yummy

I found a Butterbeer Latte Recipe on Pinterest and knew I had to try it!
I was a little worried, but I'm so glad I tried it! It's absolutely delicious and it definitely makes me want to be a wizard more than ever before! (Who am I kidding? I am a wizard. I go to PigFarts*, with Rumblerore.)


In case you're too lazy to click the link I'll give you the recipe.
Ingredients:
2 TB Butter
2 TB Brown Sugar
1 Cup Milk (we used lactose free for Scar)
1 tsp Vanilla 
Dash Cinnamon


1. Melt butter and sugar together together to make caramel
2. Add milk, vanilla, and cinnamon to and stir to combine. (When you put the milk in it'll make the caramel harden up some, don't freak out. It's normal and will go back to liquid by the end.) 
3. Bring mixture to a boil and pour into a mug.


It's delish! 

*If you understand this, you are now my BFF. 

pumpkin spice

 The most perfect pumpkin ever. Seriously. It's so gosh darn cute! After Bible Study I was going to go back to the Pumpkin Barn and buy it for a dollar, but my Aunt Sis was all "Hannah! I have a dollar. Here." 

Casie Ann and I with said pumpkin. 

She was home for fall break from college, and it was a glorious weekend. I was oh so happy to see her (and her friends)! So happy that I practically lived over there Thursday through Sunday. We played games. And laughed. And as seen in these pictures went on a hay ride to the Pumpkin Barn. 

 Cutest sign ever, am I right? 

 I'm not sure what the purpose of these things are, but they're cute!

 These mushrooms were so cool, I begged my cousin Brad(ford) to put me on his shoulders so I could take a picture! Neato, right?

I thought these were pretty, am I right?

I just really like this sign. I've always been a lover of rust. 

What could be better? A red Ford truck AND a John Deere tractor. 

Tanner and Rebekah. QT's. (Yes. I'm aware of how lame saying QT is)

 After the pumpkin barn... Apple cider was made. My Uncle Bruce even built the cider press. He's handy like that. 

On a day like yesterday, how can you not like fall? I mean, I prefer summer. I like being warm. But, the colors are pretty. I much, much prefer Indian Summer. Last week's weather was the bomb. Fo sho. And this weekend the weather was absolutely horrid. But, thankfully, Sunday cleared up. The weather is still not so great, like last night during Bible study it was hailing! And when Hunter's dad came to pick him up he said it was actually snowing at his house. Ugh. The cursed word. Snow. I hate it.


P.S. I took all these pictures? Not all that shabby! 

optimism

I am an optimistic person.

I am an optimistic person.

I am an optimistic person! 

Sometimes I have to tell myself that about five trillion times an hour to get through the day. Because let's face it, we all have out moments. And I have more than you'd probably care to know. I can be really negative, and it usually has nothing to do with anyone else but myself. I didn't meet my goals. Or I didn't get such and such done. So I get negative. But then I have to tell myself a million times: I am an optimistic person. 

Because I believe optimism is a choice, one of those that you have to choose every second of every day. What does this have anything to do with? 

The fact that I haven't been posting regularly this week. I know. It's something so little. But it makes me mad. Not in the "I'm GONNA RIP YOUR HEAD OFF MAD!!!" but in the "I'm just gonna be a little mopey mad". But this week has been... I don't even know. An emotional roller coaster. I feel worn out. Deflated. Like a balloon... but a really cool balloon obviously, like one that has helium in it. But not anymore I guess. 

cutie patootie

You know how you can tell when someone has a headache? 

When they have a grimace on their face even though they're wearing a Hello Kitty Halloween shirt. Obviously I'm talking about myself.

And when I get headaches, I don't just "get headaches"... I get migraines. Which probably means I shouldn't be on the computer. But oh well, I have stuff to do. 

I really was trying to do an outfit post, but all of the pictures I have a sour look on my face. Only because my head hurts so. 

But for real... look at this shirt!

The bow? Cuteness. 

The little bats... so freaking cute. 

Everything. The epitome of cute! 

That is probably my favorite aspect of being miniature. I can wear children's clothes. Thank heavens I'm not only short, but have a complete lack of boobs. 

P.S. Tomorrow is youth. So maybe I can get the boy to let me take a proper picture of him. You've haven't really got to see a proper one. 

a photo an hour

Inspired by my two favorite ladies Kaylah and Elycia I've decided to try a photo an hour. Though, I'm by no means a photographer I thought it would be interesting. 

..9 something or other..

Time for school. I woke up around 8:45, jealous?

..10:00..

Whilst working on my Pre Calc I decided I needed some hot chocolate... and tried this recipe, it's delish! 

..11:00..

Why sit inside reading on such a beautiful (and warm!) fall day? 

 

..12:00..

What a cute kitty I have! Mercy Roo. P.S. She thinks she's a good hider.

..1:00..

Lunch time! Concord grapes and noodles with butter! All the while working on an Algebra 2 test. Multitasker I am.

..2:00..
All done with school!! So I started cleaning myself up for going away.

..3:00..
Picked up my cousin Bradford, and heading up to big ole' Mackinaw City.

..4:00..
While waiting to go to the boys cross country meet we went a wanderin' through the streets and ended up in the Bass Pro shop looking at the fishies. 

..5:00.. 
Look at that strapping young boy, warming up for his cross country meet!! My boy got 12th place! So good he is. 

..6:00.. 
After the meet I was icy, icy cold. I was very pleased to get into my warm car. My hair looks horrible... it was so very windy.

..7:00.. 
I climbed a tree to get this picture. And I'm scared of heights. I was crippled by fear and the boy had to come help me down. But it is pretty, isn't it?

..8:00.. 
In the middle of youth Hunter actually let me take a picture of him. I really like that boy, even when he's sweaty. 


What have I learned from this?
It's freaking hard. And I do a lot of school. It was hard to try and take pictures of things not related to school from nine to two.
But I think I'd like to do it again, agree? 

my first recipe

Ingredients: 

1 jar of Nutella

1 oversized spoon

Directions:

 Step 1: Grab jar of Nutella, and unscrew the lid (remember righty tight, lefty loosey)

Step 2: With your oversized spoon scoop up an abundance of Nutella

Enjoy! 


What better midday pick me up could you ask for? 
Other than maybe a delicious coffee to go with it. 

the past week via webcam

Picture 1: Unfortunately it's backwards... but they're jalapeño pretzels. Seriously spicy. Seriously good. But you can only eat a couple at a time. *insert sad face*

Picture 2: I'm such a junk food junkie... and pop is my weakness. Plus Cranberry Sierra Mist is only around in the fall! So, naturally, I must drink as much as humanly possible. Along with my Dr. Peppers. 

Picture 3: I love my (very limited) lighting. It's hard to tell, but they're actually Hello Kitty Christmas lights. Also do you notice the abundance of Hello Kitty and giraffes on my bed?? And a bottle of none other than Cranberry Sierra Mist. 

Picture 4: Unfortunately there wasn't enough time this weekend to properly photograph my favorite outfit in a long time. Gosh I love that shirt, and my favoritest teal cardi.

Picture 5: One of my favorite aspects of my face is that my eyes nearly disappear when I smile. I like that about me.

Have a glorious rest of Monday.

I shall be sitting here relishing in the fact that the local schools had a Teacher in Service Day and my mother decided that that meant I didn't have to do schoolwork either! Sitting in my Hello Kitty pajamas, watching Harry Potter (the official movies and AVPS!!), until this evening when I shall get normal human clothes on and take some more senior pictures! 

foooootball

I apologize for not having a for real picture of the night, but I did not know I was going to be attending... my first football game of the season! 

See, I went in to work at four o'clock this afternoon and was scheduled to work until eight. Well, I did. And it was dead. There were literally about seven sales ALL day. Three of which were made while I was there. Anywho, because I had to work I had to tell the boy I would not be able to make it to the homecoming game. He was sad. I was sad. But because we closed five or so minutes before eight o'clock I was able to rush out of Mackinaw into Pellston. It was splendid. 

In other related topics, I'm sorry (sort of) that I talk about the boy so much. So, so, so much.  But he is my best friend. And he is really important, and since this is my life/style blog, and he's such a huge factor in my life he must be included. From this day forth I shall refer to him as "the boy". So you know. 

In even MORE news... I have a Pinterest. I still don't know how to work it. I'm also contemplating a Twitter. I had one once... but I forgot the password. What do you think? 

what i wore//miss matched

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know it's late. 

But here's the thing... I had this outfit on yesterday for youth group, right? It was absolutely smashing, and total "Lauren" outfit. I loved it. It was inspired by this girl and her super cute outfit.  We were running a bit behind so I told Scarlett we'd take a picture after we got home... yeah, we didn't. As soon as I got home, I took my pants and my flannel shirt off and roamed around the house in my underwear. 

I have no regrets. 

I actually really like this outfit anyways. Almost better than what I was wearing yesterday. I feel as if I've reverted back to my middle school days, where my biggest hope in dressing myself was that absolutely nothing matched. I feel just... happy in this outfit. All the non matching colors, the tights underneath my pants, layers, and most especially my mismatched socks. 

In more clothing talk, I need a pair of boots. I'm thinking I love these pair. I'm pretty sure they're screaming "Lauuuuren. Buuuuy me. We're super cute. And we have fuzz". Or maybe these ones. Notice the fuzzy pattern? I just think if I'm going to live in Northern Michigan, and have to go through Autumns and Springs I need a pair of boots like those. Ones that aren't going to make my feet roast to death like snow boots, but not make my little piggies go numb! 

what i did// drawing with the boy

Hunter and I are great artists, aren't we? 

Who else draws a narwhal, pterodactyl, and platypus all in one picture? 

Who likes Hunter's submarine? I thought it was splendid, he did not. 

Ha, and you thought Scarlett was the artsy fartsy one! 

being girly

Is he sweet or what?

I'm such a freaking girl. 

what i do// jogging

I'm a girl of frequent new endeavors. 

The newest? 

Running. Ok, slash that. Jogging. I don't run, I'm pretty sure that these stubs of legs are not cut out for full out running, and neither is this asthmatics lungs. So I jog. I've been using the Couch to 5k, and I'm on week 3. So I'm finally actually doing more jogging than walking, and I'm excited about it. 

My one thing I'm not so crazy about is my lack of "keep moving" music. I'm a Chopin sort of girl. I liked relaxed, beachy songs... but they're not ideal for trying to keep moving. Right now the only things I have that's at all suitable is Three Days Grace. Which I like. But when you only have one CD of theirs, it gets a little old. 

Any suggestions my fellow people of the universe? 

what i wore//raking leaves

Number one: Although I know this isn't something terribly fabulous, it is what I wore. And I liked it. I'm not always wearing pretty cardigans and flannel shirts. I like wearing sweatshirts when the weather is cool and let me tell you... the weather is cool. But, I do feel as if I can wear it in a fashionable type way. Or am I super wrong? 

Number two: Sorry for the utter darkness in these pictures. I wore this when I headed for the little Bliss General Store to return pop bottles and then youth group and just as I was getting into the car I remembered I hadn't taken pictures yet. So I had to take them after 9 o'clock. I still like the picture though 

Okay, isn't this the coolest sweatshirt ever? Um, yup. It is. I'm sure of it. It's a Girl Scout sweatshirt from Germany. My cousin used to live there and I bet you can guess what she was. A Girl Scout. All in all, as simple as it is, I like this outfit. It was perfect for raking leaves and playing on a nice fall day. 

P.S. Best part of the day? 

Hunter wasn't supposed to come to youth group tonight because of a Cross Country meet. Well he got 16th place out of 50 (Yes. I am proud of the boy.) Apparently he sat up front with the bus driver and got him to get him home as fast as possible, so that in the last 45 minutes he magically arrived! And then he sat next to me, and it was blissful. 

The end. 

what i wore//grey

So I'm in love with this shirt. 

It's comfy, and I'm totally digging the grey. I've decided recently that grey is my favorite neutral. It's like black... but softer. And doesn't make me look so pale. Plus it looks fabulous with absolutely everything. Like yellow. If you pair yellow with black you just look like a bumble bee, pair it with grey and BAM! gorgeous. 

So I've been struggling with this post... how are you supposed to spell grey/gray? At first I was spelling it gray, then I thought maybe not. Grey. Gray. Oh! The confusions of the English language. It's just like color. Or colour. Which route to take?? Or even favourite. 
Something completely unrelated to clothes or the color (colour??!!??) grey/gray. Have I ever told you of my distaste for girls? Like. For real. I'm pretty sure that this should be the theme song of my life. I'm not even kidding. At all. Maybe it's just because the majority of the girls that I've meant are the sucky mean girl ones. Or maybe it's because the majority of the people I hung out with when I was growing up was boys, mainly because they were the only options. But, really. Girls are mean. And when they mess with my people... well my Gryffindor colors shine through. I become bold. Very. Very bold. And courageous. 
Now that my rant is over, I have a serious question:
How do you spell grey/gray? 


Ten points to whoever can find the giraffe. 

da plan, stan

{via}

So let me be straight up with you. 

Cause that's just how I am, you know, yo? 

Okay, so here's what I'm going be straight up with you about:

I'm busy. I'm in my senior year of high school and am doing so much my brain may possibly explode. I'm taking Anatomy, Chemistry, Algebra 2, Pre Calculus, French 2, American Civics, British Literature, Psychology, Language Arts. All the while trying to study as much music as I possibly can in my last year of high school, and studying to retake the ACT before December. And that's just my academic schedule. I'm still working my "summer" job on the weekends, and I go to my youth group every Wednesday. On Sunday's I'm helping lead a Bible Study for the older kids of the youth group, and hopefully I'll start back at a local gymnastics club teaching basic gymnastic skills to little guys and gals. I'm also trying to figure out what exactly I'm going to do after my senior year, and save a little time for hanging out with my friends and actually enjoying myself. 

So what I'm telling you is I'm swamped. And though my blog is nowhere near a humongous deal to the rest of the world, it's important to me. I get so much joy out of writing on here, and posting my outfits and daily happenings of my life. But, it's way too crazy trying to post pictures of my clothes everyday. But I don't want to quit the whole blogging thing altogether. I'm just going to do a few outfit posts a week. Probably one on Tuesday and one on Thursday. We'll see how that works. I've decided I won't post on Wednesday. Monday, Friday and Saturday will be fun things. I'm not sure what exactly yet, but it'll be awesome I'm sure. Cause I'm awesome. 

So be prepared for some epic changes. 

sicky. sick. sick.

I'm so in love with this computer. Like completely totally in love. 

As if you want to hear more laptop talk.

Because you don't wanna hear about that, I'll stop. See I'm nice to you guys! 

In more (but still not so interesting news) I'm sick. Not deathly ill, but allergy flaring sick. Like I can't sleep, or breathe. My nose is stuffy, my throat hurts, my eyes water and my lungs are sore. It's not so great. I had to go to work, tho, so I covered up my lousiness with makeup, a thermal shirt, and a cozy scarf. It worked. I liked it. 

chubby bunnies

Um. So I'm a goofball. 

And I really love me. I'm sort of extremely awesome. I actually really love my chubby cheeks in this picture. Sometimes I wish I had chubby little baby cheeks, is that weird? They're just uber cute. 

Okay, so anyway, what this whole post about is: 

I'm posting this from my new... MACBOOK PRO! 

Yeah. I know. I'm a cool kid now. 

I'm already loving it. And that means I can definitely post more regularly. Yippee for new computers! 

I'll catch ya'll later gators. 

i'm unbreakable. unlike you.

Oh. My. Goodness. 

MY FACE! IS ON THE INTERNET AGAIN!

Whoah. This is big, people. 

Like I said yesterday, sporadic posting shall soon be ceasing! Hallelujah! MacBook Pro comin' my way! Yeah baby!!!! So, so, soooo excited. Like you do not fully understand how excited I am to have a working computer. A computer that lets me into my email account (even if I barely use it.) and into my Blogger and Wordpress. Right now I'm just using Scar's, but I'd rather have my own to use. 

Also, in other news I've gotten some super cute shirts from TJ Maxx!! I love that place sooo much. I'm a Maxinista. Haha. Inside joke only my Mama and seester would get. Anyways, I shall chat with all again soon. 

Fireflight Tee; Deliahs Morgan Skinnies 

forget not that the winds long to play with your hair

I haven't had a hair post in about... oh I don't know, two or three months. So here goes!

My ponytail is now 15 inches long. Now the last time I posted about my hair (see here) it was the end of June and my ponytail was 14 inches long. I trimmed my hair in the beginning of August, and just last week. The ends were getting horrible. So the longest was probably 16 inches. It's okay with me to be losing an inch as long as my hair looks good, which it does. (:

My bangs are starting finally reach the point when I can tuck them behind my ears! Hallelujah! Right now, though, I'm still in the stage of braid them out of my face. Which is cute anyways! I promise to do some more of these in the months to come!  
P.S. Soon I will be posting more frequently! I'm finally going to get a new computer. A MacBook Pro to be exact!! Eeks. 

Whale tales

Story behind the picture is that I did it to him first and really wanted to see how it looked, so I asked him to send it to me. My kind boy did just that. He's so nice to me. And that whale is pretty darn cute!

P.s. Tomorrow I shall have a hair post! Remember those??

knitting up a storm... or a scarf.

 A day spent with a kitty above your head...

and knitting needles in your hands is definitely a good day. 

Even if the said kitty was trying to ruin all your yarn. 

It's starting to get chilly outside. (Around 50 degrees yesterday!) But, I will continue to relish the little bit of sunshine that I do get. Even though school starts tomorrow... my senior year. Wowza. 

I'm now off to enjoy myself with Scarlett, Tanner, and Hunter on our last day of freedom before school starts back up. Three of us are homeschooled, but poor little Hunter has to get up at an un-Godly hour and ride a bus. Ha. 

Anywho, I'm out to see Rise of the Apes and get some deep-fried cauliflower!