Yes, Danielle, We Know You Love Boy Meets World!

What? Danielle is doing a Boy Meets World blog post AGAIN??
Yes. Yes I am. I have said it before and I will say it again. Boy Meets World is by and far my favorite show of all time! So much so that I find small moments of my life each day in which I use quotes from it.

Exhibit A:
Everyday when I go to put my underwear on, I go into my underwear drawer and say, "UNDERPANTS!" like Cory Matthews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXFLpND4Q_g

Exhibit B:
The other day when I was blowing my nose, I randomly quoted Mr. Turner when he tells Cory, "What if one day you rose your hand in class and I said, 'What do you want Booger?!'"

Exhibit C:
When I go to get my cereal in the morning I quote Cory Matthews and say, "There's no such thing as good news until I've had my Grape Nuts." But instead of Grape Nuts I usually say Cheerios.

Exhibit D:
Sometimes I will just start yelling the Feeny call to myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-BB-Xk9xYY

So there are just a few ways in which my life will never be the same thanks to Boy Meets World. Maybe I am a bit obsessed.

Going Au Naturale

So for the past...forever...I have been struggling with having intensely dry, itchy, swollen, and bright red eyelids. I have basically tried every moisturizer known to man, and tried every method that I found that could possible help me. Some days I would wake up and my eyes would be so swollen and red that I was quite positive that I was probably Quasi Modo's twin. Or another morning when my eyelids are so incredibly fiery red that I told Gavin that I looked like a raccoon if they had red around their eyes instead. This week it finally got to the point where I finally broke down and saw a doctor. Unfortunately there is no real diagnosis for it, all I can do is be incredibly careful about what products I use. And one of the products the doctor told me not to use was my makeup! Heaven knows I love to put on makeup, and you know I don't put on like a ton, I just think it is fun to put on and I enjoy wearing it. But all this week I have been completely out of my comfort zone and have been hitting the town everyday with my face au naturale. After trying this out, I have decided that every girl should try this out every once and a while. Nowadays we all depend so much on makeup and artificial beauty and hardly ever simply give the original palette that God gave us a try. It is kind of this awesome confidence booster, that initially saves you a lot of time, because I never realized how much time I spend putting on my makeup until I wasn't putting it on anymore. And I have already noticed a difference in my eyelids, and honestly if maybe looking like a bum to the rest of the world will take me out of misery I will gladly oblige. And in the meantime I will enjoy the glorious free time I have gained in the mornings.

No more puffy redness!! And no more makeup.

It's Time to Light the Lights! It's Time to Meet The Muppets!

For my entire life I have been an avid Muppet fan! I just love those cute little puppets! My brother and I share this special Muppet bond, in which we watch Muppet movies and The Muppet Show together all of the time, so it was only natural that we have completely fallen in love with their newest film, The Muppets! I feel like everyone has mixed feelings about this movie, so let me just tell you why it is so wonderful!

First off, Jason Segel. He wrote it, he stars in it, he sings and dances, and he will someday be my husband. Really, what other reason do you need? But I will tell you anyways. I love that this movie is not just the Muppets acting out another existing story like Treasure Island and A Christmas Carol (which of course are wonderful as well), but this movie is in fact about the Muppets themselves and their real to life struggles and stories (because we all know that Muppets are real, right?). There is some serious character development in this film. And for a person who loves and watches the original Muppet Show, it is fantastic! Long forgotten Muppets are brought back to life, like Lew, or the Pigs in Space! And how can you pass up the truly phenomenal musical numbers??? "Life's a Happy Song" and of course the OSCAR WINNING number, "Man or Muppet." Oh, and the humor! Totally cheeseball, and I absolutely devour it up! Like, I literally just belly laugh through the whole movie! And the tenderness! There are some seriously tender moments in this movie! And if all of this does not convince you, just read this lovely quote...

“As long as there were singing frogs and joking bears, Swedish chefs and boomerang fish, the world can’t be that bad of a place after all.”
-Walter

See, don't you just want to watch and fall in love with this lovely movie???

Read more here: http://sloblogs.thetribunenews.com/shelikestowatch/2011/11/28/meet-the-muppets/#storylink=cpy

The Splendor of Weekends at Home

After months of having to work every weekend, I have had the pleasure of being able to have the last not one, but three weekends off of work! And it has been stupendous. I have been able to spend some much needed quality time with the fam. Some highlight of my past few weekends include having a birthday girls night for my Mamma with my Grammy, Aunt Becca, and my cousins, Ireland and Bentley. I brought some delicious Blimpie sandwiches, and made a plethora of treats, including Muddy Buddies and Lunchlady Peanut Butter bars. Can you say YUM?! And then we watched Footloose, although we did not necessarily get much movie watching done, because it is honestly much more fun to watch the baby, Ireland, to dance around the room to the music of the movie!

In my family March is a big birthday month for us. Including both sides of the family we have seven birthdays. So that means a lot of parties, and my particular favorite...cake! On my mom's side of the family we have a specific birthday delicacy, Red Velvet Cake. You have not had Red Velvet Cake until you have tasted my Grammy's. There is nothing quite as heavenly on the entire face of the earth. And with all of the birthdays we have in March, we get quite a lot of this deliciousness in this particular month.


And how can I not mention the highlight of my last weekend...THE HUNGER GAMES!!! I have been a Hunger Games lover for a very long time, and therefore have been looking forward to this movie for quite a while. Like, I would check the casting on IMDB daily to see who was the most recently person cast, that is how crazy I am. I love these books so much, so much so that they are almost up there with Harry Potter, and heaven knows how much I love my HP! So I really wanted this movie to be good. I bought midnight showing tickets for myself, my parents, and my brother at the new Farmington Cinemark, and I bought an incredibly epic Hunger Games shirt on Amazon, and then I was set! Then came the time when I actually went to the movie. Once the movie started, I literally had a hard time containing myself, and that lasted pretty much throughout the entire movie. I sat in this state of constant excitement for over two hours, it was glorious. The movie as I suspected was perfectly cast, and everything exceeded my expectations. It was one of the first movie adaptations of a book that everything was basically how I imagined it in the books! It was nothing less than spectacular!

Well there are some highlights of my last few weekends, which have been absolutely splendid. I really missed being with my family, and the past few weeks have really been a godsend. Just two more weeks and I can go home two days for Easter, and then in five weeks I can go home for the summer!

My Britishness is Flaring Up Again

It is finally Spring Break, hallelujah! Since I have to work all week I am staying up in Logan, and therefore have the apartment all to myself. I could walk around naked if I want to! But on this my first night of sweet solitude I have opted to read Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in nothing but my silk robe, while drinking a cup of herbal tea (caffeine free of course.) I feel quite British and Bridget Jones-esque yet again tonight. And I love it! May I also point out how charming and pretty my new vintage teacup is that I bought at an antique shop this weekend!

Are You There Spring Break? It's Me, Danielle.

It is the week before Spring Break, and it is going on and on for a million years. Between work, studying for test, finishing assignments, and reading a whole book for my lit class, I feel like I have so much to do, and so little time to do it. Honestly, I don't know how other people do it, because I am kind of going insane. The only thing helping me keep my sanity is that Spring Break is only a few days away. And believe me, while I am doing all of the things above Spring Break is always right there in my mind keeping me going. I have already planned out the wonderful things I will be doing. This weekend I am going home for my Mamma's birthday, and then I have to come back up to Logan for the week so I can work. But that time in between work is what will truly be choice. I have already decided that my week will consist of doing some lovely watercolor paintings and watching as many episodes of The Cosby Show as I possibly can. That is all I want. So please, Spring Break, come as fast as you can!

Such Love For Steve Carell

As you may see, my movie of the week is Dan in Real Life. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. If you have not seen it yet, I highly suggest that you go do so...this very moment! Now of course we all know Steve Carell for his comedies, and although this movie has great comedic moments, it is more so a tender movie about a dad and his daughters trying to figure out how to live life without their mother. I cannot emanate how much I love this movie. I was even telling my best friend Caitlin the other day that anytime is a good time to watch Dan in Real Life. So with that being said, go do yourself a favor, watch Dan in Real Life, and then be filled with such great tenderness and love.

Now, let's talk about how wonderful Steve Carell is! Of course we all love him on The Office! I mean, who can't? As much as I still love the show, it just is not the same without him. And then you have such great comedy movies like Get Smart, Evan Almighty, Dinner for Schmucks, and Date Night. And of course the animated features in which he voices, such as Despicable Me, or Over the Hedge. Which of course will have you rolling in your seat with enormous fits of laughter! And then the comedic but also tender, Crazy Stupid Love. Definitely one of my favorites! And of course there is the darkly funny and offbeat, Little Miss Sunshine. Steve Carell has played so many different kinds of characters! The man is hilarious! Anytime I need a laugh, or have had a bad day, I like to watch something with Steve Carell in it. Nothing can put a smile on my face quite like some Steve Carell humor. Pretty sure I would marry this man if he wasn't already married, or the same age as my parents haha.