Cassi's Fall Bucket List

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1. Enjoy not having snow on the ground.

2. Enjoy pumpkin spice everything.  Yes, I've waited until October.  No, I don't think it is right the PSL started in September.

3. Spend quality time with family for Thanksgiving.

4. Carve a pumpkin.  (and bake pumpkin seeds of course)

5. Rake leaves.  

6. Drive a ton.

Pretty simple, huh?

Cassi

My Week

Monday it snowed.  We got a lot more than this and I wound up actually shoveling.

Tuesday I made this gift tag from a magazine page.  It goes with all my envelopes! :)

The back

Picked up Allegiant on Tuesday.  Only about half-way through it, but I just read some on Wednesday.

Went shopping on Wednesday.  These are a few of our interesting(?) finds.   This was at Charlotte Russe.  It sparkles.

Ohh good.  Just the kind of leggings I was looking for??

Hot.

I helped make bread on Wednesday night, late into Thursday morning.

Thursday we actually cooked the dough.  These were cornbread muffins,

These were cranberry-wheat rolls,

Sweet potato rolls,

This is all bread (with the exception of the pumpkins)

The kitchen after I finished cleaning this morning.

How was your week and your holiday?  If you're shopping today, stay safe!  Katie is currently in Florida, but look forward to an update and some stories from her when she gets back. :)

-Cassi

October Goals

• Blog every day in October (I've never done this for any other month, but so far it is going surprisingly well!) Success!  I wound up posting 39 times in October!
• Stay on track, if not ahead for school Success!  Not behind at all!
• Finally break in my pointe shoes This still hasn't happened, but they're starting to die, so I'm thinking it isn't possible.  Thankfully I'm going in for a fitting soon!
• Actually paint my nails (or at least my toe nails) Success! I painted my nails twice but they're back to plain because I took the nail polish off.  Whoops
• Wake up at 7:30-8ish regularly, if not earlier Success! This happened during the week, but I was up around 6 on the weekends. . .
• Start writing more Didn't really happen
• Continue writing down my 'Top 5' for each day before I go to bed Yeah, this didn't happen
• Send an awesome letter for this month's Post Exchange! Success!  Well, I think so!  I haven't heard back from Jillian at all!
• Finally figure out a good layout for my blog I don't even know what I want anymore!

Sorry it's so late!
-Cassi

October in Pictures

-Cassi

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Have you already started thinking about what you want for Christmas?  I hadn't until I started getting asked! Can you believe it?  It's still October!  So here are some of the things I asked for.  I know a lot of them are shorts and tank tops and such, but I really dress for dance most of the time!

When it is Okay to Start Listening to Christmas Music (& When You Should Stop)

Hey guys!  Usually, I schedule my posts.  That's why most of them go up at 6am CST.  I have been exceptionally lazy recently and haven't so there's that.  It is kind of driving me crazy though.  Since one of my October goals was to blog every day for the entire month, it has been pretty hard to come up with something to blog about every day.  I think a lot of the content I've been giving you really isn't all that great.  DON'T WORRY.  In November, I will go back to posting less frequently, but still around 3 times a week!

Five Little Grins #3

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It's already week 3 of 5 Little Grins!  Can you believe it?  I can't!  Just in case this is your first week, here's what it's all about.  Generally Mondays are considered pretty sucky right?  Well, let's change that.  Instead of focusing on what sucks about Monday, we'll talk about what made us smile throughout the rest of the week, to start the week on a positive note!

The Rules!  (These are really just kind suggestions)

1. Follow your hosts: Cassandra, Raewyn, and Paulina!

2. Link up your post that includes 5-ish things that made you smile in the past week

3. Comment after you link up

4. Go visit some other blogs and make some friends!

5. Have fun, and don't forget to smile!!

My 5 Little Grins from this week include. . .

1. Carving pumpkins

2. Eating pumpkin pie a la mode with my cousin, CJ.

3. Joining art club

4. Winning Steve* at school

5. Going to the Halloween dance at my school.

*Steve is a pumpkin

-Katie

November Reader Survey

7 Deadly Sins Link-Up

Happy Friday everyone!  Today I'm linking up with Shane.

 

seven great things in your life.

1. Supportive family

2. Few friends, but the ones I have are always there when I need them

3. This blog's growth

4. The ability to take as many dance classes as I do

5. Being able to do school online instead of having to go to public school

6. Artistic talent

7.  Baking abilities

seven things you lack and covet.

1. Time

2. Flexibility

3. Clear skin

4. Sewing skills

5. 20/20 vision

6. Patience
7. Writing skills

seven things that make you angry.

1. People who try to one-up everyone

2. People who text and drive (at least when I am there because I will gladly type it for you, otherwise you can wait until we get to a stop sign seriously)

3.  When I actually watch a show live and have to sit through commercials
4. When someone doesn't know the difference between their/ there/ they're

5.-7.  I really don't have anymore

seven things that you neglect to do.

1. Answer texts

2. Thoroughly study before tests

3. Eat dinner

4. Stretch

5. Clean

6.  Put laundry away

7.  Sew my pointe shoes before the day I'm going to need them

seven worldly material desires.

1.  New leotards

2.  Pointe shoes I can actually break in

3.  Allegiant- I'm 20 on the list at the library

4.  That's about it actually

seven guilty pleasures.

1. Netflix

2. Tea

3. Chocolate

4.  Sleeping in

5.  Raw cookie dough

6.  Tumblr

7.  Ravioli

seven things you love about love.

1.  I don't know dude

-Cassi

NYC New York Color Big Bold Plumping and Shine Lip Gloss

So I got my Varsity VoxBox from Influenster a little bit ago.  (You can see everything I got here).  Sadly, I've bee a little bit behind, so I'm just now putting up the reviews!  This post is picture heavy.

10 "Don'ts" for Halloween

DO NOT

1. Kill any pets.  If you see that someone’s black cat got loose, let it be unless you intend to return it to its owner.

2. Smash or set fire to other people’s pumpkins

3. TP people’s houses if they aren’t handing out candy/ decorated

4. TP people’s houses if there are handing out candy/ decorated

5. Shame people for the costumes they’re wearing

6. Shame people for wearing/ not wearing costumes

7. STEAL CANDY FROM CHILDREN

8. Make kids cry

9. Be unlawful

10. Be an asshole

You also shouldn't forget to link-up your 5 Little Grins with us this week!  Plus, enter our giveaway for the chance to win some awesome prizes!

-Cassi

Moving Home (AKA A Huge Pain in the Ass)

We slept at home for the first time since May last night.

That probably doesn't seem like a huge deal.  It really was, though.  Yesterday, in the afternoon, we took a few car loads of stuff back and forth.

I think it is a lot worse to move home from the boat, than to move out there.  Just because we have so much stuff put away in different areas since all the storage space is mostly hidden and out of the way. Plus, when you're living somewhere 7 months out of the year, you generally have more clothing and such there.  Luckily, I can leave my swimsuits, shorts, and some tank tops out there.

This means, though, that a lot of my posts will be shorter while we are still working on getting everything put away.  My Influenster reviews will be out soon though, so be on the look out for those! Don't forget to link up with Raewyn, Paulina, and I here!

-Cassi

My Weekend

We tested water at the beach on Friday!  One of the women down at the marina 'adopted' them so now she records some different tests twice a year.

Katie and I drew an interesting picture Saturday afternoon

Can we talk about Katie's hair for the wedding?   

 I thought this was super cute!

Umm chandelier?  haha

This cake was lemon and chocolate. . . 

The aftermath of letting Katie sit in our car with her glittery dress!

Dinghy pig pile!

-Cassi