abc. . .123. . .

it's maybe 2:30 in the morning.

i maybe have to be into work at 6:30 in the morning tomorrow.
errr...today?

i maybe just got back from the michael jackson: this is it movie.

i maybe loved every second of it.

i maybe think he will forever have the sweetest dance moves.

i maybe kept asking jonathan the entire time, "how does his body do that?"

i maybe {very much so} wish jonathan would have been able to see michael in london like he was supposed to.

and here is my boy jonny on eonline this past april.
ya'know, just chatting it up with michael in all his glory. . .

whammy.

i know i said i'd be back thursday. apparently i fib sometimes. my bad.

but on the contrary, i wanted to return thursday. i really did. i had every single intention on doing so. and then i just didn't. for one reason or another. in fact, it's a bunch of little reasons. one mainly; i'm sad. not crying my eyes out every night because i just broke up with my boyfriend sad. but sad in the fact that i feel as though i am nowhere {or even close} to where i want to be. truthfully, i don't like it either.

numba 1: i don't have the job i want. numba 2: i'm still living under my parents roof. they are the two big factors playing a toll. if i could only take care of number one. . .number two would quickly come to an end.

but alas, the search for the job is still in progress. and it just isn't going well. it makes me rather sick. because i don't understand it. i don't understand why it has to be so difficult. god is really testing my patience with this one. and if god can hear me up there on his cloud, "i'm getting a tad bit fed up!"

it's my favorite time of the year right now and i feel as though i'm just not being me. i don't like being in a slump. it's not who i am. i am stronger than this. i don't ever have pity parties for myself. because i'm very well aware that there are many people out there in a worse state. that's who i am. i'm the girl who always believes in a brighter day. that peanut butter twix and a hot cup of coffee can turn a bad day good. that wandering through the shelves of barnes and nobles is a quick fix for gloominess. that buying new shoes instantly makes me feel better. but somehow none of this is working. i can't seem to grasp is. i can't help but feel woe is me currently. i've been trying so hard to get over it.

until then, i shall curl up in bed watching hocus while drinking a big cup of pumpkin coffee. amen to that!


*thanks*

sometimes i think this would be lovely. . .

fresh starts are simply the best, don't you think?
like freshman year of college.
moving to a new town.
starting a new job.

but also, it's always nice to have familiarity.
like cheers.
where everybody knows your name.

mmm...
i'm sometimes a walking contradiction.


*image

and oh, i'll be back for regular posting on thursday.
{i think}

and oh times two, go phillies!

dear phillies,

you're so powerful.


dear little blog,

i'm sorry for disappearing. i promise-i still love you. really, i do. life has been slightly hectic. but i'll be back. {said in my coolest arnold voice}


dear new york,

i miss you. give me a job.


dear sewing machine,

sorry for neglecting you. i can't wait to learn how to operate you and create the neatest of things!


dear dodgers,

nice try.


dear gym,

please give me the motivation to wake up tomorrow morning to attend to you. gahhh.


dear weekend,

hurry.


dear fall,

you have been simply lovely as of late. i couldn't be more tickled.

wishes {foodless post}

good afternoon, love pots!

i hope that everyone {who has off} is enjoying the day of christopher columbus. and his wonderful sailing of the ocean blue way back in 1492. {i'm so old school}

i was uploading pictures of my eats from the past few days when i got to thinking. when i first started this blog it was just random tid bits of life. i never blogged about anything particular. just whatever came to mind. and i liked that. no order. no guidelines. because um, it's my blog for crying out loud. i can write about whatever my thumping heart feels like writing about. and then i started reading food blogs. i liked reading the stories of weight loss and the yummy ways peeps were eating healthy. i thought, what a great way to track what you're eating, i want to do that. and so it began. i started taking pictures of my munchies and my {lack of} exercising. but by golly! food blogging is demanding! not to mention, some of these food bloggies blog three/four times a day. where in the world do they get the time?? it's truly impressive. considering i find it difficult to get my fingers on here to post once a week sometimes. but thanks to the dedication of the food bloggers out there, i've been introduced to so many delicious products. and they've motivated me into a health{ier} lifestyle. even though i still love a big, juicy bacon cheeseburger and fries from fridays. or a ballpark frank and a beer at the baseball games. sue me, i'm only human!

anyway. . .

since i always have off on mondays, this is just another chip off the old block. i do have big plans in my mind. like shopping online, making a trip to whole foods, the gym, writing a few cards, attemping to learn the sewing maching-no i still have not done so, and a birthday dinner for my big brother later on. and oh. of course. . .watching the phillies beat the rockies...RIGHT, philadelphia? wooop, woooop.

it's chilly october day. just the kind of weather october is supposed to be. i likey. i also like wish lists. and so, since i'm taking the day off from documenting my grub-i've decided a wish list is in order. so without further adieu. . . . .

*. . .i'm wishing for. . .*

these red toms shoes

these shoes from sanuk

a pair of frye boots-badlyyyyy

jennifer aniston's entire wardrobe collection in love happens



{i loveddddd this movie!}

this pretty headband from this fabbbbo seller

a one-on-one sewing tutorial

to go back to ecuador

hunter rain boots

her stylist

a few jars of this tasty peanut butter





and since i don't want to get totally greedy and go completely overboard, i shall stop there. making wish lists are so much fun.

what are you all wishing for??

oh heyyy there fall!

thanks for coming to play. i truly love you. the weather. the colors. the flavors. the scents. the hayrides. the warm cozy sweaters. the cute tall boots. the crunchy leaves. and all that you have to offer.

please, stick around for as long as you would like.

thanks. . .

your darling pal,
amanda

picture

lets kick off this beautiful fall tuesday with something super cute.

is it completely ridiculous that i want to meet this little boy? mmm...perhaps. but whatever. he rocks! because a. he memorized this speech and looks adorable while reciting it. b. he's just mega cute. c. he's a hockey fan. d. he loves miracle.

my dad just showed me this video...and i was totally tickled while watching. PRESH! so if you haven't watched it yet, do so RIGHT NOW! kay, thanks.

moving right along

happy tuesday, folks!

and what a mighty fabulous one it is. i am finished with work.

i just got to hang out with this cutie pie. . .yes, yes-it is fair to say i am one obsessed auntie.

some amazing tv is on tonight.



oops! i mean......








the weather is and has been glorious. and well, warm and fuzzies are all around.

i started yesterday off with a hot mug of birthday teasome of the most delicious stuff on earth! thanks alice's tea cup for bringing this into my life.

i also had some eggs on a toasted spinach bagel-gooood stuff!
{cuddles is just waiting for me to drop something...}

lunch consisted of a sweet lil' picnic while watching the incrediblesyummmy salad consisting of various veggies and cheese and pepperoni and some celery with peanut butter on the side-i had such a craving.

today at work i dug into this snack mid-morning
sooo delish! crunchy peanut butter? holllllla.

and then my co-worker headed out to this fresh market around the corner. i told her to pick me up something...surprise me! knowing that i don't do mayo, creamy dressings, non-melted cheese on sandwiches, ketchup or onions...she picked this bad boy up for me. . .a crisp salad with salmon on top. oh man-it was out of this world! it was way too big, so i put it away in the fridge for tomorrow's lunch. or at least something on the side of tomorrow's lunch.

i feel very exhausted. yet i feel like there is so much i need should be doing.
likeeeee. . .

i still haven't used that gym membership i signed up for over the weekend
i have a book sitting on my nightstand that needs finishing
my laundry is piling up
that sewing machine still needs learning
jobs to apply to {lots of em!}

but instead, what i really feel like doing is making a tasty dinner. crawling into bed. and watching the finale of entourage. yuppp...that sounds just about right to me.

OHHH...and let me give a shout out to the phillies. because tomorrow afternoon starts the beginning of a {hopefully} beautiful thing!

kick some colorado booootay!

ps, i love you

oh how i adore this movie.

it's a quiet night for me on this first saturday in october. i was supposed to head to the city of brotherly love this afternoon for the mctoberfest at mcfaddens. however, i am missing my car and didn't have any means of getting there. {unless i chose to drive my dad's big bad vroom vroom truck} which i definitely decided against. so, ugh, here i am stuck inside for the evening. but thankfully my friends have been entertaining me with drunken texts nonstop.

however, being home all day slash night and carless-i've been eating every last crumb in the house. from pizza dips to taco dips to mini pretzels. oh-and lots of tomato pie slices. thanks to all the leftover food from the jewelry demonstration i hosted at my house last night. oh goodness.

anyway! i've missed you all so! i hope everything has been going swell, bloggess'.

while i've been gone. . .

i've read a lot of fitness magazines

and joined the gym while at it! planet fitness is having a one dollar sale! and since i liked the sounds of that, i decided what the hey! it's only 10 buck a roos a month. holllla.

i've discovered a love affair for strawberry cheesecake yogurt

tried a new burger place in town...but i got the grilled chicken

and i lovedddddd it!

{don't mind the hideous blue smock}
{and oh! do you see something different??}

ate some delicious bar food!

waved my rally towel proudly

and watched the phillies clinch the series!!!

and i chopped off the long.g.g.g.g curls and decided on giving bangs a try. since i've had bang envy for the longest of time.

so there you have it!

i hope everyone is having an eventful fall weekend!