I’m Engaged!

Liliana — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:40:10 +0000

So a lot has happened this weekend! Besides having the girls, Drake being grouchy and Thomas’s car breaking down on us in LES (Lower East Side Manhattan) far from home, guess what?! We’re Engaged! Such happiness i feel, i love him so much and he did it perfectly in Long Island City (City Lights) Skyline view, the weather was beautiful on Saturday and it was intimate just me & him at night with the most amazing view of Manhattan Skyline in front of us. My poor lovie was so nervous but he did exactly what i dreamed of and didnt embarress me too which was a plus (I don’t like being center of attention). Too bad i didn’t have my phone or my DSLR camera, i left everything in his house because we were just going for a “ride” and decided at “last minute” to hang out there because this was the place we went to a lot when we first started dating two years back. It was perfect. Here are the photos we took with his phone camera which suck because it’s blurry but oh well (there was no one there to take us a photo it was that intimate). Loved it! I might get my engagement photos done there also, it’s a special place for Thomas & I.

These are photos are photos of us throughout our day before the proposal.

I hope everyone had a beautiful Mother’s Day! These are pics of my weekend after spending it with my mom and grandma <3.

We hang out at a Brooklyn Park. Just had a picnic an chatted in our little blissful moment together lol. Such a nice beautiful weekend.

3 Art Blogs | Link Up

Liliana — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

I have always been scoring the internet world for some great art blogs to follow lately and have come across some really talented and inspirational people. These on the other hand are three of my favorite artists from my past years that i still follow till this day! Not only are the blogs icandy but they are also fun! Check them out!

Paper Fashion | What an amazing artist, love her watercolor fashion illustrations, seriously her artwork is pure icandy!

Anti Girl | I grew up since highschool following her work and i think she is amazing and unique.

Larissa Meek | Another female i have been following since high school and she is so multi-talented, not only was she a model, but is a mom to beautiful twins and a beautiful graphic artist, web developer and illustrator!

Check out these amazing ladies, they always amaze me with their work. Have a wonderful weekend!

Life Lately | Instagramed

Liliana — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:17:57 +0000

Lately i feel like i hardly have time, as summer is approaching i am doing a lot more now and not to mention having Drake with us is another hand full, but we’re also happy he’s with us non the less. That and gym workouts etc. well sometimes i just don’t have time to sit and just watch TV. I’m wondering if i should even keep my Netflix subscription cause i have not turned it on in weeks. Who knows what i’ll do but i tell you one thing i am absolutely loving spring, it has been raining a lot here in NYC but not too bad, now the weather is starting to get beautiful. Here’s what’s been going on through instagram from end of April to beginning of May.

Mother’s Day | Gift Ideas

Liliana — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:36:04 +0000

So Mother’s Day is approaching very soon and i am looking for some nice gifts that my mother would probably like, and i found a lot of cute ones on etsy.com that i am thinking about getting, depending on the shipping though because it is real soon. The mugs and the Necklaces are top of my list. Here are some ideas on gifts that they have on etsy for our mommas, if you need a last minute gift idea!

1. Check out these cute pillows from alexandraferguson pillows: 1, 2 super cute and sassy!

2. Another Mother pillow from mybeardedpigeon i like this definition pillow.

3. This book! I mean seriously is a great gift for starting out mommas or even who have kids already, but what a great way to jot down things your kids say to remember later or add to scrapbook pages. Love it! I might get one for my future trolls whenever that happens lol. This one though is from The Paper Source.

4. I love these beautiful necklaces from here.

5. Cute mug.

6. Nice Keep calm sign which is so true.

7. Another cute one mug!

8. A nice engraved bracelet.

9. A DIY Child Handprint Tree. Cute idea.

Happy Shopping!

Weightloss Progress

Liliana — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

So as you may see from my sidebar i have been on a mission to getting healthy. I went back to using my fitness pal and am loving it! I have always been a person to struggle with her weight and as i get older i am only realizing it is becoming extremely harder. Not only am i not losing as fast as i was when i was in my late teens / early twenties but i find exercising extra painful and dreadful!

Progress Shots: March – April 2012

Over the last month though i have been going hard into improving my eating habits and really trying to hit the gym at least 5 times a week with 30-45 minute workouts on the treadmill each time. At first of course i hated it but as i keep going to the gym, i have been feeling better with the workout routines. Not only that, but i have the support of my loving boyfriend who is also on a mission to get fit. Sometimes we can be each others worst enemies though when we are craving something really bad like Brooklyn Cupcakes.

So yes, i have always been into all different kind of diets and the ones that i absolutely loved was Herbalife (which i will be incorporating in my diet soon, more on that topic another time) and well what i am doing now which is counting calories. I count calories through my fitness pal and it has helped with my weight-loss tremendously. It’s just like weight watchers minus the points factor. I find it to be more realistic because i dont want to have to be counting points all my life or in other words converting calories into points, you know what i mean? Just straight counting calories. Don’t get me wrong i love weight watchers they really do work, but i figure why pay for a service and convert calories to points when you can easily do the same with my fitness pal.

On to the weightloss: So far i have dropped 18 lbs since March 2012 using this service and hitting the gym. I feel so much more less bloated and am on a mission to dropping more. So if you haven’t tried them i really recommend them! I have been cutting bread and a lot of carbs in general, not that i don’t eat any at all because i do, but not too much, maybe one slice of bread with peanut butter for breakfast instead of two slices and not have fruits which have more sugar and other things like yogurts. If i have one carb i wont add another. So in other words don’t pile on the sugar & carbs! It has been helping me lose since i started this, because i was stuck in a rut for a while and not understanding why i wasn’t losing faster, and it was because i was eating too many carbs or too much fruits which have sugar.

I am at my worst right now. It’s kind of embarressing i let myself get this way but i really want to do better for myself and am looking for tons of new ideas and tips on improving my weight-loss progress, so any tips would be great!