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Sunday Lately, 66

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

Planning

So I painted my living room this weekend and I totally don’t love it. I’m planning to jazz it up with some new curtains and some art. I already custom-made something with leftover samples. I have one wall that looks dark and sad and I may just take a paintbrush to it and see what I come up with. The rest of the room doesn’t look like an adult lives there, why should my walls be super serious?

Loving

Aside from the fact that I feel like I’m living in an Eiffel 65 song, I really do like what I created as art. I used to have records hung on the wall, but I was worried about the paint peeling off it I put them back, so I’ll find another place for them.

Custom art made from leftover paint samples for the room. Perfectly coordinates!

Reading

All the Better Homes and Gardens. Ever since I was a kid, I loved magazines like that. I used to pour over them at my grandma’s house and dream about the lovely, airy, old-but-packed-with-charm house that I’d live in some day with my 500 dogs.

Wishing

Well it’s April 3 and Mother Nature decided she didn’t like that we were feeling happy and warm and she dumped some snow on us. And I’m wishing for the warm weather to come back!

Feeling

I’m feeling all the frustration about my living room. I affectionately referred to it before as “Mexican Restaurant Yellow” but it was warm and inviting. And all of the colors in my house are warm tones. I have no idea why I thought I could dump a fish tank room into it and it would magically work.


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Sunday Lately, 61

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

Planning

Awesome and awkward: I saw a cute little place to rent today that I absolutely love and would put down a deposit on just seconds after seeing it….and there’s someone else in line in front of me. I know, I keep complaining about this. And even wrote a pretty accurate description of how looking for a place to rent is like online dating. I’ll shut up soon.

Loving

Awesome: This cuff that I found for my aunt’s birthday from KLoRebel Art. It’s so unique and definitely her. I also got a cute print called Bubbly.

KLoRebel Art Wine Cuff

Reading

Awesome: I just finished up Big Magic (finally!) and am jumping back into where I left of re-reading Yes Please. Then on to Kayla Hollatz’s Brave Little Bones.

Wishing

Awesome and Awkward: For an apartment that is everything I want. An old building with charm, dog friendly, nice kitchen, big windows, hardwood floors, a nice bathroom. All in a safe part of town that is in my budget. Am I reaching for the stars here, people?

Feeling

Awkward: Still vertigo-y. I’m used to moving really fast and whirling all over the place. I can’t do that because if I move too fast, I literally make myself sick. I guess this is nature’s way of telling me to slow down.
Awesome: I went for a run this week for the first time in ages and I felt amazing. I so missed those endorphins.


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Sunday Lately, 60

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: Completing, Visiting, Repeating, Writing, Scheduling

 

Completing

Awkward: I’m wrapping up the time in my house. Like I mentioned last week, I don’t have to move out when my mom and stepfather moves back in, but it’s a small house and it doesn’t have rubber walls. Makes me sad to move twice in the space of a year.

Awesome: This will give me a chance to tackle some organizational things I guess!

Visiting

Awkward: I was in the hospital on Friday, so I guess you could say I was visiting the hospital this week. I’m fine, I just have problems that stemmed from that sinus infection I had at the beginning of the month. I did get to learn some fun baseball facts while I was there.

Awesome: I had a great mastermind session with a couple of friends yesterday. I volunteered my house before I knew I’d be moving and before I knew I had vertigo and couldn’t drive and it all kinda worked out. So they visited me. It was awesome.

Repeating

Awkward: Banging my head against the wall. Ugh I don’t want to move, and again, I’m not getting kicked out, but I either pack up all of my stuff, pay to store it, and live in my old, tiny bedroom that’s still painted purple from middle school or pack it up and have a little more space to myself. I’ll stop sounding like a broken record soon.

Awesome: To-do lists. I write lists when I get worked up.

Writing

Awkward: See above. Stress writing lists.

Awesome: #100DaysBlogging is a challenge that Emily Levenson came up with – writing something (anything) for 100 days in a row. Today is Day 6 for me. I’m trying to let go of judgement and needed a special topic and just write.

Scheduling

Awkward: I should get my tonsils removed, so I have to schedule the surgery soon. Yay for me.

Awesome: Marissa and Kristin and I got together on Monday just to catch up. No blog talk. It was fantastic to have a break. This new food pyramid is something that Kristin put together that we’d like to submit to the FDA.

Possible food pyramid change via My Life as a Teacup



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Sunday Lately, 59

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

Happy Valentine’s Day! So I’m turning into that person who only writes on Sunday. Hey, at least I’m writing. It’s been a rough few weeks. I’ve been sick, stressed out, selfish, unhealthy, afraid to ask for what I really want. It’s been a little tough.

Updating

Awkward: I may have to move (cough in a month). So I’ve put a hold on the house updates that I’ve wanted to do. I guess it sounds selfish, but I don’t want to take time to redecorate or organize if I have to pack it all up in a week and move it somewhere else.

Awesome: My mom might be coming back to Pittsburgh (which is why I may have to move out — I’m renting her house and it’s not that she’s kicking me out, but…) That’s my update here.

Remembering

Awkward: What’s awkward to remember that you’re not embarrassed on share on the internet? Oh, here’s something. I tried to take a bath last night. And I remembered how much I really don’t enjoy baths. It’s like Angelica soup.

Awesome: I remember how awesome it feels to not be sick. I can’t kick the last of whatever it is that I have. I’ve been nauseous and motion sick for a week. Ugh.

Needing

Awkward: I am needing some guidance from the universe about where to live. It’s all I can think about at this point. It really dominates the conversation with me lately and it isn’t fun. Ugh. Again.

Awesome: More coffee. Coffee is always awesome and I always need more of it. I tried a home pour over today and it isn’t bad but it definitely needs a little work. Any recommendations?

Pour over coffee and donuts. Does it get any better??

Wearing

Awkward: I’m wearing the same thing over and over. Stupid winter.

Awesome: I did have a nice Instagram mini-series of my daily tights last week. If I have to wear a dress or a skirt, I need some bright tights. Bonus if I get to work in some pattern mixing. I’m also wearing these beautiful new Solshine Strands. Looove them. This is the one to help manifest dreams and desires. Each bracelet has a different energy to help you do something.

Solshine Strands! Made in Pittsburgh and absolutely beautiful.

Being

Awkward & Awesome. Like last time this came up.

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Sunday Lately, 58

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

 

If you’ve been following my ongoing battle with my sinuses, you know I’ve been down and out the past few weeks. I ended up going to Med Express on Thursday and receiving antibiotics for a nasty sinus infection. Yay! Also, did you see my post with Jaelan about craft beer and food pairings? Might come in handy if you’re watching a football game today. Just saying..

Creating

I picked up canvases for some wall art. I’m planning on adding scrapbook paper and making a collage. I hand-lettered an Emily-ism on one of the pages. Focus your energy on what brings you joy.

Focus your energy on what brings you joy.

Finding

I’m trying to find some furniture that matches. And finding how to rearrange what I currently have.

Switching

I’m switching my shampoo and conditioner from the little samples I’ve been trying to use up to a Suave Biotin version I received in an Influenster Vox Box. I’ll report back.

Forgetting

Right now I’m forgetting the awkward/awesome I’ve been doing this year in my Sunday Lately posts. It still kinda hurts to look at a computer screen.

Craving

Food. Sinus infections and colds mean you can’t breathe which means you can’t taste. So I’ve been eating out of necessity instead of enjoyment. As someone who enjoys food, this has been completely depressing.

What’s been going on with you lately?


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