September 2017

September is over, we are officially three-fourths of the way through the year... which means we are three-fourths of the way to 2018. *gasp* Um, how is that??? What has this world come to?

Anyhow, here's the monthly overview.


HAPPENINGS\\

\\ I officially moved into my seventeenth year of life. #lifehappens

\\ I also officially moved into my senior year of high school, so... Crazy when you find yourself in the place in life you watched your older siblings at not all that long ago...

picture I took an a "photography walk" the other day

\\ Homeschool co-op once again

\\ I went to church with some friends of ours last Sunday, and went on their youth scavenger hunt at the mall afterwards. That was fun. Of course, we skipped a lot of the awkward things. ;P Then after that we had our Bible study, so it was a good day. :)

\\ Went out for my birthday with my parents... we had Olive Garden, and my mom and I shared the chicken Parmesan with alfredo. *hearts* And then we had the yummy salad and bread-sticks too... and did I mention they have THE BEST mints? Andy's mints. *winks* Always better with chocolate.

\\ It's been summer weather... until Thursday. I step out the door and die because it felt SOO AMAZZING. No humidity. No scorching heat. Just warm in the sun, with a cool breeze. =)


READ\\

Wellll... I don't think I even read a whole book this month. *sticks tongue out* I'm still reading Fools Rush In by Janice Thompson.  


DELIGHTS\\

\\ My mini homemade pizza. <3

\\ I made a baking video! I need to try another one sometime! Any ideas what I should make??

\\ Trying meringue bites! It was fun. And I think my first taste of meringue? Anyhow, I'll probably do a little recipe post on that. 

\\ No-bake cookies. JUST SO GOOD.

\\ Fudge brownies ... all the lovely calories that have been my friends this month. xP



MOMENTS\\

\\ Dad: *flying remote-control helicopter*
   Little brother: "Cut off my hair, Dad. Cut off my hair."
   Me: *laughing*

\\ All the "freaky" windows at night. xP

\\When you're driving and the engine overheats. The adventure included eating frostys and guys helping us put engine coolant in the car. *winks*

\\ Little bro while coloring: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, you smell like a cow-cow, and you look like one too. " What a silly kid. xP

\\ When Picmonkey won't let you save your thing unless you pay or start a free trial, in which you have to put in your credit card number and stuff. *glares* Well forget you! Ipiccy is way nicer- and it has glorious fonts. The only bad thing is I don't think I can put my logo on pictures with it.  

\\ Eating at Olive Garden and getting Starbucks and feeling super stuffed. Like a turkey. *sticks out tongue*

\\ When you keep messing up, so you start over twice. :P

\\ Having a happy evening, a happy dream, and a happy morning. That's the life. ;)

\\ Scaring the neighbors cows, yep.

\\ When you're reading a book, and you burst out laughing at something in the main character's crazy dream. xP

MUSIC FOR YOU\\

Piano is so beautiful... Wouldn't you love to be able to play like that? Just let it alllll out.

 

Brave by Moriah Peters

WHAT DID YOU DO THIS MONTH?

My First Attempt Making a Baking Video *confetti*

Have you ever seen those cool baking\cooking videos? Okay, I'm sure you have. *sticks tongue out* I see them on Facebook a lot, and I love watching them. Food is my thing, ya know. *winks*

So I had this idea to make one of those videos myself. It's combining a sort of photography thing with food and baking, so of course that's something I'd find fun. Plus putting the video together! Such pleasures. =D

So here is the baking video I made! Bare with me, this is my first attempt. I'd probably advise watching it small- I don't know if it's just that I put it on here without uploading it to YouTube first, or if my video just doesn't have good quality. ;P

I posted this recipe back in 2015 here. In the video I cut the sugar, though. *winks*

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU ENJOY WATCHING FOOD VIDEOS, OR IS IT JUST ME? ;P

Rock and Waterfalls \\ PHOTOS

I'm finally sharing picture from our hike during the reunion. *smiles* It was such a pretty place! Especially the waterfalls. <3

\\added contrast\\

LOVE THIS ONE <33

\\added brightness and contrast\\

WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE PICTURE?

\\ The Birthday Haul \\

Today is the fun post where I show you some things I got for my birthday. *smiles* 

Five books by Janice Thompson from my sister! :)

Pretty London canvas from another sister. :) I got this one really early. *winks*

Various things from friends and acquaintances... well, my little sister got me the gum. ;) 

 Lovely cards. *smiles*

And a lovely photo book from my parents! I made one up on Walmart and it just recently came in the mail. All the loveliness...

Some of the pages... The full page photos are amaaazing... *sigh* I have pictures of people in it as well, just not pictured here. *winks*

On the last page I put three panoramas from our West Coast trip last summer. Isn't it beautiful? *hearts*



WHAT WOULD YOU BE MOST EXCITED TO GET? *winks*

September 2017 \\ Currently

Time for another currently post, folks! September isn't being any nicer than the other months when it comes to flying- by. ;P However, there have been some exciting things so far this month... it's been good. *smiles*

CURRENT HAPPENINGS\\

\\ Started school. Yay. Senior year. MY LAST YEAR!!!

\\ Turned 17! *confetti*

\\ Shopping day with the sisters! I found a black poncho-style shirt and a sweater half-off at Goodwill. So I payed only about 4 dollars. *smug look at those who buy new clothes* haha.

\\ Our fall co-op classes have started. This is my second to last time, since I'm a senior. o.o

\\ I wore boots for the first time of the season! It was this day of totally fall weather- I mean, wet, overcast, and cool. So yea, I wore boots. *winks* It's hot again though. :P

\\ Just, kinda spent a lot of money this month. *facepalm* need... a... job. Any suggestions? xP

CURRENTLY READING\\

Fools Rush In by Janice Thompson

Currently on hold because of Julia's 7dayBibledare. ;)

CURRENTLY EATING\\

Currently WAS eating. To be accurate. *winks*

DELIGHTS AND TRYINGS\\

\\ I'm trying out bullet journaling, guys. I'm taking a class on it in co-op, and it looks like fun for my artistic side. =)

\\ Does anyone else think super-duper high ponytails are really cute? Now that's a hairstyle I can actually put in my hair. *laughs* 

\\ Getting this lovely photo book in the mail! =D  You'll see more of it in my Tuesday post.

\\ Oh, and I took a survey for Chick-fil-A, so now I get a free chicken sandwich. *confetti 'cause free stuff*



MOMENTS\\

\\ When you braid your hair after showering in hopes of having pretty waves\crimps in the morning... but it gives you a bad hair day instead. *glares* 

\\ When you've been going to the same homeschool group for about three years and people still barely know anything about you, you see how socially impaired you are. ;P

\\ Taking a shower at midnight. 'Cause you stayed up too late. 'Cause you were texting. xP hehe. That's me for you. Socially impaired, procrastinating night owl. *nods* 

\\ When someone almost mistakes you for your 20-year-old sister. Well THAT'S different. A very good different, I must say. It's not every day someone doesn't think you're really young, right? ;P

\\ My little brother when my dad's flying a remote-control helicopter: "Dad, cut off my hair. Cut off my hair." *dies laughing 'cause little kids*

\\ When your little brother enjoys looking at your photo book and albums with you. <3 


DO YOU FEEL FALL YET? ANYTHING EXCITING HAPPENING IN LIFE?

\\ simple words \\

i want to live

without life feeling meaningless

life i'm not afraid

where i can love freely

how people will see the real me

with total abandon

like there's a burning purpose

where i'm a free spirit

and can laugh with joy

with undoubting assurance

like i'm a princess

where human opinion doesn't matter 

without regrets holding me back 

like i'm overflowing

how God intended

Just some words I wrote down a few nights ago. Well, most of it's the same as it first was. *smiles* 

Wouldn't our lives be so much more amazing and meaningful if we could just live like this? :)

Classy Black and White Dress \\ OUTFIT

Time for another outfit post, right? *grins* Clothes and fashion is something I like so much, it's interesting I don't really dress up more. Probably too lazy. *sticks tongue at myself* Wait, how do you do that? xP

Anyhow, this outfit is what I wore to church on my birthday, last Sunday. It's my newest Goodwill dress- quite a pretty one, but too short. So I wore a pencil- style skirt underneath, and voila! Looked great. =D

I like the sheer black material on the skirt. <3 Kinda princess-y. *winks* And just to clarify, the skirt itself isn't sheer, just the over-skirt.

(Yes, Daisy was busy photobombing. *rolls eyes*)

So, this is the type of outfit to wear when you want to feel classy and feminine. *smiles*


WOULD YOU WEAR THIS? WHAT KIND OF DRESSES DO YOU PREFER? 

Goodbye Sweet 16... Hello 17

So I'm like, officially seventeen years old, guys. I'm like, growing up?! I'll never be sixteen again. And I only have 12 months of being seventeen. An interesting thought huh? Life is just so short. 

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to show you pictures of me during some of the ages gone by! *winks* I could have done all of them, but that would take too long. I had to scan a lot of these onto the computer, so some don't look very good... which is why I changed a couple to black and white.

So here is me through the ages...

THREE

FOUR

SIX

NINE

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

FIFTEEN

SIXTEEN

SEVENTEEN

Next year it will be eighteen, which is the craziest of all! But for now I can enjoy my last year as a "not-adult". *winks*

I'll probably do a birthday present haul sometime too, just because that's fun. :)

HAVE I CHANGED MUCH THROUGH THE YEARS? xP