January favorites

January arrived a mere 31 days ago...it feels too soon to say its February tomorrow. The first month of the year just flew right past me, arrgh. As far as favorites for this month I have... We had a major snowstorm stroll through the east coast where and it took a week and a couple of days to cleanup. Of course the first day snow fell like crazy and it was beautiful but the next day we shoveled about a couple hours through the day to clear the driveway and most importantly the cars. However, I did have a blast playing good 'ol monopoly with my brother and sister, and shoveling the snow which then turned into a family snowball fight. Sadly no pictures of that because we were too busy throwing snowballs at each other :) The great thing about snow days is that after we clean up comes a delicious cup of hot chocolate with homemade bread. Yum! Oh, a little favorite that kept my skin hydrated and is a favorite of mine is the Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel, great for combination to oily skin types. It's been a lifesaver in this particularly cold dry winter month.

from left to right: Toothless (my car) during snowfall, first cleanup, ten minutes later.
(why'd I bother cleaning it in the first place lol)

My beautiful little monkey all tuckered out from playing in the snow :)

Winter storm ready

So, many of us on the east coast are seeing snow pile up faster than we've seen in a couple of years. Almost like the time we were hit with snowmageddon and snowpocalypse. Here are few things that I am using, wearing or doing to keep myself sane and warm in this winter storm. Ha almost rhymes lol.

 

A must are my fleece snowflake jammies from Target last year :) A delicious cup of hot chocolate. Movies/TV shows either on Netflix or DVDs. A good book or books to read. Toradora Manga and Calvin and Hobbes It's a Magical World comic book. The laptop is a black Macbook 13". Sadly they don't sell MacBooks in black anymore but I can always find a cover on Amazon if I ever need one.  Candles burning in the background & Doggies playing in the snow or resting after playing in it. 

Stay safe and warm out there friends! It's snowzilla! 

What's in my bag?

I'm such a sucker for the "What's in my bag" videos or blogposts. Curiosity gets the best of me to know what we carry on our bags on a daily basis. So, I got this lovely, fits everything I need bag from Le Tote. I first got it in one my Tote boxes, returned it but then realized I missed that bag because it just fit my lifestyle. It's a BCBGeneration Tote bag with long shoulder straps and a rather spacious zip pocket inside. Great for days when I am too much of a hurry to put a pen or lady item in it's own small bag. 

I have my iPad and a Star Trek cover my awesome mama made for me with the names of our dogs  and favorite movies sewn on. The composition notebook is my planner, Ray Ban sunnies, Sweet Pea travel cream, Tokidoki zip bag, Totoro zip bag, Toradora manga book 1, handkerchief from my lovely grandma, a lollipop and a mint chocolate bar. 

Planner looksie and the collection of Paper Mate pens that I use to keep it colorful and organized. :) 

Tokidoki bag contains the YesTo facial wipes for those days when I need to freshen up, a glasses lens wipe, Burts Bees lip balm (great stuff!), Avon lip gloss, Nars lip pencil, Olive oil hand cream, and sweet pea hand sanitizer. The cough drops are a must in my bag whether I have a cold or not because laryngitis sometimes sneaks up on me and its adios voice for the day or week. A girl doesn't leave the house without her clippies or hair ties, it's a must in every handbag. The small bags I got a while ago and I'm not sure they have them in stock anymore. If I find them I'll be sure to link them here. Till next time! :)

Travel list

found pic here

There are so many places I want to visit and feel like there isn't enough time for it all. Here is a list of the places I want to visit this year. Oh, I should probably mention that these places are all in the USA for now. I've been to many states and a couple other countries. I just want to keep it the traveling I make somewhat budget friendly this year. (school is not cheap)

1. San Francisco, California

2. Chicago, Illinois*

3. Honolulu, Hawaii

4. Boston, Massachusetts  

5. Atlanta, Georgia*

6. Miami, Florida*

7. Montpelier, Vermont

8. Charlotte, North Carolina

9. Salt Lake City, Utah

10. Portland, Oregon
11. St. Augustine, Florida

The asterisk next to the city and state means that I've been there before. So, before going back to those places I'll do my best to hit the new ones first. I hope to get to most, if not all of these places :) 

December Monthly Favorites

December favorites... Well, my only, and all encompassing favorite for the month of December is hanging out with my family. It's the time of the year when we're all together for more than one day. My little sister and I spent the most time together :) We watched a lot of shows and movies. We played video games on the wiiU and tried to play on the PS4 but it didn't work out. We also had our small shopping spree moment when we got bored at home. My (not so) little brothers and I had some chill time during the holidays. One of them took me to watch the new Star Wars movie and we got popcorn and soda. I felt like a little nerdy girl going to the movies with her big brother. He's taller but not the oldest of us four, I take that place. My other brother and I chilled at home watching some tv shows and eating ice cream. We definitely gained a pound or two eating all that ice cream sitting on the couch covered with fleece blankets. Oh well. My Mom, Dad and I re-watched our favorite NCIS episodes. We limited ourselves to three episodes a night otherwise no sleep would've happened. Eek. We also watched the Star Wars trilogy.

After all that couch sitting we got ourselves ready for Christmas eve at grandpas. We do this every year but this year was very special because my grandpa beat lymphoma. Yipee!! We ate a lot of food, watched A Christmas Story while passing out the presents, and took a few family photos. For the first time in my life were we so tired that we didn't open our presents at midnight, we opened them Christmas day. I was so happy to see my family open the gifts we got for each other and I was so very happy with I got too. If you want to know what I got you can read about it in this blogpost. Happy January all! :)

Happy New Year!!!

Hello hello

2015 went and 2016 is here! 

Another 365 adventures to happen 

I hope that this year will be better than the last. 

More smiles, more laughs.

May we overcome our fears

and embrace them with 

bravery!

May we make our 

dreams happen!

Let's make our plans

work for us not the

other way around.

Believe in yourself.  

You can do it!

Let's make this year

just as memorable as the last.

Happy New Year Everyone!!