It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

With only 45 days left until Christmas Eve, I for one am getting super excited about the holiday season. This year is tinged with nostalgia for me because it will be my last Christmas at home before I leave for university. I feel like it's extra important to go all out preparing for the holiday, and to take in all the little community events I won't be at home for next year.

That being said, I've naturally started scoping out all the Christmas programming available. Ergo, the reason behind this post.

Here is the  ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas Schedule , compliments of The Frugal Navy Wife. This is the list of Christmas shows and movies they'll be showing, starting on December 1st!

Showcase Television channel has also started showing Christmas movies, and will continue or I do so every Sunday afternoon throughout the holiday season. Tomorrow, November 9th, they'll be showing Arthur Christmas (to make you laugh) , Jack Frost (to simultaneously invoke laughter and hysterical sobbing), and Disney's A Christmas Carol (because Jim Carey is always a good idea). I know I have my plans for tomorrow figured out!

Also, for the other unfortunate people who only have access to Canadian Netflix, our list of Christmas movies to choose from is short, but How the Grinch Stole Christmas has recently been made available (10 points to Canadian Netflix!)

That's about all I wanted to say in this post, I hope everyone else is starting to get into the holiday spirit as well. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for reading! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!: 10 Things I'm Grateful For

In honour of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday (October 13 here in Canada), I'd like to share with you my list of 10 things I'm grateful for:

1. My awesome parents, who support me no matter what, and always try their best to give me what I want (and usually succeed).

2. My incredible boyfriend, who never lets me down and is always there for me no matter what. He also makes me a priority and will do just about anything to make me happy. 

3. Being born in Canada, where I get a free basic education, freedom to be who I am and express my opinions. 

4. My friends. One in particular who's been there as long as I can remember and who always manages to give me a good laugh. Being in my last year of high school I'm starting to see who my real friends are and who I was just a convenience to...much as I look forward to going off to uni and meeting some new friends, there's definitely a couple I'll be sad to leave.

5. Netflix, because what else does one do with the occasional pocket of spare time in their schedule? Why, binge-watch House or Once Upon a Time, of course. I do wish though that we got the same shows in Canada as they do in America :( #WhyCan'tIHaveCriminalMindsToo?

6. Chocolate, aka the physical and edible form of all things holy. 

7. Tweezers, because without killer eyebrows you have nothing. I don't know where I'd be without mine, and I have no desire to find out.

8. Peanut Butter, the food by which I prefer to sustain myself. No further explanation shall be given or should be necessary.

9. Little kids, because what is cuter than an innocent little kid who just trusts and loves you unconditionally, even if you just taught then swimming or skiing lessons or they see you at the grocery store? I babysit pretty frequently and while kids can definitely be a challenge they say the darnedest things and I always leave with a smile on my face. 

10. My health; As of yet I've been very lucky with my health. I have friends who've been diagnosed with everything from anxiety to appendicitis to diabetes and we're only 17. So far, so good, for me and though I often take that for granted I have been very blessed.

This is just a short, somewhat satirical list of things in my life that I'm grateful for, which obviously could be made into a much much longer post. 

I'd love to hear about the things you all are grateful for this season in the comments below! 

Thanks so much for reading, and to my fellow Canadians, Happy Thanksgiving! :)

Hi there!

I'm a 17 year old high school senior from Canada.

I enjoy reading, baking, swimming, volunteering, travelling, trying delicious food and drinks, spending time with my wonderful boyfriend, watching movies, painting, writing, learning to speak French, and the occasional Netflix marathon. Oh, and more importantly, I like to document my life in photos.

Enter the purpose of this blog - to document my life and share the things that interest or inspire me with other people. Here you will likely find book reviews, recipes, things I read about online, photography, DIY projects,school and graduation related posts, as well as a plethora of other random posts.

In other news, I am a nationally certified lifeguard, an Honours student, and I am hoping to go to Nursing School starting Fall of 2015. Eventually, I hope to become a doctor, but nursing will be a stepping stone along the way.

I'm looking forward to getting this blog up and running, meeting new people, and hopefully, through this process, motivating myself to pursue my interests more regularly.