Eighteen

This weekend, I celebrated my eighteenth birthday! I have been waiting to turn eighteen since, I realized that so many of the projects I want to start require me to be this age. I wanted to publish my book without the help of my parents, be a member of the business I co-started with my father, manage financial accounts, monetize my work, and attend blogging/business conferences I could not before! I have a lot I want to do, and well now nothing can stop me!

The small birthday gathering I had was oodles (yes, oodles) of fun and I was glad to have my friends and my sisters all the in the same room talking, laughing, and taking pictures. It was great!

From Left to Right: Melissa, Jennifer, Tabeer, Me, Joselyn

From Left to Right: Jennifer, Joselyn, Me, Abeer, Tabeer, and Melissa

From Left to Right: Jennifer, Joselyn, Abeer, Me, Melissa, and Joanne

  
Of course, this blog post would not be complete without a photo of my Dad and sisters alone. They managed to put this get together for me and deal with me without getting too frustrated and I appreciate it so much! I love them all very much!

How awesome are my friends?!

Beyond that, on a personal note...somehow I feel that I have been eighteen for quite a while now. Just now I have an official ID to match. Is it just me or did age really become just a number?

Choosing a Prom Dress!

One of the exciting events that take place your senior year of high school is your high school prom! I have been anticipating this event since I was a freshman. Some people believe that prom is not all what it is advertised to be and others believe (mainly girls) that it would be one of the best days of their high school journey. I happen to be tremendously excited, however, I wonder what it would actually turn out to be.

Although prom is still months away, I think that it's never too early to find and start saving up for a dress. The color that I want to wear is a champagne/light gold shade that I hope to stand out in. I want my dress to be conservative and pretty enough to compete with everyone else's dresses. These are a couple of dresses I loved, but neither one of these is THE dress I will be wearing.

The color of both of these dresses is perfect. However, the first one looks more like a dress of my style. I do not have to make a choice yet, but once I do I know it'll be great. I am still looking for the dress that I absolutely cannot refuse. Yet, the journey to finding the perfect prom outfit will still not be over because well...I have not even started looking for the perfect pair of shoes. That will be probably be a harder decision then the dress!

What's your ideal prom dress? 

I LOVE My Nokia Lumia 1020!

Last weekend on Saturday, January 18, 2014. I said goodbye to my old iPhone 4 and made a new home for the phone that has been on my wishlist for months! I finally bought the Nokia Lumia 1020! 

 

Here are my favorite key features on this Windows 8 Phone so far:

Camera

41 mega-pixels and incredible high-definition zoom. Awesome!

Camera Apps 

I can create animated photos, shoot high-definition videos, create panoramas, and edit my photos while I am taking the photos so I can get the best shot, every time!

Uncluttered

Another one of my favorite features on this phone is the fact that it is easy to organize. I can organize all my photos and contacts the way I want to without having the iPhone forcing me to create separate albums and still store all my photos on my camera roll.

Oodles of Space

32 GB of Storage. Take that 16 GB iPhone 4!

Total Personalization 

I love being able to create the start menu the way I want to. I also love how easy it is to do so. The iPhone 4 made it impossible to save your contacts on your home screen or hide your apps. With this phone, I have no limits.

Better Blog Photos

I am now saying goodbye to my average to decent iPhone photos on my blog and finally moving on to good and great! 

I have so much more tech specifics to discuss, but I will save that for my technology blog. Read the detailed review of the Nokia Lumia 1020 on It's Technologic. 

Design: Gold & Pink

I have been posting my new blog design all over Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Google + and it has been live on my blog for about a month now. As part of a new feature series I would like to start on my blog, I want to share my inspiration for this design and a few basic elements that allowed me to make this new Gold and Pink blog design possible.

This is my blog design's color palette. Finding the perfect palette is hard to do. There's color theory that comes into play and you have to pick a strong enough color basis so you can play around with the accent colors. For example, I could have made my accent color gold instead of pink and my whole blog would look completely different.

Using my color palette and a little creativity, this is the end result! 

Boys Behind the Blog: My Best Friend

I love what I do: that's blogging, writing, designing, and running my business. Often times, while I am doing what I do best, I do not really mention the people that make it possible for me to do so. So I decided to follow the Boys Behind the Blog linkup by Mallory from Mal Smiles and Stephanie from Never the Same Spice Twice. Basically once a month, all I do is have the "boy behind the blog" answer a set of questions and showcase who he is. I thought it was an adorably sweet idea and I will be sure to do a few of these posts this year.

One of the people who have helped me and guided me through all my endeavors is my best friend. Although, I will not disclose his name at this moment (will do so sometime in the future), I will just introduce him as my best friend. He's a great person who loves reading comic books, watching shows like Doctor Who and Arrow, playing video games, and has a very intelligent mind with the curious need to understand the world and the people who make it what it is today.

Photo Credit

Q: What was your favorite movie of 2013?
A: My favorite movie of 2013 would definitely have to be Man of Steel. Even though many people would disagree, I liked it because it put Superman into a situation he has not been put in before and it is fantastic to see him pull through.

Q: What is your all time favorite movie quote?
A: "There is no one I would rather be than me". - From the movie Wreck It Ralph

Q: What is your favorite type of movie?
A: Action, adventure, and the occasional comedy.

Q: What is your New Year's resolution? 
A: My New Year's resolution is to try to get things done such as school work, any goals I have, and if I start something I am definitely going to try and see it through.

Q: This year I will...
A: Be a better person.

I loved being able to get my best friend involved with my blog and I hope it was enjoyable to get a feel for the people in my life who inspire me to do my very best.