So........I failed

So... I am back!!! YAYAYAYAY!

So, when was the last time I wrote a blog? I AM SORRY!!! I am going to do a lot better. I have been busy with everything bla bla bla I have no excuses. . . . . so yeah. . . . .I kind of want to do some vidoes on youtube now that I have some time and summer is starting. . . . So what to do what to do?????? Suggest something please.   .   . . . . Thanks!!!!!

Day 16

So today, I am going to do a blog on one thing I want to do before I die! So, lets get started!

So, before I die, I want to be known for something. I don't want to be just that girl who seemed nice. I want to leave a part of me behind, if that makes sense. What I want to do before I die is something with charity. My whole dream is to start a fundraiser and make it into something bigger like a worldwide charity like Salvation Army or something to do with that. I know, this may not be a realistic thing but it is a dream and everyone has outrageous dreams! But, I think it would be really cool to start an organization dedicated to something for others, not just for selfish reasons.......So, that is what I want to do before I die! What do you want to do before you die?!

Day 15

Ok, so now I am supposed to put a photo of my favorite bracelet... this is going to be really short again because it is just a photo so here we go:

so I don't really hve one favorite bracelet I just have many but if I had to chose I would probably pick this one my neighbor made me. It is a silver chain with pale pink beads spread out unevenly. It is so pretty and it has some sentimental value to it so that is always a plus! P.s. Sorry for the sideways pictures and the bluriness.. I don't have the most detailed camera in the world but I love it!!!

Day 14

Ok, so it is really late right now so I am going to make this quick. I am supposed to talk abotu the hair style I would like to have, and that would be curly hair. I have stick straight hair and sometimes I feel like it is really annoying because it is just plain. I would love curly hair that is shiny and smooth! But, whatever I love my hair anyway!!!!!!!!!!

Day 13

After finally finishing my English paper on Jane Eyre (which I loved!) I am going to blog right now! YAHOO! BLOGGIN!

So today I am going to talk about a makeup look that best describes me which is:

I think this picture best describes me because it is bold and in your face, but it also has some earthy tones, but it is also very smoky-eye-ish. It also would look great on my skintone/and with my hair color, so A+ for that! I think I am going to try and create this look with what I have because it is really pretty but bold (gotta have boldness or it wouldn't be me!) But I wouldn't really wear this for school because I think it might be a LITTLE inappropriate to wear to class (but it would match my uniform! A++!) Also, I have brownish/greenish/hazelish eyes so this would perfectly match this! So, I have now decided I am going to try and create this look and I will post pictures (BONUS BONUS BONUS: MAYBE EVEN A VIDEO! I once tried to make a youtube video but it was very awkward so I MIGHT try to make a video for this, but I don't know!) But I am definitely going to try and post my results!
Adios!

Day 12

So this blog is going to be super short because it asks me my favorite color. It is green. . . . SO, that seems like a short blog so I am going to just ramble on and on! YAHOOTI! So right now I am about to do some workouts because. . . . . I AM GOING TO THE BEACH SOON!!! (2 weeks!) I am so excited. I am visiting my grandparents and cousins and where they live, is near the beach. I already decided I am going to the beach every single day even if I have to drive myself (even though I do not have a license or PERMIT!) But whatever. . .. I am determined to get tanned, get sand everywhere in my bag, read seventeen magazine, maybe meet a cute boy here and there (hahaha AH I CAN'T WAIT!) and go SWIMMING! It is supposed to be up in the 80's degrees and that is hot compared to where I live right now! I am so excited : ) Where are you going for spring break vacation?

Elliptical Machine.......

Ok, so we finally found an Elliptical Machine! YAYAYAY! We are going to Walmart this Sunday. . . I cannot wait to start using it! YAHOO! So this is going to be a very short blog because this is the topic:

I am finally going to stop obsessing over an elliptical machine I haven't even bought yet!

There we go!
The End!

What I did Saturday

So, yesterday I went errand shopping with my mom and dad! (Like last weekend!) So, we went to Target, Costco, and Kroger. At Costco, we looked at Elliptical Machines! YAY! I was really happy because we found an excellent one right in our budget! I was really excited and we went home and looked on consumer reports/reviews and found out it wasn't a good elliptical machine :'( So we are going to have to keep looking. . . If you have an elliptical machine that is $500-$900 please tell me about it!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!! Have a good weekend!

Random

So, I have a question. So the other day I was bringing up a chair from my basement. So, I was going up the stairs and I turned around and the chair's leg nicked the wall and made a whole about the size of an average ear! Does anybody know what I should do? Should I hire somebody to fix it? Should I hire somebody to just plaster the wall and myself paint it? The thing is, I am still young and my parents were really mad ( I got in a lot of trouble, OOPS!) and I am going to pay for the fixing. Well, I really don't want to pay more than $500. Is this possible or is there no other way to get the job done well than to pay $1000?

Day 11

So, it is daylight savings time! AAAH SO CONFUSING!

So today I am going to talk about a bag that I want to have. Ok here is a picture of it:

I think it is perfect for spring and it has so many pockets! I LOVE POCKETS! The only bad thing about it is that it is completely white. Sometimes I wouldn't like that because it would get dirty really easily. But other than that, it is perfect all way around! I might buy it for my sister though because she is going off to college soon! (It is going to be really sad when she leaves because I think me and her are really close! But anyway. . ) I might buy it for her because she wants a purse like this.

Day 10

Yay, finally reached double digits!!!!!!!! YEAH! Ok so Today (tonight) I am going to talk about my favorite band/singer which is. . . . GREENDAY! Yes, that is right. . . . It was so funny because when I told my grandma this (the one who wears a lot of lipstick and carries her "pocketbook" :D ) but when I told my grandma she thought I was talking about a day that was all for green recycling! It was really funny. But, no. I am talking about the band. With Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, and Mike Dirnt. Amazing singers, drummers, guitarists, bassists etc! But, I play guitar, and I probably know about more than half of their new sons on the 21st Century Breakdown album and a lot of older songs (American Idiot, Basket Case, Jesus of Suburbia, Minority, etc!) I LOVE THIS BAND! Check them out on youtube! AMAZING! My favorite song is Jesus of Suburbia. . . .  9 minutes is the time of the song. . . I know what you are htinking "9 minutes!? I don't have time for that!" But every minute is worth it! Not one part of that song I don't like! Hope you check it out and enjoy it!

Japan

I don't know if any of you guys have heard about the earthquake in Japan, but the last few days there has been an earthquake that was rated an 8.9 on the scale (which can be one of the worst types of earthquakes I think) There have been up to 1,000 people who have died and many who are/have been trapped and surrounded on land in Japan with no food or water or any chance in survival. The U.S.A is sending over some needed supplies from Taiwan (I AM NOT SURE! I AM JUST GUESSING FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM THE NEWS EARLIER TODAY! PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG) It is taking place in Honshu, Japan. There have been blackouts, fires, and damages mostly caused by floods (mostly, all the mud and dirt is damaging) over half the city.  I just want to say that have these people in your minds right now. The people who have lost their families, lost their home, lost anything. . . I just want to dedicate this blog to everybody who has lost someone or something in Japan and hope and pray that everyone in Hawaii and San Francisco don't get hit too hard.


I hope it is okay if I put a prayer on here:

We pray for those who died in this recent disaster.
May their souls rest in peace.
May their families be comforted.

We pray for the living survivors.
Be with them, Lord, in this traumatic time.
May they experience Your healing,
In their spirits as well as their bodies.

We pray for the communities affected.
May they come together in solidarity
To rebuild and to affirm new life
Amid the ancient stones.


I, personally am not a religious person. I really hope I don't offend anybody. I certainly do not mean to offend anybody in any way at all. I just want to say this because in my heart, it feels like the right thing to do.
I hope everything will soon come together in the end. All I personally ask is to keep the people in Japan in your thoughts, Thank you.


I REALLY HOPE I DIDN'T OFFEND ANYBODY! I ABSOLUTELY DON'T MEAN TO GO AGAINST ANY OF YOUR MORALS AND VALUES ETC. (If you are offended at all by this in any way, please email me or comment so I know what is the right thing and the wrong thing to post :D )

Day 9

Today, I am going to blog about my favorite pair of shoes that I own!!!!! Just to add on, I will put in a pair of shoes that I wish I had and I am going to put my favorite boots by season!!! So here we go:


So this is my favorite winter/fall boots:  
So this isn't the exact pair, but it is really close except the boots are not brown and they have three square buckles, not circular like these ones! These are my favorite winter boots because first, they are super duper cute, and mine are black so they match everything! And they are so cute with skirts and skinny jeans!! YAY! Because that is basically everything I wear for pants : )
Note:  These specific boots are from DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse) and they are $70.00 according to the website. I think my boots were $30.00 but I don't know because I got them from Christmas!

So here are my favorite spring/summer shoes:
(BESIDE FLIP FLOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I have these in brown... I love wearing these with shorts and skirts in the summer (Because here, it gets so hot I can't stand wearing pants, even at night! I would die! I mean I think it is just me because everyone else seemes to be fine with it, but I get so hot and my legs are so uncomfortable and ack! But, summer and warmth is still so far away!) But, yea I love these shoes! They look really uncomfortable but they actually are pretty comfortable.... Shoe tip: If you think shoes are going to give you blisters, rub Vaseline on the spot where you might get blisters before you go out, and bring a small jar of it with you so if it starts to hurt again you can put it there. Something about the slipperiness and texture helps a lot!!!!!!!

 Shoes I want to buy:

Ok, so these shoes, I will probably never buy in my life. I wouldn't have anywhere to wear them except probably a wedding but I have never been invited to a wedding before :( But, I don't really go to fancy places where I could go out and wear these.
School: I wear a uniform
Special Events: I have got plenty of other shoes I can wear that I haven't worn in a while
Going out with my friends: I don't go anywhere except my house, movies, or the mall recently so....
Also, I really would like these because I don't own a single pair of heels in my closet (because I am a complete klutz and can't even walk straight in flats!) And, I think that these are really cute!!!!! But, I don't absolutely need them so I have plenty of other things! :)


 Hope this was somewhat interesting!! It was part of the 30 day challenge... AND I FEEL TERRIBLE BECAUSE IT IS OVER MIDNIGHT RIGHT NOW, BUT I FEEL LIKE SINCE I HAVEN"T GONE TO SLEEP YET, IT DOESN'T COUNT!

Just a heads up...

Ok, so for the next coming week this is what I am going to TRY to do. . . Emphasis on the try :)

Ok, so I am going to post a nail polish review (I do not really have a big collection because I am JUST getting into nail polishes because my hands naturally shake. There is nothing I can do to stop it is just me! And for the longest time I had the hardest time understanding how someone could paint their nails a color with such a big brush with such a tiny nail! But I practiced and practice=almost perfect! YAY!)

I will try to post the daily challenge posts :)

I will try to post one review on a makeup product I am trying now (I don't want to tell you just yet!)

And, just whatever is going on in my life right now!

Side note: Comments and requests are always appreciated! I love hearing what you think about the blog or anything. . . If you want me to do a review on something or write about an issue or anything I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear anything :) Email me at julia.harris74@yahoo.com and if you can't send it to yahoo (sometimes if you don't have yahoo email you can't send to a yahoo address) send me an email at julia.harris151@gmail.com thanks!

Day 8

Today, I am supposed to blog about my favorite picture that makes me laugh... well here it is:

This makes me laugh because I was such a weird kid. I was that kid who everybody thought was weird. I would call people normal and call myself weird just because it made me different. I would wear mis-matching socks just to look weird. . . . . .  . And the big thing was that I would mispronounce people's names on purpose just to annoy them. . . . I was just a weird child and this picture makes me laugh because it reminds me how weird I was! I took this picture when I was living in France and we were visiting Amsterdam with my grandma and we were just about to go out to look at the annex of Anne Frank and I was waiting for my grandma to finish up putting on her lipstick (is it just my grandmas or is every grandma obsessed with putting on lipstick and having their "pocketbook" with them! comment below if this is the case or otherwise!) and her camera was on the bed so I decided to take some weird pictures :) This is not what I look like now. . . . This is what I look like:

And here I am making another funny face!! YAY!!!!!!! Hope this blog was a little interesting. . . if not I hope the pictures were at least a LITTLE entertaining :)

Day 7

IT FINALLY HAS BEEN A WEEK! YAY! And this week, I haven't really made many blogs because when school begins a new week, I get really busy! BUSY BUSY BUSY! And I normally want to excersice more so I am taking time away for that, and for blogging, and then homework, and then SLEEP!

So today, I am going to talk about the person that inspires me the most. I know a lot of people who inspire me personally but since none of you probably know them, I am going to say a famous person! So the person that inspires me the most is probably Tyra Banks, the model. I know this might sound silly but she has done so much with her life and she owns her own TV show and she hosts and created America's Next Top Model (WHICH I LOVE!) And this show is all about helping other model's! How nice is that!? She also is really down to earth nice person! She isn't a fake who gives money to a lot of charities and then acts like they can do whatever they want... she helps people and charities PLUS she is a funny down to earth person :) It also inspires me because she came from somewhere that was abusive and everything bad and she made something off of it and helps others. She inspires me because she is so successful now because she made herself successful by herself.... :) Tell me who inspires you!

Day 6

So now, I am going to do a blog on anything in Lush. . . So since I have just recently started to like Lush, I don't really have a lot to talk about since I have only used a few of their/its products, but I used the Avobath Bomb and it was soooo cool! I put a review up and its called "New Update" so if you are interested in that one, go read it! :) so I also used the Ceridwen's Cauldron. It is this soap thing covered in this fish net thing tied around with a string... It smells so much like lavender... which is my favorite scent : ) Here is the description from the website:

Magical, relaxing melt for softer skin.

Helen invented the bath melt and this is as wonderful as you can get. We recommend lots of candles around the bathroom and the phone turned off for this one. Each melt is wrapped in muslin, dipped in wild flowers and tied with a ribbon.

Enchanting potion of oats, lavender and sandalwood.

According to the spell it is based on, if you spit three times in the water, your wish will come true. Cocoa butter and walnut oil melt into the bath-water, frothing slightly, leaving you a muslin bag of whole oats to give your skin a soothing and gently scented scrub.

The thing where it says about spitting in your bath tub. . . ummm I don't know about thatttttt. . . but all the other stuff is true! It is really relaxing and it gives off a great aroma of lavender and since it has bits of oats, that is really good for your skin I think : ) Bottom line is I would definitely repurchase this.... but I really want to try different products first before I buy the same ones again : ) 

Fun and Educational

So, for Valentine's Day my dad got my mom an iPad! Let me tell you right now that these are the coolest things on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't have an iPod or an iPhone or anything except my laptop (so my laptop basically substitutes for all those so I don't want or need an iPod,, unless I borrow my sister's when I excercise which is never hahahhaa but I am getting back into the swing of things!) ANYWAY, I don't really feel the need for an iPod but seriously, the iPad is super cool :) My mom doesn't have a lot of apps because she is still trying to learn how to use it (hahaha she doesn't really know how to work electronics!) and so my sister and I downloaded this free app for scrabble! And I do not like this game on the board at all. I think it is a boring board game that is for old people. But on the iPad it is a whole different story!! It is so fun and it is educational (I hope! But, it is better than going on facebook!) So the bottom line is, I love scrabble on an iPad :) Me and my sister and my dad play all the time now and it is really fun and (when we go on vacation, we normally drive wherever we have to be. . .  once we were in this small, cramped car for 20 hours straight. . . it was R-O-U-G-H ) but it is going to be a really good car game :) JUST SAYING! Comment below if you have an apple device that allows you to buy apps like this

Also, you can play scrabble online, or against other people... SO FUN!

Break Time!

So, now that there is a new school week again (GOD BLESS THE WEEKENDS!) I have to start homework again (because normally I get my homework done as quickly as I can on Friday and then have a relaxation weekend.. normally) and now, I am doing my homework (or taking a break from it) and writing a blog! It is going to be about. . . a new snack.

So, now that I am trying to eat healthier because summer is almost coming (and almost to me, means 4 months!) and 4 months isn't always enough time to get toned because I am a big procrastinator when it comes to important stuff. . . so, I have recently been eating a TON of avocado because supposedly it is good for your skin and it is a vegetable and it is green, my favorite color! So, I always put in avocado in salads for dinner (because usually every night I have a salad with something) and so recently I have been eating half of an avocado, and these pretzel thins (baked because I THINK that is healthier, but if not please correct me on that!) and I dip the pretzel thins in it and there we go! It used to be guacamole (avocado, mayonnaise, salt, lemon juice, pepper) but I got too lazy making that so it is just avocado. I hope this snack is healthy because I have been eating it a lot, but I am pretty sure it is healthy because I eat a vegetable so yea. . . if that is bad for you, I always have an apple a day because every time my grandma comes to visit my house she always makes me eat apples everyday and I have just been into the habit of eating an apple once a day (or try to eat one. . . I do not eat an apple every single day of the year, but I try to, probably 4 out of the 7 days of the week I eat an apple!)


Also, I have been trying to stay away from the boxed things and snacks you find in a pantry (besides the pretzels) I say to myself "If it is in a box or if you find it in the pantry, don't eat it" Or, if you find it in my pantry because some people keep different things in their pantries :) But I also remember that I am still 15 so I can eat whatever I want and I do! But, recently I have been eating healthier! ! ! ! !

Day 5

Ok, I can't believe it has only been 5 days! It feels like it has been 2 weeks! I totally have summer fever if that is a real thing but in my head this is what it means:

Summer Fever: The act of being excited for summer and warmth that your head explodes and the weeks start to go slower. . . .

If you have any other way to describe that, let me know! :D


Ok, anyway, the real reason for this blog was not to give the definition for summer fever, but to blog on my 5th day of the 30 day challenge: What is my favorite thing to do. . . this is a pretty broad question, but I think over all I would say hanging out with people, new people, family, friends, anybody :) But, I think that would be anybody's favorite thing (or the majority, but if it isn't that is fine too!) So, I am going to narrow it down a little. I think my favorite thing to do would probably be going to the beach! Where I live, there are no great beaches so I am in need of a beach! But when I visit my grandparents (Which is probably once a year) I go to the beach with them and I think that pretty much  highlights my whole year (unless I did something outrageous like go skydiving or something but right now, lets just go with a normal year!) I love the beach. It is warm, there is sand in between your toes, you get to tan, there is nice, fresh water, you get to pretend to be a kid again and build sandcastles and have no body give you weird looks (ok, people give me weird looks but WHATEVER!) there are cute boys, and last but totally not least, I just feel happier when I am at the beach. I don't know, maybe it is teenage year emotional rollercoaster, but I always feel happy and refreshed and just free and open again when I am at the beach. Does that make sense at all? Also, I love the beach because whenever I go it is always an outing with my family.


My Family's Beach Necessities:

1. Big huge bag
2. Too many towels
3. Mats to put your towels on so they won't get all sandy
4. Big huge umbrella
5. Snacks: Triscuits, Pringles, Juice Boxes, Cool Ranch Doritos (And these are the only snacks we bring, I don't know why not others, but it always has to be these snacks. . . . weird)
6. Sun Tan Lotion
7. My mom's bag
8. My sister's bag
9. My bag (which normally consists of seventeen magazine, Herbal Essence Tousle Me Softly (SO PRETTY FOR BEACHY WAVES!) Book, and Towel etc.
10. Beach Chairs

SO. . . with all that stuff to bring, it is pretty much like we are going to live at the beach :) But I love going to the beach and I am somewhat glad that I don't live near the beach because then I would know I would go all the time until I am sick of it! And I don't want to be sick of it! My cousins, for example, live near the beach, and every time we visit them my family and I are always like "LETS GO TO THE BEACH!" and my cousins are always like "No, I don't like the beach it is too sandy, and we have been there so many times it isn't fun anymore" Has that ever happened to you with something you loved. Like if you got a trampoline and for the first few weeks you were jumping 24/7 but then after a month you got so sick of it??? Comment below if something like that has ever happened to you :)

But anyway, my favorite thing to do is go to the beach, wether it is swimming, tanning, sleeping on the sand, building sand castles (or my personal favorite, to build a hole as deep as you can until you can jump in it and have the edges be above your head! IT IS SO FUN, TRY IT!)
But to conclude, I LOVE THE BEACH!!!

ME + BEACH = HAPPY JULIA!!!



Comment below and tell me what your favorite thing to do is :)