Endless Bliss | Happy Lifestyle Blog: October 2014

Oct312014

Halloween Pumpkin DIE-orama.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and one of my favorite parts of fall. I try to carve or decorate a pumpkin every year, and this year, I saw a pin on Pinterest that just inspired me, and I decided to run with it, and it turned out pretty awesome if I do say so myself. I did this all while watching this week's episode of Supernatural, so that may have inspired some extra morbidity. What's so great about my pumpkin diorama is that everything I used is from the Dollar Tree! How awesome is that?! And of course, major shoutout to Jon for helping me carve the diorama part out. If you want to make this pumpkin, you totally can. It's easier than you think. All you need is: A pumpkin...

Oct302014

So About This Whole NaNoWriMo Thing...

Okay, y'all, I actually decided to take the plunge and participate in NaNoWriMo this year. As much as I love writing blogs, writing a book has always been a dream of mine. In middle school, my friend, Sammi, and I came up with an idea for a book, and while that didn't pan out, the idea of writing a book stuck with me. I've started writing two books and a children's book series since then and haven't finished, but I have a good feeling about this one. I'm going into NaNoWriMo with a completely new idea, and I'm really loving the direction that it's going so far in the planning stages. So what is NaNoWriMo? For those that don't know, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. It takes place in...

Oct292014

7 of My Book Boyfriends.

photo credit: risaikeda via photopin cc Admit it. When you've been reading a book, you've fallen head over heels for a fictional character. Surely, I'm not the only one. It's amazing how authors tend to write these perfectly imperfect characters that are so easy to fall for. These are some characters that I fell in love with while reading. 7. Clay Jensen Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher I know that Thirteen Reasons Why focuses on the story of Hannah, but I really adored Clay and the story that we got to hear from his perspective. I love that he just kind of developed this crush on a girl and watched (non-creepily) from afar until he finally had the courage to dive in. You can tell...

Make 6 Freezer Meals in 60 Minutes (or Less).

Warning: You may become obsessed with freezer meals after trying these recipes. I know I'm not alone when I say that cooking every night can easily become a hassle. This is why I was attracted to the idea of freezer meals. It's so easy because you just take an hour one day to mix and prepare all your meals for the week (or longer) and then go on your merry way. The freezer meals I'm sharing today are all ones that I found on Pinterest and slightly adapted for my own tastes or reduced to feed just two people. They're also all recipes for slow cooking in a crock pot all day, but you can always just defrost them and cook them in the oven for a reduced amount of time as well. General...

Oct272014

Girl Talk: Unsolicited Advice for Modern Ladies by Christie Young (Book Review).

As a recent college graduate, I feel like I'm always looking at articles and advice for women in their 20's. Whether it's things you should do before you turn 30 or how you know you're turning into an adult or anything of the sort, you better believe that I'm going to stop and take a moment to read it. When I stumbled upon Girl Talk: Unsolicited Advice for Modern Ladies, I knew that this would be a book that I would enjoy. I love articles, books, etc. that offer advice in a comical way because it shows that all of the insecurities you have, all the weird things you do, and all the unspeakable things you think are things that other people have, do, and think as well. It really makes me feel like I'm part...

Oct232014

Simply BOUQ-iful!

I remember when I had my first boyfriend when I was fifteen-years-old. I pestered him for about a week to buy me flowers because I just thought that's what boyfriends were supposed to do. When he finally got me flowers, I was elated. I don't even remember what kind he bought me or what they looked like. I just remember the happy feeling of getting flowers (even though I knew I was going to get them because I pretty much begged for them. Sheesh. So demanding.). I think most women can relate to the happy feeling of receiving a bouquet of flowers, which is why I was so excited when I heard about Bouqs. It's an online company based in Venice, California that specializes in bringing fresh flowers to the...

Best 10 Seconds of My Life (Dallas ComicCon).

I know what you're thinking: "Tiffany? At ComicCon? This doesn't make sense!" Even if you weren't thinking that, I definitely was when I was considering attending. I didn't even know there was a ComicCon in Dallas until I mentioned Supernatural on my blog recently, and someone commented saying they met Jensen Ackles there, and I was like whaaaat?! So I decided to check it out and see when the next ComicCon would be and who would be going. Little did I know that it was just a month away, and two people from my favorite book/movie series were going to be there - James and Oliver Phelps aka Fred and George Weasley from Harry Potter. Now, if you've read my blog before, you know that my love for...

Oct212014

Texas Teen Book Festival 2014.

So last year, my sister and I made the drive down to Austin to go meet some of our favorite authors at the Austin Teen Book Festival, but mainly it was me because I read a lot, and my sister barely does, but I digress. We had so much fun last year, that we decided to drive five hours to do it all over again (now called the Texas Teen Book Festival). This year was a completely different experience. It was held at St. Edwards University, which has an absolutely beautiful campus, albeit confusing. They had a map telling us where to park for the festival, and we ended up parking in the wrong spot because 1) I don't know how to read maps, and 2) it was just all so confusing. I panicked, and I parked where...