road trip: day 1!

The first day on the road was successful!  What started off as a four hour drive turned into a six hour excursion.

We had the average lunch break and then a few people (cough cough) forgot their swimsuits so we had a little Target outing and I picked up a super adorable crochet bottom that I’m psyched to wear to the hot springs tomorrow!

On the trip up here I entertained myself with pushing my whole body out of the car with my feet hanging onto the door as I snapped close to 300 shots.

Well, here’s the fruit of my labor! (Don’t put yourself out a moving vehicle at 50 miles an hour.  It’s really hard to see and do anything.)

Enjoy!  Round 2 is coming up either tonight or tomorrow!  Depends on what the internet connection is looking like!  (I'm currently connected to my mom's wifi on her phone!)

shake it up

I've been doing a lot of thinking over the past few weeks and I've come to the conclusion that I need a better purpose for my blog.

I love sharing glimpses into my life and the occasional rant, but I've never really shared my true passions with you.

Starting this week, I'm brainstorming a bunch of posts to begin writing and sharing!  I'm also tweaking the look and layout of my blog to make it more accessible and nice to look at.

So what's the new path I'll be taking with Artistically Me?  I want to share DIY's, tips and tricks, reading lists, music, and still the occasional rant. And like always, I'll be sharing my life, but maybe not to the extent I was before.

I'll also be working out a schedule so I can handle the work load of school and blogging when the time comes (less than a month!).  I've been looking into ads and ways to make money from your blog.  Please keep in mind that I'm not blogging to make money, I think that if I'm going to be spending this much time and effort into my posts from now on, I might as well get paid for it.

My planner is bursting with scheduled posts on holidays and other exciting events!  I'm compiling a very large, color-coded (the only way to make a list!) list on posts and series ideas that are tumbling around in my mind!

Thankfully, my upcoming camping road trip (I really should be packing for it, we leave tomorrow!) will give me some time to really process all the information I've seen today and allow me to sort myself out a bit better.  Maybe it will help me calm down a bit as I'm about to burst with excitement!

I'm so excited to begin this new path with you and my blog!  Stay tuned for new posts, series, and a revamped look!

we all scream for ice cream

Well I scream for non-dairy frozen yogurt but, whatever.

This past weekend (I'm a huge procrastinator, I know) my family went out to frozen yogurt at the little place up at the corner.  It was so delicious!

I'm trying to include more pictures in my posts and this next week I'll be camping my way around Colorado, so be prepared for a visual overload!

crazy comes out when no one's home

I used to be homeschooled so I got used to being alone.  Though it sometimes it can get depressing, there is quite a list of things I have a tendency to do when no one's looking.

I honestly was thinking about if other people do the stupid things I do.  So here's my list of what I do when no one's looking...let me know what you do!



01;;  Sing.  Really loudly.

02;; Watch tv.  Really loudly (I do everything loudly when I'm home alone)

03;;  Dance around to my loud music in my underwear.

04;;  I bake.  A lot.

05;;  Write songs.  A lot of songs.  And I scream them.  A lot.

06;; Shave my legs...don't ask me why.

07;;  Tan

It's a short list, but it gives you a little peek into my life when I'm alone.

There's something about being alone with yourself that changes the way you think.  I seem to be much nicer after a few hours, or days, alone.  It's cleansing and satisfying.

through the decades

I'm not going to be one of those obnoxious people who complains about how they were 'born in the wrong decade'.

But I will say that if I could live in any other year, it would be the 80s.  I go through these phases a lot and the 80s have taken my attention.

The movies from that time are just amazing and guess what else is amazing?  The music.

Thanks to my mom, I've listened to a lot of 80s music growing up and recently my love for that music has been reignited.  So have a listen to some of my favorite mixes right now.

music my mom listens to from ninanesbitt on 8tracks Radio.

80's hits from katie182 on 8tracks Radio.

oldies from agronselise on 8tracks Radio.

PS. I'm considering Music Mondays...but I'm not quite sure if I can actually blog every Monday and not forget. We'll see.