Just having a little fun with celebrity look alike pictures! Katy and Zooey have always been compared but lately I’ve seen a slight resemblance between Katy and Jessica Stroup from 90210. Here are some other people that I noticed have an uncanny resemblance!
I’ve said this before.
Some blogs are about life. Some blogs have nothing to do with our personal lives. And sometimes, life gets in the way of blogging.
Unfortunately, this is happening for me. I’m trying very hard to uphold the deal I made to myself on January 1st, 2012 to blog every single day for a year and it seriously the hardest thing I have ever done. I certainly didn’t foresee how difficult it would be to just pull up the WordPress.com site or open the app on my phone or iPad and just write.
I know that nobody but me will kick me in the butt for not remembering to post or posting too late but I still get pretty sensitive about it. Anyway, I hope that I’ll be able to set some time aside in the very near future for some great content. Thanks for sticking by me if you have! 🙂
Here’s my latest nail creation!
Before:
And after:
To accomplish this look, all I did was first draw two red portions on either side of each nail, then I filled in the black zebra print lines with a thin brush and finished the design with silver glitter around the edges. It was quite a long process but the outcome was well worth it!
Shopping and I have had a Love/Hate Relationship for a while now, ever since I was old enough to do it on my own. There’s nothing more thrilling than catching a good deal on an item you want so badly or finding something that literally makes you want to squeal with joy. But those pesky draw backs…like the painful marks you get going through the middle of your fingers from those plastic bags. And the blisters and general pain you get in your feet from standing in long lines. And lest we forget, that sinking feeling of watching a huge chunk of your budget go into just a few items from one single store. And I don’t know about everyone else, but I usually get home, looking through my new purchases and think, “I didn’t get ENOUGH!”
Lately, I’ve been enforcing this “quality over quantity” rule when it comes to expanding my wardrobe but I’ll be the first to admit that it’s super hard! I was so used to just going to cheap stores and getting bags full of things but those things didn’t last long and I would end up tossing them less than a year later. Now, I’m shelling out the same amount of cash but for less, more longer lasting items but still I can’t help but feel a little unfulfilled. This is when I start to envy movie stars and celebrities who make enough to have both quality and quantity!
I know I’m not alone in this! Let me know how you guys/girls feel?
And thanks for reading!
Because of the awful headache that I’ve had all day, I wasn’t really in the mood to blog today so there’s nothing of interest to post.
I’m working on developing more content on the back burner so to speak to prevent things like this from happening but until then, I just have to be honest and let you guys know when I just don’t have it in me to blog.
What is it about studded shoes that I love so very much? I don’t know but here’s a little shoe porn for all of us to enjoy!
Have you ever been out in public and had your headphones on, listening to your iPod or whatever it is that you listen to music on and that song comes on…you know what song I’m talking about! The song that if your friends knew you loved so much they would rag on you for days on end! The song is blasting in your ears and you’re seriously contemplating turning it down for fear that someone else will hear it and look at you like you’re crazy! Well, I’ve definitely had moments like that and today I’m ready to confess!
1. The Call (Remix) – Backstreet Boys
Ok so before I talk about why I’m ashamed to say that I love this song, I should probably mention (if I haven’t already) that I used to be a die-hard NSYNC fan…I guess in some ways I still am even though they’ve literally been broken up for 10 years! So liking a Backstreet Boy‘s song feels like the ultimate betrayal! My fourteen year old self is screaming bloody murder! But what can I say? It’s a pretty catchy tune!
2. Without Love – Hairspray Cast
It’s so embarrassing but I belt out this song as though I’m actually in the movie! It’s so corny and sickeningly happy but I LOVE IT! Yes, I’m one of those people that has musical soundtrack songs on my iPod!
3. Say You’ll Be There – Spice Girls
Back when the Spice Girls were popular I was in the 6th Grade so naturally, I was completely fixated with them. I mean, the whole nine yards; stickers, t-shirts, dolls, cds, posters….everything. The embarrassing part: I STILL listen to them nearly 15 years later!
4. She Ain’t You – Chris Brown
I really didn’t want to like this song! I really really didn’t but eventually I gave in and downloaded it because trying to resist was driving me crazy! I realize that nobody really cares whether I like this song or not. Nobody would think it was embarrassing or second guess me for listening to it but considering I don’t like the kid, it is pretty embarrassing for me! Just saying…
5. Party In The USA – Miley Cyrus
And there goes any little street cred I might have had…
It’s that damn guitar riff! It’s so catchy and cool, OK! Don’t judge me!
“And the Miley song was on, and the Miley song was on…”
SMH
Thanks for reading and sharing in my humiliation!
So you probably have heard at some point in your life, someone mention the word “gluten” or perhaps you were in a supermarket and saw a product that was labeled “gluten-free“. Maybe you thought to yourself, “Well Geez….what is gluten and why are people making such a big deal about it?” Or maybe you’ve even considered going “gluten-free” yourself because you’ve heard about some of the positive aspects of doing so. Well for people like me that have to eat things that are gluten-free, there’s always a story behind this process.
How it started:
In 2005, I was noticing slowly and slowly that the things I was eating were making me sick. It started off little things until one night after a heavy meal at a seafood restaurant, I got really sick and remained so for about a week. Not too long after, I was diagnosed with a condition called Celiac Disease which basically means that I”m allergic to gluten, which is basically a protein found in wheat and other grains similar to wheat like barley and rye. In addition to that, sometimes having Celiac Disease means you can’t properly digest lactose either, which is found in dairy products so I’m also lactose intolerant. Some people are just born with these conditions and don’t know any differently but unfortunately for me, I had spent the first 18 years of my life eating whatever I wanted without the side effect of an allergic reaction. Once I discovered my allergies, I was, needless to say devastated.
The Long Journey:
I’ve always been a really picky eater so to find out that I had to basically change my entire diet did not sit well with me. I was so reluctant to try the products that were gluten-free like the breads especially because I thought they would be nasty (and don’t get me wrong, some of them were) but I sucked it up and tried them anyway because the alternative, not having anything to eat or eating the wrong thing was much worse.
The next seven years was spent finding “dupes” for the things I loved to eat and alternative ways of making them. So naturally, all the sweets stuff was first. I replaced dairy ice cream with soy milk ice cream (my favorite brand is Purely Decadent from Soy Delicious). Baked goods like cake were easy because all I had to do was replace the wheat flour with gluten free flour and the milk with a Lactose Free version like Farmland Dairies Special Request Lactose Free Skim Plus Milk. Then the more savory items that required the use of either flour or milk (like fried chicken, gravy, mashed potatoes, cheese, pizza, etc…) came next. Now that I’ve had a lot of time to experiment, I’ve pretty much mastered alternatives to my favorite dishes. I even have the “non-celiac diseased” members of my family and friends eating this stuff too!
The Drawbacks:
Even after all this time there are still things that bother me about my allergies. The main thing is what I refer to as “outside food.” Its hard for me to find anything substantial to eat at restaurants or fast food places because nearly everything has gluten and or dairy in it. Just think about the menu from MacDonald’s for example…hamburgers? No. Fruit Parfait? No. I can’t even eat their french fries because, guess what…they have gluten in them! If that wasn’t bad enough, when I do go out to restaurants with friends or family, I have to endure the psychological pain of watching them eat all this yummy food while I’m stuck with something like a grilled chicken salad. This usually results in me bringing food with me almost everywhere I go just so I don’t starve.
I do have a few go to places when it comes to “outside food” like basically any Chinese food restaurant which is, for the most party, dairy free and it’s easy to distinguish what has gluten in it or not. And more and more restaurants, supermarkets and stores and slowly but surely adding gluten free menus and items to their stock. I was so ecstatic when Bisquick came out with a gluten free pancake mix! (I’m just waiting for Ihop to get the hint!)
I basically wrote this post in hopes that someone who is recently diagnosed will read it and know that 1. They’re not alone and 2. It does get better. Back when I was diagnosed, there was very little information I could find about gluten free diets and now there are cookbooks, websites, organizations, blogs, bakeries and so much more!
I hope you enjoyed this reeealllly long post! And now I gotta go because all this talk about food made me hungry!
‘Cause I just don’t get it!
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I hope everyone had a great Easter! Naturally, with it being a holiday and everything, I took the day off. I spent time with my bf, relaxed and ate lots and lots of baked ham! Then I remembered that I hadn’t posted today so here’s my Easter post!
I’ve also been distracted by Netflix and homework. I’m currently on this little thing called spring break which isn’t a break at all because teachers get all excited and assign you more work than usual to make up for the time you’re not in school. But on another note, Netflix can really suck up all your time. A few old episodes of 90210 later and all of the sudden it’s 11:30.
Anyway, as usual, regular content will resume tomorrow! So please, stay tuned!
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