Right Now.

4 April 2012

Source: instagr.am via Amelia on Pinterest

Intervals are not a good way to start training again after a break. My knee hurts now ):

I love my tan from scuba diving in Tioman last week (: I hope it stays for awhile.

I need more motivation to study and practice harder.

I wish the weekend were tomorrow.

I am a true klutz. My toes hurt from when I dropped stuff on both feet yesterday. Twice.

I am making lists and lists of things to get done this second quarter.

I still can’t believe that it’s April already; where did time go?!

I am pinning plenty of inspiration on Pinterest.

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Happy Wednesday!
xo.

Day in a Life / February 29

1 March 2012

Can you believe that it’s already March?!

Okay, so I don’t usually write this extensively about my daily life.
But since I did Day in a Life yesterday, here’s a look at February 29th! (:

7:40 AM.
I finally got out of bed after snoozing my alarm numerous times (I didn’t count how many; I was too busy getting back to sleep, haha) and did quiet time and bible study.

Say, hello, good morning to my nerd face with glasses.

9:20 AM.
Breakfast was a couple mouthfuls of yogurt while packing my stuff for the day.

The rest of my day was pretty much a whirl. It ended up being one of those days where things didn’t go as planned: traffic was horrible and I was pretty much late for everything, haha.

Anyhow, I spent the rest of the morning at classes.

1.40 PM
Lunch was a double cheeseburger from McDonald’s with my little sister <3

Then we shared a double chocolate frappe afterward.

I had a little bit of time to check out the new mall, Scotts Square after lunch. I think it has potential to be a good hang out place. We’ll see (:

I was at more classes the rest of the afternoon.

5:20 PM
On the way HOME.

5:55 PM
I worked on stuff on my to-do list after getting home.

7:30 PM
We had dinner out and I wasn’t able to do much once I got home.

11:20 PM
BED TIME, yay (:

So there you have it, my life on February 29th.
I definitely could’ve been wayyy more diligent in taking photos. But ahhh, I’ll try again soon-ish maybe?

In other news, I’ve been working on a layout the last couple of days. I hope to be done soon then I’ll share it.

Happy Marchhhh!

Leap!

29 February 2012

HAPPY LEAP DAY! (:

I decided that since the leap year rolls around only once every four years, I’d do something interesting/fun/memorable this year because life’s good like that.

So I officially declared today to be glasses day (for myself), meaning that I’d wear glasses (outside the house) the entire day and not worry about what a dork I look in glasses. Andddd, I did my own version of Ali Edwards’s Day in a Life. Although, I probably wasn’t as diligent in taking pictures as I should’ve.

Anyhowww, it’s been a crazy kind of leap day for me because Wednesdays are always busybusybusy.

But I’ll be back with more pictures and things tomorrow (hopefully!).

I hope your leap day was raddddd! (:

Mini album phobia

16 February 2012

This is my mini album basket. It houses the twenty or so mini-albums that I’ve made in the past couple of years. It sits in a convenient place in the living room and is constantly a source of amusement when guests come over.

So I was rather surprised when I recently discovered that I have a phobia of making mini albums.

I fear that the products won’t match. That they’ll take too long to get done. That they’ll be too stressful. That they’ll end up looking all the same and being too boring…

Don’t get me wrong. Mini albums are great for storing numerous, multiple photos of one event. And they’re great for carrying around and showing off when I actually get done with them. But it’s always the thought of starting that puts me off and terrifies me.

And it’s strange really, because I don’t think I’ve had this before with the mini albums I’ve made.

Ahh, I know all this sounds so silly now and I’ll just end up laughing at myself after I get started and finish putting my pictures into minis.

So for now, I’ll just look this lion squarely in the face and let this inspiration aplenty help me get started.

Source: studiocalico.com via Amelia on Pinterest

Source: crate.typepad.com via Amelia on Pinterest

Source: candimandi.typepad.com via Amelia on Pinterest

Someday, I will get over this.

2012: Project #1

4 January 2012

This project also comes with a story about mojo, lost and found.

As I tried to put together my first layout of 2012, I had anything but motivation and inspiration. In fact, I was pretty discouraged: my mojo was low (it wasn’t flowing, to say the least), and I felt lousy over what I was doing. It felt as if I’d lost my touch, like I couldn’t do what I loved anymore.

But after pep talking myself, telling myself that I could do what I loved just because and it didn’t matter what other people thought, and a couple of hours later, I completed project number one.

Supplies: Bazzill basics cardstock, Jillibean Soup Black Bean, Echo Park Sweet Summertime, Amy Tangerine clear stamps, AC thickers, MR ticket strip transparency, MWL washi tape

And it turns out that I’m pretty darn proud of it. I’m convinced I’m okay. My mojo is back. I can still do this.

So there you have it, project #1 of 52 this year.
We’re going to get through this all fine and dandy, all right (:

p.s. I’d love to see your projects if you’re following Project 52 for 2012!