February 2017 Favorites

Hey guys,

Here is this months favorites! Also, this post is the last post for the month and I am so happy to say that I was able to complete my goal of posting every single weekday this month! It was challenging and missed out on a lot of sleep but at least I can finally say that this month is the first month where I didn't miss a post or forget to post when I said I was going to. I did post late a couple of times or cut it really close but I was able to get a post up every day that I planned on getting one up! Now let's see if I am able to continue this throughout next month and maybe even start filming some YouTube videos!

1) Oreo Truffles

One of my co-workers made these for the super bowl potluck at work and they were so good! I ate so many of them and even snuck some in my lunchbox to take home with me haha. I really want to try and make some of these at home myself but I haven't had the time to do any baking which makes me so sad because I love to bake!

2) Sperry Slip-On Sneaker

I recently purchased these and I absolutely love them! I have been wanting them for the longest time and I finally was able to purchase them. I've only worn them once so far but they are so cute. They run a little small so I suggest going up a size. I'm normally a 6 1/2 but I ended up getting a 7.

3) Hollyn

So we saw her perform live a couple weeks ago and she was so good! She recently came out with her first album and I've already listened to it several times and memorized the lyrics to a couple of the songs. I highly recommend checking her out if you like Christian music.

4) Favorite DIY

So far this has been my favorite DIY! However, it was quite challenging and it took a little while to complete. There were some spots that didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped but I'll live with it or maybe I'll fix it someday! haha 

5) Favorite YouTuber - Meghan Rienks

This is my favorite YouTuber at the moment. She vlogged everyday in the month of February and most of her blogs were really funny! They were also pretty short which can be nice. Sometimes YouTubers make really long videos and I don't enjoy watching them because they take up way too much of my time but most of hers were under 10 minutes.

6) The Space Between Us

So my sister and I saw this movie at the beginning of the month and it was so cute! We absolutely loved it and I am so glad that it was really good. I was kind of nervous that it was going to end badly or that it was going to be just an all around bad movie but thankfully it was pretty good and I will definitely be buying it! There were some aspects that I wasn't really expecting but I think that's how every movie should be when you go to see it. The previews shouldn't give everything away. I highly recommend seeing it or waiting till it goes to Redox haha.

7) Favorite Light Fixtures

So we are currently working on completing our front entryway and I picked out these two lighting fixtures and I really want to get both of them someday soon (Hanging pendant and wall sconce). My plan is to spray paint the hanging pendant gold to match the rest of the theme because it's really hard to find a gold hanging lighting fixture like this and if you do find one, it's really expensive and I just don't really see the point in spending a lot of money on this light fixture. And then I want to hang the two sconces next to the mirror that we just hung on the wall. 

8) Too Faced White Chocolate Chip Palette

So my sister and I found this palette recently at Sephora. I knew that they came out with it but I totally forgot all about it until I saw it while waiting in line to check out. So my sister and I each got one and I think she bought one for a friend as well. I love all of the colors and I even used it in this blog post! All of the colors are great and super pretty. I really love the pink one because it has some gold undertones that show through really well if you use a wet eyeshadow brush to apply it with.

9) The Royals

So this show actually ended in February but I love it so much! I wish it was still on, it needs to get more episodes each season and it better get renewed for a new season! I am obsessed with British people and I totally wish I had a British accent haha! Plus since I'm a Disney fan, I totally love the fact that it's all about a royal family.

10) Arizona Raspberry Iced Tea

My sister recently picked this up from Publix and it is so good! It's definitely my second favorite Arizona tea. And if you don't know what Publix is then I am so sorry! And if you don't know what Arizona tea is then again, I am so sorry! Arizona makes some of the best teas, although, I'm sure that most of them aren't the healthiest.

XO, Steph

Life Update February 2017

Hey guys,

So today's post is going to be a life update! I like writing these so I hope you guys like reading these haha! So far not much is going on really. I have mostly just been working a lot and then whenever I have free time I am trying to work on the house with my sister. We haven't been able to get too much more accomplished since we moved in but it's coming along. We'll probably be completely done by the end of next year haha. I am obsessed with searching on Pinterest for different ideas to do to the house. Since we can't really afford to fix up our outdated kitchen, we have been researching different ways to fix up our cabinet doors without having to replace them. Eventually we're going to add a backsplash and then figure out how to change the lighting. I think we're going to keep the same counter top because it's really expensive and hard to change that. Plus it would be stupid to change the countertop without changing the whole kitchen.

So another update is that I have been working a lot lately, I just finished working 8 days in a row, granted I didn't work 8 hours each day (most of them were 5-7 hour days) but this was first time that I reached almost 40 hours in one week so I'm really looking forward to that paycheck haha! I have today off and then tomorrow starts my 9 days in a row of working before having 4 days off. I'm not looking forward to working 9 days in a row haha. Although, working the 8 days in a row wasn't too bad but I did end up falling asleep super early one night because I was extremely exhausted. We recently had two people quit at one of my jobs and so that's why I ended up having to work so much. My guess is that I will probably have to cover some more of their shifts this week coming up but I haven't been asked yet. So we will see.

This weekend we worked on our front entryway and I'm really hoping that it will get done by the end of today and so if it does I will definitely be posting pictures or doing a blog post on it. It's definitely only one of the parts of the house that is coming together very well and will probably be done very soon. There are couple more things that we need to buy for it and finish making for it but other than that it's almost complete!

So I don't know if I have mentioned this but I actually got a new car recently. I have been wanting a new car for a while but at the same time I didn't really want to give up my old car. The car I used to drive was an Acura TSX. It's a 2007 but it's my baby, like I don't really think that it's that old even though there have been all of these updates to newer cars. My new car is the Infiniti QX30 and I got it in liquid copper, which looks more like a bronze/brown color in the picture below but most of the time it looks like a light pink or rose gold color. I am obsessed with it and I absolutely love the color! By the way I am only leasing it for 3 years so we decided to keep my old car and I will just drive it if I ever go over my miles and then my dad drives whenever I'm not using.

We currently don't really have any big trips planned anytime soon but we went to Tallahassee in January and then we took a day trip to Disney in January as well. I didn't go anywhere is February but the rest of my family did! I had to stay home and dog sit and work so that was fun haha! We have a couple trips planned in March but we're staying in the state haha! We have a trip planned to Universal Studios in a couple weeks and then we are going back up to Tallahassee to visit our friends again! The reason we keep going to Tallahassee is because our friends had a baby! And we love her so much (and all of our friends too haha) so we pretty much can't stay away. March is the last month before our friend has to go back to work from her maternity leave and so we wanted to spend some more time with her and help her get ready to go back to work by holding the baby for her whenever she needs us to haha!

Why do iPhone pictures always look so much better on the iPhone and horrible once you put them anywhere else?!?!

We also recently went to a Toby Mac concert and we had a blast. There were a bunch of other artists there as well such as Hollyn, Mandisa, and Capitol Kings. I love going to concerts and being able to sing at the top of my lungs!




Some other projects that we are currently working on for the house include redoing two chairs that my mom got for free from the place she works and then my mom and sister went thrift store shopping and found a couch to redo for $40! I wasn't too stoked about it because it's not what we had been talking about since we moved in but it's whatever because I told my sister she could design the library however she wanted!

So I might do monthly "life updates" or one every other month. I haven't decided yet! I think it will also depend on how much has happened in my life or what is currently going on.

XO, Steph

Disney's Magic Kingdom Rides Ranked

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So this is the last post for the ranking of the rides at Disney. I saved this one for last because there are sooo many rides/attractions at Magic Kingdom. There are a total of 41 rides located at Magic Kingdom according to the Disney website. However, there are some rides that I don't really count as rides and so I will not be ranking them (I explain below). 

1) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

This is probably my favorite ride at Magic Kingdom. It's a lot of fun and it's also a pretty long roller coaster. If I remember correctly, I believe it lasts for about 5 minutes or so. It's not the most exciting roller coaster but it is still pretty great! Disney is know for being very kid friendly which is why they don't have that many crazy rides that kids can't ride.

2) Space Mountain

This is my second favorite! It's inside and you can't see like anything at all except for tiny little white lights everywhere which represents stars. Since, it's in the dark, it make it a little more exhilarating because you don't know what's coming next.

P.S. We rode Space Mountain Mission 2 while visiting Disneyland Pairs and it was good except for the fact that the seating was so uncomfortable it made the ride miserable. This version went upside down (which is great) but I wasn't able to focus on that because of how much pain I was in.

3) Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

This one would be my favorite ride however, even though it's been open for more than 2 years, the line is still so incredibly long and once you've ridden it a couple of times, you just don't really see the point in waiting in line. It's a really fun ride to ride but I just don't ever feel like waiting the 75 plus minutes it takes to wait in line.

4) Pirates of the Caribbean

So we pretty much ride this ride at least two times every time we go to Disney. We absolutely love this ride, mostly because of the movies but also because of Johnny Depp. We also, really enjoy riding it because my parents come on this one with us. Neither of my parents ride roller coasters so it's nice to be able to have something to ride with them.

5) Haunted Mansion

This is also another ride that we ride with our parents. It's a lo fun and the ending is probably our favorite part!

6) Under the Sea: Journey of The Little Mermaid

7) Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover

This ride is a lot of fun and a nice ride to hop on whenever you need a break. The wait for this line is very rarely ever long and it's unique because you actually get to ride through other rides while on this ride.

8) Jungle Cruise

So this is a boat ride and you go through the "jungle" and you get to see wild animals (but they aren't actually real haha) and then there is basically a lot of dry humor.

9) Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin

This is a shooting game. It's basically like a real life video game. You have a little gun that shoots out lasers and then you have to try and see how many points you can get by shooting at the targets (and defeating the bad guy, Zurg) and then at the end of the ride it tells you what level you are depending on how many points you earned.

10) Walt Disney's Carrousel of Progress

This ride is neat because you sit down in a mini auditorium and watch the show that plays out before you and then the auditorium rotates around to another stage and time passes while you rotate to show how technology and stuff has improved people's lives. To be honest, it probably needs a revamp but at the same time I don't think they've really made any changes to it since it's opened (other than repairs and cleaning things up a bit) but this is one of Walt's original rides so it would be kind of sad to see it changed or removed.

11) Peter Pan's Flight

This ride is ridiculously popular. I am not entirely sure why but I've only been on it a handful of times. We ride Winnie the Pooh more often than we ride this ride because the line is always like 75 minutes or more. We always try to keep an eye on it to see if it's ever any less than that but it's very rare. Every couple of years we will get a Fastness for it just so we can make sure that we are still riding it so we don't forget what it's like haha.

12) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

This is a ride for kids of all ages. Like I'm pretty sure you can take your baby on this ride if you really wanted to. It's cute and fun and the line isn't usually very long.

13) Mickey's Philharmagic
14) Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room

This show features birds (they aren't real) that sing to you and perform different numbers for you. It's cute and fun and the songs are very catchy haha.

15) "it's a small world"

We don't ride this ride very often because it can be kind of annoying haha. The song gets stuck in your head but I like to ride it because it takes throughout the world and shows you different cultures.

16) Splash Mountain

So this would normally be at the top of everyone's favorite rides at Disney list but not so much for me. I am terrified of heights and the drop on this ride is pretty high up which normally would be totally fine if I were strapped in. However, if this ride all you get is a really big lap bar that has never come close to touching me at all. I am pretty skinny and even if someone the same size at me sat down next to me the bar still doesn't go down far enough for it to touch me. But I typically always sit with my sister is a little bit bigger than me and then I always will just hold onto her and the squeeze the bar in front of me and then usually I'm good haha. Granted I have never fallen out so you would think that over time my fear would go away but for some odd reason it just got worse as I got older. I still ride this and I definitely recommend that everyone ride it but I am still scared it and there are other rides that I prefer to ride over this one.

17) Country Bear Jamboree

So this ride is actually a show and I totally forgot that it existed up until last year when my sister was like we should go see this because it's been forever and I was like I don't even remember what this is at all except for the fact that bears are in it and they sing. I do recommend seeing this show at least once because it's cute and can be very entertaining for little ones.

18) Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor

So this is another show and it's more entertaining for little kids in my opinion. They tell a lot of cheesey jokes and they try to make you laugh instead of scaring the little kids like in the movie. It's fun if you need to sit for a little bit but waiting in line for it can be kind of annoying haha (but what's new). Also, a helpful tip, if you do plan on riding this, I do have to mention that it isn't open all day. It's only open for a certain amount of hours during the day. So be sure to check the times sheet when you get into the park and make sure to plan accordingly because there have been times when we were going to check it because we had done everything else that we wanted to do and the ride was closed for the day. I don't think it's open first thing in the morning and I think it closes around 6 or 7 in the evening or maybe even earlier.

19) Tom Sawyer Island

So we recently just rediscovered this place. We pretty much just stick to our favorites whenever we come to Magic Kingdom but when we had a our annual passes we decided to try out some new (but technically old) things whenever we would go. I guess we would go on this more when I was younger but then when I started riding the older rides we stopped going but one time when we went last year I was like "So exactly is Tom Sawyer's Island?" and so we decided to take the life raft over to the island and check it out. It's actually pretty cool and there are like different trails you can walk on and explore the way the boys lived on the island. I totally recommend this for families with little kids because there are some neat things for them to do on the island.

20) The Hall of Presidents

So we pretty much only ride this whenever we get a new president so either every 4 or 8 years depending on if someone new is elected or not. So that means it's been over 8 years since I've seen it and I don't really remember what happens other than the fact that every president is in it and they either sing or give some type of speech lol.

 21) Stitch's Great Escape

So this is fun except the seating is horrible! its an over the head restraint that weighs a lot and pushes down on your shoulder occasionally throughout the show.

22) Enchanted Tales with Belle

If you have small children then you totally need to do this because they get to reenact the story of The Beauty and The Beast and they also get to meet Belle and take a picture with her.

23) Liberty Square Riverboat

I rarely will ride this but only because I find it kind of boring. However, my parents ride it all the time. Basically it's a Riverboat that goes up and down a small river and I'm not really sure what else happens but I think it's a good ride to ride if you need to take a break but don't want to just sit down on a bench.

24) Swiss Family Treehouse

This is a pretty interesting attraction. Basically, you climb up a treehouse and you get to see how the Swiss Family Robinson's lived in their treehouse. There are a lot of stairs so if you aren't good at them or don't like to climb then I don't recommend this attraction.

25) Walt Disney World Railroad

So I don't really count this as a ride too much only because it's mainly supposed to be used as a form of transportation. There are three different stations and it can take from the front of the park (Main Street Station) to the either Fantasyland or Frontierland. There are fun things to see along the way which is what makes it an attraction.

So the following are either rides that I have never ridden or rides that I have only been on a couple of times and don't plan on riding them again unless I'm with someone who has never been to Disney before and they want/need to get the full Disney experience!

1) Astro Orbiter

I have never been on this ride and I will never go on this ride. As I've mentioned before, I get motion sickness and this ride would most likely give me motion sickness. I am also totally afraid of heights and in order to get on this ride you have to an elevator up to the second level and then when you're on it, I think the arms stretch out over the side which means you basically are looking down to your death (and yes, I am trying to be really dramatic haha)!

2) The Barnstormer

This ride is technically for little kids but we had never been on it so one day my mom, my sister, and I decided to hop on and see what it was like. And we didn't like it. The seats were extremely uncomfortable and I think even if I had a kid, I still would not ride this ride again. It was boring and I just can't get over how uncomfortable the seats were.

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These next 3 rides are basically fancier fair rides. I don't think I've ridden any of them and I probably won't ever ride any of them unless I have children that really want to ride them.

3) Dumbo The Flying Elephant Machine
4) The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
5) Mad Tea Party

6) Prince Charming Regal Carrousel

I love carrousel's however, my sister does not so I haven't been on this in forever. Someday I'll find my prince charming and get to ride Prince Charming's Regal Carrousel! haha

7) Tomorrowland Speedway

This ride is fun if you're like 5 and super gullible and think that you are actually driving a car. However, if you are an adult and riding this then it's extremely boring and makes you want to visit Old Town and ride the real go carts! haha And if you don't know what Old Town, then you can visit this link and learn all about it!

Sorry this one went up a little late. It actually took me quite a while to write this up since there are so many rides at Magic Kingdom that I recommend everyone tries out.

XO, Steph

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Disney's Animal Kingdom Rides Ranked

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1) Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain

So this is pretty much the best ride at Animal Kingdom! My family rarely ever goes to Animal Kingdom and one of the main reason we started going more often was because they put in this ride. Before this ride there were only the rides listed below and then there are a ton of animal attractions. Which don't get me wrong, I absolutely love animals but I'd really rather not pay like $90 to basically go to a fancier zoo and see some animals haha.

But this ride is the best, there is are a couple parts that kind of freak me out but thankfully I'm the type of person that can just close her eyes and not pay attention to whats really going on and enjoy myself. I love riding roller coasters and this is definitely is a great one! It doesn't go upside down (which some people require for it to be a good roller coaster) but there is one part that almost makes you feel like you are going upside down and honestly, this part in the dark so who knows, you might actually be going upside down haha. I also just love the theme of this ride which is why I consider is good one to ride.

2) DINOSAUR

So this is mine and my family's favorite ride to ride (like as a family because my parents don't ride roller coasters). There are a couple scary parts if you have small children (or if you're like me and don't like it when things pop up out of nowhere haha). But other than that, it's a lot of fun and it's kind of educational because you learn the names of some of the dinosaurs (or maybe all of them, I'm really not entirely sure).

3) Kilimanjaro Safaris

My family and I also really love this ride. One time we went on it right after it had just finished raining and it was beautiful. The sun was glistening and it was so memorable because the lions all came out and one was perched right on top of their rocks and looked just like a scene from The Lion King! It was so amazing and this ride is a lot of fun if you enjoy getting to see animals that you don't get to see in life that often such as lions or giraffes!

4) Kali River Rapids

I honestly don't really know much about this ride. I think I have only been on it maybe a handful of times and that's not because I'm scared of water rides. I love water rides, I just hate getting drenched most of the time so technically I love the idea of water rides. If I plan on riding a water ride then I will typically plan my outfit accordingly because I absolutely hate chaffing and it seems like every time I would ride a water ride, I would end up chaffing so my sister and I discovered that if you wear like fabric shorts or scarf shorts as some people call them then they are made out of a thinner material which means that they dry a lot faster than other short's materials.

5) It's Tough to be a Bug

So this is technically a show and not a ride. It's based off of the movie, It's a Bugs Life (which I used to love this movie!). I've seen it probably a handful of times but I don't really remember everything that goes on. According to Disney's website, it's not a 4D show but I thought it was. I thought that they made it feel like bugs were crawling under your seat and I also thought that a stinkbug sprayed you with some smelly scents but I maybe confusing it with a different from a different park haha. However, I definitely recommend seeing this show at least once.

6) Primeval Whirl

So this ride and the next one are basically like nicer versions of fair rides, in my opinion. I haven't been on either of them. They are primarily for little kids and I don't think that they really had them when I was little and then by the time they got them, I was already riding roller coasters and so I wasn't really into riding them, plus it would be very hard to get anyone else in my family to ride them haha.

7) TriceraTop Spin

8) Wildlife Express Train

So if I'm remembering this correctly, this train takes you to like a little island place (but not really). It's more like an area that you can access only through this train. So more like a private area inside the park. It's a pretty cool area that features more animals and I also believe that there is a petting zoo there are well. I love petting zoo's and I will probably always love petting zoo's haha. Like I've said before, I absolutely love animals and getting to pet them just makes everything so much better haha. Basically, it's a fun and educational island and something that I totally recommend doing!

XO, Steph

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Disney's Hollywood Studios Rides Ranked

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So this is my second favorite Disney park and if you go to this link, it says that Hollywood Studios has 13 attractions. I only have 8 listed because I'm pretty much only listing rides or items that I think are extremely fun and something not to miss.

1) The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

So this is my favorite ride of all time (and by that I mean out of every single theme park I have been to this is my favorite ride)! I love this and I try to ride it as many times as I can whenever we go to Hollywood Studios. Most people that I talk to about this ride don't think that it's that great but I love it. So basically with this ride, you are taken down to the "basement" and then you sit down in the service elevator and then it takes you up a couple floors and you watch something, and then it takes you up a couple more floors and then the elevator moves forward into a pitch black are and you don't know whether you are going to go up or drop to your death (haha just kidding, it's really not that scary). It's a lot of fun and very exhilarating! You go up and down a few times and then the elevator moves back to another more lit up area and then you exit the ride.

2) Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

This is my second favorite but only at this park. It is an indoor roller coaster featuring the band Aerosmith. It's kind of similar to the Hulk where it shoots you off and then you go upside down a couple of times. If you have any cartilage piercings in your ears then I highly recommend taking those out before you get on because it will through your head from side to side and it really hurts if you hit your ear on the side of the over-the-head restraints.

 My sister and I have been on this ride so many times that sometimes if the line is too long then we will just do single rider because sometimes it doesn't take as much time. However, there have been sometimes where we could have sworn that it took us longer to get through single rider than it did for the people in the regular line to get on and they were able to ride together. However, sometimes if the single rider line gets too long then they will just put a few single riders together on the ride at the same time so they can make sure that the line doesn't get to be too long.

3) Toy Story Mania!

This is ride has been at this park for more than 5 years now but it is still such a popular ride. The line for this ride is almost always 75 minutes or more. I would have to say, it's definitely worth the wait if you weren't able to get a FastPass+ but I highly recommend trying to get one. This is a shooting game, however, it's all virtual. You have gun but instead of pulling a trigger, they made it a little more kid friendly (in my opinion) and you pull a string with a ball at the end and that how your ammo comes out. And then your cart takes you through to different screens and each screen is a different shooting game. It's a lot of fun and I always try to beat everyone in my family haha!

4) The Great Movie Ride

This ride is a lot of fun and interactive. There are several parts that you won't expect if you have never ridden it before. Sometimes I forget about them too and it's like a nice surprise again because it makes the ride of fun! The line for this ride is also pretty neat, however, I haven't been through it in a very long time, but you get to see props from actually movies such as the Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins.

5) Star Tours - The Adventure Continues

So this is another ride that makes my sister and I really sick. It gives us terrible motion sickness. We try to ride it like every couple of years because we like the ride, it just gives us motion sickness unfortunately. However, if you don't get motion sickness then I highly recommend riding this! It is a lot of fun plus it features R2D2!

6) Star Wars Launch Bay

This is something that's fairly new to Hollywood Studios and it's pretty fun and neat to go through. I'm not sure if they are there all of the time but sometimes you can meet characters from Star Wars. My sister met Darth Vader one time and I ran away haha (he really scares me!).

7) Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

This is a fun experience, there's a walk through portion and a sit down video. It's nice to watch because you can learn all about Walt Disney and how he brought everything to life and created the magical world of Disney!

8) Muppet*Vision 3D

It's been a really long time since I've sat down to watch this show and I don't really remember what happens in it. However, I totally recommend watching it. There is always a decent amount of people going in to see it. Plus it's very kid friendly which is something that Hollywood Studios lacks in a little bit compared to the rest of the other parks.

I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! The rest of these posts will be posted on Monday and Tuesday!

XO, Steph

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Disney's Epcot Rides Ranked

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So I organially planning on writing these and posting them in the order of my favorite parks but I realized that there are so many rides at Magic Kingdom that I think that one is going to be posted last because of how much I am go to have to write lol. So I thought I would start with a park that doesn't have too many rides.

So if you follow this link, it says that Epcot has 35 attractions, however most of them are not rides they are activities to do. So I'm not really going to count those items in this list. This list is only going to consist of rides that you can actually ride at the park. 

1) Test Track

So this is the most exhilarating ride at Epcot and it used to be the most popular with the longest wait times but I assuming since Frozen has now opened that Frozen probably has the longest wait times. People may still prefer Test Track but Frozen is still too new and everyone is waiting in line to ride the ride for the first time still. However, this ride is a lot of fun and one that I recommend if you like riding roller coasters. It's not technically a roller coaster but

2) Frozen Ever After

Thankfully we were able to ride this ride the last time that we went to Epcot which was in January. (You can read about that here!) This ride is a lot of fun and to be honest, it's really gorgeous. We were kind of concerned about how it was going to turn out after reading all that they had planned but the characters inside look so life like, it really turned out perfect! The ride felt like it was almost 5 minutes long and by the way it's a water ride but thankfully you don't get wet. You may get a little splashed but it should dry fairly quickly in the Florida heat haha.

3) Living with the Land

This is one of our favorite rides at Epcot. You ride on a boat thing and it tells you all about eco living and recycling and stuff like that. And then it takes you through to a green room and tells you how everything food item made on Disney property is actually grown on Disney property and is actually pretty healthy for you. They also have their own fish that they grow instead of purchasing them from unhealthy fish farms.

4) Spaceship Earth

We ride this ride almost every single time we go. It's actually really interesting and the reason so many people like it is because it actually takes you up inside the giant ball that Epcot is famous for. It talks about how things we made and how we've evolved (and by evolved I don't mean how we went from being monkeys to humans haha) so much over time. It's actually a lot of fun!

5) The Seas with Nemo & Friends

This ride is a lot of fun if you are a fan of finding Nemo! It basically takes under the sea and you get to see Nemo and all of his friends. You ride in a shell and you actually go through the aquarium and get to see real life fish while on the ride. They also play the song from the musical that plays at Animal Kingdom.

6) Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros

This ride is located in the World Showcase which means it's located where all of the countries are located. It's located in Mexico and it also features Donald Duck. It's another ride and it's a pretty fun ride. Most of the rides at Epcot are very kid friendly and this one is actually pretty cool because it's inside the temple in Mexico and everything it so open. Like there's a restaurant inside of the temple too and when you are on the ride you can see the restaurant and people at the restaurant can see the ride as well.

7) Ellen's Energy Adventure

This is the ride that you can ride if you need a break because it's very long! It's like 40 minutes long and it's also basically a history lesson. And by the way, if you haven't caught on yet, Epcot is a very educational park! They like to make sure that when you leave, you have learned something new haha. This ride features Ellen Degeneres and Bill Nye the Science Guy. He educates Ellen on many things because she is playing a game show in the ride and she's not doing so well. She misses quite a few questions and so he has to teach her all about the questions that she's missed.

8) Journey into Imagination with Figment

I honestly don't really have anything to say about this ride because I can't tell you the last time that we went on it. It's actually one of my friends favorite rides haha (although I don't think it really is) but he rides it almost every single time he goes.

9) The Circle of Life

This ride features characters from The Lion King and I don't really remember much about this attraction at all. It technically isn't a ride, it's actually just a 20-minute long fun educational video about conservation and protecting the Earth.

10) The American Adventure

So to be honest, I really don't remember what this is and I possibly may have never ridden it haha. So I don't really have much to say about it and the only reason it's landed above the two rides listed below is because I really don't like the two rides below because they give me motion sickness and almost every single time I ride them I end up getting a really bad headache that won't go away no matter how much Tylenol or Advil I take.

11) Mission: Space

This is really bad for people with motion sickness. Basically you sit/stand in this circle thing and then the walls like close in on you and then I believe you start to spin and you basically play like a video game on your own screen and it's supposed to make you feel like you an astronaut in outer space. My sister and I regret riding this almost every time we ride it but whenever they make changes to rides that we've ridding in the past we like to re-ride them just so we can see what was different. We rode this one, I'd say about 3 or 4 years ago now and after the last time I don't think I will ever go on it again. It made me so nauseous and I had such a bad headache afterwards. I didn't end up feeling better until the next day after I had slept all the pain away haha (not to sound dramatic or anything).

12) Soarin'

My sister and I first rode this in California. I actually don't even think we've ever been on the Florida version because the one in California made us so sick. And I don't really remember it other than that because that was more than 10 years ago now. All I really remember is you sit in a thing that looks like those glider things that you see people in at the beach or flying over a mountain and you stare at a giant screen that has a bunch of different views from all over the place (maybe even all over the world?)

Aside from all of these rides there are plenty of other attractions at Epcot as well. There are also plenty of character meet and greets throughout the park and there is also a Kim Possible adventure that kids can go that will take you throughout different countries in the world showcase and I think throughout the rest of the park as well. There are also plenty of educational areas for kids to learn and play!

Epcot is also famous for all of their restaurants and if you plan on staying the whole day then I highly recommend making reservations for lunch and dinner at two different restaurants. I've eaten at almost all of the restaurants there and some of them even twice. For some of them, depending on the time of year, you might not need a reservation but I still highly recommend getting some just to be on the safe side. 

XO, Steph

Top 10 Non-Animated Disney Movies

Hey guys,

So let me first start by explaining that I'm calling this Non-Animated because I'm not sure what the technical would be for movies like this but I'm not going to call it live-action because technically a live-action Disney movie is all of the animated movies that they have turned into non-animated movies. For example, there is Cinderella the animated version and then there is Cinderella the Live-Action movie with real actors in it and not just their voices with some pictures. Also I'm not going to include their live action movies in this list because they haven't actually made that many of their animated movie into live-action movies. Also, it's because Beauty and The Beast hasn't come out yet and aside from Cinderella I'm sure that will make the top of the list haha.

So to be honest, I haven't seen most of these movies in quite a long time but growing up these are the Disney movies that my sister and Iwould watch over and over again. We loved each and every single one of these and still do. Most of them hold a

1) A Cinderella Story

So this has been my favorite movie for a really long time. If someone ever asks me what my favorite movie is, I always say it's a tie between Scream and A Cinderella story. I used to be obsessed with Hillary Duff and I pretty much still am haha but she is so adorable and I just think that she is a great actress and a really good singer. Plus Cinderella is my favorite animated movie so why wouldn't this be my favorite movie haha. Also not to mention, but Chad Michael Murray is pretty darn gorgeous as well!

2) The Princess Diaries

Ann Hathaway is such a great actress and there's this one line from the movie that my sister and I always quote and its the line where she's standing in front of the mirror and she says "this is as good as it's gonna get" or something like that and then she ends up finding out that she's a princess and in line for a thrown so who knows, maybe if my sister and I say it enough times something magical will happen to us too haha.

3) National Treasure

Honestly, this movie is really good and I love how they get to travel to so many different places just to solve the mystery. Plus this movie is perfect because it has romance, mystery, action and adventure, and it's also pretty funny during some parts.

4) Pirates of The Caribbean

This movie is amazing, of course and so is the ride haha. I haven't seen the last two in the series but I'm sure that they're probably pretty good as well. But the first one is definitely the best because of the actors that are in it. Johnny Depp is an amazing actor but I love the story line with Kierra Knightly and Orlando Bloom.

5) Mary Poppins

This is probably the only Disney where I can just randomly start singing one of the songs because they are so darn catchy. They stick in your head and make you want to sing them. This movie is somewhat educational and so much fun to watch if you're a kid. I haven't seen in a really long time but I'm sure it's just as great now as it was back when I used to watch it growing up.
P.S. Sugar helps the medicine go down! (insert winky smiley face here)

6) The Parent Trap

Even though Lindsey Lohan is kind of annoying nowadays, back in the day she used to be a pretty good actress and there were several of her movies that I used to love watching. I love this one because it's bringing together a family and two sisters that should have never been separated to begin with. It's really quite strange that the two decided that they would split the twins up but then again it's a movie and if they hadn't done that then the movie wouldn't have been made haha.

7) Mighty Joe Young

I barely remember this movie but when I was Googling Disney movies this one popped up and I remembered that I used to like watching this one. I liked it because it's like the nice version of King Kong. It's this big Gorilla that is actually super friendly and protective over the woman that he has spent a lot of time with. Don't mess with him and he won't mess with you which is true with a lot of animals. Also, I really like this movie because I love animals and so it's occasionally fun to watch movies featuring animals as the main character haha.

8) The Pacifier

This movie is so funny and adorable. Plus I love Britany Snow, she is such a good actress and I may or may not have seen like every single movie she's been in and she's been in some interesting ones because she's not as popular as some actresses. However, thanks to Picture Perfect, hopefully she'll get better more popular roles than the ones she used to get haha.

9) Flubber

I honestly don't remember that much about this movie but I know that it was pretty (it has Robin Williams, of course it's funny!) but I know that I've seen it probably at least 25+ plus times. We didn't really grow up with cable tv so I mostly just watched the basic channels or movies whenever I had free time growing up and my mom had a lot of VHS tapes and so did my grandma haha. So we were always watching new movies and this is something that has continued to this day. Expect now that I'm older, I watch more scary movies or movies that are rated R or PG-13 haha whereas when I was younger I was only allowed to watch PG or G.

10) Enchanted

This movie is so funny and cute! I love it mostly because she kind of acts like a dumb blonde (which is me sometimes) since she doesn't really understand what's going on. I also love how she ends up falling in love Patrick Dempsey which is great because his daughter is adorable and needs a woman in her life that is going to love her rather than treat her like a problem, like his girlfriend was doing.

I hope that you guys enjoyed this post! So far I'm reaching my goal of blogging everyday in February, let's see how long I can keep this up! Haha

XO, Steph

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How To Tuesday: 2 Makeup Looks for Valentine's Day

Hey guys,

So I know this is kind of last minute seeing as how today is Valentine's Day and all but I figured if you did have anything planned for tonight then you could just come home from work or school, take off all of your makeup and start fresh for a whatever your plans are for the evening.

I'm going to show you 2 different looks and yes this is kind of hard to through pictures but oh well, I'm kind of counting this as a stepping stone for working my way up to doing YouTube videos.

So the picture below is me and my everyday makeup look. Whenever I have a day off and I'm not really doing anything other than running some errands, I will only apply some foundation, some mascara, and then I will set the whole thing with my favorite translucent powder. I will sometimes highlight/conceal under my eyes depending on how tired I look but I didn't do that in this photo so that way I could start off with a simple look and then explain my steps in my makeup process.


This is the foundation that I used for these two looks. However, I will typically use a different foundation almost every single day. I really like to switch it up. Sometimes it depends on what I am doing that day or how hot or cold it's going to be that day.

This is the setting powder that I use. It's translucent and I typically buy it from Target or Ulta. Ultra typically sells out of it so lately I've been buying it at Target.

This is my one of my favorite mascaras and the one that I am wearing in both looks. By the way, each look has two coats of mascara and I am not wearing any false lashes and I don't have eyelash extensions.

This is what I look like after I've done my bronzing/contouring. I kind of do this weird thing where I contour with my bronzer. I have contouring powders but I don't like to use them everyday and when I do use them I typically will contour and then go back later and bronze my face. So with the bronzer look I do the same thing that I do when I contour except I'm mostly just trying to warm up my face and still make my cheekbones pop haha.  

This is the bronzer that I used for these two looks. It's one of my favorites!

This is my highlight before the blending!

And this is my highlight after the blending. So basically this is what my face looks like before I've done anything else to it. So I have add any eyeshadow or blush. However, I am wearing mascara. Sometimes I will apply mascara before I apply anything else and sometimes mascara will be the last thing I do. It really just depends on my mood and what I fee like doing that day haha.

Makeup Look #1: Nude Lip and Pink Eyes

Just to let you guys know it is super hard to take a picture of yourself with your eyes closed haha. So this is best one that I got. I know it's kind of hard to see the eyeshadow and so I will explain it down below.

So this is the blush that I used. It's from Too Faced and you will definitely see a trend with Too Faced and no this post is not sponsored however, I would love if they totally did want to sponsor me haha! But almost every item in used for this look is by Too Faced. I never realized how much I love their products until I started to document it for a blog post.

This is the eyeshadow primer that I use. It's the only one that I use and the only one that I will recommend. I have tried several others throughout the last few years because I have extremely (strangely) really oily eyelids and so whenever I wear eyeshadow I always get so many creases and I absolutely hate it. But then I discovered this magical stuff and it's now the only one that I will use. By the way it lasts for a really long time because a little bit goes a really long way.

My sister and I were recently at a Sephora inside of a JcPenny and I found these adorable little palette's and so we bought them and I decided to use it for this look because I absolutely love that pink! It has a bit of a gold shine to it and it is seriously amazing! So this look is actually super simple! The second shade in the top row is the shade that is in my crease and I blended that really well so it kind of went all over the lid but not too much, then I applied the second shade in the bottom row to the outer corner of my lid and blended that really well. Lastly, I applied pink shadow to the rest of my eye by starting at the inner corner and working my way out making sure not to cover the entire lid. I stopped about half way and just tried to blend it together a little so there were no harsh lines.

These are the two shades of lipstick that I used and it took me forever to pick one so I just decided to go with both because one was way more pinkier than the other and the other one was more peachy so I decided to combine both so they would hopefully dial each other down haha. And my plan worked, I totally love the color even though it looked way better in real life.

Makeup Look #2: A Pink Lip and Bronzed Eyes

This is the blush that I used for this look. It's also one my favorites. It's actually from their 2015 Christmas line but I love using it still so much.

So for makeup look number 2, I used the Smashbox Full Exposure palette and I used the bottom 4 shades on the left hand side. I put the lightest shade thats in the middle all over the lid, then I put the next darker shade in the crease, then I used the second darkest shade on the outer portion of the lid to darken it a little, and then finally I added the darkest shade on the corner some more and then I used a little to line my upper lids. I The second darkest shade the line the lower portion of my eye. I didn't waterline or sightline. I'm not really a big fan of any of that. I only do it if I'm trying to make my eyes look bigger or if I'm going for a more dramatic look. 

For the glittery/shiny eyeshadow I used the second one in on the left on the top row. I also used the lightest middle shade on the top row on the inside corner of my eye to highlight a little. 

So this is the lip color that I used and it came out much darker than I was hoping. I wanted a lighter color because I really like to wear lighter pinks but I saw this in my lipstick drawer and I knew I hadn't worn it in a while so I thought I would try it.

This is the makeup setting spray that I use. I think that it's the best and I've tried quite a few over the past few years. But I didn't actually use this to set my makeup, I used to spray down my eyeshadow brush before I applied the glittery shadow. I've found that it helps for the eyeshadow to stick better if being applied with a wet brush and technically you can use water but I've also learned that it will last longer if you spritz the brush with a setting spray instead.

So I was originally planning on doing 3 makeup looks for this post but the last one was going to be a red lip and smokey eye look but then I realized that I have never done a smokey eye before and so I thought it might be best that I practice doing one before posting about suggesting to do one haha. I also rarely wear a red lip so I wanted to promote looks that make me feel comfortable and that I would normally wear. So I decided to stick with the two. I normally don't wear a nude lip either but when I do I try to stick to a more pinky nude because I think it suits my skin tone better. 

Also, when doing these looks I did not use an actually highlighter on my cheekbones or anywhere else. If I were actually wearing these looks out on a date or something then I would use one but I'm running low on my favorite highlighter so I opted for the sake of not wasting any product haha. 

XO, Steph

Top 10 Disney Animated Movies

Hey guys,

So this list is going to be from where I am now in my life as an adult. I don't really remember which Disney movies were my favorite to watch growing up but I've heard plenty of stories so I will tell you some of those latter but this list is going to be my favorite animated Disney movies now as a 23 year old. Which makes me feel kind of awkward putting it that way but I will also love Disney movies animated or not!

1) Cinderella

So technically Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are basically tied. I love both of these movies and both of these princesses equally haha. My two favorite colors are pink and blue so obviously they would be my favorite princesses.

2) Sleeping Beauty

This movie is fun to watch and I really love the fairies in this movie. They are so cute!

3) Frozen

This movie is os cute and I love the sisterly love between Ana and Elsa. My sister and I are super close and so we love this movie and it makes us think of each other whenever we watch it or talk about it haha.

4) Beauty and The Beast

this is probably so high on the list because of the music in this movie. Most Disney movies, if not all have music in them but this one is just spectacular. I know more songs from this movie than any other and I've sung some of them in the past when I was in Chorus in high school.

5) The Little Mermaid

This movie is just so classic that I think it has to make everyone's list. It's so cute and I love how love wins in the end and the bad guy (or should I say girl, Ursula) is defeated!

6) Tangled

This movie is really cute too and I love her hair in this movie. They also picked some amazing actors to play the main characters. Both of them have amazing voices and I love all of the music in this movie as well. I also love how she ends up with a bad boy haha but she makes him into a good guy by the end!

7) Wall-E

I love Wall-E! To be honest, I was hesitant at first and I totally did not want to watch this but my sister kept telling me how I needed to see it and strangely one day when I was in high school and it was during finals week, my school was playing it in the auditorium and so I only got to watch a part of it but I fell in love and had to watch the rest of the movie later. I'm not sure I rented it, bought it, or borrowed it from my sister. But this movie is seriously super cute and I totally recommend watching it if you haven't seen it yet!

8) Mulan

I most like this movie because of the girl power in it. I don't really like the whole idea of having to pretend to be a boy to do it but thankfully by the end they realize that she is a girl and that she is just as awesome and powerful as the boys!

9) Pocahontas

I like this movie because of the love story and how it's two different people from two different cultures coming together

10) Finding Dory

To be honest, I like this movie more than Finding Nemo! I love Ellen Degeneres and this is movie is adorable. sad and just all around amazing! If you haven't seen it yet then you need to. P.S. young Dory is so freaking cute!!

So I have been told many times that I used to watch on repeat The Fox and The Hound. I haven't seen this movie since I was kind and I don't really even remember what it was about haha but apparently it used to be one of my faves. Some of the movies that I do remember watching over and over again were not Disney movies and so I can't add them to this list but they were The Swan Princess and Thumbelina. I used to love watching these movies over and over! They were seriously the best and I have no idea why haha.

One of my least favorites Disney movies is the Lion King. I absolutely hate the scene where the father dies because I can't even fathom how a brother could kill his own brother. It seriously breaks my heart when he sort of attempts to save his life and then realizes life would be so much better for him without him in it that he helps his brother fall to his death.

P.S. I'm going to do a non-animated version of this list too because Disney makes other great movies as well!

XO, Steph