Throwback Thursday: Fam Jam

Funny, charismatic, and a majestic beauty on the ice describes the beautiful blonde in this picture would be that of cousin Piper Gilles! This picture was taken of the two of us just a year ago this past March when she came to my home town to compete at worlds for figure skating. The two of us had met before but I was way too young to remember and so we have recently reconnected. I grew up listening to my mom go on and on about her and some of her other siblings that also do figure skating without my ever knowing who they were and now I do or well I at least know Piper.

We just reconnected a year ago and yet I feel closer to her than I do any of my other cousins which is crazy because she's not one of my first cousins. It's weird how we barely know each other and yet the two of us are actually very similar and I can see how we're related. Even looking at this picture as I have done many times I can see that her and I seem to have the exact same smile. Crazy right? But hey I guess that's family for ya! I have to say that I love Piper with all my heart and tend to enjoy having the bragging rights about how good her and her partner are in figure skating. She's just an all around beauty! That's my throwback Thursday what's yours?

Top 10 Tuesday: Things to do on Sick Days

To start off I would like to mention that my blog posts have not been as frequent over the past two weeks or so because I have been really busy getting things done for school. But I am working to get back to those daily Monday-Friday posts! Now onto today's topic for top 10 Tuesday! I have recently become sick with the flu mixed with a cold and so in light of that I thought I would base today's blog posts off the top 10 things I like to do when I'm sick so that I can try to get better. So here it goes:

1. Sleep
2. Drink lots of liquids
3. Take any medicine that could help
4. Eat foods that don't upset the stomach
5. Stay in bed all day and away form people to avoid getting them sick too
6. Catch up on television shows or watch movies
7. Do little tasks that make me feel at least somewhat productive while being sick
8. Sleep some more
9. Search up videos on youtube that will make me smile
10. And sleep even more

Yes I put down sleep three times in my top 10 things I do when on a sick day but truthfully when I'm sick pretty much all I do is sleep and drink liquids during the few times that I am awake in which during those times I do all the other things listed in my top 10 things to do on sick days! May anyone who is sick right now feel better!

Music Monday: The Marrieds

Today for Music Monday instead of going with my usual topic of favourite composers I am switching it up and going with one of my favourite groups The Marrieds. The Marrieds consist of Kevin Kennedy and his wife Jane Kennedy. Kevin is a music teacher at Clarke Road Secondary school; my high school to be exact. I was never actually taught by Kevin for any of the many music courses I'd taken over my years though but ironically him being the one teacher I didn't have also happens to be the one music teacher that taught my brother.Despite never having been taught by him I did learn a lot from him over the years. Jane on the other hand is a music teacher at J.P Robarts public school and many love having her as their teacher.

These two make quite the musical duo and are currently on tour as I write this. I love listening to their music and sometimes when it comes onto my itunes I forget who sings the song then when I remember it makes me smile. I am so proud to say that I know both of these two lovely people and that I can't wait to hear more of their music!

Fashion Friday: Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o a name I was not too familiar with until I watched the Oscars. But none the less she is absolutely stunning! This picture of her at the 2014 Oscars shows just how truly beautiful she is! I have yet to watch her in 12 Years a Slave but I have every intention to see just how truly powerful she was in that role. She is an inspiration to young women everywhere whether they know it yet or not. To me I see her becoming a new power house actress in the world of film and television. Just absolutely gorgeous, genuine and this outfit is absolutely fabulous on her!

Weird Wildlife Wednesday: Frilled Shark

The Frilled Shark was only just discovered in 2007 near Tokyo Japan. This creature truly looks like its out of this world doesn't it? It's like a combination of a shark, an eel and a fish. It almost makes me think of the big eels that are scene in the Princess Bride movie. These animals live deep down in the water which is why they had gone undiscovered for so long. It just goes to show that there are many areas in all the different bodies of water that we have yet to explore and more and more creatures are still out there that we have yet to discover!

Top 10 Tuesday: Movie and Television Quotes

My top 10 Quotes from movies or television shows:
1.They were most dangerous when they had a camera in their hands. They had a camera in their hands a lots.-Marshall Stouffer, Wild America

2. Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose.- Coach Taylor, Friday Night Lights

3.Well, we’re always thinking that someday we’ll be happy. You know, we’ll get that car or that job or that person in our lives that’ll fix everything. But happiness is a mood, and it’s a condition, not a destination. It’s like being tired or hungry. It’s not permanent. It comes and goes, and that’s okay. And I feel like if people thought of it that way, they’d find happiness a lot more often.- Julian Baker, One Tree Hill

4.Own it. Live it. Love it. Stop being ashamed of who you are.-Damon Salvatore, The Vampire Diaries

5. Sometimes pain becomes such a huge part of your life that you expect it to always be there...because you can't remember a time in your life when it wasn't/ But then one day you feel something else- something that feels wrong, only because it's so unfamiliar. And in that moment you realize... you're happy.- Brooke Davis, One Tree Hill

6. They gave me a choice. I could stand by my dad, or stand by Duncan and my dead best friend's family. I chose dad. It's a decision I live with every day. And you want to know the kicker? I don't even know what's true anymore. Maybe everyone else is right. Maybe Dad screwed up the investigation. Maybe I gave up my circle of friends- my live- over an error in Dad's judgement.-Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars

7.I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.- Dominic Toretto, The Fast and The Furious

8.We are going to die. You're going to die, I'm going to die, we're all going to die... just not today.- Alex Hopper, Battleship

9. You know those people who can predict when change is coming in their life? I'm not one of them. Change has a way of just walking up and punching me in the face.- Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars

10. Oh what the hell., lose 'em. cut across marblehead. let's have some fun while we're at it.- Caleb Danvers, The Covenant

Man Crush Monday: Devon Sawa

I would first like to start off by saying that Devon Sawa was one of my many childhood crushes. He starred in my all time favourite movie called Wild America. I have no idea why it was my favourite movie but it was. I guess I was just one of those weird girls who didn't have a favourite Disney movie, instead it was completely different and had no princesses involved what so ever.

<--- This would be the movie I'm talking about. A tale of three brother's who go on an adventure trying to get footage of some of some incredible creatures while on the search for this cave where a thousand bears were said to all sleep.





                   

Devon Sawa went from this adorable cutie of my childhood------>

<------ To this gorgeous young man who is quite fantastic in the show Nikita! The day that I figured out who he was, was truly the day my mind was like blown. I didn't think he had gone on to do much more but apparently I was wrong, way wrong. I'm glad I was wrong though because he is quite lovely! Who is your man crush Monday or childhood sweetheart?