15 Fun Facts About Me

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Coming to the end of the 30 Day Challenge I thought it would be fun to tell you some fun random facts about me!

My favorite food is pozole. Which is a traditional Mexican dish, basically a soup. It is made with hominy- maize kernels that have soaked in a lye or lime solution, and meat usually pork. Then topped to your liking with items like lime, raddish, cabbage, onion, and chili. Best served with warm tostadas! I like the red pozole the most. I will literally eat it for every meal.

Pretty much every year I ask my grandma to make it for my birthday.

2. I played soccer for 10 years. From age 3 until the end of middle school with one year of the club. It interfered with theater rehearsals so I ultimately quit. Though I do miss playing.

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3. My cars name is C3PO. Though he has had a long life and I think his time to go is coming really soon.
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4. I played Fiona in Shrek the Musical my sophomore year, besides Mushu in Mulan Jr. it may be my favorite role to date.

5. My favorite ice cream is mint chip. Specifically Häagen-Dazs mint chip. It is the white not dyed green mint chip and it is SO DELICIOUS. Best ice cream.

6. I am not a night person, nor am I a morning person. I am best between 12-3pm. It is a very small window. Though, little me was a morning person, ask my parents 😉

7. I hate hate hate hate spiders. I was ‘trapped’ upstairs one day because there was a big spider on the stairs and every shoe I threw missed, and I was home alone. I always make my brother kill them and he is not always happy about it… like when I wake him up early in the morning to do it.

8. I had pretty much straight hair until about 6th grade where it magically turned curly. Let me tell you I had a bad hair day for about 6 years until I learned that a brush is NOT my friend and it will take 1983741 years to blow dry it partly dry to avoid extreme frizz. I still don’t really know what to do with it.

9. When I first moved to California from Las Vegas everyone would ask me if I lived in a casino.

10. My favorite color is purple and always has been.

11. Cinderella is my favorite princess. And I have been here for halloween multiple times and my mom modeled my Sweet Sixteen dress off of it.

12. I am Pinterest obsessed. I have way too many boards but it is FINE.

13. I thought a plane tarmac was called a tarMAT up until last year.

14. I am a sneakers girl and even bought white converse specifically to wear at my junior prom.

Spring is my favorite season. Which I talk more about >here<

Tell me a fun fact about yourself!
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National Book Day

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National Book Day |Thoughts&Daisies National Book Day, a day that should come around more than once a year. It would be every day if I had my way. In honor of this momentous day, I thought I would tell you a little about the books I’ve read lately.

National Book Day, a day that should come around more than once a year. It would be every day if I had my way. In honor of this momentous day, I thought I would tell you a little about the books I’ve read lately.

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Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen

This book took me much longer than I would have liked to finish. It was a bit lackluster next to Pride and Prejudice.

The book centers around sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood as they navigate love and their changing circumstances.

The middle part of this novel felt excruciatingly long, and the books in total are about 400 pages. It was a long middle of very little action. I felt myself just working to get to the end to find what happens. Though by that time I was unenthused with either girl’s potential marriage choices and wished they would have something else to focus on. Elinor, I liked well enough, but oh Marianne I just wanted to stick a sock in her mouth and stop her woes.

I will say there were some lovely written sentences.

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”

“Eleanor went to her room “where she was free to think and be wretched.”

“I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness.”

But overall Sense and Sensibility reads like a first novel, which it is, and fell short for me.

Always and Forever, Lara Jean By Jenny Han

The third and final installment of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” series. The story follows Lara Jean as she navigates her final semester of High School and what graduating and growing up brings with it. As Lara Jean finds her way through love, college acceptances, and new additions to her family dynamic you can’t help but be right there in the passenger seat with her.

I will say that this book did in the end due to its job. I am pleased with how Lara Jean’s story wrapped up, but there are some side character’s stories that I am not ready to let go and don’t believe were finished. *cough*John Ambrose McClaren*cough*

While not everything I wanted to be wrapped up was wrapped, the series did end with a neat little bow on top and I can rest, mostly, easy knowing this is the end.

Out of my Mind By Sharon M. Draper

Out of my Mind follows the story of Melody an almost eleven-year-old born with Cerebral Palsy. Melody has a photographic memory and can remember every detail of everything she has experienced, but has never spoken a word. Despite her challenges, she refuses to be defined by them and is determined to let everyone know how smart and capable she really is -somehow.

I had it on my list for quite some time and am very glad I finally had a chance to read it.

It had a great message and I really loved a lot of the side characters. There were a few plot points that I don’t think were necessary to the story as a whole. It was a very pleasant read. I read it in one sitting and that is how I know I was invested.

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Eats in a Pineapple

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Eats in a Pineapple |Thoughts&Daisies And let me tell you about this lunch! This dish is served with jasmine rice, sweet and spicy sauce, chicken, Thai chili peppers, sesame seeds, scallions and... wait for it... is served inside HALF A PINEAPPLE!

My Easter in New York State took me to a few hours in Ithaca visiting Cornell and grabbing some lunch.

And let me tell you about this lunch!

We stopped at a local eatery called LUNA that serves inspired street food from different spots around the world. After pinning over the menu trying to figure out what to eat I settled on the Sticky Pineapple Chicken Bowl.

This dish is served with jasmine rice, sweet and spicy sauce, chicken, Thai chili peppers, sesame seeds, scallions and… wait for it…

is served inside HALF A PINEAPPLE!

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The chicken reminded me a bit of orange chicken and was really crispy, and went extremely well with the jasmine rice. I was a bit worried how this all would pair together with the pineapple, but it was delicious. The sweetness of the pineapple balanced out the spice from the Thai chilies, and the coolness of it compared to the rest of the hot food made it incredibly refreshing.

My only complaint was it was a bit hard to eat since the pineapple was difficult to cut with a plastic knife. Other than that everything about this meal was stupendous. I finished the entire thing and wished I had more.

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This eatery has a great array of special cuisines and even has a menu to cater to vegetarians, vegans, and gluten-free options. Now I wish there was one right by my school so I can go try everything off their menu!

If you want to see more about LUNA click >here<

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To Dye an Easter Egg

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To Dye an Easter Egg |Thoughts&Daisies Although I may be in college, some traditions never die. Dying Easter Eggs is one of them! Don't miss out on little joys by claiming to be too old.

Happy Easter! The Lord is risen!

Although I may be in college, some traditions never die. Dying Easter Eggs is one of them!

The best part of dying Easter Eggs at an older age is you are generally more creative with what you want to try, but that doesn’t always mean better.

Add some new Color Choices! You can find a premade color pack with some fancy colors, or create your own. Try mixing colors onto your egg by holding it in the water differently and switching around. You can also use cool whip or shaving cream to dye your eggs and easily add a bunch of colors at once.

Add Designs! Make them polka dotted or stripped. It will take a bit of extra time and maybe a cramped hand or two but you can ombre your eggs. Hold the bottom of your egg into a color cup for up to five minutes and depending on how many layers you want slowly put the egg lower into the water lowering the minutes as you go. Use the white wax crayon they give you to draw on designs. Note: you have to do this before you dye the egg and it can be hard since you can’t really see as you draw

Use ALL the Accessories. This is always a fun choice. Add some stickers or washi tape to your eggs. You can glue on other things like glitter or googly eggs to add some flare.

Photoshoot. Now an Easter egg hunt may seem too little kid-ish but you can always have a photoshoot instead. Use your door, your cat, some flowers, or some fancy baskets and start clicking.

Lastly, HAVE FUN. Don’t miss out on little joys by claiming to be too old. You will thank yourself when you spend the time just being a kid again.

Do you still dye Easter Eggs? Do you have any cool tips on how to dye them? Let me know!!

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Meaning Behind My Blog Name

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Meaning Behind My Blog Name |Thoughts&Daisies A little over a year ago I decided I wanted to start a blog but I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to name my blog.

A little over a year ago I decided I wanted to start a blog, and being the person I am, I spent about 3 months researching and preparing. I started pre-writing content and figuring out what web host and software I wanted but after all this, I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to name my blog.

I spent hours scrolling through lists of names of colors and adjectives. I went on random name generator sites to see if they would give me any knowledge. They didn’t. I searched ‘how to name your blog’ to see if that would give me ideas. Eventually, I started looking into different movie quotes from movies I liked to see if there was anything that sparked my interest.

At the same time, my mom was doing her own naming process to try and help me. We sent each other messages back and forth for days about what we thought would be a good name, Even my dad and my brother got in on the action.

I eventually began to want a name that had something to do with one of my all-time favorite movies, “You’ve Got Mail” starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. This is the movie I watch every time I’m sick, sad, or just all the time, and no matter how much I see it I cry.

It is also a movie filled with great quotes.

Then one day after spending hours and hours and having dozens of potential names I started taking ideas from the potential names and putting them together… and it worked.

‘Thoughts’ came from the fact that my blog would be filled with my ‘thoughts’ on things, clever I know, but at one point it was in a potential name ‘thoughts around the corner’ a direct play at Meg Ryan’s bookstore in the movie.

And ‘daisies’ which, although being one of my favorite flowers, has ties back to the movie as well. Ryan’s character Kathleen Kelly’s favorite flower is the daisy and she has a quote that I love.

“I love daisies, they are so friendly. Don’t you think that daisies are the friendliest flower?”

Thus “Thoughts and Daisies” came to be. So if I told you that “You’ve Got Mail” wasn’t the total and almost sole reason for my blog name, I would be lying.

Have you seen “You’ve Got Mail?”

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