Seven Sleeps 'til Santa!

  I can NOT believe that in just a WEEK, it'll be Christmas day!  I am honestly so extremely excited for Christmas, I can not even begin to explain it.  XD

  So, Christmas break is coming up really soon!  It's Tuesday,-obviously-and I'll 100% be going to school tomorrow.  Then, Wednesday night, we're supposed to get a huge winter storm!  :D  So, the likelyhood of actually having school on Thursday is becoming slim, which makes me oh-so happy.  ;)  So, if we have a snow day on Thursday, that means that we only have FRIDAY until break!  I honestly would have no problem with going to school on Friday because we're having winter activities all day instead of actual classes.  OH YES!  XD  {{And, my dad also said that-due to the weather, since it's supposed to snow all Thursday, too-we might not even have school on Friday at all!}}  I am SO happy!

  Really, Christmas is coming so fast, and I can't believe it!  Just a week and I'll be waking up and feeling way too excited.  XD  Eeep, I am so excited that I am seriously feeling excited RIGHT NOW, as I right this.  Carolyn, calm yourself.

  As you can easily tell, I am just a tad excited for Christmas!  :D  I've been posting some Christmas videos on my YouTube channel, if you'd like to check those out . . . and I'd really love it if you did.  ;3

  MERRY WEEK-UNTIL-CHRISTMAS!  <3

xoxo,
Carolyn

Falling for Fall

  First, please let me apologize for not posting in A MONTH.  But let's not dwell on that.  XD  So, let's get on with the post! :]

  Fall is officially here.  The leaves are brilliant shades of orange and red, and they make such a satisfying sound as I walk on top of them.  The temperatures have dropped rather significantly, and it's basically the perfect weather for hot cocoa and reading good books.  :]

  I got rather excited when October came rolling around.  October means a lot of things to me, so I guess I'll compile a list of those many things!

1. Fall is officially HERE
2. My dad's birthday
3. My brother's birthday
4. Cool temperatures
5. Nutcracker practices! :D
6. Dance team!
7. My schedule becoming routine
8. Homework -.-
9. Reading
10. Warm sweaters, jeans, and tall boots <3
11. Halloween 
12. NaNoWriMo is near!
13. . . . And so is my birthday!
14. . . . Which means so is my DSLR!  {{Well, hopefully. I'm saving up!  ;]}}

  Needless to say, I'm excited for this month.  Oh so much.  :]

  I decided to take this opportunity to talk about some books I've read/am reading/am really excited to read/hope I get for my birthday.  XD

  So, I recently finished re-reading The Hunger Games!  It took me a REALLY long time to re-read it, as I had a lot going on in August and September.  But come October, I just powered through it.  XD  I did enjoy it a LOT, though {I mean, how couldn't I?  It's The Hunger Games, for goodness sake!}, don't get me wrong.  ;]

  So, a couple days after I finished The Hunger Games, I decided to start The Maze Runner by James Dashner!  :D  I'd been wanting to read this book for some time, since I'd found it through Goodreads.  So, at the beginning of the school year, I noticed my English teacher had it on her bookshelf, so I checked it out as fast as possible!  I just started it yesterday, actually, and I'm loving it already!  <3  It's such an interesting concept, but it does have that Hunger Games vibe to it that I find in most of the books I read.  XD  It also reminded me a bit of The Heroes of Olympus series, which is another AMAZING series!  {{I'll return to that topic soon.}}  But anyways, it's really awesome, so you should check it out.  ;]

  So, speaking of The Heroes of Olympus!  THE MARK OF ATHENA CAME OUT NOT TOO LONG AGO AND I'M KIND OF FREAKING OUT.  :O  Seriously, I NEED TO READ THIS.  Bleah, if you're reading this, I read that you're feeling the same way.  XD

I'm kind of adoring the fact that my house now has a blue front door.  :3

  So, fall, I love you very much.  I am so happy that you're here, and I'm most definitely falling for you.  ;]

xoxo,

Carolyn <3

{{By the by, I'm ten away from my goal.  And I'd really adore that ten by my birthday.  Thanks so much for all the follows, lovely people!  <33}}

A Room Tour and More Travel Blog Posts!

I apologize for any background voice.  My family was talking in another room and it was storming!  :O  I also apologize for bad lighting and yelling at my brother, me being weird, and how-in my shadow-my legs look like twigs.  XD

  Yep, I'm in Branson!  :D  It's so awesome here.  :3  I'm watching Cupcake Wars, just hanging out on my bed.  :]

  Well, here are some more travel blog posts, I really hope you enjoy these!

            Shalom everypony!  :3  We’re back on the road, travelling to our next destination.  Yes, we’re going to ANOTHER place.  We went to my grandparent’s house because it was their 50^th anniversary, and they were having a party.  So we arrived late on Friday and just hung out there with family.  Then the next day, Saturday, was their party. T hat was only two hours from two to four at their church.  I hung out with my cousin, her friend, and my cousin’s cousin.  :]  Then we went home and did our own thing until we went to a BBQ and fireworks show.  It was fun!  It was at a farm and I hung out with my cousin’s cousin and her friends.  They were all so funny!  We got home late and went to bed.  XD  Then we woke up this morning and went to church, then went out to eat, and went home to pack up to go to our actual vacation spot.  It’s 1:30 currently, and we’ll be there by 3:36.  Not a bad car ride, really.  :]

            So anyways, we just passed into another state!  Wootersauce. XD  We’re already in the state that our destination is in, and we were literally JUST in a different state.  Why?  The town’s on the border.  HOW CRAZY.  It’s bordering-like-two states, actually.  Shamazing.  ;]

            So, I’m just sitting in the car.  I’m going to do that tag I did on our last car ride.  Lemme just copy and paste it . . .

What Do You . . .

Smell: Not anything in particular again!  XD

Taste: Green apple hard candy.  It’s amazing, to say the least.

Hear: A song on the radio . . . our Garmin {or Garmen? XD} is up on our screen, so I can’t see the title.  I know the song, I just don’t know the name to it.

See: Lots of things. XD  My laptop, laptop case, pillow, and lots and lots more.  XD

Feel: Just the keys on my fingers.  On my arms I feel the pillow.  SOFT.  :3

            So yes.  That’s really all I have to say.  I’m going to watch a movie in a while, maybe.  I’m going to read now, though.  YAY!  Just an update, I’m on page 75.  I’m just awesome like that.  ;]

Signing off,

Carolyn

            AND I’M BACK!  :D  We’re only 33 minutes away from our destination, and I’m so excited.  :3  Really, truly, excited.  :]

            But anyways!  So, I’m just sitting here {as most people do-or at least, should do-while in the car} listening to my iPod, writing this, and gazing at all the billboards and limestone bluffs that are surrounding us.  When I see another, I’ll snap a picture and insert it somewhere around here.  XD

            So, I’m going to update you of all the songs I’ve been listening to.  It’s on shuffle, as usual.  :]  Right now I’m listening to Dancing Queen by ABBA.  I have no idea why I love ABBA so much . . . It’s just another sign why I should’ve been born in a different era.  ;]

            So, everything I’ve done in the car thus far today:

--Wrote

--Read {{now on page 111!}}

--Ate some chips {{XD}}

--Wrote again

--Listened to music

            I am such a liver.  :]  {{And not like the liver in your body, like a person who lives.  XD}}

            I’m now listening to King of Anything by Sara Bareilles.  Fun fact!  I sang this song in a local singing competition and got fifth place!  My brother got first.  :]  But the voting’s kind of odd and biased because if someone has a pack of people there for them, they’re obviously going to win.  XD  I felt that some of the winners didn’t deserve it, but ah well.  I had fun.  :3

            The song that is now playing is Anchor by Mindy Gledhill.  I think that this would be such a beautiful song to do a ballet or lyrical dance to.  It’s such a lovely song.  <3

            

            Ugh.  My ears have been popping.  The road is going up and down and up and down.  And I mean up, up, up, and down, down, down, down, down.  XD  {{That was creepy, as I italicized ‘down’, Mindy said down.  :o  CREEPY.

            Goodness, these bluffs are crazy!  I took lots of pictures!

            OHMIGOSH!  IT’S YEAR 3000 BY THE JONAS BROTHERS!  Gosh, I love this song.  I know, I’m immature and weird.  I listen to old Jonas Brothers songs, but this song takes me back to when it was popular and I LOVED them.  XD  I had a poster up of Nick Jonas in my room and I once kissed his poster.  O.o  Heh.  I’m not a weird person.  GOSH.

            So . . . this is getting rambly.  But that’s okay.  I’m enjoying this.  XD  I just saw a zip lining place.  I think going zip lining would be so fun, but so terrifying.  I guess I should just be like the Dauntless.  {{Divergent reference.  XD}}

            Now I am listening to Popular from Wicked.  I absolutely LOVE Wicked.  Actually, I got a book for my French horn that has Wicked songs in it.  I am such a theater geek.  XD

           POPULAR!  YOU’RE GOING TO BE POPULAR!  I love this song.  Kristen Chenoweth is just hilarious and has such an awesome voice.  :3  POPULAR! . . . LAR!  This song makes me want to sing so badly, but I know I shouldn’t because my parents are listening to the radio and my brother’s listening to his own iPod and reading.  We’re so divided.  XD  Another thing about this song, it makes me unable to concentrate on writing.  I just love it too much.  :D

            Holy poop, people.  This word document {it has all of my blog posts on it, from going to our first destination is about 2,000 words right now!  :O

            ANYWHO!  Guess what!  ON THE RADIO, IT’S A SONG BY CARLY RAE JEPSEN AND OWL CITY!  THAT’S SO AWESOME!  I love them both!  <3

            Well, I’m going to go now, we’re really close!  Twelve minutes!  YAY!

Love,

CaRoLyN

P.S.- This is 2,025 words!

Travel Blogging

{{While in the car today, I wrote blog posts, so I thought I'd post those for ya!}}

            Yo!  I’m currently in the car, writing this because . . . well, I felt like it.  I guess I could be doing other things, but I don’t want to at the moment.  And so I am writing a blog post on a Word Document {I don’t have wireless connection in the car, sadly}.  This won’t be happening by the time you read this.  XD

            But anyways!  So, we’ve been driving for about two hours.  It takes six hours to get to our destination, so I have lots of time left.  ;]  I haven’t done too much yet, but I might as well tell you what I’ve done thus far!

--Watched Chrissa Stands Strong

--Snacked

--Texted

            I’m totes living, guys.  I mean, look at me.  In two hours I’ve done THREE whopping things!  WOOT.  XD  Ah, well.  I spent the majority of the time watching the movie anyways.

            So, as to what I plan to do, I have a list, too!

--Watch Grease {{It’s actually already in the DVD player}}

--Read {{The Hunger Games, if you were wondering}}

--Watch Hairspray

--And watch Soul Surfer {{if I have the time}}

--Text some more

--Snack some more

            Again, aren’t I living?  ;]  But really, there’s not too much that you can do in the car.  And I can’t complain, I guess, I’m not completely uncomfortable yet!

            So, that’s about all I have to say.  Time to watch Grease!  :D  I haven’t seen Grease in such a long time!  I mean, I tend to watch the same movies over and over, and Grease is one of those movies, but it’s okay.  I’ve kind of taken a break from it for quite some time.  It’s a shame, no?

            Well, I’ll talk to y’all later, when I have something more exciting to talk about.  XD

Lots of love,

Carolyn

P.S.- This is 320 words!  Whoa!  :D

~*~*~

            I’M BACK!  Didn’t ya miss me?  I’m sure you did.  ;]

            Well, I just finished watching Grease!  Gosh, I love that movie so much.  <3  I thought about one of my friends the whole time, basically.  We talk about Grease so much.  XD  I though about her especially when Sandy says, “Tell me about it, stud.”  She has the BEST impersonation of her!  Oh, fun times.  XD

            So, we stopped at a restaurant in the town that my grandparents used to live in!  It was good, even though I just had a corn dog and some lemonade.  XD  I love corn dogs . . . and lemonade. <3  There’s also this Amish store there, which is really cool.  I got this old fashioned hard candy, green apple flavor.  It is my FAVORITE candy of all time!  I always get it when we go through that town.

            But anyways, I’m just sitting in the car now.  About two hours and forty-five minutes until we arrive at our destination!  YAY!  I’m anxious to get there, just to get out of the car!  Well, not that’ll feel very nice out of the car.  It was 105 where we last stopped.  XP  Oh well, I’ll survive . . . hopefully.  JUST KIDDING.  XD

            I think I’m going to read now.  My mom’s actually reading my book {The Hunger Games, in case you forgot after reading that last little post} right now, but she said she’d give it to me.  I feel kind of bad for not letting her read more, though, it’s so awesome.  XD

Love and SUCH,

CaRoLyN J  {{That turns into a real smiley face on my word document.  If only it did on Blogger!  Well, perhaps it will, when I copy and paste everything. ;]}

~*~*~

P.S.- This is getting long!  With both blog posts, it’s now 627 words!

            I AM BACK AGAIN!  :D  Raise the roof!  Heh . . . I’m so funny, aren’t I? ;]

            So, I’ve been reading.  **snod**  I’m on page 68 right now.  WOOOOOOOOT!  {{I tend to use that word a lot.  XD}}

            I’m eating pretzels right now.   Pretzels are good.  They really are.  Because they’re salty and . . . pretzely! :D  I think I just wanted to write for NO reason specifically, because I have nothing to write about.  XD

            Hmm . . . well, we’re about 40 miles away until we’re there!  WOOT!  Oh, and it’s 109 degrees out right now.  Lovely, ain’t it?  XP  WE JUST SAW COWS!  THEY WERE SO CUTE!  THEY WERE IN WATER TO KEEP COOL!  AWWWW.  XD

            I think I should keep on writing until I find something else to write about.  Don’t you agree?  Hmm . . .

            Let’s make up a little tag thinger right now!

What Do You . . .

Smell: Not anything in particular!

Taste: PRETZELS!

Hear: A weird song from the 80’s called The Safety Dance that’s playing on 80’s on 8 on our satellite radio {Sirius XM!}

See: Well, my laptop, of course.  XD  But besides that, I see my laptop case, pillow, blanket, the car seat {not like a little kid car seat, like, the seat I’m sitting on}, the seats in front of me, my brother, his stuff, my parents, a screen {he’s watching a movie}, and the road!  YOU SEE LOTS OF THINGS IN THE CAR! :D

Feel: The keys on my fingers and the pretzels in my hand! XD

            Well, that was lovely.  XD  We’re pretty close to being there!  YAY!  WOOT!  HALLELUJAH!  AND OTHER HAPPY THINGS TO SAY!

            I’m off to read again!  c:  And drink an Arnold Palmer, if I can find one in our cooler.  XD

~CaRo-SaUcE <3

P.S.- Wow, I’m almost to 1,000 words on here!  I’m so surprised!  Quite happy, too.  So I need to ramble a bit, so I can end this post with exactly 1,000 words.  Uh . . . I see people GRILLING out my window.  There are lots of weird things that I am seeing all of a sudden.  XD  OH LOOK, A BASEBALL GAME!  Finally, it’s 1,000 words!