My Summer in Pictures

Ferry Ride and San Francisco

Over winter break, I had a lot of family come and visit us to celebrate Christmas with. We all decided that it would be fun if we took a ferry ride to San Francisco and I thought I would take some pictures while we were there. It turns out that our ferry ride ended up being right at the golden hour so I got some pretty good pictures. I hope you enjoy :)

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Say Hello to 2015

2015. A new folder on the sidebar of my blog. A clean slate. A new beginning. It is hard to believe that another year is gone. I am so excited to see what the new year will bring. In 2015, there are a couple things that I would like to do. To hold myself accountable for these things, I thought that I should write a post and share it with everyone. Maybe they will even give you an idea of something you would like to do this year!

My resolutions:

1. Try to meet more people at school

2. MEATLESS MONDAYS

3. Put my full effort into all of the work that I do

4. Put up more blog posts, soundclouds, and instagram photos

I hope that you all have a great new year and I wish you luck while you are striving to achieve your resolutions for the new year.

What would you like to do in 2015? Comment down below so we can all work towards our goals together :)

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What I Got for Christmas 2014

Happy Holidays everybody! For the past week I have been enjoying my family and friends, eating lots of delicious food and relaxing. I have been on break for so long that I can't imagine going back to school now. I will not have a break this long until summer!

Personally, I am always very interested to see what other people receive for Christmas so I thought I would share what I received with you.

Girl Online book by Zoe Sugg (Zoella) 

Llama pjs from Anthropology

Macaroon pj set from Nick and Nora

Audio Technica microphone

What about you? What is your favorite thing you received for Christmas or Hanukkah?

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Cat Town Cat Cafe

A couple of weeks ago I visited Cat Town in downtown Oakland. It is basically just a cafe where you get reservations to pet adorable cats that are available for adoption (what could be better?). The cats that are up for adoption are the ones who are sensitive and least likely to be adopted. Cat Town gives them to have a familiar place to live instead of changing foster homes every two weeks or so. 

It is such a cute place and it would be a perfect activity to do with friends or family over the holidays.

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Delicious Pumpkin-Pie Parfaits

Even though Thanksgiving has already past and the season of peppermint is upon us, I thought that I would share the recipe for one of my favorite Thanksgiving desserts- the pumpkin pie parfait. We discovered this recipe in a food network magazine about 4 years ago and have made it every single year since. Now I am sharing it all with you so that hopefully you will be able to discover its deliciousness.

Makes 5-6 servings

Ingredients:
-gingersnap cookies
-1 tablespoon of butter, melted
-1/2 cup of canned pure pumpkin
-a pinch of nutmeg
-1 teaspoon of cinnamon
-1 1/2 cups of whipping cream
-3/4 cups of powdered sugar
-Whipped cream (you can make your own if you would like to)

Directions:

First, put 7 gingersnaps into a resealable baggie and smash them into pieces. Then, take the melted butter and brush it about 1 inch up the sides of the glass. Add a spoonful of the crushed up gingersnap to each glass and roll it around so it sticks to the sides.

Put powdered sugar, canned pure pumpkin, nutmeg, and cinnamon into a food processor and beat until the mixture is smooth.

In a medium or large bowl, whip the cream with an electric whisk attachment until soft peaks form. Then fold the pumpkin mixture into the whipped cream.

Divide the mixture into your glasses and refrigerate. It is best when the mixture is refrigerated overnight.

Lastly, take the whipped cream and put it on top of the pumpkin mixture. Top with more crushed up gingersnap, and you're finished!

I would really recommend that everyone try this recipe. If you would like the exact recipe (We changed it a little bit), check it out at Food Network. Also I am sorry that it has been a month since I last posted. Hopefully that won't happen again. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

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DIY Princess Anna Costume

The Disney movie Frozen is one of my favorite movies. When I saw it on Thanksgiving last year, I automatically fell in love with all of the songs and the characters. I decided a little while ago that it would be really awesome to be one of the characters for halloween. I am the youngest child in my family and have auburnish hair (Unfortunately my sister does not have magical powers), so I decided that it would only be right to make a costume for Princess Anna. I found that this costume is actually extremely easy to do, so I thought that I would share it with all of you.

Materials:

a hot glue gun

a printer

a black tank top

a long sleeved white shirt (or any color you desire)

gold ribbon

a long blue skirt (I dyed mine blue)

a pink scarf or pink fabric

and a pair black boots

Instructions: 

1. The first thing to do it print out an image of the design. After you have done this, flip the tank top upside down so the straps are on the bottom. Hot glue an image of the design onto the top, and then pin the gold ribbon around the top. This looks very realistic and it's really easy!

2. Now put on the long sleeved tee shirt and pull the tank top over it. 

3. Then put your blue skirt on. Pull it over the two shirts to hide the bottom of them. I added a belt just because my skirt was too big, but you can put ribbon on the bottom or just leave it as it is.

4. Put your scarf or fabric over your shoulders and adjust it to where you want it. Then pin it in the middle so you don't have to hold it the whole day. Feel free to use any pin that you want. Even a safety pin would work!

5. Slip on your black boots and your costume is all set.

6. Lastly do your hair in two quick braids and you have completed your costume!

I am so excited to run around on halloween and ask anyone if they want to build a snowman with me :)

What are you going to be for halloween? 

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