June Wrap-up

Hi everyone!

June was honestly a lot better than most others months recently, and definitely better than May. I didn't even do a May Wrap Up because I was so unmotivated. Thankfully, I'm much more motivated now and also am going to post once a week in July, and also hopefully from there on out.

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

What I'm loving -

I've been to several graduation parties and those have been fun! Don't worry, I've still been social distancing and still am pretty quarantined, but they were parties for people I was super close to, so I couldn't miss them. 

We threw a party for my sister (she was also graduating) and it was so fun! We spent a couple weeks redoing our yard for the party, and now it looks 10x better. We put pavers for a path, planted a lot of flowers, added an arbor, and also hung up fairy lights. The party went SO well, it didn't rain thankfully, and it was honestly just so much fun getting ready for it, making a dessert, and it was just fun in general.

I know this is so weird and random, but we buy boxes of mini red baron pizzas and GUYS. LET ME TELL YOU. They are so 👏 good 👏 you need to go get some right now because they're heavenly and deserve all of the love.

One day when my mom had to go pick up a piece of furniture *i swear we weren't shopping we just picked something up* and she was paying for it for a long time, so i had a whole lip syncing dance party to the High School Musical the Musical the Series soundtrack in the car while videoing it all on Instagram. (I didn't post said videos of course because, well, you know why. I look crazy.) But highly recommend just having a full car dance party...

Lots of porch parties as always, and many late nights of laughter and talking about memories.

Walks. I have now decided to make myself go on a walk every morning, and honestly, its been helping me a lot. I don't go early because I hate getting up as you probably all know, but once I'm up I go, and it really just helps me with my morning routine. Speaking of that, I may do a morning routine soon, mine has been really solid lately.

Also, a good bit of upcycling my moms old clothing that I've had to diy for forever, but never got around to. I'm hoping to make a youtube video on that, so we'll see.

I had a pool day the other day, and also a tanning day yesterday and those were both so nice.

\ \

Tv shows and movies -

Usually my #1 is always Gilmore Girls, and while that is still my #1 favorite, I haven't been watching it as much lately. We're trying to slow how we watch it because we don't want to finish, and also I've started rewatching other stuff instead of rewatching it all the time.

Good Witch. This one is on here sometimes, but I'm definitely loving it right now. I'm on season 5 currently, and its so good! They just brought in several new love interests and I am HERE FOR IT.

So much Boy Meets World! We absolutely loved this show growing up, and I've started rewatching a lot of it because it had been about a year since I watched it!! So good, such a must watch.

Frasier, as always. We're in the middle of season 9 currently.

Good Luck Charlie!! We used to absolutely love this one, and we've definitely missed it, so we're giving it a rewatch. Currently nearing the end of season 1. :)

The Princess Diaries rewatch!! My favorite movie. Of all time.We haven't watched 2 yet, but we watched 1 a couple weeks ago.

\ \

Music -

I've been loving a lot of new music recently, so I thought I would share some of it.

Taylor Swift's Reputation album!! SO GOOD. I hadn't ever listened to the full thing before, but oh my goodness so good.

Ed Sheeran's X album! I've had this one on repeat lately, and I'm low-key in love with it.

My discover weekly playlists!! I honestly love these and listen to them all week so I can decide if I like them or not.

\ \

So yeah, that's pretty much all I did this month. How was you guys' month?

-Izzy

What's on my iPhone 2020!

Hi guys!

This week, I'm doing an updated What's on my iPhone 2020 since I've now had my phone for a bit longer. I hope you enjoy!

-Izzy

Why I disappeared + what's been going on

Hi everyone!

You guys might have realized that I've been a bit silent on the blog lately, and while there hasn't been one specific reason, it's been a lot of small reasons, so I thought I should fill you guys in on everything that's been going on in my life.

I honestly don't even know where to start with this, there's been so much! I would like to say I'm pretty much officially in high school, thank the Lord above. If any of you who know me are reading this, you know how much I hated middle school with every part of me. Middle school wasn't absolutely horrible, but when most all of the kids are all immature, and also never shut up, that gets on my nerves to no end. Plus, a bunch of my best friends are in High School so I am so so excited to be with all of them.

There's been a lot of changes going on at my school with leadership, so I've been processing all of that. Also, our show that was supposed to happen in July got cancelled, which is really sad. I was really excited for it.

Planning. Planning. Planning. My sister graduated this year, so it's been absolutely insane to plan her graduation, a recital, and a party, all while trying to socially distance. We've been having to re-do our backyard since it isn't too great for a party. We've been paving the muddy side yard, getting an Arbor, hanging up fairy lights, etc. I also washed off our treehouse for it one day, and since we never use it,  it may or may not have not been washed in about 9 years. Let's just say the wood was a color I didn't know it was..... 😂

I'm trying to go ahead and start training more for my dance class at school next year. My hip placement isn't correct, and a lot of my dancing really just needs working on, so I've been trying to do ballet barre and turnout exercises to really get ready.

👏 I'M SO EXCITED FOR FRESHMAN YEAR 👏

Me and a couple of friends have been having zoom lunches every Monday for weeks now, ever since school started. I honestly recommend it so much, because it's so nice to stay in touch that way, it brings routine to your week, and it's just so much fun.

I did a choreography class assignment, and I had to carry a tripod all the way up to the sidestreet in our neighborhood. I looked insane dancing in the middle of the street with my huge tripod. It was hilarious.

We took pictures for my sister's graduation photos. My other sister actually took them because of Covid, and they turned out SO well. It was fun adventuring around my downtown area.

I went driving for the first time the other day, it was so fun! I'm only 14, but I want to be ready to get my permit so that I can quickly get my license!

The amount of times that I've rewatched High School Musical the Musical the Series is pretty unhealthy, but I just love it so much.

I've been really enjoying learning more guitar songs lately. I absolutely love playing guitar, and love teaching myself. I really like playing Scared by Jeremy Zucker, and also Common Sense by Joshua Bassett.

We had a senior dessert time the other night and it was so much fun. We have a tradition where we all go out the night before graduation (aka graduates and their families) and the people there were so much fun to hang out with. It was so so fun.

We officially had our school's graduation last night. My sister and 4 other kids who have been my best friends since i was 9 graduated, and let's just say I'm not okay. I always knew this day was coming, but it's really hard knowing that they aren't going to be at my school any longer, when they've been my family for years now. Graduation went really well, and it didn't rain thank goodness, but it was still extremely sad. I didn't cry half as much as I expected to, but I definitely did at points. It was in a barn, when it was originally in a theatre, but it actually ended up being gorgeous. The actual graduation and performance was in the yard, but the reception was in the barn. It was so beautiful.

So yeah! That's about it that's been going on with me, sorry again for disappearing. What have you guys been up to? I've missed hearing from all of you!

-Izzy