Can I Get a "TGIF"?!

Holy hell am I stoked that it's Friday!  This whole week has been a shit ton of tedious tasks - mostly printing tens of thousands of documents for work.  I've been printing hard copies of documents from a disc for the past two days and I'm not even halfway through it.  And here's the kicker - there's three more discs for the same file that need to be printed out.  Fuck.

I haven't worked out at ALL for the past few days and even skipped out on my morning yoga routine a few times.  The kids have gotten sick, had school projects due, and we've all just been struggling to make it through the week.  Tomorrow is a full cleaning day for us - the whole house needs an overhaul.  Hopefully it'll help us to refresh for next week.

In case you're not following me on Instagram (why aren't you??), here's the outfits of the week:

Okay, so I didn't manage to get a full photo of Wednesday but it was basically a rust orange blouse with black pants and boots.  The same black pants I'm wearing today.  No, I didn't wash them before using them again today.  So what.

And because I'm so drained and this post has been pretty mediocre so far, here's a few links of AWESOME blogs and posts that you should check out instead:

This girl is pretty much amazing.  I swoon over her style and her artwork...>>

Because I'm a kimono hoarder and aspiring designer...>>

Helene always knows how to make me think about how much my life was affected by others...>>

The fact that her gorgeous face is on this post is enough to make me love it...>>

A Little Love + #iknowican

Happy Valentine's day biatches!  Thanks for all your supportive comments on my Debbie-Downer post yesterday.  I love you all, but it's nice to know that you're all feeling as shitty as I am right now!

Anyway, after listing all the things that I couldn't bring myself to do, I decided to try and turn things around with some link love and a list of shit that #iknowican do this weekend.  Hopefully these positive vibes can carry on into next week as well...

This post about perception vs. reality really made my day.  >>

Amazing Hawai'i inspired wrapping paper designed by an awesome local Hawaiian artist.  >>

I dumped my stuff on another blog the other day.  >>

I'm whoring it up on every frikken post on this blog during February.  >>

My BBFF's birthday is coming up and she's caught the Debbie-Downer bug too.  Help me cheer her up!  >>

Tomorrow ends my whore parade on Kat's blog - if you don't already follow her, the fuck are you waiting for?!  >>

And now on to the #iknowican list for this weekend:

#iknowican get back on track with my fitness and running programs.

#iknowican organize the girls room and make it more functional for them.

#iknowican repaint the living room and make it more cheery.

#iknowican clean out my closet and list more things to sell on Poshmark.

#iknowican get some draft posts together in case I have another #icant moment.

#iknowican get my packages together to send out to some wonderful people.

#iknowican make the most out of my weekend by enjoying it with the people I love the most.

And speaking of people I love the most, this just came in for me:

I wasn't lying when I said we weren't "valentine's day" kinda people.  This is literally the FIRST time I've ever gotten flowers from Joey since our first v-day as a couple.  I'm not even gonna lie - our first valentine's day was the ONLY time Joey's ever given me flowers.  Like EVER.

I literally called the receptionist a liar when she told me there were flowers at the front for me.  That's how much I was NOT expecting anything - let alone a gigantic sculpture of flowers - on valentine's day.  I'm definitely not complaining though.

I hope you all have a wonderful valentine's day and an even better weekend - hopefully filled with lots of sex!  Annndddd...before I go, I've got ONE more card to share with you.  Just for shits and giggles.

CLICK HERE TO PRINT

Click, print, and share.  Have a great weekend biatches!

A little love on humpday...

Is it just me, or does today just seem like a bad day?  I don't know why but I've been feeling anxious and uneasy all day today.  You ever have those days where it feels like everything is going wrong (though usually that's not the case) and you just want to cry?  Well that's me today.  So instead of giving in to the negative, I thought I'd fight off my anxiety by throwing out some positive vibes and share a little link love...

I don't really follow football, but I think it'd be fun to watch your home team in the playoffs like this >>

One of my favorite bloggers is giving away a free copy of her e-book How to Double Your Blog Traffic In 90 Days (Or Less!) before it launches on January 21st >>

Bloggers, beware!  Some sponsors are not all they're cracked up to be >>

Probably one of the best Hawaii fashion bloggers.  Like, ever.  >>

The latest post in my BBFF's series on being adopted is as real as it gets >>

P.S. Yesterday was such a crappy day for me that this post didn't even go up as scheduled.  I don't know why I continue to use the post scheduler when it always screws it up...

Things I've Realized + Link Love

- Proof that readers love honest bloggers who don't bullshit about their fake perfect lives.  >>

 

- I love retail but I'm quitting my job.  Cleaning up a battlefield until 3:30a.m. is so not the biz.  #icant

- Lately I've been dictating my posts to myself as I type them.  Is it just me or is that a normal "blogger" thing?  Because I never used to do that before and it's kinda freaking me out.

 

- This woman makes me so jealous of her awesome makeup/beauty looks and makes me hate Sephora for not shipping to Guam.  >>

- Fitness has not been one of my priorities these past few weeks.  I think work + stress = no motivation for me.  And it's starting to show.  Thankfully this biatch is motivating me with her hilarious post!  >>

- When I'm stopped up, the only thing that makes me go is coffee.  If you didn't know, I'm talking bowel movements.  Yup, I went there.

- This post made me realize how much I take being "in a relationship" during the holidays for granted.  >> (Complete with Ryan Gosling pictures!)

- One of my favorite bloggers (and this month's sponsor) has hit 100 followers on Bloglovin'!!  Let's help her get another 100!  >>

- I know I've said I'm going to redesign this blog but frankly, I don't know where to start.  This is going to take a while...

Oh, and don't forget to enter this AMAZING giveaway from ILWF!!  It's pretty frikken epic!

It May Feel Like Christmas In Blog World...

But not in my real life.

We're a week into December and though I've been posting gift guides and talking about Christmas and holidays here on the blog, my real life is a little less "Merry".  We have yet to get a tree and I haven't even gotten my whole Christmas shopping list together.  I ordered a few items, but still have a lonnnnnggggg way to go.

All the other houses on our street are decorated with lights, inflatables, and all the other kinds of Christmas decor.  And our house has...not a damn thing.  No wreath, no lights, nada.

Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas.  Our whole family does.  But this year, we're all just a little sluggish.  Even the kids aren't as overly excited as they should be.  I don't know why that is, but this weekend I'm gonna try to pull the Christmas spirit out of the blog world and into my real world.

Here's a little Christmas link love to set the mood:

10 DIY Christmas Ornaments to try... >>

Bacon Beer Cheese Soup with Chicken... >>

A Giveaway Every Day for 12 Days... >>

Recipe for Hot Chocolate Chai...  >>

3D Paper Snowflakes... >>

Oh, and I'm trying this DIY Body Wrap thing right now (as in, I'm wearing it as I type), so if it goes well, maybe I'll do a post on it?  Yay or nay?