You Know Your Canadian When...

I love these thingys. 
They're so funny.

You know your Canadian when...

You drink Homo milk.

Like really? Who cares? We're fine with the term Homo milk. It's milk, whatever.


You've " rolled up the rim to win.''
It's just a term. In Canada we have this coffee shop like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts called Tim Hortons. They have these cups that you get with your coffee ( like the coffee is in the cup) and you roll up the rim to see what you win.

You've watched Mr. Dressup
It's just a TV show that you watch and it's like a craft show or whatever.

You say "eh" in your sentence.
This is a part of us. I can't deny not doing this because we do. It's like saying:
" Hey, this coffee is amazing, right? " 
In our case we just replace the right with an eh?     

You spell things differently than the Americans.
Colour= Color 
Center= Centre
Favourite= Favorite  

You drink pop, not soda.
Should I even really explain this one?

You know that we don't live in igloos or ride polar bears to school.
Wow. That's really stupidest thing I've ever heard. Why would you live in an igloo? We live in normal houses.

You call things by their advertised name.

Tissue= Kleenex
Ice Cream Bar- Klondike Bar
Black and White Cookies- Oreos     
  
Comment if there are any that I've missed and review please! 

Teen Book Reviews (Part 3)

I am back with yet another book review! Please comment and review and follow me! I follow back!!

 Title: The Teashop Girls
Author: Laura Schaefer
Age Group: 8-14 (According to Amazon)
Rating: ♥♥♥♥

Thirteen year old Annie loves to drink tea and she is trying to keep her grandmother's tea shop up and alive. As she attempts to pick up more new faces, she deals with some problems. Her friends seem to not be interested in the teashop anymore and she develops a crush on a worker in the tea shop.

This book was very impressive because of it's extraordinary characters and it's lack of sex and drugs. You see, some books out on the YA bookshelves are filled with swearing, sex and drugs. This one just seems innocent. And plus, the cute little ads for tea and recipes in between the chapters just make you love it more.  I love drinking tea and this book makes you all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm definitely looking forward to read more books by her.

Title: The Earth, My Butt And Other Big Round Things
Author: Carolyn Macker

Age Group: 13-15 years old
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥


Virginia Shreves is an average girl compared to her extraordinary family. Her best friend has moved away and she longs for a boyfriend. As the chapters go on, Virginia struggles to lose weight and deal with her imperfections. Later, she learns her brother has date-raped.



This book is funny but it deals with some very un-funny things. Stuff like, eating disorders, parental pressure and losing weight. Carolyn Macker has written with such an intensity that it seems like the character is right in front of my eyes. I would recommend it to many people, no matter what your size or issue is.



♥ Rachel
 





 

Christmas Advent Calendar

So, I know that Christmas is pretty far away but I love Christmas. I started making my own paper advent calendar simply because I suck at sewing and I don't have the proper materials. Let me just put this out there:

This is not a quick and easy craft. This took me about a week to do because of homework and other side projects and stuff. I finally did finish though so please comment if you like it!!!

1. Just sketch out your plans on a piece of cardstock or bristol board. Shoot, I should've done it on cardstock.  
 I didn't have enough room for all the numbers to fit on the tree so I put some  as presents, put some as cards, just extra little tidbits.


2. Make sure everything fits and is ready to go.


3. Cut the design out. See that little black line there? Yeah, I traced the whole thing with Sharpie and I realized what a mistake that was. i had to reorganize everything. So do NOT, I repeat, do NOT trace your design with a marker. 


4. Colour yours in. I used an knife ( the X-acto kind or something) to cut out 3 sides of the "door"so it could open. 

The finished product!!!!
See the little Christmas cards on the mantel and the stockings? Those were pretty hard to cut out.

On the area where the flap was, I used a little stickie and I wrote what was going to be on the gift. because, this doesn't have pockets, i thought it would be better to have a " Christmas box"where the gifts would be labeled.

Any suggestions? Comments?

I ♥ Rings

Kay, well basically I was going to show you guys my awesome collection of rings up here but my camera has too much stuff on it so I need to delete the pictures.


1. afashionwayoflife is one of my favourite tumblrs I go to when I need inspiration. Click here to go look at her tumblr.  I love owl rings. I don't know why but they are like pulling me to them. Love it!


2. I also really really love this tumblr because it looks amazing and I just...arghhh.  This is like..i don't know.. classy-ish. But I love the leaf one because it's so complex but it works. 

3. Yeah right, I wish I had that many rings. Looks amazing though.


4. Strangely again, you find another owl on it. Wonder why? 






I don't know if my addiction is healthy or not but all I know is I ♥ RINGS!!!!!!




Keep smiling,
♥Rachel


P.S Check out those amahhhzzing tumblrs when you have time.

Paint Chip Bookmarks

So you know those paint chips that you get when you want to see how the paint colour will look on your wall? I have a bunch in my drawer that are just piling up because I take them just because I like the colour. Well anyways, I can finally use them!!!

Kay, so this picture is crappy as hell but the basic idea is just circles cut out to make a bookmark.

This is just a close up of it.
Please comment and review. I know I'm not talking to myself here because Blogger can show you how many views there are. So please comment. If you don't have a blogger account, fine, but I think you can comment as a guest too. Email me if you can't comment.
-Rachel
♥

Teen Book Reviews (Part 2)

So last time, I did soem reviews and now I've read more books and the two I chose are really good so I wanted to review them!

Title: The Extraordinary Secrets Of April May And June
Author: Robin Benway
Age Group: Teen
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

April, May, and June are all sisters but these aren't your average sisters. They all share one secret. They have powers.
Moving to a new school is already hard but trying to control them is even harder. April can see the future, May can turn invisible and June can hear people's thoughts. April has a crush on Julian, May misses her father and June wants to become Little Miss Popular.

This book is amazing. It has the parents are divorcing, new school, falling for a guy characteristics but the powers put a whole new twist on this. There is a bit of language though so watch out for that. I have read Robin Benway's other book- Audrey Wait! That book is pretty good as well.

Title: Sweethearts
Author: Sara Zarr
Age Group: Teen
Rating:  ♥♥♥♥


Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick have been friends for all they remember. When Cameron disappears, Jennifer is crushed and she becomes Jenna- a confident happy, popular girl. Everything that Jennifer couldn't have been. When Cameron comes back, the two quickly catch up on the two different paths their lives have taken.

This book was so good. the cahracters were real and honest and the writing was terrific. This book could go on for chapters more and I would never be bored.


COMMENT PLZ!

Teen Book Reviews (Part 1)

I love reading. It's a huge part of my life and I absolutely love it. I love reading mystery, romantic, teen fic types of books. Keep in mind that I DO NOT own these books, I am just giving my honest opinion of it. This is my part 1 of a part 5 series of books that I recommend. If all goes well, who knows? I might turn this into a weekly thing. On to the books!

Title: Not Suitable For Family Viewing
Author: Vicki Grant
Age Group: YA (Young Adult)
Rating: ♥♥♥♥ (out of 5)

I love young adult books and Vicki Grant writes amazing stories. I love that she's a Canadian author because I love Canada!

Robin Schwartz is daughter of big time tv show host Mimi Schwartz. She finds a hidden picture of her mom and decides to figure out who Mimi really is. She goes to a small town in Nova Scotia, Canada. As she searches for clues of who her mom is, she meets a cute guy and buried secrets.

This book is so damn good. I love it! It's realistic and Robin is such a down to earth character. This is a page turner and people who enjoy reading realistic fiction would really enjoy this. This book is not fairly long, it's around the 250 mark and I recommend this book to everybody!

Title: Along For The Ride
Author: Sarah Dessen
Age Group: Teen
Rating:  ♥♥♥♥♥

Auden's parents are divorced and she ahs a chance to spend the summer at her dad's house. Auden works for her step mom's clothing boutique and discovers along the way what she ahs missed out due to her demanding mother.There she meets Eli whos he discovers is like her. Late at night, they get to know each other and tell about their past.

This book is fantasic. It has the Sarah Dessen mark on it making a perfect for a late night. I borrowed this book from a friend, having nothing to read and I loved it.  This book get s a 5 star out of 5 because it has a good plot, I love this author and it's a teen classic.


Read thses books! They are incredibly awesome!

-Rachel