Hello all! For today's post, I'm gonna tell you my FAVE songs at the moment :D enjoy! (They are in no particular order by the way)
1. On Danse by M. Pokora
I had to make a presentation on a French song for French class, and I just randomly chose a song off of the top 100 in France download list, and I happened upon this song. I like it's cheery fun-ness. It's apparently like a brand new song too...
2. Chandelier by Sia
I'm a bit behind the times with this song, but I just started listening to it, and I love it!
3. Unpack Your Heart by Phillip Phillips
My best friend introduced me to this song, and it reminds me of home when I listen to it :) <3
4. Rather Be by Clean Bandit
I dunno, I heard it on the radio, and I liked it...
Alright, sorry for the kinda boring post for today. Tomorrow I have winter guard tryouts in the afternoon after band rehearsal, so I can write about how that goes tomorrow. Should be more interesting...
The Liebster Blog Award everyone. . .! A-Thank you, A-Thank you very much :D
Hellooo! I was nominated a couple weeks ago by the lovely Holly of Inky Quill and Paper to do the Liebster Blog award. I'm sorry it took so long for me to get this up, but I've been QUITE busy with moving in to our new apartment and all. In fact, I've only been here a week and we've moved in, enrolled in school, and done all things involved in cleaning and organizing!
Well, lets get cracking!
This award is designed to help small blogs get noticed. It is supposed to go to bloggers who have less than 200 followers and those nominated are supposed to nominate other bloggers of the same description. Here are the rules of the tag: ~Answer all the questions that are given to you ~Link back to the bloggers
that nominate you ~Nominate other bloggers ~Provide nominees with 11
questions ~You cannot nominate the
person who nominated you ~You must inform nominees
of your nomination
Here are the answers to the questions Holly has tagged me with: {1} What's the number one place you want to go in the future? The number one place I wanna go in the future is probably Europe! I've never been there before. . . I've been to China and Taiwan, but Europe would be such a different experience! Everything seems more sophisticated and artsy and more my style. {2} What's your favourite
nail varnish shade? I love painting my nails, and I love to try all sorts of different colors! I do like gold alot, but I also like deep reds and bright summery colors (mint green, corals, light blues, etc). {3} Who's the most
inspirational person that you know of? I have to say, that the most inspirational person to me so far might be my best friend from Writingmagic26 (Elinor). She's like a role model, an inspiration, and a sister all rolled into one :) <3 {4} If you could live any
where in the world, where would it be? I want to live in a big city. I like the idea of being able to walk everywhere and seeing new people everywhere I go. I like the liveliness and the bustle. (so like New York or LA or London or something like that :)) {5} How do you prepare for
blog posts? I don't really prepare for blog posts. I just get bursts of inspiration and then churn out something. I'm not big on editing or prewriting or anything like that. I just write what I feel like writing. For big posts or tags like these, though, I like to work on it bits at a time. I just make a draft and add to it until I can publish. {6} What is the most
memorable holiday you've ever been on? The most memorable holiday for me is when I went to Taiwan with my family a couple years ago. It was so much fun, and I got to see my cousins, uncle, aunt, grandma, grandpa, and a whole lot of other relatives and friends. It was so exciting! {7} Are you in education?
If not, do you work? Yep, I'm still a Junior in High School. {8} What's the best thing
about running your blog? The best thing about running my blog is being able to stay connected with people. I'm using this blog to keep my friends updated, and to meet other people who are like me through other blogs :) {9} What's your number one
beauty essential? When I started this post like a week ago, I would have said mascara. I love mascara, because it's easy to use and it just makes you look put together with out too much effort. But, this past Friday, I had my first football game at my new school. We were supposed to have "natural make up" all day and for the game. I found that my marker eyeliner worked WONDERS. Its easy to put on and it looks really nice! {10} How do you see
yourself in 50 years time? I'm not quite sure. I'd like to be happy and content that's for sure. With someone I love and a good family. I also want to feel like I've made my 50 years worth the time. {11} What's your favourite
social media site? As of right now. . . its INSTAGRAM. I just got a smart phone recently and, goodness, I spend day and night on instagram. Its a bit of an addiction. . . Some one help!!! :P
Alright, I hoped you liked my answers. Now for the people I nominate: 1. Andrea from Sempiternal Reader 2. Ashima from Dark Radiance My questions are: 1. If you had unlimited money, what would you do with your life? 2. What is your greatest interest/hobby? 3. Three words that OTHER people describe you as? 4. Your favorite type of electronic? 5. What's your favorite store/shop? 6. If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be? 7. Who is your hero? 8. If you could go anywhere, where would you go? 9. How do you get inspiration? 10. Why do you write blog posts? 11. What a quote or motto you live by? Alright, good luck to Ashima and Andrea!! I hope you all enjoyed reading this post :) <3 Alexis
OO! Another tag I've been asked to do? (Feeling extra special. . .) Thank you Elinor :D
My friend Elinor, from writingmagic26.blogspot.com, has asked me to do her End of Summer! tag. Its basically a mish mosh list of stuff I did this summer!
So with out further ado, I shall get started! Enjoy!
I. . .
Took a week long vacation to Texas (Austin and the DFW area), during which my family spontaneously decided to move to Frisco, Tx.
Posing by a pond in Austin
Dad armed with stuffed animals, ready for the road!!
Went to a film camp at SLU, where I created a Fashion documentary with my group! We got to tour around downtown St. Louis to get footage, and I learned all about video editing!
(the camp blog: http://slufilmcamp.wordpress.com/)
Made my own back pack with floral fabric, large jeans, and a sewing machine!
Before. . .
After. . .
Went BACK to Texas to look at houses! (to see Vlogs, visit my YouTube channel)
Went to a summer camp at the YMCA called Summer Stock, where we performed Aladdin Jr.! I was a CIT (Counselor in Training), therefore I did backstage crew.
A camper made these bracelets for me. How sweet! <3
The backdrop. One of the counselors and I spent hours drawing and fixing the paint.
It turned out amazing!!
On the last day of camp, the children were allowed to do the CITs and
counselors' hair and make up. Aren't I beautiful?
Had an awesome surprise birthday party with my friends in our kitchen!
Went on a trip to Trout Lodge with my good friend Elinor, where we had lots of fun swimming and boating!
Elinor, Paddling away!
Emma, Ben and Dad in a canoe.
Dad looks so comfortable!! >u<
Baby birds, in a nest in the lakeside pavilion.
Had a goodbye party with some of my close friends from school!
Barely passed my Driver's Test, and got my License.
Drove by myself with my siblings in the car, and no one died!! :D
Cleaned my room just for my friend (thanks Elinor!! :P)
Carried half a house's worth of stuff into a teeny tiny UHaul truck. (Backbreaking work I tell you!!)
Drove to Texas in two days.
Unloaded the truck and moved all the stuff up three floors of stairs.
Organized-ish our appartment.
Enrolled in school in Frisco.
Us at the new school, after driving four hours from Oklahoma!
Went shopping alot for school supplies, house essentials, and food.
Got allergic to Peanut Mochi (this morning. . .)
Flat lookin' Mochi.
Well, that about sums up my summer! I want to say nothing great or exciting happened but that's a big ol' lie. PLENTY happened. Its just that it didn't go the way I planned, but hey, when has life ever gone as planned?
School starts tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous, but also a bit excited. Wish me luck! :D
I hope you found this somewhat interesting :) I'm proud of the fact that I included lots of pictures. Hope you all had good summers!
Oh, don't mind me. I'm just freaking out a bit because it is AUGUST...(cue face of utter surprise) WHAAAAAT??
Goodness gracious. Last I checked it was July. When did August come about?! I feel like lately, my life has gone into double fast forward mode (is that even a thing??). Summer camp is over. . . And although so much is happening around me, I really don't know what to do with myself. I'm bad at writing so I'm just gonna list what I've been doing:
1. Gradually packing my stuff in to boxes for moving!
2. Watching lots and lots of YouTube
3. Constantly scrolling through Instagram
4. Writing mini letters to all of my friends :)
5. Reading blogs (it was Holly's Blogust that reminded me it was indeed August...)
It doesn't look like much, and that is exactly why I feel like I don't know what to do with myself :P
My family and I will technically be moving in less than two weeks!! YEEP!! So. . . I need to start getting back into the school mode and stuff.
Well that's about it. . . Soooooo (sorry my life isn't more interesting at the moment...)
I'm so awful at intros, that I needed to look up ways to write one on Google... I found that you should be INVITING and FRIENDLY. Here goes...
Hello there best friends! Welcome to another post on the SunDuckling blog! Life on here is a party :) a very dysfunctional and clumsy party, but still fun nonetheless.
I suppose that you're reading this particular post because you want to find out how many days there are until summer break. (or you just happened to stumble upon me and my blog...). Either way the accurate count as of this moment is 5 days left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The fact that summer is just SO CLOSE makes me think: What do I want to do and what do I have to do this summer??
The answer is: ALOT OF STUFFFFFFF!!!!!!
I'll just list some here, so you get an idea just how much time I spend thinking about summer and NOT working on school work:
Start a YouTube channel properly BEFORE the end of school.
Vlog vacation and exciting days
Clean/ReOrganize/Paint my room
Do the 20 dollar makeup challenge
Hang out with friends
Go to Texas for a week
Have a film journalism camp for a week
Do a COPIOUS amount of DIY projects
Mayhaps get a job??
Get back into shape (I am really unhealthy right now: I blame the school year)
See? And that is really only a rough outline, my plans for this coming summer vacay are very intricate and quite detailed.
Alot of it has to do with my YouTube channel. If you'd like to check that out click here. There's not much there right now, but I'm hoping to get it going soon, when school slows down a bit. If you have any suggestions or requests feel free to comment! (Ha ha I'm already self advertising :P)
Alright, I'm running out of writing steam.... Thank you for stopping by to read my blog, and I hope to see you again sometime soon!
