Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new year. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
my *2010* is over...and I'VE MOVED!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
HAPPY NEW...
...BLOG!!
(you thought I was gonna say 'YEAR', right?
Well, that too.)
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click below to read about the [[rocky]] launch of my *new*blog*::
See ya there!
Friday, December 31, 2010
NewYear'sEve...you arrived so quickly...
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"...every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..."
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This above line is the essence of why I'm not *uber* enthusiastic about a new year.
I have to admit that I'm not the best with goodbyes, and not the best with change.
New Year's bring on both.
Yes,
they bring a new beginning,
but I'm not always so *hiphiphorray* about my old beginning's end.
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This winter has found me a bit low.
Haa haa! I laugh because every other NewYear'sEve post I've read is like,
"So Excited!" "Bring it on, 2011!" "This year's gonna rock!"
On this present day, I'm just not feeling it.
I've been much lower than I was last winter, so I'm just tryin' to ride through it, do things good for my soul.
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So, good for my soul is gratitude.
I have such immense gratitude for all the good and love that was brought into my life this year.
That
good
and that
love
came in
many forms
this year:
- a gorgeous, lazy, filled-with friends, vegetable January 1st of the year
- the completion of Liz Gilbert's *eat*pray*love*
- oh, and probably my *favorite* from the year was my
Friday, June 11th to Sunday, June 13th weekend,
which was the weekend I got *the babies*:
they have made my *2010* a truly awesome year
I love them so much.
...and with the passing of Dinah, my cat of 18 years, in October,
it was like the universe knew I wouldn't have been able handle it without
the love of some more babies.
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they are truly a blessing, and
forever will I be grateful to have them.
*my babies*
In the late part of Summer 2010, I had some killer awesome lazy hot days of BBQ, a trip to Busch Gardens, and then a visit to South Florida to visit one of the most amazing people in my life: my Grandma and then to exciting Key West.
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September was the rape of my glorious Summer, the start of the sham-college stress of my thesis class, but I'm grateful for my September because of the beginning of the year subbing moments that cracked me up! Here and Here.
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October was hard from me right off the bat, because I got incredibly sad about my cat's passing.
I did not expect how hard I took it.
Also,
the stress of the thesis
was starting to take its toll on my functioning summer-brain.
I did manage, however,
to have a really fun Halloween with the guys.
One that I'm extremely thankful for, as it was
the first time I dressed up since 2005,
and since I made both my and Tomas's costumes!
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the love and good
continued in November
when I met Mally Roncal,
and then
AHHH!
reached an amazing 1,000 viewers of this *newborn*baby*blog* HERE.
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the above is hilarious.
the last page of the really not-that-funny desk calendar I got last year for Christmas.
toodles, lame calendar.
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then, December.
the most outstanding greatness was the completion of my thesis, and thus, of Grad school.
That really is awesome. Awesomeness at its height!
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the babies' first snow was wonderful to witness as well.
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the getting of my first SLR camera was filled with love and gratitude.
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...and now
HERE I am.
...for the last time?
Hmmm...probably yes, or one of the last times.
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...AND speaking of love and good that this year has brought with it,
uhhhhh....HELL-LOWWW??!!
This Blog!
blogging and you guys and my *2010* is here
has brought so much brightness and creativity and focus and awareness
in my life, that honestly,
would have floated on by had I not had this baby blog HERE.
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thank you, thank you, thank you, readers,
for reading. <--haa haa! [that's the best I got]
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I hope you stay tuned in with me...espesh since I'll be bloggin'
on my *new*blog*...which I'll tell you all about on its launching: TOMORROW!
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so yeah.
toodles, 2010.
You were hella good to me, although looking back, it might look to other people as a lame year.
I loved you,
and
now, with 2011 less than a day away,
I clasp my hands together,
look up to the universe, and say,
Happy New Year!
Hope you have an awesome night!
Muah, muah, and muah!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
my *2010* has got *one*day*left*...
...but, it's okay.
I've got my *new* Nikon for 2011.
...and yeah, I've been allllllllllll about it this week,bein' trapped inside for DAYS because of Sunday's blizzard.
I love the sound it makes when it snaps a moment.
[i won't even try to type the sound here.
an onomatopoeia couldn't capture how lovely it sounds.♥]
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here the babies were sitting by the window as we were shovelling:
They seem just as confused about what to make of all the snow as the NYC Department of Sanitation did for four straight days!
YA PLOW IT, idiots!
Ohhhhhhh...SNAP!
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they are funny.
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my Nikon's awesomely fast shutter speed
finally
made it possible to capture Carmen's "face".
The face of hers I painted on the pumpkin.
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the
face...
...that reminds me of Rodney Dangerfield's:
Bwaaaaahaaaaahaaaahaaahaaa!***
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so, yeah...my *new* Nikon...it's a love affair...
...can you say "sharp"?and
"detail"?
♥ my two sleepy babies ♥ 
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So, my *2010*,
tomorrow's the last day of you.
I might get a little teary-eyed,
but i'll stop once I think of
how my sweet little darling baby girl
looks like Rodney friggin' Dangerfield.
So weird.
2011 with my Nikon should be fun,and
1.01.2011
[which is only a day away]
is the launch of my
*new*blog*
...and gosh darnnit, I've been working all cabin-fevered on it the past few days. I even taught myself some HTML. No joke! You saw these suckers: "♥" all up in this post?
I learned that!
Yep.
Soooo cool.
I'm excited about it.
Hee Hee.
That's about all for today.
I'll have a post up tomorrow, but if you don't visit, then I wish you whole-heartedly, a resounding
Happy New Year!
♥
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
*black*SeQUiNS*
this year has been my first year of *blogging*
and so last year's NewYear's Eve, when I stumbled
upon Karla's NY'sEve look:
i thought, "That is NewYear'sEve perfection!"
if my hUMUNgo ass
wouldn't hang out of shorts like those, I'd buy 'em.
*black*SeQUiNS*
for NewYear's.
I've
seen
it everywhere:
Kate Moss's *black*SeQUiNS* cat-suit.friggin' awesome!
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Kimmy K's*black*SeQUiNCeD*
Alice+Oliva mini dress
GoRGE!***
...and I don't know this chick's name,
...but she's got a friggin' awesome *black*SeQUiNS* maxi shirt!
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{{deep sigh}}
i wish it was going to be a bang-zang-a-rang kind of New Year's Eve that I picture in my head, but frankly, this year, it won't be.
the mounds of un-plowed snow contributes;
the place I'm at contributes;
the lack of enthusiasm from friends contributes ["...Let's stay home...it gets crazy out there on NY'sEve..."] ... bunch 'o ninnies!
however...#26: Let. Myself. Be. At. Where. I'm. At.
I've been trying.
plus, my *bitt* is the cutest EVER! ...and got me this for Christmas [in black sequins] which -- if I'm not having that awesome, goin' out NewYear'sEve -- I can still jazz up with a cardigan or blazer...make it happen. ;)
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what NewYear'sEVE outfits are ya'll plannin' on rockin'?? ...and what're your plans!?!?!
happyWednesday, ya blog-readin' beautie-pies!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
*UGLY*Christmas*Sweater*PaRTy*
no, I'm not having one.
nope, I'm not attending one.
...but i gosh darn by-golly jeepers wish i was, playas!
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i saw the pic below in this post this morning
and i thought it was SO COOL. A store advertising on its window that
"YES, *WE* HAVE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS"
perfection. pure perfection.
perfection. pure perfection.
i would LOVE to shop there.
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pick up this one:
or maybe this one:
and pose withTomas like this:
those is some AWESOME swettuhs!****
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these clowns got the right idea:
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yay!
i just always wanted to do that.
yep.
...and set up a Christmas Photobooth like I saw posted
yesterday on A Beautiful Mess,
and the 101 found on Promise's Blog.
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...and dress *the binos* in some funky kitty sweaters, too.
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LOOK
at
this PUG:
oh, what a love!***************
i've seen some awesome Christmas sweaters
floatin' around on the internet via a
life is bananas. 2009 X-mas card
[so funny!...look at her chubby boys!]
&
cute friendly get-together party
a la The Swede Records
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Yep.
Hee!
maybe in one of the upcoming years.
this holiday season has been too jam-packers
with sham-college boloney
to focus on
any real holiday fun.
sad.
so sad.
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but there's never not enough time to
plan me some NeW*YeaRs fun...
...that's gonna be the real party...
if everything goes according to my diabolical plan!
[cue evil villain laugh]
WHAAA HAA HAA HAA!!
BRAHHH WHAAA HAAHAA HAA HAA!!
yeah.
happy ugly*sweaty Thurs.
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click on the pics for sources. most pics found amongst these.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
the year IS *2010*, correct??
This post is coming from a very funny place:
Last night, the boyf walks in my door after work and goes,
"Wanna get ribs?!?!"
in the oh-so-excitable little-boy manner that he does.
I retaliate in my oh-so-excitable little-girl manner
and respond wide-eyed,
"Mmmmmm! Yes! Where?!"
After a few minutes of research we decide to try Tony Roma's .
We've both never been.
Upon arriving,
"table-for-two" ing,
waiting with the buzzer,
getting seated,
nagging the waitress to tell us all she knew about the ribs in the joint,
drinking our Michelob Ultras (we're both on WeightWatchers),
and ordering full rack of "the St. Louis Ribs" for dinner
& coconut shrimp to start
(the boyf surprisingly threw those in there knowing
how much I love them - I like when he does that),
we were finally settled in our booth.
He looks into my eyes, smiles, sighs a deep sigh and says,
"Ahhhh...our first official date of 2007."We both paused,
looked at each other,
& started laughing.
Lord knows where his brain was at, but it wasn't Earth.
You can guess that every ten minutes, I was bringing it up.
He's a major *goofball*.
*Happy Weekend,*
reader bo-beader.
~~*amanda*
Monday, January 4, 2010
Welcome. My *2010* is HERE.
Hey, reader.
It's the first Monday of the year.
Fifty-one more to go.
(picture found at weheartit.com)
Well, my *2010* is HERE.
(I guess you already new that.)
Let me talk a bit about what's happening-happening.
My name is *Amanda*.
This is my first BLOG ever.
I never really *got* BLOGs or what they meant or
why anyone would want to have one.
With my 25th birthday occurring this past November,
I began to feel an incredible urge...
the need to write
to take pictures
to share
to create
to draw
to paint
to scrap
to explore
to appreciate the world more
to love
to hug
to kiss
to smile
and to laugh,
and even cry, if I needed to
SO HERE I AM!!
Does that make any sense??
No?
Read on. :)
Just a little after my 25th birthday, I *stumbled*
(as I believe we do upon most of life's enchantments)
on this magazine.
I was mesmerized by what I was reading...
I was reading about these women who - some time ago - had felt just what
I was feeling above and did something about it:
made a BLOG.
By reading their BLOGs and clicking on the links
to BLOGs that they loved
and clicking on the links to BLOGs that *those* people loved...
...it's like a never end source of inspiration and motivation.
And there's so many different *kinds* of BLOGs!
There are those by women closer to my age
who are on the verge of or have just gotten married.
They talk about love, life, beauty, art, simple things, and complicated things.
I relate.
Then
there are those BLOGs by women older than me
with children - the most beautiful children,
each and every one of them, that I have ever seen - and a house
and with a husband or without one.
*They* talk about love, life, beauty, art, simple things, and complicated things...
...and...most fantastically...
...I relate.
So, reader.
My *2010* is HERE.
This is *my* BLOG.
However exciting or boring or cool or lame you find it,
HERE it is.
By reading it you'll learn more about me,
and maybe more about *yourself*.
I would tell you
topics I expect to write about,
but how would I know that??
I can speculate and say probably about
love, life, beauty, art, simple things, and complicated things.
I hope you relate.
Super-sincerely,
with a warm and jolly welcome,
*amanda*
P.S. - Okay. See ya!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
wanna have a *picnik*?
Hey, reader!
I just wanted to give a quick shout out to picnik.com - a website that makes photo editing easy. You edit right here on your browser.
Below are the three pics from my previous *new year'sEVE* post all *jazzed* up!
...a little softening here, a little text there, and some pictures just come to life.
(Don't get me wrong, though, I love me some point-and-shoot, one-snap-only, set-exposure polaroids. Oh, yessiree, I do!)
If you haven't checked the website out already, you know what to do.
If you have, then okay!
Love-a-Dub-Dub,
Amanda
let the *games* begin
oh, those glasses!!and notice the silly string can on the left
aye yai yai
*Rock Band*Jamina - lead vocals
Daniel - lead guitar & back-up vocals
Tomas - drums
Cezar -base guitar
Steph - groupie
Amanda - paparazzi
just
us
girls
on
New
Year's
EVE
NewYear'sEVE was great.
we slept over our friends' Jamina and Lev's place.
woke up had french toast & eggs & bacon breakfast.
vegged all day there with their two kids.
sipped afternoon drinks.
played poker.
did American Idol karaoke.
*this* was one of my favorite moments:
~~ what a great start, *2010* ~~
thank you already
<3
Thursday, December 31, 2009
*linger* on the *last day of the decade*
December 31st, 2009
*the last day of the decade*
I still remember what I did for *new year's eve* 1999:
i went to my friend Danielle's grandma's house.
I was 16 years old.
my hair was cut above my shoulders.
i didn't know that I didn't know anything
Drives me crazy how 'just yesterday' that seems.
since then my decade has found me...
...*in love* for the first time
...two times *in love* after that
...a witness to the fall of the Twin Towers.
...without *my Nana*
...answering to my *true calling*
...in a serious relationship of three-and-a-half years <3
...a health buff (most days)
...a bike-enthusiast
...obsessed with mopeds
...with way too much time on my hands
...with not a single second free to pee
...losing touch with old friends
...gaining new friends
...happy beyond comprehension
...with too much fear to know what to do with
...with gorgeous sleep
...without sleep
...swimming in a sea of GOOD music
...drowning in an ocean of crappy music
...pleasantly surprised, by the end.
I started out the decade being a confused little girl.
Now I'm on this BLOG as a confused young woman.
I can't believe 2010 starts tomorrow, ya'll.
In the blink of an eye, it'll be *New Years Eve 2019*.
I raise my champagne glass to you, readers,
and wish you a
Happy New Year,
Happy New Decade!
May your *2010* have you accepting each minute as an *unrepeatable miracle*.
xoxoxo,
Amanda
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