Daily Thoughts

In December I sprained my ankle really bad at work. Being the brillant runner I am, I was running out to a customer who was pulling away. (I worked at a bank) He forgot to sign a paper. I completely missed the outside step and went tumbling down. I didn't show any pain until I got inside. It was not fun. Anyone how has sprained your ankle knows the pain. So I was supposed to go see a doctor, but I never did. Three months later and now it still hurts. I regret not going to doctor. I am so getting an x-ray this summer. I mean three months is enough is it not? It shouldn't still be hurting.

Tomorrow is payday! Guys let me tell you, I started my job in mid-February and I am just now getting paid. That is a total of 3 months since I moved here that I am finally getting money. Can I get a hallelujah!!! Seriously, not having money sucks.

I'm not the type of person who craves money or has to have lots of it to blow on crap I really don't need. I am completely okay with just making enough to get by. I NEVER want my life to be circled around money. Money can be a very harmful thing. But girl when you are in debt because you moved and couldn't find a dang job, uh yes give me my freaking money now! 

We have a dog park here in San Marcos, which is so awesome!! I love taking bevo. Lately it's been so rainy, and it was finally starting to get warm again and dry up all the puddles and what not...then it goes and rains again last night! I just want to take my dog to the park without having to come home and bathe him. It is not too much to ask!! 

OH I forgot to tell y'all yesterday. I went to the library again and checked out some awesome books! I can't wait to share them with y'all!! Some on yoga, food, essential oils, and sign language. I have been wanting to learn it! Blame Switched at Birth TV show for that! I will get that out as soon as I can!

Hey go check out my best friends blog! 

She posted some ADORABLE Easter photos of her baby. I just have to tell everyone!! Plus the rest of her blog is awesome too!! 

http://dragonballbree.blogspot.com

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Mini Vaca

Heyyy guys! Don't you just love sucky camera quality photos? Gives it this vintage-y vibe to it. I'm totally being serious! Sometimes I really like that my phone is ancient. 

Anyways! Sorry I have been gone the past week and a half! Last week I was so busy and then Jesse's friends came down to visit so we were running around the whole time. Then on Saturday I drove back home to east Texas to visit my family for a few days. Jesse was working and I didn't want to just sit around, so I thought why not take a mini vaca?! I didn't plan a single thing and I didn't tell anyone I was there because it was spur of the moment and I didn't want to let people down if I didn't get to see them (wow what a run-on). I'll be back in the summer for a long time so don't worry! 

I took lots of photos! I'm so excited to put them up! I want to do it asap but the next two days I'll be at SXSW and then on Saturday Jesse's familia visits, so it might be Sunday before I get them up! 

I took some of around Tyler. Well really of one park. If there is one thing you know about Tyler it's that Tyler is the Rose Capital of America. So to speak. It's absolutely beautiful! I love my hometown. There is a place called the Rose Garden where it has 14 acres of land with over 38,000 roses of at least 500 different varieties. They bloom in the spring and again in mid-October. It's breathtaking really! I wanted to take photos there to show you a little of my hometown but sadly they aren't ready yet. I'm sure to a rose advocate you might think I'm silly for not knowing this. I assure you I know very little about plant life. Wish I knew more though! 

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What's on my book list? #1

Okie guys, I'm going to start a new segment on my blog! I wanted to start this a week ago but I had zero time. Now that I have time, I'm so excited to start this segment. 

So when I first moved here I found out they had a public library, and a pretty big one at that. So Jesse and I went and got a card. I was so thrilled to finally have a library card. Now I love reading, but I'm the laziest person at picking out books. I'm the type to pick a book based on what the spine looks like. I mean it is the only thing I see. I'm not about to take every book out of the shelf and read about it. That would take entirely too long and no one has time for that. When I got my card and was let loose in what seemed like one hundred aisles of books, I started going up and down the aisles. Yet I wasn't finding anything. I wanted to find interesting things, but I didn't want to pull out every book in the meantime. That's when I got an idea for this segment. I thought that I couldn't be the only person who has this problem. Really wants to read but doesn't know what to read. 

This segment will include books that I have checked out at the library. I will post them up here and give a paragraph about the book and a thumbs up or down on what I thought about it. This will be nice because it will give others ideas on what to check out; whether its the exact book, by the author or just the idea of another kind of book. I doubt I will completely read every single book that I check out but I will give my best on what I think about it. I may just post it for others to see who may find it interesting themselves. With all this said, let see this weeks books!! 

Since I had to wait so long to do this I forgot to take photos and I had to turn them in, I'm using internet photos. 

Southern Living Slow-cooker Quick Fixes

This book is two thumbs up. I mean who doesn't love just dumping stuff in a slow-cooker and watching the Wheel of Fortune? I do. I'm sure you do too, which is why you need this book in your life. I plan on purchasing this book; excited to expand my cookbook collection. This book all different kinds of quick fixes from meaty suppers, meatless mains, soups and stews to slow- cooker savvy meals. Something for everyone. 

Quesadillas

If you love quesadillas, go out and buy this book right now. Seriously. This book has the simplest, most delicious looking recipes for quesadillas. Recipes I didn't even know that could be in a quesadilla. Chicken Caesar Salad Quesadilla anyone? Carne Asada? Caramel Apple? Those sound absolutely amazing to me! 

Private Collection

If you are secretly still a teenage girl like I am and love drama, you will love these books. I have read the first two so far. I read it years ago and now just started it all over again. It's about a small town plain jane girl, Reed, who gets to go to the most pristine "boarding" school. Only the best of the best and the richest people go to the school. Reed got to go on a scholarship. Once there she realizes there is a lot of secrets, drama, and so much more than she bargained for in this elite school. This series has you hooked from the first page and I promise you will not be able to put it down. 

Your Man is Wonderful

Now I didn't get to read this book unfortunately. I really wanted to. I'm going to have to check it out again. So I couldn't tell you from personal experience if it is good or not, but I did read reviews. It got 3.5 stars and all reviews I did see were good. This book is (like the cover says) about how to appreciate your man, respecting the differences between you too and loving each other. I feel that sometimes Jesse and I take tough love to an extreme. I love it but I wish I could make it a tad softing (ha) so I picked up this book on what seemed like great insight on how to tweak those areas. When I get to read it again I will tell you more in depth on what I thought. 

Well, I hope you like this new segment! Tell me what you think! Should I keep doing it, is it lame? I want y'alls feedback! Give me some ideas for books to check out! Or simply, let's just talk! 

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My Current Go To Makeup Routine

Okay so this post isn't going to be super detailed in the photos. I wanted it to be more detailed but I have yet to figure out my dang camera. I get too anxious to make posts that I'm just like forget it, I'll update it later. It's more of a talk about makeup. 

I used to be super into makeup. Since I have my cosmetology license you know I know how to do makeup. Not like brilliantly, but good enough. Well about the middle of last year is when my fiance (then boyfriend) and I had finally decided to move to San Marcos. Because of that we had to cut back on things like crazy to save as much money as we could. (which was hard because we love food). So I decided to cut back on my makeup spending. It was so hard at first. I'd watch all the youtube videos about the newest products. Which granted yes, most were set in the west where apparently they get the newest stuff first. I would literally make a list of everything I wanted to get and get dissapointed when I know I shouldn't be buying it. Well around September I believe, I saw this blog where a girl was going a whole month without makeup. I was like hey! I've never kept up with anything for a whole month straight. I thought to myself that this would be a great plan. No makeup would be my skin getting a break and trying hard to get it clear and smooth, and also saving money on makeup. 

Let me be the first to say, that month was a changing point in my life. I went a whole month without makeup. Except like two days because I had wedding and a quinceanera to attend. In that month that I went without makeup, my face felt like it could actually breathe for once. I felt more ~fresh~ , my skin was clearing, and hey!.. extra time to sleep in. Who doesn't love extra sleep. It felt so great that when I DID put on makeup, my face instantly felt heavy unable to breath. Does that make sense? It just didn't seem right. Which was great because I learned to love the natural me. I actually prefered it.  

Fast forward to now. What has changed?

Well I still to this day (since middle of last year), I have spent a grand total of about $50 on makeup. Fifty freaking dollars. Are you kidding me? That's makeup suicide! Not kidding. I mean I know people who spend just that amount on a bottle of foundation. Giorgio Armani anyone? Yeah that bottle is $62 people! Don't get me wrong, I would killlll for a bottle of the Luminous Silk Foundation. Annnnywho, so yeah, $50 and that is on a much of items. (NYX always has BOGO sales at ulta) 

The best part? I am completely, totally, 100% okay with that! 

I do put on makeup now, but I keep it to a minimum most days. Kind of like the "no makeup makeup" look but with a few tweaks. I can still "see" my skin under the foundation and my eyes aren't completely dolled up. I love it, I really do. I feel fresh and pretty haha! 

Without further ado here is what I wearing at the moment!

Chuys Creamy Jalapeno Dip

*Some of these photo's are blurry. The camera was having focusing problems while we were making the dip. Because I wanted to get this post out I was too impatient to try another time* 

Calling all Chuy's lovers!!

If you are like me, and you love Chuy's Creamy Jalapeno dip, Jesse and I have made a dip that tastes nearly the same. It's cheaper, and it makes a lot more than you can buy at the store. Plus you make it whenever you want. Where I live the nearest location is about 45 minutes away so it's nice knowing I can make a pretty decent copy cat of it right at home! 

Sunday Some things #1

So I was inspired by Bree (Website here) by her Friday Favorite's so I decided to do something like it. I'm calling it Sundays Some things. A collection of ~ some things ~ that I found that I either just find awesome and things I am putting on a wish list. Just like Bree, I too need some consistency in my blogging so I hope this will help it. 

Let's get started. 

 This is the first thing on my list of definite wants. Jesse and I are saving up to get a Canon 5D Mark II. They already have the Mark III out but the Mark II is still pretty new and still an amazing camera to have. It take photos and video. Jesse's family uses one just like this for their business and their photo's always turn out impeccable.

Around the House ~ 2/03

So we finally are moved in and just about settled in. Jesse has started school so he is busy doing homework, and I on the other hand, well I haven't started my job yet. I've just been sleeping the day away and been with my lovely Bevo. As you may know money can be tight when you first move into a new place, which is why I haven't used my time wiser. The other fact that it's just too dang cold to do anything adds to that. 

The waiting game..

I said I would put my photos online last Saturday and of course things come up! I got the card reader but then our internet messed up. It finally got fixed on Tuesday, when my fiance started college so he had to take the computer to school.

ASMR

Okay, so I may be the last person on earth to know about this but whatever I'm going to share it anyways. I was on Youtube last night and I came across this and thought it was the most amazing thing. So of course I wanted to share it with y'all!! 

A little bit about me.

So I feel like I should introduce myself first before anything. Mainly for the purpose of people who don't know me. I'm hoping this blog will lead into something bigger one day. So let's get started!

Well I guess I could start with me first. I'm 22, I live in east Texas. A born and raised Texan. And even though I love traveling, I don't think I could call my home anywhere else. At least right now. There is still so much I haven't seen. 

I have my cosmetology license. For almost two years now. Although I am not doing anything with my license right now, my first love will always be hair/makeup/skin. I do love it more for as a leisure. 

I'm still really young and I guess I haven't found the thing I could see myself doing for a really long time. I'm the type of person that I like to do a little bit of everything honestly. Everything fascinates me. But I do have it narrowed down to about three things: Teacher (elementary or high school), surgical technician, or anything to do with math. 

It is very hard deciding which path to go with. The dreadful taking classes and then halfway through (or even worse after I graduated) thinking nevermind I don't really like this. Maybe that's why I am hesitant about making such a life changing decision. But it does help knowing I'm totally not alone in this process. 

But enough about that. Here are some quick facts about me. 

• I am weird. Plain and simple. and I LOVE that about me. 
• I can be an angel one minute and a devil the next. (not proud, total working progress)
• I love meeting new people, new places, and new things. As straight forward as that is. There is nothing I won't turn down that's new to me. 
• I can be pretty OCD, and I have social anxiety at times (alot)
• I'm pretty much horrible at describing myself

So here is my dog. 

I got him in May from a lady who was moving and couldn't keep him. She was a client of mine one day. I felt like the heavens were all aligned properly that day. I have always wanted a Yorkshire Terrier, and with the right price he was miiiine. Ever since then he has been absolutely perfect (despite some bathroom messes). Although he can be a very stubborn dog, he is so sweet and so energetic. OH, and I almost forgot, his name is BEVO! I mean how cool is that!! Named after the Texas Longhorns. The most perfect name for a dog. 

Next is my Partner in crime,  

*From 2012*

Jesse Rocha. He is my better half..sometimes. Sometimes I'm better ahaha. In September was our 3rd year anniversary. Our relationship has been the biggest roller coaster of my entire life, but it's been the most fun. I've learned how to be patient, to be angry for good reasons. I've learned I do have motherly instincts. I've learned to love unconditionally. Most importantly I have learned that there is no such thing as perfection, but love at first site is completely real. 

In just two and a half short months we will be moving to San Marcos, TX. He will be attending Texas State University to get his Bachelor's in Visual Communication (Graphic Design). I couldn't be more proud of him. 

I'm pretty excited that I finally get to place house. To have a place all to ourselves. To run around in our underwear and not worry about anything (totally not kidding). I get to cook and clean and take care of my man. Has a nice ring to it. 

But it's not going to be all fun and games. Neither of us have lived alone before and we have 0% idea of how to do it. It'll be like jumping into a pool without knowing how to swim. Hopefully our instincts will kick in. But none the less, it will be life changing, and I couldn't be more happier. 

Well that's just the top layer about me. There is so much more to learn, but we will save that for another rainy day. Toodle-ooo! 

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