Degrees and Careers

Blog Challenge Day 5: A photo of yourself from 2 years ago

This photo was taken from my graduation two years ago. I got my masters degree in English Education.

While I am on the topic of graduation, here is a photo of my undergrad graduation four years ago. My undergrad degrees were Magazine Journalism and English. I really miss my college friends and the good times we had. If I could go back in time, I would go back and visit for a week... but probably not any longer than that ;-)

Now, I work in marketing, and I LOVE it. It's nice when college pays off and you get a job where you actually use the skills you learned in college :-)

What are your degrees in? Where did you go to school? If you could go back to college, would you do it?

Best Friends

Blog Challenge Day 4: A photo of your best friend

Here are my best friends. I don't have just one :-)

One of the best things about getting married is that it brings together everyone who you love. Plus we all get to dress up.

One of my best friends sang our wedding song for our first dance:

He rocked it.

Perfect Date

Blog Challenge Day 3 and Day 10: Perfect Date and Favorite Restaurant

Today's challenge was to write about a perfect first date. Since I'm married, I'm not that interested in first dates, so here are a few of my current favorite dates.

(Blog Challenge Day 10 is a photo of your favorite restaurant, so this blog post is serving double-time with the picture of Empire Brewing Co. below)

Source: Empire Brewing (view)

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On Saturdays, we love hanging out in downtown Syracuse, going to the record store or out to eat.

Source: Financial Wealth (view)

Yesterday we went out for a jog around the neighborhood.

Source: National Geographic (view)

In the winter, our dates our usually skiing/snowboarding. Our local mountain is not quite as amazing as this one, featured in National Geographic....

Skaneateles Lake, New York

In the summer, we usually relax at the lake.

What does your favorite date look like?

Banana Bread

Blog Challenge Day 2- A photo of something you ate today

Today I made my mom's banana bread. It's deeelish, so I thought I'd share the recipe.

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Here's the recipe:

Banana Bread

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt (optional)

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg (or 1egg plus 1 egg white)

3 Tbsp oil

3 Tbsp water or orange juice (or a combination)

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup mashed banana

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix all dry ingredient together.  Add remaining ingredients and mix 1 1/2 minutes. Pour into pan (does not mention whether or not to grease pan. Might want to spray it with Pam). Bake 40 minutes or until golden and tests done with toothpick.

Enjoy!

30 Day Blog Challenge

Since I'm still pretty new to the blog world, I've decided to do the 30 day blog challenge to get me into it. Since it's April 1st, this will be a great April Challenge! Thanks to FaeLove at RosyPop for the inspiration!

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

These are from our engagement session and our wedding. These shots are some of my favorites. Our engagement pics were taken at my husband's parent's house on a beautiful lake. Those of you who are married, where did you have your engagement shots taken? Those who aren't married, where would you  love to have a photo shoot?

As for my mood today, it's FRIDAY! So, I'm in a great mood today. No plans for the weekend, just being lazy, which is my favorite way to spend a weekend!!


30 Day Blog Challenge:

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – A recent clothing purchase
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

Love for Japan

Found this website today, and I wanted to share it with anyone out there who's artsy. It's a project to create a poster to sell as a fundraiser for Japan. The cool part? Your artwork goes on the poster, along with submissions from other people.

Check it out at Love for Japan.

Love this site design.

Gilt-y Pleasures

Hey Fashionistas! Are you on Gilt? It's a great site for getting designer fashions at crazy discounts. You need to be invited or apply to join. Here's your invite from me :-) Click here.