Promise revoked.

yep. SORRY. I just haven't found anytime to sit down and "blog." :(

I truly don't even feel like saying much right now, but I thought it was long over due for something, ANYTHING. I think I am just going to list my words tonight. They will NOT make any sense to anyone else under the sun I am sure, but I just have so much going on up in my head that to not write them down would be a crime of sorts I am sure...


Please excuse the mess I'm spilling,
often I bump things over with these gangly limbs.
It's not very rare of me to take minuscule to heart,
I work my feet off and expect loyalty in return.
I think I'll take your pictures down,
tomorrow perhaps,
it's true they make me sad.
Who wants to remember times before they went bad.
Ive got a verse as my background, I could have used that the night "the duck flew at dawn."
Oh wait, I did, and yet here I am waiting for the right to your wrong.
or is it my wrong? I think what matters most is the white noise coming from mutual corners.
Are we still wearing boxing gloves if we cover them in pink and glue feathers to the tops?
They are still going to break through the other side, not matter how they are disguised.

Let me sleep oh sweet stress, please press pause for the night, mutes even better, could we turn out the lights?
Ive become a random dreamer with meanings unknown and yet all things mean something, could your leave me alone? To many questions, I understand now, answers are rarely in the form of a cloud.
So get back dusty water and remain where you stood, I have no use for you here lingering in my blood.
I don't do vindictive, and gossip is wack, there is a line between need to know and a not so subtle "slap."
I am as loyal as they come, you do unto others as you would want "done." Tell the truth. Apologize, it sometimes hurts to look people in the eyes. Put your big girl pants on, admit when your wrong. well meet in the middle and rebuild what was strong. Or, we can not. I'll go on as need be, taking old pictures down replacing them with the new me.
It is what it is, the grandfather sings, and so on with a smile she hides in her wings.


Goodnight friends, It is well past my bedtime and I have a day of errands ahead of me.

Ciao~

In absence

I am SO sorry my darling friends. I have Been SOOOO busy this past couple weeks with my new job and pretty much just life in general. Little by little I am finding time for things again. I have no doubt once my routine is set and my body is used to it, that everything else will "simply" fall into place.

I truly must get to bed, so I have no time to recap any of the special events that have made up my life as of late, however I will take out some time on my next day off and I promise a full report if not an inspiring "how to."


Until than, know that I love you and I will go a head and give a shout out to whomever purchased one of my yellow daisy's off of my etsy site. I had great pleasure shipping it out to you yesterday. ENJOY IT, and for the rest of you, get your booties on over to my site and click the purchase button. No one is complete until they have a NEA ORIGINAL flower clippie to furnish off their ensemble. :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/NEAoriginals

Here's to everyone having a BEAUTIFUL week!


CIAO

This feeling

How do I put into words everything I think and feel?? I DON'T!!! And it's probably for the best, I in fact think and feel WAAAAYYY to much in my opinion, well maybe not so much the think part as much as the feel part.

Until my boyfriend came a long (and broke me) I never really cared or let myself feel deeply about much that could potentially hurt me. I mean I cared and felt about friends, family and like God and stuff lol, but nothing more than that really.  Than Bryan and I entered into a "relationship," and everything changed. Suddenly I was not only whipped, but I CARED about every little detail that happened between us. Everything seemed to matter, or make a difference one way or another. Now here I sit on a whole new playing field with him. Looking at rings, doing more than just "talking" about marriage and now all of a sudden, my future is no longer just my future, it's become an "OUR." Kind of scary HA??? YEEAAAHH I know, ME TOOOO!!!! But truly amidst all of the "what if's," and the butterflies, I am really really excited. Sometimes the what if's and the butterflies over take me, but to hear him calm my nerves and explain to me over and over how it's us against the world, I find myself overpowered with the feeling of YES, WE CAN DO THIS! I mean, I don't know how all of the little kinks are going to work out, but I do know that they will. I truly do hope and pray for the best, there are a lot of little things unfolding that I never would have been able to call in a million years, but were rolling with the punches (and I do mean punches lol) and I guess the upside to everything is that it's caused us to grow closer instead of further apart.

So how than am I feeling?

I am feeling excited, nervous, overwhelmed, sad (in some aspects in life,) HAPPY, creative, expectant, fulfilled, purpose-full. I am feeling fall outrageous ie pumpkin spice latte's, skarfs, skinny's, boots, chilly park benches, big bags, over night get away's mixed with new and old music. I am constantly feeling inspired as of lately- so much so that I truly do not have enough time or space on my to do list. HMMMM.
I am SO excited for my new job (and currently the nanny jobs I still possess, as we all know, they make my world go round,) I truly feel so blessed every time I step foot into that Salon. I just keep thinking, now how the HECK did I get this?? The opportunities that this season holds seems endless. I just can't wait. I know that with everything in life, comes a rocky road at times, I am preparing myself for that as well, but seriously, I feel like I'm living in a dream! Hope THAT feeling never goes away. :)


I could continue on in the list but lets just say, for the record, that I Tiffany Nicole am FEELING!


There are certain things in life that I refuse to share in a blog, or online in general. I never want to mention names unless they are in an uplifting manor, or if they clearly are from Hollywood and it makes no difference WHAT i say. So everything in my life will never be disclosed for the cyber-world. We save those chats for mom's, and best friends and boy friend's ONLY. You guy's get the good stuff (for the most part.)

and just because I can, I feel the need to let you all hold me accountable. I am making a hopeful statement that I will not cut my bangs or color my hair dark brown for at least another 4 months. Each piece of that statement is a bit iffy because, although I have been making it a goal to grow my bangs out (they used to be like 2 inches long,) they are the first things to go when I need an instant change. ANNNDDD for those of you who know me, I usually only make it through mid october before my hair is dark brown. My goal is to keep it blonde for just a few more months, and than DA DA DAAAAA- to color it my natural color......EEEEEEE haven't seen that in YEARS!




I hope this autumn air is as refreshing to all of you, as it is to me (minus the allergies.) ;)


Thanks for the ears (or eye's,) and until tomorrow (or whenever) CIAO~

My groupon extravaganza

So for any of you who don't know what Groupon is, it is a WONDERFUL site that gives you random daily deals. Every day it is something new, some of them you will like, some of them you won't. If you do like them than you can purchase.

http://www.groupon.com/minneapolis-stpaul/

This one is clearly for the Minneapolis, St. Paul area, but if you arent in that, search for yours. It is Free to sign up for and I have purchased 2 so far.

My first one I purchased back in May, and it was  $20.00 for a week of unlimited "spa" services at planet beach. My second one I purchased last month for Gap- pay $25.00 for $50.00 worth of merch.

I decided to cash in on these this weekend. Yesterday I went to planet beach and started my week long extravaganza. I really was excited hearing about all of their spa like things, but mainly I was pumped to do the mystic tan. This is the palest I have ever been at this time in the season, I really didn't lay out much this summer, and I quit the whole tanning fad well over a year ago. No one wants skin cancer. So I went in to the salon and they set me up for my first day with the hydration station:

which I actually enjoyed for the most part. It is supposed to ex foliate your skin and what not. They only allow it twice with the groupon deal and you have to spread it out 3-4 days, otherwise it will start to take away your bodies natural oils. The only hard things about it was that it was 20 min, I got a little add/claustrophobic laying in that deal for that long. All in all though, I did enjoy it.

Next they had me do my "facial." THAT WAS A JOKE.

  

This thing sits and semi mists at your face for 15 minuets, I felt like I was eating chemicals, and I didn't feel like it did a single thing for my face. PLUS they signed me up to do it and than made me pay and additional $7 something to cover the "mist" stuff they put into it. Definitely will NOT be doing that one again. I also felt like I was at the dentist the whole time..It smelt like it, and it was aimed right at my mouth. YUCK

Than I went ahead and layed in one of their tanning beds. They told me to wait until my next hydration deal to do the mystic or it will come right off.. SO I figure even though I don't like beds, I already payed the $, I mine as well use it up!

Than finally the joke of a massage bed was last.

You lay on this big purple bed, put the head phones on and expect a nice massage. What you get it kind of the opposite. This bed for 20 minuets just pressures hot water up and down your back. There really was nothing relaxing about it for me. I would NEVER pay $ to have a machine give me a massage. I would much rather throw down $45 and head to Aveda for and hour long massage with an actual person. DUMB

Anyway...That really concludes my experience there. I have like 5 day's left, I'll just use them to tan and get my last hydro/mystic out of it. Glad I tried them though, because now I know I HATE THEM!

On to my Gap purchases. I bought two pairs of jeans there today. They are both pretty basic, but they were on sale for $35 each. I got a dark wash Skinny, and a light wash Skinny.

And scary enough, I purchased them both in a size FOUR with the promise that they will stretch. HMMMM! :)

All in all, because I payed $25 for the groupon, plus $20 dollars today, I spent a whopping $45 on 2 pairs of jeans. I think that's a pretty great deal. :)

That concludes my weekends groupon endeavor's. 

Two more things I would like to share with you not affiliated with groupon is on the topic of lipstick.

I purchased two this weekend. One I am in love with, and the other I talked my way into returning.

Maybelline's nearly there 205. I LOVE IT. Cost me $5.00 and it is a wonderful lipstick. I feel it's the perfect fall color, and it's not super dry or clumpy. 

The second one is targets line of NP SET:

I purchased it in Nude. It was $15.00. The color literally looked clear with a hint of sparkle in it. Yes it was super moisturizing but If I want a look like that, I'll go a head and buy a coco butter chapstick NOT for $15.00. 

Anyway, that is enough on retail for today. Hope you are all enjoying your weekends, and this beautiful weather!

Ciao-

This day

I'm still laying in bed, feeling groggy at 10:00. Ridiculous. I have a TON of stuff I "could" get done today, not sure what the outcome will actually be. I'm going back to Aveda today to turn in my test scores. I had fully intended on showering and making myself look nice...now I think a messy bun sounds great and some yoga pants. WOW.

I have a link to share with you. These are not my hair clippies (although I have a teal polka dotted on from DT. Stillwater that looks pretty dang similar,) however I thought they were adorable and want to share them with you. :)

http://sophielaree.bigcartel.com/product/fabric-flower-hairclip

They are just SO cute!!!


I think I am going to use my groupon today for a massage at planet beach. I might also try one of there spray tans who knows. If I really feel like shopping (since I have 0$ to my name,) I might even break out the gap groupon and take a trip to rosedale! YAY for Friday's!


I hope all of yours is beautiful-

Ciao

CUTE!

New flower clips up on Etsy!

I have 3 new hair clippies up on Etsy! I'll go ahead and do a post on just HOW to purchase on the Etsy site. It seems to be a confusion for a lot of people. It truly is very simple and easy to use, all you need is an e-mail address and a pay pal account. Both of those things are things I would hope that everyone already has in life anyway. :)


Enjoy-


http://www.etsy.com/listing/55858532/silver-and-red-hair-flower

http://www.etsy.com/listing/55859218/pile-of-pearls-pink-daisy-clip

http://www.etsy.com/listing/55859759/elegant-gold-hair-flower

What Ive done with my victory day

A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING. HA!

I passed my exam this morning with a whopping 97% correct, thats right folks only ONE wrong! WOOOWHOOO!!

I thank victoriously drove over to my boyfriends house, celebrated with a quick sandwich, than drove him to work. Which by the way, he has figured everything out for his drivers diversion program and as of next Saturday if all goes as planned he will be ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN!!!!  PRAISE JESUS!!!!! I feel a lot more time at home coming on!!

After that I proceeded to spend some quality chat time with his momma, than headed off to Caribou. Ive been here ever since. I had a WHOOOLLLEEE list of things to accomplish this afternoon  such as: look up Mint.com (thanks Taylor), post new hair clippies on etsy (I'm currently working on it,) read my in-style, MAKE NOTE CARDS FOR WORK (HA,) finish my scarf I made last winter, the list goes on and on. All I really did this afternoon was chat with people on Facebook, text messages, telephone calls and twitter (I also went ahead and found a new blog background to depict the oncoming season.) SOOOO Now that I'm feeling brain dead from sitting in Caribou for hours on end...I think it's time to get down to business! First things first, Grab sweater from car- it's FREEEEZING in here!!!

Until later-

Ciao

The "done" list

Tonight as I'm allowing myself to sit here (instead of sleeping in preparation for my test tomorrow,) I am going to write out a "whats been done list." You know, in stead of a "to do" list.

Sometimes (on nights like tonight) I sit in bed at night and feel completely unaccomplished. This however is NOT true. So to make myself feel slightly better I'm going to list it out, than go ahead and snuggle up for bed.

1. Today I started the job of my dreams (this far anyway.) ;)

5 Hours of Color theory crammed in my brain

I feel like I am starting into an internship though that is going to be a CRAZY life altering, adventure stricken, stress and giggle filled TRIP. I truly have no words for how blessed I feel to be where I am. Every time I step foot in the salon I truly think to myself, I can't believe they picked me. So honored, and I can't wait to start doing and learning.

2. Got gas. That's kind of a big deal for me. HA

3. Got some motherly advice. There has been SO much going on in my life as of lately, and if I know one thing for sure I can alway's count on my mom to bring it back to the basics for me. She's one of my foundational rocks, well, more like a foundational boulder. :) I feel so much better after listening to her words of wisdom- hopefully this feeling lasts me through the rest of the week. LOL

4. Got excited with my boyfriend. Things are really starting to come together for him. I truly could not be more proud of him in pretty much all areas in life. He truly has made me smile at least 20 times today, and every time I think about him I just get this overwhelming sense of Joy. He's wonderful. He has helped me study for my big test all weekend long, and it was a LONG weekend. I am nervous to take it tomorrow, but I'm excited to see if all of the hard work will truly pay off!!! :)

5. Did some laundry halfway. Lol there is a load still in the wash that needs to be switched, but whatever.

6. Took my beautiful baby girl for a walk, we even went an extra 10 minuets tonight. She's been nuts ever since my family had guests Sunday night. I swear she looses her mind when new people come over.

6.5- listened to an eaglebrook podcast. LOVED.

7. Studied a LITTLE bit ;)

8. Ate a healthy serving of homemade cheesy potatoes (you can't tell me that's not an accomplishment. )

9. Made 2 new flower clips- pictures will come tomorrow I'm sure.

10. Watched the latest episode of "parenthood."

11. Watched about 11 different youtube video's ;)

annnndd that's pretty much all I can think of at the moment. So that concludes my day's accomplishments...

Stay tuned for the outcome of tomorrows exam. WAAAHHH

pray for meeeeeee

5 ways Google can SAVE YOU. :)

This was on my news feed this morning via Cosmo...:) and I LOVED IT!

Enjoy-

Oh and by the way, as I post this short little blog, please note that it is in FACT my very FIRST DAY OF WWWOOORRRRKKK!!!!! So excited! So feel free to throw up a little (or big) prayer for me, it is sure to be wonderful!

5 Ways Google Can Save Your Relationship

Are the guys at Google reading Cosmo? Or just women's minds? Because damn, they've come up with some brilliant little features that are improving love lives everywhere.

BY CHRISTIE GRIFFIN

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Most of you have heard of Gmail and use Google to search for info on the Internet. But how well do you know all the options and settings at your Googling fingertips? Cosmo talked to Jason Freidenfelds, a communications manager for Google, who revealed some of its favorite "embarrassment reducer" features.

1. The "Undo Send" Mail Option

Ever hit "Send" too soon on an e-mail? Whether you hadn't quite perfected your witty, three-line note to your crush or were writing a message to your man's mom, this option is a total lifesaver. Once enabled, you have about five seconds to click "Undo Send" to rescue your ass.

To get it: While logged into Gmail, click on "Settings" in the upper right. Then select the "Labs" tab and scroll down to "Undo Send." Select the "Enable" button, and then click on "Save Changes" at the top (or bottom) of the page.

2. The Shared Calendar

We bet you’re a pretty busy chick. And your guy gets busy — or just flaky — too, right? Well, instead of trying to remember his work schedule or expecting him to know which nights you have yoga class, try sharing a calendar on Google. You edit the shared calendar from your own accounts, but you can also set specific events to Private so he can't see them. (Say, if you're throwing a surprise b-day party for him.)

To get it: Visit google.com/calendar, or simply click on the Calendar link on the top left of your page while logged into Gmail. It's also under the "More" option if you're on Google's homepage.

3. The Cell-Phone Reminder

If you're like most hot-blooded babes out there, you rely on text messaging more than most other forms of communication. So why not use it to remind yourself of upcoming events? This is an option of the calendar feature (see #2), and what it does is send you a text message alerting you of a to-do that's approaching. If you're one of many who space and forget to pop your daily birth control pill, set it up as a calendar event — then choose the SMS reminder so that your phone buzzes with a text at the same time every day. You can set the SMS reminder farther in advance too...like if you need to nudge your man a half-hour before your date to put down the Wii and come pick you up.

To get it: When you create a new event in your calendar, select "Edit Event Details" and then look for the SMS Reminder under "Options." You'll have to verify your phone number first, though, under "Settings."

4. Chat Off the Record

You know how Gmail automatically saves your chats? That's cool and all — unless you're having a super-steamy session with your man. By chatting "off the record," not only do you prevent the chat from being saved in your account, but it won't show up in your guy's chat record either. It's like doing damage control before embarrassment strikes.

To get it: While in Chat, select "Options" in the bottom left corner of your Chat screen. Choose "Go Off the Record."

5. Mail Goggles

After a few cocktails, a late-night love note (or pissed-off message) might seem like a good idea. But like many things in life, you might regret it the next morning. By enabling this feature on your Gmail settings, you're required to answer some simple math problems (like 72 – 31 = ?) before you can proceed with your e-mail message. Now if only they'd find a way to put this on your cell phone to prevent drunk dialing...

To get it: While logged into Gmail, click on "Settings" in the upper right. Then select the "Labs" tab and scroll down to "Mail Goggles." Select the "Enable" button, and then click on "Save Changes" at the top (or bottom) of the page. Then select "Settings" again to edit which days and times you'd like Gmail to step in and double check that you want to send that e-mail. Otherwise, it defaults to Friday and Saturday night between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.

Seat belt cover idea

Ok, although this is a really pretty seat belt cover: http://www.etsy.com/listing/46543146/golden-crest-quilted-seat-belt-cover?ref=sr_list_1&ga_search_query=automobile+seat+covers&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes[0]=tags&includes[1]=title

I have a great idea to make my own. One of my besties donated a beautiful shower curtain to me the other day, and I think i am going to go buy some stuffing (is it known as batting?) and attempt to sew one up myself. I am constantly irritated from my seat belt cutting into my neck...STAY TUNED. If it turns out pretty I'll post pictures. :)

Also, I'm in the market for some pretty car SEAT (not to be confused with baby car seat) covers. Again- STAY TUNED! :)

Children's photographer

If you are ever looking for some pictures to be taken of your children, this photographer does an OUTSTANDING job! Her blog is fairly new so there won't be much to see yet on this site, but I have viewed her work before through her other site (that is currently down) and it is exquisite!

Take a look, and ENJOY!

http://amandajorobertsphotography.blogspot.com/

Apple cider vinegar

I used to frequently get sinus infections back in the day, and my old boss came home with a random remedy for me: APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. I was recently talking to some girl friends about it, and one of them seemed a little sketched out by it. I went ahead and did some research to find out just how incredible is this ACV??? I'll post the website than you can see for yourselves, if you want to know history and stuff on it just click on the home page. It's super interesting and I'm now excited to start using it again!!

http://www.apple-cider-vinegar-benefits.com/home-remedies.html

New flower clips up on Etsy!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/55285180/unique-yellow-hair-daisy

http://www.etsy.com/listing/55282322/unique-yellow-hair-daisy

A tribute to my brother.

I just want to take a couple moments to post about my youngest brother, A.J.

He graduated from teen challenge a month or so ago (as many of you might remember from my earlier posts.) Life has not been chocolate cake for him the past few years. He gave up his summer break to check himself into alcohol and drug rehab. It was truly one of the hardest summers on everyone involved, clearly him especially.

I Am just so very proud of him for everything that he has come through (as he is an overcomer,) and everything that he is still pushing through for. He is such a driven person and know's what he "thinks" he wants, its just finding a means to get himself there that is a bit bumpy every once in a while. My family is such a supportive family, and my parents are the most supportive of all. I don't think anyone of us 3 children would be heading where we're heading if mom and dad hadn't stepped in a time or two and swooped us once again back under their wings.

Andrew (my youngest brother) is one of the most talented person's that I know. He has SO much going for him, and has been given such an awesome new start and clean slate. I am so proud of him. I know that this year means a lot to him, it being his senior year and all. I also know that it is one of the HARDEST environments to be in, especially given his circumstances. Everyone is trying to find themselves, and I am sad for some of the people in his life that are one day truly going to regret this year and the choices that they made. I pray for strength for him every single day, to do what is right to do, and to keep pressing on, and to keep saying NO to the things he should say "no" to and YES to the things he should say "yes" to. He truly is so precious to me, he doesn't realize how much I am connected to him. I am 6 years older than him, and when he was born, my whole out look on life changed. He was my baby. Yes over the years, we haven't alway's been the closest, were so alike that sometimes it's hard to get along with each other lol. But the fact of the matter is I adore him with my whole heart. I again will say that I am SO proud of the character he is becoming, and the choices that he is making. I can't wait to watch him follow his heart and passion's in life. As long as he is serving Jesus, he is sure to soar.

Here's to a great senior for him, and to as many memories as possible to follow.

Ciao-

Leaf embellishment

Ok, I'm REALLLLY proud of this shirt I made (stayed up till 3:00 A.M and everything,) so proud in fact that I feel the need to post it for all of you!!

First I cut the neck off of the shirt, which by the way was only $4.98 from target. I than took the leaves of fake flowers, hot glued them together, sewed a brooch onto the bottom and than sewed pretty pink beads throughout the leaves.

For your viewing pleasure. :)