Time for a Change and #25

I thought it was time to clean up my blog. I had different types of fonts going on and it was too dark for me. I wanted a change. I figured things have changed in my life, but in a good way. I'm lucky to have a job, even though I hate it at times. I have a wonderful boyfriend who I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. My family isn't whole, but I think for whatever reason, my parents had to separate to find their own happiness. I'm moving on to bigger and better things and I want my blog to follow suit. My only problem is that I am trying to figure out how to make my background white or lighter instead of grey. If someone can help me out with that, that would be great. I've been doing all sorts of things but can't seem to figure it out. I'm clearly not blog savvy. I would also like to be able to put a few pictures at the top of my blog. How do I go about doing that?? I'm sure this is all relatively easy, but as stated a few sentences ago I'm not blog savvy.

#25- Dinner with anyone in history and what would you eat.

Ok the eating part is easy the person isn't so much. There's a lot of people I would love to have dinner with. Let me start with the food. We would have steak and potatoes and lobster. (surf'n'turf) Of course we would have a good wine to compliment both. The person I would like to have dinner with would be Jackie Kennedy. She exemplifies style and beauty. I think she was a strong women in a time of great sadness.

Peace&Love
~L

The 4th and #24

Guys we are almost there! I'm going to start off with #24 which asks about my family dynamic as a child vs my family dynamic now. Well let me tell you lots have changed since my childhood. I remember my family being a family. We did lots of things together. We played games, watched movies, went out to different festivals and fairs, and went on vacations together. As I got older, along with my siblings, we each became ourselves and figured out what we liked and didn't like. That in and of itself changed our dynamic. Today, our dynamic is very different. None of us live close to each other so it's rare to see one another, even the holidays are hard to manage. Now that my parents are divorced I can't say we are a whole family. I still believe I have a family with my dad and my siblings and then my mom and my siblings. The holidays will be much different than they ever have been. It is also hard because my sister is married and has to share time with her husband's family as well. Let me tell you, it doesn't get easier when you get older.


My 4th went a little something like this:

Alex and I went downtown for the fireworks on the 3rd. However, given the crazy heat we didn't stay for the entire show. We stayed for about 20 minutes and decided to call it a night. On the 4th we went to his mom's place so he could clean and wax and whatever else you can do to a car. He did that with his mom's boyfriend, while I stayed inside with his mom and the doggie. We eventually left and had breakfast at George Webb's. We went home watched some television. I passed out somewhere in that time frame and woke up to go to Alex's uncle's house for a cookout. Now there were many of Alex's other family in from Nicaruaga that he barely knew. He didn't seem to have a very good time with the heat and no one he knew was there. I tried to make the most of it and have to say had a pretty good time with about 60 Latinos. We left around 7 and came home and watched a little more tv before I headed off to my place. It wasn't a half bad 4th of July.

Peace&Love
~L

That Feel Good Feeling and #23

You know that feeling you get when you haven't been keeping up very well on your workout sessions over the past 2-3 weeks or so and know for a fact you have gained some weight, and yet when you go to a store to find some new shorts for work and think you are a certain size only to find out that you are in fact not that size but a whole size smaller...yeah that's the feel good feeling of my day.

On to #23, trust me, we will finish this eventually. List 5 hobbies and why you love them.

Let me preface this by saying this wasn't a hard list to compile but they all do the same thing for me, make me happy and relieve stress.

1. Playing piano- I have been playing since I was about 6. I took lessons until I got to highschool and then from there I self taught. Recently I haven't tickled the keys, but then again I don't have a decent piano to play on. I love being able to put my own emotions in to a song and make it my own. I have never created my own song, but that is on my bucket list. I know enough of music that I could probably do it.

2. Scrapbooking- this hobby I picked up during my late grade school years, but didn't really get into it until college. All of my scrapbooking stuff is far away in another state, therefore my scrapbooking time is on hiatus. Most people don't understand the point of putting pictures on a piece of paper with some fun details around it. For me, it goes beyond that, I like looking at the memories and having the story to go along with it. I do love having the details that help tell the story.

3. Hiking- I enjoy getting away from it all. Hiking has been more of a recent endeavor, but it never gets old. There are thousands of trails all over the world waiting to be walked on by me, I just have to get there. Heck, there are plenty of trails around here that I can go hike on. Hiking is an escape to enjoy nature, get exercise and to think.

4. Shopping- come on, you knew this was coming. I LOVED shopping when I was in highschool and spent money like nobody's business. As a college graduate with bills, I realize I'm more of a frugal shopper. I still love shopping, but now it's the good deals that get me excited.

5. Exercising- I've always been a competitive kid and loved playing sports in grade school. I never played sports in highschool and sort of lost interest in working out. When I got into college and had to take physical education courses I remembered how much I loved working out and started up again. There were definately times I stopped for long months but now it's more of a habit. There is no better high than the feeling you get from being done with a nice long workout.


Peace&Love
~L

The Latest

I feel that I have mainly been focusing on my 30 questions to answer and have not been sharing much of what I've been doing with my life over the past month or so. I think the main reason for this is that I've been busy and don't feel like exploding my life all over the internet. The other part is the fact that I really have a useless camera and haven't been documenting any of my adventures. I feel that a main part of blogging is not only to share words but pictures. Posts just aren't the same without seeing something. Anyways I will do my best to give a recap.

In my last update with my life post I told you I had plans for the boys and my 3 months anniversary, lets say the plans were sort of non existent, the day went more like fly by the seat of your pants. Which wound up being way better this way. We started the day out at Doctor's Park which was so gorgeous, but we didn't plan well and didn't bring a blanket to lay down on or bring a frisbee or anything. After the beach we went to the Witches House which was creepy. You may ask why we did such a thing we Alex and I are completing the Milwaukee Challenge and that happened to be on the list. Crossed off! We then went downtown and ended up in the Third Ward which is where we always end up. We went to Rock Bottom Brewery and enjoyed some really delicious salads. Then on a whim we decided to go to the Brewer's Game. We bought scalper tickets and had some pretty decent seats. Alex got into a little scrum with an older gentleman who told me I was sitting in his seat and wound up not sitting in that seat. Which was irritating to me. So Alex basically said I should not be treated like that and he had something to say about it. The next day Alex went out and enjoyed some early paddleboating and tandem bike riding at the park near his house. It was so hot that day. We then walked around downtown Waukesha. Another accomplished weekend with the boy.

I'm on a volleyball team w/coworkers and we have yet to win a game in our summer league. Clearly we are in the wrong sport.

On May 27, Alex and I and another couple drove to Burlington for the Chocolate Fest which was a huge waste of time and money. The best event of the festival was watching the "magic show" if you can even call it that. Alex volunteered to help Circus Boy out. It was taped but I doubt if it is saved anywhere. The next day was Memorial Day. Alex and I crossed another item off our challenge list. We spent a day at Warnimont Park. Again we failed to plan accordingly. We brought no blanket or towels to sit on the beach with. We talked for a long while about everything.

On June 1 my dad came into town and would start the weekend now known as the weekend from hell and back. I enjoyed having my brother and dad in town for the weekend, but there was way too much time spent with other family members. On Friday night we had a fish fry that Alex came to and I'm pretty sure he had all he could handle. All day Saturday my brother and I spent at my grandparents place putting together puzzles and having my grandma yell in my ear about how stupid I am. I'm pretty sure she called me stupid about 20 times through the course of the weekend. On Sunday Alex and I went to the West Allis a la carte. We thought it would be a joke, but turned out to be pretty awesome. We played bingo and Alex won a Pick'n'Save gift card. We also got a free massage and other $5 gift cards. After that we went to spend more time with my family because you know I just couldn't get enough of them from the day before. On Monday we went out for pizza with my dad, brother and grandparents and uncle. This was the last day I got to spend with my dad before he went back to Florida. Who knows when I will see him again. My brother was around for a few more days occupying more of my room then I had bargained for.

Once the family had cleared out it was another work week and another busy weekend for me. Last Friday was a good friend of mine Elyse's wedding. She got married in Madison so Alex and I had a little drive. We decided to make a trip out of the weekend so we went to Noah's Ark Waterpark on Saturday. It's probably been about 10 years since I went last. It was fun but I think Alex and I got sick of each other by the end of the day. We placed bets on whether or not I would pass out in the car on the way home and he won of course. We still weren't finished with our day. We went to his cousin's birthday party and were swarmed by his family. We stayed for a couple of hours before both of us decided it was time to get a move on and go to sleep. Alex had to work Sunday at PrideFest and left me alone again!

This past week seemed to take forever. I switched shifts at work to 730-430, which has been a pain in my arse. The morning traffic isn't bad, its the afternoon traffic that makes me want to freak out. I haven't seen Alex much this week which makes me really sad. He's been working like crazy and he works all weekend, so I won't be able to spend much time with him, if at all. We just keep texting and calling each other, but its not the same.

Well folks, that has been a brief recap of my past month and I'm sure the next month will fly by just as fast!

Peace&Love
~L

#22- Where I see myself

Where do I see myself in 5, 10, 15 years?

Let's see in 5 years I will be 29 years old. I hope by this time I'm at least married or at least in a long term relationship. I hope I have a different job and have had the opportunity to do some traveling.

In 10 years I will be 34. I may or may not hope to have a child. As of recently, I've decided I don't think I want children, mainly for the money issue. I have enough bills to pay for myself that I can't imagine struggling and bringing up a child. I would definately hope to be married and enjoying life with my spouse. I think work is still a top priority and hopefully my spouse and I are able to travel a lot together.

In 15 years I will be almost 40. I hope at this point I have payed off my student loan debt to society. I also want to still be happily married to the guy I was with 10 years prior. I may or may not have a kid. Sometimes we say we don't want something and it turns out to be the best thing. I hope that I have at least touched a lot of lives at this point. I hope that I will have learned more about other cultures through travel. I hope that my relationship with God remains strong. I hope that I could look back on my life at the age of 40 and say, "Damn, I lived a pretty good life and it's only just beginning."


Peace&Love
~L

#21 Superpower

If I could have any superpower I would want to be invulnerable. I would be fully immune to anything physical, mental, emotional, etc damage. I don't like the feeling of being vulnerable especially emotionally. If I never had to worry about being vulnerable I think I'd live my life without a care of what people think of me. What would I do first with my superpower, probably keep on doing what I am doing. Living the life I have been.

#20 Memories

I can't believe it's June already!!! Time keeps flying by, but I'm enjoying the days. I couldn't be happier with the man in my life. Who I grow to appreciate and like more and more as each day passes. The only thing that isn't making me happy is work, but what else is new.

I am almost there finally to #30. The question of the day is recalling 3 significant memories from my childhood.

1. Putting glue in a kids hair in kindergarden. You may wonder how this is significant? It isn't really, but I just remember how much that boy cried and how I had to stay in for recess. I remember not really caring about what I had just done. I think this started a lifelong passion for rebellion and breaking rules.

2. Trip to Washington D.C. I was fresh out of 8th grade and looking forward to starting my highschool career. My family and I usually took a trip some where every year and this year we were head to D.C. What I remember is learning about our country and learning about history. I have since grown to love history and would love to keep taking classes or reading more about everything historical, especially related to our country. I believe this trip cemented a lifelong love of history and respect for America.

3. Grandparents 50th. There is nothing more I love than spending time with family, especially ones I dont get to see that often. I'm not sure how old I was then, sometime in grade school I believe. I just remember how excited I was to prepare this event for my grandparents. I remember looking through OLD pictures and wondering who everyone was and what life was like back then. I grew to appreciate my grandparents more and have a better understanding of where they came from and where I came from.

Peace&Love
~L