February 14th

It's Valentine's Day, or Single's Awareness Day, or just February 14th if you don't play into the hype.

I will be spending my Valentine's Day at work catching up on some reading for school. I had originally wanted to spend Valentine's Day with my dog and a glass, well probably a bottle, of wine but getting paid do homework is a nice alternative.

I have never had a Valentine so spending this Hallmark Holiday alone is nothing new for me.  I admit that this time every year I get a little mournful about my perpetually single status and question if I will ever find someone or if I will die alone. A little dramatic, I know.

The truth is, generally I am very content being single.  There are time when I wish I had a significant other, mostly when I'm shoveling the sidewalk at 7am in the freezing cold, but I love my life right now and I don't think I could fit another person into my crazy schedule at this point.

Maybe next year will be different for me, but I kind of doubt it.... 

Resolutions

Let's be real here, how likely are we to keep our resolutions throughout the new year? Well probably not all that likely but we still make them nonetheless.  

My resolutions are:

1. Run A Tough Mudder

2. Graduate From College

3. Save More Money

4. Go On More Adventures

5. Do More Of What Makes Me Happy

We'll see how it all goes....

So Long 2012

It's crazy to think that 2012 is coming to an end in just a few hours.  To say that this year has been full of ups and downs is an understatement.  

There has been plenty of good but there has also been some things I wish I could go back and do over. You need to take those things as a lesson and move on.

2012 blessed me with an amazing internship and blossoming career opportunities. I've also been given some of the best friends I could ever ask for and am so thankful to have them in my life.  

I'm anxious to see what 2013 will bring. I'm most excited to (hopefully) graduate from college! 

As for closing out 2012, I'm planning on chilling at home and enjoying some time with the fam before heading back to school on Wednesday.  

Enjoy the new year! 

It's Christmas Time

Merry Christmas! 

Wishing everyone happy holidays.  

For Christmas I got the iPad Mini, unfortunately it won't be here until the first or second of January but that's definitely all I wanted for Christmas!

I'm spending the holidays in D.C. Unfortunately my dad and sister and I have all been super sick with a stomach bug.  

My sister and I went to the Holocaust Museum the other day and tomorrow we'll be doing a tour of the capital and going to some of the other museums around D.C.  My dad lives about 2 miles from the monument mall so we'll be hitting up some of the monuments to.

D.I.Y Mustache Mugs

Do It Yourself Mustache Mug.

What you need:

Acrylic Paint

A Ceramic Mug

A Mustache For Reference

A Sharpie

Paint Brushes

Mustaches are a huge inside joke at my internship.  Everyone has a little bit of an obsession. 

So my roommate and I were looking for an easy and cheap gift to get everyone we work with and we came up with the mustache mug!

I've seen tutorials for these on Pinterest using a sharpie but they DO NOT work, unless you are using an acrylic sharpie and then in that case they do.

We opted for acrylic paint. My roommate is an art major and she just had a lot of this stuff lying around. I think they can be a little expensive depending on the brand but she said that if you buy the tiny bottles then it's super affordable.  You can get them at any craft store.

We just googled Mustaches and found an image for reference and then used a sharpie to draw a basic outline on the mugs. If you mess this part off all you have to do is rub really hard with your thumb and it will come right off, this is why regular sharpies don't work!

Then we just colored in the lines with the paint.  If you mess up on this part, the paint will scratch off after it dries or you can just rub it off with a paper towel.  

We also added a funny phrase on the back of each mug to make it more personal. This part might look better (and be easier) with an acrylic sharpie but oh well!

Please note that with these mugs you have to wash them by hand or else the paint will come off.  We could have added an acrylic top coat but we didn't have the time to go search for one.

So here you have it. The finished products.  The bowl on the end says "My Stache" on the back. We made this one for our Director Of Operations. She can write down good things that happen to her throughout the year and put them in there to read later on. 

The rainbow one is for our Theatre Manager (my boss). We asked him if he could have a mustache in any color what would it be and he said "is rainbow an option?" On the back it says "Mustache Man". Right before November he grew a handle bar mustache. It was epic.

Enjoy these super easy (and super cute) holiday gifts!