Thoughts on a blog

I have some ideas. For this blog that is. I want to get back to doing more posts per week, but for awhile I've been having a hard time thinking up some good content. I think my work updates aren't the best for content and I do have other interests. Seriously, I do.

I recently discovered Kaelah Bee and her adorable and awesome blog, little chief honeybee, and she had a great post about some blog dos and don'ts that has offered me some ideas, mainly the idea of a blog schedule. What do you think of that? I would have certain days of the week dedicated to a certain type of post, maybe about music, books, fashion, cooking, etc, in addition to the random, personal, activities/photos, and silly posts, of course.

So here's what I'm thinking, friends.

Three or four scheduled days a week:
Monday: books (both old and new, favorites, read and unread)
Wednesday: cooking/new recipe ideas
Friday: music (both new and old, indie and mainstream, favorites)
Weekend (optional): fashion related post (new trends, inspiration, stuff I love)

And maybe, if I can get my act together, outfit posts. I've been holding off on that until I knew I could get good pictures, but right now I do have a great camera and a tripod, so maybe it'll happen. Just don't get mad if it doesn't!

What do ya think? I'm going to try and start this week, but I'm also starting my new job (today was my first day), so I might wait until next week. What I'm hoping by doing this is to hold myself accountable to providing good, interesting, original (more or less) content and not just stop updating because I don't have anything to say. I usually do, and this is the place to do it. Plus I'm kind of missing the idea of homework, which this would be...but fun!

I would love to hear any ideas y'all have, but otherwise, I hope you'll enjoy the more organized blog! Happy reading!

P.S. I joined Pinterest. Have you? Because it's awesome. We should be friends! Click here to follow me.

The new Monday

Today was a good, nay a great day. Maybe even a little fabulous.

Hot hot hot pink, just in time for spring!

Today I woke up at the leisurely hour of 10am. There was no alarm, no getting up early to do homework before school, no responsibility. Nice. After a relaxing morning spent watching What Not to Wear and drinking hazelnut flavored coffee (the best kind, by the way), I put on some makeup and a cute outfit (skinny jeans, flats, and a green graphic tee) and hopped in my car to go wander the aisles of Target. Should I talk about how enjoyable it was to get ready this morning? Because it truly was. I pretty much never wear make up because usually I'm going to school and I have to walk or ride my bike, so by the time I get there I am all hot and all the hard work is ruined. Or I just don't have time. Not today. Today I made sure I felt pretty, and I do believe it worked, because I felt pretty pretty all day.

Anyway, I wandered around the Target, looking at everything (really I just looked at the shoes and dresses) and then I bought some moisturizer and that awesome hot pink nail polish you see up above, to get me in the mood for spring. After that, off to Sasha's for some hangout time!

We had lunch at Cafe del Soul in Mill Valley, which was so incredibly delicious. I totally forgot about it and how delicious it is...really you should go. Also super healthy. And they have Synergy Kombucha there, in the Guava Goddess flavor, which is my absolute favorite.

Once lunch was completed we went to Northgate, shopped at little at H&M (I got a pink skirt there. I think today should be considered a pink themed day), and saw Rango, which was so good! It was such a great day and I'm really happy I got to hang out with Sasha, cause she's kinda awesome.

So yes, I do believe today was fabulous because it was so simple. I'm starting to really appreciate days like today, where nothing out of the ordinary happens, and that is exactly what makes it so wonderful. Although, I'm still up for adventure, just not all the time.

There you have it. Was your day fabulous as well?

P.S. I started a new book, Babel Tower by A.S. Byatt, so hopefully I'll have a book review soon!
 

Look two postings in one day! (AKA I am amazing)

I want these shoes and I want them now

So yeah, the blog is now called "A Sparkly Life." Laugh all you want, but I kinda likes it. Cause I think everything is better when sparkly or glittery (both literally and metaphorically), ya know?

CAKE

See? Isn't some stuff just soooo much better when sparkly?

Anyways...so I will post a few times before this quarter is over, especially when I feel the urge to procrastinate, but things will start in earnest AFTER finals. Which for me end on a Saturday. At 5:30pm. Whose messed up mind decided to put finals on a SATURDAY AFTERNOON? Right before spring break? Well, for me I'm actually graduating, but whatevs, it's still LAME.

Some things I'm looking forward to that will make my life post-grad a little more sparkly:

• watching movies on Netflix and not feeling guilty about homework I should be doing
• getting to read books, FOR FUN
• having a social life
• not having to ride the worst bike every to school everyday
• eating normally
• no more sitting in overheated lecture halls
• sleeping again

Yeah, I'm pretty excited. Soon, so so soon!

New and Improved (Kinda)

So I've been a very bad blogger...not updating in nearly four months. How irresponsible of me! 

I've decided I want to get back into blogging, and I will, I promise. I just have to wait until the end of this quarter (March 19th), and then I will actually have the time to write down all my random thoughts that go through my head on a daily basis. 

But until then, I decided to redo the blog and make it not only about books, but everything going on, yo. I gave the blog a new name, but I'm still not sure if I like it, so that might change as time goes on...I hope anyone and everyone who reads (if anyone actually does) enjoys!

Peace out!