I'M IN OREGON!!!!

Yep you read that right. I'm back on my side of the country.

I took the train on Tuesday and got here on Thursday.

The train ride was quite interesting, I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either.

I'm really glad I'm finally here though.
On Thursday when I arrived I told all of my friends I was in Oregon, I kept it a secret from everyone except family and Burrito.
Then I hung out with my mom and Grandma for a while, we went to iHop for breakfast (my favorite breakfast place EVER). Then we went and hung out at Grandma's for a few hours. After a while we went to my mom's place so I could see my sister. I hung out there for a while then M and S came to pick me up.
We went to Dutch Bros and then M's place. We only hung out for a little while then we went to the park.
I spent the night at M's place. The next day I hung out with S while M worked.
After we went to Clackamas Town Center for a little. We went back to M's place and her dad bought us pizza for dinner. We hung out for a while then they took my back to my grandma's place.
Today (Saturday) Grandma and I hung out, we went and found furniture, got some food, went grocery shopping and just hung out.
Now she's making me biscuits and gravy (BACON GRAVY!!) my favorite meal she makes.
I will post pictures from my trip soon!
Just hanging out, watching some TV blogging and drinking coffee.
I love being back.
Cannot wait to go home though.
1 week as of yesterday!
Have a lovely weekend all!

♥  E

REVIEW: Overexposed

My forth review is about Maroon 5's newest album Overexposed.

The album cover

I've basically been obsessed with this album since I downloaded it in June. I've listened to it so much that nine of the songs from this album are in my Top 25 Most Played playlist on iTunes, and six of them are my top six played. OBSESSED! 

I'm going to review the songs in the order that they appear on the album.

1. One More Night: Number 4 on my top 25 playlist. This song is super catchy, whenever it plays I have to sing along. I have to say this is definitely one of the best songs on the album, I listen to it all the time. The beat to the song is very poppy and super easy to dance to. The music video is okay, but not their best.
2. Payphone: This song is obviously their first single from the album and very popular. I like it, but since I've heard it so much it's not one of my favorites anymore. I think it's funny that a lot of people think it's a love song but really it's not. Listen to the lyrics really closely and you'll realize it's kind of a break up song.
3. Daylight: I really like this song. I think it's about how he goes on tours so he doesn't get to spend time with whoever he's dating. That's just my guess. I like how this song is slower and not as dancy as the others. It's a good song to listen to if you need music to fall asleep to.
4. Lucky Strike: Number 1 on my top 25 playlist. Obviously I LOVE this song. It's so upbeat and catchy. I randomly start singing this song to myself all the time. The beat is so powerful, the lyrics are pretty good. I always end up dancing when this song comes on, it's quite infectious.
5. The Man Who Never Lied: Number 2 on my top 25 playlist. This song is slower than a lot of them and definitely more soothing. The lyrics in this one are more powerful than the beat. I think the beat just adds to it. Another good one to fall asleep to.
6. Love Somebody: Number 6 on my top 25 playlist. This song is relevant to anyone who just wants to find that one special person. I love the lyrics. The beat mixed with Adam's voice is completely soothing. This would be a good song to play at a dance of some sort, it's catchy but also it is the perfect song to slow dance to. I love listening to it at night right before bed because it calms my mind down a lot.
7. Lady Killer: I feel like this song is about Adam's recent break up with Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsyna, I think this just based on the lyrics and the fact that she broke up with him in a less than traditional way. Regardless I love this song. It's catchy and fun, with a dancy beat and lyrics that are easy to learn. 
8. Fortune Teller: Number 12 on my top 25. This song is really amazing. I love the lyrics, they really touch the heart. I like how slow but still dancy this song is. I can listen to it all the time and not get sick of it. I like that it basically gives the message to live in the now and not worry to much about the future in a fun way.
9. Sad: Number 20 on my top 25. Another mellow, slower song. It's one of those songs you add to your "Sad playlist". I've listened to it when I was sad and for some reason I actually felt a little bit better. It is quite a depressing song, but I think Adam's voice makes it better. This is a fantastic song to fall asleep to. Definitely number 1 on my sleep playlist.
10. Tickets: Number 3 on my top 25. This is a very catchy song, and for some reason I think it's pretty funny. I start singing this song all the time. It's definitely one of my top 4 favorites on the album.
11. Doin' Dirt: Number 13 on my top 25. The beat to this song reminds me of disco music and I can't help but sing and dance when I listen to it. Very upbeat and uplifting. I seriously start dancing like I'm at a disco (even though I wasn't born when those were in style haha).
12. Beautiful Goodbye: Number 5 on my top 25. This song! Words cannot even begin to describe how I feel about this song. I am IN LOVE with it. His voice mixed with the mellow beat and the amazing lyrics. Pure magic. This song melts my heart. If you listen to the lyrics they are really sad and I feel like this is also about his break up. I could be wrong but that's my opinion.
13. Wipe Your Eyes: 1 of 3 songs on the iTunes deluxe edition. I love this song. Even though I feel like he's singing about a girlfriend or something, I always think about my best friend. And I see it as always being there for him. Not sure why but I always do. This song is really good though. The lyrics are mega powerful and the beat is comforting. 
14. Wasted Years: 2 of 3 songs on the iTunes deluxe edition. Very upbeat and kind of a jazzy feel to the song. I not as dancy as half of the songs and not as calming as the other half of the songs. It's not my favorite song, but I don't hate it.
15. Let's Stay Together: 3 of 3 songs on the iTunes deluxe edition. Also a cover of the song by Al Green. I love this song in its original form and I really like the cover too. They added a more poppy modern beat. Adam has the perfect voice to sing this song.

So if you haven't heard any of these songs or you haven't gotten the album I suggest you do that ASAP! 

Happy listening!

♥  E

Christmas in August!

On the 19th of August I was introduced to one of the COOLEST stores I've ever seen.

It's literally Christmas 361 days a year in this store.

Being the crap blogger I am I forgot to post about it, so without further ado

Meet Bronner's Christmas Wonderland!

What you see when you walk in

Countdown to Christmas

As of today there are 106 days until Christmas!!

This guy blinks, it's kinda freaky

Clocks from around the world

I like the month one

In case you wanna be Santa or Mrs. Claus

Little scenes

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house..

"There's no place like home!"

I used to love these when I was a kid

A Halloween village

My favorite ornament

This tree is decorated with corks and mini wine bottle ornaments

Santa and his reindeer fly overhead

This store was really cool, there was so much to look at. I liked looking at all of the ornaments and the tiny villages. All in all it was a really awesome day!

♥  E

So I basically suck as a blogger.

I'm really sorry guys.

I've just been in a ho-hum kind of mood and haven't felt like blogging.

I will for sure blog tomorrow about the Christmas store and some other stuff

Hope you've had a lovely week!

♥  E

Delicious food and surprises

Yesterday my grandpa called me, now this wouldn't have been weird but I just thought that he was in the living room watching tv, to my surprise he said "we'll be there in five, we're going out to eat". Naturally I jumped up, threw my phone and got ready to go.

When they finally got back to the house I was all ready to go, and I walked out to the kitchen and my grandma said "oh yeah I made your skirt last night". I looked over at the table and there was this beauty just sitting there. 

So many surprises in such a short span. 

Then to keep the surprises coming we ended up going to Cracker Barrel, now I don't know if you guys have ever been there, but HOLY CRAP! I love it so much!

And I got to have breakfast for dinner, who doesn't love that?!

French toast, bacon and eggs(ew)

Definitely didn't eat the eggs because I think eggs are gross. But other than that it was delicious!

They also gave me these adorable little bottles of syrup

So cute! Yes I stole one

Then after that we went to Meijer (not fun but whatever). One of my best friends called when we were leaving and I got to talk to her, which was cool, but the subject kinda sucked (it made me sad that I couldn't help her). After that we went to Starbucks though!

Iced white chocolate mocha!

I'm certain that this was a pretty good day.

Have a great weekend!

♥  E

REVIEW: Frankenmuth

Last Saturday grandma and I ventured to Frakenmuth, MI

They have little boat tours

This place is awesome! They have a bakery downstairs

^^Same place as above

Too precious

This is above the hallway leading to the bakery

In front of the visitors center

I thought this was awesome!

These reminded my of Mushu from Mulan

 

I wanted to buy these SOOOO badly!!

The Visitors center 

 

I thought these were the cutest things

Obviously my favorite!

The little lake that the boat tours go on
So stinking pretty!

The bridge!

Most adorable little mall ever

Reminds me of Streets of Tanasborne kinda

Adorable book store

 

Grandma bought me a tiny thing of preserves :)

 
I have to say this little town is the most adorable place. I had the best time ever! It was also like 83 degrees out so the helped a lot. I took about 100 pictures but decided that'd be too much to post, so these are my favorites. I have to say though the Bavarian inn was my favorite place. Upstairs (aka the level you enter on) is a restaurant, we didn't eat there but the food smelt delicious. Then downstairs there's a bakery and a few shops. The shops have the cutest little knick knacks. I wish I had had a ton of money to buy a bunch of things. The bakery was awesome, they were making fresh bread and desserts. I had a massive pretzel that was AMAZING! I definitely recommend people to go check it out if you're ever in Michigan.
Until next time,

♥  E