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– J a n u a r y 1 s t –
• Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020 ( Lifestyle Blog )
– J a n u a r y 3 r d t o 5 t h –
• Saying Goodbye to Waitress on my Art Blog:
– J a n u a r y 6 t h –
• Best Dressed | Golden Globe Awards 2020 ( Art Blog )
– J a n u a r y 2 6 t h –
• The world lost Kobe Bryant & his daughter Gianna along with Alyssa, John, & Keri Altobelli, Ara Zobayan, Christina Mauser, & Payton & Sarah Chester. Kobe was my favorite athlete & one of my biggest inspirations; I still don’t have the words to describe the deep sorrow I feel or how much I miss him. 💔
– F e b r u a r y 1 0 t h –
• Best Dressed | 92nd Academy Awards 2020 ( Art Blog )
– F e b r u a r y 2 4 t h –
• Mamba + Mambacita ( Art Blog )
• Riposi in Pace ( Lifestyle Blog )
– M a r c h 1 5 t h –
• Just Want to Say Hello (acknowledging the virus on my Lifestyle Blog & checking in with everyone)
– M a r c h 2 2 n d –
• Activities for Social Distancing ( Lifestyle Blog )
– M a r c h 2 5 t h t o 2 9 t h –
• The Bookie Trials Royal Weekender | Team Mage ( Lifestyle Blog )
📚 Books Read: 1
“The ABC Murders” by Agatha Christie ( ✔️ Clairvoyance – Read a 5-Star Prediction ✔️ Tome Champion – Finish One Book ✔️ Magi Might – Read a Book With Purple on the Cover )
📖 Pages Read: 247
🥇 Badges Earned: 7 out of 8
– A p r i l 1 s t t o 3 0 t h –
• O.W.L.s Readathon 2020 + Stay at Home Reading Rush ( Lifestyle Blog )
📚 Books Read: 12
“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins ( ✔️ Care of Magical Creatures exam )
“The Dark Knight Returns” by Frank Miller ( ✔️ Arithmancy exam )
“Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond” by Adam Beechen ( ✔️ Potions exam )
“Every Crooked Path” by Steven James ( ✔️ Charms exam )
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson ( ✔️ Transfiguration exam )
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling ( ✔️ History of Magic exam ✔️ Read a Book in the Same Room the Whole Time ✔️ Read a Book Set Somewhere You Wish You Could Go ✔️ Read a Book That Will Make You Smile )
“Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins ( ✔️ Astronomy exam )
“The Night Country” by Melissa Albert ( ✔️ Ancient Runes exam ✔️ Read a Book With a House on the Cover )
“Every Deadly Kiss” by Steven James ( ✔️ Muggle Studies exam )
“At Bertram’s Hotel” by Agatha Christie ( ✔️ Defense Against the Dark Arts exam )
“The Cornish Coast Murder” by John Bude ( ✔️ Divination exam )
“Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins ( ✔️ Herbology exam )
📖 Pages Read: 3,836
Reading Prompts Completed: 4 out of 4
Ordinary Wizarding Levels Completed: 12 out of 12
– J u l y 2 0 t h t o 2 6 t h –
• Reading Rush 2020 ( Lifestyle Blog )
📚 Books Read: 7
“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han ( ✔️ Read a Book in a Genre You Want to Read More of badge )
“P.S. I Still Love You” by Jenny Han ( ✔️ Read the First Book You Touch badge )
“Always & Forever, Lara Jean” by Jenny Han ( ✔️ Read a Book With a Cover That Matches the Color of Your Birthstone badge )
“Stuart Little” by E.B. White ( ✔️ Read a Book That Inspired a Movie You’ve Already Seen badge )
“Aquaman, Volume 1: The Trench” by Geoff Johns ( ✔️Read a Book Completely Outside Your House badge )
“The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society” by Annie Barrows & Mary Ann Shaffer ( ✔️ Read a Book That Takes Place on a Different Continent Than Where You Live badge )
“The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” by Agatha Christie( ✔️Read a Book That Starts With The Word “The” badge )
“Capturing the Devil” by Kerri Maniscalco ( Started in October 2019, doesn’t count as a complete book )
📖 Pages Read: 1,911
🥇 Badges Earned: 13
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➡️ R e a d i n g R u s h D a y 7 C o m i n g S o o n ! ⬅️
– J u l y 3 0 t h –
• I restarted my college photography project on social media, posting a photo(s) every Wayback Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, & Flashback Friday:
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDSabCQAIWa/
– A u g u s t 1 s t –
• Dawsey + Juliet ( Lifestyle Blog )
– A u g u s t 2 0 t h –
• Support the Irish Arts ( Art Blog )
– A u g u s t 2 4 t h –
• Starbucks Kiwi Starfruit Refresher | Drink Review ( Lifestyle Blog )
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH9W1wmKeWU&t=3s
– A u g u s t 2 6 t h –
• Birds of Prey ( Lifestyle Blog )
• Girl Power! ( Art Blog )
– A u g u s t 2 8 t h –
• Ballad of Mulan ( Lifestyle Blog )
• Loyal, Brave, True ( Art Blog )
– A u g u s t 3 0 t h –
• Long Live the King, an art tribute to Chadwick Boseman
– S e p t e m b e r 1 s t –
• Alta Mar is Over ( Lifestyle Blog )
– S e p t e m b e r 1 8 t h –
• Shanah Tovah | Happy New Year ( Art Blog )
– O c t o b e r 1 s t t o 1 6 t h –
• Disney Remake + Sequel Reviews on my Lifestyle Blog:
Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2019
14 Live Action Disney Remakes + Sequels Ranked
– O c t o b e r 1 7 t h –
• Disney Magic Remade ( Art Blog )
– O c t o b e r 2 8 t h –
• A Day at Dunder Mifflin Elementary | Unboxing + Flip Through
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezeg7p6aIOU&t=4s
– N o v e m b e r 8 t h –
• Old Salt Raincoat – Kiel James Patrick | Unboxing + First Impressions
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFWdmmOfPZI&t=5s
– N o v e m b e r 1 1 t h –
• My 1st Squishable Haul | Mini Pumpkin Spice Latte + Storm Cloud
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7aNUVjy34&t=3s
– N o v e m b e r 1 3 t h –
• “Uprooted” + “Spinning Silver” by Naomi Novik | Illumicrate Unboxing
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYwDqm9qUVM&t=3s
– N o v e m b e r 1 4 t h –
• Poirot, Sherlock, & . . . | Once Upon a Crime Collection | North Ave Candles Unboxing
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41sXwE8SKt8&t=2s
– N o v e m b e r 2 6 t h –
• Friends 50 States Challenge | Thanksgiving 2020
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0GQHSGfZ-0&t=2s
– D e c e m b e r 1 2 t h –
• Mini Squishable Dreidel Unboxing | Happy Hanukkah!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf0dF_ertbo&t=11s
– D e c e m b e r 1 5 t h –
• MinaLima Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone Illustrated + Signed Edition | Flip-Through + Review
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6R-Fj5uAGk&t=1s
– D e c e m b e r 1 8 t h t o 2 4 t h –
• Artmas 2020:
Bunnybee Baking + The Cookie Gallery
– D e c e m b e r 2 6 t h –
• I Had the Holiday Blues ( Lifestyle Blog )
– D e c e m b e r 3 0 t h –
• Instagram Top Nine:
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfj_pPgxfD/
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🕯 A moment of silence for all the people who lost their life because of COVID-19. May their memory be a blessing! 🕯
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Farewell to Alex Trebek (Jeopardy! host), Carl Reiner (actor, author, comedian, director, & screenwriter), Chadwick Boseman (actor), Conchata Ferrell (actress), David Lander (actor, baseball scout, comedian, & musician), David Prowse (OG Darth Vader), Dawn Wells (actress), Diana Rigg (actress), Eddie Van Halen (musician & songwriter), Fred Willard (actor, comedian, & writer), Gianna Bryant (#2 Mambacita), Grant Imahara (MythBusters), Helen Reddy (actress, author, singer, & songwriter), Jeremy Bulloch (OG Boba Fett), Jerry Stiller (actor, author, & comedian), Joe Ruby (Scooby Doo Co-Creator), Kelly Preston (actress & model), Kenny Rogers (actor, entrepreneur, musician, record producer, singer, & songwriter), Ken Spears (Scooby Doo Co-Creator), Kobe Bryant (#8 & #24 Black Mamba), Lynn Cohen (actress), Mary Pat Gleason (actress & writer), Max von Sydow (actor), Naya Rivera (actress, model, & singer), Nick Cordero (actor), Olivia de Havilland (actress), Orson Bean (actor, comedian, producer, & writer), Regis Philbin (actor, singer, & TV host/presenter), Richard Herd (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Tom Lister Jr. (actor & wrestler), & Wilford Brimley (actor & singer).
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Let’s take a look at the numbers: I ended 2020 with 497 art blog followers (up from 486), 475 lifestyle blog followers (up from 472), & 293 subscribers + 140,868 views (up from 274 & 121,601). I must admit those numbers are extremely disappointing & feel like a slap in the face after a year of work. Even though I wasn’t very active creatively, I put my all into every single blog post & video I produced. I’m letting my self stew in misery for a bit, but then I’m going to suck it up, hold my head high, & do better in 2021.Onwards & upwards! ➡️ ⬆️
📖 This Bible verse feels very appropriate after the year we just endured so I’m leaving you with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8:
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to break down and a time to build up; A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to gain and a time to lose; A time to keep and a time to throw away; A time to tear and a time to sew; A time to keep silence and a time to speak; A time to love and a time to hate; A time of war and a time of peace.”
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