New Blog Design :D

I got a new blog design (obviously haha) and I LOVE it! Total kudos to Amy Martin for designing my wonderful blog. Absolutely LOVE it! 

Anywayysss,  this summer is going by way too fast, and it feels like school is already here. Well, it actually is for me because I'm homeschooling this year and I'm SUPER nervous about it. I guess I'm curious to try it, but I'm really going to miss the social aspect of school. Being able to talk to your friends, pass notes, leave stuff in other people's locker, seeing people you know in detention, going out to P.E, decorating your locker, etc. I'm seriously going to miss all this stuff that made school fun. I know at first I'm going to totally resent homeschooling at first, but I'll get used to it.

Possibly.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo,
Emily<3


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Lazy Day(:

Today just feels like such a weird day! Mandy woke me up by standing over my bed and going,"Greg... Greeeeggg... GREG!" Sort of an inside joke for us, but it makes sense if you've seen the first Diary of A Wimpy Kid movie. We got up and watched the second one, and since then, I guess it feels like a lazy day. Today I plan on listening to super loud rock music (Children 18:3, if you're wondering) and maybe getting Andy's Frozen Custard later. YUM!(: Maybe later I'll blow up some water balloons and throw them at Mandy's window... hehehehehehehehe(:


xoxoxoxoxox,
Emily<3

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Summer 2011

This summer is going by so fast already! It's almost a third through, and it feels like I just got out of school yesterday. I've been hanging out with my wonderful sister Mandy (as we always do during summer), playing video games and watching movies and popping popcorn. Right now, I'm in the middle of playing Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (yes, I am indeed a Zelda nerd), but soon I'm going to start playing Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the second time (I played and got THIS close to finishing it last summer). It's one of my favorite LoZ games.

Mandy and I also watch a whole lot of movies, so much that we'll get addicted to a select few. Last time, we got addicted to Step Up 3D (Moose is my favorite).

 Now we're absolutely addicted to Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. 

If you haven't seen it, I HIGHLY recommend  watching it. It's just such a good movie! It's hilarious and we end up laughing until we're crying every time. I've been a huge fan of the book series ever since 2007 when the first one came out and I read it on Funbrain.com. Then I faithfully bought every book when it came out, and was completely ecstatic when they announced that they were going to make a movie. Since Saturday, I've watched it at least 11 times (no exaggerations here) and I must say that it is one of my favorite movies of all time. And I have to add that Rodrick is freakin' cute. *blush* (; 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo, Emily<3

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Hello, sweet lovelies!(:

As my title says, today has been a very good day. So, I decided to do a "I'm-Going-To-Do-A-Cute-Blogpost-Because-I'm-Feeling-Happy-Effect". Hehehe, anyone else love those commercials?(: Anyways, today my blogpost is going to be about really cute animals(: ENJOY! :D

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo, Emily<3

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Whoops!

Sorry guys, internet's been down for the past couple days, and we've been deep cleaning and I haven't really had time to blog. *Insert sheepish grin here*. ha ha(: Anyways, I need help thinking of some ideas for my newish blog. What would YOU like to see here on my blog? A favorites thing post every week? A guilty pleasure post? Maybe even some random picture post every third Sunday of the month?!?! Okay, bad idea. But, leave an idea about what you'd like to see her, and maybe it'll get used!

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xoxoxoxo, Emily<3

First Chapter :D

Hey guys! I've been having trouble thinking of some things to post on my blog lately, so I decided to internet-publish one of my novels! Every day I'm going to post the next chapter. It's still in the works, so there might be some spelling mistakes or sentences where I might've forgotten a word or two. Comment and tell me if you like it or not or if you have any ideas on where the story should go next. Thanks!(:

Another Blue Skye
Chapter 1

This summer was going to be the crappiest summer of my life. 

I realized this when Mom dropped the bomb. "I'M NOT GOING TO AUNT MELODY'S HOUSE FOR THE SUMMER!" I screamed when she told me. I had, in turn, gotten grounded from my MacBook. Yayy. Sarcasm intended. I threw tantrums. I screamed and yelled and flat-out refused to. But, NO, here I am, sitting in this retarded old van being driven to Aunt Melody's house. Once again. Yayy. I tried to make the drive to heck as enjoyable as I could by blaring Aly & AJ in my ears (without making them bleed to death) and stared out the window. How come we were passing all these trees? Weren't we driving to the ocean??? 

"Mom, what the heck. Trees. Outside. Window." I said. 

"We already told you that her house is in the middle of countryland." she replied. COUNTRYLAND?! SHE DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT COUNTRYLAND. SHE MENTIONED THE OCEAN. And I told her that. 

"Ocean? I didn't mention any ocean." she replied calmly. Oh my God. Countryland. Country music. Dirty, rotten, farm animals and hickville. My life is ruined. 

"And she owns a house there?" I asked. 

"Mhmm. A farmhouse, to be exact. Two stories, little white house, green shutters. Rather cute, actually." she said, messing around on her iPad. I went full-on into another one of my tantrums that ended with me chucking my iPod at the window. Afterwards, I sat with my forehead mashed against the window, watching the scenery flash before my eyes with Justin Bieber on repeat (my perfect way to soothe after one of my world-famous tantrums). After two hours of blaring music, we finally arrived. 

Thanks for reading and I hope you like it so far!(:

xoxoxo, Emily<3

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Welcome to my blog!

Hello everyone, and welcome to If You Give a Girl a Blog! This is my first post, so let me tell you a little about myself(:

My name is Emily and I reside in the beautiful state of Missouri. I just recently (well, in May) turned 13 and am FINALLY a teenager :D My mom has the wonderful blog Beautiful Photo Props and my sister Mandy also has the blog MissIndie. I love reading and writing and listening to music (mostly Justin Bieber. Yes, I am a positively obsessed with him and am a GIANT Belieber. He's just so adorable!)

So I decided that it was time to start my own blog. I got the name by one of my favorite books when I was little, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I thought of the name, then SHNAP, it just seemed perfect(: So we stuck to it, and with a few tweaks, If You Give a Girl a Blog was born.
       I created this blog in hopes that I can use it to my creative advantage. I've been a writer since as long as I can remember, and each day I'd like to post a chapter of my newest novel. Maybe I'll post some of my favorite things, or maybe even just a simple, random picture of something that makes me laugh whenever I see it. I'd like for my blog to grow older and better, and I'd like to grow up with it. So read, comment, and I hope that you like my blog(:

xoxoxo, Emily<3