Throwback Thursday Apr-Jun 2018

Two & a half weeks left of 2018!  Last week I recapped January-March of this year, so naturally today I am bringing you April-June.

April

Blog Stats:
-Most Viewed Post: Easter Weekend

-Most Commented Post: Currently In April, 15 Weeks Down, The Last One In April

-My Favorite Posts: Writing Back To Me & Happy 1st Birthday Nash

My Life:

-I did goat yoga!

-I got an overdue massage

-Softball ended

May

Blog Stats:
-Most Viewed Post: Currently In May

-Most Commented Post: ...Hit It Out Of The Park

-My Favorite Posts: The Guy I Married, Dated, & Then Briefly Hated

My Life:
-My friend Kayla came to visit & we went to Waco to visit Magnolia, Lindale to visit Miranda Lambert's store the Pink Pistol, & explored Dallas-Fort Worth.

-I went to my first Yelp! Elite brunch

-I went on 3 dates in a row with a guy I would end up dating for nearly 2 months

-I went out of town with above mentioned guy

-The school year ended

June

Blog Stats:
-Most Viewed Post: Baby Bro Comes To Town

-Most Commented Post: Currently In June

-My Favorite Posts: Dear Future Husband #1

My Life:
-My baby brother came to visit

-We took a road trip to Nashville & Chicago before heading back to Minnesota

-My cousin Becky & I went to Canada & also had a day in Duluth on Lake Superior

-My friend Trey came to visit Minnesota

Throwback Thursday: Jan-Mar 2018

In just under 4 weeks it will be 2019!  26 days to be exact.  That means it's time to start my annual year in review posts!  First up, January-March!

January

Blog Stats:
-Most Viewed Post: The First One In January

-Most Commented Post: Three On Thursday

-My Favorite Posts: A Balanced Life & Houston

My Life:

-I started 2018 by getting food & beers with Trey at Old Chicago, a place that I used to frequent & now never really make an effort to go, thus kicking off our 2018 shenanigans!

-If I were rich I probably would have gotten Nash a little brother.  However, I'm not the spend $5,300 on a dog type of girl turns out...

-My friend Kristie came to visit me for a few days & we explored Dallas-Fort Worth.  Most importantly we got to witness the Minneapolis Miracle together, in a Saints bar no less, a moment that is one of my favorite of the entire year!

-The softball season started & I was thrown not only into the interim head coach position, but also being the only coach...

-I went to San Antonio with a few people to celebrate Raeann's birthday.

February
Blog Stats:
-Most Viewed Post: Friday Five #5
-Most Commented Post: Boots on a Dance Floor
-My Favorite Posts: This I Believe & Something's Gotta Give

My Life:
-Softball games began taking over my life.

-Nash started getting walked during the day & I wondered why I hadn't thought to do this during volleyball season.

-I headed BACK to San Antonio for my annual San Antonio Rodeo adventure with Robyn.

-I celebrated 8 years of blogging.

-My friend Ryan was in town for his semi-annual training so we got to hang out.

-I bought a new car!

March
Blog Stats:
-Most Viewed Post: Currently In March
-Most Commented Post: Friday Five #7
-My Favorite Post: Coffee Date Vol. 1

My Life:
-My friend Melissa got married so I flew to Minnesota to be a part of her wedding

-I got a new tattoo

-Emily came to visit me over spring break...

-...and so did my parents

-I started my 4th 101 in 1001 list

Throwback Thursday: Blog Style Vol. 5

It's been over a year since I did a blog throwback, & I've been a little less than motivated to come up with things to talk about on the blog this week, so here we are.

2010
30 before 30 - I was 21 when I wrote this list.  I am now 3 months away from turning 30 & have a whole new list.  Supposedly there was a link somewhere but I can't find it so I have no idea how much I completed.  My guess is little to none based on how I described it.

2011

Military Mondays - Apparently I had weekly posts that were military, & probably Branden, related despite that we had broken up 9 months earlier...

2012

Scavenger Hunt Sunday - I said it in my last blog throwback post too but I really do miss the whole Scavenger Hunt Sunday link-up.  I suppose the FMSPAD challenge I do on Instagram is kind of the same thing... 

2013

Sunday Social - I also really miss this link-up.  This week it was music related.

2014

It's What's For Dinner - Man I did a lot of link ups!  This one was for a blog a day link-up & the theme of the day is 5 people I'd want to have at my dinner party... I'd still like to have dinner with all of these people.

2015

And The Thunder Rolls - A weekend recap that is worth a click if only so you can watch the 3 second video of me drinking a "Minnetonka Motorboat"

2016

Money Money Money - For awhile I did annual debt check ins.  Then, I went to grad school, took out more student loans, & stopped.  Oddly enough though, just a few days ago I decided that I really need to get my financial life in check again.  I don't know what it is about July that makes me take a hard look at my finances...

2017

Things I Wish I Knew Before Getting A Puppy - I've now had Nash for over a year, but at the time I had only had him for 3 weeks.  It's all still solid advice & not much has changed.  Except now he can't fit under the couch anymore...

TBT: 19 Year Old Me Was Annoying AF

I look at On This Day on Facebook pretty much every day.  And pretty much every day I hate 19 year old me a little bit more.  Why you ask?  Well let me show you...

September 16, 2008
9:59 am: "has class 11-12:15, 2-3:15, then work 4-8"

11:31 am: "has class 2-3:15 then work 4-8"

8:31 pm: "is home"

10:08 pm: is doing homework...sort of"

11:55 pm: "is yay for no more math!!  Back to letter typing..."

September 17, 2008
9:38 am: "has class 11-11:50, 1-1:50, 2-2:50, then babysitting"

11:44 am: "has class 1-1:50, 2-2:50, then babysitting"

3:17 pm: "is babysitting at 5"

5 pm: "has an interview at 6:30"

9:37 pm: "is trying to do homework"

September 18, 2008
10:27 am: has class 11-12:15, 2-3:15, 5-7:30, then headed to Coon Rapids"

12:23 pm: "has class 2-3:15, 5-7:30, then headed to Coon Rapids"

2:52 pm: "has a test at 5 & then headed to Coon Rapids"

6:15 pm: "is headed to Coon Rapids"

11:50 pm: "is"

September 19. 2008
9:54 am: "has class 11-11:50, 1-1:50, then work 4-10"

11:59 am: "has class 1-1:50 then work 4-10"

3:09 pm: "works @ 4"

September 20, 2008
8:38 am: "is going to the zoo"

7:42 pm: "is"

Basically if anyone had wanted to commit some type of crime against me... this would have been the time in my life for them to do it...

Everything Changes

Awhile ago Nadine did a post about why you should Never Say Never & Steph did a post about Things That Used To Be Important.  I really loved both of these posts & wanted to do my own that was similar to both of them.  A look back at where I was in life, where I thought I'd be, & what was important to me at the time.

1 Year Ago - 27 (2016)

-Trying to decide whether or not I wanted to keep teaching or not
-Starting grad school
-Letting go of a boy who just couldn't make me any type of priority after many many months
-Trying to find a place to live
-Trying to find a job
-Wanting to start making my blog more than just a random place I sometimes wrote in

5 Years Ago - 23 (2012)

-Trying to make the most of my summer before moving to Texas
-Getting ready to move to Texas for real
-Wanting to date a cop in my hometown while knowing I'd be moving in a couple of months
-Trying to transition from college life to grown up life
-Being unsure if I had made the right decision in sticking with an education major
-Wishing I had gotten a job in Minnesota so I wouldn't have to leave everyone

10 Years Ago - 18 (2007)

-Preparing for college

-Getting ready to move away from home for the first time ever

-Worrying about moving away from my boyfriend

-Stressing about my boyfriend joining the military

-Looking forward to "being an adult" & making new friends

-Thinking I would never live in a small town again

-Thinking I wanted to be an elementary school teacher

Only 90s Kids Will Remember

First of all, I hate those posts.  Why?  Well because I didn't have cable until 2007 when I went to college.  That means I know about almost none of the stuff they post in those articles because I didn't have access to Nick & all of that fun stuff.  Ok pity party over...

About a month ago Steph & Nadine both did a fun little survey about the 90s.  As an avid lover of the 90s, I had to play along.

I was born in 1988, October 23 to be exact.  The 90s was basically my adolescence.  I rang in the 90s at the ripe age of 1 & was 11 when the 2000s came about.

Favorite Disney Film

The Fox & The Hound

  

The Little Mermaid is my favorite princess movie though

Favorite Disney Channel Original Movie

None because again, I didn't have cable until 2007

Favorite Music Artist

Backstreet Boys.  I once hyperventilated on my way into one of their concerts.  No shame.

Favorite Candy

The pink & purple nerds or the watermelon laffy taffy with the fake black seeds

Favorite Game (Board/School/Etc)

My favorite board game was Life

In school I loved playing dodgeball

Favorite McDonalds Happy Meal Toy

The beanie babies of course.  Beanie babies pretty much ran the 90s.

Favorite Book

The Little House on the Prarie series & the Babysitters Club Series.  In like the 1st grade my friend & I were so obsessed that we tried to start our own club.  Because obviously people were going to hire 7 year olds to watch their kids...

Favorite Show

Does the entire TGIF line up count??  If not it's a tie between Full House & Boy Meets World.  Sabrina & Step by Step were up there too.  Yeah, I stand by my original choice of the entire line up.

Weirdest Fashion Trend

Platform shoes.  Thanks a lot Spice Girls... I actually owned a pair of these, except in bright blue.