The Corner News-September 18, 2015

September 18, 2015September 18, 20158 Comments

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of The Corner News! Here is what went on these past two weeks.

Number 1: Sorry that this post is late…ooppss…

Number 2: I got a promotion at work! Hooray! I am now in a supervising position where I am a Team Leader. I have to work at the other location than where I was originally, but I started this past Wednesday and I am still very new to it. Thankfully, the other Team Leaders are very nice and have helped me with the differences.

Number 3: Mom and I went to build some rustic pumpkins stand thingies…We had quite a bit of fun doing it.

First, we took a selfie!

Then we hammered the nails in that we needed to build the box.

Next we drew our designs to cut them out. I didn’t want to be traditional and decided to draw out a cat instead of a pumpkin.

Here is my cat.

And here is mom’s pumpkin.

They aren’t done obviously, but this is how far we got. And this is the exciting things that have happened these past weeks. Hope you have a great weekend!

A Mini Vacation to Lodi

September 17, 2015September 16, 20154 Comments

So, I am a very busy person. I go to school 2 days a week and work the other 5. URGH! I have no time to myself!

But, before life took over, I was able to take a mini vacation to see a friend of mine.

This summer, my friend Sara had invited me to Lodi to take a mini vacation. So, we picked a weekend that I would drive to Lodi and visit her and her family. So on September 11th, after work and school, I drove 2 1/2 hours to Sara’s house. When I arrived, all we did was relaxed the night away. I was tired, so it was awesome for me.

But the next day was full of activity. We woke up early and drove from Lodi to Sacramento to go shopping! We visited Arden Fair mall and spent about 2 hours there. And yes, I did buy some things: Tsum Tsums for my nieces, Disney bows for myself, and two pairs of shorts from Torrid that were on sale. Hooray!

The next thing that we did was go to lunch at a place called The Squeeze. It was a lot of food, but it definitely was delicious.

Next, Sara and I went to the Stockton Fairgrounds where her mom and dad were serving beer at the horse races. Now, we were more interested in watching the races and wondering if the pretty one was going to win, but we still had a lot of fun out there. Also, beer is disgusting…

Finally, we went to a local winery and went wine tasting. The place was very nice and the people there were very sweet. And, the wine was good. Maybe a bit too bitter for me, but I will admit that I am a bit of a lightweight when it comes to alcohol.

The next day we went to the local zoo. To be honest, the zoo wasn’t that great. A lot of birds and lemurs and monkeys, and a snow leopard. A snow leopard without snow…

And the last thing that we did was do some more shopping in Stockton. We didn’t buy anything, but it was still fun.

And this was the end of the vacation. It was sad to leave, but at the same time I was ready to go home. I wanted to sleep in my own bed and relax, but I didn’t want to get back to the normality of life.

So thanks to Sara and her family for letting me stay with them. Thanks for giving me a great weekend off from life. But now, back to the hustle and bustle of school and work. Yeah….

Scrapbook Paper Signs

September 10, 2015September 9, 201513 Comments

Do you ever go shopping in an arts and crafts store and see something that you absolutely didn’t need and you bought it anyway?

Yep…all the time…

Well, on a certain trip to a certain Hobby Lobby with a certain mother of mine (you know who you are), my certain mother HAD to stop in the scrapbooking aisle. Not that I didn’t want to stop in the aisle, but it’s for the purpose of the story. So as we looked down the aisle, we both realized that some of the 12 by 12 paper was really cute.

And that’s when I realized that I was going to purchase some of these cute pieces of paper.

I bought 2 turquoise and 2 white papers to use. I wanted to hang them on a wall in the living room at the apartment, so I had to find something to hang them with. So, continuing thought the certain Hobby Lobby with a certain mother of mine, we found cork board that I could put the paper on.

So the cork board came with stickers to put on the back that would attach to the wall. I liked this because then I didn’t need any other hangers. I then hung the paper on the cork board with gold tacks that I had left over from my push pin art. So, with one pin on each corner, the pictures were hung on the wall.

And here’s the finished product!

I love how the pictures look. I know that deer and arrows are all in right now, so it worked perfectly, along with the words Love and Hello. It looked great on the wall and I love the pop of color. Now…if only I can get them to stay on the wall…

Corner News-9/4/15

September 4, 2015September 3, 20154 Comments

Hey everyone! It is Friday! Hip hip hooray! It the end of the week and onto the weekend, where everyone can relax. So, here is what has been going on in my world this week.

I started school last week…bleh…can it be over yet? If you didn’t know, I am a Kinesiology major and I would love to graduate with a degree in Exercise Science. I am hoping that will happen in the next school year, or maybe the fall semester.

My roommates and I have a study session

Also, I started my own Periscope! Not only am I do the #SeptemberScopers challenge with my mom for the blog, but I am going to try to vlog…livestream…scope…whatever it’s called everyday as well. So please follow both our Periscope accounts to get double the fun!

And finally, I have been making more signs like I made for my coworker Kelli. I made this one for my coworker Lola.

Owl Always Love You

And this one for my coworker Braydan.

The Smooth Sea Never Made A Skilled Sailor

And I have more orders in the works! If enough people are interested in these signs, I might start an Etsy account to sell them for others. Let me know if you would be interested so we can get that ball rolling if needed!

Well, that’s all that happened these past two weeks. Hope you have a great weekend and see you all next week!

#SeptemberScopers

September 3, 2015September 2, 2015Leave a comment

It is officially September, which means that leaves are falling, weather is changing, Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back at Starbucks (for any of you into that), and new challenges for blogging.

Working Mom Magic has started the #SeptemberScopers Challenge. This is using the app Periscope where someone can livestream from their phone. This livestream can be 5 minutes or it can be an hour, whichever you prefer. This app is connected with Twitter, so you can tell your Twitter followers when you went live on Periscope. It is awesome!

So Working Mom Magic has set up certain things that you can talk about on your scope, but it isn’t limited to just that! You can talk about whatever you want! Hooray!

And, mom and I have taken the challenge. Well…more me than mom, but it is still both of us. I have posted a livestream the past two days and will try (biggest and most important word) to post a livestream everyday on from that. The times will be a little skewed because of work and school schedules, but I will post on Twitter when I go live!

Finally, please check us out on Periscope. Our username is @homeonthecorner, so please follow us and give our livestreams hearts. I also have a personal Periscope, @yoyorocks99. Follow both of these account to see more of what mom and I go through for the blog!