Hair, hair, & more hair

Of all the things I have going on in my life, or the things I'd have going on in my life, one of my biggest concerns would still be my hair. I'll forever want to grow it out as long as I can without having to do anything. Unfortunately, doing nothing won't help when all I do is blow dry and straighten it. I, like many other girls out there, have done it all. Tried not blow drying it and straightening it. Tried the most expensive product of the moment. None of it has helped me in any way. After many years of searching, I came across one particular ingredient that I decided to try, just because it didn't spend much time, or spend all of my money. Coconut milk. I know it's normally meant for drinking or baking or even smoothies, but this is perfect for my hair. I don't know how anyone else would react to this, but my hair being thick and dead, it reacted well. When I started applying this to my hair about a month or less ago, my hair was completely destroyed and just above my boobs (excuse the language). Now my hair is nowhere near as dead was what it was then and about half an inch or more below my boob. It also made my hair super soft and in the shower when I brush my finders through my hair (if I don't do this then it's too tangled to do anything with afterwards) a lot less hair falls out. So, this is definitely a holy grail for me. The product I'll be trying is Mane n' Tail hair strengthener.

 

And this is me, trying coconut milk on my hair overnight for the first time. I'll let you know if it's better than what I normally do (one hour) which I believe it will be.

☼ Update: I tried for the first time last night to keep the coconut milk in my hair for an entire night and there wasn't that much of a difference. I didn't really get to notice though either. I didn't dry my hair like I normally do, I just put it in two braids. But as far as I can tell, no difference. Less hair loss is all.

Busy busy busy

I haven't exactly enjoyed my summer to the fullest this year, caused by the job that I'd gotten through my grandmother's help, and the fact I have two exams coming up next week, so I've been forcing myself to study. I feel super guilty though because the last two days I haven't studied at all. I know I should have but I can only do so much. I have to study today though. I only work five hours today, and as soon as I'm off, it's supper and studying! I really really really really really need to pass my exams. I need to get into MUN. I have no backup plan. It's this or nothing. Oh, and it gets better.. I haven't even looked at my Math book yet! I know I should but there's a lot more to Biology because you have to actually memorize it, whereas with math you can just do each and every one of the equations over a few times and you're good to go. All I know now is that I really have to stay up late at nights and study. Study more and longer.
I really do wish I had done more this summer. Haven't went swimming, haven't went camping, haven't done anything but study and work. Studying and working isn't exactly an ideal summer, especially the last summer you have before going from High school to University. I had expected to do much more. Luckily I'm finished work next week and my exams will have been written already that I will have at least two weeks to relax, swim if I want, do everything I want to do if I can. Spend more time with Cole, and hopefully convince my friends to go camping again! I really have to do at least one fun thing before the summer is over or I'll feel really crappy for awhile about not having done enough. I guess I wouldn't know what to try though. I kind of want to go to Golden Sands, but at the same time not so much. I really want to go camping with my friends again, I don't know where, but somewhere, and just stay up all night listening to music, roasting marshmallows, drinking, and doing all of that friend bonding we should be doing before we all go off and away and none of us are near each other anymore.

And this is the only picture I really took this summer, the only one worth sharing anyways. It's definitely the only 'selfie' I've taken this summer, possibly this year. Anyways, enjoy.

Lately

Just recently I have started a new way to go about my days. In the morning, when I first wake up, I usually tend to make a cup of green tea, and waiting for that to boil and cool, I grab a giant glass of water and depending on how I feel, I either sip or chug it. If it's sunny outside, I go out on the deck and drink my cup of green tea while taking in the heat that NL rarely sees. After my cup of tea, I turn on Netflix (if I don't have work) and watch about an hour or two of a TV show while on my computer, strolling through Tumblr or talking to Mister C if he is awake. If I have to work later on that day, I normally get ready as early as I can and feel like and then relax for a bit before having to go. If I don't have work, I do a mix of things. I sometimes stay out on the patio like I did in the morning, sipping on many green teas or lemonade. Other times, I do short sessions of yoga and stretching, depending on how I feel, I only do one or the either (usually if I'm sick). Lately I've been really focused on improving my posture, as it is awful and hurts my back. Ever since I've done things to help it, my back hasn't hurt nearly as much and I feel nicer, like I have added to something that should give me a bit of confidence. My evenings can go either way, depending on if I have work or not and if my parents have plans, if anyone is visiting (like now), and anything that could happen. Right now my aunt and uncle and two cousins are visiting from away and so the other night after work I went over to my other aunts house to have a BBQ supper and see them after such a long time. Tomorrow will be different too, because my father has caught some fish, and so my aunt and uncle and other family will be over for some food and drinks and I've decided to make a nice fruity punch to go along with it. Should be fun as it's supposed to be nice and sunny and warm!

Lately, both me and my mother, have really been into trying to stuff, especially homemade things, so below in one of the pictures are growing tomatoes! We have a small tomato plant out on our deck and we normally use them to put in our salads, but we decided last night or so that we would make a salsa dip with them, and can't wait to try it. I'll update you guys on that. We also made homemade tortilla chips for the dip. Let's hope they turn out well as well. As for the last photo, I'm really into trying new beauty products, whether they be homemade or not, and this one is definitely not, but it is perfect! I've only tried it twice now, last night and this morning, and whether it works for acne or not, I cannot say yet, but whether it does or doesn't, it does wonder for my complexion and it really moisturizes my face. Today though I noticed my zits weren't as noticeable either. Now, I shouldn't really test it out right now, as it's that time of the month soon and I tend to break out a small bit no matter what then, but so far they've only shrunk and no new ones have come out yet. I'll update you all on that product as well. I have another new product I tried today as well, also Aveeno (I love the brand, it does wonders for my skin normally). It's their bb cream tinted moisturizer in fair to light. So far, I adore it. I haven't been in the sun a whole lot today, as I've been busy at work and now it's fading, but so far I really like it. It's really light and nice and it doesn't feel like my skin is burning and I don't even notice that I have something on my face. It just still feels smooth and soft, with it covering some of the uneven parts of my face. So far this week is going by nicely and all the things I've tried (minus one mishap with my hair) have went swimmingly.

Summer!

It's been awhile since I've posted but here I am again, and sticking around I am! I've been having this really strong urge to make a post lately and get back into maintaining this blog correctly, as I should do, nearly daily. I know I don't have much of an interesting life but I will make it my duty to speak of all I can and take as many pictures as I can, because I feel I should be strongly dedicated to this blog! I will do all I can to focus more on you guys and making sure I keep this blog up to date and on the go! Summer has now made its way around which means I have a load of time to focus and write and take all the photos I desire. Summer is here and even if I must take supplementary exams (let's hope not), I will still try my hardest to keep up with this blog. So here it is, this me, Abbie Hodder, saying that I will now try to focus all of my time onto this blog, I will post more, I will show more photos, and I will show you guys the love you deserve.
Now, my next post will be tomorrow, and I can promise you that I will make it, as I will be more devoted into making posts. As for now, I will sleep. Good night to all.

Nothing really new

Honestly, I don't have much news to tell you guys but I have a few pictures of myself I guess I could show you. I felt bad about not posting anything but I don't have enough to actually post about. I'm starting to question why I have a blog, because I seriously do not have enough going on in my life to be posting, and I feel bad if I don't post at least once or twice a week...... 

Okay, so my hair is in this kind of like messy bun thing and don't mind my silly faces, but I got super fun and taking these pictures made me giggle a bit so. That's all for this time, I'll try and have something more for next time!!

Disappearing

I know it seems that I haven't been invested in this blog lately but trust me I am, I just had a lot going on, a lot of moving around, and I just haven't been home long enough to sit down at the computer and write. No, I have not disappeared off of the face of the Earth, I am here, I am back, and I am ready to write! 

Alright, I guess I will start off with the more recent of activities that has caused me to lack in writing on this blog, and possibly one of the biggest reasons why. About two weeks ago my parents left Canada to go to Cuba, and me still being in Canada, they couldn't talk to me. Normally I have no problem being alone, I mean I was pretty okay up until I watched a few horror movies. I watched some because my friends made me, and the other I knew I liked but still got a bit frightened at. I could have easily stayed home by myself and gotten over it within a day or less, but I got sooky towards my boyfriend and his mom offered a place to stay, and so I ended up there. I didn't mean to stay any longer than one night because I only packed enough for that amount of time, but it kind of looks like I moved into his bedroom now. I've kicked him out into the spare room, and took over his bedroom. So I've been here the last four or five nights now and my parents are finally back from Cuba, so I'm going back home today and just ready to relax a bit. The reason I couldn't post is because not planning on being here any longer than one night means I brought all the minimal essentials, and that means no computer. I ended up bringing it up afterwards but there is no good plug-ins in my boyfriends bedroom, none that isn't being used anyways. I managed to charge it though and here I am.

Another reason why I couldn't really post here is because last weekend, Saturday night to be more specific, I had a small party and clearly had no time to get on a computer for anything. Friday I was asleep at like eight o'clock, and all Saturday I needed to clean the house for people that were coming over, then clean up myself and get ready for an awesome time, then Sunday I still had a few people over and we were spending the entire time cleaning the house. Plus, if you drink a bit or have a party and stay up late, you know you don't want to do anything that involves getting up, unless absolutely necessary. 

Besides all that I've had a load of homework that needed to be done, not saying that I'm done now because it keeps getting piled up on me, but I have more time now to actually post something, and I'll be doing my homework later on, as it is the morning. So, here's a few pictures of the St.Patrick's party, of my awesome new substitute teacher, and of my new art project that looks really bad right now.

First tattoo

I'm working on the first tattoo I plan on getting either at the end of this year (because I turn eighteen in October) or the beginning of next year. I actually might wait until my dad's birthday because the tattoo I'm getting is dedicated to him. I'm obviously going to get him something as a birthday gift but it might go along with it, sort of, in a way. I'm not exactly sure what it's going to be yet, I am slowly working up an idea. I have one thing I printed off that I liked online, and it has a quote saying "He loved me first, and stole the key to my heart" and I'm not sure if I'm going to keep that or not, and under the quote it says "Daddy's Little Girl." No matter what I get it's not going to say that. It will have "Daddy's Little One" instead because as far as I can remember he's been calling me "little one" because I'm his youngest daughter so it seems at least a bit more personal. I have no idea what he's going to think about it, especially because he hates tattoos usually, he hardly nodded when he saw my sisters last tattoo she got, but he might have more of a reaction where it's for him. I'm excited to get it because I've wanted to get one for him for the longest time now, and now I can go away to town for a few months, and come back with a tattoo that no one knows about. I'm really in the mood to draw it all up and make it how I want it to look but at the same time I feel like I lack the actual talent at the moment. Has anyone ever felt like that? Like you can usually draw pretty decent, then just one night every now and then you can't really draw as proper as you usually do? Yeah that's me tonight. 

These are the two that I liked when I searched up "Daddy's Little Girl" tattoos and I'm leaning more towards the second one. I printed it off for now and decided to just look off it as a guide because I want to add my own stuff to it. The quote might not even stay there, I haven't decided if I really do want that on my body or not but if I don't then I'm just going to go with the first picture because all that'll be left is "Daddy's Little One" and the locket would have no point. We'll see.

Not so eventful, but eventful for me

Alright so, this isn't so interesting compared to what you guys go through because you have more of a life than I do, but I really feel the need to make a new post, plus, it's somewhat eventful for me, because I have no life. My life revolves around books, books, and more books. Okay, so here goes. 

Okay for about two weeks now I haven't been sleeping well, not really sure why but I assume the constant studying is certainly a contribution. Anyways, I'm running on about 12 hours of sleep within those two weeks and to stay awake during classes I started drinking coffee, at first I thought it was awful, but now I like it so coffee has become my best friend just like my cousin said. I also missed my biology test because I didn't sleep the night before, and my dad came out into the kitchen the next morning, I was passed out on the floor with a cup of coffee in my hand almost falling over. He asked me what was wrong, and I guess because I was so tired, I started to ball. I was crying my eyes out and I don't even know why. Afterwards, he told me to just go back to bed and even after telling him I had a test he still convinced me to go to sleep. I slept for about three hours and woke up again. Another "interesting" event that managed to happen this week is that I somehow got an eye infection, in both eyes, and I know it wasn't pink eye because I've had that before and this was just totally different. I thought it went away but it came back again just a few hours ago, except it's bad in my left eye, when it was bad in my right eye last time. On top of this horrible infection that causes 50% blindness in each eye and my eyes to stick together, I ended up catching the flu worse than I have in years. So it was a double wammy. But wait, that's not all. After getting just this horrible head cold, I ended up getting stomach sick.... yes, I am giving a glare face to the world right now. Triple wammy! I had to stay home for two days, well, one we had a snow day but I was going to stay home anyways so it doesn't change anything. This horrible pain is really interrupting my study time. 

So, I'm pretty sure you can see the red in my eyes, but in all seriousness, they were a lot worse than that! They just look pink in the pictures but they were honestly red as blood. I am not joking. And it's all full of pus. Not fun. It's horrible actually. But yeah, those are my eyes. 

It's time to buckle up.

Well, it's one of two most dreadful times of the year for all those in high school : Midterm time. I probably haven't been studying as hard as I should be but I spent five hours yesterday studying for biology and four hours the night before studying for biology. And tonight I think I spent.. well, I'm not exactly sure how long I studied second level math for, but it was at least an hour. My exams start on the twenty-seventh of this month so I still have a little while. But I do believe I have to get hard at it. I know a lot of people don't even put it half of what I have already but I really need to study because this is my last year and I really need to do good and it actually means a lot to me. Never in a million years did I think I'd be where I am today. Not ever did I think I would apply to Mun and get accepted (temporarily for now). I am so glad that I am where I am though. Right now, I may be going through sleepless nights and it may seem like a long stressful life but I know it'll all pay off in the end. That's why I really have to study. I feel like all of the studying in the world isn't enough studying right now. I have two math exams, one English exam, and one biology exam. Biology has a lot to it, and math is just hard in general, let alone having two math courses to do. I have to try really hard not to mix the two up. And starting tomorrow it seems I'm going to have to stay up extra extra late to study so I can get everything done and actually know it and understand it. I feel really bad not studying longer than I did tonight but I also really really don't want to but I can also say "I studied last night" tomorrow, and I know majority of the school can't say that truthfully so it's eh.

This is my baby boy, Misty (I call him Mist for short), trying to stop me from studying. This was the other night, where I was studying for five hours straight and he kept bugging me and bugging me. I gave him food and drinks and asked him if he wanted to go outside but noooooo, he just wanted me to give him attention by sitting on my books! God love the poor old kitty.

Sorry..

I really do apologize for not posting nearly as much as I'd like to but with school starting up I have been super busy, and I've been extremely sick for the last few days. The worse part is my head because I have a splitting migraine and no amount or no type of medication can help it. I try to do stuff and I would really like to get things done but it's just so hard to move and write and sit up when your head aches each time you move or focus hard on something and I seriously need focusing when it comes to biology or math. What I'm trying to say is, I probably won't be very active until after midterms which is after January, but I'll try my best because this blog still means a lot to me!

One year!

Today is the day that I've been with my boyfriend for a year. It was year at 1:05 PM to be exact. I'm so happy and so grateful to have someone who cares about me just as much as I care about him. The last year we have been through quite a bit of stuff. Some of those things were amazing, and some not so amazing. But no matter what, we made it to where we are and that makes me so happy. I'm so glad to be able to brag about one of those amazing people in the world being my boyfriend. Honestly, we didn't do anything very special for our big day. I don't like going out much so instead, he came here, we lazed around and we ended up eating pizza and wings and I think that is so much better than going out to pay for a 100 dollar meal that tastes nowhere near as great as pizza! I love you so much, Cole. I'm so glad we made it to where we are now. It doesn't even seem or feel like a year together but I guess that's what happens when you're having fun. I thank him for so much and I can't even think of where to begin. <3

Apologies

Well, I'm sorry. I had planned to post more, two or three times a day, and just as I make this blog the power goes in all of Newfoundland and I'm unable to blog..But I am back and I shouldn't lose anymore power for longer than an hour anymore this Winter..not including unplanned power outages. 

Other than losing power and being bored and freezing to death for a few hours, we managed to survive. It was actually rather fun if you ask me because we all came together and hung out. First, we piled into our shed for heat because we have a wood stove there, but that wasn't going to cut it for the entire night. So, once we decided on our plans, we hopped on some ski-doos and went into our cabin! We spent the night watching hockey and football and making delicious food and warming up. We had a wood stove in there as well so we were piled in around that for a little while until it started to heat up a bit more. Then, not long after, my nephew, Zareck, wanted me to play his DS with him so we wasted about two hours playing Mario on that. Also, while I was doing that, my grandmother was making fishcakes and my sister, mom, and I were making a homemade pizza and boy was it good. I sort of miss it now because I'm really hungry. Either way, we had a fun time even though it was harsh getting in there and a harsh time before that. 

And here are the few pictures I had captured during our lovely power outage.

New year, new blog

A new year for me means a new blog, hopefully a better, more successful blog. I believe it will be more successful for the soul fact that it will be around and useful for longer than a year. I plan on using this one for as long as I decide to and as long as I love to write and share with my lovely followers! So, as the days go by, I hope you all will follow me on my journey throughout life and all of my ups and downs. I thank all of those who will continue to support me! And share any thoughts you wish. 

The first picture I decided to share on my new blog is one of me and my grandmother. This is on Christmas day and it wasn't any special day, but spending it with my family made it perfect.