Drake

Now, since being in college, I have learned a ton of things, anywhere from making ramen with my Keurig to intellectually understanding more things in life. However, one that that really threw me off his how amused people will be about a whiteboard drawing in college. I decided to draw a picture of Drake on my whiteboard to hang outside the door. And if there is one thing I have learned from this, its that if you want to become popular, draw Drake on your whiteboard. He has been the biggest hit. People take pictures and have been leaving my roommate and I messages about how cool the drawing is. Little do they know that the drawing only took about 10 minutes to do. #college

Today's Daily Coffee

Today's daily coffee that I am having is so delicious. It's Café Escapes Chai Latte. The find and buy the coffee click here. The chai latte is so warm and inviting and such a cozy drink to be having later in the evening during this cold weather. It's also great to drink while studying biology, just like I am. Hope you all enjoy your day!

Christmas Gifts

If you're struggling on what to get people for Christmas this year I have your solution. If they are anything like me, they need that morning cup of coffee to get them going in the day. And on the up rise of Keurig's being used, I thought it would only be fair to share my favorite k-cup at the moment. Caribou's Daybreak Morning Blend is my favorite. It's a lighter roast of coffee but it is always good with a little International Delight Coffee Creamer Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll. It is so delicious in the morning that it is even making my mouth water right now. So for those coffee drinkers out there that you are trying to get Christmas presents for, this is the coffee and creamer that they need.

Click here for the Caribou Daybreak Morning K-Cups
Click here for the International Delight Coffee Creamer Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll

I hope they enjoy it as much as I do!

Top 10 Christmas Movies

1. A Christmas Story
   
2. National Lampoon Christmas Vacation
3. White Christmas
4. It's a Wonderful Life
5. Polar Express
6. Charlie Brown Christmas
7. Home Alone
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
10. The Muppet Christmas Carol

Theses are my top 10 Christmas movies! What are yours?

Christmas Music

Hey everyone! So I just thought I would give you a link to my Spotify playlist of Christmas music. So here's the link Spotify Christmas Music Playlist. I hope you all enjoy! I will also be adding more music to it throughout the Christmas time.

Men's Hair Style

Yesterday I was having a little fun with my friend's hair and decided to try out a new one. I blow dried and combed his hair and used the Paul Mitchell, Mitch brand gel texturizer. Below are some pictures of how the hair style turned out and the gel I used.

The gel that I used can be found at by clicking here. 

Black Friday

Today has been a very exhausting day and I could use a foot massage from how bad my feet hurt from walking around all day shopping. However, I was able to get all of my Christmas shopping done today! Black Friday shopping may be one of my favorite things, however, it is one of my most stressful days trying to get everyone gifts for the holidays. I hope everyone was able to get all the shopping done today that they wanted to get!!

Happy Holiday

Hey everyone! I hope you guys all had a Happy Thanksgiving and had full bellies yesterday, I know I did. The turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie really filled me up. I know yesterday I had a joyful time spending time with family. We ended up watching home videos of when my cousins, siblings, and I were younger. I come from a pretty large family and we had videos from Christmas and it made me laugh so much. The video showed me at the party where I tripped over my feet and almost ate it, I guess you could say some things never change. But I hope everyone had a great Turkey day!!

Three Good Things

Now I promised that I would post at the end of the day three good things that happened to me today, so here they are.

Natural Makeup

Well today I did a video of my daily makeup. Here is a link to the video Make Up Tutorial the products that I used are listed down below. I hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions please feel free to comment on this.

1. Lotion - Suave Advanced Therapy
2. Blush - Wet N Wild, Pearlescent Pink
3. Eyeshadow - Profusion Eyeshadow
4. Eyeliner - NYC high definition, liquid
5. Mascara - Maybelline New York Pumped Up, Colossal Black

Nail Polish

So I officially painted my nails for Thanksgiving and to stop me from biting my nails. Here is a picture for everyone to see. I used OPI and the color is Over the Taupe. You can find the color here.

Gratitude Journal

This morning I have already filled out my daily thing that I am grateful for and would like to show all of you today.

I will be making another post later before I go to bed adding more on to this app. As I will be reflecting on how my day went and hopefully this will bring a more positive mindset to me. I can already feel the good vibes.

Healthy Breakfast

To keep you guys all updated I have logged in my food that I ate this morning. And I am feeling really good about how this is going to work out. Time to go get a workout in later in the day.

Social Media

Hey everyone! Now some of you may be wondering where you can find me at. I have listed below my social media accounts you can follow.

1. Twitter - Username @collegeblogging
2. Instagram - Username damara_theis
3. Pinterest - I am under my name Damara Theis

Good Morning

Good Morning everyone! My morning has been a little stressful. My engine light in my car has been on for a couple days now and I finally brought it in. However, they were able to fix it! Yay! Now I think it's time for some relaxing and tea.

Snow Part 2

I promised a better picture in the morning of the snow and my view of the snow out my kitchen window is amazing. The snow has got me in such the Christmas spirit, but don't worry I'll be celebrating Thanksgiving first! Bring on the turkey and mashed potatoes.

Making Money

Now being a poor college student with tons of debt. I began to get creative in ways on how I can earn money during my free time when I'm sitting on the couch watching TV. Now, one of my most productive ways I have continuously been earning money is through Swagbucks. On Swagbucks I don't have to pay any money yet they pay me money for taking surveys. It is one of the easiest ways I have ever been able to earn free money essentially. The surveys don't take very long and you earn. I am a huge advocate for anyone with spare time that wants to earn a little extra cash, then you definitely need to check out this website. If you click on the link above labeled Swagbucks it will bring you straight to a page to sign up.

Snow

I would just like to share this wonderful photo I just took outside my window as the beautiful snowfall for winter has begun. I love Minnesota. I will be posting a better picture in the morning of the snow, then you can see it hanging on the trees.

Thanksgiving Break

I officially made it home for the holidays after my four hour drive, through all the snow and rain, it was awful weather. However, I am glad to be back home with my family and to be able to eat all this delicious food on Thanksgiving. Now college has begun to stress me out as it does for most college students and I have made a list of things that are going to be beneficial for myself. They will be my goals. So here goes nothing.

Top Five Goals:

1. Lose weight. Now, since entering college not only have I gained the freshman 15, but I've gained another 5 more with it. Not being able to fit into my favorite pants is quite upsetting. I want to achieve being able to fit back into my pants by working out and eating correctly. I am a collegiate athlete however, I am not the best about eat proper foods.

2. Stop biting my nails. I am the ultimate chewer when it comes to biting my nails. I had a good period of not biting my nails, however, it is my nervous habit I would like to break.

3. Keep myself more organized. I am the messiest, unorganized person ever. I am constantly losing things (my student ID) and it is becoming super stressful.

4. Stop procrastinating. I procrastinate at procrastinating. This goal is to stop those unbearable nights where I am up at two or three in the morning finishing typing my paper.

5. As a Psych major, I want to work on achieving a better mindset. I am generally a very energetic and happy person however, I want to be able to achieve wholeness in my mind.


Now, here comes the real question how am I going to achieve these goals. I have made some guidelines and downloaded some apps to help me in the process.

Achieving my Goals:

1. I have downloaded a few apps to help me out with this goal. My first app is called Calorie Counter-MyFitness Pal. This app will allow me to log in my food daily and keep track of how many calories I am taking in. Another app that I downloaded is Google Fit. This app tracks the number of steps that I am taking on my phone and I can log in my workouts that I do along with it. Lastly, I will be using Pinterest to make healthy food for myself. I created a board called "Healthy Eating". You can find my board at Healthy Eating.

2. To stop my nail biting I will be painting nail polish onto my nails. The taste of nail polish is unpleasing and will hopefully stop me from biting when I am not noticing. I will be using the color Over the Taupe by OPI. It can be found at OPI Nail Polish.

3. I need to keep myself organized and to do that I need to clean my messy dorm room. I will start by using a daily schedule to clean certain areas at a time.

• Monday - Clean closet and put clothes away.
• Tuesday - Clean desk off.
• Wednesday - Clean off book shelf.
• Thursday -  Pick up the area around the couch and fridge.
• Friday - Pick up the area around the TV and containers.

4. To stop procrastinating I will need to use my planner. I have a hard copy planner to write down all my assignments and exams. I will also be putting up my exam dates on my whiteboard calendar that is in my room.

5. Lastly, to achieve a better mindset as whole I downloaded the app Gratitude Journal. This app allows me to stay positive about my life and journal everyday. Another app that I downloaded is Happify, currently the track that I am taking is to "Cope Better with Stress".

I will continue to occasionally update you all on the progress that is being made. I will also continue to give updates on my life and how thing are working out for me. I encourage you to set five goals for yourself too that you want to achieve. If you have any questions feel free to comment below. I would also love to hear your feedback along with if you have any apps that you downloaded and would love to share with others. Peace and Love! 

Introduction

Hello Everyone,

One day, while sitting on my couch in my dorm eating chips, I got this great idea I was going to start blogging. Now, writing has never been my greatest friend. However, life is short and I feel like this is something I should at least try. I will be blogging my crazy life throughout college and all my "amazing" ideas that I will get. So stick with me while I attempt to do this.