March Wrap-Up

Hi everyone!

March, was honestly, not a good month. I don't really think it was the best month for anyone, obviously. This pandemic has pretty much wrecked everyone's lives. I didn't really do much in March honestly, but I figured I would do a wrap up anyway. So yeah, here we go.

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1. Wrapping up my show-

I started off my month at Steak and shake at 1AM, finishing up my show. We knew even then March was going to be a bad month... we were right.

2. Shopping for prom dresses-

I don't think i'm going to get to go to prom this year, but my sister is, so we went with two of our best friends to go shopping for prom dresses. It was fun! I did try on a stunning red dress, I'm in love with it.

3. Spirit Week -

I posted about this on my blog, so the link to the post is here. But this was really fun.

4. Getting an Instagram-

I got a personal Instagram this month, so that was super exciting!

5. Cutting my hair - I cut my hair a couple days ago, and it looks pretty good! Plus, its a lot easier to handle now because its not as long now.

6. Warm weather - Its finally getting to be spring here, and I'm so excited! Its been in the 80's this week and it's been so nice!!

7. Facetimes and calls in quarantine! - I've been face timing some friends from my school and also calling them while in quarantine (for who knows how long), so i've been enjoying talking to them!

8. Catching up on TV- I've been watching a lot of Gilmore Girls, and also watched the HSM show on Disney+. It's so GOOD oh my gosh!! I love love loved it. Let me know in the comments if you've watched it, I'm obsessed.

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So yeah! That's about it. How has y'alls March been? Let me know in the comments! :)

-Izzy

10 Movies and TV Shows to watch! (Ugh, quarantine.)

Hi everyone!!

As everyone knows, our country (and most others) are absolute chaos currently. I'm out of school for four weeks, and this NEVER happens. So, I thought I would make you guys a list of some movies and tv shows to watch while you have time, like I'll most likely be doing haha. Let me know how you guys are doing with this whole thing in the comments, and how your area of the world is.

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1. Gilmore girls - yes yes yes yes yes. I started this show this summer, and am absolutely head over heels obsessed. This show is definitely more girly (as you can probably sense from the title), but it's just such a good show.

2. Frozen 2 - I haven't watched this one yet, but I'm definitely going to soon. They released it early on Disney+, so if you haven't seen it yet, it might be a good watch.

3. Kim Possible - If you want a good old 2000's cartoon, that is hilarious and just is relatable, definitely watch this one. We watched it a lot growing up, and plan to rewatch it from the beginning during this whole thing.

4. 9 to 5- If you want a really funny, feminist movie, this one is great. It's so funny and we've watched it several times. I definitely recommend this one.

5. Fuller House - This one is definitely more family-ish, but it's a spinoff of a great classic, I haven't watched the last season yet, but I do want to.

6. Letters to Juliet - I'm not sure if this one is out anywhere currently, but it's a really good movie. It was out on Hulu a bit ago, but they stopped playing it unfortunately.

7. Any old Disney show - Disney+ is streaming a bunch of the old Disney shows, so I definitely recommend any of those like Austin and Ally, Good luck Charlie, Liv and Maddie is on Netflix, etc. etc. There are stupid parts to them, but they're funny.

8. Any old Disney movie - These older movies on Disney+ are just classic, like if you haven't seen High School Musical 1, 2, and 3, you seriously need to, or something else like Camp Rock 1 and 2, Geek Charming, etc. etc. These are all such classics and they're really not that long or anything either.

9. Good Witch - Good Witch is on Netflix, it's a Hallmark show, it's so good. It's dramatic, but funny, and just entertaining honestly. It has some great love stories through it that are really interesting to me, so I just love it. DEFINITELY recommend.

10. You've got mail - If you want a classic cute rom-com, this is definitely for you. It's so cute! I love this one.

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So yeah! That's about it. I hope you enjoyed this, let me know your quarantine recommendations in the comments!

-Izzy

School Spirit Week \\ Decades day!

Hi everyone!

This week at school, it was really fun because we had Decades Day!! I go on Mondays and Wednesdays, and both days we were supposed to dress like whatever decade we wanted to. Skirts aren't allowed, so I dressed like the 90's both days. I thought I would show you guys my outfits! So yeah, let's do it.

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Monday -

So for my Decades Day look this time, I wore a Hard Rock Cafe shirt that my mom used to have from San Francisco, some really big ripped jeans from Target, and white shoes from Michael's. I used pink eyeshadow each day to add some fun to it haha.

Wednesday-

For this outfit, i wore practically the same thing, I wore a Hard Rock Cafe shirt but rainbow from Las Vegas, some black ripped jeans from Walmart, white shoes from Walmart, and an old jean jacket of my moms. It was really cute and comfy.

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So yeah! That's about it. It was a really fun week, and I really enjoyed it. Let me know what posts you want to see in the future!

-Izzy

How to be productive, + school tips and tricks!

Hi everyone!

I have not posted in so long! Things here have been absolute insanity, so I've just been thinking for the past days and days I NEED to write a blog post, but I haven't gotten to it until right now! Plus, also, I haven't known what to write about, so let me know what you want to see on this blog in the comments! I find myself procrastinating a LOT with school, so I thought I would share some tips on how to help with that! So yeah, let's get into it.

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1. Make it fun if possible - A lot of times, school to me is just so BORING and not fun at all, and I just want to sit and watch tv. So if you have something that doesn't really require thinking, but is just tedious like writing down definitions, do something to clear your mind while you do it so you're prepared to do what IS boring and requires thought. My favorite thing is to turn on Netflix and watch an episode of something 30-45 minutes long and get all of my tedious work done during that time, then I can focus when I have to do my other work.

2. Put your phone AWAY - One of my biggest distractions is definitely my phone. I find myself looking at it every two seconds to see if i have a text or an Instagram notification. Then, my mind completely goes away from school and forgets everything I was doing. To help with this, put your phone OUT OF SIGHT. You can put it in a different room, or just somewhere else in the room, and always face down so that you can't see the screen light up. I've found myself telling myself that if I do school then, I can look at my phone later, and have more notifications than when I just look at the clear screen over and over again.

3. Matching games - I've tried to use Quizlet in the past, but I've found that it doesn't help me as much as this tactic does. I just did this this morning for my Biology test. If you're like me and struggle with memorizing definitions, this will help you so much. Basically, just get paper and cut out little squares of paper, and on one of them write the definition, and on one just write the name of the definition. Then, set them all on the floor face down and play a matching game with them. Every time you turn one over, say it out loud to get it registered in your mind. I'm not joking, this works so well. From a person who is TERRIBLE at definitions, if you go do your test immediately after this, it goes great. I got every single definition, and I'm never able to do that.

4. Do NOT listen to music unless it helps you - I find when I listen to music while trying to do school,   I end up jamming out to music for hours and getting NOTHING done. So I definitely wouldn't recommend doing this, unless it helps you, then go right ahead.

5. Stay focused - I really struggle with choosing to watch Netflix or do something else instead of just doing my assigned school that I NEED to get done. When I start a Netflix show or something instead of doing school, I remind myself that I would be much more relaxed if I did school and THEN watched Netflix, because that way, I'm not thinking about what I need to do the whole time, and I don't feel guilty.

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So yeah! I don't know if any of these will help you, but I hope they do! Let me know what your tips are, and let me know what posts you want to see, I need inspiration!

-Izzy

February Wrap-Up

Wow.

February was an absolute whirlwind of a month. I feel like January passed by 1 second at a time, while February went by 2 days at a time. February has been insane, but I thought I would share with you guys what I did during the month!

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1. A peaceful night at home

I go to school every Monday, and so after one long Monday at the beginning of February, we came home to see our favorite neighborhood cat in our yard. We went out there to go see her, and we witnessed the most gorgeous sunset. My sisters and I sat out there for about an hour, just swinging and enjoying the chilly weather. It was great.

2. It snowed twice!

Ok, but one of these was super upsetting because I had really been looking forward to it snowing here, because as some of you may know, I do live in the south which means we NEVER get snow. One of the days it decided to snow happened to be a day where I had rehearsal from 9-4. I was super sad. I did get to enjoy it a different day, but none of it stuck unfortunately. Rehearsal did get cancelled because of it, though.

3. Valentine's Day! \\ I spent Valentine's Day at a two rehearsal day, which meant I was rehearsing from 9-5. I got to give some of the kids Valentine's, though, which was fun.

4. rehearsal rehearsal rehearsal \\ I had a show this week, so rehearsals were full fledged for that and for the other show I'm in, that is going on in April.

5. My show

*just a little photo of me looking v tired in one of my 9 COSTUME CHANGES*

We closed my last Middle school show at my school last night, and I'm so happy about that. Tech week this week actually ended up being a great experience, and it was really fun, but I am thankful to get some of my life back. It lifts from me having to have two rehearsals on Friday's, and also two rehearsals on Wednesday's. I'm glad that this week went pretty well, and I'm excited to see what's coming next year once I'm in High School.

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What I've enjoyed this month-

Music- all of the music, I just love so many different artists.

Gilmore Girls and Good Witch - I know I mentioned the first one in my last post, but I can't help mentioning it again. The second one I just started in February, Good Witch, and it's honestly a really good show. I'm really enjoying it. I finished season 1 today, that was my post tech week treat haha. :)

My planner - I like writing down what I've done each day, and it's just a really good planner honestly.

My big grey blanket - I got a queen sized blanket for my bed that's grey, its from Costco, I got it in November, but I'm still really enjoying it haha.

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So yeah! That's about it for this month, it was honestly so crazy. How was y'all's month? Let me know in the comments down below.

-Izzy