Yes, I do in fact listen to "catchy" and "popular" music. As long as it's good...

So, yeah. I had THE hugest musical crush on Nelly in middle school. It's partly because of the environment I spent time in (school, friends, the YS) but also because he's just so darned catchy. And musically talented. haha. Hey, now! No hatin'! ;) I heard his newest song on our local Mix Station a few weeks ago and flipped out, I mean flipped out (and maybe slightly swerved. a little. because I was driving XP). I was so excited! I turned up the radio as loud as I could and experienced complete happiness as I realized that yes, indeed, his newest hit was in fact worth bragging about!

And now because I really feel the need, you can listen to him too. :)

Ahhhhh.

So perfect.

So perfect.

And...yes. I can in fact sing his older songs from memory. Just in case you were wondering? ;)

Happy Wednesday!

xoxo

Baloney

Who Are We Mistaken?

Today I was getting online to do "productive" things of course ;) and was practically slapped over the head with this message whilst trying to access my youtube homepage.

It made me smile anyways. :)

And I thought it was pretty appropriate.

Especially since my day went kinda like this:

BOOM

POW

KABLOOEY

BLECH

Yeah...I'm glad to be home.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day...

Today's Song: "Zombie" by The Cranberries. AGAIN with The Cranberries, KAITLYN? Yes, yes. I know. :) It's perfect for today though. What can I say? They're just too awesome to not share!

Happy Hump-Day!

xoxo

Baloney

Celebrate my life

[post-dancing, my friend Jennie and me]

As most of you know, I just started my new job last week. Well, this week marked the first week of "officially" working with the kiddos, in more of a classroom setting. Basically, my job is awesome. You can be jealous; it's okay. ;)

I've been really busy the past two weeks what with starting my new job, ending my old job, getting ready for school, starting school, and trying to also maintain a bit of a social life.

The past two weeks were a little like this:

• Swimming, swimming, and more swimming
• Swing dancing to some live jazz downtown (see photo :])
• Homemade spaghetti dinner with my coworkers at their apartment- yum!
• Lunch with my boss and coworkers (surprisingly really fun)
• Enjoying the last of the summer sun
• Getting a slight sunburn because of said summer sun
• Lots of iced chais
• Lots of chocolate
• Finding some great sales and buying cute things
• Buying my very first car!! (with my own money)
• Driving my very first car
• Fixing up my very first car (thanks, Dad!)
• Registering my very first car with the tax office (yikes!)
• Getting to know some fantastic boys at work :) (I love my job)
• Spending some time with my good friend, R
• Scott Pilgrim with R for his birthday
• Girls night out with my sisters: French food and Eat Pray Love :)
• Starting classes
• Surviving my first week of classes
• Freckle multiplication
• And listening to loads of great music

That's pretty much what's been going on here with me, Baloney.

What have you all been up to? Anything fun?

It's time to hit the hay now, but first...

Today's Song: "Someday" by Sugar Ray. Seriously, I'm a 90's rock kinda girl. Probably because I grew up listening to this music? And this song just fits right now.

Happy Friday!

Have a great weekend all.

See you soon.

xoxo

Baloney

Back to cool

Back to school...

Please excuse me as I get my life back to normal.

In the meantime, enjoy one of my current faves

by the talented Courtyard Hounds.

Be back soon.

xoxo

Baloney

Maybe this time

I started working at my "real" job this week.

I'll be working as a recess monitor, teacher's aide, and after school provider at a private all boys school here in town.

Which is apparently a good thing because, as you can see, I get along so well with my friend J.T. ;).

I've spent a lot of my young adult life working with kids professionally and as an on-the-side kind of job (like this summer). When my cousin-in-law informed me that the school she had just gotten hired at was still looking for workers I jumped at the opportunity. I contacted the provider, was interviewed, and got hired almost on the spot. That was back in May.

So I've had the whole summer to think and stress about this job. Which, apparently, was all for nothing. The past two days have been great. The staff is like one huge family and everyone has been incredibly helpful and understanding as I've been trying to find my way. I really like the team that I'm going to be working with too. And the food. Oh, gosh. The food. It's all homemade. Which in itself is incredible. They also have a full vegetarian option for the staff (another plus). And yesterday they served ice cream sundaes to kick off the school year!! Yuuuummmm. If the first few hours at work hadn't convinced me how lucky I was to have this job, the ice cream definitely would have won me over alone. But I digress. I didn't get on here to gush about my job (or did I?). ;)

*subject change* I almost never carry prepackaged water bottles with me. It's such an unnecessary waste in my opinion, of both money and natural resources to purchase those bottles on a regular basis. Anyways, this past weekend I took my large pink plastic bottle out in the sun with me. Boy, was that a mistake. I mean, it might not have been that bad, had I not only left it in the sun for a few hours, but I also put my sunscreen laden hands all over it. Yuck. Talk about a mess. Apparently the oils from my fingers+the sun's 100degree rays+the greasy sunscreen=one heck of a mess. My water bottle has died the great die. *moment of silence* Long live the pink water bottle.

Jeez, Kaitlyn, ramblerambleramble. The point is that I wanted to buy some whipped cream in order to create the awesome sundaes I had at work; I needed a new water bottle because I get dehydrated easily and mine passed on; and I needed a new makeup bag (special thanks to Jessica's stinky Leonardo for chewing the zipper on my previous one). ;) So I went to Target after work today with my brother and bought the essentials....

And apparently got sidetracked by the new Hey Monday CD.

It just jumped into my hands, I swear!

Isn't it pretty?

I was considering getting a glass bottle but after dropping the plastic one three times while viewing it in the store, erred on the side of plastic. Not that I'm at all clumsy. Or anything. ;)

Enough of that. For now.

haha.

I'm excited to start the new year both at school and work. Hopefully things continue going well.

Did you do anything exciting this week?

Happy Wednesday!

xoxo

Baloney

Today's Song: "Lagrimas" by J.D. Natasha. I've been in looovvveee with this song since my best friend eva showed it to me in high school. This song is so incredible. Natasha is clearly a very talented artist. And the video? Wow.

Oh, send the sunshine down to me.

{weheartit}

I feel like sometimes life gets in the way. I have so many things to be thankful for, really, I do. But at times, when I'm all alone (especially late at night) I start thinking. In this thinking time, I ask a lot of rhetorical questions about my life.

Where am I going? What am I planning? Will I be okay?

And asking these questions really doesn't help me that much. All it ever does is make me insecure in the place that I am now.

Things are going exactly the way they are supposed to be going. I just need to focus on where I am right now.

Deep breaths, Kaitlyn. You'll get through this too.

Today's song: "Impossible" by the talented Shontelle. I love this song.

(A HUGE thank you to Jessica for showing me how to post these pictures/giving me the inspiration. You rock, lil sis. :D)

Merry Very Happy

I just HAD to share this.

*click*

haha.

Yeah, I can't wait for the movie(s) to start showing either.

Tomorrow's Friday! Yessssss. So excited.

Hope you're all well. :)

xoxo

Baloney

Reminds Me Of Childhood Memories

Oh hi! I'm off to do lots of busy things today but first

one of my favorite scenes from this movie EVER. ha!

Feel free to laugh hysterically. :)

Hope you're all having a great weekend.

xoxo

Kaitlyn

Guess What??!!

I am not a ROBOT!

ha! Just couldn't resist.

This song has been playing on a continuous loop a mi casa the past month!

No joke. We obsess. :)

True story.

And in other delightful news:

I received another award for my blog!

AAAHH!

A huge thank you to Mariella for thinking of me.

Made my day.

For reals.

I would like to pass this one on to my blogging friends out there.

AKA:

• Molly from my name is yeh
• My bestie Sarah from g2g ttyl bby ilu
• JenRem from absent minded
• Caitlyn from In Caitlyn's World
• Jenna from The Indecisive Organizer
• My sissy Callie from themagicalbean
• And my other sissy Jessica from JessicaLeighLaLou
• and...YOU! Thanks for stopping by :D

Guess what, girls?

Tag! You're it!

haha.

Oh! And in other news...*drum roll please*... My mommy got a blog!!!

exciting, I know. :)

Wait patiently with me as she finds her way?

I hope you all are doing splendidly! I can't wait for the weekend myself. I've been sooo busy :/. See you soon!

xoxo

Kaitlyn Baloney

:)

Aren't these just the cutest?

Coming from an avidly "animal loving" family, I just couldn't resist sharing these sweet little critters with you guys ;). And all I can really say, is TGIF!

Happy Weekend all! Any fun plans?

xoxo

Baloney

(Please click on photos for sources.)

Jeez Louise

My best friend of nearly five years is in Italy with her family again this summer. And I really miss her :(.

With her gone, I feel like I'm being forcibly deprived of pizza.

haha no joke. :)

Because pizza is, after all, one of the most important parts of life. Especially Italian pizza.

Seriously, I still dream of that pizza I had in Vicenza that one time...mmmm.

Anyways, the point is, I really love my best friend. Oh, and she finally has a blog!

So you should definitely check it out. :)

And in other pleasant news:

I received a blog award!

From JessicaLeighLaLou! Yeah!

hehe

I would like to pass this award to anyone that manages to find their way onto my blog.

For no other reason than that I think you guys rock! Thank you for your continued support and for the comments you leave. They make me feel appreciated here in the blogging world.

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.

Mine went pretty smoothly, I can honestly say. Tomorrow will be busy though so I should probably head off to bed. Night night! Have a great Monday. See you all tomorrow...

xoxo

Baloney

(Please click on photos for source.)

I'm So Worn Out and This Post is So Random

Because this is so incredibly true...

xoxo

Kaitlyn

*photo from postsecret*

The Randomness That Defines Me

Things have been pretty good recently, I can't complain too much. I've just been swamped with school and everything, which accounts for my total lack of posts in the last two weeks. :(

I hope all is well in blogging world and the only other thing I can say is thank goodness it's almost Spring Break. I am definitely looking forward to some time off to do anything and everything I want... I think a Road Trip is definitely in order.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

*Photo courtesy of Deviantart, simply click for link to creator :)