Loving: Email Forwards! (Sometimes!)

I am linking up with Jamie for What I'm Loving Wednesday

 I am loving this forward my mom forwarded me!

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Bill Gates recently gave a Commencement speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. 

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. 

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. 

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. 

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes; learn from them. 

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. 

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. 

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Loving: Rich's Birthday Celebration

Linking up with Jamie at This Kind of Love

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A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Rich's Birthday!

1. Heading out to celebrate another friends birthday! We got dressed up and everything!

2. At the birthday party, there was a silhouette artist there! 

3. We got a couples silhouette! It looks amazing, right?!

4. On Rich's birthday we headed downtown LA for brunch and the LA Times Travel Show.

5. It was a gorgeous day for brunch on a rooftop downtown LA. Crab Cake Benedict! YUM!!

6. LA Sister Cities

7. Essential Chocolate Desserts wrapped a beautiful bow on the cupcake I got Rich for his birthday!

8. Seriously, this cupcake was sinfully delicious! 

9. The handsome birthday boy!

Monday Jams

Love this song!
"I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweetheart

I belong with you, you belong with me you're my sweet"

Happy March!

Happy March!

Hug, kiss and squeeze a loved one!

It will make March all the better!

Inspiring Movie

This is totally Inspiring! 

Now I am headed over to Code.org! 

;-)

Daniel's Visit

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My baby brother came down over Presidents Weekend.

He arrived on Saturday about Mid-Day and then we drove out to Altadena for dinner with our Aunt, Uncle & Cousin.

Sunday we woke up early for a hike to the Hollywood Sign with our Cousin.

It was a perfect day for a hike and for being outside!

After the hike we headed to the California Science Museum to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour and then watched Hubble 3D in IMax.

After our museum tour, we had dinner at home and drove into Westwood for the best cookie sandwich in LA, maybe even CA, maybe even the world :-) Diddy Riese!

It was so fun to have my baby brother in town!

Mom's Visit

Mom mom came down for the weekend.

We went to the Getty Villa Museum.

It was a beautiful day and we got to witness a beautiful sunset on our way home!

My mom stayed for about 5 days to hang out with me!

She is amazing. She made us yummy dinners and made sure that we were taken care of!

We also got out of the house to see Les Misérables and for a pedicure.

It was so nice to have her around to keep me company!

Health - Guest Blogger

Todays guest blogger is one of my favorite bloggers!

She writes about life and is so honest & real!

Definitely check her blog out!

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hey ladies!!! im lindsay and i blog over at lindsay alexis, come check me out ;) im

helping my dear blogger friend out today as she is kinda out of commission from the

computy. we all hope you get better soon lady!!

i am going to talk about how health and fitness is a huge part of my life. truthfully i

was never interested in any of it until i met my husband. i had my times when i was

younger i am in my last year of my 20s now, dont feel too young anymore where

i went to the gym. ate healthy. then stopped a month or so later. when i met my

husband, who is a marine like la tache's, that all changed. i was forced into it.

kidding....sort of ;)

health is a lifestyle for me. it isn't something i am forced to do. it isn't something that

i just do sometimes and then stop. it is something i enjoy. something that makes me

feel great. something that my husband and i do together. because we all know there

are plenty of couples out there that one is totally into fitness and being healthy and the

other is lazy. we have all seen those people.

being healthy is something you have to want. something you have to have dedication

for. it doesn't come easy. it doesn't really come cheap either. haven't you ever noticed

if you go to let say, the habit (hubs favorite 'fast food'), a cheeseburger is about three

bucks. a salad is about 7 bucks. seriously?!?! i know the lettuce is literally from a mix

bag of greens with a piece of chicken on it. but...that is how our society operates. so

if you are on a budget so to speak, you both would get a cheeseburger rather than the

healthy option. but if you are dedicated. motivated. you would spend the money and

get the salad. OR you would go home and make something to eat.

hubs and i have actually started doing this much more recently. if we are out and

about in our area and we get hungry. we go home to make lunch, then go back out

and continue our errands. if we are planning to be out all day, we either grab a protein

bar or make sure we stop somewhere to eat that has healthier options and we split the

meal. there are so many options on what to do and how to change your ways, you just

have to be creative and really want it. bring homemade lunch to work, don't buy fast

food. make dinner at home, don't grab something on the way home. once you get into

the groove it gets easier...promise ;)

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i also believe being healthy and being active go hand in hand. if you want to be

healthy, you have to eat good fresh foods. but you also have to get your butt movin'!

you have to get your heart rate up. you have to sweat. i seriously love when i sweat.

it means i am working my butt off and keeping my heart healthy. i love it! is it weird

that i love when i see sweat on my shirt too? kinda gross, but man it feels amazing. no

joke! trust me ;)

my husband and i work out together. so this being healthy business i guess is a group

effort in the A household. we push each other. we motivate each other. we are proud

of each other. seriously proud. the other day my husband actually told me how proud

he is of me because i am making exercise a priority. a top priority. and i cannot tell

you how amazing that felt. how giddy i felt. i loved hearing those words.

now we do indulge at times. we do treat ourselves to something sweet or alcoholic,

but you have to remember to do it in moderation. everything in moderation. this

month my husband and i gave up alcohol. no alcohol/wine for the entire month of

january. just to challenge ourselves. it has been hard, especially after a crappy day at

work. but we are almost there and you know what, i feel great. i am proud of us. might

be smaller steps for you...but you gotta be dedicated to be healthy. now...head over to

my favorite store, trader joe's, and get yourselves some healthy options. promise you

will not regret it ;)

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