The Things of Life

Couldn't think of anything else to title it. :)

This is a kind of a life update/really random/ I-do-this-cause-I'm-bored kind of post. So, anyway, I'll start with Top 10.

I'm skipping days 27 and 28: things I wish I could change about myself, and regrets. That would be awkward.

Sooo, day 29; 10 wishes. I wish:

1.  I could go to Disney World at least once every year or every two years
2. I could be in a movie
3. I could get my book published
4. I could spend an extended period of time on a beach:)
5. I could have a lifetime supply of chocolate, Swedish Fish, and ice cream
6. I could  own all my favorite movies
7. I could own all my favorite books
8. I could live in a mansion with a bunch of secret passageways and rooms for my nerdiness (ex., a super-spy room where they scan your hand to get in and the bed folds into the wall, stuff like that.)
9. I could own an epically awesome treehouse
10. I could have an iPhone

Then (finally...the last Top 10!) Day 30; 10 places I want to visit. Well, the first one is so terrifically easy....

1. ENGLAND!!!!!! ♥
2. Scotland
3. Ireland
4. Disney World (again)
5. Mexico (:D)
6. Israel
7. Jakarta, Indonesia (my pen pal lives there)
8. Hawaii
9. LONDON!!!!!!
10. New York City

And that's it, folks. The last top 10. :)

Well, as I said earlier, I'm bored. So I decided I would list my most recent obsession -- an awesome obsession, in my opinion.

Wait for it .....

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!!!!!!

The reason I'm so quickly obsessed is probably/mostly because of Jack Sparrow. ♥ He's so strangely, awesomely, funnily awesome. (Is funnily a word? ...)

So, to celebrate my obsession, here's some pictures.

Gotta love Jack.

And about another of my obsessions -- Harry Potter! Well, more the HP Night.

My mom's going to talk to my dad about available times this weekend, so I don't promise anything. Are you guys free this weekend? It would be awesome if you were, but again, I can't guarantee anything.

And also -- I now own Chamber of Secrets, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, and Half-Blood Prince. Could you remind me which ones you all have so that way I can know which ones to rent? I won't rent them yet -- it depends on whether you're free this weekend and whether my dad gives the OK.  

So excited!!! :)

top 10

again.

day 21; websites I visit often

1. Facebook
2. PINTEREST
3. Blogger
4. Pottermore
5. Wikipedia
6. PINTEREST
7. Mog
8. (just recently.. :) Heck Yeah Tumblr Challenges
9. Picmonkey
10. ToysRus

I'll skip the partner things. Though, I will tell you, any "partner" I will have has to love Jesus more than anything else, want to have a lot of kids, want to homeschool those kids, and want me to be a stay at home mom, though that's implied from the homeschooling thing. But that's pretty much it. Pretty much. ;)

24; 10 favorite games

1. Where's My Water
2. Angry Birds
3. Boggle
4. Temple Run
5. Capture the Flag
6. Flashlight Tag
7.  Ninja (you know what i mean....haha)
8. Hide and Seek: Classic
9. Hide and Seek: Jailbreak Version
10. Hide and Seek:  Neighborhood Version

You can probably tell that I love hide and seek. :)

25 -- ten things I do when I'm bored

1. Read
2. Go on Pinterest
3. Jump on the trampoline
4. Eat something
5. Check Facebook
6. Try to write my story
7. Listen to music (normally while I read)
8. Lean against the window and daydream for a while...
9. Go outside and do a photoshoot
10. Watch a movie/ TV show episode(s)

10 things I love about myself. Well. Please don't think I'm selfish, but I do love my eyes. They remind me of chocolate, and chocolate makes me happy. :) But I don't want to say more, because that would be awkward.....

I think I'm caught up. Pretty sure. :)

Top 10

things you can't leave the house without..

1. Clothes (LOL Maddie and Grace!) ;)
2. Hairbrush
3. Hairbands
4. Cell phone
5. Wallet (w/ library card....you never know haha!)
6. ...

and i normally never bring any of that stuff anyway. except for clothes. *awkward moment*

10 things on my bucket list

1. Go to Teen Madness :)
2. Learn to surf
3. Go to England
4. Master a Scottish/Irish accent
5. Be in a movie in some way, shape or form (voicing a character, being an extra, etc.)
6. Work at Chick-fil-A.
7. Go zip-lining.
8. Learn to do a back-flip on a trampoline.
9. Learn to play piano well.
10. Shoot a gun.

And there's about a billion more. :)

I turned 14 today! So happy. I can't believe I'm going to be a freshman in high school..... it's so weird!!!! Just the thought freaks me out. A bit.

And this is kinda random, but my family and I ate "military meals" yesterday! There was beef stew, pasta with garden vegetables, and some Italian food called tortozinni (?). It was really good! It all came in a package with some candy, a milkshake, a cookie, and some crackers and peanut butter. And it tasted so fresh! The package even had its own heating system. You didn't need a microwave, oven, blender, or anything else, just what was in the package. It was soooo cool.

So, in military terms, over and out. :)

words of wisdom

LOOOOOOVE Pirates of the Caribbean. Love.

Anyway, time for Top 10!

Day 17; what I want to be when I grow up

1. Author

2. Movie Actress

3. Homeschool mom

4. Proverbs 31 wife ♥

5. Disney Princess at Disney World :)

6. Or just an employee there

7. Manager of Chick-Fil-A

8. person who comes up with storylines for Disney movies (whew!)

9. Owner of my own business (not sure what that would be yet haha!)

10. cant think of anything else....

then ..

day 18 10 favorite sports or hobbies

1. writing

2. reading

3. dancing

4. ice skating

5. movie watching ;)

6. being a book nerd and movie geek

7. ....

oh, i can't think of anything else. boo.

But, let me tell you about the beach! Actually being in the water and body surfing and stuff was fun, but the side effects weren't. I got seaweed in my hair and in the strangest of places (you don't want to know) and got sunburned and had heat stroke.  But, other than that, it was awesome!

I can't post any pictures because, frankly, I didn't take any. :") Well, I took some, but my camera just died. So I can't upload them right now. :(

Which means no pictures of things I got. :( Except for this one, but I don't have it yet....it's coming in the mail.

Isn't that cool? This one's cool too....I want this next one as well:)

That's an actual working clock!!!!!!!!!

I can tell you though, that I did get two new HP movies (Order of the Phoenix and Goblet of Fire). For our movie night! If it happens.

This was probably one of the longest posts I've ever done. Whoa.



Top 10 (again)

Still catching up....

Day 10- 10 favorite novels

1. The Thief Lord
2. Dragon Rider
3. HP & the DH
4. HP & the Half-Blood Prince
5. Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code (that's my favorite so far...)
....

Grrr. It's hard for me to do novels....I do better with book series :)

Anyway, I'm skipping Days 11, 12, and 13. It's all about actors, actresses, and celebrity crushes. I'm not even sure I could come up with 10 of my favorite actors and actresses combined. :) And as for celebrity crushes.....I don't really have any. Not really. :)

So. Day 14; 10 favorite bands or singers.

1. Casting Crowns
2. Britt Nicole
3. One Direction
4. Taylor Swift
5. Mandisa
6. TobyMac
7. Cimorelli
8. Jamie-Grace
9. Owl City
10. Francesca Battistelli

Day 15- 10 favorite fictional characters :DDDDDDD

Okay. HP first.

1. Ginny Weasley
2. Bellatrix :) (she's so funny!)
3. Tonks <3
4. Dobby
5. Dakota Ryan ;)
6. Reyna
7. Amy Cahill
8. Piper McLean
9.  Natalie Kabra
10. Molly Aster

Day 16 - 10 favorite songs at the moment

1. Lemonade by Chris Rice
2. One Thing by One Direction
3. Tonight by TobyMac (AWESOMENESS!)
4. Born for This (Esther) by Mandisa
5. Stronger by Kelly Clarkson
6. Must Be You (Moses) by Bart Millard
7. City on a Hill by Casting Crowns
8.  I Am (Creation) by Overture (It's just music....but it's COOL music haha)
9. Hold Me by Jamie-Grace
10. Move by MercyMe

Yay! I'm caught up now. :)

Guess what? Tomorrow I'm going to the beach.

Well, it's not really a beach -- it's more of a lake. But hey, sand + water = beach to me. :) My family, possibly grandparents, and my cousins are going up to Lake Erie for me and Ben's birthdays. (Ben's birthday is about a week after mine.) I'll hopefully take pictures. Hopefully. But I am a procrastinator, so I won't promise anything. I probably won't, anyway. :)

Oh, and guess what else? I saw Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl for the first time yesterday. :) I loved it!!! Jack Sparrow is sooooo funny(: I hope to see the second movie todayy..♥

Hope you all are enjoying your summer! (I am...why wouldn't you enjoy it? There's NO SCHOOL!!!!!) ;)

Movies I want to see

It constantly changes. :)

Oz the Great and Powerful

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Despicable Me 2

Wreck-it Ralph

Maleficent (this isn't really the trailer....I couldn't find it)

And, of course, the Avengers. :)

And I totally need to catch up on top 10. So prepare for a lot of lists.

Day 7: 10 favorite drinks

1. Orange juice

2. Chocolate milk

3. Lemonade

4. Pink lemonade

5. Hot cocoa

6. Sobe Lifewater

7...

8...

9...

10...

Day 8: 10 favorite desserts

1. Ice cream♥

2. Cookies

3. Cookie cake

4. Brownies

5. Pie

6. Donuts

7. Chocolate chip cookie dough (yes...in the raw♥)

8. Ice cream cake

9. Cake Pops

10. Yogurt (like from Sincerely Yogurt....it's like a yogurt ice cream)

Day 9: 10 favorite book series

1. Harry Potter

2. Percy Jackson

3. Mysterious Benedict Society

4. The 39 Clues

5. Dragons in Our Midst (all the series...there's 3)

6. Firechild (my books;)

7.  Missionary biographies

8. Kingdom Series

9. Knights of Arrethtrae

10. Artemis Fowl

Words of Wisdom

Late again. Jeez.

Yes....

And the last one, a movie quote.... <3

hah! love it!

Movie Review: Brave

Merida is the daughter of the king and queen -- therefore making her princess of the kingdom. But Merida and her mother, Elinor, have very different ideas of how a princess should behave. When Elinor arranges a competition between three clans for the firstborn to win Merida's hand in marriage, Merida grows angry and rebells against her parents' wishes. Desperate to change her mother, she runs away and unleashes a curse that could change everything.

This movie was so awesome!! The storyline was well thought out and well presented. One thing I liked about Merida: she was flawed. The rest of the Disney princesses never had a hair out of place and were always singing and weren't really flawed. Well, all of Merida's hairs are out of place, and she struggles with her pride. Both she and Elinor struggle with pride and with their relationship with each other.

That brings me to the second good (and slightly bad) point: Merida and Elinor's relationship. Merida was kind of disrespectful towards Elinor at first, but that was because she felt restricted, confined, and felt like Elinor wouldn't listen to her. And because Elinor herself was very strict, always saying things like "Merida, no weapons on the table" or "Don't slouch, Merida". Always correcting, never praising.

I love, though, how their relationship was resolved. Both realized that what they were doing was wrong and agreed to forgive each other, through mysterious circumstances that involve Merida's poor choices. And that brings me to Bad Points.

Okay. Well, there was some sorcery. Or magic. Not quite sure which one. The witch who cast the spell to change Merida's fate was not harmful as a person. She almost seemed like she wanted to stop what she was doing -- almost like a drug addict who wants to stop but can't. She tried to warn Merida against using magic to solve her problems, but Merida refused to listen. In the end, though, one of the morals is don't use magic or witchcraft to solve your problems, because it always ends in chaos.

Then, believe it or not, there was some scenes with naked ... naked behinds. Seriously. That really wasn't necessary. One part was supposed to be funny, but it was just weird.

Then there's the creep factor. This was the most intense Disney/Pixar movie they've ever put out in my opinion. There were no whimsical songs and, believe it or not, no Prince Charming. This movie was all about resolving Merida and Elinor's relationship (which I appreciate) but still, it was really, really intense.

This movie had no language in it whatsoever (yay!) and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. It was amazingly awesome. I rate it 4 out of 5 stars, one star taken away for that weird naked thing. (Ewww.) Because of the creepiness, I think kids 10 and under shouldn't see it. It was so sad, sitting in the theater, and hearing three-year old kids crying! :(

But, anyway, I totally recommend this movie. It was great, with good morals and an awesome storyline. It's definitely different from any other princess movie Disney has done. (If you can even treat Brave as a princess movie!) So, go see it! Like, right now! :)

Oh, and guess what? The voice of Merida is the lady who played Rowena Ravenclaw in HP & the DH!

And here's my top 10 for the day, day 6 -- top 10 fav foods.

1. Burritos

2. Tacos

3. Fajitas

4. Quesadillas

5. Tortilla chips and salsa

6. Spaghetti

7. ICE CREAM!!! :)

8. Pepperoni and/or sausage pizza<3

9. Waffle Fries (Chick-Fil-A's specifically)

10. Palacinkies (pah-lah-chink-ees -- a German recipe.....it's like really thin pancakes that you roll up into a crepe-like thing. It's really yummy.)

In no particular order. :)

Top 10 Day 4 + Day 5

or Day 3 and Day 4, I forget. Anywho, it's top 10 boy baby names and top 10 girl names today! ok....

1. Andrew
2. Zachary
3. Wyatt
4. Alex
5. Adrian
6. Aidan
7. Josiah
8. Bentley
9. Max
10. Percy :)

Then girl names....

1. Isabel
2. Kiera
3. Natalia (or Natalie)
4. Phoenix (Nixie for short)
5. Adele
6. Jasmine
7. Kenley
8. Darcy :) (okay, fine, it can be a girl name....)
9. Alyse
10. Skylar

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom (a little late)

And I will do the Top 10 later. Maybe. I have a busy day today.

Cute Song (and Top 10 Day 3)

<3

Day 3: 10 Favorite TV Shows

1. Phineas and Ferb

2. VeggieTales :)

3. So Random! (But it was canceled....:(

4. Full House

5. 19 Kids and Counting

6. ...

7 ...

8 ...

9...

10...

I don't really watch that much TV, so.....

Tumblr Challenge Top 10 Day 2

10 favorite movies. This is going to be hard. :) This is not going to be in order of how much I like them....just a list. :)

1. Captain America
2. HP and the DH Part 2
3. HP and the Sorcerer's Stone
4. Tangled
5. Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. Courageous
7. Kung Fu Panda (that was so funny!!!)
8. Soul Surfer
9. Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension (Yes, it is one of my favorites)
10. Peter Pan

And, I'm sure that once I see them, Brave and the Avengers will be on that list. And I have plenty more favorites that I can't think of right now. But there you go.