I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it seems that SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER.
or technically, will be on September 22nd.
Remember how I said I was tired of recap posts because it involved a lot of linking and trying to remember what happened when nothing did? Yeah. I decided to try seasonal/quarterly recaps instead of monthly ones to give us all a change.
So. HERE'S ONE RARE LIFE POST FROM LISA. What did she do over the summer??
i. I WATCHED A LOT OF THE WORLD CUP
If any of you know me in any way at all you should know that I am mildly obsessed with watching major football tournaments.
^^ Yes, I mean soccer but I prefer to call it football because that is the official term. Also my English is very British influenced.
Truth be told, I had been waiting for this Fifa World Cup for FOUR YEARS. Since the 2014 tournament (yep, I was already obsessed as a 12 year old XD). AND IT FINALLY CAME. AND I GOT TO WATCH IT MOST MORNINGS FOR HALF A MONTH. AND IT WAS AS AMAZING AS EVER.
Major highlight ^^ here guys. If you come away from this post and all you remember is Lisa watched football, well my post accomplished its purpose.
^^ In case any of you want to know, my favorite team was Belgium. And I also loved Croatia. But I am really happy for France.
ii. I PLAYED A LOT OF FOOSBALL
mwahahahaa bet you did not see that coming.
Being inspired by the World Cup, we got a small table foosball game and proceeded to name all the men after our favorite players and play an alternative version of the World Cup.
We have a blast every time we play XD
iii. I HOSTED A SHORT STORY CONTEST
Which you know about if you've been following. For my blog anniversary which was in June I hosted an impromptu micro fiction contest.
I am still in the midst of publishing all entries every other week and our winner was announced here. She was also awarded (albeit a bit late).
Read all the posts so far right here
iv. I GOT TWO (or three) ORCHIDS
Our friends were the loveliest ever and gifted us with two flower pots with orchids in them! One of the pots has two stalks in it so technically, I have three orchids. They are named Orchidix and Mod and Bud. I didn't know I had a green thumb until now but the first one is still alive and full of flowers (though it has lost a few) after 11 weeks!!
I water them and gave them hours of outdoor sunshine and talk to them and photograph them and even painted them digitally.
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| ^^ these are my digitally painted versions of Mod and Bud |
v. WENT TO SUMMER CAMP
for the first time! It was a lot of fun - except I had some stomach problems?? The activities involved sports and canoeing and crafts and games and candy and team challenges and Bible study and listening to good speakers XD WE met some really nice people too. I think I learned a lot?? Definitely.
vi. I DID SOME ART
Art takes a lot of time, actually. I didn't get as much done as I wanted but I certainly accomplished some things. I tried and succeeded at digital art and pastels for the first time! YAY! I also did some color pencil work and my favorite of all time - pencil portraits. I tried to fix my images so that they would look good on this post but unfortunately they are kinda small in dimension. If I try to expand them they get too pixelated. *sigh* so here you go - a first glimpse at my art ... since you asked for it!
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| first ever digital drawing featuring yowling cats |
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| first ever pastel drawing |
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| color pencil drawing. excuse the fact that these aren't larger or brighter. ft. toothless |
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| our darling kenzie |
vii. OTHER RANDOM NOTES
- still studying like mad. now I know what teens spend their time doing. when I was little I couldn't figure it out XD
- watched some cool shows and movies. for example, murder she wrote, blue zoo, queen of katwe, the lion guard (if anyone has seen this can we just laugh about it together?) and so forth and so on.
- read some great books! but I have an entire post about the books I read over summer coming up soon.
- we had some really really hot days ...
- designed a website with hours of headache over html. I allow you to see it yet because of #reasons but in the near future, YES. you shall be allowed to behold my handiwork. (or rather, my attempt to customize ready templates XDD)
- went through Sleeping at Last and For King and Country obsession. My current favorite song is Dreamers ^.^
In case you want to read all my posts for the summer you can find all of June's posts here and all of July's posts here and all of August's posts here.
SO. Three more micro-fiction stories to come, and the next one will be going out next week!! Keep your eyes peeled for that, as well as for mini-reviews of all my summer reads.
speak up my dudes --
HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER? WHAT DID YOU DO DURING YOUR VACATION TIME? WHICH OF MY DRAWING DID YOU LIKE BEST?
go forth and sparkle.
lisa
p.s. can we also laugh bc my graphic said i would talk about school but i did not :P
p.s. can we also laugh bc my graphic said i would talk about school but i did not :P
Hahaha sounds like a good summer. :D
ReplyDeleteYES IT WAS 😊
DeleteYou did talk about school thought. You said you were studying. Studying = school, so you are 100% accurate. XD XD
ReplyDeleteLove this post. Once the new year hits, I'm going to only do quarterly updates or bi-monthly updates because these wrap ups are hard.
Have a great September. <3
Lol yeah well I only /mentioned/ it in passing XDD
Deleteugh YOU ARE SO RIGHT. recaps are hard. Good luck on all of them before new year comes XD
SAME TO YOU GIRL ❤️
LISA I LOVE YOUR ART. You are so good!!
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOODNESS ZANE THANK YOUUUUU 😘
DeleteGreat post! Sounds like you had a great summer! (Also, Murder, She Wrote!!! Great show...) Have a great September!
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU NICOLE! It is a great show isn't it?? Have a lovely September yourself girl 😃
DeleteOoo, art! Always love seeing people's art. Love all of them, especially Toothless!
ReplyDeleteSAME HERE SKYE! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH ❤️
DeleteSounds like awesome summer! Great post ♥ My holidays are over since today, I've started my school. I'm going to write a post on my blog summarising my summer soon :)
ReplyDeleteIT WAS AND THANK YOU �� Hope your school goes well and yay. I shall keep my eyes peeled for that post!!
Deletesounds like a fun summer! your art is amazing by the way :)
ReplyDeleteAhhhh thanks immensely Rosie!! 😄
DeleteI like the idea of seasonal wrap-up posts!! The whole summer is over but the calendar says we have until the 22 is getting to me. Hah, I don't know what to believe!! Looks like you had a wonderful summer! Orchids are a wonderful flower!
ReplyDeleteSimply Me
HEY VANESSA AND THANK YOU 😊 I think we should believe the weather tbh xD I hope you had a lovely summer too and I'm happy you like orchids!!
DeleteYour digital pictures are even better than the rest of the drawings that you've done!!! I love the orchids the most :).
ReplyDeleteCatherine
OH WOW THAT IS A COMPLIMENT!! My orchids will be happy to hear that you like their picture, definitely 😁
DeleteI love the pastel drawing!! The colts are so pretty!!
ReplyDeleteI love orchids but I’m a notorious accidental plant-killer, so I don’t have any...
Thank you thank you my dear Julian 😀 that's why I was surprised by my success at orchid growing cos I have heard that it's possible to be an accidental plant killer lol
DeleteThanks for the comment
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I almost killed one of those "unkillable plants" from California (my mom brought it home specially for me).
DeleteBecause I over-watered it.
My sister, however, is the orchid whisperer. She buys the half-dead ones marked down at the grocery store and nurses them back to health.
For King And Country is the besstttt. =) Lovely recap, glad you had so much fun!
ReplyDeleteAREN'T THEY THOUGH?!?!?!
DeleteTHANKS AMD GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE POST ❤️
I LOVE ALL YOUR DRAWINGS!! (especially the one of Kenzie!) ❤️
ReplyDeleteYou always do such amazing recaps, I'm jealous. XD
AWW THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️ I'm so honored.
DeleteI didn't know that you were also a talented artist! Great job, Lisa! Do you ever illustrate things from your writing? Looks like you had a great summer! <3
ReplyDeleteHehe thank you so much for the compliment Micaiah. I don't usually illustrate my stories but I often do draw the characters during brainstorming sessions. It helps me think 😁 I hope to get to illustrating things SOMEDAY though!!
DeleteA summer camp sounds fun!! Also seriously I'm obsessed with your header it's so cute. :)
ReplyDeleteNabila | Hot Town Cool Girl
IT REALLY WAS. you should have been there 😄 and ack THANK YOU THANK YOU I'M SO FLATTERED YOU LIKE IT. I randomly stumbled upon the components of the header on Canva lol
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