tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16541258324424998392024-03-13T17:37:53.176-07:00Sincerely, MelanieLife is an adventure...Melanie Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082962951536108089noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654125832442499839.post-71003257705500805342014-12-30T00:23:00.001-08:002014-12-30T00:23:16.048-08:00NEW BLOG!<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's been a rather long time, hasn't it? Yes, yes it has. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">That can all change, though, because I have decided to start fresh. Yes, I have made a new blog. It is called <a href="http://authenticadventurers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Authentic Adventurers</a>, and its very basis focuses on my desire and love for adventure. This idea is displayed through photography, stories, projects, recipes, and an assortment of other things. I sincerely hope you check it out. I am very excited to begin writing and creating again through the wonderful medium of blogging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So, alas, I must bid Adieu to this little blog. Its time was fun while it lasted, but sadly all good things must come to an end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thankfully, though, the ending of this blog creates way for the brighter life of a new online journal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I do hope you will meet me at <a href="http://authenticadventurers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Authentic Adventurers</a>. The link is: <a href="http://authenticadventurers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://authenticadventurers.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And for the last time....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sincerely,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Melanie</span>Melanie Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082962951536108089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654125832442499839.post-84965661523420447072014-01-18T21:42:00.003-08:002014-01-18T21:42:50.502-08:00How to: Braid without ANY Hair Products!<span style="font-size: large;">Many of you know I have long hair. I pretty much have my whole life, because I do not pull of short well at all. Anyways, anyone with hair like mine, or hair at all, definitely has days where they feel as though they might explode from the annoyance it brings and are a half a step away from a hasty decision to grab craft scissors and chop it off. Whether this be because you feel gross, don't want to deal with it, or even are just having a bad hair day, I have the solution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the answer to your nightmares. How to braid without ANY hair products.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, you read that right. It is possible and I will prove it to you. Dun, dun, dun, dunnnnnn... prepare for a life saver coming your way, because that is exactly what this cute <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8mE1k_xrU8" target="_blank">hairstyle</a> is. (click "hairstyle" to see video)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Melanie</span>Melanie Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082962951536108089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654125832442499839.post-79190518593101709522013-06-26T19:30:00.001-07:002013-07-29T14:50:58.996-07:00Bleached & Distressed Vans<div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello loves! Time for another DIY. This is incredibly easy and very fashionable. Since it is Summer, that means happy colors! I have always been a fan of Vans shoes. If you aren't familiar with them they are the navy shoes in the picture above.</span><br />
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Melanie Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082962951536108089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654125832442499839.post-49210397824878807382013-06-26T19:26:00.005-07:002013-06-26T19:32:19.188-07:00Cheese Cake Stuffed Strawberries! <div style="text-align: center;">
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Melanie Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082962951536108089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654125832442499839.post-48175379390394722132013-06-11T20:58:00.003-07:002013-06-11T21:35:17.143-07:00I miss...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I stare out the window of our
car, sadness rolls over me and a slight dread piles over my head. Soon the
South Carolina trees will change to the trees of Georgia. The enormous oak
trees with mysterious yet beautiful moss hanging from each branch will no
longer be out my window. Until next time they will only be a memory or a
subject of a small photograph on my iPhone screen. The marsh only 2 miles away
will soon be 320 miles away. As far as I know they might as well be 3000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family, all the cousins, aunts, uncles,
sisters, and in-laws, will no longer be in the same house as me when I wake.
Stories of my families past will no longer be a conversation away and games of
jokes and rivalry will now have fewer people playing. But the saddest of all,
the thing that many people will go through their day not noticing, the air that
I breath will no longer have salt in it. That ocean of mine will not be just
across the street, only 25 steps away. Now, I will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> miss the ocean because of the beach it is on that happens to be
an impeccable spot for tanning by most girls standards. I will miss the sight
of dolphins in their habitat, the strong, but still soft waves crashing into my
face, the laughs that are had when a family plays together as they ride the
waves back to shore. I will miss the shells that hurt my feet. I will miss the
smell of the sea that seems to always sooth me. I will miss the lullaby of the
waves that are enough beauty, no music is needed. I will miss everything about
South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As we spread my grandparents’ ashes
off of the U.S.S. Yorktown (my grandfather was in the navy) yesterday, I
realized how much I miss them. I would never wish them back, because I know
they are the happiest a person could ever be but I still miss them. My
relationship with all my grandparents is different than many of my friends’
relationships to theirs because mine, I believe, was cut short. Three of my
grandparents died by my age of 10. (My grandmother, Manda, is happily living in
Athens only an hour away and I am so grateful for her part in my life.) I still
remember all of them though, whether the memories may be few and far between
they are still there. I miss their smile and their laughter, but I just miss
them. However, because of having many deaths in a short period of time in my
childhood, I have learned not to resent death. I have become unafraid of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my</i> death, whenever God makes it time.
Now, don’t get me wrong I am definitely not saying I am ready for my time to
come or anything of the sort. I have just found the peace in God’s timing. I
have learned to trust His plan for me and everyone around me. I have learned
death is not to be something scary, for when God says, “Come home.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will not fear to be in paradise. I owe that
lesson and strength in God to my three wonderful grandparents I guess you could
say. Even when they are gone, they are still here teaching me new things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, even though I will miss many
things of the adventurous life I long for, I know that like my grandparents it
will never really be gone. Honestly, many of the sad things I am leaving behind
for the time being are only five hours away, some even one. So although sadness
takes its place in my heart, something great overcomes it. Something that will
make me happy to wait until next time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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never got to meet Michael, but if he was half the man my dad was I know he is
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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3. Go to South Carolina- I am spreading my grandparents ashes with my family, and then we are having a small vacation (in the celebration of my grandparents' lives of course)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">7. Of course party it up with my friends! </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">I am SO SO SO excited because Carrie Sawyer (one of my best friends who moved to the Netherlands last year) is coming back this summer and I plan on making her sick of me by the time she leaves because I will not leave her alone.... Anyways! She is adorable and so artsy, and she has a blog as well. I am absolutely obsessed with it! Here is the link:</span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><a href="http://carrotsnspice.blogspot.com/?m=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://carrotsnspice.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/?m=1</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sorry, this wasn't too interesting, but I plan on posting an easy, awesome DIY tomorrow! So stay tuned ;) </span></div>
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Melanie Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082962951536108089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654125832442499839.post-87255097994835450322013-05-24T20:54:00.003-07:002013-05-24T21:01:12.683-07:00Arizona "Vintage" Camera<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yay! for my first DIY</span></b></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was doing this in the bad lighting of my basement with the camera on my iPhone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I saw this first on YouTube by a girl named Bethany Mota. Her channel is called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Macbarbie07" target="_blank">MacBarbie07</a><i> </i>if you want to check it out. I am absolutely obsessed with all her videos. Anyways, I thought I would do a step-by-step guide to making a "camera" out of recycled Arizona cans. I love their tea, and the cans are so bright and colorful they shouldn't be thrown away :) So, let's get started.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">*2 (empty) Arizona cans</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">*hot glue gun (with glue sticks)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">*6cm x 3cm cardboard piece (may need to modify)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">First, you will need two Arizona cans. Make sure to drink all the deliciousness within before proceeding.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Start off by cutting off the top and the bottom of the can so that you have two Arizona "tubes". <i>Warning</i>: it is quite difficult to get the scissors first cut into the can, but once you get the first it is very easy from there.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, find the Nutrition Facts on both "tubes" and cut through the middle of them, creating an Arizona "sheet" this time. </span></div>
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Melanie Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082962951536108089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654125832442499839.post-60939025139372867582013-05-23T15:22:00.001-07:002013-05-23T16:18:13.488-07:00HALLELUJAH! <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">"Freedom. Freedom. Freedom" is currently chanting in my head along with High School Musical's "What Time Is It". I have the usual hope that this summer will be amazing (even though I usually spend most of it being a loner and doing nothing- but I am too excited to doubt the future awesomeness of the next few months). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">Anyways, so that there is more of a point to this post I decided to include the very first plans of mine that have been accomplished this summer :)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have to say I love getting my nails done, but the first part where they like rip out your hang nails and even just filing my toenails kind of hurts.. That could just be me though. And oh my goodness! I am a goner when they like take off the dead skin with the... cheese grader (at least that is what I think they used on me this time)... I try my best to not flip out and cry laughing every time, but I never succeed. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>Melanie xx </i></b></span><br />
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