Day #15

Today is my 15th day of writing on my blog. So far I have not missed any days. I will probably miss a few days eventually, since it would be pretty hard to not miss any.

It is weird to think that tomorrow is the first day of July... Where did all the time go? I still have some things that I have to get done that I have been putting off. Including some stuff for college. I really need to get that stuff done.

Let's see what did I do today? I went shopping with mom and meana. We were gone for six hours. We went to a lot of different places including Savers, Walmart, Mother & Child, Wendy's and Dunkin Donuts. I am still on the hunt for something to wear to Tim & Shannon's wedding.

Later in the evening we played Scattergories which is an awesome game... There were many laughs had by all. It's funny how much noise just 6 people playing can make. It's nice to be able to hang out with the family. Then Meana and I watched America's Got Talent... Those were pretty much the highlights of my day.

I am off to start working on some hemp projects... Finally got some hemp! Will post pictures when I am done.

Beach Day, etc.

So today was a nice day. Meana and Munca arrived this afternoon all the way from Florida. It's nice that they are here and that I can spend some time with them.

Later in the afternoon, I went to the ocean with Emily and her mom. That was a fun way to spend the afternoon. Eric (Emily's boyfriend) ended up meeting us there too. It was definitely a good beach day. It was hot at times but not too bad. A good part of the time was spent searching for sand dollars. Unfortunately, we did not find any. The water was freezing... After awhile though, it wasn't too bad. We did not swim in it. Just waded in and let the waves splash against us. (How are people able to go swimming when the water is so cold? I am too much of a chicken for an intense thing like that.) It's always fun to write stuff in the sand too. We did that some. Then it became like a competition though and we would try to see who could write their words in the sand the biggest. It was also fun to walk along the water.

A huge plus was that it wasn't as crowded as Hampton. So nice to not feel like everywhere you went there was a sea of people. Which can get quite annoying because you always feel like you are going to step on them. I would probably pick Wallis Sands any day over Hampton. But then I am not so sure in a way... Since Hampton has the board walk and other stuff to do. So I guess it would all depend on what you were in the mood for that day. If you want "hustle and bustle", then pick Hampton, if you are in the mood for relaxing and less crowds, then Wallis is the place to go. I suppose I can just alternate between the two of them... I think it would be cool to rent a house on the beach. It would be fun to just pack everything that would be needed and spend the day hanging out on the beach.

It's weird in a way, I got out of school over a month ago and yet I am just starting to do summer like things. I went to both the lake and the beach last week. Then the beach again today. It's nice to be out of school and just be able to enjoy things. Although there are days that can be boring at times.

Tomorrow should be fun. My mom, Meana, and I are going to Savers. That should be a good time. Hopefully we can all find some good stuff. One thing I am looking for in particular is a dress for S & T's wedding. Which is only a month a way. Seems like it's going to be a lot of fun. I haven't been to a wedding in awhile.

So this is the end of the post. I suppose that I will go to bed a bit early tonight, since I have to get up earlier than I usually do. It's 11:52 PM which is still early for me. I usually go to bed between the hours of 1 and 4.

Goodnight fellow bloggers, and people who do not have blogs but like to read those who do. :)

Emily and I looking for sand dollars. Which we never ended up finding.



Eric, Emily, and myself hanging out at the beach.

Music Video Mondays Week 2- "For Those Who Wait"

For Those Who Wait- Fireflight. Good Christian band. I saw them at Soulfest last year. They are going to be there again this year!! This song is off of their newest album.

Button Necklace

I started this yesterday and for the most part finished it today. (There are still a few places I have to go back and tighten so it doesn't come apart.)

The five beads in the center had to get holes drilled into them, so I had my dad do that.


It was a pretty easy project. Making the loops on the ends of the eye pins took awhile. My mom helped me a little with that part.


I realize that some of the beads are more of a cream color. Eventually I might go back and replace those with a more white buttons.


This is what inspired me to make this necklace. I really like the colors in this one. I either found this on Etsy (love that website) or google images. Sometime in the future I will probably make a colorful one as well.

A Glimpse Into the Lives of Strangers

Those of you out there that have blogs, may have noticed that when you are on your blog, there is a button at the top where it says next blog. Have you ever clicked on that button before? I did this a few days ago. It was interesting how to took me to random blogs of people that I did not know.

I spent a awhile just looking at all the titles that people had given their blogs. Some I found were really unique and I thought that I would share them. (Now mind you, I am not stalking these bloggers or anything. It's just fascinating to see the layouts and everything they choose.) Also I noticed that on a lot of the blogs I came across the url and titles were different. So these people can still have some privacy from the world.

So here is a list of some titles of blogs that I liked:

• Handprints on the Window- A Glimpse in our Life
• Outside the Box and Inside My Mind
• What a Kick in the Pants
• Cowpies- Everything We Create is Moo-valous
  
• Heartbeats of Hope
• A Giggle A Day
• Crazy Tomato Man- after a run i turn red, after half a mug of beer i also turn red, so a tomatoman I am... a crazy one, that is...

I really liked the last one in particular very original and interesting explanation. It is just amazing how many people have blogs. In a way, it's like their own little world that they themselves create. They get to express their ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc. There can be power in that because the choices are endless. I think it's also cool how different blogs are in comparison from one to the next. It is interesting to see what layouts are used and everything. I even came across some that were written in different languages.

So if any of my blog readers ever have a few minutes to kill, why not try seeing what random blogs are on the next blog button? You never know what you are going to find.

*To anyone whose blog I named above, thanks for letting me catch a glimpse into your lives. If my blog comes across your path and you happen to read this entry, please know that I only glanced at the titles of your blogs and only saw the first little bit of stuff on your pages. I am not stalking you* :)

Beach Day

Today was a good day. I went to the beach with Mike, Chris, Emily, and Eric. That was a lot of fun. We all ended up getting sunburned and that was not fun. After the beach, we went to Mike and Chris's house for cookies and pizza. Then we watched tv.

Tomorrow I am going to my cousin's bridal shower. That should be fun. I would write more but I am going to bed soon and there is only 4 minutes until midnight. So this will have to be the end for today... Short and too the point.

Social Networking Sites/Internet- Past, Present, and Future

What was life like before Facebook? Or any social networking sites, for that matter. They have definitely changed the way people keep in touch with others. It makes me wonder how much longer Facebook will be popular. Will it just be a gradual change or will it happen right away? Keep in mind Myspace used to be really popular back in the day. Now I do not know that many people who go on their account on a regular basis. I"ll admit, I still have a myspace but I hardly ever go on it. When I do, I go on for like a few minutes. I tried deleting my account once, but it was too much of a pain so I just kept it.

This brings me to another point. How many websites and stuff do you think people have just "floating around" in cyberspace? I for one, have a couple of old blogs, one of which I found like a week ago. It's weird to me how stuff can be online for what seems like forever. I also used to make accounts on different websites, some of which after I made the account on I don't think I've been back to since.

Back to Facebook... I spend some much time on Facebook each week. It is probably not a good thing. lol. When there's nothing else to do, it's like I'll go on Facebook to see what my friends are up to. I realized awhile back that if I actually deleted all the people I never see or even talk to, then I would not have a lot of friends left on Facebook. I mean I found some people I used to go to elementary school back when I lived in Milford. (That's going back to 4th grade.)

Anyway, it will definitely be interesting to see what social networking sites will be like in the future. Especially Facebook, will it still be here in 5 years? Or is something going to come along and become the next greatest thing? What will the internet and everything be like for future generations?

New Look

As you can see, I changed my blog layout. I found a pretty good website that had a lot of layouts to chose from. This was one of the ones that I liked, so for now it will stay.

I have nothing else that I want to say now.

Bye :)

First Lake Trip of the Summer

Today was a pretty good day. I met Emily at her house because we had made plans to spend the afternoon at the lake. We ended up going to Walmart for awhile and had lunch at Subway.

By the time we got to the lake, it was three in the afternoon. When we were there, we listened to music, ate snacks, played a card game as well as Jenga. We also went in the water for a little while. It wasn't an extremely hot summer day, but it was nice to go to the lake and relax. Eric met up with us after he got out of work. Unfortunately, it started to rain shortly after he got there. So we went in the water for a little while and then left.

Then we hung out at Em's house for a little while, followed by Applebees for dinner and dessert. Fun was had by all. I am glad that it worked for us to hang out. After that, I went home and watched America's Got Talent. That leads up to where I am now.

The End

Music Video Mondays- "The Impossible"

I have decided that Mondays are now going to be "Music Video Mondays". So each Monday I will post a music video. Sounds simple enough, right? :)

Today's music video is, "The Impossible" by Joe Nichols. I love when songs tell stories. Country songs seem to do this a lot. They really can have such an impact. This probably is one of my favorite country songs of all time. I love that part that says "cause there's no such thing as hopeless if you believe." The song is all about believing in the impossible and not giving up.

Light the Night Walk

So I recently discovered this event when I was online the other day. It is called Light the Night Walk. It is put on by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Basically the event is a three mile walk at night. The people who sign up for the event and raise at least $100 are the ones who are allowed to participate in the walk. Each "walker" receives a balloon. What is unique about these balloons are that they light up. There are three different color balloons: white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer.

I think that this is a really cool idea. There is one taking place in New Hampshire in September. (In Nashua on September 25th.) My mom and I are going to take part in it. We still have to register and create a team. If anyone is interested in joining our team, let me know. If we sign up soon we still have a few months to raise $100 per person. I am still finding out information about everything involved in this. So if you want to learn more about it, you can go to http://www.lightthenight.org/ma/what/

I am doing this in honor of my cousin Paige, who passed away, from Leukemia in 2007. Feel free to message/comment me if you are interested. Either on here or Facebook.

Cutting it close...

Today was a good day. In the morning I went to yard sales with my mom. We ended up stopping at quite a few, but did not find anything too exciting.

In the afternoon I went to Emily's house. Which was nice because I had not hung out with her for awhile. She made me chili and we hung out and stuff. Then we went to Brooke's house to go swimming and Cat and other people were there.

After we hung out at Brooke's we went to the mall for an hour. Why does the mall close so early? There is like nothing to do after 9:00 on a Saturday night... Besides going out to eat. So it was decided that we hit up Burger King. It was nice to get to hang out with the three of them because we haven't all hung out in awhile. We are always able to have a good time. If only Erin had been there then it would have been complete.

After Burger King, Emily came over. We just hung out and watched videos on youtube, talked, and took pictures on my computer. It was still fun though. Don't get me wrong. I am always able to have fun with my best friend. We can always make each other laugh. We also watched a bunch of videos that I had on my computer from back in the day. These videos definitely captured many good times. There will be more good times in the future I am sure.

It is almost midnight, so I have to get this posted quick. Otherwise I will have missed a day of posting. So now I am off to go on Facebook for a bit, then read or watch a movie... Who knows. Good night. I will leave with a few pictures from our random photo shoot.

I Love Second-Hand Stores!

Today is my third day in a row of posting. I wonder how hard it's going to be to come up with things to post about like 100 days from now. Or even what to post about tomorrow. I have never really considered myself to be a good writer. So who knows where things will go.

Today my mom and I went to Goodwill... There’s just something I love about thrift shops in general. Where to even begin... I love going to them. I love finding good deals on things there. I love going through racks of boring clothes until I find something that I like. I used to not be so keen on getting things second hand; now I get a lot of my clothes from places like that. (I do draw the line though at shoes, underwear, and bathing suit bottoms... There are some things that just aren't meant to be worn again by someone else.)

It doesn't get boring either because there are so many second hand stores around. There's Salvation Army, Goodwill, Mother & Child, OPUS, Savers, and also some little local ones. Some are nicer than others but they all have good stuff if you are willing to look. My new favorite is Savers. We found that one a few months back. It's located in Nashua close to the Pheasant Lane Mall. This one actually looks like a department store. Everything is neat and they do a good job of running the place.

Unfortunately, I did not find anything today. In the past though, I have found various things: jeans and shorts from American Eagle, a dress from Old Navy, shirts from different places, etc. Perhaps next time I will find some things.

Good Song.

So for today, I just decided to post a song. It's called Chances by Five For Fighting. For those of you who have seen The Blind Side, it played at the end of the movie. (Good movie I saw it like 3 times!) This song is currently one of the top played songs on my ipod. Love it!! :)

New Blog- Let's See Where This Goes...

I have decided quite unexpectedly to write a blog. This blog is going to be made up of my thoughts, feelings, etc. I challenge myself to write something each day for a year. Today is the 16th of June 2010, so the year will be up the 16th of June 2011. It will definitely be interesting to see what I can write and everything on here in a year. I am not going to focus on the spelling and grammar elements, so if anyone finds that to be a problem, then they can go elsewhere. After all, this blog is going to primarily focus on my growth throughout the year.