Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 April 2014

Day 9 - what's on my bucket list

Oh dear... I know i'm way behind on this blogging challenge but I will make up for it :) I promise!

Luckily day 9 was pretty easy!

I actually have a seperate page (as you can see) with my bucket lidt on it! So don't be afraid to have a look at it! (all the things crossed out are things I've managed to do / places I've visited)

Hope you've had a wonderful weekend!

Lots of love,

Reilly Michele
(by the way the circus was brilliant! More info to follow)

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Day 8 - my biggest pet peeve

Hmmmm... Today's another tricky one!

So I think I'll start out by saying what the highlights of this week have been so far / will be!

-Studio C season 4 started on monday night! I seriously adore that show! It's BYUtv's wonderful squeeky clean comedy sketch show and I supercalifragilistically hope that I can see them perform / go to a meet & greet next school year! Whenever I need some cheering up, I watch one of their sketches!
Can I just say Hi-BISQUE-ous ;) (If you didn't laugh then you should obviously go watch studio C on byutv or youtube!)

-salad! I adore salad and eating healthy and yum yum yum yum yum! Recently my parents have been on a super healthy craze and I'm loving it! It means I get to work out with my momma and eat all of their healthyness with them! The salad I instagramed was the bomb! (Yes, I know I sound sad instagraming salad but you have no idea how freakishly good it tasted...I might have to start a recipe page!)

-my new job! I had a training thingy for it tonight and my first full day is this friday! It's literally the cutedt job ever! I get to work with kids and animals and jungle gyms and cuteness. Plus everyone is super nice and the kids are super ethusiastic!

-Easter break starts thursday!

-I'm going to the CIRCUS with my super cool bestest grandparents ever!!! Eeekk! :) They very muchly take my family on awesome random trips (We went to see BYU Ballroom last june!). Plus they are adorably sweet and very suportive. They've alreay told me they want to buy me something useful for college but I already have luggage so if you have any ideas, don't be afraid to comment them!

- I get to volunteer at my momma's school for the day! Her students are super sweet and they quickly love anyone and everyone! I haven't worked with them in a while so I'm excited to see them this week!

-It's my best fwiend's birthday on Friday and I get to give her my present! :) It is rediculously cute (and childish)!

This is a pretty productive week for.me! There's not usually this many highlights (I'm surprised that I didn't include napping in that list).

So what is my biggest pet peeve?
I really cannot even think of one!

But I really don't like :

-when people send me game requests on facebook or people that complain all the time (I actually unfriend those people)

- kids that want to grow up. I made that mistake and that's probably my biggest regret. Just enjoy a responsibility and stress free life! Remember when choosing what to get at the candy store was the most stressful thing ever? I miss that.

-people that don't like Disney (they are not in my good books)

- not feeling good enough. There is too much negativity and comparing in schools and in the world. We need to encourage and support people, even when they don't seem to need help.

And that's all I can think of for now! So what's your pet peeve?

Hope you have a great wednesday and always think positively (and also don't send me game requests!)

Love,

Reilly Michele

Monday, 7 April 2014

Day 7 - my dream job & why my parents are the best!

Dream job for me?

Is Disney movie watching a job?

[I'm being serious!]

I'd absolutely love to work in Disneyland! Or in any other Disney related workplace! But I know that won't be happening any time soon :'(

But I need to be realistic. Right now I'm focused on school, starting college {at the best university ever!} and preparing to serve a mission for me church.
I'm pretty jealous of all my mormon guy friends that don't have an awkward year in between finishing high school and going on a mission for my church but I'm sure I'll still have a great 19th year of life (which starts in 27 days people!!), even if it isn't dedicated to serving a full-time mission.

Oh boy do I get easily distracted!

So what is my real dream job?

Besides dreaming of working for the best company ever, and hoping to use my love for languages to inspire and help others [either whilst serving a mission or working as an elementary teacher in a foreign country (teaching English in Africa or working in an international school in Dubai would be amazing!)], one of my greatest aspirations is to be a mother.

Moms are the best teachers in the world! They nurture and teach their children in a way the word cannot. Parents truly are the best. My dad has taught me patience, finding happiness in random things,  80's trivia and given me a sense of humor (it still isn't as great as my dad's). My mom on the other hand has taught me all things I need to be a great mom. She has so much patience and optimism for me and my brothers. She's my best friend (other than Cumorah of course! Shout to you!).

In my church, we are taught the importance of families and love. I know that I am continually being prepared to be a great parent. The endless hours of babysitting, cooking, entertaining my brothers and working with others have helped me to develop the attributes needed to be a wonderful mother.

I am so excited to one day marry the man of my dreams (wherever he may be right now... hopefully the guy isn't stuck in a tree or something) and start a family!



I cannot wait to tell my kiddies all about their amazing grandparents and great-grandparents. I know I won't be doing this for many years to come but I cannot wait for the day where I get to start my fairy tale and follow my parent's example.

What's your dream job?


Never be afraid to follow your dreams because I you dream and work hard enough, they might just come true!

Best wishes,

Reilly Michele

Sunday, 6 April 2014

Day 6 - my last random act of kindness

This one is pretty tricky!
I love serving others and being kind, especially if it'll put a smile on someone's face or make their day better!
I'm not sure if tickle fights with my little brothers and giving them food of mine that I don't really want to share count as acts of kindness but I'd say they do!
I also bought ice cream for my friends on Friday (as I spoke about in a previous post.. my friends > your friends) which I would say is a pretty great act of random kindness! Who doesn't like free ice cream! (It was oreo ice cream as well!)
Now for the other side of the coin:
The last acts of random kindness that was done for me that I can think of are all of the little things my parents do for me.
My mom is constantly doing my chores for me (she is a dish washing fairy!) and my dad found a documentary about David Archuleta on ksl.com for me to watch with them as a family tonight (He's definitely the best dad ever!).
[By the way there were some awesome things on tv this weekend besides conference : a short making of Studio C documentary on byutv and a short super sweet documentary about David Archuleta and his call to serve on ksl.com so check them out!]
What's your last act of random kindness?
What's something someone has done for you that put a smile on your face?
I hope you've had a wonderful weekend and have found answers to your questions if you've been watching general conference (yet again check out my weekend so far blogpost).
Best wishes,
Reilly Michele

Sunday, 23 March 2014

Inspiration from Erica

Two posts in one day? That is a miracle for me! I've been wanting to blog so much for a while now but I've just been extremely busy :'( To the point where I've gotten myself sick from all the stress (=not good). But I love blogging!! So here goes post #2

My favourite blogger ever called Erica did a Q&A blogpost and she's invited her readers to answer her questions, too! Yay!
First of all Erica is actually one of the main reasons I started blogging. And she doesn't even know who I am (which is the freakiest thing ever so I do apoligise to Erica if she is reading this...i'd be a little freaked out myself if some random girl halfway accross the globe were blogging about me...so please don't think I'm crazy).

The reason I even know about Erica is because of my dream come true school BYU. [I don't think I've mentioned the fact that I GOT ACCEPTED!!! But I've endlessly been bouncing off the walls and getting emotional every since I got the news]

Since I live over here in the UK, I haven't had the opportunity to visit BYU. Luckily this awesome girl blogged all about her tours of BYU and BYU-I and I was able to 'visit' BYU with her.

I absolutely adore her blog! It's so inspirational! I have so much fun reading all about her adventures at the Y and all the fun that she has. I am extremely excited to attend BYU in the Fall and have my own experiences to blog about! She's inspired me to put  all my adventures into words and share them with my friends, family and followers. So thank you Erica for igniting my passion for blogging and keeping me pumped for BYU.

Now on to answering her questions..

1. Dream vacation?
A vacation is good enough for me! I do love exploring new places and discovering new things so I would love any kind of adventure holiday as long as some relaxing and sunshine was included.

2. Favorite hobby?
Does napping count? Naps are keeping me alive these days! I can't believe I used to hate them as a child. How foolish of me!
I do love to cook. I love making new things, trying new recipes and making meals for others. Maybe that's why I love hosting dinner parties, assigning recipes for the guests to make and having a fabulous time with the people I love.
Apart from that I also love photography. Capturing perfect moments it the best thing ever! I also love taking pictures of trees and nature. Oh I just love too many things!

3. What would you do with $10,000?
Hmm this one is tricky. How far would that go these days? I think i'd give it to my parents. They have done to much for me in my life and I am so grateful for them! If it was more money, I'd buy them their dream home. I hope they'd spend it wisely, maybe go on a wonderful cruise? Oooh second thought: I'd take my family and best friend on a Disney cruise!!!!! That's totally the best way to spend all of that dough.

4. If you could do ANYTHING {do anything, go anywhere, meet anyone...} what would it be?
Oh deary me! This one is hard as well. Could I travel around the world please (and cross a few things off my bucket list on my way round)? But only after I've met my prince and we're happily married. That would be the awesomest honeymoon ever! And yes I dream big :)

5. What frustrates you?
I'm frustrated when things don't go my way. But I learn from them. I know that there's a reason they didn't happen or other things happened instead and I deal with it. Life wasn't meant to be perfect so why do we try to make it seem that way?
I'm also frustrated by mean people. Why do people have to be so mean? We all know how hard it is to feel happy and confident and yet we tear eachother down. I think it's important to try to uplift and make a difference. We need to be positive in a world of negativity.

6. Why do you blog?
I blog because I love it. I blog simply because it's something I enjoy. I really love reading uplifting blogs and reading all the adventures people have. So why not start documenting my own in a twenty first century way?

7. Favorite movie? Book? Song?
Anything Disney! I am such a Disney fanatic! I absolutely love Disney movies because they are so heart warming! They remind me of my sweet childhood. They are the movies I can watch with my parents and little brothers over and over again and know that we will all enjoy.
My other favourite movies are Shirley Temple movies. She never ceases to put a smile on my face and I've dreamed of meeting her in person. Now that this dream is not possible due to Shirley's passing, I appreciate her talent even more. I think everyone should watch at least one Shirley Temple movie before they die. I love and recommend Heidi and the little princess the most since they are the books I loved as a little girl.

8. What is a little-known fact about yourself?
I collect postcards. My collection isn't very big at the moment but I hope it will grow. I've just started picking up a postcard from places I have visited. So far I have some from London, Paris, Hadrian's wall, Arizona and Tunisia. I really do regret not picking up postcards from other places I've been so don't hesitate to send me one!

9. Favorite picture?
Oh I couldn't ever pick just one! I'm very indecisive if you haven't already noticed. I adore the pictures of me as a little kid in Arizona. I have the biggest grin on my face in some of them and seem not to have a care in the world. I really miss that feeling! My mom used to make me the cutest little outfits to wear as a tot and someday I hope that I can do the same thing for my little ones (especially if I have a little girl). Also any picture of my family is a favourite of mine. They mean the world to me and I love seeing the fun we have together.

10. Are you shy or outgoing?
I am both sides of the coin. Most people will say that I'm outgoing but I sure can be shy when I want to be.

11. What do you think of your hometown?
What is my hometown? I don't really remember my birthtown or any of my life spent in the states and yet I feel like an alien here in England although i'm brittish and american. (I know I'm confused myself)
I do love the town I grew up in in Germany. That place was wonderful! I lived in a great not-so-small town that was near enough in the country although it was only a 30 minute drive from the big city of Frankfurt. All my friends lived nearby and my high school was only accross the street. Everyone was extremely friendly, greeting eachother with 'Guten Tag' as they passed even if they were complete strangers. We would walk three streets down on a sundat afternoon and be in beautifully coloured fields. Although we were seen as the loud foreign family and I didn t know this at the time, I had an ideallic childhood spent in a majestical place. I think I could write an entire essay all about it. (Another blogpost idea?)

Wow? That was a lot longer than I expected! I'd love to read your anwers to the same questions.
Just remember to love the little things and make endless memories.
Love,
Reilly Michele