Life Update || My Life is Boring

It hasn't really been that eventful of a life lately.

I mean yeah, I do things... on occasion. But mostly I like things to be quiet and not stressful, so not a lot's been going on lately.

Buuut let's see, since I last posted a life update, (in January! Horrors!) here's what's been going on!

1.) Right about the middle of January, it started to snow. And snow. And snow. It was probably the single biggest winter we've had in about 10 years. Now, being local to where I live, I grew up with giant winters, and even though it's been a while since we got that much snow, it wasn't that big a deal to me. Like, yeah, you had to wait for the plow trucks to come by before you can leave. Whatever. That's just a normal Tahoe winter.

It didn't occur to me that going so long without a proper amount of snow, the people in our little snow town would become pansies and forgot how to drive, shovel, and plow. LIKE YES, HI, SLOW DOWN, SHOVEL YOUR DRIVEWAY BEFORE IT GETS TO THREE FEET, AND FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY, PLEASE PLOW THE HIGHWAY BEFORE PEOPLE DIE. Thank you!

2.) Amy took this ridiculous picture of me and my horrible blue purse.

3.) I took a lot of pictures of snow when I was out doing deliveries. It was amazing and gorgeous and holy cow, I live here.

4.) Right before Easter I chopped off more hair, and it was absurdly short. I liked the way it looked, but I decided I prefer it when it's long enough to do things with.

5.) The lake had this gorgeous green line in it, and I was like, "WHAT BEAUTY!"

6.) I went to this creek quite a bit, before the run-off made it swell up and flood. It was nice.

7.) My boss got me this cup, and seeing as she got similar ones for Kat and Amy (that say "Sweetie" and "Grace" respectively), I'm not exactly sure what this means lol.

8.) My sister's family came up for a visit at the beginning of June, and I was finally able to meet my adorable godson, Charlie. He's actually the cutest little guy.

He made me very happy lol. LOOK AT HIS LITTLE SQUISHY FACE!

I took an awful lot of pictures while they were here, but I'm not sure how much Laura wants her kids' faces plastered all over the internet, so here, look at this one. We went to the Salmon Run and it was too flooded to walk all the way through. I've never ever seen it that full.

9.) About this point, I discovered that my hair was long enough to make anime updos.

10.) Amy and I went up in the gondola for the first time ever. (I know, we live here, but that's a tourist thing, so locals tend to stay away.) We had to do a wedding delivery, so we went up for free, perks of the job. lol.

I spent most of the ride going, "I don't like it, I don't like it, I don't like it, I don't like it.." because I'm afraid of heights and it's scary.

11.) I'm 22 now.

12.) The 4th of July was fun.

Kat made the coolest cake, cause she's awesome. 

13.) I got the prettiest picture of my mommy.

14.) My nieces came up for a couple days and we were really excited to be going for froyo.

15.) I manage the social media at the flower shop, and sometimes the only way to get a proper picture of a flower crown is to pose for it. (Actually if you guys like looking at flowers, you should follow us on facebook and instagram.)

16.) I FINALLY STARTED AN ART INSTAGRAM PAGE! And I post there almost every day, so if you prefer that way of seeing my art, please do take a look. #shamelesslyselfpromoting.

So yeah.. it hasn't been a hugely exciting first half of 2017. It's been kind of an tough year. Lots of good.. but lots interestingly things too.

That being said, I am currently watching Age of Ultron and munching on delicious popsicles, so that's a very good thing. 

There's a really good I've been listening to a lot lately, it's called My Girl and it's by Dylan Scott. You should check it out. :)

SO! 

Question Time!

What's going on with you?

Anything new?

Have you heard that song? 

I love you all!

#Notdead || 2016 Roundup

Hello, people of the internet! 

You are all so awesome to have not abandoned this blog, even though the blogger did. You are good, kind people, and I love you all.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, by the way! How did you all spend it?

I shall be considerably better at blogging from now on, I have been quite literally run off my feet with socializing over December.

ANYWAY, it's time for my annual end-of-the-year tag, and it's gonna be fun!

1.) What did you do in 2016 that you’d never done before?

     2016 was actually a whole year of firsts for me. I flew by myself, I went to Front Sight, I bought a gun, I went on a boat, I cut my hair, I went mini-golfing....

Crazy year. lol.

 2.) Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make one this year?

    Pshaw.

3.) Did anyone close to you give birth?

      My sister did, and I held that baby when he was two hours old and it was freaking amazing.

4.) Did anyone close to you die?

      No, not really. I've been really blessed.

5.) What countries/states did you visit?

      WELL I went further into Nevada than usual. (For Front Sight, and it was awesome.) And I stayed with my sister and her family in Montana for a few weeks and it was a gift.

6.) What would you like to have in 2017 that you lacked in 2016?

      A sense of self-worth.

      KIDDING. Gosh! Ehm... a Glock 43 maybe. 

7.) What date from 2016 will remain etched upon your memory? 

      December 23rd, cause reasons.

8.) Did you move anywhere?

9.) What was your biggest achievement of the year?

      I'm not a terrible shot anymore. *high fives*

10.) What was your biggest failure?

        Ehehe... life?

11.) Did you suffer illness or injury?

       I didn't, nope.

12.) What was the best thing you bought?

        My gun.

13.) Whose behavior merited celebration?

        My mom is amazing.

14.) Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

        Some person. Said person has a tendency of leaving me appalled and depressed. 

15.) Where did most of your money go?

        Rent? Art supplies. Movie tickets. Christmas. Gun related things.

16.) What did you get really, really, really excited about?

        Holding my sister's baby. Front Sight. This one person...

17.) What was the best concert you’ve been to this year?

        I didn't?

18.) What song/album will always remind you of 2016?

        Better Place by Rachel Platten for the song, and then probably Ghost the Musical for the album.

19.) Compared to this time last year, are you:

        Happier. I'm a happy little cookie at the moment.

     

20.) What do you wish you’d done more of?

        Praying, I think. And drawing.

21.) What do you wish you’d done less of?

        Stress. Haha, I think that's the same answer every year.

22.) What was your greatest musical discovery?

        Erhm. Probably Ghost the Musical? Rachel Platten's Superman.

23.) How did you spend Christmas?

       With friends and family and my adorkable neices. 

24.) How did you/are you spending New Year’s?

       Okay, this was one of the best New Year's I've celebrated in a while. We were having a Lord of the Rings marathon with Sammi, and so we watched RoTK at her house on New Year's Eve, and it finished at like 4 minutes to midnight... (I know, the timing was perfection.)

So we poured champagne, counted down to the New Year, hooted on noise makers, and popped poppers.

I did some fancy relationship changing on facebook and it was really really awesome. 

25.) Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?

        Gina, cause we pals.

        But she's being outed by someone else. We talked for longer than I care to admit, thank you very much.

26.) What was the best book you read?

        The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud

27.) Did you fall in love in 2016?

      

28.) What was your favorite TV show?

        Probably Hawaii Five-0, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and recently Lethal Weapon. 

29.) Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

       Hate's such a strong word... lol. I do have a couple people that make me just...

30.) What did you want and get?

        I'm getting a little embarrassed at how many time my gun is my answer on these things.

        ALSO MY STUFFED BAYMAX PLUSH, LIKE YES, HI... AWESOME.

31.) What did you want and not get?

        I don't really want a whole lot of stuff. I'm pretty content. 

32.) What were your favorite films of this year?

        Captain America: Civil War and Magnificent Seven.

33.) What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

        I... worked. And then my entire family, and several friends of the family came over to my tiny apartment and we had cake and coffee and watched Jurassic World because Chris Pratt acts just like my brother-in-law.

I'm 21 years old.

34.) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2016?

       It's called classy-cas..? I dunno, I just threw that out there. There were many maxi skirts.

35.) What kept you sane?

        Um. God. And my family and Sammi, and also TV shows.

36.) Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

        Gianluca Ginoble has the most magnificent voice, my people.

37.) What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

        ..... I don't know?

38.) What political issue stirred you the most?

        The Presidential Election. That was stressful. Dang.

39.) Who did you miss?

       My sisters, Sammi, and Charlie.

40.) Who was the best new person you met?

        Charlie.

41.) Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2016.

        

42.) Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

        "I'll tell the world, I'll sing a song: It's a better place since you came along."(Better Place, by Rachel Platten.)

         And then probably, "You crossed the line too many times, I'm gonna put you in your place. You play with dynamite don't be surprised when I blow up in your face." (Done, by the Band Perry.)

       

43.) Five personally significant events of 2016:

       1. Art.

       2. Bought a Glock.

       3. Visiting my fantastic sister, and fantastic brother-in-law, and their fantastic kids.

       4. Found myself this cupcake of a lad. He's awful dear.

       5. Went to Front Sight.

44.) Five things I want to do in 2017:

        1. Art.

        2. Visit my sisters.

        3. Visit the boyguy. (Inside joke, sorry.)

        4. Get my concealed carry license.

        5. Front Sight

45.) Five people I’d like to know better in 2017:

        This question kills me every year. I can't figure out how to answer it because there are never five people that I actually want to get to know. At the moment, there's only one. 

 And that, my dears, sums up my 2016. 

2016 was simultaneously one of the best and worst years of my life. It started out great, sucked big time* over the summer, and then got better again. 

*I mean. BIG TIME. 

But so far, no year has managed to top 2012 for absolute suckiness so hurray!

I'm looking forward to 2017, it might actually be an awesome year. 

Alright everyone!

Question Time!

Best gif usage?

What did you do for New Year's?

Can you answer at least three of the tag questions for me? I'm interested!

You can expect a Picture Saturday for the first time in freaking ages. 

I love you all!

And here's to 2017! I hope it's wonderful for all of you.