tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12748030166588212024-02-19T11:27:59.456-05:00The Best of IntentionsKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.comBlogger366125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-65223436417133244102015-03-05T09:19:00.002-05:002015-03-05T09:19:45.349-05:00In Case You Missed It… <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In case you missed the memo, this week I moved my lovely home on the internet here at The Best Of Intentions to a new home - <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.champagnelacedblog.com/">Champagne Laced</a>.</span></b><br />
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If you want to keep up with me and see the new changes and content I'm going to be sharing, click here to read <a href="http://www.champagnelacedblog.com/welcome-to-champagne-laced/">my welcome message</a> and then stay awhile! Once there, you'll also find all of my links to all of my social media accounts!<br />
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This week I've also posted <a href="http://www.champagnelacedblog.com/30-unique-blog-post-ideas/">30 Unique Blog Post Ideas</a> and a drink recipe inspired by "The Dress". Is the drink black and blue or white and gold? <a href="http://www.champagnelacedblog.com/what-color-is-this-drink/">Click here to find out!</a><br />
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Again, I love you guys and I can't wait for you to join me on this journey!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-17528935619223986282015-03-02T08:00:00.000-05:002015-03-02T08:00:01.016-05:00My Big NewsToday is the day!<br />
I'm here to announce my big news!<br />
I'm moving! Kind of. I'm moving my little space on the internet to a new home!<br />
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Oh, and did I mentioned I'm not taking any of my furniture or clothing with me? Aka, I'm leaving all of my content currently on The Best Of Intentions on The Best Of Intentions. If you'd be so kind, head on over to my new internet home, <a href="http://www.champagnelacedblog.com/">Champagne Laced</a>, where I will be explaining more about this decision!<br />
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I'm really hoping to bring all of you with me on this new journey.<br />
I love you all and I can't wait to make some new memories with you! Xx<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-62507335448066231202015-02-23T10:28:00.001-05:002015-02-23T10:28:57.694-05:00Prequel To The Big NewsI'll have you know that a very large part of me didn't want to write today's post.<br />
Because I'm going to be that girl.<br />
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I typically find it unnecessary when a blogger tells me they are going to be taking a break, just take the break! I also typically find it unnecessary when a blogger tells me they have news they're going to be announcing in X number of days, just wait until that day and announce the news!<br />
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So I'm currently doing something that I typically find unnecessary.<br />
I'm that girl.<br />
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If you haven't figure it out already, today's post has 2 jobs.<br />
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Job #1:<br />
To tell you that I have some news to share with you, hopefully next Monday. That's the plan anyway. It's big and very exciting news to me and I'm hoping that you also find it exciting? I wasn't going to tease you with it at all, I swear. I had planned all along to just announce it when it could be announced and then throw confetti in the air and pour myself a celebratory martini! However, I'm teasing you and telling you now because…<br />
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Job #2:<br />
Because of the big news, this is going to be the only post on The Best Of Intentions this week. There's no hidden reason for this. It is strictly because I really needed to prioritize my time and I felt that my time needed to be spent on "the big news", because it is currently a very time consuming project. I've been working on it for quite a long time now, and brainstorming it months before that. I had been pretty quietly working on it behind the scenes, but now I need to throw myself into it 100%.<br />
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So in the meantime you can follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/kaystoll129/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. That way you'll be able to keep up with me and you'll be the first to know about the big news.<br />
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I hope you guys don't mind the break, although I don't think you will because you guys are the best. And<b> I really hope</b> you come back next Monday for my big news. I'm "8-year-old-the-night-before-their-first-time-at-disney-world" excited about this!<br />
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Xx love you guys!<br />
See you on Monday!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-20157630939616211812015-02-18T07:30:00.000-05:002015-02-18T07:30:00.614-05:00My Current Sephora Wishlist On Valentine's Day my friend came over, we drank wine, watched a few stupid Netflix movies, and laughed our way through our old favorite YouTube videos we used to quote at the bars when we were 21. We also talked about makeup.<br />
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We're both a little makeup obsessed and we were browsing <a href="http://www.sephora.com/" target="_blank">Sephora's website</a> together and we came up with a little list of items we'd really like to own. Here's our sweet little list.<br />
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<b>1. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/tartelette-amazonian-clay-matte-eyeshadow-palette-P391759?icid2=tarte_lp_whatsnew_carousel_P391759_image" target="_blank">Tartelette Amazonian Clay Matte Eyeshadow Palette</a> <i>($44.00)</i> - </b>I'm in love with this palette. The colors are right up my alley and I love that they're all matte! Perfect palette to pair with all of my favorite shimmer shades!<br />
<b>2. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/melted-liquified-long-wear-lipstick-P386033?skuId=1604008" target="_blank">Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick</a> <i>($21.00)</i> - </b>I had swatched these in store a few months ago, but they really only had mostly bold colors that I wasn't sure I'd get enough use out of, BUT they've come out with new colors and I need them. This one is <a href="http://www.sephora.com/melted-liquified-long-wear-lipstick-P386033?skuId=1626373" target="_blank">Melted Fig</a>. *insert heart eyes*<br />
<b>3. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/melted-liquified-long-wear-lipstick-P386033?skuId=1604008" target="_blank">Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick</a> <i>($21.00)</i> -</b> In <a href="http://www.sephora.com/melted-liquified-long-wear-lipstick-P386033?skuId=1604008" target="_blank">Melted Peony</a> *more heart eyes for this perfect nude*<br />
<b>4. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/sugar-lip-polish-P274001?icid2=fresh_lp_sugar_carousel_P274001_link" target="_blank">Fresh Sugar Lip Polish</a> <i>($22.50)</i> - </b>I'm just interested in trying some new lip products and I've heard really good things about Fresh.<br />
<b>5. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/blush-P2855?skuId=899393" target="_blank">NARS blush</a> <i>($30.00)</i> - </b>Everyone hears about this all the time, but I want it in the shade Madly, which I rarely hear about, but I've swatched before and I loved!<br />
<b>6. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/audacious-lipstick-P387906?skuId=1637156" target="_blank">NARS Audacious Lipstick</a> <i>($32.00)</i> - </b>In the shade Brigitte. So many beauty bloggers rave about this lipstick and I just want to be a part of the in crowd! I love the nude rose color of Brigitte too, seems very wearable.<br />
<b>7. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/bottom-lash-mascara-P279510?icid2=Clinique_Makeup_Mascara_Row2_Skugrid_P279510_image" target="_blank">Clinque Bottom Lash Mascara</a> <i>($10.00)</i> -</b> Some of the British vloggers I watch absolutely rave about this mascara and for $10, I'm willing to try it out. Especially if it's a bottom lash mascara that doesn't transfer!<br />
<b>8. <a href="http://www.sephora.com/contour-kit-P386335?skuId=1615186" target="_blank">Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit</a> <i>($40.00)</i> - </b>Contour kits are all the rage right now, but Anastasia started the trend. I don't want this as much as I just need it. Ya know? Also if you watch <b>any</b> YouTube beauty guru, then you've heard about Anastasia's Banana powder approximately 1,000 times. I need.<br />
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In case you hadn't been adding the prices up as you went, don't worry, I did. The total cost of my Sephora Wishlist?<b> $220.50</b><br />
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So I'll let you know when I hit that lottery.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-19456497251381156942015-02-16T07:30:00.000-05:002015-02-16T07:30:00.610-05:00Usher, Baby! || Analyzing LyricsWay back when on TBOI, all the way back to last summer, I wrote a post <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/06/bought-jet-what-do-you-expect.html" target="_blank">analyzing the lyrics to Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty To Me</a>. Good times. On Friday I was listening to a random Spotify <i>(you can <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/kstoll129" target="_blank">follow my playlists here</a> if you'd like)</i> playlist and a song came on that I DO NOT LIKE. <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll" target="_blank">I tweeted about it</a>. <a href="http://www.theramblingllama.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Melissa</a> remembered my Talk Dirty To Me post and demanded I do a post about this particular song and I am more than happy to do so.<br />
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I just tell you, I hate this song. So I'm forcing myself to listen to it over and over again while writing this just for you guys. You're welcome.<br />
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PS. What happened to Usher? Where's Confessions and Let It Burn? Classics. Caught Up? Love. You Make Me Wanna? U Got It Bad? I love that song! MY BOO?! I mean, really? I miss you, man.<br />
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Shawty, I don't mind if you dance on a pole<br />That don't make you a ho<br />Shawty, I don't mind when you work until three<br />If you're leaving with me.<br />Go make that money, money, money</blockquote>
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So far I don't necessarily have a problem with these lyrics. He's supporting his girl, who happens to be a stripper from what I gather. He's making sure she knows that he doesn't think any less of her, as long as she doesn't go home with a client. Ya dig?<br />
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The ballers in here tonight, they gon' buy a hundred bottles<br />As soon as you shake it, I know they gon' make it colossal in here<br />Cause shawty you thinkin' them tricks that you do with your body<br />Got all of these ni**as they crowding around you like they seen Beyonce in here.</blockquote>
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So far, Usher still just seems super supportive, right? Even comparing his girl to Beyonce and we all know that's quite a compliment! So okay, I'm with you so far Usher <i>(even though i still think this song sucks)</i>.<br />
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You want your own and you need your own, baby, who am I to judge?<br />Cause how could I ever trip about it when I met you in the club?<br />I make enough for the both of us, but you dance anyway<br />You know I was raised in the A..</blockquote>
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NOW I see. You met her while she was dancing on that pole you talked about earlier, so yea you're supportive, otherwise you'd be a hypocrite. You get a few points for that. Hypocrites are annoying. What's "the A" though? Atlanta? Alaska? Albuquerque? I mean, I need some clarification. <i>(actually i know it's atlanta, but i also kind of wish it was albuquerque) </i><br />
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When you get off of work I'll be ready to go in the 'Rari<br />And when we get home we'll have us our own private party in here.<br />So I don't worry at all about the things they do or say<br />I love you anyway</blockquote>
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First of all, love that he called it a "'Rari". You're so hip, bro. Now it sounds like she's just gonna give you her own little show, and you know what? You do you.<br />
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Actually, 50 Shades of Grey came out over the weekend, so this song seems fitting for this Monday morning. You can't go see 50 Shades and then come here and judge Usher for loving his pole dancer.<br />
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You can twerk it while in a split, you racking up them tips<br />Your body rock and your booty poppin', I'm proud to call you my bitch.</blockquote>
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Okay, so that line right there is the one that annoyed me. I mean, I do want to acknowledge that his girl can twerk while in the splits, because okay, <b>impressive</b>. But the sentence "I'm proud to call you my bitch" really rubs me the wrong way. If a guy ever called me "his bitch" I'd break his nose. Why is that sentence even okay? First Usher is saying he's proud and then following that up with something demeaning. Get outta here, asshat.<br />
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Then we get to Juicy J's part.. Which I've just decided not to even type out or analyze, because wow. There's just too much. You can <a href="http://www.directlyrics.com/usher-i-dont-mind-lyrics.html" target="_blank">read it here</a> and let me know your thoughts!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-75243832898724382112015-02-13T07:30:00.000-05:002015-02-13T10:56:41.439-05:00The Flash || TV FridayThis is the 3rd time I've started this post. The first time I sounded way too peppy, like I was trying too hard to be excited and happy. I tried a second time and I sounded like someone had "pissed in my cheerios" as my grandma would say. I'm off my game. But I'm working on it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">So, The Flash.</span></b><br />
I'm super caught up on this show, because Grant Gustin.<br />
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Honestly this is one show where I feel like the casting is just so, so freaking good. There's actually only one character I'm not a huge fan <i>(iris)</i> of and I'm not 100% sure it's the actress' fault. I'm almost a little heartbroken that Robbie Amell's storyline has ended. Or I think it has? I don't read the comics, so I don't know for sure.<br />
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Speaking of, that's one of the things about this show that kind of annoys me. I haven't ever read the comics, actually I've never read any comic ever, and from what I've heard the show is following the comics pretty closely. So for those who have read the comics, they expect things to continue this way AND they already know everything that is going to happen. My beef with following the comics too closely is that sometimes the actors or the side story lines can evolve and there's the potential to take things in a new direction. If the writers and the directors on The Flash are too concerned with sticking to the comics then they could miss out on something better. Then the show could tank. Which would upset me.<br />
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I'm mentioning this because of this Barry/Snow thing. Look, the <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/12/tv-friday.html" target="_blank">first time I ever talked about The Flash on this blog</a> I said I totally was a shipper of Barry/Snow. My mom has gotten to hear it from me a lot more than you have, so yea, I'd love for it to be a thing. A couple reasons -<br />
1. The on-screen chemistry between Grant Gustin and Danielle Panabaker is fabulous. I love scenes with the two of them! TELL ME YOU DIDN'T LOVE THE DRUNK CAITLIN SCENES!<br />
2. I don't like Iris. I'm not even a little sorry about it. Maybe she's great in the comics, but guess what? She's not great on the show. I haven't liked her since episode 1.<br />
3. I think it'd be a really fun slow-build kind of relationship!<br />
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I know the comic book lovers vehemently disagree with me, which is fine, because I also don't mind having a solid male/female friendship on a show like this. In fact, that's really nice too. I just hope that following the comics doesn't necessarily become the end all, be all.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Quick Notes</span></b><br />
-- Cisco and Joe teaming together is my favorite.<br />
-- Cisco getting more of a storyline, also my favorite.<br />
-- I said from the first episode that the blur looked red and yellow, so I said "I bet Barry as The Flash was there." and now look.. Gosh I'm so good at this TV watching thing.<br />
-- I can not 100% figure out Wells and I love it.<br />
-- I have super sketchy feelings about the new girl Barry is dating. I don't trust her.<br />
-- So annoyed with how Iris got this random job at the paper. Apparently it's because she works for the paper in the comics, but her randomly getting that job was the stupidest thing ever. And explained very poorly. Also I might be extra annoyed just because I don't like Iris.<br />
-- I like Eddie again now that he's all #TeamFlash.<br />
-- How about my use of "vehemently" though?! In my Senior year of high school in my Advanced Composition class I used the sentence <i>"…and he concurs, vehemently." </i>and my teacher read it to the class and said "Now THAT, class, is an excellent use of a thesaurus, because the sentence 'he really agrees' doesn't have quite the same punch, does it?" and I got an A.<br />
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Any other Flash fans out there? How do we feel about the comic book thing? Also, do you ship Barry and Caitlin?<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-29364402379847314272015-02-09T07:00:00.000-05:002015-02-09T11:03:12.934-05:00Heavy HeartOn Friday night two families, from opposite sides of our county, lost their homes in a fire.<br />
First of all, everyone is okay. Both families made it out of their homes, including their pets, without any injuries. Unfortunately, both homes are total losses. Saturday morning when I found out about both fires I was mostly in shock, because what are the chances? What are the chances that two families that I know and am connected with would both have house fires on the same night? Let me tell you their stories.<br />
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<b>Family #1</b><br />
Husband and wife living with their 2 handicapped foster children. I work with the husband at IU, which is his second job, and my dad works with the husband at his main job.<br />
The fire started at about 10pm, while everyone was still awake. They heard a loud pop and smoke instantly began filling their home. From what they're guessing right now, it was an electrical fire that started in their electrical box, the loud pop they heard was their electrical box exploding. They live fairly close to town, so the fire department got there relatively quickly, but because of the explosion, their speed didn't make a huge difference. At the moment they haven't even been allowed back into their home, because an insurance representative couldn't be their until this morning. So they don't even know what, if anything, can be salvaged. From my understanding, it would be very little. Her purse was inside of her car, so she has identification, but no one else does. They also had no shoes or coats, which has since been remedied by some wonderful helping hands.<br />
Honestly, until they are allowed back into their home today, that's the only information anyone has.<br />
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<b>Family #2</b><br />
Husband and wife living with 2 of their 3 children, a high school senior girl and a 5th grade boy. I've known this family for years and years. Their oldest son was in my grade throughout school and we were involved in some of the same activities. The wife volunteers in my volunteer group I supervise at IU, so I see her very frequently and her best friend of 25 years works with me constantly, including yesterday.<br />
The fire started between 12:30am and 1am, while everyone was sleeping. The fire alarms went off and woke the husband up, who then woke up everyone else. The fire started in their food stove chimney flue and the winds blew that fire into their attic, which took over the entire home. Unfortunately, they live very far from town, in an area with only a volunteer fire department and no fire hydrants. By the time the fire department got to the home, the family had been watching their home burn for a long, long time. Except for the 11 year old boy, who they had taken to the neighbors so he wouldn't have to watch. They were able to get back into what was left of their home Saturday morning. Perks of knowing your insurance agent personally since the 70's. They spent all day Saturday sifting through their home and managed to fill about 1/4 of a U-Haul truck of things that "might" be salvageable. They all made it outside with shoes on, but all they grabbed with them were their cell phones. They found the husband's wallet, but it is completely burned and melted into one piece. The wife found most of her purse, which had half of her unburned drivers license inside. She had to spent a half hour convincing the bank to let her withdraw cash from her account using the half of her drivers license and issue her a new card.<br />
Everyone in the community has donated bags and bags of clothes and just keeps stuffing cash into their hands to help them out currently.<br />
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<b>My heart hurts for these families.</b><br />
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<b>**Update: </b>A few of you asked me if you could help. I did find this morning that someone has set up a way to help Family #2, <a href="http://www.youcaring.com/emergency-fundraiser/help-the-monix-s-rebuild/303799#.VNd4rY7pjE4.facebook" target="_blank">you can access that here</a>. Do not, in any way, feel obligated to contribute. I'm just putting the link here for those who have asked and those who would like to help.<b>**</b><br />
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Yesterday at IU while working the IU men's basketball game, because all of us working knew both families, we just kept saying "I don't even know what to say" over and over again. I know I said it no less than 20 times. Because what do you say? I've been close to grief and devastation and I had this same thought back then. What do you say? It doesn't matter how much you mean it when you tell them that you're so sorry for them, that sorry doesn't seem like enough. I still say it. I still said it. All weekend I said it. Because what do you say?<br />
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I originally thought "I can't imagine losing everything" until I realized that I could. I can absolutely imagine it, because it's happened. I mentioned it <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2013/05/tornadoes-and-devastation.html" target="_blank">briefly on this blog in 2013</a>, but the short version is that just shy of my 3rd birthday my home was destroyed in a tornado. My mom, dad, and I were lucky and we made it out injury free. Our home was quite literally in a million pieces, scattered across our yard, the road, our neighbor's yard, etc. We lost a lot. My dad's high school yearbooks are covered in dried mud, some pages stuck together forever. I don't have cute baby things to pass down to my kids, because those are long gone. We started over. I was a child, so I obviously don't remember how hard that must have been for my parents, but I've heard the stories.<br />
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I'm an adult now <i>(ish, i'm adult-ish) </i>so now when I think about losing everything, I get a little scared and I don't think it's weak to admit that.<br />
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Thoughts and prayers to these 2 families today and to anyone else starting over.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-36766900393568193112015-02-04T07:30:00.000-05:002015-02-04T07:30:02.778-05:00January FavoritesRaindrops on roses and whiskers on kitten.. These are a few of my favorite things!<br />
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These are all products I used in the month of January that I LOVED and would recommend to you, my sweet friends! I tried to write a little mini review on everything, but if you have a specific question, definitely comment below and I'll answer in an email for you!<br />
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<a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod6010256#" target="_blank">Revlon ColorBurst Matte Balm in Sultry</a> - I wore this lipstick OUT last month. I wore it so much! First of all, I'm really into a matte lip right now and this whole line is really awesome. Second, I found that depending on the lip liner I use, if I fill in my whole lip with it and then top with this lip color, I can change the hue. Like I wore a dark purple-ish lip liner and covered it with this? Obsessed. Or a nice pinky nude lip liner and this? Obsessed even more. #KaysTips<br />
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<a href="http://www.neutrogena.com/product/neutrogena-+naturals+multi-vitamin+nourishing+night+cream.do?sortby=ourPicks" target="_blank">Neutrogena Naturals Mulit-Vitamin Nourishing Night Cream</a> - Holy. Moly. I have normal to dry skin, but in the winter my skin is dry like the Sahara. It's a good time. Oh, and my skin has decided in the last year or so that it's going to be really sensitive. Yay skin! So I went out specifically looking for a really good night cream, decided to try this based on a few good reviews, and I'm SO glad I did! I love it and use it nightly. Also, it smells good and it's free of all kinds of bad stuff.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sephora.com/100-pure-argan-oil-light-P380805?skuId=1548270&icid2=josiemaran_lp_skincare_bestsellers%20carousel_P380805_link" target="_blank">Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil Light</a> - I bought this right after the holidays and I told you all about it in my Haul post, here's the follow up to that - I'm obsessed with this. I love it. I like the Light version because it is almost like a dry oil, if that makes sense? It dries quickly is what I'm saying, but it hydrates your skin for hours. I absolutely love using this under my makeup during the day. This is perfection, like I don't think I'll ever be able to live without it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/35764259?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227024183167&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40842631712&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78655278992&veh=sem" target="_blank">Colgate Optic White Toothpaste</a> - In my experience, people are either Crest people or Colgate people. I am a Crest person. BUT I had heard so many people talk about how wonderful the Optic White toothpaste was, so I gave it a try. I love this because I definitely feel like it made my teeth whiter, so I already bought more. I will say that I don't really like the flavor and I don't like that it isn't very foamy, but I'm willing to deal with it for white teeth.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod4480167#" target="_blank">L'Oreal True Match Lumi</a> - I'm a fan, a big one. This is perfect for my dry, winter skin! It helps that I got a color that matches super well, I got Natural Buff. If you have very oily skin then I don't know if I'd recommend this, but if you're a fellow dry skin gal, pick this up. Totally in love. Blends well, is decently long lasting, medium-full coverage.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod2980149#" target="_blank">Maybelline Fit Me Concealer</a> - I can't even say anything about this other than you need it in your life. One of the best under-eye concealers ever, especially for drugstore. I am just so in love. It has officially hit holy grail status for me. You need, you need, you need!<br />
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<a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod4950049&skuId=2255111&_requestid=463871" target="_blank">L'Oreal Total Repair 5 Damage-Erasing Balm</a> - This is a drugstore hair product that feels high-end. Smells amazing, really nice and think formula, and HOLY WOW - totally saved my hair. This is my new holy grail. Also, a little goes a long way, so for $5 - $7 <i>(depending on where you get it) </i>it is just absolutely beyond worth it. I'm telling you now, you will not be sorry if you try this.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sephora.com/tattoo-liner-P245205?icid2=KVD_Bestsellers_Carousel_P245205_link" target="_blank">Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper</a> - Yes. Let me just hit the highlights - Long wearing, easy to use, thick to thin line with ease, the brush tip glides so freaking perfectly, very black. My only bummer is that it doesn't dry to a matte finish, but I love everything else so much, that I can forgive it. I especially love how easy to use it is. Big fan.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod4540243" target="_blank">Burt's Bee Sensitive Facial Cleansing Towelettes</a> - I've been trying to find a cleansing towelette that I really liked and worked well the last 4 or 5 months. I think I've found "the one". I love that it's for sensitive skin, I love that the towelette doesn't fall apart in my hands, and I love that it gets off my makeup. It helps that they smell good and not like a chemical, which was one of the problems I was having with others I've tried. They also kept irritating my skin and these don't. I likey.<br />
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What is the difference between snowmen and snowwomen?</div>
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-40888189039939143892015-02-02T07:30:00.000-05:002015-02-02T07:30:00.978-05:00You Choose My Next Mug Purchase!So, the Super Bowl XLIX happened. Who watched? Who was sad about the winner? Who was happy? Who would have run the ball instead of throwing it? Everyone, except Pete Carroll and his gum. Who loved the commercials? Who didn't? What were your favorites? Which ones made you say "wtf" the most? Obviously the answer to the last one is the Nationwide commercial - "Cause I died." What in the hell? How about that halftime show? Katy or Missy?<br />
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If you want to see my thoughts from Super Bowl XLIX last night and you missed them, you can view them on <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll" target="_blank">my Twitter here</a>. I tweeted.. A lot. There were some really good ones too, here's a small sample:</div>
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Stop. They did not just use "the little blue pill" in that commercial to enlarge that car.. 😂😂😂😂 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wtf?src=hash">#wtf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdBowl?src=hash">#AdBowl</a></div>
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— Kay (@MissKayStoll) <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll/status/562047861064736769">February 2, 2015</a></div>
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Okay but that i3 commercial has me LOLing. "What IS the internet anyway?!" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdBowl?src=hash">#AdBowl</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowlXLIX?src=hash">#SuperBowlXLIX</a></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Loctite?src=hash">#Loctite</a>.. You're so weird that I liked you, a lot. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FannyPacksFTW?src=hash">#FannyPacksFTW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdBowl?src=hash">#AdBowl</a></div>
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Loved that <a href="https://twitter.com/Budweiser">@Budweiser</a> just took shots at fancy craft beers. You do you, Bud! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdBowl?src=hash">#AdBowl</a></div>
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This morning though? I'm tired. As I was making coffee this morning in my Christmas Grinch mug, I decided I needed new coffee mugs. So I quickly began searching for some and I've gathered some options. Now I need <b>YOU</b> to help me choose!<br />
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Harry Potter, so obviously I'm in love, but with that floral? YAAASSSS. I literally did a double take when I saw this one.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/180093206/beyonce-mug-sets-flawless-i-woke-up-like?ref=related-1" target="_blank">via The Printed Surface</a></div>
Beyonce quote + gold. I mean, duh.<br />
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It's my favorite curse word. I'm not sorry. I only wish it wasn't orange, but I didn't do a lot of in-depth research to see if I could get it in another color. That'd be key.<br />
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This is one of my favorite HP quotes! Also, major words to live by, am I right?!<br />
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LOOK AT THIS MUG. That's hand painted. That's a hand painted mosaic owl on a glass mug. And did I mention that it's hand painted?<br />
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I just think this is so cute! I love that the letters are all filled in with a print or something and the crown and obviously, it's the truth.<br />
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I love the quote a ton, but I really love the font and the gold lips on this particular one. Love.<br />
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Ugh, I love them all.<br />
I want them all.<br />
So help me choose! And if you insist that I need 2 or 3 or 4 of them, well then, who am I to argue?<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-16344177542839407552015-01-30T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-30T07:30:00.587-05:00TV Addicts Resource List || TV FridayBefore I say anything else today I want to send a big huge THANK YOU hug to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday. When I wrote my first blog post I had no idea that I'd find so many wonderful and amazing people and that those wonderful and amazing people would end up being important pieces of my life. The sappiness is so real right now, but I can't even help it!! I came home last night to find flowers in front of my door from sweet, sweet <a href="http://www.allieologyblog.com/" target="_blank">Allie</a> and I may or may not have cried. It's those little things, guys. This blogging thing is so awesome.<br />
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25 is lookin gooooooood.<br />
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Now, I know I said I was going to have a birthday post for you guys yesterday, but that didn't happen. Because I couldn't decide what to write, so I just didn't. Moving on..<br />
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It's TV Friday!<br />
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One of my in-real-life friends asked me last week how I always know so many things about the TV shows we watch together.<br />
Answer #1 - Because I'm an addict.<br />
Answer #2 - I do my research.<br />
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If you've been a reader for a while, then you know my ultimate, ultimate goal in life is to know a little about a lot, just enough to make me dangerous. I also truly enjoy reading about TV shows and Television related things. I'm going to share some of my favorite sites and let you in on all of my secrets. This is a big deal.<br />
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<b>#1 - TV.com</b><br />
<a href="http://www.tv.com/" target="_blank">This website</a> is almost my holy grail. It has a little bit of everything I'm looking for. On the homepage it shows the TV schedule for the night, which is such a cool feature. But my favorite, favorite parts are all of the episode reviews. There are always a ton of community posts too that are fabulous, fabulous. They always post any news about TV shows, like cancellations, renews, casting changes, etc. I'm also addicted to their round-up posts like "Top 11 ****" and "Top 10 drama shows of 2014" and "Your Everything Guide To ***".<br />
I probably check this website every day. Ain't no shame in my game.<br />
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<b>#2 - Wikia</b><br />
This one is a little more specific depending on what TV show you watch. Most TV shows have their own Wikia or Wiki page. Such as the <a href="http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page" target="_blank">Supernatural Wiki</a> <i>(which is just oh my god, amazing if you like supernatural)</i> or the <a href="http://onetreehill.wikia.com/wiki/One_Tree_Hill_Wikia" target="_blank">One Tree Hill Wikia</a>. Those are the last two I visited, which is why they're the two examples I'm showing you because they're on my brain, but really a ton of TV shows have them. Fans run them and they are always FULL of information. Trivia, to episode quotes, to breaking down a character, to just everything.<br />
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<b>#3 - imdb.com</b><br />
If you don't know about imdb, then you need to figure out your life.<br />
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<b>#4 - Google</b><br />
Honestly, I wasn't going to add this to the list, because how obvious, right? But it's the honest truth. Quickly typing in a TV show into Google, especially the day after an episode aired, will give you awesome results. I do it all the time! I especially LOVE when that Google search leads me to someone's blog post. Heaven.<br />
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<b>#5 - Twitter</b><br />
Girl, have you ever searched your favorite TV show on Twitter? What are you doing with your life?! A quick little #TVD search and I'm lost deep into the hole of Twitter life. This can back-fire on you though. Last night I clicked on #Parenthood and I decided that that was a terrible idea approximately 15 seconds after I did it because it was just full of tweets about crying. Also, <b>side note</b>, I'm glad Parenthood is over now so that soon Netflix will have the whole series on there and I can jump on that bandwagon.<br />
Because day-late-dollar-short is my middle name.<br />
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Now I also have to tell you guys if you're reading my TV Fridays posts, I'm assuming you have at least a small TV addiction. First step is admitting you have a problem, it's ok. But if you do have a TV addiction, then you need to take your butt over to <a href="http://becomingadorrable.com/" target="_blank">Becca</a>.<br />
I can not, <b>CAN NOT</b> even tell you how serious I am about this, but you need to be reading her.<br />
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On that note, I have to go, because I have a lot of TV to watch. I need to get on Becca's level. The struggle.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-6281552360306955132015-01-28T11:06:00.002-05:002015-01-29T12:25:43.215-05:00Do You Like Wine? Do You Love It?Just stopping in really quickly today. I'm going to make it short today because I'm sort of planning a bonus birthday post for tomorrow. I wasn't going to stop by at all, but then I got a reminder email this morning and just had to share everything involving it.<br />
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Has anyone heard of <a href="https://www.clubw.com/zs5x9g4xdj" target="_blank">Club W</a>?<br />
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Totally understandable if you haven't, but that also means that you're missing out. Like a lot.<br />
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I don't want this to sound like an infomercial, but damnit, I have good things to say about it! So just bear with me, I guess?<br />
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<a href="https://www.clubw.com/zs5x9g4xdj" target="_blank">Club W</a> is a wine delivery service. So first of all, wine to my door? Yea ok, sign me up. But it's actually more than that I think. It's based in California, so most of the wines you can choose are California wines, usually from small, local wineries.<br />
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You can fill out a palate profile and have them choose wines for you based on your tastes and what they recommend or you can just select the wines from their offered wines that month. You get new choices every month to choose from, with a couple wines that repeat for a few months. You can choose to get 3 or 4 bottles a month <i>(i choose 3)</i>, but you can take a month off if you need to. For instance, I took December off because I already had so much wine stockpiled for the holidays, I didn't want 3 more bottles. ...Who am I?<br />
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I really, really love <a href="https://www.clubw.com/zs5x9g4xdj" target="_blank">Club W</a> though because I've gotten to try so many different kinds of wines, which I'm in love with. If I could wine taste every day, I'd die happy. I also love that every bottle is $13 and from my experience so far, the quality of wines you're getting are worth much more than that, so I consider this a steal.<br />
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Now, Club W doesn't know who I am and I doubt they give a flying fig one way or another, so I wasn't asked to write this post and I'm not getting paid or perked for it. However, Club W does offer referral links. If you sign up using <a href="https://www.clubw.com/zs5x9g4xdj" target="_blank">my link here</a>, then I get some perks and <b>YOU earn $26, that's 2 free bottles</b>. You can use $13 on your first order and then another $13 on your second order. Oh, and you can also get your own referral code. Because life is awesome like that.<br />
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Having said that, if you don't want to earn $26 and you don't want me to earn free bottles either, then feel free to click <a href="https://clubw.com/" target="_blank">this regular Club W link here</a>. I'm not mad at ya!<br />
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Just thought I'd stop in and let you guys know about this cool thing, since I'm currently deciding on my next 3 bottles for them to send to me!<br />
Also, I asked on my <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, but I have a little Poll for you guys..<br />
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<b>White Wine person or Red Wine person? </b><br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-4487016361587110922015-01-27T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-27T07:30:00.756-05:00Winterize Your Nails & Hands || With Julep!I've been on this earth <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">just</span></b> shy of 25 years now. In that time I've made a bad decision or two.. or three. Who's counting though, really? I'm not going to sit here and admit to all of the bad choices I've made, but I will tell you about one.<br />
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In high school I wore acrylic nails. Eventually I decided I no longer liked the look of them on myself, but mostly I hated what they were doing to my real nails. Destroying them. The acrylic nails destroyed them. Looking back, I really wish I had never subjected my nails to that kind of torture for so long. In recent years I've put quite a bit of effort into taking care of my nails and hands. I am rough on my hands. I use them daily, obviously, and I'm not at all dainty about it. I also find myself washing my hands a lot and that combined with my already dry skin, I mean.. by the time the cold January weather rolls around, my hands and nails are a mess.<br />
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Last year I came up with the perfect solution for my dry hands, that I'll share at the end of this post, but first let's talk about my other problem area - my nails.<br />
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I hadn't ever found the perfect solution for my poor nails. I really just needed someone to tell me exactly what I should be doing and how I should be doing it. <b>Instructions people, I needed instructions.</b> So let's all say hi to Julep and then let's follow that up with a "Thank You, Julep!" because they've got you covered.<br />
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A clear set of instructions on how you can take care of your nails all year long, but especially in these cold winter months when everyone is suffering just a little extra.<br />
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Also, let's talk about how badly I NEED some of their new winter <a href="http://www.julep.com/shop/nail-polish.html" target="_blank">nail polish colors</a>.<br />
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Isla and Sawyer are calling my name. Like whoa. Also, only because I spent 45 minutes last night reading it, <a href="http://www.julep.com/blog/" target="_blank">Julep has a blog</a>. Which is #1, really cool, but also #2, it has a lot of things on there! I had expected to glance through really quickly, but then got completely caught up in post after post. I'm always about sharing blogs I really love and this is another one on that list. Good stuff.<br />
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Now, my perfect solution for dry hands? You don't need to get too fancy. Promise.<br />
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1. Start with some traditional Vaseline. Just rub a small amount all over your dry hands.<br />
2. Rub your hands in a sugar or salt scrub mixture. There are tons of DIY recipes on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/misskaystoll/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>, but the easiest for me is just mixing some sugar and coconut oil. Easy, affordable, and effective.<br />
3. Rinse the scrub mixture off of your hands.<br />
4. Use a good hand lotion. Hand creams tend to be thicker than normal lotion, which makes them more effective. I love the Neutrogena hand cream. It's fragrance free and makes my hands so, so soft!<br />
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Let me know if you try any these tips! Especially if you have an AMAZING sugar scrub, because I'm on the hunt!<br />
Also, let me know which new Julep winter nail polish color I need. Totally serious, help me decide. It's going to be my birthday present to myself.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-34833956930247876012015-01-26T08:05:00.000-05:002015-01-26T08:05:00.116-05:00Currently.. In A Hurry.Time: 7:37am<br />
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Let's see how quickly I can bang out this post today. I'm on a time crunch.<br />
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<b>Sitting >></b> On my bed. Waiting on my dad to get to my apartment, because guess who was gifted a gently used washer and dryer for her birthday <i>(that's in 3 days, but who's keeping track?)</i> ? This girl. Momma, I'm a big girl now! My dad is coming to get it all officially hooked up this morning.<br />
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<b>Drinking >></b> Water. I've slacked majorly on my water intake the last couple months and I'm ready to get back in the game. So I'm determined to drink a ton of water this week.<br />
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<b>Reading >></b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11887020-american-sniper?from_search=true" target="_blank">American Sniper</a>! I started it last night because I need to marathon read it so my dad, my grandma, and myself can go see the movie real soon. As soon as I'm finished my dad needs the book back to finish reading it, so I'm trying to read it as fast as I can!<br />
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<b>Planning >></b> Fun wedding/bachelorette things for my friend! I'm going to say it a hundred times before now and June, but I AM SO EXCITED FOR HER! This is so much fun!<br />
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<b>Watching >> </b>The clock. Tick tock, tick tock.<br />
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<b>Cooking >></b> Haven't decided what I'm going to cook this week. I'm thinking <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/435864070157201872/" target="_blank">this</a> or <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/435864070161981824/" target="_blank">this</a>? Opinions?<br />
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<b>Looking >> </b>For my gym shoes for over 20 minutes early this morning. I legitimately could not find them anywhere and I was THIS close to saying "F the gym, I'll stay home" when I got down on my hands and knees and happened to find my shoes under my bed, behind my Christmas decorations. Because that makes perfect sense.. No idea how they got there since I just had them on yesterday.<br />
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<b>Wanting >></b> YOU to be semi-stalking me on <a href="http://instagram.com/kaystoll129/" target="_blank">Insta</a>, the <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and le <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/misskaystoll/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. If you're feelin' crazy you could even follow me on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVDTwRbHTU1858GuQFTzKQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and <a href="http://kstoll129.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>. But that's only for the elite crazies, like myself.<br />
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<b>Thinking >> </b>I need to hurry up and finish this post because I still have things I need to do before my dad gets here. Things he told me to do last night to be ready for him today, but I ignored him because that's my job as his child.<br />
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Tomorrow friends, I'll be back.<br />
With something fun.<br />
Because I'm a fun person.<br />
Duh.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-28479569120006249392015-01-23T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-23T07:30:00.943-05:00My TV Lists || TV FridayGuys, I need a good slap on the wrist. Remember how I had plans to be productive last weekend? And remember how <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/dont-jinx-it-weekend-story.html" target="_blank">that didn't happen</a>? Well that's thrown off my whole damn week.<br />
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I'M SO UNPREPARED.<br />
And it's driving me crazy.<br />
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It's TV Friday, but I'm behind on a lot of the shows I want to write about and I just didn't have time to catch up on everything this week. So many hours of TV, so little time. I'm going to be the first to admit that today's post is a bit of a cop-out post. Having said that, it <b>is</b> a post someone asked for back in September, during <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/09/netflix-binge-able-tv-shows.html" target="_blank">TV Week</a>.<br />
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*side note: remember <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/09/october-2014-tv-premieres.html" target="_blank">TV Week</a>? God, I loved <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/09/im-still-here-bitches-a.html" target="_blank">TV Week</a>*</div>
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I'm just now getting around to posting it because well, I just now remembered it. Someone <i>(and if it was you, tell me so i can give you the credit) </i>asked me to just make a little list of the shows I watch regularly, the shows I DVR and let build up and then binge watch, the shows on my "want to catch up" list, and the shows on my Netflix list. Since some of these lists are actual lists that exist on my computer, this is an easy post!<br />
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<li>Chicago PD</li>
<li>Chicago Fire</li>
<li>Supernatural</li>
<li>Pretty Little Liars</li>
<li>The Flash</li>
<li>The Vampire Diaries</li>
<li>Criminal Minds</li>
<li>Bones</li>
<li>NCIS</li>
<li>NCIS Los Angeles</li>
<li>NCIS New Orleans</li>
<li>Young & Hungry</li>
<li>How To Get Away With Murder</li>
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Now obviously, I don't always get to watch these shows weekly, but these are usually the shows I don't let pile up on my DVR.<br />
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<li>Arrow</li>
<li>The Originals</li>
<li>Grimm</li>
<li>American Horror Story</li>
<li>The Walking Dead</li>
<li>Grey's Anatomy</li>
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These are shows I let build up to 3 or 4 episodes on my DVR and then watch all together when I have time. Actually, American Horror Story I'm letting the whole season tape on my DVR so I can just binge watch the whole thing. Also, Grey's I've been recording, but I haven't watched a single episode this year. I'm just kind of over it, guys. </div>
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<li>Scandal - Guys, I know I need to get my ish together and watch this show. I know.</li>
<li>Homeland - I just want to be one of the cool kids and know what everyone is talking about!</li>
<li>New Girl - I really need to get caught up so I can watch this one!</li>
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<li>Friday Night Lights</li>
<li>Greek</li>
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I very recently bumped Prison Break to the top, but yes, these are the next 3 shows on my actual, real list. Prison Break because, Wentworth Miller and <a href="http://spielitsarah.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sarah</a> made me. Friday Night Lights because I'm sick of everyone telling me how awesome it is and me not knowing. Greek because it's only 4 seasons and I think it'd be a quick watch and remind me a little of One Tree Hill, which is my one true love.</div>
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What did Lil Jon do when the hardware store employee tried to sell him a lightbulb?</div>
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-68596967892781743242015-01-22T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-22T07:30:00.415-05:00What's Your Ultimate Goal In Life?Yesterday it was 11am before I realized I accidentally hadn't hit Publish on my Wednesday blog post.<br />
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God Hermione, I know. I had a lot going on yesterday and I was super scatterbrained! Anyway, I decided not to post it at all yesterday, because.. reasons. The real issue here is that this whole thing totally fudged up my schedule. I had already planned a super quick and short surprise Thursday post and obviously Friday is going to be another TV Friday. Well, after a debate with myself just 15 seconds ago, I've decided to stick with my schedule and yesterday's post will get posted sometime next week, which is BIRTHDAY WEEK. Boom.<br />
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Moving on..<br />
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Today I had just planned on doing a little get-to-know me kind of thing. I've been feeling like I've been seeing a lot of new faces in my comment section and my email inbox lately. Which is awesome and makes me very happy, but I really need to probably do a new About Me page. However, since I'm still planning on rebranding and changing practically everything about this little 'ol slice of the internet soon, I don't want to take the time to do that, only to then do it again. So I took to tumblr <i>(yes, <a href="http://kstoll129.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">i created a tumblr</a> recently-ish, mostly so i could get access to more gifs, because.. gifs)</i> and searched for some typical "About Me" questions. Here you go.<br />
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<b>What's your real name?</b><br />
Hey, I'm Kristen.<br />
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<b>How old are you?</b><br />
24 years and 358 days.<br />
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<b>When is your birthday?</b><br />
January 29th.<br />
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<b>Where do you live?</b><br />
Bloomington, Indiana.<br />
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<b>Hair color, eye color?</b><br />
Brown hair, green eyes.<br />
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<b>What do you do?</b><br />
I work in a CPA & Accounting office, I work at Indiana University in athletics, and I blog.<br />
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<b>What's your favorite color?</b><br />
I like pinks and corals, but I really like black and grays.<br />
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<b>What's your favorite kind of food?</b><br />
Carbs plus cheese. In any kind of combination.<br />
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<b>What's your favorite social media website?</b><br />
It's honestly a tie between Twitter and Instagram. I love them both for their own reasons.<br />
Shameless plug - Follow me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll" target="_blank">@MissKayStoll</a> and Insta <a href="http://instagram.com/kaystoll129/" target="_blank">@kaystoll129</a> if you aren't already.<br />
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Why did the hipster burn his mouth on his pizza? Because he ate it before it was cool. 🆒🍕<br />
— Kay (@MissKayStoll) <a href="https://twitter.com/MissKayStoll/status/557627104641429504">January 20, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<b>Do you have any tattoos or piercings?</b><br />
No tattoos.. yet. Yes, 4 total piercings on my ears.<br />
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<b>Do you collect anything?</b><br />
Candles. I think it's officially safe to say that I collect candles.<br />
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<b>What's your ultimate goal in life?</b><br />
To make someone happy, to make someone laugh, to make someone's day better, to make someone's life better, and to influence someone else into doing the same.<br />
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Ending on that high note. #LifeGoals<br />
See you tomorrow for TV Friday.. I have no idea what I'm going to write about yet, so it'll be a surprise to both of us!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-50633745051948854552015-01-19T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-19T07:30:00.580-05:00Don't Jinx It! || The Weekend StoryOne of my friends and I have this one joke we always say with each other. When we were first 21 and we went to the bars all of the time, sometimes we'd say things like "Yea, I'll go out tonight, but I don't want to stay out too late" or "Yea, let's go out, but I'm not going to drink very much tonight". Without fail, every single time we made that declaration, the opposite happened. Nights we said we weren't going to stay out late? We'd close the bar. Nights we weren't going to drink very much? We'd be calling for rides home.<br />
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So, any time either of us says something like that, the other one always says <b>"don't jinx it!"</b> because those are always the nights things don't go as we plan them. Which brings me to this past weekend.<br />
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Friday afternoon I made all of my plans for the whole weekend and they involved getting a lot of stuff done at my apartment, alone, by myself. I had planned to only leave my apartment to get some quick drinks with friends Saturday night and Sunday I was going to try out a new church with a friend and then a quick Bridal Show thing. Friday afternoon I said "I really want to have a relaxing weekend of doing nothing" and that is when I should have said <b>"DON'T JINX IT!"</b>.<br />
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Instead of getting some work done on my computer and relaxing on Friday night, my sister called and I talked to her on the phone for 3 and 1/2 hours while cleaning my bathroom, reorganizing my makeup, sorting through my closet for clothes to take to Goodwill, and dusting my bookcases. Because we're excellent multi-taskers like that.<br />
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Saturday is really where my plans went awry.<br />
While on the phone with my sister the night before she decided to drive the 2 hours back home from school for the weekend, since she didn't have classes on Monday and all of her roommates were gone for the weekend, so she was bored. Well, when she got into town the 2 of us took our younger brother to the mall and shopping with us. This turned into a 4 hour ordeal. By the time I got home<i> (with an embarrassing amount of new B&BW candles)</i> I was in a rush to get ready to leave for some quick drinks with 2 of my girlfriends. <br />
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We went to a downtown winery bar, so we were sitting drinking wine and they're trying to convince me to go to another bar with them for a few more drinks "just for a little while". So I finally agreed, but I said "I'll go, but I really don't want to stay out late". My friend that knows the joke looked at me and laughed out loud after I said that and I knew, I KNEW saying that was a huge mistake.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I had jinxed myself.</span></b><br />
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We walk to another bar, get a drink, and I get a text. A number I don't have in my phone saying "Are you not even going to say hi?" Uh.. Who are you? Come to find out, it was one of my old guy friends who I hadn't seen in probably 2 years! We were really good friends in high school and the early college years, but then life happened and we both were doing different things and yada yada yada. Well he had seen me across the bar and still had my number, so he texted me. It was his birthday <i>(which i remembered right away by the way, because i'm a crazy person who remembers birthdays really well) </i>and we all got to talking, reminiscing, catching up, and before you know it? It's 3am. Bars are closing.<br />
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We end up back at his house and he cooks us eggs - Exhibit A<br />
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Somehow, we don't end up back at my apartment until 5:30am. Yea, that happened. Do you know the last time I stayed awake until 5:30am? A long time ago, because I'm an old lady now.<br />
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I woke up at 8:30am to get ready to try out a new church with a friend <i>(this is probably a whole separate post).</i> After church I went to lunch with my friend, her fiancé, and her parents. Then my friend and I went to a Bridal Show for 2.5 hours.<br />
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We get back into town and we both need groceries, so we go grocery shopping together, and then finally, I'm back at my apartment at 6pm.<br />
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My nice relaxing weekend by myself turned into anything but. And I couldn't be happier about it! Good memories that I'll remember for years and years, instead of a weekend I'd forget in a month.<br />
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However, it's 7:45pm, I'm running on less than 3 hours of sleep, and I'm going to breakfast with my dad in the morning and then I have a very full work day ahead of me. So, that's why you're getting this post instead of the post I had planned to write and prep this weekend, because I'm going to bed as soon as I type this last sentence.<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-40926697752202091872015-01-16T11:16:00.002-05:002015-01-16T11:16:30.956-05:00Vampires, Witches, and 1994 Hell! -The Vampire Diaries || TV FridayHello my friends, it's Friday. Which means it's time for TV Friday.<br />
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This particular Friday we're only going to be discussing <b>one</b> TV show, because.. It needs it's own post. Yea, I'm talking about TVD. Also yes, I'm a little late getting this up today. I knew on Tuesday that I was writing about TVD for TV Friday, but I didn't start this post until late, late last night, because procrastination. Once I started the post though, I realized how much I actually had to say and it took me forever to figure out how I was going to organize all of my thoughts. Unfortunately I fell asleep mid-post at 1am, which is my long-winded excuse for why this is late. I'm sorry, yo.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*spoilers all over the place*</span></div>
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If you've been reading my blog for the last year <i>(ish)</i>, then you know that I thought season 5 of The Vampire Diaries was absolutely the worst. I mean, so awful that I was almost, very seriously, done with the show. I stuck it out, for reasons, but it was a long season full of shit. Actual shit. So if you knew all of these thoughts I had been having, then you're really going to be surprised by my next sentence.<br />
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<b>Season 6 of The Vampire Diaries has been top notch.</b><br />
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Honestly, not sure it could've gotten worse and my expectations were very low, but wow. This season has been incredible and reminded me why I used to love this show. So let's break it down.<br />
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To quickly recap the finale of Season 5 - Mystic Falls is a magic free zone, Bonnie and Damon are on The Other Side somewhere, maybe, Enzo is back, Alaric is also back, but as a vampire, and Tyler isn't a hybrid. Boom, you're caught up.<br />
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<b>-The Season 6 premiere. </b>I was a really big fan of the first episode this season for a lot of reasons. First of all, the writers took a risk and started us off with a 6 month time jump. Practically all of the main characters had separate story lines going on, but yet, things felt more cohesive than all of Season 5. It was good stuff and really started to give the viewer and idea of what's been happening for the past 6 months, but also start up some story lines. I love that Stefan had just given up and was MIA, especially while so many of the other characters were working hard. Elena taking witchy magic herbs to hallucinate Damon was brilliant storytelling, honestly. But then.. THEN the end. The last scene. We finally see Damon and Bonnie. They're wearing flannel, reading a newspaper, and eating pancakes. It was just so.. I just loved that scene.<br />
<b>-The 90's. </b>Bravo to the TVD writers for knowing when to exploit something. The 90s are so, so in right now and transplanting Damon and Bonnie into 1994? I mean, how freaking perfect. GOOD writing, people. Also, such a different and interesting plot line, because I don't think anyone was expecting something like that. I mean, we all knew Damon and Bonnie were going to be alive, but I think all of us thought they'd be in a different PLACE not a different DECADE. It's been fun.<br />
<b>-Damon and Bonnie bonding. </b>Again, such a good plot point because they took 2 characters who openly didn't like each other and threw them into a different decade together, alone <i>(mostly) </i>for over 6 months. I mean, come onnnnn! I loved watching their love/hate relationship and I want so much more of that! TVD, give me more Damon and Bonnie. Also, this is coming from the girl who wanted Bonnie to die for forever.<br />
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<b>-Alaric is back. </b>I'll take him back anyway I can get him back. I think this was a situation where TVD got rid of a character and realized they F'd up. The craziness at the end of season 5 was the perfect excuse to bring him back. He did come back and an Original vampire, which.. okay TVD, kind of interesting how we were supposed to follow your shotty explanation of why he's an Original, but still Vampy Alaric was fun for a little while. But homeboy is back to human status now and I'm not mad.<br />
<b>-Yellow Ledbetter. </b>Episode 2 of this season was definitely in my Top 10 of the best TVD episodes ever. The storytelling was just so spot on! I particularly loved the Damon and Bonnie scenes, because this was the episode where we really found out where the hell they were and what has been going on for 6 months, also the big twist at the end - They aren't alone! So good. Enzo stabs Stefan with a fork in the most awkward dinner scene and I loved it. I mean, I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to stab Stefan with a fork. We have a new character who is a founding family member, surprise, and is casually murders vampires. Really liked that storyline, while it lasted. Oh, and then there's Elena, who in typical Elena fashion, wants Alaric to erase all of her good memories of Damon. Which brings me to my next point..<br />
<b>-HOW they erased Elena's memories of Damon. </b>Specifically how they wrote into the storyline that Alaric had to find the specific memory where Elena fell in love with Damon. Really cute storytelling AND it gave the TVD writers a chance to show some of her memories and have Elena talk about why she loved Damon and talk about the good things about him. This was smart, because there are still a love of Stelena lovers and not Delena lovers, so this was a chance for Elena to really tell the audience good things about Damon and why she loved him. Really, really good storytelling. Also, it let us have cute flashbacks and I'm a sucker for a good flashback scene.<br />
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<b>-Kai.</b> Do you know what Kai is? A perfect villain for TVD. The kind of villain TVD lacked after The Originals left for their own show. I am so obsessed with this character. I truly love to hate him. He's straight up psycho, but has a wonderfully dry sense of humor and in a few moments you almost really feel for him.. But then he does something psycho, because.. psycho.<br />
<b>-The Gemini Coven storyline. </b>Everything that TVD lacked in season 5. Also, downright brilliant of the writers to incorporate the twins they introduced to us in season 5, who quickly became fan favorites. I love that this season they introduced us to the characters separately, even mentioned the Gemini Coven in the first and second episode quickly, and then 8 episodes in? Bam, they're all connected. I have to say, I kind of saw all of that coming, BUT I was still really, really happy with it. Complicated families of supernatural beings is what TVD does best, so they need to stick with that.<br />
<b>-That Bonnie is still stuck in 1994. </b>One, I'm really not ready to say goodbye to the 1994 prison yet, because gosh, that was just such a good plot line and something totally different! But two, it's SAD, really sad to see Bonnie completely alone now. Which means there are a lot of different ways the writers could take that and I'm excited. I've not liked the Bonnie character since Season 1 and I really, really wanted her to be a character that dies for good. BUT this entire season has made me love her!! I love.<br />
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<b>-The Stefan and Damon reuniting scene. </b>I don't have too much to say about that other than I'm just such a huge sucker for a bromance scene. Stefan finally confronting his feelings about Damon being gone and then Damon actually coming home in the same moment and the hug and ugh.. Perfectly done.<br />
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<b>-Stefan and Caroline. </b>I really like this new sort-of love storyline. More than that, I loved that Caroline told Stefan off for being an ass not once, but twice. Atta girl, Caroline! I'm a fan of them together though, I just hope that the TVD writers take it slow. No need to rush it all, ya know? Then you get them together and that's that. Slow build, much better.<br />
<b>-Cancer. </b>How awful am I, but I'm glad we're killing off a character. TVD neeeeeeds it. This one is just plain <b>sad</b> too, so the death will have some serious impact. I have some issues with this storyline too, but when I overlook those, I love this. I'll be so, so sad to see her go though. The last of the parents.<br />
<b>-How they made Mystic Falls into a safe zone again. </b>The magic barrier is down and the gang can head back to Mystic Falls. But mostly, I love how they did that. Good writing that we had a character who can suck magic from people, why not from the ground? Good writing. Also, it says so, so much for the writers that I hadn't spent all 10 of the first episode wondering when they were going to get back into Mystic Falls. I think they no magic barrier was a good plot device and they kept me distracted enough that I barely missed them being in Mystic Falls at all. Good writing.<br />
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<b>-Elena erasing her memories. </b>I'm so torn on this, because now that she's aware that she's erased her good memories of Damon, she's a little easier to deal with. I also think it was a cute trick of the TVD writers since this almost made a clean slate for Damon and Elena, so now the audience can watch them fall in love again, basically from scratch, so that's a good trick to keep people interested. I did see it coming that once Alaric erased her memories and they kept talking about how he could un-do it if she wanted, I knew that meant that soon there was going to be a reason that Alaric couldn't un-do it. I mean, obviously. All good stuff. BUT, Elena erasing her memories of Damon is just so.. Elena, and I don't mean that in a good way. The first few episodes after that when she wasn't aware she had erased anything and her friends were pretending for her? The worst. She was almost unbearable to watch. Not Nina Dobrev, I mean the character. Nina is a rockstar. The only thing that made this all okay, was when Damon got to tell Elena that he would never erase his memories of her because he'd rather suffer from missing her then let go of one good memory of her. Boom. Basically he was saying "Elena, you bitch".<br />
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<b>-Enzo.</b> Just when I start to almost like him again, they make him really annoying. I mean, does his character have any purpose right now other than to be the character who kills everyone so that our main characters don't have to? No. Stop. Our main characters are vampires. They need to kill a person or two or I'm going to think they've lost their touch. Instead, the writers have just made Enzo incredibly annoying.<br />
<b>-That the TVD writers forget their own lore. </b>This happens a lot, but I specifically want to talk about the cancer situation. Stefan made some half-ass attempt to tell Caroline they can't cure her mom's cancer because "if our blood could cure cancer, don't you think we'd have heard about that by now". *side eye* Okay, BUT earlier THIS SEASON, Elena healed that girl at the corn maze and then a few episode later her temporary boyfriend told the audience that the girl Elena healed had had this shoulder injury thing for years and years, but now it was gone. We're supposed to deduce that it was because Elena healed her, right? So now you're trying to tell us that Caroline couldn't heal her mom? I read in some comments on a TVD article that people think we're supposed to believe that actually vampire blood can only heal injures and not diseases. I mean, I'll try to buy that, because I really, really like that Sheriff Forbes is going to die of semi-natural causes instead of something supernatural. It's something different and so good of TVD to acknowledge cancer, but I hate how they explained it and how they muddied the waters with Elena healing that other girl and curing her injury thing. Also, I'll have to rewatch the episodes, because I don't actually remember if her's was a shoulder "injury" or "disease" type thing. Which will annoy me if it wasn't an injury.<br />
<b>-Alaric and Damon are in a bro-fight. </b>I'm so irritated with the writers for this. The whole time Alaric was "dead" we spent time talking about how much Damon missed Alaric and how Alaric was Damon's only really friend and Alaric even said he missed Damon in that one episode. Remember? "I miss you too, buddy". One of my favorite scenes on TVD ever. So when they brought Alaric back and then when Damon came back form 1994 hell, I was pumped for some serious bromancey best friend scenes! Instead, they made Damon take about 342 steps back as a nice guy and compel Alaric, which grrrr, pissed me off. So now they're in a bro-fight. And I'm so angry about it. Not good character development, TVD.<br />
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<b>-TVD writers character development.</b> I talked about it a little in the bullet point above, but it really applies to multiple characters. The writers have an awfully bad habit of progressing a character in a certain way, but then making them do something that their old self would do. Sometimes I kind of get it, because that's real-life too and sometimes it felt right in that storyline. Usually though, TVD does it almost like they forgot they've spent 25 episodes taking their character in one direction. It's always like 4 steps forward 3 steps back kind of thing. It's starting to get a bit annoying for a show that is in it's 6th season. I don't want to watch the characters act exactly like their season 1 or 2 self. Otherwise what was the point of all of the other seasons? Ya know?<br />
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So there you have it. I have a ton more I could say, but I really just have to leave this here, because I've written a novel at this point. The Vampire Diaries will be back on The CW next Thursday with a new episode and I am so excited to see where they take things from here.<br />
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See you right back here on Monday, friends!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-88982055851742524022015-01-14T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-14T07:30:00.148-05:00Calling All Current & Former Brides!One of my best friends got engaged right before Christmas. She had asked me before her engagement had even officially happened if I would be her Maid of Honor. Then last night I sat in a bridal shop while my best friend chose her wedding dress.<br />
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I'm having a moment.<br />
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I took a ton of pictures, but of course I can't show you those, so for now let me just say.. She looked beautiful. The dress is so absolutely her and the tiara, because yes, she's a tiara kind of girl, is just beyond amazing and fabulous and glorious. None of us even cried because we were all just so happy and laughing and watching her twirl and just so.. excited! There was no time to tear up! It was just all so much fun and just so HER.<br />
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Her mom had me do up all of the buttons on the back of her dress after she had decided that dress she had on was <b>"the one"</b>. It was just one of those moments I don't want to forget, so I'm writing it down here. I've never been a bridesmaid or especially a Maid of Honor, so this is all new and exciting. I'm just so damn happy for her.<br />
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Here's the thing.. <b>I don't know how to be a Maid of Honor.</b> Part of me feels like it's just going to have to be a "learn as I go" type of thing, but another part of me wants to make sure I do all I can for my best friend. On Monday night I took to Pinterest to figure out how to be a Maid of Honor. Shoot me. Why did I do that? Basically, according to Pinterest, I need to quit my job so I can be with the bride at every moment, but I also need to hit the lottery because I need to be spending thousands of dollars planning multiple elaborate parties for her.<br />
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Pinterest just doesn't make things practical sometimes. What I need? Practical advice.<br />
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If there's one thing Bloglandia has an abundance of, it's brides.<br />
So I figured I'd put this out there - For those of you who are currently planning your wedding or for those who have already have your special day, <b>what are some things you loved that your Maid of Honor did <i>(or are doing)</i> or what are a few things you wished she had done <i>(or wish she would do)</i>? </b><br />
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I know everyone is different and every wedding and every bride is different, but I think some real, practical advice from some real brides, not Pinterest brides, would be the most amazing thing right now! Thank you in advance!<br />
I love you, friends!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-16357033641453943932015-01-12T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-12T07:30:00.342-05:00My Sister Takes Over The Blog! (Uh Oh..)Happy Monday, my friends! Boy, do I have a fun surprise for you today!<br />
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My sister has been home for winter break the last few weeks, but unfortunately, she goes back to school today. Last night I knew she wasn't doing anything of importance, so I texted her and asked if she wanted to answer some questions for my blog today. Some questions I found on the inter webs, and some I made up, just to make it colorful.<br />
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Now, my sister needs no real introduction around here. I've mentioned her on the blog so many times that I can't even link back to those posts, because it'd take forever. So.. Here you go. OH, plus I've added my own comments, because obviously she can't have the last word.<br />
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<b>What is your name and what do I call you?</b><br />
My name is Lindsey, but Kristen usually calls me Lou or Linds.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Or brat. Or Sista. I actually call her Sista a lot. Also, Kristen = Me, for those of you who missed that memo.</span><br />
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<b>What do you call her?</b><br />
Most of the time I just call her Kristen, but I don't usually pronounce the T so it sounds more like "Krissen"<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">When she was younger she used to call me Deeder, which I think was maybe supposed to be "Sister". It was sort of cute. Especially this exchange:</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Mom: "Lindsey, what are you doing?"</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Lindsey: "Big potty. Big potty like Dee." </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">CUTEST home video IN ALL THE LAND.</span><br />
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<b>Are you twins?</b><br />
HAHA well no we aren't. We're actually 3 1/2 years apart in age, but we get asked if we're twins ALL THE TIME.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Seriously, every time we go anywhere. Also, some extend family refers to us as "the twins". </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Oh, and to clarify, she's 21 and I'm 24 going on 25 (Jan 29th). </span><br />
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<b>Do you mind being called twins?</b><br />
I don't mind at all! Either I look 3 1/2 years older than I am, or she looks young. I think either of those would be a win for us. It's also pretty funny to see peoples' reactions when we tell them we're not twins.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Everyone usually thinks we're lying. Like yes, we'd totally lie about that. </span><br />
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<b>Are you close?</b><br />
Yes. We fought so much as kids, but I think the older we've gotten the closer we've gotten. We hang out with each others' friends all of the time.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Agreed. I think we're very close.</span><br />
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<b>Any memorable arguments?</b><br />
This is a tough one. We've had so many little arguments that we get over in 5 seconds, that it's hard for one to stick out from the other.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Mostly her and I just have little spats and get over them fairly quickly. I do remember once when we were young, Elementary school age, we had gotten in a fight about Barbies which was not uncommon, but I got so mad that I put a puzzle piece between my knuckles and punched her in the leg with it. HAHAH, I was such a bitch.</span><br />
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<b>What annoys you the most about me?</b><br />
The fact that she LOVES to annoy me. My buttons get pushed very easily and she pushes every one of them just for the pure enjoyment of it. It's great. (refer to question #17)<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">One of my greatest pleasures in life is to annoy her. She just makes it so EASY! :) Also her "it's great" remark is her sarcasm coming through, in case you didn't sense it.</span><br />
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<b>What do I do well?</b><br />
Planning. It almost is annoying because I'm such the opposite, but she plans things down to every little detail and it always seems to work out for her. She's also really good at crafting and decorating!<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">We are polar opposites in this. The other day my dad was talking to me about when we were going to do my family birthday dinner, which is weeks away, and he said "I know you and I need to work this out now, because you need to add it to your calendar and plan around things, but I'll just mention it to your sister the day before." It was such a perfect moment that completely highlighted that difference in his two daughters.</span><br />
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<b>Funniest memory?</b><br />
There are WAY too many funny memories to count because we're constantly laughing, but honestly I just get the biggest kick out of us quoting movies. There are some movies we should just not watch with other people.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">This was an unfair question, because "funniest" memory is impossible for us, because we're hilarious people. I will back her up and say that there have been many, many times that we have entire conversations in movie quotes (or YouTube quotes. or Vine quotes. Or TV quotes.). Like actual, real conversations, not nonsense.</span><br />
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<b>What's one thing you can do that I can't?</b><br />
Well I'm obviously the hilarious child of the family, so sorry bout ya sista. We all can't be as blessed as me.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">WOW. Unfortunately, I have to give her credit - She's the most funny child of the family. Ew, it pains me to say that.</span><br />
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<b>Last things we talked about?</b><br />
I asked her to come out to the bar with her friend when they got done seeing a movie and she said no because they were basically in pjs. Lame.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">We had gone to the 9:45 showing of Into The Woods, so she asked me this at like midnight. I'm too old now for that late night nonsense. </span><br />
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<b>Favorite inside joke with me?</b><br />
Nobody ever really understands what we're saying. We pretty much have our own coded language.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Truth.</span><br />
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<b>Do you hang out frequently?</b><br />
As much as we can. I go to college two hours away from her, but I see her when I come to visit or am home for breaks.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">I think considering she's usually 2 hours away from me, we hang out a lot. More than the average pair of siblings, I'd say. In the 3 years she's been in college, I've never not seen her when she's been home on a break or on a weekend, even if it's been for less than an hour. </span><br />
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<b>What do you think about blogging?</b><br />
I think it takes a lot of patience and planning, two things I don't have. But more power to the people that do it, I love reading them. I think it'd be cool to be able to look back at your old posts and remember things that you did that you probably wouldn't remember otherwise.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Good answer, so I have no comment.</span><br />
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<b>How often do you read my blog?</b><br />
Sometimes I forget about it, but I usually read every post. I see the link on twitter and that reminds me.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Huh, I actually didn't know she read it much at all. </span><br />
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<b>Do you ever want to come back on the blog?</b><br />
Sure, I'd love to!<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">No.</span><br />
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<b>Why are you such a huge brat?</b><br />
Well isn't this just the perfect question for Kristen to sneak in there. *currently glaring through the screen at her* I'm no bigger of a brat than she is, so she has no room to talk!<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ugh, that's such a bratty thing to say, Lindsey. </span><br />
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<b>When are you bringing the toddler mullet back?</b><br />
As soon as you bring the bowl cut back. Don't make me get pictures out.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">LOL. <i>(my sister had an accidental mullet when she was 3-ish. I had an on-purpose bowl cut that my mother thought was just SO cute (it wasn't) when I was in 1st grade)</i></span><br />
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<b>Any last words?</b><br />
I think my ongoing tab needs to be lowered for taking the time to do this ;)<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Backstory - Since my sister was in high school I started telling her I was keeping an ongoing imaginary tab for all of the money she owed me. Through the years, her imaginary tab has gotten large, quite large, and it grows much quicker than it shrinks. So she tries to find creative ways to decrease it. Like I said.. Brat.</span><br />
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Yea, I guess she's alright.<br />
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Let me know if you enjoyed this! Maybe I'll be able to convince her to do it again! Or maybe I'll get someone else to take over the blog.. Hmm…<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-33670868269283562112015-01-09T07:30:00.000-05:002015-01-09T07:30:00.772-05:00NCIS Trilogy || TV FRIDAYI've decided to stick with "TV Friday" as my fun and creative name for when I write about TV related things on Fridays. I like that there's no confusion with it. If someone says "Oh, I'm so excited for Kay's TV Friday post!", no one is going to respond with "What is TV Friday?". Because it's all in the name. Simplify your life, people.<br />
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I'm also still working my way through my DVR. I don't think you guys are understanding how many hours of actual TV are currently stored on there. Today I'm only talking about 3 shows and they're all related.<br />
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The mothership. Season 12.. TWELVE! Can you believe it? I have to say I was more than ready for this season to start because Season 11 was the worst. The absolute worst in my not-so-professional opinion. The good news was that anything the NCIS writers threw at me this season had to be better than last season, so I was fairly easy to please. So far I won't say too much has really "wowed" me, but it's been good. NCIS needed to regain it's "#1 show on TV" footing and I think it's getting there. So far this season there have been some good, solid episodes. I loved getting to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4012538/?ref_=ttep_ep3" target="_blank">see some of Ducky's past</a>, since we've honestly gotten so little of that especially since he's been a character since episode 1. I like that the writers are creating an enemy for Gibbs that seems like it's going to end up being a season long enemy. I've missed that.<br />
I will say I loved that the show <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4012552/?ref_=ttep_ep4" target="_blank">finally addressed the Ziva absence</a> in a way that made sense. Especially regarding Tony's character. It needed to be done so, so badly and I was really pleased with that whole episode. I loved even more that that particular episode was followed up with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4054082/?ref_=ttep_ep5" target="_blank">an episode involving Bishop</a> and they way Gibbs treats her differently. It was good follow up because it addressed more of the Ziva being suddenly gone thing and I can't even tell you how badly I think the show needed to address that whole mess from Season 11.<br />
The <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4238980/?ref_=ttep_ep10" target="_blank">midseason finale</a> was the best episode in <b>such</b> a long time. The best. They brought back McGee's typewriter and they brought back Gibbs' rules! The episode was full of perfectly timed flashback clips from seasons past and I loved everything about the episode. I was so distracted by how much I was loving seeing Gibbs' rules in action and the old clips that I totally didn't see the ending coming. I was totally blindsided when I realized WHY McGee was writing the letter. I teared up. No cliffhanger to leave the audience guessing during the holiday break, which was fine.<br />
The new episode coming back from break was also another great one. I really think the show is starting to get it's footing again because I am SO excited about this storyline. Also, I can't tell you how much I loved getting MORE little flashbacks from previous episodes and that the writers included little bits for people who've been watching the show since the beginning. It's good story-telling for a show that's been on 12 seasons. I'm excited to move forward from here.<br />
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The middle child. I almost feel bad for this show, because Season 6 had some big shoes to fill. I loved Season 5. It was the best season of NCISLA yet, so this season honestly had a lot to live up to. I've got to say, it didn't start well. The worst part of Season 5 for me was the Season finale, which felt ridiculous. So Season 6 opened with the 2nd half of that episode <i>(literally.. the episode was titled "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3596128/?ref_=ttep_ep1" target="_blank">deep trouble part 2</a>")</i> and it was so.. ugh, just not good. Then they moved on to a several episode arch of "Hetty's in trouble" and that is honestly old at this point. NCISLA is clearing not going to pull the trigger and kill off Hetty, so anything alluding to her death just annoys me. Then <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4151418/?ref_=ttep_ep5" target="_blank">they went to Mexico</a>, which was a decent episode, but nothing special. Then we had a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4190242/?ref_=ttep_ep8" target="_blank">good undercover episode</a> for Kensi and Deeks, which I always love and I loved hearing a little more about Kensi, but again, the episode just fell short. Then we had <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4129340/?ref_=ttep_ep9" target="_blank">a promising episode of a mole in NCIS</a> and that could have been so fun to play up more, but ended up being boring.<br />
I really liked the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4097914/?ref_=ttep_ep11" target="_blank">mid-season finale holiday episode</a> to send us into the holiday break, because Kensi and Deeks made it "official" or whatever that means and we got to see everyone on the team kind of happy. I just don't think that is all going to last very long and truthfully, <b>I hope it doesn't</b>. That makes for boring television. This week's new episode was good, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4129334/?ref_=ttep_ep12" target="_blank">Callen almost died</a>, which was intense and I liked that the team was in a hostage situation. But again.. it could have been so much more!<br />
I think that's my problem with this season. Every episode is good, decent, ok, but none of them are amazing or fantastic! This show was coming off of a wonderful season, so I expected a lot out of it and it just hasn't delivered. Every story line they have each episode has such potential to be so great, but then the ending feels kind of like a let down. I'm hoping they can finish the season strong.<br />
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The newbie. I was so excited for this show and I still am.. BUT right now, it's nothing special. NCIS:LA set itself apart from it's mothership by being different. On NCIS:LA they specialize in going undercover and that makes it different from NCIS. NCIS: New Orleans needs to find something different, otherwise it's just a boring extension of NCIS. My biggest complaint is HELLO.. You're filming on location in New Orleans. WHY aren't you taking full advantage of that? New Orleans is different and exciting and it has it's own little culture that sets it apart from the rest of the US. NCIS:NO is not doing justice to its location. Which makes it average, at best.<br />
I do like the show though and I like most of the characters. <b>Except</b> for one, sometimes 2. They have these 2 "geeks"/"techies" on the show and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1827376/?ref_=tt_cl_t4" target="_blank">especially one</a>, but at times <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593258/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8" target="_blank">the other</a>, are SO INCREDIBLY ANNOYING. I can not stand Sebastian, because the show has tried way, wayyyy too hard to make him "quirky" <i>(almost like they tried to make a male version of Abby from NCIS and mesh him with Eric from NCIS:LA) </i>and instead I just find all of his lines and all of his scenes totally obnoxious. I don't think it's the actor, I think it's the character. Otherwise, I love the other 4 main characters <i>(Pride, LaSalle, Brody, and Loretta)</i> and I think some of them have such interesting backgrounds that I hope this show gets another season just so they can start really digging into them more. Especially LaSalle and Brody, who are my favorites! Also, the same way that Ducky on NCIS is lovable, Loretta is exactly the same way. I love her character.<br />
Really hoping this show can turn it around for the 2nd half and surprise everyone with something really great and fresh and exciting.<br />
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There you have it, the second installment of TV Friday. You can review the <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/12/tv-friday.html" target="_blank">first installment here</a> if you'd like. I discussed heroes.. The super kind and the every day kind. <i>(The Flash, Chicago Fire, and Chicago PD)</i><br />
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Also, in case you missed it, here's a recap of this week on The Best Of Intentions:<br />
<b>Sunday</b> - I clued you guys in on some <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/hi-january-hi-2015-some-news-help.html" target="_blank">behind the scenes things</a> and I'm asking for Wordpress advice/help!<br />
<b>Monday</b> - I had 24 days left of being 24 and <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/24-things-from-my-24th-year.html" target="_blank">I recapped my 24th year!</a> Lots of photos and fun.<br />
<b>Tuesday</b> - I told you about some really awesome reading challenges this year and told you <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/january-book-reads.html" target="_blank">what books I'll be reading in January</a>!<br />
<b>Wednesday</b> - I had some gift cards to burn, so I showed you guys my latest <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/huge-beauty-haul-sephora-ulta-and-b.html" target="_blank">beauty haul from Sephora, Ulta, and Bath & Body Works!</a> #MakeupObsessed<br />
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I'll see you on Monday! Have a wonderful and fabulous weekend!<br />
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Over my blog break I went to Sephora, Bath & Body Works <i>(semi-annual sale)</i>, and Ulta <i>(a few different times)</i> and I thought you might be interested in what I purchased. If you're interested, I could do a review on some of them too. Let me know!!<br />
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Loved the Endless Weekend scent, obviously. The mini candles were only $1 each and they're gold, so I just thought they were cute. Actually really love the Forever Red scent. A huge fan of the Triple Moisture Body Creams. I like the Shea Cashmere & Silk scent more when I'm just smelling it out of the bottle.. It's really strong for a shower cream.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sephora.com/100-pure-argan-oil-light-P380805?skuId=1548288" target="_blank">Josie Maran 100% Argan Oil Light</a> || Two Faced Bronzer Wardrobe Collection <i>(not available)</i> || <a href="http://www.sephora.com/tattoo-liner-P245205?skuId=1177567" target="_blank">Kat Von D Tatto Liner in Trooper</a> || <a href="http://www.sephora.com/24-7-glide-on-eye-pencil-P133707?skuId=1051341" target="_blank">Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.sephora.com/milk-chocolate-soleil-light-medium-matte-bronzer-P309709?skuId=1511831" target="_blank">Milk Chocolate Soleil</a> || <a href="http://www.sephora.com/sun-bunny-natural-bronzer-P48406?skuId=1511781" target="_blank">Sun Bunny</a> || <a href="http://www.sephora.com/chocolate-soleil-medium-deep-matte-bronzer-P229406?skuId=1511823" target="_blank">Chocolate Soleil</a> || <a href="http://www.sephora.com/endless-summer-16-hour-long-wear-bronzer-P378618?skuId=1511849" target="_blank">Endless Summer</a></div>
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Bottom: Swatches of Two Faced Bronzers - L-R - Milk Chocolate Soleil, Sun Bunny, Chocolate Soleil, and Endless Summer</td></tr>
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I wanted to test out the Josie Maran oil before I bought a whole bottle, because it's pretty expensive, but of course, I absolutely love it! You would not believe the wonders it does for your skin. Obsessed. I couldn't decided on what Two Faced Bronzer I wanted and I just happened to walk by and end-cap with this special Holiday edition tester pack thing, so I bought it. Excited to try the Kat Von D liner. Beyond obsessed with the Urban Decay liner and more, I'm in love with the Rockstar color. When applied on your eyes, it's not quite purple, not quite black, not quite brown, and not quite gray. It's just amazing. Especially for my green eyes.<br />
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I really like the Tarte Light, Camera, Flashes Statement mascara, but I will say the the brush takes some getting used to. I'm not ready to give a full review yet. Also, I should note that I didn't want this particular Tarte Light, Camera, Flashes. I wanted the 4-in-1 mascara, but they only had the Statement mascara. There is a difference. In love with the Revlon Colorburst Balm Stains, especially the matte ones, by the way. Excited to really try this Stila highlighter, I've watched ton of reviews on it. Love the Maybelline Color Tattor cream eyeshadows as a good base. Ulta products were buy 1 get 1 free, so I got a shadow and a black eyeliner, just because. Really excited to try out this Palladio lip liner, because it was a pretty affordable brand. Okay, I'm in love with the Calvin Klein packaging AND the price of the lip liner was so worth it. Love this liner and I definitely want to try more of this brand! Also, so far I'm loving the L'Oreal Smoldering Eye pencil. I want to try some new things with it though, so we'll see.<br />
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So there you have it! A lot of products, but like I said, it was a collective haul this time!<br />
Happy Wednesday!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-50333243492789379922015-01-06T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-06T08:00:00.737-05:00January Book ReadsFirst of all, I really want to thank everyone for their input on <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/hi-january-hi-2015-some-news-help.html" target="_blank">my post from Sunday</a>! To update everyone, I do think I'm going to try switching to self-hosted Wordpress. Having said that, I have no idea what I'm doing. So any other tips/tricks/advice is always welcome!<br />
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Something I forgot to mention in <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/hi-january-hi-2015-some-news-help.html" target="_blank">Sunday's post</a> that I want to address now - I've decided on a posting schedule. In the past I was a lot more "willy nilly" with my posting and completely inconsistent. I liked this and I didn't. I liked having freedom, but I'm a little type A, so not having a set schedule annoyed me and more than anything else, it made me lazy. I've decided now that I will be posting blog posts consistently on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. That will mean a minimum of 3 posts a week and it'll be something my readers and friends can count on. Any posting on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays will be considered bonus posts! But I will not guarantee that they will exist week to week.<br />
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Moving right along to a bonus Tuesday post!<br />
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Yesterday <a href="http://thatiswhatsheread.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen</a> posted a <a href="http://thatiswhatsheread.blogspot.com/2015/01/my-12-month-book-challenge.html" target="_blank">fabulous 12 Month Book Challenge</a> and I decided I needed to make it happen. It helps that she posted this on the same day I pledged on Goodreads for their 2015 Reading Challenge to read 20 books this year. I originally pledged to read 30 books, but realized with everything I have going on this year I might be setting myself up to fail.<br />
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20 books in a year is slightly less than 2 books every month, which is perfect because some months will be more hectic than others. This month I've decided to try to read THREE to get a head start.<br />
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In December I started trying to read before bed every night instead of playing on my phone, because I think my phone plus my laptop were factors in my inability to fall asleep most nights. Reading has been helping, so that's my current plan.<br />
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My books I chose for January are as follows..<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22510983-girl-online?from_search=true" target="_blank">Girl Online</a> by Zoe Sugg</b></span></div>
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<span id="freeText13176047849830210670" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Under the alias GirlOnline, she blogs about school dramas, boys, her mad, whirlwind family - and the panic attacks she's suffered from lately. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets the gorgeous, guitar-strumming Noah. Suddenly Penny is falling in love - and capturing every moment of it on her blog.</span> </blockquote>
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<span id="freeText13176047849830210670" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But Noah has a secret too. One that threatens to ruin Penny's cover - and her closest friendship - forever.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span></blockquote>
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Zoe is a very popular British YouTuber, whom I watch pretty consistently. I like Zoe and I like her videos, she vlogs as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRV5AVOlKJR1Flvgt310Cw" target="_blank">Zoella</a>, and I like her friends. This is her first book, which was released in November. I ordered it the week it came out and it's been sitting around waiting for me to read it ever since. I just like supporting people I like and who I think deserves it. <b>Sue me.</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6442769-paper-towns?from_search=true" target="_blank">Paper Towns</a> by John Green</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew...</span></blockquote>
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A good friend of mine read this last year and she texted me and recommend it, so I told my sister, who actually bought this for me for my birthday <b>last</b> year. I just never got around to reading it, so now, a year later, I'm making myself finally read it. It also fits into <a href="http://thatiswhatsheread.blogspot.com/2015/01/my-12-month-book-challenge.html" target="_blank">Jen's 12 Month Challenge</a>: A book that's been on your to-read list for over a year. I mean, almost a year, whatever. I'm a cheater.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">What is it about men anyway? Bad cars, bad jobs, even bad teeth -- nothing convinces them that they can't snare a Size Two Babe with a D-cup chest. And after way too many internet dates with men named "luvstick" and "bigdaddy182," Lucy Rothschild should know.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">LIES...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But sitting across from her now is "hardluvnman," and he seems different -- sensitive, honest, and hot! He says he's a plumber, while Lucy claims she's a nurse! She's really a mystery writer, dating online while researching her next book. Hey, everyone lies a little, don't they?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">AND ONLINE DATING...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But Quinn's really an undercover cop hunting down a serial killer, and he sees Lucy as his top suspect. And while he could really go for this smart, sexy woman with the killer bod -- if that's the only thing "killer" about her -- he knows he needs to wine and dine her and discover the truth. Hey, he realizes the dating scene can be deadly -- but this is ridiculous!</span></blockquote>
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I have a few Rachel Gibson books and I liked them all, some of them quite a bit. Mostly though, this book was on my shelf of books I've purchased that I haven't read yet. I've mentioned the store <a href="http://www.hpb.com/" target="_blank">Half Price Books</a> before and it just sucks me in every time and then I leave with a book or two. Now that "book or two" has grown into an entire shelf of books I haven't read. I chose a light, easy read to follow up Paper Towns, which I don't think is going to be light and easy.<br />
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Want to read any of these with me this month? OR what're you reading instead?<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-3443513807191223962015-01-05T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-05T08:00:00.259-05:0024 Things From My 24th Year***In case you missed it - I wrote <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2015/01/hi-january-hi-2015-some-news-help.html" target="_blank">a surprise Sunday post yesterday</a>! I'm announcing some news in it and asking for some tips and advice. Specifically about switching to wordpress and etc. etc.***<br />
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One of the things that I love about being a January baby is that my birthday always goes directly with the new year. Which means that today there are only 24 days left of my 24th year <i>(my birthday is the 29th in case you didn't want to do the math)</i>. How odd. I very <i>(very, very, very) </i>vividly remember being stressed, worried, freaked out, and even upset a few months back about my upcoming 25th birthday. Now here I am, 24 days away, and I'm just crazy <b>excited</b> about turning 25.<br />
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However, it's not time to talk about that yet. For today I want to quickly recap my 24th year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4 Of My Most Popular Blog Posts - As Chosen By You</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/01/garlic-parmesan-turkey-meatballs.html" target="_blank">Garlic Parmesan Turkey Meatballs</a><br />
Which are so freaking good and still one of my favorite recipes.<br />
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<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/05/15-words-to-use-more-often.html" target="_blank">15 Words To Use More Often</a><br />
I'm so glad this post gets so many hits, because it is one of my absolute favorites! A nice, big vocabulary is so attractive in a person and I loved sharing those words with all of you!<br />
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<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/02/meal-preppin.html" target="_blank">Meal Preppin'</a><br />
This is a post about how I used to meal prep a lot, but honestly, I don't love this post and it's not quite as accurate now. But it's a popular post and I do think I included a few good things, especially the recipes I used.<br />
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<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/01/24-on-my-24th.html" target="_blank">24 On My 24th</a><br />
I wrote this so quickly before work on my 24th birthday and it seems everyone loved it. It's definitely a fun post to read now that I'm coming up on my 25th birthday!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3 Of My Popular Posts About Blogging</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/04/36-of-best-blog-post-ideas-ever.html" target="_blank">36 Of The Best Blog Post Ideas.. EVER!</a><br />
I still love this post and I still love getting the emails from people telling me that they used my ideas! Now I need to kick my own butt and do some more of my own ideas!<br />
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<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-followers-vs-blog-readers.html" target="_blank">Blog Followers vs. Blog Readers</a><br />
I wrote about the difference and about blog friendships and how much I love having blog readers.<br />
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<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/05/blogger-dictionary-terms-you-need-to.html" target="_blank">Blogger Dictionary</a><br />
It is slightly embarrassing how much time I put into this post. Weeks. I spent weeks compiling my list of words. I love this post. One of my personal favorites.<br />
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**Bonus**<br />
<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/10/why-blogs-die.html" target="_blank">Why Blogs Die</a><br />
I absolutely love this post because it is so honest and relatable. Blogging is hard and time consuming and only other bloggers can <b>really</b> get that. So I'm adding this one because I love it so dang much.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>9 Instagram Pictures</b></span><br />
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I chose 9 photos from <a href="http://instagram.com/kaystoll129/" target="_blank">my Instagram</a> that reminded me of things I wanted to remember from my 24th year. Some of them are the most random pics, not all of them are perfectly insta-glamours, but they remind me of specific memories that make me smile. Sigh, 24.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">5 Seflies Of My 24 Year Old Self</span></b><br />
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This is just to remind you of how awkward I am. Holla.<br />
…Do people still say "holla"?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3 Vacations I Went On In My 24th Year</b></span><br />
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Las Vegas, NV (<a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/07/loved-it-or-loathed-it-my-vegas-list.html" target="_blank">my post about this trip</a>) || St. Louis, MO || New Smyrna Beach, FL (my home away from home - post-ish about t<br />
This year involved some of my absolutely favorite vacations of my entire life. I can't even possibly go into detail because I'll start to get emotional or something ridiculous, but honestly, these vacations were fantabulous.<br />
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<b>24 things from my 24th year. </b><br />
Putting this post together made me smile and cringe and laugh hysterically and tear up all at the exact same time. I was ready to say goodbye to 23, really ready, but I might miss 24 a <span style="font-size: x-small;">tiny</span> bit. Except that I'm so crazy excited for 25 that I can hardly stand it!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-53127220667405273092015-01-04T09:30:00.000-05:002015-01-04T09:30:00.458-05:00Hi January! & Hi 2015! --Some News & Help Required--Happiest of holidays to you! Basically a super late "Merry Christmas" and a kind of late "Happy New Year"!<br />
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I have a special little Sunday blog post for you today!<br />
My first ever Sunday blog post!<br />
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I had every intention of <b>not</b> taking so much time "off" from Blogland during the holidays, but things didn't turn out that way. I have a really large family, which meant lots and lots of different Christmas get-togethers, my best friend got engaged <i>(see pic below of my excitement)</i>, and I've just been soaking up all of this time with everyone. I had mentioned that <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/12/is-this-thing-on_8.html" target="_blank">I didn't feel like I got to enjoy Thanksgiving</a> this year because of <a href="http://kaysbestintentions.blogspot.com/2014/11/november-update.html" target="_blank">my insane work schedule</a>, so I took a little extra time to enjoy everything this holiday break had to offer. However, I've had quite a bit going on behind the scenes of The Best Of Intentions this break and I wanted an opportunity to clue you in and ask for some advice/assistance.<br />
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The Best Of Intentions is going to be getting a fairly serious face-lift in January 2015. I'm talking botox, lip injections, implants, liposuction - the whole she-bang! For my 25th birthday I've decided to give a gift to my blog, because that obviously makes perfect sense.<br />
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Right before Halloween I had a crazy idea pop into my head and I let it sit in there for a few weeks before I told anyone about it, just to see if I was still excited about it or if it was just one of those things. Mid-Novemeber I finally mentioned it to someone, but I really wanted to let simmer a little longer. I wanted to make sure that I was sure and I wanted to make sure that this wasn't just a crazy idea. It's January now and I've filled an entire notebook with thoughts and plans and excitement. I'm still really excited.<br />
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I'm telling you all of that to tell you all of this: I'm going to be changing my blog name <i>(among other things)</i>. I never really fell in love with "The Best Of Intentions" and it doesn't quite have what I'm looking for anymore. Since I had decided to change my name, I started thinking about making some other changes as well. Particularly the Blogger vs. Wordpress decision.<br />
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From all of you I'm looking for some advice, comments, questions, concerns, etc. The good and the bad!<br />
-- If I do decide to switch to Wordpress, I'm going to need some help/a lot of help - Any recommendations? Any comments at all?<br />
-- When I change my blog name, I want to purchase the domain name. If possible I'd like to stay away from GoDaddy.com. I haven't heard the best things and I'd love some new suggestions. Who did you use?<br />
-- Blog name suggestions? I know that's fairly personal, but I'm open to anything.<br />
-- Also, tips on how to deal with changing my name and Bloglovin? Like how does this work.. ?<br />
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Last but not at all least, I just have to say that I wouldn't be putting any of this work in this little piece of the internet if I didn't have <b>all of you</b>. I never thought anyone except my parents would read anything I wrote and I could never have imagined actually making friends via Blogland. Seriously, and from the bottom of my heart, <b>I appreciate you</b> and think you're the greatest!<br />
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Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286782276617652389noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1274803016658821.post-49783715291093914642014-12-22T10:39:00.000-05:002014-12-22T10:39:04.591-05:00Three, Two, One.. <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Three</b> .. Things I Did This Weekend</span><br />
-- I had my first family Christmas on Saturday! My brother and sister-in-law hosted at their house and everyone chipped in and brought different kinds of soups, sandwiches, and desserts. Very successful, very fun! We played a White Elephant game or Dirty Santa game, everyone has a different name for it. I ended up with this cute IU snowman and some scratch-off lottery tickets.<br />
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Overall it was a pretty perfect day. We watched the IU game, we talked and laughed, and we played some gambling dice and card game and my stepdad ending up winning a ton of quarters. Yay for Christmas family fun!<br />
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-- My brother and sister-in-law live about 45 minutes away from my parents' house and my parents, myself, and my 2 younger siblings all rode in one car on the way there. Well, in the car we listened to episode 1 of the <a href="http://serialpodcast.org/" target="_blank">Serial podcast</a> that everyone is obsessed with. So I am now officially one of the cool kids and I have officially started the series. Honestly, I find it incredibly fascinating that so many people are obsessed with this podcast. It's almost like people forget that this is an actual, real-life murder case and not a story. This has to be a psychologist's dream case-study.<br />
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-- My sister, my aunt, and I went to my grandparents' house yesterday to make Christmas candy! We ended up only making peanut brittle and hard crack candy in 4 flavors. My grandma was an overachiever and had already made the cookies before we got there.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Two</b> .. Apps I Downloaded Last Week</span><br />
-- Trivia Crack<br />
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My sister's friend got me and my sister to download it last week and we've all been pretty obsessed since then. It's very similar to the board game Trivial Pursuit. It is ridiculously fun and addicting. If you download it and want to play me, I <b>think</b> my username is kstoll129? Or search for "Kristen Stoll" and my photo will be a picture of me and my sister.<br />
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-- Rookie<br />
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One of my new favorite picture editing apps! I still have a soft spot in my heart for VSCOcam, but I do love Rookie. Tons of great filters and possible edits! Highly recommend.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One</b>.. Regret I Have This Morning</span><br />
-- I have a small tray in my bathroom of perfumes and body sprays that I use on the daily. I have my favorites though and so I always tend to use the same scents over and over again. This morning I decided to try a scent I had never worn and I didn't buy and it wasn't a gift, so I'm not actually sure where it came from. Instead of doing the normal thing and sniffing it before spritzing it on my wrists, I just spritz. Instant regret. I hate the way it smells. And it is STRONG. And awful. And now I'm sitting at my desk and it's the only thing I can smell. I have no idea why I'm sharing this with you.<br />
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Happy Monday, people!<br />
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