Headed to Yosemite for the first time today! Excited!
From looking at the pictures though, I am a bit sad that we aren't going when there will be snow on the ground. It sounds/looks like Yosemite is beautiful in the snow.
Oh well, still excited! Something NEW!
Yep, I'm back to basics.
I won't say that I plan to stick with it this time, because I probably wont, but for the first few months I will.
I started it yesterday and all of the headaches/tiredness I DIDN'T experience the first time I did this, I experienced yesterday. But that is probably due to the fact that I've been drinking a coke daily and back when I did this in 2007, I wasn't. So my body is still used to the sugar/caffeine and is having a slight problem without it.
Yesterday I lived off of sugar free jello, cottage cheese, string cheese, diet mt. dew, and celery. Because it was the first day and I didn't really remember what to make/buy.
But I'm going to the grocery store today to get other things to eat because I don't want to ONLY eat those things everyday. I need more variety.
I need to buy more splenda too..
I'm excited. The plan is to lose 100lbs over the next few years. I realize it's unrealistic to make it a goal to reach in one year, but maybe 2 or 3 years. Considering I'll be losing 20ish pounds within these first two weeks, it'll be a great starting off point.
And I don't want to jinx anything, but I am totally back. Me. The old me. Not the me who has been writing in here these past two years. The me before then. I'm happy. =)
So I recently asked my facebook friends to suggest any good mascara brands that they use/work for them, since I've been using Almay for YEARS and I need a change. 5/8 people suggested Covergirl Lash Blast. I've seen the commercials with Drew Berrymore advertising it for a while, and was curious if it was good or not, and thankfully a lot of my friends said it was, so I went out and bought it. It really is GOOD. It does EVERYTHING that a mascara should! It lengthens, separates, and adds volume! Most mascaras I've tried that say they can do all three rarely follow through, but this one seems like a winner. It doesn't make my eyelashes stiff, either. Soooo happy with that purchase! http://www.covergirl.com/products/product.jsp?productId=lashblast_mascara
Another "beauty product" I bought today was Neutrogena's new Redness Relief scrub. I tried it and it did exactly what it said it would. I hate hate hate washing my face if I have to leave the house within an hour after washing it because it's all red and dry and even when I put lotion on, it stays red and dry for at least an hour after, and then proceeds to get very oily. Stupid, I know. So I tend to give myself a lot of time after I was my face during the day. But this one was great! I washed my face with it and it was just a tiny bit red, and put on lotion, which made it a bit more red, but within 10 minutes the redness was 98% gone. I LOVE IT. http://www.neutrogena.com/econsumer/ntg/productdetail.browse?segment=women&catId=1&subCatId=3&productId=497&target=/products/face/ofaw-redness-soothing-gentle-scrub.jsp
So, if you're in the market for a good mascara, they sell lash blast at most "chain" grocery stores and all drug stores (probably) for around $9. and the redness relief also comes in a cleanser, cream wash and a scrub, and runs about $7, but I could only find it at Walgreens or Longs.
Soo worth it. very very very happy =)
11/17/2009-11/24/2009
SFO-JFK; $109/person ($436), ~$214/person returning ($856) (Virgin America)
JFK-ALB; $161/person ($644) (Delta?)
Avis- Toyota Prius- $470.49
total- $2406.49
I officially LOVE American Apparel.
bought 4 shirts.
now I need to buy jeans. I hear the Torrid website calling my name! :)
My family and I just got back from a trip to New York late last night. Like, 2am late last night. haha
anyway,
we were gone for a week, spent last tuesday-saturday in NYC, going through the American Museum of Natural History, MoMA, and The Met. My feet and back were killing me at the end of the day at the Met, so I was glad to be done with the museums. Overall, we had a good time there- when my sister and I went back in 2008 with the band, I had a much better time, but that's because on that trip, my sister and mother weren't bitching at each other the whole time.
The first part of the week was pretty tension-filled and annoyed the hell out of me, I just really wanted to get to the second part of our trip.
So, on Saturday we took a 5 hour car ride upstate to the Adirondacks for my mother's cousin's family reunion. The four days we spent there were the best days out of the entire summer, including all of my rehearsals and shows. I finally got to experience what life would be like if I actually had FAMILY.
My dad is an only child, so we have no cousins on his side, but my mother has a brother and a sister, but her brother doesn't have any kids, and my aunt's kids- not only are they almost 30, they hate their mother, so we've never really seen them and when we did see them, they didn't care to hang out/talk with us. But my mother's aunt and uncle (who are 90ish) are still going strong and have 4 daughters (my mother's cousins) and every year they go out to a lake in the adirondacks and spend a week just drinking and boating around the lake. We went in 2003 but haven't been back since. I don't remember much from the first time.. I remember the layout of the house and most of the adults and stuff but I didn't really remember the kids or what we did or anything- me and my sister were really young back then and pretty shy, plus the other kids are older than me, not by much, but my sister is 2.5 years younger than me, so we didn't really have much in common back then, I think they were all in high school and I was still in middle school? Idk.
But this time, we were all older. All of the adults- my mom's cousins, their spouses and Aunt Ruth and Uncle Bill are all hilarious and so warm and inviting and I just loved being around them. And the kids, there were 3 boys and then me and my sister, the oldest, Bryan, was 25, Evan was 24 and Nick was 22, and I'm 20 and Rachel is 17.
Bryan was a complete booze hound, and is from Boston and was abosultely hilarious. Evan is probably one of the wisest people I've ever met. He's the kind of guy who can talk to anyone about absolutely anything and still maintain a sense of maturity. Nick is british and was HILARIOUS. We connected the most, I think. He tried to push me into the lake. Attempted to kick my ass in chess, and was just a blast to be around. ******
I was so so so sad to have to leave. They're all up there for the rest of the week and we left early on Tuesday so really we only spent Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon and Monday afternoon with them. We stayed at their house till 11pm each night and I didn't want to leave, ever. But Monday night was hard for me- all the hugs and the "come back next year!!"'s. I don't think I've ever wanted to be somewhere so badly in my life.
I wish my mother was one of the sisters. Their sense of family and comraderie was something I've always wanted. and now that I've sort of found it, I'm so scared I'm going to lose it. All day yesterday on the trip home I told my parents that we have to go back next year. I have to be a part of that family- I don't want them to forget me. So hopefully next year, if we can't afford the whole family to go back, I hope at least me and my mom will be able to. As long as they don't go before August, because I'll be in Miss Saigon.
I tried to find nick on facebook because he said to look him up, but his profile is completely private/invisivble, which I remember him telling everyone when we had a sort of discussion about facebook/twitter/myspace. So I hope when he gets back to London he looks me up. I don't have his email and I can't exactly send his mom and email saying "tell your son to add me on facebook!" hahaha
This whole blog was so disjointed. A lot of my writing lately has been really off. It doesn't flow nicely, it skips around, it's just BAD. Sorrry if you're reading this. I just needed to write down something about these past few days.
it still reaches below my boobs.
The tell-tale sign that I need a haircut!
and haven't been able to get it out of my head since. This isn't my favorite version of it, but I'm too lazy to look for a better vid.
I know what you're thinking.
But really, MUCH better than postsecret.
I found a website, through a friend, that I fell in love with immediately and I think you all will do the same.
http://omgthatrocks.com
it's great.
ok there's a spider crawling towards me... G2G!
