ORB - The Playlist...

I'm totally stealing this from Kassie!  Everyone loves to share the music that inspires them to push a little bit harder, a little bit farther!

Here is my current play list for the GYM:

• T.H.E - will.i.am
• Scream & Shout - will.i.am + Britney
• Girl on Fire (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Alicia Keys
• Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) - Maklemore + Ryan Lewis
• Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Justin Bieber
• Don't Stop the Party (feat. TJR) - Pitbull
• Pound the Alarm - Nicki Minaj
• Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj
• Suicide Eyes - A Thousand Horses
• Impacto (Remix) - Daddy Yankee
• Get Buck In Here - DJ Felli Fel
• Whistle - Flo Rida
• Wild Ones - Flo Rida
• Shake That Thing - Gwyneth Paltrow
• We Run the Night (feat. Pitbull) - Havana Brown
• On the Floor (feat. Pitbul) - Jennifer Lopez
• Shots - LMFAO
• Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
• How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora
• That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
• Die Young - Ke$ha

Now don't be stingy!  Tell me your faves!  Have a great and sweaty weekend!

xoxo

Liebster Award - Part 1...

Over the past couple month I've been nominated 10 times, take that Hubby Jack, J_Hub or Whatever Ridiculous Name You Are Calling Yourself Today, for a Liebster Award by some very lovely blogger beauties... Thank You, Ladies - I deeply appreciate the attention because we all know I'm an attention whore and love to slut myself out for any good/bad/pretty/ugly reason!





Veronica @ VWatss Thoughts

Meg @ Staying Home with Scarlett

Ashley @ Living My Dash

Erin @ Happy Every After (And Then Some)

Chrissy @ Mama Chrissy's Chaos

Alexandra @ The Skinny Jean Pilgrimage

Ashlee @ A Step In The Right Direction

Meredith @ Is This Thing On

Megan @ This Is The Story Of A Girl

Mama B @ The -B- Broad

 

The Rules:
1. You must thank the person who nominated you for the award.
2. You must write eleven facts/things/tidbits about yourself.
3. You must answer eleven questions that were given to you from your nominator.
4. You must nominate eleven other bloggers who have 200 or less followers and tag them in your acceptance post.
5. You must create eleven new questions for your nominees to answer in their acceptance post.
6. You must notify your eleven nominees on their blog, so they can accept their award and pay it forward.
7. You must not nominate the person who nominated you.

 

I've decided that in order to save time on my end and your minds I'm going to do 5 Vlogs answering 2 sets of questions each time!  First Up Veronica and Meg's questions!  Love ya, Bitches!



 

 

 xoxo 



Unorganized...

I've been feeling very unorganized lately when it comes to my blog!  I have so much going on, but alot of it I don't feel is blog worthy - but then I read about someones horrible morning at home with the kids and think "Well, shit! I should have blogged about "x"..."!  My fear is that I'll post dumb shit and ya'll will be like WTF and never come back!  You wouldn't do that, right?  RIGHT?!

Anyway, I guess this is to let ya'll know I'm going to post more and it might not all be great, but at least I'm trying and I'm going to try to VLOG more because for some reason ya'll seem to like it and also it's easier and quicker than typing out a long ass story!

Just to give you a taste and leave you wanting more; here are a couple topics you can expect to see in the near future:

• A Bull, Not A Bowl
• ORB Updates - it ain't going so well... :-(
• Liebster Award Nomination Q&A - Answers via VLOG, just to keep it a little more interesting!
• Project Ombre Hair - Before and After (help me sweet baby Jesus)

OK!  So I'm going to get my first set of Liebster Questions answered today and posted - that's my goal so check back!

xoxo

2012 - Year In Review...

1. What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?  I became a runner, like for real! I trained for my first 5K ever and was hooked from there.  I ran in 3 - 5K's and then did one 4 mile run in December with my bestie Julie!

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

My 2012 resolutions were: 1. Deliver a happy, healthy baby girl, 2. Stop using horrible language in front of Jack, 3. Complete the Warrior Dash in May, 4. Enjoy my family, 5. Get back in shape.

1. Success, 2. Fail, 3. Success/Fail - I didn't make it to the Warrior Dash but I did start running consistently and competed in 4 races/runs in 2012, 4. Success - I guess, 5. In progress - I'm on the right patch, but I wouldn't say I'm back in shape where I'd want to be!

For 2013 I want to: 1. Keep Running - First Half Marathon in September with Molly! Then Route 66 Half in November!, 2. Complete ORB, 3. Keep finding myself as an individual - not just someone's wife and Mom.

 

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

I had Norah 1/30/12, Cassie had Piper in October, Kayla had Tyler in March, I'm sure there were others.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

Don't think so...horrible answer, but I don't...

5. What countries did you visit?

The Good Ole US of A

 

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012? 

A rockin' hot ass ORB body and more money!  What I'm self-centered and greedy... you know it's why you love me.

7. What dates from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

1/30/12 the day I had Norah Bean.

 

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Running... I'm so lame.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Taking time for myself, losing myself in everyone else, being miserable for the sake of others - that shit ain't gonna happen this year!

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Not really, hip issues this fall and then on the very last day of the year on NYE I went and busted my ass in an epic dance floor fall and now my foot is F'd.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

New Car - GMC Terrain, baby!

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? 

I don't know...this is about me, not someone else, right?

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

This is such a loaded question.  But I honestly have zero desire to do the petty, HS BS, jealous girl thing anymore - I'm just not interested.

14. Where did most of your money go?

The Children...damn them! 

 

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Not being pregnant anymore!  Getting my new car!  Running!  Meeting new friends!

16. What song will always remind you of 2012?

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, you couldn't go anywhere and not hear that song!

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?

Happier, Thinner, Richer...

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Girls Weekends/Runs Combo

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Sitting around being bored

20. How did you spend Christmas?
The norm - family and gifts

 

21. Did you fall in love in 2012?

I fell in love with this wonderful Blogger Mom + Hubby Jack Community and all the ladies I've met and become fast friends with!

22. What was your favorite TV program?

The Voice - Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, yes please!

 

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

No, this is a dumb ass question.

 

24. What was the best book you read?

OMG - I got so into reading this year and it's all thanks to Mr. Christian Grey!  But my favorites were "Captive in the Dark" and "Seduced in the Dark" by C.J. Roberts

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Anything with a beat to run to.

26. What did you want and get?

A healthy baby girl, a new car, making new friends and reconnecting with some old ones!

27. What did you want and not get?

To win the lottery, this is another dumb one.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

OMG, we watch so many movies I don't even know, but I am obsessed with Pitch Perfect!  Lawless was also really good - primarily b/c of Tom Hardy. 

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I turned 29 on Jan. 25th.  I don't think we did a whole lot seeing as though I was 5 days away from giving birth!  :-) 

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Husband/Kid-Free Vacation.  I'm horrible, I know!

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?

Fairly stylish, but I think I mastered the art of hiding under my clothing.  Also, a scarf can make any outfit cuter. 

32. What kept you sane?

Vanilla Vodka and Diet Dr Pepper and Running

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Duh...Channing Tatum! 

34. What political issue stirred you the most?

I don't really keep up with politics, oh shit gasp... but really I don't, however I'm sure I'm going to be pretty pissed when I get my check stub this Friday from work and it's a smaller $ amount b/c of some BS Obama tax or whatever. 

35. Who did you miss?

I always miss me some of my 4 best girls - Jenny, Chelsea, Chelse and Julie 

36. Who was the best new person you met?

This is a tie amongst a bunch of people - Holly, Molly, Nancy Clue, Mama L and Aly...since I actually met them in person!  But really all of you ladies are on my best new person/people list!  :-)

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012.

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

"You can go hard or you can go home!" - will.i.am

NYE Rewind...

I said on Monday that NYE is always a fail in my book, and to be honest for the first hour or so that we were out I thought 2012 would be no different! But then I read some of the responses on FB and My Home Girl (Instagram for those not in the know) and decided to make the most of it...so that's exactly what I did! Making the most of it = Drinking vodka like it was being outlawed, and in the end I had a fabulous night... minus the whole busting my ass on the dance floor and still not being able to walk today! Ouch!

 

Casual NYE Outfit - Black Dolman Top and Olivia Necklace from Hazel and Olive Boutique

NYE Makeup - MAC Eyelashes and Nude Lip

Two of my Fave Girls - Kayla and Amanda

The Backup Husband - Greg.  He is The Husband's BFF and so totally cute (also Amanda's BF)

DJ Nate Kirk on the microphone - he busted out a nice rendition of Bone Thugs

Fave Pic of the night!

Midnight Pic

Poppin' Bubbly

Makin' a Mess

New Year's Kiss for all my Ladies

Looking back on all my posts yesterday I realized I said "You know its a good night when..." like a million times!

So in the end NYE was great, good times with awesome friends and my new BFF Vodka because she never fails me and never leaves me with a hangover the next day!  Score!

Here's to 2013! xoxo