Adventures In: CONFESSIONS!!

*These are my confessions*
Yup I just sang to you Usher style dear blog readers :)

So I was just chatting with my co-worker about Disney, and I stated "Disney movies are freaking scary".

It's true. They are. Why they are marketed at kids I'll never fully understand. The villains are too much.

So here is my confession.

At 28 years old I still have a reoccurring nightmare that I'm stuck in the mother freakin' Cave of Wonders.

Yup. The Cave of Wonders from Aladdin still gives me nightmares. It should be called the Cave of I'm Going To Haunt You For The Rest of Your Life!

Am I alone here? Maybe, but I doubt it. And maybe it's not the Cave that still haunts your sleep, maybe it's Ursula, or Scar, or being swallowed by the whale in Pinocchio, but I bet there is someone out there who still has bad dreams from enjoying "Disney Magic" as a child.


Anyhoo. I hope everyone is having a lovely day.
To anyone in the Mid-West who awoke to more darn snow this morning, I feel your pain.

Sending you all warm thoughts :)
XO -TaraPants

PS Spring, please come visit us, and stick around for more than just a day. I miss sunshine and flowers!!

Adventures In: Blog Failures.

So I wrote my last blog about wanting to post more, and all that jazz. Then I failed miserably.

Whoops.

But, I have been super sick. It's been awful. It started over a week ago, I got a little better, now I'm worse. No fever for the time being, but it was over 102. Now I'm just coughing my head off. It's not cute. It's actually pretty annoying, and painful. Urgent Care, which was a total joke, said I had an upper respiratory infection. They gave me steroids, which did nothing but make my face red and hot. I just want to cough up whatever is making my lungs feel like they are being squished and move on with my day!!

Basically the only time I'm not coughing is when I'm eating Edy's Whole Fruit Barfs. Thank goodness they are amazing!

So that's my quick update. When I get better its my goal to make this bloggity blog better!!

Xo TaraPants

Adventures In: Being A Blog Slacker

I totally admit 2 things. I started this blog because I really wanted it to be *something*, and I'm totally slacking on making that happen.

I'm not really sure what I wanted to make this blog into, but I wanted it to be fun, entertaining, updated often, and have more than one follower. (Thanks Kelli!). I guess the problem is I'm not really sure how to make some of those things happen.

My new goals for this blog will be posting at the very very least once a week, and I need to start following other bloggers to get inspiration and such.

Hey, at the very least this blog is currently my way of ranting, gushing about my boyfriendy, and having those things to look back on later in life. However, I want more out of it than that. I want people to enjoy it, or at least comment, or something.

Time to brain storm new ideas!! Thinking cap is on.

Stay tuned!!

XO TaraPants

Adventures In: Awesome Music Taste

So in case you weren't aware, I have super awesome taste in music.

I also wake up pretty much everyday with a different song stuck in my head.

Today that song was Canadian Ten- by the amazing Mr. Butch Walker.

This afternoon the song stuck in my head is This Party Just Took A Turn for the Douche by the hilarious Garfunkle and Oates.

I'm guessing most of you said "huh.. Who... What" about both of the above bands. So do us both a favor and check out one or both amazing artists. Very different from one another, but both still spectacular.

These aren't my favorite songs by either, but they are the ones I'm singing over and over in my head today!

Share with me the songs stuck in your head. Please? I'll love you forever because you'll be the first commenter on my blog!!

XO-
TaraPants

Adventures In: Having An Amazing Boyfriend

Hi friends. I'm going to get sappy in this post.

You've been warned!

So I'm laying here next to the boyfriendy, listening to his sleep breathing (poor boy works so hard. Eleven hour days and every other Saturday. I really should ease up on him for falling sleep before me, but anyhoo), and I am feeling so blessed. We've had some conversations in the last week that have stuck out to me. I want to share them. Mostly so I'll remember, but maybe it'll spark some fond memories in my readers. Ok. Reader. Ok person who is skimming this. Okay probably just the boyfriendy who I convince to read my sillyness somehow :)

Me: sing some sad song in the car (out of tune of course)
B: (turns radio down) you know, you've ruined every sad song for me!
Me: Huh?
B: I just can't relate to them anymore
Me: (melts into a pile of smiles) Awww!!



Me: (getting out of the shower, drying off) (shouts) Babe come here!!!
B: what?
Me: Feel my butt. I think I'm actually getting a butt from the gym. Omg I have no butt, do I have a butt now... Etc
B: (grabs butt) it is pretty juicy!!

Lol. One he never says things like "juicy butt". Two score!!! I hope this butt thing isn't some fluke. I have or maybe (hopefully) had the flattest butt ever!!!


Then this one is one I'll remember forever.

We were laying in bed Sunday night. We were discussing what a great weekend we had, and his birthday party etc. We were snuggled, and warm, and happy.

B: Will you marry me someday?
Me: YES!
Gladly.
But only say that if you mean it!

Then fell asleep with the biggest smile!! We've talked about marriage before. Where would we have the wedding, what songs we'd want played, etc. But hearing him put the question to me that way made it so much more real. I love him, with all that I am. I can't wait until the day I hear that question again, like for real, with a ring and all that jazz!!

Ok sorry if you barfed from my sappyness.

I love you all, and hope you all are feeling very loved today!!

Big Xs and Os from meeee!

-TaraPants

Adventures In: Personal Reflection

So at work today my office mate and I were listening to old school 90's jams. I played Graduation (Friends Forever) and then remembered the Sunscreen song. We listened to it, and I thought WOW. This is great advice! I'm going to highlight some of the lyrics that really stuck out to me, and made me think, and encourage me :) 

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.

Some of the highlighted parts are just fun, and remind me to enjoy things in life. Like DANCE, and SING, and Enjoy the beauty and power of youth.

Other parts really hit home for me. I found myself in a puddle of tears last night because I found out someone was saying some things about me that really hurt my feelings. But this song reminded me to shake it off. Easier said than done of course, but I need to focus on enjoying life, loving the people I love, and having as much fun as possible. 

I'm also going to challenge myself to be more positive. Negativity breeds negativity. I don't want that in my life. I can be one judgmental B, but I'm going to work on it. Sure I'll still look at the annoying girl at work, and want to make comments about how stupid she is, and I'm sure I'll sometimes still share those comments with others, or chime in when others are making comments that are negative. I'm not perfect. BUT I am going to be more mindful of saying mean things about people, and even try to stop thinking the negative things, and focus on the good in people. Life is so much easier when you can be positive. I know there is a fine line between positive and naive, but in all I've experienced in my 28 years I'm pretty sure I know the difference! The old adage "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" is so NOT true. Words HURT!! I never want someone to feel what I felt last night because I discovered someone was talking trash about me because of something I said. Again, I'm not perfect, I'm for sure a work in progress, but I'm going to add this to the list of things I know I need to improve upon, and actually do something about it!! 

STARTING NOW! :) 

Wish me luck! 

Hope anyone reading this knows I appreciate them for taking time to read my (rambling) thoughts!! 

BIG X's and O's

Tara Pants

Adventures In: Being SUPER excited!!

Hello pals. I am so super excited today. Let me tell you why

• It's Friday
• It's nearly 60 degrees outside, hello crazy Indiana weather!!
• I'm going to Evansville tonight
• I'm road tripping there with my boyfriendy
• I'm staying at my besties all weekend
• I'm seeing my other bestie and her babies this weekend
• I'm finally celebrating Christmas with my mom and sister
• I talked to Jonathan (my handsome, smart, hilarious 3 year old 'nephew') on the phone last night, and he melted me heart into a giant puddle. "I get to see you this weekend" Me "YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Him. His excitement was so very sweet. He kept telling me how happy he was to see me, and called me his best friendy which is so cute because I call everyone "friendy" or Brad my "boyfriendy". Then he wowed me with his smartness. He sang me the ABC's and I know most kids at that age sort of mumble/smash together the LMNOP part, not J Man. He sang it clear as day! Then he was telling me about the car accident he was in, and I said "Did Daddy get his car fixed yet", he replied with, "Me and Daddy were thinking there is no way it can be fixed". Seriously? SERIOUSLY. So cute/funny/smart!!! He also sang me the IU fight song, which of course made this Hoosier girl proud!!! :)  Hence the IU logo at the top of this blog that I can't seem to figure out how to move.
• I figured out that Butch Walker produced one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs. That made the music nerd/Butch Walker lover/Taylor Swift fan girl in me super excited! 

Okay that's all for now from me!

I hope everyone has an amazing weekend!!

XO- Tara Pants