007 - Life as a twin sister!

     Just like typical siblings, you'd want to stick together no matter what. It's the exact same thing for someone who has a twin which is no different. You do everything together--share your clothes, like the same things, have the same hairstyles, play the same sport, wear the two colors your parents put you two in so they could tell you apart. Literally, everything. My sister and I were those kind of twins.

    At birth, my parents used the colors pink and purple to tell us apart because there was honestly no telling who was who. I typically wore purple while my sister wore pink, which aren't even our favorite colors now. My sister loves yellow while I love pink. If you seen one of us, you knew that the other was close by. We shared a room for about 11 years before getting our own rooms in a new home. Before elementary school, we shared a big queen sized bed together. We used to jump and play around before completely breaking the bed (my parents had no issue with us jumping on the bed. One day, I jumped too high, landed on the wood of it and the whole bed collapsed)--It was fun while it lasted!

    Every picture day and first day of school picture, we wore the same outfit but in different colors. We're to the point now where the school mistakenly puts our names on the wrong pictures! Anyways, our interests started to differ over time.  The shows we grew up watching together only became a happy memory to reminisce about. We used to play volleyball together, now only my sister plays it. I now do cheerleading. One now wears her hair in a ponytail all the time while one wears her hair down completely.

    As 16 year old girls now, we still want to do everything together. We've had the same exact schedule for our first two years of high school but now we're juniors with different schedules. We used to finesse our counselor into changing our schedules so that we'd have all our classes together. Keep in mind, my sister and I are going to school for two completely different things (She wants to be a lawyer while I want to be a real estate agent and a hairstylist). Now, our schedules are different and we can't bare it. The first day of school revolved around crying and the constant statement of "I miss my sister". It's dramatic, I know! We're to the point where we don't want to be at college without each other and can't get by the fact that we have to live in our own houses one day. 

    People call the Norris Nuts dramatic in the sense that they're very emotional and if one of them cries, the other's cry with them. My sister and I are the same way. We cry over anything, especially when on the topic about our parents (we love and appreciate them so much)!

This is just how my life is,

xoxo, Lala !

006 - busy as a bee ᨳଓ

    hii sweetcakes! It's been a little minute since I posted for you guyss! I've been really busy with cheer, school, my home life, and studying. 

    Ughh, I started school this Tuesday and it was thee most exhausting thing ever. My classes were slightly wrong but no worries, I've fixed them now. I've done A LOT of crying about me and my sister's schedules (we have no classes or lunch together for the first time in 3 years). I'm going to write a blog about "life as a twin" sooner or later! Cheerleading as taken over a lot of my schedule throughout the week but hey, I love it. I've been preforming for the new students and teachers all day, everyday (the cheer team was required to put together a routine for freshman orientation and teacher night). I honestly love cheer because its something that takes up my personal free time which I love because I couldn't possibly keep myself busy for a couple of hours after school.

    The first game of the season was a Varsity football game--we lost but the cheerleaders didn't! We're winners all the time! It was a pretty fun game to me though--all of our stunts hit, my jumps were perfect, and for the first time, I wasn't nervous. But yall, it was a 2 HOUR BUS RIDE...to the school and then another 2 hours on the way back. I was moving off of taco bell and a bottle of water the whole game. I was TIRED. This will probably be one of the most chaotic games we'll have all season.

    I got to see my friend group again, it's made up of  3 boys and 3 girls. We're all like family. It's me, my sister, my little brother, my boyfriend, my friend that's like my older sister, and my other friend that's like my older brother. We're pretty happy with our schedules because there's some classes we have together. We've been hanging out as much as possible throughout the week especially when everyone plays a sport or has a job to go to. For the most part... I've been managing everything alright. I've come home with no homework everyday, I love it. I'm going to try to blog more for you guys, I'm trying!

Bye sweetcakes! 

xoxo, Lala.

005 - Job Hunting

 Why is finding a job so hard? I want to find something that'll be somewhat fun but gosh--everything is so boring (I'm honestly not built for a job). I had an interview about a week or two ago with my sister... and I'm still waiting to hear back from them because of everyone's training (the manager told us we practically got the job because my sister and I are twins and she thought it'd be cool to have twins as co-workers). I want to do something around clothes, beauty, just anything girly. I want to work at Barnes and Nobles but I'm a little too young for any of their positions. Someone help me. ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;) 

004 - † My faith! ;ଓ

    Since I was theee littlest girl, I practically grew up in church. I sang for the church choir every first Sunday of the month, attended youth Sunday, and got baptized by my grandfather. I always wanted to be included in anything that involved the church. During those years, I didn't actually know God. I knew of him but did not know him personally. What I mean is-- I didn't talk to him and read his word constantly. I was a little kid, not knowing what it really meant to actually know him. I knew and valued him enough that I didn't tolerate anything that was ungodly. As I got older, I was torn between living for the world and living for God. In middle school, I was the meanest girl ever but also wanted to love like Jesus (which is not possible)! I understood that I could only serve God or the enemy and I chose God in the end. 

    In middle school, I started having serious issues and I was at my lowest point. I didn't know what to do. I called out to God and together, we shaped my life to be better for me. I started having less problems and I was much more happier than before. But not for long...I started my first year in high school and got ahead of myself. I started talking to God less, stopped reading my Bible the way I should, and fell back into living for the world. Now, I wasn't doing anything terrible, I just drifted from God and started doing things without him while still claiming to be Christian. I became prideful and full of wrath--I understood why eventually. How could I do great things without God? I thought I could build a perfect life without him and it pushed me back to where I started. 

    As a sophomore, I started out strong, talking to God, reading my word and stopped listening to secular music. My mental health was better. I was again, happier than before. Now, this doesn't mean my problems went away complete--I had to deal with people who were worldly and did not want to see me win. I encountered people who were full of hate and envy. I lost nearly all my friends and I'm honestly happy about it because those same friends were the ones who were holding me back from serving my God and living a happier life away from the hate and evil. Now, I have a circle of friends who are followers of Christ and they've never steered me the wrong way and made my sophomore year worth it (shout out to you guys)! 

    With this upcoming school year, I spent the summer doing what God intended for me to do regarding him. Sometimes I felt lost and other times I trusted him (God always keeps his words, he never lies)! My summer has been peaceful even when the enemy tried to turn me the wrong way, I don't let them tempt me! I've made mistakes and hope to not make them again because I expressed wrath in a situation that I feel like I could've handle it better. I thought about myself first before thinking about God which is not what is good for me. My junior year, I hope to still accomplish things with God along side of me this time. Because of him, I have higher standards for myself in a godly way. He also contributes to my confidence, I feel prettier because he calls his children his best creation. He made us beautiful. 

My walk with Christ may not look the same to yours or anyone else's and that's okay. I hope for the best for anyone who's reading this, God bless you, sweetcakes!

xoxo, Lala .

003 - Picture day as a cheerleader! :: ─ ۶ৎ

 Hi sweetcakes!

Today, I had pictures with my cheer squad! It was honestly so fun, I enjoyed being around a lot of the people on my team especially after not seeing them for majority of the summer! I took a bunch of pictures and I liked some of them. I didn't like all of them because I have thicker hair (locs) and for today's style, I chose to do a curled side part, which was a little problematic for the photographer because they weren't able to get a fuller picture of my face without my hair falling over my eye. So, the reason being why I didn't like them was because I had move my hair around and in the end I didn't like it but they took my pictures anyway.

When I first got there, I was really happy to see my coach and teammates again. I was nervous though because this was my first time taking professional pictures where I took the lead on what I was going to do. Normally, my coach and photographer chooses what poses I do--it's different now that I'm on varsity. I was all over the place and confused at first. Oh!-- Did I ever mention that I tried out to be co-caption for my team!? I'm so excited for the season!

THESE WERE SOME OF MY  INSPOS (NOT MY PICTURES)!

This is my first year as a varsity cheerleader after being on junior varsity for my first two years of  high school. I honestly hope its less drama than what it was on the jv team. I'll do a topic about drama within sports soon! I like the group of people that I'm around as I'm only doing fall season (football) which I honestly regret because I normally do both fall and winter season but I felt like I couldn't manage my time too well doing two seasons last year so I chose to just do one, sadly. I want to do both seasons but my work load is horrifying. Anyways sweetcakes, I'll tell you more about cheerleading in the future!

xoxo, Lala . 

002 - Day in a life ♡⸝⸝

 What do I do throughout my day especially during the summer?

To start the day out, I don't wake up and immediately get on my phone-- I've always felt like its not a good habit for me, especially with it being so early in the morning and having things to do. If I do pick up my phone in the morning, it's to read my daily Bible verse, nothing else. I sometimes lay there for a bit, pondering why I should even bring myself to get out of the bed... but then I start my day. First, I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. I don't have an actual facial routine--I simply wash my face with face wash, moisturize really good and be done. I brush my teeth before eating because it makes me feel cleaner, which I'm pretty sure all people do. 

For breakfast and in general, I've been trying my best to eat more healthier. So, I typically eat oats, a side of fruits, and if not a cup of water, then a cup of coffee! Depending on how I feel, I could make myself a big breakfast but on some days, I'd be so tired that I just find myself eating toast with Nutella and a cup of coffee.  

After that, I move on with the day. I do my hair and find myself a cute little outfit. I'm currently writing this with curlers in my hair (ᵕ—ᴗ—). I look like someone's grandmother. Anyways, to be clear--I don't wear any makeup because first and foremost, I feel confident without it and I don't know anything about makeup nor know how to do it. I can't seem to handle being in the house for too long, doing absolutely nothing so if I'm not at cheer practice, I wander my way to either the mall or the bookstore!

Towards the end of the day, I simply study anything that I possibly can or read a book for awhile. Reading and studying can be draining for me sometimes so some days, I replace them with watching some of my favorite 2000s movies. Now before bed, I brush my teeth again and head to bed to get a good nights sleep! ^^

This is what I do throughout some days, I'm not too consistent with these things but I do them often when I can!

xoxo, Lala .

001

Hi sweetcakes! Welcome to my blog! ۶ৎ

    My name is Lala! I'm a teenage girly who loves to speak about all the little lovely things that she's experienced throughout her life. This is my little internet place where I share my thoughts and interests, such as fashion, trends, hobbies, obsessions, and much more! I like to talk about a lot of the different things that makes me, me! 

    To my dearest readers, you've stumbled upon a look into the mind of a girl who believes that the world is completely sunshine and rainbows (it's not, lol). Someone who is still trying to make up their mind about their future. When not burying my head into books and school, I find myself reading, writing, or watching the most cutest movies ever!

    Something about me is-- I play the viola! oh. my. gosh. I feel like not many people talk about playing the viola enough (at least around me). Everyone always seems to play violin or cello. I've played the viola for about 9 years now, i LOVEEE "Cliffs Of Moher" by Susan H. Day. It's so beautiful. 

    Anyways, enough of that. I hope I inspire a lot of the girlies my age or any age--to make their own blog. I hope what you take from this is encouragement and the mindset that you can do anything you put your mind to. 

xoxo, Lala .