project life | week 44 & 45

Week 44.

Hurricane Sandy. That was week 44 and still continues to have an affect on some of us, thankfully my family is okay and so is Steve's. The hardest part was losing power, that sucked but over than that it was not as bad as it could have been. Steve's parents had no power for 12 days and a tree fell on their house but did no damage, thankfully. We tried to make the best of the storm, running out to find somewhere that was open for pizza, rain rain rain. It didn't rain as much as it should have, which was great because everything would have been worse. The park across from my house had tons of trees that fell over.

We made the best of it at work by getting ready for Thanksgiving/Tofurkey Day (because I don't eat meat) and we all made hand turkeys! How exciting. My coworker brought her daughter in so I taught her how to make her first hand turkey.

The best vegan pizza I have made by far! It was so so perfect! Daiya cheese is amazing for vegans.




Week 45.

Hooray for snow! NOT! I don't think I would have had a problem with snow if it wasn't for the fact that we just had a hurricane! It didn't stick for too long but some people got it worse than us. I voted for the second time in my life! WOO!

Atlantic City with my family. I love hanging out in AC just gambling and people watching. People watching is so fun down in AC, especially near the clubs, you can definitely get a good laugh.

I hope everyone is having a good Project Life! And have a happy Thanksgiving!
My life has changed in the past few days and I am glad it has, it will work out for the better. I will write more on this later :)

project life | week 42 & 43

Week 42.

I love love love these Ali Edward's Days of The Week stamps. I like using them for the "This Week" type of cards. I also used some Kelly Purkey stamps for embellishments on different cards. AND stamps from my mini stamp shop. I have become obsessed with rubber stamps, I think most of us have caught the fever.


Week 43.

The best news this week? I guess I have two big thing:

1) Taylor Swift's new album RED came out and I absolutely love it because I am a T-Swizzle fan.
2) My trip to Thailand! WOO-HOO! After speaking with my parents about it I decided I wanted to visit them before I started my Spring semester. January 2 - January 20th. HOW AWESOME! I haven't been since May of 2010 and I can not wait to visit again. BEST. CHRISTMAS GIFT. EVER.

The biggest hurricane I've seen in my lifetime was predicted the Sunday of this week and next week I documented a lot of it. It was a rough time and it still continues to be a rough time. Revive. Rebuild. Restore.


I am trying my hardest to keep up with Project Life! School is coming to an end and research papers will be due in just a few weeks so PL will be put on hold for a little while or not as up to date. Other than that I still love this project and can not wait to continue it for 2013! Documenting Thailand will be a-ma-zing.

weekend recap

My brother came to visit from Boston for his girlfriends birthday! We went home to South Jersey to eat lots of food and hang out with my mom. She makes the best food in the whole world. I miss it when they are in Thailand, Steve keeps telling me how I need to learn. I kind of know how to do it, sort of? hah. Fifa enjoyed her time down there too, we have a fenced in yard and she is able to run wild without running away. She tired herself out by Sunday night, I loved it.

We went to meet my dad in AC, ate dinner with my aunt, my family is a little crazy and I love it. I wouldn't have it any other way. We will all get together again for Thanksgiving in 2 weeks (!?). Steve and I played Rapid Roulette for most of the night, I was up $90! This is very exciting for me. We took a break to wander and hang out with my brother and his friends, watched them play Blackjack and Craps (no idea how it works). We people watched - it is amazing to watch the people who are going to the clubs, HIGHLY entertaining!

By the end of the night we lost the $100 I had won and we were done for the night haha. It was a lot of fun. The outlets were great, it didn't look like much damage was done to that area, we didn't venture to the boardwalk so I have no idea how it looked. I hope it was okay but I can not be so sure it is. When we drove home to pick up Fifa, my dad really wanted to stand in front of Steve's car and take pictures haha. I think he wanted to show people in Thailand the nice car.

Overall, a great weekend! I can not wait until Thanksgiving, Christmas decorations, Christmas, and all the happiness and joy it brings! I am definitely a Christmas person. November 26th the music will begin everyday, all day until Christmas!

How was everyone's weekend?

here & there

It has been a rough week. I am so exhausted and behind in schoolwork that I don't know where to begin. Steve still does not have power and we are at about day 12. He has been staying with me and my roommates, my room is not equipped for two people all the time. So it has been rough but nice to be able to sleep next to him every night.

Voting. My second time voting and I actually knew what was going on, I watched the debates and made my own opinion. I wish I could have said that about the last election but some things you can't change, the present is what matters. And I am happy with the outcome.

I love my coworkers for joining my childhood antics and making hand turkey's with me. There are more added to this but since then I was happy with the amount on there! Work has been busy this week, robots going down makes it hard to get work done.

Fifa oh Fifa. I love this dog more than anything as she sleeps on my laptop right now. She loves and hates the snow. She loves to run around and eat it as fast as possible but as it hardens and gets colder she has a hard time going to the bathroom. I put her snuggie on her that her dad (aka Steve) bought her for Christmas and she is so cute in it. And yes, snow.. after a hurricane! Mother Nature is hitting the East Coast hard. With a hurricane and a nor'eastern comes a water advisory. We went out and bought a ton of water, the next day it was over haha.

Hope everyone else is having a good week.
Only a few weeks until Thanksgiving!

project life | week 41

I'm almost all caught up, but taking the pictures is the real problem. Since it gets so dark so early I have a difficult time after class.

Things are starting to get back to normal, sort of, just when we thought we were in the clear we received a "Water Boil Advisory" in our town. Steve and I bought tons of bottled water and this morning they fixed the generators but we are still on advisory. Some people still don't have power and it is getting cold. The Nor'easter is coming and I hope it isn't bad. Let's hope for the best.


Week 41 seems so long ago, well because it is.



A sneak peek at Week 42 title card. So colorful.

I keep trying to decide whether or not I want to continue this in 2013. I think I do because it is going to be a big year of change for me. Graduating with a Masters, moving to California, new job/new life. We shall see what 2013 has to offer us. I can not wait.

Oh, and I am getting into the Christmas spirit already. Starbucks started with their holiday cups, I ordered a peppermint mocha latte and then proceeded to stall out and spill it on myself. No alarm! Still in good spirits. I went and voted this morning so yay!