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Life update..

With holidays right around the corner my posts are becoming farther and farther apart.  Even only working part time I feel like I have little time to do leisure activities.  So, while I have the time today I'm taking the opportunity to post.

1) My dad broke his leg recently in four different places, therefore he is unable to move or do anything on his own.  This has been really tough and I have to come home every day from work and take care of him until my mom gets home.  You don't realize how much you do on your own until you have to do everything for someone else. He is constantly needing something,  it's been hard- on him, my mom, and me.

2) My job is going great. I feel like I actually know what I'm doing now, I've made friends with some of the stylist and I feel like I fit in finally.  While I still make mistakes and have questions I'm proud of myself and what I'm doing. We have a Christmas party the 6th and I'm searching for a date but by the looks of it I'll be flying solo.

3) Christmas is almost here, and we've started playing Christmas music at work and I keep the Christmas station on in my car.  I'm excited and ready.  It's going to be hard, December 4 will be one year since Jeremy died and I know it's going to be hard on my family- so I'm trying to enjoy the holiday while I can.

4) My blog isn't really anything, I don't think I have any real followers and I want it to succeed so I'm going to try to do more to promote it and really get some followers.

5) I'm going to bring back my outfit posts.  I've just got to get some new photos.

Bedroom/Bathroom remodel

I watch a lot of HGTV and it's all about remodeling bedrooms and bathrooms and now I'm dying to redo my bathroom and bedroom. So, I've been discussing with my mother some ideas about how we can update the bathroom and I'm starting the plan for my bedroom.

I've rounded up some inspiration from pinterest!

I love everything about this! The neutral color palette with pops of color! 

I'm having a hard time deciding between going with darker neutrals or lighter neutrals

 I have always loved the look of subway tiles! 

I have a dark wood headboard in storage right now and I've wanted to sell my current furniture and move the new headboard in but I'm having a tough time finding new stuff to match the headboard.  

 I tend to gravitate towards the black and white with gold but I really want to incorporate more colors and designs! 

M.I.A.

I've been a little M.I.A. lately but I swear it's for a good reason and not just because I don't care.  I have to make a confession- every time I start a new post I feel stupid because I know deep inside nobody is reading but I also (deep inside) hope that someone somewhere is reading and I just don't know it, so I keep coming back and I keep writing.  Even if I write about stupid, superfluous, unimportant things about what I'm doing or my weekend etc. I keep coming back and writing.

So here's an update on my life as of late:

1) I was offered the job as receptionist at Progressions Salon and Spa (if you live or work near Greensboro make an appt. it's amazing, really!) I've been working about a month now and I really love it!!A couple weeks after I started working there I cut all my hair off- I'm working towards going all blonde!

2) I just came from a weeklong beach trip with my family and it was exactly what I needed.  We didn't have any major plans or even much money, but we went down and spent time together. We just hung out and there was zero stress.  I got a little too used to sleeping in until 10am so getting up for work at 7:00am was rough!

3) SURPRISE! I just opened my first credit card! Which I know isn't exciting to you but it is to me! I can only use it at a specific store but thats okay! It limits the amount of damage I can do and it gets me started building my credit which was my whole point.

4) I'm in love with all the new fall nail polish colors!! Currently, I'm into the navy blues and found an awesome one from Covergirl!

5) I received the most perfect package in the mail from my best friend with some prints of her photography! She is amazing and I can't wait to hang them up!! Check out her work on her website.  

6) Yesterday was Jeremy's birthday, and if you don't know- Jeremy is my brother who died this past December. It was tough- my mom had a couple of rough points during the day and we all met for dinner with his wife and kids.  I could tell the boys were having a rough time, but it was good to all be together and celebrate his life.

7) I have a big blog post idea I'm working on so keep coming back!!

It's a competition

It seems like Jaide and I have been competing for as long as I can remember. Even as kids, we were always competing at being the best, having the best, being the first.  Anything and everything was always a competition.  And I never noticed before but it's caused a rift in our relationship.  I don't think it's actually been a problem until now.  There is already guaranteed competition between girls but add in the fact that we grew up like sisters and it makes it 100% worse.

We've always fought to have better grades, be a better person, have a better story, have the better boyfriend or even friends, have more money, have a better job, who went to a better college, who had a better weekend. BLAH BLAH BLAH.  It's always been about one-upping the other person.  As a kid it wasn't a big deal.  It only forced us to do better on the next thing, to win the next time but now as adults it's causing problems in our relationship.  We're so busy trying to beat the other that we lost touch of being friends.  Of being family.  We let our emotions take over and now hatred is the root of our relationship.  She hates me when I win and I hate her when she wins, only we don't let it go.  The anger and hatred just keeps building causing us to spend less and less time together and to like each other less and less.

I just wonder is this a bad thing? Maybe we don't get along like we used too, and maybe she hates me so much she can't even stand to spend much time with me but is that necessarily a bad thing.  Friends come and go all the time and nobody has a problem with it. This is the same idea, so we aren't "friends" anymore, but this competition between us makes us do our best.  It causes us to try our hardest and excel at all we do.

So why is that bad? Is the benefit worth the cost? Is being a good person and excelling at what I do worth not having a relationship with my cousin?

Finally...

I think I'm finally getting a break.

I have been searching for a job nonstop since graduation and literally haven't even had a possibility or an interview but today I think I finally found one.  I started calling all the nearby salons for open receptionist positions.  Ironically, the first place I called was hiring for a receptionist to work morning and Saturdays.  I explained to the girl that I was available anytime because I'm not in school and have no other obligations and she seemed really interested.  So, I passed along my resume and she will hopefully get back with me about setting up an interview.  Whew.  I'm nervous and excited.

Wish me luck!

lately...

I'm feeling 22.  Yup, that's right I turned 22 recently.  I'll admit I thought it was going to be a crappy birthday but I was determined to make it the best by keeping myself busy.  So, I planned a lunch with my mother, a mani/pedi at a fancy nail place and then shopping the rest of the afternoon.  But, little did I know my family had planned a surprise birthday dinner at our favorite Japanese restaurant.  So, it turned out to be a pretty awesome birthday.