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Wordless Wednesday: Summer Dresses

July 3, 2013

Because I was in a hotel last week, and had some evening events to go to, I thought I would take the time to pose for some selfies of my outfits. Because really, when do I ever have the time to wear and put together decent outfits these days?

Dress bought at the Patchwork Show in Long Beach, Shoes are Born (TJ Maxx last year, I think?)

Because I’m not good at being a “fashion blogger”, I took several different views. I like to make silly faces also. And the dark spots on my dress, ummm from sweat. I’m classy like that and it was hot hot hot!

Michael Stars Maxi Dress and blue patent Tieks. Both were borrowed from Kelly. It’s a long story but let’s just say the outfit worked well! I went to borrow her shoes and left with a dress also. Necklace, all mine from Anthropologie.

Like I said before, “I’m not usually a fashion blogger!” But I had to share my fun outfits that I put together last week.

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Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Sarah Halstead, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

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runDisney Tinker Bell 10K Race Announced

July 2, 2013

What’s that? Did you hear the news? Wait, you didn’t? You mean your aren’t stalking the runDisney website, Facebook page, or Twitter account daily? For up-to-date information?

And you wonder why I’m jumping for joy?

The 2014 runDisney Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend is scheduled at the Disneyland Resort January 16-19, 2014. And amazing news y’all…not only is there a Never Land Family Fun Run 5K, Kid’s Races and Tinker Bell Half Marathon but now there is a Tinker Bell 10K Race on Half Marathon Weekend!

2014 will be the third year that Disneyland Resort will be hosting Tinker Bell Half Marathon weekend. I actually ran the Tinker Bell Half Marathon this past January. Well, I can’t actually say I ran the whole race because I had knee issues, but I did complete the 13.1 miles! I dressed up as Peter Pan for the race, which made the experience even more magical! It was so much fun!

I may be a little biased because Disneyland is literally fifteen minutes from my house, and I love that a huge event like this is super close! Plus, I get to see all of my runDisney race friends!

But anyway, enough about me….

via YouTube

A 10K race is a great distance (6.2 miles) which is between the 5K (3.1 miles) and the Half Marathon (13.1 miles). So if you are ready to run more than a 5K but you aren’t quite sure you want to do a half marathon, the 10K is the perfect distance for the new and/or beginning runner! Or if you just don’t want to run a Half Marathon and want the full runDisney experience!

“We’re excited to add the popular 10K distance to Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend,” said Faron Kelley, director of marketing, Disney Sports. “Tinker Bell 10K expands an already exciting series of events, and adds more opportunities for our passionate runners on the west coast, especially those new runners who are stepping up to the 10K distance.”

Tinker Bell 10K finishers will receive a new, specially-designed, fairy-themed medal. runDisney events always have the coolest and most awesome medals, so I can’t wait to see the medal that they have designed for the Tinker Bell 10K.

The Important Details about Registering for the runDisney 2014 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend Events:

*Registration for 2014 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend opens July 9, 2013 at 12 pm EST/9 am PST at runDisney.com. All of these races will SELL OUT FAST! So make your decision now whether or not you are going to do the race, and be ready to register when registration opens!

*EARLY Registration for Disney Vacation Club (DVC) and Annual Passholders will begin this Friday, July 5, 2013.

Tinker Bell Half Marathon (5:00am, Sunday, January 19, 2014)

$175 by August 13, 2013
$190 between August 14 and October 15, 2013
$205 on or after October 16, 2013

Tinker Bell 10K (6:00am, Saturday, January 18, 2014)

$95 by August 13, 2013
$110 between August 14 and October 15, 2013
$125 on or after October 16, 2013

Never Land Family Fun Run 5K (5:45am, Friday, January 19, 2014)

$70 per participant

runDisney Kids Races (9:00am, Saturday, January 18, 2014)

Dashes : $20 per child

Coast-To-Coast Challenge

Special in 2014, a pink edition of the Coast to Coast Race Challenge medal can be earned by running the 2014 Tinker Bell Half Marathon in January and the 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon in February, FIVE (5) weeks later. Those who complete this combo of races will receive this newly created medal only at the 2014 Disney Princess Half Marathon.

But really, it’s about the awesome photos at runDisney Races, right?

You run through both of the parks and there are amazing photo opportunities!

And The bling!

But now the question really isn’t about whether or not you are going to register for the runDisney Tinker Bell Half Marathon weekend races?

But what are you going to wear? Are you going to dress up and wear a Disney-themed costume?

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Adventures at Catalina Island Camps

July 1, 2013

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will remember this post that I did about Catalina Island Camps in May. Ironically looking at the date, I realize that the post was done on my son’s 8th birthday. Well after the post was written, I found out a few weeks later that my son won 2-weeks of camp at Catalina Island Camps.

He left for camp last week and he started his second week of camp, today. Yesterday, we went and visited him at Parent’s Day at camp. Well, we confirmed that he was having a great time! And the staff at camp is awesome. Seriously, even my husband exclaimed, “everyone is sooo nice here!”

But although it was Parent’s Day, we had to go with the flow as they were doing their regular scheduled activities. My son’s group was doing kayak races yesterday. He is quite good with a kayak now, and extremely focused!

The half-day visit that we made yesterday pretty much confirmed that we will be sending him to Catalina Island Camps again next year, and most likely for four weeks this time.

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First Week of Summer In An Instagram

June 29, 2013

My son got out of school over a week ago on the 20th, and we have been going non-stop! We packed all of his stuff and put him on a boat to Catalina Island Camps last Monday. We’ve been enjoying the daily uploads that the camps sends to their Bunk1 account each night. Gotta love technology!

During the middle of the week I attended a fun event with Bosch Appliances locally and had a blast. I met some great new people, coveted some awesome appliances, and gorged on tons of tasty food. I even got to dress up for once, rather than wear running clothes!

Hopefully soon, I will be able to find some time to blog about all of these fun events individually.

Follow me on Instagram to see my day-to-day experiences!

Are you or have you been doing fun things during summer? Any good ideas to share? This is only the beginning for us, so I’m always looking for fun stuff to do.

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Instagram Gets Video! And I Made One!

June 24, 2013

I have loved the app, Instagram, ever since I first downloaded it. I’ve been an avid user since 2010. I even wrote a post in 2012 titled, “Instagram, What Not To Do”. But wow, they have grown in the past two and a half years!

Four days ago, Instagram announced that they now had VIDEO! Within the app, you can shoot fifteen (15) seconds of video and they also have thirteen (13) filters, specifically made for video. Yippee, I think?

Now everyone is probably saying, well Vine has been around for awhile, and it is a great video app. But I downloaded the app, and could never get around to using it much. I never uploaded any video to Vine, and rarely even open it. I guess I just don’t have the time to use another social media app, because I probably spend too much time on social media as it is.

But when I saw all of the hoopla on Twitter about Instagram getting video the other day, I was intrigued. So on Thursday, I spent a little time watching the videos in my Instagram stream. And then I got annoyed….why? Because they all kept auto-playing! Eeek!!!

Luckily, I figured out how to “stop auto-play on Instagram videos” the day that the update came out for the app. I took some screenshots on my iPhone and made a little visual tutorial (see above). I like to scroll through the photos and videos when I have free time. I don’t want to hear the sounds/videos randomly. I would like to be able to “choose” which videos to watch. Bam, option chosen!

And of course, I got bitten by the bug, and made a little cheesy video. Obviously, I hadn’t quite figured it out yet, so it is a little jumpy. But I took some video of my 5.31 mile run the other night.

via Instagram

What do you think? Horrible right? Maybe I should stop chugging my water so loudly? I have no clue on what I’m doing, obviously. But hey, that’s a video of me! Will I make more? Who knows?

Have you tried Instagram video? What do you think?

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Wordless Wednesday: Hooray for Summer!

June 19, 2013

There isn’t anything better than eating a donut by the edge of a swimming pool, right?

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Sarah Halstead, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

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Bonding with Dad: Pin it For Papa Contest from Cardstore.com

June 7, 2013

One thing I will always remember about my childhood is going to the hardware store with my dad. It seemed like every Saturday we were going to pick up odds and ends for some type of repair or project. I’m pretty sure that is why I like doing projects and visiting my local hardware stores so many years later. I’m comfortable around all sorts of tools, wood, and other supplies.

Forward to my own family, and there are tons of father/son moments going on in our house. Usually these moments are spent in the garage, or as some like to call it, “the man cave”. My husband has acquired quite the collection of tools, and he always has some kind of random project going on. Seriously, it is never ending. A few months ago he built a dog house, and this week, he’s building a work bench for a friend. And since he likes to go “above and beyond”, he’s staining the wood on the work bench. My son is always eager to learn, even if he gets in the way sometimes. Lucky enough, there are some great “clean up” opportunities within my husband’s “project chaos” going on.

Father’s Day is coming up and I have already come up with the epic gift. I can’t wait for him to see it. But I think the “perfect” Father’s Day card is also essential. I sent out some great Mother’s Day cards to my friends from Cardstore.com and I can’t wait to use their site for a Father’s Day card for my husband and my dad. Using Cardstore.com’s website, you can create custom cards by adding personal photos, personalized messaging and your signature for a personal touch. Plus, this really is my most favorite part: Cardstore can print, stamp and send your card via US postal service for you.

This year for Father’s Day, you can enter Cardstore.com’s Pin It for Papa Contest!

Every week Cardstore.com is giving away $50, and there’s even a chance to win a $300 grand prize!

To Enter Cardstore.com Pin it For Papa for $50 weekly prizes and the $300 grand prize:

Follow Cardstore.com’s Pinterest page.
Repin an image from the Pin it For Papa board that most remins you of the activities you love doing with your dad.
Repin as many images as desired for multiple chances to win up to $300 in Visa gift card prizes.
Be sure to hashtag your pins and tweets with #PinitforPapa
Cardstore.com will give away three $50 gift cards, one for each week of the contest, and one grand prize of $300

I am also giving away a $100 Visa Gift Card to one of my readers!!!

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Disclosure: I was compensated for this post. All thoughts, opinions, and photographs are mine. CardStock is a rad site, and great for lazy, I mean super busy people like me, who hate to go to the store to look for greeting cards!

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