Senior Year...'13'ad Start.

September 7, 2012

Senior year began for me on August 20th, a mere three or so weeks ago. When I think of 'senior year' I think of endless fun. I think of awesome privileges. I think of FINALLY getting out of school early. I think of freedom and I think of power. This year has pretty much crushed my expectations of how Senior year should be or would normally be...and like I said, I've only been a Senior for three weeks at my school. 

Allow me to explain...

The first day we get our schedules. A few of my friends get to leave at an hour early every day, I'm thinking SWEET, ME TOO!. Wrong. I have a full load of 7 classes every day. Required Bible, English, Trig, Chemistry, British Literature, Economics, and Computer. Feeling as though I could certainly drop at least 1 maybe 2 of these classes so I could begin volunteering at the local vet clinic daily as I had planned out this past summer, I spoke with my principal all the first week about either switching classes or dropping them completely. Needless to say, I couldn't drop any without it being a study hall...which I don't care for having. But in the end, we get to leave early an hour early on Thursdays without taking Chemistry, fair enough. I'm satisfied with that. :)

That's not all that took place in that week. The above wasn't the most of my ongoing school issues. My school decided to let Juniors and Seniors eat in a designated area away from the cafe because there's not enough room in there for all the kids in grades 7-12, so they separated us. It's nice and all...but when you have other friends in lower grades, you want to be able to see and talk to them sometimes too. I won't get into all of it because it would be like opening a can of worms...but I'll just say that a lot has happened..and these past three weeks at school have been pure hell. Definitely not what I had expected going into my Senior year. :/ 

All I can hope is that this year picks up and becomes fun, because at the moment it's anything but. Hopefully by basketball season things will level out. And hopefully I can end this year without any more trouble. xD 

PS, so the summer challenges didn't go as great as I had figured...>.> A few things I was going to do at the beach such as releasing a message in a bottle were against beach rules and there was a huge fine so I couldn't do it. D:

*~Keep your lights shining...and pray for me? 

*~KayKay

#31-32 Pan For Gold & Go To The Mountains!

August 8, 2012

#32 Go to the mountains.

Summer Challenge #31 and #32

#31 Panning for gold.

So this past weekend, I went on a family vacation to the mountains instead of the beach. It was a bunch of fun and a great way to get away from the extreme heat. The temperature up there was around 80 degrees and I was loving it! 

We went panning for gold and gems and found a bunch of cool stones. We found some amethyst, clear quartz, crystal, calcite, onyx, and other unidentifiable rocks and ones with names I cannot remember nor pronounce. xD My brother found the coolest of the bunch though in his bag. He found a small amethyst geode rock and it is so pretty! o.o' 

While at the mountains, we went to a place called Santa Land so my brother could ride some rollercoasters and rides. It was awesome walking around and seeing all types of different animals; there were baby bears, porcupines, a type of deer, kangaroos, monkeys, gigantic koi fish, a jungle cat, and a camel and some llamas.  

Mini-golf, gem mining, cool air, chilling with the family....I'll say this was a great and much-needed vacation. :) 

Next week, I'll be hitting the beach so definitely another blog post will be needed once I get back. :D 

~Keep those lights shining bright, even in the darkest of times much like this lantern in a mining cave. ^w^

This picture above is not mine. All the others on this blog post  are my own. :)

*~KayKay

#25 Get My Braces Off...FINALLY!

August 3, 2012

Summer Challenge #25

Get my braces off.....FINALLY!!!

After 4 horrible, metal filled years,  my braces are finally off and I just can't stop smiling!!! My teeth are beautifully straight and honestly, it's a huge confidence boost.  It feels so very weird not to have metal stuck to my teeth, preventing me from *comfortably* eating food without the worrisome thought if something got stuck in them and then talking to someone else...gross, right? But now, that thought is gone. I can now eat whatever I want without worrying if it gets stuck and pulls a bracket off or something of the sort. 

I never realized how BIG my teeth are. Like for real.. Well...I suppose going 4 years of not seeing my full teeth without bulky brackets and wire covering them can really make a person forget what life was like pre-braces. xD 

I really expected it to hurt like pure heck. But it didn't hurt at all...well only a little bit when they pulled the top braces off...but that's only because a few of those teeth are sensitive. 

I admit, I did keep my eyes closed for the most part. Why? Because, after all the brackets and junk are off, they use a drill-type thingy to scrape the excess glue off...which sends tooth dust a-flying. Did I want tooth dust in my eyeball??? No. Not at all. Word to the wise, it's best to keep your eyes closed during that part. x)

It's odd how getting braces on and then after a period of time, getting them off, can make a person look different. If I had taken this picture when I had braces still, it would not have looked as good as it looks without braces. Honestly, myself with no braces can now take better pictures. xD It's just amazing. Yay for a better smile!! :D

...and just in time for Senior year, which starts on the 20th, way too soon. :/ 

And now, I must leave and go pack my things. I'm off on vacation for the weekend, completing more challenges as I go...hopefully. ;D

*~Keep your lights shining and your teeth smiling!

*~KayKay

But He Will Live On. {R.I.P Riley}

July 25, 2012

{not a challenge post..}

The day we first got Riley :)

 Remember the post where I told about how my mom brought home a cute, chubby little Jack Russell mixed puppy from work because the owner couldn't take care of the pups so he was going to take the pups to the pound? Well this past Monday morning, our Riley passed away. 

Riley wasn't the first in his litter to pass on either. He was one of the last in his litter to leave this earth. Something in his blood-line wasn't right. He was a perfectly healthy puppy until two weeks ago. All of a sudden, Riley started having really bad seizures. After a couple seconds, he would get up and everything was normal, of so it seemed. We looked it up online and began mixing honey with his food, because that is said to help. It helped for a little bit. 

A week later, it happened again even more times a day. Riley began to get weak and his memory began to fail. Since the vet was closed, we went online again and read that there was nothing to cure him from having the Epileptic Seizures for good. The medicine would cure it temporarily and sometimes not at all depending on the dog, since the condition is genetic. The next day, we couldn't find him anywhere and we searched and searched. We eventually found him but he was already gone. :'(  He fought for as long as he could. But he will live on in our hearts. I'm sure he's in the big dog-park in the sky, running and playing with all the other dogs. 

 We miss you Riley!!!!!!!

*~Keep your lights shining, though sometimes it's hard to; like a lit flame burning in a cube of ice. 

*~KayKay

#23 Pick An Offical Summer Song?? { + Updates?}

July 16, 2012

Summer Challenge #23

Pick an official Summer song.

So this one isn't as easy as it sounds. Over the weeks, new songs come up and become popular and there's just too many that I like just to choose one in particular that describes Summer 2012. 

So...I have a Summer Playlist 2012. {in no particular order x) }

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1* Chasing The Sun ~ The Wanted

2* Anna Sun ~ Walk The Moon

3* What Makes You Beautiful ~ One Direction

4* One Thing ~ One Direction

5* To The Sky ~ Owl City 

6* Good Time ~ Owl City {feat. Carly Rae Jepsen}

7* Call Me Maybe ~ Carly Rae Jepsen

8* Payphone ~ Maroon 5 {feat. Wiz Khalifa}

9* Something Bout A Truck ~ Kip Moore

10* Drunk On You ~ Luke Bryan

11* Barefoot Blue Jean Night ~ Jake Owen {My summer song of last year xD}

12* King For A Day ~ Pierce The Veil {feat. Kellin Quinn}

13* I'm A Pirate, You're A Princess ~ PlayRadioPlay!
14* Me Without You ~ Tobymac

15* If I'm James Dean, Then You're Audrey Hepburn ~ Sleeping With Sirens

16* We Are Young! ~ Fun.

17* Postcard From Pairs ~ The Band Perry. 

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What makes a "Summer Playlist" or "Summer Song" isn't by how popular the song is or how new it is, but by what it means to the person listening to it, how it makes them feel and think. Each of the songs I picked are songs I frequently listened to this summer, both old and new...both popular and not. I could've had quite a few more up there...but I limited myself as to not this a super long post. xD 

A few updates on some of the upcoming challenges:

1) One of my best friends and I took our Senior Pictures last Monday! It was really fun and hopefully we'll be getting our pictures back soon and as soon as we do, I'll be sure to post them. x)

2) A beach adventure is coming up the first weekend in August as well as another beach adventure around the second full week of August. Quite a few more challenges will be knocked out then. :)

3) I believe I mentioned this in my last post...but I get my braces off AUGUST 3RD!!!! :D {Possibly earlier since it might interfere with my beach vacation. ;D}

4) Again, I apologize for not posting regularly. It's just scorching hot outside or storming really badly. :/ Also, since this is the summer before Senior year, I've been consuming a lot of my time filling out Scholarships and stuff like that. >.> 

Keep your lights shining brightly like the sun! :D

*~KayKay

#21 Draw A "Masterpiece" With Chalk

July 9, 2012

Summer Challenge #21

Draw a "masterpiece" with sidewalk chalk

This challenge was really fun to do, and it took about an hour to complete. My younger brother even took part in this challenge...

Meet the penguin. It's so adorable. Not bad for a seven year old, eh? x) 

The trouble with most of these challenges and why I haven't been doing them as frequently as I had hope, is due to the extreme heat we've been having here in the South, getting to be daily where the temperature is 100+. >.<

Sorry about that y'all. I'll try to do more in the evenings whenever it stops being so humid and muggy out. D:

Happy Belated Fourth of July, as well! :D

I hope you all ate a lot of yummy food and shot/watched some awesome fireworks. :) My family and I took a trip to a town park and watched a fantastic firework show. :D

I have some huge news! I am officially getting my braces off, after 5 years, in August!! On the 3rd to be most exact. :) I am super siked about that. :D Wheee! :D

Keep your lights shining, stay cool, and refuse to sink! :)

*~KayKay

#38 Tie Dye A Shirt

June 20, 2012

Summer Challenge #38

Tie-dye a shirt. 

 So yesterday in the afternoon, I decided why not tie-dye a shirt. I chose to do a spiralled yellow and orange shirt because I wanted something that reminded me of summer and sun-shiny brightness. xD It didn't take too long and once I was finished, my right hand was stained orange and my left stained yellow. That's a pain in the behind to get off. >.> 

And since I was tie-dying...I also tie-dyed a nurses' scrub top for my mom. It looks like a mango threw up on it. She wanted pink, lime green, and yellow like the picture on the back of the kit. Pictures lie. It does not show how it actually turns out. They definitely coloured that picture with some paint program because my colours ran into each other and created a light mango shirt. But once I rinsed it...it didn't look as bad as I thought it would. Hah but putting it in the dryer to completely dry? Bad mistake. It faded and is now a faded mango tie-dye scrub top. ...whatever works? 

And here's the completed [dry] product of my shirt :D

...I know the lighting is horrible...I'll probably add in a different picture of it later. xD 

But I believe it turned out pretty good. I like it, and that's what counts. :D

So until next time...

*~Keep your lights shining bright like the sun! :D

*~KayKay