Blogging again & New Year's Resolutions!

Hello my lovey cakes!

Long time no write... I know. Last year I wanted to start blogging again but that didn't work so well and that was my New Years resolution. But I'm really going to try again this year! I'm not going to try to blog every day, because I know that's not going to work for me. So I'm aiming to blog at least 2 or 3 times a week.

This year is going to be rough.  I got accepted into grad school and well I don't know how demanding school will be with the workload and everything. I mean it's a masters degree I'm going for so it'll definitely be harder than my bachelors degree! But regardless, I'm still going to post youtube videos (now that I can film at any time of the day) and I'll try to write blog posts on the train or something when I'm commuting. AND I can schedule when blogs should post so that'll be good for me and a bit easier!

So now for my new year's resolutions for 2014.....

1. STAY DEBT FREE. 

I need to continue to limit my spending. No shopping hauls! With grad school around the corner, I won't be working as much so I need to make sure I don't spend money I don't have. Well that's how I got into debt in the first place, and I just finished paying off all my debt about a week ago. Not a place I want to go back to. So if I need to buy something I need to make sure the money is there for me to spend in my bank account.

2. BE STUDIOUS

I want to review notes right after class. I want to study for exams ahead of time and not last minute. I don't want to procrastinate any longer. I need to get all A's, because if I get a B... i'm kicked out of the program. Yeah grad school is serious man, they don't play games. 

3. I DON'T WANT TO BE A NIGHT OWL

I want to not lay around the house all day and do nothing. And then start homework at 8pm at night and end up staying up til 4am. NOPE. I want to be motivated to do my work throughout the day and go to sleep at 10pm. Ha wouldn't that be nice!

4. WORKOUT AGAIN

Working out is like torture for me. Does it make me feel good? Nah I don't think so. It's like a chore to me like UGH I NEED TO WORK OUT NOW. Afterwards I don't know maybe I feel more motivated with a little bit of energy... well besides the pain i feel in i don't know my legs or abs. But I worked out for like a month when I came back from vacation and I want to do it again! My boyfriend wants me to workout as well.... NOT because i'm fat because i'm not, NOT because i've gained weight, because I haven't. But because he wants me to be healthy and to eat healthy as well. 

5. SAVE MONEY

I deserve to go on vacation when i'm done with this first torturous semester of grad school. It'll be the summer when i'm free... or i'll have part of my summer if I take a class, but I want to go somewhere and do something so I need to save money to go somewhere. I guess that kind of goes with number 1 of staying debt free. 

Anyway guys, that'll be it for this blog post. Check out my video of my New Year's resolutions. And in that video I also tell you what my new year's resolutions for last year were and if I succeeded or not!

What are your New Year's Resolutions!?

Happy New Year!

Much love, 

Karolina

Puppy likes pancakes!

A typical day at my house. Puppy gets everything he wants, he is spoiled to the extreme! But i love him to death and i wouldn't want him any other way. 

For those of you that haven't met, well meet my baby boy, Kuba, he's a full bred yorkie (yorkshire terrier). And this is his give me some of whatever you're making puppy face. 

And what was I making or someone else making? I don't even remember who was making the pancakes.... but yes those are pancakes. and they lookie so delicious. 

When pancakes and puppy face mix together.....

We get a puppy eating pancakes :D

His pancakes were cut up into pieces and put into a bowl. Om nom nom, yummy in my tummyKuba said . Well at least he's a happy puppy!

And when Kuba's tummy is full, and he feels satisfied, he takes a nappy. I wish I had that much time in my day to just lay  down and sleep all the time. Would be nice sometimes, other times i would just be like "I can't sleep anymore!". 

Hope this post could make someone smile!

I'm trying to start posting again, so yeah. Don't know how many of you actually read my blog, but hey it's worth a try!

I love you my loveycakes, and I love Kuba too. 

Much love from Kuba and I, from our housey to yours!

xoxo,

Lina

The Secret

As I was hanging out with some friends yesterday and grabbing lunch, we had a whole discussion on life, youtube, and just a lot of things in general. They both had suggested I watch a movie when we were talking about being positive and everything, and they told me it's a very good documentary...

It's called the secret 

and it's a movie about you creating your own future. If you believe, you'll make things happen. of course it has to be realistic and it won't happen in one day but it will happen. It's the law of attraction. If you worry about money, you'll attract debt and you'll end up in debt. But if you say you're going to make a lot of money, the things that happen in your life will lead you to that. 

It's a very good movie and it's available on netflix for those of you that have access to that, I really recommend watching it, and it will change the way you think!!!

May success and wealth (not just money) reach us all in this new year.

Cheers to 2013!!

xoxo, 

LINAmaria

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Turkey Day !! (Yes- it's Thanksgiving)

Gobble Gobble!

So during this holiday, people say what they are thankful for. This shouldn't exactly be something people do once a year, but more than that. BUT, at the same time.. once is better than zero right?

For those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving, what are you thankful for?

For those of you that don't celebrate it, what are you thankful for anyway?

This year I'm thankful for many many many things:

1. I'm thankful for each and every one of you. For your support, for believing in me, for being a part of this wonderful youtube journey with me. I'm also thankful that I can inspire some of you and put smiles on your faces.
2. I'm thankful for friends and family. Without them, well I wouldn't be here right?
3. I'm thankful for online dating sites. I met my boyfriend on there, and I truly believe he is the one and only love of my life. 
4. I'm thankful for my baby, Kuba (he's a dog), because he just makes me so happy and he certainly has the best personality ever.
5. I'm thankful that Hurricane Sandy didn't do any damage to my house. Yes - i'm still evacuated from my dorm room, but at least I still have a place to stay for the time being. 

I can go on with my list, but I think those are my top 5!

Now to share with you all a little bit of my Thanksgiving day was like, first here is a picture of me and a video of my giving thanks to you and my outfit for this holiday. 

Now some pictures of the food on my table. For those of you that didn't have anything or couldn't go home to celebrate with my family, my heart goes out to you, and I certainly wish I could have shared this food with you!

Now that Thanksgiving is over, we whipped out the holiday cookies! Hahah well that's not the reason why. Reason is because they don't sell thanksgiving day ones with like a pumpkin or turkey on them! It's all holiday stuff once Halloween is over!

And the most delicious blueberry pie ever!

And a table full of dessert, and some appetizer thingies.... that you put out after dinner... not before like regular appetizers :)

So, once again, Happy Thanksgiving to you all, and I hope you all had a fantabulous day!

Gobble Gobble!

Love, 

GobLINA

Stretch marks be gone!!

Hey everyone!

I know that many people have problems with stretch marks. Well not problems, but people are self-conscious of them. Whether they fear they're going to get them or whether they fear wearing a bikini to the beach because they already have them!

I'm one of those people that was like I never want stretch marks, and if I get them, no one will know because I will hide them so well!

Well... to prepare yourselves for the beach this summer.... we have like 8 months.... so start by making this stretch-marks be-gone cream. And apply it ideally day and night, but if you can't do both, then just do it at night before you go to bed. Do this EVERY day! And store the rest in your refrigerator. You should see improvements within the first month!

So here is the video!

(I know many of you that watch my videos are younger, and probably don't have stretch marks yet or won't get them at all, but if you know someone that has them, let them know about this video and recipe!)

And here is the recipe:

Cocoa butter is probably the best known home remedy cream for stretch marks.  It's healthy benefits include keeping the skin soft and pliable.  One homemade stretch mark cream recipe which includes cocoa butter is below.

• 1/2 cup cocoa butter
• 1 Tablespoon wheat germ oil
• 1 Teaspoon apricot kernel oil
• 1 Teaspoon Vitamin E oil
• 2 Teaspoon grated beeswax

Heat mixture until beeswax is just melted.  Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.  Apply this cream to your stretch marks until desired results are achieved.

Join me on this journey of getting rid of our stretch marks and preventing them as well!

Good luck, 

xoxo Lina

My Atlantic city adventure !

So guys as some of you may know if you follow me on instagram (@linamariax3), or twitter (@linamariax3)... you know that I went to Atlantic City a few days ago. I vlogged as much as I could... but ya know.. the boyfriend is not used to the whole vlogging thing, so I did what I could. Hope yall enjoy this video! And after enjoy some pictures in this blog that weren't in the video :)

moving on with piccays :)

this is the hotel we stayed at, the Taj Mahal

In the hotel, above the bed there was a mirror! Can I like just put that in my room?!

This was the ceiling in the casino! So prettiful!

This is my boyfriend :)

This was all made out of glass! Isn't that amazing?! This I believe was in the Borgata hotel

Atlantic City had the BEST pina coladas i've ever had. I would definitely go back there just for another pina colada. 

Kisses for me in the casino :)

This was the oceanview from our room! Loved waking up to this!

My boyfriend and I on the beach in front of our hotel! 

The most amazing jacuzzi ever! They didn't have bubbles, so two little bottles of shampoo it was!

And as something to bring back home with me from Atlantic City, and a memory of my first getaway with my boyfriend, he bought me the dice charm for my Pandora bracelet that is only sold in either Atlantic City or Las Vegas. ! What a great charm to add to my bracelet! And at the casino.... i was playing with dice almost the whole time anyways!

I had an AMAZING little getaway with my boyfriend :) 

I'm going to try...

To start keeping up with this blogging thing again. I always take SO MANY pictures of things... it's just that it takes forever to put them on my computer and onto my blog..

Actuallyy i'm going to try to see if I could write blogs from my phone... maybe when i'm on the train or the bus going places not doing anything else. 

Have ya'll missed my bloggies?

I'm sitting here today... i just got my nails done and they look so fab! 

AND i got them done for a few reasons;

1. My other nail polish was chipping majorly

2. I didn't feel like painting my nails

3. I'm going to Atlantic City tomorrow for the night

4. I LOVE the feet massages at the nail salon. 

So yes, i got a manicure and pedicure :)

Oh and I think I just broke my laptop. My shift key is totally like pressed into my keyboard... and now i'M going to have to make a a trip to Apple. GRRR

Hope you're all having a fabuloso day!

xoxo,
LinaBina