also took out Google Friend Connect since word is out that Google is getting rid of it for non blogspot blogs in March of 2012. So in its place is my link to follow me on Bloglovin (I’m obsessed with that site lately) and to follow me on Facebook and of course you could RSS too.

With that said, I’m thinking of opening up log in, where you guys register to my blog to see private posts. I’m hitting a point where I want to write personal things here, but I want to keep certain personal things out of the public. If that makes sense.

I’ve also started a channel with this blog, and I’m doing vlogmas so that’s exciting. I’ll be editing the first video for that tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll have more to say tomorrow. Ooh I do have something to say, but not too much. Darn. But I’m hoping to turn that into an everyday babble vlog channel. So yay! Pretty excited. I did my first video on my new review channel. So that’s exciting, sort of.

In totally unrelated news… I can’t wait to be back in Florida and I’ve been thinking about my re-wedding. When M and I got married, the plan was to get re-married after everything with the military had settled down. But since that plan didn’t work out, it’s been a little blah lately. Well that and my total going away get together fail from last year. A part of me sort of doesn’t want to bother with another wedding if no one’s going to show up like my last one. But I figure, we have some pretty amazing friends who we know will definitely be there, no matter where it is so maybe a re-wedding wouldn’t be so hopeless. I want a real wedding, somewhere where I have full control over the decorations and with what goes on. And I want to be happy and surrounded by amazing people. So maybe I’ll start sort of planning that soon (:

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Battle of the headaches

by zel

The last few days I’ve had a lingering headache and nothing was working, and I was down to my last Advil. So I bought more yesterday and got some Tylenol PM too. The thing with me and T PM is that while it’s an amazing sleeping aid/getting rid of major headaches, when I wake up the next day I’m usually really out of it and loopy.

So I took one last night and poof headache gone and surprisingly, I wasn’t loopy at all day but OMG I can’t think straight. I just want to nap. But considering it’s 5PM and getting dark, that would be sort of pointless.

I need to stock up on Gatorade or something, I need some electrolytes in my life!

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I’m thinking of revamping the blog. I want more of a reason to take pictures and document my life on here instead of just, I don’t know what I’m really trying to say. But this blog needs a serious makeover.

I don’t know how many of you have heard, but Google decided to pull the plug on Google Friend Connect and they’re getting rid of it in March of next year. I’m personally crushed. I love Google Friend Connect! But since there’s really no way of stopping it, I decided to use Bloglovin a bit more. So if you want to follow this blog, may I suggest doing it through Bloglovin‘? Or you could always follow my Facebook page here (:

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Thanksgiving weekend!

by zel

Thanksgiving is coming to a close, but the upside is that tomorrow is Cyber Monday and for any compulsive online shopper (*ahem* me), it’s pretty much the best day ever. Online retailers had some great deals this weekend too though (Coastal Scents had 50% off and ELF had BOGO). I’m so excited for my packages to get here next week!

So my weekend consisted of…

My brother made delicious food this year. This was bowl #1 that I snuck upstairs mid cooking (:

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Day of Thanks ♥

by zel

It’s that time of the year again, the day that officially starts the holidays!

Thanksgiving

My brother is downstairs cooking up amazing food (that I snuck some of upstairs — hey I got hungry), the fireplace is lit, Baby J is trotting around making clicking sounds with his toenails across the kitchen floor following anyone who goes near the food around. The only thing missing? Meez. The first Thanksgiving without her and even right now she would either be sitting on her butt taking a cat nap or laying in her catnip bed, the house still sounds that much more quiet. Feels that much more empty without her here. It’s still a little hard getting use to the fact that I won’t bump into her, or that she won’t scare the crap out of me at 3AM when I have to go pee, or that I’ll never see her pretty face again… and as much as we all miss her, we’re thankful for the seven other holidays she got to spend with us (even if she was a grumpy brat half the time).

This year has been amazing (despite losing my babygirl). Probably the most amazing year I’ve ever had. And there is so much to be thankful for.

I am thankful for the chance to work my dream job and embark on an amazing adventure with an amazing company
I’m thankful for the experiences I had in Florida (both good and bad)
I’m thankful for the real friends I made in Florida, I miss you guys so much
I’m thankful for my adorable and amazing husband who takes care of me with a smile on his face no matter how I’m feeling or who I am that day
I’m thankful for my parents, they have a weird way of showing they are, but it’s nice to know they do
I know I don’t say this ever, but lately I’ve been thankful for my brother. I know we haven’t been in each others lives in a long time but he’s still my not-so-baby bro
I’m thankful for my Baby J for still being my sunshine after the rain
I’m thankful for Meez, cuddling with a cat when you’re sad is a whole different feeling, I miss so much
I’m thankful for Boq for keeping me company for the last two years when I needed company the most, sleep well little one
I’m thankful for the handful of real and fiercely supportive friends I have here in Cali, you guys mean the world to me (you don’t meet your real friends in college, you meet them in middle school)
I’m thankful for making Amazon Vine
I’m thankful for my YouTube partnership
I’m thankful for making Yelp Elite
I’m thankful that all my hard work paid off this year
I’m thankful for books, you are my first love
I’m thankful for the freedom to blog about all the things I love
I’m thankful for Spotify, legit
I’m thankful for Starbucks, there’s a holiday/spring comfort that only Starbucks provides
I’m thankful for Disney, for encouraging me to chase my dream
I’m thankful for Dyno (I guess that would go under Cali friends too) for also being an inspiration to chase my dream
I’m thankful for space heaters, because if mine wasn’t on right now I’d be freezing
I’m thankful for glitter, cause I mean… why not?
I’m thankful for music, for getting my creative juices flowing, always
I’m thankful for all the fucked up shit I had to go through in life to get where I am today, because without it I wouldn’t be as awesome I am now (: but really, without it I wouldn’t know how to live my life to its utter fullest
I’m thankful for my debt, because of it I had to freeze all my credit cards and living credit card free is a different kind of free
I’m thankful for video games, they really help when I’m angry or can’t sleep
I’m thankful for my insomnia, I come up with the best ideas when I’m both awake and tired
I’m thankful for my Canon PowerShot S90, we had some good times and talks around Disney World
I’m thankful for Cherry Pepsi and Dr. Pepper, ten years strong!
I’m thankful for Florida STORMS because Cali doesn’t give me the storms I want like you do
I’m thankful for Palmers Coco Butter and Philosophy’s Hope In a Jar for helping ease my eczema in this dry cold weather
I’m thankful for blogs and bloggers, it’s nice to know other people are into your hobbies too and you’re not alone
I am thankful for Vinylmations and pins (:
I am thankful for towels, cause you know, what would you do without them?! (:
I am thankful for Fruit Roll Ups, because I’m totally craving one right now
I am thankful for candles and the ease they provide
I am thankful for hair curlers, they make my blonde look even better!
I am thankful for KFC’s new Famous Bowls with bacon (I had to)
I’m thankful for Twitter, it encourages me to take more pictures to Twitpic with
I’m thankful for everything in life, big or small because it’s made me who I am today

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I hope you all have a day filled with amazing food and a lot of love.

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Words, words, words.

by zel

I miss blogging, like really blogging. I miss making the time to blog. I miss writing about my feelings or my day or writing some profound entry that always made me feel like I was making art. I miss feeling things. I’ve blocked so much out of my memory that even reading back on my old blogs shocks me because I don’t remember half of that shit even happening.

I wish I had the will power to sit here and to finish a manuscript. I have so much to say, so many stories to tell. Words are there for you to use, to rearrange, to twist and turn, why is this so difficult? I know what I want to happen but I always feel like the dialog or the setting or just the general vibe is off. I know things won’t be perfect within the first draft, but I want it to be close to perfect and I think that’s what gets me. I think I need to somehow trick myself into thinking that crappy = good just so I don’t give up after 5k words.

I want to start blogging, everyday. And I know I always say that but I think my resolution for 2012 is to actually do it. Maybe not everyday, but close to it.

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Facebook frustrates me. I hate how no one gives a shit about what you’re saying unless you’re talking about something shallow like the game or how you got hammered or you checked in at Las Vegas. It’s just ridiculous. You’d think it was easy to network with people you know in real life, but that’s apparently not the case. Kinda sad.

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