book five. (2015)

Reading: Fit Girl's Guide (No idea who the author is haha).

Screenshot taken from my IPad - love that it matches my blog layout! Haha.

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And I thought I was pretty bad for not finishing up my book in March....

I DIDN'T EVEN READ ANYTHING FOR APRIL!!!

No, it's not an April Fool's joke or anything. I'm terrible. Absolutely terrible. I'm pretty disappointed in myself.

Well, enough of that negativity... I am happy to say that I finished a book for the month of May! Yayyy!! If you have Instagram, I'm pretty sure you've seen before and after pictures of girls that are promoting this thing called The Fit Girl Challenge. It's pretty much this 28 day challenge to help people start eating clean, exercise, and lose some weight. It tells you all about it in this e-book that they sell here. My sister Pamela was impressed with the results they posted and was motivated to try it. Naturally, she sent my other sister and me a copy of the book.

I finished reading it just yesterday (right on time!) and I have to say it's pretty informative. I actually really liked it. They made it so easy to follow and pretty enjoyable to read. It gives you tips on how to motivate yourself and each other (if you're doing the challenge with friends or sisters....ahem, I know you both are reading this...let's do ittttttt!), workout plans that you can do at home (gym free....woot!), and weekly meal plans with a complete grocery list and recipes (with substitutes). It's pretty awesome. I was so ready to start the challenge today, but I didn't have a chance to get groceries and meal prep. Plus it's my mom's birthday today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA!! LOVE YOUUU!) so it was all about food and cake! Haha.

Anyway, I really recommend this book to everyone who wants to try the challenge out! Make sure to comment below and let me know if you want to try it with me. Maybe I'll post about my journey and we can encourage one another. If you remember, losing and maintaining a certain weight is on my #30before30 list so I'm pretty serious about trying this out!

first car.

So, guess who got a new car?.....

I DID! 

Last week, my dad decided to buy me a car! Crazy, right? I'm actually still in shock about the whole thing. He just bought it around lunch time and by the time I got out of work that day, he drove it to my job and surprised me with it! Wish it had a bow on it though like the ones on the commercials. Haha. Just kidding! It's soooo pretty! He got me the 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer in white.

One of my favorite things about the car is that I don't need a key to start it! As long as I have the key with me, I'm good to go! There are also these buttons on the door handles that I can just press to unlock and lock the car. Talk about being lazy...haha! I also love that it has Bluetooth! If you know me at all, you know music is a must have for me in the car, so to have it connect to my phone is pretty darn awesome!

Well, I really don't know what else to say about it. I'm no Michelle Rodriguez from Fast and the Furious. I know nothing about specs of cars. All I know is that my car is all wheel drive, it runs smoothly, and that I have really nice looking rims. Haha! Man, I'm a typical girl. =P

Here are some pictures! Enjoy!

 

PS.
I still don't have a name for it yet. Any suggestions for names for my baby? Let me know! =)

book three. (2015)

Reading: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

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I don't know what it is about the month of March, but I noticed that just like last year, I didn't finish my book three. I'm thinking it's the weather. It's not quite Spring-like weather yet. It's still chilly and the sun hasn't come out full force, which is probably why I'm not as motivated to read. Haha. Also, the book I picked doesn't have a plot. It's more like a guide on how to organize and get rid of unnecessary items in your household. The author does throw in little stories about her own personal life and some stories about some of her clients as examples. They're pretty interesting and funny cause I can relate to them, but I just can't seem to power through the book even though I'm half way done with it. Very disappointed with myself once again. Let's hope book four will be much better!

 

book two. (2015)

Reading: Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella 

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Book two, check!

During this past holiday season, I was looking around to see what books I could put on my wish list and saw that another book was released under the Confessions of a Shopaholic series. I really liked the series (definitely more than the movie -- which was enjoyable, but I felt it could have been better) and instead of putting it on my list, I decided to save it as one of my books of the month.  

In this book, Becky is back in the US and has temporarily moved to LA with her husband Luke and daughter Minnie. To occupy het time during her stay, she decides she wants to become a fashion stylist to the stars (hence the title haha). She then finds herself in all kinds of trouble as usual. Her journey is interesting and a bit funny at times. It makes you wonder if it's that easy to become known in Hollywood these days and if some celebrities really do behave the way Kinsella portrays them in the book. The ending was a bit disappointing/frustrating cause it really left you hanging for the next book (you'll understand what I mean if you read the book -- gotta love cliff hangers haha) that hopefully will come out in the near future.

This was another easy book to read through, which was perfect for this short month of February. It was pretty entertaining and one of those books you can either read before bed or read to kill some time. Like I mentioned, I love the series, but I just don't know how much more Becky can continue on. I just hope the ideas don't get so far fetched that I lose interest in Becky. Haha. I guess we'll find out in the next book.