Southern Belles

So today I went to a birthday party, a surprise party actually. It was very southern themed which I absolutely loved!

It was so much fun! Just look at the pictures!!

Loving those cupcakes!!!

 

Now time for some animal love!

 

 

Gorgeous scenery, such a photogenic place.

 

 

 



It was great and I had such an amazing time. Unfortunately I didn't get to gab a snap with the birthday girl. Nevertheless Happy Birthday to a great friend and I look forward to the next couple of years with you!

 

 

Absolutely all photo credits go to the wonderful K, thanks so much!!

 



Last Day

I started writing this blog at the beginning of the school year. When I was thinking back on this year I first felt like I hadn't accomplished anything, however, my blog posts say otherwise. I started a blog, (scary move for me and totally outside my comfort zone) just looking back at the posts prove how much I've done this year. Telling myself it would be a great post for my blog has been key in the experimenting process and has gotten me to try new things. I've been saying yes to so many more things I want to say no to and that has been amazing for me. I've made so many more memories by saying yes to things and I'm so glad. I plan on saying yes more often and I want to keep having fewer regrets about not doing things that I should have done each year. (More about that on another blog post.)

So as I was reminiscing I looked at the picture from my first day of school this year (on the left) compared to my last day (on the right), you could say I've matured and grown up a bit this year. I certainly think I did, both physically and mentally.

First Day of School Outfit: School Soccer Team Uniform accesorized with a cupcake!

Last Day of School Outfit: Party Hardy shirt from Target, high waisted jean shorts from forever 21, and sperry topsider shoes.

On a more fun note, I went to a friends house after school and this happened:



It was an extremely fun year (and day!) and I'm really looking forward to my summer! 

Thanks so much A for taking the photos of me on the tire!











Room Tour

Hello again! I've had finals prep to do for the past two weeks, fun and exciting right? Anyway, I only have my English final left tomorrow and then I'm on summer vacation!!!

The reason for this particular blog post is kind of naughty. I needed a reason to clean up my room and this was it. Plus, my cousins in the midwest have never seen my room before and this is a great way to invite them inside. Let's start shall we!

Let's walk up the stairs to my bedroom.

Where you'll be greeted to a super cool picture the reminds me of a proper winter.

Now lets go to my bathroom.

Yes, I know it's not winter anymore and I still have peppermint body wash but it takes me forever to finish body washes off since I use a sponge and don't need that much to lather.

Now let's get into my bedroom.

Would you like to go inside?

My sheets are from Bed, Bath, and Beyond if you were wondering. I think they represent my personality completely because they're colorful and full of many different patterns- I feel like they're unique and different from what everybody else has. 

(Maybe that's just me and everybody has the same sheets- how would I know?!)

College/University stuff oh joy! (See those papers behind the laundry basket? That's all the school work I now get to throw away and try to forget for the next 3 months!!!)

I'm still a Chicago girl don't worry, I've got my Chicago Cub bear there too!

Gotta show support for my team (Go Croatia!) By the way, who saw the opening game for the World Cup? Totally rigged. Croatia could've tied if it wasn't for the ref. The penalty should never have happened, Brazil's last goal shouldn't have counted since it was a total foul, and the goal Croatia scored was definitely not a foul on their goal keeper. I have very strong views about this.

Currently reading "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd. I have so many good books that I plan on reading this summer!

Lastly my closet!

I hope you guys enjoyed a bit of a different blog post today and I hope you all have a super amazing summer! 

Editor's Note:

I'll be turning in my school laptop back to my school tomorrow (I rent my laptop from my school every year) so I will be laptop-less over the summer. I will be blogging from my parents computer which I'm not really looking forward to but I'm taking what I can get until school starts again. I don't know what that will mean for my YouTube channel since my parents don't have a Mac computer. I could try and use Roxio (PC version of IMovie) but I don't know if I'll have the patience to learn. We'll see how badly I want to make videos. Hopefully I'll be able to. Time to clean this laptop off and say goodbye to another school year!

Summer Bucket List

Summer is slowly but surely approaching (2.5 weeks!!) and I wanted to share with you what I was planning on doing this summer.

First things first, I am blogging and working on my YouTube Channel(s) A LOT this summer! I'm going to be having so much more time and because it will be summer my life will get a lot more interesting, so cooler blog posts and videos I'm hoping. I'm also going to try and renovate my blog outlook and get the website to run a bit smoother. I'm really going to advertise my blog and channel and try to get more people to read it. If you are reading this, it would be amazing if you could tell a friend about my blog and/or channel if you enjoy the content. I plan on trying to stick to a specific upload time instead of the random schedule I currently have.

I'm currently trying to get a job this summer which is not working well at all. No-one seems to want to hire me since I'm not an adult. If you know anyone hiring- holler my name! I'm going to continue searching. I really just need to make some extra bucks- money doesn't grow on trees and stuff costs money.
(I've been eyeing cameras for filming and for better pictures for this blog, I'm starting to realize that if I want my blog to go anywhere the pictures are going to have to be better quality than my phone. Hence needing a job and money to pay for it.)

I am hoping that I'll get to travel for a week in June to an exciting place for a daddy daughter trip with my dad. I'm not sure how that's going to work out or if it's even going to happen (maybe a road trip for a weekend??) but I think it would be fun. More information later.

I will be doing an ACT camp for the month of July at my school... Very exciting, totally looking forward to that? Not much else to say really.

My cousins from Chicago are going to FINALLY come and visit us!! (You better come now, I have it written down!)

I would like to go take the train and see the city of Philadelphia a bit more.

Go to some outside festivals.

Tour NYC, which I've never done since being here. As well as touring Pennsylvania in general- why not?

I'm going to be reading, hanging out with my friends a ton, swimming, shopping, stay outside, ride my bike, all the fun summer things etc.

I'm going to finish my K-8 scrapbook that I'm almost done with... (haha, so NOT almost done with it)

I'm going to cook a lot of food. (And blog about it!)

I'm going to Canada for a wedding in August.

I'm hopefully going to Chicago in August after the wedding and meet up with everyone I know and love.

If I end up going to Chicago I'm going to begin college touring with my mom because I would love to attend college in the midwest, hence the ACT camp since that test is the most accepted test out there.


This post was a bit rambly and I'm sorry that there are no pictures in here either- next blog post I promise will have pictures! Let me know if you like rambly blog posts because I think it's nice to have everything written down so that you know this is what you have planned and it just lays out everything. I want to get the most out of this summer and I want to make sure you guys are included in that being my lovely readers and all!

Sick Days

Firstly, I hope you all had a lovely Memorial Day Weekend!

I was sick the entire time! Isn't that so much fun!!

Anyways it ruined a lot of my plans to do fun things such as going to the beach with my friends and beginning to study/organize myself for finals. My parents were also out of town for the weekend while I was white as a sheet, coughing like a maniac, sitting in bed all day, and drinking tea.

I thought I'd show you what I did to make myself comfortable. I definitely learned a lot by being sick with no one to take care of me. Totally ready to live on my own now, haha!

The first thing I did was make tea- my favorite teas that I drank this weekend were Rose Hip, Chamomile, and Earl Grey, be sure to add honey and/or lemon as it soothes your sore throat!

The next thing I used was tissues. I just used regular kleenex, they didn't dry out my nose and they were nice and soft.

Then I read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green which I have always wanted to read. I actually asked a friend to lend it to me and she very kindly let me, thanks A!! I loved it and read it in 6 hours... The main reason I needed to read it was because I am planning on seeing the movie when it comes out. I also didn't cry one bit while reading it, (I was told I would though) I'm not a super emotional person..

I also just watched YouTube videos, listened to music, and watched Keeping Up with the Kardashians because there was a marathon (don't judge me okay, I was sick.)

I lit up my candle to make myself feel more special. I've been currently loving the Chesapeake Bay candle in Lavender, Chamomile, and Blue Sage. I love when one scent begins to burn into the other one, it smells so calm, refreshing and it's just perfect.

Then I took a super long shower which always works wonders.

I attempted to take a nap which didn't work out but I tried. If you can, do take one, it lets your body just recharge and gives your immune system more energy to fight off whatever it is you may need to fight off.

HYDRATE AND EAT!!! I don't care how much you don't feel like it, do as I say! You will feel so much better after drinking/eating. How can your body fight the germs if your depriving yourself of essential nutrients to do so?

No pictures in this blog post I'm afraid- I still have a super pale face and am looking kinda sick.

I hope you guys have an amazing Tuesday! And for those of you beginning finals- good luck, I still have another 3 weeks of school left..