It will take tears and time...

Sometimes life just doesn't go as planned. Things happen, people move in and out of your life, some things end, and some begin. Some things just continue on.

 

Well, today has been one of those days where NOTHING seems to be going right in my life. It feels like everything is pressing down on me. School starting, Aunt moving furthur away, buissness is not going as I hoped, having major allergies (ragweed), missing camp, not looking forward to youth group starting, and all around feeling like breaking down and crying, and Dreary weather is not helping much...

 

It will take tears and time till I'm ok again, but I'll be ok eventually...

 

Sometimes finding the positive in things is VERY difficult, that's for sure.

 

                                              

The Magic of Music!

It's amazing what music can do for someone! There are so many times I've just needed to lose sight of my problems for a little while, and music always presents that escape... While I may begin my "escape" feeling angry or frustrated at myself, I can leave my escape feeling happy, as if there's something or someone out there totally worth living/waiting for... =) Lately my favorite CD is so totally Up all Night-One Direction... The beats are AMAZING, the singers are adorable, the songs are so relatable... I like to crank up the music and sing... It just helps in a way I can't describe.   =)

 

 

Another thing that seems to help me is imagining the ocean. I don't know why it helps me, especially because I've only been to an ocean beach a couple of times. I imagine the sun right before it's starts setting (before the sunset colors in the sky), with the sun reflecting off the water. Sometimes I imagine the water still, and other times, I see it as waves. As weird as it sounds, I've always felt like I had a connection to the sea/ocean/Lakes.

 

Today's been one of those days I just need to escape! =)

 

 

Hug O'War~Shel Silverstein

Hug O'War
~Shel Silverstein~

I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.

 

 

 

I just had to repost this one. It was too cute not too! =)

Back to school daze...

I can't believe school is about to start up again! It seems like this summer has flown by... and in about a week, school starts again... That just doesn't seem fair! I feel like there's so much I need to accomplish before school, so many things I haven't done, etc...

I'm also a little stressed, because this year is the year I need to figure out what I'm doing... Do I want to be a photographer, do I want to work with children (and if so, what profession/area? Teacher? Daycare? Orphanage?), do I want to work with animals ( animal trainer? pet shop worker/owner? Vet? Breeder? Rancher? Farmer?), Food/sweets (Baker/Work in a bakery? Chef? Candy store? Culinary arts?), Books/Writer ( Librarian? Author? Poet? Bookstore: owner, or worker? Journalist?) etc. There is so much to choose from... I feel like Barry from the Bee Movie... So many choices, but I don't want to be bogged down with just ONE thing for the rest of my life... I want to have freedom to do what I want... I also don't think I can stand being in an office, cooped up, ALL day long. I need to be able to walk around, be able to talk without feeling like I'm on speaker, etc. I can't stand being in offices that are so quiet you can LITERALLY hear a pin drop, you can even hear the employees BREATHING. HECK, you can hear their heart beat!!! No, definitely NOT for me...
So, among many other things, I need to try and pin point what ONE thing I want to do with my life... It will be difficult for sure!
I'm trying to make a goal list for this upcoming year... Kinda like New Year's Resolutions, but in this case, Back to School Resolutions...

1. Work more on my blog! I need to focuse more on keeping my blog updated!

2. Work on keeping my Etsy shop updated! I need to figure out prices, and all that fun stuff! ;)

3. Learn to live more funly! ;)

4. Try to complete some things on my "bucket list"

5. Try to complete some things I've started over the past year, and have just never finished... That crocheted purse I started 2 years ago, those latched hook pillows I started (and almost finished!) from 2-5 years ago, severeal stories, etc. You get the idea ;)

6. Convince my parents I need a couple of girl's day out with A.) My Aunt and B.) My best Friend... I can't believe it's been over a year since I had a "Girl's Day" with my Aunt! Actually, it's been exactly 1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks, 6 days, OR 417 days! Need to remedy that soon! =)

7. VISIT THE MALL... ;)

8. Actually do some of the things I pin on my Pinterest boards! ;)

But for now, I must be heading off... Saphira is warning me to get off ;)

Summer Stars - Carl Sandburg

Summer Stars

by

Carl Sandburg

BEND low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.

 



The Rules For Being Human

1. You will recieve a body

     You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period of this time around

2. You will learn lessons.

      You are enrolled in full-time informal school called Life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrevelant and stupid.

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.

      Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works"

4. A lesson is repeated until learned.

    A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end.

    There is no part of life that does not contain it's lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. "There" is no better that "here".

      When your "there" has become a "here",  you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better that "here".

7. Others are merely mirrors of yourself.

    You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What  you make of your life is up to you.

     You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie inside you.

     The answers to Life's questions lie inside of you. All you need is to look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.


~Cherie Carter-Scott

 

What's been cookin?

 

Sorry I've been away so long everyone! I've been super dooper busy! Last week was Saphira's and my little sister's birthday, and then this week has been all sorts of prepartion for a fair we enter things into every year! Below are a couple of pictures of the yeast rolls I entered in the fair... I shall have to post more photos of the things I made, after the fair...as it's going to be a busy weekend! I thought I would let you all know, I'm not ignoring you! Just getting things done for the Fair, getting ready for school/fall, and a whole bunch more of crazy things! So goes the life of a teenager ;) =)

Look yummy don't they? =D Let's hope the judges think so too!

 

Off to catch some zzzz's! Hope you all have a great week! and I shall try to update the blog sometime over the weekend! =)

See ya all next time! ;)

My kind of Music!

I've just decided to post some songs I love. Some I've found from Disney (and have loved since I saw them!), some are ones I have heard on the radio, and others are friend's recommendations.
I've also put a couple of notes with the songs...

Once Upon a December-Disney

I love the tune of this song, because it's so haunting, and yet beautiful...When I first heard it (when I first watched Anastasia) I didn't like it very much... In fact it scared me (I have no idea why...), but When I watched Anastasia again a couple of years ago, it struck me how beautiful the song was...

I've loved it since =)

One Step At a Time-Jordan Sparks

This song really speaks to me, because I find myself constantly feeling like all the doors are slamming in my face. And like everything I want to do is so close, and I can almost grab it, but not quite...

Enchanted-Taylor Swift

I love this song, because it is also beautiful, and haunting, like "Once Upon a December" (Only better!) I love the story it tells. So often we don't say something to someone we should have. In this case, the girl didn't tell the guy "she was enchanted to meet him" and now she's wondering forever if he was enchanted to meet her, and who does he love. This song is a gentle reminder of how, if we meet someone we're enchanted by, don't just sit back and let opportunity slip by. Say something, and grab the chance you've been given!

I Won't say I'm in Love-Meg/Disney/Hercules

This one I decided I had to put, because since I first saw it, this has probably been the Disney song I love best! I liked it at first because of the beat, but now I love it because the beat AND words. It's so easy to understand what she's saying! She doesn't want to admit she's in love, because by doing that she's risking being hurt (in her case, again). One of the hardest things about love is there is always a chance you might get hurt... but sometimes you need to take that chance!

Music Video Possibilities, and other things...

Ok, so recently I've decided I want to make a music video... and I've been putting a lot of thought into what song I'd like to make it to. I think I've narrowed it down to a couple Taylor Swift ones (Enchanted, You Belong with Me, or possibly Hey Stephen) and a Selena Gomez one (Who Says). I also thought about "Never Grow Up", because that would be fairly simple to put together, and I'd be able to use my siblings =)

I want to chose a song that would be fairly simple to put together, and doesn't require a whole lot of people, because the more people there are the more complicated it gets for everything...

That, and I'm not sure where I'd get a lot of people to help out in it! =) Not without paying them, that is ;) =) I want to do this for fun =) I'm thinking about writing a short story or something that my siblings can perform, and maybe make a little mini series type thing of it? Again, just something for fun! I want to touch up on filming techniques and photography anyways! And this would give me good practice! Wish me Luck! =D



My pet Guinea pigs-Love at first sight! =D

One of my interests is my pets: 5 beautiful Guinea pigs (2 boys, and 3 girls). 
My original 3 guinea pigs were rehomed pigs. Pinny (the original girl) and Mystery (The first boy, even though we got the other boy a little later in the day) were rehomed to us together...They were never seen having... erm, any "attempts" together, and so we assumed she was not pregnant... Then there's Zeus, who is a sweet chubby boy, who has a major attitude! ;) Zeus was in a poor way, as the little boy who had had him before was rough with him, and didn't really care about him (thus, his mother put an ad out to re home him, and we answered first). Then on July 9th 2011 (actually the same day I went to visit my Aunt for a girl's day!) at like 6am, out popped 4 baby girls from Pinny! We had figured out about 4 weeks previous to her giving birth that she was in fact pregnant! We still own all 4 baby girls who are named: Teardrop (because she would rest in your hand in a teardrop shape), Jersey (because she looks like a Jersey cow ;) ), Tiffany (because she looked so small and gentle, like Tiffany's items), and Mischief (She's the one I chose for myself, and she was named Mischief, because as soon as she was born and cleaned off, she was hopping around and exploring that cage (and getting into mischief! ;) )! Then my last girl is Mischief's daughter (Pinny and Mystery's grand-daughter).
Pinny is black and red colored, with a white cowlick on her head.
Mystery is a stunningly gorgeous Black and white longhair.
Zeus is a Blonde and white short hair (and his hair is bristle-like, no joke!) =D
Mischief is a mainly white piggy, she has a white/black cowlick on her head, with a black stripe, and a Red patch over one of her eyes. Her other eye has a small black circle over, kinda like eyeshadow!
Then there's Emily Pearl, Mischief's daughter, who is all black, with a crest on her head as well...
They are all beautiful in their own way!
Although, Zeus is by far the most jealous... If you say Hi to ANY of the other pig before you say Hi to him, he will chitter at you (their way of telling you off), turn around and show you his butt... yet, if you say Hi to him first, he'll make his bubble noises, and (if you pick him up) give you kisses (lick your chin) =)
I love them! They're all cuddlers, and very sweet! =)

 

This is my Mystery-Isn't he adorable?! =)

I'd post pictures of the other 4 piggies too, but I don't have any of them saved on the computer, except a very blurry one of Zeus, and this stunning one of Mystery =)

Nikon Coolpix Review =)

This is the Nikon Coolpix S4100 14 MP Plum! I bought mine last year in November, and I absolutely love it! It takes amazing CRISP shots, at amazing distances! It has like 20 different screen mode settings, including Black and White, Fireworks, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Sunset/Sunrise, Close ups, and many more... I absolutely love it! It can also take video, and although this camera is not the greatest one out there, it's definitely one of the best ones you can get! At a fairly decent price too! I've done a whole lot with mine, taking pictures at family gatherings, parties, outside, inside, etc. The only downfall I've been able to find with this camera, is it doesn't do good inside HUGE badly lit areas. (Inside a theater, a play house, gyms, etc.) It's does superbly in every other areas, but is lacking in that one particular area... =)

I can say I'm thrilled with my camera, and expect to get a lot more years of excellent pictures from it! =)

SOME Facts about Me =)

"We are gather here in the presence of Blogger to witness the reading of the "SOME Facts about Me" blog post..." ;)
1. I'm silly! as the above blerp tells you ;)
2. I LOVE taking picture! I am always looking for all those picture perfect moments!
3. I love kids!
4. I know without doubt I want to be a wife and mother someday (and in that order!) I know it won't be all sunshine and roses, but there's something about meeting someone, and falling in love with them, and sharing the good (and bad times too) with them... growing old with someone you love, and holding a child, born because of it's parent's love for each other...and being able to look at that child and be able to say that's MY child, whom I love and adore...It holds a great deal of appeal to me! =) It's something I've always known I want to be, and I hope it's something I will be! =)
5. I'm a tomboy slash girly girl... I like to wear girly/frilly tops, but I like to wear my blue jeans (which fade because of use, not because of fashion). I really don't like skirts all that much, and have to have a really good reason to wear them, and I've only just re-discovered necklaces, as there was a period of time where I wanted nothing to do with necklaces... My tomboy side saw them more as nooses than necklaces ;) =)
6. I. LOVE. MUSIC! =) Everything from Taylor Swift, to Michael Jackson, to Kenny Chesney, to some of Lady Gaga, to One Direction, and yes, even though most of the population doesn't like Justin Bieber, I like some of his music too... Disclaimer: I do not like HIM, I like his SONGS (big difference!) =) I have nothin against the guy, just not much into his looks...
7. I'm a people watcher... I love watching people! I watch people at youth group, at home, in the store, every where I go =) I love making people smile, and laugh, and helping people out! =)
8. I need to be going shortly haha ;)
9. I'm REALLY bad at keeping up on my blogs.. What's sad is I keep up on this one, more than my other one, which means it's been more than a month and a half since I posted in that one (actually, probably since May... yikes!) and I'm going to try to keep up on them more often! =)

What's up and coming from the blog... ;)

Hey all!
Ok, first and foremost, I want to apologize about not keeping up on this blog... I've been trying to think of something I could write about, and I kept coming up blank... So, I asked my friends, and Aunt about some ideas, and they came up with some pretty decent ones! =D

1. My interests
2. Fashion
3. Crochet creations
4. Music
5. Film
6. Books
7. Hello Kitty haha ;)
8. Stores in the area
9. Landmarks I love
10. WOL Island Camp
11. What ever pops up first under the Abc's in Google (Example: A-Amazon, B-Best Buy, etc. ) =)


So, I'll try to post as often as I can, but I can't make promises! =)

Off to write the next blog post! ;D

Grease!

I have finally watched Grease! I love it! =D Shows like these make me want to go back in time ;)

The music is awesome too! ♥

These two songs are my favorites! I love them! Such great beat! =D