Blue Devils are Back on Top!

My Duke Blue Devils are National Champions! Heck yeah! I'm one happy girl :)

Congrats Coach K!


Quote of the day: "I've been fortunate enough to be in eight national championship games, and this was a classic. This was the toughest and the best one."

"I told them before we came here and before we said a prayer, 'You are a great team. You are a great team.'" ~ Coach K

Super Sunday

As I'm sure all of you know, the most watched single-day sporting event, the Superbowl is today. And since my obvious choice, the Cowboys, aren't exactly an option this year, I've spent the better half of the morning trying to decide which team should be lucky enough to get my favor.

The Colts versus The Saints.
Indianapolis versus New Orleans.
14-2 versus 13-3.
Blue and White versus Black and Gold.
Talent versus Heart.
Top Dog versus Cellar Dweller.
Peyton Manning versus Drew Brees.
Kendra Wilkenson versus Kim Kardashian.

Hmmm...quite a toss up.

Sure is hard to pick against the greatness that is Peyton Manning...
But for obvious reasons....










I'm gonna have to go with the Saints for this one! ;)
(I'm sure you all can understand!?!)







Quote of the day: “Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers” ~Merle Kessler

Free Snow!

Well...looks like I won't be going anywhere for awhile.

I thought our last storm was bad, but this one has definitely put that one to shame...and it's still snowing! Ouch!






























Quote of the day: "The great thing about snow is it makes your lawn look as good as your neighbors."

What an Idiot!

Really? This guy didn't realize they were filming right behind him when he felt the need to check out some hot chicks on the internet? Priceless!





Quote of the day: “The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.”

Love is in the Air

Valentine's Day is on the way...and to be honest I really couldn't care less. Since I don't have a special man in my life right now I'm not necessarily looking forward to it, but by no means am I dreading it either.

Come on, lets be honest, Valentine's Day is not really all it's cracked up to be anyways. Even when I did have a boyfriend we usually spent the "special" day eating Domino's Pizza on my bedroom floor or laying around in sweats watching a basketball game together... And for me, I was perfectly okay with that. I'm much more low maintenance than I may appear, believe it or not ;)

I don't need someone telling me that I have to go out to dinner and be showered with gifts to prove that I'm loved. I would much rather be taken out or given a gift or find a hand written note somewhere out of the blue, because they actually wanted to, and they knew it would make me smile.

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Over the past couple years, Valentine's Day for me has become less about all the Hallmark hoopla and more about telling the important people in my life how much they matter. It isn't often that I truly express to my parents or my brother or sister or my best friends how much they really mean to me and what an impact they have had on my life.

So Valentine's Day is that one day each year when I can be as sentimental as I want and still get away with it.

I've gotten in the habit of sending each of them a little card...nothing special...99 cent sale rack will do just fine...just something that I can write to them and let them know they are loved and always will be.

Quote of the day: "A bell is no bell 'til you ring it. A song is no song 'til you sing it. And love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay - Love isn’t love 'til you give it away." ~ Sound of Music

Happy Anniversary!

Today is a very important day. *drum roll please* Today is the one year anniversary of my blog! Wahooo! *cue confetti and screaming fans*

Hard to believe that I created this thing 365 days ago. Rockin' Robyn rocks on! (corny I know) Yeah, so I can't claim that I've been the most consistent with it, but no matter how long I've strayed I've always returned...and that's what really matters most anyways.

When I think back on it, and skim over my past entries, like I love to do, its crazy to me all the things that've went down in my life this year. And through it all, my blog has been along for the ride...all the ups and downs, all the smiles and tears...always raw, real, and uncut...Yep, all of my emotions and inner thoughts are right here in my own words to read forever (or at least I hope so. Please blogger.com don't fail me, I beg you).

This year my blog has seen many things.

First and foremost (the whole reason why I really even started this blog in the first place) its seen me get my heart broken... over and over again unfortunately.

Its seen me brag about my awesome job and then cry when I got fired from it.

Its seen me panic when I had to move out of my apartment and struggle with the fear of the unknown.

Its seen me go from Miss Independent, who has her life all planned out, to Miss Somebody-help-me because I have no clue what my future holds and can't even pretend I do.

But...

This year has also seen some good things too...I must admit. With the rain also comes the rainbow.

Its seen me change as a person...for sure. As Christina Aguilera said "it made me that much stronger, made me work a little bit harder, made me that much wiser. Thanks for making me a fighter. Made me learn a little bit faster, made my skin a little bit thicker, made me that much smarter. So thanks for making me a fighter."

Its seen me realize what and who are truly important in my life and what and who never were.

Its seen me get a new job.

Its seen me move into a new apartment.

Its seen me go on a bunch of awesome vacations.

Its seen me open my mind and heart to things I never would have been open to before.

And its seen me laugh at this crazy thing we call life and most importantly laugh at myself.

...my blog has seen it all. And I can't wait to see what the next 365 days hold!

Quote of the day: "If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change." ~John A. Simone, Sr.

Self Control Would Be Nice

So I walk into CVS yesterday to buy God-knows-what...hairspray, makeup, toilet paper, bifocals, adult diapers...whatever I see that I think one day I might possibly need. By now I really should have bought stock in that store. I swear I can't even step foot in the place without spending at least 50 bucks. "Congratulations, you just earned $1.50 in Extra Care Bucks." Whoop-di-doo-da I just spend $200 bucks >:O

But anyways, on my way up to the front to check out I happen to see the "holiday isle". Heck yeah! You know, the 75% off, we're-basically-giving-the-stuff -way isle... And what to my wandering eyes should appear but a bag of Reeses Cups. Perfectly good Resees Cups that just happen to be 75% off because they were in a red and green holiday bag.

Well I'll be darn... Its my lucky day :)

I'm gonna be honest, I don't normally buy chocolate...actually never. I'm more of the sugar type. Starbursts, airheads, sour patch kids...you know...the good stuff. But I thought what the heck, my momma didn't raise a fool. For like 50 cents it would be a crime not to buy at least one bag of Reeses Cups to nibble on every now and then when I get the urge for some chocolate.

But unfortunately if I got the urge for some chocolate today I'd pretty much be out of luck because I ATE THE WHOLE DARN BAG on the way home yesterday. UGHHH! Okay not literally the entire bag, but lets just say pretty darn close.

So this goes out as a simple warning to you all. Don't do it! Don't be suckered into buying holiday candy just because its cheap. Because if you are anything like me you will also be suckered into eating it...ALL!

Quote of the day: "Make a list of important things to do today. At the top of your list, put "eat chocolate." Now, you'll get at least one thing done today." ~Gina Hayes

Senseless Sunday

Some days when I have way too much time on my hands (like today for instance) I think about the weirdest things. I'm not even sure how I actually start thinking about said things but I guess just one random thought leads to another, which leads to another and then before you know it my thoughts are way off the deep end.

Not sure what the heck I'm talking about? Alright well...


Ever wonder how many people's pictures you are in the background of?

Ever wonder if people who have ugly kids know that their kids are ugly?

Ever wonder if other people think about you as much as you think about them?

Ever wonder what language pets/animals think in?

Ever wonder if people think you have an accent when you talk?

Ever wonder what life would be like if you were born into a different family?

Ever wonder what people say about you when they talk behind your back?

Ever wonder who secretly stalks you on twitter/facebook/blog?

Ever wonder if pressing harder on a remote control when the batteries are weak really makes a difference?

Ever wonder why in the winter we turn the heat up to 80 degrees but in the summer if it is 80 in the house it is way too hot and we we have to turn on the air conditioning?

Ever wonder what sex feels like for the opposite sex?

Ever wonder why McDonald's doesn't sell hot dogs?

Ever wonder why vanilla extract is brown when everything else vanilla is white?

Ever wonder if animals ever commit suicide?

Ever wonder why you never actually see a traffic light or sign or billboard being put up?

Ever wonder why there are holes in Ritz crackers?

Ever wonder why they say the team that wins the super bowl are the world champs when they never really play anybody outside of the U.S.?


Alright now you get the idea. Anyone else ever have weird thoughts like that too? Or am I the only crazy one?



Quote of the day: "One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever."

New Year, Fresh Start!

Happy New Year everyone! 2010 is officially here! Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending!

I stumbled across a quote the other day that really got me thinking...

"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be”.

...such a simple quote, yet so deep, and for me, so very on point.

Although I'm not one who is big on resolutions, I am big on goals. Because no matter how much you think you want something, if you don't harness your energy and focus it on a specific target then you are never going to accomplish as much as you are capable of.

So as I enter this new year and new decade I am determined:
~ Not to see the past better than it was
because if those people from my past were so great then they surely would have made it into my future. And although I have had some great times and amazing memories, I have to believe the best days of my life lie ahead.

As I enter this new year and new decade I am determined:
~ Not to see the present worse than it is
because the truth is I AM BLESSED! I am not going to be happy "when"...I am happy NOW because I am alive, I am healthy, I have a job, I have a roof over my head, and I have people in my life that truly love me. I've learned that people can be taken away, my job can be taken away, and all the things I thought and knew can be taken away, but no one can take away my happiness without my permission!

And as I enter this new year and new decade I am determined:
~ Not to see my future less resolved than it will be
Its easy to spend a lot of time worrying about the future but Matthew 6:34 says "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own". So although I don't know what is going to happen, where I am going to be, what I am going to be doing, who I am going to be doing it with...I do believe that all things will work together for my good and the desires of my heart will be given to me :)



Quote of the day: "We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce