Pay Day Friday

Well, my internet restrictions at work were made much more strict this week. And instead of freeing up more time to do more work, it has actually left me more time to find new/different sites that aren’t blocked than what I was reading before. Which has been fun :) Except now I can’t access Pinterest at work anymore, and that is horribly sad… [Don’t judge me people – I don’t have enough work to

Penn St. Pervert

As I read more and more of the scandal surrounding Penn State right now, I only get angrier and angrier. I am so wound up right now I can hardly form sentences or structure this post in a way that will make sense. But I'm so upset and confused and angry about it, I feel like a need to "rant" about it a little...




In case you aren't aware, yesterday, Wednesday, Joe Paterno was fired as the head

People I Love

**Also, I would like to add to this list - all my friends from Flagler/St. Augustine. Just because you're not on there, doesn't mean I don't love you! :) **



And in case you didn't notice, I will still be continuing to do some of these list's throughout November. I decided to put the photography challenge on Facebook instead of my blog, because I thought posting every day with only a picture

Pedicures On A Saturday Morning

I'm getting better at the doodles each time. I like these pancakes! :)



These are things that I have done in the past, will be doing this Saturday, or would like to do in the future. All are good, all are lovely Saturday morning activities, and all make for a nice day.
Love to everyone.

Personalized Cubby

I have finally gotten around to making my cubby more personalized. Before I just had a few random things that I could manage to grab real quick on my way out the door - like a lamp, a starfish picture and a small stuffed penguin. But now I have gotten pictures printed, and frames brought in. And those pictures have been put in the frames, and/or taped up on the wall. And I like looking around in

Pricey Kitchen Appliance

I really want a pretty mixer like this when I grow up...

My dear friend Nicole, over at Hands Up, just opened me up to new things here on Blogger, and I felt compelled to try it out. Here's what I learned (even though it's still very basic) 1. You can add captions at the bottom of your photos. 2. You can make your photos XL, and I think it makes them look so much better...


So I know it's not

Panini from Panera

So unfortunately, my Mama is at home very sick right now - most likely with pneumonia. Yikes. (So please remember to keep her in your prayers, please). But fortunately, that meant I was able to go home on my lunch hour and take care of her a tiny bit.



On my way home I called into Panera (my favorite) and ordered lunch for both of us. I did the You-Pick-Two and got half of the new Turkey

Push-Pin Pumpkins

I have done another Pinterest-inspired craft. The problem is - mine doesn't look near as good as the original...and I can't really even figure out why. (Maybe I didn't place them close enough to each other?) I mean, I'm OK with them for the most part, but mine definitely couldn't be sold on Etsy or anything like that...



Opinions?



Original (follow link to see more)



Mine








So for

Perky

At this moment:
1. My office is absolutely freezing. And I'm wearing jeans, closed-toe shoes, and a sweater. And I'm still cold.
2. I am super excited to go to Wild Adventures Halloween-fest tonight with Jeff, Robert, Jacob and Lacy - Phobia. (And really hoping it doesn't rain).
3. Ready to watch FSU football tomorrow after an open week last Saturday!
4. In a really awesome mood. Perky, some

Penguin On My Desk

Last week I moved into a new cubby at work. I have my own tiny little space now, and I don't even mind it's technically a cubicle. (I am in a long office, with two doors, split by a 5-foot divider and a bookshelf...) It's mine and it's private and I like it.



I have slowly been bringing in a few items every day in order to make it look a little cuter, and I just wanted to share this little guy,

Plethora of Pumpkin Things

Here's my second list so far my friends. And the pumpkin doodle is much, much cuter than my bike attempt from last week! :) Agreed?



And in case you were wondering what I mean by "pumpkin stuff," I literally mean all things pumpkin -- donuts, coffee, bread, muffins, color, actual pumpkins, decorations, themes, pie, pumpkin seeds (for a snack), carving, butter, pudding, crafts...and I'm sure

Party for My Mama

So even though I know I said I was going to start the list postings in October, I am getting a head start on it because I probably won't have time to it tomorrow. (Also, I don't have a scanner set up at my own house to do this from...)



I realize my bike drawings are a bit elementary, but I'm ok with that. And I figured yall would be too :) Maybe for the next post I'll attempt to make it a

Planning Ahead

Lately I've actually been FOLLOWING all of the blogs I've been following. Know what I'm sayin? But for real - I love reading other people's blogs. Even strangers can be interesting and have fun ideas. So I've gotten a few ideas for the future of my blog based on read a few random blogs over the last month of so.



My plan is to blog every day in October and November - with a different theme

Pre-Game

I just wanted to announce that I'm super excited for some Seminole football today!! I've been out of town the last two weekends, so I've unfortunately missed everything related to college football. But not this weekend. And I can't wait! I've wore my Seminole attire and accessories all day at work to get myself all psyched up, and it's been working. I'm so ready for some Seminole football!!

Pandora Comedy is Good for Road Trips

Labor Day weekend was super fun and amazing. Instead of sharing every tiny detail though like I usually do, I'll just try to hit the high notes...



Drove to Charlotte, North Carolina with Jeff all day Friday

Went to IKEA - amazing! My first trip there, and it was the bomb
Stayed my first night with some of Jeff's family in Charlotte on an air mattress

Picked up Gabe and Ryan early Saturday

Precious

Just learned a new fact, and it's precious, so I want to share it...




Sea otters hold hands while they're sleeping so that they don't drift away from each other :)

Pullen Family Singers

**Apparently I'm incapable of summarizing my fun, so this is another long post...**





This past weekend Jeff and I took a trip over to Orange Park/St. Augustine for a crazy busy, but crazy fun, weekend. Unfortunately, Grandpa Pullen passed away the previous week, so on Saturday, they had a giant get together for the family memorial service to honor their Dad/Uncle/Grandpa/Brother/

Pumped for the Weekend

I just want to say how excited I am to be going to St. Augustine this weekend! I miss my friends dearly, and I can't wait to see them. Also, I'll be bringing along the boyfriend for them to meet, so that will be fun too. :) Jeff and I both took off work, and we're leave tomorrow morning. Currently, I have about two and a half hours of work left, and I feel like I can hardly make it through the

Packed Schedule

My life is crazy busy right now. But I love it. I have so many fun, awesome, lovely things happening, and I am so blessed and so grateful that God has given me all these things! A lot has happened in just the one week since my last update, and I intend on sharing quite a bit of it. So, warning: this post will be long. :)



(last) MONDAY

Work. Lunch with Jeff. Work. Shopping with Jeff...

Plenty of Colour

Today I found a pretty cool website, and I wanna share it. If you like pretty things, and colors, and random fun things to look at, then you'll like this blog.



So check it out: www.plentyofcolour.com



Here are just a few pictures of fun things on the blog...

Profile Facelift

In honor of my 1 Year Anniversary of Penguins, Pasta and Polka Dots, I gave the old profile a face lift. Do we like? I know I certainly do! (I'm very much into all things yellow right now, and so I'm loving this new color scheme.)


For the record though, my blog-iversary was actually August 11. But I'm celebrating a few days later... :)


Much Love.

Procrastination Trumps Productivity

So, I should be doing something a lot more productive than just making a new blog post. But, my dear friend Dani, specifically requested a new blog post a few days ago, so I figured I would oblige her, and write a little something! :)


This past weekend was a blast, and I wish every weekend could be so good and could provide so much fun. Friday night started out with date night with my sweet

Pinterest Love

So I've become obsessed with a new website I found a few weeks ago. Pinterest.


It's an online board where you can catalogue your favorite things in life. The point is so that you don't forget that one day you wanted to make a collage of vintage maps, or that you have an excellent recipe for the most delicious cheesecake.


I've been on it for a few weeks now, and I'm am literally obsessed.

Polka Dot Dress

I am really liking this style of dress lately. Can't afford this specific one at all (it's like $150!! No way, Jose), but it's super cute. I found it on Pinterest (blog about that on the way shortly) and am in love with the ruffles, the tie, the polka dots, and even the gray/white combo.
Tried one on like it at Old Navy yesterday that was blue and flowery, and I really liked it. However, I did

Proposals & Potter

Before anyone starts getting any crazy ideas, I just want to point out that this is NOT a proposal to me...Glad we got that out of the way.



It was however a proposal for my dear friend Nicole, this time last year. She writes a pretty cool blog that read faithfully. Tonight she used my P Alliteration for her post titled "Proposals & Potter," so I felt like I had to link over to it since it

Penguin Watch?! Yes, Please.

So, I want a "fancy-ish" gold watch. The kind with rhinestones around the rim, and the dials on the inside. But I can't afford to pay an arm and a leg for the beautiful ones like Michael Kors makes, like this beauty...


So instead, I've been searching on Amazon to find a much more affordable option - maybe something like this...


In the meantime though, I've found this treasure - and I think I

Purse Search

I feel like writing a blog randomly, but don't have a lot of time, or anything specific to share. So, here are just a few tid-bits of information about my life right now!



1. I kinda wanna start looking for a new job, like immediately.

2. I am in search of a new purse, and I can't find the style I'm looking for anywhere! Annoying. (Like the one in the picture a little bit. But I'm being

Picture Collage for Previous Post

Po'Boy on the Beach

It's been waaayyy too long since I've posted on this here bloggy-blog. But it's because my precious computer was sick. My dear friend Jeff got it up and running for me again, and now she's as good as new again, if not better! Thanks Jeff! :)

This is just a quick post and collage from my 4th of July pictures at St. George Island. Hopefully not that my computer is back, I'll get back into the

Pretending to be Fashionable

Hi Friends!

Yall should all go over and check out my friend Maggie's blog. Why you ask? Because I made a guest blogging appearance on her blog! She went on vacation, and needed a few guest bloggers while she was gone, and she asked me to be one of them! What's strange for me is that she writes a fashion blog, and that's what I was supposed to write about as well. A totally new avenue for me.

Patriotic Weekend

These are just some of my favorite quotes/sayings/funnies from my Memorial Day Weekend in St. Augustine with some of my favorite people in the world :)

Just because we're common-law married doesn't mean we're lesbians. --Cally

Just because we're common-law married does'nt mean I'm not available. --Cally

Whatever happened to that Madonna?! --Stephen's Grandfather
The last thing I know of is

Passing of the Keys

So, most of you know - our youth pastor at Bradfordville resigned in the middle of March. Well yesterday was his final day at church with us. Now I am officially the ONLY youth staff at BFBC. It's such a weird feeling.

Last night we had a tiny "ceremony" in which Duncan passed his church keys off to me. I then went around and locked up the church for the first time. However, he didn't mention I

Prescription Popsicles

So I have strep throat - awesome. And it is actually the worst case of it I can remember in my whole life. The glands in my neck were so swollen that is caused physical aches and pains in my entire body because my neck back were so stiff. I woke up feeling bad last Friday and missed work, played a little too hard on Saturday, then laid in bed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and now Wednesday morning.

Peppered Popcorn

So it's been a while since I last blogged, and I just realized I actually missed doing it! I'm at work right now, so I don't have access to any of the cute pictures that go along with the upcoming stories - but they're all on Facebook anyways, so you can check them out there if you wish :)

Here is a slightly long list of very random things about my life right now:

1. I am obsessed with country

Please buy me this?

So, one day in a land not-so-far away, my best friend Jenni Double moved into my precious little Vista Cove apartment. Not only did she bring her incredible humor, excellent styling capabilities and love of books - but she also introduced me to other things as well. She brought with her tons of cute little treasures that I loved, and made my house even cuter than before.






My favorite item

Pounds are GONE!

So remember at the beginning of Lent, I had a final six pounds to lose before I reached my goal? Well, found out today that I'VE REACHED IT! Around the start of the New Year I made a list of goals, and published them for 'the world' to see, and one of the goals was to be under a certain weight. Then at Lent, I changed my diet even a little more with this post, in order to reach that goal quicker.

Pushing Towards the Final 6

So today is Ash Wednesday. The first day of Lent. And I don't always give stuff up, but this year I am going to. For those of you who read my New Year's Resolution post, there was a certain weight I want to be under. Right now, I'm only 6 pounds away! I feel great, and I'm so excited about it. I don't know if others around me can tell, but I certainly can, and I'm loving it.



Lately I've

Pure Language of the World

When I read this today, I really liked it, and I just wanted to share it. It’s a section from “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, when the boy, who is the main character, first sees a girl whom he instantly falls in love with. I like intensity of this explanation of that immediate feeling of love. I like the last two sentences the best, and love the idea of a “twin soul” for every person.




“It

Participation Required, Please

Last night at church my friend Trey McQuaig told me about a little game that I though sounded like a fun way to pass some time at work.


So this morning, I started off with his first challenge: by clicking the links on a Wikipedia article, try to get from “Shakespeare” to “Mac” (Macintosh/Apple). I thought it sounded a little tricky, but I underestimated my powers. I was able to get there in

Political Visit

Today, Governor Rick Scott came for a visit to the good ‘ole Department of Corrections. ALL of the Central Office employees were required to attend his address, which was held on the ground floor of our parking garage.

It was supposed to begin at 3 p.m., and about ten minutes before, four almost-identical black SUV’s made a spectacle of pulling in and backing around, making sure to face the

Practical Advice from Chocolate

For Valentine's Day, my Mama got me some of my favorite chocolates – Dove milk chocolate hearts. Although usually I do prefer the dark chocolate, these sure are scrum-diddily-umptious. (Everyone like that word?! I thought so.)One reason why I like them so much though – aside from the sheer deliciousness obviously – is the quotes on the inside of the wrapper. Some are cute, some are funny, some

Playtime with Bridge

This weekend, my old college friend and roommate, Bridget, flew from Ohio to visit me! We had a lot of fun, made some great memories, and laughed a lot. Friday night I picked her up from the airport, and we headed to Friday's for food, fun and story/catch-up time. We talked for hours, and had so much to tell each other.





Saturday morning we went to Textures Handmade Market, which is one of my

Polka-dot Painted Flower Pot

Last Saturday was rainy and kinda cold and real nasty. So I braved the weather in my rolled-up jeans and Sperry's to run a few errands and get some lunch. I then retreated to my dry, warm house for the perfect afternoon combination of movie rest time and craft time.Painting is one of my favorite crafts. I'm not very good at it, and things certainly don't look perfect, but it is fun and relaxing.

Predicament

I’ve been having some struggles this week, and I just want to write about it to get it off my chest a little bit – so, sorry for a slightly boring post…Earlier in the week on Sunday night I said something rude to a good friend, and offended this person a whole lot. I immediately felt bad, tried to call them, and got the voicemail. I pseudo-apologized, and asked for a return call for a proper

Prayers of Praise

I just want to take a brief minute to express my praise right now! I’ve just been thinking about it a lot this morning (cuz work is real slow and I have plenty of time to think), and am so thankful for a pretty great life that I have right now. Of course things aren’t always pretty and perfect, but it’s all in the perspective of things…

ONE – I have a wonderful family. Sure – they get on my

Paperback & Hardcover

So last night while I was playing on my new computer, I was finally able to spend some time on the internet – which is abnormal for me usually. Over New Year’s weekend at the farm, my good friend Kaley Grant had told me about this cool website called Shelfari, and that I should join it, and that I should be her friend there. So last night I did. And it is pretty awesome.

It’s an online book

Potential Pianist

So I usually don't make New Year's Resolutions, well, because I think they're kinda dumb and pointless. I mean, who actually ends up keeping them all? And why can we only decide to do these things at the start of the New Year? Well, despite all that, I did actually do it this year - kinda. But instead of resolutions, I'm calling them GOALS. There are some serious things, and some fun things. But