Moving On Up...

..to Wordpress!

Check out my blog now at http://christinerochelle.com. Don't worry, all of the posts here on Blogger were imported to WP. Yeah, I'm fancy like that.

Please Excuse the Interruption

..I'm moving my blogspot over to a Wordpress.

Yes, I know, big girl blog!

I'm also taking down christinerochelle.com, putting up a site that doesn't have me throwing up swirls and just combining the mess I have right now into one, central site.

Basically, come back in about three days for a website and blog that is no longer designed by a sorority girl.

Sunday Surprise

If you stalk my tweets (I'm sure ALL of you do cause I'm that awesome) you probably noticed I've had a rough week or so.

The days leading up to a conference seem to really get to me. Actually, whenever I get on a plane I tend to have a semi-panic attack before I leave. I guess everyone reacts differently because I stress right before something happens instead of during it. Once I get to the conference I'll be fine but I like to be overly prepared hence the increased anxiety levels the past few days.



Anyways, Patrick (who can also be found under the tag "best boyfriend ever") is smart enough to also stalk my tweets, even when he's off working bridal fashion week in the city which is a *bit* more important than me. He saw I was having a bad day and surprised me tonight with a goody bag from one of the fashion shows.



I am now playing around with my new lip gloss as my sister is texting me that she wants the nail polish claiming, "YOU DON'T WEAR BRIGHT NAIL POLISH."

What a nice little Sunday surprise.


:)

[Insert Rebecca Black Lyrics Here]

What a week it has been.

My stress level has skyrocketed, mostly because we're just 8 days away from my company's Orlando conference and I have not one but two workshops I'm holding for industry professionals. Add on the fact that I'm already heading into final exam mode along with marathon training and you have one stressed out girl right here.

Despite the heavy workload for both school and work and the normal stressors that life brings, it is really hard to be too down when a pretty amazing guy shows up at your door with some pretty amazing flowers...all just to cheer you up.

Andrewisms

I'm going to start writing down all the Andrewisms I get every day, such as the one above.

Then I'm going to combine them with pretty much everything that comes out of @MikeyRizz's mouth during our daily GChat conversations.

And it will be glorious.

Dealer Digest Daily

An About Me From A to Z

Copied from Meredith, mostly because she gave me a shout out in hers.

A: If you were an Animal, which would you be? A dog. They sleep all day and people think they're adorable for it.
B: Books, what's on your reading list? 'Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers' is my favorite book for school, and now 'Linchpin' is on my table waiting to be read.
C: Compulsive about anything? Clean bathrooms. And painting in the lines, as you can see with the photo on the right.
D: Dreams - Do you dream in color? Do you remember them? I have ridiculously vivid dreams about Oprah, dead babies and ex-boyfriends.
E: Eating - What's your favorite unusual snack? Mozzarella balls.
F: Favorite Things - Name a few: Glee, Bunnies, Twitter, and cupcakes.
G: Giggles - What/Who makes you laugh? I aspire to be the next Jen Lancaster.
H: Hot - What/Who is 'hot' to you? Meredith.
I: Fill in the blank: I am = distracted?
J: Jealous of anything? Hmm...anyone who is retired?
K: Also Known As: Tine, Chris, Chrissy Lee, Rochelle Rochelle, XTine, Jersey and Mom. The last two stemming from my sorority but the Mom name has followed me to work as well.
L: (I think L got lost in the copy/paste.)
M: Meeting People - How does it make you feel? Always like meeting new people. Most people think I'm quiet though.
N: Name - First name was my grandmother's middle name, which means something about Jesus. (Christ? Christine? Come on people.)
O: Observant - What's around you right now? Some awesome people.
P: People - Who's special in your life? Bradley boo has my heart. We were Valentines after all.
Q: Any Quirks about yourself? I can holistic heal you and have serious conversations about crystals and acupressure.
R: What do you do for Recreation? I don't have any free time outside of marathon training, grad school and work.
S: Sing - Where do you do it? Have a favorite tune? I only sing in the car and that is usually Glee, Beyonce or Adele.
T: What's at the Top of your To-Do List? Write a book.
U: Any Unusual experiences? Eating a boiled duck fetus in Vietnam.
V: Vegas, Vienna, Venice...How far have you traveled? Favorite City? Vietnam was the farthest. Favorite city is Venice.
W: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall...Favorite Season? Spring.
X: Ex's, things you don't do anymore and won't do again: Date accountants. And Republicans for that matter.
Y: You - Name 5 things most people don't know about you: I used to experience panic attacks but have taught myself to handle them after refusing to take meds, I've participated in a Wiccan ceremony with my crazy friend Lucy, I love reading about polygamy, I've written a few anonymous sex blogs on a friend's website, and I start every day with a dance party. Those are a pretty solid 5 things people probably don't know about me but if you've read this far then that is my gift to you.
Z: Zero to Zenith - Where are you in life? I don't know what that means.

A Date With a Farmer

Told to me by a good friend. Names changed, mostly for the protection of the farmer. Actually, there are no names here but I felt like I should say that for some legal reasons. Anyways, read on.

I've been dating/talking to/whatever with farmer mike since the middle of January. Never met each others friends or family (except the first night we met and were all wasted)...but have been doing the whole meet half way thing and blah blah blah. well he moved out of his parents [farm] house on Thursday and yesterday asked me if I wanted to come over to see his new apartment.

So I drive out to Stockton, NJ (never heard of it? There's a reason for that) and see his mailbox, but cant find his house...so I call him and he goes do you see the big hill? and I replied 'yes' and he said 'you have to drive up it.' Well I'm in a Toyota Solara...it's pouring rain. So I cant get up the hill because of the mud and rain and I'm stuck. I reversed to get some kind of head start and got stuck the other way.

I got myself out and up the hill and at the top were 3 giant cows with horns- no fucking joke. I didn't want to get out of my car and I looked to my left and there were 2 donkeys humping each other. And on the other side there was a horse and a mini pony.

THEN I called him and made him come out and get me...and there were cats by my feet....I HATE CATS.

So I'm completely out of my element and i get to the front door and a 4 year old answers...and there is a 2 year old on the couch..and 2 grown men. He neglected to tell me that his brother was home, he had his kids for the weekend and the friend was his other roommate. THEN his brother got called into work and we had to take his nephews to dinner and put them to bed. I'm 24 fucking years old and I'm playing house...farmer version.

The moral of the story is that I still haven't gotten laid. His donkey is getting more ass then I am...no pun intended.

After a lot of "LMAO's" and "hahahaha" and a little "bahaha" the friend said:

If you could pull yourself together and give me some advice that would be wonderful.

I think I need another day. File this post under "farmer."

Aries Birthday Boys

My dad, brother-in-law and boyfriend all have birthdays within three days of one another. Since my mom wanted to celebrate the Aries men in her life, we went to brunch and then headed back to my sister's house for dessert.

I baked for each of the birthday boys. Dad got a devil's food cake, Dave dug into his giant chocolate chip cookie cake tower, and Patrick had his pecan pie.

All of it I made from scratch thanks to Martha Stewart and a nearly 10 hours baking fest that happened in my kitchen this Saturday.

Some pictures:

Warning

The documentaries I have to watch for my online class are getting more and more interesting.

And when I say interesting, I mean weird. Because after the first 10 minutes of how our Earth is going to self-destruct, I fell asleep.