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July 24, 2016

Sunday Lately, 82

July 24, 2016

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: Doing, Appreciating, Designing, Humming, Expecting

Gorgeous flowers in a garden in Colonial Williamsburg.

Colonial Williamsburg has the best flower gardens. There were marbled and spotted cockscomb and I’ve only ever seen solid colors!

Doing

I did a lot of driving this week. There were meetings and events and such and then I drove all the way to Virginia to see my mom. It’s a long drive, so I like to put on podcasts (usually that’s when I listen to Nicole Antoinette’s podcast, which is fantastically insightful if not a little long) and at least it feels like someone else is there talking to me so I don’t zone out.

Appreciating

I’m very much appreciating social media right now. I got a second forward helix piercing (it’s like the picture below, but now I have two). I went to Six16 in Lawrenceville and had the best experience. No pain, no redness, looked wonderful. Last night, I noticed it was a little swollen. This morning, it’s gone. I can’t see it. Not like it’s so swollen, I can’t see it, but it isn’t there. I can feel it, but I can’t see it. So thankfully I can DM a picture to Nick, the awesome dude who runs the place and be like, “WTF do I do??”

Thanks to @caitlinwalker11 for the rec, I stopped at @six16piercing to change my forward helix ring and I love it. Much better than the 90s hoop that was in it.

A photo posted by Angelica (@gardeninginhighheels) on Mar 27, 2016 at 2:38pm PDT

Designing

Finally, I think I’m getting around to making some shirts I purchased from Patterns for Pirates (cough) last year. I can’t wait to see how much of my sewing skills I still have.

Humming

Last night, we went to an organ recital – just about an hour of organ music, which is oddly nice. I’ve been to these in Williamsburg before and it almost always puts me to sleep. Last night, though, was a little more lively, which was a nice change, and a few runs are still stuck in my head.

Expecting

I’m not sure what to expect. I expect this week will be busy. There.

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July 17, 2016

Sunday Lately, 81

July 17, 2016

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: Planning, Loving, Reading, Wishing, Feeling

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We’re doing Sunday LATEly around here today. And we’re doing it fast.

Planning

I bought a new Happy Planner for the rest of 2016 and 2017. It was half off at Pat Catan’s, so for $14, how could I not? I really do want the new rose gold horizontal layout, though I went with the Sugar & Type style since they didn’t have the rose gold (and won’t for a while since Hobby Lobby has exclusivity.)

I also really want a Get to Work Book for 2017, so who knows what planner I’m planning to stay with.

Loving

I turned on the air conditioning in my house yesterday for a mastermind group (normally I just sweat it out) and I was loving not sweating in my house. I had it on for a bit today, too, but the weather doesn’t seem to be as humid as other days here. I do like that the weather has been making my flowers thrive. How pretty are my violas?

Pretty violas! Great potted flowers for summer in such vibrant shades!

Reading

I should get started with Doing Good Is Simple by Chris Marlow. I was sent it for review. I’m in the middle of Daring Greatly by Brene Brown (it’s the Create Lounge book club book this month) and I’ve been stuck on a Netflix kick so reading isn’t happening much.

Wishing

I wish for just a little bit more mild weather. At least for the humidity to back off a bit. Today felt really nice not to deal with it.

Feeling

I’ve been feeling a little off. I’ve also been feeling the pressure to come up with an awesome (and easy to DIY since I’m broke) nail art look for an event I’ve been invited to on Wednesday. It’s called Gemstones and Gelato. I want an opal-ish mani so I can try on some opals and eat some pastel ice cream and I can entirely match.

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July 10, 2016

Sunday Lately, 80

July 10, 2016

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This week’s themes: Completing, Visiting, Repeating, Writing, Scheduling

 

Completing

Awkward: I wrote my first post for AngelicaRoss.co last week about the importance of having an email list…before I had my email collection form all set up. Yep. I know. Awkward.

Awesome: I finally sat down and batched out some graphics for this blog so I have more posts than just Sunday Lately to share! I wrote this one last week about making changes if you only had a year left on earth.

Visiting

Awkward: I’m not sure what’s been awkward to visit. Life lesson: don’t think something will be awkward and it won’t be.

Awesome: I will soon be visiting the Pilates studio a lot more coming up soon. Joseph Pilates says that it takes 10 sessions for you to notice a change, 20 for others to see it, and 30 for a whole new body. So I’m challenging myself to see what happens in 30 Pilates classes. And of course, writing about it!

Repeating

Awkward: It’s so much harder to write these “awkward” categories instead of the “awesome” ones. Repeated headdeak-ing happening with the awkward categories today so much.

Awesome: “Focused Intention.” I’m working with my friend who’s starting a coaching business and last week’s session was all about boundaries. I have been thinking of boundaries as limiting, but with her help, I was able to see how they can give you focus and work with intention. I love that instead of thinking “A boundary is saying no.”

Woo woo alert: we also pulled the same Goddess Card, Diana, during the call. How freaky but magical!

Writing

Awkward: Dude, it was awkward to write about social media and email lists after I haven’t really been writing about that in a while. It took a little more practice than I thought.

Awesome: See Visiting: Awesome. I’m a little nervous to be sharing pictures of my non-Pilates body, but I can’t wait to document it and help out a fantastic local studio.

Scheduling

Awkward: I think I’ve been mostly scheduling non-awkward stuff. So go me? This one is a bust, too.

Awesome: After waiting since mid-October 2015, I finally have an appointment scheduled to replace the clutch in my (automatic transmission) car. I know, a clutch is a clutch and it doesn’t matter if you drive stick or automatic, but it’s still puzzling that it would go bad so quickly. Apparently others have this problem, too, and that’s why it’s been on national backorder for almost 9 months.

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July 3, 2016

Sunday Lately, 79

July 3, 2016

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

 

The Sunday Lately Only Queen strikes again. I promise, I have been writing and I do have posts that are coming that aren’t just Sunday Lately. I just need to pick a new color scheme.

Updating

Awkward: Finally, after saying for months or years or however long, I have finally decided to update my design. It’s like a refresh or a reset. New changing are coming soon. I just have to figure out how to make it happen all at once so there isn’t downtime here.

Awesome: I’ve been working with Kayla Hollatz to give myself an edge. With her help, I’m updating my strategy, reconnecting with why I want to write a blog and why I started a business, and generally feeling like there’s a direction finally. Yay!

Remembering

Awkward: I had a little too much Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster the other day and things are coming back to me in pieces. It’s always fun to have things come into light after a night like that. Not.

Awesome: I remembered to write Sunday Lately sooner than 1pm on Sunday afternoon. Or Wednesday. You know. Baby steps.

Needing

Awkward: I haven’t really read much since my tonsillectomy. I miss it and I need to start reading again. I hate that I haven’t in a while.

Awesome: I need you to know how awesome Thread and Grain‘s pineapple clutch is. It’s seriously super cute. I hear there may be pineapple necklaces and earrings, too. Maybe if we beg Katy loud enough, she’ll make them. Because look at how cute they are!!

Pineapple Evelyn Clutch from Thread & Grain

Wearing

Awkward: Apparently my house is too hot. Everyone complains that I need to turn on the air conditioning. I can’t really feel it. I just wear some shorts and a tank top and I deal with it.

Awesome: I’ve been wearing dresses and skirts a lot more since I left my office job. I feel like my wardrobe is totally opened up. I couldn’t wear most of it before because (ironically) the air conditioning was just too powerful. It’s much easier now.

Being

Awkward: I’ve had a hard time with some things this past week. Lady times and big life changes and insecurities…ugh it’s been a hard week or two. But I wouldn’t change it.

Awesome: I really am being thankful for the ability to work where I want and do what I want and be my own boss. It’s pretty awesome. I have some blog posts coming up over at AngelicaRoss.co soon. They’re about email marketing, secrets to social media marketing, stuff like that. It feels good to write about it again.

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June 26, 2016

Sunday Lately, 78

June 26, 2016

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’ve been feeling a little down this week (it was an off week) and I realized too late that one way to pull myself out of a funk is by creating something. So I shredded some paper instead. It was enough that I felt like I did something and it was still actually doing something that I have to keep up with. So I guess it wasn’t too bad.

Awesome: I want to create a little shop like Harvest + Bloom or Nicole Antoinette – a collection of eBooks that are a few dollars each. But I don’t know what I’d create. I could probably find something to do for my social media services site, but I have no idea what I’d put together for here. What would you want to see?

Finding

Awkward: I’m finding it hard to find the time to work out. I know it’s important and I feel better when I do, but it’s so hot to run outside (don’t you dare ask me to get up earlier to run before the sun comes up. It just won’t happen) and I’m not super interested in driving to a gym and being inside when it’s so nice out. I have a friend (y’all know Marissa, right?) who does Barre and I’ve been doing Pilates. I should just suck it up and drive to a class more often.

Awesome: I’m finding that it’s easier to write the awkward categories this week than the awesome ones. We all have cycles. And I’m trying to embrace the cycles (that’s the awesome part of this…surrendering control).

Switching

Awkward: I’ve been trying to find the best place to work, so I’ve been switching up my work environment. That means I have to pack up every single possible notebook, colored pen, and scrap of paper with ideas scrawled on them lest I forget something, rendering the work session useless because, “OMG HOW could you expect me to write without my Favorite Writing Pen?? I just have my Good Idea Pen and that CLEARLY can’t be used to write deep thoughts!!”

Side note: How adorable are these Emily Ley Pineapple Paper Clips? It’s kind of an extravagant purchase, but so cute!

Adorable desk accessories!! Emily Ley Pineapple Paper Clips are too cute.

Awesome: Along with that, it is pretty rad that I get to decide where and when I want to work. So I’ve been trying different coffee shops, bars, even on the porch at home and it’s awesome.

Forgetting

Awkward: Ugh, I’m forgetting everything. I’m at the point where I’ll walk into a room with a cup of coffee, remember something I need to do so I walk out and leave my coffee unattended and forgotten for hours, then suddenly realize, “I didn’t finish my coffee!” I end up with 8 half-drank cups of coffee all over and barely any caffeine buzz.

Awesome: Hmmm. I don’t know what’s awesome that I forgot because I probably forgot it.

Craving

Awkward: It’s “that” week for me, so I’ve been stuffing anything in my mouth that’s not nailed down (phrasing). I want to eat ALL THE THINGS. Especially sweet/salty/crunchy things.

Awesome: Summer means I have been craving some time in the water, like on a boat or at the beach. Who has a beach house I can visit?

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