Digressive Ramblings

So if you really want to know a ton about Leo's here's the super crazy long explanation .  Basically it says my good traits are:   Generous and warmhearted Creative and enthusiastic Broad-minded and expansive Faithful and loving                                                                                 And that my bad traits are:  Pompous and patronizing Bossy and interfering  Dogmatic and intolerant So yeah, with that being said I think we all know that I am very much a Leo. In fact, I have a co-worker that after working with me for 2 days ask...

So my mom pretty much refuses to take pictures and when she has family pictures done it takes years to get them to us... so to keep this along here's a few candid s. There's both from our trip to Hawaii. I miss it.... My Dad and I after finishing going down all the stairs on Diamond Head My Mom and I at the first beach we saw when we landed in Hawaii

I use to dance to any and everything with a beat. I was always dancing and moving, now not so much... I feel old. Anyway, there is always two songs that makes me want to move my feet: AND

I'm really bad at hobbies, but here's a spattering of what I've tried over the years: soccer* scrapbooking photography volleyball* track piano* (kinda...) french horn violin knitting* cross-stitch sewing quilting art cooking* blogging* aerobics sleeping**** reading* dancing* cosmotology writing Yeah I think that's enough... needless to say I do a lot of things... just not for a long time :) I've started the ones that I will still do if I have time...

Dear Ex, Thank you so much for dumping me. Goodness knows I was ignoring all the red flags and was set on making it work. It was the best decision you ever made for me, although I'm guessing it might be the worst decision of your life... since I see you've gone no where with it.  I, however, have the best life ever now and I'm so happy with who is in it. You were in my life to show me that it's okay to date a younger man and I'm grateful for that- but now I'm just grateful you're not in it anymore. Michelle

So I kinda covered this here , but I have a few more. Here is my list from facebook in no particular order: "Think about it. If you are single, after graduation there isn't one occasion where people celebrate you. Hallmark doesn't make a 'congratulations, you didn't marry the wrong guy' card. And where's the flatware for going on vacation alone?"~ Carrie SATC "If you can laugh long and hard after you trip people will just think you're drunk" ~Conan O'Brien Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. W. H. Auden Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. Johann Wolfgang Goethe "In order to have joy, you need to understand that, as a child of your Heavenly Father, you inherited divine traits and spiritual needs--and just like a fish needs water, you need the gospel and the companion...

What am I not craving right now is the question? My lunch was very unsatisfying. In fact, As I was eating it I was getting nausea because I was very sick of it and didn't like the consistency anymore. It was Sweet Potato Bisque from Trader Joe's, and I think it was because I didn't have any rolls/ crackers to eat it with because I forgot my pretzel roll at home, but diet goals and budget goals prevented me from purchasing/ eating anything else. SIGH so in typical Michelle fashion here's pictures of what I'm craving: Pretzel Roll... so yum Add texture to my liquid lunch ANY ONE of these... sigh Trader Joe's= diet friendly, right? I ALWAYS crave this. Even when I'm eating it... but I usually get Animal or Protein Style... I just realized that this might not mean food... like you can crave things beside food... well I'm still hungry and I'm PMS-ing so leave me alone :) today it's craving food. P.S. I, Michelle, just man...

I like to call this my second home... LOVE that it's the carousel, London Tower and a castle all in one picture.

I can't say much because this is a public blog... but in the span of 20 minutes I just did a few hard things... I'm shaking, but I'm proud of myself and you should be too. If I drank I'd say I would buy myself fancy champange and make everyone toast me today. I'll just celebrate at Ladies Night tonight!

So about a month ago I said to myself "this musing would be an awesome blog post for when I get to tickle my fancy." (that sounds so gross!) "Self, you should write it down so you remember. Nah, I don't need to." Well here I am not remembering... oh well. Today we will talk about life. Life is funny isn't it?   It changes a lot. It's weird. I know that may sound dumb but here's what my life looked like about a year ago (brought to you by Paint)   Now my life is this: I'm not complaining really, I'm kinda excited to find out what the Question Mark will be, but let me tell you the other plan was a lot easier to wrap my head around and plan my life around, because it was all planned out and it didn't depend on anyone else. I think that's what is crazy... other people , be it bosses or boyfriends or jerks who work at a certain Studio, co-workers or family... when my life depends on them more... it's scary.

Since I haven't done one in a while and the last one was a bit lame... here's another post for you all. Dear lady on the plane, Thank you so much for all your help on my flight from Green Bay to Minneapolis. The flight was over an hour late and I needed to make my connection so I could get home to travel to my boyfriend's grandma's funeral and you kept me calm and helped me relax. THEN when you ran through the airport with me since you knew it so much better than I did so that I can find my gate... that was amazing. And when you got that guy to drive me some of the distance so I could make it... you were so kind and I didn't get the chance to thank you because I was running off. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You really are the nicest person ever, especially because air travel can be so cold and unfeeling, to take compassion on the young stranger next to you... that was so nice. You make me want to be a better person, especially when I'm flying. Love, Michelle

So you're suppose to go to this site and provide the hex code: I'm torn between #1FBB53 AND #400080 So lame, but this was hard because as you can see from my blog I LOVE COLOR!

So I think I've been avoiding this because I think it's kinda lame... anyway without further delay, here's where I shop: Ann Taylor LOFT Charlotte Russe Old Navy Forever 21 New York and Company And for the stores that I occasionally shop at that I wish I could (and someday will) buy more clothes at are: Anthropologie J. Crew White House Black Market Banana Republic