Say hello to my first post in over a year! I haven’t posted since 2010!!!! I know, I am such a horrible blogger but I really don’t have much to say. I love reading blogs, heck, my whole business is related to blogging but I just can’t do it. Please ignore this horrible mess of a site, I am completely redoing it. Right now it looks like blaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.
This Matter of Marriage–3 months
on December 28, 2010
Has it really been three months since I got married? Yes it has! Time has seriously flown by between the birthdays, Thanksgiving, my best friends wedding, Christmas and now it’s already the New Year.
I admit, I’ve been so busy these last few months I’ve really only had time for must-do’s. Unfortunately, posting on my blog wasn’t one of them. I know, total fail.
My business is continuing to grow steadily, which always makes me happy. 
Hopefully during 2011 it grows even more. It always makes me happy when I see people start a blog from nothing (like mine currently is) and become a well read voice in the blogosphere that people can’t stop talking about.
Anywho – here are a couple of recent pictures of yours truly!
The Engagement Deal
on August 26, 2010
Oh em GEE! It FINALLY happened. Our engagement has become official as of August 23, 2010. A ring was placed on my finger on August 24, 2010… my birthday.
This has been a long busy year for the both of us. He works full-time as a VP for a successful hosting firm and I have been working overtime with my start-up, Twenty70 Hosting. We both work at least 10 hours a day (who knew working at home and for yourself would be harder than working on location for someone else?) and with other more important family matters going on throughout the year, the right time just hasn’t made itself available. We’d already decided that we would, eventually, marry but we still wanted to wait for that right moment to make it official and actually have time to plan for a wedding.
We are going to have a small ceremony for immediate family only on September 18, 2010 but sometime in February will have an actual wedding with all the bells and whistles. Why two ceremonies? Cuz we want to be married now darn it! LoL. In all seriousness though, we want to begin our journey to the end of eternity as soon as possible. We’ve been waiting unofficially for almost a year so having a ceremony in September might seem quick but it’s really not for us.
Now, I know everyone is dying to know the details but in all honestly, there really isn’t any juicy details. LoL. On the 23rd we were just sitting on the floor in his closet (yeah, I don’t know either, lol) and he (M) pretty much said it’s time to make it official, set a date, and begin our life together not in sin anymore. 
How I got the ring: As I mentioned previously, I got the ring the next day on my birthday. While about to leave to Tampa to have dinner with my sisters, M must have saw his chance to present me with said ring. I used to always wear this blue sapphire ring because I really liked it. The only problem with that ring was that it was given to me by an ex as a Valentine’s Day present. I know some people are probably thinking “why would you wear a ring that an EX gave you when you’re seeing someone else???!!”. My answer: I’m a mature adult, it was given as to me as a GIFT, and that relationship was long over by years by the time I met M. I know some people, or guys, would say “Well, if you’re wearing a ring he gave you then you must think about him a lot”. My Answer: Are you really that insecure and paranoid? Sure, the ring reminds me of the ex when people ask me about the ring. I don’t look at the ring and daydream about the man for heaven’s sake.
Anyways, I’m going off point. He noticed I wasn’t wearing the ring and said something along the lines of replacing that ring with “this one” and shows me the ring.
Of course, my chin hit the floor when I saw this beauty. I was, for the first time ever in my life, rendered speechless.
The ring was a little big so today I finally got a chance to bring it to the jewelers to get it resized. I am actually currently awaiting it’s completion next door at Starbucks. Yes, I am blogging at Starbucks. Hooray for free wifi!
So, that is the deal with the engagement. It’s official and I’m happy.
P.S. He Went To Jared.
Am I gonna die?
on July 24, 2010
So, remember the other day when I tweeted about having the worst headache ever? Also, possibly the second migraine I’ve ever had in my life. Well, I woke up with redness in the form of a triangle with the point at the end of my left out and going out to cover my left temple. It doesn’t really itch, but it does slightly burn a bit. It’s also slightly raised and a teeny bit bumpy. Definitely not the normal texture of my skin.
So, if there are any dermatologists, nurses, RN’s, bug experts, etc out there reading this: Am I going to die? We’re going on the completion of Day 2 of said redness.
This image is making the corner of my eye look purple, it’s not.
So ummm, yeah. What’s wrong with me!?
xoxo,
Keleigh
Say My Name, Stitch!
on July 23, 2010
Note: Obviously, that’s not the correct line from American Pie, I do not use profanity but you get the idea!
The reason for this post today (and post title) is a partial venting session and a partial teaching session.
When corresponding with ANYONE, whether it be on the phone, via e-mail, via text message, via instant messenger, via face to face; USE THEIR NAME!
Lately I’ve been corresponding with a company for work that needs to be done with Twenty70 Hosting and we’ve been corresponding for over a month now and I have yet to see them actually WRITE my name in an e-mail. I realize it is probably going through a ticketing system because the responses are ALWAYS generic, which is another thing I hate when communicating with clients/potential clients but that’s another post.
It peeves me greatly when the e-mail starts with:
Hi,
Below are the….
I mean, really? I have a name, use it. Try to be a little bit more personable and life-like, you know? Try to act like you WANT my continued business.
Now, I know (much to my dismay) that I have not yet perfected the art of communication. I have my Facepalms still but duuuddeee, is it soooo hard to address me by name?
For instance, sending an e-mail to a blogger, it’s frowned upon to start the e-mail with:
Dear Blogger,
Dear Technology Blogger,
Dear Mommy Blogger,
I would say that using the terms above is only good for when you’re speaking via a public ad or post and addressing your readers (who may be one of the above). But, if you are going to send them a PERSONAL e-mail then PERSONALIZE it. Unless, of course, you’re SPAM.
Just my two cents worth on that…
HAPPY FRIDAY!
xoxo,
Keleigh
Weekend in Review: July 16-18, 2010
on July 21, 2010
I know I’ve been promising to blog about this past weekend but honestly, so much has happened and so much still needs to be done. So, sorry for the delay!
I guess I will start my weekend on Thursday; you will need to know Thursday’s events to understand Saturday’s events.
Thursday night Migo’s friend from high school and college flew in from Detroit (he lives in Ohio). His plane was supposed to take off earlier in the evening and land at 8:00pm EST. Did that happen? Of course not. They pushed back take-off until 8:00pm which means the flight wouldn’t land until after 10:00pm. All I am thinking at this point is, *facepalm*. Migo & his friend had decided that when he landed we would all go to Blue Martini for Latin Night and the later his flight, the later we got home. That didn’t make me a happy camper but I put on a smilie face anyway.
8:00 comes around and they are just starting to board the plane when a passenger decides to pass-out, long story short – that delayed the plane’s take-off another hour. Take off was at 9:16 and the plane landed just before midnight EST.
After circling arrival pickup four times at Terminal B (where the plane was supposed to part) we couldn’t find said friend. Again, long story short… I suppose since the plane was hours behind, the Terminal was full and the plane had to taxi to Terminal A…. on the other side of the airport. So we drive all the way to the other side of the airport to Terminal A where we start circling the arriving flights passenger pickup area. He says he is there but we can’t find him! Come to find out, he didn’t leave through the baggage claim area which puts you in the pick up area. He left through the departing flight ticketing area, which is on the second floor where you DROP OFF passengers. *FACEPALM*
Friday – Friday, Migo and I found out a mutual friend of ours was hospitalized for a flair up of Crohn’s Disease. 
Definitely not cool, the poor thing was in so much pain. Later that night, we saw “Inception”. GREAT MOVIE.
Saturday – Saturday we learned a family member has a large mass within one of her lungs so we basically spent the weekend with family and Migo’s nieces and nephew. Said family member is kind of scared but we’re all hoping and praying for the best. A biopsy will be done later this week.
Saturday was also the night of the pointless fight between Migo and I that I tweeted about. It really was pointless but we were both so adamant to get our points across it became funny. Basically the point of the argument was him getting upset with me for something that happened that he ALREADY KNOWS I would be upset over. I got upset over something that happened while out and about with his friend who came to visit and the friends he brought out and about with us. My reaction to what happened shouldn’t have been a surprise to him, I really am an open book. This may sound confusing because I haven’t shared the entire story, but it really is long and boring and this post is already long enough!
Sunday – Work, Shopping at Express, swimming at Aquatica with Migo’s family, then home.
Monday – Drive to airport, grab starbucks. Work. Work. Work. Work. Visit friend in hospital. Went bowling, I won. Worked some more when I got home.
And that my friends, is my highly boring weekend in review.
xoxo!
The “Upitty” people that go to Starbucks.
on June 3, 2010
Everyone who knows me knows that I got to Starbucks a lot, definitely more than I should. The obvious reason is the price of their beverages, but you know what? I thoroughly enjoy my Cafe Vanilla Frappuccino and haven’t been able to find anything that even remotely compares to that heavily caloried goodness. Whole Milk and Whip Please!
Anyways, on to the point of this post. I have a really big peeve and that’s the comments that a lot of people like to make about the people that always go to Starbucks and won’t go to McDonald’s for a coffee-like beverages even though it’s a helluva lot cheaper.
These people like to assume that everyone who goes to Starbucks either A) has a lot money B) is “above” the cheaper coffee and the people that get that C) are stuck up because they “have money”
Now, I am definitely not saying that everyone thinks this but I do hear comments like above a lot because a ton of people see me with Starbucks, see my tweets about Starbucks, and of course when I talk and the subject comes up, I talk about Starbucks. Above are frequent comments I’ve heard in response.
Another thing I am told a lot is that I “should get a vanilla frappe from McDonald’s” for like, a dollar. That’s fabulous but you know what? I don’t like them. Sure, I’d save money but I don’t like them. I prefer Starbucks. Does that make me “rich, stuckup, and too good for everyone else”, most definitely not. I also prefer 7-11‘s French Vanilla Cappuccino’s over Starbucks’, does that make me cheap? No.
Stop hatin against Starbucks and the people that prefer it! It’s not cool!
/vent
Hawaii : Professional Pictures
on March 5, 2010
As promised, here are some more pictures from our recent vacation to Hawaii. These are the professional pictures that we purchased (and paid an arm, leg, and first born for). I did notice that in the pictures from the Luau, those flip flops and that dress make my legs look stubby. Euw. LoL.
++++ Please excuse the compression of the pix… I didn’t crop them so they are still HUGE but WP keeps them small. ++++
Well, enjoy!
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- Pictures with the locals!
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- Us at the Luau in Kuai!
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- My FAVORITE photo of us.
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- He’s mine ladies! Look but don’t touch!
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- Together. :-)
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- So serious.
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- The only night we dressed up. :-)
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- This one came out awkward. LoL
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- Relaxin Pose!
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- Eh, this one came out awkward too.
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- Cheese!
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- Didn’t bring silver shoes, had to wear black. :-(
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- The Captain of Pride of America & Us
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- Hello Up There!
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- Us at the Luau in Kuai!
Should have stuck with the Big Salad
on March 5, 2010
I believe karma has stricken me with tasteless lunch because I strayed from my diet. Today, deciding to give Breakfast Club’s breakfast a try, I got the Country Fried Steak & Eggs.
Country Fried Steak & Eggs - Breakfast Club
Total #FAIL. The CFS was soggy, the eggs were watery, and the hash browns were soft and cold. I was rather disappointed in today’s meal, not saying Breakfast Club makes bad CFS but today it was not good. Maybe it’s because they were closing soon, who knows? Maybe it’s Karma saying “Keleigh, DON’T EAT THAT!”. It does, however, seem kind of pointless to work out every morning then eat like crap.
Definitely going to stick with my Big Salad next time.
Happy New Year, it’s March.
on March 1, 2010
Well hello there!
It’s been awhile, yes? I have to extend my apologies for the lack of blog updates, again. LoL. I always feel like I have something to share with the world but since I spend most of my day at work on a computer it’s like ugh, do I have to? when I get home from work. 
Anywho, I have some exciting things to report, not that you care.
Hawaii: At the end of January I flew to Hawaii to take a nice long cruise to all of the Hawaiian Islands. We chose Norwegian Cruise Lines‘s Pride of America. Beautiful ship, awesome service, awesome company. I totally recommend NCL for any cruises you wish to take.
Hawaii, however, was absolutely beautiful. A lot of people in Florida say that there is no point of visiting Hawaii because we have beaches and palm trees here. Boy are they missing out! Hawaii is much, much more than beaches and palm trees. Each island is unique, beautiful, and the culture of Hawaii is so amazing! The natives are also extremely nice and always ready to share a piece of their heritage with you. We hiked up the volcanoes, we snorkeled around the reefs and saw an abundance of tropical fish as well as the endagered Hawaiian Monk Seal. He was about 3 years and BIG. LoL. So CUTE though! We hiked in the Rainforest where we learned that you can pretty much live entirely off of the land. The vegetation supplies fruits, vegetables, and even the stuff you can’t eat has some sort of medical usage. Absolutely wonderful if I do say. One day I will post pictures, LoL. Maybe I will even share them with you, but first I need to show my family! They are still waiting. Oops. :-\
College I am officially a College Freshmen. 
Yes, it’s true! I begin college in May…it’s been 7 years since I graduated High School so this should be interesting. I’m being a dubbed a “non-traditional student” and that makes me feel old! 25 is not old though! Ha! But yes, soon I have to go shopping for school supplies and you can probably expect blogs about how much I hate math but when it comes down to it I am really REALLY happy to be back in school.
Gym & Healthy Eating In my quest to lose a few inches around my waist so I can fit in to my jeans again, my boyfriend and I have adopted a new healthier lifestyle. We’ve cut out soda (RIP: Sprite) and alcohol (which I didn’t really drink anymore anyway), cut down on red meat, sugars, and junk food. We’re eating a lot of fish for our Omega-3′s , limiting our starches, eating lots of salads, fruits, and veggies. w00t. He’s been a gym goer but I myself, have not. I’ve never needed to work out but as I approach 30, slowly but surely, it seems I must start. This morning at 5:00am we got our happy selves out of bed and went to the gym. I am sore, my arms are useless but I FEEL GOOD! Now the hard part is to keep the routine going and get up everyday and go. *sigh*
That seems to be the bulk of want I wanted to post in this post…so…yeah. I have other things to blog about but I must get back to work. It’s taken me three hours to type this because I’m squeezing in words every few seconds, lol.
P.S. If you have any healthy food recipes you need to send them to meeee! Mahalo!
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