Vermont photos & happy Friday!

Hey guys! It’s been foreeeeeever since I’ve written on here. A whole MONTH. So, not foreeeeeever.. but you know what I mean. I’ve been a) super busy and b) lacking post ideas! BUT I just remembered I never showed my Vermont photos with you! I went a few weeks ago with my friend and her family, and it was, as always, soooo much fun! I went last summer and the summer before, so this was the first time I had been in winter! It didn’t snow as much as I thought it would, which was surprising but also great cause we didn’t get trapped up there in a blizzard! Here are some of my favorite iPhone photos I took while up there…

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You know you’re in Vermont when THIS is the gas station ice cream selection… I mean, COME ON. It’s basically the entire factory in that freezer! They even have my favorite flavor, The Tonight Dough!

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It was super late when we got there the first night, but the snow looked soooo pretty the next morning!

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I just had to take a photo of this house. It was right in downtown Stowe, and ALL the houses and shops just looked so beautiful!

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We went sledding that day and it was awesome!! I love sledding, and this hill was just the best. Plus, it wasn’t too crowded, and people started to show up just as we left!

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After sledding, we went to the general store, Stowe Mercantile! I LOVE it there. There are so many samples which I aaaalways help myself to. 😉 (If you go, you NEED to sample these corn nugget things… they’re AMAZING!!!) The jams are really yummy as well.

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Really wish I had gotten these cute succulent salt and pepper shakers! I am obsessed with them!!

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The penny candy I got! They have the best selection. My favorites are the nonpareils, candy rocks, those raspberry and blackberry things, and chocolate cookie dough bites!

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How cute would it be if you bought some of these letters and wrote out a word or something on your wall?! I love them. They remind me of Fixer Upper!

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That night we went to one of my favorite pizza places PIECASSO! We always go when we’re up in Vermont. It is deliiiiiicious. We got pineapple pizza (my favorite… why do people hate it!?!?!) and cheese! Oh – and garlic knots which are pictured above. Those are the best!

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Love these! They’re right in the main waiting area next to the mini arcade. We have gone to the arcade every time and it is so much fun because we win stuff every time! Haha! The first time we won bouncy balls, this time I won TWO stuffed animals, and my friend Emma won HEADPHONES! They were super cheap and basically broke on the ride back… but come on…who ever wins at those games?!

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Pretty lights outside!

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Laughing moon chocolate factory! We stopped there on the way home. I got some kind of chocolate almond bark and it was so, so, so good!

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Gorgeous sunset on the ride back!

I didn’t take too, too many photos this trip, but these were some of my favorites! Hope you enjoyed seeing them. I’m gonna be sharing my March playlist really soon… it’s a good month for music! Happy Friday, guys! Hope you all have a great weekend.

Valentine’s Day Playlist 2017!!

Hey guys!! Happy Saturday!! Valentine’s Day is on Tuesday, and I did a playlist last year, so I figured I’d do one again! I hope you guys enjoy! I’ll be adding more songs during the weekend, too. 🙂

(Ps: working on a little post about my trip to a Vermont – it should be up fairly soon!)

Have a great weekend! What’s your go-to Valentine’s Day song?!

 

goodbye, january! 

Hello and happy Tuesday everyone! Can you believe it’s the LAST DAY OF JANUARY?! Whaaaat?! It went by so fast! Yesterday was the first day of my second semester… I’m halfway through my freshman year in high school! I have actually had a pretty good experience in high school so far. I took History, Spanish, Health, and Algebra last semester, and I’m taking Art, English, Algebra, and Science this semester. I was really nervous to start my new classes cause I was finally getting used to my old classes, but I’m pretty excited for these. 🙂

This month has been pretty eventful. So much stuff has happened, it feels like it’s been a year since January 1st! I had finals last week, and I went to Vermont over the weekend. (I’ll share more photos in a few days!) here are some things on the internet I’ve been LOVING…

Needle felted cats! I really have been interested in needle felting, and these are super duper cute!

Crackle cake. Oh my god. This looks A.MA.ZING.

This water bottle. I’ve been trying to drink more water this year, and this is neat because it’s like a FitBit, but for water!

The Office: Where Are They Now? The Office is one of my favorite shows. This is HILARIOUS. I got a little teary-eyed when I saw that Jim and Pam supposedly named their third child Michael! And Michael named his kids after people from Dunder Mifflin… very Michael of him. Haha!

Kate McKinnon as Kellyanne Conway on SNL. She is a literal genius. Probably one of my favorites on the show right now. But OMG Melissa Villaseñor is new this year, and she is so funny. She is mainly an impressionist, and you have to look her up on YouTube because she is amazing at celebrity impressions!

This awesome desk setup! So fun and colorful!

The original Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton are performing at the Super Bowl… this is the only way you ever could get me to watch football – add some Broadway stars to the performances! 😉

IKEA’s gorgeous new nomad-inspired collection! I think I’m in love with every piece! ❤

And now, since it is the last day of the month, I may as well share my January Playlist! I haven’t been super on-the-ball with playlists lately, but it’s a new year and I can’t wait to share more of my favorite music.

So this month I have been LOVING Ed Sheeran’s two new singles. Gosh I have missed his music! He’s finally back on the top charts and I am so happy.

You guys may know that I have been OBSESSED with La La Land and the soundtrack. I have been listening to it non-stop (Hamilton, anyone? Haha!) and I can’t get enough. I think it’s so funny how on my most-listened to artists list, Ryan Gosling is, like, #3 now. Ha!

Yes, that is indeed Pocket Full of Sunshine. Yes, I know that song kinda sucks but come ON, who doesn’t secretely LOVE IT?! 😉 I think we all need it in our lives now.

I discovered the song Sovereign Light Café by Keane a few weeks ago, and I don’t know why I love it so much. I guess it’s just really catchy, and I love the lead singer’s voice!

I’m kinda surprised with myself that I put not one, but TWO songs by The Weeknd on here! I normally don’t think love their (their? Or his? I don’t know if it’s considered a band or not… Lol!) music, but these songs are so catchy!

What songs have you been loving lately?!

Hope you all had a great day! Happy last day of January. I’m wishing for a positive February….! 🙂

 

sunday night chat

Hello hello hello everyone! It’s been a few days… and by days I mean weeks! Ah! I’ve been super busy with school and studying for my final exams (yuck!) to have the chance to write on here.

A lot has happened over the past week or so. One, we got a new president. I don’t really talk about politics much, but I have no problem expressing my views on this subject area! I am not a Trump supporter and I do not appreciate anything about him. I know many people who do, and it’s great to see that other people have their own views and beliefs. I just do not think he is a good representation of America. I’m going to try my best to look on the bright side of things. I’m hoping he proves me wrong. Hopefully in 2020, I will be able to vote for someone awesome, like Hillary or Bernie! I can’t wait. 

What I do think is an amazing representation of America was all of the WOMEN’S MARCHES yesterday! Boy, was that awesome! So proud of the people who marched and all the people who spoke up and supported it. Insanely inspiring, and I will remember that day forever! Really wish I could’ve gone to one, but I feel like I was there in spirit. #GirlsRule, always and forever. XD  

I don’t want to spread negativity on here, so I’m just gonna share a few links from this week/last week that made me smile and took my mind off of all the sadder things going on in the world. 🙂 

Neil Patrick Harris + James Cordon = The BEST Broadway Riff-Off EVER! I love love love those guys and I love love love all things Broadway so this made my day. 

LA LA LAND. Oh. My. God. I saw this movie last week and I am in love! No wonder it won seven golden globes!! The entire movie was beautiful. Probably one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while, and it definitely made my favorite movies list! Totally have to see it again. (Again = 1,000,000 more times in Josie language.) If you didn’t see it – SEE IT NOW! This is one of those films that’s just better in the theater. 😉 (I have so much to say about it – I think I may do a movie review on it sometime soon!) In the meantime, the soundtrack will be on repeat 24/7! It’s great study music.

This. Just watch it. You won’t regret it. I’m still laughing.

Kate Middle-Toe Socks. Hahahaha! Genius. 

Aziz Ansari on SNL last night. Loved him as Tom Haverford on Parks & Rec and I love him even more now. He is hilarious! 

Peanut Butter S’moreos. Do I need to say more?! 

That’s all for today, y’all! (Why do I say y’all? I’m not from the south, but whenever I type I feel like an old southern lady…..but no one has complained so I won’t stop. LOL!) I hope this post was somewhat interesting… 🙂 I’ll plan on posting a la la land review or some other post later this week! I have Thursday and Friday off, (YAY) so I get some extra time for blogging! Happy Sunday & have a great week! 

2017, resolutions, links, & some snow

Hi guys!! HAPPY 2017! Yay!

I’m really excited for this year and I hope it brings a lot of good things 🙂

Do you guys have any resolutions? I have a few… the first is the same as last year: write in my journal everyday. I *somewhat* did that successfully, but not really? I wrote in it at least 3-4 times a week, and for the first 4 months I did it everyday. So I’m pretty proud that I did that. 😉

My new ones for this year were to 1) write more on here, 2) take more photos, and 3) read more! I’ve been using Elise Joy’s goal tracker and it’s awesome.

I am always really busy with school, but this year I’m really gonna try to write at least once a week, whether it be some weekend links or a playlist!

Speaking of links, here are some of my faves from this week!

Chocolate yogurt ombre popsicles… YES PLEASE! Need to make these!

Mandy Moore’s award show dress… so so so cute!

Geo slice night lights… LOVE these. Super pretty.

Michelle Obama’s final speech… ugh. I’m gonna miss her soooooo much!!

Ed Sheeran’s two new singles… He’s back yayyyy! I’ve missed him!

Today we got a buncha show and I took out my camera to get a few photos…

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Hope you guys liked those photos and that you all had a good first week of 2017!

Happy Saturday, guys!!