Tell the World I'm Coming Home!

Tomorrow morning I catch a 6:50 AM flight back to Washington State with my family and I CAN'T WAIT! I have spent way too much time apart from some of the most important people in my life and I cannot stand not seeing them any longer! 

From church to school to home, so many people have influenced me and made me into the Brenna that moved to Kentucky six months ago, and I am uber excited to show them who I am now. I LOVE YOU PEOPLES

On the other hand though, leaving my friends even for just a week will be pretty hard too, but I see them almost every day ;) I love how they have supported me and been here for me and put up with all my complaining about moving and being a missionary kid, and how I just kept talking and talking about going home. You guys, I'm so sorry, and thank you. 

I'm including some T-Town SWAG so you see a little bit of my home town just in case you've never been there. 

Be on the lookout for new posts of pictures I'll be taking when I get home, and otherwise documenting my trip. :)

IF YOU ARE MY FRIEND IN WASHINGTON I WILL BE HERE ON WEDNESDAY

AND

HERE ON FRIDAY AT 2:30ish

QotD: Have you ever flown anywhere cool? How did you feel when you got back home?

New button!

I was getting kind of tired of that old fox that sat in the button box down there, so I cleaned it out!
So I made a new one!!! And I love it so much :D

If you also have a blog, please, please, please put it in your sidebar, and maybe we can trade buttons! Ah, this is so fun, it's like Pokemon all over again!

I'd love to make one for someone else so if you have a request, comment below! Thanks guys :)
And also if you want a tutorial on how to make your own, let me know




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End of Break!

Oh joy, tomorrow I'm going back to school.

I warn you, my PPW (posts-per-week, which I just made up) is going to drop significantly. But I did love winter break, I watched a couple seasons of Gilmore Girls, did pretty much nothing, only hung out with a friend like twice...

Some of my accomplishments are getting a 100 in Flappy Bird, going shopping a million times, writing a collection of poems on WattPad, starting to blog again and so far write in my journal every day since the new year! Though only four days, still quite big for me. XD



Since I'm going back to school, and starting to apply for more schools, AND VISITING WASHINGTON SOON, i need some ideas, maybe requests on what to post about? Maybe another blogger would like to perhaps, guest post? Ahh, anyway I should better go and I really want to use this last meme, so ttfn, bye bye for now!

Oh yes, if anyone knows how to put gifs in blog posts, please let me know how!!!

QotD: How was your winter break?

AotD: Quite wonderful, and you?

DIY #2 Healthy Hair

Soo I was surfing Pinterest last night and saw a project that was really easy! I'm not one for fancy projects that cost only ten bucks less than it would, and I have to convince my dad to take me to the store. This one, just takes a little bit of baking soda and a little bit of water

If someone told me to make Pinterest, I'd hand them a piece of wood, a lemon and a box of baking soda because that is in like all of the projects on there.

Aaaaanyway putting baking soda in your hair just dries up all the oils and nasties in your hair and you come out with really soft, pretty hair! Don't do it too often though, because you need those natural oils. It's nice for a clean once in a while though. 

Here's what you do!

Make a paste with baking soda and water, just a little bit. I actually didn't use all of what I had last night     so I'm saving it for another time. 

Get in the shower and get your hair wet

Rub the paste into your hair, kind of massaging your scalp with it. When it's spread out over your head it will feel kind of like sand.

Leave it for about 10 minutes and then rinse!

I put conditioner in my hair afterwards but that's optional

Once your hair dries, it will be super soft! My, my, sodium bicarbonate works wonders

I also put some on my acne and it stung, but I think it worked. It faded a lot. 

If you get any on your face, just remove it with a warm, wet towel. Your face will probably be reddish and glowing afterwards. If you have really sensitive skin like me, I would not recommend using it as a face scrub. It hurts! 

Try it out and let me know how it works~

QotD: What's your hair type?

AotD: I have brown-blondeish hair and it's pretty thin. Thicker than it used to be, but still. 

DIY Sparkly Keds!

FIRST DIY!!!!

For Christmas, I made my beautiful mamma a pair of sparkly Keds, and I was thinking somebody out there might want to learn how to do it!

The story behind this, is that a few months before my parents got engaged, my mom had seen a beautiful pair of sparkly vans or keds or something. She didn't buy them, because you know she wasn't engaged yet and you can't jinx a wedding. She never found them again. I know, you are thinking aww sads, yes, yes, but enter, first (and best) daughter, BRENNA! So I made them for her! 

Note: I accidentally named the video Dig Sparkly shoes instead of DIY sparkly shoes! Please forgive me :\

This project cost me about $20 which was way better than $60, but it could have been only $12 if I had seen them at Wal-Mart first!!!

Materials:

• Plain white Keds, I got these for $15 at Target, but afterwards I saw them for $5.87 at Wal-Mart
• Glitter!
• Plenty of Decopage glue, I mean plenty!!!
• A couple of paper plates
• A disposable sponge brush
• Some plastic grocery store-type bags
• Painter's tape

Go ahead and watch the poorly titled video and if you happen to make the shoes, let me know any way to ease making these!

QotD: Have you ever done any other DIY projects?

Aotd: I actually joined a website for people who like to do that kind of thing. You earn badges and it was really cool! You can find the website here

Have fun!

Matched, by Allie Condie

I recently finished this book, Matched, by Allie Condle. And going into it, I didn't really think I would like it because all the review blurbs on the back said 

"Ah yes, a glorious love        triangle!" 

At that point I was pretty over the whole love triangle thing from the Hunger Games, and most Young Adult Fiction so I had pretty high expectations for it.

I have to say, it was a captivating read about a Society who controls how long you live, where you live, who you love and what you do. All through statistics and timing. Unfortunately, in the seventh grade I had to read and analyze 1984 by George Orwell. I got the best score in the class but I did not like the ending. Agh, seventh grade me hated reading it so much. My hatred caused it to be engraved in my mind forever, so now I compare every dystopian novel I have ever read with it. So my conclusion is that this is Orwell's Society in the early years. Before Big Brother was created. I haven't read the rest of the series yet though, so I can't be quite sure.


Onto the actual story! To summarize it without any spoilers, each person gets Matched at the age of 17 unless they choose to be a Single.The Society uses statistics of each person to find the best match with other eligible 17 year olds. The main character, Cassia, got matched to her best friend Xander. After the ceremony, each person gets a little note card describing their match with a picture of them. Xander and Cassia are very happy, an go on their first official dates and things but Cassia is preoccupied. A few days after the ceremony, she say another boy's picture where Xander's was. It just flashed and went dark. She knew that boy too, his name was Ky. So she starts getting to know Ky and eventually has to choose between a perfect Society match or a passionate, real relationship with Ky.
 I wouldn't have liked it if the book had ended a different way, and I'm trying not to give any spoilers but it was a beautiful plot twist.
You won't see me fangirling away and mobbing up at the movie theater lines if this ever becomes a movie, but I liked it. I'm excited to read the next book.

Qotd: Have you read any dystopian novels?
Aotd: Yes!!!! More specifically, 1984, Matched, Hunger Games, Divergent. A lot of books these days are.

Please answer the QotD! Thanks for reading!