Day 16 of 30

Day 16- Another picture of yourself
This is me.. about 2 years ago, December of 2008, in wine country.  I choose to post this picture because it was taken just a couple of weeks before I cut my hair and donated it to Locks of Love.  I miss my long hair and like to remember it ... should I grow it that long again?

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 15 of 30

Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
I'm writing this blog in advance because this is a Monday post and I work too many hours on Monday's to have time to make this post... so, here goes (oh, and I'm not using an iPod, I'm using my iTunes):

1. Separate - Sevendust (great song, I love anything Sevendust!)
2. You Don't Mean Anything - Simple Plan (this is obviously and old song, from my past {and it sucks})
3. Give it Up or Let Me Go - Dixie Chicks (oooOOOoo... I LOVE the Dixie Chicks, I can rock the shit out of them on Karaoke!!)
4. Just a Girl - No Doubt (this song never gets old.. loved it forever!)
5. Desperado - The Eagles (great fricken song!)
6. I'm Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves (great dance tune)
7. Don't Let Go (Love) -  En Vouge (a blast from the past, forgot about this one... fantastic tune!)
8. ...On The Radio (Remember The Days) - Nelly Furtado (great album... this shit brings back a ton of memories with my beast, which is my bestie)
9. Have You Seen Me Lately - Counting Crows (this song almost makes me want to cry, so I'm skipping it)
10. What's It Gonna Be?! - Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson (I forgot about this song too... great tune, I remember I fricken loved it when it first came out... )

Well.. that was fun!  I have a lot of music on my computer!

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 14 of 30

Day 14- A picture of you and your family
OMG - piece of cake... kind of.  My family is HUGE... so - this is the most current group picture we have (i think); circa 2007:

This next picture is the cousins, circa 2008:

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 13 of 30

Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
I don't really do hurt anymore.  I don't know that I can even think of someone to write this letter to.  I've tried really hard to surround myself with positive people and not let myself get brought into negative situations.

Okay - I've been thinking about this one for days and I simply can't come up with someone to write to... so this day is lame.

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 12 of 30

Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
I used to blog on myspace (which is now My___, lame huh?).  I did it for fun, I did it to be silly and to make people laugh.  Then I kind of got into it and thought why not do this for a reason? So I started to blog, still on Myspace, about trips and things in my life.  My girlfriend, Kristi, kept urging me to get off myspace and get a real blog, so one day I did.  The obvious choice for me was blogger, as it's a Google product and... free.  So I started Football, Sushi, and The Pursuit of Happiness... and the rest is history that you can read all about just by clicking around!  Fun, huh?

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 11 of 30

Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Since it's Thanksgiving and such a huge family event, I'm going to post a photo of 2 of my very best friends (who also happen to be my cousins), Shannon and Michelle.  If you've been with me for awhile, you'll know that the 3 of us spend weekends up North together every summer and we have sleepovers and we pretty much love each other.
This photo is from ... I think 2 summers ago, 2008.  We go up North and stay at our aunt's cabin - which is within walking distance of many bars on the lake.  We get drunk, sing Karaoke, flirt with boys, and then walk home (or get a ride).  So this is after the bar, at... I think like 3:30 am, sitting outside the bar.  Drunk.  It's complete good times with these two ... I don't know what I would do without them!

Oh hell... have a couple more because we are full on hotness! 

I love you outcasts!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone - I hope your day is blessed!

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song

Day 10 of 30

Are you guys proud of me for sticking with this for 10 straight days now?
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
I'm not your average bear... I don't carry an ipod with me everywhere and I don't have music on my phone... I listen to the CD's that I have in my car.  Hell, I rarely even make myself a CD anymore.  Don't know why, just kind of got away from it.
My go to music is always Eminem.  Hands down.  He is my favorite and I love rapping to him, I've blogged about this before (search my blog for "Eminem", you'll get a handful of posts professing my love for the man). His CD's will generally cheer up a bad mood, he is always great when I'm in a good mood, when I'm bored; why not Eminem?!  Plus rapping when I'm mad takes out some anger and helps make me feel better..

So there you have it - Eminem is my go to music for any mood.

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song

Day 9 of 30

Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Dude, I have no idea...
Actually, something to be proud of, I got it.  Last week I got my annual review at work (lol, I almost typed anal... ugh)... and I pretty much kick ass.  Not that I didn't already know that, it's just always nice to hear.  Maybe the fact that I am kicking ass at work and putting in bits of OT?  We are getting new accounting software and boy is it ever a fricken process... setting here, settings there, data entry (UGH), testing the process, asking if our current process is really the best way to be doing things... let's just say it sucks.  I've stepped up and proven that I do kick ass.  However, I'm still not happy here.  That's an entirely different blog.

I'm so happy this is a short week because I need a long break from here.

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Question

I'm curious of how other people do things... couple of questions and I'd really love if you could post your answer in the comments - (people who read and generally don't comment, PLEASE comment as anonymous just so I can try and get some numbers).

1. Are you male or female (this applies more to the anonymous people as I probably won't know otherwise)?


2. Do you shower in the morning or at night before bed?


3. If you shower at night, do you apply deodorant after the shower/before bed?

That's it.  3 simple questions - please please please leave your answers in the comments... I allow anonymous comments, so if you'd rather not post it under your name, that's cool, just pick that option!

Thanks in advance.

Day 8 of 30

Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
I'd really like to finish my Christmas shopping, ideally, by the end of November.  I don't shop.  I'm not your average girl... I HATE shopping.  I have boyfriend all shopped for ... nieces get savings bonds and something else (still need to get that something else) ... mother is almost all shopped for ... father is a WIP ... brother and SIL are not shopped for, but I know what they are getting, so it's just a matter of going to get it ... 
So I'd like to have it all done before Thanksgiving - which is possible - cause I don't want to be out on Black Friday, even if it does save me money.  I'm just not interested.  


I always find myself waiting until the week or two before Christmas but I have so much crap going on in December, I really don't want to add shopping to it all.


So, my goal is to be done shopping by the end of the month.


That gives me 1 week and 1 day.


If the ice would stop falling from the sky and making the roads all gross, it would be a lot easier.


Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 7 of 30

Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
I struggle with this one; I have a lot of people and things in my life that I am so happy to have.  The first person that comes to mind is my father - he has had the biggest impact on my life, at times both good and bad.  All the time those things I've been through with him have shaped the person I am today and the relationship we have - which is the most important thing in the world to me.  I love my father to no end and there is absolutely nothing I wouldn't do for him.
This is a picture of my father and I when I was just a little girl...

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name Day 03- A picture of you and your friends Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to Day 06- Favorite super hero and why Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently Day 14- A picture of you and your family Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play Day 16- Another picture of yourself Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else Day 23- Something you crave for a lot Day 24- A letter to your parents Day 25- What I would find in your bag Day 26- What you think about your friends Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then? Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 6 of 30

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
I don't really have a favorite super hero - never really got into that sorta thing.  HOWEVER, if I had to pick one... I'd pick Batman.  He doesn't have a shit ton of 'super powers'.. actually, he doesn't have any super powers, does he?!  Well crap that just makes him that much cooler - plus, the bat-mobile... How you doin'?  Any many who drives that car would get my vote!

Batman is a badass.  Plain and simple.

Day 5 of 30

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Your favorite song.


Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
It's a good thing I'm at home today to access all my photos.  Now, how to pick just one place!  I've been on a ton of road trips and flown to so many places...

I'm going to share two photos...
Mexico sunset 2004

Bay Bridge, San Francisco, 2008

Day 4 of 30

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Boy - this is a tough one.  I used to smoke, I quit.  Several things I do are questionable, at best, if they are a habit or not.
Boyfriend phrased it best when he asked "Would you say you have a habit of getting overly angry when someone does something stupid near you on the road?"
To which I replied... shamefully, "yes".

I absolutely HATE when people drive like they own the road and I get pretty worked up.  I don't know why, but I cannot remain calm.  So, is it a habit?  It depends.  Dictionary.com's number one definition for Habit is:


–noun

1.

an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both waysbefore crossing the street.

So... my driving habits are in complete agreeance with that.  I don't try and get aggressive with people, but I get pissed off and yell and scream in my car.  People try to piss me off and I let them.  I hate it and wish I could change it, but it just happens again the next time.

ugh.

Day 3 of 30

Welcome to Day 3 - so far I'm kickin' ass and takin' names!  Hopefully you guys are learning about me by my doing this... if not... well... crap.

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Your favorite song.


Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
I struggle with this one because... I feel like I should only post one picture, but which 'group' of friends to include?!  I'm going to pick the first photo that comes to mind - this is an older picture (as you may be able to see from the length of my hair)...
Setting it up a bit:  I was at a girls dinner with my girls and we got the crazy idea to set up our cameras on a table and set the timers.  Once the timer beep started to get faster, we'd all run in front of the camera and see what happened.  The results were HILARIOUS!  We must have done... 20 different takes, we ended up with a few nice ones, a few missing people, and a few of nobody at all.  So, now I give you just one of the many photos taken in a short period of time...

We're clearly having a blast!  You should try it at your next get together!

Day 2 of 30

Did I scare you all of yesterday with the TMI fact that a may be part lesbian (Kristi, bi-curious is a much better, and more PC way to phrase it... but I'm gonna stick with part lesbian, cause it's a lot more fun!)?  Hopefully you're still reading and want to know what Day 2 holds?

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Your favorite song.

Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Football, Sushi, and The Pursuit of Happiness
This one is pretty easy - upon creating this blog I kept thinking 'how can I be creative and come up with a dope blog title' - I consider myself to be FAR from creative.  My middle name is Hope, so I was thinking that'd be a great way to make a personal title, but in the end I began thinking about what makes me... me!  What do I love?  What am I big into?
I LIVE for football season - while I don't often blog about football, as my title may lead one to believe... I do LOVE football.  My Minnesota Vikings are stinking it up pretty good this year, but pending the overall NFL season next year, I know this year is not the future.
Sushi is one of my favorite foods... and has increased its place in my heart since creating this blog title.  Before making my title I was not in a close-distance relationship, and only few of my friends ate sushi, so it was a favorite but not something I had a chance to enjoy very often.  Since adding it to my title, I have entered into a relationship with a man who is willing to try anything and has actually taken quite well to the meal of sushi - to the point that he craves it :)  I also think sushi is beautiful.. to look at and to photograph.  Double bonus there.
The Pursuit of Happiness is something I believe everyone has sought out at one point or another... and if you haven't yet, you will.  So it's a pretty general phrase, but something that I strive for in my personal life - seeing it as my blog title just reminds me to never give up on finding absolute happiness.  My life is great right now and I'm in a much better place than I was upon the creation of this blog.  The way I see it... it's only going to get better!


There you have it; Football, Sushi, and The Pursuit of Happiness all laid out for your asses!

Day 1 of 30

So, I suck at blogging right now, so I'm starting this 30 Days thing - will I do it everyday?  will I do it once a week?  will I do it more than one day?  Those are the things that remain to be seen... however, I am starting it today.

Here are the 30 Days Topics:
Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Your favorite song.

So today is:
Day 01- A recent picture of you and 10 interesting facts about yourself
The most recent photo I have of myself is the one I used for my October Photo Hunt (it was taken at like 6:30am, in my office):

10 Interesting Facts about me...?  This could take awhile (I'm pretty boring)

1. I leave for Hawaii in 79 days (and I keep wanting to call Hawaii "Mexico")
2. I've just started playing around with 'actions' in Photoshop and pretty much LOVE using them!
3. I'm horrible at math and all things numbers related.
4. My eyes do not like dark; I hate driving at night and I have a hard time focusing on webpages with a black background - my vision is better than perfect!
5. I have never broken a bone
6. I hold grudges and I don't know how to let go ... 
7. I don't use the home row when I type
8. I love Sour Patch Kids and Pringles (not together).. and I have a hard time not eating at least one if I see them!
9. I don't care for chocolate.
10. Even though I've never been with a woman, all my friends (including my boyfriend) think I'm part lesbian.  I agree.

Ok folks... that's all I've got for you today (it took me way to long to complete this).  Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with Day 2, if not tomorrow, then next Monday for sure!

Photo Shoot

As promised...
A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with an old friend (she's not old, but our friendship is from high school - which technically makes our friendship old, right?), Lovi.  First, let me just say she made me incredibly jealous when she told me about a new job she got (with a HUGE company that I'm in love with) and will be moving to California!  Obviously I'm so happy for her!

She gots to talking about my photos and paid me way too many compliments on some of the recent photos I had posted then she started talking about wanting to have some photos taken before her big move (so her parents can have some of her kids and whatnot)...  Lovi then asked if I'd be willing to take those photos - I said absolutely as long as she kept in mind I'd never taken 'portraits' before.  She agreed.  We set a date for about a week later and ended up having a photo shoot on Halloween afternoon.  It was a beautiful day and I ended up pretty pleased with how the photos turned out.

Today I will share some with you.  I went to her home and took advantage of their couch and amazingly perfect yellow wall - which really helped make some colors pop, including the wall itself!  We also took a stroll down to the local park for a few shots as well.  So we have Lovi with her husband and children plus a few shots with her parents.  Enjoy!