My First Blog Award!

I was tagged by Ayden at Little Blog of Horrors for this award - Thank you!! (love her blog). 

For this award I have to write 7 facts about myself and tag 7 other bloggers.

1. I actually hate talking about myself
2. I'm 28 years old and terrified of turning 30.
3. When I was younger I would have a nervous breakdown about twice a year. My last one was when I turned 25, because I was turning 25.
4. I'm a CALI girl and always will be - 11 years in San Luis Obispo, 7 years in Galt, 1 year in Malibu, 8 years in San Diego.
5. I'm madly in love. He's my best friend and my favorite thing is time spent just the two of us. Our biggest problem is that I'm an OCD neat freak and he's super messy.
6. I really want to be a mom, a good one, but sometimes feel that if I say how badly I want babies I'll jinx things (even though I'm not superstitious at all).
7. I have an unused passport but that's going to change this year!

Now I tag YOU! And these lovely blogerettes:

Femme Flaca

Red Miss Mitchell

JennyMay - The Swede Records

Elle - Elle Squared

Kerry - Kerry; My Lifes My Loves

Ondine - This is Ondine

Eve - Absolutely Ladylike

Look forward to reading your answers. xoxo

Ketchup

This week I'm going to:

• catch up on all my blog reading (I really miss those girls)
• catch up on my list of things to post
• catch up on some rest and time with boyfriend

All in preparation for my new 2010 goal, thanks to my friend ALu - to make a blog post EVERY single day starting January 1st! We're going to do it together and it'll probably end up in a challenge because one of us is bound to skip here and there. And by 'one of us' I mean that it'll most likely be me.

Miss you blogerettes.

You have green grass

You know that saying 'the grass is always greener on the other side'? Well it bothers me. And I think mostly because its true. We're always striving for something better, which sometimes I think can be good, but some days I just want to appreciate what I have.

I've had a terrible morning - drama with work, broken things at home, one frustration after another - and the whole time I kept thinking "I just want to be happy today, please Kim make yourself happy". But amidst all the drama I hadn't quite made a game plan on how to do that. 

So as I'm catching up on my blog reading (I was 2 weeks behind, happily caught up now) I read one of Kandee's posts about this adorable wife/mother/amazing woman named Stephanie. So naturally I go to Stephanie's blog (http://nieniedialogues.com/) and start reading from the beginning post. She's been blogging for several years, so I skipped up to 2009 and started reading about her near fatal accident and the things she has suffered and the people that have taken care of her and her husband and children.

Her story touched my heart and I am just so proud of her for staying positive during everything she's gone through and is still going through. And in a little miracle, my heart was lifted and I realized something. Grass might be greener on another side, but my grass is still green. Sometimes you need the help of others to see the beauty and joy in your own life. Today Kandee and Stephanie helped me do that and I thank them immensely.

Where have I been?!

It's been about a month since I've been on good ole blogger and boy do I miss it. I'm soooo behind on reading all my fav blogs and updating my own. Why, you ask? Well, as if life weren't stressful enough, I've had some pretty major things happen in the last month. In one month! Here's what I've been up to:

• Closed on our first home
• Moved out of old apt and into new condo
• Boyfriend and brother get flu at same time for about a week and a half
  
• Work in Oakland for 2 days
• My 28th Birthday - work in Oakland again all day
  
• Boyfriend gets promotion and moves buildings
• Halloween, 2 buddies in town, super fun
• Wedding in TN for 6 days
• Buy the wrong sized W/D and have to return it to Home Depot in my SUV
• Wedding in VA for 8 days
• Grandfather passes away in GA
• Dont catch my connecting flight home from VA to ATL to SD & instead rent a car in ATL to drive to Augusta to be with family for 4 days
  
• Grandfather's full military funeral and burial service
• Drive back to ATL, fly from ATL to SD on Saturday
  
• Buy & install new garbage disposal so that I can use kitchen sink on Sunday
  
• I get a new office closer to home & move myself in 1 day (Monday)

Umm yeah, I think that's about it...and this was literally in 30 days time. I'm amazed that I haven't pulled my hair out or gotten sick...yet :^) Looking forward to things calming back down and getting back to my blog, facebook, and twitter.

My newest addiction

I've recently discovered the online beauty world through blogs and YouTube videos. This is also a guilt-free indulgence because in this time of being on a budget in order to buy a home, I am still able to satisfy my MAC cravings by watching/hearing other girls spend, spend, spend. It's fabulous! They do these posts called 'hauls' where they write/show everything they just purchased in their last shopping trip. Ahh, to be able to live vicariously through perfect strangers. I heart the internet.

My favorite so far is lollipop26 because she is freikin adorable and has the best accent. She has so much MAC, Nars, Dior, etc that she sells her extras online, which I think is a great idea. And it makes me chuckle everytime. Other bloggers I follow right now are AllThatGlitters21 and TheYummyMummy.

Someday I'll be able to get myself back into the stores and physically shop. Right now, these girls are my support.