2 Months to Christmas

This morning I woke up and realized that it's only 2 months until Christmas! Can you believe how fast this year has gone by. Now I love Christmas time. It's my favorite time of the year. The lights, the decorations, the warmth and happiness. I just love all of it. Today I was listening to clips from Michael Buble's new CD...

On first listen, it sounds like its a great CD. So as I was thinking about Christmas today I started to think about gifts. Now really the only people I have to buy gifts for currently are my parents. They already have everything. So I have no idea what to get for them this year. What kinds of things are on your lists to buy your parents? Maybe I can find some ideas. Well off to dinner. Have a good evening everyone! 

Sports! Sports! Sports!

Sports! Sports! Sports!
So this topic has a little bit of irony to it. I'm from Oregon, we don't have major league sports (well except now we have the Timbers for soccer). I played softball when I was younger for 9 years, starting in t-ball and working my way up. Although once I hit high school I switched to dance team. There is where I lost my interest in sports for the most part. I didn't have a team that I routed for or anything. While in college, my boyfriend then was the student athletic trainer. He always asked me to come to his games he was working and I never really had interest in going. I went to a few, being a good girlfriend, but defanitely should've gone to more to be an even better girlfriend. Well the irony in the story is that now that we are no longer together (haven't been for 4 years) I am absolutely in love with Sports. Love me some football and baseball. I can't get enough and want to watch it all the time when it's on tv. I just find it hysterical. Now because we don't have sports teams, I get the leisure of picking the teams that I route for. My teams are Alabama (RollTide) and I love the Texas Rangers. So excited they are in the World Series and hoping that they win. It's on my tv everynight :) What got all y'all excited about sports? And what are your teams? How do you celebrate your teams? I would love to go to a game someday. Defanitely on my bucket list.
That's all for tonight! LET's GO RANGERS!!!!

ABC's of me.

Saw this fun little thing over on Michelle's blog Southern Ambition. Thought I'd follow her lead tell you my ABC's. If you want to, leave a comment with a link to your blog and your ABC's for a little fun. :)

A. AREA CODE: 503

B. BED SIZE: twin (I have always had a twin and am definitely needing a bigger bed, just won’t fit in my room. Once I move out though, big bed is on order)
C. CHORE YOU HATE: dishes. Absolutely hate them.
D. DOG'S NAME: Don’t have a dog
E. ESSENTIAL "START THE DAY!" ITEM: My Diet Coke. Can’t live without it currently
F. FAVORITE COLOR: pink and tiffany blue
G. GOLD OR SILVER: White Gold and Platinum J but silver will work
H. HEIGHT: 5'5
I: INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY: nothing now but used to play the flute
J. JOB: currently working at the zoo in food services (looking for job in career field but economy sucks)
K. KIDS: none until I find mr right and we are married
L. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: living at home with the parental currently. Helps save on rent money.
M. MOM'S NAME: Dawn
N. NICKNAME: “Heath” is what most my family calls me.  
O. OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAY: Never had one.
P. PET PEEVE: Rude for no reason people
Q. QUOTE FROM A MOVIE: “Take me to bed or lose me forever” –Top Gun. My favorite movie of all time. Not my favorite quote but I totally am going to say this to my man someday lol
R. RIGHTY OR LEFTY?: Righty
S. SIBLINGS: Just me. No siblings but tons of cousins on both sides
T. TIME YOU WAKE UP: depends on what time I’m working and whether I am going to the gym before or after work.
U. UNDERWEAR: What about them? Pretty ones…
V. VEGGIE YOU DISLIKE: I’m not a huge fan of brussel sprouts
W. WAYS/REASONS YOU ARE LATE: I hate being late. I’m always 15 minutes early. The only time I’ve been late was due to car troubles.
X. XRAYS YOU'VE HAD: I’ve had my left foot x-rayed in Florida when my foot was ran over with an electrical wheel chair at Epcot. Broke all the bones on the top of my foot. Hobbled along on crutches the rest of the trip.
Y. YUMMY FOOD YOU MAKE: I love baking. Most of the things I bake come out the best versus my cooking
Z. ZOO ANIMALS YOU LIKE: Love them all. I want to work with animals for my career (or kids, still trying to figure that one out).

Have a goodnight!

I'm back

Long time no blog...I know. I kinda fell off the bandwagon for a while. Life has been pretty crazy with work and events. And then just my pure laziness. Ha. I've become completely addicted to Pinterest as well which has kept me more involved there versus blogging. But I'm making an effort to be back to it.

I've been struggling lately with motivation. I'm currently quite lost with myself. I've been out of college for over 2 years now and only worked a job for 6 months that I actually truely loved. I'm currently working at our local zoo but not in the department I would like and I'm tired of driving there (at least 40 minutes a day if not more to get there). I need something new but I don't know what I would like to do. There are so many jobs that fellow bloggers do out there that I think would be so fun but I have no idea how I would get started in them. I love travelling so I think it would be awesome to be in the travel industry. I love children so it would be great to work with children. I love animals, I love fashion, I love people. I just have no idea what I want to do with my life as far as a career goes.

I always thought that I would be a dolphin trainer growing up. However as I got older and wiser I learned this really wasn't going to be feasible for me and I've been quite lost ever since. I'm almost 27 and I still have no idea what to do with my life. For all you bloggies out there, how have you decided what career path to choose? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I've also decided that I am utterly and completely in love with the south and wish I grew up there. The standards and morals of the south are just so great I wish I would've had the pleasure of having that instilled in me as I grew up. I may not have been born there but I'm hoping to move there someday in the future and raise my children (someday) there.

Well I've decided that it's time to start living life a little more as well. I've seen several blogs with lists of things they would like to do in life. I love me some lists. Ha. I will be 27 in February but I decided that was only a few short months to finish a list so I've developed a 28 before 28 list. Hopefully I can complete these things before more 28th birthday. I may end up even adding more since I love lists so much. Here's the list...

1. Find a job that makes me happy
2. Move out of my parents house
3. Get a new car
4. Get rid of unworn/unwanted clothes, shoes, accessories, and stuff
5. Buy tall boots that actually fit my calves (i danced so I have large calve muscles)
6. Train for a 5K
7. Run a 5K race...a Disney one would be fun :)
8. Lose the dreadful Muffin top
9. Go on some dates
10. Give up Diet Coke
11. Have a girls getaway weekend
12. Do 28 DIY crafts from Pinterest 
13. Floss every day for at least a month (i'm really bad about flossing)
14. Do 15 situps every night for at least a month
15. Read the bible and do a study
16. Send "Just Because" cards to 5 friends
17. Become more southernly (that's a whole other list)
18. Dress more grown up/ladylike/professional/attractive
19. Put more time into makeup and Hair/myself
20. Become a wine drinker
21. Go wine tasting
22. Understand football
23. Ride a horse
24. Go back to the south: visit or move
25. Own more jewelry and wear it
26. Organize my life better
27. Enjoy where I live by exploring it
28. Read 10 books

Well there you go. I will do monthly check-ups to update y'all (picked that up when i lived in Georgia) on the status of my list. Here's my welcome back to blogging. Hopefully I can stay up with it and give this thing a pretty makeover :).

That's all for now Lovelies,
Heather