Art Goal-Postponed!

Hi there!

As you can see in the title, I have decided to postpone the art goal's finishing. I will start it from today, instead of it starting on Sunday. This is happening mainly because during the entirety of the week I have been flooded by homework and quizzes and projects, and I also needed to catch up on some material, due to my absence on Thursday. In short, it was a very chaotic week, which in no way offers space for self-improvement.  

I have already started on some artwork, and I will show you guys what I have done, what I will read and what I will work on, during a post on the weekend. Till then I will work on a canvas of mine, and start doing some reading/crafts. 

Hope you guys have amazing days/nights, and I will see you all soon!

-Yara:)

P.S.: This entire post is dedicated to my dad. He is the only one who deserves an entire post's dedication. Miss you!

Female Revolutionaries Over the Years

Hi there!

Finally! It's Saturday, and I'm so excited to give you today's very special post. I have a very important post today, and it's about a very special topic, but first I want to show you guys some amazing quotes. All of them are in Arabic, but don't worry if you can't read Arabic, the English translation is right below each of them. Without further ado, here they are:

*I got all of these quotes from arabicquotes.co.uk, A great website you should check it!*

There they are, the photos may be a little small, but they are clearer if you zoom in to around 200%, which may seem like a lot, and it would be better for all of you if I just enlarged the photos, but then they cross over the borders, which is just horrible. So, in both instances, an inconvenience is caused, however the photos being too small is more comfortable for everyone. 

Moving on, let's talk about the last quote, which Souad Al-Sabah says. She is a Kuwaiti female poet, who wrote poems during the Iraqi invasion war on Kuwait to encourage her people to stand up against their aggressors. She is also a member of the ruling family and is an avid women and children's rights activist. Souad Al-Sabah is great way to start this article, because her poems were inspirational and motivated her people to go and to fight. She is one of the Arab women who stood up and took a stand.

Day by day, the number of these fighting women increases. To show how much female revolutionaries have affected and inspired revolutions, I have decided to go as far back as I can and work my way to our modern day.

*Note: I am using the word revolution as in the a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc., not as in the overthrowing of a government.*

The most impressive and unforgettable female revolutionary is most definitely Joan of Arc. On several occasions I have heard her name and the many fierce accomplishments that come with her name. For this post, I have decided to look up a little about her, and I now understand all the hype that surrounds her. She was born into a very poor family of peasants. As a young girl, she was deeply devoted to God and she even reported seeing visions sent by angels, making her more religiously inclined. When her country, France, was attacked by the British, she approached the very weak French king Charles De Pontieu. He was very inspired by her passion, that he placed her, as a young girl of 17 years old, at the head of the army against the British.

In a year, she lead them to multiple victories. She also liberated multiple towns from the English rule. Due to her multiple accomplishments, her family was given a noble status and French soldiers look up to her as a symbol of inspiration and hope. However, she was later kidnapped and sold to the English. The countrymen tried her for witchcraft and her trial was fully documented, and it reveals a lot about her character and destiny. The trial started out public, however she was outsmarting all the prosecutors with her rebuttals that the trial became private.

It appeared that she was tortured into confession, and her penalty was burning at the stake. She then recanted her confession and faced her death with dignity. After several years of her death, the English professed her innocent and named her a martyr. Her ashes were then scattered in Seine. Until this day she is considered the main saint of France and one of its most influential beings, due to her changing the course of French history in her 19 years of living.

Fast forward around 30 years to the 1950s, where the civil rights movement was just emerging in America. African-American citizens were sick of the racial discrimination and started to fight for their rights. Some expressed it by refusing to give up their bus seats to white passengers, such as Rosa Parks and Elizabeth Jennings, while others expressed it through getting nominated for the Oscars as the first black actresses to receive such an honor, such as Norma Sklarek. Many women then fought for their rights and fought against racial setbacks. One of the famous of these revolutionaries is Rosa Parks.

Rosa Parks was on the bus one day in 1955, when the bus started filling up with more white passengers, and there wasn't any space in the whites-only space. The driver demanded all the black passengers to move a row back to clear space for the riding passengers, and all of them did, except Rosa. She remained in her seat and didn't budge, although the driver kept barking demands at her to move. She eventually got up when a police officer came and arrested her.

One of her friends, a civil rights activist called ED Nixon, came and paid her bail. He used her story to motivate other civil rights leaders to boycott busses, since they heavily depended on  African-American passengers, however they treated them unfairly. These leaders included the infamous Martin Luther King Jr., and they all spread the thought of a boycott to others in the community. The next day, no black people were aboard the bus, instead they chose to walk, carpool and some even rode mules to work!

Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged the African-American community to continue with avoiding busses until bus companies remove segregation laws and start to employ black bus drivers. They agreed to continue with the boycott, which caused bus companies to have to increase prices and decrease the number of busses they own, since 75% of bus passengers were black. This is also lead to shops in the sections of the city far away having less business, since no more black shoppers were visiting their stores. The owners got infuriated and started harassing all boycotters, even going to the extreme of bombing King Jr's house. However, Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged his people to remain non-violent, and the attacks made their desire for the removal of segregated laws much greater.

After a year from the Rosa Parks incident, the Supreme Court removed the segregation laws on busses. To celebrate their success, Martin Luther King Jr., E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks boarded a bus, with Rosa sitting at the front row, a seat she rightfully deserved after becoming the spark in such a revolutionary movement. She is remembered to this day as the woman who refused to settle for unjust rights and stood (the more appropriate word is sit, but it doesn't make any sense) her ground.

Finally we reach the modern-day female martyrs. In the Arab world, revolutions have been a very common thing, and since the female population makes up half the entire population, the Arab revolutions consisted of many female revolutionaries. Some were long-time activists, such as Tawakul Kaman, and others were ordinary-turned-revolutionary, such as some female students who fought for their rights to a democratic country.

It would be unfair to choose one Arab female revolutionary, because as a whole they work together. Many Arab women today fight for their rights as a gender. They defy gender norms and bring awareness to the injustice they are forced to suffer in a male-dominated culture. They speak up as a whole to the negligence of the government to treat them with the same respect and grant them the same freedoms boys and men have in the Arab world. These Arab female revolutionaries are sick of women and girls being harassed and belittled, when they have so much potential and so much spirit, that will most definitely make our world such a better place to live in, because both sexes having equal rights and opportunities will lead to the Arab world evolving into a power that is strong, innovative and envied by neighboring powers.

I understand this is a very long post, but I just had to write about this topic because it really interests me and I find these women are a source of inspiration because they go out and fight for what they want, and won't stop until they make our world a better place, even if it's just by a little bit.

I hope you liked this post and I will write soon talking to you guys about my two week's goal to improve my artistic skills. Don't forget to comment down below about what you think!

Sources:
teacher.scholastic.com
content.time.com
arabicquote.co.uk
biographyonline.net

Love you all!

-Yara :)

P.S.: This following sentence is dedicated to Zeid Shriem. I know I promised to post this on Saturday, but it wasn't quite done, however I have finally finished for you all, so here you go!

A New Haircut and Only FOUR Days Left For...

Hi there! 

So I have mentioned before that I was planning on cutting my hair ,but I never updated on that. However, this previous Friday, I went and got my hair cut shoulder length. I think it looks really good, and my friends say they like it too (hopefully they're not humoring me). I would love to put up a picture, but all the pictures of me in short hair consist of me in my school uniform/pajamas, but we had our individual school photos taken in school today, so when I get them, I'll post them up here. 

Regarding school, all of the Arabic teachers decided to start this trivial questions competition, about Literature and General Knowledge and some information about our school (in Arabic, of course). Each section of grade 9 would enter, and then the section that would win would go on to the next round, tomorrow, and compete against the winners of Grade 7 and 8. Thankfully, the two nominated classmates that represented our class won (!), so tomorrow they're competing in the bonus round. One of them is the guy who sits in front of me, and continuously asks me to mention him in my blog, so here it goes! Congratulations Nofan Hmoud and Yasmeen Haj for winning today! You have made our whole class proud.

Concerning the goal of these two weeks, which is improving my writing, I realized recently that I have four days let to work on it, so here is the progress I have made. I improved my English cursive handwriting, as well as my Arabic handwriting. I am reading more (Arabic and English), because it is a great way to enhance my language skills and expand my vocabulary. I also wrote a letter for English (but that was obligatory) and the post about dislike vs hate. At the end of these two weeks, which will be a Saturday (coincidentally my friend's birthday as well, maybe I'll write about that, but you may have gotten sick of those birthday posts!) I will show pictures of my handwriting in English (print and cursive) and Arabic, while writing a very proper post about a certain subject that interests me.

Over with the important things I needed to tell you, now I'll move on to other aspects of my life. I have been going to SheFighter more often, and all my muscles are sore from yesterday's workout, today I had to stop writing notes in Business class because my arm was aching! However it was worth it because I'm starting to develop bulging muscles in the biceps and triceps area, and my calves and thighs are becoming more firm, which better be an indication to the fact that I am getting a 6-pack very soon!

I am also working on a painting for Art class, which I will show you when I finish it. It is my replication of Maurice de Vlaminck's Tugboat on the Seine. I will also show you guys my previous art work in the following two weeks, that come after Feb. 22nd, because my next goal will be improving my artistic skills. Thanks to my grandfather, I have a book that will improve my painting and drawing techniques, and I am looking forward to that.

Lastly, I want to thank everyone who reads my blog and comments on my posts, either here or on Facebook, and especially those who share it and like it every time, which mainly include my mom, grandfather, and my aunts. Thank you guys! 

See you all soon...

-Yara :)

P.S.: Lana, this sentence is dedicated to you. Love you!

Dislike VS Hate

Hi there! 

So I saw this post on Sinatra on Sundays where the author was talking about the power of threes. It means that if something is mentioned or seen three times, then the person must do something about that 'something'. The day after I read that post, something was mentioned to me three times throughout the day. It was the difference between dislike and hate. So I decided to write about it, however I kept stalling it for days because of events that occured, but I am finally sitting down and writing about it.

The topic isn't such a big deal or a significant thing that will change your life forever, however when I try to communicate my feelings to people, I like them to understand exactly what I am feeling instead of thinking something completely different and misinterpreting it. Therefore, I want to write about the difference between the two words, in my personal opinion.

Hate, to me, is a very strong word. Whenever someone says hate, I immediately associate that with complete emotional detachment from that person and the decline of viewing that person as a human being, but rather a 'thing'. So a person who hates another person, in my opinion, will not care if he/she hurts them and won't sympathise with them when they go through dark phases. Since hate is a strong word, hatred, as a feeling, is very strong, and sometimes hatred can take over people's life and force those people to waste their lives exacting revenge on a person, who most probably isn't worth it.

On the other hand, the word dislike is much more gentle. Whenever I hear someone expressing their dislike towards another person, I associate that with them feeling aggravated from that person, or disapproving their actions in any way. Therefore, whenever you dislike someone, you will still see them as human beings who have feelings and emotions and who go through tough spots just like you, but they'll be people you wouldn't particularly want to be close to or people you wouldn't want to befriend.

Although, those two feelings are normal, a happy life is a life that doesn't involve disliking others or wasting your time or emotions on people that don't deserve it. A happy life, to me, is a life that involves spending time with loved ones and doing what you love to do, without giving those who give you a hard time a second thought. The problem is that it's so hard to be nice to everyone and simply forgive those you dislike/hate, but I believe that it's definitely worth it to give it a try.

Maybe tomorrow, instead of insulting or making fun of someone you don't like at school/work/favorite cafe/etc... you can greet them with a friendly greeting or even compliment them. I guess that if we start acting friendly with everyone and start letting go of all the negative feelings we have, we can start to focus on ourselves and the people we love and those who support us. This will eventually lead to happy relationships with others and a better lifestyle in general.

I'm not saying that I personally have achieved this happy lifestyle that involves me letting go of the negative and bringing the positive closer to me and hanging on to it with my dear life, but I am trying to step a little out of my little bubble and become friendlier with everyone I meet, strangers or acquaintances or otherwise, and I think we should all try it together, because there really isn't anything to lose, so why not?

-Yara :)

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Surprise Party!

Hi there!

So this post is going to be a little short, because I have a lot to do, but I have very exciting new to report to you guys today. The first of them is in the title, my friend's birthday was on Monday, but since the last school day of the week is on Thursday, she decided to have all her friends go out and have lunch together. Little did she know, that we were all planning her a surprise party at my house. 

The surprise was going to be ruined multiple times, but she remained so naive throughout the whole lunch, even when we all gathered together to discuss the party's matters, she remained clueless. She told me it was the third surprise party anyone threw her, but the only one that worked (probably because I kept bugging everyone with the details and made them do everything very coordinately, I'm amazing like that...). 

When she came in, she looked so flabbergasted. Then we put music and everyone started dancing, a bunch of us were dancing very badly, however there were some experts (wink, wink). The best part was that everyone genuinely put in an effort to give the party its shock factor, and no one whined or nagged during the party or sulked about, keeping a happy vibe in the air. 

So thanks everyone :) I had a bunch of fun, and thankfully everyone else did. I would love to put up pictures,but they all threatened to kill me if I put any picture at all, and I want to live. 

However, in a while, I will be posting a picture of me after I get my hair cut today. I have long curly hair, but I have decided to cut it shoulder length. Hopefully it'll turn out really nice, and if it doesn't; hair grows back...

Hope you guys have a great day, and an amazing weekend wherever you are. Don't forget to comment down below about what you think and go to BlogLovin.com to sign up and suscribe to my blog. 

Love you all!

-Yara :)

The Birthday! Finally!

Hello there! 

So I have made yet another promise, that I have broken, which is why I vow to make no more promises; I'm only breaking them, on a more important topic, my sister's finally occurred, and I finally have all of the photos! I will post a picture and tell you of all the agonizing things we had to do to complete it and finish it.

Balloon! They covered the entire floor of our saloon, and they looked magnificent, but they took  such an effort to be blown up it was unbelievable! Never again (another promise I'm going to break :t)!

 Most of the things you see in these photos were made by mother and my sister. They put a thread through all of the foam and cotton balls and my mom got a ladder and started to hang them on the ceiling. The snowflakes my sister and I did (she made most of them) and I did the big 3D paper snowflake you can see in the photo upper left side. Then there's the blue and silver banner-like things which we hung up beside the windows and on the two chandeliers. The photo on the upper right corner is a photo of the door's entrance, where I personally hung up the threads while standing on an almost shaky table. It was very scary to get down off of the table, but worth it because after that came these...

On the desk, we put luminaries made of paper that my friends and I did, and in between them we placed the party favors. The party favors were a plastic bag containing edible 'snowman parts' (marshmallows, pretzel sticks, gummy drops and gummy teeth, for they were inspired by Olaf), then we wrapped the bags with a thin blue paper (don't know it's name) and placed a white string around. To end it all, we placed a label that read 'Snowman Parts'. They looked (and tasted) amazing!

When the guests came, we had them play a game called Pin the Nose on the Olaf (and his Buttons too). I drew Olaf on a white cardboard and glued him onto a red cardboard. Then I cut out a nose from orange foam and buttons from black cardboard. The kids were later blindfolded and they had to pin the pieces on to the snowman correctly. Nobody did it right, On most occasions the nose was in between Olaf's eyes and he was eating buttons as well, but they had a lot of fun! 

 Last, but not least is the food! The cake was pre-ordered from the Cakery, so were the cookie shown in the picture on the right. We also made blue jello and blue cupcakes and we placed marshmallows in really giant glasses, while other marshmallows were dipped in white chocolate, and then in sprinkles and served. My personal favorites were the chocolate balls dipped in coconut. Unlike the traditional ones, there wasn't any crackers involved. We just mushed chocolate cake and then poured chocolate syrup on it, rolled them into sphere-like figures and dipped them in coconut. We later placed them, and the white chocolate-dipped marshmallows, in the fridge overnight. There savory foods, but the photo was incredibly blurry. They consisted of chicken nuggets, a salad (tabouleh), and an assortment of sandwiches.

All of the girls invited came dressed up as movie characters. They didn't want their pictures posted, but I would gladly tell you what they wore. The birthday girl (my sister) wore a hand-made Olaf costume, which turned out to be more of an Elsa costume, but either way it looked fabulous! One of my cousins wore Jessie from Toy Story 2, while my other cousin dressed up as Tiana, from the Princess Frog. One of my sister's friends wore Penelope von Schweetz, from Wreck-it-Ralph, while another dressed up as a ballerina. Then there was Sam Sparks, from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Minnie Mouse and Snow White and an evil witch. I was dressed up as Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, not posting my picture either.

It was an overall fun party, and my sister definitely enjoyed it. Don't forget to comment below on what you think and share it with all your friends.

See you soon...

-Yara :)

P.S.: So I was trying very hard to disconnect myself from the internet these past three days, while the blog and VOIP programs were the exception. As you may have expected I failed miserably, it was like relapsing back to my internet addiction. However, I have had a lot of time to focus on creating, and one thing I have worked on is my handwriting. I used to write in very tiny cursive, so sometimes teachers can't read it properly so I got out a handwriting tracing book and I started practicing all over again. Now I am writing bigger letters and with more spacing, which is great. So for my current goal, I have accomplished a fifth of it, I still have to improve on my writing style, my handwriting in Arabic and in English in print. I also want to start learning how to write calligraphy-like handwriting, which is part of the plan. Anyways, very long P.S., see you later!

EDIT: A lot of these ideas were not my own, so here are the links to the original websites:
http://www.playpartypin.com/2014/01/disneys-frozen-party-game-for-kids.html

http://spoonful.com/disney/too-cool-frozen-inspired-crafts-recipes#carousel-id=photo-carousel&carousel-item=2

http://www.karaspartyideas.com/2013/12/disneys-frozen-party.html

http://www.baby.co.uk/life_and_home/45-disney-frozen-party-ideas/

http://eventstocelebrate.net/2013/12/disneys-frozen-birthday-party-ideas/

http://bubblynaturecreations.com/2013/12/disney-frozen-party.html

http://www.sisterssuitcaseblog.com/2013/12/disney-frozen-party-ideas.html

Full of great ideas if you want to throw a Frozen-themed birthday party.

Focus by Leo Babauta-REVIEW

Hi there! 

So today I woke up super early in the morning,put on some relaxing music and opened my curtains (to see the sunrise). I then sat up straight in my bed, took out my computer and started writing this. This is defnitely a change, but it is giving me enough time alone to think only about writing a blog post for you guys. This activity is giving me the means to Focus on creating this post, which is going to be about the free version of Leo Babauta's book: Focus.

The book isn't a ficitonal story, it could be labeled as a self-help book actually. The book's main theme is to help the reader push aside distractions to focus on creating, relaxing or spending more time on things you enjoy. The book starts off by telling us, the readers, about the major role distraction has taken in our life. Today in the Age of Information, distractions pour in from every pore they can fit through. Since the book aims to help us focus, the author suggests diconnection from the addictive technology we use every day, he says that most people stay so connected online that they're afraid if they disconnect, they'll miss out on something important.

He then starts to introduce small steps to take to avoid any distractions in the time of creation. He suggests decluttering, turning off the internet when working, removing all papers hanging on the walls, putting away files and documents that you aren't working on right now, and etc...He also states the diadvantages of always staying connected virtually. 

Mainly the book revolves around focusing at the task in hand and pouring yourself into it, without the possibility of any type of distraction. It's truly a wonderful book and it is beautifully written and full of outstanding quotes. I suggest you download it yourself, it has brought many of my bad habits to my attentions, and I am working on a few of the book's methods to improve my lifestyle and create more often. 

That is the end of the review, however you avid readers will remember that I a) promised to finish this book by Thursday, and I finished it yesterday,and b) promised to post pictures and write a post about my sister's Frozen-themed birthday party on Friday. You may have realized that I broke those promises, however I very much intend to write the birthday post today or tomorrow, as soon as I collect all the pictures and acquire the permission from her friends to post those pictures on the blog.

Tomorrow marks the end of the first two weeks on focusing on only one of my goals, these two weeks were about reading one book every two weeks, and I am determined to continue that. The next two weeks will focus on me trying to improve my writing (goal no. 14). 

Hope you realy liked this post, and if you have anything you want to tell me, post it down below in the comments or message me on Facebook linking my name. Hoping to hear from you!

Preparations for the Birthday!

Hi there!

So today was finally Thursday, which meant that it was the end of the school week and the beginning of the weekend. During the day, a bunch of people came up to me and asked me for my blog's address, and that made me feel ecstatic! What was also very pleasing is when I saw that yesterday I had 78 view on my blog! I know it isn't as fancy as other blogs' views, but when I reach 100 views, I'm definitely celebrating!

On to other news, today one of my dearest friends came over to help my sister and I decorate the house for my sister's party. It all looks completely magnificent with snowflakes hanging from the ceiling and balloons all over the floor. I promised my sister that I won't post any pictures of the decorations until the party, which is tomorrow! Which means that tomorrow's post is going to be amazing, so don't forget to check out my blog tomorrow! Too many exclamation marks here, but too much excitement! 

See you tomorrow, and don't forget to comment below about what you think!

-Yara :)

Update on My Life...

"Yara Shaheen Abuelreish, you shameful disgrace of a blogger. First you disappear for three days, then you don't even finish a book that's only 121 pages. What have you been doing with yourself?"

Well hypothetical human being, I've been doing a lot of things. To start it off there's school. Some people in my class found out about my blog and told everyone. I thought they would be mean, but they didn't really say much. Then somebody read this post. The girl I was talking about in the 3rd paragraph, figured that I was talking about her, and she made everyone turn on me! I'm not the kind of person with savvy comebacks that pop instantly to my head. I usually think of those after somebody makes fun of me. So, for most of the day, three specific people kept making fun of the blog and poking fun at it. I know that what I said wasn't very nice, and I sincerely apologize for that. However, the way she reacted was in no way appropriate to the matter. I hope next time, she approaches me instead of ridiculing me in front of everyone. 

Focus by Leo Babauta
focusmanifesto.com

On a side note, I have actually made progress in the book, Focus by Leo Babauta, last time when I said I have made progress, I wasn't completely truthful...I only read 22 pages, but yesterday I read 70, and today I intend on completely finishing it, to write a review about it tomorrow. It's a truly amazing book! It's mainly about eliminating distractions in your life to focus on creating. I have tried a few methods from the books. I have also memorized countless quotes from the book, which is full of them. It's truly beautiful.

Now to return back to school, today we had Art first period. This month we're taking about Fauvism, and it looks pretty easy. The artist who contributed greatly to it is called Henry Matisse, and since he couldn't efficiently draw and paint, he decided to start cutting out random shapes from colorful paper and gluing them to another one. Also in art class, I found a card that is for a university for the arts of all type; creative writing, studio art, film making, theater and much more! I, of course, took the card. It's for the Oxbridge University, which is located in Spain, France, New York and Oxford/Cambridge. I am definitely going to go more in-depth with this university option. Maybe I will make out a career in the arts.

The Snail-Henry Matisse
wikipaintings.com

Last of all, today I'm going to SheFighter again. Today we're taking self-defense and yoga. Really thankful for that, because the last class I went to, on Monday was a fitness class, and it was practically torture, so today it will be much calmer. Also on Monday, I took two new things. I learnt to defend myself if two people attacked at once, and I learnt the Superman punch, which is supposed to be like I'm flying, but I'm just furiously jumping forward. I need to work on that. 

I need to go study before my class at 6PM, so I hope you guys have a splendid day and I would really appreciate it if you commented down below on what you think, or if you came from Facebook then write me a message and mention my name. Also, one of my classmates suggested that I give you guys my email, in case you wanted to send me a message, so here it is: yarashaheenabuelreish@gmail.com. Hoping to hear from you !

-Yara :)

P.S.: Sorry if there are any mistakes, there wasn't time to edit!

School, School and More School!

Hi there!

So today I went back to school from the very long but very enjoyable winter break. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night, so I woke up really tired. I dressed really slowly and then my mom, sister and I took a long time to get to the car. Thankfully, we arrived at school in time, and we weren't late at all. We were early. 

The mood felt very depressing. The weather suddenly became really cold after the previous days were pretty warm. At the common square of the playground,  I saw some of my friends that I haven't seen during the winter break, and we talked about what we did in our break. Most of my friends just hung around the house, watching TV and such.

The bell rang, and we all sat in any random seats we desired. This girl I genuinely dislike came in and started talking really loud and just walking around like some kind of royalty. She was very annoying throughout the day, but I wouldn't let that get in my way! I felt kind of excited before the first class, however, after it had started and ended, all of my energy was drained. The day went on, and the homework piled up, but the energy was kind of neutral throughout the day, so I guess that's good.

Then the terrific trio (my mom, my sister and me!) went back home, and we had lunch and watched some TV. Then I went to do my homework, and after I finished that I checked my social networks (which you should check out as well, the links are at the upper right side of the page) and now I am writing this. 

Semi-eventful day in my opinion. I really want to know about yours, so don't forget to tell me about it in the comments, or if you have come here from Facebook, send me a message with my name tagged in it, so I can see it. 

Thanks for reading!

pawcreek.org

-Yara :)

The Banner is Done!!!

Hi there! 

So I have been absent for about a day because I was cleaning out my room. My mom took advantage of the painting situation and made my sister and I clean out our rooms. It now looks really empty, but so beautifully green! I also finished the banner for the blog, and I believe it looks amazing! I'm using too many exclamation marks, but I don't care; I'm too excited to show it to you!! 

On a sidenote I have made significant progress in the book Focus, and I have finished my Animal Farm homework, so yay! I am also going to SheFighter today. Sadly they changed the schedule, so I may just go to one lesson today, I'm still deciding. The last new thing in my life right now, which I have mixed feelings for, is the continuation of school tomorrow. Still don't know how I feel about that...

I won't keep you waiting so here is the banner of my blog, and the colors of my room. Don't forget to comment below on what you think about both! 

I made it myself! I know, unbelievable!
   I'm really proud of it, so, don't try putting me down!

My room! It's not very clear, but it really does look amazing.

Have a great day! Love you all!

-Yara :)

P.S.: Something weird is happening to the spacing, and I can't seem to fix it. Tell me if I'm the only one who feels that way.