10 day challenge

we're finally here, people! the last 10 day challenge post!

here's the photo i chose to celebrate this last post:

i had a blast creating each list for you all, and i hope you enjoyed learning a little about me!

to see all 10 challenge posts, click here!

10 day challenge

2 of my favorite songs at the moment are:

1. last friday night - katy perry

2. head full of doubt/road full of promise - the avett brothers

seriously, look these songs up on itunes or youtube; and think of me while you listen ; )

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

here are 3 films i really enjoy:

1. breakfast at tiffany's - all-time favorite movie!

2. i love you, man - so many great jokes in this one!

3. bride wars - i love watching this on a lazy day. it's so funny and stars two of my favorite acresses.

 

what are your favorite movies?

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

this week's challenge is hard for me, since i'm not a big reader..

but fortunately, i was just on an airplane so i went through a couple of books during my travels:

1. 'are you there, vodka? it's me, chelsea' by chelsea handler

2. 'matters of the heart' by danielle steel (borrowed from my grandma in a moment of desperation before my flight)

because i pathetically can't think of 2 more books i have actually read cover-cover in the past couple of years, here are two books i want to read:

3. 'bossypants' by tina fey - i've heard this book is phenomenal!

4. 'the hunger games' by suzanne collins - i've heard a lot of hype about this book as well. it might be the next one i purchase!

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

time for yet another 10 day challenge post. and guess what - we're half way done already!

today for you all, i am going to list 5 foods that i love, and 5 foods that i hate!

5 foods i love

1. pasta - plain with olive oil, salt, & parmesan cheese!

2. cereal - mainly cheerios & honey bunches of oats

3. milk, both with my cereal and by itself

4. carrot juice

5. mashed potatoes, potato salad, baked potatoes.. most potatoes except for # 2 below

5 foods i hate

1. granny smith & red delicious apples. other kinds are fine.

2. potatoes au gratin

3. plain chocolate; there has to be some sort of incentive for me to eat it, like peanut butter or toffee or nuts

4. cooked vegetables that were once frozen. usually how they serve them at fast food places and some restaurants. like el pollo loco veggies, no way!

5. raw arugula

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

happy thursday!

today i get to talk about 6 places. i thought i'd do 2 lists: 6 places i've been, and 6 places i want to go!

6 places i've been

1. paris, france

2. amsterdam

3. canada (can't remember exactly where)

4. new york

5. oregon

6. the dominican republic

6 places i want to go

1. hawaii

2. mexico (a nice part of mexico..)

3. on a cruise to some tropical place like the caribbean islands

4. italy

5. greece

6. fiji

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

7. to crawl back in bed instead of having to work today.

6. to travel. i really want to go back to europe (i've been to france & amsterdam).

5. another dog. lilly would make a wonderful older sister!

4. to be happy with my body. i'm getting there, kind of..

3. a baby. someday. definitely not now.

2. to get married. to randy, preferrably!

1. to do things that make me happy without worrying about what other people will think.

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

time for a new installment of the

8. death. but who isn't, really?

7. not being a grown-up. i save as much money as i can, but i still can't afford to do grown-up things like buy a new car or go on a trip.

6. bugs. i hate bugs! they scare me : (

5. one of my biggest fears is our place being robbed. break-ins are really scary because they just destroy any sense you have of security or safety. thankfully we live in a really secure, gated complex.

4. having $0. i constantly check my bank account and credit card to make sure i have money and that i don't miss a payment.

3. i'm scared i won't be able to have babies. it's kind of an irrational fear, but for some reason i feel like i might be infirtile.

2. looking like a boy. this one is so stupid, but it's true. i don't like to dress down too often because i feel like i don't look girly enough.

1. being annoying. i hate feeling like i'm annoying people. i always try to avoid texting too much or calling too much.

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

happy thursday!

if you can remember back all the way to 1 week ago, i mentioned that i'm starting a new series, the 10 day you challenge!



here are 9 things/people/whatevers i love (in no particular order):

9. sleeping. i could sleep all day every day if people would let me.

8. photography. i would shoot all day every day if people would let me.

7. our newly renovated apartment even though it's been this way for a couple of weeks now, i still get a pang of excitement when i walk through the door! 

6. shopping. i'll be honest. i'm a girl, and i love new things!

5. awesome people. i love the friends that i've made at work and the people i've gotten closer to lately.

4. bread. carbs are the death of me!

3. my job. i really do honestly love what i do. i get to see my parents every day (which is not as terrible as you'd probably assume) and people depend on me to get things done. it's the perfect amount of responsibility, learning new things, and having fun!

2. my family. my parents and my brother, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, 2nd cousins.. the chauran/lowe clan is a really awesome family to be a part of!

1. randy + lilly = my whole life. i honestly am the luckiest girl in the world to have them both by my side.

next week i'll be talking about things that scare me..

until next time..

<3 alaina

10 day challenge

welcome to the first post of a new series on the daily do:

every thursday for the next 10 weeks i will be sharing some facts about myself with you!
(i saw this on another blog, but i can't remember which one. sorry!!)

so, without further adieu, the first challenge:



let me just say, 10 is a lot of secrets to come up with!

10. i'm left-handed. it's never a secret for long, but people are always surprised when they find it out.

9. i think i'm developing a stutter. like, an adult-onset stutter. it's been a lot harder to get out what i have to say lately.. (if anyone knows anything about stutters, let me know!!)

8. sometimes i think randy and i could have benefited from being single a while longer before we got together. mind you, we have a wonderful relationship, but i know we missed out on the things our single friends get to experience. randy can count the relationships he's been in on less than half of one hand, and i've been with randy since right before i turned 19. it's not good or bad, it's just something i think about sometimes.

7. my dog is my best friend. literally, i could hang out with lilly for days and be content. she never gives me attitude (well, sometimes..) and loves me completely unconditionally. to her, i'm always right, and i'm the prettiest girl in the world. lilly is the best!

6. i hate being alone in public. i can be by myself at home all day long, but if i have to go out and do something, i would much prefer to have someone there with me. i don't even like going grocery shopping by myself.

5. i'm still scared of my parents. it's not a secret to those who know me really well (and probably not a secret to my parents, either), but i get really freaked out when i have to tell them bad news or if i feel like i'm going to disappoint them.

4. i'm a very jealous person. it's one thing i don't really admire about myself, but i am. i get jealous when others get to have things i don't have or get to do things i don't get to do. i judge my happiness against the happiness of others too much. i'm working on it though, promise!

3. i'm controlling. really controlling. i have to be in control of every situation, regardless if i have any actual control over it. my need to be in control often causes me to take too much onto my plate, and then i get overwhelmed and irritable. i sound like a joy don't i?!
; )

2. i kind of don't like the way randy sneezes. he knows i think he sneezes too loud and he can probably tell by the way i get all angry when he sneezes that i don't like it but i've never told him point-blank "i don't like the way you sneeze." i'm one to talk - people say my sneezes sound like a fart coming out of my nose..

1. i care way too much about people. not that being caring is a bad thing, but sometimes i take things too personally, or i feel like if someone's upset that it's my fault. i just have a huge heart, what can i say?

speaking of my heart, check back next thursday to see a list of people and things i love...

until next time..

<3 alaina