Funny how time slips away..

So I find it funny, crazy and completely scary how time seems to fly by.
My last posting was months ago. And I'm not entirely sure where those months went.

Lets play catch up! :)

September 1st- I started a new position at Diablo Media! :) As an affiliate manager!

September 24th- I got Engaged in Steamboat (my last posting)

October- Jon and I road tripped to visit old friends in Casper WY to celebrate Halloween! We didn't fly their :) unfortunately!

   

November 13th- I celebrated my 24th Birthday!

 

December- Enjoyed xmas with the family and Diablo Media celebrated the holiday season with a suite at the Avalanche Game- and bottle service at Chloe!

 

 January 9th- Took a private jet with the Diablo Media team to Las Vegas for my first ASW conference! And stayed at the Wynn Encore

January- Started bridal dress shopping!

February- Celebrated VDay and visited with some close friends <3

March- Took our Engagement pictures and continue to do wedding planning!

April- Saw 2 Nuggets playoffs games in a SUITE :)

 

 April 5th- Adopted our 2nd puppy- Finn from the Boulder Human Society

April 22nd- I auditioned for the Denver Bronco Cheerleaders again! Made it to finals and was super close this year! Next year is MY YEAR! :)

So now we are at the End of May! Craziness I tell ya! Jon and I have lots of wedding planning to still do- as well as fun plans for the summer!

A Steamboat Engagement

You Are Here

Just a helpful reminder... YOU ARE HERE... Wherever you are they you are, so be present, be there completely,  take in the whole experience.

Year. You. Were. Born. Wine.

So about a year or so ago I came up with this great idea (or atleast I think its pretty great!) for a gift idea to give your children on special occasions.

So CHECK IT! 

Either before or after.. doesn't really matter.. your baby is born, go out and buy 3+ bottles of wine. Make sure that the year the wine is made is the current year (IE: The year your baby is born). I believe that RED tends to be better suited for this than WHITE. Buts its up to you.

Hold on to these wine bottles and give them to your children as a gift until....

1. Your childs TWENTY FIRST Birthday

2. GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE

3. THEIR WEDDING DAY <3

Not only does it become a special gift to give to your child but it also has become a very NICE bottle of wine.. 20+ years old!

How To: Keep your homemade cookies soft

How to Keep Baked Goods Soft

When I was young we ALWAYS had homemade chocolate chip cookies in the house and I learned early on how to make killer chocolate chip cookies! My favorite recipe is on the back of the Nestle Toll House chocolate chips :  http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/18476/Original-NESTL%C3%89-TOLL-HOUSE-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies/detail.aspx

When you bake cookies or brownies they always seem to stay fresh and soft for the first few days... but then quickly they turn hard (Wink.. Someone didn't close the lid all the way lol) and your hard work gets tossed in the trash.
***So to avoid that... My mother always used to place a slice of bread (the butt end works just fine) in the container with the baked goods. The piece of bread acts like a sponge and sucks up all the moisture that gets in the container and makes the bread hard and not your cookies! Depending on how long it takes to eat your goodies :) you may want to replace the piece of bread with a new one once the first gets hard and moldy.

So now every time you make some delicious treats, remember to add a slice of a bread!

THIS ALSO WORKS FOR YOUR BROWN SUGAR BAG TO AVOID HARD CLUMPING!

Flatiron Curls

How to Curl your Hair with a Flatiron:

Step 1: Make sure your hair is dry and semi straight to begin with
Step 2: Make sure you have a super hot flatiron (Chi if you have one)
Step 3: Pull up the top half of your hair into a pony tail
Step 4: Take medium sized areas of hair (chunk size depends on how long or thick your hair is)
Step 5: With the curling iron clamp onto the high part of the hair, not too close to scalp, and being twisting the hair around the curling iron. While you are twisting start to pull the straightener down to the ends holding the end of the hair as you guide through. Tip... Don't pull the straightener all the way to the ends and leave them straight
Step 6: After you do an area of hair spray with hair spray.
Step7: After full head is complete go back and do the missing strands that are still straight.

Do not run figures through or use a brush!

This is what it will look like when you are finished..

New Finds

Here are two new websites that I have stumbled upon that I am aboustuly in love with..
1st- Pinterest : http://www.pinterest.com A website where you can pin images, ideas, thoughts onto boards so you can remember where you found the things you love on the internet. As well as remember nifty ideas for DIY, food, crafts, fashion etc. This is great for people like me who are obsessed with remember amazing photography shots, wedding ideas, and dream home designs.

2nd - My50 : www.my50.com A website geared towards helping those remember all the things they would like to do in their lifetime. A bucket list, to do list, must see list of sorts. It allows you to makes lists of all the things you want to accomplish and when you want to accomplish it by. As well as achievements that you have already accomplished. Place you want to see and have already seen. I love it because I have a million of these lists scattered around my house, and I am always thinking of new and great ideas that inspire me. Another great feature is you can look at other peoples lists as well... and get great ideas of things that you might have never thought about. It's really crazy seeing some of the other peoples list and what is truly important for them to do in this lifetime. You get a glimpse into the things that you may take for granted that others have been waiting a lifetime to do.