Ramblings...of a thrifty girl!

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Adventures of Evie and Jescha!

Yes Jescha you have officially made it into a title of one of my blog posts! How did you get so lucky?! No but really I'm the lucky one to have gotten to know you and that we have become such great friends!

On Saturday, March 8, we journeyed to Pittsburgh for Disney On Ice! It was my birthday present to Jescha! Disney on ice was amazing this year! We had so much fun exploring at the consol energy center and taking pictures with the hockey team!

I love hockey!

Pittsburgh Penguins! Too bad it really wasn't the real players! We would be in heaven!

Here are our experiences with Disney on Ice!

Our princess crowns!!

Jescha and our view of the ice!

Mickey and the gang!

Beauty and the beast!

It's a small world after all!

It was an amazing show and we loved every minute! After the show we decided we would eat lunch at a place called Primanti Brothers! For those of you who arnt from around here, Primanti brothers is amazing! Back in the day, the coal miners would put everything on their sandwich to make it easier for them. So basically they put everything on the sandwich. You pick the meat and they put the fries and coleslaw on it. The sandwich is huge!

Here is one!

Eat up Jescha!

Jescha's first time so we had to document it!

After filling up on Primanti Brothers we walked the Strip! It's basically like an open market! Awesome fresh food and cheap shirts and different things everywhere!

Wholey fish market!

I love Pittsburgh!

It was a fun adventure and I can't wait to have more adventures with Jescha! Happy birthday and I enjoyed celebrating it with you!

Let's have another adventure soon!

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Journey is the word!

As most of you may know, me and my mother always pick a word for the new year. After some thought I realized that 2014 would be about finding joy in the journey and not the destination. It would be about looking around me and realizing that where we are now in life is wonderful. We all can have wonderful experiences with the people we meet and the places we travel. We can find joy in the mundane things we do everyday.

I have really enjoyed some of the journeys that 2014 has brought me already. Starting work at the MaryBabb Randolph Cancer Center and finally having an income again has been fun. It has definitely helped me realize how blessed I am. Meeting others who have a life threatening illness reminds me to stop and look around at how wonderful life really is. The job has been a blessing and has really helped me put my word for this year to good use.

This past weekend, I was able to attend a Valentine's Dance in the beautiful city of Pittsburgh! I love Pittsburgh! It is such a beautiful city! Everyone needs to experience the drive through the tunnel when the city just opens up as soon as you drive out of it! Its a breathtaking experience. Anyway, back to the dance. My mother and I(well mostly my mother) made a tutu skirt for the event. It turned out amazing! (Thanks Mom!)

Here is a good picture of the finished product!

My Awesome Shoes!

So I had an adventure going to pick up my friend Heather...I got a little lost and I swear my GPS wanted to take me off the side of the mountain. After my adventure picking up Heather, we headed to Morgantown to pick up Jescha and to head into Pittsburgh. We arrived at the dance and had so much fun dancing the night away. We all looked gorgeous of course!

Here we are!

Andrea, Jescha, Me and Heather

Jescha and Me

Nice Hotel Dinner

Heather and her Calamari

Bed Buddies!

Chilling at Church!

You know we are great friends when we paint our nails exactly the same colors just opposite! Great minds think alike I guess:)

It was a fun night filled with building new friendships and lots of laughs....like almost dying driving too fast getting off on an exit. As Heather and I were holding on for dear life! We laughed for about a half hour after the incident. We also held our breathe through the pittsburgh tunnel just because we could! So much fun! I truly had an adventure and enjoyed every minute of the journey.

Well that really has been my year so far. Just learning to look around and see the good in everyone and everything as I go through this journey. I will try and keep you all updated on how that is going through this great year!

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Discover 2013!

My word for 2013 was Discover as most of you may now know. So I figured I might as well post some of the things that I have discovered in 2013! So here is a list of a couple of them!

1) I discovered that I am smart! I was able to attend school and get good grades and finally graduate! I also passed the certification exam for medical assisting!