Thursday, January 10, 2013

Abc's

So I posted this in 2009 and I want to see if there are any differences.

ABCs
A - Age: 25
B - Bed size: Cali King
C - Chore you hate: folding laundry
D - Dogs names: Risky pooh
E - Essential start your day item: iPhone, iPad, or MacBook whichever is closest
F - Favorite color: yellow && purple
G - Gold or Silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'4
I - Instruments you play: none.
J - Job title: Teacher
K - Kid(s): none
L - Living arrangements: in my own place
M - Mom's name: Jamie
N - Nicknames: Jas, Jay Pea
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: August 2008
P - Pet Peeve: when people crack their knuckles
Q - Quote from a movie: Hakuna Matata
R - Right or left handed: Lefty!!
S - Siblings: Montell, Stephanie, Marquis, Krystal, Jermaine
T - Time you wake up: 3:30-4:00am
U- Underwear: boy shorts or thongs depending on what I'm wearing
V - Vegetable you dislike: Lima beans
W - Ways/Reasons you run late: bc I bs for too long
X - X-rays you've had: cat scan, mri's
Y - Yummy food you make: Spaghetti
Z - Zoo favorites:Giraffes, zebras

2009's

ABCs
A - Age: 21
B - Bed size: i have a king & 2 queens and unf0rtunately im using n0ne 0f them!! =[
C - Chore you hate:bathr00m
D - Dogs names: B0sc0, Chingy, Russel, Hazel, Mallie
E - Essential start your day item: Cellphone
F - Favorite color: yell0w
G - Gold or Silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'11
I - Instruments you play:none.
J - Job title: Teacher =D
K - Kid(s): n0ne
L - Living arrangements: h0meless =[ naw... i live wid my m0mmy & daddy til september!
M - Mom's name: Jamie
N - Nicknames: Jas, Jazzy, jay, jay jay, jbaby, jassy baby...
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: last year the WHOLE summer!! naw... in may kidney infection.. in august.. fractured my skull..
P - Pet Peeve: when pe0ple crack their knuckles
Q - Quote from a movie: fuck that Pay me.
R - Right or left handed: Lefty!!
S - Siblings: M0ntell, Stephanie, Marquis, Krystal, Jermaine
T - Time you wake up: 7
U- Underwear: b0y sh0rts
V - Vegetable you dislike: Lima beans
W - Ways/Reasons you run late: because my damn b0yfreind is a beauty queen.. lol
X - X-rays you've had: cat scan, mri's the whole shabang
Y - Yummy food you make: Tac0s.
Z - Zoo favorites:Giraffes, zebras, m0nkeys!!

Fitness goals: Week 1

So I often fluctuate between 120-150 pounds which is not healthy at all and I know I can have a banging body so I decided to make some fitness plans. My boyfriend told me to go on bodybuilding.com and check out workouts and the site is actually pretty cool. It helped me make fitness goals. So I know women don't like talking about their weight, but I'm 147 pounds which is considered overweight for my height but not by much. But I don't want to just lose the pounds to have average BMI, I want to lose body fat and gain muscle. I also want to look fit. So with that being said, I ended up with this...


That's right I need to lose 22.4 pounds and half of my body fat. Now I know lots of people have fitness goals at the beginning of the year and fail to meet them which sucks but I am determined! My boyfriend has a nice body and I can't be a fatty on the arm of a fit guy. So that's motivation.

Today I finished my first week of Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer. It's a 12 week workout plan that has three phases. Each phase has workout, nutrition and supplement advice. The first week consisted of a formula of:

3 sets
12 repetitions
60 seconds of rest inbetween

Each day you work on different parts of the body. The first week had absolutely no cardio and focused more on strength training with weights. I won't go into details of what each day consisted of but I figured out where my strength areas are and my weak areas as well.

One day out of the week I did not follow the plan, instead I worked out with my boyfriend and boy was it intense he showed me some new things I can do ab wise, back wise & bicep tricep wise. Then we did circuits... That was tiring but I finished and I'm proud of myself. So far I haven't lost any weight but I haven't gained either. So I think I'm doing well.

Well that's how my first week of my fitness plan was. I hope you continue to follow me on my journey.

Friday, January 4, 2013

What's in your makeup bag??

So I saw this post on instagram ((credit below)) about what's in your makeup bag and decided that my blog for the month of January would be about what I carry in my makeup bag. First ill start with what I have in my actual makeup bag and then I'll post other things that I must have.



Okay so first I will start with what's in my makeup bag.
1. is a mirror.  We all know we need a mirror when we wear makeup just to make sure it's looking right lol.
2.  Maybelline New York: 50 sunlit bronze.  Although this is not the normal eye shadow I wear, it's a good natural color eye shadow just in case my makeup needs a little touch up.  Normally I wear natural colors so it's very easy for me to blend them.  The brands I use are Too Faced and Urban Decay.
3. Maybelline New York: Colossal Volum' Express.  Again, my regular mascara is made by Too Faced but I use this one for touch up.  It is not my favorite mascara from Maybelline but it does the job.
4. Maybelline New York: Expert Wear.  I use this eye liner when I'm lazy and want a quick natural look.
5. IMAN: Posh.  I cannot say how much I love this blush.  I originally found it at Ulta when I was trying on blushes but then Ulta discontinued it ((oh no)) so I got another brand from Ulta ((which I did not like)) and then.. I found out that Target began selling the brand and for much cheaper!! ((winning)) So I had to buy it.
6. Tarte: black.  So Tarte is my third favorite brand.  I use Tarte gel eye liner for my eyes.  It works really well and doesn't smudge much.
7.Systane ultra:  I was in a car accident 4 years ago and my face was paralyzed on the left side.  Because of this, my eye would not close.  Therefore my left eye doesnt lubricate as much as my right and I have to use this expensive eye drops ($18).  They work great but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who doesn't have an eye problem
8. Nivea: Creme.  I love this stuff.  It's great for lotion in the bag and doesn't take up lots of room.  Only $1.
9. Nivea: A kiss of milk & honey.  chapstick.  Love.
10 - 17 are all lipsticks so I will tell you what brand they are and that's all.
10. M.A.C.: Ruby Woo B62.
11. Loreal Paris: Caramel Comfort 819. 
12. Clinique: gloss longtemps
13. Forever 21: Love and beauty. 
14. Loreal Paris: Cotton Pink 170
15. Loreal Paris: Pink Plush 169
16. Loreal Paris: Plum Explosion 766
17. Loreal Paris: Ruby Flame 317
18. Too Faced: Lip Insurance. Now to keep 10 - 17 on I apply lip primer from Too Faced which I love.


Okay so here are a list of my brushes.  The pink and purple ones are all Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman.  I love them all.

1. Blush brush
2. Deluxe cease brush
3. Accent brush
4. Base shadow brush
5. Tarte eye liner brush
6. pixel-point eye liner brush
7. Brow brush
8. Elf lip defining brush
9. Elf eye shadow brush

Last but not least is my Christmas gift from Nathan that I love so much.  Normally I don't wear perfumes because of my skin but I absolutely love the smell of this and would recommend it to anyone.

well that is what's in my makeup bag.  Comment with any questions or comments or write your own blog about what's in your makeup bag and I will read it.. Thanks for reading :)

P.S. I got this question from someone I follow on IG so please follow her:

@Juicyglam_
@browngirlsglamtalk

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

2013 blog!

So I'm going to be doing some changes to my blog. One I love writing and I never have enough time to so there will be three things I plan on doing that will be forcing me to write. First thing I will do is write one blog a month on something specific. For example, this month I will be talking about what's in my makeup bag. The second thing I will blog about is Our ((Nathan && I)) date nights. I saw this blog about 52 date nights which is one date night a week and we are going to do some of their ideas and create our own which I will be blogging about. Either what we like about them or not. Third, I'm going to blog about my masters thesis process. So basically these are the changes I will be making I hope you're looking forward to it.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

2013 Goals

So here are my 2013 goals:

1. Maintain a above 3.9 GPA. Level of difficulty: Easy
2. Save money. Level of difficulty: moderate
3. Wear rubber bands. Level of difficulty: hard
4. Wear hearing aid. Level of difficulty: hard
5. Curse less. Level of difficulty: hard
6. Maintain a regular gym routine. Level of difficulty: moderate

2012 Recap

So now that 2012 is days away from its end, I'd thought I'd give a little recap on how my year went! So here we go:

Grad School

So surprisingly this year I have survived!! I have a 3.914 GPA and I am doing well right now. Things are starting to get intense as I am going into working on my masters thesis. At the beginning of the year I had no clue as to what I wanted my topic focus to be. First I was interested in distributed cognition ((when learning and development occurs between people)) but not enough to want to conduct a whole research project and write a thesis. Then I was interested in family interactions. Well I still am because I truly believe that development begins within the family but just focusing on family interactions and relationships was too big. So spring 2012 I was enrolled in Chdv 210 which is social development so I used the class to help narrow my topic. It wasn't until early December that I finally decided on a topic that I was interested in. So I'm doing my thesis on sibling relationships and interactions and how it relates to preschoolers emotional problem solving. So if you live in Sacramento or anywhere within driving distance and have more than one child with one child being between 2.5 - 6 and are interested in being a possible participant in my study please contact me thanks. Okay so lets move on to the next topic.

Summer

Summer was actually pretty awesome! I had two parties and I hung out with kiah almost every weekend and I ended my beginning of the year fling.  When my end of the year fling ended at first I was sad because whenever you grow close to someone its always hard to see them walk away.  But looking back I think about all I had learned from that fling and how better my life has been since it ended.  I learned that I need someone who has the same interests as me and who has similar goals in life.  Well thats enough about that!

Friends & Family.

So I can honestly say I have great friends! In May, Juanita moved to the east coast to finish school and start a new life. We had a party to say goodbye to her and even though she wasn't in the best of moods, I'm glad we got to have our last time to spend together before she left. This year I became closer to both Kiah and Marie and also hung out with Mukhaye, Precious, Quan, Arisha, and Larasha. I shared great memories with all of them. Family wise I grew closer to some family members and further apart from others but hey.. That process is called growing up


Romance

At the end of August I ended one relationship and from that relationship I learned many things about myself that I needed to change. I am a great girlfriend but sometimes I can do too much that I really don't need to be doing. So when that ended I made a list of all the things I want in my next relationship. I said I wanted someone that liked the same things as I. A guy who isn't going to complain if I said I want to go see a play and who wouldn't mind having movie nights instead of going out every weekend. Well anyways, I met Nathan and although he isn't my boyfriend he has all the qualities I want in a man. He likes the same things as me and even if he doesn't like something he's willing to try it. But anyways, enough bout him.. This year has showed me never to settle

Employment

Basically I like my job now. More money could be better but whatevs.

Anyways that was 2012.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Envy

The less I say the more y'all talk