Today marks the end of my 27th trip around the sun and beginning of my 28th, so the title of this blog doesn’t require some grand introduction. Let’s just jump right in, shall we? one The most important relationship you will ever have is with yourself. Alright, so my idol Carrie Bradshaw said this first,… Read More 27 Lessons Learned Before Turning 28
When it comes to ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, I consider myself an OG, which means I was watching this show loooong before #BachelorNation took over Twitter and hosted nation-wide viewing parties, contributing to the pop-culture phenomenon that consumes Monday nights. In case you have been living under a rock for the past decade,… Read More Things to Love About the Leading Ladies of ABC’s The Bachelorette
CONFESSION: I don’t think I’m going to see this series through. I started it to always have guaranteed blog content. As time has gone on, I have grown less fond of the overall premise of this blog series. I really loved the first few, and there are some roommates I want to highlight, so I’m… Read More The Roommate Chronicles: #25
It has been a year, one week, and three days since I had my first abnormal pap smear. At this time, I learned that I had contracted human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 80 million Americans (1 in 4)… Read More 6 Things Living With HPV Has Taught Me & What You Need To Know
A while back, I was nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award. More recently, Melissa, from Castles and Hurricanes, nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award. These types of nominations are done by bloggers for bloggers and I really enjoy when other bloggers are recognizing the work I put into my blog. So thank you, Melissa,… Read More Versatile Blogger Award
If you follow me on Instagram, you know I’ve been talking all month about self-love, self-worth, and self-esteem. At the end of January, I had an oldie-but-goodie blog featured on Thought Catalog, an online publication that I have been an avid reader of for years. I am amazed that it has over 4,000 views! In… Read More My Current Battle With Self-Love
I spent three years in a long distance relationship back in college. If my blog existed back then, the title of this post probably would have been: 7 Ways to Survive in Long Distance Relationships… because man, that is what it felt like on most days. Straight. Survival. Mode. Just continuing to play the game… Read More 7 Tips to Thrive in Long Distance Relationships
As many of you probably saw on social media, January 21st marked ONE full year of blogging. Meanwhile, about a week and a half ago, a coworker asked me why I chose the word “melodies” in my blog name, since my name is Melanie. And for those OG Day Ones, you read in Introducing… Untamed… Read More [Re]introducing… Untamed Melodies
It’s New Years Eve 2018 and my fever has spiked and broken over and over for the last four days. I haven’t been able to go to work… just getting out of bed to go to the bathroom exhausts me. I find myself floating somewhere between almost relaxed and utterly delirious, wondering if I was… Read More My Sweetest Melody
For those outside of the blog-o-sphere, “blogmas” is a time for bloggers to blog daily for the entire month of December. Posts are generally holiday related and some example prompts include: gift guides for him/her, favorite cookie recipes, favorite holiday traditions, etc. I pondered long and hard for a solid two minutes about whether I’d fully participate or… Read More My Only Blogmas Post: Twelve Holiday Date Ideas
