#ProjectMilf~Week #4

Ciao Ciao Ciao!

Holy cowabunga...This week marks week number 4 for us Motivating & Inspiring Leading Females!

This week we are focusing on our favorite four things we enjoy. These are the things that are helping us during our personal goals and challenges.

 

 

::::My top 4 are::::

 

1)  My Husband. He is my life savor. He keeps me calm and grounded and is helping me more than he knows to try and stay stress free. He makes me laugh when I don't feel like laughing. He makes me

challenge myself when I want to be lazy. He is my better half.

 

2) Eating. I love to eat. practically anything. The other night B and I went to the Grove in LA and mashed potatoes came with his dinner. I have not had them in.so.long. I am no genius or anything but I do believe the key to a stress free life is mashed potatoes. OMG one bite and I was no longer stressed. Italy what? What a miracle those mashed pieces of heaven were.

 

3) Painting my nails is my outlet. I love everything about nail polish. It totally helps me escape the world and concentrate on not smudging a nail.

 

4) Working out relieves my mind from an overload explosion. I love to be outdoors and hike/ run/ bike ride. anything. I also love the gym for all the different workout options. It's nice to let off steam from a long day and feel great afterwards.

 

My weekly updates on handling my crazy/ hectic/ insane/ wtf life right now is getting a tad better. This week the focus on Italy was just plain out HILARIOUS. Are you ready for the latest??? I don't think you're ready for this jelly...

 

There is a staff shortage at the Florence immigration office and my paperwork is sitting on some chicks desk collecting dust.

 

No.joke.

 

I feel I took the news quite well and laughed about it. What can I do? It's so frustrating that there continues to be something. But we did make a huge step forward and signed the contract for our apartment. We had to or we would lose it. So at least there is something that is finalized. :]

 

Work has been anything but fun and I am trying to survive the storm before I lose my mind.

 

Hopefully I have a great update next week. hopefully. fingers/ toes/ eyes/ arms/ legs crossed.

 

 

 

I hope all you Bella's are having a great week!

 

xx

b

hollywood

Brandon and I continued to be LA tourists last weekend and hiked up to the Hollywood sign. It was a perfect day and one hell of a workout! I love getting my fitness on with my Husband.

I hope you all had a great weekend! We had a perfect weekend! Saw some friends, went on a intense hike, enjoyed an Oscar party for two and made pie pops that are scrumdiddlyumptious! deets coming soon.

xx
b

more pics on my insta- @BrandiScarpelli :)

blues

Skirt-Nordstroms, Tank+Sunnies-Forever21, Belt-H&M
Pics taken by Husband.

Last weekend was so nice! B and I played in my parents backyard. The views are stunning.

Happy Friday!
xx
b

#Project Milf~Week 3

Happy Thursday lovers!
Fun Fact-Thursday's are one of my favorite days of the week! It's close to Friday/ we passed the hump/ Monday is long gone and we are another week closer to Italy! Boom. :)

This week is the 3rd week for our #ProjectMilf series. We are sharing three things about ourselves that you may or may not know...here are my random 3...

 

In other news...
We got an update on Italy today and we may be leaving so so so soon. Like so soon. But getting a response back from the person we are dealing with in Italy is so frustrating. It's like watching paint dry. Or ripping out your hair strand by strand. Or waiting for a snail to run. Ok you get it and you can clearly see how #3 is true...
I hate waiting on other people. I want this so bad and I know it will happen...It just needs to be finalized. Then I would feel a whole lot better. I have not been that great with being a good MILF. I let stress take over this week and I hate it. I'm trying to be calm...That's all I can do is try right? B and I have been trying to stay occupied but there is only so much waiting before you break and let it bother you. 

touche, right?

Next week will be better. I need to stay focused and calm and motivated. shame.on.me.

GO TEAM MILF!

Till next time!

xx
b

LA Tourists

Leather leggings-CZ Falconer, Tee-Urban, Bag-Marciano, Coat-H&M, Necklace-Forever21, Booties-Steve Madden, Watch-Michael Kors, Brandi Bracelet-Etsy

Brandon and I have been exploring as much of LA as we can before we leave for Italy. We went to the Grove over the weekend and had a nice time walking around, enjoying a yummy dinner and of course checking out the new TopShop/ TopMan. How can you not live in LA and check out the new phenomenon that has entered our city? ha! i kid i kid. It.was.chaos. What do you think of Topshop coming to LA? You can read more about our date night here from husband's pov.

Happy hump day!

xx
b

coffee date for 2.

skirt-Forever21, blouse/ jacket-H&M, booties-Target, bag-Guess

On Valentine's Day Brandon said we needed to leave the house earlier than usual because he wanted to take me somewhere before work. He took me for the most delicious coffee at Handsome coffee. This place was so cool. Obsessed. It's in the hipster part of downtown LA and everything about it was awesome. I love spontaneous dates and this one was perfect. I'm a lucky lucky girl.

Hope you're all having a great week so far!

xx
b

#10

This year marked our t e n t h Valentine's day together. 10! Our Valentine's Day was simple and easy and exactly what we love. We hate the traditional going out with a million other couples and having poor service and set menus. We always make sushi and celebrate with just the two of us. Brandon made us the sweetest gift. It's a picture from our wedding made up of all the pics from our wedding. I love it. I cried. He's so perfect.

Thank you for being the best Husband Brandon.
<3

xx
b

#Project Milf ~Week 2

Ciao Bella's!

Felize San Valentino!

I am a sucker for Holidays and balloons and candy and flowers and pink hearts and my husband. :} I am. I am so thankful that I feel loved every day but I do love this one day where everyone seems to crank up the cheese level in their relationships. I love me some cheese.

Today in our project Milf world we are talking about our Milf Idols. I honestly don't have one idol. I have so many people I look up to and can only dream to be like one day. My Parents, my Grand parents, my brothers, my best friends and my favorite person ever, my Husband. Oh and Mariah Carey. We have similar voices...tee hee. They have all taught me so much in life. I have learned the importance of happiness from all of them. I love LOVE and they are all the reason why I love my life so much. I wouldn't be who I am without them. I am so thankful for their love and support.

This past week has been interesting. As you know, I am trying to be less stressed out. We still have no update for our official move out date to Italy and I'm learning to deal since it is out.of.my.control. I am hoping to get some kind of news very soon and I am learning to breath and smile. baby steps...
Work has been really busy and Hubs and I have been working out like crazy people. Between work, the gym and sleeping like a baby...I think these things are really helping me to focus on what I can change and what I do have control over.

I hope you all have a lovely "i love you" day full of love and cheese.

xx
b

wishing+hoping

Currently on my wish list.

uno, due, tre, quarto, cinque



CZ Falconer just launched their new site and their insanely gorgeous Spring collection. SHOP now!! The stripes and the Shaggy are perfection. Bellissima!
xx b

B + b got through another week...

Brandon and I went out for sushi on Friday night. We had so much fun together after another long week of waiting for an Italy update. This anxiety is eating us alive. We have started going to the gym to keep our minds from drifting. We need to stay busy and focused or we will go cray cray. for realz.
We are hoping to get some news this week. please dear god, please. We need to start getting used to the Italian way...just keep swimming, just keep swimming...just.keep.swimming.in.this.waiting.pool.! R*#@(!#&!)!_~!

In other news...we are studying our Italiano and I think we are making some good progress! Bravo!

Ciao Ciao!
xx
b

100 words about my husband.

Salve!

My 100 word love story to husband featured on Melissa's blog is up today!

Brandon is my favorite person in the whole wide world. We high-five every chance we get. We give hugs every morning. We support each other. We guide each other. He teases me for always singing random songs. I tease him for his car obsession. He is the best personal chef. I am the best eater. He always makes sure to open my door. I always make sure to thank him. He holds my hand in the car. I melt. I am so lucky to call that man my husband. Forever. Dear Brandon, I will love you till the end.

It was a difficult task to write something about Brandon in 100 words but I had fun with it. I love how she does this series. So cute!

Thanks Melissa, for featuring Bsquared.

Happy Monday!!

xx
b

#ProjectMilf ~Week 1

Ciao Bella's! Thank you so much for your support with my goal for #ProjectMilf to be stress free!! (or less stressed out as possible). You can still join us Milf's here!! :)

Here we go, week 1.
I am Brandi, nice to meet you.  As most of you know Husband and I are moving to Italy. We are so close but feel so helpless during this long process of getting visas, work authorization letters, certificates for our apartment, etc.. We are literally weeks away and it feels so far away. There is also so much change going on at work and it's negative energy that is not wanted. We are living at my parents house with our two cats and it's an adjustment. We sold our cars and have to carpool every day. I don't have time to paint my nails all the time and it literally eats at me. ha!

I need to focus on me. I hope you join me on my journey to staying calm and positive through all of this and our big move to a different country. :)

Stress is an ugly animal. The definition of stress is:

stress /stres/

Noun

Pressure or tension exerted on a object.

There are many types of stress ((acute stress, chronic stress, eustress, distress...)) I'd like to personally call my stress Bstress.

Bstress/ beestress
Negative energy wasted on something with little to no value. Frequent freak outs when things are out of my control. Tears out of nowhere due to frustration. Constant worry on how I can make things better. Trying so hard to please everyone.  ok, ok..you get the point. I'm Brandi and I am a stress case.

My stress comes in waves (large tidal waves) and it can be over the smallest thing. I will be riding this #Project Milf journey to deal with unwanted situations without stressing the efff out. I don't want to wake up and be 90 and only look back on the stressful times. I want to take each "negative" situation I am in and flip it around so it's stress free. I know I could learn a lot more if I didn't freak myself out over things that are out of my control. I can and will control my happiness.

 /strɛs/ Show Spelled

“People are disturbed not by a thing, but by their perception of a thing.” Epictetus

 

 

So there it is. Me and my goal for #ProjectMilf. Follow us Milf's on this wonderful journey! We can only hope to motivate and inspire you!

 

see you soon Italy...

 

 

xx

b

dance makes it better.

hi.
bad days/ stressful days/ sad days/ days with too much change/ days that are difficult to handle... make me want to scream!!!!!! and then I want to run for hours. and then I want to scream again. and then I want to dance my face off. I was writing this and thought of dance. and I remembered that I didn't post any pics of the Best of Unbound show. Here's a few from one of my favorite dances. Show girls, what what! Dance makes me happy and I really wish I could go to my happy place right now. Is it 5 yet? :]

xx
b

so many changes.

ciao.a.bunga!
This past weekend was bittersweet. My boss of 6 years who is also a great friend is moving across the country. Her and I started work on the same day. We have grown so close over the years and I have learned so much from her. I swear she knows more about me than my own Husband. There is so much change going on. I know we are moving to Italy but it wasn't going to be too strange since I would have still been working with her. Now...not so much. so sad. :( We went to their going away party on Friday night and had so much fun! Sunday morning we went to their house to say goodbyes to them and their sweet baby girl, Avery. Words cannot express how adorable she is!! So in love! We ate lunch on the Hermosa pier and lucked out with amazing weather! The universe is telling them not to leave Cali! ;) We will miss them dearly!

I mean, can you even stand it? Little Miss Avery is so precious!!!

xx
b

crazy in love

Buon giorno!!

The hubs and I had a private VIP Super Bowl party. [[[Invite only]]]. guests below... :}
We didn't care much for the game but I highly enjoyed watching Beyonce work it. She is perfection. We drank, BBQ'd and went to bed so early. We were silly muffins last night and I loved every second of it. B.E.A. utiful.

Work is a little rough this morning...even with 10 hours of sleep. oh Mondays...
How was your super bowl weekend?

xx
b