That Time I Got To See Kristin Chenoweth

Helllllo my beautiful friends!! Today I'm doing a little post on something I got to do recently!! Basically, my
school got free tickets to go see Kristian Chenoweth (aka the original person to play Glinda in Wicked)
do a little interview and also sing!! It was so cool so I thought I would do a little post on it. :) First I'm

going to say what happened and then share some quotes!

So when my mom first emailed me about it asking if I wanted to go I freaked out and of course, said yes!
On the actual day I drove with my friend Isabel and we met up everyone else at a high school. There they
had a bus and like five of my friends came!! The bus ride there was super cool as we basically just laughed
and were super weird the whole time. After maybe 30 minutes we arrived at the theatre in a university
where the event was being held. There were a lot of adults in formal outfits and I felt kind of
underdressed haha. After we got our tickets, Isabel and I shared a soft pretzel which was great because
soft pretzels are pretty much the best thing ever.

After that, we sat down again and it actually started!! She came out and everyone cheered and they started the interview. She was so crazy sweet and personal and she seemed like she was honestly having a good time which is just so cool. Plus her little southern accent made her sound like this sweet old lady and also she's 4'11. Anyone who is a successful 4'11 = super cool in my book. I'm 4'11 and a 1'2 just for the record but my mom is 4'11 so I understand the shortness. Fun fact she was on sesame street one time.  

After the interviewer finished asking her questions the audience got to ask some questions. One of the people who asked questions was one of our chaperones and she shouted out her daughter who just happened to be sitting right next to me which was quite funny. She also said what school she was from and we all screamed when she said it haha. After all of the questions, she sang three songs and they were just absolutely beauiful!! Her voice is absolutely gorgeous and it was absolutely mesmerizing to listen to. 

Some quotes I loved: 

Do your version, otherwise why?

Christianity = love and acceptence

I try not to judge others. Well unless you're just mean

When I listened to my gut it has not failed me, but when I haven’t, I’ve been disappointed

You can never write your history

You never know what your thing is going to be

The things that make you different?

That’s what you grab onto

I only ever want to be a part of a team

It’s the hard times that help you grow

I know that we’re here to make our mark and be better people and just be as great as we can be

Be adaptable

It’s ok to be proud of things

Singing is only an extension of speaking

If you want to go far

You have to educate yourself

It’s always important to keep the training going

Always keep learning

The theatre is a team

If you make them feel welcome, then they will do there best and everyone will win

I didn’t know what I didn’t know

You will not be performing when you feel perfect

Maybe I hurt my neck and I can’t really move it to the right

But hey I might be able to find out something new about the character

I super duper hope you loved that!! I had a great time so I wanted to share!

Have you ever heard of Kristian Chenoweth? Have you ever seen a Broadway show? 

What's On My iPhone?

I asked you guys on Instagram recently what kind of blog posts you guys want and someone mentioned a what's on my phone post! I remember seeing a lot of these maybe a year ago but I somehow never did one. I do think they're quite interesting though and you can see a lot about a person from there phone. Plus to make this post even better it's a collab with some of my favorite girlies on the internet aka Natalie, Audrey, and Kristian! I love all of them so much and you should definitely go check them out and give them all of the love. :) Get ready to see the apps I use to edit my photos and a bunch more stuff!

This is my home screen! I have this cute photo of me as my wallpaper. I've learned that it's a bit weird to most people to have a photo of yourself as your wallpaper but it's ok haha. Most of my apps I keep in sections and only the ones I use a lot a lot I don't. For that, I have Instagram which is by far my most used app, email, and phone. Then at the bottom, I have messages, camera, and safari. You know my mom has her camera in a folder and I'm just well what about if you need to take a picture super quick????? I am such a photographer y'all. Also if you were wondering I currently have this case which I am absolutely obsessed with!



It has this super pretty floral rainbowy design with a little hummingbird! Plus it fits with my popsocket which looks a lot like this one except it's blue, purple, and pink. I used to have a clear case (I got a new phone so I had to get a new case) with a cute design which you can find in this post. It was super cute but it got dirty really easily and it showed since it was clear. This one, on the other hand, has a black back so it doesn't. I don't usually like getting dark colored things because my mood can definitely be affected by color and things around me but this case just makes me smile and feel calm. I'm not actually sure why but I'm into it haha.

Next up extras! Basically, things I want on my phone but also don't use that often and have no idea what category to put them in. I have all the norm iPhone stuff plus:

1. Google Calendar because your girl is trying to stay organized.
 2. Duolingo which I admittedly haven't used in like three months.
3. Yelp because sometimes mom gets me to pick out restaurants when we go out to eat.
4. Google Docs probably because I had to look at something I'd written on my phone.
5. GradePro aka the app to check my grades.
6. The Bible app which I don't use enough at all.
7. And some more boring stuff.

This is where it gets interesting! Hopefully. I don't know honestly. Social basically means anything that has to do with my blog/social media but that's not Instagram. That makes a lot of sense. Yeah. 

1. Bloglovin' which I use to read blogs (follow my blog here).

2. Hangouts which I don't use that often anymore because I mostly talk to people on Instagram now but I use it to talk to online friends.

3. Facetime because duh.

4. Goodreads an awesome reading app which I use to track the books I read and find new ones (find me here).

5. WhatsApp for when I traveled outside of the country that one time and because student council had their group chat on there last year. 

6. Tailwind which I downloaded and still have never really used. If anyone uses it and wants to teach me how that would be cool. 

7. Google Analytics because... well honestly I'm not sure why. I only actually check it on my computer like once every two months because I once again have no idea how to read it. If anyone wants to teach me that would be amazing.  

8. Pinterest because ummmm duhhhhhh (would love for you to follow me!!).

9. Collabor8 which you can hear more about in the post I did on how to make money online.

10. Followers+ to see who follows and unfollows me on Instagram.

11. Heartbeat which you can again find in that post I did on how to make money online.

12. Unfold which is an awesome app which has a lot of super cool templates to make your insta stories look good.

13. Musical.ly because I used to have an account and then my friend told me to do it again and I guess I just haven't deleted it yet. 

14. Post for rent which is an app that you're supposed to get money from when you join campaigns and post on insta which I found from a Youtuber but so far it's not that great as they only have like 2 campaigns and they're both confusing. 

In this category, I basically have anything to do with pictures, videos, or sound. 

1. The regular photos app because duhh.

2. Prime photos which I used to use to keep my photos on so I didn't have to keep them on my phone because it runs out of space.

3. Netflix because more duhh.

4. Google photos which I now use to keep my photos once I delete them off my phone because of more space problems. Plus it connects to google/blogger so I can just upload photos right to my posts from my phone which is super handy and means I don't have to send them through email or anything. 

5. Sonos to control the speaker at my house.

6. VSCO which is an amazing editing app that I use to edit all the photos I edit.

7. iMovie which might be the thing I use to edit my youtube videos. I honestly am just not willing to buy an editor haha. 

8. YT Studio which I use to see what's happening with my channel. I would super recommend it to anyone else who has a youtube channel! If you do have a youtube channel, by the way, please put the link down below I would absolutely love to subscribe to you! 

9. UNUM which is a really good app to organize your insta feed and see what it will look like beforehand.

10. Canva the app I use to edit basically every graphic design thing ever. 

11. Spotify because I just recently got an account!

I don't play games on my phone that often but I have a couple for when I don't have a wifi connection and I'm super bored.

1. SnakeVSBlock

2. slither.io

3. Episode

4. Piano Tiles 2

That's it! I super duper hope you guys liked that and maybe found some new apps you want to use. :)

What is your most used app? What is your least used app? What kind of phone do you have? What are some of your favorite apps? 

Looking Back On My Goals For This Year

We’re not exactly in the middle of the year but it's close by so it’s still ok. I’ve seen a bunch of bloggers do posts about looking back on seeing what they have completed new years goals wise and I thought it was so fun and a great motivator to finish the goals you haven’t. I honestly haven’t looked at my goals in at least 4 months (I know I’m terrible don’t judge me lol) so this will probably flop and make me look like I have accomplished nothing but I’m doing it anyway. Honestly, I’m not sure why. All right let’s get started already haha. :)

-Get to 150 followers on Bloglovin’

Done which makes me so so happy! I currently have 158 Bloglovin’ followers which is even more than my goal and it’s not even the end of the year so go me haha. :) 

-Have 125 followers with Google Friend Connect

Nope I have 110 followers for that which basically means I haven’t grown at all. *cries* The Bloglovin’ thing makes ups for it though I think. :)

-Reach 400 followers on Instagram 

Done done done and more done! I now have over 1,000 followers on Instagram which still blows my mind. Like whatttttttttttt. Instagram makes me really happy and if you’re not following me already it would make me super happy if you could. :) 

-Read 100 50 books

Nope. And I’ve decided I just don’t read that much. Instead going along with my Goodreads challenge I’m changing it to 50! I have read 26 books this year (at the point I’m writing this) which is 52% of 50 so I’m actually a bit behind for my tastes but I’m sure I’ll catch up with the rest of the summer. 

-Start thinking about and working towards getting into a fabulous high school

Done. Kind of. I’ve pretty much decided where I want to apply which is all I can do currently. 

-Keep posting on here weekly

I have of course done this so far! Haven’t missed one week. :) 

-Upload at least 5 videos to my YouTube channel

I am going above and beyond for this one since this summer I am posting every Saturday on my youtube channel! 

-Not be too scared to try new things

Kind of????? I’m saying half for this. 

-Be content and always try to look on the bright side

Honestly, I think I’ve been doing this. Not all the time of course (even though I act/seem like a magical fairy happy princess I’m not one) but overall I’ve been being super positive this year! 

-Join another club

Yeppppp. National Junior Honor Society! 

-Start enjoying exercise and walking more

Haha nope. I’m also low key really out of shape so I really really should be exercising and I tell that to myself all the time but it never happens and just ahhhhhh you know? 

-Grow my blog and start working with more people

I would say done. I have grown my blog a bit and I’ve been working with a lot more people including other bloggers and also brands! 

-Travel somewhere new 

Not so far and I probably won’t but I think I’m going to change this goal to explore new things in my own city! 

-Start babysitting or doing some kind of job

Nope nope nope and more nope. I tell everyone I can babysit but I think people don’t like me seriously you guys. If you happen to live near me and ever need anyone to babysit or do pretty much anything else I can do (think photography or design) PLEASE CONTACT ME I’M A NICE PERSON I SWEAR. 

So I've only completed 6 out of 13 and that's less than half which kind of makes me sad. Like ahhhhh I feel like I'm failing. But it's ok I guess haha. 

What were some of your goals for this year? How have you been doing in completing them? 

2018 Summer Bucket List

I am officially out of school for summer AND AHHHH SO EXCITED ABOUT IT!! This also means I have finished 7th grade and will be going to 8th grade next year. That means thinking about high school and being the biggest peeps on campus and worrying about tests.... BUTTT before that happens I have 3 months off which I am pretty happy about it. I have done summer bucket lists in the past and I personally liked them so why not do another one this year?? This could be a good way to get inspo for your own list or maybe just a way to hold me accountable haha. Let's get started!

1. Go hiking at least once. I have learned that I actually really like hiking mainly from going to Marfa a lot. I don't typically like going outside that much but I have enjoyed hiking when I've been in the past. My thing is that it can't be that hot and it can't be crazy long.

2. Invite friends over frequently. I want to make an effort to hang out with more friends this year. I've made a lot of new friends this past year even if we're not super close but I want to change that. I think I get scared to invite friends over if I've never hung out with them before because I'm scared they will say no. I'm going to try to get over that and invite some new friends.

3.  Eat healthily. For a while, I had a thing going with eating healthy but it has kind of gone downhill in the past month. Especially since I'll have more time over the next few months I really want to try to get back into that habit of just choosing the healthy thing even if it is a bit harder. 

4. Post every/every other Saturday on my youtube channel. This summer I'm going to commit to working on my youtube channel and just growing it. I really like youtube and so far I've had a lot of fun with it. I don't think it will ever be my main channel (#bloggerforlife) though so don't get scared or anything. If you would like I just recently uploaded two videos, a room tour and a fun best friend tag, and it would make me super happy if you could check out both!

5. Post either every day/every other day on Instagram. Fun fact I recently hit 1k on my insta and it made me super happy! When I first got an account I posted literally every day. Yes, the posts weren't the absolute best but they were still ok. With summer I want to try to post every day again but this time hopefully with some better posts.

6. Make the most out of/have fun at the camps I'm going too. This summer I'm going to two camps. Number one an Algebra camp I have to go to so that I can take Algebra next year. Probably boring but I'm trying to be not so sour about it. Second an engineering campo at where my dad teaches. I'm pretty excited about that one. My dad said they do stuff like program robots and do cool experiments which I think will be super cool. Kind of annoyingly I will be one of the youngest people there so I'm not sure how that will go???

7. Commit to Girl Boss Teen Tribe. I've mentioned it on here but I'm part of an awesome group of girls where we share tips on our blog,  do features on Instagram,  and we're starting an email list! Over this past year, I haven't been doing much to help honestly but I really want to work on it this summer.

8. Decide what I'm going to do with this blog. I have been saying for a while that this summer I would change to WordPress but now I'm not sure?? Is it worth it?? How exactly would I do that?? Even if I don't move to WordPress I do want to change up my design a bit. Plus I really want to get my own domain and possibly change the name. I don't at all have a plan so I need to make one and then execute it. If I do end up changing to Wordpress I'll probably need help doing that so if anyone wants to help please contact me haha. 

9. Do at least 5 collabs. I love collabs because I get to interact with others and get content in front of a new audience so I really really want to do. Plus I want to do some that aren't just on my blog like maybe on Youtube or Instagram. If you do want to collab again please contact me!

10. Say yes and be present. Just be open to new things and experiences and surroundings. Get in some maybe uncomfortable situations. I never do that. Like ever. If there is even a chance I could be wrong or something could go wrong I won't do it. I want to try to change that. If I never take risks I won't ever get anywhere. I realize that but I don't ever really act on it. I'm going to try and change that this summer.

What's something fun you're doing this summer? What's on your bucket list? What kind of posts do you want to see from me this summer? Do you want to collab (contact me!!)? 

A-Z Favorites | Collab

Helloooooo friends! This is a collab with Katie from Nerd Online. I haven't done a collab for so long but I have some planned so get excited! Today we're sharing our A-Z favorites. Basically, I say one of my favorite things starting with the letter going in order of the alphabet. It's a bit confusing to explain but you will get it once I get started. :)

Acting

Blogging

Computers

Doing fun new things

Elephants

Flowers

Galaxy backgrounds

Hiking

Ice cream

Journalism

Kindness just out of the blue

Lakehouses and swimming in the lake

Making new friends

Necklaces with pretty stones

Overcoming obstacles giving you opportunities

Plants in bedrooms even though I don't have any in mine because I would kill them haha

Quietly questioning things about our world

Rose petals floating in the water

Swimming every day any day

Thanking someone and then them smiling

Ukuleles which is something I actually really want to learn how to play

Vines growing on the side of buildings

Waterslides

X-mas tree

Yellow things because they just seem so light and about summery happiness

Zebra prints

That was just a super fun short post which I hope you enjoyed! I actually got out of school for the summer on Monday so expect me to be for active on all of the things. I'm planning on doing a cool my goals/bucket list for summer post next week so stay tuned for that. Also once again this is a collab with Kate so make sure to go check out her blog!

What are some of your favorite things that make you smile?

Some Super Nabila Thoughts Aka What I Was Doing That Week I Wasn't On Instagram

Hellllllooooo lovelies! I hope you are having an amazing day. :) I was inspired to do this post by both this and this. You should check out both of those bloggers by the way! They're super cool! I thought it would be so fun to just write down some of my thoughts and just little snippets of my life for a week. I think y'all will either a) see more into how my mind works or b) at least laugh. :) Oh and yes I will be getting back to actual posts that are not just my life next week haha. Let's get started!

-The dancers at my school are so good oh my gosh like how can they physically do that???? Because I
definitely can't do that. And I probably won't be able to. Ever.

-Ate vegetarian sushi bowl my dad made. Happy now.

-Redid Pinterest cover and now I’m so proud of myself.

-Enjoying Instagram break so far. I just have so much more time for other stuff it's cool.

-Just got my yearbook and I’m in it like ten times. Plus it looks so good!! The pages I did are the best,
of course, *flips hair*

-Me: we pretty much only eat Asian or Mexican food

Dad: I mean what else is there??

Me: well true

-You know what’s good?

Food

Food is good

-Something that annoys me if when I’m reading a blog and it’s not that great but it also had 400
followers and like 75 comments. I’m just like how??????? I'm not trying to be mean but you
know what I'm talking about.

-That friend that takes up the whole page in your yearbook and it’s just inside jokes #truefriends.

-I think a lot of people at school think I’m vegetarian because I never eat meat at school but nope just trying to be #healthy. Although I do want to be vegetarian. *shrugs*

-This little house that I played in at school in kindergarten got torn down today and I’m not here for it

-My mom just came home from shopping with my dad and grandparents and told us to put our shoes
on. We then went to a restaurant on a Wednesday and a school night all freaking for this.

-I’m trying to be a lot more healthy. I would say I’m succeeding. Just ate a cheeseburger. Didn’t beat
myself up about it. This is what actually being healthy is.

-I’m that person that has uncontrollable laughter and once laughed when I was doing the
announcements while the whole school was listening. Go me. And that once was today but anyway.

-Just won at Kahoot my life is complete honesty.

-You know sometimes I feel like siblings birthday parties are just an excuse to clean a lot. I mean
seriously.

-Science teacher talking about pollution: “now no matter what you believe the climate is changing and
humans definitely are most of it”

Me: silently claps and cheers in head

-At a super nerdy thing right now and oh my gosh it’s all my friends.

-Person: Line up in alphabetical order.
Me having a w last name: *goes straight to back*

-Me: can you sing the national anthem?

Other person: depends what key??

Me: only at this school *shakes head and laughs*

-You can know who your true friends are by how they sign your yearbook. If "hags" they don’t really
care/lazy. If "have a great summer" not lazy just don’t care. Just name means just lazy. And so on I’m
tired so not going on

-People are giving me compliments because I’m wearing a pretty dress and honestly I’m living

-Trying to memorize something totally last minute and it’s really not working. One of my strong suits
is not memorizing.

-I’m officially part of the National Junior Honor Society. We just had the ceremony thing and my
parents were there and I got to miss some school honestly largely happy about this. Like very highly
A plus happy right now. And it’s Friday so I’m going to get chick fil A. Just YAYYYYYY

-In science, we're doing projects in science about natural disasters and I got floods. It was fate.

-I AM HAVING SUCH A GOOD DAY I AM SO HAPPY

-House is actually getting built yo.

-My friend just did my hair and I’m in a pretty dress for the NJHS thing and honestly feeling so pretty
so yeah

-Science teacher quote: “Besides HEB and Whataburger one of the coolest things about Texas are the
many different ecoregions.

Me: ok then

-It's currently 90+ degrees not cool but it’s ok

-Having noodles made out of zucchini and it’s weirdly amazing?????

I really hoped you like that!! Also, I did a comedy improv show fundraiser thing at school on Friday and ahhhh it was so fun!!! Should I do more posts like this??? What's been a highlight of this month so far?? What grade are you in/how old are you? Do you do theatre?