Changin' it up.

All righty. Within the next few days, the title "Tales of Garden Gnomes and Other Shiny Things" will officially be retired. In its place, some "My Favorite Things" line from The Sound of Music. Just to keep with my theme. :) I haven't decided what it will be yet, but... It'll be awesome. Let me know if you have ideas. :)
Other changes shall come to pass as well. But... They are to be determined. At a later time. When I don't have 2 weeks to finish online classes so that I can finish high school. Ha. Haha. Ha.
Yes.
Until then, my URL is the only thing that has actually changed - withbluesatinsash.blogspot.com. 

Marvelous. :)

Oh dearie. So much going on! I discovered tonight that Electronic High School coursework is ALL DUE on the 15th of April, so there will soon be even more going on! Online World Civilizations was just an overall bad idea... It'd better be done faster than by the 15th, or I might just spontaneously combust. Ha. Anyway, I think that I'm just grumpy and really need to count my blessings so I'll become less so! Here we go:
Things I loved about today this week:
- Last Tuesday I was accepted to the Music Therapy program up at Utah State! I'm going to be an Aggie! :)
- On Thursday I went up to USU to interview for a scholarship and such. :) I stayed the night with my lovely friend Lauren Tuttle, who is the cutest ever, and we stayed up until 2 in the morning talking about life. It was so amazing! I cannot wait to live up there.
-Lauren Tuttle and her lovely roommates (and hopefully my future roommates) Kaitlyn and Megan.
-Wearing my 9-year-old brother's shirt. Yup.
-Attending the Eagle Court of Honor of my very best friend, Zeegan George! Congrats, cuteness. :)
-Nick Shrum. You really are one my favorites, dearest!
-Utah weather. Sometimes.
-Silver spraypaint!

-The awkwardness of ex-boyfriends + Katy Perry... Oh dear.

-Utah State sweats... Ahhhh like a cloud... The ones in the picture are not the same as mine, but I'm sure they're equally as comfortable. Just less cool. :)

-Silly failullar devices splitting words into things they are not. Case in point - "therapist" into "the *line break* rapist". Haa so hilarious. :)

-Not biting my nails!

-Making wishes at 11:11pm

-Missing school for fun things. Need I say more?

-Peanut butter rice crispie treats for FHE!

-Mismatched socks!

You know, I think I could definitely keep going. Maybe later in the week when I'm not so tired. :) 

Night lovelies!

Mahhhhvelous... :)

Ah! I almost spaced Marvelous Monday! But never fear, I remembered! :) It'll be a quickie, but here it is!

Things I loved about today:

-The fact that because I was so tired, everything was hilarious.

-Finishing the first term of online Computer Technology!

-Muddy Buddies. Mmmm... :)

-I know I said this last week, but hugs! Again!

-The power of deletion! Hooray technology! 

-French braiding! I just need to learn how to do them myself now.

-This adorable love story that happened in real life to Ashley from i believe in unicorns!!

-My new profile picture on Facebook of me about to kiss a pineapple. Hahaha.

-Eating pineapple! (Is that weird since my boyfriend is a pineapple? What he doesn't know won't hurt him. ;) )

-Fashion blogs! Most recently discovered - Thrifted Things. I want her closet! Or just $100 to go spend thrifting... Haha. :)

-Peanut butter jammies time! Haha. It's soooo cold and my PJ pants are the comfiest, warmest things ever...

-And last, but not least, sleeping!

Buenas noches, my lovely 5 followers! :)

Bob Marley had the right idea, for sure!

I have heard a lot of my friends comment on how sad or unmotivated they are of late. This saddens me! So I decided to make a happy post. :)


Go check this out! I thought it was really interesting to see that many of these are things that I am encouraged to do as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Which just makes me more grateful for my religion and faith! I also especially loved that they mentioned music. I don't know what my life would be without my music!

Anyhow, this is an article on Time.com that has 20 suggestions that, if you live them, will help you to be healthier and happier. Here it is: Health and Happiness

Now enjoy this joyful montage! :)

In the words of Bob Marley:
Don't worry about a thing... 
Because every little thing is gonna be all right! :)

MARVELOUS Monday!

A little background on me - I, like many people, am a firm believer in blaming Mondays. 

For example:

Chorale: *sings flat/sharp/both with little to no rhythm correctness and tone quality. Utterly lacking in musicality*

Ms. Tate: *in a more polite way* Why are you made of fail?!

Kira: It's a Monday.

See? I'm not very nice to Mondays. 

Well, this is where I come to the actual point. Because I am trying to have a better attitude towards everything, I have decided that I need to start loving Mondays. To help me do this, I hereby declare that every Monday from this Monday forward is to be MARVELOUS Monday, and I shall post about all the MARVELOUS things that occurred that day, because there is always going to be something. :) 

And you know... In case there are days when I can't think of many MARVELOUS, I think I'll just add things from the week as well. :)

So, here is my very first MARVELOUS Monday list:

Things I loved about today:

- The idea of MARVELOUS Mondays!

- Actually posting on my blog, because I haven't in a week. :)

- Root beer floats.

- Submitting my decision to Utah State!!!!

- Having the opportunity to register early for a couple of my classes for this fall!

-  Talking to friends about college.

- Understanding what is going on in math.

- Being told by Ms. Tate that my "tone is just great". Normally it's "Kira, you sound lovely, but please don't sing a solo," or "Kira, don't take over." :)

- Hugs. In general. :)

- Learning about budgets! I need to start figuring one out for college!

- Comfy jeans.

- Discovering that my super boring English paper is due on Thursday and not tomorrow! :)

- Lettuce in my sandwich. I don't know why, it was just good.

- Wearing my bright orange sunglasses!

- Wearing my bright purple, super stylin' Jacket-in-a-Packet raincoat. ;)

- The rain

- Driving in the rain

- FHE with the Craigs

Well, I'm sure there are more, but 'tis late! I am off to bed. :)