A Boston Belle

Have No Fear...I'm Still Here!

2010-08-10T21:50:00.003-04:00

Hi All! I promise that I'm still here and planning on writing an actual post very very soon. I got back from vacation a couple weeks ago, and was in a bit of a late summer funk all last week. Then today, because I've been at work for 2 months (really can't believe that it's been that long) I had my first performance review today. It went really well but I obviously have a TON I have to work on and I really need to kick it up and get into gear before my next review in a month. So that's just a quick glimpse of what's been going on lately, but I really do promise I'll do a real post soon...hopefully this week. So, sorry for the lack of posting lately and...Stay Tuned!
xoxo
KAC

Read this book...NOW!

2010-07-21T22:34:00.002-04:00

Ok so seriously you all need to stop reading this post and run to your nearest Boarders/Barnes and Nobles/Library/ whatever and read this book:

Have any of you heard of this book? The movie (with Zac Efron who looks AMAZING) Charlie St. Cloud is based on it, and it's seriously one of the best books I've ever read. It's about a guy who looses his brother in a tragic car crash, and suddenly develops this "gift" to not only see him but others who have not yet moved on to Heaven. He also meets a girl, Tess, and well...there's a GIANT twist that I'm not going to spoil but I totally didn't see it coming. Based on the trailer for the movie I don't know how much of that twist they're going to address in the movie, but it looks good either way. This book is a really short read and I know you all will LOVE it!

This is the trailer for the movie (which I can't wait to see!)

Also on a totally random note, is anyone else out there excited for Weeds to start? I saw this preview yesterday and can't WAIT!

I love that all of the Botwins are on the road and I think it's going to be really funny to see where they end up. Have a good Wednesday night everyone!

My New Haircut

2010-07-15T22:30:00.002-04:00

Obviously it's a pretty slow day in my life if I'm posting about my hair haha, but a couple of you asked to see a picture of it so here it is:

Totally not a great picture of me but oh well. In other news...I'm going to CHICAGO tomorrow!! AHHH I am so so excited. A couple of my friends and I are having a mini reunion (even though we've only been graduated for two months ha) and on Saturday we're seeing Tom Petty! It's going to be an amazing weekend and I can't wait. So I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend yourself and I'll be back on Monday.

Oh and b/c the title of this post totally reminded me of this, here's "my new haircut." Do you all remember this? I haven't seen it for awhile but it still cracks me up haha.

xoxo
KAC

What I'm Loving Right Now

2010-07-13T21:01:00.004-04:00

I was going to post this last night but it rained so our cable and internet went out (which makes perfect sense right?) Anyway there's a bunch of things that I'm kind of obsessed with right now and since I'm too lazy to upload pictures I thought I'd share them with you! So without further ado here we go:

First off is True Blood. Um how great is this season so far? I'm absolutely OBSESSED with Eric this season, and Bill's plot line is actually interesting, although I don't believe for a second that he's not in love with Sookie. My only complaint is that Eric and Sookie ACTUALLY need to get together, and if they have another freaking dream sequence about it I'm going to scream. My other complaint is that I think Tara is now one of the most annoying/useless characters on the show and I wish they would do more with her character...although after seeing the previews for next week that might happen.

Chicago! I'm going there this weekend to meet up with friends and see Tom Petty and I am SO SO excited. Friday seriously can't come soon enough!

So obviously everyone loves Friends including me, but I haven't actually watched the show in forever until I put it on last night while I was falling asleep. Man I forgot how funny this show is! I'm watching season 3 right now and it's the perfect thing to watch at night.

Rice pudding, more specifically rice pudding from Trader Joes. Wow this stuff is SO yummy, and althought it's not the best, at 130cal per serving it's not the worst thing in the world for you. In a broder sense I'm also in love with Trader Joes in general and (along with the West Side Market) am probably going to make it my go to grocery store.

So who cares that this is almost half a months rent. This is the most AMAZING pbag I've ever seen and I want to make it mine NOW. Hmmmm maybe it'll go on sale eventually? One can hope haha.

So those are just a couple things that I'm obsessed with right now...what are you all loving?
xoxo
KAC

A Lazy Dazy Weekend

2010-07-11T22:05:00.003-04:00

After the craziness that was my 4th of July weekend (I swear I'll post that recap eventually) I was actually really happy to have a weekend to do absolutely nothing. Friday my roommate and I stayed in and got REALLY good Indian food from this hole in the wall place in Ohio City. We usually don't agree on what to watch on TV but finally found Miracle which we both love. On Saturday I went to try a new salon to get my hair cut and colored because it was in HORRIBLE shape. I don't know about all of you, but I tend to stick with my hair dresser for a while so I was really nervous to try someone new, but she turned out to be fantastic! The salon was great too and everyone was so nice I would totally recommend it to anyone and can't wait to go back again soon.

Last night my roommate and another friend tried a new Vietnamese restaurant that was delish, and then went out for some margs before calling it a night. Today we went to lunch it Little Italy before hitting the beach in Bay Village. The beach was WAYY crowded and the sand was kinda gross but it was so nice to be by the water on this gorgeous day, and to lay out. So that was my WAY boring but relaxing weekend. What did you all do?
xoxo
KAC

Rah Rah Rah

2010-07-06T22:24:00.003-04:00

I was going to take the chance tonight to recap on seriously the best weekend EVER but I'm postponing that post because I just got sucked into one of my favorite things ever: Cheerleader Nation.

Does anyone else remember this show? It aired the summer before I started college and documented the Dunbar varsity cheerleaders as they tried to win their third national championship in a row (I don't remember if they ended up winning it or not.) I was absolutely ADDICTED to this show and completely freaked when I found that it was on tonight. So now instead of going to bed so I don't end up falling asleep at work (like I almost did today) I'm absolutely glued to the tv.

Thinking about my addiction to this show reminds me of other movies/tv shows I love about cheerleaders, such as:

and

Anyone else have kinda a weird addiction to these type of shows or is it just me?
xoxo
KAC

Happy 4th of July Weekend!

2010-07-01T23:41:00.002-04:00

How can it be the 4th of July already? I feel like the summer has just started, and now I realize that I've been here/work for almost a MONTH now and this weekend marks the (kindof) halfway point of summer. After work tomorrow I'm headed down to see friends and have an amazing time this weekend. I'll be back on Monday with a recap! What are all of your plans this weekend? Since I won't be blogging this weekend have a very very happy 4th of July everyone!

xoxo

KAC

Dear DirectTv

2010-06-30T22:44:00.002-04:00

Dear DirectTV

I know we had a rocky start but I really am trying to like you. I like that I can see the tv guide and get HBO in my room which I couldn't before with time warner. I like that the dvr space is huge and that I can control the dvr with my phone. But the fact that after ONE storm my internet/some channels go out for FOUR DAYS is something that I really can't handle. Being in an area that gets a lot of storms both in the summer and the winter I can already tell that we're going to have a long and bumpy relationship. Also you're customer service people could use a bit of work...the fact that I have to leave a message with someone to have a totally different person call me back from an unknown number just so they can say that someone might or might not be out in the next 3 days or so kinda annoys me. It also sketches me out. So please DirectTv get your act together before I'm forced to move out of the apartment that I love just so that I can get decent internet and cable (I'm only half kidding about this.)

xoxo
KAC

What I've Been Up To

2010-06-24T21:21:00.003-04:00

Because I've been mia from the blog world for such a long time I probably owe you all an explanation of what I've been up to. Since my last real post (not inluding Monday's) I've moved to Cleveland, moved in with my roommate, and started my new job. The move went pretty well, except for one small issue (which contributed to my absence)... our apartment didn't have internet for TWO weeks. Let's just say that the service people at Direct TV and I went through a very LONG rough patch but it all worked out eventually. I never realized how much I depended on the internet until I didn't have it for a while...hmmmm maybe that's something that I should work on!

I absolutely LOVE my new apartment...it's pretty big (for a first aparment at least) and I have my own bedroom and bathroom which is great. The location is fantastic and my office recently moved downtown so I can walk to work now. I'm also loving living with my new roomie S even though she and I are the total and complete opposites. Like literally everything I like, she usually doesn't and vice versa. But weirdly enough we get along REALLY well and I absolutely love living with her. She's a ton of fun to go out with and it's great having an automatic friend in a city where neither one of us know that many people.

And now last but not least...I love my job! I'm doing a bunch of different things right now but I'm learning a ton, and I'm starting to understand everything that's being taught to me which is even better haha. The people in my office are fantastic but in the beginning I was definitely having flashbacks to freshman year of college...I hate being the new kid. I'm starting to get to know more people in the office though, and everyone has been amazing in helping my transition go relatively smoothly. So there you go...that's been my life for the past couple weeks. Now that everything's slowing back down look for more posts, and more comments from me. Have a great Thursday night!

Happy Summer!

2010-06-21T23:33:00.002-04:00

I can't believe that (once again) I haven't blogged in forever and now it's the first official day of summer. So many crazy and exciting have been happening lately that I've completely lost track of everything and have abandoned both my blog and my reader. I PROMISE that things are starting to return back to normal and I'll let you all know what's been going on in my life in the next post. So in honor of the first day of summer (and National Wear Lilly Day which I had NO idea about) here are some things that I'm looking forward to this summer:

- spending time with friends on the 4th of July

- seeing my family at the end of July

- spending more time by the lake

- relaxing on our deck on my building's roof

-enjoying this hot but gorgeous weather

How has your summer been going so far, and what are you most looking forward to?

xoxo

KAC

It's JUNE!!

2010-06-02T09:05:00.004-04:00

Wow how did it get to be the beginning of June ALREADY? I can't believe that I've been out of school for a month and I'm moving TOMORROW. This year is already going by WAY too fast for me. For some reason out of all of the summer months I think June is my favorite mainly because it's the very beginning of summer and the weather's still (somewhat) cool. Right after the 4th of July I usually get sick of the hot weather and just want fall to come! This month I have a TON of fun things happening, the biggest being my move and the start of my new job on Monday. Then in two weeks I'm going to Cedar point with my great-grand big and to her lake house for the weekend. I LOVE amusement parks and Cedar point is the best so it will be a great weekend!

My Memorial Day weekend was fantastic and included a lot of laying out, grilling out, and hanging out with family and friends. I also saw Sex and the City 2 not once but twice, with my best friend C on Friday, and then with my mom and a family friend on Saturday. Although I liked the movie A LOT more when I saw it the second time I still wasn't completely impressed and thought the first one was a lot better. I loved the first 45 minutes of the movie but thought that it kind of fell apart when they went on vacation. Also, Carrie annoyed me through most of the movie and I found myself liking Miranda a lot more, which is weird because I couldn't stand Miranda through most of the show and Carrie (along with Charlotte) was always my favorite. I still had an amazing time both times I saw it and would still recommend it!

Given that today is my last day home, and I'm sitting on my couch writing this/ re-watching the finale of Gossip Girl instead of doing the 8 million things I need to get done I think I'm going to end it here. I'm off to run a ton of boring errands and pack but I hope that you all have a much better day!
xoxo
KAC

Happy Memorial Day!

2010-05-31T11:18:00.003-04:00

Happy Memorial Day everyone! It is an absolutely GORGEOUS day outside and I'm so happy that it's officially summer! Today I'm planning on doing:

A little of this (but replace the pool with my backyard haha)

Some of this

And a LOT of this!

I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing Memorial Day!
xoxo
KAC

Happy (almost) Summer!

2010-05-28T17:38:00.002-04:00

I can't believe that it's Memorial Day weekend already! Considering that it's my last weekend in Boston (seriously terrifying) my plans involve a LOT of packing, a little shopping, and enjoying the gorgeous weather that we're supposed to have these next couple days. Tonight I'm going to see Sex and the City 2 with my best friend C which I'm SO excited for! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend...anyone have any fun plans?
xoxo
KAC

AMAZING Giveaway

2010-05-26T17:56:00.002-04:00

I forgot this before but I quickly had to share with you a fantastic giveaway that Pink Preppy Lilly Lover is hosting! She is giving away.... A MURFEE SCARF! I have wanted one of these in forever and she is so generous for giving one away. It ends May 31 so head over there ASAP to enter!
xoxo
KAC

What I'm Obsessed With Right Now

2010-05-26T17:30:00.003-04:00

Since most of my tv shows have ended for the summer (except Glee) and True Blood doesn't start for another couple weeks I thought I'd share a band that I'm totally obsessed with right now. Have any of you all heard of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros? They are a fairly new band, and are mainly known for touring the country in a giant school bus. I don't remember where I first heard them, but after I heard "Home" I was immediately hooked. I just googled them to find out more about them (I didn't really) but did see that they're going on a tour this summer which would be really fun to see. I do admit that some of their music is kinda weird and could definitely be described as a little "hippie" but I absolutely love it and also think that it's perfect for summer. So without further ado here are my three favorite songs:

Home

40 Day Dream

Janglin' (this was on an episode of gossip girl)

What music are you all loving right now?
xoxo

Goodbye Lost

2010-05-24T19:58:00.004-04:00

After 6 long years of watching and wondering what exactly was going on with this show, I can't believe that LOST is finally over. I started watching about halfway through the first season (my sophomore year in High School) with a couple girlfriends simply because we were in love with both Jack and Sawyer (still are.) Over the years as the show got more complicated most of my friends eventually stopped watching but my friend G and I stuck with it and would always get together to watch the season finale after we were both done with school for the year. Although I had to watch the last episode by myself this year (G hasn't graduated yet) it was still amazing and I really can't believe how quickly these past 6 years have flown by!

I'm sure there are a ton of mixed feelings but I for one absolutely loved it. I cried MANY times throughout the episode (mainly the last scene with Jack and Vincent, and when both Sawyer/Juliet and Jack/Kate reunited) but thought it was a very sweet and uplifting ending. I also LOVED the Lost themed Target commercials and the "alternate" endings on Jimmy Kimmel So I guess I just want to say a huge THANK YOU to Lost for providing 6 great years of entertainment! I know that there are a ton of theories out there so what did you all think?

xoxo
KAC

Away We Go

2010-05-21T08:22:00.002-04:00

Happy Friday! I'm off once again to one of my favorite places in the world...Vermont. I know I've written about my love for Vermont before but it really is my favorite vacation spot ever and I would love to have a house there someday. So I'll be away from my computer this weekend but back again on Sunday. And speaking of Sunday, I absolutely cannot WAIT for the Lost finale...I'm definitely making sure that I get back in time so I don't miss a minute of it! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend...anyone have any big plans?
xoxo
KAC

The craziness has finally ended

2010-05-19T12:43:00.004-04:00

Well after an exciting, overwhelming, sad, and basically just amazing two weeks, the craziness that is the end of senior year has finally ended. Finals week came and went (and I got my final grades back on Thursday which means that I have passed everything and officially graduated) and graduation weekend was an absolute blast. On the Friday of graduation weekend my housemates and I hosted a party for our friends and family, and then Saturday was the big commencement for everyone and the small ceremony for the Arts and Sciences college. The actual ceremonies were such a blur but one thing I do remember is that it was COLD! The big ceremony outside was so painful to sit through that the President ended it early which was welcomed! Sunday was filled with packing up the house and then my dad, friends, and I went out for one last dinner.

Driving away from the place where I spent the best four years of my life was really one of the hardest things ever, but as much as I miss everything about college, I really am excited to move and start my new job. On Monday my dad and I started the drive back to Boston, but stopped in Cleveland to find my new apartment. After a LOT of searching I found it and I can't wait to post pictures of it when I move in. My dad and I got back last Tuesday and then on Thursday, a couple friends and I went to Florida this past weekend for one last getaway. This weekend was SO much fun and I can't wait to post pictures as soon as I upload them! I got home yesterday, so today I'm basically just relaxing and catching up on tv that I missed while I was away. I also really need to actually unpack from school, so that I can start repacking to move again. So once again these next couple weeks are going to be crazy again but I think that I can finally start keeping up with blogging, and I'm excited to get back to reading all of yours. I think that's going to be it for today but I also wanted to say a huge CONGRATS to all of the other (college, high school, grad school etc) graduates out there!
xoxo
KAC

Lots and Lots of News!

2010-04-26T00:41:00.003-04:00

Hi all I can't believe that it's been SOOO long since I've posted...I swear that I'm going to be much much better this summer! So much has happened since the last time that I "talked" to you all that I don't really know where to begin but since it's late (and I have a TON of work to do) I'm going to share the two GIANT announcements I have. Before I do can I just say that I can't believe that tomorrow marks my last full week of classes as an undergrad. I have nothing to say about that but it's just....weird.

Ok so here's BIG news #1:

So I don't know if you all remember but back in December I had interviewed for a job that I was pretty excited for. It was similar to what my internship was this past summer (digital marketing) and the company seemed really awesome as well. Well a couple months went by and I hadn't heard anything so I kinda gave up on it...until this Monday. I got a call when I was writing a paper for my poli sci class TOTALLY last minute and I found out

I GOT THE JOB!!!!

Which is absolutely CRAZY. I really can't believe that I have a "big person" job and that I'm going to be starting a month after I graduate. Which is both exciting and terrifing at the same time. AND which also leads me to BIG news #2:

I'M MOVING TO CLEVELAND!!

Which is also absolutely exciting and terrifing. I'm so excited because I'm not going to be that far away from my besties as well as many other close friends who are also staying in Ohio (at least for right now.) I'm absolutely TERRIFIED because I know people from the Cleveland area but not directly in the city and I think I'm going to have to live by myself which kinda scares the crap out of me. So not only are these next few weeks going to be filled with moving out of school but also moving to a brand new city. I basically have NO idea what I'm doing right now so if anyone has any advice on finding an apartment, living on your own, basically ANY advice about becoming a "real" person than let me know!

Soooo in the upcoming weeks I still might be a little sketchy on my posting/commenting but please hang in there because I'll be back to my regular posting when I'm completely settled. Hope you all are doing well!
xoxo
KAC

It's My One Year Blogoversary!

2010-04-07T00:01:00.002-04:00

Ok technically it was about a week ago, but since my posting has been a little random lately, I'm celebrating it today! Wow I can't believe that I've been blogging for a whole year. Before I started this blog I was a LONG (and I really mean long) time lurker. I absolutely loved everyone's blogs that I came across and I kinda wanted to start one myself but I really thought that I had nothing important to say and that it would be a complete waste of time. Well then one day M decided to start a blog and I very quickly decided to start one too just like that. I could never imagine that one year later, I'm still at it and I actually have followers who want to read my random and unimportant thoughts!

It's so weird to go back and read my first couple posts and think about where I was a year ago. I was a junior and my biggest worry (at the time) was trying to find a summer internship, but mainly I was just trying to work hard and have a great time with my friends at school. Now, I'm still having a TON of fun (probably too much sometimes) but now I'm thinking about the "real world," and the "future" and I guess that life just seems so much scarier than it was a year ago. Not that it's a bad thing, but it totally amazes me how much can change in a year. I guess what I really want to say after all of this rambling is that I really want to thank all of you, both my followers from the very beginning, and those who have just found me...I would not still be doing this if it wasn't for you. I have enjoyed reading all of your blogs as well as getting to know all of you better, and I can't wait to keep it up in the future. Here's to many more happy years blogging!
xoxo
KAC

I'm Still Here!

2010-03-29T22:56:00.003-04:00

Hi all I can't believe that it's been about two weeks since I've last posted! I did not realize how CRAZY everything would be since I came back from spring break, the work has been non stop ever since. As stupid as this seems it has finally hit me that I'm graduating in a little over a month and that fact is absolutely TERRIFYING! Is anyone else who's graduating feels this way as well? So because my week is crazy yet again I'm going to have to end it here tonight. I have so much that I want to share with you all so hopefully I'll be able to get back to regular posting this week!
xoxo
KAC

Giveaway Winner!!

2010-03-15T22:48:00.004-04:00

Hi everyone! I can't believe that I'm back from vacation, and that spring break is officially over... this week went by so quickly. I'm going to do a full vacation recap tomorrow or Wednesday (when I'll hopefully be unpacked, and start caring about school work again haha) but I'm going to announce the giveaway winner tonight. Thank you to all who entered...you made my first giveaway fantastic! Ok so I decided to draw names the old fashioned way using my fun St. Patty's day hat:

And the winner is...

ACL from Adventures Abroad! Congrats girl, and shoot me your info so I can send your goodies out to you!
xoxo
KAC

Surprise!

2010-03-05T08:34:00.003-05:00

So you all have been patient all week and now it's finally time to announce my surprise! But first, I'll let you know where I'm going for Spring Break. Ok so one more time the three clues were:

It's in the Southern US
It's on the Atlantic Coast
There are over 25 miles of Beaches

Most of you were really close, but no one quite got it... for this spring break my friends and I are going to Ft. Lauderdale! There's about 10 of us going and we are all SOOO excited. Our flight leaves at noon tomorrow and I literally cannot wait but I also have a TON to do to get ready. I am the worst when it comes to packing, and since I'm doing this last minute I hope that everything get's done in time!

Ok and now for my surprise. I've been meaning to do this for awhile, so in honor of my one year blogoversary coming up, as well as a HUGE thank you to all my amazing followers I am hosting... MY FIRST GIVEAWAY!

In honor of spring just around the corner, I decided to have kind of a "spring fling" giveaway so I'm giving away a tote/beach bag:

And spring is never complete without a little Lilly so I'm throwing in a CUTE picture frame as well:

I also have a couple other surprises that I'm going to include, and I might throw in a souvenir or two from my trip! Ok so now for the rules... I want to hear what everyone loves most about spring so:

1 entry for commenting and saying what you love most about spring
2 entries for following
3 enteries for blogging/posting the giveaway on your blog

The giveaway will be open until midnight on Sunday March 14th, and on Monday I'll announce the winner! So good luck everyone and I'll see you all in a week!
xoxo
KAC

Happy Green Beer Day!

2010-03-04T10:00:00.000-05:00

All schools have fun traditions and celebrations, and today my school is having one of my FAVORITE all time celebrations. Today is Green Beer Day, which is a long standing tradition that takes place the Thursday before spring break starts. It started because St. Patrick's Day used to fall during our spring break (it doesn't anymore) and is basically just a fun way to celebrate the start of spring break! Basically what happens is that you drink all day (not that I'm saying this is a good thing!) and all of the bars start serving at 5:30am. My friends and I have never been up that early to celebrate, so were planning on getting up at 4am to be there bright and early. I absolutely LOVE this tradition, and think that it's one of the best events during the school year. What are some traditions at your school that you love?

And here is my last spring break clue (You guys are REALLLY close!)

Clue 3: There are over 25 miles of beaches (thanks Google!)

xoxo
KAC

New Years Resolutions: An Update

2010-03-02T23:02:00.004-05:00

Even though I set a bunch of New Years Resolutions for myself this year, I realized this morning when I was at the rec, that I never did a blog post about them. So I thought for today (well I guess it's really tonight) that I would tell you a couple of my resolutions and give an update on how I'm doing with them.

Eat Healthier and Lose Weight: This one I'm doing really well with! Since about mid January I've already lost about 8 pounds, and I can't wait to loose even more when I come back from spring break. I'm pretty good about eating healthy during the week, but on the weekends I totally let myself eat whatever I want...I think that I would go crazy if I didn't!
Read More Books: This is another resolution that I'm doing well with. I find that the only time that I have to read during the day is when I work out, which works out really well. So far I've read three books since January, and am almost done with a fourth which is a total record for me! I've loved all of the books that I've read but I think that my favorites have been Shutter Island (which is FANTASTIC...seriously go buy this book NOW) and Paula Deen's Memoir It Ain't All About the Cookin.
Blog More Often: Eh this is one that I've kinda struggled with. I always try to write a post a day or at least for most of the week, but more often than not I end up not making the time for it. I know many of you blog every day, and that's my goal for the coming months.
Learn How to Cook: Ha this has been a complete FAIL. What I have learned to master is the art of making a delicious meal in the microwave, or heating up a frozen pizza in the oven. I think that the total extent of my cooking has making risotto from a box (but it was REALLY good!) This is another one that I need to work on.
Watch Less TV: This has also been kind of a fail. Right before Christmas break, I started watching episodes of The West Wing when I was getting ready in the morning, and now that they're on the first season, I've been totally hooked to it, and find myself watching more TV and not less. I would say that I should work on this one, but I like TV wayyy too much, so I think that I'm going to give this one up.

How are you all doing with your resolutions? Oh, and before I end this, here's your second clue for the day:

Clue 2: It's on the Atlantic Coast.

A couple of you were really close yesterday...anyone think that they know it today?
xoxo
KAC

A Fantastic Weekend!

2010-03-01T23:23:00.003-05:00

Wow where has this week gone, and how is it already March? This past week has absolutely FLOWN by, and the fact that I had such an amazing weekend, made it go by that much quicker! This weekend I had both my sorority's Mom's Weekend, as well as a horse show, so it was completely jammed packed with activities. What made this weekend extra special too was that my Dad came just so he could see me ride on Sunday, so it was great that I got to see both of my parents who I haven't seen since Christmas! On Friday my parents took my housemates (minus our one crazy one) and I out to dinner at this delicious Italian place, and then we all went out to the bars for a little bit. Saturday, M's mom came, so we all went shopping to the outlets (I got some AMAZING things at Jcrew) and then had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Saturday night we had our mom's weekend dinner and silent auction, and then on Sunday my parents and I headed out bright and early to the horse show which was about two hours away.

It was definitely weird that this was my last show that I'll ever ride in for my college team but it was an amazing way to end the season. I had a great ride, and then my team as a whole won the show, and our major competitors got in third which made the day even better! It was definitely sad saying goodbye to my parents yesterday but I can't believe that I'm going to see them in about a month for Easter, and then shortly after that they're going to be back here for graduation...this semester is flying by WAY too fast for me!

So on a completely different note, and in honor of my spring break that I'm leaving for on Saturday I thought that I would play a game with you all. I'm going to reveal a clue each day as to where I'm going for break, and then on Friday I'll tell you all where I'm going as well as post a surprise! So without further ado here is the first clue:

Clue 1: It's in the Southern US

Hmmmmm...any guesses? Hope you all had a happy March 1st!
xoxo
KAC

Olympic Fever

2010-02-22T23:20:00.003-05:00

Has anyone else out there gotten swept up in Olympic Fever? I literally have been watching it every possible moment and they have been amazing so far! I think my favorites to watch have been all of the skiing events and the figure skating. I was absolutely amazed when Lindsey Vonn won the gold, and think that it is absolutely amazing that she was able to win despite her injury. I'm watching Ice Dancing right now, and even though some of it is a little weird, I'm a total sucker for all of the dramatic performances. I think my favorites so far have been the Americans who skated to Phantom of the Opera, and the couple who skated to the theme from Requiem for a Dream...both performances were fantastic! I also cannot WAIT for the womens figure skating tomorrow night it should be amazing. GO TEAM USA! What have been your favorite things to watch so far?

On a completely unrelated side note, I saw this How I Met Your Mother episode one time, and the main point of the episode was that nothing ever good happens after 2am. Now when I saw the episode I totally laughed it off and didn't really think anything of it but after a totally WEIRD experience that happened to my housemates and I (which is a long story but involved a massive fight breaking out at our house) I have to go back and think that this is kind of true. What do you all think about this?

So that's about it for tonight...back to watching more Ice Dancing!
xoxo
KAC

ETA: Ok the Canadian couple who just took the lead....wtf does anyone else think that they weren't as good as the American team (of Davis and White) or am I just biased and totally missing something?

Weight Loss Thursday

2010-02-18T09:02:00.004-05:00

Midterms are HERE (weird that they're here already) so I completely forgot to do Weight Loss Wednesday's for the past two weeks....whoops! So before getting ready for my riding practice today, I quickly weighed myself to update you all on my progress.

Past two weeks: -3.2lbs
Total: -6.7lbs

Wahoo I'm pass the 5lb mark! Which is a little bit of a surprise considering that I'm the WORST eater/starbucks coffee drinker when I'm studying for tests. Anyone out there have any good tips on what to eat? In other news it's THURSDAY....the weekend is only a day away!
xoxo
KAC

Growing Up

2010-02-16T23:29:00.004-05:00

Today I went to my school's spring career fair, and while I was waiting in line to talk to (potential) future employers I was thinking about how I've been feeling more and more like a "grown up" lately. Maybe it's the fact that I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I'm graduating in a few months, or the fact that I received a "save the date" card for my grand big's wedding in October, and it's weird to think about attending a wedding "on my own" for the first time without my parents. And for some reason (I really don't know why) when I was trying to figure out a time to meet up with my great-grand big, who was in town today, for drinks tonight or coffee tomorrow, I felt like a grown up again. I don't know why I've been feeling like this lately, and I'm still not sure if I like this or not, but it's definitely weird to realize that I'm going to be out in the "real world" in a couple months and I still have NO idea what I'm going to do with my life. Sorry that this has been kind of a rambling post...I guess the career fair just brings it out in me!
xoxo
KAC

Valentine's Day

2010-02-14T10:00:00.000-05:00

Enough Said

xoxo
KAC

Saturday Randoms

2010-02-13T09:56:00.002-05:00

Happy Saturday everyone! It's finally sunny here and we actually haven't had snow for a couple days but that's going to change after this weekend and we're supposed to get snow again next week. I'm leaving for a horse show this afternoon, which I probably should start packing for haha but I have a couple random things to post about that I haven't this week so here they are!

The Olympics are finally here! Although I love them both and am usually OBSESSED with watching the gymnastics in the summer I think I like the winter ones a little bit more for the figure skating and skiing/snowboarding. I also can not believe that one of the Georgian lugers died yesterday. They showed the footage before the opening ceremonies started and it was so scary to watch. I have to admit I don't know if I would be able to compete after hearing about that, and I feel so sorry for both his family and his teammates.

What did you all think of the opening ceremonies? I thought that some parts were really cool, and some parts were pretty weird. I absolutely LOVED Team USA uniforms and totally want to snag one of those hats!

On a completely unrelated note, in January I won Blackeyed Susan's Kate Spade planner giveaway and I never posted about it. Here's a picture of the planner as well as a couple surprises she sent me:

I am absolutely OBSESSED with everything and have been using the planner and pen nonstop. Thank you SO SO much Susan!!

So that's about it for me today...since I'm going to be away for Valentine's day and don't have a boyfriend anyways (grrrrrr) I'm going to have to live vicariously through all of you. What are your plans for Valentine's Day?
xoxo
KAC

Snow Day

2010-02-09T21:29:00.004-05:00

I don't know about everyone else but we are getting another GIANT snowstorm, and today our classes were canceled. I don't care how old I am, I still absolutely LOVE snow days and they always make me feel like a little kid again, except instead of staying in with hot chocolate and watching Nickelodeon or The Big Comfy Couch, my friends and I went to the bars instead haha. It was a great way to spend the afternoon and also made me realize how much I'm going to miss college! We're supposed to get snow all night and tomorrow, and one of my classes has been canceled already so hopefully we'll have another one tomorrow. I don't have any pictures of the snow today, but here are some pictures that I took around our campus yesterday:

I hope you all are enjoying the week so far!
xoxo
KAC

The Super Bowl!

2010-02-07T11:03:00.004-05:00

Happy Superbowl Sunday everyone! Even though I'm not a huge football fan I'm SO excited for the big game just for an excuse to watch alot of tv, drink, and eat snack foods all day. Who are you all rooting for? I think I'm going to cheer on the Saints just because this is their first time and I always love an underdog haha. I also cannot WAIT for the commercials...those and the halftime show are always the highlights for me. A couple friends of ours are hosting a party so we're going to head over there later today and it should be a blast!

In other news...how was everyone's weekend did you all get alot of snow? We got a good amount on Friday and are supposed to get another storm Tuesday which I'm actually kind of excited for! Friday my housemates and I went over to happy hour at one of our favorite bars, and then a friend's party where I drank a little too much haha so on Saturday we were just kinda of lazy and stayed in which was nice and a perfect way to enjoy the snowy day! Oh and I'm sorry about not doing a Weight-Loss Wednesday this week...our internet has been screwy lately but I loss 1lb this week which brings my total up to 3.5lbs so far (but I'm probs going to gain a good chunk of that back today!) Oh and before I end...what did you all think of LOST? So I'm not really sure but are they now doing alternate timelines? I was so confused throughout the whole thing but I absolutely LOVED it and I was also so sad that Juliet died for real this time I always liked her and Sawyer together. Enjoy the Super Bowl!
xoxo
KAC

It's Finally Here!

2010-02-02T00:00:00.004-05:00

After month's of waiting, today has finally arrived! No, I'm not talking about Groundhog day (although I do want to know if there's going to be 6 more weeks of winter) but rather....

the last season of LOST starts tonight!! WOOO I couldn't be happier and I am so excited to see what kinds of crazy things they have in store for us this season. I'm already planning on getting all my work done early today so that I can give all of my attention to the show tonight and tomorrow I can't wait to discuss it! Anyone else super excited about this or is it just me?

Lights, Camera, Action!

2010-01-31T23:33:00.003-05:00

I absolutely LOVE movies but given my busy schedule at school I don't really get to see them this often. Over these past two weeks I've seen more movies than I have in a while and it's been fantastic! Last Sunday my friends and I went to see Avatar in 3D which I wanted to see just because everyone has seen it but I wasn't sure if I was going to like it or not.

Well I absolutely LOVED it. Although the story was totally cheesy I still loved it, and the effects were absolutely beautiful and amazing. Seeing it in 3D was definitely the way to go, and if anyone hasn't seen it you should go right now...I actually wouldn't mind seeing it again!

Yesterday my friends and I went to see When in Rome which I kind of didn't want to see just because of the 800 ads that they've been running but I was pleasantly surprised again.

While it wasn't the best in the world it was really cute, and some parts were pretty funny...Josh Duhamel was also pretty nice to stare at too! Overall it was a fun movie and a good choice for a Saturday afternoon.

When we got back we didn't really feel like going out, so we all decided to get take out and have a movie night at home. The first movie we rented was Nights in Rodanthe which I always wanted to see when it got out but never got the chance to.

Ok so I did end up missing a chunk of it because I was doing laundry but I saw about half of it and absolutely LOVED it and also DIED at the ending. I recommend this to everyone and really want to see the first half and also read the book as well.

After, we watched Disturbia which was on TNT (absolutely love that movie) and then rented I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. I absolutely loved this book (even though many of the stories are SO wrong haha) and was really curious to see how they were going to make it into a movie.

It was really funny, and I was happy that some of my favorite stories from the book made it in, but I liked the book alot more and would definitely recommend it over the movie. Today was another lazy day spent doing a TON of homework and not much else. I also watched the Grammy's tonight and have to say that I was kinda unimpressed. I LOVED Gaga and Elton John in the beginning, and thought that Bon Jovi was fun but I didn't really like a lot of the other performances. Oh and I think I'm in the definite minority here but is anyone else besides me getting a little annoyed with Taylor Swift? I like her music but there's something about her that totally annoys me, and I was getting REALLY sick of seeing her so many times tonight!

So that was my boring weekend in a nutshell. Anyone else do anything exciting or see any good movies?

Good Reads

2010-01-27T14:54:00.003-05:00

I literally JUST discovered this off of Vineyard Vogue's blog...has anyone else heard of Good Reads? I haven't done alot with it yet but it's this site where you can keep track of what you read, and what you want to read, as well as read reviews of books that you want to read. Right now I have a list of books that I want to read on my phone but this seems like a MUCH better place to keep track of everything. I don't get done with classes until about 8:30 tonight but I can't wait to explore this site when I get back!
xoxo
KAC

Weight Loss Wednesday!

2010-01-27T13:50:00.004-05:00

One of my many new years resolutions is not only to lose weight but to get healthy in general. My weight has definitely fluctuated since the beginning of high school but I have always been bigger than I've wanted to be, so, since I'm graduating this year, I decided that now's the best time to start dropping those lbs (Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale is also a great motivator as well!) I've been pretty good about working out 5 days a week (I really need to start working out on the weekend as well) and counting calories with a food diary, but to keep myself accountable I decided to track my weight loss and have weight loss Wednesdays!

Ok so for this week I've lost: 2.5lbs. So happy to be off to a good start and can't wait to track my progress!
xoxo
KAC

Pleased to Meet You

2010-01-25T23:30:00.004-05:00

Once again I'm not doing a very good job on balancing everything I have going on this semester and have totally abandoned the bloggy world AGAIN. Maybe it's because I'm a second semester Senior but since recruitment ended I have been SOO unmotivated and really need to realize that I'm still in school for 4 more months (ahhhh!) There's a TON that's been going on since I last posted and I have lots of great things to post about but for tonight I thought that I would leave you all with something that I've thought about for a while (warning this is VERY random)

If I could trade lives with anyone for a day I think that it would be either Lady Gaga...

or Snooki.

Hmmmm I wonder what this says about me? Who would you all want to trade lives with?
xoxo
KAC

PS- I noticed that while I was gone I gained a bunch of new followers so a big HI to all of you!

Bid Day!

2010-01-17T14:46:00.003-05:00

Today is my Sorority's Bid Day which (for those who don't know) is when the new members get their bids to become part of our chapter! After a VERY long recruitment I am so happy that it's finally over and I can't wait to meet our brand new KDs tonight! We rented out a bar for the celebration and before all of the Seniors are getting together to celebrate our last one. I can't believe that this is my last bid day...I can still remember when I got my bid and I was FREAKING out I'm so excited for the new girls and all the fun that they're going to have during the new member period! I hope you all are having a great long weekend...anyone have anything fun planned?
xoxo
KAC

Still Here!

2010-01-12T09:30:00.002-05:00

Sorry about being slightly MIA lately school just started and I'm busy with the last couple days of sorority recruitment so I might not be back until this weekend. I can't believe that I just had my first day of second semester yesterday and that I'm a second semester Senior...ew. For those of you who are back I hope you're having a good first week and those on vacation, well, I'm so jealous! Sorry for the short post but I'll be back with much more this weekend!
xoxo
KAC

Um...WOW

2010-01-06T15:45:00.001-05:00

I don't really have any words for this except I can't decide if she's putting on an act or not and this clip totally made my day. Enjoy!!

xoxo
KAC

Back to School

2010-01-05T14:02:00.002-05:00

Sorry I couldn't really come up with a better title than this but I'm leaving for school today a week early for my last year of Rush (or "recruitment" as we call it.) California was AMAZING and I have had the best time at home being with my family. I'm so sad to be leaving already but I'm really happy to get back and I don't think my waistline can take being at home any more...my new years diet is starting ASAP! I'll post a belated list of my new years resolutions this week and I hope you all are enjoying being back at work/school or vacation!
xoxo
KAC

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T12:08:00.004-05:00

Happy New Years everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous, fun, and safe New Years Eve...what were your plans? Mine was absolutely fabulous (I'm kinda lazy right now so I'll give a longer recap when I get back!) and today I'm looking forward to laying out by the pool and watching Northwestern (my dad got his MBA there and since Michigan isn't in ANYTHING today we're def watching them!) kick some booty today...although I just checked the score and it doesn't look good. Have a very relaxing day everyone!
xoxo
KAC

Let's Try This Again....

2009-12-30T11:47:00.002-05:00

Earlier this summer I jumped on the bandwagon and got a twitter account which I LOVED. However I was a complete idiot, and used my full name, so when I randomly googled myself one day and found my twitter account I kinda freaked and deleted it. So I don't know why I just decided to recreate one again this morning, considering that it's on 9am here and I'm not really awake yet but I did haha. So if you all want (and I hope you do!) click the link on my sidebar and follow along! Oh, and I found someof you but I would love to follow everyone so leave your username so I can follow you too! Hope everyone's having a good week and getting ready for NYE tomorrow!
xoxo
KAC

ETA: Thanks to SunshineMeg for being my first follower!!

California Here We Come...

2009-12-28T09:00:00.002-05:00

So I absolutely HAD to use a line from The OC theme song to say that I'm off to Palm Springs for New Years! We're going to meet my aunt and uncle as well as some family friends out there and it's going to be a blast. We went last year and had a fantastic time but if any of you have any suggestions let me know!!
xoxo
KAC

Brandy

2009-12-28T01:22:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone...I shouldn't even be on my computer right now considering I have to get up to leave in a few hours but I just read this on Classy in Philadelphia's blog and I would love to pass this along and share Brandy's story. Also, if you have a chance go on and check out her blog here....its fantastic!

My name is brandy. And I have a blog.

And a plea.

I use my blog to showcase the crazy I meet everyday, share the stories of the kids I teach and document my love for tequila, dairy products and the abdominal muscles of Ryan Reynolds. Rarely do I talk about personal issues on my blog- as personal as the dude that I adore (who I actually met through my blog- single ladies, let that be a very good reason to blog, the possibility of meeting someone as wonderful as my man), but I need your help. And it involves my dude.

He's a guy who made math comics for my class, so they would love learning about addition. He's the kinda guy who sends my friends gift cards when they are having hard times, who remembers every story I ever told him, who was the first person I celebrated with when I got a teaching job. He's the guy who sent flowers to me at school- dozens of my favourite pink roses just because he loves me. He's a guy who has spent a year patiently explaining (and re-explaining) everything there is to know about football during the important games when silence is preferred. He's made me word puzzles and comics and stayed up late playing Scrabble with me (even though I beat him almost every time). He's listened to me cry about school and family and jobs. He is everything I never knew I needed and everything I always knew I wanted.

The holidays have hit us hard. He's recently been told he may have something called multiple myeloma- an incurable cancer, that gives a person an average of five years of continued life. Though this news has came as a shock, he continues to be exactly who has always been- spending his time worrying about me, rather than worrying about himself. He's the most selfless individual I know- (he stayed late on Christmas Eve to work, so his co-workers could leave early) and a post like this would never be something that he would promote or encourage but when I'm overwhelmed and feeling helpless, the blogging community has always given me tremendous support and comfort, two things I desperately need at this time.

As I write this, the future is uncertain and we aren't sure what's happening. He'll need to see an oncologist soon, to verify what's going on in his body. My hope is that everyone who reads this think positive thoughts and if you are a person who prays, could you add him to your list? (You can refer to him as 'brandy's hot awesome dude'). If you don't pray, please keep him in your heart.This cancer is only a possibility and I believe that the prayers and positive thoughts of people can make sure it never becomes a reality.

I want to give a big thank you to the blog owner who scraped their original blog plans and graciously put this up. My goal is to get as many people as possible to see and read this post. If you are reading this and want to help, copy and paste my plea into your blog or send a link through twitter, so more people can keep him in their thoughts. I would be so very grateful (even more grateful than I am to my friend who first showed me the picture of Ryan Reynolds on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. If you haven't seen it, google it. You. Are. Welcome).

I realize this all sounds dramatic, a Lifetime movie in the making- but this is life. Right now. And I'm throwing away any hint of ego and am humbly asking for you to pray or think kind thoughts. If you are able to pass this on, thank you and if you know anything regarding MM- please email me (my email is on my blog). This isn't a call for sympathy or a plea for pity. It's just one girl hoping you can think positive thoughts for the person she adores. If my current heartache provides you with anything, let it be with the reminder that life is short, love is unbending and no one knows what could happen next. Maybe it is silly, but I really do believe that positive thoughts can make a huge difference. Thank you for reading this and if you haven't already? Please tell someone you love them today.

I did.

Christmas Recap

2009-12-27T13:17:00.005-05:00

Happy 2 days after Christmas everyone, I hope you all had a great holiday! Santa was VERY good to me this year and left me lots of goodies including a ton of books and dvds (one of them was the 5th season of Lost which I can't WAIT to watch), a North Face coat, and snow boots! We had a very relaxing Christmas day and then went over to my neighbor's for cocktails which was interesting to say the least. I love my neighbors but they don't always have an edit button on what they say especially when they've been drinking for a couple hours so I definitely heard more about they're...um...love life (they're also in their mid-60s) than I wanted to know!! After the party we came back home, ordered Chinese and watched The Holiday and I'll Be home for Christmas which made a very nice Christmas night!

Everyone has posted pictures of their Christmas decorations, and I guess that I'm a little late to the party considering it's after Christmas haha but my mom goes all out around the holidays so here they are.

(most of our ornaments lean towards the handmade/folksy kind and I love this one which we got in Vermont one year)

(The Christmas Barbar which I think I told you all about in my christmas traditions post)

(all of our stockings....and yes my dog does have his own!)

(my grandmother who is VERY proud of her Norwegian/Viking heritage gave this nutcracker to us)

Today, I'm off to Boston to exchange a gift for my dad, and use a couple gift certificates before coming home to pack for CA tomorrow! I hope you all had a great holiday....what did Santa leave for you?
xoxo
KAC

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T08:00:00.000-05:00

xoxo
KAC

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

2009-12-24T10:35:00.003-05:00

Can you all believe that it's Christmas Eve already?? Wow I am SO excited that Christmas is (almost) here!! Today my dad and I have a big day ahead of us in that it's been our Christmas tradition (since I was about 6 and my dad ACTUALLY forgot to buy my mom presents that year) to go shopping for my mom together on Christmas Eve day at Copley Plaza/ the Pru Center in Boston. I absolutely love this tradition with my dad, and the Copley is always so pretty at Christmas.

My aunt and uncle aren't coming out this year (we're just going to meet them in CA for new years) so it's just going to be our (very small) family for Christmas which I'm actually so excited for! Tonight my family and I are going to dinner in Boston (another tradition) before going to midnight mass which is seriously something that I look forward to all year. It is absolutely beautiful, and my favorite part is when everyone sings Silent Night (one of my favorite Christmas songs) by candle light. Tomorrow we're going to my neighbors for their annual Christmas party, and then have a very relaxing night, and either go to a movie, or just get take out and watch holiday movies. I hope you all have a FANTASTIC holiday, and that Santa is good to you all this year!
xoxo
KAC

Tunes Tuesday: The LAST Chrismas Edition

2009-12-22T16:34:00.002-05:00

Sorry this tunes Tuesday is coming a bit late today...we're having a Christmas party tonight and I have been helping my mom get ready for it all day! I'll post a longer recap of the party tomorrow, and hope everyone is enjoying these last couple days before Christmas!!

Hanson- Christmas Time

I wish It was Christmas Today- SNL

Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)- Jessica Simpson

Josh Groban-Believe

River-Joni Mitchell (I know this isn't really Christmas-y and that it's REALLY sad but I always listen to it around the holidays)

xoxo
KAC

A fun Christmas Meme

2009-12-21T10:00:00.000-05:00

I've seen this on a bunch of blogs, but most recently, Belle on Heels, and thought that I would do this too!

Q: What is your favorite Christmas movie?
A: The Holiday, and I'll Be Home for Christmas (Love JTT haha)

Q: What is your least favorite Christmas movie?
A: Some of the ones on Lifetime are kinda rough (not The 12 Men of Christmas though, I loved it!)

Q: What Christmas song(s) drives you crazy?
A: Christmas Shoes

Q: What is your favorite Christmas song(s)?
A: Breath of Heaven by Jessica Simpson, Dominick the Donkey, At Christmas-Hanson

Q: What is your favorite Christmas drink?
A: Peppermint Mochas from Starbucks

Q: What is your favorite Christmas memory?
A: I always love going to midnight mass with my family especially when the congregation sings Silent Night by candlelight

Q: What is the best toy/gift you've received on Christmas?
A: My first saddle that I got when I was 10...I DIED haha.

Q: What is the worst toy/gift you've received on Christmas?
A: This UGLY nightgown that my aunt gave me one year...it was horrible!

Q: What do you LOVE about the holidays?
A: Um absolutely EVERYTHING! The music, tv/movies, decorations, shopping, baking, holiday parties... I could go on forever haha

Q: What annoys you about the holidays?
A: The fact that many people get angry/annoyed when shopping...kinda makes you loose the holiday spirit!

Q: Do you prefer a star or an angel on top of a Christmas tree? Or something else?
A: Angel

Q: What is your favorite family recipe at Christmas?
A: A cranberry cookie pie that my mom makes every year...so yummy!

Q: Are you a Grinch or a Who at Christmas?
A: A Who!

Q: Christmas light displays - Love them or hate them?
A: Love lights and think they're so pretty...although some people can go a bit overboard sometimes.

Q: Santas at the mall - fun times or creepy?
A: A little creepy but I still like them

Q: Christmas cards...do you send them?
A: My family always does, and this year my housemates and I sent some out too!

Q: What is the best thing about Christmas in your opinion?
A: The music

Q: What is the worst thing about Christmas?
A: The day after!

Q; When do you put the tree up and take it down?
A: Usually the first week in December and the first week in January

Q: Out of the 12 Days of Christmas, which item would you want your truelove to give to you?
A: Anything but the swans...I hate swans and they're kinda mean!

Q: Why do you think grandma got run over by a reindeer?
A: Drank too much eggnog haha

Q: Who is your favorite reindeer?
A: Rudolph!

Q: Do you believe in Santa Claus?
A: Of Course!

Q; What is your favorite smell at Christmastime?
A: Fresh Christmas Trees

Q: What would make you happy at Christmas this year?
A: Just being with my family/friends and enjoying the holiday!

Awards!

2009-12-20T12:09:00.005-05:00

Over the past couple weeks a bunch of you have been SO amazing to give me a couple of awards, and I have been lame enough not to post them. I still can't believe that people read this thing (and I just saw that I have 150 followers...WOW) and actually give me awards, so thank you all and here they are!

The very fabulous Lauren at Dreams Take Flight gave me the "your blog is fabulous award!"

The rules for this one are to just share five things you are obsessed with, and then pass the award on to five of the most fabulous blogs you read!

The whole Holiday Season. Both Thanksgiving and Christmas are my absolute favorite times of the year. I love the movies, tv specials, food, music, decorations, and overall EVERYTHING about the holidays.
Lady Gaga. I don't know about everyone else, but even though she is totally weird and out there, I absolutely LOVE her and am kinda obsessed with the Bad Romance video. I would love to be one of those dancers and wear those CRAZY outfits!
Bravo. Lately, I've become kinda addicted to all of the bravo shows, and I've also been loving the fact that they show old episodes of The West Wing in the mornings when I have to get ready for school. Next to the Travel Channel, and Food Network, it's become one of my go to channels when nothing else is on.
Chipotle. I used to be a Qdoba fan until our town just got a chipotle, and now I am TOTALLY obsessed. The chicken tacos, and their chips with guacamole are my favs.
My Target Boots. I wrote about these and posted a picture of them in my previous post, but I have been wearing these nonstop and am totally obsessed with them.

Ok so I'm going to pass this on to these fabulous bloggers:
Julie from Wearing Mascara
Chanel Fashionista
Marian from Escaping the Single Life
Flip Flops on Lex
TWA from Are you a preppie?

Sarah from Wears Inappropriate Shoes (ha I absolutely love the name!) gave me the "Over the Top" award...I've seen other people do this and this looks like so much fun so here it goes:

Here are the Rules:

Use only one word, pass along to six favorite bloggers, and tell 'em you did so.

1. Where is your cell phone? Table

2. Your hair? Messy

3. Your mother? Studying

4. Your father? Football

5. Your favorite food? Chinese

6. Your dream last night? Nope

7. Your favorite drink? Wine

8. Your dream/goal? Happiness

9. What room are you in? Family

10. Your hobby? Reading

11. Your fear? Death

12. Where do you want to be in six years? NYC

13. Where were you last night? Out

14. Something that you aren't? Aggressive

15. Muffins? Ew

16. Wish list item? Chanel

17. Where did you grow up? Massachusetts

18. Last thing you did? Brunch

19. What are you wearing? PJs

20. Your TV? Patriots

21. Your pets? Dog

22. Friends? AMAZING

23. Your life? Crazy

24. Your mood? Lazy

25. Missing someone? Friends (the ones at school...oops I broke the rules!)

26. Vehicle? Away

27. Something you're not wearing? Makeup

28. Your favorite store? Many

29. Your favorite color? Navy

30. When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday

31. Last time you cried? Ummmm...

32. Your best friend?(s) Many

33. One place that I could go over and over? Vermont

34. One person who emails you regularly? Sorority

35. Favorite place to eat? Foxfire Inn

Now I'm going to pass this along to:
Tarver from The Sweet Silver Lining
Pink*Riss
The Preppy Pearl
BLC from The Company She Keeps
New England Girl
Sweet Sassy Southern and Classy

Now last but certainly not least, both Christine from The Sweet Sea, and MMC from Black Labs and Lilly gave me the "Happy 101" award which is seriously adorable! Both of these ladies' blogs make me so happy so you all really need to run over and visit them!

10 Things that Make Me Happy!

Being done with school and HOME!
My family and friends
My snowflake PJs
Starbucks Chai Tea Lattes
Christmas music/movies/tv
Glee
All of the sparkly clothes that are out right now
Snow
The chance to read for fun
Holiday parties

10 Blogs that Make Me Happy!

passing on the Happy 101 Award to these fabulous blogs...

MLD from California Born and Virginia Raised
Jules from Chic & Pink
Nicole Marie from La Mia Vita
Whitney from Peace Love and Big
Gracie Beth from Preppy Southern Princess
Southern Champagne Wishes
Sarah from Classy and Fabulous
Classy in Philadelphia
Blackeyed Susan from Susan in the South
Tshirts and Mini Skirts

xoxo
KAC

Let It Snow!

2009-12-20T11:08:00.004-05:00

I hope that everyone on the East Coast is enjoying this very snowy weekend! It's snowing like crazy right now and I for one am LOVING it. I think my mom and I are going to bake cookies and watch holiday movies today, and then later as long as the roads are OK were going to head out to a restaurant near Sturbridge which is so pretty and very "holiday-y." I can't wait and I think it's going to be GORGEOUS with the snow! I am so happy to finally be done with finals and have a couple weeks off to just relax. I have a bunch of fun things planned for this break and am very excited to head out to Palm Springs CA with my family for New Years!

So I feel like I haven't written an actual post and "talked" with all of you in forever! So many fun things have happened so in the interest of not having a post that's 8 years long here's a quick recap:

We had our semi-formal the first weekend in December and it was SO much fun! It was held at this really cool little bar, and the atmosphere was great. The bar owners were so generous and had an open bar for us too which made it that much better haha. I know a couple of you were wondering what dress I chose but stupid me forgot to bring my camera cord home so here is the only (good) picture I could find on facebook!

I had my third and final job interview and it went so well! They were so welcoming and friendly and the two people I talked to were great. After the interview they told me that I would recieve an email letting me know if I was still being considered for the position, and last week I got that email! So now all I have to do is wait which sucks, and keep applying for other jobs, but I REALLLY want this one so hopefully it will come through!

The Saturday before finals, my friends and I took a study break and went to Macaroni Grill which was so delish, and afterwards went to Target to look around. Well, I had seen many of my sorority sister's with these Frye boots, and had been trying to find the Target version for FOREVER, and I finally found them! It was a nice to buy myself a little treat before finals!

Target's Version

Frye Boots

Yesterday I went out to breakfast with my bff C, and then went Christmas shopping in Boston. It wasn't as crowded as I thought which was really nice, and I'm so happy that I'm almost done with everything. I can't believe that Christmas is less than a week away!

So that has been my life in a nutshell these past couple weeks. I hope that you are all having a great holiday season so far, and if you're around here, enjoying the snow!
xoxo
KAC

AHHH...It's Finals Week!

2009-12-15T14:26:00.003-05:00

Good luck to everyone who also has finals this week, and I'll be back to normal posting/commenting this weekend!
xoxo
KAC

Tunes Tuesday: Fun Christmas Edition

2009-12-08T08:00:00.000-05:00

Alright so it's round two of my Christmas songs Tunes Tuesday, and for this week I decided to pick out my favorite "fun" Christmas songs. As always share your favorites in the comments!

The Twelve Pains of Christmas-Bob Rivers (This song always cracks me up...especially towards the end. Sorry about this VERY weird video...I seriously don't know who comes up with these sometimes haha)

Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

Dominick the Donkey (LOVE this video haha)

Snoopy Versus The Red Barron-The Royal Guardsmen

xoxo
KAC

A Snowy Surprise

2009-12-07T08:52:00.002-05:00

I just woke up to get ready for class and look what was waiting outside...

It's SNOW! I'm such a little kid, but I always get so excited for the first snow, and this is the perfect thing to brighten up a Monday. Funny enough, even though we've actually gotten a fair amount of snow here over the last couple of years (especially last year) this isn't really an area that deals with snow well, so M just told me that alot of schools are closed this morning because of 1/2 inch. Lucky kids I wish I still had snow days!! Off to get ready for class and have a great Monday everyone!!
xoxo
KAC

The BEST GIVEAWAY EVER and Dresses

2009-12-05T11:44:00.003-05:00

Hope you all are having a lovely Saturday morning! So first I wanted to mention the most AMAZING giveaway that Fantabulously Frugal is hosting. She is the most generous person ever and is offering 3 different packages with various goodies in them such as Gucci sunglasses, gift certificates and other amazing things! So head on over there enter, and if you do PLEASE mention that I sent you!!

So the other news is that I'm going to my sorority semi-formal tonight, and of course can't figure out what to wear. So maybe you all can weigh in! Here are the options: (oh and sorry for the crappy photo quality...I took them on my phone haha)

Option 1: I haven't worn this since freshman year but it's basic and cute and has a fun back (see below)

The back of Option 1

Option 2: I don't know if you can tell from the picture but the dress is a really deep, pretty forest green. I love this dress and wore it to a semi sophomore year, but the only problem is that it's a little tight and can make it hard to breathe haha.

Option 3: This dress I wore for recruitment last year and it's REALLY pretty and comfy however I do need to add "chicken cutlets" and a good dose of fashion tape to make it work on top haha.

Option 4: Oops, sorry I didn't rotate the picture, but this dress I bought yesterday and is navy with ruffles on top.

So....which one do you like?
xoxo
KAC

Tunes Thursday

2009-12-03T12:13:00.003-05:00

Sorry that Tunes Tuesday got moved to Thursday this week...I left for my interview Tuesday night and was completely busy preparing for it. When I got back last night I went for mexican and margs, and then was completely lazy for the rest of the night! As for my interview I think it went really well! I spoke with two people and the first person I spoke with went to the same school as me, and both were so nice and completely welcoming. They seemed pretty impressed with my intership experience and I think that I would be amazing for the position so hopefully I'll here something back from them soon! In the meantime all positive thoughts would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Ok so on to this weeks Tunes Tuesday...for the rest of the month it's going to be all christmas...YAY! Alot of these are non-traditional but they're what I listen to starting in Novemeber so enjoy!

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings-Barenaked Ladies

Just Like Christmas-Low

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear-Sixpence None the Richer

Santa Can you Hear Me-Britney Spears

Do you Hear What I Hear-Whitney Houston

All I Want for Christmas-Mariah Carey

Look for more next week!
xoxo
KAC

Back To Reality

2009-11-29T23:20:00.002-05:00

After a crowded plane ride I'm back at school, and while I'm definitely happy to be back I'm TOTALLY missing home right now! My Thanksgiving was great, lots of good food and even better company (all except for our one family friend who is completely CRAZY but definitely makes holidays entertaining haha) and this past weekend was so much fun as well. On Friday afternoon, my mom and I saw The Blind Side which I thought was absolutely amazing and completely inspirational...I also loved the fact that both Leanne and her daughter were/are KDs! Saturday, my family went up to Salem to walk around and go to this teeny tiny museum that always has unique exhibits and when we got home we watched The Family Stone and The Holiday, two of my favorite Christmas Movies. Today, before leaving we all went to the Brighams (anyone from MA knows that it's the best ice cream EVER) in my town for one last visit because it's CLOSING tomorrow :( It's kinda sad how, well, sad I am about it but I have a ton of great memories from there, and will definitely miss my catch up dates there with my BFF from home, C. Right now I'm sitting in bed, kinda falling asleep, and trying to build up the motivation to write a paper thats due tomorrow at 10am...nothing like a fun way to come back to school! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend!
xoxo
KAC

Show Us Your Life-Christmas Traditions

2009-11-28T18:09:00.004-05:00

I always LOVE the weekly Show Us Your Life over at Kelly's Korner and thought that I would participate myself this week! My family has a TON of traditions (I'm warning you now...some are kinda weird haha) so here are a few of them:

When I was little I used to be OBSESSED with Babar the Elephant so my mom bought a cardboard cutout of him for my Babar birthday party. Now I have no idea how this started but my mom would always put out the cutout on Christmas Eve and when "Santa" would come "he" would put a bell on Babar's trunk. Kinda weird but we still have kept it up!
We always open a Christmas present each on Christmas Eve.
When decorating the tree my mom always hides a pickle ornament and whoever finds it gets to open their presents first.
Before Christmas my mom and I always make Holiday Cookies together, and for Christmas my mom always buys her and matching PJs for us to wear on Christmas morning.

So there are just a few of my family's Christmas traditions...what are your family's traditions?
xoxo
KAC

Giving Thanks

2009-11-26T10:53:00.004-05:00

I can't believe I wrote my Thanksgiving post yesterday and forgot to name all of the things that I am thankful for this year. I am thankful for so many things including:

my amazing family and friends
my health (and the health of my family and friends)
my dog
my education and the wonderful opportunities I've been given
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Starbucks Holiday Cups
Christmas Music
TV marathons
Holiday episodes of Friends and Will and Grace (haha I'm a dork)
The bloggy universe
Updates on the new season of LOST over at Entertainment Weekly (seriously I can't wait)

And for your holiday enjoyment... a little Adam Sandler (sorry there's no video with this just the song!)

xoxo
KAC

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-25T22:56:00.003-05:00

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow! For me the family fun (both good and bad haha) has already started...my mom has already made some,um, interesting comments towards me, and my aunt and uncle have only been here for less than an hour and are kinda driving me insane already. Oh well, I am SO happy that I'm home and spending Thanksgiving with my amazing family (as crazy as they may be) and I can't wait to watch the parade, dog show, top chef on bravo (I love their Thanksgiving marathons!) and eat all of the yummy food! Have a great holiday everyone!!
xoxo
KAC

Tunes Tuesday: Home Edition

2009-11-24T16:34:00.002-05:00

As Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz "There is no place like Home." And to celebrate being home for Thanksgiving, I thought I'd share some of my favorite songs with "home" in the title. Wherever it is, enjoy being home with your families this week! Also get excited because the next couple Tunes Tuesday's (up until Christmas) will be all Christmas songs...woohoo!

Take Me Home Tonight-Eddie Money

Home-Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (Just discovered them and they are quickly becoming one of my bands ever...this song is SO happy and so much fun!)

Take Me Home Country Roads-John Denver

Homecoming-Kanye West (Even though I hate him personally, I love his music and this is one of my favorite songs)

Bring It On Home-Little Big Town

I Feel Home-OAR (Sorry I could only find a live version of this one!)

Way Back Home-The Wreckers

Home-Michael Buble

xoxo
KAC

Highs and Lows

2009-11-24T00:16:00.002-05:00

I don't know about all of you but Thanksgiving Break, seriously could not come soon enough. Between school, riding, activities, and still trying to have a social life (a definite FAIL) last week was completely crazy. Here are some of the highlights of the past week-ish (and I'll start with the lows first because it's best to get those out of the way!)

Lows

The Horseshow at _____ (they know who they are haha)- The horseshow that our team went to the weekend of the 13th was seriously one of the WORST shows ever. Personally I rode pretty well and was overall very happy with both my ride and my horse (although even though I love the color pink if I get another 5th place I will flip out) but the judge was seriously HORRIBLE. In one class all 3 of our riders didn't place (and two of them definitely should have) and the school that was hosting the show, and prides themselves on having an amazing equestrian program, didn't have the courtesy to start even remotely on time. We have to go back there in February and I'm really not looking forward to it.

School- I think the Communication department at my school made a pack to kill all of their students right before Thanksgiving. I have not had that much work in my life and am really not looking forward to finals...although I think they actually might be easier to handle than last week was!

Mental Breakdowns- Last Wednesday was a really LONGGG day that ended with me crying on the phone to my dad while walking to the library, going to two meetings with makeup all over my face, then coming home, drinking a glass of wine (by myself. in my room. in the dark), getting a McFlurry, drinking more wine, falling asleep and then waking up at 3am to do work that was supposed to be emailed at 12 am. Solid.

Highs

BRUUUUCE- The Bruce Springsteen concert was seriously the most AMAZING concert I have ever seen in my entire life. He played the entire Born to Run Album (with Prove It All Night and Jungleland being AMAZING) and then played (among a ton of other fantastic songs) Because the Night and Born in the USA...I seriously DIED. What made the night even better was that S, M, and I went to this bar across the street, both before and after the concert, that played great music and was overall a TON of fun!

New Moon- My friends and I went to the midnight showing on Thursday and it was amazing...SO much better than Twilight! It's funny though, although I liked it at the time, the more I think back on it the more I realize I absolutely LOVED it, and I really want to go and see it again...although that's not going to happen right now because none of my friends at home having gotten into the series. They have no idea what they're missing haha!

A Third Interview- After having a second interview the week before, and not hearing back all week about whether or not I got a third, and final interview (which partly contributed to my breakdown on Wednesday), on Friday I found out I got a third interview with this company! The interview is a week from Wednesday, and although I'm REALLY nervous, I can't wait. The job is similar to what I did this summer (digital marketing) and I think that I would be really great in this position. Keep your fingers crossed!

So that was my week in a nutshell, and now I'm SO happy that I'm home! Can't believe that Thanksgiving is only a couple days away...can't WAIT!
xoxo
KAC

Busy Busy

2009-11-16T22:31:00.003-05:00

My professors have decided that the best way to get us ready for the Thanksgiving break is to literally KILL US this week with work...I have 5 papers, 2 tests, and 1 group project due before I leave on Friday and I literally have NO idea how I'm going to make it through. I do have a midnight showing of New Moon to look forward to on Thursday and I'm SOOO excited for that! There's going to be no Tunes Tuesday this week (I know you're all SO sad haha) and I don't think I'm going to post again until I get home but I hope you all have a great week, and enjoy New Moon if you're seeing it this weekend. Oh and Bruce was absolutely AMAZING...seriously the BEST concert I have ever seen...MUCH longer recap on that plus pictures later!
xoxo
KAC

The CMAs: Why Have I Not Watched This Before?

2009-11-12T13:08:00.003-05:00

I love country music as much as the next person, and it definitely has a heavy rotation on both my ipod, and my radio, but I've never really watched any country award shows or anything, until last night when M and I randomly landed on the CMAs when we were watching tv. WOW I think that was one of the most fun award shows I've watched in awhile! I loved how it almost seemed like more of a concert with all of the performances, and I also liked how everyone seemed genuinely happy (or at least they can fake it really well) to be there and be performing. I absolutely LOVED Zac Brown Band's cover of The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Brad Paisley's Welcome to the Future (definitely one of my favorite songs right now), Reba, Carrie Underwood and Brooks and Dunn. But I have to admit that as much as I love her, Taylor Swift is starting to (slowly) get on my nerves...I love Fifteen, but her performance of it last night kinda reminded me of seeing NSync at the Burlington Mall when they were still doing mall tours. Overall though I thought it was great and a lot of fun! Did any of you watch it last night?

Tunes Tuesday: I Feel Old Edition

2009-11-10T08:00:00.001-05:00

I was going to do a completely different theme for this week's Tunes Tuesday, until I took a quick break in our sorority suite (we don't have sorority houses here) and was watching Dancing with the Stars with two girls in the Sophomore pledge class. We were talking about the different people dancing but when Aaron Carter came on they wondered why he was on the show because they didn't think he was known for anything except for being Nick Carter's brother. I quickly reminded them of Aaron's Party (one of my FAV songs haha) but they didn't really know it, and only kinda knew he had his own (short-lived) singing career...WOW did I feel old! So in honor of this story I decided this week to share some of my favorite songs of the 90s...this is only a brief list though...look for more of my fav 90s songs in the future!

Ace of Base-The Sign

Aqua-Barbie Girl (Really any Aqua song...LOVE them!)

Sorry...couldn't embed this one!

Genie in a Bottle-Christina Aguilera

If You Want it to Be Good Girl-Backstreet Boys

Never Had a Dream Come True-S Club 7

Aaron's Party-Aaron Carter (sorry I could find the actual music video to embed!)

xoxo
KAC

A Recap in Pictures

2009-11-08T13:02:00.005-05:00

I was going over my posts today, and besides from my Tunes Tuesday posts, (which I don't know about all of you but I've been having a great time digging through my Itunes to come up with songs and a theme) and I noticed that I have been a REALLY bad blogger lately. All of the school work that goes along with senior year has been catching up with me, and the fact that I have be (semi) actively job hunting. Which reminds me...remember the job interview that I had a couple weeks ago? Well it went really well because I have a second interview on Tuesday! I have no idea if this is going to go anywhere but I really hope it does because 1.) I need a job, 2.) the company sounds really cool and it's in a field (digital marketing) that I'm interested in and 3.) I REALLY need a job!

Besides from that nothing that exciting has happend so I decided that I would recap my last couple weeks in pictures...because nothing is more fun than that right? These are from the last two weeks and include my bday, halloween, and my other housemate S's bday. Enjoy!

(The bday cake my housemates got for me)

(If you can't tell I was Wonder Woman!)

(My glittle A, me, one of my littles N, and my other glittle J)

(me and my other little E)

(Celebrating S's bday)

(Her first [legal] drink!)

I also have seen that other bloggers are saying something that they are thankful for each day of November, and while I can't promise to say something each day I'm going to do the best I can! Today I'm thankful for the "Leaves" scented candle that I got from Bath and Body Works. I can't really describe the smell but it's delish and is making my room smell like Fall!
xoxo
KAC

Scared Silly

2009-11-05T00:07:00.003-05:00

Oh man. I am DEFINITELY not getting to sleep for a while! After going out to dinner, and watching the first 5 innings of the 6th and sadly the last game of the World Series (BOOOO) S (my other housemate S) and I decided to see Paranormal Activity because we heard a ton of things about it and wanted to check it out for ourselves.

OMG. Wow what a fun but SCARY SCARY movie. I feel so bad for the poor guy in front of me because between my long legs, and the fact that he was a little on the short side I think I kicked him in the head about 5 times haha. The last 15-20 minutes were seriously one of the most terrifying things that I'd ever seen, but even though it was so scary it also was alot of fun, so for those who haven't seen it yet definitely go check it out. Sorry for the ramble and I can already tell it's going to be a long night...the wall between M and my room just creaked and I almost just screamed!
xoxo
KAC

Tunes Tuesday: Halloween Edition

2009-11-03T08:00:00.001-05:00

Halloween may be over but that doesn't mean that we can't enjoy a couple more "scary" songs to last us through the year! Here are my favorite songs to listen around Halloween or when I want to be creeped out! (PS~ A longer recap of my week/weekend will be coming later today!)

Nightmare on My Street-Will Smith
(Used to LOVE this when I was younger, and also used to love all Will Smith songs....I can still sing portions of Wild Wild West and Getting Jiggy Wit It by heart haha)

Thriller-Michael Jackson
(This song used to scare the CRAP out of me when I was little...I literally couldn't listen to it in the car!)

Ghostbusters

Haloween-Aqua
(LOVE Aqua!)

Monster Mash-Bobby Pickett and the Cryptkeepers

Dead Man's Party-Oingo Boingo

Hope you all had a fantastic Halloween!!
xoxo
KAC

Tunes Tuesday

2009-10-27T08:00:00.001-04:00

Thank you all SO much for the bday wishes yesterday...I had an absolutely AMAZING day and it was gorgeous out which made it even better! I had classes all day and then about 12 of us went to one of my favorite places for drinks and dinner...SO yummy and I even got a free piece of carrot cake for dessert (although I also had brownies and cake too...whoops!) I have my job interview today, so I didn't go out, but instead went back for wine, gossip girl, and the daily show...a great end to a fantastic day!

I was trying to think of a weekly post that I could do, and since I love music, and you all seemed to like my Fall Playlist post, I decided to make every Tuesday "Tunes Tuesday" and share some of my favorite songs with you! I'm going to try to make a theme for every week, and for this first one I decided to copy PSP's Southern Songs post and share songs that remind me of being home:

Dirty Water-The Standells
This is an obvious one, and it still makes me so proud whenever I hear it.

Sweet Caroline-Neil Diamond
This song always takes me back to Fenway, and I particularly like the "Red Sox Version" that one of the radio stations (WROR) plays during the summer, that has clips of the red sox winning in it.

Shipping Out To Boston- The Drop Kick Murphys
LOVE this song, and always listen to it when I fly over the harbor and into the airport. Also I love really anything by the Drop Kick Murphys

Sweet Baby James-James Taylor

Where You Go-Mighty Mighty Bostones
Funny story: In my freshman year of high school, one of my best friends G and I were supposed to see the Mighty Mighty Bostones at this outdoor concert held by an alternative radio station. The only song we knew that they played was this one, which is from Clueless, so we memorized all the words so we could look cool...the only problem was that we went the wrong night so we ended up seeing the Drop Kick Murphys instead, which drew an INTERESTING crowd. So even though we never got to see them, I still LOVE this song!

Peace of Mind-Boston
My favorite song of Boston.

So there you go....what songs remind you of your home, and if you ever have a theme request for "Tunes Tuesday," just let me know!

xoxo
KAC

I'm 22!!

2009-10-26T10:30:00.001-04:00

xoxo
KAC

Sunday Funday

2009-10-25T11:43:00.007-04:00

Ha I know that's a totally lame title post but after this weekend my brain really isn't functioning at full speed yet haha. Sorry for the brief blogging hiatus but I have a (kinda) sketchy story to explain it. When I was driving home from the airport on Monday (after a LONGGG day of travel...ugh I really hate flying!) I was talking to S, and among other things she mentioned that the internet had gone out completely Sunday night, but had finally come back which was good. Well, cut to tuesday night, and the internet went out again, and by Thursday it still hadn't come back on. I called Time Warner, and when the guys came over that night they found that someone had put a splitter on our cable box, and they were totally surprised that it didn't affect our cable as well. We were all kinda sketched out because we really had no idea who would have done this, but we think it might have been our sketchy ex-housemate who lived in our house for the summer...definitely glad that she's gone and that our internet is up and running again!

The other bit of exciting news that happened this week was that....I got my first job interview!! It's for a digital marketing company, which is similar to the one I worked for this summer, and I am so excited but SO nervous. I have a phone interview with them on Tuesday afternoon, and even though I feel kinda prepared, and am calling my dad to get more tips, any and all advice from you is needed and MUCH appreciated!

Besides from being my b-day weekend, this weekend was also my school's homecoming weekend which was an absolute blast! Football really isn't that big at my school (our team is pretty bad haha) so instead of the game my friends and I just hung out all day, and watched other games on tv. M and I also discovered our new favorite drink:

O man where has this been all my life! M and I mixed it with lemondae, and it was absolutely fantastic...definitely going to become a regular addition in our house! Last night we went to a sorority party and saw a bunch of alum which was a ton of fun, but then ended up watching the patriot on tv before going to bed early haha. I haven't been grocery shopping in SO long, so I decided to make a trek to Whole Foods which is about an hour away, but I am SO excited...probably too excited. Tonight I have chapter (for my sorority) and then a TON of homework to do, and then tomorrow is my birthday!! Hope you all had a great weekend!
xoxo
KAC

Snow?!

2009-10-18T10:29:00.005-04:00

Update: Well it is officially snowing, so much that my flight was delayed until 830pm but I would end up missing my connecting flight so I'm stuck here until tomorrow :(

I've had an absolutely amazing time back at home for the weekend, but REALLY, since when has it suddenly turn into Winter? Friday when I randomly woke up early (I think I thought I still had to get up for class haha) and looked outside there were snow flurries flying all around. Now I'm all for Winter, and can't wait for the first snow but I think mid-October is definitely a little early!

Friday I literally sat on the couch all day and watched shows that I dvred on Thursday night. I've never actually realized this before, at school my friends and I are so busy that we never usually watch our Thursday night shows on Thursday night, but WOW I really watch alot of tv on that night...I should probably cut back haha. I haven't really done a "new shows post" but I think my favorite shows of the Fall have become: Modern Family (that's on Wednesday nights but oh well,) Flash Forward (Even though it's not as good, I definitely think that this will replace my LOST obsession when it ends, and I can't believe that CHARLIE (well I guess his name is Simon now haha) showed up in the end!,) Vampire Diaries (obviously not as good as True Blood but o man is it getting intense,) and Community (I LOVE Joel McHale). Combined with my old favorites (SO happy that 30 Rock came back this week, and Greys was AMAZING!) Thursday night tv has become a very busy night!

Friday night my family and I went out to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in my town, and I really wanted to wear this dress that I got a while ago from F21, so even though it was a little bit fancier for the place I decided to wear it anyways!

I ended up dressing it down a bit with this jacket that I got from Nordstroms alittle bit ago and ended up wearing flats.

Saturday my Mom treated me to a manicure which I REALLY needed, and then I did alittle bit of shopping which is always fun. I went to this Boston-area chain called 344, which used to be called Jasmine Sola, and ever since it changed the store has kinda gone down abit but what I LOVE is everything seriously seems to be $38 dollars so its great for getting fun, going out clothes. I also went to the Gap and got a couple of things on Sale which is always nice. After that, I went to my High School's homecomming which was SO much fun, and I got to see alot of my old teachers that I love. Last night my family went to see Couple's Retreat, which was REALLY funny in the first half, and then kinda died out a bit but was still really entertaining. The movie ended kinda early so I did some reading for school, and watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which I had never seen before and was SO funny!

I'm really lucky that my flight doesn't leave until 6:30 today (but it doesn't get in until 11:30 and then I still have an hour drive so that kinda sucks) and it's really rainy and gross here so I think I'm just going to hang out and do homework. I'm kinda bummed to leave already but can't wait for Thanksgiving which is JUST around the corner! What did you all do this weekend?
xoxo
KAC

PS~ I'm so sad that I didn't/not going to make it to see the Head of the Charles but my school has four boats in it, and I know that Miss Queen Bee is it so GOOD LUCK to all of them!

My Crazy Busy Weekend

2009-10-14T23:20:00.003-04:00

I'm sure I left you all hanging on Monday wondering why I was up for 30 hours (well once I actually went to bed it was 34 haha) right? (haha) Ok well here is the story of my VERY long weekend. I think I've talked about this before but just in case, let me reiterate something: I HATE MY BLACK WORLD STUDIES CLASS! I took this class for two reasons: one, it was for a general requirement and was the only one I could get into in the last minute, and two, it actually sounded interesting.

What I didn't know going into it was that my professor is a self described "a-hole" and he admitted today (proudly) that he's been working on that title for 20 years. So last week when he announced that we would have a 20 page paper due as our midterm I immediately thought no problem. However he then threw in a twist: the assignment for the paper would be emailed out on Friday afternoon, and would be due on Monday by 5. Like are you kidding me...4 DAYS for a 20 page paper? Normally this would be annoying but whatever I would just be a hermit for the weekend...the major problem with this weekend was that my school was hosting our home horseshow so I litterally had NO time to work on it.

So the horseshow went well, and our horses were fabulous, despite some very, um, INTERESTING riding done by the other teams haha, but I literally had no time to work on the paper Saturday night because by the time I got home I was so tired from showing, working, and being up since 6am and I also had to get up on Sunday morning at 630am. Sunday comes, and the horses are great again, however by the time that everything is done, I don't end up starting my paper (and by starting I literally mean starting the research) until 5pm.

Long story short I work on my paper throughout the night, go to my 10am class (why I don't really know...I was so out of it I almost fell out of my chair), come back, finish the paper at 4pm, and fall asleep on the couch at 430pm. So stressful but at least this story has a happy ending: My professor had graded the papers already (I know I have no idea how he got them all done either) and I got an 85! Not my finest grade on a paper but I'm pretty happy with it (especially for such a last minute attempt.) It was a very relieving way to end the day and a great way to go into my fall break which starts tomorrow...which means that the next time I blog I'll be back in Boston!!
xoxo
KAC

Zzzzzzzzzz

2009-10-12T12:27:00.001-04:00

So I wanted to do a fun post about my great weekend but I'm currently on my 30th hour of no sleep and still going so it's going to have to wait until tomorrow. Happy Monday!
xoxo
KAC

What I Miss Most About Summer

2009-10-08T18:49:00.001-04:00

I've been meaning to do this post for awhile now (September 1st to be exact) but I totally forgot about it haha. So because it's a cold, gross, rainy day (that I do kinda love) and nothing really exciting happened today, I thought I would post this now! Even though Fall is hands down my FAVORITE season, there are a TON of things that I miss about summer (hanging out with my family, friends from home, and Sam Adams Summer brew are among them) but the number 1 thing that I totally and completely miss is reading.

I absolutely LOVE to read (kinda seems hard to believe because I really haven't done any reading for school haha) and I love having all of the free time in the summer to read as many books as possible. This summer, I was pretty proud of myself in that I read 11 books, and started a twelfth, but haven't finished it. I have to admit that most of the books I read were somewhat trashy but here's what I read this summer:

Sookie Stackhouse Books (5-9) (Even though they can be kinda cheesy I do recommend them esp for beach/vacation reading. They all go by very quickly and are fun reads...they're also a great companion to True Blood. Ha and when I was finding the page on Amazon I found out she's writing a 10th book which I preordered!)

Mexican High (This was a book that I randomly picked up that turned out to be pretty good. It's a semi-autobiographical story of a girl that spends a year in Mexico City and all of the crazy shennigans that happen there. VERY fast read...I think I read it in a day and a half.)

The Rope Walk (Maybe it's just me, the book received 4.5 stars on Amazon but I did NOT like this book at all! The author does do a great job when it comes to descriptions of both the characters and the landscapes, but it is INCREDIBLY slow moving, and I really didn't think that there was much of a payoff at the end. If anyone has read this book I totally want to know what you think!)

My Sister's Keeper (I wanted to read the book this summer after hearing about the movie, and all I can say about this was O.M.G. Seriously one of the best books I've ever read and also probably the saddest. I figure that most of you know what this is about so I won't go into details but for those who don't it looks at a very difficult decision a young girl has to make and what makes this book amazing is that the author looks at the perspectives from all members of the family. I read this in a day and a half while I was on vacation in Michigan, and I'm never one to cry when I read books but I was absolutely BAWLING....definitely recommended!)

Are You There Vodka It's Me Chelsea (I LOVE Chelsea Lately, so I loved this book and is another quick, fun read. Word of warning though: If you tend to laugh out loud it might not be the best to read in public places...I finished this on a plane and was cracking up so the people around me probably thought I was a creep haha.)

13 Little Blue Envelopes (I received this book in my Summer Swap package and it was really cute! It's about a girl who receives a series of letters from her eccentric aunt, and needs to follow them, as they take her through Europe. So cute and really made me want to pack up my bags and travel!)

Secret Society Girl (I picked this up randomly a while ago and just read it at the end of this summer. Ehhhh it's ok...it's about a girl who goes to Eli University (aka Yale) and gets "tapped" to be in this secret society (hence the title haha) called Rose and Grave (aka Skull and Bones.) It's pretty good, and it definitely held my attention while driving back to school!)

Under the Rose (This is the second book in the Secret Society Girl Series (I think there's three) and even though I didn't love the first one I thought I would give this one a shot. Not much better, but I only have 80 pages left so I'm going to stick with it and at least it holds my attention while I'm working out on the Eliptical!)

So that's what I read this summer/am reading right now. After Under the Rose, I'm going to start Back to Wando Passo which I got in a book giveaway this summer and it looks GREAT! What are you all reading right now?
xoxo
KAC

Weekend Recap

2009-10-06T00:27:00.003-04:00

Happy (early) Tuesday...yay for getting through Monday! My Monday was FABULOUS (never thought I would say that haha) one because of the beautiful fall weather, and more importantly the fact that one of my afternoon classes got canceled today...WAHOO! O man I seriously LOVE when that happens (not that it happens often) and today was the perfect time because instead of quickly grabbing something to go after my riding practice I got to go home and eat lunch/shower before my 5pm class...it was definitely the break I needed.

This weekend was great but busy! We had a horse show about an hour and a half away on Saturday, so Friday night the entire team packed up and headed off to stay in a hotel for a night before going to the show on Saturday morning. Friday night was fun and so relaxing...I was in a room with two of my good friends on the team, and one girl that I didn't know as well and we all just hung out and watched Runaway Bride on TNT which I hadn't seen in forever and forgot how much I loved it...Seriously that movie is SO cute!

Saturday we all woke up at 6am (AHH!) and got to the show at 7am however it was still too dark to start schooling the horses so we had to wait a while before we finally got started. We had two shows in one day (instead of spreading them out over the entire weekend) which lead to a very successful (Our team won the first show, got second in the second show, and I had a great ride which I was SO happy about) but LONG day! We left at around 630ish, got home by 8pm, and I was in bed by midnight (I seriously felt so cool going to bed so early on a Saturday night haha.) Here are a couple pics from the show:

The sunrise haha

Representing KD at the show (there are 5 of us on the team which is SO much fun!)

Myself in action...ignore the weird smile haha

Sunday was a VERY lazy day. I ended up watching a marathon on TV Land of Married with Children (and yes I did laugh at some parts...don't judge) did some laundry, did homework, and watched Titanic which was also on TNT. Wow I LOVE that movie (I always have to watch it on tv even though I have it on dvd) but it made me so depressed that night. Soooo that was my weekend...very busy but so much fun!
xoxo
KAC

It Would Only Happen To Me...

2009-10-01T12:27:00.004-04:00

I've finally accepted that I really am a walking Murphy's Law... there are certain things in life that really would only happen to me. Case in point: yesterday I had two MAJOR tests, so I knew that Tuesday night was going to be a long one. I had a recruitment meeting at 930 (which I drove to), then after the meeting I drove to the library, and parked my car in this side parking lot. I turned off my car, and this happened:

Yup...my key snapped in two. After quickly calling M, S, and my parents I called triple A, to have someone tow my car to my house (I could only park in the lot until 7am) and waited for the tow truck to come. And waited. After about an hour and a half of sitting by my car trying to study, and about 5 phone calls from the tow truck man who was lost, Steve (of Steve's towing) finally showed up....and told me that he couldn't tow my car home because it would hurt the transmission (only he told it in a way that was MUCH ruder.)

After finally getting home at about 1am on Tuesday night (Steve didn't give me a ride) I started studying for my first test until about 3am, then woke up at 8am on Wednesday to BEG the parking people not to give me tickets while my car was sitting in the parking lot, took my test at 10am, studied for my second test about an hour and a half before, came home from classes at 7pm, before going to hear a (GREAT) speaker for my sorority at 730pm.

Whew! So happy that the past couple days are over! I actually think I did alright on my tests (although that usually means that I didn't haha) and the spare key from my parents came today so I was able to move my car. So now instead of doing anything remotely productive, I'm sitting at home watching How I Met Your Mother (S just got the 4th season) and relaxing. SO happy that the weather is FINALLY fall-like, and Happy October 1st everyone...only 26 days until my 22nd bday...eek!!
xoxo
KAC

Good News and Bad News

2009-09-28T09:03:00.002-04:00

Last night a very good friend of mine sent a facebook message to our group of friends saying that her mom and friends got 10 tickets to see Taylor Swift next weekend in Chicago but they couldn't go so she was wondering if we wanted to go instead. (Good News!)

The best part about the facebook message? The tickets are FREE (AMAZING News!!)

The only problem? My school has our home home horse show that weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) so there is literally NO way way I can go. (Bad...VERY Bad News)

So while my friends are enjoying Taylor I'll probably be at home going to bed early so I can get up at 6am on Sunday to stand in the cold watching (and riding) horses...BOOOO.

But (to not end on a completely bad note...I just checked the 10day weather forecast and its supposed to be in the 60s all week! Woohoo Fall is officially here!! A better post much later!
xoxo
KAC

A Long LONG Day

2009-09-23T08:48:00.004-04:00

Do you ever have those days that you dread before they even start? Today is DEFINITELY one of those days. I have a full day of classes (10-11, 1115-1245, 2-4, 5-630), career fair (from 3-7) that I have to squeeze in between my afternoon classes, uncooperative professors (I told my professor of my 5pm class that I had to go to career fair, obviously so I can get a job, and he said that he guessed it was "ok" if I came late but I had to make sure to come today. Ummm I'm sorry not to be rude but buddy you teach a freshman 100 level class that I have to take for a general requirement and I have to get a job!) an equestrian team workout at 8pm, and then going from the rec to the library so that I can study all night for a microbiology final that I have tomorrow. Not to mention the fact that I'm carrying two bags with my books for today and my interview clothes so I kinda look like a bag lady haha.

WHEW! I'm seriously tired just from writing all of that! Literally the only thing that is getting me through today is knowing that Grey's is tomorrow, and I'll have a nice (big) glass of wine when I'm watching it...haven't yet decided if that makes me an alcoholic or not haha! I also can't WAIT for Friday because that's when my housemate and I will be making a pilgrimage to the new Nordstroms thats opening in our area!! Anyhoo sorry for the early morning babble, and I hope you all have a great wednesday!!
xoxo
KAC

My Fall Playlist

2009-09-22T08:00:00.003-04:00

I don't know about anyone else, but for me certain songs remind me of specific seasons. Like even in the middle of winter Shwayze's Corona and Lime will always remind of summer. For me there are certain songs that just feel like fall... I have no idea why they do but they do. So in honor of the official first day of fall today I thought I would share some of them with you! I always like finding new songs to add to my itunes so I hope you enjoy and if you have any other songs that remind you of fall (or any season for that matter) definitely share below! Ps~sorry that some of the music videos are kinda weird!!

1. Lost-Coldplay

2. Los Angeles- The Rosewood Thieves

3. Gone-Thirteen Senses

4. How Am I To Be- The Watson Twins (This is one of my favorite songs EVER!)

5. Romeo and Juliet- The Killers

6. Spirits in the Night- Bruce Springsteen

7. Dirty Little Secret- Sarah McLachlan

8. Bring on the Wonder- Susan Enan

9. Paradise-Vanessa Carlton

10. Way Back Home- The Wreckers

11. Prove It All Night- Bruce Springsteen

12. Salad Days- The Grip Weeds

13. Radio Nowhere- Bruce Springsteen

xoxo
KAC

My Latest Procrastination Method

2009-09-21T00:19:00.003-04:00

After barely finishing one paper, and haven't yet started on the second (which is due tomorrow at 10am in case you were wondering) you would think that I would be frantically trying to write the paper so I could get to bed at a normal hour. Nope... after watching the Emmys and totally falling in LOVE with Neil Patrick Harris, but being slightly confused when the "Dr. Horrible" bit happened I hulued (is that a verb? Oh well it is now) it to see what it was all about. For anyone that doesn't know (like me) during the writers strike NPH starred in this web musical thing (sorry I'm not being eloquent I think my writing skills are shot right now haha) about a small time villian trying to become a "super-villian" and it is FANTASTIC!! It has these fantastic songs that are stuck in my head right now and is both funny and sweet and the same time. I haven't finished it yet, but every time I finish a page I'm going to let myself watch a little bit more, and if you're ever bored and looking for some entertainment I HIGHLY suggest you watch this! Here's the link (I would embed it but the whole thing's 45min which is a little long to put on here!)
xoxo
KAC

I Seriously Have the Best Friends EVER!!

2009-09-16T09:02:00.005-04:00

I don't know if I've ever mentioned it on here but one of my all time favorite bands, and hands down FAVORITE concert to go to is Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. I'll even just go to Bruce by myself but the E Street Band always makes it alot more fun! So imagine how FREAKING excited/happy/so blown away when S and M surprised me with tickets (for my birthday in October) to see:

in November!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH I am SOOOO excited and I am so blown away by my friends generosity....absolutely amazing!! Soooo in just a few short months I'll be screaming BRUUUUUUUCE and I can't WAIT!!

When I Grow Up

2009-09-15T17:06:00.004-04:00

I just got back from a cover letter/resume workshop, and in order to put off Jillian/cleaning my room, I started looking at my school's career website, and other job sites just to see what's out there. After looking at a couple listings, I realized that I have absolutely NO idea what I want to do with my life. Actually, that's a lie...after watching like 1800 hours of the travel channel these past couple days I realized I want to be:

Yup, I TOTALLY want to be Samantha Brown. Anyone know how I can grab her job?
xoxo
KAC

PS~ Sorry to everyone out there for SUCKING in my commenting lately...one of my classes ends next week so I will be alot better after that!

Sunday Night tv

2009-09-13T22:41:00.005-04:00

I have a 3 page paper thats due in an hour, and of course I haven't started it yet but I wanted to share so of my quick thoughts on the main things on tv tonight: True Blood and the VMAs. Ok so True Blood first: Ehhhh...did anyone else think it was just ok? I thought parts were good, I'm curious about Sam's real parents, but there was definitely NOT enough Eric for my liking, and the ending with Bill and Sookie really just made me kinda depressed.

Now the VMAs...um WOW. Ok so we dvred it, and have just been fast-forwarding to the good parts but poor Taylor Swift. I can't BELIEVE that Kanye did that and kudos to her for not running off the stage crying like I probabaly would have done. Lady Gaga is WAY more cracked out than I thought and kudos to whoever thought to pair Eminem and Tracy Morgan together for those Best New Artist shorts...SO funny!
xoxo
KAC

ETA: Wow, I don't really like her but VERY cool and classy Beyonce, and Lady Gaga you look like a lion.

A Long and BUSY week!

2009-09-11T19:09:00.002-04:00

Sorry for the brief blogging hiatus....even though it was only a four day week did it feel so LONG to anyone else? I'm just getting ready to go to dinner and then out for the night so I'll give you all a brief update as to where I was this entire week!

Monday
S and I got back from her house around 12:30/1ish with plans to do LOTS of work and for S to start watching the second season of True Blood. Unfortunately those plans were completely delayed because our fourth housemate S, who stayed home for the weekend made an absolute MESS of the house. When we walked in the door we were greeted to food that was stuck in their bowls, a TON of dirty dishes in the sink, beer cans everywhere, and S was nowhere to be found. GRRRRRR....very annoying especially after such a nice weekend!

Tuesday
Nothing very exciting happened on Tuesday except that I had horseback riding practice (I made the equestrian team...WOOHOO!) and I discovered that people who don't listen in class really annoy me. Seriously...in one of my classes my professor was talking about a paper that will be due in a couple weeks and said that no outside resources were necessary. About two minutes later a girl asked if we needed any outside resources...are you kidding me? That night my friends and I went to a sorority sister's bday party which was fun, but we all ended up falling asleep at a friends house watching a movie and had to walk back at about 230am haha.

Wednesday
Wednesday was a VERY long day. I had class from 10am-1245pm and then 2-7pm. After I had an equestrian team meeting for about 1.5 hours and then went directly to the library to study for a test I had on thursday so I didn't get home until about 1230am. Ughhhh I HATE days like that but when I got home my sweet housmates bought me a present for making the team:

my favorite beer! My housemates (well two of them) are absolutely amazing and I'm so happy that they surprised me with that...completely made my day!

Thursday
I had a test on Thursday which wasn't alot of fun, but I think it went alright, and then I had another riding practice which went really well. Then I had another amazing surprise ,in that a very good friend's father was in town on business and wanted to know if I wanted to go to dinner. Our familes are very close, and I've actually known them since Kindergarden so this was SO much fun and a really great surprise...definately made my night as well! After that I went home to study for ANOTHER test that I had today, and had a pretty late night.

Friday

Today I had a class, and then a break before taking my second test of the week which I think went pretty well. When I got home I revisited

which I haden't done in about 6wks (sad I know) and it felt so good to get back! After I gained back all of the calories I burned because M and I met a couple of friends for happy hour which was a great end to a busy week! This weekend should be lots of fun, and who can forget the True Blood finale on Sunday...should be amazing! Sorry for the long post and I hope you all had a fantastic week/ and a great upcoming weekend!
xoxo
KAC

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

2009-09-06T14:26:00.006-04:00

Happy Labor Day Weekend everyone, I hope you all are having a good one! I went to S's home for the weekend and it has been SO nice and relaxing! I just got her addicted to True Blood, so yesterday was spent watching part of the first season and then we went shopping which was great...I spent too much as usual but I got some great goodies and went to Sephora which I haven't been too in FOREVER! Last night we went out to a couple bars, and today we're just hanging around the house finishing the first season...she can't wait to watch the second on On Demand when we get home, and I can't wait to have someone to watch the finale with in a week!

My camera has FINALLY decided to start working again (weird I don't really understand it) so I thought that in honor of the end of summer I would share some pictures of my family trip to Michigan. Enjoy and have a great rest of the weekend!

(the path that you take to reach all of the cottages)

(A REALLY had picture of our cottage from the outside)

(my room)

(my cousins and I on the pirate ship ride at the county fair)

(my aunt and I)

(my cousins)

xoxo
KAC

The Farewell Tour

2009-09-02T08:25:00.002-04:00

I just realized that I never really did an official "start of school" post so because Fall is JUST around the corner (yay!) and it's September 2nd, I decided to do one today (in case you were wondering the title refers to this quote from the OC when Summer compares their senior year to a "farewell tour".... but you probably didn't care that much haha.) Anyhoo this semester I'm definitely going to be BUSY! I'm taking about 18 credit hours which rounds out to about 6 classes...one of them is a shorter class and is going to end September 24 (and I can't WAIT to watch Grey's that night to celebrate) so that will definitely lighten up my load a bit!

This semester I'm taking:
Intro to Organizational Communications (so far this is seriously the most WORTHLESS class I've ever taken but hopefully it will get better)
Conflict Communications (I actually like this one)
Communications Theory and Research (any class with "theory" in the title is def going to be zzzz)
Labortory Diagnosis of Disease (probably not the best choice for a hypochondriac but at least this will end soon!)
Intro to Black World Studies (had to take it for a gen requirement but the prof is funny which is good...WAY too much work for a 100 class however)
Consumer Behaviors (eh...so far so good)

I'm also involved with my campus' chapter of PRSSA, my sorority (I'm one of the chairs of pref round...we don't rush until 2nd semester which is nice because we have LOTS of time to get ready), and hopefully a third thing but I don't want to jinx it so I'll let you all know when I find out! So that's my semester...it's going to be VERY VERY busy (I'm already behind on reading haha) but hopefully good and I can actually learn some things! What are you all doing/taking this fall?
xoxo
KAC

PS~ last night I sacrificed some of the reading that I had to do to watch The Strangers with some of my housemates...oh MAN it was SCARY!!! Has anyone else seen it...what did you think?

Oink Oink

2009-08-31T19:41:00.004-04:00

I'm going to apologize in advance because they're a bunch of random things I'm going to put into this post so its going to be like a bunch of mini posts in one!

First off...ok maybe it's just my school, my group of friends, and I know my hypochondria is DEFINITELY playing into this but has anyone else noticed that the subject of swine flu has been on EVERYONE'S mind's lately? It's seriously the only thing that anyone around here is talking about...the school has sent out like 800 emails, all of the professors have been talking about it in class, and my group of friends and I are talking about it because we obviously know that if one of us get's it, all of us will. To make matter's worse, one of my housemates has been feeling really sick today so we've been making her take her temp every 5 min and have basically convinced ourselves that she has it. Sooooo if I don't update my blog for awhile, I'm probably out buying a hazmat suit and curling up into the fetal position in my room!

Second of all how was everyone's weekend? Mine was GREAT but I def can't drink as much as I did both nights! Saturday was spent hanging out on the couch with my magazine/catalogue and Sunday I napped and did some work before my first sorority chapter of the year that night. Today was somewhat stressful (which is a story for a different post) however the definate HIGHLIGHT of the day was watching True Blood this afternoon on a break between classes. Um how amazing was that episode, and am I crazy or did Eric STILL look hot when he was in that dress? I also can't WAIT for the finale but can't believe that it's the Sunday after Labor Day....GRRRR.

Here are a couple fun pictures from the weekend (aka Friday night)

(My GIANT beer at the German restaurant)

tickledPINK and I with our beers

Senior and Junior KDs....ignore all of the empty Natty cans haha

(my dress from saturday night...I didn't have any cute pictures from that night but wanted to share the dress because I liked it!)

Lastly, I wanted to send a HUGE congrats out to my mama today for finishing her first day of school. After many years of working in the business world, and then being a stay at home mom, my mom decided to go back to school to become a vet technician which is something that she's always wanted to do....it's so awesome that she's doing this now, and I also want to wish her GOOD LUCK on the upcoming year!

Sorry again for this very random post and I hope everyone had a good Monday/a great end of August!
xoxo
KAC

Normal Sauce

2009-08-29T11:58:00.004-04:00

I decided to use a quote from one of my favorite TV gals, Liz Lemon, to say that UGH, as a result of having WAY too much fun last night, I am definitely NOT feeling too normal sauce today! Last night my friends and I went to a VERY yummy German restaurant in our town for dinner and REAL beer which they offer in two sizes, half and full liters...guess which one A Boston Belle chose? Yup I had a LITER of beer (pictures will come later) and was feeling VERY tipsy after dinner. Well of course the night did not end there and we ended up going to a house party, then my friends apartment before heading out to the bars, and I knew I was done when the room started spinning at the last bar, and I was just drinking water at that point!

What did make my morning MUCH better was that when I walked downstairs for some ginger ale (I don't know what it is but that ALWAYS makes me feel better!) and checked the mailbox I saw these two things waiting for me:

and

YAY!!! These magazines completely brightened up my day and I can't wait to read them while laying on my couch (or bed haha) Sorry for the completely random post this morning but I have to admit I really just wanted an excuse to use that quote from 30 rock!
xoxo
KAC

First Sign of Fall

2009-08-28T15:49:00.005-04:00

I had a break between classes today so after I finished my lunch, I decided to sit outside the building enjoying the HOT but beautiful weather. I was reading one of my textbooks when I noticed this:

WOOHOO! Even though it is only late August I am SO happy that some of the trees on campus are starting to change, and I can't wait until all of these trees look like these:

Fall is my absolute FAVORITE season, and I can't wait for the beautiful, cool weather, pumpkins, apple cider, sweaters, and (most importantly haha) my birthday! Next week around here it's supposed to be in the 60s which is just another sign that Fall is right around the corner!

On a completely different note I am SO happy that the first week of classes is over! Even though I wasn't the best on doing all of my homework this week (I really need to catch up on reading this weekend!) I feel like I have been running around all week so I can't wait to just RELAX for the next couple days. I don't really think I have a ton of huge weekend plans so I would love to hear if any of you all do and have a fantastic weekend!
xoxo
KAC

It's day 2, and I'm already sick of school work....this isn't a good sign

2009-08-26T01:01:00.006-04:00

What I'm doing right now

What I should be doing

(aka writing a 3-5 pg paper for my black world studies class...SERIOUSLY?)

What I wish I was doing

or

Where I wish I was

I hope you all are having a better night than I am!
xoxo
KAC

PS ~ sorry I've been lacking in the commenting lately...my regular commenting will return tomorrow!

Tickle the Funny Bone Tuesday

2009-08-25T01:23:00.004-04:00

Ha sorry for my lame attempt at a creative title for this post but I just HAD to share this with you all. I found this on Jessica's blog Happiest Girls Are the Prettiest Girls and was seriously laughing for the longest time after I read this...I'll take a cue from her and bold the ones that are my favs! While I'm not 25 yet I can def relate to most of these...Enjoy!

Random thoughts from people 25-35 years old..

-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tellmy own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

-I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?

-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed tobe going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

-That's enough, Nickelback.

- I totally take back all of those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger

-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know"feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?

-Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

-Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it.

-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies" (Except I always think of the most innappropriate word to say, like 'penis' or 'asshole'!!)

-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

-MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,and you can wear them forever.

- I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu'to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."

-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

- Bad decisions make good stories

-Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just gotthe Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind ifI do!

- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspringwould probably just be completely invisible.

-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

--You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

-There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

- When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasnt already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle,then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

-Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers,but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

-It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

-Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

-My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what wouldhappen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

-It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

- I think the freezer deseres a light as well.

-I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

-The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words,someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.

xoxo
KAC

I'm Finally Unpacked!

2009-08-23T12:08:00.003-04:00

After 5 days, MANY suitcases and boxes, and 10 episodes from the first season of True Blood, I am FINALLY unpacked!! Sorry for the unexpected blogging hiatus but after getting back to school on Wednesday I have been SOO busy seeing everyone and getting my room back in shape that I literally went on my computer for the first time yesterday! The past couple days have been such a blur with going out a little too much, and catching up with everyone, and I am DEF feeling it today haha so today I'm relaxing with my housemates watching SATC movie, catching up on Reader, and hanging out before going out to dinner tonight to celebrate M's birthday and the start of the school year. Many more pictures will be coming but here is a little sneek peek of my room.

I hope you all have had a great past week, and to those in college, a great start to the school year!
xoxo
KAC

Question

2009-08-17T16:39:00.003-04:00

Is it a problem it I leave for school in less than 24 hours and I haven't really started packing yet? This weekend was SO much fun, and I did get a lot of things done for going back to school (ie shopping haha) but packing wasn't really one of them. Friday I didn't really do much but on Saturday my dad and I had our annual back to school shopping trip that we've been taking together since I was little. Yes, I may be a little too old to do back to school shopping with my dad, but I love spending time together, and on top of that I got some really cute things (especially the Jcrew Ikat skirt which is ON SALE...WOO!) Saturday night we had a bunch of friends over for a cookout and yesterday my family and I went to Rockport which was SO pretty! So lots of fun this weekend but sadly no packing was done which means that it will be a LATE night!

Today my mom and I have been running last minute errands, and on top of everything else, I have to go to AT&T to get my phone fixed because it chose today of all days to break on me (typical.) So that's going to be it for me today (and probably the next couple days) but I hope you all had a GREAT weekend, and I would like to leave you all with this gem from Grease 2 (you all know how much I love that haha.)

Don't you wish that every school year could start with singing and dancing?
xoxo
KAC

My Favorite Vacation Spots

2009-08-14T15:56:00.005-04:00

Before I launch into my post I would like to give a HUGE thank you to sLe from the great blog Pearls, Curls, and a Southern Girl for also giving me the Social Butterfly award! I absolutely LOVE sLe's blog so if you haven't already, head over and say hi! This time, instead of nominating specific people, I nominate everyone who hasn't recieved an award yet, so grab this award and pass it on!

As most of you know, the amazing blogger Kelly, over at Kelly's Korner, host's show us your life Friday's which I love reading, and today I'm going to particiapate in my first one (I don't know why I haven't before haha) and show you my favorite vacation spots! I have a ton of favorite vacation spots, including Ottawa Beach Michigan, the Cape, and Nantucket, and have taken amazing vacations both with my friends, and my family. Today however, I'm going to share my hands down two favorite vacation spots that are my favorite places ever!

The first is Hawaii, and more specifically, Maui. My family and I went about three times when I was younger but I haven't been back since I think Junior or Senior year in High School and am DYING to! I think Maui is my favorite island because it is SO relaxing, and has the perfect combination of beaches, shopping, and yummy restaurants. There's also a HUGE volcano on the island which is so much fun to drive up to, and the view from the top is gorgeous! Because I haven't been back in a while I don't have any pictures that I took, but here are a few pictures from Google.

(The view of Lanai from Wailea)

(The beautiful view from the hotel we stayed at)

My other favorite vacation spot is Stowe Vermont, which is kinda off the beaten path but seriously my favorite place ever! I've been going up to Stowe since I was about a year old, and when I was older I spent 5 amazing summers at a summer camp a little north of there. Stowe is such an amazing town and is great in the summer, fall (when the leaves are BEAUTIFUL!) and winter when there is fantastic skiing. Even though my family and I aren't able to go up as often, we still try to make it up when we can and always have such a fun time!

Here are a couple pictures that I took last fall, when my family went up to celebrate my dad's birthday.

(the view of the lower village)

(Mt. Mansfield, which is one of the two main ski mountains)

(the view from the top of Mansfield)

So there you go...what are your favorite vacation places?
xoxo

What's Been Entertaining Me Today

2009-08-12T15:17:00.005-04:00

My car is in the shop today getting it's "checkup" before I take it back to school, so I'm stuck in the house today, kinda bored and not really doing much of anything. That is until I discovered Poladroid on La Mia Vita's blog. WOW this is seriously one of the most fun things ever...or maybe I'm just really easily amused today! All you have to do is download the application from the website, and then just drag and drop your pictures into the program, and it will turn them into polaroid pictures. I think polaroids are very cool, so this is a great way to get the effect without buying one of their cameras (ha I sound like a spokesperson for this haha.) Here are some of the one's I've done:

On a completely unrelated note, Southern Champagne Wishes gave me the Splash Award which is given to "alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive, and inspiring blogs."

Thanks SO much!! Since I don't think there's any rules that go along with this, I'll go right ahead and pass this along to...

Classy in Philadelphia
French Kiss
Savvy Mode
Susan in the South
Tales of a Northern Belle

Off to order a VERY belated thank you gift for S (I won't say what it is because I think she looks at this occassionally) and a bday gift for M (ditto) and then read more of my somewhat entertaining but kinda annoying book (My Custom Van by Michael Ian Black in case you were wondering!)
xoxo
KAC

Wow!!

2009-08-11T14:56:00.003-04:00

I just went on blogger today and can't believe that I have 100 followers! I was a long time lurker (wow that sounds really creepy haha) and I started this blog randomly after my housemate tickledPINK decided to start one too. I never imagined that I would get so many followers or that you would even be slightly interested in my very boring life! Thank you to all who've been following and commenting....it seriously means SO much to me whenever I get a comment and I cannot thank you all enough for being so welcoming! Thank you all again and this definately means that I will be doing a giveaway SOON however I think I'm going to wait until I get back to school to host it.
xoxo
KAC

A To Do List and an Award

2009-08-10T22:26:00.005-04:00

I can't believe that this summer is almost over and I'm leaving for my SENIOR (AHHH) year a week from tomorrow. Obviously I'm sad to leave my family (as I always am) but I can't WAIT to get back and have fun for my last year (and maybe learn some things too haha) I'm a huge procrastinator when it comes to packing and normally I start doing all the things I need to do seriously like 2 days before I leave but this year I'm actually going to try to start ahead of time! Ok here are all the things that need to get done before I leave (all of these may or may not happen haha)

Pack (this is obvious)

Get my hair colored and cut

Get to all my annual checkups (I feel like I'm five saying this!)

HUGE trip to Target

Visit outlets and Nordstrom Rack

End of summer get together with my high school friends

Read at least 1 more book

Call Time Warner to get back to old cable plan (my old housemate changed it for the summer)

Dinner with my mom, C, and her mom one last time

Call barn by school to get in extra rides before tryouts
Get things together for my Fall Swap partner (SUPER excited about this one!)

Pack (I just looked at all my stuff and REALLY need to get started on this)

WOW...I have alot to get done and I'm almost positive I'm forgetting things. Hopefully the next time I post I'll be able to cross a couple of things off the list and be well on my way to being ready to move back!

The other major thing that happened today (besides the Sox just winning...YAY finally!) is that Mrs. Potts at Experiments in a Galley Kitchen gave the social butterfly award to some of her most recent followers and I was one of them!

"Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes."
Author Unknown

This is such a fun award! I never really thought about it but I absolutely LOVE meeting new people and hosting parties so maybe that does make me a bit of a social butterfly! Here are my instructions: Please take this award, place it on your blog, and share it with whomever you wish. I'm taking Mrs. Potts lead and giving it to new followers whose blogs I just discovered and you should too!

Hi, Lane's Newlywed Scandals
The Wrights
Seersucker & Sundresses
Authentically Me
Southern Champagne Wishes

All of these ladies are so fabulous so make sure to check out their great blogs!
xoxo
KAC

PS ~ I'm thinking of hosting my very first giveaway soon...stay tuned