Simply Samantha

Weekend WrapUP

2012-05-29T13:40:00.000-04:00

Got my hair did. Its about 2inches shorter now. Nice and light for the summer :D

Finished "Never Ending Sky" by Veronica Rossi. AMAZING book. Will have to review it soon.

Spent Saturday morning hooking up the Wii to my TV upstairs so I could watch Netflix, and then spent the REST of Saturday afternoon just watching stuff on netflix. Yup.

Sunday was rainy and dreary so I spent time inside relaxing, eating hummas and enjoying an ice coffee I picked up from DD. And of course watching Netflix.

Then the bestie spent the night and it was filled with laughing, ice cream, and movie watching.

Then Memorial day the bestie and I spent a mjority of the day in my bedroom watching movies an piggin out before the BBQ ;) Cause thats how we roll.

I hope you guys had a great weekend! I sure did!

Friday Favorites

2012-05-25T14:29:00.001-04:00

Black Beans and Corn -
I LOVE this stuff. Whats funny though is I used to HATE it, I thought it tasted weird growing up. Now its my favorite thing to eat plain, throw in rice, or toss in a salad. It just a can of black beans, a can of corn, choped onion, and red wine vinegar. Yum!

Funny Movie References -
I recently printed this out and stuck it on my mirror in my room. It makes me laugh while encouraging me everyday -

Source: lylaandblu.com via Samantha on Pinterest

Finding little things-
I'm using pinterest like crazy lately trying to find some fun DIY things to do this summer! Here are some of my fav's that I've found so far!

Source: media-cache8.pinterest.com via Samantha on Pinterest

Source: bluecricketdesign.net via Samantha on Pinterest

Source: rachelmahan.tumblr.com via Samantha on Pinterest

Have a great weekend you guys!

Tumblr Thursday

2012-05-24T00:00:00.000-04:00

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Can we just appreciate Chris Evens smile for a second. I mean. Thank you Jesus for making that smile.

~My Tumblr~

Um, Beautiful

2012-05-23T11:00:00.000-04:00

The Great Gatsby Trailer

First. Watch it.

Second, Lets chat about it.

My Thoughts ~

First of, this film is going to be BEAUTIFUL to watch, I mean, the trailer itself its perfection.

The cast of this movie is SPOT ON! , I can't complain one bit.

Can we already nominate this movie for "best costume design"? Because it deserves it.

Carey M, You are adorable. Enough said

Leo..... Leo,Leo,Leo..... You are Gatsby. You are amazing. You are perfection. You are one of my favorite actors EVER! And....... I love you :)

What are your thoughts about it?? Are you excited??

Insurgent - Book Review

2012-05-22T00:00:00.000-04:00

Warning:

this post contains spoilers.

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If there is a new book out and I get my little hands on it,

I say IF because I am cheep and get books from the library and sometime my library is slow on the times and takes a couple days to get a new book... hence why I took me so long to read Insurgent....

I still love my library nevertheless :)

it usually only takes me about a day to finishes it.
However, that was not the case for Insurgent. But for good reasons.
I literary spent 3 days working on this book because I WANTED IT TO LAST!
That hardly EVER happens, the last time that happened was with "The Fault in our Stars" which took me a couple days to read.

I literally think I need to make a vlog about my feelings about this book but I don't have the time till this weekend so i'm going to try my best to write about it the best I can.

First off, I am one of those "If its a boring paragraph, i'm going to skip it" type of people when I read.

Its horrible I know.

BUT!
Reading Insurgent, I COULD NOT do that. If you skip a paragraph, you miss details, trust me I know. Numerous times I tried and had to go back and read the paragraph I skipped cause I got lost.
Which is SO GREAT, I love books that force me to read every single word!
That's great writing right there!

Second, I am SOOO HAPPY that Tris and Tobias relationship survived this book. The strain in their relationship in this book crushed my little fan girl heart sometimes. I HATE more than anything when a book ends with a relationship that is torn apart and you don't know if they end up together.
I HATE THAT with a passion.
But THANK YOU Veronica Roth, for doing such an amazing job and saving my heart the heartbreak of Tris and Tobais hating each other at the end of Insurgent. THANK YOU!

And lets take a moment to talk about Tobais. This book showed how deep his character is and how beautiful Veronica Roth developed his character. I haven't seen this great of a character development in a guy since Peeta in "Catching Fire".
(with that said, Veronica Roth, PLEASE don't pull a Suzanne Collins and do something to Tobais like SC did with Peeta in Mockingjay, I know it all turned out ok but I don't know if I could take it *knocks on wood* )

Toward the end of the book when Tris is captured and Tobias has to watch her get tortured, my heart BROKE!
I was babysitting when I got to that part and THANK God the girls I was watching were asleep because I was on the verge of tears reading about Tris getting tortured. It was SO hard to read.

The ending. SO MANY QUESTIONS! AHHH!

Veronica Roth, you are one amazing writer! To have SO many characters, with so many different personality, and then you have such a complex plot yet your book is still amazing blows my mind!
And thank you for writing such great books that I can recommend without having to say anything negative about them :D

If you haven't read Insurgent OR Divergent for that matter. Read it now! 5 stars, 2 thumbs up, so good!

BTW if you want another great review of Insurgent, check out my friend Cassidy's :D We have the same thoughts about it (especially around minuet 6.25)

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Get to know me!

2012-05-21T00:00:00.000-04:00

This is one of my favorite vlogs yet. Mostly cause I made myself edit more than usually and included my little buddy Jaxson :)

Enjoy!

Friday Favorites

2012-05-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hair ideas -

Source: jointhemood.blogspot.com.es via Samantha on Pinterest

I love this, and actully tried it out yesterday. Mine didn't come out as pretty and but I'll practice and make it better :)

French Tips
I've been trying to conquer the french tips since I was 15, and its HARD, mostly cause i suck doing my nails anyway. But WHOEVER came up with this. I thank you! you are a genius!

Source: Uploaded by user via Kelly on Pinterest

Shatter me by Tahereh Mafi
I'm not going to go into a long explanation of why i love this book cause there are not enough words but you should check it out what I did say about it on my summer reading list here :)

I kind of like change

2012-05-17T00:00:00.000-04:00

Notice the blog??

New (well they are kind of old) photo's :)

Thought it might be a little nice to go back to my original photos. I'm hopeing to get one of my lovely photography friends to take some nice pictures soon but we both have been so busy it hasn't worked out yet.

How do you like the picture though? What do you think :) I want to know :)

I made a new button too so be sure to grab that and place it on your lovely blog!

Summer Reads

2012-05-16T00:00:00.000-04:00

I'm one of those dorky people that like to read in there spear time.

I look forward to going to sleep cause it means I get to snuggled up in bed and read till I'm sleepy.

Yup. Major Book nerd. That is me.

Soooooo, being the major book nerd that I am, I am going to give you some awesome book suggestions for your summer reading pleasure.

NOTE!: I may add to this list as the summer goes on but here are a few books to get you started :)

The Fault in Our Stars - By John Green
If you haven't read this book yet. You NEED TOO! I suggest reading it as soon as you can so you can see why all that read it laugh/cry/and say AWW numerous times. I think this has been one of my favorite books to read THIS YEAR.

The Caster Chronicle -by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Thanks to the wonderful Cassidy, I found these books. They are amazing! If you want a good series to pick up from post-hunger games sadness, these are a great place to start! Plus the first book "Beautiful Creatures" is being made into a movie, so don't get behind on the times and READ THESE BOOKS!

The Tyrlle Trilogy - Amanda Hocking
So imagine "The Princess Diaries" type of story with a futuristic/magical twist. That is basically "The Tyrlle Trilogy" - Starting with Switched, then Torn, than Ascend. I read both Switched and Torn each in 1 day. Insane. To me if I can read it in one day, its great book and worth suggesting.

Shatter Me - by Tahereh Mafi
First off, I want to thank Cassidy (again) for suggesting this book cause,

OH MY FREAKIN GOODNESS.

This book! SOOOOO GOOOD! I read it like a week ago and I'm still freaking out about it. The writing is just SO unique and I was hooked from the first chapter. I literally haven't read such a great love story since Delirium (which i read last year).

I want Adam, no lie. Peeta is starting to deal with some SERIOUS competition from Finn (from the Trylle Trilogy), Alex from Delirium, and now Adam. I mean..Comeon!

I seriously want to do a vlog review about it. It was that good! What do you think??

Got any book suggestions?? I'd love the hear them!!

You check always check out what I'm reading by checking out my goodreads account here!

Weekend WrapUP

2012-05-15T00:00:00.000-04:00

Conquered my last final which was Science and CELEBRATED the end of my freshman year at college!
Helped out at a Ladies Night at that was being held at our house for church - Fashion Show Time!-
Spent some much needed girl time/retail therapy with one of my good friend's, and we of course took part in the half off frappuccino's at Starbucks!!
Picked Mr.Jaxson up a new collar, doesn't he look dashing???
Also picked up these cute shorts for $8 at Target!
Beautiful pink rose given to me by out children's church pastor for helping out. I am so blessed!
Spent all afternoon Sunday watching movies and chillin, Mothers Day = awesome movies on TV
Made dinner for sis and I. Honey Mustered Marinated Chicken over salad with roasted potatoes. Yumm!

The fact that I don't have to get up for school anymore is weird.. In a good way. It's just wired getting out of the consistency of school then work every week but I"m gonna enjoy it and look forward to my sophomore year at college come fall :D

I'm back!

2012-05-12T00:00:00.000-04:00

I survived my week of finals!! ahh!!

And to celebrate, here is a little update vlog for your blog reading pleasure :)

(BTW when i said blog reviews, I meant book reviews ;) )

You like??

Let me know what kind of video/reviews/post's you wanna see on my wonderful blog!:)

Can't wait to hear from you guys!

Weekend Wrap-Up

2012-05-07T00:00:00.000-04:00

This weekend started with the midnight showing of "The Avengers' with friends
Friday I spend most of the day at home being lazy and studying for finals. Oh and watching Pride and Prejudice of course ;)
Went to lunch with a friend at the best place on earth on Saturday :)
Saw "The Avengers" AGAIN, but this time with momma and her crazy (but fun) friend.
Sunday was spent yet again studying for finals and watching NASCAR.

As you can tell finals are NOW upon me.

Ugh.

So please forgive me dear readers as I wont be able to post till Thursday at the latest.

Have a great week!

As One Devil to Another

2012-05-06T12:00:00.000-04:00

As One Devil to Another: A Fiendish Correspondence in the Tradition of C. S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

by Richard Platt

List Price:

15.99

Binding:

Softcover

Release:

April 2012

As One Devil to Another is an astonishing debut work that C. S. Lewis’s biographer and foremost Lewis authority Walter Hooper calls “a stunning achievement, the finest example of the genre of diabolical correspondence to appear since this genre was popularized by C. S. Lewis.” Enter into this chilling and diabolical tale, one that reveals the very tricks and strategies of Hell. Through a series of letters between devils created by Platt, senior devil Slashreap trains his young protégé, Scardagger, to win an individual soul away from Heaven and into their clutches. As the devils plot their way to triumph, they reveal the spiritual dangers and risks we face in today’s society. Their frighteningly accurate perspective on issues such as contemporary technology and sexual mores is interwoven with timeless matters such as the power of prayer, the purpose of suffering, and the promises held out by Heaven . . . and Hell. Destined to become a modern classic, As One Devil to Another is a brilliantly written, deeply unsettling perspective on twenty-first-century society . . . a glimpse of ourselves through the eyes of those who have embraced their underworldly existence.

My Review -
I'm a big C.S Lewis fan. I've read the WHOLE Chronicles of Narnia series and also The Screwtape letters which this book is based off of. I was a little hesitant about the book because I didn't want to feel like I was just reading a modernized version of "The Screwtape Letters", I wanted it to be different. Which is was! Richard Platt has his own spin on this idea of devils conversing with one another via letters just like C.S Lewis did. Its a great read and I encourage anyone who is a C.S Lewis (or a Screwtape Letter) fan to give this book a chance.

Avengers

2012-05-04T16:16:00.000-04:00

Friday at 3:30am
So seeing that I am running on fandom high right now I thought I'd take some time before my body crashes to talk about the epicness that was The Avengers.

First off, I LOVE the hunger games and thought the movie was great but between the two, The Avengers totally blew it out of the water. Now don't hate me my fellow HG fans, just understand I have a love for Marvel charaters too and if you are going to compare the two movies (which you really shouldn't cause they are two separate movies), The Avengers would win no doubt.

Ok with that said here are some bullet point's with some of my thoughts on the movie :)

This was probably the funnest midnight showing i've ever been to. Now, granted I've only been to 2 but this was buy far the best.
When the "Dark Night" trailer came, you could hear a pin drop it was that quiet.
I can understand how it would be hard to make a movie about "Hawkeye" but you got to admit that guy is freakin cool!
I apologize to all my male friends around me who had to listen to me say "oh he is SO FINE" when Captain America first appeared.... ok, i'll be honest.. i said that EVERY time he was on screen. Tebow, you have some competition.
Robert Downey Jr IS Tony Stark/Iron Man. Nough said
The details in the fight scenes were amazing, the little details between the characters using each other to fight was so great!!
Anyone who says Mark Rufflo is a horrible Bruce Banner I wanna personally come slap you. By the end of the movie The Hulk stole the show, just saying.
I love the Banner/Stark friendship that forms
Thor is amazing as ever. He is my favorite
Agent Coulson. You are the best!

Will I see it again??

Um, HECK YEA! :)

Tumblr Thursday

2012-05-03T00:00:00.000-04:00

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The last one is for all my "avengers" friends :) Isn't Chris Evens FINE!
Who's going to see Avengers at midnight!???! I sure am! I hear its amazing and I can't wait to see it!

-My Tumblr-

Their coming

2012-05-01T00:00:00.000-04:00

FINALS

duh duh duhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Mine start next week.

I'm fearing both my Math and Science final. Thank the Lord my other two teachers for history and government don't believe in comprohensive finals that go over EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED THE ENTIRE SEMESTER cause if so i'd probably die from too much studying.

I did well on my Science midterm so I'm not super worried but my midterm didn't have any math problems, my final will, that is the only part i'm dreading :o

So if i seem a little MIA come next week.. you know why :)

I hope you all are surviving or will survive your week of finals too!

Weekend Wrap-up

2012-04-30T00:00:00.000-04:00

Ate some pizza and watched an 80's classic (Bueller)
Came home from shopping to see our bathroom ALMOST done!
Went to church
took a picture of myself in my car, I felt SO stupid.. What i do for you lovely people ;)
Woke myself up with an ice coffee Sunday morning, and I needed it cause my ear decided that Saturday night it was going to keep me up in pain ;p
Enjoyed my new/old mirror :) now I can take better pics for you guys for my fashion post's (even though i still have a crappy itouch camera :o )

Tumblr Thursday

2012-04-26T00:00:00.000-04:00

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- My Tumblr -

Wordless Wednesday

2012-04-25T00:00:00.000-04:00

It's been cold these past 2 days in FL! Cold as in 73 and windy! I actually had to wear a sweater round my house yesterday morning cause it was cold! lol.

But its supposed to go back to normal now, high in the 80's, that sounds more like Florida weather :)

Weekend Wrap-up

2012-04-23T00:00:00.000-04:00

Fist off, let me say that I did much better this week with taking pictures :)
Your Welcome :)

Worked on my math project, which is going horribly! Why must I solve all of maths problems!

Took the dreaded trip to Wally World on Saturday

After making it through Walmart sanely on Saturday, I treated myself to a nice ice coffee :) yummo

Caught up on some reading. "Fallen" by Lauren Kate is AMAZING by the way! You gotta read it!

Enjoyed a nice rainy Saturday night church service with the sis.

Curled up by my lonesome and watched some movies

Oh, and I did have a snuggle partner for a little bit, he wasn't to happy with all the storms going on outside :p

I'm smart

2012-04-20T18:21:00.000-04:00

So the other night i was craving 2 things.

(and no i'm not preggers, I'm a girl and we crave weird food whether we are preggo or not)

A waffle, and ice cream.

And I couldn't make up my mind which one I wanted more.

So, I thought to myself.

"Why can't I have both?"

Smart right?

So, I warmed up a yummy Van's GF waffle and stuck some yummy ice cream on top,

with chocolate of course.

And ta-da!

Its basically like having Ice Cream in a Waffle Cone, cept its in a bowl ;)

But its still just as delicious!

So there is a little random moment for your Friday night brought to you by Simply Samantha.

Your Welcome :)

Tumblr Thursday

2012-04-19T00:00:00.000-04:00

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Um. Can we please talk about how freakin adorable the last photo it??! I mean, He already had us with his adorableness in "The Hunger Games" and then he goes and rescues a puppy!! Ahh, I might die from too much cuteness!

-My Tumblr-

Tumblr Thursday is inspired the ones done my Mrs.Lauren

Dear Teacher

2012-04-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

Dear Science teacher,
Let me personally (and by personally I mean write a blog post about it) thank you for teaching us the "Doppler Effect" today.
Not only did you have me thinking of this the ENTIRE class.

But you also used NASCAR to describe it. How did you know that using sports analogy's help me!??! Which made class 10x better for me at least. Now I know when I take the final I will associate The Doppler Effect to NASCAR :)

Weekend Wrap-up

2012-04-17T00:00:00.000-04:00

Played some "Apples to Apples" with some awesome people.

Made a Target run and bought me one of these beauty's.

By the way, what is it about target that makes me spend almost ALL MY MONEY! Why taget? Why? Why are you so awesome?

Then sunday night came and i realized i hardly took any photos this weekend.

blogging fail.

"How was your weekend??"

Story of my Life

2012-04-16T00:00:00.000-04:00

Its the truth!

Comment if you agree