#58. Enter into a Competition

Alright, so! This may or may not count, but my friend and I spent the past week trying to win tickets to see Lil' Wayne downtown, but failed miserably because we couldn't even get through to the radio station.
We tried! :)

#67. Day Long Detox

Because of all the Hot Yoga I've been doing this month, all this sweating has really been detoxing my body. One of the days during my yoga challenge, I decided to dedicate my practice to cleansing my body a.k.a. detoxing my body. Physically and more importantly mentally. I spent the class taking each one of my thoughts individually and cleansing all the things that were bothering me, one at a time. It was very helpful and allowed me to de-stress a little bit. I'm definitely going to try different detoxing practices in the future :)

#79. Write a Rap

Alright so. This is going to sound really lame but I'm a huge fan of Nicki Minaj and this summer she has inspired me to write raps of my own :P here is my latest rap, it's about my summer and stuff me and my friends got up to in our hometown:


UNTITLED Lyrics By: Little Monster 
Grew up in a small city, big town?
See a bitty take her down, feel like I should get a crown
High school! those were the good old days, glad I burnt it down - wait let me rephrase!
Glad I killed it - I mean glad it's over!


Got detention for playing red rover
Wouldn't have made it out alive without my four leaf clover:
My girls! they're my lucky charms, no one can break the link of our arms
Speaking of arms, are we going to Kings?
Split a pitcher have some flings and things?


Speaking of flings, remember that time?
After too many shots of tequila and lime!
Ended up at a mansion with an empty pool
Drank champagne from the bottle, thought it was cool


We were just living in the moment, without a moment to lose
That night I ruined my new high heel shoes
But it was all worth it in the end
Memories forever of the time with my friends
Ya we looked hot, setting all of the trends
The following weekend, we do it all ova again


What else would we do? I haven't got a clue
Bitty I don't care, no one asked you!
Seriously bitch, get out of my face
Or I'll kick your ass into outer space
Stay in your place, don't make me put you there!
This little monster bites *BITE* now BEWARE!


Okay, okay, I'm over the game
I'm making my name
I live for the fame
The stars are where I am


I'm reminded of them with each step I take
I used to rake leaves for the money, now the money's what I rake
I don't give a f-ck if you think I'm fake
Cuz I do what I want for pete f-ckin sake!


And my wild heart can't be broken, 
The wild monster inside of me has awoken,
So do as I say, the queen has spoken
And not as I do, or you'll be left chokin!


Listen up, I complete me!
And I will destroy what tries to defeat me!
Good luck trying to cheat me,
But if you love me, you can tweet me!!! :)

#53. Party in the Rain

I should have posted this months ago when It rained almost everyday at the beginning of my summer vacation. It kinda sucked, but I decided to go outside anyways. I put on some dorky blue rain boots and an over-sized raincoat and spent about half an hour jumping in puddles with my dog. haha so childish but it was actually a lot of fun, and better than sitting on my couch all day :P

#59. Start a Top Secret Club

Alright so, I thought about this long and hard... I wasn't sure how to post this. Basically, this past summer I've been taking a lot of time for myself, for personal reasons that I am not sharing with anyone because then this wouldn't be TOP SECRET! haha anyways I kind of made it a club, only 4 people actually know about it! sorrrryyyyyyy

#90. Sangria Party

SANGRIA!
I've never had it before, until this summer when my friends mom had her annual baseball party. Each year Mrs. M throws a baseball party for her team and K and I always sneak alcohol and food when all the ladies are drunk. (such trouble makers we were) Now that we're older, we make drinks for the ladies on the team and pass out the appetizers. The ladies love us cuz we're more fun then some of the other women on their team :P This year we made sangria for them and it was deeelliicccious! major buzz going on there, and eating the fruit is an added bonus! :) Check out our drink!!

#65. Party in HESS Village

Last year my friends and I partied in Hamilton almost every weekend. Ya, I know we're wild party animals :P This year we're all working a lot more and also travelling a lot more so we haven't really gone out to Hamilton as often. Since my friends go to school in Hamilton, they have a house not too far from Hess Village, a cobble stoned street of almost all bars/clubs. When we were all available we decided to go up for the night and party. A few of our guy friends had a house party the same night so we pre-drank there and then went out to the bars. This year we favoured Che, a hipster bar at the top of the street.
They play sweet music, and usually have events on Saturday nights. One of the nights we went, I met this really awesome and cute guy (we went on a hike: refer to #3 lol)! We went for three Saturdays in a row and the bouncer remembered me! (because I'm awesome and we high-fived cuz he kicked out a bunch of drunk bitties). Two of the nights we went my ex-boyfriend was there which was kind of a buzz kill. But whatever, I just ignored him lolol
Going out with my girls was tons of fun and we always have a good time together :)

#66. 20 Day Yoga Challenge

I have been practicing Yoga for about seven years. I LOVE IT! I'm hoping to be an instructor in the near future (maybe after I finish school). There is a new Hot Yoga studio in the area so my sister and I decided to do the 20 days for $20. I wanted to challenge myself and do Hot Yoga for 20 days straight. Each day I tried different classes, with different instructors and I learned a lot about myself and about the practice. I even bought a book about Chakras that one of the instructors recommended titled, Eastern Body Western Mind. So far I'm really liking the book!

I'm done the 20 days now, and doing some travelling, but once I settle back at home for school I'm going to do yoga regularly again. Each day I tweeted about the challenge. It was very rewarding.

#51. Freaks and Geeks Marathon

I recently discovered the 1999 show Freaks and Geeks. I don't know how I didn't know about this earlier, because I'm absolutely in love with James Franco, Jason Seagal, and Seth Rogan, who all star in this hilarious show. Unfortunately it got cancelled after one season *thumbs down* but I'm still a huge fan haha (BRING IT BACK! :P)
It took me about three days to watch the first season... I couldn't watch them all back to back because I have a job/ a life... :P

#89. Niagara Falls

My parents organized an overnight trip for the family to spend some quality time together. So we all drove down to Niagara-on-the-Lake and stayed in a hotel in Niagara Falls. We've been to the falls a number of times, but it was a nice little mini vacation with the fam. Not going to lie, I slept through most of the activities. I had been working A LOT that weekend and the day we left I opened at work (6:30AM), changed and then the family picked me up and we drove straight to Niagara-on-the-Lake where we did a bunch of touristy sight-seeing things. We ate at one of the oldest pubs in Canada, where they have amazing fish and chips! YUM YUM YUM!
Then we went to Niagara Falls and unpacked our stuff, that's when I crashed. My family was nice enough to let me sleep, while they went golfing, to museums, and other random activities in town. I woke up four hours later in an empty apartment and took the most relaxing shower. By the time I was all done, my family was on their way back to the hotel. When they got there I was all ready for a night of fun family quality time! But everyone was too tired to go out so we just watched a movie together.
The next morning we ate breakfast at this cheesy space themed diner. And then my brother, sister and I went on the famous sky wheel by the falls and we took silly videos while we were sight-seeing. Then we went to the big arcade and won some dinky prizes like a plastic Sheriff Badge haha oh man.

#98. Host a Dinner Party

A couple weeks ago my family hosted a BBQ dinner party for our family friends, who used to live across the street from us, but moved to another part of town because of the school their kids were going to. It was really good to see them, but it was a little strange since we're all a lot older now. Their oldest daughter has a three year old daughter! I remember when she used to babysit me haha The 'party' was a lot of fun and it was awesome to see them again!

#37. Picnic on a Jungle Gym

This was a very sad looking picnic lol it was more like "Snacks on a Jungle Gym" It was nice though. My sister and I bonded over some fruit salad and veggies when we took our dog for a walk in the park!
#sisterlylove haha

#24. Wasaga Beach

My family and I have been going to Wasaga Beach ever since I can remember. It is one of my favourite places in the whole world because of all the awesome memories I have from there. It's one of my life goals to own a cottage around that area, hopefully on the beach!
We try to go at least once a year. Last year I went with some friends, out of a spur of the moment type thing and it was a lot of fun. I am never disappointed when I go there :)

This year I went with my mom, grandma, sister and best friend K. We started off the day by relaxing on the sand, catching some rays and then me, K and my sister Y went shopping down the strip. We each got a pair of sunglasses and Y bought a really cute dress. Then me and K went to this bar above the shopping strip called Bananas. When were younger we always talked about how we were gonna come back to Wasaga to party when we were legal. Well now we're legal haha. We got nice and drunk, and they didn't even card us. (Isn't that always the case :P) Anyways, so I bought this really cute pair of shoes while I was drunk. Very expensive, but worth it cuz they're super hot.

It was such a fun day, next time I go I want to stay over night, like camping of something! :)

#50. Planking

HOKAY SO! earlier this summer there was this big trend called "planking" It's basically when you lie your body across something. It looks really goofy. Anyways, I needed a new picture for facebook and decided to make it a planking one. Check it out! haha:

#7. Party in Ottawa & #46. Glow in the Dark Putt Putt

I went to school in Ottawa for a year. While I was there I made some wonderful life-long friends that I wish I saw more of now. With our busy schedules it's difficult to all be in the same place at once. Especially in the summer because we all live around the country. So when my old roommate M called me to invite me to her new place in Ottawa for the weekend I was thrilled and booked my bus ticket right away!Within a week I was en route to visit some of my friends who were in Ottawa for the weekend. I took a red rocket (TO subway), grey hound (coach bus) and 2 city buses (in Ottawa) to get to M's apartment.

FRIDAY

As I unpacked I met, M's new roommate S and M's best friend from her hometown A. We all went out for dinner and got a little buzz off a drink called "Mama's Late Afternoon Lemonade" (from Montanas, reallly delicious!)

After dinner we got ready to go out downtown and then our friend from res, M came over to drink with us. It was so good to see him! He was like a big brother to me, back in school. We were always pranking each other and making up games and helping each other study for big midterms and exams. We played this game I've never played before called "Power Hour" to get drinking before the bars. 

You go to the "Power Hour" website and start one of the playlists. Every time the song changes (which is every minute for an hour), you take a shot of beer. Let's just say I'm not a huge fan of this game, but it's effective. Finally we were all on a bus to downtown Ottawa to my absolute favourite bar called Pier 21!

We met my friend T there because it was his birthday. I don't know how we managed but we all had soooo many shots at the bar. It was a really fun night and they had a sweet band playing. The drummer and I were getting along well... one of M's friends dared me to grab the lead singers guitar, but it was out of my reach. Finally he came closer but by the time I could get to his guitar he had turned around, so I improvised and grabbed his butt! The crowd was lovin' it :P

SATURDAY (#46.)

After sleeping in for most of the morning M and I made breakfast and then her boyfriend B came over. I had heard so much about him and couldn't wait to meet him! He is a really down to earth, with a good sense of humour and a good head on his shoulders. He is studying to be a cop so he keeps M in line (hehe jk!!!). We all decided to go to Glow in the Dark Putt Putt. Obviously I didn't want to third wheel so I invited my "older brother" M to join us, we paired up and challenged each other. I almost got 2 hole-in-ones!!!!!!! so obviously me and M beet the love birds lol.  After the game the four of us when back to M's apartment and made kraft dinner.

I literally hadn't had KD since M and I lived together - 2 years ago!! It was yummy. M went home eventually and then me, B and M started drinking again while we watched the Jays game. (Another good thing about B: he's a Leaf and Jays fan - WOOO T.O.!!!) After getting a little buzzed we took like a million buses and a cab to get to this house party on the other side of town. We knew the guys who owned the house from school, and I hadn't seen them in 2 years. 

They hadn't changed much: still goofy, trouble-makers. They throw sick parties too ;) One of the guys, R, had a dope drum set and taught me a few little tricks on it. I had never played drums in my life and people were complimenting me on my "skills" HA! (you know you're drunk when... :P)

We also played beer pong and my team lost cuz my partner wasn't very good, haha - OOHH WELL it was still a lot of fun :) Me, B and M ended up at Denny's eating breakfast at 4am and then went back to M's apartment.

SUNDAY

We basically slept in all morning. But considering we didn't get home until after 4, it wasn't really that long of sleep haha Anyways, my mom and grandma were dropping my sister off just outside of Ottawa so they offered to drive me back home, since they were in the area. They picked me up later that evening and I said by to M. I told her that next time she had to make a trip down to see me! :)

It was awesome that even after not seeing each other for two whole years we still got along famously, and basically picked up where we left off :)

I miss her already!

#17. Sparklers & Fireworks

On Canada Day my younger brother asked me to buy him and his friends fireworks. Obviously, being the most amazing big sister in the world, I bought them for him. Boys will be boys, right!? Anyways I told him he had to give us a roman candle or two in exchange for my time/service (everything is a business deal - just kidding). So while my friends and I were pre-drinking for our night out we decided to light some fireworks, and sparklers, they weren't amazing but we also watched some from my backyard. I've always admired fireworks lol

#60. Candy Kabobs

There is a very small plaza around the corner from my parents house. When we were kids, my brother, sister and I always met our friends and neighbours at the "corner store" to get candy and ice cream and my personal favourite: slushies!! We would all buy a bunch of candy and then play games together. Like road hockey, or man hunt, etc. One day I suggested we put all of our candy on a stick and eat it like a kabob.
As we grew up we went to the corner store less and less. Sometimes I walk over and get freezies or slushies still, but not so much candies anymore. I decided to relive my childhood a little and me and one of my best friends, L (who is also my neighbour) walked over and bought some cherry blasters, coke gummies and gummy worms and made candy kabobs.
They were delicious. :)

#3. Hiking

So last night I went on a "un-official date" with this really cute and amazing guy. We decided to go hiking at a Provincial Park not too far from my parents house. When we got to the Park we started off with following the trail down to the river. Then we tried to look for crayfish but didn't have any luck finding them. Eventually we hit the end of the stone path into the water.
We didn't want to go back on the same trail so we thought we'd go a little off course, but then we got stuck between a cliff and the water. Again, instead of going back from where we came we decided to be adventurous and climb UP the cliff! It was a verrrrrry steep climb but we managed to use vines and trees to scale it. We were nearly at the top of the cliff when my friend noticed a huge patch of poison ivy. We had actually climbed right in the middle of it!
Since he was wearing jeans, and I was wearing shorts, he climbed up past me and helped me up onto a very unstable log that was free from the poisonous plant. Then we jumped to a big tree that lead us to the top of the cliff. Not only had we reached the top, but we were on someones property who, by the "No Trespassing" signs, clearly did not want us there. We had to use a barbwire gate/fence to exit the property - luckily we didn't have to go back down that cliff! We ended up hiking through some fields after that.
We both had a lot of fun, and thankfully neither of us got poison ivy!!!