My Life in Lists: Week 4

My cousin chose to feature MY post for the MLIL weekly link-up last week!!!  Excited to link up again this week with her and my other cousin Kelli.

This week's topic is Pinterest!  I used to be an avid pinner but lately have been swamped with school.  Luckily that will all be over in 4 DAYS!!!!!  I tend to pin more than I actually try things out since I don't have a lot of free time but here are a few pins that have changed my life!

Things From Pinterest That Changed My Life

1. Avocado, Mozzarella & Tomato Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

I am not a navy wife but I am in love with this sandwich!  It's such a simple yet genius idea!  It's quick, easy to make, cheap and incredibly delicious!  Try it with sourdough bread and serve with a fruit salad for a yummy dinner!

This is just one of the many recipes on my What's For Dinner board but unfortunately it's one of the few I've actually tried, haha.  I'm sure many of the others are amazing as well and I can't wait to try them when I'm done with school.

2. Weekly Chore Chart

We do a variation of this with our small apartment but it's amazing how fun and easy cleaning can become when you split all the tasks up throughout the week!  We keep the cute chart on our tack board in the kitchen and it's fun to see what the chore is for the day (we only have about 1-2 chores per day since we live in an apartment) and get them done and feel like we accomplished something!

3. Fashion Inspiration

Pinterest is a great place to find ways to make cute outfits out of things you already have in your wardrobe or discover simple pieces to add to make an outfit even cuter!  Here are a few pictures that have inspired my own wardrobe collection...

 

4. 30 Day Challenges

Challenges make working out fun because you have something specific to do each day and when you finish at the end of the month, you feel so good about yourself!  I completed this challenge awhile back and while sometimes I felt like I might die and other times I became like an old person when it came to standing up or sitting down, I felt so proud of myself at the end of the challenge! I couldn't believe how easy the squats became and how much more in shape I felt.  In May I'm starting a 30 Day Abs and Arms challenge simultaneously!  Join me and I promise you won't regret it!

5. Inspirational Quotes

I think the best way to start a day is with a beautiful quote.  I don't look at these enough but I think I'm going to make a new goal to read one quote every day when I wake up!

6. Random Things That Make Me Laugh

Without Pinterest I would not randomly burst into laughter in the middle of Physics lectures...thank you Pinterest!

My Life in Lists: Week 3

One good thing about Mondays...My Life in Lists with my cousins Cali and Kelli!  Here is the prompt for Week 3:

Things You Wish You Could Hire Someone To Do

1. Housekeeper

This would include everything from washing the dishes to folding laundry!  I probably will eventually hire someone to clean my house but it would be pathetic to do that now considering we live in a tiny apartment but I STILL can't seem to find time to clean.  I am a perfectionist so our apartment is really well organized but as far as cleanliness goes...there could be improvement.  It's not that I don't enjoy cleaning...I don't really mind it.  There are just never enough hours in the day and besides, I always feel like I'm wasting my day if I do have free time and I spend it cleaning!  It would be so much nicer to hire someone to do it for me.

2. Personal Assistant

Even though I'm very organized I wish I had someone that I could just give my To Do lists to and have them done that day!  This would mostly consist of running errands like grocery shopping, getting gas, washing the car, and acting related work that is just time consuming.  Hmm...and since this is a fantasy (and since my cousin put down an exercise helper) I would have them do all my studying and homework for me and I would somehow still know all of the information and ace the tests!  That would be so helpful right about now.

3. Gourmet chef

I have no shame in admitting I am a TERRIBLE cook!!!  I am excellent at following directions but the hard part for me is having to multi-task and it seems in every recipe you need to multi-task and have things cooking and be preparing the next thing.  I'm such a perfectionist that by the time I finish one thing perfectly, the chicken burned or the pasta overcooked, etc. I can never get things to look like the picture.  Having a gourmet chef to plan and prepare every meal would save me so much time and stress!  Not to mention I could always have a balanced, nutritious meal even when I'm feeling lazy.

4. Personal Mani/Pedi lady

She would come to my house once a week and bring all her supplies and I would have beautiful hands and feet at all times without ever having to leave my house!  A girl can dream...

5. Masseuse

My husband Mark actually used to want to be a physical therapist and so he learned how to give massages and everything.  He is excellent but I always feel bad asking him to massage me.  I have actually never gotten a professional massage!  I am really ticklish so that's part of the reason but if I had my own personal one, I think I might get used to their style and maybe I wouldn't be so ticklish.  At any rate it would be less embarassing to have a laughing fit in my own home right?

That's all I can think of for now...man, I really felt giddy making this list!  I think I somehow thought these things were going to come true, haha.  Well on a plus side my husband did all the laundry today and is making me dinner as usual so maybe I have more of these things going for me than I think!  Now I just need to teach him to how to do my nails! HAH!

My Life in Lists: 1 Million Dollars

Well if nothing else, this weekly link-up with my cousins Cali and Kelli is getting me to blog at least once a week!  Yayyy!!!  It's also a wonderful way to procrastinate mountains of homework.  Yuck.

5 Things I'd Do With A Million Dollars

1. Buy a house in Studio City!

Unfortunately that would be the bulk of our million dollars because that is what homes go for out here in L.A.  So I'm going to do this list as though I had 5 million dollars (because hey, if you're not dreaming big why dream at all?) so the other 4 things will all be equivalent to 1 million dollars each!

2. Range Rover

Because I can.

3. Brand new designer wardrobe

Some people might find it hard to spend a million dollars on clothes but I bet you I could do it in A DAY!!!  Barney's, Bloomingdales, Saks, and Neiman...Prada, Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Burberry...these things are my Heaven people.

4. Walt Disney World Resort family vacation!

This has been a family tradition of mine for years and it's one I can't wait to start with my own family.  If we had a million dollars we could stay at the nicest resort at the park, eat all of our meals there and shop till we drop!

5. Retire in Hawaii

Why not?

My Life in Lists: 5 Professions

Okay I'm definitely setting a record here with TWO blog posts back to back but this is part of the "My Life in Lists" linky party that my cousin Cali created!  I LOVE making lists so I am very excited to have an excuse to make a list every week!  If you want to join the fun, head over to her blog for the rules!

5 Professions

1. Voice Over Actress

As a little girl I used to memorize Disney movies and on long car rides, my brother and I would recite the whole movie back and forth, playing all the characters.  I loved trying to imitate different cartoon voices and eventually started making up my own, for people, animals (our pets) and my toys.  When I got older, I developed a love for acting and have been pursuing a career as an actress while studying at USC's School of Dramatic Arts.  The biggest problem with a career as an actress is the amount of trash that's being made out there so the competition for the really good stuff is crazy.  The thing I love about voice acting is that it's pure and fun and all completely within my standards.  I am currently represented by a fantastic voice over agent at Coast to Coast and working on a general audition for Disney!  Here are a few of the characters I created (too bad you can't hear their voices!)

     

Hazel, an adventurous explorer (artist: Jenna Hamzawi)

Dawn, a British bubble

Sarah, a southern ballerina

2. Model

In another life I would have loved to be 5'11, with long legs and a perfect face because I mean, how awesome is the life of a model!  You get paid to wear high fashion, designer clothes and look pretty all day!  Haha, I know there's a lot more to it than that.  I just think that is like the pinnacle of glamour.  And I actually have done a little modeling myself!  I guess I have the perfect size feet for shoe modeling (6 in case you were wondering) so I did that and got paid in shoes!  Modeling also comes in handy for taking amazing headshots to get you in the door.  Here is one of my favorite shots!

3. Fashion Designer

So besides the fact that I know nothing about sewing, I am VERY into clothes and high fashion (if you didn't get that from the last job).  And that's pretty much all it takes to be a fashion designer, right?  I'm also like the worst drawer ever so it'd be hard getting my ideas across but I still think it would be fun.  Mary-Kate and Ashley are my inspirations because I'm pretty sure they get paid like a billion dollars to tell people their ideas and don't do any of the actual designing so that would be the ideal job for me.

4. Interior Decorator

My childhood best friend's mom is an interior decorator and their house looked like something out of a magazine!  You should have seen that place at Christmas.  Like a winter catalog!  Her mom is just so sophisticated and classy too so I associate that with her job.  I also actually do have skills in this area!  I'm very organized and pay strong attention to detail.  I love making our bed in the morning and trying to copy Pottery Barn displays. :)

5. Mother

Last but definitely not least, this is actually a job I'm going to have someday!  I definitely think this is the most rewarding job a girl can have and I am so excited to be a mom!  I'm currently learning all about what to expect when you're expecting and how to take care of a baby...hopefully I will be able to put this information to good use in the near future!

My husband holding our newborn niece