A Quarter of a Century.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! 
I wish I could tell you I went crazy this weekend, partying it up and celebrating being a quarter of a century, but that's a lie. I actually had a pretty mellow weekend. I went out to dinner with my family and Jon on Friday, and afterward, we went bowling. It was the first time that all of us had been bowling together, and it was a lot of fun. I love bowling even though I'm horrid at it. We managed to get two games in, and unfortunately, Jon won both of them. In our defense, he took a bowling class in college, so his score shouldn't even count.

Glow bowling with red and green lights cause Christmas.

I spent the rest of the weekend being pampered by Jon. I seriously am so lucky to have a guy as amazing as him to call my boyfriend. He's my forever, and I'm excited to spend the rest of my life with him. We went shopping on Saturday and ate some sushi (aka my favorite food) at Hana. Then we spent the night doing Christmas-y things: wrapping presents, hanging up the stockings, watching Christmas with the Kranks. 

#Christmas

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For the record, Jon hates doing Christmas things, so I took advantage of my birthday weekend to get him to do Christmas things with me. Yesterday, he brought me breakfast in bed, and we had an overall lazy day. It was perfect. 
24 was a pretty good year for me. Shall we relive? 
January I adopted Molly, and it was pretty much the best decision I ever made. She's brought so much happiness into my life, and I'm happy I was able to do the same for her. She's come out of her shell so much since I adopted her, and I love discovering different things about her personality everyday. 

January was also a major month for my blog, because I changed my name from d'Asti at Tiffany's to Endless Bliss. I definitely think the change had a positive impact on my blog, and I can't imagine it being named anything else.
February This month was full of love, not only because of Valentine's Day, but also because of Jon's birthday. We were still in a short distance relationship, living an hour away from each other, but Jon and I were able to see each other a lot in February, which I was so grateful for. One of my favorite days was when we celebrated Mardi Gras together. That was so much fun!

Happy birthday to my handsome boyfriend who loves me at my weirdest, laughs at me at my silliest, pretends to understand me and accepts that my puppy gets more attention than him. And of course, happy birthday to his twin who thinks I'm prettier than Jon. Now you're both old like me! #picstitch #birthday #twins #24 🎁🎉🎈🎂🍪

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March March was an exciting month for me at work. Both of our hotels won awards from the brand, and I was tasked with putting together a last minute party for the entire staff to celebrate. It was stressful and fun, but I think everyone had a fun time. I also threw a surprise party for my co-worker's partner, and it was a success! Special shout-out to Pinterest for giving me so many ideas. 

April I moved out of the apartment with my friend, Amanda, and into Jon's and my first apartment together. I lived by myself for a month before Jon moved in with me. It was an adjustment for Molly, but she loved having a yard to run around in.

...or to sunbathe in.

Also, my sister went to senior prom, and I felt really old. She looked gorgeous though. 

My little sister is off to prom. How gorgeous is she?! @brenicole_123

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May Speaking of sister, she graduated from high school, and my brother came into town for the occasion. He works as a fireman in the Air Force, and he's currently stationed in Hawaii. It's been years since I've seen him and even longer than that since all three of my mom's kids have been altogether, so it was a very special few days filled with so much bliss. This was also the first time Jon and my brother met, so huge deal.

Look who's in Louisiana! Brother's in town! Woohoo! #reunitedanditfeelssogood

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We're a pretty short family.

Jon moved in with me, and we were officially living together this month. It was the start of a fun adventure and a huge step in our relationship. 
Also, my girls and I took our annual vacation to Gulf Shores. It was a blissful few days of toes in the sand and Strawberitas in my hand.

June EUROPE! Sister and I embarked on our European adventure. Every second was amazing, and I'm ready to take another international vaca ASAP!

Day 44: Spent our first day in Paris hangin out with the Eiffel Tower. Could life get any better? #100happydays

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July This was a hard month for me, only because it was hard for me to get back to reality after being in Europe for two weeks, but I tuckered on. I was in a parade with puppets created by Wayne White, which was so much fun, but also hurt my arms. 

August I took my first real trip to New Orleans, which also happened to be my first ever business trip. I gave a presentation on social media and explored the streets of New Orleans. 

Walked out of my presentation like pic.twitter.com/NCE8ccLdUU
— Tiffany Khyla (@tiffanykhyla) August 6, 2014

I also got a haircut, which is only monumental because it was my first ever so-called "trendy" haircut, and I cut A TON of hair off. Writing this reminds me that I really need to get another haircut, because now it's growing out of whack. 

September I competed in the Office Olympics with my job, and we got "Dead Ass Last." In our defense, we got there late because no one ever sent us any emails or paperwork, and we missed our first event. I also bought a record player, which I bought on the day I found out that Blogcation was canceled. I used some of the money that was supposed to go to that endeavor. 

Office Olympics! The F&B's (or Super Fro-Yo's. Whatever) didn't do so hot. #deadasslast

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October I went on a road trip with my sister, and our first stop was to Austin. We went to the Texas Teen Book Festival, our second year in a row doing so. I met some of my favorite authors and learned so much. It fueled my passion for writing and got me excited to write my first novel. I also got to meet up with one of my friends from a camp I worked at a few years ago. It was such a fun and hilarious reunion.

Our second stop was to Dallas where we went to our first ComicCon and met James and Oliver Phelps. Pretty much the best day ever.

BEST 10 SECONDS OF MY LIFE! #DallasComicCon #FanDays #Weasley #Gryffindor #HarryPotter

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November Speaking of writing, I finished my first novel thanks to NaNoWriMo. I still have yet to read through the whole thing, but once I do pick it up again, I'm hoping to work towards getting an agent and looking at publishing options. 

I just won @NaNoWriMo & there are no words for my happiness! I finished the first draft of my first novel & I'm feeling awesome! #NaNoWriMo
— Tiffany Khyla (@tiffanykhyla) November 26, 2014

I had a lovely Thanksgiving with my family, and I also hosted my first ever Friendsgiving, which was a lot of fun. We had a ton of delicious food.

I loved celebrating #Friendsgiving with my pretty friends this past weekend! #TASK

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December Still happening, but I'll let you know.
After reliving the year through this post, I must say that 24 was an awesome age filled with lots of fun adventures. I hope to go on so many more adventures as a 25-year-old, starting with Supernatural Con in Houston next month. 
As a mini celebration, I'm having a sale on my Premium ad spots. You can get 50% with the code BIRTHDAY through the end of the month/year. Woohoo! There are also free ad spots available as well.
How did you celebrate your birthday this year?

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My Little Sis is a Real Adult Now.

So today, my sister is turning 18. Part of me is in denial. I still think of her as the awkward middle schooler pre-braces who always asked me to straighten her hair. My sister and I didn't become close until I was fifteen. That's when I moved in with my mom, and we finally got to live together. Since then, I've considered my sister my best friend. We don't fight, and we're always just silly together. There's just a part of my heart that loves her more than I could ever put into words.
This summer has already been so huge for her. She graduated high school, got her first job, and she'll be starting college in August. The older she gets, the more in denial I am about how old I am.
Today, we're headed to Houston where we'll start our journey to Europe. Our flight leaves at 3:40 in the afternoon tomorrow, so in the meantime, we'll be celebrating her. 
Happy birthday, little sister. Here's some embarrassing pictures for you.

We sure kept Aeropostale in business. Super cute hoodie with a creepy handprint on the front.

Brace face

Oops. I wasn't cute till college. Just kidding. I'm a dime. But not really. Maybe a nickel?

Thuggin with somebody else's tripod in somebody else's house.

Impatiently waiting on the Mardi Gras parade to start.

Underwater kisses.

Going from a junior to a senior.

My little high school graduate. Quite possibly my favorite picture of us ever. 

Cause we are sistas. We stand togetha. Cheetah girls? Anybody? No? Okay.

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homemade sushi.

For Christmas, Jon and I got my sister a sushi-making kit. A part of me hoped that I would get to reap the benefits of this gift, and this past weekend, I did! My sister and I had a sushi-making part of 2, and it was a blast. A delicious blast. We only used 5 ingredients for the filling: crab, baby shrimp, avocado, cream cheese and cucumber (the cucumber was just for her because I can't hang with them. No sirree). With the combo of all of these ingredients, we did about 5 different rolls, and they were so good!

My first time cutting an avocado. It was a bit of a struggle.

Though my hair is covering up the word, I am actually wearing a Gryffindor shirt. Yup.

We ate most of the first roll before this picture was taken.

Though that looks like bacon, it is, in fact, crab.

We also used a few different sauces - sriracha, teriyaki, hot mustard ( I meant to buy spicy mayo, but I accidentally got this instead. It ended up being pretty good though) and some soy sauce for dipping. All of the rolls turned out really awesome, and we got full really fast. I like fish for sushi too, but we stuck to the basics for this par-tay (of 2).  The rest of the weekend looked something like this:

High quality front camera iPhone pic.

Sweet Bella. 

Sweet Pancho loves to cuddle.

3D movie while house-sitting. Pancho just didn't want to stop giving kisses.

Unintentionally matching. Stoic faces. You'll find us featured in Cosmo's "Who wore it better?"

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the best time of year for the family.

I can't believe I went this entire week without blogging. Part of me is super disappointed in myself, and the other part of me is incredibly happy because I didn't spend any of my time stressing about it. I got a lot of Christmas shopping done, and I had an amazing time celebrating the holiday season with my family.

Oops. Half of our tree was unfluffed. Oh well.

My family and I ate a somewhat Christmas-y, but not really, Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve. On Christmas day, we opened presents and took horrible pictures together complete with bedhead, no bras, and pajamas (none of which will be shown here). Then my sister and I ate some breakfast together prepared by my step-dad while my mom was getting ready for work. Unfortunately, mom usually has to work all the major holidays because she works at the casino.  After breakfast, sister and I changed into our new PJ bottoms and watched some Christmas movies together, including one of my favorites, Eloise at Christmastime, which was a gift that they gave me. I almost forgot how much I loved it. It's so brilliant, and Eloise is such a little sass. Would it be weird to say I want her life? Maybe she's my inspiration for wanting to live in a hotel. We also got to FaceTime my brother, who is currently deployed. His Christmas was coming to an end while we were just getting started.

Mickey Mouse pajama bottoms!

I haven't seen my brother since I graduated from high school 5 1/2 years ago, so I was extremely happy to see his face.

Around 6, we went over to my mom's friend's house and had Christmas dinner with them. Usually when I go over to my mom's friends' houses with them, I just sit and watch TV, eat a lot and play on my phone. Not this time. We got into an intense game of Pictionary. At first, I was like, nah. I don't want to play, but then my competitive side bursted out. We played girls versus boys, and the boys were in the lead for most of the game, but the girls ended up taking it home. It was a blast, and I decided that I want all of my future Christmases to include board games, because they're so much fun. 

She looks older than me in this picture, but I'm actually older than her...by 6 years. Oh.

We enjoy taking random selfies.

My step-dad and little sister!

It's not Christmas without wine. #amiright?

I hope y'all had an amazing time celebrating the holidays with your families. Merry Christmas!

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the truth about santa.

I found out that Santa wasn't real in the third grade. I believed in all of the make-believe characters for about an average amount of time. I feel like I found out that they weren't real at the correct ages. Santa was the last to go though. I don't remember how I found out about the tooth fairy or the Easter bunny. 

Apparently I should've listened to my original instincts and not trust him. Silly me.

I was pretty sassy when it came to the tooth fairy. In the few years that I lived with just my dad and my older brother, I feel like my dad did a pretty awesome job keeping all of the characters alive. The tooth fairy always gave me a dollar when I lost a tooth, but one time I wrote the tooth fairy a note saying that I wanted $2 instead of $1. I really don't know why. I mean, I was 6. What did I need money for anyways? My dad (or the tooth fairy rather) gave me $2, and I was pretty dang happy.
I don't remember the Easter bunny being a huge thing. I only have one vivid getting a basket from the Easter bunny once, and it was when I was living in Arkansas with my dad, step-mom, and 3 brothers and sisters. That was probably the last time we got anything from the Easter bunny.

Don't let the shirt fool you. I do not like cats. I did, however, wear a lot of hand-me-downs.

I think it was 3rd grade when I found out about Santa. My step-sister, step-brother, and I had made all of these cute crafts for Santa at school. Also, at our house, we didn't leave out milk and cookies for Santa. We left out sweet potato pie and something to drink (I think it was wine, but I don't really remember). Everything Santa related went according to plan. It wasn't until about a week later that we found out the devastating news. We found all of the crafts that we made for Santa in a kitchen drawer. We asked our parents if Santa was real, and they told us the devastating truth. So sad. It's a funny story to look back on though.

Notice Rocko's Modern Life on the telly and those awesome handmade candy canes on the tree. 

How did you find out about Santa?

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