Updates Coming soon!

Oh my goodness! It has been a while since I last blogged.

Well folks, it's been a super busy year. I'm still learning while doing this momming thing and it's been a trip! I'm about to photobomb ya'll with pix of my offspring.











alright, that's enough of that. She's my world, favorite, yadda, yadda.

So, deal is, I am going to start blogging again! I was going to make a lot of update videos, but that is going to take too long, and I have too much to talk about.

So, add me if you want updates that are not on Youtube.

Talk to ya'll later!

Aya

New videos!

New videos!!!!! I love making videos and I've finally made the update video that I've been promising for sooo long :) Yay! This is me today and happy about it still, lol

Current Products I use

Shampoos

-Dr Bronner's Lavender 

Conditioners

-Trader Joe's Conditioner

-Suave Naturals Conditioner

-Nexxus Humectress (rarely)

-Home-made hair Spray (link to video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJULHJwC-XM)

 I don't use it daily though like I used to

Other products

-Home-made Shea Whip (Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCrMbIKIXu4)

And of course water, water and more water :) 

Trying out a short video

Since I'm going to start keeping up this blog I figure I should learn how to insert videos and photo's so that it's not so incredibly boring. Here goes nothing! (This is of when my aunt and I visited back during the summer

I think I'm going crazy

Today I went to work. Problem about that is it was 6 hours later than I was supposed to. What makes me think that I have finally gone off the deep end is that I do not care. Normally in the priority of things in my life my job is number 2. It helps me get the other things that I need in life like food etc etc so it's very important. Why don't I care today? Is this going to last a while? Am I going to actually go into work Sunday when I don't care right now? I think I finally got so stressed that I snapped. I didn't feel anything snap. Yesterday I was me and today I'm a crazy person. Weird....

Why I can't trust other people with my stuff

It's been a full 2 weeks now that I've been overseas. It's a lot less stressful than I thought it would be, but I could still be in shock. Thsi isn't about that though. I have called home on several occasions and it seems like every time I call there is something else. Like what you may ask? I'll tell ya.

    My stuff's been broken by people I didn't even know were in my home while I was gone. I'm miffed. I have demanded that things precious to me (well all of it is precious), well the stuff that I will cut somebody over if they broke it, be put away. I understand that I can't control my apartment when it's 6000 miles away (literally) but Come On People! I know my stuff is just crap to you, but my stuff holds dear memories to me. Some of the stuff I've had for years.

  What kind of stuff? Like my high school diploma. Or my Guiness Glasses. I have a cute juice cup sized one that my friend lifted for me on my birthday at the only bar near osan in korea that sells guiness beer on tap  She's amazing and thoughtful and I love her like a sister so  I've held on to that little glass this long and will continue to because every time I see it I think of her. I move around a lot so I can't have lots of traditional friendships so my stuff helps me keep my real friends near to me and help remind me that I am loved when I'm feeling down and reminesce of good times.

       Therefore when something of mine gets broken for some of it, it's not just a "thing" that didn't matter to me. Just because I let you use it doesn't mean that I don't care about it. I can't hoard my entire apartment away from people I like company too much, lol!  No one likes a hostess that makes them feel dirty or irresponsible now do they? If I were to invite someone in and say "Hi, welcome in, but don't touch anything!" what kind of person would that make me?

        So I take the risk of sharing my personal life and memories with you through my belongings even if you don't realize it. All I want in return is for the people handling them to be considerate and adult enough to not break my things. If you're over the age of 5 and you still can't hold a glass in your hand without breaking it, you should start practicing daily because COME ON! You should be able to do this by now. If your over the age of 20 and you're still bumping into things and breaking stuff, COME ON! Are you kidding? Open your eyes and look where you're going. It's not hard. At some point it's not an "accident" somebody wasn't paying attention and it was you the breaker of other people's stuffer!

Anyhow. I'm rambling at this point, what about you though? Do you place a large amount of sentimental value on anything of yours? Are you the extreme and just never invite people over because you love your stuff too much? Are you the person with a busted beat up house because you're on the opposite end and really don't care about anything? Be my brainstorm and let me know what you think :) Talk to you later Bloggers and bloggettes!

Aya

Traveling abroad!

Hello everyone! I'm taking a trip!

I think trips are amazing, tiring, fun and then amazing all over again. They are an adventure that will add to your lifetime of memories if you let it. :)

Every time I find out or plan on going abroad it gets me to reflecting on the inner me and what I want with my life. I don't know what it is about traveling overseas that does it, but it just does!

I find traveling exviting and here's what gets me all excited: I think about all the what if's the things I might be able to see, the people the air and smells, what will their money look like, what do they wear, it's so different and the same in a way that I find endearing. I look forward to all of it. 

It seems as if the world gets bigger and smaller at the same time every time I travel. I love to see familiar and when going to new and unexplored places (from my perspective anyway) it's exciting!!!

Back to reflecting on the inner me and what I want. The place I'm going now isn't the dullest place in the world and I had to get a will done. For those of you that haven't done a will yet, it can be a very daunting task. No one seems to want to ever talk about their own death and what do you really want done to your remaining body parts when you are out of here.

I want to be turned into a lovely piece of pretty jewelry.

What?!?!? You might say?  Seriously. I'm going to make people keep me and wear me when I get out of here. There's a thing called Lifegem. (http://www.lifegem.com/). I think I'm going to be a green necklace charm, a ring and a pair of earrings. That way there's more of me to go around. 

Other than the morbid arrangements, it helped me realize who I can really rely on and love more than life itself in this world. My best friend Gagne is all over my will. Some people might wonder why it wouldn't be someone blood related, but the bond we have is stronger than that. Once we got seperated for a number of years. We both googled searching for each other the entire time we were apart.

You don't meet people like that daily. You might not even meet people that you are that close to but once or twice in your lifetime so when it comes around be ready! When I go on this trip I will be ready to meet some amazing people, learn about a culture I haven't yet experienced and I'm sure some stereotypes will be shattered. I can't wait!!