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August 2016 Playlist!

Hey, guys! I am happy to say that this is the FIRST post I am writing as a high-schooler!!!!! EEK! I started 9th grade on Wednesday and I SURVIVED! Whooo! I can’t wait to share my ‘experience’ with you guys as I go through the year.

Anyways, it’s September, somehow. I’m here to share my August playlist with you guys sooooo… here it is! Enjoy! (Follow/Check out the spotify playlist HERE!)

Spotify has a new feature called “Your Release Radar” which I am IN LOVE with! You follow the playlist, and it’s customized based on what you listen to, and who you follow! So whenever an artist or band you like comes out with a new single or album, it goes on the playlist which is updated weekly! I also love Discover Weekly, which is basically the same, but it adds songs that they think you’d like. Some of these are actually from those features! (BTW – Not sponsored or anything… I just love it so much!)

So if you’ve read my previous monthly playlist posts, you know I love Regina Spektor! This month, she’s released a bunch of singles which are gonna be on her new album! I love her cover of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which she did for the movie Kubo and the Two Strings.

1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Cover) – Regina Spektor
2. Small Bill$ – Regina Spektor
3. Bleeding Heart – Regina Spektor

Here are some random songs that popped up on my discover weekly:

4. Criminal – Fiona Apple
5. Heartbroken – Meaghan Smith 

Idina Menzel is one of my fave artists, and she’s coming out with a new album this month or next (I can’t remember), this song is soooo catchy!

6. Queen of Swords – Idina Menzel

These are the couple pop songs that I’ve been loving lately:

7. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele
8. Kill Em With Kindness – Selena Gomez
9. Heathens – Twenty One Pilots

Some oldies…

10. Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac
11. Changes – David Bowie
12. Harden My Heart – Quarterflash

And these are the randoms!

13. Seeing Stars – BORNS 
14. Do You Love Someone – Grouplove
15. The Voyager – Jenny Lewis
16. Love Me, Haunt Me – Jack and White
17. Washed Out – Feel It All Around
18. Wish That You Were Here – Florence + The Machine

Hope you guys enjoyed that playlist! What songs have you been loving lately? I’d love to hear…

Happy long weekend!

Josie

 

Hello, Emma! {Collaboration Project!}

Hello there!

Okay yeah….

I am not Josie.

But before you think I hacked her (which I don’t exactly have the skills to do) I would like to delightfully inform you that she knows this is happening.

This week, we decided things were getting a bit slow, and we needed to change things up! So… why not switch blogs for a post?

Below, I’ve written 15 facts about myself. No, I don’t mean the typical, “I have brown hair,” “I have brown eyes,” “I am a girl,” stuff. Because… we get it. We know! We have eyes. Instead of stating the obvious, I have written a few unusual facts about myself.

  1. I have an irrational fear of small, black dots

  2. I’m extremely, overly obsessed with books… especially Harry Potter

  3. I lost 1.5 pounds when I cut my hair in June

  4. My initials spell EGG

  5. I have never eaten Taco Bell….

  6. ….Or Subway

  7. I hiccup when I laugh too much

  8. I cannot stand garbanzo beans

  9. But I like hummus (?)

  10. I’m a morning person

  11. I have a cactus named MiMi (short for mimbulus mimbletonia)

  12. Scariest class for me is Spanish

  13. I like 60’s music more than today’s pop

  14. Qdoba> Chipotle

  15. Every time I walk into Hobby Lobby I want to DIY everything

If you want to see my blog, click here! You might just learn a little about Josie there….

Xo Emma

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Making Scallion Pancakes!

The other day, my mom and I tried Cook’s Illustrated’s scallion pancake recipe. (Thanks to my aunt for the subscription!!) I had tried scallion pancakes a couple years ago and LOVED them so much. So, when I saw the recipe, I knew I had to try it!

Since the recipe was in a magazine, I’m not going to tell you every step. Instead, I’ll just share a couple photos and what’s happening in each one. You can find the recipe here or in the newest magazine.

Skip to the bottom if ya wanna hear about my experience with them!

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^^About to make the dough^^

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^^The dough!^^

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^^Getting ready to put the scallions and oil on the dough, after we rolled it out.^^

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^^Love this photo of the scallions on the dough!^^

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^^About to put it on the cast iron skillet.^^

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^^Just flipped it!^^

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^^The Aftermath^^

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^^ The finished product.^^

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OK. So now I’ll tell you about my experience with the whole process!

Out of all the recipes I’ve tried, this was definitely one of the more complicated ones!
The final product was certainly delicious, but we thought we should’ve rolled the dough out more because they were a lot thicker and doughier than they should have been. BUT, I would 100% try again to perfect, or at least make ’em better than last time! They were super delicious, and the sauce was really easy to make!

Next time we make these, I’ll share photos and if anything’s changed.

On second note, I start high school in TEN DAYS. WHAT! I do not wanna go back to school… I know everyone says this, but summer went by so fast! I’ll keep you guys updated on my high school ‘experience!’ Hopefully, I’ll still have this blog by the time I graduate and go to college! 🙂

Happy Sunday! Have a great week!