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Sunday Lately, 54

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe (which is being fearlessly lead by Meghan, Nicole, Katy, and myself). We e-hang out every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the last week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!
This week’s themes: Updating, Remembering, Needing, Wearing, Being

 

Updating

Awkward: I killed most of my houseplants because I left them outside too long and they got frostbitten. I went to Lowes to replace them and couldn’t find any. Sad face.

Awesome: I did find some other air purifying plants and a poor orphaned clearance succulent for $1.00. They’re all repotted along with some surviving houseplants I’m trying to rehab and doing well.

Baby succulent from Lowes clearance section. It is possible to rehab a plant!

Remembering

Awkward: I don’t think I have anything awkward to remember today. Yay!

Awesome: How awesome it is to has fresh blueberry muffins in the morning. I love blueberry muffins. I used this fantastic recipe from Averie Cooks. It’s a skinny recipe so it isn’t as crumbly and sweet as a traditional bakery blueberry muffin, but it still tastes great.

Needing

Awkward: I still have my Christmas decorations up. And they really need to come down. But it’s such a pain in the ass. I have to get the boxes out. I have to put things in the boxes, I have to try to puzzle-piece them back inside their bigger storage box. I’d rather just watch Netflix.

Awesome: I rearranged some art and made some new things to use on my gallery wall sections. If you need to refresh a space, try moving around art.

Wearing

Awkward: The weather on Saturday was bananas-level warm. I started out with my winter coat and scarf and by the end of my errand session, it was all off. It was freezing just the day before. What is happening with this weather??

Awesome: I didn’t need to bundle up in a heavy winter coat, so I call that a win.

Being

Awkward & Awesome – that’s my answer. I’m being awkward and awesome.


Sunday Lately, 53

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe (which is being fearlessly lead by Meghan, Nicole, Katy, and myself). We e-hang out every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the last week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!
This week’s themes: Creating, Finding, Switching, Forgetting, Craving.

Creating

Awkward: I pretty much blew my life up at the end of 2015. I was lazy, complacent, drinking too much, forgetting to check in with myself to find out if I was okay with the choices I was making (surprise: I wasn’t). So now that I tore myself down…

Awesome: …I get to build back up. Create new things in 2016. My word is RADIANT this year and damnit I’m going to sparkle if it kills me (no ingesting of glitter, though. That shit really will kill you.)

Finding

Awkward: I came home last night to hear scratching noises above my head in the living room. Fast forward to 5:30 am this morning and I was woken up by the same scratching noises. I felt a little like Leslie Knope. Except their part of town appears to be my bedroom.

Leslie Knope raccoon quote. Leslie is the best.

Awesome: I’m finally figuring out how I want to use my Happy Planner. I would LOVE to be one of those people who decorates it all pretty and whatnot, but then where do you write? I use a planner to plan, yknow?

Switching

Awkward: It’s always awkward for me to switch years. I haven’t really ever placed much stock in a shiny new me the second the clock strikes 12. Let’s be real here, I’m gonna be the same sarcastic ass I was at 12:01 that I was at 11:59. So it feels disingenuous to say I’m going to flip to an entirely new mindset the minute it’s a new year.

Awesome: I do have some pretty awesome goals, though, so I have to switch my mindset if I want them to happen. I want to bust out of my jeans-and-t-shirt/stale-routine kinda way I’ve been going. I did officially register the domain for the fry blog that I want to do, so that’s step 1.

Forgetting

Awkward: To write anything until it’s almost noon the first day that I’m a part of the Blogger Tribe Sunday Lately linkup. Whoops.

Awesome: I went to a Pens game last night and I forgot how great it is when we win. Should that be in the Awesome or Awkward category…?

Craving

Awkward & Awesome: Now that I’ve talked about Leslie Knope, I want waffles. Oh you beautiful sunfish, why do you have to be so addictive?


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Last Sunday, I shot my Wear to Where and Makeup Mix-Up looks. And of course, I got my hair to look awesome. And then I didn’t go anywhere for the rest of the day. Isn’t how that always happens?

Braided second day hair updo

And my Angelica’s Favorite Things Kinda Like Oprah but Nerdier officially has a winner! And it’s none other than the lovely Life with Lolo!

Angelica's favorite things giveaway winner

Planning

Awesome: Planning another awesome week doing Wear to Where. I am simply blown away by how awesome this is turning out to be. The bloggers participating with us are truly amazing. If you missed anything, find links to Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 sewist and stylist tour guides.

Awkward: I don’t know why you’d plan for something awkward to happen And I don’t have anything coming up that I’m all Bill Lumbergh about, so I guess awesome/awkward doesn’t work for this one!

Loving

Awesome: Everything you love should be awesome, guys.

Awkward: Awkward love is still beautiful, yo.

Reading

Awesome: Still reading Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s still incredible. She’s incredible. I love it. I love her. </fangirl>

Awkward: Health insurance stuff. Seriously, this is a big thing holding be back from ever wanting to run my own business. I don’t understand this junk and I don’t think I ever will. Every time I go to the dentist, she tells me how huge my tonsils are and that I should get them removed. So I started to look into who could do the surgery and based on my plan, how much I’d have to pay out of pocket. And then I drank half a bottle of wine because my head hurt.

Wishing

Awesome: I’m wishing for awesome stuff in general to happen to me this year. Why? It’s my birthday (not a cheesy ploy for a “happy birthday” comment), just saying. Celebration emojis here!

Awkward: Another category that awesome/awkward doesn’t work for. I don’t know why you’d wish for something awkward to happen. Right? Prove me wrong, people, I love it!

Feeling

Awesome: Actually, I’m just feeling awesome in general. There are so many incredible bloggers touring us through the Wear to Where series. I can’t believe that it was just an idea that Katy and I had months ago and it’s actually happening. I know, I’m talking about it so much, but it’s been ages in the making.

Awkward: No awkwardness here. Not even a totally half-hearted-because-I-don’t-really-mean-it old joke.

What’s been up with you lately? Anything good going on this week?

Sunday Lately, 45

I finally had nitro coffee at Allegheny Coffee and Tea this week. I went for a pumpkin stout. It’s refreshing and I love it. And you should try nitro coffee if you should happen to find it. Amazing.

Nitro Coffee at Allegheny Coffee and Tea

Completing

Awesome: Lists. I am making a ton of lists to keep me organized before I break and drive to Virginia for Thanksgiving. I have everything from “pick up chipped ham” to “make sure someone gets the mail.” And I’m really hoping I can get Christmas presents purchased and wrapped so I can bring them with me.

Awkward: I’m writing this and listening to an indie alt playlist on Spotify and it’s making me irrationally angry. I feel like such an angsty teen and it’s weird.

Visiting

Awesome: I’ll be visiting my mom in a few weeks, hence the list making. I can’t wait for 6 uninterrupted hours in the car to listen to podcasts and new music. And not answer emails for a week. And to see her, of course.

Awkward: I was helping at the door for Propelle’s anniversary party and I was telling someone about this awesome giveaway they were doing and it turns out I was telling the artist all about her wonderful piece that was up for grabs. Because I’m awkward like that.

Repeating

Awesome & Awkward: Coheed and Cambria’s “You Got Spirit, Kid.” I can’t help it. I think it’s responsible for the “I’m mad but I don’t know why..” feeling that’s going on right now. So many teen memories.

Applauding

Awesome: Propelle’s 4th anniversary!

No awkward applause here!

Scheduling

Awesome: Coffee dates with some awesome Pittsburgh ladies I’m looking forward to getting to know better. And emails with Boomerang. I’m loving Boomerang.

Awkward: Last year around this time, I did a doctor blitz where I scheduled a bunch of appointments on the same day to get them in before the end of the year for insurance and now I have to do it again. I’ve spent enough time in hospitals these past few years, I should have an honorary degree. Can’t I just tell myself I’m fine?

What’s been going on with you lately?

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup with Katy, Nicole and Meghan. Use their themes or use your own. Just remember to link up with them so we can see what is happening with you lately!

Sunday Lately, 44

I don’t know what happened, guys. I knew Sunday Lately was happening last week but I was stuck in a Parenthood marathon on Netflix and I just couldn’t tear myself away. Man that show is intense. I can only imagine how it would be if it were on HBO or something.

This week, I’m going to try something a little different. A while ago, I used to do weekly recaps called Awkward & Awesome (inspired by Sydney of The Daybook). And I loved it because, let’s face it, most days are sprinkled with both. So we’re going to try that.

Updating

Awesome: I bought papier mache pumpkins at JoAnns for 50% off the other day and I couldn’t resist busting out the spray paint and taking a crafting hour yesterday. I figured one could be gold, one could be ombre purple.

Spray paint paper pumpkins

Awkward: My ombre purple pumpkin. My purples weren’t quite the same; one was more lavender, one was more plum, so I tried to redo it. I painted over the whole thing only using one of the purples that I adjusted with black or white. Then I tried to sponge blend the seams together for a faded ombre. And that didn’t work. So it got covered in spray paint too.

Ombre purple pumpkin

Reminding

Awesome: My to-do list is getting crossed off. It’s a slow process, but I need a to-do list to remind me of the really important tasks that absolutely must get done. No work, no pay. No pay, no food. No food, no one wants to be around hangry Angelica. My lists are here for your safety.

Awkward: It’s November. How in the world did that happen?

Needing

Awesome: To catch up on other blogging friends and leave comments and support and all that awesome stuff. Blogging is no fun unless you have a community and people actually read what you write. Otherwise, you’re just pitching things into the void and wondering if they really make a difference.

Awkward: I haven’t been on other bloggers’ blogs in so long, I didn’t realize Katy changed up her header on her site. Bad Blogging Friend award goes to…..

Wearing

Awesome: A tutu! I made one quickly for my uncle’s Halloween party last night. It was inspired by Bobo. I’m not one for Halloween costumes anymore (even though I had some epic-awesome costumes like an old-timey radio and a bunch of grapes) so if I can make it and it isn’t too obtrusive (do you know how hard it is to trick-or-treat with a bunch of balloons sewn to your shirt?) I’m all for it.

Awkward: This week’s outfits were pretty awesome. No room for awkwardness in this closet. But just wait until I start taking pictures for Wear to Where. Then I’ll just feel awkward.

Being

I think being Awesome and Awkward pretty much sums it up today.What have you been up to lately?

What have you been up to lately?

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Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup with Katy, Nicole and Meghan. Use their themes or use your own. Just remember to link up with them so we can see what is happening with you lately!

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