Motivational Monday: Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody!!!!!!  Today also starts my Spring Break week!  Sadly I'm not going anywhere but I will be blogging everyday.  Since today is one of my favorite holidays I thought I'd do today's post differently.  I'm going to post random St. Paddy's Day facts because I love facts.  How are you celebrating?


The actual color of St. Patrick is blue. Green became associated with St. Patrick's Day during the 19th century. Green, in Irish legends, was worn by fairies and immortals, and also by people to encourage their crops to grow.

Shamrocks are worn on the lapel on this day.

Many bars in the United States, and abroad, serve green beer to celebrate St. Patty's Day.

St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The very first St. Patrick's Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in Boston in 1737.

34 million Americans have Irish ancestry, according to the 2003 US Census. That’s almost nine times the population of Ireland, which has 4.1 million people.

One estimate suggests that there are about 10,000 regular three-leaf clovers for every lucky four-leaf clover.

xo,

Jerica

Music Friday: Classic

TGIF!  Sorry I haven't updated this week.  I had the flu but I'm finally better!  I'm on Spring Break next week so I'm going to try to post daily.  Today's share is currently my favorite song.  It is Classic by MKTO.  It is just SO catchy.  It plays in my head over and over.  Enjoy!

xo,
Jerica

Music Friday: Little Me

Happy Friday everyone!  All week I have been recovering from a sickness but I'm finally better.  There are some exciting things coming up on my blog so stay tuned!  Today's song has been a favorite for awhile now.  It is Little Me by Little Mix.  If you have followed my blog for awhile you may know I secretly wish I was British so I listen to many British artists.  Plus they are practically the next Spice Girls.  In all honesty I love the message of this song.  It's all about what you would tell your younger self now that you know your future.  I get to see them in concert in like 2 weeks along with Fifth Harmony and Demi Lovato so I'm pumped.  Enjoy!

xo,
Jerica

Book Review: The Divergent Series!

I just finished reading the Divergent Series so I thought I would review them.  First of all I absolutely LOVED this series.  If you enjoy dystopian type of books I highly recommend these.  At first I thought it would be like Hunger Games because there are five main factions.  Each faction has a specific trait.  Abnegation stands for selfless.  Candor stands for honesty.  Amity stands for peacefulness.  Erudite stands for knowledge.  Finally Dauntless stands for bravery.  It is set in the future in Chicago.  The stories focus on Beatrice or Tris.  In the first book you follow Tris through her faction initiation.  On Choosing Day a big ceremony is held and you can either choose to stay in your born faction or go to a new one.  I can't really talk about they other two books without ruining it for you guys.  So I'll just share my thoughts.  I thought it was much better than Hunger Games.  It's a very quick and easy read because you'll just be so hooked!  The ending had me crying so prepare yourself.  I will be seeing the film so look a review on that.  If you've read these books tell me your thoughts in the comments.

xo,

Jerica

♥Weekly Obsession♥

Today's obsession is nothing new if you know me.  It is............DONUTS.  Yes, I know that is totally unhealthy but I can't get enough!  I have the biggest sweet tooth EVER!  Today is Wednesday and I've already ate at least one donut a day.  I almost bought a sweater that had a bunch of donuts all over it.  I realized that may be too obsessive.  I don't have a favorite but if it has sprinkles then I can't resist!  Also if you have never tried a red velvet donut you are missing out.  What is your favorite donut?  Let me know!

xo,
Jerica

Dancing With The Stars Season 18 Cast Reveal!

It's back!  This morning the newest cast was announced and I'm so excited!  This season already has some big changes.  Erin Andrews is now the new co-host.  I'm glad about this because I really love her.  Also Maks is back as a professional dancer!  My mom and I are are SUPER happy for this.  Also half way through the season the celebrities will be switching pros and America gets to vote on who gets who.  I think this could be a big game changer!  I've also heard a rumor that they got rid of the live band so we'll see.  Now let's look at the new cast and their partners!

SEAN AVERY AND KARINA SMIRNOFF

CANDACE CAMERON BURE AND MARK BALLAS

DREW CAREY AND CHERYL BURKE

MERYL DAVIS AND MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY

NENE LEAKES AND TONY DOVOLANI

JAMES MASLOW AND PETA MURGATROYD

DANICA MCKELLAR AND VALENTIN CHMERKOVSKIY

DIANA NYAD AND HENRY BYALIKOV

AMY PURDY AND DEREK HOUGH

CODY SIMPSON AND WITNEY CARSON

CHARLIE WHITE AND SHARNA BURGESS

BILLY DEE WILLIAMS AND EMMA SLATER

I don't know many of these celebrities.  I'm most excited for Candance Cameron Bure and Cody Simpson.  Fun fact: He follows me on Twitter!  Who are you most excited about?  I'll be blogging every episode so stay tuned!  The season starts Monday March 17!

Motivational Monday: Regrets

Happy Monday everybody!  Today's topic is all about regret.  Lately I've watched a lot of shows and movies that deal with some kind of regret.  It really got me thinking about my life.  My doctors told my mom I wouldn't live past 3 so she constantly prepared herself.  This year I'll be turning 25.  My mom never treated me different though.  I wanted to play T-Ball and she said okay.  I wanted to join a cheer team and she said yes.  I'm very thankful for that.  The question I've been thinking about lately is if I died right now would I have any regret? The answer is no I wouldn't.  I've done some dumb things but who hasn't?  I've experienced so many amazing and exciting things.  Everybody should just live in the moment.  Enjoy life!

xo,
Jerica