Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Hello my lovelies!  Hope you all had a great Easter weekend!  Mine was very relaxing and not as chaotic as it should have been (since I pretty much flaked on most of my plans) but my body just needed a break from chaos for one weekend.

 We took the kids to a couple egg-hunts, we watched a movie (Rio 2), and we spent time together as a family.  No cleaning, no cooking, no fuss - I didn't even put on any makeup this weekend.  My "chill" mode continued on into Monday because I just could not bring myself to write a post.  I just couldn't do it.  Instead I spent the day on Pinterest - you know, besides working.

Last night, thanks to the Ralphy's Smokey's baseball team fundraiser, I got to spend a little time with friends.  More importantly, I was reunited with my foreign friends from Japan and Germany named Tokyo Tea and Jagermeister.

And since good friends never let you down, I woke up feeling AWESOME!  Nope, no hangovers here - I was even up wayyyyy earlier than usual and had a pretty fantastic time getting ready thanks to my new favorite Pandora station:  Bachelorette Party.

 Blouse & Neon Bracelets: H&M  //  Pants: SammyDress (sold out)  //  Shoes:  JustFab "Paean"  //  Necklace & Gold Bangle c/o Keena  //  Watch:  Michael Kors

Comfy, casual, and classic.  With a little bit of sparkle, of course.

Alright, I think I've overloaded your screens with enough gifs and photos for one post.  Time to announce the winners!

Kasey from Kasey at the Bat

Vera from Growing Up Mena

 Amanda from Voyage of the MeeMee

Kai from Hey Kai

Thank you for everyone who entered, you are all so very very very awesome!  And if you didn't win this time around, be sure to stick around for next month's giveaway!

And don't forget to come back tomorrow for my weekly confessions!  Those are always good...

P.S.  If you're a Will & Grace fan, I love you.

I'm Alive + DIY Earring Holder

Sorry for the lack of posts and general blog participation lately.

The weather has been horrible lately and now every single one of us in the house is sick to a certain degree.

Anyway, so this post was going to be my little recap of the weekend and my rant about how I lost the memory card for my camera but as I was writing about it, I got the urge to try and look for it one last time and - yep, you guessed it - I found it!

So now, instead of a recap and rant, you get a little DIY tutorial.

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- Picture frame

- Scissors

- Hot glue

- Plastic grid sheet

Remove glass, backing, and generic picture from frame.

Measure and cut your plastic grid sheet to fit your frame.

Glue the edges of the plastic grid sheet and secure to frame.

Turn it around and pop some earrings in there!

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Alright, so I know this has been done a bajillion times but just be happy that my lazy butt actually did something productive, okay?  Sheesh.

Oh, and before I go, congrats to Robin for winning the Coastal Scents giveaway!

Thank you to everyone who entered!  You can go check out another giveaway I'm having on the Frugal Foodie Mama's blog!!!

♥ Duckie.

Fitness Friday: Sometimes I Run

Hooray for another fitness Friday!  And if you're not into the fitness thing, then hooray because its just Friday (which is "hooray" worthy in itself)!

So as you may or may not know, I hate running.  I suck at it.

But...Sometimes I run.  Sometimes I hide, sometimes I'm scared of you.  But all I really want is to hold you tight...  Okay, you had to know that was coming.  And btw I was listening to 90's songs all last night so I've got Britney Spears songs going through my brain right now.

The only time I can run is when I'm in the mood and have my earphones in and playlist on.  What?  You want to talk to me while we're running?  Fuhgeddaboudit!  I don't need conversation, I need motivation!

That being said, I thought I'd share just a few of the songs that are on my workout playlist.  And it is no surprise my playlist title is "Werrrrrk".  So here they are, in no particular order because I like to shuffle, ball, change it up.  Yeah, sorry for the geeky dance reference.


Song + Artist

Rompe - Daddy Yankee
Shake - Pitbull & Ying Yang Twins
Upgrade You - Beyonce ft. Jay Z
Gasolina - Daddy Yankee
Birthday Cake (remix) - Rihanna ft. Chris Brown
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Salt Shaker - Ying Yang Twins
Work It - Missy Elliot
Move Your Body - Beyonce
Get Up - Ciara
Shots - LMFAO ft. Lil Jon
Toma - Pitbull
Church - T-Pain
Beez in the Trap - Nicki Minaj
Run It - Chris Brown
Drop it Low - Ester Dean
The Motto - Drake
Stupid Hoe - Nicki Minaj
Whip My Hair - Willow Smith
Dance (Ass) Remix - Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj
My Chick Bad - Ludacris
Who's that Chick - Rihanna
Run the World - Beyonce
Gimme Dat - Ciara
Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child
My Humps - Black Eyed Peas
OMG - Usher
Work - Missy Elliot
1,2 Step - Ciara
Buttons - Pussycat Dolls
Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Blow - Ke$ha
S&M - Rihanna
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Lose Control - Missy Elliot
Bottle Pop - Pussycat Dolls
Freak-a-Leek - Petey Pablo
Hey Ya! - Outkast
There it Go - Juelz Santana
Ms. New Booty - Bubba Sparx

Okay, so I showed you mine, now you show me yours!  What are some tracks on your workout playlist?  Link up and let's swap!




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P.S.  Congratulations to HEATHER for winning my 100 Followers Giveaway!  All those tweets she posted really paid off!  Lol.