Day Seventy Nine and Eighty: 20 and 21 March 2015

Hey all you wonderful people!

I hope you've been having a great weekend so far! Not much has happened in mine so it's been nice.

On Friday I woke up at my usual time of 7:45 am and got myself together for the day. Then I made Sarah and myself some caramel lattes before making my way to my 10 am class. I had a test in that class and it took me all of 10 minutes to finish it. Then I was out the door and back in my apartment, and I decided to make myself some brunch. I chopped up some of the left over pork chops from the night before and then I whisked up some eggs and I cooked them together in a frying pan. Then once they were done I put it all in a bowl and added a little ranch dressing. And let me tell you it was freaking delicious! Once I was finished I was sad because I wanted more! After my brunch I finished packing for the weekend and that didn't take me too long. After that I laid down on my bed and decided to do some reading. I started reading the book by Steve Harvey called Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. So far it is really good and it makes a lot of sense, I'm excited to read more of it. While I was reading I fell asleep and took a little cat nap before having to go to class at 1. Once in class I couldn't pay attention because my professor is so boring! I just played on my phone for the 50 minute class. Thankfully class went by quickly and before I knew it I was on my way home for the weekend. Once I got into town I made my way to Ulta and picked up a few items that I was running low on. Then I made my way home, I got comfortable in my couch and watched some tv before I fell asleep again. I was really tired yesterday and I slept for a few hours before my mom woke me up for dinner. After dinner we watched some movies and then we all went to bed early because I was still exhausted.

Then this morning I woke up early to go to Zumba with my mom at 9. Then after Zumba I took a well-deserved shower and watched The Royals on E! While I waited for my hair to dry. I also ate some pizza for lunch during the show. Then after the show was over around 2 I started getting myself together for the day. I did my hair and makeup and I was all done by 4:30. I made my way back downstairs and watched some Disney movies while I waited for my mom to get home because tonight my parents were celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary and they took me out to dinner with them. Once she got home she changed her clothes and my dad get himself ready as well. Then we all loaded in the car and drove down the road to Yukihana which is a hibachi grill. It was delicious and I stuffed my face and it was totally worth it. After dinner we went to Sweet Frogs because who doesn't like frozen yogurt after Japanese food! Now we are sitting on the couch watching more Disney movies and drinking wine. A great way to end the day!

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday! I will talk y'all later!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy Seven and Seventy Eight: 18 and 19 March 2015

Hey Y’all!

I hope you have had a wonderful Wednesday and Thursday! This week just seems to have flown by, it doesn’t feel like tomorrow is Friday! Summer is another week closer and then I will officially be a senior in college! I’m so excited, I won’t know what to do with myself! Although the end of the semester does signal a few different things for me, school will be over so I will have to start working everyday again, I have to move back in with my parents for the summer, and saddest of all Sarah will be graduating and most likely moving to Wilmington, NC which is 3 hours away from me! So school ending this year will be bittersweet. Enough of that for now and let’s talk about the last two days.

Yesterday, was a fairly boring day… I spent most of my day working on a 5 page paper that was due by 7:30 this morning. I had to watch a 5 part YouTube video and take notes on it so that I would be able to do the paper correctly, and it was a major struggle.  While I was watching part 4 of the videos I fell asleep because I was exhausted and I didn’t wake up until it was time for me to go to work at 3:50. I grabbed my laptop and booked it down the stairs so I wouldn’t be late. While I was at work I finished watching the videos and started typing my paper. Then I worked on it for a few hours before I was off work at 6. Then when I got back to the apartment I made myself some dinner before grabbing a quick shower. After that I spent another few hours working on my paper because I wanted to get it over with. However at 9pm the new episode of Supernatural came on so I took a break to watch that with Sarah. Then after the episode I put my writing cap on and finished my paper by 12:30, however even after I was done I was wide awake so it took me forever to get to sleep. This brings me to today…

This morning when my alarm clock went off, I completely ignored it and kept right on sleeping. Then when I did finally wake up there was no time for me to get myself ready to make it to my first class. So I skipped my first class this morning and I don’t regret my decision. I would have been dead to the world if I had gotten up at 5:45 like I usually do on Thursdays. So I took my time getting ready this morning since I wasn’t going to the first class. I straightened my hair instead of curling it because I wanted to do something a little different then for my makeup I did something more subtle and natural looking. It turned out very pretty, I used a pale white color on my lid and blended a light matte brown on the outer corner before adding a shimmery brown in my crease. It created a very pretty natural look that was perfect for how I was feeling today. By the time I was ready for the day it was time for me to go to class. I went to my other two classes and then I made my way to work where I had nothing to do so I spent 2 hours playing solitaire on my laptop. After work I ran to the store with Sarah so we could get ingredients for dinner tonight. I am going to be making parmesan crusted pork chops with rice and broccoli, I’m really excited about it because this is one of my favorite dishes. Then after dinner we are going to drink some wine and watch some movies since neither of us have any more homework to do! Overall it shall be a very relaxing evening!

Well I’ve got to go and make dinner, I hope y’all have a wonderful Friday!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy Five and Seventy Six: 16 and 17 March 2015

Top of the Evening to you all! And Happy St. Patty’s Day!

As you may not know I am at least 1/3 Irish so St. Patrick’s Day is always a fun day for me. I love all of the green and watching people get all dressed up and drink way too much green beer is always super fun to see. Plus I hardly ever wear green, but I tell people that if you pinch an Irish person on St. Patrick’s Day then you get punched, and that is exactly what I do. This year however wasn’t as fun as previous years, but I will get to that in a minute.

Yesterday was the first Monday back after Spring Break, and it was a tough day to get through… I had three classes, work, and grocery shopping to do. I started off my morning as I usually do by waking up earlier than my body would like and then making myself look presentable for 2 hours. Between all of the zoning out and playing on my phone it normally takes that long even though it should only take me an hour… So once I was done I made my way to my first class of the day all while texting the guy I really like. I’m not going to go into much detail here because I want it to be kept private for now. After that class was over I came back to my apartment and I messed around on my computer for about an hour before it was time to meet Sarah for lunch like I do every day. We had a good lunch and talked about our plans for later on that evening. Then I had two classes that were extremely boring and I barely paid attention… I know I’m a bad student sometimes… but my grades make up for my lack in attention. After classes I went to work for a few hours and got my homework done so I wouldn’t have to worry about it later. Then once I was done with work I went with Sarah to the grocery store because we were seriously lacking in the food department. I got pizzas, healthy rice meals, some yogurt, sugar, and coffee creamer. Then we managed to bring everything upstairs in one trip, and right before I went to take a shower I popped a pizza into the oven for dinner because I was starving! I took a quick shower and I was done before the pizza was out of the oven! I sliced up the pizza and the devoured about half of it because I had hardly eaten anything all day, then after dinner I curled Sarah’s hair while we watched movies. Overall it wasn’t a bad Monday.

Then there was today, good ole St. Patrick’s Day. Today was a better Tuesday than most because my 8am class was cancelled so I was able to sleep a little later than usual. I had a lot of extra time to get ready this morning and it gave me time to do Sarah’s makeup because today she got inducted into an honor society at school. I was able to slowly get ready and drink my coffee before having to go to my class at 9:30, and today was really warm outside so I was able to wear a short sleeve shirt and sandals! It was really exciting! On my way to my first class of the time I was reminded by my timehop app about what I was doing on this day last year, and it made me sad because this time last year I had an amazing boyfriend and we were going out and celebrating being together for 6 months. It really showed me how much can change in a short amount of time, but it’s alright, everything happens for a reason. After that my classes flew by and before I knew it I was sitting at work playing games on my computer. While at work one of my friends, Courtney, used my computer to create a resume for her and I played on my phone because I nothing else to do. Then 4pm Sarah had her induction ceremony so I made my way across campus to be there for her, because that’s what best friends are for! Once the ceremony was over we hung out with her mom and her grandparents who had also come to the event for a little while before we made our way back to the apartment to have some dinner. Then we did homework and ate our dinner before the rest of our roommates came back to the apartment. Then we watched them play Disney Trivia which was really entertaining, but the best part was when we got out the Harry Potter Scene It game and we played two games and I dominated both of them with no trouble at all. I’m a bit of a Harry Potter nerd so playing that game is a piece of cake for me! Then after that they didn’t want to play with me anymore so Sarah and I settled in to watch 19 Kids and Counting and Our Little Family, which are our normal Tuesday night shows. Once those were over we all got ready for bed because let’s face it after waking up at 5:30 in the morning it’s hard to not fall asleep around 10pm!

I hope y’all have had a great St. Patrick’s Day, and now it’s time for me to go to bed before I pass out in my desk chair!

Thank y’all so much for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy Three and Seventy Four: 14 and 15 March 2015

Hello Wonderful People, 

I trust y’all had a wonderful weekend, I know that mine wasn’t too awful. My weekend consisted of watching movies with my mom and dad and coming back to school!

Saturday was a good day, I went to Zumba that morning with my mom and sister. We danced our butts off and then afterwards my sister gave me a homemade power muffin, which was a whole grain oatmeal yogurt blueberry muffin. It was a lot to say but it was really good and it hit the spot after working out for an hour. Then after that I went home and took a well-deserved shower and decided that since I was going back to school the next day I was going to do my laundry. I hadn’t done laundry in a while so I figured that there was no better time then while I was at home. After my shower I gathered all of clothes and made my way downstairs to sort my clothes into different piles. Once they were sorted I started my first load and started up my computer to watch season 10 of Supernatural. And that’s all I did, all day. I got all of my laundry done and finished watching the Supernatural series and now I am all caught up on what’s going on and Sarah told me I can officially join the Supernatural fan club since I have now seen every episode in order. After all of that was done I got hungry and since my mom wasn’t home I cooked dinner for the family, I made grilled chicken quesadillas and they were delicious. After dinner we all sat down on the couch and I had a glass of wine and we watched “The Other Woman” which is my favorite movie right now. Then the guy I like called me and we talked on the phone for 3.5 hours and we laughed and I was so happy and constantly smiling. I made him go to bed because he had to get up for work in the morning or we probably would’ve talked longer. I went to bed shortly after we said our goodbyes, and I had many sweet dreams of him.

Then today I slept in a little because spring break was ending and I didn’t know when I would be able to sleep in again. When I got up I was in an awesome mood so I decided I wanted to go all out on my hair and makeup. I curled my hair like usual and made it all fancy looking. Then for my makeup I did a brown and bronze smoky eye using my Too Faced Cat Eye’s palette. Then once I was ready for the day I packed all of my stuff and brought it all downstairs. By that time my mom and dad were home and we decided to eat dinner early that way I could eat with them since I had to leave around 4 to head back to school. We made sirloin steaks, roasted potatoes, and a salad. It was delicious, and it kept me full for a very long time. After dinner I packed up my car and grabbed some Starbucks before heading down the road to school. After an hour and half long drive I arrived at school in time for one of my friends to walk by and he helped me carry my belongings up the three flights of stairs to my apartment. Once inside I unpacked all of my stuff and hung out with Sarah and PJ, before we watched Once Upon A Time at 8pm. I did some homework afterwards and watched a movie with Sarah to end the night!

I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh

Day Seventy One and Seventy Two: 12 and 13 March 2015

Hello Everyone!

So I’m sorry for being so late with this post but it’s been a busy few days!

So on Thursday I had to wake up super early because I had to go get a cavity filled at 9am. I woke up earlier than I would’ve liked too and curled my hair like normally do, I wanted to get it out of the way that way I wouldn’t have to do it later that day. I finished my hair and before I left to go to the dentist again I took some advil to prepare myself for the havoc my dentist was going to wreak on my mouth. Once I got to the dentist they got to work on my mouth and I was in and out in 25 minutes. After my appointment I made my way back home and I proceeded to sit on my couch as the numbing on my cheek started to wear off and watched season 9 of Supernatural. After a few hours I could feel the pain in my cheek and it was time for me to get my makeup on because I was picking my niece up from school. I did my makeup and used my new Urban Decay Shadow Box palette and was ready in time to drive across town to pick Mackenzie up from school. After I picked her up I decided to give her a little treat and we went to Sweet Frog to get some frozen yogurt. It was so good to see her because with me being off at school I don’t get to see her a lot, so when I do I like to take her out for a little aunt/niece bonding time. Needless to say she really enjoyed herself. Then after that I had to have her do her homework because she is 9 after all and I sat there and helped her with all of her subjects. Then I had to take her home because she had a Girl Scout meeting to go to, and I had to get ready for Zumba class. I dropped her off and while I was at my sister’s house she invited me over for dinner after Zumba later on that evening. I agreed and headed back to my house so that I could change for class. I did an hour of Zumba and then went over Anneliese’s house for dinner and she made chicken Caesar pasta salad which was really delicious and definitely hit the spot after the workout. I hung out for about an hour which was long enough to say goodnight to Mackenzie and grab some Girl Scout cookies for my dad. Then I came back home and went right to my bed and watched some more Supernatural before passing out.

Then on Friday I didn’t move out of my bed for a few hours after I woke up and just watched Netflix on my laptop until I got hungry and needed to get food from the kitchen. I got myself some lunch and then decided to watch Netflix from my couch for the rest of the day. Then my mom came home and told me I was going to dinner with my grandmother, so I had to make myself look presentable since I was looking like a wreck. I did my hair and makeup as quick as I could and my mom and I met my grandmother at olive garden. I got my usual delicious chicken and mashed potatoes with a large glass of wine. After that I spent the evening in my bed finishing the Supernatural series and texting some of my friends.

I hope you all have an amazing weekend!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh 

Day Sixty Nine and Seventy: 10 and 11 March 2015

Hello Wonderful People,

I want to start this post with a question, do y’all believe in Karma? Because I’m starting to… The other day I was on the phone with a very close friend of mine and I made fun of him for having the sniffles because he is always sick with something. And the next morning I woke up with so much congestion I thought my head was going to explode… Now I can barely breathe through my nose and I sound gross and no amount of cold medicine is helping me. I’m pretty sure my current condition is because of the weather but I can’t help but think that Karma had something to do with this. I will never laugh at someone for having the sniffles again! And my friend who always has the sniffle is currently laughing at me as I blow my nose. So that’s my question feel free to answer me in the comment section below, because I’m beginning to think there is so truth behind this whole ordeal.

Now that that has been settled let’s talk about the last couple days. Yesterday was a wonderful day, I woke up when I wanted too and I got to watch Supernatural all day… well not all day I had somewhere to be at 5:30. But until that point I could just lounge around all day and I did. I got through all of season 8 and started season 9! Then at 5:30 I had to leave to go to JC Penny’s with my mom so she could pick up her new shoes for Zumba, and I ended up getting a new pair of Nike’s too. They are a bright sky blue color with coral accents. Then after that we went to Zumba class for an hour which kicked my sick butt because I had a hard time breathing through the workout because of my nose being so stuffy. Thankfully I was able to make it through without too much difficulty, I did sit out one song just to catch my breath because I felt like I was going to pass out. After class was over my mom and I met my sister for dinner at Panera Bread because none of us had eaten dinner yet. We had a great time at dinner and my sister talked about all of the problems she has with her husband and we all listened and told her she was right no matter what. After dinner we came back home and I took a long and well deserved shower and then settled down on my couch to watch 19 Kids and Counting with my mom. Then not to long after that we all decided it was bed time and I got all snuggled up in my bed and fell asleep.

Then today I actually had somewhere to be so I had to make myself look presentable, got up around 10 and did my hair and makeup before making my way to the dentist. After 20 minutes of being stabbed in the gums by the dental hygienist the dentist came in and told me I needed to have another cavity filled. This kind of news is no longer new to me, every time I go to the dentist it seems that I have another cavity that needs to be filled. My dentist told me that it had nothing to do with my dental hygiene but it’s actually my teeth that are the problem, I have weak enamel and the way my teeth are shaped makes it very hard to reach all of the crevices which makes it hard to clean. All of those things add up to make me a cavity machine. It’s a struggle, so tomorrow morning I will be going to get yet another cavity filled. After leaving the dentist office I wanted to do something fun and since I cashed in all of my coins earlier that day I decided that I wanted to go to Ulta and buy an eye shadow palette that I have had my eye on for weeks. I drove across town and when I got there I was very disappointed to learn that they no longer had that one in stock. I decided to by a NYX palette while I was there and I would search for the TooFaced palette at Sephora which was just down the road. The NYX palette I got is called Stormy Skies and it is a part of their Dream Catchers collection. After making my purchase at Ulta I made my way to Sephora and they didn’t have the palette I was looking for either but they did have another one that I was interested in. I played with all of the colors and I decided that I would get that one instead. It’s the Too Faced Cat Eyes palette and then while I was there I picked up the Urban Decay Shadow Box palette as well. So my treat to myself for having to get another cavity filled was three eye shadow palettes and some Starbucks. Even though I’m pretty sure Starbucks is what got me into trouble in the first place, but a girl needs her caffeine. That wasn’t all for my day, after I got home I watched a few episodes of Supernatural before my mom came to get me and we went and got dinner at Chipotle. I could only chew on the left side of my mouth thanks to the rough work of the dental hygienist, but I enjoyed my burrito bowl just the same. After dinner we went to Dick’s Sporting Goods to get a beginners yoga DVD because my mom wants to learn yoga, and I wanted to get some tank tops to do Zumba in. I found 2 Reebok tank tops that have cute sayings on them, one is white and in black letters says “fearless, sweat more” and a blue one with yellow letters that says “do more of what makes you happy”. I love both of these and I can’t wait to wear them this week. The rest of the night was uneventful because I just watched Supernatural on my couch, and now I’m in my bed talking about becoming a vampire with my friend and compelling Luke Bryan to marry me and if I get Luke does that mean my friend gets Luke’s wife. It’s a very interesting conversation to be honest, but I need to get some sleep since I have to be up early and I’m sick! I hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow!

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh 

Sixty Seven and Sixty Eight: 8 and 9 March 2015

Hi, Hello, How Are You?

So I’m in a wonderful mood and it’s been great to smile and laugh again. The last two days have been great, and I can’t wait to see what else happens this week.

Yesterday was Sunday and I decided that I would get up early and go to church with my mom. So I got up way too early and got myself together to go to church and I have to admit it was nice to see all of the people there. I haven’t seen them in so long and all of them told me how great I was looking, and then they asked about school. I was happy to talk to all of the wonderful people from there who have influenced me in my life. I then helped in the nursery during part of the service and played with all the babies. There was one little boy who the last time I saw him was a baby and now he is 2 and he is so cute! His mom was in there for a little bit and when she left, he freaked out and was crying. I was able to get him to come to me and he wanted me to hold him. Once I picked him up I was able to get him to stop crying and he just sat in my lap and we played with some toys before his mom came back in. She was shocked how he was so calm in my lap and she said that he never takes to other people like that. I was flattered that he was so comfortable with me and I should’ve known he would like me because his older brother was the same way with me. Then after church was over my mom and I decided to go to Olive Garden for lunch. We got seated right away and the food was delicious. Then after that we ran back home to change our clothes because we were going to go do yoga at my mom’s friend’s house. We got to her house and we did some P90X yoga which kicked our butts. After that we came home and took the dog on a walk. Then made dinner and then finally sat down to watch some TV. One of my favorite shows was coming on and I wanted to drink a glass of wine, so I got my wine out of the fridge and got my corkscrew out and as I was about to pull the cork out of the bottle the corkscrew snapped in half leaving the screw in the cork and I wasn’t able to open it. It took some work but my dad was able to make a corkscrew out of a screw and a hanger. I was able to pour myself a glass before the show even started! Then after that mom and I watched some more TV before going to bed. I didn’t go to bed for a while though I sent most of my night on the phone laughing hysterically, and it felt so good to be happy even if it was only for a few hours.

Then today I was able to finally to sleep in! I slept till 1:30 and it was awesome, when I woke up I felt so well rested. Then I have spent my entire day on my couch with my dog watching Supernatural. That is literally all I have done, and I don’t feel bad about it. I needed a day like this especially after the last few weeks of school, they have been kicking my butt. Although I did weight myself today and I am proud to say that I have lost 20 pounds in 2 months and I am slowly reaching my goal. I only have 80 more pounds to lose and I’m not giving up now! I’m gonna start working out more and exercising when I can throughout the week to keep fit. I reached a mile stone today and I couldn’t be happier, and I just hope this week keeps getting better.

I hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow

Thanks for reading xoxo Lashleigh