Category: Lifestyle

Christmas Game Tournament

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Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. For Christmas Eve, my family all gets together at my Grandma’s house to celebrate. Usually we hang out for a bit, eat dinner, do secret Santa, and leave. I felt like we needed to mix things up and interact more so this year I created the Christmas Game Tournament and let me tell you, it was a BLAST! I’ve outlined all the games and included pictures. Everyone had so much fun working together as teams to win. The teams were randomly drawn out of a hat so the families were all kinds of mixed up, which worked perfectly.

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New Year’s Goals

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I’m big on goal setting – it’s the enneagram Type 3 in me (No clue what I’m talking about? Take the quiz and find out what type you are). So naturally, I really get into the goal-setting mood as January 1st approaches. I decided to share the goals I set (I prefer goals to resolutions) at the start of 2019 and whether or not I achieved them. At the end I included my goals for 2020 – tbd on what I actually manage to achieve this coming year! Continue reading →

25 Days of Christmas Movies

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I love all things Christmas – especially Christmas movies! Between Netflix, Hallmark, Lifetime, Freeform, and so many more, there is always a surplus of Christmas movies new and old every holiday season. This year, I’m making it my goal to watch (at least) one Christmas movie a day from December 1st to the 25th. Here, I’m going to keep a running list of every movie and my thoughts on it as I go. Continue reading →

Favorite Game Day Outfits

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The best part of summer coming to an end is that college football is right around the corner! I’ve been a season ticket holder for Gator football games since the day I was born, so I’ve been to quite a few game days. One of my favorite parts of Saturdays in the fall is picking out the perfect game day outfit to show my school spirit! Here are a few of my favorites for any type of football game you may go to. Continue reading →

My Story of Losing

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I wrote a blog post (linked here) for a class assignment a few years ago on how I’ve lost far more pageants than I’ve ever won and what all I’ve learned from that journey. That original post was written right after I won Miss DeSoto Heritage 2017, so it ended on a high note. Recently, for a different class assignment, we had to write a personal story as a book. I loved My Story of Losing so much I decided to use it. However, the story had more to it in the 2 years since I’d written the original. So here for everyone’s pleasure, is the updated version of My Story of Losing. Enjoy! Continue reading →

Finally Reaching the Pure Barre 100 Club

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In Pure Barre there are “clubs.” More specifically, the 100, 250, 500, 750, and 1,000 clubs. To reach the 100 club, you have to take 100 Pure Barre classes. To reach 250, you have to take 250 classes, you get the idea. I finally – two weeks before my 1 year Pure Barre anniversary – reached the 100 club! It was not an easy road at all, but it was so freaking rewarding! Continue reading →

My Experience as a Jadelynn Brooke Brand Rep

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As I’m sure you’re very aware if you follow me on any form of social media, I’ve been a Jadelynn Brooke college rep since my freshman year at UF – 8 whole semesters! Rep applications for both college and high school are now open and will close Tuesday 8/2 so I wanted to tell a little about what it’s like to be a Jadelynn Brooke rep for those who may be interested in applying themselves. Continue reading →

Pocket-Sized Disney Essentials

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One of the absolute worst parts of going to Disney is the bag check. The lines are so long and crowded. Every time I go through bag check, I gaze longingly at the deserted Guests Without Bags gate that only boyfriends and dads ever seem to go through. I decided to do something about that and challenged myself to do a day at Disney without a bag – no purse, no backpack, not even a fanny pack. Continue reading →

Dive into Reading

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As you all know, I love to read. So when I heard about a mentor program called Dive into Reading through Anna Maria Oyster Bar where volunteers work with students on their manners and social skills, as well as their reading, I signed up immediately. I partook in the program as a mentor the summer of 2017 and just signed up to do it again this June! Here’s all the information you need in case you want to volunteer this summer too.

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Disney in a Boot

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I had the misfortune of breaking my foot two weeks before I was supposed to spend my birthday weekend at Disney, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me! In fact, I spent the Wednesday before my birthday weekend at Disney too. Thanks to Grandma’s wheelchair and some very generous people pushing me, I was able to enjoy Disney as if I were walking around instead of rolling. Continue reading →