Quarantine Day in the Life!

Hi everyone!

You guys really enjoyed the night routine I did about a week ago, so I thought I would do a day in the life! I'll probably cut off around where I started the night routine, so you can go check it out here. So yeah! Let me know what posts you want to see on my blog!

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10:00- Getting up late as always. I usually get up around this time, especially when I've had a week of early mornings.

10:30- By this time, I eat breakfast and just chill for a bit. I usually start school around now, and do it until around 12 or 12:30.

12:30- This day, I made myself a to-do list for the day, and also unpacked a bunch of stuff from my backpack because I never did that. Our school has officially been canceled for the year, but I'm still keeping some stuff in there for rehearsals.

1:00- I usually have lunch around this time. I've been eating a pita everyday which they are just SO good. My sister and I love to watch something while we eat, and lately we've been binging some good old Disney Plus.

1:30- After lunch, my back porch is really warm in the sun so I sunbathe for a while during the afternoon. I also finished a book I had to read for school.





2:30- I practiced guitar some, because I'm trying to get good at it.



3:00- I helped my mom clean her room for a while. :)

4:30- I worked out, I've been trying to do the Chloe Ting 30 day challenge every day. I don't really plan to do it for the full 30 days, but I've been doing it a lot.

5:00- I decided to help her make dinner, and we were making these really good meat pies, which are just biscuits with meat in them. They're really good, and they took a long time to make.



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That's where I stop pretty much, because my night routine picks up there. So yeah! If you want to see my night routine go check that out. Let me know what posts you want to see in the future! I hope you guys enjoyed!
-Izzy

My Quarantine Night Routine!

Hi everyone!

As you all know, life has become different because of COVID-19. I've been staying up later because this week was spring break so I didn't have any classes, and even if I did, I don't have to leave my house. So yeah! Don't judge me for this XD

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6:30 - I helped my mom make dinner. We were making pizza last night, so I helped roll out the dough, put the sauce on,  and do all of the toppings.

7:00 - On this night routine, I'm going to start a little bit later than I usually would, because we had a late dinner. So yeah, at 7:00, I went ahead and got a shower and turned on some music to listen to while I get my shower.

7:30 - The pizzas were ready, so we ate dinner. Spoiler alert, it was absolutely AMAZING.

8:00 - Since dinner was over, I decided to start a new book. I started this incredible book, "By Your Side", by Kasie West. I'm going to be putting out a review of this book soon, so watch out for that!

So um... I may have gotten a little sidetracked on that book...

10:00 - We started watching a movie around 10, but since it wasn't one I was as interested in, I went crazy and read more and more.

11:00- I finally finished my book at 11, (which I started at 8- I'm insane.), so then I just watched the movie with them.

11:30- If I'm gonna watch something late at night, I have to have some sort of snack so of course golden oreos were in order.

12:00 We were watching Pride and Prejudice the musical, it was actually pretty good.

12:30- We finally finished the movie, and it was good.

1:30- We just kind of sat around for a while, I talked to one of my sisters, and we just generally chilled for a bit.

2:00- I started getting ready for bed and doing everything I had to do before I could go to bed, which meant I journaled for a little bit and while I did that I used my Accelerator. My accelerator is something I use for my Invisalign for 20 minutes every night to hopefully speed up my teeth moving.





2:20- I finally go to bed, because I definitely need to haha.



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So yeah! That's about it. Also, I definitely don't go to bed this late every night but it was a weekend and it just ended up being a late night because of the movie my family was watching. I hope you enjoyed, let me know in the comments what you've been doing during quarantine and what posts you would like to see in the future!
-Izzy

100 Days of Sunlight book review!

Hi everyone!

I read 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons just a couple days ago, and it is now my favorite book so I thought I would do a review of it! So yeah, here we go!

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When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. 

Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels like she has nothing left to be happy about. But when her grandparents place an ad in the local newspaper looking for a typist to help Tessa continue writing and blogging, an unlikely answer knocks at their door: Weston Ludovico, a boy her age with bright eyes, an optimistic smile…and no legs.

Knowing how angry and afraid Tessa is feeling, Weston thinks he can help her. But he has one condition — no one can tell Tessa about his disability. And because she can’t see him, she treats him with contempt: screaming at him to get out of her house and never come back. But for Weston, it’s the most amazing feeling: to be treated like a normal person, not just a sob story. So he comes back. Again and again and again.

Tessa spurns Weston’s “obnoxious optimism”, convinced that he has no idea what she’s going through. But Weston knows exactly how she feels and reaches into her darkness to show her that there is more than one way to experience the world. As Tessa grows closer to Weston, she finds it harder and harder to imagine life without him — and Weston can’t imagine life without her. But he still hasn’t told her the truth, and when Tessa’s sight returns he’ll have to make the hardest decision of his life: vanish from Tessa’s world…or overcome his fear of being seen.

Do not read any further if you don't want spoilers!

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Okay so first off, the idea for this book is just so genius... I absolutely love romance ANYTHING, so this book was perfect and right up my alley. To be honest with you guys, I'm not much of a reader. I don't enjoy it much, and often don't finish the books I start, so this book was such a turnaround for me. I started it Tuesday afternoon and finished it by Wednesday afternoon, which I'm pretty sure is a record for me. I absolutely could not put it down! I read a lot of it all in that afternoon, just reading and reading. All of this to say I freaking love. this. book.

My favorite character from this book would have to be Weston. He was so selfless, never complaining about himself at all when Tessa was yelling at him about not being able to understand her. When in reality, he understood completely. I also just loved Weston's determination. When he was trying to get stronger I was so proud. I was like yes Weston go go go! xD

I related to Tessa, and she was really sweet so I liked her a lot. It was really sweet to watch her and Weston fall in love. Tessa was definitely more reserved about it, as she would be like, "do I like Weston" and then he would be over here like "I am in love with Tessa Dickinson." which just absolutely cracked me up. they're so PERFECT 😭

It upset me how self conscious he was about his legs, because you could see how hard he tried not to show it, but he really cared. I was sitting there and I was like if that happened to me I would definitely be the same. It was definitely upsetting though because no one else really cared about it besides him. It was nice getting to see his backstory through the chapters.

The characters who weren't as main like Tessa's grandparents, Weston's brothers, his mom and dad, and Rudy, I just loved them. I absolutely adored Weston and Rudy's relationship, you could tell how much they truly cared about each other. They were so close, and their relationship was just so cute. I loved how he would go to the track with him each day to help and time him. A fake friend wouldn't go every day, but Rudy was always there for him. Always.

If my thoughts are jumbled it's because I loved EVERYTHING about this book. Also, if you didn't believe how much I loved this book, these are photos when my sister asked me how do you feel about 100 Days of Sunlight...





Also, the cover art is beautiful, Abbie did such a good job with it. I want *all* of the merch... and by all of it I mean ALL of it. I need it.... 😂 so if any one wants to mail that to me that would be great.. (jk jk...)

Also, THE UKELELE SCENE. I CANNOT. Weston had never played his ukulele for ANYONE. Not even his MOTHER. But he played a song for Tessa, and my heart was just not okay.

Also, that guy who tried to harass Tessa....... oh my goodness. I wanted to kill him so badly. That was just so terrible. Thank goodness Weston came at the right time... That jerk definitely wasn't expecting him to be the fittest guy ever 😂

But yes, Tessa's sight finally came back, and thankfully she decided to bug Weston enough until he decided to meet her, and that scene.... when she started crying when she saw him, my heart. 100% not okay but it's fine. So yes, I freaking love this book, as I say this for the 1,000th time.

Abbie, if you ever read this haha, this book is actually perfect and I will definitely read every single book that you release, you now have a forever fan. You are perfect as is everything about your book.

So yeah, that's about it for this post you guys, comment your thoughts on 100 Days of Sunlight, let's talk in the comments!
-Izzy

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