Sister/Sister

I am thankful that my parents decided to have a brood of Milinski kids. I love my family, though growing up we definitely experienced the normal growing pains - sibling rivalry, fights, pranks. As a young girl with two brothers, I was ecstatic when my parents told me they were having their fourth (and final) child, a little girl. I figured I could dress her in the same clothes my dolls wear, put barrettes in her hair and just really help my mom take care of her and make sure that she was always presentable.

I absolutely love all my siblings, but the bond between sisters is something different - I consider my sister my very best friend. I taught her how to put on make up; pick out a fabulous pair of jeans; love starbucks; walk in heels; pick out the best shade of lipstick. I share all my secrets with her, we swap gossip, go see ridiculous concerts together, chill with a bottle of wine, get crazy during a night out, grab a delish bite to eat, see a movie (we have seen every Saw movie together). I try and give her sound advice whenever I can, since I am older by a whopping 5 years - and clearly wiser. You know, lead by example. Make sure my life choices are wholesome and wise so she can look up to her big sister. Obvi this was, and continues to be, pretty easy. 

One of the best things about having a sister close to your age, and size.. and shoe size... is swapping clothes. When we were younger, this was often done without consent. I would try and throw together an outfit for a night out with my friends and realize that I am missing a key piece to that outfit - it was either in the wash because my sister snagged, or she physically had the item on her. So the wicked cycle of stealing clothes, accessories, shoes, make up would go on and on and on until I moved out and took all my rightful items with me. Somehow, moving across the country didn't even rid us of that problem. Now it's not as bad, but still happens, she has several of my clothing items. And I have several of hers. 

We are always completely honest with each other. Does this make me look like a crazy person? How about this color? What do you think about this music? Should I dye my hair (insert ridiculous color here)? Her feedback and opinions impact my choices, my opinions.

My sister is the absolute best. I always look forward to seeing her, talking to her, finding out what she has on her mind. She is such a compassionate and positive person, has solid morals and beliefs. I respect that in a person - know what you want, know who you are. Don't let others influence you negatively. Stand up for the little people. Help those who don't have the means to help themselves. 

Love you so much, sunshine sister! Can't wait to spend some time with you during the best year yet! xoxo your big sis B

Doodles

I thought of a few different topics to blog about since it's my first epic blog of 2013... summing up the last 12 months? Winter sports (or rather, summer sports with this heat)? Shoe collections? I don't want to disappoint any of my cult, or fair weathered, followers. So, I decided why not write about doodles. Doodles rarely disappoint.

It happens throughout the day. Whether it's a collection of different sized circles, arrows, animals, monsters, buildings - doodles happen. My go to doodle is a flower. It starts simple - but eventually gets embellished and ends up looking something like this.