With a little persuading from Jenni, I decided to jump on the bandwagon.
I promise my answers will be completely honest.
xoxo
you got questions? i got answers
25-02-2010 by rialeilanithought purge
24-02-2010 by rialeilaniI’m taking a break from the San Diego pictures because honestly, I cry a little each time I look at them. They have sun the majority of the time. We have clouds and right now, SNOW.
…My job is a little iffy right now. In reality, it will probably be ok. Hopefully, we won’t have to take a 5% paycut or whatever else the state is deciding on. Because 5% is more than I’ve gotten in cost of living raises in the past 3 years. I did a job search looking for jobs in my area and I came up with nothing in Michigan. Yeah. I really would hate to have to take a job I wasn’t going to advance in or learn. And talking about that, well, I know I can’t stay where I’m at forever. I get antsy and frankly, bored.
…Thank you to all my guest bloggers! When are we getting together for karaoke?! Maybe next month when everyone is back from their vacations?!
…Keeping with the honesty, aerial yoga was not stellar the past couple of weeks before my trip, but last Sunday? Awesome. I think it helps a lot the group of people you are with. I actually was in a group with Sillygrrl again 
I know I’ve said it before but the girl is GRACEFUL!
Right before I literally unrolled and fell out…classy
…I prefer the trapeze, there is something about being wrapped up in the fabric that freaks me out. It’s one of my goals is to get over that because hello, that’s kind of weird.
…My dad is going to be 60 this year! Jenni has offered to help me plan the party! Now I just have to save some money and get his friends numbers.
…I’ve been watching Team USA in hockey. Did you know Rafalski (Dearborn/Allen Park) and Kesler (Livonia) are both from the Detroit area?
…So I twittered yesterday about babies. I don’t coo over babies like I will over puppies or dogs in general. Don’t get me wrong I love my friends’ kids and the occasional child will make me say, “oh she/he is so cute” but I guess I’m just not there. Part of me feels bad about it, even though I know I shouldn’t.
Anything you’d like to share?
clearly, we’re cool like that
19-02-2010 by rialeilaniMaybe we get along most of the time because he will pose for silly pictures with me. Too bad my camera was set at 800 ISP…why? No idea. And while he will play along for my amusement, asking more than once sometimes is a bad idea. Do-overs are only allowed sometimes. And really, except for the lousy exposure, the composition is pretty sweet. It wouldn’t have been the same the second time. Right? Just nod your head.
And if you care, that’s Scrubs on in the background.
can’t pin a thought down
22-01-2010 by rialeilani
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- – My new obsession is chocolate covered peanuts. OMG, heaven.
- – I’m so excited for tomorrow night! Hanging out with Mae being girly and silly. More than likely taking photos and getting ready for the Michigan Blogger meetup. I can’t wait to meet Jenni, Lauryn and Supergirl! (Mel we’ll have to do lunch SOON!)
- -All I’ve been thinking about this week is going back to aerial yoga. Addict?
- – I really want to take vinyasa yoga next. I also found a pole fitness class (here or here). Mandy? Sarah? Jenni? Supergirl?
- – I can’t believe in 9 days I’ll be testing for my first degree black belt. It’s ridiculously scary.
- -San Diego is all booked. The rental place we used even provides bikes and free gym access! I know that California needs rain and all that but the second week of February, do you think we can lay off the rain?
- – I really want to buy some cute clothes for San Diego but I know I don’t need them. I will overcome temptation…maybe.
- – Why the hell is this kid here all the time? This is work, not a daycare, right?
- -TGIF! Man, this week was long and I’ve been busy at work. I’m glad to see this week go.
- – This is what content feels like, though, there are moments still where I miss you so intensely tears well up in my eyes. It’s always unexpected, it’s the small things that trigger memories. I cling to the fact that it will fade in a minute. I’ll carry around the thoughts of ‘what could have been’ (insert Tiffany song) or who I thought you were/I wanted you to be but I won’t dwell on it. It’s true that we shouldn’t focus on things we can’t change.
I totally threw in an 80’s pop song, that is awesome.
Chrismouse Meme
24-12-2009 by rialeilaniIn honor of Christmas…
The first is the Chrismouse Meme. I was tagged by the sweet Moody Mabel.
The Twelve days of Christmas have been celebrated since medieval times ~ traditionally beginning the day after Christmas Day (now known as Boxing Day) and ending with Twelfth Night. And since the festive season is upon us ~ I thought it might be fun to do a Christmas meme!
Rules:
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Copy the delightful Chrismouse picture to your post.
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Copy these rules and the explanation of the meme (above).
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Link the person who tagged you.
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List 12 things: either about a Christmas present or memories about Christmas past (or a mixture of both)
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Tag as many or as few people as you like!
- Every Christmas Day since I’ve been born has been at my Aunt M’s house. I’m taking it back this year and not going. I actually don’t feel sad about it either.
- She used to have this huge camel that me and my 2 cousins would have our pictures taken on every year, until it didn’t exist anymore.
- On Christmas Eve we have to sing the 12 days of Christmas before the kids get to open their presents.
- My dad used to hide jewelry presents in the tree for my mom to find on Christmas morning.
- My dogs and past dogs know how to open presents. My first dog, Poqui, used to know which stocking was his and he would sit in front of it and “guard” it.
- Every year my mom and I would make Christmas cookies. Every year she’d get pissed at the spritz press, wipe the dough off the bottom and throw it in the sink. She’d chill the dough some more and eventually the cookies would get made. She went through all the trouble because they were my Aunt D’s favorites. J says she tries to make them but they never taste the same as my mom’s.
- Until my mom died I got a present from Santa, I wish I still did.
- I love getting cute socks for Christmas.
- There was always lip smackers in my stocking. My dad kept up the tradition until a couple years ago.
- I used to get to open one present on Christmas eve, they were always pjs.
- I love the way the lights twinkle on the houses.
- JC told me that he still remembers coming over Christmas morning when we dated in high school. My mom bought him more presents then his family bought him.
i could tell you…
21-12-2009 by rialeilani
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…That C has been having extreme shoulder/neck/back pain for the past 2 weeks. He went to the doctor and was prescribed vicodin which hasn’t helped with the pain. So he went back to the doctor’s today and they gave him stronger (scary) meds, ordered a CT scan and think he might need physical therapy.
….This means I haven’t slept consistently at night for over 2 weeks because he’s constantly tossing and turning.
…I have my final tonight and I’m SO glad. This class has been a nightmare. No direction but homework and final projects are expected to be done and handed in. I didn’t learn anything except that I can somehow manage to grasp enough knowledge to pass the 2 tests we had. Please cross your fingers I can pass the final tonight!
…I started making cookies last night. I need to make at least 4 more batches. I’m not sure where the time for that is going to be though. These last few days before Christmas never fail to stress me out.
…I LOVED getting Christmas cards from my blogger friends. THANK YOU!
…I’m excited about getting cupcakes with Ashalah tomorrow!
…I had a dream I was hanging out with a blogger from New York last night. It seemed really real. Is that weird?
…Speaking of dreams, I have a recurring dream about the same person and we are repeating the same situation every dream. The only things that changes are some of the dialogue and the setting. It’s realistic and the setting reflects the time of year and things that are currently going on in my awake life. It is truly bizarre.
…My car wouldn’t start last week. It cost me $1,400 to replace sensors to get it running. It also cost $139 for them to clean the mouse nest out of my blower motor. Yeah.
…I got the new Droid by Motorola this weekend! OMG I don’t know how I lived without it. I love it so much!
…2 more days and I’m off until January 4th!
What are some things you could tell me?
campfire post – JenRem
14-12-2009 by rialeilaniLast month I saw this campfire post on JenRem’s blog, Absent Minded. JenRem is another really awesome Michigan blogger. Yay for mitten bloggers!
This a great way to get to know other bloggers and since the questions are from my own head they might be on topics she might not necessarily write about on her blog. If you are interested in doing a campfire post with me leave a comment below or email me. More info about the Campfire Network.
via Joe Gall Photography
If money and time wasn’t a problem, what degree would you like to have?
via d_rod
Oh this would be my dream situation. I would love to go back to school to get a degree in art, photography in particular. I really wanted to go back to get my Master’s in this, but when I learned that it would take me another three to four years, at a full-time status, and cost way more money then I could even fathom at the time, I backed out. I truly wish I could do this though. Creativity in the form of art is a huge outlet for me (take my Christmas Cards for example). If I couldn’t do photography, I’d love to do web design and/or graphic design. This whole concept coincides with my biggest, and really only, regret… which leads us to the next question.
We should live with no regrets, but I know we all have at least one, what is yours?
I like to think that I live a life without regret. I do everything for a reason and even if that reason doesn’t turn out to be as good as I originally thought, I still know that whatever happens in my life happens for a reason that I might not be able to understand at the time. With that being said, I only truly have one big regret in my life… 1. Not going away for college and 2. Not choosing a University that offers more programs of study to explore. Well, okay that is actually two regrets, but they really go hand in hand. Don’t get me wrong, I like my degree and I like my college experience, but if I could do it again, I would absolutely not choose a commuter school based on monetary reasons and I’d explore more choices for a career instead of picking something that seemed right at that time. Oh well, maybe one day I’ll go back. Until then, I’ll do the best I can with the best I have.
Tell me your secret guilty music selection you wouldn’t want anyone to know you listened to.
Okay, so I’m not really ashamed of my musical choices because I will rock out with the best of my CD collection around anyone (I have no shame). But since you asked, artist’s that I do hide and try not to listen to around new friends would have to be the Spice Girls (I have all their CD’s), Mariah Carey (I belt out her songs like a pro, especially the Christmas CD), 2ge+her (remember that MTV made band and their hit “U + Me = Us (I know my Calculus)”), and even all those old Jock Jam CD’s (I have number one and two and I love, love, love them!). I have a weird and wide spread taste in music.
If you could go back in time and relive something, what would it be?
Can I just go back and relive my childhood, say from the age 8 to 14? I feel as though I was forced to grow up way, way to quickly due to my parents relationship problems. Thinking back, I wish I could have had the opportunity to do childish things, like have sleepovers with friends, have silly dress up parties with the girls and just do other fun things that kids do. My childhood wasn’t all that bad, but I do wish I could have enjoyed it more as a child and less as an adult.
Would you ever participate in a reality TV show, which one? why or why not?
Hum, so it took me a few minutes to really decide if I would do this. For how much I share on my blog, I am a very private person. With the exception of these Campfire Network posts, I pick and choose what I share on my blog, absent minded (like all of us bloggers do). So with that fact, I don’t think that I could ever be on a reality show where they follow you around everyday in your real life. And not only that, I think I live a pretty boring life so no one would really want to watch that! Seriously, I don’t even think a local network station would want to produce this. HaHa. However, I would totally be on a reality show like The Amazing Race (because the challenge would be a great experience), The Bachelorette (because I would love to have a bunch of hot men fighting for my heart 
), or Project Runway and So You Think You Can Dance! (if I could design clothes or dance, that is).
honest scrap – you don’t want to miss my revelations!
09-12-2009 by rialeilaniMiss Smidge has passed this award my way! Thanks lady!
The rules are to tell you 10 honest things about myself and then pass this beauty along. Since I’m pretty open here (well about things I put up here haha) everything is honest. So here goes!
- I think my biggest pet peeve is people who are narrow minded and only have an opinion about something because someone else does. I hate ignorance. If you don’t have information to back up your opinion you should keep your mouth shut.
- I think if someone does something nice for you you should acknowledge the act. No one likes being taken advantage of.
- Recently I’ve realized the importance of saying Thank You and I Love You and meaning it.
- I think I would die without chocolate and cheese, though preferably not together.
- I’m pretty sure that the person I think of myself as is not the person everyone else sees.
- I need help putting together a resume to apply for freelance writing. I know some of you already do this. Can I pick your brains? Please?
- I’m ok with not knowing where I will be in the next 5 years, or year for that matter. Life is about evolving and I learned I don’t always need to know the answers. It’s a journey, right?
- I dress my dogs up, mostly Liko. He loves and hates it at the same time. I also do it in secret because I laugh when I see dogs dressed up in public.
- I believe in gay marriage, the right to adopt, freedom of speech and religion (which sometimes I don’t believe we honestly have) and sometimes I’m a conspiracy theorist. Though talking with me you may not know that because even though I believe in those things I’m not going to argue with you about it unless you try to pressure me into thinking your way.
- I love blogging more than chocolate and cheese. Well…maybe they are tied. I love you guys
I’d love to hear 10 honest things about you, consider yourself tagged! Sometimes I hate when bloggers do that because sometimes I feel weird taking stuff off their page, but I’m really giving it to you! LOL
If you do it please let me know!
Happy Hump Day!
#best09 – moment of peace
08-12-2009 by rialeilaniI’m participating in Gwen Ball’s Best of 09!
December 8’s question:
Moment of peace.
I went through my pictures, because that is how I remember what my year was about. I guess if it’s not documented on “film” it’s didn’t happen. LOL
Of course I found a couple pictures that were peaceful to me and I might use them on my family blog. You guys get the “juicy” stuff. Riiigghhhttt.
Anyhow, my moment of peace came in the email that I referenced. In the time it took me to read the email I felt peace. I had come to terms with a lot of things in my life. I did not however take a picture of myself at that moment, but writing and words are almost as good as pictures. (Sometimes they are SO much better!)
alternatively titled 'wanna say hey' - produced by wordle.net
kreativ blogger, oh yeah
25-11-2009 by rialeilaniWalking on Sunshine gave me an award! I <3 her! She is always so cheerful and I’m for sure hanging out with her when I visit Canada!!! Not to mention we share a love for Gilmore Girls, reading and lots of other things
Kreativ Blogger!!
The Rules are for Kreativ Blogger are:
1. List 7 things about myself others may not know
2. Award 7 people with the reward
Easy Peasy
- I think whoever thought that pads without wings should be covered with the pads that have shifted and turned. Too graphic? Sorry.
- I’m severely paranoid that I’m going to have an allergic reaction when I try new food or medication.
- The first 6 months we had Liko I thought we’d have to give him back to the rescue because I didn’t know how to make him feel safe and he was driving me crazy. He was abused and if you reached down anywhere near him he’d pee. It turns out the best cure for a dog is to be around another dog that is stable. Thankfully before we gave up we moved back home and Nani helped Liko recover from his past.
- I am a certified dog trainer but I decided not to pursue a part time job in it for two reasons. Time constraints and mostly because there are some very ignorant and stupid pet owners out there.
- I’m right handed and I’m right eye dominant but my left hand and foot are more accurate in punching and kicking. Clearly, my wiring is a little off.
- Sometimes I think I’d like to have kids one day but then I think about everything that could go wrong and I don’t think I want to deal with it so I’m still going with the no kids option.
- I don’t know how I would get through work days without Twitter, my blog, gchat and email.
Now 7 (mitten) bloggers:
welcome!
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~ Anais Nin
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