All Lacquered Up {Nail Polish Swap}

This has seriously been in my drafts for a while, I completely spaced and forgot to publish and link it!! After my super awesome last polish swap I was so excited to join in on this fun one :) It was hosted by Meghan from Shine On and Angela from Hairspray & High Heels! 

I was partnered up with Katherine from Sparkle Girl's Life and we quickly got in touch with each other and found that we both had a love for China Glaze polishes! How I love shopping for any nail polish, but China Glaze, heck yea! We decided that we were going to send each other 3 polishes and call it good!! Boy was it good, I absolutely love these colors!! Ahoy! has gotten a lot of use, it's a perfect super fun summer color! I love how it sparkles when light hits it!! Secret Peri-Wink-Le is not too far behind it, I love blue shades, especially this one. I literally ran out of this one a few weeks ago, so it totally comes in handy! The Haute Metal is uber fun too!! I just put it over the blue for picture purposes, I think it would look neat on black! It was also kind of neat that we both gave each other a pink polish, blue polish and a crackle!! I am so pleased yet again with this awesome swap! It's been so great getting to shop and swap such fun colors, check out what I sent Katherine here :) Big thanks to Meghan and Angela for hosting such an awesome swap!! Big thanks to Katherine as well, hope you are enjoying your new fun polishes!! Can't wait for the next one! !

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All Lacquered Up {Nail Polish Swap}

Sunday Social

It's Sunday Social time, linking up once again with Ashley and Neely!!


1. What is something you have wanted to do but are afraid of? 
I would love to travel to Ireland, but I have a hard time going on a plane from here to Las Vegas, I can't even imagine flying that far lol I would also love to have my own photography studio, but I doubt myself a lot more than I should honestly. Until I get more confident I won't be comfortable in doing it.
2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 
5 years, wow! In 5 years my son will be graduating high school and my daughter will be almost in junior high...WOW! I see myself happily working in the Criminal Justice field, still continuing to do photography on the side for fun!
3. What are you looking forward to before the end of 2012? 
Reaching some of the personal goals that I have set for myself. I slacked off for the first part of the year, but I have a good amount of time left to meet and exceed what I had planned :)
4. What are your hopes for your blog? 
I just want to keep on rambling on like I have been all along. I hope to continue to meet new and fun people and continue to have fun :)
5. Do you always see yourself living in your current town/city? 
I actually do, I really really like the town that we are in and can see us staying here for the long haul  or at least until both kids are completely done with school.
6. What is your morning routine?
It's pretty much the same every morning, with the exception of the weekend of course ;) First thing in the morning Little Miss will either wake me up before the alarm goes off or I will wake up and get her up and moving. She get's herself ready for school while I make mine and the sweets bed, brush my hair, teeth and all that goodness. We do her hair and then head off to her school. Once she is dropped off I will either come right home and make coffee or splurge and head to Starbucks for some coffee. Upon arriving home I usually sit and check emails, Facebook and Twitter at the computer, then I will work out (sometimes) and then shower and the domestic duties begin!

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Flashback Friday

Today's flashback photo I was originally was going to add to the me, myself and I post I did the other day, but I saved it just for today!! This is from The Boys very first Halloween! This would have been October 2000 and he was 10 months old! He was a little panda bear, it was seriously the cutest! I remember finding it online months before Halloween, it was part of the Tom Arma collection and was a must have! Boy did I have to save for that one!! We didn't go but a few places, mainly family and friends, but he sure loved it. Everything except the panda eyes Auntie Mimmy gave him! Those were a hot smeared mess that is for sure!! He knew something wasn't right and did everything in his little power to get that off his face!! Happy Friday all, have a great one and a even better weekend!

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DIY Headband Holder

Earlier this week I finally got a chance to start on a super fun project for Little Miss. See Little Miss is all about hair goodies! Whether it be bows, ponytail holders, barrettes, flowers or headbands, she loves them all and has quite a few of them!! Which means they usually end up scattered from one end of the house to the other, hidden in the backpack or even in the back of my truck. So after seeing this on Pinterest I followed the link to this post and figured it be something neat and fun to make!! I'm all about the organization, makes for a happier me that is for sure!! It can either stay on the bathroom counter or go on her vanity, as long as the headbands stay in one place I am uber happy! I had all supplies on hand so my crafty time began!! I figured I would share :)

Let's begin with all the supplies needed: an empty oatmeal container, fabric(Little Miss is all about hot pink and zebra so this was her fabric of choice), mod podge, foam brush, ribbon and a glue gun!!

First you will want to cut a piece of fabric, I did mine a rough cut like in the tutorial. If I had a mat and rotary cutter I probably would have make it more precise, but this worked just fine for me too! Then just take some mod podge and cover a big section of the container.

Next you will want to just wrap the fabric tightly around the container, if there are any bumps smooth them out. 

Then you will just fold the remaining fabric inside the container and under as well! 

After you are finished set aside to dry

Cut another fabric square for the lid and cover with the mod podge. Wrap the lid in fabric. The tutorial had to use the glue gun and wrap fabric that way. Part of me wishes that I would have done it that way to eliminate so of the mod podge soaking the fabric, but it wasn't as noticeable once it dried.

Lastly cut a piece of fun ribbon to wrap around the edge of the lid. My glue gun was taking too long to heat up for me so I just pinned it for picture purposes and then went back and glued it around the lid.

After all is complete just let it dry and you are good to go for a way fun and cute headband holder!! No more headbands scattered everywhere! You can even take off the lid and keep spare rubber bands, hair ties, ribbons, etc!! Duel purpose...even better!! 

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me, myself and I {link up party #3}

 

1. When you're feeling down, what do you do to pick yourself up?

Usually I will listen to music! Music has always been a big outlet for me and almost always makes me feel better! Just turning on some of my favorite songs loud as can be helps out! Listening to music as I drive to and from Starbucks will do the trick too ;)

2. If you had to live in a different time period which would you prefer?

Part of me wants to say the 20's and then the other says the 50's. I have always been interested in both of these time periods, so either or is all good with me!! The clothes from both are so cute and fun!! It would be neat to see how different things would have been compared to now.

3. What is the most creative Halloween costume you've ever worn?

Is it bad that it's been so long that I cannot even remember?! The last time I really dressed up was on my son's 2nd Halloween (he is now 12) and I was "Farmer Gee". I was rocking some jean overalls, a flannel, pigtail braids and drawn freckles on my face lol! 

4. Five weird things about you we wouldn't know without being told? 

* I always have to grab the second item on the shelf. I have been doing this for as long as I can remember, why I cannot say. Every item has been touched at some point so I don't think it's that, just another quirk of mine ;) 

* I cannot straighten my pinkies! Never been able to, can't explain why on that one either. 

* I watched One Tree Hill from start to finish and I have no shame in admitting it! 

* My jeans have to cover a good portion of my shoe, like shown in the picture below. Unless I am wearing capri pants, then it doesn't bother me as much. Weird right?! 

* I cannot stand to wear socks to bed! Back in the day I absolutely had to wear them to sleep and then after I had my daughter that changed! Cannot stand anything on my feet in bed!! 

5. What would you tell your 16-year-old self?

What were you ever thinking wearing odd colored press on nails to Prom sophomore year, yikes!! I have a picture to always have me remember that one!! Really though, I would tell myself to keep being myself, smile always, take lots of pictures, always cherish the good group of friends you have and lastly..loose the bangs lol!

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me, myself and I {link up party #3}

Catching Up

Wow! Take a week off and you really miss so much lol! I took a mini break from the blog this past week and wow o wow do I have a lot to catch up on!! First off I would like to say a big hello, welcome and thank you o' so much to all my new followers!! I so am going to catch up on the new comments ASAP!! I totally wanted to do a little giveaway when I hit 50, but I have passed that already, thank you again! Will definitely be planning something fun here soon!! Will keep everyone posted!! 

I made this last week my step away, get caught up and organized week! It was nice, but I am glad to be back and beginning the process of catching up :) I am finally sticking with my Pinterest goals of at least one or two new items/recipe try a week! I made Little Miss a super cute headband holder and will have that blog post up soon! 

Not too much of anything has really gone on! Little Miss is sick right now :( I thought for sure I was going to have to take her into Urgent Care today, but thankfully I didn't have too! We have both had a day of rest and movie watching! She is back to her happy go lucky and silly self!! Makes me so happy!! Now just hoping no one else catches it!! Clorox wipes have been my BFF for the past few days!! 

Well duty calls, time to get my domesticated mommy self in gear! Dinner, baths, bed and finally time to relax is all in my near future!! Be back soon! 

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It's Reveal Time {spread the polish}

It's no surprise that I am a big time lover of all things nail polish!! So when I saw a post about a nail polish swap I knew I just had to check it out!! I have never done a swap before so when I saw it was all about nail polish, I was all over that! The swap was organized by Rachel at lala lists and Carly at lipgloss and crayons, seriously how could I not?! So I jumped on board and waited patiently for the swap buddy date!! I was paired up with fellow newbie blogger, Allie! Seriously a sweetie, check out her blog!! A Day In A Joyful Life! We quickly exchanged information and the nail polish hunt began! Her request was "seasonal colors" Score!! With Fall coming up I could not wait to see what I could find!! If you want to check out all the sweet goodies I sent her way go here!! I tend to go slightly overboard when it comes to nail polish and when I couldn't just decide on one, I got them all!! You can never have too nail polish much right?!

These are the super awesome goodies that she sent me! Could not be happier!! She took my love for sparkles and totally ran with it!! I absolutely love it all!! Bonus that she even checked out my blog and saw I had a Little Miss and even sent a little something for her!! Hello Kitty and Nail Polish are two of her favorite things, so she was super stoked to get home from school and see! She seriously has not stopped wearing them since!!
A few days later I received another goodie package with a fun silver glitter nail art polish and some handy dandy nail care sticks! Can we say awesome!! I couldn't have been happier!! I seriously love them all!! A big thanks to Allie for sending such awesome goodies and to Rachel and Carly as well for setting up such an awesome swap for this first timer!!

Don't forget to go by and check out Allie's awesome blog :) 

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It's Reveal Time {spread the polish}

Sunday Social

Is it seriously Sunday already?! Being that it indeed is it's time for Sunday Social!! Time to link it up with Ashley and Neely!! Join in on the Sunday fun and link up :)

1. 5 items you can't live without on a daily basis(water, food, shelter, and clothes dont count) 

I am going to go with my iPhone, 

Coffee

My awesome kiddos and My Sweets 

My iMac

Nail Polish 

2. All time favorite book? Why? 
My all time favorite book would be The Notebook! Not only do I absolutely LOVE the movie, but the book is awesome as well! I had taken quite a break from reading a while back and then happened to pick up a copy! I read that book cover to cover in a day, I couldn't put it down! Following close behind it would be The Help! I wanted to read it before I saw the movie and that was another one I didn't want to put down.

3. Something you'd like to accomplish before the end of 2012 
I have two main things that I NEED to accomplish before the end of 2012 lol! I want to be back in the working field and I want to have family pictures taken! We have yet to have them done professionally and it's something that WILL be done by the end of this year!

4. If you could go back and relive any year of your life which year would it be? 
Ooh wow, this is a toughie! There is a part of me that wants to go back to 1999 when I first met the sweets! Not that I would do anything to alter us getting together, but I would make sure that I would have taken pictures! With as picture/camera happy I am I virtually have zero pictures of me and the sweets in those beginning stages and I really wish I did! That was really such a fun time and year that I wish I totally had some good pictures to look back on!! I think I would also change me putting college on hold! I took a little semester break and then after finding out I was pregnant with The Boy I took an even bigger break. Looking back now I could have gotten it done and there is a big part of me that wishes I had!

5. What do you wish people knew about you without you having to tell them?
That I may seem all shy and quiet on the outside but get me talking and that will change :)

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Sunday Social {All About Blogging}

Today is Sunday which means that it's time for Sunday Social link up with Neely and Ashley!! Today is all about the blog!! Enjoy and join in on all the fun!!

1. What is the name of your blog and how did you come up with it?? 
The name of my blog is Rambles By Gina. When I first started blogging back in 2007 I was just blogging mainly to do the Project 365, A Photo A Day type blog. I got through the first year and found that I wanted to say more than just a caption with a daily photo and I also tend to ramble...A LOT once I get to talking! So I put that together with my name a voila..you have Rambles By Gina!

2. What do you love the most about blogging?? 
I love just writing in general. I don't write to really target a specific audience, I just write to write or ramble. I love that if I want to remember something or have something on my mind I can log on and write it down! I love that I have something to look back on when I am older about things that I have gone through, memories we have created, things my kids and sweets have done and said! It's a great way to keep those memories fresh not only for myself, but family and friends too! I absolutely love reading and finding new blogs to check out!!

3. What are your 2 favorite posts you've written? 
DIY Glitter Starbucks Tumbler - This was my first project/DIY that I have ever put up and I was so very pleased with the ending result!! Usually I see a fun project and it doesn't come out the way that I had visioned it in my head!! I seriously love my sparkle cup, everyone needs one, it makes you smile!!
Joplin - This post does not even convey the thoughts and emotions that I went through on that day, sheer and utter sadness. My heart still hurts and those emotions still come back reading it today.

4. What is something you'd want to tell someone just starting out in blog world? 
Well technically I am just starting out in the blogging world myself. While my blog has been around for quite a while, I am starting to get more social and reaching out more to other bloggers. I still have a lot to learn, but for the time being I am just going to enjoy meeting new people, recording my thoughts and rambling on! I think I would say to stay true to yourself, write what you want and don't loose sight of yourself and why you are blogging!

5. Biggest blogging learning experience you've had? 
Everyday I look further beyond the blog writing is a learning experience for me. I still feel I have so much more to learn and experience honestly. I love the new friendships I am building :)

6. Give us 3 blogs we NEED to be following that you love.
There are so many awesome blogs that I read and follow, I could seriously spend the majority of the night listing them all :) Some of my faves include:

Lil Blue Boo

My Beautiful Crazy Life

Yours Truly

A Night Owl Blog

A Day In A Joyful Life

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O' Happy Day

Today was officially the start of the super tasty Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks :) I've seen a lot of other bloggers were lucky enough to score it a few days early, but sadly I didn't get one until today! Oh my is was uber tasty!! It may have been uber hot outside, but this totally hit that "I am ready for Fall spot" What made it even better is that it was free!! On my last trip to my local Starbucks the super cool favorite barista of mine gave me a free drink survey card. Totally took advantage of that one, seriously cannot beat free!!

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Tuesday Ramble

It's time for a Tuesday ramble..meaning..I really have nothing too exciting going on so I am just going to talk about random stuff that I have been up to the past few days. With a little help from some pictures too!! First up...good ol' Target!! Oh my how I love me some Target!! It really has everything...fun soaps, fun decor, fun random kitchen goodies, hair  and nail goodies, fun shoes, and heck even some new fun carts ;) I went in with the intent to only get a "few things", but seriously is that even possible!! I could spend forever in there I really could. The family may not be able to or want to, but ooh I can! I had on my list: dishwasher soap and hand soap!! Yea like that was gonna happen! I managed to get a few extras but not as bad as it usually is!! I have been waiting patiently to get some of the Orla Kiely Method soap, but it is always ALWAYS sold out when I get there! Not that day, they finally had it! I may have only been in two kinds/scents, but they did indeed finally have it!! I chose to get the Vanilla Chai and it doesn't disappoint! While I was aiming for a Fall scent, this one totally makes me think of Christmas (not that I mind at all considering that is my favorite time of the year) I kept coming out in the bathroom expecting to see a Christmas tree and lights in the living room!

Then I found the snazzy Starbucks Hot Cocoa! Can we say yummy!! Hurry up cooler weather!! Seriously cannot wait to give this a try!! Another thing to try, the Extra gum!! Oooh wow it's a goodie, seriously does taste like rainbow sherbet!! It was a great last impulse buy as I was checking out! It was definitely a fun afternoon!! I am a little on the glad side that they didn't have up all the Fall decor yet or that could have done some serious damage!!
As for the rest of the weekend and Monday we just lounged around the house and didn't do much of anything. I wouldn't have had it any other way either!!

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Sunday Social {Summer Wrap Up}

It's time to link up with Neely and Ashley for Sunday Social!! Summer time has come to an end so this week them is all about "Wrapping Up Summer"

What was your favorite trip/vacation/activity this summer?
This summer we didn't really go anywhere due to the sweets work schedule and them not being able to take summer vacation :( We had people come to us though! My bestie, my T came to visit for Memorial Day weekend and while it was a short visit, we still had a great time!! We did have some family come also to visit though and we seriously had a blast!! Love love love those moments!! Fun times, great music and BBQ goodness!!Any activity we did with the kiddos was super fun too! We spent the majority of the summer at our local pool and had so much fun!!

Favorite outfit look of the summer/clothing item? 

Probably a tank top, 3/4 length cardi , capri pants and my sparkle ballet flats

What is one thing you wish you had gotten to do this summer? 
I really really really wish we had gotten to go to the beach!! It wasn't in the cards or anything, but it still would have been super cool to be able to go there!! I always find it such a peaceful time, I miss being close to the beach! I would love to have this view like we did when we went to The Outer Banks last family vacation every morning, one day!

Favorite Song of the Summer? 
Some Nights by fun. is one that I had playing quite a few times!
Everybody Talks by Neon Trees is another fun one!
 Burn It Down by Linkin Park too!! Love this song!!



Favorite movie/tv show of the summer?
I really didn't have a specific favorite, I never miss an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey!!

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Flashback Friday

Cannot believe it's already Friday, a rainy rainy Friday in these parts that is for sure! Totally not complaining because we totally need it!! Even if it's been raining since midnight last night lol! I haven't really been in a posting mood this week, but after seeing this picture I just knew it would make a perfect one for today!!
Today's flashback is one of me!! I was browsing some a good friends Facebook and she had posted old class pictures, talk about a Preschool flashback! Ahh to be 4 again lol! I really wish I knew where all of mine were, how cool to look back on for sure!! Will definitely have to see about printing this bad boy off!! Happy Friday all!!

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Sunday Social {Internet}

It's Sunday Social link up time with Neely and Ashley :) Week 12's theme is "All About The Internet", here we go!!

1. What is the first website you log on to each day? 
On my phone the first thing I usually check in my email. I check both of my Gmail accounts and then I head to Facebook and Instagram :)

2. Give us some funny websites you visit that we need to know about 
I think Awkward Family Photos is hilarious! Cake Wrecks cracks me up constantly too! Ooh can't forget about Damn You Auto Correct either!

3. Pinterest or Facebook? Why? 
Ooh wow this is a toughie! I really really like both of them, but lately I have really been spending more time in Pinterest than Facebook. There are always endless pin-ibilities to search though and pin, even though my pin to project ratio is pretty low, I can't help it! I <3 Pinterest!

4. Twitter or Instagram? Why? 
Hands down Instagram! Sure I have had my Twitter account forever, but something about Instagram just draws me in more than Twitter. Maybe once I get more familiar with Twitter I will like it better, but for now I just randomly use it from Instagram pictures and any giveaway tweets!

5. Favorite youtube video...post it! 
First this video never ceases to make me laugh out loud, any of her videos really!! Seriously funny!! 
A few years ago one of my brother-in-laws showed us these Balloonshop videos and at the time I totally needed the laughs! While they are a little cheesy, watching them today still makes me laugh out loud! It made it even funnier when him and The Boy would try to recreate them, talk about funny!!

6. Biggest online pet peeve?
The one that really stands out in my mind is the assumptions one makes on a Facebook status. Why is it that there is always one person who thinks the most random thing must be about them?! This has happened to me numerous times! It could be a certain quote that may relate to absolutely nothing other than I liked it and shared it or a simple statement like "Eww what an ass" is totally taken the wrong way! Suddenly you start getting random text messages or Facebook messages about it and it leaves you saying, seriously?! So yea I would say that is one of my biggest online pet peeves!

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Flashback Friday

This was taken when my precious baby boy was just 5 days old! My goodness so tiny and damn I look so young!! Hard to believe that month early little dude is now a 12 year old junior high boy!! He will always be Mama's little man no matter how old!! Happy Friday to all!!

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