Mom time

My mom is probably here right now! My grandfather decided to go pick her up and my mom agreed. Yeah.
Don't get me started.
Anywho, I'm excited/scared/excited again to see her already!
We'll see what time I'll get to see her tonight.
I hope to be updating with pics soon!
Eeek!
Ok.

Hope to see you later!

;-p

Road trip

*click*

I would love to go on a road trip.
Doesn't that sound delightful?
Just take a week and go.
Just drive off.
Dreaming...

IdeaPaint at Dwell on Design 2010

When I get my own house, my kitchen, extra room and/or walls will probably will be covered with this paint!
What do you think?
Go to IdeaPaint (http://www.ideapaint.com/) to find out more.

found via Haute Whimsy

What have I been up to?

Well probably updated since these have happened but will tell anyway...

1. Went to a David Cook concert. Very awesome. But very short concert and he didn't do a encore song! We were all very disappointed!

Went with these two great ladies Lauren and Tina:
And this handsome guy was kind enough to tag along... Doesn't he seem SO excited??? haha!

(see more of my Dave Cook vids here!)

2. Cut my hair and put highlights in it!

How does it look? Good? Bad? Yay or Nay?
3. Did I mention I went to Niagra Falls??? Well ... I did!




Surprisingly enough I took this picture with my digital camera! I L.O.V.E. it!!! Looks like a painting! So pretty!
{check out my video from Maid of the Mist that I went on with my cousins...}

Tis all for now.
Have to run some errands for school and work.
Hope to blog later!
It was a wonderful time to be in the blogging world again!
Hope you don't make yourself a stranger now either!

I love reading and especially any comments left here!

♥,

My city couldn't be any cooler if it wanted to!

Wanna know why???

Because this great man right here:

is playing RIGHT NOW in the new baseball stadium that was built!!!
I can hear him rockin' out from my bedroom right now!
It's awesome!
Too bad I couldn't make the real actual show!!!
Bob Dylan rocks!!!

*This is a very random post but I couldn't go to bed without putting something on my blog about him being so very very VERY close to me!!! I even have a little audio clip that is very low but you can definitely hear him!

Will try to post later!

How has your week been?

Mine has been INSANE!!!

Will update a little later. Right now I am going to sleep. SO very tired and have to work tomorrow morning.*

See ya!

♥,

Parte: uno

This weekend came in parts and before I go to bed {yes I said bed. night shift makes me think the sun is the enemy... channeling vampires' thoughts... hmmm}.





♥,

{oh! and I have no idea where I got the link for the Poladroids but thank you!!! I love.love.love.LOVE it! If you are the one I got it from let me know! And if you have the memory space on your computer to get this app, DO IT!}

{Ahem} Announcement for you:

I am currently a contributor to this wonderful blog:

Women's World Magazine

"Creating a positive platform for REAL women to share their experiences, knowledge and stories."

If you are a woman {of any age, race or location} and are interested in joining this lovely community of women that have already formed, please email Carly @:
womensworldmagazine@hotmail.com

This is my Q&A I filled out:

NAME: Sofia

LOCATION: Eastern, PA

AGE: Just turned 23! Yay!

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BLOGGING FOR: I started my blog Smiling at every Sunrise on July 2008.

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION THE MEDIA GIVES OF WOMEN: One of the biggest misconceptions is that women are too emotional and let their emotions get in their way of succeeding or getting further in their careers. It's as if emotions aren't important and if women show the slightest bit of emotion and lose control they are weak. Especially if they "lose themselves" and start wearing baggy clothing, no make-up and aren't social. I would hope that women would be strong enough to give themselves those days, weeks, months to just be themselves and if wearing sweats everyday makes them happy then why not??? Even celebrities have their bad days and can't look great all the time. Don't judge a book by it's cover they say right? Because even if the cover has no make-up on or high heels everyday, the story can be more fascinating and interesting than you could ever imagine.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU THE MOST: Most of my inspiration comes from seeing women from around the world achieve so many things. My family originated from a third world country and I am so inspired by what my grandmother's did for all of their children when they had nothing - literally nothing - to help them achieve goals and dreams. They were very hard workers and everything they eventually had was from the sweat of their brows. They also inspired not only their children, but others of their towns, to be all they could be. Reach high and work hard to get what you want. They are my inspiration to be the best woman I can be and hope to keep inspiring my future children and all my young girl cousins.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY DOING IN YOUR SPARE TIME: I love photography and enjoy taking many pictures of my family, friends and of course nature. I love the different lighting of the sun and capturing it with my camera brings me joy and delight when I need it the most. I also love spending time with family and friends even if it's just a couple drinks and chips and able to talk and catch up on our very busy lives. And when I have time {mostly done at night} I love reading all the blogs I follow and subscribe to. I love seeing and reading all the fantastic things that so many great bloggers post everyday.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS BLOG: I really liked the concept and idea of this blog showing different stories and lives of many women around the world. I love learning more about different cultures and countries and the women who live them every day.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE DISH: My favorite dish includes many different things! haha I love food but food does not love my body! But mostly I love yummy salads with croutons, I love meat, I love seafood, I love chicken and I love rice. Bread and cheese are a good combo for me and I think I was meant to live somewhere in Europe just to try all the different food the continent offers me! Dessert is my fave {yummmm} and if chocolate is included - even better! I love dark chocolate!!! So good! See? So many different food options, so little time! YOUR

FAVORITE PLACE TO SPEND TIME: I love being at home and relaxing with my boyfriend/family/friends. Nothing is better than just being around people I love and have fun with. Don't need mega bucks to have fun with great people - just a small get together at home is all it takes.

WHAT MAKES YOU PROUD TO BE A WOMAN: Women are amazing at everything we do and do it without complaining {most of the time}. We can do so many things with our lives that no one can tell us otherwise. Women are courageous, thoughtful, intelligent, beautiful, strong, and are not afraid to show the rest of the world everything we can be and do! I am so proud to be a woman because of all that women have accomplished and what we will keep doing in the future.

BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU EVER RECEIVED WAS: "Don't trust anyone but yourself." This was told to me by my grandmother and even though it sounds bitter, I completely believe it. Because you don't ever know what anyone else is thinking or planning on doing. Even if it is your best friend or your parents - you just never know. But you can trust yourself at the worst, at the best and all the in betweens!

Please stop by and comment!

And if you become a contributor that would be even better!

This is what nursing school made me miss:

Brian & Eileen's Wedding Music Video. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo.

{Found via A Cup of Jo!}

Isn't this DELIGHTFUL!?!?!?!!!??

Wrapping up on my bday surprise party...

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

{more to come...}

Imagine

Thinking of summer by kSbl featuring Christian Louboutin Shoes

If I could only afford most of these styles and things!

It was my first time creating one of thes polyvore.com sets and it was so much fun!

It's like shopping without spending the money!

I like that!

So tell me:

How did I do?

Do any of these match?

Do they go well together?

There are five dresses with different shoes and accessories ...
I hope I did my fashion friends proud... and if you have any critiques or comments PLEASE do so below!

Would love to hear what you think!

{check my set/collection here and maybe create your own profile/collection and let's be friends who "cyber shop"!}

All things I love...

It's official.

I have a partner!

Ok. Let me explain.

Mrs. Stacey Sargent from Love and Photographs has made a "All things I love" swap possible with many, many, many of her lovely readers.

I decided to participate and I am happy to say that Katie from The Mortensen Family is my partner!

Here are the rules:

1. Get in contact with your partner and exchange addresses.
2. Gather all your favorite things to share with your partner (cost is $20-$25)
3. Ship out your package on June 1st. That way everyone will get it about the same time!

It's exciting!

I have yet to find all the things I love to send to her... luckily I have until June 1 to gather them up and send it to her!

Once I send it to her and she gets my package I will post pictures of it on here.

And vice versa when she sends me a lovely package!

I hope I can be as creative as Stacey was when she sent her own package awhile ago.

I have some ideas on what to include in the package but I want to make sure it comes out great!

Yay!

Thanks to Stacey for putting this together!!!

{I haven't celebrated my 100th, 200th, 300th, 400th, 500th or 600th post but this one is my 615th and wanted to celebrate! Man I have lots of thoughts huh??? haha! thanks for reading...}

Do you like what you see???

{image via here}

Well I do!

And if you do too, check this awesome new blog I found out about.

She is giving away one of these beautiful feather pendant necklaces to a person who goes to Leah Sak's site and makes a comment on her post.

There's already 106 comments (including ME) so...

go.

sign up!

You never know if you are the lucky one who gets this gorgeous necklace.

Also, check out Leah's site for more beauties!

She has many!

Now go... and come back to tell me if you won and if you love Leah's beauties as well!

Look @ what we did

NYC April Adventure - Day 1

It's the latina in me...

Even though I think the girls in the vid are... well... you see for yourself.
Still like the song...
Catchy... =P

Kevin is taking me out to get one of these:

{picture from here}

He's getting a cherry one and I don't really know which one I'm getting yet.

Probably a sugar-free one so I can stay on my "diet"...

It's the first day of spring so our ices will be FREE!!!

Yay for free stuff!

Whoo!

I went straight to manic mode!

Go here!

This is so much fun!

I'm afraid if I don't close out of the site I'll be there for hours.

So addicting.

hehe

Baptism

we had loads of fun.

dancing! yay! i loved the dancing!
this little boy came running into the room looking for the babies mom because he thought he had pooped.
it was soooo funny!

{he only farted!}

and this cake topper was cute.
it made the plain whiteness of the cake a bit nicer.

and this is the little one that got baptized.

he was mad at the world. he wouldn't even let me hold his hand... =(

the one standing up is the mom, the man in blue and the woman in green are a portuguese couple who were really awesome and nice.

had really cool conversations about travel, life and etc.

they were really cute!
and the one to the right of the pic in the leather jacket is my aunt.

we had lots of fun.

my dancin' skills... heehee

compared to this dance:


i sooo can take him...
haha

no no. KEVIN can take him! Kevin is one of the best DDR "dancers"/players i know!

{i absolutely L-O-V-E this song!!!!!}

Having fun at work