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Four- About me & Blog Hop!

May 12, 2015

I  stole this from Hopelessly Ever After and I thought it would be a fun get to know me post for any new people around here since I linked up for the Meet & Greet Blog Hop!

Four nicknames I’ve had: 
Moninna
Moni
Monca
Babygirl 
(this last one is completely unrelated to my name but my mother & father both have always called me this) 


Four Movies I have watched more than once: 
Snatch
Wedding Crashers
Breakfast Club
Sweet Home Alabama 

Four jobs I’ve had: 
Teacher
Office Manager
Cashier/Sales
Bakery Assistant
Four things in my purse: 
Raspberry lemonade chapstick 
a notebook
lactaid pills
pesto bismol chewables
(I carry those last two everywhere…sensitive stomachs are a wonderful thing)

Four places I’ve lived: 
Chicago
Ohio (it was for about a month, does that count?)
Thailand
China
Four places Ive visited: 
Jamaica
Vietnam
Cambodia
Philippines
Four places on my travel bucket list: 
Japan
Spain
South Africa
California

Four things I don’t eat: 
Tortillas
celery
okra
rice krispie treats
Four tv shows I watch: (this changes so often but consistently these)
Greys Anatomy
Scandal
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Four cars I’ve driven: 
Dodge Neon
Plymouth sunfire 
Nissan Versa
Ooh and a Mitsubishi Montero 
(wow I’ve had a boring car life)
Four things to look forward to in 2015: 
my 30th birthday!
knocking Cali off the bucket list 
 Symbiosis Music Festival 
summer in Chicago 🙂

Classy, Sassy & a Bit Smartassy

I love doing posts like these!! Pass it along, would love to learn more about all you bloggers!

Filed in: Link Up, Other • by Monica •

Oh Monday…

March 31, 2014

I am finally back to this here blog of mine, I admit I actually did miss posting this past week. Its been a bit of a mess and busy in my life the past week. I’m back to living in the suburbs for now, for those of you who have been following along you might know what that means as far as my relationship. I am not ready to fully talk about it but I will, because this blog helps me get things out and get my mind right when I really need it.

So that being said…I figured I would share some photos from the past week/weekend.

I attended a seminar downtown on Thursday. I am actually really glad that I went, I learned a lot and one of the sessions on business writing is definitely going to come in handy as I start writing a proposal. 

Turns out I am either having some kind of allergic reaction to something new I introduced into my diet with these eating changes or my body is freaking the hell out because I am not giving it sugar/bad carbs anymore. Either way…its ugly and itches like a mother. 
Friday night we had a “staff outing” and it was fun to just relax with my coworkers and enjoy an hour or so of just chit chat. 
Saturday the meetup group that I started(and will soon be leaving) did a tour of Koval Distillery so I had my first cheat day and enjoyed some whiskey tasting and a fun dinner afterwards. The tours are only $10 and the staff is super friendly so I suggest if you are in Chicago you get your ass there! 

And since I got up at 5:00 this morning to get here to work on time it only compounds on this….
Exactly how I am feeling. 

Filed in: Other, Social • by Monica •

On Mondays…

March 24, 2014

There were so many much more fun things I could have been doing this weekend…but I did none of them. The Boy and I have run into some major snags in our relationship over the past few months and we hit a boiling point this past week so it was a lot of taking some time and talking things over..which never ever is a fun way to spend your weekend.

On the plus side though here are some things I did do this past week/weekend….

– I made it to 7 whole days of clean eating…that means not one processed anything for 7 damn days.

– I made it to the gym 4 times this past week…hated every second and that’s ok.

– I cooked myself and The Boy breakfast, lunch & dinner for the entire week

– I tried 4 new recipes last week

– I dropped 9 pounds since I started taking better care of myself. Yes, 9 and this bitch did a happy dance all over the damn bathroom when I weighed myself.

So there has been some good somewhere in there and I think the best thing I can do is hold on the positive like a damn flotation device!! 

Filed in: Other, Social • by Monica •

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