So, I have smoked cigarettes off and on since about 2010-2011, it's a nasty habit that if you had told me in 2009 that I would be smoking I would have laughed in your face. I honestly started smoking because it seemingly helped at the time curb my anxiety and also gave me a way in to talk to people, but mostly I got anxious I went outside to smoke and calmed down and went back to what I was doing. I've quit a few times, and then something horrible would occur in my life and back I would go. But I really honestly want to quit, even though honestly I now enjoy smoking. BUT my health is now much more important to me than just enjoying something.



About two years ago I got interested in vaping, but didn't take the plunge until last year after a butt ton of research I bought a vape, and a juice... that I ended up not liking at all. And that has been my problem since. I can't find juices (or e-liquids) that I enjoy the flavour of, I'm looking for an all day vape.

So far I know that I prefer bakery above all, but finding solid bakery choices is like... almost impossible. My always go-to is Sicboy's M.B.Y.C. (which stands for 'my balls your chin' snicker snicker.) Which it's description reads as a creamy praline ice cream with vanilla custard. I also adore the Milkman's churrios.

If you vape, and have a favorite juice, please let me know in the comments. I'd love to have more options.

It's been a seriously long week. Do you ever just have those weeks, where everything that could happen does, and you're just physically and mentally exhausted by the time 2pm hits? Granted, I start work at 4:30am, while a good chunk of the timezone I'm in doesn't get going till at least 6-9am. I watch them come through for coffee like clockwork, but I digress. The work week is different for everyone, I have no set schedule, I work all over the day and different days each week, and sometimes that can be extremely stressful and upsetting to any sort of sleep schedule.

I've noticed when I have taken four days off, by the end of those four days I've shed so much stress and my sleep cycle is finally starting to fall back into rhythm, and then I go back to work and it all falls apart again. If anything this year has shown me that I need a more set schedule and in going to my next store in moving, I will have to set some sort of a schedule for myself or I'm just gonna keel over in 2017.



Paul left on the 29th of May, for his whirlwind month of work, he'll be finally coming home June 29th. It's interesting what we miss about people while they're gone. I'm missing nothing quite concrete, but like I miss his presence, being able to show him something stupid online and listen to him cook dinner (I'm not allowed in the kitchen while he's cooking, makes him anxious.) Bickering over silly stuff, and just being absolute children around each other. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, or something like that I suppose.

In the year and change we've dated, he's been on the road so much it's more or less routine for him to be gone 1-2 weeks at any given time, but this is the longest stretch of him consistently on the road and not even blowing through for a hug. Just helps slide things into perspective, and the reality that we're about to be sharing a living space in a few months is so exciting as well and mildly daunting.

I remember saving up my money one summer and on a beach trip to Mexico Beach, I begged and begged my dad to let me buy a blue version. And I worked, and that was the beginning of my long obsession with Pokemon, I'm still an old school fan, and I love the first 150. To watch the game evolve and become it's own has been amazing.

On our first date ever, atop a hill looking over our little city, we both mentioned that we wanted to move. We both mentioned Asheville and kinda gave each other a look, like quite saying what I'm saying. That is now a bit of a running theme in our relationship. But back to moving, I have moved quite a few times around Georgia, but Paul has never left his town. We both have some extensive travel under our belt though, so it's not like we've been trapped.

But after a little bit of conversation December we decided to go up to Asheville and check it out. Spend a few days immersed in it and see if it was something we thought we really wanted to do.

We chose a cute little basement apartment off of air bnb in Montford neighborhood. When you walked out of the door you could see the sunset over the mountains, so needless to say we did well.




Sometimes we drove, sometimes we walked, just depended on what we thought we'd be getting into as a whole that day. There was a few really sweet places to eat and drink just a few blocks from where we stayed. Though most nights we traipsed over to downtown asheville and enjoyed the scene. It is an amazing place, Asheville, so much to do and see.






I wish I had gotten more photos of the interior, we just were enjoying ourselves too much being out and about, I barely took my phone out. This was at Wicked Weed Brewing. It was fantastic, you should stop by there for a beer or two... or three.




You'll find out quickly our love for star wars is pretty intense, Paul much more than me, but this was fantastic to stumble upon on our walk home one night.


All I have from this night is this snap chat photo I saved the next morning from my story. Holy moley. Out of everything we did, this was the best night we had hands down. Asheville Music Hall you were bloody spectacular. It was the best combination of everything all thrown together at once. We were blown away and swept up. Upstairs live band jamming out, downstairs was more of a club vibe but with live music as well, and in the back downstairs, was Mojo Kitchen. Hands down some of the best tacos I've had. And easily takes the cake for the best late night mildly intoxicated food I've ever in my life had, and I don't know if anywhere else will ever trump this. If you have time, and there is a show, please go!






Waking up was hard but I was determined to make it for brunch at Biscuit Head, with a catch phrase "put some south in your mouth"I don't know why you wouldn't want to go there for brunch.




Everyone was so friendly and down to earth, I swapped glasses with the sweet girl behind the counter and shared my story of how fantastic they are and pimped out the website (more to come on them.) And then I moved on to the biscuits. Oh my lord. And the jams. Oh my goodness. It was amazing. I enjoyed ever single bite.


It's become tradition for me, if I drive anywhere near Asheville, I have to stop by looking glass falls. Paul had never been so that sealed the deal. Pisgah National Forest, a beautiful spot. After we visited the falls, we went a bit further in and explored the natural water slide, and have promised ourselves that we will return next year and slide down that beast. It looked awesome, better than any water park.

• eggs
• milk
• crumbled feta cheese
• onion
• spinach
• cherry tomatoes
• nutmeg
• dough sheets (or ingredients to make a dough if you're going that route.)

• 1 10 oz package of frozen spinach thawed, with all the liquid squeezed out
• 1/2 cup of shopped red onion
• 1/2 cup of crumbled feta cheese
• aprox. 10 cherry tomatoes, halved

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of low fat milk or 1 cup of lactaid milk (for those of us who are lactose intolerant, and yes cheese doesn't bother us for whatever reason. We're not complaining.)
• Dash of nutmeg

1. Preheated the oven to 350F, and did a little dance around the kitchen.
2. Coated the pie pan lightly with coconut oil (you can use cooking spray.) Laid the dough sheet onto the pie pan, I actually didn't trim the edges but rounded them to make it more even.
3. Mix together spinach and onion, and go ahead and add some feta cheese on the bottom of the pie pan sitting atop the crust, then go ahead and add the mixture of spinach and onion on top of that. I added some more feta throughout, because feta, but you don't have to.
4. Whisk all your quiche batter ingredients in a bowl and season with salt and pepper if desired. Pour that batter atop the filling and arrange those halved tomatoes however you feel like it.
5. Set on a baking sheet and bake for 45-50 minutes or until center is set and crust is a nice golden brown.