My bookmark collection

     Hey guys! Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving?!? This is absolutely crazy... Anyway. I've been wanting to do this post for a long time and thought it was finally time to actually do the work (i.e. take the pictures) and post it.

How to spend your day in Norco

     Welcome back y'all! Almost exactly a year ago I found out that we were moving to Florida! So I thought I'd do a little post explaining what you should do if you visit Norco for a day. These are most of my favorite spots and I do miss them just a little bit... But it's all good. XD

Halloween Costume Ideas

     It's getting to be that time of year where I freak out and try to decide what to be for Halloween. I've only gone trick-or-treating twice (once when I was six and once when I was sixteen), but our church in California did a trunk or treat/harvest fest every year, and so does our new church here in Florida.

No phone for 24 hours

     Hello all and welcome back to my blog! Two weekends ago I attended the retreat that my church's college and career puts on every year (I would definitely recommend checking out the sermons - so good!) and I decided that the Monday following the retreat I'd turn my phone off for the whole day.

September Happenings

     Hello all! Haven't done one of these in a hot second... XD Also don't know if I've ever used that phrase before. I guess there's a first time for everything! Seriously, the last time I did one of these was in April...

Hypocrisy

     Hey y'all! I'm back this week with a bit of a different type of post. This is something that I've thought about doing for a while, and have actually had a draft of since November (yeah, almost a year), but I'm finally getting around to polishing it up and showing it to you!

My capsule wardrobe experiment

     Hey guys! So I missed last week, not because of Dorian (it hit the Bahamas really hard, but completely skirted us) but because I'm lazy and not motivated. But I'm here this week to make up for it!

Making temporary housing feel like home

     Hello all! If you've been tracking the news, you might know about a wee little storm called Hurricane Dorian. It's been making its way (sooo slowly) towards us, so we've been doing a lot of prep for that - putting shutters up, getting food and water together, buying a lot of batteries, and so on.

My gap year and fall plans!

     So... as you may or may not know, I graduated high school this spring. I'm not going to college this fall (the plan is to go in fall of 2020, though) and I'm taking a gap year. In April I gave a little bit of a rundown of what I was planning to do, but since then I've nailed down a lot more of the details, so I thought I would share that.

Disneyland versus Disney World

     I'm back with another blog post! I was planning to do this sometime in June or July, but time clearly got away from me and I barely posted. We visited Disney World in late May as part of our biannual family vacation. I've been to Disneyland a bunch, so I thought I would do a little post comparing one to the other.

Cookies and books!

     Welcome back!! I've been holding on to this idea for a pretty long time now, and I thought it was finally time to actually do it. XD It's a little book tag that I originally found on Scattered Scribblings (now Savanah Grace Writes) where you equate a different book with eight different types of cookies.

Happy birthday to sweet Mango!!

     Yesterday was our dog Mango's fifth birthday! She's a Boxer and in October, we will have had her for five years. I can't believe it's been five whole years already! I was looking back at some of the pictures yesterday and thought I would share a few with you...

What I've been reading recently!

    I don't think I've ever done this - and I'm too lazy to actually go and check. Since we've moved I've started reading a lot more. Not as much as I would like to, but a lot more than I have over the past year or so. So today I thought I would recommend a few of the books I either have read, am reading, or am going to read in the near future. 

Florida Update

     Hello there, my fine friends! I'm back after a brief summer-y break with another post. The last time I posted we were still in California, so I thought I'd do a quick little Florida update... What I'm up to, what the plans are for the next few months, and so on.

Dear Senior Year...

     Um. Hello. I graduated...?!? Last night was our church's homeschool group graduation/promotion ceremony and I walked the aisle and got my diploma and switched my tassel and all that jazz. I am not prepared for this!! I've seen a few posts like this so I thought I might as well word vomit on here and just spill all my thoughts and such. So here goes...

Bible Update: Moving Edition

     I like to do these types of updates every once in a while both to keep myself motivated and accountable (in a very cursory way) and to share what I'm doing with you guys to give you ideas/help. As if I could really do that... Maybe I flatter myself too much. 

My Airplane Essentials

     I'm back again!! So far, so good on this whole posting thing, eh? As I'm writing this, I'm preparing for a road trip across the country to Florida that will accomplish two goals: first, get one of our cars to Florida in preparation for moving and second, to get me out to Florida for our biannual family vacation.

My Last Week of High School

     Um. Hello. What even. I'm done with high school... And it's a little strange. My college classes ended the week of May 6th, but I actually ended up working ahead so that I finished a week early. I realized that I probably could've finished two weeks early but I wanted to take pictures for this post, so I restrained myself.

My favorite things about homeschooling...

     Hullo all! Guess what... This is my last official week of homeschooling!! (*stressing just a tad*). I thought what better way to celebrate this momentous occasion by sharing some of my favorite things about homeschooling. I've had thirteen years to experience it so I'd say I'm a pretty good expert. XD

April Happenings

     AHHHHHHHHH. It's May tomorrow. Y'all. Next time I write one of these posts it will be a lot more interesting, and also it'll be the last one I write from California. I'm not quite prepared but y'know who cares? XD April was a pretty fun month... it's definitely gotten a lot busier towards the end of the month which is both stressful and exciting.

Errands & Friends

     Hullo! It's time for another Picture Every Hour (or as I call them - PEHs)! I can't believe how much time is flying... Can you believe its almost the end of April? My life is slowly starting to get busier as I'm finishing up with school and trying to hang out with friends and get things done that need to be done. 

What I'm doing next school year...

     Y'all. So... I'm graduating high school in slightly over one month...?!? That's CRAZY. Like, so crazy. I'm actually only one week away from finishing my college classes (and the rest of my school). Like... I'm one week away from being done with compulsory schooling forever. Okay, I'll stop freaking out and get on to the point of this post. XD

The Basis for My Beliefs {a philosophy paper}

     Welcome! Every once and a while I enjoy sharing school papers or reports that I write. Partly because sometimes I'm really proud of them, or I think they're really interesting. Or I'm just too lazy to put together another post. Either way, this is a paper I wrote for my philosophy class last fall. It was a challenging assignment, but really interesting.

My favorite things about spring...

     Hi! Can I first mention that the title sorta rhymes... favorite things about spring. If there was only one thing that was my most favorite about spring it would rhyme completely. But I can't pick just one thing... I'm too indecisive. XD

Modesty + some modesty hacks

     Hey guys! Today I'm going to tackle a bit of a controversial subject - modesty. I know there are a bunch of different views on what is modest, what isn't modest, why we should dress modestly, etc. I could probably go on and on about different issues that are discussed and debated when it comes to modesty, but I won't do that at this moment.

March Happenings + big news!!

     And just like that, March is behind us! March was insane, crazy, and so amazing. Time is really flying... It's only about sixty days until I graduate high school and there's so much happening between now and then. Oh! And stay tuned for the big news at the end of the post... Or just scroll right there if you can't take the suspense. XD

Lazy Saturday

     Annnddd I'm back! Today I'm going to be doing a picture every hour post (or PEH for short). It's basically exactly what it sounds like... From when I woke up to when I went to bed I took a picture of whatever I was doing every single hour. 

My Nighttime Routine

     Welcome back!! Today I'm going to be sharing my nighttime routine. Most of this consists of what I use to take care of my face and teeth and such, but I wanted to expand it beyond that to what I do before actually going to bed and stuff like that... It'll make more sense in the flow of the actual post. XD

Bible Update: March 2019

     Hullo there! I'm going to do something I haven't done in quite a while - a Bible time update post thingy! (Or something like that...) Actually, the last time I did this was over a year ago. I promise I've been reading the Bible since then! XD

If you could have lunch with... {a tag}

     Hey all!! So... I'm back in the saddle! (Sort of.) I've already scheduled several posts for the upcoming weeks, so hopefully these will keep coming. Anyhow... I'm kinda fascinated with the whole "tag" concept, so I thought it would be fun to come up with one on my own! 

February Happenings

     Hehe. Hello. I'm not even going to try to explain my absence, though I'm sure I could. Honestly, I'm just picking this back up again because I've realized how lazy I've been in the free time I do have. I thought I should probably try to actually do something semi-productive in my downtime, and this was the first thing that popped into my head.