i need to pull my life together...

Whoa. I have been a sucktastic blogger lately. I hate that. I hate that I don't really have tons of time to blog it up, or to even do things to blog about like I use to do. Work is basically making me lame.

What am I going to do about this? Well in the words of my BFF Ashton, I am going to pull my effing life together. I am going to blog regularly, even if it is just a quick hiya to my blog pals. This isn't me forcing myself to blog (because I really do love it), it is just me trying to keep it interesting!

So...I have a lot to blog about throughout this week. Some posts will happen...some won't...but they will eventually be posted (and I am pretty sure no one will be THAT heartbroken if I miss a few days of blogging).

Oh, and do y'all remember the 3o Day Challenge I am doing? Well, it isn't going to be 3o days...it is going to be 30 posts...that happen when they happen.

I am also breaking the rules on this one because I have SO many crushes that to name just one would be blasphemy.

Day 2-Your Crush...

There.
Are.

No.

Words.

Well, except for AMEN!

xoxo

real or not real...?

Sorry for the lack of blog action lately. I have been extremely busy with VERY important things...

My thoughts? Amazing. Brilliant. Peeta. Perfect. R-E-A-L.

xoxo

i challenge you {1.}...

So, my brothers girlfriend Bastina Balicious threw a challenge at her fellow bloggers. A 30 day challenge to be exact. Since my life has been busy as of late, I am using this challenge as something to keep my sorry ass blogging! Here is the challenge, everyday you post a picture up of the next thing on the list. Simple enough, right? Right.

This is the list...

Day 1 — Your Best Friend

Day 2 — Your Crush

Day 3 — Your parents

Day 4 —Your sibling (or closest relative)

Day 5 — Your dreams

Day 6 — A stranger

Day 7 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush

Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend

Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet

Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to

Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to

Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain

Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you

Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from

Day 15 — The person you miss the most

Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country

Day 17 — Someone from your childhood

Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be

Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad

Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest

Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression

Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to

Day 23 — The last person you kissed

Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory

Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times

Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to

Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day

Day 28 — Someone that changed your life

Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to

Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirror

Alright. Lets do this...

Day 1-Your Best Friend...

So...this is a simple one, it is also one where I am going to break the rules. But whatevs. I have TWO best friends, no I cannot pick between them. Bff Jil is an honorary member of my family (lucky her). I see her pretty much every single day, we have a fake lesbian relationship, she is basically legit. End of story.

This is Fabi. We have been besties since forever...like 10 years. We were inseparable until she got married a year after high school and moved to Arkansas where her hubs was stationed (they are now located in Alaska). It sucks that she is so far away, but we have stayed super close. I love her bad.

Day 1 of the 30 day challenge? Piece. Of. Cake.

xoxo

one year old...

I am going to state the obvious, today is August 18, 2010. This doesn't seem like a big deal, does it? Well, in actuality it is. One year ago today I started this little blog o' mine. I started it because it was summer and I was bored, I honestly figured that it would last a month tops. Now here I am, one year later and I am so in love with my blog and the little blogging community I am a part of.

I don't get sappy or emotional very often, in real life or on my blog, but today I am going to get a tad lovey dovey. Just love me through it...

Before I joined the blog world I always mocked people who had 'internet friends'. Like SERIOUSLY made fun of it. I always thought that there was no way one could build a relationship with someone via a computer that they have never met face to face. Well, a few months of blogging and I was proven so very wrong.

I have an amazing family. I have some of the best friends a girl could have. I have also made REAL bonds and REAL friendships with my online pals.

Some I have been lucky enough to meet in real life...

Some I have yet to meet, don't worry all of you are on my agenda! In this past year a lot has happened. Good, bad, funny, and sad and I pretty much blogged about all of it. You are all hilarious, sweet, caring people and I am a better person for 'knowing' you all.

I wanted to do a special giveaway for my one year blog birthday, but I need to get an Etsy shoppe set up with Bff Jil for the craft blog we have. So, I promise in celebration there will be a giveaway coming up VERY soon. As for now thank you all for being a part of this blog, you all inspire me with your own posts, your comments, texts, emails, and tweets. I have nothing but love for y'all.

Happy Birthday blog o' mine, here is to another year of stories, pictures, and adventures. So, what do YOU all want to hear about? What should I blog about? Which posts are your favorites? Which features should I keep/change/or add? I am open to any and all suggestions!

xoxo

double trouble {2.}...

I promised in a post last week that I would relax and only do things I wanted to do over the weekend. I basically succeeded in that task (minus a few loads of laundry). I continued on in my re-reading of Harry Potter (finished book 4 and started book 5), I played Super Mario Bros. Wii, I tanned in the pool, and just relaxed. It was quite lovely.

On Sunday, Bff Jil brought her nephew Jacob (also known as Jake-n-Bake) over to play with my niece Jordan (also known as 'Bug'). These two are the CUTEST children on the planet. I refer to them as 'Double Trouble' even though they NEVER fight, whine, cry, or misbehave when they play together. I am 99.9% positive that two five year olds will always fight with one another if they spend an entire day playing. Not these two, they get along like gangbusters.

We have decided they will either get married to each other, or get arrested together...possibly both.

We spent ALL day in the pool. We made a fort out of rafts, did cannonballs, made an obstacle course for the kids, and got our tan on. Jacob was not a fan at first, but by the end of the day he was swimming solo and didn't want help from anybody. He also determined that my name is 'Zanderson'. Long story short..my nickname is 'Zander', that is what Bff Jil calls me, Jacob for some reason liked 'Zanderson' better.

We called a break when a breeze picked up and we got a little chilly in the water. It was supposed to be 103 degrees, and I would guess it was maybe 90. Which is still hot, but not really when you add cold pool water, and a breeze. While Bff Jil and I lounged on our towels eating pretzel m&ms and drinking hard lemonade, the kids frolicked around with the beach ball sprinkler and had icees.

They were HILARIOUS when playing with this thing. They both used their cups to dunk water over each others heads. I have never heard two kids laugh so much! They are presh.

I do believe this is one of my all time favorite pictures. How cute do they look? This was the five seconds that they remained still all afternoon.

We finally ventured back into the shade of the house when the kids started to look a little red. They played the Wii and then watched Monsters, Inc. while Bff Jil and I watched a documentary ('8: The Mormon Proposition'; it was really interesting). I went to check on them in my room and they were sitting on the bed, watching the movie...and holding hands. True love at age 5...who would have thought?!

What did YOU all do over the weekend?

xoxo