Another Year

Happy New Year ('s Eve!)!

Everyday I wonder where 2010 has gone. It feels like just yesterday I was deciding to dress nicer, more often, and to try to accept who I am. It feels like just yesterday I started my senior year of high school, eager and ready and see what it would throw at me. From good times to not so good times, this year has truly been an amazing one for me.

I reread a few of my older posts and I am glad to have grown since then. I feel like my blogging is much more positive and much more honest. I like to talk about what I am actually, truly feeling even if it isn't what others want to here. This is my corner of the internet and I'll use it as I see fit. I love nothing more than to write a blog post that is close to heart and really is how I feel.

In 2010 I've gone from scared Junior to strong, confident Senior ready to take on the life ahead of me. I've become much more confident, I truly know who I am at this stage in my life. I've grown to know that my decisions do matter, I'm not a little girl anymore. I'm going to be an adult very soon and people have begun to take me seriously. This is what 2010 has taught me.

I hope that 2011 will bring even better changes into my life. March brings William to me, then May brings me to Hawaii. I'll be spending time there for Kacey's wedding as well as my 18th birthday. Graduation in June, another wonderful time for my family to get together as well as to see my William again. Soon after I'll be moving to my dad's house to start living my adult life. Hopefully I'll be attending California State University of Fullerton in the fall, and if not then I hope I'm content wherever I may end up. I plan to continue to see the good things in life and learn to brush off the bad. 2011 is my time, I just want to use it to its full potential.

I hope everyone has the most amazing New Years they possibly can, I love you all very very much. May 2011 bring as much joy to you as I know it will bring to me.
Love and Turtledoves,
Jacqueline

Tumblr in the Dark

Alright so I totally broke down and started a tumblr. It'll probably, most likely, totally be way less serious than my blog. You all get to see my weird sense of humor and truly understand my love for cats. Bare with me because I just started, but here is my tumblr, Diamond in the Dark. (The url has no "i" in the word "in" though, like my twitter.)

Love and Tumblrdoves,

Jaco Smacko

New Years Resolutions

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Last year I made the resolution to wear more dresses, an attempt at gaining more confidence and learning to love who I am. Although I didn't always stick to my goal, I have changed a lot in my dressing habits and have learned to like myself in all types of clothing. This winter I've been bundling up in silly sweaters, but doing my hair and making it okay to look a little sloppy. I've learned that I can be confident in anything I wear, even if it's jeans and a t-shirt. I have learned to love myself better because I'm worth loving myself.

This year my first resolution is:

The 365 Picture A Day Project!

I want to document my life better. I am going to try the 365 picture project, something I've wanted to try for years but didn't want to start halfway though a year. As of January first I will be taking at least one picture a day of something that had to do with my day. It might be an outfit, it might be an activity, I don't really have anyway of knowing. I'm just going to try my darnedest to take pictures of my life more often. Then I'll post them on a new flickr and do a weekly update on the blog of what I've been doing.

My second resolution is:

To let my hair grow looooong.

I am going to let my hair grow for an entire year. I am allowed to trim it and cut my fringe/frame. That's it. No chopping it off when I tired of it, no new hair style, just let it grow out. When I went for the bob most of my layers were cut off so I figure it'll look fine if I just let it grow.... and grow and grow. My goal is to keep from cutting it until January 2012.

I really hope I can hold to both my resolutions, I try to make them enjoyable and not stuff I "need" to do. :) What are your resolutions?

Love and Turtledoves,

Jaco

Tiny Confusions

Hello everyone!

Well I'm not quite sure what happened to our facebook page, but I have a new one up and running and would look everyone to check it out. I'm trying super hard to get The Lovebot Factory some more recognition and would really appreciate your help ♥ You can click here or the picture on our sidebar to the right!

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

What I Wore: Christmas Eve Party

Dress: Thrifted

Tights: Target *on sale, baby!*

Shoes: Kohls (unseen)

Belt: Department Store long out of business

Dress slip (unseen): Thifted

Scarf: Burlington

Okay so I know I blogged about this dress before, in this post, and I am proud to say I finally wore it. I was out thrifting last week and found the cutest red dress slip. I had been looking for either a cream slip or a red slip, since the dress is very thin. So I wore this outfit to my extended family's Christmas Eve Party and had a blast! It really was so much fun.

So now the story behind the scarf that totally doesn't go with my outfit. For a gift exchange, the girls of the family decided to have a scarf exchange. I brought this one... with all the intent of winning it in the exchange. It's that game where you can take the scarf from other people and it gets locked after three tries? Yaaaa... good thing no one liked the one I bought :). Merry Christmas, am I right?

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas as well!

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

These are the moments I love the most.

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These are the moments I love the most. Sitting in the living room surrounded my family, all of us doing our own thing. Some of my brothers and sisters are still asleep, others are on their computers or getting ready for the day. My dad and step-mother relax and partake in their morning ritual, reading the paper and doing the crossword. I sit and do my early morning ritual, which involves the internet, while drinking amazing mocha coffee and texting my boyfriend (that I adore so very much.)

These are the moments I love the most.

We're all together. We all love one another and want nothing but the best for each other. But we have our own lives. We're all one family, full of different walks of life. From relaxed Hawaiian life, to the busy San Franciscan ways, to the stressed days of a pilot obtaining his masters degree. We are all very different people, heck I'm the only blue in a family of oranges (more on that later). Yet it doesn't matter! It will never matter. I am apart of this great family, of two very great families, and that is all that matters. I will always be apart of this family.

Soon my brother and sister, and their two wonderful children, will be here and then it will really be Christmas. Everyone else will finally get up and join us here around the tree, and we'll start our Christmas. I'll get the beautiful jumper I've been waiting a month to wear, but more importantly we'll be together. And look who's here! Christmas is beginning.

These are the moments I will cherish forever.

Merry Christmas, my wonderful readers. I hope you all have the best Christmas you possibly can, no matter how big or small it is. I love you all dearly and hold you very close to my heart.

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

Merry Christmas (Eve) Everyone!

I just wanted to do a little Merry Christmas from me to you. I hope everyone is spending time with family and friends, laughing and loving each others company. I know that's what I'm doing! I promise to do an update in a few days to tell you all about my Christmas', I hope yours are all wonderful!

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

P.S. Merry Christmas from Muffin too!

Finals are over!

Nothing says celebration like fireworks! *weheartit*

Oh thank God finally I am done with this semester. I'm so happy that it went so fast, I feel like I just started senior year but in reality is it's half over! Only six more months and I'm done with high school forever and ever. This chapter in my life is much shorter than I thought and I'm loving every moment of it.

I've begun to realize how quickly things really happen and I'm trying to live more for the moment. I'll always be a forward thinker, but I'm giving my thoughts and feels of the moment more weight. I'm allowed to feel however I want to feel and I'm going to embrace it. My thoughts matter as much as I want them to and now a days I want them to matter.

The only down side for today is the fact that we're rained in. I kid you not, my last final was canceled due to rain.... I have errands to run today so I'm hoping once the sun comes out that maybe the rain will let up and I can get to town for a little while. I don't do well in "rained in" situations. They make me antsy. I envy the rest of the world that doesn't stop when it rains...

Love and Turtledoves,

Jacqueline

So I've been bad....

I've been keeping something from you this last week, and I want to come clean...

You see there's this girl who has been trying to find herself for a very long time. And recently she went through a break up that helped her realize who she is and what she wants in life. This girl went through a hard time but found wonderful friendships and was very happy again. She realized all things happen for a reason.

And then came this boy. This boy and girl have been very good friends for a very long time. And one night the boy told the girl how much he cared about her... and to his (and her) surprise she felt the same. Now they text all day, try not to talk all night, and are genuinely smitten.

This boy's name is William and I really really like him.


And this is his dog, Lurky. ♥

I've been waiting for the perfect time to announce my new relationship and felt like today was the day. ♥ Hope you didn't mine my secret!

Everything always happens for a reason.
Love and Turtledoves,
Jacqueline

A Peak Into My Week

Garth and Adam as Santa Claus.


My concert outfit to match how amazingly that night went.



Naps with my sweet kitten.


Lovely German cheer best friend!


And craaazy car rides to panda express!

Love and Turtledoves,
Jacqueline

A Few Oddities

Outtake of a cute picture. ;)

1. I loooooove watery oatmeal. Like really watery. If it's too thick, I don't eat it.

2. I hear a rhythm in just about everything. In between clock ticks, words in video game songs, ect. It's everywhere. For example, in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess there is this one looped song in the ice temple/fortress and one of the beats sounds like it says "Rusty Trawler" like from breakfast at Tiffany's.

3. I have pet peeves about the way people say Jacqueline. Most people say it with two syllables, like my cousin Jacklyn. I'm kinda picky because it's three syllables and I like hearing it the right way. (Even my ex-boyfriend said it wrong half the time!) Some of the time I just tell people it's Jaco so they can't mispronounce it haha!

4. I am a yogurt fiend. You know how they sell yoplay for 10 for like 5 dollars? I use that deal.

5. I really like to read silly teenage book; especially ones about... hehe don't laugh okay! I really like pirate books. L. A. Meyer has a great series about a girl named Mary Faber who leaves London poverty to become a sailor. Silly I know but they're soooo good.

Well those are just a few weird things about me! I'll do another post when I think of more :)
What oddities do you have?
Love and Turtledoves,
Jaco

P.S. Rammstein was totally in America for the first time in ten years, tonight. Did anyone else cry because they don't live in New York today? Will and I suuuure did.

Christmas Spirit

I am seriously loving this time of year! People are slowly putting up their Christmas lights, something I doubt we'll be doing this year, and I am loooving it. I really want to have a night with friends of Christmas light viewing, hot cocoa, and carols. I think I might put up the Christmas tree this week, depending on if it's in the garage or in storage from the move. I want to make my family's first Christmas in this house beeeaaautiful.

In winter my mom and I put white icicle lights on the curtain rods of all the windows. They glow beautifully at night. I currently have them hung up around my mirror in the bathroom, along with heart garland I had made for Valentine's Day this year. I need two more strands so I can light up my room too :)

I also love the fashions of this time of year. I love all the jackets and scarfs I get to break out, oh and the mittens! I recently rediscovered a fingerless pair of mittens I received for Christmas last year. They work wonderfully for texting :) I also love to pair a bright scarf with a darker outfit, I just hope it doesn't rain more. I never remember not to wear suede boots when it's raining...

My absolute favorite thing about Christmas is my two Christmas' with my families. On Christmas eve eve all of my siblings come to Dad and Kathy's house and spend the night (This year all my siblings will be home! Kacey and billy from Hawaii as well as Adam and Emily from San Fransisco! I am smitten♥). Then whoever wakes up earliest, usually me included, gets everyone up and makes hot chocolate and coffee. Then we all have Christmas in our pajamjams around the tree. Then I leave to go to my mother's house where my grandparents come home, and Neil too, and we have Christmas brunch together. These are the memories I cherish the most. I love having my entire families home, together, just being my wonderful families.

What are you favorite things about Christmas? I'd love to know :)
Love and Turtledoves-in-a-pear-tree,
Jaco

(picture from weheartit, isn't that the most perfect Christmas living room ever? God I'd sleep in there every night.)

A little look at Norman.

I just wanted to share my sweet little update I posted a couple of days ago, I've got seven sweet little robots that need loving homes.
This is Normal Looneybot.

Norman has a few screws lose. He's often misunderstood because of his love of the strange and unusual. He would adore to have a friend who loves the oddities of life as much as he does.

Feel free to check out Norman as well as my other Lovebots at, my shop, The Lovebot Factory. ♥
Love and Turtledoves,
Jaco

My Life in Pictures

Here's what I'm loving these last few weeks!


Beautiful sunsets that take your breath away.


Little nerds starting early.


The best Lovebot I've made yet, he's in my update I just had!


New uniforms to make our squad official.


Newly dyed hair


Fly friends in tight vests.


And warm kitties in pretty sweaters.

Love and Turtledoves,
Jaco