ALMOST THERE!!!

Through all the busy going on, I had to stop an acknowledge that my boys have done it again!! We were down 3-1 in a 7 game series against the Penguins and we WON!! To say I have had several mini heart attacks in the last week would be an understatement! Last night's game was super intesnse but we fought hard and we wanted it bad. Ahh! Can't believe we are moving on to the next round! I am busy packing for my trip and running last minute errands, but I HAD to brag about it! (Not like any of the players know I'm bragging so hard!!) I can't wait for the next series to start!

 

 

 

 

So Proud!! LETS GO!! :)

 

Five on Friday: Vacation Time

 

So I am going to play this a little differently this week because....

Next week I am headed to Savannah, GA!!!! It is one of the places I have been DYING to visit and I am going to spend a few days there with one of my roomies from college!

one :: I can't wait to spend a few days with one of my favorite girls! It's strange to think we spent every day together for 2 years when we lived at school and now we see each other maybe once a month! It's terrible that life has gotten in the way of our visits, but we still talk all the time and this trip I'm am positive we will pick up right where we left off.

 

two :: River Street. I heard that there are a bunch of restaurants and bars on River St. Plus it's beautiful scenary. We are such foodies I can't wait to have some good ol' southern cooking.

 

 

three :: In addition to the food, I also heard you can walk around the streets and drink! P.A.R.T.Y. I know its a quaint little town full of history, but what's a good history lesson without a few drinks in ya?!

 

 

four :: I plan on visiting all of the little shops and touristy places while I am there. The plantations, the boutiques, the parks, the cemetary tours, bike rides...I plan to do it all!!! I can't wait to see all of the historical homes throughout the city and the huge drapping trees. Gahh! It's going to be beautiful!

five :: Hopefully, we can make a day trip up to Charleston! I hear that is another beautiful town and I would love to get a chance to see it while I was down there. I'm praying for good weather so we can fit everything in as planned!!

 

 

 

Pray for nice weather in south!!

 

If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations for places or things to see in Savannah I'd LOVE your advice!! =)


 

Love It or Hate It: Chapter 3

I L.O.V.E chapstick! I will choose chapstick over lipstick or lip gloss any day of the week. Why you ask? That's very strange for a girl in the business world who always needs to look her best. Well, I will tell you why. I like the way it feels! I personally think I look strange when I have lots of color on my lips, I am always self-conscious of whether it is all over my face or my teeth and sometimes lipsticks and glosses smell weird. Not my thing. Plus, I never feel like a lipstick or a gloss truly gives my lips that nourishing unchapped feeling. Let's be honest this winter has been pretty brutal and walking in the city on a windy wintery day does some sever damage. Chapstick just gets the job done.

 

For years and years I have been using the same chapstick. YEARS. But just recently that has changed and it has become a big deal around these parts. Silly people! Unfortunately, I am not going to brag about it during this post, that will be my next chapter, but I am here to give my first "Hate It" review.

 

I hate to "Hate It" (haha) because I don't really hate this product I just wasn't as impressed as the rest of the world bragged which was a little bit of a let down. I'm talking about the eos evolution of smooth sweet mint scent. NO BUENOS.

 

In the beginning it was great! It was cute and felt smooth putting it on, but at the end of the day I want my chapstick to moistorize my lips - get rid of the dry cracked feeling and this just didn't do that for me. I found myself putting it on more often than I usually do and when I am in meetings for hours, I don't have the opportunity to bring anything by my computer, a water and my ID up 5 floors. I just wasn't happy with it. A little extra complaint for ya, the smell. At first it smelt like sweet mint gum and I thought "This is a great alternative! I smell fresh without having to chomp on gum!" Uhm no. After a few weeks it started to smell skunky. Even with a boyfriend that shit ain't cute! Now I don't know if anyone else had this issue, maybe I purchased a bad batch but it was strange! I didn't want to use it even though it was the only one I had in my bag, because the smell was so icky!

Like I said if anyone has never had this issue I'd love to hear about it, or if you have had the same thoughts on eos. I know there are other flavors but I think I might pass and stick with what I know and what make my lips happy!




 

Look Up

As you may or may not have noticed, this spec of blogland has been quite neglected lately. Work has picked up as I have spoken about the last few weeks, wedding shenanigans have been occuring and fitting time in for the gym, family, boyfriend, friends has taken a priority over all things blog. And to be completely honest I was a mess about it at first. I even said to the boo, "ugh I haven't blogged in so long! I have so many things I want to post about and so many events I want to document on the blog but I just haven't!" For the last few weeks, saying I have had a lot going on is an understatement and in the few moments I have time for me, I have been spending it with my dad and boyfriend watching the NY Rangers in the Playoffs. Or I've been hanging out with my cousins ordering pizza and wings acting like we were kids again, picking on each other, laughing and busting each others chops. To me that is where my time has been most valuable.

 

Like I said I was upset about it at first. I told myself time and time again I would try my hardest to be consistent with my blog and I just haven't been. Now I am comforted that it's okay not to post 10 times a week. That as much as I would like to have a ba-zillion followers and be able to provide so good stuff to read for those followers, my blog is for me first. So if I don't post it's okay! If I am exhausted from a week of crazy followed by a weekend of crazier it's okay to skip the blog and head to bed at 7:30pm (don't judge).

And then yesterday, I saw this.

 

 

And I realized that all my frustration with blogging truly didn't matter. We don't realize how much time we spend on social media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc. until you actually see something like this and sit back and actually think about it. I'm glad I have been spending my time on the couch with dad and celebrating monumental moments in my friends lives rather than focusing on my social media. I'd hate to say I'M BACK because I know I have another bunch of crazy weeks ahead but I will post when I post. And I'm glad that I can now say I'm cool with that. I can only imagine how mothers of 4 manage school, soccer, dance, and all their motherly duties plus blogging and I guess I will learn how to adapt when the time comes, but for now my blog will progress..well whenever it progresses.

Anyone else feel like they are pressured to post when they just don't have the time?

Or are you spending your time someplace more valuable to you?



Five on Friday...a Good Friday

one :: It's Good Friday! Which means Easter is Sunday! I love me some Easter. Good Family. Good food. Good God.

two :: I am working from home today! Waahhooo! It's such a nice treat to get to work in my PJs every once in awhile. Hopefully someday it will be more than once : )

three :: Spin Class! I have been pretty obsessed lately! I have always loved the class but it's so hard to get to after work. I don't get off the train until 6pm the earliest and some days class starts at 6pm. Lame sauce!

four :: This someecard speaks for itself. Enough said.

five :: It's hockey playoff season!!!!!! My favorite boys NY Rangers are in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and I could not be more excited. We won YES WE our first game last night and we were on fire! Crossing my fingers, toes and nose hairs we stay hot!!

Happy Easter Weekend!!! Sending you lots of love and chocolate bunny ears!!

Be The Change

A few weeks ago I was waiting in the train station in Hoboken, NJ on my way home from work late one night. If you have ever been to any of the train stations in the a big city, you will sadly know it is not the happiest place to frequent after nightfall. The strain on our country's economy is more than evident at the train stations as they are the home to too many less fortunate people in the area. In no way does this justify the situation, but living near New York City all of my life I have become pretty accustomed to seeing people sleeping on benches, in train stations and on subway platforms. No matter how often I see it though, it doesn't make the goosebumps lessen or the chills disappear. I truly wish I could help each and every person in need that I see, but that is just not a realistic option.

 

As I am sitting there trying to warm up from the cold walk out of the subway, a gentleman walks in with a car FULL of water bottles, containers filled with take-out food and sandwiches. It was definitely not the first time this man had showed up to take care of the less fortunate people in the station, because as I look up from my phone I hear the mumbles "The food guy is here! The food guy came back tonight!" Heartbroken...doesn't even begin to describe my feeling at this moment. As I look around the station I see everyone start to stand up and walk to the back stairwell and line up in a perfectly formalized line. No yelling, no pushing just patience as they waited their turn. Others who never realized were awoken by this man and others in the station so they were not left out on their first meal in who knows how long.

 

Amazing. Truly amazing. Before the items were distributed, they prayed to God and thanked him for the meals before them and to guide them in their struggles. Again, amazing. They all took their food and water back to their designated areas of the station and sat quietly like nothing ever happened.

 

I was in awe. In awe that this man makes this is routine to help. In awe that these people, as hungry and tired as they were, had more patience than anyone I work with, travel with on the train or see on their streets during a normal day. I was in awe of the kindness shown not only by the man bringing food, but the people receiving it. I have spoke about kindness before on this blog of mine and I stick to my guns that people need to more kindness in their lives. It was a moment like this that reminded me that there are still good people out there amongst all the chaos and cruelty.

 

 

 

 

 

Be the change. Show kindness no matter how small the act may be. Doing something, anything for someone you know or don't know. You never know when you will be making someones day a 100 times better.

 

 

 

 



 

Love It or Hate It: Chapter 2

When I used to have my long hair, it was sort of a pain to constantly straighten it. When I straighten my hair I am an obsessive perfectionist. So perfectly straight long hair, in the summer was a no go. It was time consuming and stressful! I had thought of getting a curling iron for the longest time, but if you have been here for awhile you will know that I'm not one for spending hours getting ready, especially for work or running errands. I decided to take the plunge and buy a cheap but decent curling iron from Harmon. It took me a while to get the hang of the dang thing, but most days the curls were just bleh and would never hold long. By the end of the day my hair was straight and you would never guess for a second I had spent time curling it that morning. There is nothing I hate more than waking up early to get dolled up...except when it doesn't even look like I put any effort in. Hate that more! I would have good days, bad days and then days I said screw this! I used to be able to curl my hair with a straightener and have NO problem! But a dang curling iron won't hold. WASTE!

 

 

Then I kept hearing about the curling wand! I refused to give in because of my failed curling iron experience. Long story short..I gave in! But thank goodness I did! I heard about the NuMe Curling Products a few times and I heard nothing but great things. They are a little pricey and that totally turned me off. Don't let it!! They are always having crazy sales and there are so many coupons out there on the internet. Plus after I bought mine I saw a few bloggers with special discount codes on their blogs for RIDICULOUS discounts. Like almost 75% off!!

 

It took me a few tries to master the curling wand, a lot of burns and a few f-bombs but I love it!! First of all, it takes about 39.87 seconds to heat up - perfect time saver! Once you get the hang of how you want it styled and how big or small you want the curls you just jump right into it. Holding the hair around the wand takes about another 22.28 seconds and release. The curl looks amazing and once my whole head is done I shake it out and that's it! 

 

I used to have to hair spray every piece before I curled it with the curling iron and then spray my whole head after and then put my fingers through it and spray it again. I use about a half a spritz of hairspray using the curling wand and nothing more. It takes me about 15 minutes to do my whole head before work and that's the same amount of time it took me with straightening. Easy peasy! And the best part is that my curls stay for days! Some days I need to do a quick touch up around my face but it lasts. Makes my mornings so much easier, plus when your hair is curly, messy makes it better and I don't have to be a perfectionist anymore!

I bought the NuMe Magic Wand and like I said, I love it. I didn't have to spend $169 so keep your eyes out for sales and coupons! It is totally worth it! I wish I could have gotten the Lustrum or the Tri-fect because of the variety of different sizes but I am more than happy with my wand.

If you are contemplating getting a wand or an iron, go with the wand! It is worth the learning time and the curls are timeless!