In my last blog post my currently listening to song was Tattoos on This Town by Jason Aldean. The music video recently premiered and after watching it I just had to share it with y'all. It was not what I was expecting for that song but it was still amazing. Warning, it got my emotions flowing!
Enjoy!
Showing posts with label Jason Aldean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jason Aldean. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Feeling Frazzled
It's finally Friday!! I am so ready to begin my weekend but wish I didn't have a long to-do list of homework to do.
In case you missed any of my posts from earlier this week...
Funny Story & Bowling Night
We shouldn't be Facebook friends if...
Wednesday we are not friends
What I want to write about today started on Wednesday morning. As I mentioned in my Wednesday post I have a long day and as a result need to take a lot of things with me to work/school. It was as I was scrambling that morning to put together my bag of clothes and backpack that I realized I was feeling really frazzled, disorganized, and just not prepared - every day not just that morning.
The main reason I think I am feeling this way is my room is a mess. I've been saying for weeks now that I would clean it and get it in good shape so I could use it as more than just a place to sleep - *cough*homework*cough*. I am definitely going to at least take a step in the right direction this weekend and begin the process of cleaning my room. Wish me luck with this one!
Another reason for feeling unprepared was the fact that while I made a checklist of things I needed to pack for the day I would have been better off just packing everything the night before. Due to trying to get enough sleep every night I've changed the time my alarm goes off every morning - setting it later so if I get up when it goes off I have enough time to get ready but not so much time that I think I can use the snooze button a lot - and because of that when I use the snooze button a few times - but still better than I used to be about it - I put myself in a time crunch to get ready and leave in time to be to work on time. Because of this time crunch I put myself in I'm racing around after getting ready for work to find everything that's on that checklist of mine. As I was driving to work it dawned on me that if I would just pack everything I need for the next day the night before even if I was in a time crunch I wouldn't have to worry about forgetting anything. I will be giving this a try next week.
I have a plan so now it is time to put that plan into action!
Step #1 - Clean room
Step #2 - Organize room
Step #3 - Pack things for the day the night before
Step #4 - Get to bed between 10 and 10:30!!
Step #5 - Get out of bed when alarm goes off - DO NOT USE THE SNOOZE BUTTON!!
Easy enough right? Now I just need to follow through - my downfall in achieving things I want to in life.
Questions for you...
Do you prepare things the night before so you can just grab it and go?
Do you keep your bedroom/apartment (depending on your living situation) clean all the time or do you let it go sometimes and then do a big clean to restore order?
Currently listening to...
Tattoos on this Town - Jason Aldean - album: My Kind of Party
In case you missed any of my posts from earlier this week...
Funny Story & Bowling Night
We shouldn't be Facebook friends if...
Wednesday we are not friends
What I want to write about today started on Wednesday morning. As I mentioned in my Wednesday post I have a long day and as a result need to take a lot of things with me to work/school. It was as I was scrambling that morning to put together my bag of clothes and backpack that I realized I was feeling really frazzled, disorganized, and just not prepared - every day not just that morning.
The main reason I think I am feeling this way is my room is a mess. I've been saying for weeks now that I would clean it and get it in good shape so I could use it as more than just a place to sleep - *cough*homework*cough*. I am definitely going to at least take a step in the right direction this weekend and begin the process of cleaning my room. Wish me luck with this one!
Another reason for feeling unprepared was the fact that while I made a checklist of things I needed to pack for the day I would have been better off just packing everything the night before. Due to trying to get enough sleep every night I've changed the time my alarm goes off every morning - setting it later so if I get up when it goes off I have enough time to get ready but not so much time that I think I can use the snooze button a lot - and because of that when I use the snooze button a few times - but still better than I used to be about it - I put myself in a time crunch to get ready and leave in time to be to work on time. Because of this time crunch I put myself in I'm racing around after getting ready for work to find everything that's on that checklist of mine. As I was driving to work it dawned on me that if I would just pack everything I need for the next day the night before even if I was in a time crunch I wouldn't have to worry about forgetting anything. I will be giving this a try next week.
I have a plan so now it is time to put that plan into action!
Step #1 - Clean room
Step #2 - Organize room
Step #3 - Pack things for the day the night before
Step #4 - Get to bed between 10 and 10:30!!
Step #5 - Get out of bed when alarm goes off - DO NOT USE THE SNOOZE BUTTON!!
Easy enough right? Now I just need to follow through - my downfall in achieving things I want to in life.
Questions for you...
Do you prepare things the night before so you can just grab it and go?
Do you keep your bedroom/apartment (depending on your living situation) clean all the time or do you let it go sometimes and then do a big clean to restore order?
Currently listening to...
Tattoos on this Town - Jason Aldean - album: My Kind of Party
Thursday, July 28, 2011
It's time to wake up!
Every morning when my alarm clocks (yes, plural) go off I think to myself, "It's time to get up....oh I'll just lay here a minute longer..."
So, last night I had this awesome idea. I made myself a playlist of a few songs that I could use as my alarm clock.
I forgot to make sure the volume was turned all the way up on my iPod, and when I reset my alarm on my iHome I forgot to make sure the actual alarm was loud enough. I ended up turning my first alarm (5:30am) off because in five minutes I would be hearing my new wake up playlist.
Next thing I know my second cell phone alarm, third alarm total, was going off at 5:45am and I can barely hear my wake up playlist. The boys were serenading me back to sleep rather than waking me up for the day! But I know for tomorrow now because I'm not giving up on being woken up to those boys. ;)
My question to you is what is your wake up routine like? Are you a snooze button user? Do you ever sleep much later than you would have liked?
So, last night I had this awesome idea. I made myself a playlist of a few songs that I could use as my alarm clock.
 |
| Good morning to you too boys :) |
Next thing I know my second cell phone alarm, third alarm total, was going off at 5:45am and I can barely hear my wake up playlist. The boys were serenading me back to sleep rather than waking me up for the day! But I know for tomorrow now because I'm not giving up on being woken up to those boys. ;)
My question to you is what is your wake up routine like? Are you a snooze button user? Do you ever sleep much later than you would have liked?
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Baking Lesson Learned, 126 miles in a day, & Love at the Olive Garden!!
What is going on my blogger friends?? I've been a busy beaver these last couple of days so I'll just recap the highlights for you.
Thursday the most exciting part of my day was making a Chocolate Peanut Butter Bunt Cake. It tasted FANTASTIC but didn't look quite as good as it did when Holly made it (check out her cake here). I had asked my mom the night before when I was planning to make the cake how I got the cake out of the bunt pan. She said to take it out of the oven and turn it over on a plate or something right away so that's what I did. My cake turned out rather flat, almost brownie like instead of high. When my mom saw it she asked what I did. I assumed it was because I was caught up in the TV show I was watching and forgot to take the bunt pan off of the cake. But after talking with my grandma, who is an awesome baker, it turns out my cake my have fell flat because I turned it upside down too soon. According to my grandma I should have let the cake sit upright for about 10 minutes for it to set up and then flip the pan over on a plate or something, leave it sit for about 5 minutes or however long for the cake to fall from the pan. Like I said, the cake still tasted really really good so it wasn't a complete fail, just a presentation fail. Oh well, lesson learned for the next time I attempt to make it :)
Thursday when I was walking out of school to my car my aunt texted me asking if I wanted to go snowmobiling the next day if she could still get off of work. I told her I would and I would be inviting my dad who also didn't have to work. So Friday my dad, aunt, and I went on a 126 mile round trip ride. We left our house, which is only a 1 & 1/4 miles from my grandparents' where my aunt still lives, and rode to Tomahawk (about 45 minutes by car) for lunch at Freddy's Pub & Grill. Freddy's is a mexican place with amazing food. I had a shredded chicken chimi (yum yum yummy!). After eating we hit the trails again heading home, stopping once to use the bathroom (after eating & drinking you always have to go more on the way home lol) and again to put gas in. We had started our trip around 12:30pm and were home around 7pm. Overall it was a great day for riding, trails were awesome and the weather was great.
Saturday I had planned on working on homework all day so I could enjoy going out for lunch and shopping on Sunday without that voice in the back of my head reminding me about a bunch of homework that needed to get done. But plans changed, my mom was no longer needed at a church function that evening so my grandma, mom and I ended up going to town to do some grocery shopping at Sam's Club and eat lunch. We had lunch at Olive Garden, which I had only eaten at one time before and didn't like. I decided to stay away from spaghetti or lasagna as that was what I remembered having tried the first time many years ago and not liking. My grandma makes both so I think I'm biased as to what would taste good to me. I had the Grilled Shrimp Caprese and fell in love! Here's what their menu says: "Grilled marinated shrimp served over angel hair pasta with melted mozzarella, fresh basil and tomatoes in a garlic-butter sauce." I could have done without the tomatoes as I didn't eat them anyways but I know now for next time, and there will definitely be a next time :)
And now today has been homework day, nothing exciting.
How was your weekend? Do anything for Valentine's Day or are you like me and think tomorrow is just another day?
I'm going to leave you with a video from the 2010 CMA Awards of Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson performing one of my favorite songs from Jason's most recent album My Kinda Party. This was also the best performance of the night if you ask me. The song is "Don't You Wanna Stay", enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqmjDrecgzA&feature=fvst
Thursday the most exciting part of my day was making a Chocolate Peanut Butter Bunt Cake. It tasted FANTASTIC but didn't look quite as good as it did when Holly made it (check out her cake here). I had asked my mom the night before when I was planning to make the cake how I got the cake out of the bunt pan. She said to take it out of the oven and turn it over on a plate or something right away so that's what I did. My cake turned out rather flat, almost brownie like instead of high. When my mom saw it she asked what I did. I assumed it was because I was caught up in the TV show I was watching and forgot to take the bunt pan off of the cake. But after talking with my grandma, who is an awesome baker, it turns out my cake my have fell flat because I turned it upside down too soon. According to my grandma I should have let the cake sit upright for about 10 minutes for it to set up and then flip the pan over on a plate or something, leave it sit for about 5 minutes or however long for the cake to fall from the pan. Like I said, the cake still tasted really really good so it wasn't a complete fail, just a presentation fail. Oh well, lesson learned for the next time I attempt to make it :)
Thursday when I was walking out of school to my car my aunt texted me asking if I wanted to go snowmobiling the next day if she could still get off of work. I told her I would and I would be inviting my dad who also didn't have to work. So Friday my dad, aunt, and I went on a 126 mile round trip ride. We left our house, which is only a 1 & 1/4 miles from my grandparents' where my aunt still lives, and rode to Tomahawk (about 45 minutes by car) for lunch at Freddy's Pub & Grill. Freddy's is a mexican place with amazing food. I had a shredded chicken chimi (yum yum yummy!). After eating we hit the trails again heading home, stopping once to use the bathroom (after eating & drinking you always have to go more on the way home lol) and again to put gas in. We had started our trip around 12:30pm and were home around 7pm. Overall it was a great day for riding, trails were awesome and the weather was great.
Saturday I had planned on working on homework all day so I could enjoy going out for lunch and shopping on Sunday without that voice in the back of my head reminding me about a bunch of homework that needed to get done. But plans changed, my mom was no longer needed at a church function that evening so my grandma, mom and I ended up going to town to do some grocery shopping at Sam's Club and eat lunch. We had lunch at Olive Garden, which I had only eaten at one time before and didn't like. I decided to stay away from spaghetti or lasagna as that was what I remembered having tried the first time many years ago and not liking. My grandma makes both so I think I'm biased as to what would taste good to me. I had the Grilled Shrimp Caprese and fell in love! Here's what their menu says: "Grilled marinated shrimp served over angel hair pasta with melted mozzarella, fresh basil and tomatoes in a garlic-butter sauce." I could have done without the tomatoes as I didn't eat them anyways but I know now for next time, and there will definitely be a next time :)
And now today has been homework day, nothing exciting.
How was your weekend? Do anything for Valentine's Day or are you like me and think tomorrow is just another day?
I'm going to leave you with a video from the 2010 CMA Awards of Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson performing one of my favorite songs from Jason's most recent album My Kinda Party. This was also the best performance of the night if you ask me. The song is "Don't You Wanna Stay", enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqmjDrecgzA&feature=fvst
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)