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You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. ~C.S. Lewis

I've very recently gone into a tea craze here at college. I don't like the taste of coffee and I really don't like the effects it has on people, so I've turned to tea.

I prefer Herbal tea, it's just so soothing.

Mmmm...

Anyway, I have some hours to spare every few days so I came up with "First Sip: Always the best" (because the first is always the best one) This website is basically a blog where I find great deals on teas, pots, cups, accessories, ideas for parties (young and old), recipes for sweet treats to accompany your tea, and cute quotes/poems about tea.

Please feel free to advertise any of my blogs on your own website! (hint hint...more are to come)

Just e-mail me at brittany.pelletier@ni.edu for a custom banner to post on your site!

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How I Personalized My Dorm Room

Put pictures up of loved ones on the wall with sticky tack. Don’t just place them all in a neat row, get creative. Organize them by color, arrange them in words or a fun shape, and even use them to frame a window or mirror.

Shelves…get them. They will come in handy when you need a place to stick all your textbooks and what not. Try to get some fun colors to brighten up the place, or organize all your books by color on the shelves (this makes them easier to find too).

*tip- you can make shelves quickly and cheaply by stacking crate boxes on top of each other.

Put up Christmas lights to add lighting at night or early in the morning. I don’t recommend the flashing ones, they tend to get rather annoying after a day or two.

Sticky hooks, you can find these at wal-mart or any other hardware store. These hooks are not permanent so most colleges won’t have a problem with them. They can be used to hanging bangs, hats, scarves, and Christmas lights.

I love to decorate my mirrors for the seasons with my white board markers. They ink washes right off with water or Windex. This is my ultimate creativity tip for any dorm or bed room.

Not allowed to paint but want fun wall decals? Use cardboard or construction paper cut into fun shapes, then sticky tack them to the wall. You can do a wide range of things, and any size! I saw one room where they made a garden theme with trees, plants, birds, and flowers. So pretty.

So that’s it for now guys. I’ve used these tips and tricks in my own room and get lots of complements when people come over to visit. 

Why No New Posts?

As you can see, it's become very hard for me to post something new and interesting every day.

College is keeps me very very busy, so I've decided that I will not waste space on the internet with boring, short, uninteresting posts every day; but instead I will post once a week.

I will try to make this "one a week post" interesting and worth reading.

Tuesday- My Random Day

Hmm, What to write about today.

Again, the sun is shinning out side and the weather is really starting to warm up. Mike and I even did our homework outside on the picnic tables.

We even got to see some little baby squirrels running around gathering food.

After a while we went down by the dock and had a nice little talk about the random things in life.

I will try to write more today, but now I have to start taking notes in class!

:-)

Spring Is Coming

Ahhhh...Spring....

The cool fresh air, soft green grass, bright flowers springing up everywhere, and birds singing again.

I'm very much ready for it to be here. The weather here has been slowly warming up; I no longer am in need of my parka. In fact, today it's warm enough to explore the outdoors in a knee length skirt, loafers, and light hoodie.

Seeing all the green appearing everywhere and the snow slowly retreating brings joy to my face.

Moshi Monsters

Hey Everyone,

As you may know, I'm still a little kid at heart, and playing games online really does help me take a breather from writing a paper or something. Games tend to be a good stress reliever.

I found a new game yesterday that I want to share with everyone.

It's called Moshi Monsters.

It's a game where you can "adopt/create" your own monster and play with it.

You can dress it up, play games, talk to other monsters, get a room, win prizes, all kinds of stuff. If you like neopets as a kid, then you'll like this too.

I uploaded some screenshots from when I was playing today.

You can get this game out by clicking here.

Have Fun!

Wednesday Movie- Wall-E

I love the Pixar movies, and Wall-E is, by far, my favorite one yet.

I found it interesting how the first half of the movie contained no dialog but the animators did such a good job that the the viewers can tell exactly what the robots are saying and thinking.

Obviously a robot is a machine and has no emotions or life in the real world, but giving Wall-e and Eva human features was rather cute.

The color themes used in the movie where very clever as well. The Earth has an earthy brown orange tone to it, making it seem dirty, while the spaceship was blue, white, a rather clean and futuristic look.

Despite the whole theme of "Man is killing the Earth!", this is a rather funny movie that I think is great for families and couples to watch.

Wall-e Fun Links

Play Pinball, Trash Tower, Scrap Shoot, and More Games

Wall-e Desktop Backgrounds, Widget Game, and Buddy Icons

Build, and Play Bounce Bots with Your Own Robot (top left corner)

Wall-e Videos and Clips from the Movie

How to Draw Wall-e (step by step)

How To Doodle Wall-e (another set of instructions)

Meet the Characters

How Pixar Does It