Confessions

- I said that I was going to get back in the groove of blogging.... I've failed! This confess sesh is my first post since the beginning of last month. Whoops! #gottogetmybuttingear

- I'm having a hard time sitting down and writing full posts. I have all sorts of bullet points of ideas on paper and online drafts that have ideas... but I just cant seem to follow through and finish posts. 

- On a brighter note, my birthday is one week from today! Eek! Almost a half a century old folks! (Man I'm getting old) 

-My weekends as of late have consisted of a lot of nothing. I'm not going to lie, it's been nice but I do get somethings accomplished like cleaning our apartment, laundry, ans grocery shopping. When Sunday comes around it's a while other story. Sunday's in our house is bunch of lounging around watching football. Lazy? Maybe, but I'm not going to complain, it's been nice to not have plans to rush around! Plus, who doesn't like a productive Saturday but a lazy daisy, football watchin', snackin', stay in pj's kind of Sunday? Right?!

- I've been working on updating my 25 before 25 list that I started some time ago so I could share on the blog. While updating my list, I noticed that I've been able to accomplish quite a few things on that list and I'm in need of bigger and better list! With my birthday is right around the corner and 25 not too far in the distance, I decided that I'm going to not only continue the list but make quite a few updates and turn it into Tiffany's 30 Before 30 wish list. (Be on the lookout for a post about this soon)! 

- I've been toying around with the idea of changing my hair. I'm not just talking about a haircut, I'm talking about dying my hair! Ahh, just talking about it makes me go a little crazy inside. I have never done anything to my hair other than trims and haircuts; I'm all Nat-Ur-Al and love that fact that I can still say that. I love my natural highlights that are in my hair and I love my dirty blonde color. But, as I age my hair continues to darken and I wonder what I would look like with dark hair. So, the thought  of getting lighter highlights added or even going more drastic and dying my hair a temporary dark color haunts me.. Hmm, what to do?! 

- I officially weigh more now that I have ever weighed, EVER! :( Not only does it freak me out to see that number on the scale, but I see the weight visually looking at myself and it's driving me crazy! This girl needs a workout plan STAT! (Not only do I need the workout plan but I need to actually stay on it. I generally start something and then it just slowly fades and then I just stop. I need to break this habit)! 

-I'm so over these hormonal issues that I've been having! Weight gain, mood shifts, acne appearing all over my face and back, etc... All I want is for the doctor to figure out the trigger and help find a solution that will work for me and my body! All these issues need to just GO AWAY; so over it all! #hormonessuck

- Lastly, Albert and I really want to buy a house. We've been talking about it for some time now but there are just too many things holding us back right now. Although finances play a big part in our decision to put off looking, there is one thing that is holding us back the most..... There is one question that we've been discussing more than everything else and truly weighing out all of the pros and cons; Do we want to live and start and family in California? (post to come later all about our discussions on this)


This sums up my confess sesh as of late. Until the next confessions......


Love Always,

~Mrs. Pinch

Getting back in the groove

So it has been quite a while since I've had my last post... I could come up with all sorts of excuses on why it has been so long but then I wouldn't be being honest with myself so, here's the truth....

Truth is after I went live with my blog and had told people about it, the new wore off and I forgot about my little corner of the world wide web and lost interest in it! I was paying far too much attention to how many page views I had. I was worried that no one really cared enough to read my blog and the fact that I had no followers. I was in a funk and a BIG one. I came to the conclusion that if people weren't interested in reading what I had to say, then why do it...? I was thinking about others and not myself!

Well, now that I have had time away from my little blog and have done some serious thinking, I had come to another conclusion- Sally needs to get her groove back! (And by Sally, I mean me of course). I now realize that I was getting into the blog for all the wrong reasons! I need to focus on why I started this blog in the first place, for ME!

I am no longer going to open blogger and look at how many page views I have, how many new followers I have, if any, and I refuse to write posts on this blog for the pleasure of others! I may sound selfish, but I started this blog to document my adventures as a Pinch, for me to look back on later in life and hopefully share some stories with my future children. I am determined to get my butt back in gear and get back in the groove! So guess what?...........

I'mmmm baaaacccckkkk!


Love Always,

~Mrs. Pinch

5 Years

This past weekend the hubby and I celebrated 5 years together! 5 years as a couple! Yahoo! It’s crazy how time passes… Anyhow, when I originally sat down to write this post I wrote it to be tied to our wedding, but then I decided that there was sooo much to share about our wedding that it needed its own page(you can check that out here)! So after that debate, with no one other than myself, I decided that this post would provide a little breakdown of our relationship and our story as a couple and how we can to be husband and wife.

Met à August 2005  | Coupleà March 2009

Engagedà Nov. 2011 | Married à June 2013

How we met:

Albert and I met in August of 2005 as freshman in high school. We hit it off right from the start and become friends. As high school went by we had some classes together and hung out at lunch, but it wasn’t until one class (Biotechnology) in junior year that we really developed a close connection. Although that class was lame, only had a total of 8 students, and the teacher was horribly monotone, we made the most of it and became really close getting to know that ins and outs of one another. As the year went on and junior prom got closer…… I was hoping that Albert was going to ask me to go with him. I nonchalantly asked him every day whether or not he was planning on going and whether or not he had someone to go with yet; however, he did not get my subtle hints and never asked me to go. So, after much debate, I ended up giving up because I didn’t want to ask a boy- I wanted the boy to ask me so I went with another friend from Spanish class who asked me. To make a long story short, I wanted Albert to not only ask me to junior prom  but to ask me out…he didn’t, so he kinda lost out as I ended up dating that friend from Spanish class for a while.

How we became a couple:

Once spring of my senior year rolled around I was single, and this time Albert knew it. For an early graduation present and birthday celebration for my mom, we went to Disneyland. In Disneyland, Albert and I were texting a lot! Then one day, March 29^th, 2009, he FINALLY made his move- he asked me out!! Of course I was filled with excitement and said yes!

Engagement:

Before we knew it graduation was quickly approaching. Without even knowing it before, Albert and I had applied and been accepted to the same college! Yahoo- a long distance relationship was not needed! After our first year in college in the freshman dorms, Albert and I found an apartment close to campus and moved in together. After 2 years of a strong relationship, college firsts, our first apartment together (which means money combination), getting used to living together and building our life as a couple………. Albert got down on one knew and proposed to me on November 5^th, 2011. Of course, yet again, I was filled with excitement and said yes!!

Marriage:

After getting engaged, we had several serious talks about when we wanted to tie the knot. After our discussions, we decided that we both wanted to wait until we were college graduates to get married. With it only being 2011, and with our expected gradation in 2013, we had plenty of time to focus on school and plan our wedding. We slowly started to plan things here and there and took full advantage of our school breaks. When the planning came around we started with picking a date. We both wanted to have an outdoor wedding so we knew that we had to plan accordingly and aimed for a summer wedding. Secondly, we knew that we would not be graduating until May 2013, so we started looking in June/July. After some debate and me being rather picky about wanting a wedding date that was on an even numbered day and that held some significance, we chose June 16^th, 2013. Not only was this date perfect because the 6 was even, but June 16^th happened to be the day that Father’s Day fell on that year. The fact that our wedding day was going to be Father’s Day was very special to me because my father passed away in 2009 and was not going to be there on my special day or walk me down the aisle. I thought- what a better way to celebrate such a great thing on a day dedicated to my father! I know that although he was not able to be there in person, he was there looking down on every minute of that day.

To get a closer look at our wedding (details and photos, please visit the "We Wed" page.

Love Always,

~Mrs. Pinch

Special birthday post

Monday was a very special someones birthday- my mom. Besides my husband, I consider my mom to be my best friend! My mom and I have a very special bond and a great friendship! Although this is a late post, I want to re-wish my momma a very happy birthday!!

Here's a quick recap of how we celebrated.....

We started out by going to one of our favorite restaurants for din din.

We indulged in one of these bad boys! I LOVE Margaritas!!! 

I surprised her by making one of her favorite cakes, a spice cake with buttercream frosting.

Then I made this cute little collage for her, thanks goodness for picture apps! 

Love Always,

~Mrs. Pinch

Sweet Treat

Here's an uber easy, delish recipe that I want to remember! Since I love cooking and baking so much, I feel the need to share the recipe(s) that I come across & that I love, this happens to be one of them...... 

I was first introduced to this recipe by my girlfriend from work while I was still in college. I had invited her and her man over to my place for a dinner date and had asked her to bring desert. Well, she brought desert all right! Ever since then, I've been making this delightful sweet treat. It's super easy and only requires 3 ingredients! 

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Rolls

Ingredients:
1 tube of crescent rolls
peanut butter (as little or as much as you'd like)
chocolate chips (I use semi-sweet, but use whatever suits your fancy)

Yep, that's it!

Method:
Preheat oven to 375F
Separate and unroll the crescent rolls
Spread a layer of peanut butter over the roll; top with chocolate chips
Roll from the bottom of the triangle to the point

They should look like this.

Place rolled crescents on  sprayed cookie sheet for 10ish minutes, or until golden

Remove from oven and serve warm. 

Finished product.

Bon Appétit!

If you'd like to see what other cool recipes I find, check out my Pinterest board.

Love Always,

~Mrs. Pinch

Recipe and photo credit to fortheloveofcooking.net. 

Takin' it back to May 2013

I'm taking you all the way back to May 2013 folks! Enjoy this recap of pretty much the most hectic, stressful, yet exciting points in my life! 

Be prepared for quite a long story........!

Imagine your last semester of college, EVER-working extra long hours on ID projects (until the wee hours of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6am) then turning around and waking up just to be in class for your presentation at 8; preparing everything for your BFA Senior Project Exhibition; working 20 hours a week at your J-O-B plus additional hours for the job helping host huge events; worrying about not having all the requirements to graduate on time because of curriculum changes for your major; packing up your entire apartment preparing to move (we were sleeping on the floor with blankets and sitting on lawn chairs so our butts didn't hurt); preparing for graduation (paperwork, cap/gown rental, etc); and to top off the whole shebang...preparing and confirming last minute things for your wedding which is next month........Yep, that was my May!

As you can see, May was quite an intense month! Luckily though, by the time May had made its way to us I wasn't stressed over the wedding, at all. I was confident that everything was good to go and only minor little details needed to be completed. The thing that was stressing me out was school- not only all of the projects that had due dates approaching, but also trying to figure out whether or not I was really going to graduate on time. Basically, due to program/curriculum changes to the BFA in Interior Design, I was going to have to stay an extra semester to complete the extra courses and I was NOT a happy camper hearing about this BS!! Then after I started to get things figured out with those changes, more changes came my way and I found out that the program was making adjustments yet again! This time I was going to use the changes to my advantage....

There would be WAY too much to talk about with all the exact changes and all of the hoops and BS that I went through so here's a quick breakdown. After speaking with several people in my department and with the help of one very smart and awesome lady at my work, who had some awesome side information and a connection, I ended up talking with the Lead Academic Evaluator who provided me with all the information and precise help that I needed to get everything squared away so that I knew I would be able to graduate on time.

On top of all that stress and anxiety about graduation, I was even more stressed out about finishing out the final semester of my classes and all of the projects and garbage associated with it. See for ID majors, we have a ton of "extras" that we have to do in addition of all the normal major crap (if you are an ID major- you know exactly what I mean). One of these extras require that we finish our entire senior project 2 weeks prior to the due date in order to present and then prepare for the Art Exhibition that our work will be showcased in. At this time, in addition to the senior thesis class, I was taking 2 other studio courses, my last general education class and a portfolio class. That makes it a total of 5 classes + all the other stuff that was going on. Talk about an OVERLOAD!! Boy was I stressed out and definitely a little crazy for taking on so much all at once, but I had to suck it up and it had to be done so I could graduate- so I did. The icing on this cake was definitely the fact that our senior thesis teacher was constantly telling us all how horrible our designs were and threatening to fail us all. 

Needless to say, May was uber cray-cray for me! I was a stressed out, not eating, freaking out, not sleeping, brain dead fool and an utter mess!! But.......... In the end it was all worth it!! I managed to get everything done, have a little time to relax and get excited about graduation. I mean we were both graduating from college with Bachelor's degrees, EXCITING! Our wedding day, less than 1 month away, DOUBLE EXCITING!!

A huge shout out and thank you to my love for all of his help and support during this hectic month and for putting up with my crazy ass! I couldn't have done it without him!

Love Always,

~Mrs. Pinch

Hi there and Welcome!

I'm so excited to be launching A Slice of Pinch Life and writing my first ever post! EEK!
Well, since this is my very first post it only seems right to me that this post be about this blog, why I started it in the first place, and what's to come. So, here it goes!

*What kind of blog is this?
I consider A Slice of Pinch Life a lifestyle blog where I document, well, my life. See, I believe that life itself is an adventure and I plan to record my adventure-whether it be good, bad, or ugly. Please note- I'm the type of person that tells it EXACTLY like it is and I will speak my mind freely; I'm hoping you do the same with me!

*Why am I blogging?
I started this blog simply because..... I CAN & I WANT TO! ;)
Ultimately though, this blog is a place where I can write and share my life adventures with others in hopes of connecting with others about our similarities/differences. Moreover, I want this blog to be MY place- a space just for me where I can tuck away the memories to recall on down the road and hopefully provide a detailed record of this journey with our future children. 

*What's to come?
Like I said, this blog is about me and my adventure/journey. So- you can expect to hear all about my life! 

This is my life journey-want to tag along?? 

Love Always,

~Mrs. Pinch