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Happiness

1. Y'all already know that I'm a huge fan of the musical Hamilton. Well, this week, one of my tweets was liked by Leslie Odom, Jr., who originated the role of Aaron Burr. I nearly went into shock and passed out. He's probably my favorite actor in the show. There was so much screaming. 

2. Sally Hansen Miracle Gel. My parents gave me some for my birthday, and I love it. It looks and feels really nice, and it's supposed to last like a gel manicure from the salon. I doubt it will last that long, but I'll be happy if it lasts a week!

3. Today is National Dance Day!!! Definitely one of my favorite days. Throwback to pointe shoe fittings. I love those shoes so much.

4. I woke up today to find my mom making chocolate chip Mickey Mouse waffles. It was a good morning. Because I'm obviously still #TeamWaffle.

5. Both Canva and PicMonkey now have apps. My life is made.

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What's making you happy? 

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?

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

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?

Summer Photo Challenge- Week 12!!!

GUYS.

IT'S WEEK TWELVE.

NO.

NOT OKAY.

*sigh* Well, this is it. My last week of summer photos. Right now, I'm probably doing school of some sort. (I pre-scheduled this to go out.) Is anyone like, super excited for school to start? If you are, congratulations on being such a positive human being!! ......I'm not a positive human being.

Monday:

I didn't really get any good pictures today, but I really like this ring so I started photographing it. xD I found out some big news today- I'm getting my braces off! Woo-hoo!!! 

Tuesday:

Today was a yoga day. I have a really important dance audition on Monday (which is actually when this post will go out- pray for me!!!), and yoga always helps me to get more flexible. Y'all know that I'm desperate to get into this thing if I'm working out voluntarily. Exercise + me don't mix.

Wednesday:

Oh my goodness. So, I found this journal at Barnes and Noble today, and I kind of totally need it. ^^ Like, this is my life, guys.

Thursday:

"I want to get super healthy and have abs and lose weight," I say as I thoughtfully chew on my pizza roll. (Which was really easy to make- it wasn't frozen! That makes it healthier, right? Right?)

Friday:

Saturday:

Excuse me as I lie here and ponder life's mysteries...

Sunday:

I'm so sad that this is my last SPC photo!! But I hope that you all have a fabulous year! xoxo

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Thank you to everybody who's stuck around for this crazy, rambling summer! 

.....It's only what, 180 days until the next one? We can do this!!!!

.....Agh. I can't do this. 

Snap out of it, Grace Anne!

Okay. I'm going to be positive!

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I hope that you all have an absolutely wonderful school year!! :)   

Keep Calm and Dance!

                                  

                               

Isn't this shirt cute? It's from Delia's, just like the sweaters, but I ordered it online instead of getting it in store. The most amazing part was the price- this shirt was on sale for, get this- four dollars!! Isn't that awesome?? I thought it was a fabulous deal, especially for such a cute shirt!! :)