I, I, I...its almost been a year!!!

since I wrote, 2009 was a hectic year full of changes and new beginnings. I moved out of my grandparents house...and into a fab apt with my mom and hectorio, or bitch tits, as I like to call him, b/c he is a fat ass with saddlebags. Its in a great neighborhood, surrounded by woods, and it is quiet. I dig it. My mom and I are more like best friends than mother and daughter, we have our fights, she wins b/c mom card trumps friend card. Plus, she still does my wash, so I don't complain (haters!). Beauty school did not work out due to some back problems that prevented me from standing for longer than about an hour...not good for a hairdresser. However, I finished the whole book-smarts part of it, so i can mix a color like no one's business...just can't stand long enough to apply it. :(. So after I became THE beauty school drop-out (singing allowed), I started throwing my resume out there seeing if I could catch a part time job and go back to school...Holy Family University is right down the street, figured I could finish some kind of degree there (teaching-standing-same thing with the back, so thank god for the associate degree in secondary ed-blah, all my hard work, down the drain). So after putting out some emails, I received one back...4/19 would be the exact date....I went on an interview on 4/20...and started work on 4/21. That's how I roll. Much to my surprise, It has probably been the most significant thing to happen to me (career wise) in my life. I work at the Perzel Agency, right by Frankford and Cottman, and I can honestly say, without hesitation, that there isn't a day that I feel like work is a burden, or that I dread going there. I love my job. I am now taking an online course that will prepare me to take my state board test to be licensed to sell insurance (hopefully by January). I am not going to be an insurance salesman, per say, (nothing against them, b/c i work with some kick ass peeps), having the license will help me better handle clients that call in wanting quotes...i mostly do customer service. I definitely see myself staying in this business. I rock at what I do and my work fam is slammin', son! It definitely makes life a lot easier when you are at ease with your job and its' atmosphere.
My last post was in January, and beings that its now the end of the year, it was a pretty awesome year...i was lucky to be apart of 2 great friends vowing to stay together, through thick and thin, for the rest of their lives...Congrats, Ang and Matt :) My cousin in going to be a DADDY!!! Congrats, Jim and Kris!!! You are both going to be amazing parents:) Baby G due March 1, 2010!!! Congrats to Kenny and Danielle on their engagement!! Ken, you lucked out, cousin... and Nel, can't wait for you to be a Rooney!! Also, another one of my chicks is going to be a MOMMA...though I won't throw her name out there yet...you'll have to wait for that one :)
As much as life has changed, I miss the things of the past...last night watching a Who concert on Tv, I couldn't' remember the names all the members, who was dead or alive...and what sucked was the only person i would ever call to ask a question like that isn't here...miss them both everyday. However, what I've been through has made me who I am today, and I'm pretty thrilled with that person. Of course, there's always room for improvement...and always room for making mistakes...its really all about having a good time and enjoying life while you are living it. HOLLER!

2 weeks.....

Late night blog...After being woken up by my grandfather @ 7:45 AM this morning after a late night out with Ang and Matt (the future Mr. and Mrs. Carey), I fell asleep around 6 after a great Eagles Game, watched with my whole fam, as we were celebrating my Godfather's 50th Birthday!! It is premature, however, He will not physically be 50 until the 18, which he reminded me of as soon as I walked in today :) Amazing company and converstation, Great Food (stocks, be jealous) and Beverage...my cousin MaryKate's Junior Prom is April 4th!! A dress and a date must be found!! Mary is a Nazareth Gal...she's probably the coolest chick I have ever met. Its great to watch her come of age...doing the same things I did...although I was a Basil's...well, we all know what! And of course, having what i now refer to as my "new cousin" Kristine..:)....family gatherings are one of my favorite things to do. I'd don't know where I'd be without them!!!
So how bout' those BIRDS!!! I must admit, I haven't watched a full game this season besides this one. I know, I know...its just been too many years of heartbreak. Its like a bad relationship that I always go back to!!! Heartbreaking!!
However, looking good, can't wait till next Sunday...Defiantly a trip to a local Frankford Ave watering hole for the game!!
Ah, the 2 weeks!! Yes, officially today, the 12th, is two weeks until I start Empire Beauty School. I am extremely excited, however, How excited are all my friends and family who read this will be getting free spa days after I obtain my certification in October? I know. You really should be. :) I know I am going to make a great cosmostologist. :) Tomorrow, Mommy is getting her hair done...short and highlights. Compliments of Ang Bonino, the best hairdresser ever!!
I picked up the book "He's really not that into you" (don't know the authors) b/c its coming out in theatres soon and looks fab... I like to read the book before I see the movie...and realized that it sort of a self help book!!!! Here I think I am buying fiction and this thing has me writing down reasons why I shouldn't call a guy. I might just throw that on half.com, my new way of making money:) My grandfather and I are also selling on ebay..husslas. :)
Well, Goodnight to everyone...xoxo

After the HOLIDAZE!!!!

Here I sit, fat free hot chocolate in mug. ugggggggggh. I do love the holidays, but the 8 million pounds i gain during them is enough to make me want to jump off a bridge!!! FYI...be afraid of Wii Fitness!!! Kris received one from Jim for Christmas and after getting on it, it actually lowered my self esteem!! :) j/k, I'm actually very conceited. The Christmas tree finally came down yesterday, so i believe that it is officially the end of Christmas which makes me sad :( I wait all year for it and it goes by so damn fast!!! I am trying to keep Christmas here by placing my Yankee Candle "Christmas Eve" Reed Diffuser right in my office. Mind over matter:)
Christmas was great this year, the whole family came to my house, and we ate, drank and were merry. I then went to my Mommy's, where i saw the rest of my fam...My aunt Trish and Uncle Mark who live far.....its always a great time when they come down...we make fun of each other to no end, and my uncle usually ends up programming my phone in french or something :) My Godmother got me this really cool scent stories thing from Yankee Candle...yes, i am obsessed....and overall, i was spoiled in a way that shouldn't be allowed for a 26 year old. :) I love having all my cousins within walking distance, so while we were all home, we spent some nights playing old school board games with a new school technology twist on them...lol...somehow, in the game of electronic life, i was a neurosurgeon making 1.5 million a year, and still managed to come in last place. go figure. :) there was shopping and lunching, hanging out with my girls and their kiddies... and overall a great Christmas season. :)
New Years was supposed to be low key this year, but after speaking with my friends from college, a house party in South Philly was decided on. I made pasta salad, of course, (if you've had my pasta salad, you understand) bought 2 bottles of vodka, vanilla and watermelon, of course (if you know me, you understand..lol..) and headed to 5th and Ritner for the festivities to begin....and that they did!! We all had a great time reminiscing about the past, talking about the future...looks like i am going to have plenty of clients when i am done cosmetology school....and enjoying the present!!! After cleaning the house and doing all the dishes in my drunken stupor, I finally passed out around 330 am, only to wake up at 8:00 AM!!!! ugh!!! I stayed at my friend Lucy's where the party was, and we decided to go to the parade on broad street, as she does every year. So, given that the temps were in the 20's, we both put 3 layers on and made the trek to broad street to see them mummers!!! it was my first actual parade, i usually just wait to go to 2 street for the boozing after the parade, and it was GREAT!!!! I'll post some pics below...i must say, South Philly is such a different world...Lucy's friends who live off broad street open their house to everyone and anyone...(thanks Stace!!!) The beer is flowing, the food is plentiful and the mummers are on the TV so you can still watch them while warming up from standing on broad street watching them!!! We stayed on Broad street long enough to have to leave to warm up on the trek home....we then prepared for 2 street...the only way i can explain this to someone who has never been there is it is Mardi Gras in Philadelphia (minus the whole flashing thing, although it probably has happened.) Now, usually my preparation for 2 street is a bottle of some sort of flavored vodka and a roll of toilet paper. However, since i am a..what do you call it...."responsible woman"...whatever that means....i went sans vodka and packed my tp and some bottles of miller lite. This being my first sober time on 2 street, i realized that it is, in fact, 20 degrees out there!!! We had a great time, like i said before, the atmosphere in south philly on this day is amazing. Due to my soberness, i could only take the cold for about 2 hours. I bought 2 extremely overpriced hot dogs....went to my car, drove home to my warm bed and my sexy man, hector :) where i proceeded to pass out for 13 hours. Now its clean up time...right now i am obsessed with selling things on ebay (for lack of a better job) and its working out well..I've got 2 textbooks sold that good ol' CCP wouldn't buy back after i spent over a hundred dollars on them...won't miss the whole book thing....
So we are officially on a countdown...18 days till I start Empire Beauty School :)
Wish me luck!!!
Hope everyone has a happy, healthy New Year!!!
xoxo

Christmas 2008!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!! I hope that the holiday this year brought as much happiness as you could possibly handle! And if not, hope you drank enough to not care :) I was very blessed this Christmas, I was surrounded by my family and friends...I am truley blessed to have a great family and a few close friends that I consider family. This the girls in my family decided to have an orament exchange, which was an excuse for us to go shopping for each other and then hit up the Olive Garden, get our grub and imbibing on and then do more shopping at Cherry Hill, convientlently located right around the corner from the resturant!!! I was especially excited when I picked the newest addition to our family..Kristine Gasiewski...Mrs. G for short...My cousin's wifey..lol...she is an absolute blessing to our family! Me and Cakey are so exicted to have another girl on our side...being raised with 6 boys, a lovely gal is so refresing. Her and Jim were married on June 21, 2008...and we all had a blast at the amazing wedding she planned, and she looked hot. Triple Threat! :) Kris comes from an Irish family...I picked her out a pretty glass shamrock ornament for her tree, My Babci had me..she gave me 3 glass ornaments that ROCK b/c they are all shades of pink and orange..my faves..(they also match my pink christmas tree) and we all had a great time at the O.G! At the mall, I gave Kris a makeover at Sephora. :):) Now this part will lead to some controversy...After doing Kris's makeup and realizing that this is what I have truley wanted to do since I was 18..I have decided to put being a school teacher on hold for awhile and I have enrolled in Empire Beauty School full time to become a cosmotologist. I officially start on January 26, 2009...Making others (and myslef) glamourous and bringing out natural beauty has always been a passion of mine. So excited, can't wait...At the mall that night, I also had a 16 year old moment when we passed Piercing Pagoda and Kristine stated that she wanted her cartlidge pierced...so in the moment, I grabbed her and we did, both, in fact get our cartlige pierced. Thats how I roll, and I don't think Kristine will be saying she wants to go skydiving or anything of that nature around me anymore!! lol...so i'm a little spontaneous. Its called spunk, people!! lol...I have put some pics up of that night...

So for the past couple of days, I have basically been cleaning like a maniac, getting everything in order to put away all of my new christmas presents.... :)
Also, hanging out and playing some really cool games!!! Jim gave Kris a Wii for Christmas, along with Wii Fit....yeah, its no joke people!!! Wii isn't nice either, it tells you exactly how fat you are!!! boo!! its tons of fun, though, and i must applaud Kris on breaking her hula hooping record yesterday of 299 hoops!!! You do go, girl :):) We played some pretty hip electronic board games (the only time i can say i was a neurosurgeon and that i made 1.5 million every year...and still lose the game!!) I also helped Kris make gingerbread men cookies!!! And then my hairdresser / best friend sabotaged me!!! After some indiscretions before Christmas, i could not get my hair done at the beginning of the week...So I rolled over in bed this morning to a phone call from Ang, and promptly asked her to do my hair as I looked like an unloved girl with roots from hell. She insisted we do lowlight, and as always, I trust her with my hair. So to Sally I went and picked out a color called "twilight brown" ( i must say the movie did have some influence on my decision), however, the most influential part of this particular hair color is the description by Clairol stating "the lightest natural brown". HA! I'll give you low lights!!! Ang, assuming I would, in fact, do something like this, yelled "don't even think about dark blond!!". And It wasn't dark blond. it was possibly the lightest brown I could find :) so after 8 hours, 2 processes, and 15 different styles...we have a brunette with white highlights....I think God actually made me wrong. As much as I love myself, I am do believe I am a true blond and do not believe I could go for more than 3 weeks with full brown hair. I also believe this with my skin. I DO TAN. :):) God just genetically f'd up. I forgive him...hence why I am going to be a colorist. :) check out some new pics of my hair color, also....so much more to tell...but getting sleepy!!! xoxo....
p.s.
after my aunt has adopted the year of 2008 as the 'winging it' year, i am now making 2009 the "follow through" year. so mean what you say, and say what you mean!!! I am going to try, at least. :)