It's-Never-Too-Late Update!

     I remember thinking on my last day of high school as a freshman that I was going to blog throughout the entire summer.  I was going to make a large fun summer bucket list, do adventurous activities everyday, and share it all on my blog along the way.  As you may have noticed, this "goal" of mine has not been accomplished.  Now, with only a few weeks left of summer, I am very much regretting my failed attempts to blog this summer.  BUT after several months of a break from blogging, my mind is finally in the mood to be creative!  In these last few weeks leading back to school, I will be sharing with you some of the "adventures" I've been able to have this summer and art projects I've been working on.  At the beginning of the summer, I wanted to do a Q & A and perhaps a room tour?  Honestly, I'm not going to let school get in the way of letting me blog so I'm still going to achieve all of the goals I made back in May.  With that said, you now have some posts to look forward to (at least I hope you're looking forward to them)!  I should have one of my posts up tonight unless I decide to venture out of my room and actually socialize with people at a party... See ya later!

xoxo,                    

Sarah                

The Wedding Bells Have Rung

A month ago from today, Mackenzie Buscher became Mackenzie Bertke.  The wedding was beautiful and beyond perfection.  

The Mass.

The Bride and Groom

The Whole Wedding Party

The Bridesmaids!

We're so happy to be sisters!

The Groomsmen!

Flawless <3

The Bouquet Toss

It's time to party!

The Reception

The Wedding Cake

     I still can't believe it's over after nearly 2 years of preparation for The Big Day.  Today, Andrew and Mackenzie are happily living in a big farm house with their three dogs and one sassy kitten.  They are approximately only fifteen minutes away and neighbors to my best friend so we see each other often (thank goodness!).

     With the amount of pictures I have received from the wedding, I have only showed you a small amount of what I have but I did post most of them on Google+.  I will leave the link down below if you want to view all of them... you really should because some of them are very funny and beautiful and there are also pictures of the decorations from the wedding reception.

Link

I Don't Dance

"I'll never settle down

That's what I always thought

I was that kind of man 

Just ask anyone

I don't dance"

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I have been listening to this song non-stop for the last two days.  Makes you want to fall in love and get married, doesn't it?

xoxo,                            

Sarah                        

The Sunshine Award

Thank you so much, Madeline for nominating me in the Sunshine Award!

Rules:

* Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog.

* Answer the questions they asked you.

* Nominate other bloggers.

* Give them a list of questions.

* Let them know that they have been nominated.

* The Sunshine Award button must be on your blog post.

Madeline's Questions:

What story are you currently writing?

Answer:  I consider it to be more than just a story because I've always had the same vision of it in my head.  My dream is to turn it into a published series one day.  As to the actual story, I'm not ready to reveal it to the world yet so you'll have to wait a little longer ;) But I will tell you that it's about a seventeen year old girl named Alexandra. 

Favorite music at the moment?

Answer:  Well, One Direction of course!  No, but actually I've been really into deep emotional music, lately.  I find it very inspirational.

Type of tea?

Answer:  I've always disliked tea but recently, my mom found a peppermint tea and it's not too bad.  I'm kind of addicted to it to be honest.

If somebody offered to buy you a plane ticket to wherever you wanted to go, where would you choose?

Answer:  Since there are far too many places I want to visit in the world, I pick Hogwarts.  I mean it's possible, right?

Are you a neat and tidy or messy and disorganized person?

Answer:  I'm messy but organized.  Ya, I'm strange. ;)

Favorite Disney Princess?

Answer:  Ever since I was a little girl, I've always loved Belle. <3

If you could bring back a dead fictional character, who would it be?

Answer:  NO! I was hoping this question would never come! *goes into deep thought for several minutes*

(For those who have not read TFIOS and Divergent, move on.  For those who have, drag your mouse over the black "box".)

Augustus or Tris? AH, THIS IS KILLING ME!  *ten minutes later*  I'm going to have to choose Tris just because I still don't understand why she had to die.  I think I can somewhat accept Augustus's death just because Hazal, most likely, died from her cancer shortly after Augustus so I'm sure they're both happily together in heaven.

The One or City of Heavenly Fire?

Answer:  City of Heavenly Fire!!!  The end of the month can't get here fast enough!  Who will survive?

  I haven't gotten around to reading The Selection YET...  : P 

You have to destroy all your books but one.  Which one is it?

Answer:  I'm going to be honest here.  Madeline, you sure do know how to torture a reading-addict.  I would save...TFIOS! I love it too much.  Destroying it would be the death of me.

Which book would you want to live in? 

Answer:  I could see myself in any of The Mortal Instruments books.  I mean ya, it would be creepy with all the demons but if I grew up with training as a Shadowhunter, it wouldn't be all that bad.  I mean, Idris sounds pretty awesome.

I Nominate:

Lila from Creative Thinking

Mackenzie from think. eat. write. read.

Neeli from A World of Randomness

Lizzie from Castle in the Air

And to make it fun, the first person to comment "I volunteer as tribute!" on this post.

My Questions:

Do you have a role model? If so, who? 

When you get married someday, would you want a small or large family?

Are you going to make a summer bucket list this year?

Earth or the story world you've written and created in your head?

What do you want to do and achieve in your life?

Fair or an amusement park?

Are you adventurous?

How tall are you?

Favorite store to shop at?

Tobias Eaton,  Jace Wayland,  Edward Cullen, Peeta Mellark, or Augustus Waters?  You must marry one, cliff (kill) one, kiss one, one must be your child, and one must be your best friend.  Now choose!  (And if you haven't heard of these characters, 'Do you wear makeup?  If so, what kind?')

     Well those were kind of random, Sarah.  Yes, I know.

     Thank you again, Madeline for tagging me!  I really enjoyed answering your question (even though some of them I really struggled with...it's okay.  I forgive you!) 

  xoxo,                          

                     Sarah                     

To-Be-Read Jar

     I don't know about you, but my TBR (To Be Read) book list is HUGE.  Being the booklion that I am, I want to read and get my hands on every good book out there.  There's just one problem: I never know what book or series to start reading next because I'm equally excited to read all of them.  But don't worry, there's a solution!  I'd like to introduce you to the TBR Jar!

     
Items needed:

• A jar with or without a lid 
• Paper
• Scissors 
• Pen
• Glitter (optional)
• A Goodreads account or a list of books you want to read

Step One:  With the scissors, cut your piece of paper into slivers about a half an inch wide each.  

Step Two:  With your pen, on each slip of paper write the name and author of a book you want to read.  (For a series, only write the first book in the series.) 

Step Three:  When finished writing the slips of paper, place them in the jar.  You can fold them, turn them into little oragami stars, or not fold them, etc. 

Step Four (optional):  Sprinkle glitter into the jar.

     Now every time you want to read a new book, just stick your hand into your TBR jar and grab a single slip inside, read it, and TA DA! You know what book to read next!  It's pretty genius if you ask me...

xoxo,                 

Sarah              

This Or That?

Tag, you're it! 

I have been tagged by my dear friend, Neeli to do the This Or That tag. Oh, and psst, you should go follow her blog! 

Rules: Answer the questions given to you, give the people you nominate the same questions, nominate three people and let them know they've been tagged. (You don't have to do this tag if you don't want to)

Neeli's question's :

Hair up or down?

Answer:  It usually depends on what I'm doing.  If I'm out having fun, it's down. If I'm working or just sitting around at home, it's up.

Dessert or fruit?

Answer: Ha! Since I'm allergic to most desserts, fruit! 

Dress or shirt and sweatpants?

Answer: How about a t-shirt and skinny jeans? 

One Direction or Jonas Brothers?

Answer: Oh gosh, if you've seen my bedroom walls, you'd know that I'm 100% One Direction!

Radio or iPod?

Answer: I guess my iPod...it's depends on what mood I'm in.

Sleepover at your house or at a friend's house?
Answer: It depends on whose house I'm going to but usually the friend's house is always more fun. :)

Cookies or apples?
Answer: Cookies! Because apples are a pain in the butt to eat with braces.

Playing cards or painting? Answer: Painting.

In a board game, would you rather be a green or a white piece?
Answer: Green but if there was red, I'd choose red.

I tag:

Miss Perfection (aka Lila)

Mackenzie

Jessica

xoxo,                                

Sarah