HELLO MY LOVELIES!

How have you been? I've been wanting to post for days now, but I haven't had a chance. My college teachers decided that they were going to assign everything at once, so I've been somewhat dying. I've also ended up in this major blogging rut- I can't come up with anything to post for some reason. I feel like all I ever do on here is ramble, and I know that has to get boring. So if you know of any particular posts you'd like to see, let me know!

Nothing too interesting has been going on around here. Just lots and lots of school, meetings, flu shots, and novel work. I'm slowly but surely getting past it all, though, which is making me happy! As long as I survive the PSAT next week, life will be good.

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So now that that's done, let's get down to business. Circle up, everybody. It's storytime.

Now, we've been over this many times before.

Baking and I do not get along. At all.

A couple of years ago, I shared my first fail on the blog. It wasn't absolutely horrible, but let's just say it was definitely a mess. I don't know what it is about autumn, but I always get an urge to bake. I blame Pinterest- there are so many cute desserts, that I'm naive enough to say, "Why not? Let's try to bake!"

I need to learn that this is not a wise decision to make.

This past weekend, life actually calmed down a bit. I had most of my schoolwork under control, and honestly I was just so tired that I didn't feel like blogging. Creativity was at a definite low. But my sisters and I had been talking about making some Halloween-themed desserts, so we decided to give it a try. After some in-depth Pinterest scrolling, we landed on a recipe that looked easy enough. Famous last words.

Simple, right? Make some brownie mix, make some cake mix, pour them in a cupcake liner, pipe on some frosting and bam, you have an awesome cupcake.

Or so we thought.

It started off pretty well. I worked on the brownie mix while my sisters worked on the cake mix. They added some orange food dye to make it nice and festive, and everything was great. I poured the brownie mix into the bottom of a cupcake liner, and then we poured the cake mix on top. It's not a hard recipe, so there shouldn't have been any problems.

(We had some extra cake batter so we decided to make some little heart cakes)

We put the cupcakes into the oven and baked them at the temperature that the recipe called for. When we pulled them out, they looked great. They had puffed up and looked really pretty- I loved the orange color! It was so autumnal and festive. We let the cupcakes cool, and once they were ready, we piped on the frosting. Decorating cupcakes is always so much fun- my sisters and I always tend to go crazy with the sprinkles!!

(Don't judge the icing, some of them are kind of messy haha. Although I'm quite proud of the one next to the bag of chocolate chips tbh.)

So everything seemed to be great. The cupcakes were beautiful. They smelled fantastic. We were all super excited to try them!

My mom cuts one open, because obviously we have to look to see how pretty the layers are. Upon cutting it, she noticed something odd.

"Guys...I don't think the brownie cooked."

We were all super confused. We baked them at the right temperature for the right time. What could have gone wrong? But sure enough, every. single. brownie. was too gooey and raw.

Like, what the heck?????

We still can't figure out what happened. Personally, I blame it on my baking curse. I'm pretty sure that I can mess up every single recipe, no matter how easy it is. Who knows? Whatever the reason, I have to say, I was pretty disappointed that the delicious brownie turned out not to be edible. -_- That should be illegal.

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Thus ends the sad story of my Saturday night. I'm still kind of bitter, really. I mean, a brownie/cupcake hybrid- what could be better??? I'll have to try and make them again sometime. Maybe bake them longer? I don't know. It's worth an experiment!

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So tell me- don't you agree that this is TRAGIC?? Can YOU bake?

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hello lovely people! How are you all doing? This past week has been a crazy blur, and to be honest I don't remember a lot of it. It's been a mess of getting as much done as possible. BUT I'm getting close to the end of everything, so I'm very happy about that. Right now, summer sounds fabulous.

Isn't it weird that it's basically summer? I feel like it was just Christmas, and then I blinked and now it's summer. It's just crazy!

I feel like I've been slacking a bit in the blog department, but oh my goodness there have been so many awesome posts lately! I mentioned a couple of them in the Loving section of this post, but also shoutout to Abbie for basically just being Pinterest. So if you haven't already then you need to check out her blog!

Made Me Smile:

I'm officially done with Anatomy and American Literature! Gah I'm so happy.

I've finished the first third of my novel, and all of the outlining! I really want to finish writing the first draft this summer. 

My pointe shoes FINALLY came in after two months of backorder! I'm so happy they're finally here!

One last co-op day with my favorite people. <3

I seriously have the sweetest dance teacher on the planet. It was our last class of the year, and she brought cupcakes, and then we did our own version of Dancing With The Stars. xD It was fabulous!

Ugh:

Speaking of Anatomy, the class I took offered an Honors option, but in order to earn Honors credit you had to complete this GIGANTIC human body coloring book. I never want to color another artery again. 

So. Much. History. And. Geometry. I might possibly die. 

All of my friends are graduating in exactly a week and I'm probably going to be sobbing haha. 

My Instagram updated automatically? And I really didn't want the update so I'm not too thrilled with that. 

Loving:

Finally having some free time! It's sad when I'm actually excited to have a chance to clean my room. 

We currently have birthday cake in my house and it's wonderful.

Hannah's post on "beauty" and self-image. Seriously one of the best things that I've read recently. If you haven't read it yet, then forget about this post and go read it!!!! 

Olivia's summer bucket list post. It's absolutely fabulous and you should definitely check it out as wel

Warm weather and pulling out summer clothes.

Pinning:

Can I have this outfit please?

Literally my life.

This is so cute for summer!

I need this shirt. Please.

IT'S COOKIE DOUGH PIE. AHHHH.

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How was YOUR week?

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? I think that the best way to wrap up the past week is a happy blur of insanity. It's been really fun, but boy, has it been crazy!!

I already told you that I spent last weekend out of town, which was great, but coming back I've had a ton of stuff to catch up on, which has been stressful. Add in a couple of rehearsals and prom, and it was super busy. It was really great, though- rehearsals are always fun, and PRAHHHM. Oh my gosh guys. It was so, so awesome. I'm working on getting a post up telling you all about it, but for the time being, I'll just say that it was an absolute blast. Literally love prom so much- it's like, the highlight of my spring.

The next week is going to be even crazier than the past week, but yet again filled with a happy sort of craziness, so I can't say that I mind. My goal is to NOT go totally MIA here on the blog- fingers crossed! Worst case scenario, I'll still be active on Instagram, so y'all can always find me there.

All that to say, here's a glimpse into my life lately. : )

Made Me Smile:

Kind of obvious, but PROM. Gah. So much awesomeness.

Getting my first manicure this week. It was really fun, and I'm obsessed with how my nails look now. 

I had a really good writing day today and got two chapters done. *dances around the room eating chocolate*

Two of my classes only have two more weeks left! *happy dance*

Awesome photos from an awesome day.

Ugh:

Compare/Contrast essays. I honestly hate them.

My life is so crazy lately that I've had to miss a lot of ballet classes and so I have a ton of makeup work to do now.

Graduation is in a little over a month and a bunch of my really good friends are graduating. *sob*

So I made these funfetti bars this week, and I've made them at least four or five times before. It should have been a cinch. But for some reason this time around, they would not cook in the middle, no matter what I did. I put them in the oven like, four times, and they still wouldn't cook. *sigh* 

Loving:

Warm weather. I finally got rid of my flannel sheets this week and I love being able to wear shorts and a tank top.

Lukas Graham music. <3 They're so good. 

The fact that I have three really awesome books requested at the library and I'm finally going to get some reading done. 

I'm going to be able to exempt my Anatomy final. My happiness level is through the roof.

Not one but TWO posts on Olivia's blog this week. <3

Getting out of twenty minutes of class because some people had to make up a quiz.

Pinning:

 I pinned this, and then a friend of mine also posted it on Instagram. Like..wow. I want to re-read Anne Frank's diary.

This eye makeup is absolutely stunning oh my word.

This lift is so gorgeous oh my word.

Um #outfitgoals right here.

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How was your week?

Pinterest's Best!

Let's be real, guys- I love Pinterest. I really love Pinterest. It's so much fun to scroll through the tons and tons of hairstyles, recipes, and random cat photos. Last summer, Hannah did a really great post called 10 Most Useful Pins. I've decided to do something similar today, showing you all some of my favorite pins! 

This actually inspired my prom hair! Mine didn't turn out half as gorgeous as this one did, but I love it. 

I cannot tell you how many times I've made Bubble Pizza. It's so simple, and it's delicious!

This is one of my favorite techniques to wing eyeliner- it's super simple!

Heaven knows I need to be more organized. This pin has some great tips!

This pin saved my mom's Christmas gift. I made her a wooden sign, and this pin was super helpful!

This tutorial is actually how I taught myself to do fouette turns! It's amazing. 

This article is one of my favorites on iphoneography. : )

These are really simple but good reminders.

This is a really great workout!!

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Hopefully you found some of these pins helpful! What are some of your favorite pins? 

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hey, everyone!! Whew, this has been a busy week. It's been good though, lots of fun things going on. The only downside has been that I haven't had a ton of time to get schoolwork done, so I'm super behind. This weekend is definitely going to be a weekend full of catching up. I really hate being behind, even though I don't like doing school. It stresses me out! Gosh. I WILL BE PRODUCTIVE!! I CAN DO IT!!

Isn't it crazy that Valentine's Day is a week from tomorrow? I have a fundraiser the next day, so my Valentine's Day will be spent baking about a million cupcakes haha. Fingers crossed that it goes well and I don't pull my hair out in the process! Thankfully my mom will be helping me so that I don't destroy the kitchen.

I really need some new reading material. I was thinking the other day about how I really haven't read anything new lately, and I want to change that. Do y'all have any good book recommendations? HELP ME!!!

Made Me Smile:

Going swing dancing for the first time with all of my friends. Even though I knew how to swing dance already, it was my first time actually going, and it was SO much fun. Now I want to do it again!!! 

I finally got up the nerve to go back to ballet....and I loved it! I was sooooo nervous, and the entire class I felt like I was doing terribly. But then at the end of class, the teacher came up and was super encouraging, and she said that soon I'll be able to get pointe shoes and that she's going to help me get to where I'm able to move up another class level! I'm really excited:)

Longgggg talks with people I haven't seen in a while. 

Learning seriously awesome dance routines for our spring musical! The number that we worked on yesterday was so much fun, I loved it.

Ugh:

I. Am. So. Sore. In the last two days I've had ballet, two rehearsals, and swing dancing, and it's basically a miracle that I'm even able to move at this point. In a way I don't mind being sore but gosh I'd like to be able to walk up stairs without wanting to die. 

School. School. School. School. School.

Loving:

Guys. GUYS. You can get frozen hot pretzels at the grocery store and then heat them up AND THEY TASTE JUST LIKE THEY'RE FROM AUNTIE ANNE'S. IT'S AMAZING. 

Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep

Ed Sheeran music. I always love it but I've been particularly obsessed lately. Between that and Hamilton, it's basically all I'm listening to. It's so good to listen to when you're stressed out. So in other words, I just need to have it constantly playing and life will be good.

Giant cozy sweatshirts and soft sleep pants. I would honestly spend my entire life wearing them.

Pinning:

This little alcove is just the cutest!

Yep yep yep. Soul = Destroyed.

This is a great writing quote...

Can this be my room? Please?

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How was your week?

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hey everyone!! How has your week been? Mine has been alright, fairly busy. But that's life lately I suppose, haha! Lots of rehearsals, trying to catch up on school, etc. There are worse ways to spend a week, though!

I don't really have any interesting stories to share with you all. Which is kind of pathetic. Hmm. Like I said, most of the week was spent going to rehearsals and getting random stuff done. I can't think of anything stupid that I did either, so I can't really entertain you all with that.

OH! I somehow burnt pasta. How in heaven's name I managed to do that I don't know, but a bunch of the spaghetti I made had burnt ends. Cooking isn't my thing. At all.

Also, HOW IS JANUARY ALMOST OVER???? It's so weird. In a way it seems like New Year's was ages ago, but at the same time I can't believe that it's almost February and time for Valentine's Day. So weird.

Made Me Smile:

Phone calls, FaceTimes, and texts from my friends who were at competition this weekend. They actually FaceTimed me during the competition so that I could watch!!! They're seriously the best. ♥♥♥

Getting to chapter four in my novel!! I'm getting to the point where it doesn't take as long to write, because I know how I want it to work. It's so much fun!

Pizza dinners:)

Having a class that you reallyyyyyyyyy don't want to go to get cancelled. Best. Feeling. Ever!!!

Ugh:

Early morning rehearsals that aren't close to my house. Agh, mornings aren't my time of day.

Waking up randomly sore? Like, why?? Did someone attack me in my sleep or....?

WHY IS EYELINER SO HARD? One minute I'm thinking I have plenty of time to get ready and the next I have a black eye and two minutes to get out the door.

I keep thinking about how hard it's going to be to get this glitter nail polish off and I'm already dying. 

Headaches.

Loving:

The Hamilton soundtrack. Oh. My. Gosh. I am hardcore obsessed. 

Hot glazed doughnuts *insert heart eye emoji*

Fuzzy socks

The fact that it hasn't been *quite* as cold lately!!

Re-reading Pride and Prejudice. It's so perfect.

Pinning:

I'm kind of obsessed with these

These are just so pretty! They make me think of spring:)

Can I please have her hair?

This is such a cool ring

Ouch

Gosh I love this kitchen

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How was your week?

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hello, lovely humans! Goodness, I haven't done a Weekly Wrap-Up post in forever! My last one was at the end of October, that's so crazy. I don't know if y'all enjoy reading them, but I just love writing these posts up, they're so much fun!

My week has been pretty typical, a good week overall. Everything has been super busy lately, which has been kind of stressful. School, rehearsal, friends, life- it's craziness! It's fun though. To add more excitement to the mix, we've finally gotten snow! I shared that we got some snow flurries on Wednesday afternoon, but then last night we got actual snow! As in, my backyard is currently white. Oh my gosh, I love it. Waking up to everything being white is so much fun, and it's so beautiful. Plus, it got us out of a three hour rehearsal first thing this morning, which certainly didn't hurt my feelings haha! It's been nice to have a day at home to do school and just get caught up on life.

Lately rehearsals have gotten intense, with rehearsals three times a week. These rehearsals are for my sisters' show, but I'm the dance captain, so I go to every rehearsal along with them. It's a lot of work, but it's fun. I'm also doing crew, and hair and makeup for the show, so that's going to be a lot of fun. I love theatre, and even though it's stressful, I can't wait for show week! It's seriously the best.

Oh! Here's a good story for you all- I ended up teaching some dance classes this week! At my fine arts group, I'm in the dance company. There's one teacher for the company, and then there's another teacher for the high school and middle school dance classes. I've taken a class with the other teacher before, and she's also the choreographer for the show I'm helping with, so I know her pretty well. On Sunday, I found out that she was sick and not going to be able to teach her classes on Monday, so...she asked me to teach her classes for her! I was really nervous (some of the students are older than I am!), but it was SO much fun. I really enjoyed it a lot! I expected to be freaking out practically the whole time, but honestly once I started I wasn't nervous at all, and I was able to enjoy it. It was a super fun experience!

Made Me Smile:

SNOWWWWWWWWW

Fun Bible studies

The whole teaching thing was so much fun, and I seriously love everyone in those classes so much, they're great. 

Writing almost three chapters of my novel! It was getting really frustrating for a while, but I finally worked out some issues and now I'm really happy with how it's going. 

I finally got my room cleaned up too, and I'm a lot less stressed out now that it's actually semi-organized.

DID I MENTION SNOW IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL

Ugh:

Cold weather. When it's not snowing, the cold and I do not get along. 

Drama. I really hate it. 

Anatomy and I are not friends. I get grossed out way too easily. My teacher has a ton of really awesome stories, but some of them freak me out a bit too much...

Loving:

PANDORA. I literally just got it this week because I needed music for the dance class, and I'm kind of obsessed. 

The Sensitive Jack Kelly Twitter account. If you're a Newsies fan, it's honestly the funniest thing in the entire world. 

My 5 year journal. It's so much fun, and I'm really proud that I haven't missed a day yet!

The fact that Carrie St. Louis and Ally Fox are going to Wicked on Broadway!! I saw them when they toured and they're both so phenomenal, I'm so excited for them. 

The song "Drops of Jupiter". I know it's old but it's been stuck in my head all week and I just really love it. 

Pinning:

My friend showed me this quote one time at school, and I've loved it ever since. It's just so beautiful. 

This outfit is impeccable.

Pride and Prejudice is life, guys..

Her hair is legitimately perfect.

These made me laugh so hard...if you understand this, you are an amazing human and you deserve a cookie.

I'd love to make a headboard like this. 

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How was your week?

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hello, lovely people! How has your week been? Mine has been busy, but it's been a good week. Lots of school, lots of rehearsal, but lots of fun. Isn't it crazy that October is almost over? The months seem to go by faster and faster lately.

Today is really a lovely day, weather-wise. The temperature is absolutely perfect, not cold or hot, and it's really cloudy. The leaves are changing and all of the trees are orange and yellow. I'm not a huge nature person, but I've got to admit, it's gorgeous out. We went on a walk with a friend today, and I took a ton of pictures. I also somehow ended up accidentally taking a couple of videos while my phone was in my pocket, one of which is just a three-second snippet where you can hear me say, "I am literally obsessed with the Sound of Music," before it cuts off again. Haha, if one video sums up my existence, it would have to be that.

I spent three hours doing the Charleston yesterday, and I'm definitely feeling it today. I'm so sore! If anyone ever says that dance isn't a workout, please send them to me. I'd love to bring them to one of my rehearsals... DANCE IS A SPORT, GUYS!!!

I'm trying to think if I have any other interesting snippets to share with you all, but I'm coming up a bit blank. My life isn't all that interesting, I suppose. I'm going to a murder mystery party tonight though, so I'm excited for that! Those are the best. : )

Made Me Smile:

MY BRACES ARE OFFICIALLY OFF!!!!!!!!! That's right guys, I'm officially free of my metal teeth-cages. FIVE YEARS LATER. Agh I'm so happy about this!! I don't think that I stopped smiling/jumping up and down all day. My family kept commenting that I'm never that hyper! I went to get my flu shot that day too, and I was still in an ecstatic mood. It's kind of hilarious when not even needles can dampen my happiness.

My friend gave me this ring that wraps around your finger and looks like a cat, and it's literally the best thing in the entire world. No kidding. It's perfect.

Playing games with friends outside in the pitch-black darkness.

Taking the craziest selfies ever with some of the craziest, best people ever.

Re-reading Harry Potter.

Long walks around the lake.

Ugh:

Is it seriously almost Halloween? That is absolutely insane I swear October has flown by. 

I've been crazy busy lately and school is kind of drowning me. I WILL GET AHEAD AGAIN, I SWEAR.

I'm really frustrated because I feel like I'm not blogging enough and I really need to get better about that. I've been posting twice a week but I really want to post more than that. I'll work on it!!!

Cold weather. It seems like I'm cold constantly, which isn't exactly my favorite thing. 

Loving:

The Bonnie and Clyde soundtrack. I'm literally obsessed with it oh my gosh.

Hand-lettering. I hadn't done it in much for a couple of weeks but I've been working on it again, and I really love it. 

LOOK AT THESE DOUGHNUTS! I really talk about doughnuts too much...

My army green jacket from T.J. Maxx. It's super cute and it's also really warm, so it's kind of perfect.

Pinning:

I seriously love these watches so much, they're so cool!

Anastasia and Dimitri are one of my favorite fictional couples gah I love them so much.

This outfit is impeccable..

This little bird is adorable!

I will forever love ballet..

I actually lettered this the other day and it didn't turn out half bad, I was happy.

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How was your week?

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hello, everyone! Gosh, writing these posts up makes me realize just how much of the week goes by in a blur! I keep having trouble remembering what happened over the past week. It's kind of sad, to be honest.

This past week has really been crazy. School, rehearsals, PSAT... It's insane. I have a ton of stuff to work on this weekend, which I can't quite say that I'm looking forward to. Not that I'm procrastinating that schoolwork by writing this or anything. 

I'm going to try to fit some fun stuff in this weekend, too. I'd really rather not go insane with stress. Maybe I'll read some Harry Potter once I finish some of the work. Which Harry Potter book is your favorite??

Made Me Smile:

Finally getting the hang of really awesome choreography. It's the best feeling!!

Paula and Mark's dance on Dancing With The Stars last week. It was literally the best, funniest thing ever!

My local library has finally ordered a copy of Graceful by Wendy Mass! I seriously can't wait to finally get my hands on a copy!

I know that I'm constantly recommending Hallmark movies, but YOU NEED TO SEE THIS ONE!! It's called Love on the Air, and it's seriously SO cute. Oh my gosh. I'm obsessed.

Ugh:

PSAT. Ugh, ugh, ugh. I am SO glad that it's over! The math portion was pretty terrible. Although I've got to say that the PSAT jokes going around the internet now are kind of the funniest things ever. So much for "do not discuss the test"! 

Mornings. They are not my friends.

I've somehow managed to do something to my ankle with all of the rehearsing lately. So that's fun. 

It seems like I'm constantly stressing myself out about getting everything done. Need to work on chilling out a bit...

Loving:

Girl Meets World. Yes, I'm aware that this is a Disney channel show and I'm in high school. But I love Boy Meets World, and the tie-ins are amazing. There's a three-part episode going on this weekend that I'm both excited and terrified for. As I'm writing this, I haven't watched any of it yet, so it may not go under Loving for very long.. (Edit: I have officially watched Part 1. I need the next two parts!!)

Sleep. It doesn't exactly happen much...

Broadway soundtracks. I could literally listen to them 24/7.

Harassing my sister about reading Harry Potter. She still hasn't read it, AND SHE NEEDS TO!!! Am I right???

Pinning:

This is such a cute outfit!

"How 'bout a dance? Let's make a start. Music like this can really throw you. You'll lose the blues, and you may lose your heart. Tonight is the night I've been waiting for. Even the moon looks just right." - Bonnie and Clyde. I love this show so much! 

This is such a cute outfit!

This is so funny yet so true...

She took the midnight train going anywhere...

Oh my gosh, I love this so much...

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How was your week?