2012-2013 School Year

{{Not sure if this post is really a great example of blogging like I talk, but the words really just flowed out, so I guess it is?  Anyways, this is a more personal post, but something that was-and is-really important to me. :)}}

Random picture, but I needed something haha.  :)

  June 6th, 2013 was my last day of the 2012-2013 school year.  Of course, I was ready for summer {I mean, who wasn't?!}, but I was also definitely feeling sad.  And why was that?  The 2012-2013 school year was probably the best of my entire life.

  To say that is definitely saying a lot.  I've always been the type of person who enjoys school, has a pretty good group of friends that I look forward to seeing on a daily basis, I haven't ever had a particularly bad teacher, and my grades have always been pretty steady.  This year held true to all of those standards, but it also went above and beyond.

  This year, I made some really amazing friends.  Like I've said, I've always had people I've enjoyed spending time with, but as we all grow and change, friend groups change, too.  I had no idea, going into this school year, that I'd become close friends with people that I was friends with when I was really young, close friends with people I'd barely talked to before, and strengthened some of the friendships I'd already had.  Of course some friendships didn't remain as close as they were last year or the year before, but I can still consider those people friends.

  These "new" friends of mine are so different than me, but at the same time so similar.  They're the girl athletes of the grade, the girls whose lives revolve around basketball, volleyball, softball, and track {or any mixture of them, therefore}.  You look at them and automatically know that they're the athletes.

  Now, if you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that the school sports I'm involved in are cross country and track, but dance is my thing.  Who would've thought that I could be close to people so different?

  I don't know exactly how it works, but it definitely does.  There are so many people that I consider friends, both in this group of athletes and out, and I really appreciate that.  I definitely think that this year was a very good year for our entire grade, that we all kind of learned to respect each other, even if we don't agree with every person in the grade.  That was very important for all of us.

  This year wasn't drama-filled at all, and for that I am SO grateful!  I've had years that I look back to and think, "Drama, drama, drama."  I'm glad that this year wasn't one of those.  Of course there were little things that came up, but not enough to become anything serious.  I did have some doubts of where I fit in at times, but by the end of the year, I think I found my niche. :)

  Besides this school year being a good year for finding my friends, it was good in so many other ways.  All of my teachers were seriously amazing.  Every single one of them was so awesome, funny, and I could really talk to most of them about anything.

  My amazing math teacher knew just about everything about everyone's social lives, relationships, and everything in between, but it wasn't in a weird way.  She loved to hear about what we did over the weekend every Monday, and we all were excited to tell her.  My math class overall was actually extremely amazing.  We've all been together since around third grade {with the exception of a couple of people that have joined the class in the last few years}.  We're a family, and next year, some of us won't be together.  Obviously, I'm kind of {extremely} upset about that, because it won't be the same without them.  But the memories our math class made are memories I'll remember for a long, long, time.  :)

  Also, my homework/grades were both really great!  I actually maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout the entire year, and I'm hoping to keep that up for the years to come!  And actually, I didn't have an excessive amount of homework that I had to bring home on a daily basis, so that was really great, of course!

  I know this post was extremely long, but I definitely wanted to talk about my school year.  I've had an amazing summer so far, and it'll only get better from here, but that's a whole different post!  So, how was everyone's school year?  I'd love to know. :)

xoxo,
Carolyn

Dear Boys {{4}}

I really felt the need to write a Dear Boys post today.  And so I did.  The messages are kind of really long this time, but I guess I've got a lot to say . . . even though these people will probably never read these messages.  :)

Dear Big Macintosh,

So you're kind of one of my best friends.

And I really feel bad because I gave you bad advice . . . 

Well maybe the advice wasn't bad,

it just didn't work out.

But still, I feel pretty bad.

But I know you won't let me feel bad for long, cuz that's how you roll.

Bronies and Pegasisters 5-ever,

Rainbow Dash

Dear Guy-Whom-I-Don't-Know-What-To-Name,

Ask her out.  I don't know what she'll say.

But really, ask her out.

Please and thanks,

Carolyn

Dear Serth,

I always feel the need to include you in these posts,

but I never have anything to say.

OH!  I have an idea now!

They call you Hephaestus.

Still laughing,

Carolyn

Dear Ratatouille,

You're also kinda one of my best friends.

And even though other people got annoyed by you totally knowing every word to the movie, it really cracked me up.

Maybe I'm just weird, but I know you are, so maybe that's why we're friends!

And really, you should stop killing flies.

Your Home-Ec Buddy,

Carolyn

Dear Steak,

We're singing together on Thursday . . .

That's kinda cool!

I think you and my brother are kinda best friends . . . 

And that's kinda weird!

I guess we're a "thing" now . . . 

And I'm kinda excited.

In Which I Explain My Hiatus! {{A HUGE Update Post!}}

  Well . . . hi guys.  So, I haven't posted in about two months, and-trust me-I feel pretty darn bad about that!  But before you start asking questions about where I was, if I was/am okay, or if I'm giving up this blog entirely, let me explain myself!  And while I explain myself, please enjoy some photos of the my Red Bud tree and some other miscellaneous things from my phone!  :)

Warning: Lots of words ahead

Whenever I put on mascara, I feel the need to take
pictures like this.  :)

Dance

  The dance season is over for a month or so, and I'm sad and bored, as I always am at this time of year.  I was so busy with dance, as I had three recitals to perform in.  Being in three recitals means lots of practicing, so time on the computer was really cut out of my every day life.

Track

  I honestly can not remember if I ever told you guys about this, but I was in track this spring sports season!  I really enjoyed track, but I had so much going on, I only had the chance to go to two meets out of the eight that were scheduled.  On top of that, the last track meet we had-which was a home meet and also the conference meet-had to be cancelled when it was only half way over because of thunder storms.  To say the least, I was really upset!  I only got to run in one event,-the open 400-which I got first in my heat in, but seventh overall {aka one place away from getting a ribbon and actually "placing"}.  Although that really stunk, I'm definitely going to keep on running, and I hope to run a lot this summer, including some 5k's!

School

  School has definitely been a big part of my life recently!  School is beginning to wind down, and for that I am so thankful!  Our last day is the sixth of June, which could definitely be worse.  I really need to get to reading, {that's what I'll be doing after I hit publish on this post!} I have a lot of big projects going on, I need to get to practicing my French horn, and all kinds of other things are going on right now.  The school year's almost over, but school work definitely isn't.

Life in General

  And then, of course, I still have the little things of everyday life.  I still have to make time to be a regular human being, getting outside, hanging out with friends, just doing everything that I should be doing.  With summer coming, though, everything will be so much better!

  So that was kind of extremely long, but I hope you guys read through the whole thing and understand that I'm not trying to just give up on this blog.  If I have to take a break, {such as this one, even though it wasn't planned} I have to take a break.  Once summer comes I'll probably have more to post about, but who knows what summer holds for me!  I guess we'll find out soon enough.  :)

xoxo,
Carolyn

Valentine's Dance 2013

  So, it's two days after Valentine's Day {already?!}, and I thought it was only right to write about the dance.  :)  I wish I could post pictures, but since I can't show my face {or the faces of my friends}, that's not going to work.  But oh well, right?!

  The dance was absolutely AWESOME!  I had an amazing time with my friends, and it was just so much fun.  The DJ was great and made everything really fun.  The lights were great, the music was just loud enough, and he'd always announce a slow dance {so then it wouldn't be so awkward} and made fun little comments about songs.  It was great fun!

  There was a worst part of the dance, sadly, but it's kind of a funny story, so I'll share it!  So, the DJ had this smoke machine.  It was just in front of where he was set up and barely any smoke was coming out.  Well, the fire alarms went off, and we all had to evacuate the building!  Keep in mind that it was below freezing, some people were wearing dresses, lots of people didn't have shoes on, and there was snow that had just fallen earlier that day.  Yikes.  But it was all fine, and we got to go back in quickly.  That's a memory right there!

  Alright, so let's talk about what fun stuff happened at the dance!  So, my friends and I danced nearly the whole time, which was really fun.  My frannnns Makenna {I've talked about her lots!}, Sam, and I had a dance battle with some guys, and we totally won.  We even had a Macarena show down, and again, I think that us girls won!

  Now, you might be wondering about the fact that I said I had a date to the dance.  Indeed, I did, and I don't think I'm going to use his name on here.  I said Germs in my Dear Boys post, but that's an inside joke I won't explain.  I promise you, he's not germy.  It's just his name.  But basically, I'll just call him J.  J asked me to the dance with the help of his friend C.  It wasn't a big extravaganza, just him asking me to the dance, and me saying yes in a kind of confused manner.  Haha. :)

  So at the dance, C was trying to get J to dance with me, but J just walked away because he's so shy.  Then he just kind of stood nearish to me and walked around aimlessly until he got the nerve to ask me to dance.  And he did, and we danced for three of the slow dances.  He was very quiet when we danced, but-as I have said before-he's so shy.  But still, I just thought it was cute that he asked me at all.  He's a lot shorter than me, so it was kind of funny.  My dad {who is my principal, if y'all didn't know} came over to us and took a picture.  Oh, the joy of having your dad as the principal. *sigh*  

  But all in all, the dance was extremely fun.  It was a night I'll always remember for sure!

  Hope y'all enjoyed this post!  I've been in a blogging mood lately, if you can't tell.  I have lots of stuff coming up, so I'll be posting about that when the time comes!

xoxo,
Carolyn <3

Dear Boys: Valentine's Day

  I felt it was only right to do a Dear Boys post on Valentine's Day, and so I shall!

Dear Germs,

I think it's very sweet you asked me to the dance.  You're cool. :)

Sincerely,

Cererlern

Dear . . . Erlerx,

You've appeared in more than one of these posts.  Cool, no?  But please stop shipping people.  I'm sure no one appreciates it much.  {No offense.}

Thanks for the Tootsie Pop,

Rainbow Dash

Dear Son of Athena,

We are brother and sister, but stop smiling at me in choir and mouthing, "Sister!"  It's very . . . scary.

Worried,

Daughter of Athena

Dear Serth,

I thought I must include you in here, too, because the rest of the people from TAG are in here.  So . . . yeah.  Friction is cool.

Laughing,

Uhm.  I don't know what to put my  name here as.

A Post Full of Winky Faces and a TAG!

  Hey y'all!  Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been super busy lately and am still unable to get pictures on my blog, but I promise I'll figure something out, or at least try as hard as I possibly can!  But let's not focus on that, mm'kay?

Though this was fitting, since tomorrow is
Valentine's Day! :)

  So, with Valentine's Day {or Single's Appreciation Day!} coming up tomorrow, I thought it'd be fun to do a Valentine's Day TAG!  I haven't done a tag on my blog in an eternity or seven, and there are some floating around YouTube, so I thought, why not?  Sure, this is made for YouTube, but I'd answer the questions the same either way.

1.) What are your thoughts on Valentine's Day?

  I-personally-like Valentine's Day.  It's not my favorite holiday at all, and I wouldn't say I love it, but it's fun nonetheless!  I do like tend to go all out for this holiday, giving people heart-shaped things and chocolates and red roses.  So, I can say that I do like Valentine's Day.  :)

2.) Have you ever had a Valentine before?

  Yes, yes I have! I had a Valentine last year, actually.  And when I was little, I'd always give Valentine's to the person I "liked" that said, "I love you" and stuff like that!  Was I the only one?!

3.) What is the cutest thing you've ever experienced/seen a friend experience on Valentine's Day?

  You know, I've been thinking about this question, and I can't really think of something too extremely adorable, but one experience for me was when Carter {look at link above} gave me the bracelet.  It's very pretty and was so special to me.   :)

4.) What is your favorite Valentine's Day candy?

  Although this isn't a candy, and I haven't ever really eaten it on Valentine's Day, I'd have to go with chocolate covered strawberries!  They are a m a z i n g!  XD  But chocolate in general is pretty great, and conversation hearts are good, but only some of the colors!

5.) Do you have a Valentine this year?

  Nope, I don't.  But someone asked me to the Valentine's Dance, which is tomorrow, just today!  We're just friends, so he's not my Valentine.  XD

6.) If you were to get a gift on Valentine's Day, what would it be? {Ideal gift}

  I don't really know, to be honest.  Something super cute {when I was older} would be a little picnic inside {there's still snow here!}, or maybe a song or poem or something heartfelt like that.  :)

7.) If you were to have a celebrity Valentine, who would it be?

  Hands down, Louis Tomlinson.  I can not explain my love for Louis.  He is amazing and I'd love to have him as a Valentine!  I'm sure he'd have lots of fun ideas of what to do on Valentine's Day!

  Well, that was all for the tag!  I hope y'all enjoyed!  :)

xoxo,
Carolyn

Happy Birthday to Me!

  Yesterday, I turned a whole year older.  :]  I've never been quite so old in my life!  XD

  I had an absolutely awesome birthday.  :]  On Friday, I had six of my best friends over, and we just hung out all night. :3  We listened to music, Gangnam Style'd, played Apples to Apples, made pizzas, ate cupcakes, opened presents, and just had fun being the awkward girls we are! XD

  So, they all the spent the night, and on Saturday we went to our local coffee shop and all got a frozen drink of our choice.  ;]  Then we went shopping downtown, which was lots of fun!  :D

  Well, I was extremely tired yesterday, due to the fact that we stayed up . . . quite late.  XD  We all fell asleep at different times, but I was the last one to fall asleep, and I just so happened to fall asleep at around 4:00 in the morning.  LUCKY ME!  XD  Then we got to get up at 8:00 to get ready to leave.  Oodles of fun!  XD

  We took the girls home at 11:30, and the rest of the day was spent however I wished.  So, we opened presents, and I received some absolutely awesome presents from my family.  :]  I am so thankful for them all!  We also went out to eat for supper, which was very yummy!  ;]

  Now, along with my birthday comes . . . MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL!  :D

  Yes, I finally got one!  I'll be posting vlogs, random videos, dance videos, and anything else I feel the need/want to post!  ;]  So, I really hope you subscribe to my channel!  :3

{{I'm also sorry if I'm disappointing anyone by saying that I'm not going to be making American Girl videos.  I've lost quite a large bit of my interest, so . . . yeah.}}

  And this part's off-topic, but I got Taylor Swift's Red CD, and I am ADORING it!  :D  I'm not really a "Swifty", but this CD might make me become one, honestly!  I really recommend y'alls get this CD.  :3

  Well, I had an absolutely amazing birthday, and I wouldn't trade any of these memories for the world.

xoxo,
Carolyn

milestones

  Right now, I am just really, truly, happy.  And so thankful for every single one of you.  And why is that?  I have sixty AMAZING followers, over ten THOUSAND page views, and this is my 141st post.  Guys, I am just so thankful for you all, and I already have so many of these kinds of posts, but I was just thinking . . .

  Would it be possible to get me to 75 followers by my birthday, November 17?  And 100 followers by the end of the year or earlier?  That would honestly mean the world to me.  :]  If you could advertise for me, I'd love that very much so, and I would be more than happy to make something {header, favicon, anything!} in return, if you'd like!  :D

  So, thanks to all of you.  I'm almost to my goal of 100.  It doesn't seem out of reach.  :]

xoxo,
Carolyn

Dear Boys {{2}}

  I don't do Dear Boys regularly, but that's alright.  I like them to be spontaneous fun little posts.  And so I shall make one right now.  :]

Dear Irene/Rhonda/That/Whatever/Cereal/Glitter Buddy,

Drawing all over your notebook was great fun, but it is now full of doodles.  And I no longer have enough space to do anything else on it.  This makes me very upset.  So please, do get a new journal for me to decorate.  I'll add glitter this time, I promise!

Your Glitter Buddy,

i'msorrymylaughmakesyoufeellikeyourfaceisgoingtoexplode

Dear Big Macintosh,

Don't you feel special that I gave you that code to crack?  And you cracked it?  That made you feel special, didn't it?  Yeah, I thought so.  :]

Your Pegasister Forever,

Rainbow Dash

Dear . . . I Don't Know What to Use as your "Name",

Cross country's awesome.  It really is.  And I still can't get over that cave drawing.  It was just too funny.  XD

Sincerely,

The Girl who got to Decipher that LOVELY Drawing

Dear Peeta,

I'm re-reading Hunger Games, and you're still just as beautiful.  Like, seriously.  I love you so much.  And nearly every time I see a commercial for pita chips, I scream.  Because, you know, you're Peeta, and that's pita.  I just . . . love you a lot, Peeta.  I really do.

Lots of Love,

Carolyn The ACTUAL Katniss

Hope you enjoyed, girlies.  ;]

xx,

Carolyn

WICKED MUSIC {{Pun Intended}} . . . And Other Stuff

--Art means glitter, which means my shamazing Glitter Buddies <3

--Chugging down lots of A&W Cream Soda

--Wishing it was sweater season {and it's obviously not, because we've been getting out early for heat nearly every day thus far}

--New ballet shoes

--WICKED MUSIC {{pun intended}}

  School's been pretty good.  I've honestly made a best {guy} friend already.  :]  I do very much enjoy talking to him, he's one of my Glitter Buddies, you see.  XD

  Dance starts tomorrow, and I have Nutcracker try-outs this Sunday, so I'm just VERY excited right now.  :]

xoxo,
Carolyn

Today

--Wearing a very Hunger Games-esque outfit

--Writing in my journal for the first time in forever

--Wishing I wasn't out of mints

{{not pictured}}

--Morning practice

--Having amazing friends that cheer me up when I'm down

--Hanging out at the coffee shop with these lovely girlies <3

--And then doing homework at the park together

--Listening to One Direction and feeling all happy

  I had a kind of rocky start to my day, but it got better as the day went on.  And I'm just content now.  Yes, yes, I am.  :3

xx,

Carolyn

And listen to this, my dears.  <3

Back-to-School Series: Episode 5

  Sorry for not having one of these up in an ETERNITY.  XP  Life's been really super busy with school started and such.  So, enjoy the video, and PLEASE READ DOWN BELOW THE VIDEO, TOO!  XD



  Alrighty, so I made a vlog every day {except for Friday} this week, but some of them weren't uploading, and therefore I can not have a full weeks' worth of vlogs. :(  BUT!  I'll just tell you about it right now!  XD

  So, school's been going GREAT so far!  I've really had no issues with getting to classes, my locker combination, etc. etc. etc., which is great because I'm in a new building.  :]  All of my classes are good, I have at least one friend in each class, if not more, even though I usually don't have the opportunity to sit near them.  XD

  Well, I would've gone into extensive detail if my vlogs were up, but I hope this satisfied you!  Please do comment and tell me . . .

1. Your favorite outfit of mine
2. When you start school
3. And if you have already, how it's going!  :D

  And always request more videos, and tell me how you liked the video! :D

xoxo,
Carolyn

I've Been Awarded!

  Hey guys!  I got awarded the "I Love your Blog Award" by Madeline!  Thanks so much, Madeline!  :3  Well, here's what you do:

1. Thank the person who nominated you
{{I did so above}}

2. Tell us why the idea of blogging popped up and why you still write on it.
  I'd wanted to blog for a long time-a year or so-before I got my blog.  I really wanted to do so because of finding blogs, such as American Girl Fan and Quinny & Co.  Those blogs inspired me and made me want one, too.  To be honest, before those blogs, I hadn't the slightest idea of what a blog was!  XD

  But I still write on it because I love to write.  I love expressing my feelings through words.  It's not always easy to enunciate your thoughts, but in writing, I can.  :]

3. Describe a usual day of your life.
  I love this question!  Alrighty, here it goes:

  Well, in the morning, I wake up anywhere from around 8:30 to 11:30 in the summer, just the way my body works.  XD  I get up and get on my computer sometimes, and sometimes get ready for dance.

  Until dance-if I have it, and I usually do-I just do random things, get ready completely, eat, go on my computer again, go outside and take some photographs, just . . . be.

  Let's say I have dance today.  I shut everything down and gather my things for dance and the car:

--Book
--Pillow {{just in case I'm tired}}
--Phone
--Dance bag
--Water bottle

  And then I'm out the door.

  I get to dance, and-well-I dance!  :D

  Afterwords, I usually get something to eat.

  Then I go home and do whatever I feel like.  ;]

4. The best collaboration with a blogger?
  I've loved collaborating with Jeneca and Britts for blog designs, and all my lovely friends at Camp Half Blog!  <3

5. The worst collaboration with a blogger?
N/A

6. Explain what this blog means to you.
  Goodness, you don't know how much this blog really means to me.  As you all know, my old blogs were all deleted {not on purpose}, and I lost so much.  To have this blog means the world to me.

7. Nominate five bloggers for this award.

--Jeneca @ Jeniqua
--Britts @ It's Britts
--Vivy @ Viviness and AG
--Rachel @ Summer Breeze
--Lena @ Defining Lena Grace

  Well, thanks again, Madeline, for the award!  :D  This has been sitting in my drafts for  a while, so I apologize that it's so late, but it's better than never.  :]

Lots of love,
Carolyn

Tennis and Such

  I am proud to say that I am officially a tennis player!  XD  Two hours of the sport, and I love it already. ;]  We learned all the basics in the beginner class, and then we did more to actually use those things in the advanced class, so I'm feeling pretty good about everything! :D  {{Yes, I take the beginner and advanced class.  That is because I will be gone for the second session of classes, so we wanted to get as much out of tennis for the summer as we could!}}

  But I won't blab too much about tennis.  I am just so happy it's really, truly, summertime.  There's not a better feeling than knowing I can relax all day, snap photographs and talk with friends and dream of when the pool is warmer than seventy degrees {le sigh}.  I can read and write and doodle and daydream all I want.  It's summer, for goodness sake!

  So, I am uber excited for tomorrow.  And why is that?  DANCE!  Oh, I am just so happy that I get to do some dance in the summer.  It's only going to be an hour and fifteen minutes per class, but it's better than nothing. ;]  I really hope my flexibility hasn't left me yet!  XD  Well, it is a stretching, leaping, turning, and conditioning class, so-even if it has left me-I can get it back in no time! :]

  Oh, and just to inform you, I'll be pretty busy this month.  I made myself a calender and its my background on my computer.  So, just so you know, here's my schedule:

This is the "safe version" of my calender.  AKA I took out all of the stuff that would give away where I live, where I'm going, my age, etc. etc. etc.

  So, I'm rather busy this month!  XD  I will be on vacation from the twentieth to the twenty-second, just to let you know. :]

  Well, I haven't much else to say, but have a lovely summer to you all!  Is anyone doing anything fun? :D

~Carolyn

j u n e

  Can you believe it?  It's June!

Found here

  I simply cannot believe how fast months zoom by.  It still feels like March was just yesterday, that April still hasn't come around, that school is yet to end, but it's June, really and truly.

  Speaking of school, it ended on the thirtieth of May!  WOOT!  XD  I am so happy that school's over, and I've spent my summer vacation very well so far. ;]

  On the last day of school, I had Makenna over, and we had LOTS of fun.  And I do mean lots.  We blogged about it here!  Then the next day, I went with her to Panera Bread {a restaurant} and then to a mall, and then to Orange Leaf {a frozen yogurt place}!  So yeah!  XD  We've had lots of fun already, and we're most likely hanging out again tomorrow, which is also her birthday!  :D

  Today we went out of town because my dad had to get our pool water tested to make sure it's safe to swim in.  So, after we did that, we went to a store to see if they could re-wrap the handles of these old tennis rackets we had, since I start tennis on Monday!  :D  So, we'll pick those up on Sunday, and everything will be dandy. ;]  Then we went to Target, the ever-amazing store of everything!  XD  I got two new swimsuits since none of mine fit, and I am very happy with them!  :]  I also got a new pair of sandals, which I kind of needed, so I'm content now.  XD

  How's everyone's summer going?

~~CaRoLyN

Goals, Goals, Goals!

  Yep, I've accomplished some more goals!  :D  Exciting, isn't it?  ;]  Well, here they are!

Finish Editing my NaNoWriMo Novel

  Yep, I FINALLY finished editing my NaNo novel!  Hallelujah, I only have until June 30th to get my books!  :O  So, I'll be getting those soon!  Oh, and here's my cover:

Take People Photography

  I just took some pictures of my first grade neighbor!  I really wish I could post them, but for safety reasons, I won't.  ;]

Read Crossed

  I actually just finished Crossed yesterday!  That makes a total of nine books read in 2012.  I really need to pick up the pace!  XD  Well, I've already started Delirium, so I think it's all good.  ;]

  Well, that's all I needed to post about.  XD  Talk to y'all later!  :D

~Carolyn

A Special Thank You!

  If you can't already tell, my blog looks so very different right now!  And why is that?  The ever-so-lovely Jeneca designed my blog for me!  <3  LOVE YOU SO MUCH, GIRLYPOO!  This is the prettiest my blog's ever looked, I think.  :]  The yellow is so summery, and it's my favorite color, so . . . it's perfect.  Thank you, gracias, merci . . . in whichever language you like. ;]

  Now, with this lovely new design, I made two new headers that are summery and go along with the colors well.  Which one do you prefer?

  This first one has four summer pictures {that I adore, might I add} that I took last year with "Truly, Utterly, Carolyn" in the blue and yellow of my design and then "utterly me" in gray.

  I've been kind of imagining this header up for a long time.  I also took these pictures last year and thought they would make a cute header.  So, all pictures are in a Poloroid frame with "Truly, Utterly, Carolyn" in my blue and yellow.  :]

  I think I'll stick with my first header for a while, and maybe switch off to the second if I get bored with my current one.

  Two days 'til school's out, no school tomorrow!  :D  WOOT, WOOT!

Lots of Love and Lollipops, Too,
Carolyn

In Which I Rave About the Almost Summer-Ness

  Oh my applesauce!  {{Uh.}}  It's ALMOST SUMMER.  Please wait while I go and do a happy dance.

**INSERT HAPPY DANCE HERE**

  Okay, so anyways.  XD

  I only have THREE days of school left!  HALLELUJAH!  I had an end-of-the-year field trip today, I have track and field events tomorrow, then no school on Monday, we're doing Survivor Games {which I will call the Hunger Games} on Tuesday, and last day of school on Wednesday!  So, I am extremely, EXTREMELY, happy!  XD

I don't know if you can see it, but in this picture, you can see {out of focus} my neighbor swinging!

  I do believe you know about what I'll be doing over the summer, so I won't drone on about that.  {{And if you don't know, and you want to, click here!}}  But once it's June, I will be the happiest girl ever.  :]  Before June, though, I must get a couple things done!  XD

THINGS TO DO IN JUNE

1. Buy a swimsuit {because I must get a new swimsuit.  Or two.  Or three.}
2. Swim.  Lots.
3. Invite friends over for a "SCHOOL IS OVER, HALLELUJAH!" pool party. ;]
4. Read Delirium
5. Get new songs on my iPod
6. Buy a Florence + The Machine CD
7. Wish my bestest friend Makenna a VERY happy Birthday!
8. Have my friend from my old town over
9. And introduce her {^} to some friends in this town!
10. Write.Write.Write.

  So, June is going to be a lovely month, I do hope.  :]  I do believe that dance and tennis start out in June, too.  So . . . yay!  XD

  Well, I hope you've all had a lovely day, and have a lovely rest of the school year, or rest of May, or rest of . . . anything?  XD

Love, Love, Love,

Carolyn

By the  by, I wanted to add this little tidbit that happened a while ago:

Me: **Brushing hair** I'm not going to brush my hair right now, since I don't FEEL like it!

Mom: Oh, you rebel you!

Me: OH YES.

  It's May!  {{Surprise there!}}  It's crazy how fast time flies lately, it seems as if we were just in winter, we hadn't even had Christmas, but it's May, and school's almost out.  **SQUEE!**  And when school's over, what does that mean?

Summer.

  And because I am so excited, I will have a short list of things I will do to fill up my lazy days:

--STRETCH!
--Go swimming {in our pool!}
--Take lots of pictures *nods*
--Rearrange my room
--Make lists :]
--Complete my 102 things!
--Hang out with friends
--Color {OF COURSE!}
--Play my instruments
--Sing :]
--Write
--Read

  And by the way, I've been doing a lot of that last thing lately, reading.  And just to prove it . . .

Terrible picture, I know.  XP

  Yep, this year I've read seven books!  I know some people read seven in a month, but oh well.  XD

  Right now, I'm reading Divergent by Veronica Roth.  It's FANTABULOUS.  If you like The Hunger Games or Matched, you'd like this book.  Lots.  XD  And so, when I get done with that book, I'm planning on reading Delirium by Lauren Oliver.  VERY excited to start this one, too!

This looked a LOT better on my camera.  XP

  Now, I was just thinking.  Once I finish Divergent and Delirium {kind of jumping ahead, but . . . XD}, I'll have nine books read, and my goal is ten this year.  I think I'll pass that easily, but I'll keep it at ten for now.  Which reminds me!  On Goodreads, there's a 2012 Reading Challenge, where you set how many books you want to read and then update when you've read more.  So far-as I said-I've read seven.  They say I'm four books ahead . . . OH WELL. XD

  So, I only have twenty days left of school left . . . I am just SO excited.  XD  But believe me, I LOVE school-no joke.  I just love summer, too.  :]  So yes.  XD

Love, Love, Love, Hug your Books for Me,

Carolyn <3

Basically Miscellaneous

  I have a lot to post about right now.  **Nods**  Indeed I do. :]

  So anyways.  If you haven't noticed, my blog got a makeover by none other than ME!  :O  I really do like it quite a bit.  It's a tad bit influenced by Carlotta, but not entirely.  I adore the color scheme and . . . I just really like it.  :]  Please do comment your opinion on it!

  In other news, Makenna and I went shopping the other day!  :D  It was oodles of fun.  I got a Hunger Games shirt {YES, another!}, and you'll see that later.  I got some other sturfs, but I have some pretty shamazing {I think at least XD} pictures of the owl necklace I got!

I just love pictures like this.

  So, as you can tell, it says best.  And Makenna got one, it's bronze, and hers says friends.  Because we're BESS FRANS.  <3  Oh, and Makenna, if you're reading this, hot girls, we have problems, too!

  I know I keep on skipping around here, but just to let you know, I'm going to be deleting quite a few things on Picasa because I'm running out of space.  :p  It's rather annoying, really.  So I won't be posting quite as many pictures as I want to, but that's okay, I guess.  I just don't want to delete things . . . at all.  :(  Le sigh.  But I will get this fixed somehow.  XD

  Well, today I went outside to take some pictures.  And I hope you enjoy them!  :D

Sorry this is sideways.  BUT I LOVE IT. XD

Again, sideways. :p

HUNGER GAMES SHIRT!

ACTION SHOT!  Me doing a c jump!  {{Please no rude comments.  XD}}

And a totally failed attitude jump!

  So, I love those pictures.  XD  ANYWAYS!  This is another random thing, buttttt . . . 

  Today in choir, I was sitting {well, standing for the most part.  XD} by my friend, Dayna.  We have all of our songs completely memorized, so we were getting way too into the songs.  It was . . . interesting!  We were uber loud and made up actions and such.  Enjoyable times!  XD

  Well, I hope this post satisfied you.  :]

Lovesies,

Carolyn