ABC's of me

I found this on another blog I follow...just another thing I can consume my time with, instead of what's on my to-do list before it's technically tomorrow :-)  Enjoy!

A.   Age: 22

B.    Bed size: Queen and love it!

C.   Chore you hate: Washing dirty clothes - takes too long

D.   Dogs: Love them! I don't have any of my own but I will one day

E.  Essential start to your day: Some sort of liquid...water, coffee, juice...

F.  Favorite color: Purple

G.  Gold or silver: Silver please...or white gold would work too

H.  Height: 5’4

I.   Instruments you play: French horn back in school but I probably couldn't even play a real note these days

J.   Job title: Texas Realtor; Real Estate agent

K.  Kids: Love them! Like dogs, I don't have any but one day I would love a few

L.  Live: I live in northwest Houston, TX, currently back with my parents

M. Mom’s name: Robbin

N.  Nicknames: Tay and Tay-Tay...or ask Scott and he'd say "Taylease" because I'm working with a lot of renters these days

O.  Overnight hospital stays: Only when I was 5 and had surgery on my foot, because a blender broke on it and they had to re-connect all my tendons and nerves :o(

P.  Pet peeve: Hmm, smacking, loud breathing, slow walkers, line cutters, talking loud on your phone in public...should I just stop here?

Q.  Quote from a movie: "That's why her hair is so big, it's full of secrets!" - Lol from Mean Girls, pathetic I know.

R.  Righty or Lefty: ...To the left, to the left

S.   Siblings: I have the best younger sister, Madison

T.   Time you wake up: Depends on what my day holds; I prefer the later days and just work later at night

U.   Underwear: Yes please.

V.    Vegetables you dislike: Mushrooms. Yuck.

W.   What makes you run late: Sleeping-in or taking too long of showers

X.    X-rays you’ve had: Foot, teeth, arm/shoulder

Y.    Yummy food you make: Cupcakes, pastas, cheeseburger meatloaf, and any chicken recipe I usually get pretty lucky with the results

Z.     Zoo animal favorite: Giraffes or Elephants, and penguins depending on what zoo!

Happy New Year!

Well the time has come for New Year Resolutions to start...


I have a lengthier list than usual for some reason. So accountability will be needed by all! Here's a few in particular:


- Daily exercise - Cliche I know, but I first want a tone body and then I'll progress elsewhere


- Keep blogs updated - Specifically, I want to post at least once a week all (2 personal and 1 real estate)


- Monthly check-in on business plan - I need to follow my plan, grow my business, and start making $  :o)


- Save! - When I finally start making money, I need to go back to my saving habits I used to have


- Read at least one book each month - I used to read a lot, now I want to read for both personal and business reasons




....Let the fun begin!




If you have set your New Year resolutions, share them and I'll keep you accountable too! 

Welcome 2010!

It's been forever, but I'm back! 2009 wasn't a year that I can complain about...

I turned 21 :o)

I interned with mark. in New York City!

And I graduated from Tech in December!

...but welcoming in 2010 was and will be even more exciting - Now life it about job searching, interviewing, and settling back into living with my parents again :o) (but I have to admit, it's easier than people warned)

Halfway through the semester

8 weeks behind me and only 54 days until graduation! Thinking about it seems far, but saying only 54 days feels crazy!

This past weekend Tech played ATM in Lubbock, and not only should we have beat ATM anyways since it's ATM, but we also should have killed them because of the way they've been playing this season. Well not only did we lose, but we played a sloppy game and do not have a decent QB anymore. As hard as it was to sit through that game, I still have a great weekend with one of my best friends Julie. She is now in Dallas going to grad school, but she came in for the weekend! After a long, hard week it was great to see her and to catch up on everything.

Me, Julie, and Kym!

Jen (Julie's sister), Melissa (Jen's friend), Me, Drew (another friend), Julie, Kym, and Drew's sister from ATM

After the game we all went out to eat with Julie's parents at Gardski's (always good)!

Tonight I've been catching up on my reading for my classes, and went to take pictures for my class earlier. But a cold front is blowing in, so not only it is already cold but the wind is crazy right now! The current assignment we're on is motion, which is more difficult that I thought, but here are some that I think I will be turning in:

Love, Taylor

home sweet home

...for a few days at least! I flew in Thursday evening and stayed until Monday morning so it was perfect timing and a good break from my last semester!

Friday me and my mom went shopping to some of our favorite places by the Galleria area and went in search for a Houston cupcake boutique - Sugarbaby's. It was so delicious and was decorated so cute, hot pink and black! The pictures of what we got are on my mom's camera, but I would suggest going there if you're ever near the Galleria (http://www.ilovesugarbabys.com/) Friday night we went out to eat and got sushi with Mandi, Lee Lee, and Sam and then I got to see Amber afterwards!

Saturday during the day, we all went shopping to more places like consignment stores and Marshall's, and Michaels. Then we went to Madison's Creek game and I finally got to see her do her thing - She was amazing!! Here are some of the pictures I got:

Touchdown Cy-Creek!

That's Madison on the podium in all black!

Again of Madison

Walking out onto the field - Madison is the far left of the 3 in all black

There was a beautiful sunset!

After her halftime show me and Scott left to go find a place to watch the Tech/UH game...we found enough seats at Fox and Hound, but if you watched that game then by the end of the night I just wanted to go home. I didn't get any pictures (thank goodness) but we had a great time with Lorraine, David, Kevin, and Paige who also joined all of us!

Sunday I went to church with my parents, finally got to spend some time with Scott so we went to Best Buy and drove around town, and then for dinner we had Lorraine, David, Kevin, Paige, and Austyn over for dinner - ribs and sausage that my dad grilled! For dessert I made cupcakes (of course :o/ ) but I was so surprised how amazing they turned out! They were called Raspberry Cream but tasted like angel food

Topped with raspberries

Topped with strawberries

Leftover strawberries filled with the raspberry icing

All in all it was a great weekend! I wish I would have flown home more over the past few years, but I think maybe that's what made this trip even better...

I got in yesterday morning and have been nonstop since, but after tomorrow things will slow down. Tomorrow morning is business school's career fair - so say your prayers and cross your fingers that I can schedule a few interviews or at least get some leads to a job!

Goodnight,

Taylor

weekend fun

Hello everyone! Sorry (again) for not keeping up with this! Once school started I had to hit the ground running with groups and reading and presentations...too much to start off with :o)

Last weekend however, we had Monday off for Labor Day, so I took the drive over to Frisco. Scott's cousin, Paige, and her family live there (the ones who came to NY) so I went and stayed with them for the weekend and got to see Scott and his mom too! Because of some rainy weather and just wanting to relax, we swam when it was sunny and shopped while it wasn't :o)

Here are a few pictures from our fun!

Saturday night's dinner - Fish Tacos!

Sunday when we woke up, the pool had become heated over night! So the quickest way to fix it was to drain the hot tub, throw in 15 bags of ice, and let the water run through the pool

The end of a great weekend - He was a lobster

I haven't had the chance to take any more pictures, but soon I'll start having a lot because of my photography class - so more to come soon!

For the time being, I want to share with you a great new series of books (and website I discovered). My current roommate Aimme, gave me this cookbook for my birthday...and here is the website http://www.hungry-girl.com/

There are a few others besides this one, but they are all great! It's all recipes that are good for you (this one is every serving is under 200 calories) - and they are DELICIOUS! This particualar one has a whole section of "mini meals" that only make 1 or 2 servings. Those are mainly the ones I've been making since I'm just cooking for myself usually. She has staple ingredients that show up a lot, like whole wheat flour and egg substitutes. But everything I've made so far has been great!

I also have been stalking nearly all cupcake blogs I have been able to find online :o) Because of my current obsession with cupcakes, I'm starting to boom with multiple ideas and things I want to do!! But here are a few of my favorites that I keep returning to everyday:

http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/

http://delleicious.blogspot.com/2009/05/donut-cupcakes.html

http://www.cupcakeproject.com/

http://ecupcake.blogspot.com/

Last night we played Rice and finally got our heads in the game! The final score was 55-10!!

I hope you've had some great past weekends! Next weekend our football team is away to play UT so I should have some time to take some pictures :o) Then the weekend after that I'll be home!!!!

Love always,

Taylor