Yes, I'm home and alive.

Hey there my favorite blogging buddies! Where have you all been?!? Haha, just kidding sillies. I know I haven't posted in like forever. Here's why. I brought my laptop with me to New York expecting to have a wireless connection in my sister's house. I figured at night I would blog and keep you all updated on my vacation. Turns out that wireless connection was non-existent. Bummer, I know. But, I'm back now.

I am officially a godmother. My niece's christening was this past Sunday and it was a lot of fun. The NY weather was gorgeous and a great escape from this hot, dry, 110 degree-and-up Vegas weather. I spent most of my stay in Brooklyn, my city of birth :D, and Staten Island. I did spend a day in Greenwich Village in Manhattan and went shopping in Soho. I rode the New York subway and of course with my luck, our train breaks down. The doors would not close so we all had to get off and wait on a small, smelly, HOT, steamy platform for a good 20 minutes. I do not recommend this mode of transportation.

I will post some pictures as soon as I can find the energy to do so. Also, as you can see I posted a new quote of the week. I just watched Breakfast at Tiffany's last night and thought that I would share this quote with you. The song of the week is still the same because I never wrote my post about the song. Expect it soon. :D

I will also be posting my August charity of the month post in the next few days. I know exactly which charity I will be writing about and I can't wait for you to read it!

About the jewelry giveaway that I had going in July- it is officially cancelled. I am truly sorry if you planned on submitting an entry or if you actually submitted one. However, once I get 20 followers I will have another giveaway that is a lot less complicated and way easier to participate in! Have patience with me- I am new to the whole giveaway thing.

That is about all I have to say for tonight. I will make sure I post again tomorrow. We have a lot of catching up to do.

PEACE & hair GREASEEEE.

From the window to the wall!

Hey there. So I have had a pretty wacky couple days. Things are going crazy at work and I am so excited that I get to leave for New York in 3 days!!!! Woohoo!

I will definitely still be blogging while I am away, no worries. AND here is some more good news... I finally figured out what I am going to do for school. I am going to go to CSN starting in the Spring 2010 semester. I'm pretty relieved that I finally worked it all out.

In other news, lol, I am pretty BUMMED about this giveaway. Obviously no one is interested in participating. I am going to leave the giveaway up for 3 more days. If you WANT to participate, leave a comment! I am going to add a poll to the main page and you can vote on what you would like changed about the giveaway. After 3 days, if I have no responses, I will cancel the giveaway until it can be re-tweeked.

Now...I can't just leave you guys off like that after only talking about nonsense. So, I saw The Proposal on Sunday night. It was so adorable, you have to, have to, have to see it!!! Here is a clip from the FUNNIEST part!

Night-night. Sleep tight!

Crazy couple of days + stress = babbling

Hello all! It has been quite a crazy couple days at work. Jobs are being cut and lost left and right. We all should be thankful that we have a job in this economy.

I have been so stressed these past few days. I have a feeling I will end up going to community college this semester. Universities are just way too expensive. I have been admitted to UNLV and now I have to start from scratch at CSN (College of Southern Nevada). Ugggh!

On a lighter note, how've ya'll been? I really don't have much to talk about tonight, haha. I haven't done this in a while so I will post a couple of my favorite songs right now.

1. The Best I Ever Had - Drake

2. Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry

3. Free to Be Me - Francesca Battistelli

4. He Could Be The One - Hannah Montana (don't laugh)

5. Little Bribes - Death Cab for Cutie

6. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

7. Beautiful World - Carolina Liar

8. You Don't Know Me - Ben Folds ft. Regina Spektor

9. Ashes and Wine - A Fine Frenzy

10. URA Fever - The Kills

11. It's Not You It's Me - This Century

12. Three Wishes - The Pierces

13. Fire Burning - Sean Kingston

14. Birthday Sex - Jeremih

15. Time to Pretend - MGMT

There ya go! I'm just gonna stop babbling now. Enjoy the rest of your night! Make sure you enter my giveaway! :D

Do svidaniya! (that's goodbye in Russian)

I'm feeling very multicultural! Night!

Patience, my dear.

Well, I had a great day! I layed out by the pool for a few hours and worked on my tan. I was supposed to work today but got a pleasant surprise from my boss. Everything is slow and they are cutting back on payroll! Less money, more free time. Win-lose situation.

Enough about that. I hope you all saw my last post about my giveaway. I am so excited to be able to do this. If I am going to have a giveaway, something good should come out of it. What could be a better outcome than helping spread the word about some amazing charities? Again, if any of you are confused about what you have to do to qualify to win, hit me up! I'd be glad to answer any of your questions! OH, and since I am still going to be frequently publishing posts, I added a link to the giveaway instructions on the left-hand sidebar.

So...I did start this post for a reason. I've noticed myself losing patience with certain people. I have a very low tolerance level and I want to fix that about myself. I sometimes get aggravated when asked simple questions, to do simple tasks, or repeat myself. It is unhealthy and something I am really struggling to fix.

Sometimes I find it helpful to look up inspirational quotes about what I am dealing with.

Let me share some quotes with you about patience. If you know any that you'd like to share, feel free to leave them in a comment. I need all the help I can get.

Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.

-Brian Adams

It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

-Elizabeth Taylor

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

-Leonardo da Vinci

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.

-St. Francis de Sales

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

-Titus Maccius Plautus

Well, I have found this to be pretty helpful. I hope you have too. I just needed to get that off my chest. It's time for bed. I hope you are all working on those charity posts. Talk to ya soon!

Sogni d'oro! (That's 'Sweet dreams!' in Italian) <3

It's your life, whatcha gonna do?

Hiyeee everyone! I hope you all like the changes. That header took me forever, but I had a lot of fun making it. Yes, those are candles!

Well, I posted a new song of the week and now it is time for me to tell you guys why I love it so much! It is such an inspirational song. It makes you want to jump up, do 8000 jumping jacks, cure world hunger, and be a better person!

The song is called "It's Your Life" by Francesca Battistelli. I heard it on an episode of The Biggest Loser last season. I loved it the first second I heard it.

As usual, I am putting the lyrics at the end of this post, as well as a link to Francesca's website. I am not going to go into detail of explaining the lyrics because they are pretty self-explanatory. Basically the song is about changing your life and how the choices you makes reflect who you are as a person and how the world sees you.

This is the moment
It’s on the line
Which way you gonna fall?
In the middle between
Wrong and right
But you know after all

(Chorus)
It’s your life
What you gonna do?
The world is watching you
Every day the choices you make
Say what you are and who
Your heart beats for
It’s an open door
It’s your life

Are you who you always said you would be?
With a sinking feeling in your chest
Always waiting for someone else to fix you
Tell me when did you forget

(Chorus)

To live the way that you believe
This is your opportunity
To let your life be one that lights the way

(Chorus)

You can learn more about Francesca and her music at www.francescamusic.com!

Okay guys, I gotta go get ready for work. Just to let you know later on tonight I will posting a jewelry GIVEAWAY!!! I know, exciting right? Anyways, I will give you all of the instructions later on tonight! There will be a little work involved, but it is worth it!

Talk to ya tonight!

Some of my favorite "tweets"

Hey there darlings! So I have been thinking about doing this for awhile. I am going through a few of my all-time favorite "tweets" from celebrities that I want to share with you!

If you do not have a twitter maybe this will inspire you to get one! :D

iamdiddy - RT @DanNilab: @iamdiddy If at first you don't succeed - skydiving isn't for you! Lol

mileycyrus - Playlist- Mike Schmid, Coldplay, Ben Folds, Buddy Holly, Copeland, A Fine Frenzy, Greg Laswell, John Lennon, Rob Thomas, Matt Wertz.... more

heidimontag - "the fruit of the Spirit is love,joy,peace,longsuffering,gentleness,goodness,faith,meekness,temperance"Galatians 5:22

johncmayer - Living by the power of other people's suggestion will slowly kill you. Genuine self esteem isn't a roller coaster. It comes from within.

AubreyODay - 'a pig will always be a pig. you can bathe it. put a lil bow on it. even call it pinky binky. But at the end of the day... its still a pig!'

mileycyrus - I just heard the most amazing quote. "Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks." - Laura Swenson

You surely will.

Happy almost 4th of July everybody! I'm saying it now because who knows if I will be able to get online tomorrow. I've had a pretty uneventful day. I did a whole lot of cleaning and watched two really great movies. The first movie I watched was called "Weekend at the Waldorf." It was made in 1945 and starred Ginger Rogers and Lana Turner. I have been in an old movie kick lately! Anyways, it airs on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) from time to time and you should check it out if you get a chance!

The other movie I watched was "Pollyanna." It was made in 1960 but the movie takes place in 1912. It is a very cute movie about this little orphan, Pollyanna, played by Hayley Mills, who goes to live with her rich aunt. The aunt basically runs the town because she is so wealthy. Pollyanna helps change the perspectives of everyone in this little town.

One of the quotes in this movie that really caught my attention was, "When you look for the bad in people, expecting to find it, you surely will." This quote is from Abraham Lincoln. I've realized that maybe sometimes I don't expect goodness from certain people and that I should give them a chance. There is some good in everyone, they just need some other good people to help pull it out of them. My goal for the upcoming week is to try and look for the good qualities in people. Who knows? Maybe I'll see them in a different light. Anyways, you really should watch that movie. It is very inspirational, cute and funny.

I hope you all enjoyed the Charity of the Month post. I had to choose between a lot of really amazing charities and I can't wait to start working on next month's post. On Sunday I will be posting the new song/quote of the week. I have already chosen them and I think you will like them both a lot!

I know I have been saying this a lot, but leave me comments with links to your blog! I am going to be looking at each and every one and subscribing. I am going to put a list of my favorites on the main page! :D

Okeydokey...time to get ready for bed. I have to work early tomorrow!

Sweet dreams

&& Be safe tomorrow! Don't start any fires! ;)

Check out the "Weekend at the Waldorf'" trailer!!