tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19058138136169745922024-03-13T23:53:38.312-04:00Keep Calm and Wear PearlsJillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-83024135953526015972013-11-17T14:19:00.001-05:002013-11-17T14:19:41.061-05:00Good weeks are the best (And Carabox reveal)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Have you ever had a week where everything good just seems to be happening to you? They only happen once in a blue moon, but when its does happen its like the stars are aligning and your just waiting for a Broadway ensemble to break out in song and let the whole world know that your having a great week. </div>
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Ok, maybe I'm the only one who imagine that last part.</div>
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But anyways, this week was one of the bests.</div>
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It was International Education Week at my school and I won the international trivia and got a $25 visa gift card and I also won the international photo contest and got a $30 gift card to the campus store! If you know me you I love to win and I love free things so this made me really happy.<br />
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Just because I love to win doesn't mean I am a sore looser. I pride myself on my attitude and winning isn't everything so I never get too upset or show a lack of judgement over loosing. I consider myself a good sport so much so that this week it was also announced I was named on the Skyline Conference Fall All-Sports Sportsmanship Team. This was such an honor to me and meant even more to me than if I made the all conference team (which is for athletic ability). I believe attitude is everything so to have people recognize that I do always keep a positive attitude means so much.</div>
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Every communications senior in my school has to plan and execute a senior project (more to come in a future post) and we have to propose our project to all of the faculty in our division in a formal presentation. We started practicing for our oral proposals this week and I've been stressing and freaking out because public speaking is not even close to being on of my strong suits. I shocked myself when I got up to practice and it went better than I expected. On top of that my internship coordinator told me that my professor said my presentation was very professional. This makes me so much more relaxed about doing the real thing in a couple of weeks.<br />
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This has just been a really good even though I've been sick the entire week.<br />
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I've also received my Carabox this past week! I was partnered with Ileana at <a href="http://ohsweetreverie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Reverie</a> and Mandy at <a href="http://www.throughthehansonlens.com/" target="_blank">Through the Hanson Len</a>s. It was such a blast getting to know both these girls. I loved how we got partnered with other bloggers in out age group this time.<br />
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Mandy sent me such a great box! I love everything in it!<br />
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How cute is everything!?! She even included recipes for football Sundays, not to mention I've already worn this scarf at least five times and the candle is already halfway gone. I can't wait to fill up the photo album with photos.<br />
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Thank you Mandy for such a great Carabox!</div>
Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-6308641275464305662013-10-17T10:01:00.000-04:002013-10-17T10:01:50.319-04:00Senior Year Bucket List!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If there's an award for worst blogger ever, it should go to me. I know I haven't posted in forever. This thing called life just keeps on getting in the way. I promise to try and be a much better blogger from here on out.<br />
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I cannot believe I am already in my last year of college. Time sure does fly by. I still feel like a freshman on this campus sometimes.<br />
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I am lucky enough to go to school in one of the prettiest places, the Hudson Valley. Nothing beats the views we have when the leaves are changing in the fall. As a native Long Islander I never thought I'd have anything good to say about upstate New York. But you can't deny the colorful mountains they have in the fall.<br />
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There's been so much I've wanted to do in the area that I never have. Since I only have 5 1/2 more months (who's counting?) left I want to make the most of it and do those things I've been saying I would. To help keep me on track I've created a Senior Year Bucket List!<br />
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I've done three of these things so far but I'll tell you all about those in a later post.<br />
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Got any more ideas for me? What's on your lists for this year?Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-19981410919198313142013-09-24T22:19:00.000-04:002013-09-24T22:21:56.127-04:00Travel Tuesday: Ireland<br />
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Ireland was such a special trip because my family flew all the way across the pond to visit my sister and me. Even my 89-year-old grandma took the redeye to London, then hopped on another flight to Dublin and went straight to the Guinness Factory before getting a real nights sleep. What a trooper!<br />
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The next day we took a tour of The Old Jameson Distillery before we left Dublin. I've never had Jameson before this and boy was it great! No more Jack Daniels for me. I even became a Certified Jameson Whiskey Taste Tester!</div>
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My dad rented a van that fit all six of us and all or our luggage (yes this looked like a kidnapper van) and drove us down to Cobh, Cork (pronounced Cove) on the left side of the road. This made for an entertaining and scary experience.</div>
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Cobh is the small quaint seaside town my ancestors are from. It is also the last port the Titanic left from before it set sail for the last time across the Atlantic. You're probably thinking "Jillian, you're full of shit. The Titanic left from England." And you'd be right, it did originally leave from England but it made a stop in Cobh before leaving for New York. Seven lucky people got off the boat at Cohb. That's my little town's claim to fame.</div>
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Our second day in Cobh we traveled to Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone. This was probably one of my favorite parts of the trip other than the Irish music.</div>
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Climbing this tree was the hardest thing and getting down was even harder. Emily (in the white) dislocated her knee getting down and went to physical therapy all summer to return it to normal. Even though she got hurt my other sister and I couldn't stop laughing. Luckily the fall was caught on video. I'd love to share it with you all but unfortunately it is not on my phone.<br />
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After three days in Cobh were were enroute again and on our way to Galway. The drive was along the east coast and was filled with gorgeous views and lots of cows and sheep. Along the way we found a place to pull over so we could get a picture with the cows.<br />
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In Galway we stopped at the Cliffs of Moher. I could not get over how amazing they were. And I thought the Block Island bluffs were spectacular.</div>
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Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-88528561873159627412013-09-18T22:38:00.003-04:002013-09-19T14:34:07.257-04:00The Weekend of Colors and Football!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've been a very bad blogger and have been neglecting this corner of the Internet lately. So today I will update you on the past two weekends which both pretty amazeballs.</div>
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Two weekends ago was beyond great or as Barney Stinson would say "Legend... wait for it....DARY!" And that's certainly what that weekend was.</div>
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On Friday my sister and I drove down to Queens and had and early night because the next morning we were up early for...wait for it....<br />
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We all had a blast running it. What a great experience. My goal was to run the whole thing without stopping and I did! I even came in first out of my family.<br />
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I highly highly highly recommend this run to anyone and everyone! Even if you don't run, walk it! So many people walked the race or would switch between running and walking. This run is definitely for people of all ages and athletic abilities.<br />
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The next day we were energized and pumped for the Jets season opener! To give you some background I am third generation Jets fan and my inheritance will be our family season tickets. My family has spent Thanksgiving at the Jet's game twice in the past three years. If you are familiar with the Jets you will now how unfortunate this is.<br />
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Despite the usually pitiful Jets they somehow but the grace of God (literally) managed to beat the Buccaneers in the last few seconds. I won't go into details but I'll just say that this was probably the most exciting game I've ever been too and there's one Buccaneer in a lot of trouble right now.<br />
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This past weekend my friends and I hiked Mount Beacon which is right across the Hudson River from my school. It was such a beautiful day to be spending outside and the views from the top were unreal! We got sandwiches from a local deli and had a picnic once we reached to top of the mountain.<br />
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Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-31016575905468425302013-08-28T08:44:00.000-04:002013-08-28T08:44:13.560-04:00Back to School<br />
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On Sunday I drove back up to school and moved into my (huge) room. Since my roomie graduated last fall I am living in a single for this year and at first I was dreading it but I have to say so far I kind of like it.</div>
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It's absolutely insane that I am already starting my last year of college. I feel like it was just the other day that I was starting my freshman year and didn't know anyone. It's also such a weird feeling to be back on campus after nine months away. I did get a little tear eyed one my drive to school when I realized I wasn't going to be in London this semester. I'm so sad that my time there is over but I am incredibly excited for what this year will bring. My friends and I have even made a Senior Year Bucket List of things we've always wanted to do in and around our school but never have. (More about this in future post). </div>
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1. Paint a box (any size or shape you want) a color of your choice. I recycled a box I got Shabby Apple earrings in. Boxes like this are all sold in craft stores.</div>
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2. Pick out any shells of your choice. (If you do not live near a beach sea shells are also sold at all craft stores.) Arrange the shells before gluing them down. It took me a while to figure out how I wanted them. It's almost like a puzzle.</div>
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Long time no post! Sorry I haven't been around much. This has been a busy couple of weeks. Between celebrating my birthday and being in the middle of switching rooms with my sister I didn't have much time to sit down and talk to y'all.<br />
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Now that I'm back I can tell you all about my birthday week! It started when I had a barbecue with my family. What a great time! Even my grandparents were playing beer pong. My grandpa even beat my sister and my dad (they'd kill me if they knew I told people this). Oh and fun fact: old people tend to play beer pong underhand.<br />
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The next day I went to the FUN. concert. That was one fun concert (pun intended). It was at Pier 26 in Hudson River Park looking out to New Jersey with a great view of the Freedom Tower right behind us. We had such a great time listening to great music with great food trucks and a bunch of craft beer! We even saw Allison Williams from HBO's Girls walk right past us and later we saw Lena Dunham from a distance. If it wasn't for her unique style I wouldn't have been able to tell it was her. It started to rain around the time the concert started and by the time they got to "Some Nights" at the end of their set it was pouring and the whole crowd was going crazy. The rain definitely added to the experience. Once you're wet who cares if you get more wet!<br />
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Two days later on my day of birth I got my nails done with my mom before I headed back into the city with my sister and my friend. First we went to see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mirandasings08" target="_blank">Miranda Sings</a> perform at <a href="http://www.birdlandjazz.com/" target="_blank">Birdland Jazz Club</a>. If you don't know who Miranda is check out here videos on youtube. You'll be laughing for days, I promise. After we went around NYC to different bars. Later on we decided to move the party to Bayside, Queens. (If you live in the NY area and never been to Bayside you should check it out! They have great bars and restaurants if you want something more low key than Manhattan.) Once in Bayside my stepmom joined us for drinks after work. That's when things started getting bad. Three beers with a couple of fireball shots thrown in, I was sick and done for the night. <br />
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It took me all of Thursday to recover but isn't that's how it's supposed to be the day after your 21st birthday? By Friday I was back in action and ready for a great weekend at the beach. A bunch of friends and I all headed over to Ocean Beach where all the bars are. I've been wanting to go out on Fire Island for years but the bars there are 21 to get in and those bouncers are very strict. I still can't believe that I'm old enough to get in. I got used to being legal when I was in London and then it all got torn away from me when I came back. It all seems to good to be true and I'm waiting to become underage again. It's crazy to think that it won't happen.<br />
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We spent the weekend relaxing, swimming, dancing, clamming, eating, and drinking and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.<br />
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Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-56946806326425937792013-07-24T09:10:00.002-04:002013-07-24T09:10:49.867-04:00Happy Birthday to Me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-32780060716815929802013-07-22T11:05:00.003-04:002013-07-22T11:06:42.676-04:00Birthday Week is Here!This week I'm going to be a little m.i.a. #sorryimnotsorry because this week is my birthday week!<br />
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That's right! On Wednesday I will be the big 21 and I will finally be legal here in the U.S.! I have many exciting and fun activities planned this week which is why I will not be posting much here.<br />
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And if any of you want to get me the best birthday present ever figure out how to keep Dutchess Catherine in labor for two days so I can share a birthday with the coolest baby in town..erhh out of town I mean.Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-48306132738378861812013-07-19T13:55:00.001-04:002013-07-19T13:55:48.634-04:00The Tiny Bedroom Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past week my mom informed me that I would have to switch rooms with my little sister. For three years my sister (a soon to be high school senior) has been living in a bedroom the same size of my mom's closet while my other sister and I have been away at school and only home during the holidays and summer.<br />
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I first want to say that I see how unfair this is and if I was in her shoes I would be pissed. <i>But, </i>this is my blog and if I can't complain about this sucky room switch arrangement here, then where can I complain? Am I right, or am I right?<br />
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I am someone who does not like change at all! In fact, I <i>hate </i>change. I am also sentimental and do no want to let go of my room. My room has more wall space than her and is the only bedroom in the house with two ceiling fans, a view of the backyard and pool, and three windows. I'm not ready to give up any of that! Not to mention I can fit two dressers and a huge desk in my current room. None of that will fit in the new room which means I have to get rid of a lot of stuff or box it up an ship it on up to the attic.<br />
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I realize the right thing to do is switch rooms considering I only have one more year of college left and plan to move out after I graduate, pending I find a job. And that's what sucks. I can't put up a fight and try to keep my room cause this switch is only fair and should have been done when I left for college.<br />
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The one upside to this is that I can do whatever I want with my new room. New furniture, new color, and possibly a new tv :) And you can bet your bottom dollar that I went to Pinterest on ideas for what I am going to do with this small space. <br />
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Here are some of the cool ideas I've found for the room:<br />
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You can also follow my Pinterest board for this project <a href="http://pinterest.com/jillianmescall/tiny-bedroom/" target="_blank">here</a>! And check back here to follow my journey to my new room!Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-13749823202358467022013-07-18T12:25:00.000-04:002013-07-18T13:34:06.526-04:00Literary Junkies Link Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This book is a <i>very </i>quick read. It is one man's experience with the Bakerloo Line, one or the many tube lines that make up the London Underground or "the tube". I decided to read this book because the Bakerloo line is the line that I took most often during my semester in London. I love knowing what he is talking about when he says how useless the Regents Park stop is and going 'ahhhhh' when he mentions that Bakerloo got its name from its old name "Baker Street Waterloo line" (makes so much sense know). I would really like to be able to read the other books in this series (there's a book for each tube line) and see how much I am familiar with.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I honestly don't remember when I fell in love with reading. I've loved to read as a kid. Ever since my mom used to read my </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">George's Store</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and my grandpa read all of us </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A Fly Went By</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> every time we visited him. I remember I used to sit in my room as a kid and read Amelia Bedila and Nancy Drew. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Molengo;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Harry Potter. I know it's well known and most of you have probably read it. But if you haven't you need to read it. There's no way you can call yourself a bookworm and not have read Harry Potter. And if you're sitting there thinking I'm not going to like it than promise me this: just read the first book. I promise you, you will get hooked. I have never met a person that has read Harry Potter and not liked it.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Molengo; line-height: 24px;">Yes, I am! I am participating in <a href="http://megancstroup.blogspot.com/2013/06/semi-charmed-summer-2013-book-challenge_24.html" target="_blank">Semi-Charmed Kind of Life's Summer 2013 Book Challenge!</a> Check it out!</span>Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-74728014884049538942013-07-16T15:21:00.001-04:002013-07-18T13:00:41.046-04:00Travel Tuesday: Barthelona!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Country numero cuatro this past spring was Spain. I loved this trip especially because it was just my sister and me. We left all our friends back in good old London. It was nice to get away and do a sister trip. </div>
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I was really excited to go do Barcelona to put my Spanish skills to use. Unfortunately everyone there spoke English and could tell that I am not Spanish so they would start off say "hello" to me before I could say "hola". </div>
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It was such a great trip in a beautiful city! Here are some photos from our weekend in Spain:</div>
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Instead of telling you about this past weekend that just ended I'm about to you all about my really long holiday weekend last week because I'm <s>a little</s> very behind on these posts. Ooops </div>
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On Wednesday night I headed over to the beach, where I stayed until Monday morning. All of my days were filled with sun, beach, BBQ, fireworks, and Heineken.<br />
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On Friday night Tim the Guitar Man played and my friend "R" came over to listen to the music and show off his moves.<br />
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On Sunday night my Dad and I found a little grasshopper friend who ended up being an excellent model. Our little friend was voguing it up and so cooperative.<br />
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On Monday morning I happened to wake up weirdly early so I snapped some pictures of the sunrise.<br />
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This mini week in the sun was such a nice break from reality. There's nothing better than the boat rocking at night and the salty beach air.<br />
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Lucky for me I'm still enjoying my extremely long weekend at the beach. Running everyday can only be so exciting so while I'm here I try to mix up my workouts. Today I'm sharing with y'all a workout I do here at the beach to work on my footwork for tennis. But even if you don't play tennis it's still a good work out.<br />
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This workout can technically be done anywhere but doing on the sand adds difficulty and is great for your calves. If you are doing this on a hard surface I recommend repeating it few more times.</div>
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Today I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/handmade-gift-exchange-linky-party-8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FBLeF+%28Craftaholics+Anonymous%29" target="_blank">Craftaholics Anonymous</a> for the Handmade Gift Exchange!<br />
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I was partnered with Shandra for this exchange! She knew I loved going to the beach so she sent me this amazing basket with all of the beach necessities.<br />
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This was the perfect gift for me! I' already used the majority of things in the basket and it hasn't even been 48 hours!<br />
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<strong>B: Book?</strong><br />I am currently reading Second Glance by Jodi Picoult and The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners by Luanne Rice<br /><br /><strong>C: Cake or Pie?</strong><br />Cake! Preferably ice cream cake!<br /><br /><strong>D: Drink of Choice?</strong><br />Cider mmm:)<br /><br /><strong>E: Essential Item?</strong><br />My camera and phone<br /><br /><strong>F: Favorite Color?</strong><br />I actually don't have a favorite color. I love them all!<br /><br /><strong>G: Game to Play or Watch?</strong><br />To play - Tennis</span></div>
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I had seen a Facebook friend's post earlier this morning that she loves this holiday because everything stops for one day. All of the fighting between political parties and media and all of the things the country's been dealing with; it all stops. And for one day everyone is together and united and proud to be an American. </div>
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I couldn't think of a better way to put it. It's just an amazing feeling when all of the frustrating politics and the huge gap between our nation's citizen disappears for a day. If only it could happen more often. While I was traveling around Europe that past few months I had an amazing time but it also made me appreciate the U.S. much more. </div>
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Back in February my friends and I took the Eurostar over to Paris for the weekend. Not to sound like a brat or and ungrateful beotch but even though I did enjoy Paris I can say that is was my least favorite trip. Probably because it was snowing and freezing the entire weekend and I looked like this:
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First off, if you wanna keep on reading these post don't forget to follow me on Bloglovin!<br />
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And now down to business! The other day I did one of the most dangerous things. I walked into Michaels! That's almost as bad as walking into Target. I went with a list of things I needed, but that got thrown out of the window as soon as I saw the clearance bins.<br />
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I know I have to do something about my Michaels binging problem. But before I begin my 12 step program check out some of my great finds!<br />
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I recently discovered the greatest app ever! It's called <a href="http://www.groovebook.com/" target="_blank">Groovebook</a>! Have any of you heard of it before?<br />
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Groovebook is a free app with a monthly subscription (that can be canceled at any time). It prints 40-100 photos directly from your phone's camera roll and mails them to you. And the best part is the book is FREE! All you have to pay is $2.99 for shipping/handling. How crazy is that?! Less than 3 bucks for 100 prints! That's less than the price of a coffee at Starbucks!<br />
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Groovebook is great for easily printing all of those Instagram pictures you'd always wished you could have hard copies of. I've been printing my photos from my study abroad experience this spring. The sizes are perfect to put in a scrapbook.<br />
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What are you waiting for?! Download <a href="http://www.groovebook.com/" target="_blank">Groovebook</a> today!Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-22793081584563405902013-06-23T16:42:00.000-04:002013-06-23T16:42:19.042-04:00Summer Bucket ListBeing in London taught me to stop taking advantage of life and to get out and live more. Why waste days doing nothing when there is so much to see and explore outside of the house. I am no longer taking advantage of Long Island and New York City.<br />
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What's on your summer bucket list?<br />
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This means you'll loose all of the blogs you follow. But lucky for all of us we can easily import our feed to Bloglovin with only the click of a few buttons.<br />
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Click on the link below and you can begin transferring over your feed now!<br />
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Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-35659413825135978572013-06-20T11:19:00.001-04:002013-06-20T11:19:13.766-04:00Good News!Guess what everyone! You know how in my last post I was whining about not having a job or money to do anything or gas to go anywhere?<br />
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Well no more whining for me! I got a job yesterday! This summer I will be lifeguarding. This will be my first real "summer job". For the past couple of summers I've interned in the city so I skipped all of those fun outdoor summer jobs that most high school and college kids experience.<br />
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It'll be nice to spend my last summer before graduation outside and not in an office. What are all y'all summer plans? Any cool summer jobs?Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-42002997113480721362013-06-17T17:55:00.000-04:002013-06-17T17:55:20.236-04:00Wineries, Golf, and Sun :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week I had a somewhat eventful weekend compared to my the rest of my days since I returned from across the pond.</div>
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My days at home have consisted of One Tree Hill and job searching. I don't have any money so I don't even like to go out and waste gas until I get a job. My family thinks I've been a lazy a** and don't understand my method of preserving the few dollars I still have to my name. I've had a bunch of interviews this past week so fingers crossed that something comes my way soon cause I could use some fun adventures. </div>
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Sorry about my tangent, back to the original point of this post. Last weekend my dad did some fun things so I took advantage of this to tag along. My sister had to go out east (for you non Long Islanders, out east means the east end of Long Island and usually the north fork) for her summer camp orientation and the rest of us decided to spend a gorgeous day driving around the beautiful north fork.<br />
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We saw a bunch of dream houses and went antiquing in Greenport. Boy wouldn't I love a house out there on the water. I'll just buy one with my next pay check, nbd. We stopped for some clams and wine at Claudio's, a Greenport favorite. After we went to one of the many wineries in the area for some live music and good wine :)<br />
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Before we picked my sister back up we stopped at a goat farm to pick up some fresh goat cheese. The farm had an unofficial petting zoo. We made friends with all of the baby goats and a pony. They also let the public watch the goats getting milked. This was no one person sitting on a bucket slowing milking each goat. They had an efficient system going and only need one farmer to milk EIGHT goats at a time! Pretty impressive. I really have no idea why I was so interested in the goat milking...weird, I know.</div>
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By then Kiersten's orientation was over and we headed back west to pick up my grandma and get sushi for dinner. </div>
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The next day we lucked out with another beautiful day. We spent Sunday washing all the cars and then headed to the driving range. I knew I didn't golf for a reason. I was not very good at it.<br />
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All in all it was a great weekend with great people and a nice break from Netflix and job hunting.</div>
Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905813813616974592.post-51042156429486701882013-06-02T15:32:00.001-04:002013-06-02T15:32:35.299-04:00Under ConstructionI've decided to totally reconstruct my blog. New look and possibly new name (not too sure about that one).<br />
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Since I spent every last penny of mine over in London I am in no position to hire a designer for my new design. I decided to look in house and I am going to use what little photoshop skills I have, and with the help of the Internet, design my own blog. Fingers crossed it all works out.<br />
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With that said please bare with me over the next few weeks while my blog is getting a makeover.Jillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026296787620909733noreply@blogger.com4