NYE Hot Pants!

Just got them in the mail!!! I'm so excited!

Christmas Goods!

So my Christmas was absolutely amazing. I was definitely spoiled and did, probably too much, spoiling myself. This Christmas has definitely changed my perspective on the Holiday. After this year, I can definitely look forward to next December 25th. These are some of the gifts I got this year:
A Pinkish-Orange Kindle case [and Kindle]
A Tetris coffee mug
A Snake Ring [reptile club]
Gone With The Wind on Blueray [my favorite movie]
The most amazing vacuum I've ever seen [after I used it, I cried a little]
Flower Bomb perfume
Octopus candle and matching matches
Funny nerd magnets
A necklace with a mini hand-held mirror on it.

I got a few other things I can't currently take a picture of including a really awesome lotion set my sister gave me and an incredible vanity that Trev is currently setting up right now so, pics soon.


I am mostly thankful that I got to spend Christmas with my family & second family this year. I am so thankful to have such caring, fun, lively people surround me. I am a lucky, lucky woman.


[Update] Here's the vanity! I know its really cramped in that spot but my apartment is just to small for such fabulous things.. But I love it, and sorry I look like a weirdo.. I'm trying to hide Trev's messy bedside table behind me.

Pumped for Christmas?

This weekend we set up most of our Christmas stuff. We had to go to Target and get a new tree because after getting last year's tree out of my moms basement and home, we realized that the bottom part was missing. But we got some new lights and took out all of the xmas decorations we have and put them up. [including Trev's cheesy nutcracker collection.. but this year, I have a cute nutcracker as well. Pic soon] So our house pretty much looks the same, except instead of all of our Star Wars toys everywhere, they were replaced with Christmas Star Wars toys. Nerd family much?
Last year for Christmas, Aiden got an origami calendar which had one origami paper for every day, with instructions on the back on how to fold it. He did 3 or 4 every weekend this year, and this weekend, we poked a tiny hole in each one and put them all on a fishing wire and strung them around the tree. There were around 180 pieces of origami, which includes cute little ones he made up himself. He's getting so good at them! I think he's going to be getting more origami stuff this year so I can't wait to add to our collection! We might have to get a bigger tree next year to hold them all.
I still need to do loads of Christmas shopping. I've only bought presents for Trev, Aiden and 2 of my 3 sisters. I hope I can get it all done in the next week, maybe sooner if I'm getting stuff online.
For those of you interested [and I know you are] in getting me a Christmas present, I have an Amazon wishlist here. <3

I will update pictures of my nutcracker and the origami tree when I get home from work today [hopefully, if I have time. If not, than sometime soon]


Happy Christmas FF's!

I'm back!

I decided that I wanted to blog again. I love Tumblr, so I'll definitely be keeping that, but as far as descriptive blogging goes, I prefer to do it here.

I wish I could say I had a lot of new and interesting things happen to me since last updating this blog, but that's just not the case. I still live in the same apartment, I still have the same amazing boyfriend, I still have a serious shoe addiction and I'm still the same semi-bad-attituded Alex D. I stopped blogging because I was uncomfortable with so many strangers knowing so much about my life, but after being absent in the blog world, I decided that I missed the outlet of writing (and I'm just too lazy to hand write events in my life).  Not to mention I was looking back through this blog and noticed some very important dates I would otherwise have no record of if I hadn't kept up.

I'll probably have an up to date or a 'catch up' blog soon. I can't post as much about missing time right now because I'm blogging from work. But to write about the basics, I've had a few awesome vacations, an incredible 1 year anniversary with the love of my life, an uncountable amount of shoe purchases, a new job, and I'm sure a few more memorable & notable events I'll have to think about.

 I'm not as interested or dedicated to updating my blog every day, as I have been in the past, but if I have something interesting and worth sharing, I will.

Tumblr

K guys. I just got a Tumblr! Follow me or give me your URL so I can find and follow you =)

I'm thinking of getting Tumblr....

Happy Mothers Day

I love you Mom!

Weekend!

This weekend was great! On Friday after we picked up Aiden, we went to dinner and stayed in for the night because it was suuuper snowy.

On Saturday we went to Este's pizza for lunch and then I went and got my leg tattoos finished. [I had the outline, but Luis at Yellow Rose filled in and shaded the letters] Then we had a little RSL vs. Portland Timbers watch party at our house for the dad's that have kids and can't go to the pub.

On Sunday we went to Earth Jam at Liberty Park with Emily. It was a total hippy-fest but it was still a lot of fun. After that we went to Target so I could pick up a few things and while I was looking at shirts, Aiden and Trev hurried and bought me Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows game for Kinect and surprised me with it when we got to the car. After that we went to The Body shop and spent 2 of our 3 Groupons and then went to my Dad's house for my little sister's birthday party and then came home. I was dying to try the new clay mask I got from Body Shop so I made the boys put it on with me!

Here is a slideshow of all the pics I took: [I didn't want to overload with pics/collages. Click on the image to make it larger]

And today, I started my new job! I am the new spaghetti slinger [server] at Tucci's. It's nice because its right by my house so I can ride my bike or walk anytime I want! Also, so far, my boss is the nicest guy I've ever worked for in my life. I'm really excited to officially start serving after my training.


For now, my training is 1030 AM to 4 PM, and then back at 530 PM until close. So, doubles all week, but hopefully I'll be rackin up that paper!

Look what we did!

Trev and I tattooed each other last night!

Easter

There were too many pictures to upload individually so here is a collage I made. [Aiden dying eggs, looking for eggs on Easter, his Easter basket, our feet at the park, Trev and I watching him dye eggs.] Easter is a lot more fun when there are kids around.


click it to make it bigger. Over all I think we had a great weekend.

incase you've noticed..

i havent been blogging lately because the hard drive on my lappy crashed. it is currently being fixed by my boyfriend but he should be bringing it home today. i have a lot of pictures from dying eggs, and all the stuff we did last weekend and a few pics from the concacaf game wednesday. i cant wait to get it back, idk how im surviving.

Luckiest girl alive

[Me]

Weekend!

This weekend was so fun! On Friday night I went Karokeeing with Kimi, Emily, Kane and Victori at Willy's, which was really fun except we only got to sing 1 song cuz the Karaoke DJ was playing favorites and singing every other song. But it was really fun hanging out with the girls


Saturday morning we took Aiden to Gamestop so he could buy a 3DS that he's been saving up for. My camera was dead and on the charger all morning so I didn't get any pictures of him, but he did have dreams that night about playing it because he was moving his thumbs in his sleep. [so cute/nerdy] After we did that, we went to Darlene and Daniel's house for his surprise birthday party where I dressed up like a B-girl for the occasion in my Notorious BIG shirt, my gold bamboo hoops and my black and gold Pumas. We had to leave the party early because we had people over to watch the RSL match, so we stopped at the store and got beer and stuff for sloppy joes and I made food for everyone and went out to dinner with girls to Long Life.

Later that night Bekky and Victoria and I went out dancing at the Hotel but didn't get there till around 1130 so Bekky and I had to hurry and get our drink on:



Then Sunday I took Bek to the airport and Emily, Kane, Trev, Aiden and I went to the Pie Hole. They are trying to cover the doorway in art work on paper plates so the guy that worked there gave Aiden 2 plates and a lot of markers and he made these:


If you can't see it, its an ice cream cone and crossbones and there is also 'Heavy Metal Pizza'

Also at some point of the weekend we bought Dance Central for our Kinect. Its such a fun game, we've already done all the songs and we're looking to buy more in the options menu. Everyone has to come over and try it!

lovelovelove

New cook book

I picked this little gem up for Trev yesterday! I can't wait till he makes me the blueberry waffles!!!

Guys, I'm so bored with this blog challenge. I'm totes over it.

[24] Something you've learned

[23] Favorite movie

I've mentioned this once before in this blog challenge, but Gone With the Wind is my favorite movie. I watch it when I'm sad, happy, bored, whatevs. Its one of the best movie of all time, and if you haven't seen it, watch it! I know it's long, but come the end, you'll wish it was longer.

[22] Original picture of your city

This is a picture I took while I was driving around at 3 or 4 am right after I just bought my first car when I was 17.

[21] Favorite picture of you of all time

Idk if I'd say this is my favorite picture of me, but it was a picture of me on a really great day. My dad had to go out to Las Vegas to help his friend move and was really, really sad that he couldn't be here for Father's Day, so we flew out and surprised him. We got a room at the Monte Carlo and we went swimming and took him to dinner and just had a nice little mini-vacation in Vegas with him.

[20] Nicknames

I have quite a few nicknames. My favorite nickname that I've recently acquired is Al. [Even Trev calls me Al and I think its so cute!] More nicknames include: Alex D, Diddy, Ali, DD, Alex Dece, Sweet D, Alice.. I can't really think of any more right now but, there ya go.

blog challenge

hey guys, im blogging from my phone to let you know my computer is down and out. idk how but, i got a virus on it and its not working at all. im hopefully getting it fixed today, in which case ill make up all the challenge days i missed and let you know about my kanab trip.

[19] Something you miss

Preface: I said I'd be as honest as I can be in my blog challenge so here is something I've missed for a while now and I feel like I need to confront. Its a very sensitive subject for me to talk about and think about but I think I'll do alright:

Those of you who know me really well know that I was once attached at the hip with my then BFF. We grew up together, meeting on our 5th grade soccer team and continuing our friendship from Jr. High onward. My family and her family were and are still very close and there is a huge chunk of my life that I can't remember a time that she wasn't right there with me. Needless to say, I never saw a life where I didn't call her my friend. Unfortunately, that changed after a night of drunken mistakes on both of our parts and things got out of hand. We are no longer friends and I haven't seen her since January 8th, 2010. Something I miss is the friendship that we had. I don't think there is anyone that knew me as well as she did and it was so easy to be her friend because we were so much alike. We had our first loves together, we had our first heartbreaks together, we went vegan together, we both got arrested for the first time together [nothing to brag about, I know] regardless... we did everything together, as I said before; attached at the hip. We also had a lot of tiffs, we had a lot of arguments, we had a lot of distrust, we had a lot of negative things about our relationship but what can I say? She wasn't the best friend, but she was mine, and I loved her.



I have learned to appreciate what we had and realized that I made a mistake and now continue to move on with my life. I don't see a day in my future that I don't think back on my life and remember her and how much we grew together, but I do know that my life now is amazing because of what I learned from what happened between us. And who knows, maybe one day we won't be so distant, but I can't really say anything more about that. I have incredible friends in my life now that I love, cherish and hold onto with everything, and I have an amazing boyfriend that supports me and comforts me when I get sad about the past. Although our 'falling out' [if you can call it that] happened over a year ago, its hard to think about the person I was then, and how much I let my ego take control of what mattered most to me, not just my friendships with a few people but a lot of other things as well. I can't spend time regretting what happened or who I was then so I don't. But I am happy with who I am today and I continue my life without negativity, without holding grudges and without repeating past mistakes.

[18] Favorite place to eat

This is a really hard question to answer, as I've eaten at lots of places, all over.

I would say my favorite place to eat in Salt Lake is either Himalayan Kitchen or Sages Cafe. They both have a romantic flair to them and HK has a lot of vegan options and Sages is all vegan. I love Indian food a lot, and I also love breakfast food so it had to be a toss up.





As for other places, I love Herbivore in San Francisco. I prefer the one on Divisadero but they are both the same.




But I think my favorite place I've ever eaten EVER, is WaterCourse in Denver. That might be because I've only eaten there once and am not burned out on it like everything else, but when I went there in October last year, it was incredible. Deelish!



Some other really great restaurants that I've been to are Veganopolis in Portland, [I really want to go to El Diablo in Portland, I hear they have great food and its a strip club!] Red Velvet Cafe in Las Vegas is really awesome and I've also only eaten there once, but I certainly plan on going back, Hummos Bros in London, England, I love Bakers in California which is a fast food place but they have vegan options like Tacos and Taco burgers, Le Grenier de Notre Dame in Paris, France

Those are all the places I can think of that I absolutely loved. Hopefully by the end of this year I will have eaten and lots of other places and add them to my list

Happy St Patrick's Day!

[17] Something you're looking forward to

I have a lot to look forward to this year, but the thing I'm most excited for is Trev and I getting a puppy. I have wanted a dog soooo bad for the last 5 years. Its been hard. So Trev said that our next apartment is going to be a house with a yard and we can get a puppy. We agreed on a Boxer. I am so excited to hug his little face off!!!

[16] Dream house

I don't really know how to explain my dream house. I don't want a giant crazy ridiculous beach house at all. I definitely want to live in a place where it snows at least 4 months out of the year, but also has warm summers. I prefer city over country or tropics, I just love the busy life. I want it to be big, but not so big that I can't find anything. I love older-looking fixtures, and lots of windows. I don't have a real girly flare, I like things simple. Here's some pictures I found that are very similar to what I would want the interior to look like:

Bedroom:


Bathroom

Livingroom:
Kitchen:
[Idk why but I've always had an obsession with yellow kitchens]

[15] Bible Verse

So, when I saw this question on the 30 day challenge, I got a little weird because I am not a christian. I am not religiously spiritual at all really, so I thought I'd replace this question with one I felt more compelled to answer. But recently, I got into a discussion about religion and vegetarianism so I thought I'd use this bible verse for my blog today:

Genesus 1:29 [New American Standard Bible]
Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

Genesus 1:29 [King James Bible]
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.





Source

More vegetarian bible info:
JesusVeg
Vegetarianism in the bible

Horrible Dream

I had one of the worst dreams I have ever had in my life last night. I woke up hysterically crying. I won't say what the dream was about but as soon as Trev heard me crying he grabbed my body like I weighed 5 pounds and hugged me explaining it was just a dream. After I had calmed down he asked if I wanted to talk about it, so I told him what happened in the dream and he told me everything would be ok.



This is how I know that I am so completely in love with you Trev. Thanks for comforting and being there for me darling.

[14] A picture of you last year- how have you changed?

A lot in my life has changed since last year. I am in a place of maturity I never thought I'd be. I have lost a few really good friends and gained a few really good friends. I have learned so much about letting go of grudges, being drama-free, valuing the things I have in life instead of wanting more, loving myself, financial responsibility, the importance of being employed, not taking things for granted and not holding onto things as if I'll always have them.

I feel like 100% a different person than when this picture was taken, and I can say I am so much more happy now than I have ever been. There are still many things I have left to learn but I can tell you now, that my mind is opened to growing up and taking on responsibility.

[13] Goals

So, yesterday I didn't blog because I had a busy day and when I got home I just really didn't feel like it. So I guess I'll blog something twice today..


I try to set high goals for myself, but recently I haven't really thought about what I want for my future. Here are some simple, short term, ones that I wrote about 2 months ago. There were a few more but I have already reached them.

I want to take sporadic, luxurious vacations with my boyfriend as often as possible


I want to get back to working out 5 times a week


I want to finish all of the tattoos I've started
[Just finished my arm and I have 1 more left to finish!!]

I want to read 2 books a month


I want to start playing my guitar more often
Since moving in with TP I have neglected it a bit

I am sure there are more, I am having a hard time thinking about them.

[12] Something you don't leave home without

I never leave home without my cell phone, and if I do.. I always go back and get it. I have this lame G1, but I want to get the Droid X so bad!

[11] Favorite TV shows

IDK when this 30 day blog challenge got so dull, maybe I'll start making up my own questions.. ha

My favorite TV shows are so random. I've been trying to read more and watch less TV, which so far I'm succeeding in, but my favorite shows are:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia


Planet Earth

Parks and Recreation

Employed!

Finally, I've done it! I got a job at a restaurant in the airport. I'm so excited, especially because its in the airport. I worked for SkyWest/Delta for around a year and it was my favorite job because its in the airport. I can't wait to start making money. As soon as I find the groove of serving and progress to the point where I'm making more money than I ever have [if that happens] I will be able to do most of anything I've wanted to do my whole life. Haircut, shopping and I start on Tuesday!

[10] Something you're afraid of

Terrified.


So, I mentioned this in my first post of the blog challenge; but I'll elaborate a little bit more, just to give you a relative idea of how much I really am scared of Sharks.

While searching for this picture, I got watery eyed, and had to look away from the photos for a little bit. I am so terrified of sharks.. I don't swim in swimming pools with my eyes closed, I can't watch underwater documentary's because I get short of breath and start panicking. Its weird because I wasn't always afraid of sharks.. I've never seen jaws, or any movie with sharks that I can think of.. They just all of a sudden started freaking me out.