A Little Background, Of Course! Many of you have noticed that I have spent quite a bit of time at the pool here at the apartments this summer, I loved going up there in the evenings about 830 because it was kind of dead and I didn't have to worry about getting splashed and all of that kind of thing. You also be aware that I have been participating in the carowinds caro blogger program (and I am hoping that I get asked back next go around!) What is one of my biggest pet peeve that the both of these two places has in common? A Place to put your stuff!!!  I mean sure here at the apartment place I could just roll up there with only my keys or whatever but I generally like to tote a little more than that like my ipod and what not...and sometimes when I go there are other folks there and you don't really want them messing about your stuff! Sometimes I am toting not only my keys and ipod but my kindle and of course I am using headphones and sometimes my phone ..and well you get the … [Read more...]

It isn't a big secret that I am always doing SOMETHING to my hair. I am kind of cursed with troll hair ... really thick and curly troll hair. I always have said that and then when I got my belly button ring I started adding "and I have the jewel in my belly button too" :) Also my mom is a hairstylist by trade, and that woman was always constantly doing something to my hair growing up! Oh and just throwing it out there it wasn't always pretty -and there are pictures ,and NO YOU CAN'T SEE THEM lol. Although at one point I had hair so long as a child I could sit on it! I have been coloring my hair pretty much since I was in the 9th grade constantly. I don't think I have been my original hair color since.. um.. one brief period several years ago because of a coloring snafu! I generally go dark in the winter and do blonde in the summer and sometimes in between you'll find me with red /strawberry blonde or something of those sorts. I have such a problem with grey roots though, I pretty … [Read more...]

I have wore glasses since I was in the 6th grade- they were these god awful purple and teal ones and I had them tinted in some funky color too! I can't even remember but I know that picked them out but I probably could have used some better guidance, for sure lol. The pair after those wasn't much better :)  I won't tell you how long I have had my current glasses but I love them,and I think even if I ever get a new prescription I will use the same ones. I am also bad about wearing my glasses to boot- I am only required to wear them when driving- I have the restriction on my license and everything. I do try every time I renew my license to do the little test without them just to see if I can luck out! I really need to wear them in general but I can't ever seem to get in the habit! My right eye is so bad, that the last time I did make glasses they had to keep them longer to make the lens even because it was so much thicker than the left. As you know I spend pretty much 24/7 online … [Read more...]

I come from a line of "hill folk" who believed in living off the land and preserving your own food, and eating at home! My family comes from the southern Appalachian region, also known to us as the "hollers" of southwestern virginia and parts of west virginia. Believe you me, the lines are so finally drawn and in and out it gets pretty confusing! I know that when I first tried to explain to David where I was from he kept asking me what "town" it was and I kept trying to tell him the closest "town" was at least 20 min away, and more than likely 45! I have a deep pride of where I am from , and the things that people in my family have had to do to sustain themselves over the years especially when it came to feeding the family! We are picklers, canners, gardners, hunters,etc. If you didn't have it at home there was a good chance you weren't going to be running out and getting it when winter had set in, or even in general! Pressure Cooking, Is pretty popular in my family as well! Even … [Read more...]

One thing I haven't really ever had one of - believe it or not- is a BELT. I was always stick thin and it was really easy to find little tiny pants to wear and as far as a belt went I mean sure it would have been something cute to have, but it just wasn't something I ever had- not that I really know why. I know there is a really cute pic of me with my great grandpa at some point with mickey mouse suspenders but.. yeah :) As I have gotten older and a bit bigger.. clothes really have became a pain in my tushie because most of the time I can't find anything that fits anymore- and you would think that the majority of the problem would be that things are too tight, but just the same the low rise pants and trying to find right sizes end up being equally annoying with needing to be held up! Go figure! So when I got contacted to review a belt by C4 Belts, I was like YES PLEASE send one right away! They had so many to choose from it took me forever to decide which one that I wanted- I … [Read more...]