Terrible Blogger!

Alright let's just face it...I my friends am a terrible blogger! Always have been and most likely always will be. Life, aka grad school and Sarah's dissertation, happens and I get caught up and forget all about blogger land.

That being said there are some new developments in the works concerning this blog. I know, I know we already started over and tried again but that is what life is all about...falling down and getting right back up again. So please bear with me as I pull myself up once more!

What's new...Photography

I don't know if I mentioned this but I love taking pictures so when I got my first big girl job I decided to use my tax refund check to buy a real legit DSLR, a Canon to be exact. I made my purchase and have been tinkering around with it from time to time and even had the chance to shoot for a local political campaign last summer. Since then I have just been snapping a few shots of baby/toddler Harry and the new addition Baby Charlie/Charlotte and of course my Fab Five from MS. Here are a few of my favs...

Since I enjoy snapping shots here and there I have decided to take this to the next level. Simply meaning that I plan to expand my hobby into something a bit more lucrative. So with that in mind, I have been working with one of my Reveler Sisters, Laura Prestwich (find her here http://magnolianotes.blogspot.com/)to design a logo that I will use as a blog design and possible watermark. I am so so excited to see what she comes up with because she has some pretty kick butt looking business cards!

Now I know fancy branding and all that jazz isn't going to make me the hot ticket photographer in Athens; I mean lets just face it people I'm ok but I'm no Ansel Adams over here. In addition to a professional make over, if you will, I plan to use this blog as a means to display my craft and fine tune my skill. Fact is I have tons of pictures just sitting on my hard drive that no one else has ever seen and that my friends is a little disappointing. This blog will be my portrait/shot gallery and hopefully the first step in getting my name out there. So we shall see my friends, we shall see!

Photo Peaches...

Ok we already know I suck at keeping up with blogging but remember my 'commitment'...so far so good if I do say so myself! In an attempt to further challenge myself & this commitment I have decided to try the Photo-a-day challenge by Fatmumslim. Here is July's photo list & my day 1 photo!!

Birthday Fun Day

Thursday was my 25th bday & I had a blast! Here is what I wore...

Peaches & A Bit of Housekeeping

I thought perhaps I would do a bit of housekeeping before launching full force into some of my new ventures. Alright, a few months ago I was scouring the internet for info concerning a topic I can't quite remember. Anyhow I stumbled across a YouTube video featuring a lovely young lady, BentleyBlonde talking about CRAP products- my personal favs; fast forward to June and I am an addict. Little did I know but there are oodles of gurus just like Wendy on YouTube. So after subscribing to her channel, following her blog, finding her on FB/Twitter & Instagram (I realize that I am now a certified stalker, single white female anyone?) I feel certified to apply my own makeup and spend gobs of money on beauty products!
SO I told you all of that to tell you that at the suggestion of Wendy I signed up for Influenster, a company that sends out VoxBoxes to Influenster's to try out for FREE and then submit detailed reviews of the products they received for FREE! I got my first box in May and I loved it. At first I was really skeptical because honestly, some company is going to send ME products for FREE, yeah ok. But seriously the sent it and I got to try out some pretty sweet products. In case you don't believe me check out my picture below to see all the awesome products that the Influenster Team sent my way and then go sign up yourself!

Spring Beauty VoxBox

My Spring Beauty VoxBox included:
 SoyJoy Strawberry Bar- interesting, but not horrible.
 Sally Hansen Salon Effects- used these before, NO dry time oh yeah oh yeah!
 Sheer Cover Concealer- lightweight concealer, amazing!
 Dr. Scholl's For Her Ball of Foot Gel Inserts- lifesaver, your feet will thank you!
 Chapstick Lip Shield w SPF- not so much, but Sarah loved it!
 Bath & Body Works Body Mist in Sweet Pea- classic scent, who doesn't love Sweet Pea?!
 Aveeno Body Wash- nice, very moisturizing & no overwhelming scent!

So seriously go sign up and play around on the site so you can qualify for you very own VoxBox its totally worth it!


*Disclamer- products listed above are compliments of Influenster for testing purposes. 

Fresh Peaches!

Hey y'all I thought I might give this one more shot. If you don't already know I attempted the blogging game about 2 years ago and failed to follow through with it. So I gave myself a nice kick in the bee-hind and decided to start fresh with a new one. This time around I have mapped out a plan of action and made a commitment to blog regularly and frequently.
I'm a teacher by trade and am currently finishing up my last 2 courses of my M.Ed. Program, yes I am rather excited to have additional letters after my name! With the recent move to Georgia I quit my job enrolled full-time in grad school and took on the role of housewife and I have quite enjoyed it although its a bit lonely at times. In January I took a job at a local private school as an after school Pre-K worker, now that its summertime its back to the house for me. In an attempt to preserve my sanity, steer clear of online shopping, and provide an outlet for my creative ventures I figured ANOTHER blog would serve me just fine.
So for the purposes of the Peachy Keen blog I'll be rambling on about my day to day adventures, showing off my photography and maybe tempting you with some of my creations. For all extensive purposes this will simply be a collection of random happenings and a database of memories and fun times for my friends, aquaintances and of course myself! Happy blogging, hope you enjoy!