Summer in a Flash.

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Here are some summer-themed instas from the last little while. I forgot to post so many that a few are a little outdated, but never you mind! I had lots of treats (ice cream and cake as you can see) bought this vintage coffee tin for Father's Day, drank mojitos and smoothies, and had lots of summer dates. <3

Family Time.

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Some of my favourite days just involve hanging around my father's house. When he moved to a completely different city from just down the road, we promised that our time together would be about quality instead of quantity. This seemed like a terrible challenge at the time, as I was so used to spending every other weekend with him, and every Thursday in between. If you're a child of divorce, this probably sounds familiar. I was heartbroken and worried about the strain it would put on our relationship. As it turns out, it was one of the best things for us. We've grown so much closer as a family now that we're limited to certain block of time when everyone is available. During this time we aren't sleeping, out hanging with our friends, or playing on the computer like we used to do when we lived with him. We usually have delicious dinner, watch a movie in the home theatre, and go for walks, nothing crazy. Oh, and drink lots of homemade wine (pictured below is Summer Peach, the perfect cocktail of sugar and alcohol). As a side-note, I also get to hang out with my little step-sister, who in a matter of 26 days will be officially be a teenager. I can't believe it. What is truly unreal, is how much she looks just like me in the bottom photo. I guess if you spend enough time together/know each other for long enough, you begin to look alike even without blood relation! Happy Saturday <3

Things I'm Thankful for.

Follow @caraallover Hi friends. Once in a while the universe throws you a day when you wake up and feel the glory of life. I'm in such a good mood day and have so much to be thankful for that I decided to try to keep my good luck rolling and write it all down.

Here's what I'm so thankful for today:
- Starbucks
- My acting experience (it pays off sometimes)
- Good weather (ok, awesome weather)
- Great hair days
- Cool and cheap sunglasses from WalMart
- French toast
- My health 
- Amazing opportunities and exciting possibilities
- My beautiful step-sister for making me aware of said opportunities
- Fresh printed resumes 
- A working printer
- My wonderful boyfriend
- Coffee ( see *Starbucks)
- A genuine smile
- Staying classy


Have a fantastic Friday! <3

Back Again!

Follow @caraallover What craziness I've been experiencing in the last week! I feel like a terrible blogger. Enough time to peer into others' lives, but not enough to share my own. Just trying to bring home the bacon; the shrivelled, tiny, over-salted bacon that is the equivalent of my paycheck. Howeever, the upside to working so many hours is I conk out every night and am too tired to wake up til my alarm clock rings. Silver lining, right?

So this happened:

Acceptance letter!!! Finally! Yes, this is super late in the game to be accepted into university I guess they figure I have all the time in the world since I already am one. As if all I do is work with hippie health food, and troll the internet. Oh...

What else... I can see a lot of you are reading and I'm loving it <3 It would mean the world to me to follow on GoogleConnect or Bloglovin as well! That way I can keep you posted with upcoming exciting projects and special secrets :) Ya, it's like a friendship-club here. Secret password is: "donuts." Secret handshake is a high-five.

At the moment I'm just sneezing up a storm after cutting some thrifted on my bed. I know I'm allergic to thrift stores (YOU DON'T CHOOSE WHAT YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH) but maybe rubbing the dust into my sheets was not my best idea.

I'll promise I'll update soon my little cupcakes!

xo

June Instas.

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These are my last few instas of the week. Remember you can follow me @caraclaudia :)  I wrote notes to my boyfriend while at work, ate a lot of food, (and more food and more food), took secrets pics of my cutie, went out for dinner at the diner, used my gramps' lens, took a selfie of my new favourite tshirt (before a night on the town with some friends), cupcakes for mama's birthday, creeped my Dad's cat [Skylar] and admired the beautiful architecture of Guelph's cheap apartments. Again, I apologize for the awkward amount of food porn. 

Good day!

Cara Lately.

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Hey everyone! Here's a check up on my life as of late:

Lots of working at the health food store, and not a lot of sleeping. Well I guess that sums it up! Kidding. I've been sorting through some projects and creative ideas, trying to a) choose which one would be successful b) find one I would love to do and c) discover what am I remotely good at. I've been dying for a creative outlet of some sort and hopefully the things I have in mind can help with that. I've also been accepted into the university I wanted to transfer into - now I just need to pick courses, yikes! University to me is kind of like getting a haircut. I was ok with my last program, but wanted to opt out for something different. Like, say, going from long locks to a shoulder-length do. Now that I'm halfway-through my decision, I'm wondering whether I should have stuck with the old one. Oh well, life's about getting messy and making mistakes. Hope I just don't make too many before I discover what the right path is!

Oh, and enjoy these selfies of my good hair day (it's a theme today):

Photographers in the rain.

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Sorry I've been so absent lately. It's not you, it's me. It really is! Alright, it's you. Just kidding.

As I am sure I've mentioned before, my papa is both one of my best friends and one of my favourite photographers. When we hung out last I decided to blow some cobwebs off of my camera and experiment a little. All these pics were taken when I was trying out my grandfather's old lens which is an ultra zoom lens. It's so zoom-y that I was standing in our neighbours yard when I took these. Not. My stepmom has a beeeeaaauuuutiful garden that is just starting to bloom, and despite the rain I was determined to take pictures of it. I can't wait to get more use out of this lens, and I also can't wait to buy even more. What can I say, it runs in my blood. Enjoy these pictures of creatures, critters and creations!

In my own little world.

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Woooah! It is NOT Friday. I can't believe it. A whole work week has gone by since I last posted, and that post wasn't even really that great. I have to try to keep up with a regular schedule! I've been really lacking in inspiration lately - it could be just a dry spell or it could be because I'm just tired. Who knows. Any good tips for getting back into the groove of things? 

Today Mother Nature decided to take a break from her usually sunny and cool days into a cold and rainy mess. Not complaining however, since our grass needs to grow and get green green green! Wasn't too happy with it early this morning on my walk to work, but at least I'm cosy inside now. Going out for coffee with my papa soon at a great new cafe downtown where everything is local. Want to know how to spell hippie? C-A-R-A. Or in this case, I guess B-R-U-C-E too. Have a super-duper Friday :)

Insta-Time!

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I'm sort of excited to share these instas with you because most of them symbolize something actually exciting in life. You know, in comparison to the usual irrelevant things I post here.

I biked on my new bike, had coffee with my father/best friend (yes, he's both), doodled, met my boyfriend's entire family, played with some new makeup-ideas (bold brows are awesome!), had lunch with a long-lost bestie (note: amazing food), enjoyed summer drinks and tanning, and had a fantastic night on the town with some friends who are also home for the summer.  My spring is just getting started :) Have a happy Thursday!