The Highlights #3

Besides both my parents and I being sick, I've had a wonderful week! I spent a lot of time with Dalton as per usual and as I took care of him when he was sick last week, he sort of did this same for me this week. LOL Before we all got sick, I drove around town quite a bit running errands, so I actually put makeup on which is a rarity these days. Something I've realized is, I feel so, so much more confident with makeup on. I'm not trying to hide anything (if you watch my vlogs, you'll know I'm very comfortable makeup free), but having makeup on just gives a boost of self confidence; it adds a bit of a pep in my step.

FYI the septum is fake 😜

One benefit of being sick with my parents is that I spent a lot of time with my mom; we caught up on the current season of Criminal Minds because we were mega behind and still sort of are, but we're getting there. I really do enjoy spending time with my mom; we've both been showing an insane amount of gratitude towards each other this week. She sincerely thanked me many, many times for taking care of the house since she's been a bit out of commission the past several months so to speak. I've been trying to show appreciation in every way possible to all of my loved ones, especially my mom. I mentioned last week that, through my buddhist practice, I want to become a more appreciative, compassionate person and I feel I'm making progress. I've been chanting every day which is a huge step for me. 

As far as my recovery from my eating disorders and trying to get healthy, I'm making small steps. I got a sponsor in my program that I'm part of and she's meant to help me with meal planning and staying abstinent from foods that I binge on and from purging. I have hope that I can do this and become a healthy person. 

It's been a good week, not too eventful, but good and that's all I can ask for. I'm grateful for what and  who I have today in my life and I am determined to further enrich my life. I hope you're all doing well! Ta for now!

The Highlights #1

The Highlights is basically a look back at my week and this is the first of one to come every Sunday evening; I hope you enjoy! First off, I was reunited with an old coworker of mine, Nala (amazing name, I know). She picked me up mid-afternoon and we headed to one of the most beautiful malls in our area where we made the usual stops: Sephora, Nordstrom, Topshop, and even a cheeky look into Saint Laurent. She and I stopped for dinner and not much talking was done as we were so hungry, but afterwards we talked about so many things from boys to tattoos. Absolutely love that girl!

The week days were pretty standard for me, I attended a few support groups, watched Criminal Minds with my mom, and hung out with my dog, Toby. I found it quite hard finding any motivation to do anything this past week; there were a lot of "I don't want to leave my room or even my bed, for that matter," kind of days. I'm not necessarily feeling down or anything, but I think I just know that I have so much to work on with myself, that I get scared into this mode of not doing anything because I'm afraid to make any move one way or another. Does that make any sense? Anyway, here's to a better week next week.  :)

 

Yesterday was a great way to end the week! One of my best friends drove up from San Diego to see off a friend of ours who's going into the Navy Seals and she was able to make some time for little old me first. So sweet! Caitlyn, her boyfriend, and I met up with some of our other best friends and headed to our old stomping ground AKA a town center in the city where we all used to live to get some nom nom. They dined on fish burritos and pizza, but I stuck with my Starbucks Passion Tea. We had a great time catching up and reminiscing and causing a bit of havoc here and there among the somewhat stuck up older folk who looked down their noses at us and then went our separate ways. A good time, I'd say. ;)

At the end of each The Highlights post, I'd like to set some goals for the next week. If you've got any goals for the next week, always feel free to leave them in the comments.

GOALS:

• Eat breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner every day.
• Cut back on smoking cigarettes.
• Ice my ankle EVERY DAY! (Dang thing is still sprained.)
• Attend 4-5 support groups.
• Continue practicing my driving.
• Meditate once a day.

I'm hoping I can look back at this little list every day next week and keep to them. Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I'll speak to you next week!

American Candy

Hello! I haven't posted on here in absolute ages other than a few Polyvore sets here and there! I have no excuses, I just failed to write anything. LOL I've taken a few pictures that I intended to put up but never did, so those will be in this post below. I want to start writing on here again, I just don't know what I'll be writing about yet. Stay tuned. xx

My attempt at a Pixiwoo tutorial LOL

I tried to get my makeup as close to Hannah Snowdon's as possible hahahaha

San Diego

I'm going to do my best to get on here more often because I genuinely do want to start writing again and this seems like a good place to start. If you'd like to find out about what I get up to on a more accurate posting schedule, subscribe to my YouTube channel! LOL Be well, all! xx

Reunited and It Feels So Good

Aloha! (I've been watching too many SprinkleofGlitter videos, can you tell? LOL) A few days ago, I met up with two of my best friends in the entire universe. I absolutely loved getting to hang out and chat, all three of us, as we've not all been in the same place in a very long time. None of us live super close together and as I don't drive, I had to bus/trek it to meet up with them, but I'm glad I did. I think making that extra little bit of effort is always worth it when it comes to friends like these. <3 If you'd like to know more about what I got up to with them, check out my YouTube channel, where I daily vlog. :) I took a few randoms snaps so I thought I'd share! Hope you're all well! xx

Tunnel Vision

Hello, hello! I hope you're all having a wonderful and blessed 2015 so far! Mine's been quiet and full of a lot of rest and reflection and today I finally set foot outside my door! Shock horror! LOL Dalton (my best guy friend, if you don't know :)) called me and we were on the phone for so long, we decided to head outside of our houses for a little stroll and chat. I ventured to trail not far from my house and brought my camera along with me! The sun was already setting so a lot of my photos turned out very "Blair Witch Project", but I think I got some alright shots. Hehe It was lovely chatting to the best and being outside. <3 Talk to you all soon! xx

It's The New Year!

Hello lovelies! As some of you may have noticed, none of the rest of the 2014 Blogger Challenge posts went up. FAIL. I had absolutely planned on uploading the last few topics and also editing and uploading my vlogs on my YouTube channel and it just...didn't happen. Haha! I just dawdled around and then I got sick (I'm still actually sick by the way, bleh) and I just didn't get them up before the new year. Since this is the case, I am going to, painfully, leave the 2014 Blogger Challenge unfinished and continue on with new posts! What kind of posts will those be? I'm not sure yet, honestly. I'm not entirely sure where I want to go with this blog this year, so for the time being I'm going to wing it. I hope you stick with me for another (ideally, more consistent) year! <3

To reign in the new year, I thought I'd just talk about some of my goals, which may or may not have just come to mind yesterday... Anyway! Here they are:

• Spend an hour a day outside
• Read 20 books before the end of the year
• Write, whether journaling, blogging, free-writing, etc, every day
• Attend my therapy and group sessions weekly
• Walk/Yoga 3 times a week
• Start waking up before 10am
• Be more mindful and at peace with myself and the world. 
• <3

I hope everyone had a lovely New Year's Eve! Here are some photos from mine, enjoy! xx

HAHA!

What did you do on New Year's Eve? What are your goals or resolutions and such this year?