My Essential Items.

Remember how I said I had some plans for my blog? Well this is one of them, to discuss some of my favorite items that I personally use or have in my closet at home. Now any one who knows me is well aware of just how girly I am. Though my bags may change every day depending on my mood as my sunglasses and such I have my "dependable" items you could say. Basically I will always love these or I find I can pair them with anything I wear or for any occasion.

Louis Vuitton Speedy; There is honestly nothing more in this world when it comes to bags that will ever over power my love for a beautiful Louis Vuitton bag. Especially this one, whenever I use this bag it just makes me feel so....wonderful....it may sound weird but I have never found any outfit or event when a Louis Vuitton wasn't acceptable. Plus it holds almost everything I carry around, which sometimes can be a lot.

Tiffany and Co: What girl doesn't love a beautiful piece of jewelry? Honestly any girl who owns this bracelet will agree with me when I say it holds a wonderful memory and they can always find the perfect event to wear it. I am very lucky when I say that I have a wonderful man who gave me my second bracelet from Tiffany's for our first Christmas together and it never fails to make me smile or rekindle the day he gave it to me.

Extra Dessert Delights: I love bubblegum in all the flavors that it can possibly come in. Until recently I had never tried the Dessert Delights before and I am glad I finally did. They're made so that it can cure hungriness for those trying to watch weight. I enjoy chewing them because I've found that unlike most gums, the flavor last longer into chewing. My favorite two that I have in my bag right now are the Root Beer Float and Sorbet. I couldn't choose which was better out of the two.

Ray Ban Wayfarer; Nothing like a perfect pair of sunglasses. I really like these because they shape my face nicely, other than oversized sunglasses I've yet to find a pair that fit my oval face nicely. And that I enjoy to wear.

Fendi Di Fendi: Okay truthfully those who know me my weakness is perfume. I love perfume like you wouldn't believe and I think its safe to say I purchase a new one every other month. To me the sexiest thing about being a woman is smelling irresistible. I have many perfumes I could consider my favorite but I couldn't put anything other than my Fendi Di Fendi at number one. I wear this scent during the day and it smells so sweet and playful. Yet when I wear it at night it makes me feel confident and alluring. I love that it lingers to my body.

Erin Condren Life Planner; I only just got this life planner this week and am madly in love with it. It fits perfectly in all my bags and it makes my life so much easier. Until I had this beauty in my hands I was forever tracking my bills on my phone or events that I had coming up. It was hard to clearly see everything laid out and I personally am a money freak. I like to see clearly what is due when and how it all falls around our pay days. With this planner not only does it start the month off with a month long calendar it then has the days of the week individually laid out starting from morning ending with the evening.

Maybelline Baby Soft Lips: This is the one of the best lipbalms ever. Theres nothing better than a lip balm that leaves your lips silky smooth and that adds a pop of color. Perfect for wearing for a simple day out or for a fun evening ahead.


What are some of your essential items?

Finally A Light.

Let me just start off with saying for all of you out there who are stuck in a rut just like I have been over the last few weeks, there is a light to be found at the end of the tunnel. It may not happen over night and it may only be a a snippet here or there between days but if you keep your head up you WILL find it!

I truly have had a hard time over the last few weeks and as I previously said I realized how truly unhappy I was. Thats not to say tomorrow I will have a bad day and hate the world but through it all with love and support from those who mean most to me my tunnel has found the light it so truly needed.

Last night when I got home from work and snuggled into bed with my love I was so restless because I knew come morning time that it was going to be a whole new day for me. A day that has made me realize that although life isn't easy its worth the rough patches. 

I awoke this morning so excited for the fact that my life is like a brand new start today. I enrolled to finally do something I am so excited about. Medical Assisting. I have always loved to be around people  and I hope it something I always carry myself with. I am already counting down the days till September rolls around and my classes begin. I know that this is going to lead myself into many wonderful things. I just wish my words could translate or express how excited I am. 

I honestly love when days go from wonderful to just plain out fantastic. A couple weeks or so ago I came across these wonderful diaries by erincondren.com and I just fell in love with what I saw. So I placed my order and I knew I was going to have to wait but once I saw that status on my order had gone from printed to shipped I swear I almost died with anticipation. Knowing that this wonderful life planner was on it's way was just like a countdown to Christmas. 

Every day I found myself checking my Fedex status and keeping track of where my goodies were. The estimated arrival date was set for Saturday and my heart was just so excited. When Saturday came around and my package hadn't arrived it was just another day to add to my countdown. Obviously theres no postal services on Sunday so I was almost positive it would be awaiting me come Monday. Monday came and went with nothing. Then came today. Today being my new day. There it was waiting for me. And its b-e-autiful!

My Wonderful Diary.

Yummy.

And to top it all off I enjoyed a refreshing Passion Ice Tea from Starbucks.

I think I've written enough for now but I have some wonderful ideas for my blog to come!

Hello...Anybody There?

The crickets are chirping...I know...I am probably the worlds worst blogger BUT I've made a vow within myself to make this if not a daily routine but an  every other day event to share with the world Cathryn's world.

It's funny I've had a few people ask me what had I done with my blogging so I think not only is it wonderful way for family and friends to keep up with my crazy life, it is a great way for me to express myself in words and photos.

 Looking online recently I've found myself finding more and more blogs that I just adore and I always find myself saying that I need to get back to something I think it is wonderful. So let the journey begin...again!


I feel that within one blog post to detain all that has happened in so many months is just way to over whelming. For me to sit here and to catch one up on what could be 3 or 4 months is a lot. And it hurts my brain to even begin to think of everything there is to share.

I will say that the first week of July  CJ and I took a wonderful and much needed vacation to visit his parents and family to celebrate the 4th of July. This probably tops the list of wonderful events this year. Being Australian spending the majority of my life there it was great to experience some of the traditions he had as a child growing up. My favorite part of our vacation was being able to set off fireworks, it was a thrilling experience something that I hope one day we will do again. Though I will say they really are dangerous I blew a hole in one of my favorite "lazy day" shirts but it was well worth it!

These were only SOME of what we had. Sorry its so blurry.

Another highlight for me was going through some of the baby photos CJ's  Mom had, it was so fun to sit back and giggle with her at my love so little. I honestly don't know if he was cuter then or now!

You can't tell me this isn't cute!

Among the events that have happened in life I recently decided I was truly unhappy in the path that I was taking career wise and where I am currently in my work life (that may be confusing to some, I was working toward my teaching degree while working for a hotel). A few other events happened for my eyes to realize how truly unhappy I was  am. Though I prefer to keep those to myself and because I am too much of a nice person to broadcast other peoples wrong doings...see I'm sweet!

A major turning point for me is that I want to be in the medical field so as of tomorrow...I will be enrolled into a Medical Assisting program which I cannot truly express how excited I am to kick start this new journey of life!

Well I think that this is probably enough for now. There is plenty more for tomorrow.....yes I said tomorrow because I WILL blog and tell you all about my enrollment process and a few other life goodies.

Happy Saturday

It's FINALLY the weekend (for most) as I type this I'm sitting behind my work station this beautiful Saturday morning as people trickle in and out the doors bringing in the smell of the beautiful day.  My weekend starts on Tuesday but I love to work in the mornings and have the evenings off.

I have to start this blog off with reminding you that yesterday was Friday. Duh Cathryn is what you thinking I know. BUT! Yesterday was no ordinary Friday for me, yesterday was the day I finished my reading class!!! I went in finished up a few things took my exit exam and walked out with a score of 87.7 which I am more than happy with. My reading skills even improved so much so that I am now testing at a Grad School level. I am beyond proud of myself. I worked so so so hard.

Another positive for yesterday was the beginning of a journey for CJ and myself as over the last year or so a few unwanted pounds have crept up upon us. So we joined the gym and enjoyed our first work out together. One thing I love is that CJ is used all these techniques he learnt while in basic training. 

We worked out with what is called a "pyramid" technique which is basically breaking down 50 movements down into segments of 5. To get a better idea I'd do 10 crunches stop once I reached 10 he'd do his then I would start back in with 5 or 15. Just depended on what we were doing. And boy did I feel good once I left. I was proud of myself there too. 

I don't think I'm the type of person who is one to say "I won't give up" I feel that I am the type of person to say "I'll give up" but i surprised myself yesterday there was never a moment that I had to stop and take a break I kept going until my goal was met. 

I don't want to be negative here and think about how long my motivation will last because I want to think positive and that'll I'll get into the shape I want and honestly just keep to it because it felt really good just to know my body was feeling good. 

Though I have to admit my body is rather achey today which is to be expected but I felt great waking up.

In my previous post I wrote about how I was excited to spend the day at home which let me tell you was wonderful. And the best part was having CJ's amazing jumbalaya for dinner. 

I took some pictures to post at the end of this. We went to the store to get what was needed and CJ usually just buys the frozen shrimp but our local grocery store has had a huge makeover so we actually ended up with some fresh cajun style shrimp. And for someone who avoids seafood I loved it!

Till next time.

Change of Plans

SO...yet again my blogging has been lacking but don't give up faith. I'll get there. I promise.

It's so hard for me to find time to breathe but thankfully life is slowing down a little although with school almost coming to an end its going to pick up again. Today is my day to stay in my pajamas all day and do nothing but nothing. And I need it.

It's nice too because CJ is home so we can do nothing together. One of our favorite things to do is stay in with junk food and watch movies or we put on netflix pick a T.V series and go! I'm also love the fact that CJ is cooking his world famous Jumbalaya for dinner and it is deeeelcious. For someone who doesn't like shrimp or sausage I can't get enough of this.

Now I bet your wondering what the change of plan is. Right? I know you are! Well I've decided to take a change of educational plan. As an Education Major my degree will allow me to teach Kindergarten through 6th grade. And truthfully I really don't feel that I would be giving my best to the 4th graders and above as I feel thats when children are becoming more independent and starting to grow into who they are (basically I feel thats when the attitude starts). I feel that my personality and abilities would be best suited for Pre-K through 3rd grade.

So after a long discussion with a fellow classmate whose major is Pre-K-3 I will be changing my major to that. Which is really exciting for me because hopefully with this change I will be done with my Associates degree a lot sooner than with my current major. I'm really excited about this change as I truly feel that this is were I was supposed to be all along.

With my current major ( and I know theres not that much difference to the eye but when you delve deeper theres a world of difference) I was questioning wether if this is what I was truly wanting to do. But now I think I have found my belonging.

I'm also pleased to see that looking at my degree checklist with this change I'll have completed almost half of what is already required. Major plus there. I'm also considering taking a summer class, it'll be the first Wednesday in June to the last Wednesday in June. 8am-5pm. It'll be a long day so I'm still weighing it up and waiting for more information.

So come Friday I'll put my submission in for change of major and will be journeying down a new road. And I'm really excited about it!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to CJ's Mom Sherry. I love her to bits and pieces and wish we were there to celebrate with her!

Blog Alive

Well...It's been a week for me. I'm constantly on the go with either work or school and I basically got too caught up with it all and ignored my lovely blog.

I thought about how I should be blogging this morning while working but after a long morning in class to then dashing off to work till late then to get home to cuddle up in bed just to turn around and race back to work this morning. I am exhausted.

My weeks are generally crazy like this as life for someone who works in a hotel your never off work. With everything that goes on. Being a Front Desk Agent my job is never done. From shift changes to guests wanting this and that, fellow workers unsure of something that happened during your shift that you forgot to cover, down to the nitty-gritty bits. It's never ending. Although your not there you always have to be there your there. Make sense?

With all the craziness that has been happening within my week yesterday I had my Friday morning class which I actually really love. It's a reading class thats self paced, I previously took a math class that was self paced and loved it.

I wish there were more classes such as those. I love that in these classes you have a check list of what needs to be covered during the semester and it's your job to make sure its completed. In my reading class I absolutely love my Professor. His ex-military and is kind of loud and in your face with his lectures which is the only thing I try to avoid being a target of example. Other than that his been great with motivating us to finish the class and encouraging us throughout the way making sure we're understanding the material.

Knowing that it was self paced and we could finish up before the actual semester was over I have worked my tooshy off to get the work done. The way the class is structured is that we go in, we have a brief lecture and we're supposed to test on the material the entire 3 hours. Theres written work that is expected to be completed as homework that encourages us during class time to test.

 Anyhoo...I had actually completed the written work weeks ago I was just trying to finish up with all my testing. Which I must say I have been scoring on all tests any where between an 80-100. Go me! Well yesterday came the day were I would finish up the last few minor tests I had and I'd finally be able to take my final exam and be done. Awesome right? Well the sucky part is right as I was ready to take my exam exit class was about to come to an end. GRR! So this coming Friday I will be excited to finally be completed almost a month before the semester comes to an end.

That pretty much sums up my excitement for the week. I promise to do better with my blogging.