Class Reunion Invitation

Recipe Book

Once in awhile I get a great idea and go with it. I designed recipe book for a friend who was getting married. I collected recipes from friends and families then uploaded my pages to blurb and they printed the book. Click the link to preview the whole book. This is just a peek at what it entails.

Horizon Fire

Sometimes I paint…or…sometimes I attempt it. This is my first complete painting in about 8 years. I plan on doing it a lot more. Acrylic on Canvas.

Climate Apparel

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Wedding Invitations

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Fremont Area Young Professionals

Logo Design and Business Cards designed for the Fremont Area Young Professionals Group

Workout Playlist to Keep Going

The first couple weeks of a workout program are the hardest. At least for me. The first two weeks actually turn into the first 3 months…and by the end of the 3rd month trying to work out everyday…I finally get it, 6 days a week, mostly every week. But the one thing I need more than anything is good music. Music while working out is like my second life force. The first is my heart. Duh. The 3rd is probably my brain. Zoning out while running that 2nd mile or the 35th squat is key. All I want to hear is a beat and pretend I’m a machine, which isn’t entirely out of this world. I’ve compiled a must have list of awesome music that keeps my muscles pumping. Try it for inspiration and a killer workout.

• Levels – ‘Avici’
• Don’t Stop the Party – ‘Black Eyed Peas’
• Rock that Body – ‘Black Eyed Peas’
• Imma Be – ‘Black Eyed Peas’ (Can you tell I like them…? “I’m gonna be chillin on the next level…i’m gonna be look all fly and shit”) 🙂
• Party Rock Anthem – ‘LMFAO’
• Sexy and I Know it – “LMFAO’ (Perfect song for when you’re gettin MORE sexy’
• The Island I & II – ‘Pendulum’ (Two songs)
• ONE – ‘Swedish House Mafia’
• Some Chords – ‘Deadmau5’
• Moar Ghost N Stuff – ‘Deadmau5’
• Black Hole Invaders – ‘Aaren San’
• On the Dancefloor – ‘David Guetta’ (the whole song its like “TURN IT UP…on fire…TURN IT UP” really makes me forget how tired I am and keeps me goin.

So its either these or David Guetta Radio on Pandora. Hope it helps your next workout!

Back to Blog

Well, It looks like I’m ready to blog again. Not that I was not ‘ready’ before. The past month or two have been pretty busy though. Besides working out and not getting anywhere I’ve revised my workout plan and with the help of my boyfriend I now wake up at 6:15am to get some reps in. But I absolutely loathe it. One morning I practically screamed at him. *sad face* He didn’t deserve it, but I like my morning sleep! So much that the snooze button gets pushed an average of 7 times each day.

I’ve also just completed my first semester back in school. OH school…and life choices.

On the football note…Nate & his team started their 2-a-days today. Looks like his summer is pretty much over, besides the weekends, we still have a few good ones left before fall. This past weekend we joined some friends on their newly purchased pontoon boat at Branched Oak Lake. It turned into a fantastic day and I was happy we could bring Tatum. He had so much fun first off, driving the boat, and then I was definitely surprised at how many times he jumped into the water, or got tossed into the air. We were out there for a good 6 hours which included dinner, karaoke and almost a brawl with some crazed boaters that wanted a problem with Nate. (HOW crazy was that?) When we finally left the Lake around 8, Tatum was passed out in 3 minutes. We had a good lightening show on the way home, and Nate talked the WHOLE way home even though we were both super tired. What is his motto? If your are not driving…you should be sleeping?! Yup. I think quite the opposite.

Nick let Tatum drive the boat. Probably the best part of his day…besides all the swimming, jumping, singing, juice, and intertube wars we had. 🙂

Anyways..into the end of summer we go. I just hope the leaves don’t fall off the trees all at the same time.

Found a ‘doll’house for my BOY

Well…I found a dollhouse for Tatum. For some reason he asked for a dollhouse awhile ago around Christmas time. And I was all for it. . I thought to myself,  maybe he can find inspiration to become a great architect someday. My guy friends were however skeptical about how a little boy could want a dollhouse. Getting him one was out of the question especially since the dollhouses we see out there are made with white trim and pink carpet. I opted for a three level garage instead. Or at least that’s what ‘santa’ did. He loves it by the way with his wooden cars and a pump for gas, a helipad, and an elevator.

But I knew there had to be something architecturally sound and modern made somewhere out there. This ‘doll’ house is from Brinca Dada and reminds of something Frank Loyd Wright-ish. I would LOVE this for Tatum or any of my future children, but at a hefty $329+ (+ for furniture and people of course) it might be something I’ll be saving for instead, for a bit anyways. I might also mention…the lights are powered by solar power. Are you kidding me? There’s many features to these houses so check out Brinca Dada’s website at www.brincadad.com.

Heavy Rain

I should not play video games before bed…or go to bed with the computer. First of all, the last thing my waking eyes see before bed should not be shaking hands covered in blood , a dark tunnel filled with broken glass that I have to crawl through and an unlocked motel room with a killer on the loose. Not good sleeping material especially for me, with dreams already filled with violence, breaking & entering and kicking ass.  (In my dreams I live a secret life of a spy/assassin heroin always defending good against evil and barely escaping with her life. Whether it be against robbers, gangsters, an ex boyfriend, or quite recently…zombies, it makes for an interesting sleep at least.)

Well, I recently purchased a new video game for the PS3.  With my boyfriend having Call of Duty to fall into after he gets home, and NCAA Football to indulge in with his friend, Nick, who I believe is completely obsessed with “advancing…”, I was feeling pushed out. I do find it hard to believe how it’s fun to “recruit” for 25 minutes a night, play  a 20 minute football game EVERY night, and then recruit some more for a ‘dynasty’? And what is this advancing stuff. I’ve picked up Nate’s phone more than a couple times because Michael Jackson won’t stop singing, “Beat It” and it’s Nick with a text saying, “Advancing” or “Advanced Yet?” or “You gonna advance f*cker?”

I’m not a boy though, and although I love sports and playing them, I just don’t think I’ll ever be able to GAME them.

I can however game something I probably and hopefully (cross my fingers) will never do in real life. Like chasing a serial killer around town with clues that he left me to save my son.It’s like a whole episode of Criminal Minds! Which may be the only cop show I care to watch. Anyway it’s called “Heavy Rain”. I really wanted something Nate and I could play together like “Uncharted” but there is nothing out like it right now so said the girl at Game Stop. We’ll just have to wait till Uncharted 3 comes out.

So we play this ‘Heavy Rain’ together and take turns and help each other out. No idea how close I am to finding the killer, but all I know is I need to give myself a good half hour before bed of reading something happy or shopping for shoes on the internet before I close my eyes, because my imagination just starts running wild.  Doors Locked? What was that noise? Someone outside? Where’s our fake BB pistol gun? I guess it helped last night, only I woke up at 2 am with the laptop 3 inches from my face. Not comfortable. But I did dream about shopping that night….so I guess it did help.

Well, I’m all wrapped in this game until it’s over. Maybe then I’ll switch to a book and keep it all balanced out. Perhaps it’ll be a SCHOOL BOOK!