Valentine's: Date Ideas

So as you all know Valentine's Day is this Friday and we thought it would be nice to give you all some Valentine's Day date ideas. Although it's nice to go to a fancy restraunt, not all of us can afford that so here are 10 date ideas for someone on a budget.

1. Go to a bookstore and find your favorite books about relationships and read a passage to each other
2. Have a movie marathon at your house, grab the popcorn and candy for an all day event!
3. Make dinner for you significant other. Nothing is better than homemade mashed potatoes.
4. Bake some cupcakes together and then have fun icing them.(Plus you get to eat them afterward)
5. Go on a scavenger hunt of all the places that mean something to you, don't forget to take pictures at each place.
6. Have a game night playing your favorite childhood board games with some friends
7. Act out a scene from your favorite romance movie
8. Get lost on a drive through your town and find your way back home.
9. Get out the craft box and make a scapbook with each other.(Or cards if you don't have pictures printed)
10. Fill up the gas tank and drive, who knows where you could end up.

In the comments below, leave your favorite date night ideas!!

xLFTx 

Selfie Sunday: Tabby

This is a motto I have been living by since
I have gone to college.

College has brought so many different challenges. I have had to find my own voice in so many situations, and establish my life on my own. Well actually I can't say it is truly life on my own, I currently have no income and am living in a dorm but it is more on my own than I have been. I enjoy waking up and being able to set my own schedule but I do miss running my little sisters to the occasional dance class or soccer practice/game. I do sometimes miss that family time around the table or even just watching a movie together, but I keep telling myself that I will be able to spend as much as I want with them after I get that next diploma.

Although I don't get to spend a lot of time with my family, college has been a unique experience. I have had so many great memories since I came to university. I have made a handful of close friends (from many places) and we have had a blast. Funny thing is that I am only in my second semester of college. I can't wait for what else college has in store for me.

xTabbyx

College: Experience

Looking back on our first semester the one word we agree on is unbelievable. We did so many things, we made so many new friends, and not to mention we both made the Dean's List. After move in, the first few weeks were a bit hectic. We had to get to know each other and learn how to live with someone else in the same room and share showers with the entire floor. Get to know the entire campus, including off campus building, and were all our classes were. Then get to know the classes and try to make friends in each class in case you missed a day or if there was going to be a group project (yes those still exist in college). And last but not least learn to live with out mom and dad. I (Tabby) admit to having a little melt down because I missed my little sisters but Maggie helped me through it.
The one thing everyone stresses is the courses and ours varied along with our professors, there were a few strict ones but there was also more relaxed. Yes, finals week was stressful and dealing with stress is a whole other topic. A bit of advice, don't overload all your time studying even it out go to events and make friends. The first semester we went to multiple Volleyball games and we hardly missed TNL (which is our University's take on Saturday Night Live). We also went to our University's lake and went for a hike around it, even though we under estimated the trail it was so much fun and we got some really good pictures.

Our lovely lake.

If you are going on this University adventure soon here is a mini bucket list (some of which we have done) that you can do before you graduate.

• walk around the town
• go to at least one game for each sport
• see at least two speeches 
• self guided tour
• academic plan
• attend student life/government activities
• hike (if offered)
• find a program or club you like and go to them regularly
• find a study area
• go to a movie or mall in the town
• find a study buddy
• get a mentor
• tour your library (it will become handy)
• find a hobby

xLFTx

College: Move-In

So this week we decided to focus on college, and today we have decided to discuss the move-in process.

When you start the move-in process you have to buy lots of new things for your dorm room (ie. bedding, appliances, food, etc.). However, don't buy a lot of food because you won't know how much you will eat out or in the dorm, we ended up wasting a lot of food our first semester. After buying all of these things you must pack it all up and make it fit in one car, due to the fact that most campuses will only allow one car during move-in days. After playing the ultimate game of tetris with all of your belongings you must then drive to your school and check-in. After you've waited in line to get to the building you must unpack everything as quickly as possible(luckily for us there were people from different campus organizations that helped us load everything into our dorm). After you get your keys you must unpack and sort through all of your things. You may think that that it ends but you will rearrange everything at least 3 times during the first months until you figure everything out. Although it may seem very stressful the whole process is very structured and goes quite smoothly. The best advice we can give is to stay calm and have fun!

xLFTx

DIY: Heart Decoration

Heart Garland 

Looking around our dorm and we both had the same thought, we need more decor. With that in mind we resorted to the glory of Pinterest, and found this great idea (added bonus Valentine's Day is coming up).

All you need is construction paper (in your choice colors, we choose pink and purple keeping Valentine's Day in mind), about  6 feet of twine (preferably black), scissors and glue.

The easiest way we found was to create various sized hearts to use as templates and trace them on the construction paper. We made three different sizes of hearts.





After you cut out all the hearts, match them in pairs by size and color. Next cut the twine in various lengths, our lengths ranged from half of a foot to a foot. Take one piece of twine, place one heart behind it and then apply the glue to the heart. Lastly place the matching heart on top, and hold together for a few seconds.




Repeat with the different colors and sizes. Once all the twine is complete, use clear tap to attach them to the top of your window (or where ever you plan to hang them).
Hope this little craft spruces up your rooms as much as it has our.

xLFTx

DIY: Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri

So this week on LFT we decided to get a little crafty. Kicking off DIY week with our attempt on a Virgin Daiquiri, which was a success. 

All you need is 12 oz. of either Mt. Dew or Sprite (we chose to use Mt. Dew), 10 small frozen strawberries (or berry of choice), 1 cup of ice cubes and your trusty blender.


Start by pouring the 12 oz. of your pop into the blender, we luckily had a blender with a measuring cup built into it.









Then add the 1 cup of ice cubes and strawberries.




Then blend to a slushy constancy. 

Last but not least enjoy the simple treat.

xLFTx

High School: Self Image

So this week is high school week and we decided that a huge part of being in high school is self-image. Having been through it all we understand this topic more than the average teenager, and our biggest piece of advice is to be yourself. Yes, this is cliché but it’s true, be confident in your own skin. Being confident and embracing your differences can help raise your self-esteem and that will also help others to respect you more. We’re not saying that life will be easy, but we are saying that confidence can make it easier. It’s easy to find flaws in yourself but we challenge you to find at least 5 things that you love about yourself, write them down and carry them around with you. This could be the start to a happier, more confident you. Finding the amazing things about yourself may be hard, but remember not to compare yourself to someone else because you are unique. One of our favorite things about ourselves is that we both extremely self-driven individuals, leave us a comment below saying what one of your favorite things about yourself is. Yes, at some point throughout high school and even college you will feel down about yourself and you will hate your emotions, but unfortunately that is life and you will have to battle through. Remember you are never alone chances are others feel that same way (we know we do), reach out and talk about the way you feel. Confidence is everything, life will be that much more.

 xLFTx