What I'm Thankful For

There has been a new trend on Twitter lately, for listing things you are thankful for- and although, traditionally, you have to be "nominated" to do it by one of your friends, I decided to spontaneously do it on my own. So here we go....
Here are 3 things I'm thankful for right now. 
1: Fall weather
2: Rain ... I LOVE IT! My melancholy artist spirit just eats it up:)
3: MUSIC! Glorious music flooding my soul, lightening my spirits, speaking thoughts I could never completely express like it does- Thank you Jesus for such a wonderful gift!
I really love how just thinking of these things each day can boost my mood and find me being so much more positive and happy. Thankfulness is the key....

Now it's you're turn:) Share some things you are thankful for. Have a wonderful night guys!

Currently Digging Post Sep. 9th

Watching & Reading: The Hunger Games! I've heard about these books and movies countless times, ever since they become famous back in 2012.  And now I'm finally getting around to watching & reading them! My mom and I enjoyed both the 1st one and Catching Fire last month. Let me just say that Suzanne Colins is an amazing writer- she makes me think. She is so smart and creative. The books are so suspicious and interesting, mixing love, excitement, justice, and fighting for what's right all in one. I watched the movies first & I'm now eagerly anticipating Mockingjay Part 1, ( November 21st!). Right now, I'm on the last one, Mockingjay, in preparation for the movie. I was most excited to read this one, as, of course, I have no idea what happens. The books do help you understand what's going on in the movies better, and I wouldn't recommend doing what I did and watching the movies first- lol! Which is the backwards way of doing this and not the best idea. I hope you guys enjoy these as much as I am, should you choose to read them. I also recently finished a wonderful book by the 4 Duggar girls, " Growing Up Duggar" This was so encouraging and I learned so much about their family and personalities as well. Definitely another book I would highly recommend.

Listening to: One Direction
I recently discovered this awesome band, by a pure stroke of what I like to call luck. And no, this is is not the reason that I like them. But, apparently, Taylor Swift dated one of the members, Harry Styles, and therefore, that is how I found out about them. I think they're pretty awesome! For a person who listens to deep, melancholy music 80% of the time, it's good for me to enjoy 20% of light-hearted, fun songs to expand my taste in music. They have some beautiful, serious love- songs too, not just pop songs that are fun to dance too. My adorable little brother has also taken quite a liking to them.  I love all of their personalities- funny, charming, smart & serious etc. The members are as follows, in the picture below, left to right, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson,  Niall Horan and Zayn Malik. Four of them are from Britain and Niall is from Ireland( I love their accents too- always loved English & Irish accents:) Although I love all of them, I have a soft spot for the curly-haired one and the cute Irish lad:)They also have some very nice, good voices. My favorite songs by them are " Little Things" and " You &I". Little Things really resonated with me, as I have struggled with an eating disorder in the past. the song is about a girl with a bunch of insecurities about her body, voice, etc and really touched my heart. 
I hope you guys like it as much as I did!

 Quotes From The Boys That I LOVE:

Eating: Peach Yogurt.
I recently found this healthy, delicious recipe for my favorite kind of yogurt.
It's over on my food blog & I hope you like it. Here's the link:http://bakingandcookingthenaturalway.blogspot.com/

Drinking: Lots of WATER!! I've never realized just how good water is for you!! It's incredible, althogh it took me lots of times being told this to start drinking the prescribed 8-10 glasses of it each day. It keeps me hydrated, refreshed, aids digestion- it's awesome! The only drawback is that it makes me have to go to the bathroom a lot- lol! 

Well, that's it for now. Have a great night everybody!

Updates: September 9th, 2014

Wow! It's been so long since I wrote on here! I've had an incredible summer, volunteering at Robinson, horse-riding lessons, girls movie dates, bike-riding, reading, babysitting my baby cousin for a week.... the list goes on and on:) But it's nice to have a schedule again, after 3 months of fun and relaxation! School is keeping me nice and busy and working hard! With the schoolyear, comes the exciting months of October & November, for me at least. And this month, a movie that I dearly love, " The Fault In Our Stars comes out on DVD! I went to see it twice, it was so good! One week from today- I'm exuberant with anticipation! Tuesdays are my favorite day of the week! October, of course is Pumpkin Appreciation month and November has 4 very exciting things taking place in it!
1: Jessa Duggar's wedding! 2: Thanksgiving 3: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 4: One Direction releases their new album 4!

Have a great rest of your week everybody!