31 January 2014
2014 So Far...
inspire me blog challenge
31 January 2014
2014 So Far...
30 January 2014
Teasing the Mister
30 January 2014
Teasing the Mister
29 January 2014
Wordless Wednesday
29 January 2014
Wordless Wednesday
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28 January 2014
Worst Gift I've Ever Received
28 January 2014
Worst Gift I've Ever Received
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Todays topic:
Tuesday, January 28: The worst gift you've ever received.
When it comes to gift gifting and receiving between my cousins and I, we like to give each other gifts that just make us die with laughter. So yes there is meaning behind the gifts, but there is usually a joke associated with them.
So I would have to say that the worst gift I've ever received was socks. It was my cousin and sister who gave it to me for my birthday when I was younger. It was only because that was just the first gift they gave me. It was just a cover up for the awesome gift they later gave me that night.
What's the worst gift you ever received? Let me know!
27 January 2014
My Pet Peeve
27 January 2014
My Pet Peeve
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Todays topic:
When someone says to me,
just really takes the cake when it comes to getting inside my head.
If you're anything like me, you'll understand why this is a pet peeve of mine. It is honestly such a shame for people to constantly think that everything is handed to me, because in reality, that never happens.
Like I said, I worked extremely hard and put in a lot of my time and effort to achieve all that I have received in my life. I put in the effort to get what I want. If anything, I probably worked harder than the person who is complaining because I achieved something that they didn't. And yes, as selfish as that sounds, I'm actually not.
If I received an award/opportunity, it is because I tried and worked my butt off just to get it. There is no need for anyone to ever put someone's achievements down, especially when they don't know how much time and effort they endured just to get what they have.
And this how my whole life has been. Dealing with arrogant people who see's the amount of work I do, yet think I receive everything. It's ridiculous, and actually quite offensive to think that my hard work is clearly going unnoticed.
Sorry to get angry on my blog that is usually positive... this is my pet peeve, and even thinking about the past people who's ever said that to me just sets me off.
What your pet peeve? Let me know!
23 January 2014
My Baby MJ
23 January 2014
My Baby MJ
22 January 2014
Some Personal Goals
22 January 2014
Some Personal Goals
- Continue to keep up/ stay ahead of the readings for all my classes - this has actually made learning and listening in class so much easier for me this semester. Just got to continue and keep this up, and my GPA will continue to increase as I reach my goal!
- Workout, workout, workout. This is something I say all the time, and I think to make myself push myself more, I'm going to have to blog about my fitness progress as a motivator. Summer is quickly approaching, and I want to strut my stuff at the beach with all the confidence in the world.
- Writing more. This one is a little different... As our technology continues to grow, I find myself always typing everything. All of elementary school and high school, everyone always complimented on how beautiful my handwriting is. I don't want to lose that skill. So I will practice writing some more, and maybe start writing poetry again.
- Read more. I love to read, I really do. I am so in love with the idea of just escaping from reality and reading about the life of another person. So, that means I have to balance out textbook readings for my classes and leisure reading.
- Live everyday on the positive side. I need to live my life the best I can everyday and with everyone. I want to live a life without any regrets.
So these are just some of the few personal goals I have from the top of my head. I'm sure when I'm not even thinking about this topic, I'll have a whole new set of list with lots of goals. What are some of your personal goals? Don't forget to link up!
If you're interested in joining in tomorrow's topic, here's the prompt:
Thursday, January 23: many new babies have been introduced into the blogging world in the last year. Tell us about one of the funniest moments you've had with them.
21 January 2014
Upcoming Vacation Trips
21 January 2014
Upcoming Vacation Trips
20 January 2014
Struggling in First Year
20 January 2014
Struggling in First Year
Struggle.. struggle.. struggle. Hmm today's topic seems to be hard, not because I didn't struggle with anything throughout the entire, but because I have to choose ONE. But there are a few instances that I can easily remember as those situations stick out rather quite well.
Last year, I was struggling with confidence. Being in first year of university, I wanted to make friends so that I would feel comfortable, but I didn't have the courage to put myself out there. Basically, I kept sticking with the 2 friends that I knew going into the same university as me.
Then I thought about it... I can't be hiding behind these same friends for the next four years. I need to learn how to branch out on my own, make my own set of friends and become better with opening up.
I think it is safe to say that I was the first from my small group of friends branching out. Little did I know, by doing so, I was able to make different friends from my different classes. I, of course, introduced these few new friends, to my other friends, and then voila, a new group of us.
Of course, by the time second year started (in September), I had classes with some of these friends, and made new ones along the way. This is all because I went out of my comfort zone and made the effort to make the friends I have today.
Is there a struggle you over came in 2013? Let me know! Or Click HERE to link up!
Join in tomorrows prompt:
Tuesday, January 21: Do you have any awesome vacations planned for the year? If not, where would be your ideals spot?
17 January 2014
What Inspires Me
17 January 2014
What Inspires Me
16 January 2014
My Winter Wonderland
16 January 2014
My Winter Wonderland
15 January 2014
A Letter to Myself
15 January 2014
A Letter to Myself
I'm interested in seeing what happens to myself through the year... Hopefully I'll be stronger than I am today, and better able to handle situations that may come up.
Are you writing a letter to yourself? IF so, don't forget to link up and let me know if you're also interested in joining in today's challenge!
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Quick Update: A few days you may have read my post Random Acts of Kindness where I talked about the many ideas I have for the random acts I am planning on doing for the year. And since this morning I woke up feeling great and amazing, and I decided to make someone else's day! At the drive through of Tim Hortons, I paid for the coffee of the person behind me!Yay! It feels good to secretly make the day of another person!
14 January 2014
Creating a Post Divider
14 January 2014
Creating a Post Divider
What is a post divider?
It's exactly what it sound like, an image that is interested into the layout of your blog with the purpose of visually dividing your post!
Why have a post divider?
For a sophistical answer, it helps other bloggers see the send of a post, and the beginning of a new one, especially if your post have A LOT of text and few pictures.
Other than that... it ultimately looks pretty! (which is why I have one!)
So you want one? Let's begin! ; You can use any programs, I like using Picmonkey!
Step 1: Create a custom image* sized approx. 150px less than the width of your post section by 50px.
For example: the width of my post section is 880px, so the dimension of my divider should be approximately 730px x 50px.
Calculate the width of your post section by going to TEMPLATE, click on CUSTOMIZE, then go to the section ADJUST WIDTHS.
Most people use photo bucket or picasa! As long as your able to get the image URL, it will be fine wherever you post it. I post mine onto my private separate blog that I use only for designing my blog.
Step 3: Copy and paste this code into your Custom CSS section (Template --> Customize --> Advance --> CSS)
.post{
margin: 0 0 40px 0;
width: 90%;
background: url(YOUR IMAGE URL HERE);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: bottom center;
margin:.5em 0 1.5em;
padding-bottom:3.5em;
}
margin: 0 0 40px 0;
width: 90%;
background: url(YOUR IMAGE URL HERE);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: bottom center;
margin:.5em 0 1.5em;
padding-bottom:3.5em;
}
The image URL (or Image Address) you copies goes where "YOUR IMAGE URL HERE" says.
Step 4: Click Apply to Blog to save. And tada! There you have it!
Hope this helped!
13 January 2014
Advice for the New Year
13 January 2014
Advice for the New Year
Today is day 8 of the Inspire Me blog challenge hosted by both Showered With Design and Happiness is a Mood Not a Destination! Today's blog topic is:
Monday, January 14: Best advice for the New Year
If you're interested in participating, click HERE to see this month's post topics!
Talking to other people, and looking at other people's blogs, I've notice that basically everyone's New Year resolution is to lose weight, get fit, or just exercise more. As like everyone else, one of my New Year resolution is to exercise more regularly to become more fit and hopefully hit my goal weight.
My advice to all of you out there, is to be patient and be realistic with you results. I don't know how many times I've gotten frustrated because I don't look a certain way when I hit my goal weight. It's frustrating and it sucks, and it just makes me think less motivated or confident to go out and do my thing.
Let's be realistic here...we all have that perfect body image stuck in out head and we cannot help but want to attain that. But during your fitness progress, I think it is important to always remember that we are all built differently, and we should be happy and celebrate our unique bodies through good nutrition and exercise.
It's good to have a healthy role model in our minds, it keeps you away from being unhealthy. But it becomes unhealthy when you slowly start work extremely hard to attain a body type that you're body won't allow.
For example, growing up I idolized Angelina Jolie's body type. Through my many years of working out, I've always began to get extremely discouraged when I couldn't have her body. Then when Christina Aguilera came out with her thick body, I fell in love. She made me realize that we are all different, and we all lose weight and present ourselves differently.
So overall, be realistic and patient when it comes to your weight loss goal. And most importantly, don't forget: We are all made differently, we cannot look the same. Celebrate the curves, or ass, or boobs that you have!
Have a great Monday!
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