BEDiM: Overcome

I didn't prepare for today's prompt because I just read them as I go, so I'll post a day-in-the-life tomorrow. Tomorrow's prompt, which I'm doing today, is to talk about your lot in life and what you're doing to overcome it.

I think it'd be easy for me to blame any failures on my lot in life. (Sidebar: I think "lot in life" is a weird phrase.) My parents got divorced when I was 7-ish 8 (clarified by my mom, I get confused because I think we moved back before they got divorced) and we moved back to Kansas. I had a lot of responsibilities being the oldest child and I grew up quicker than my siblings have had to. I wasn't able to go to an amazing university or the acting college I wanted to attend. I wound up quitting after my third year of college because I had to work full time and couldn't handle both. Then Jarrod and I had a surprise baby and we've had to change a few things because babies are expensive, including not going out as we'd like and Jarrod working a job that he more or less loathes. We have school loans and credit card debt and really need to replace at least one, if not both, of our cars.

I could complain about all of those things, and I do sometimes, but I can't change them by complaining. What I can change is my attitude on the situation. I think the serenity prayer sums it up nicely.

feel free to use, just don't claim it as your own

I know that I am terribly blessed and those are the things I need to focus on. My amazing husband (who just so happened to clean the kitchen last night, of his own volition) and my wonderfully adorable daughter. My family and friends. The roof over my head, the food in my kitchen, and the clothes in my closet. The fact that I'm alive!

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BEDiM: Ten Happy Things

1. Jarrod & Quinn - Do I really need to elaborate on that one?

2. Castle, Supernatural, Community, Game of Thrones, & New Girl - I love my TV shows! I do not like when Hulu makes them difficult to watch.

3. Shopping - Especially thrifting and going to garage sales which I get to do Thursday because Derby is having their annual citywide sales!
4. Cooking, Baking, & Eating - Slightly more on the eating end than the cooking/baking.
5. Coffee, Tea, & Wine - Um, duh. I like flavored creamer and a little bit of sweetener in my coffee, honey in my tea, and my wine in a large glass.
6. Sleep - When Quinn actually stops waking up four times in the middle of the night, I might go crazy.
7. Swimming - So excited for summer and actually living in an apartment complex with a pool!
8. Reading - Almost done with the first book and the second is waiting for me on the end table. The show is so good, but the books are amazing too!

9. Running - I've slacked off the past week-ish after the 5K, but I'm gonna start back up even if it means running at 9pm because of the weather.
10. Traveling - I can't wait for our trip this fall. I love taking airplanes and I hope Quinn loves it too.

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BEDiM: Apologies

I need to say sorry to my Twitter followers. Really, it's a "sorry I'm not sorry". The reason I'm aiming this at my Twitter followers is because of this ridiculousness:

I enter a LOT of giveaways. Now, in my defense, I also win quite a few of them, so it's worth it. I do try to keep my giveaway tweets in clumps, so they're not littered throughout your feed all day long. I also only tweet once for each giveaway instead of once a day. Ain't nobody got time for that. Now I'm gonna brag about some of the awesome things I've won lately, if you don't mind.

The Fit Desk is pretty awesome. It's crazy how many calories you can burn while working. Jarrod even says he might use it for gaming!

I haven't received it yet, but I won a swim suit from Beverly Swimwear via Life of a Passeri and I chose this super cute leopard and black one.

The Kind bars were really yummy, but they're more expensive than I'm willing to spend on a snack when there are other options. Quinn always wanted to steal them from me, but she was too messy with them so maybe we'll try again when she's older.

The most recent thing I won was a code for the Collage It Pro version (there's a free version available also). However, I won TWO codes and only need one. I tried to give it away, but nobody's taken me up on my offer via Facebook, so if you'd like it leave a comment and I'll use random.org to pick someone on Friday.

I guess this was kind of a crappy apology. Um, sorry?

fyi: none of those are affiliate links

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BEDiM: Missing

I Miss:

1. Some of my favorite tv shows. Veronica Mars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and everything else Joss Whedon has done that ended too early), and Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23. Why do they cancel the good shows?

2. Looking forward to summer. It's hard to look forward to it when Jarrod has to work outside no matter the weather and doesn't get very much vacation.

3. College. Part of it is I miss not having to clean an entire apartment and having someone else cook for me, but the other part is being so close to tons of friends and having something to do all the time.

4. Theatre. I REALLY miss theatre. Acting and costuming. It was tiring and time consuming but it was fun! There's nothing quite like getting an applause while standing on stage underneath the bright lights.

Just another day in college theatre, am I right?

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BEDiM: Sell Yourself

Today's topic was to sell yourself in 10 words. I don't know if anybody else will find this funny, but I do and that's all that matters.

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BEDiM: Embarrassing

Truth be told, I don't really get embarrassed. My mom always threatened to take over the PA system in high school and sing "You Are My Sunshine" if I ever did anything bad, but I probably would have just laughed at it. And she is a bad singer. I can say that because it's true and because I'm not much better.

I have a habit of either putting my feet up or leaning forward in a chair. If I'm ever at a desk, check on the wall underneath because it'll be dirty with footprints. Just get me a footstool or another chair and we'll be all good. In high school during lunch, there's obviously no place for me to put my feet up so I'm leaning forward, fidgeting like normal. And all of a sudden BAM. The chair goes out from under me. The chairs looked like this:

second picture when Googling "lunch room chairs"

So, you can see how easily it would have happened. Fifteen year old Breenah did NOT think that one through. Although, it wasn't terribly embarrassing. It's not like the entire lunchroom ground to a halt and pointed and laughed. A few people nearby were laughing at me, but I was laughing too. While still sitting on the ground. I guess at least my food didn't fly all over me and I didn't smack my face on the table. That would have been bad.

Ooh! Once, in college, I was talking to a super cute guy (not Jarrod, we were on a 'break') and I drooled on my shirt WHILE talking to him. I'm still not even sure how that was physically possible, but whatever. It happened, neither of us said anything. I'm not even sure he noticed.

So, yeah. Try to embarrass me, I guess. Or tell me your embarrassing stories. I do suffer from a LOT of secondhand embarrassment.


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BEDiM: A Moment

Alternatively titled "Why Breenah is Not a Fashion Blogger".

dress: Goodwill//shoes: Kohl's//earrings: Claire's//sunglasses: Wal-Mart

That dress looks shorter than it feels and the earrings are from prom. Also, the bug is not mine, but I really wish it was.

National Mom's Night Out was tonight and our mall was hosting a get together so I went with, who else, my mom. It wasn't amazing or anything, but it was fun and I wound up finding a pair of shorts at JCPenney's and having the ladies at The Limited tell me I should apply. There's a job opening for every other Tuesday from 9 to midnight to reset the store. Employees get 40% off AND every month there are 8 item that they get 80% off of. I'm really thinking this might be a brilliant idea.


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