screw the challenge

sorry, i planned on doing the challenge until last week when life turned all sorts of crazy.

my big brother graduated saturday which means my mother freaked out all week. 

we had to redo the backyard. and clean the whole house top to bottom, twice. 

plus i had cookies and cupcakes to bake for my brother's party and killer cake to bake for my best friend's graduation party.

and a million other things on my mile long to-do list. 

the only fun thing i did was hangout with sienna.

(sorry s, i normally don't talk that much but nerves, caffeine and lack of sleep make me ramble.)

i may try to finish the challenge, but not so sure.

i have two bakery orders for this week and sleep to catch up on.

and i would like to see my friends. 

i have been running on caffeine for the last 6 days.

i need a nap.

challenge day fourteen

blog every day in may, day fourteen.

ten things that make you really happy.

my boyfriend
dogs

cute shoes

sweets

stripes and polka dots

a clean home and a well made bed

good hair days

pink lipstick

good friends

pink and white flowers

hanging out with this guy on a sunny really makes me happy.

challenge day thirteen

blog every day in may, day thirteen.

issue a public apology.

dear blog readers,

sorry i suck at the challenge.

-michelle

challenge day twelve

blog every day in may, day twelve.

what do you miss? (a person, a thing, a place, a time in your life...)

i miss catalina island and my grandfather. when i was growing up my grandfather lived there. in a house that had been in our family for over 100 years. my family sold it after he died. if i ever win the lottery, the first thing i will do is buy back that house. because to me, that is where i grew up. it is the first place my parents lost me, where i got my first concussion, where i caught my first fish, and the only place that i was allowed to wander freely as a kid. i love that house more than any other place i have ever been. i used to curl up in my grandfather's chair and look out the window, watching the boats come in. my dad and i would wake up before the sun comes up, go get a chocolate milk and donut and then i would spend hours on the pier with my little pink fishing pole. i still remember the first fish i caught that was big enough to keep. i was six and named him fish. my dad brought it home and grilled it up. i gave it to my grandfather's cat named cat because i couldn't eat something i named! my grandfather laughed so hard. i used to always want to go to the three same place for breakfast, lunch and dinner. antonio's to this day makes me smile because i still remember when my grandfather started throwing peanuts at the waiters. he hit one right between the eyes and then it landed in his drink. we couldn't stop laughing. my grandfather never wanted to leave the island unless he had to so i spent a few christmases over there. they were my favorites. 

i haven't been back to catalina in almost 5 years. i stayed at our old house because my dad's friend bought it, they grew up there too. it doesn't look the same anymore but it still feels like home.

the view from the window. 

challenge day eleven

so if you were wondering what happened to days eight- ten, just posted them. i've been sick all week so you are getting them late. even though i wrote them all early. i know that pretty much makes no sense but whatever.

see! wrote them early!

blog every day in may, day eleven.

sell yourself in 10 words or less.

planner.

organized.

honest.

hardworking.

loyal.

funny.

sarcastic.

impatient. 

happy.

dreamer.

challenge day ten

blog every day in may, day ten.

most embarrassing moment.

you know that when you graduate, you are walking up to get your diploma, and all you can think is "don't trip." 

because there is ALWAYS someone who trips and falls. 

well on my graduation, that person was me. 

i, in my too long rented gown, fell in the middle of everyone at graduation.
i had just been handed my diploma, and was walking back to my seat.
then my heel got stuck in the turf and i went down.
(not very far, i was only 5'2 in my heels!)
and a teacher helped me get back up.
since they lined the isle so no one did anything dumb.

that would be me. post fall. 

note the heels getting stuck in the ground.

challenge day nine

blog every day in may challenge, day nine.

a moment in your day.

if you are sick and don't want to eat anything other than a cupcake.

eat a damn cupcake.

and since i'm posting this late.
here's one from today.