I'm really not sure why I started blogging. I don't have children and we really don't do anything exciting that I should blog about on a daily basis. When I originally started blogging, I was a nanny and I would blog about things I would do with the boys but that ended so I now I blog about wedding plans, traveling we do and whatever else I see fit. I think now I blog so that way I can go back and read it and remember it and hopefully someday my children will be able to read it too.
Today is day 31 of the blog challenge. I've had lots of fun doing it (even though a few times I had to play catch up). I'm excited to get back to normal blogging as I tried to keep my blog posts to one a day.
I gained some new followers from this and would do it again if there was a chance!
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Showing posts with label 31 Day Blog Challenge. Show all posts
Day 29: Where I've traveled
I can't say I've done much traveling to other countries or gone anywhere exotic but I have been to Mexico twice, Canada, Las Vegas, California and Texas.
I first went to Mexico on a mission trip when I was in high school. We built a house for a family and taught people about The Word. I wish I had pictures of that trip because it was life changing.
I would love to visit New York, England, Paris, Ireland...the list goes on!
Day 28: Something I'm looking forward to
There are a few things I'm looking forward to as we have a lot of great things happening over the next year or so. I won't get that far ahead of myself so I'll say that I'm really looking forward to our engagement photo session. We take pictures June 16th and I'm sort of counting down the days! Once we get our pictures back, we'll be able to get save-the-dates out! So so exciting!
Day 27: Favorite recipe
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Day 25: My 5 favorite blogs
These 5 blogs I read either everyday or every time they blog. I love the way each one of them write and I love their story.
Day 25: My favorite childhood books
Day 23: My dream job
I'll make this short and sweet. For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to be a teacher. There are so many teachers that touched my life in so many ways that I hope to have that impact on children someday.
Day 22: The best thing to happen this year
I can't just narrow it down to one thing as two great things have happened this year! The first thing is that The Mr. & I got engaged! I'm sure everyone is tired of me talking about it but it's a life changing event and I couldn't be happier. The second best thing is being able to see my oldest sister 100% sober and living a healthy lifestyle. She is doing so good and everyday I am so proud of her!
Day 21: My 10 favorite foods
- Mom's lasagna
- Mexican food
- Pizza
- Chicken divan
- Fruity pebbles
- Italian food
- Snickers
- The Mr.'s quesadillas
- PB&J Sandwiches
- Sub sandwiches
Day 20: A difficult time in my life
I won't go into too many details about this and not because I don't want to talk about it or because I'm ashamed, but who wants to dwell in the past? Besides, I'm over it and moved on from it and because of it, I'd like to think I'm a better person.
I would have to say the most difficult time in my life thus far was living in Seattle, trying to make it on my own, being in a horrible relationship and getting myself into way too much debt. At the time, I really didn't know what I wanted in life but I wanted to prove that I could do it and do it better then others. Man, I was wrong! I was there about two years and moved back home, it was the best decision I have ever made!
I would have to say the most difficult time in my life thus far was living in Seattle, trying to make it on my own, being in a horrible relationship and getting myself into way too much debt. At the time, I really didn't know what I wanted in life but I wanted to prove that I could do it and do it better then others. Man, I was wrong! I was there about two years and moved back home, it was the best decision I have ever made!
Day 19: Something I collect
Day 18: The meaning behind my blog name
I've had two blogs, the first one was Lil' Bit of Sunshine, but I got tired of the name and had some followers that I didn't want to follow me so I changed it to A Dab of Abby. When I was in elementary school, a few teachers and one certain secretary used to call me Dabby Abby. They called me this all the way until high school and I'm sure if I saw them today, they would still call me that. So when I was looking for a blog name, I decided on A Dab of Abby to go with Dabby Abby but also because my blog is just a dab of me. Little bits of me here and there!
Day 17: My proudest moment
Being able to call these two beauties my nieces makes me pretty dang proud!
Day 16: Top of my bucket list
There are three things that are at the top of my bucket list. I don't care what order they happen in, I just want to make sure I do these three things before I die.
- Pay off my debt
- Visit New York
- Go back to school/become a teacher
What's on your bucket list?
Day 15: Timeline of my day
I really don't have a set schedule making a timeline of my day hard to write. Everyday is different and I probably never do the something at the same time everyday.
So, I'll do roundabout times with things I try to do almost everyday.
Unless I work really early, I normally wake up anywhere from 8:30-10am so...
8:30-10am - Wake up! I normally check my phone, read emails, text or call people back while lying in bed.
10-11am - Relax and wake up. I'll get on my laptop or iPad, respond to emails, check Facebook, read blogs and do all those other important internet things.
11-12pm - Find something to eat/get ready for work/day. It takes me a bit to get hungry, so I'll grab a quick brunch and then jump in the shower to get ready for work or the day.
12-9pm - Work. Closing seems to be something I'm doing a lot so I normally go to work anywhere in the 12 o'clock hour and we get out of there at 8:45pm.
9-bedtime - Visit with The Mr., blog, relax, clean etc. We don't do anything major in this time, sometimes we'll have a small bite to eat but nothing to call home about it. Bedtime is anywhere from 11-12pm or like last night, I went to bed at 1:30am. I couldn't put my book down!
Day 14: If I won the lottery....
Winning the lottery would be wonderful and it's always fun to dream about. There are many things that I would love to do with the money but if I were to really win, I'm sure it wouldn't go the way I want it and I would have no clue what to do with that much money. But if I'm ever to win a huge amount of money I would....
- First and foremost.....pay off this horrible debt that's weighing me down!
- pay off my parents house and make sure they were set for awhile
- buy/build a house
- build an education fund for my future children
- invest and save save save!!!!!
Okay, really, who am I kidding? I'd probably throw in a shopping trip in there too!
Day 13: My earliest memory
As we sat around today enjoying the day with my parents, my sister and I talked about childhood memories and we had some great laughs.
My sister was taken back by the fact that she remembers a lot of childhood memories with me around but I was so young that I don't remember them. I realized that there are a lot "memories" I thought I remembered but a lot of them were just from pictures or stuff my parents told me about.
I would have to say that my first memory is bits and piece of the car ride during our big move from Texas to Washington. I was really young, probably no older then 4 and I remember it was winter time. Somewhere along the way we stopped to eat and it was snowing really hard; it had obviously been snowing for awhile because I remember there being a lot on the ground. We all got out of the car and before anyone could say anything, I swear at the same time we all picked up a snowball and starting having a snowball fight, but we pretty much focused on Mom. Poor Mom, she had snowballs being thrown at her from all angles.
We still get a get laugh about that story and Mom still shakes her head when we talk about it.
Day 12: Inside my fridge
The Mr. thought it was kind of weird that I was taking pictures of the fridge to show the world, he just doesn't understand this blogging thing.
I don't think we have anything special in our fridge but I do know we have a lot of sauces and no beer or wine. Horrible!
What's in your fridge?
I don't think we have anything special in our fridge but I do know we have a lot of sauces and no beer or wine. Horrible!
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