Get to know me tag!! courtesy of Itsliketruelove

Since I'm new to the BLOGGY WORLD, I thought this would be a great idea, and hey I was kinda bored! :)

Q1: What item you can't leave the house with?  Lipgloss, and eyedrops ( crazy I know, but my contacts drive me crazy and I would be miserable without).

Q2: Favorite brand of makeup?  NYX, and Covergirl.

Q3: Favorite flower: I'm not much of a flower girl myself, but I do love a pretty Lily.










Q4: Favorite clothing store? American Eagle, Gordmans, and Oldnavy.

Q5: Favorite Perfume? Umm anything fruity, I like a lot of body splashes, HOWEVER sad to say Snookie from Jersey Shore came out with a perfume and OMG! I love it :)

The bottle is freakin cute!






 Q6: Heels or flats?  Flats all the way, okay I'm seriously 5'9 and I feel like a big mammoth with heels.

Q7: Do you make good grades? Well as a matter of fact I do, I just ended my semester with an A in English and B in Accounting.


Q8: Favorite color? Aqua blue and Aqua green.

Q9: Do you like energy drinks? Eh not really I mean I'll drink a Redbull and Vodka any day but besides that I'd say no.

Q10: Do you drink Juice? Yep, usually that or water would be my go to drink before soda.

Q11: Do you like to swim? Yes would be an understatement ( this one goes to the beach AT LEASTTT 4 times a year, granted I live 8 hours from one:(  )

Q12: Do you eat fries with a fork? Negative.

Q13: Favorite Moisturizer? Suave, Vitamin E Age defying moisture.

Q14: Do you want to get married later on in life? Yes ma'am.

Q15: Do you get mad easily? I would honestly say no, it definitely takes a lot to piss me off, but usually after 10 minutes or so I'm A-OK!

Q16: Are you into ghost hunting?  Umm negative, however I do like ghost stories, I just personally would not go out looking for ghost or anything else.

Q17: Do you have any Phobias? Sounds weird but I HATE worms and especially caterpillars.. But the funny thing about that is I LOVE to fish and I do quite often in the summer, but I can never touch the live bait myself so I usually stick to artificial bait.

Oowee Gross! but these are the particular ones we use when we fish!

Q18: Do you bite your nails? Nope

Q19: Have you had any near death experiences? Nope, at least not any that I'm aware of.

Q20: Do you drink coffee? Ice coffee only from Mcds or Starbucks ( Caramel Macchiato).

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Wonderful week leading to Christmas!

The days leading to Christmas were wonderful.. I had all almost all of my shopping done except for a few items for my mom, and goody bags for my siblings. LET ME TELL YOU! I usually am that person that somehow loves the thrill and the fabulous deals leading up to Christmas Eve ( call me CRAZY!), HOWEVER! this year was a little different, it seems like seriously everyone was either walking to slow for me or just completely in my way... I WANTED TO STRANGLE EVERYONE THAT HAPPEN TO BE IN MY PATHWAY!!  Now onto a  happier note, my oldest sister that I hadn't seen since August came into town from Atlanta and generously blessed the ENTIRE family with fantastic gifts!! It is a family tradition that either the day before Xmas eve or Christmas eve everyone (extended) family as well will meet up for dinner before the big SHA-BANG... and that WE DID! Christmas day was amazing, Scuba and I woke up as normal and headed to my Moms house to have a traditional breakfast, and open our gifts... After breakfast Scuba and his bro headed to good ol Huntingdon to spend the day with his family, while I stayed here to visit with my family.... By the end of Sunday I was completely drained and ready to hit the sack.. Now that Christmas is over I am looking forward to New Years!! My dad has decided to have a little party and I so cant wait, on the flip side if I have to many drinks I can always crash at his place :)! such a responsible drunk..

On a completely random side note, I thought this was a good pic of my dad and sis! More Pics to come:)

7 DAYS! OH my

AHH, I can't believe that CHRISTMAS is literally ONLY seven days away, OH MY....Today is also my younger bros b-day, he turned the big 23! Happy Birthday Trav! with Christmas being only 7 days away I def need to get on the ball I still have to get both of parents stuff, and goody bags for my siblings... ITS GONNA BE A LONG WEEK! Tomorrow we are having our annual Christmas Party at work, and I'm def looking forward to that, we are catering in Swankys (yummy burrito/taco place) and Friday is my early day woot woot, on top of all of that loveliness, were closed MONDAY, DEC 26. Jeeber's I'm excited...
                                                            Weekend Recap
Friday: had dinner with my love at Las Delicious! ( as close to actual authentic Mexican food as I have ever had, besides being in Mexico).

Saturday: HA! what a Saturday, woke up at like 6am to head to Nashville, little did I know that was completely pointless, So that morning as we left home everything was fine, we picked up my mom, and headed to a gas station to fill up, AND long behold the car wouldn't start! I was like WTH! the windows were still working and the lights were lit, so I'm thinking great either alternator or starter... By that point we had to do something because it was starting to get cold inside the car and I was blocking the front gas pump, so I call my Allstate roadside assistance and 20 minutes later the tow truck man arrives and attempts to jump start the car, and WHOOLA its the BATTERY! THANK YOU BABY JESUS!!! however the guy tells us that there is corrosion and acid on the battery which is why the battery stalled like that. Great, now I was paranoid to drive to Nashville and have the same thing happen to us up there, so we then headed to the local Honda dealership to get a quick checkup, and $21 and an hour later we were finally on our way!! Once we arrived in Nashville we had some major retail shopping therapy, and after all of that we stopped by the Cheesecake Factory, OMG! I love this place I left there feeling extra pregnant. We then decided to head to Lebanon to the outlets before heading back home... all in all I enjoyed myself and can't wait to return. :)

Sunday:I literally have once again slept away my entire day, and I still feel like crap, I'm so OVVVEERR this cold and it's only been 2 days! my body feels like I need to have every bone possible popped in my back, and I can not stop sneezing :(  

Come on!

I love this time of the year! 1) I'm able to eat as much as I want and not feel bad about it even if, I gain 5 or 10, heck even 15 pounds. 2) all of the lovely sales that I get to take advantage of.. I figure I'm just trying to boost the economy! 3) I get all of the wonderful paid holidays off.. WITH that said JAN 13 cant come FASTTTT enough!!!

Condo I booked (1bdrm 2 FB and Q sleeper)

• I cant wait to get my shop on
• Walk along the beach, especially at night to go crabbin
• Wake up at what ever time I want 
• AND last but not least HOT ROLLS! LAMBERTS!

Full kitchen w/ W&D

Okay, really!

Bailey as a pup, oh so cute!

Okay, it is seriously 11:58pm my time and I am extremely sleepy, and seriously my dog is SNORING so loud, yes snoring, that I am tempted to KICK lightly move her box so she will shut up.. Shes knocked out as if she has had a long day of lounging around the house doing absolutely nothing. OR JUST maybe I can't sleep because I am excited to book my mini vacation in the AM and it can't come fast enough. Either way I'm gonna be worthless tomorrow mornin so I better attempt to catch some ZZzzz's  :)

Wonderful Weekend!

Random pic I found, the one I had looked ten times better:)

 Gees, oh how I adore my fabulous weekends! Friday night kinda was blah, didn't really do much except picked up some take out, Saturday was fab! enjoyed another great weekend getting my shop on, followed my an AMAZING dinner at the Half Shell! I ordered a sandwich called "Old fashioned Monte Cristo" AND boy oh boy its seriously like little bites of heaven, at first I was a little hesitant because it is deep fried with a egg batter and then dusted lightly with powered sugar, and on top of all of those calories it came with a stuffed potato Yummy!....After dinner, Scuba Steve and I headed to Wally World to get our shop on, I def have a love and hate relationship with that place:).. and today is my national Sunday lazy day to re-cooperate , I'm now closing my weekend out with an A in my English class woot woot! just waitin on my other final grade for Accounting:) Looking forward to next weekend, this one is headed to NASHVEGAS!

Blogs I'm following!

Gees this thing is driving me CRAZY!! If any of you who happens to read this post and you know how to display "the blogs you are following" on the profile itself as well as on the "Dashboard" will you pretty PLEASE with whip cream and extrrraa sprinkles on top be willing to help me out :) I have been trying for days, and every time I get them all entered and log out and then back on they have ALL vanished its like WTH!

Will you please either email me or post as a comment:)
Thanks!

Only 2 days LEFT AND COUNTING!

ARGH! I'm more than ready for this semester to be OVER! I seriously feel like all I have done for the past couple of months is write papers! However; on a side note that just puts me one step closer to getting my graduation on.



AND

 Thank goodness its the weekend cause I got my girls night out and I definitely can't wait to get me a couple drink tomorrow. Until then like Rihanna would say,
                                         "CHEERS TO THE FREAKIN WEEKEND!"

Sweet Potato basted Pork Chops ( grilled) and Candied Yams!

What to do with left over Sweet Potatoes: Recipe courtesy of ME:)

                         Candied Yams!
You will need the following:
* 2 or 3 medium Sweet Potatoes (thinly sliced)
* 1/2 cup of brown sugar (use your best judgement)
* 2 tbsp of nutmeg and ground cinnamon (mixed together)
* 3 or 4 tbsp of butter ( Heart Attack waiting to happen, also use your best judgement just make sure it doesnt stick to the pan or burn)

Cooking time: 20 Minutes( Also depends on how soft you like your potatoes)

 Preparing:
This recipe involves using a great nonostick pan, I have the Rachel Ray set, so I was able to get away with less butter.

*Evenly layer sliced sweet potatoes, brown sugar, and nutmeg/cinnamon mixture, and butter.

**When finished your skillet should look like this
(-----  , cover with lid and gently flip every five minutes until cooked to the your preferred tenderness ( hint they should NOT taste like mashed potatoes:)

            Sweet Potato basted chops!
You will need the following:
* 6 small to medium boneless chops (cleaned)
* 1/2 of a small sweet potato pureed-mushy ( I added the cajun seasoning to the mixture)
* Salt and pepper to taste
** IF YOU LIKE A LITTLE UMMFT TO YOUR FOOD: I ADDED A SPRINKLE OF CAJUN SEASONING
* cooking spray

 Preparing:
* lightly season both sides of your chops with salt and pepper.  (Cajun seasoning optional)

* evenly coat both sides of your chops with the pureed-mushy sweet potato mixture

* Next, lightly coat your skillet of choice with a cooking spray and heat  to a medium setting...... So far your food should look like this.
(-----
 

 Cooking time:
Ya know, I really dont know I just keep an eye on it :) maybe a couple of minutes on both sides, just make sure its not pink in the middle ( i don't want ya to be sick, NO BUENO

NOW ENJOY!!

***CAUTION***
I would imagine this meal has like a kazillion calories, so if your on the healthy side, this is prob not for you, HOWEVER; on your cheat days you should try cause its yummo.


*Oh yeah the green beans are Italin style straight out the can with a little salt and pepper to taste.

Vegas!

Oh, how I indeed love Vegas! It's been wayyyy to long since I last visited. So when a childhood friend from when I lived in Yuma announced she was engaged and that she wanted a destination wedding, I was like SCORE! not only will this a) be a mini reunion and b) I get to be apart of something so spectacular, but I also get to party it up in Vegas, ugh YES maam!.... and Since I LOVE taking pictures of myself anything and everything, here's a little short preview of my snappingness(def not a word) :) ENJOY!

Welcome!

Vodka/Redbull

Snack on the plane

View from the window

1 of MANY self portraits

Love the lights

Water show

Just because

My gorgeous mom!

Strip view

Vegas airport/ Slot machines Ugh WOW

Hotel lobby, will def stay@ the same place next time

Daytime view

He was snoozin

Va Va boom, my VERY FIRST POST!

Eeek, Hmm this is indeed my very first post and I'm not quite sure how I should start it off but oh well here I go. BTW I wish you could see the smile on my face I have been contemplating for quite awhile now on whether I wanna continue to stalk read other peoples blogs or should I just suck it up and make my very own!? DRUMMM ROLLS!! I finally did it and I'm pretty excited, even though I have never done anything like this, I'm looking forward to blogging to mainly have a diary of my life, and ya never know hmm just maybe I'll get to know some lovely ladies and gents through this awesome bloggy world!  :)