story of my life . . . in 250 words more or less
Posted: May 2, 2013 Filed under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Post a day in May, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Am I up for the challenge? Well . . . maybe, but to be honest I am not starting off great. One of the many bloggers I follow, Story of My Life, posted an extreme challenge to blog everyday in May. I haven’t started off great, but I am going to give it a go. The first day, tell the story of your life in 250 words. Here goes nothing . . .
I am the youngest of four girls and a Colorado native. When I say native, it is for sure, grew up in the house that my parents owned for 42 years. My mom was a stay at home mom, so we got the best experience possible with involvement in soccer, cross-country, Girl Scouts, and baking. Summers were spent playing X-men with our neighbors, running through the sprinklers, soccer practices and days at the YMCA.
Yearly, family vacations took place. Sometimes all 6 of us and other times four of us. My favorite vacations – Hawaii for the first time, cruise down the Panama Canal and Disney World (we wore Mickey clothes always and still have a love for Disney).
Middle school was one of those times, like for most people, awkward, coming into your own and finding your place in the world. High school definitely one of my favorite times of my life. I was involved in everything! I look back now and have no idea how I did it all. From school to cross-country practice followed by soccer practice, often back to school for yearbook or Girl Scout meetings and home to do homework. College moved to Nebraska and away from my sister and best friend Molly. However, the best part was my study abroad in Spain with Molly. Six months with your best friend traveling around, not much is better.
Now I am 26 and still figuring life out, but loving the journey most of the time. I am a wedding planner and love my job and am on the way to starting a new adventure in San Francisco (moving next week, yikes!!)
Whew I am out of breath . . . definitely on the more side then the less!
~Jill
carnival. cotton candy. ferris wheel.
Posted: July 17, 2012 Filed under: Fashion, Outfit Posts, Uncategorized Leave a comment »So you know when you the holidays come around, everything everywhere seems to go on sale. Well, it does and its hard not to be a sucker for all the sales. How do you keep yourself away?! I am not sure, but not that I needed a new dress since I own too many to tell all of you. This cute dress I had my eye on went on sale and who can say no to that? The dress with its ice cream truck, carnival like reference, ironically the dress makes me feel like I should be walking around eating delicious cotton candy, throwing pies, riding the ferris wheel, and hitting the hammer as hard as humanly possible to win a prize. Wow, that all sounds an awful lot like the last part of Grease.
I think the rest of the day will be spent running singing “We Go Together.”
Outfit Details: {Dress: Lulu’s (similar); belt: H&M; shoes: Target; purse: Accessorize; headband: Target}
May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor
Posted: March 23, 2012 Filed under: Etsy, Fashion, Outfit Posts, Shoes, Uncategorized 2 Comments »Do you all know what today is?!? Well, yes it is Friday and yes, it is awesome weather in Denver, but that is not what I am talking about. Today is The Hunger Games Day!! The movie is out today. I have been rereading the books these last two weeks, making sure that I am really team Peeta. After reading them again, I am still Team Peeta all the way!!! I know there are lots of you Gale fans out there too and I don’t have anything against Gale and you are on Mak and Jessica’s side, if you are a Gale fan. That is fine, but I will forever love Peeta.
So tonight, we are off to see the movie and I can’t wait! Every time I see the preview, I get a little shiver up my spine and my stomach starts to hurt because I am that excited. Tickets bought and awesome shirts and pins to wear tonight!
For those of you reading this and wondering what the heck I am talking about, go to the bookstore and buy the books and start reading them and then I will talk to you in three days when you have finished all of them! Yay for The Hunger Games!!
{Hunger Games T: Paramount Pacific Etsy; Skirt: Tulle; Shoes: Steve Madden; Heart barrett: Bando; Pin: Amazon}
