Technology Is Taking Over.

This past weekend, the new trend of the I-phone 4 has come out, and it seems to be the new talk of every conversation. A ton of my friends just got one as they were waiting for it to come out, along with my dad. I wanted to see what all the rave was about, so I looked through my dads and played with it. All I have to say is that I thought my I-phone was high tech, but this one even makes that one look not special at all. It really blew my mind when I noticed the new features on it. One of them that really was something to see was the camera. It was basically like having a full digital camera right on your phone, the picture was ridiculously clear. Then, there was an application called "Find Your Friends," and it allowed you to actually see exactly where people were. This is what really made me think... technology has gotten so high to the point where we can actually see exactly where people are on Google maps. As long as you had the account you could pinpoint exactly where that person was. Not too long ago we could not even talk to people on a cellphone, let alone the cellphone consisting of everything you need to have in your life. It was actually crazy to think about for me because I wonder what things will be like in the next ten years. It is definitely safe to say that technology is taking over our generation and will only continue to do so.

Trip That Lasts A Lifetime.

Today I had old pictures scattered out on my bed because I wanted to look through them all. I came upon many pictures that I had completely forgotten about, embarrassing ones, or pictures that mean so much to me that I never get to look at anymore. It was really a good thing of me to look through them because it sparked so many memories back... My favorite one of all was definitely the trip out west that I took with my dad and older sister Hayley whenever I was only in fourth grade. He wanted to take us on a little trip with just us to have some bonding time, and it ended up being one of my favorite trips that I have ever had. We went to the west and not only visited one place, but we stayed at the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion National Park, and Las Vegas. My favorite for some reason was the Las Vegas stay just because so much was going on there, and I enjoyed the shows that we watched at night. Whenever we stayed at Bryce and Zion though, we stayed at ranches and it was quite the experience. We made so many memories on the most pointless things, and one picture brought me back to that. One night, we were so bored that we sat on the bed and put marbles out in front of us. The purpose of the game was for one person to think of a marble in their head, and then the other two people had to guess which one it was. It was such a pointless game that it was so funny, and we laughed so hard during the entire time. It is a trip that I would most definitely go on again and maybe will one day. Sometimes just looking at pictures can spark back all the memories and completely bring you back to one day.

Fall Fun.

Of all seasons, Fall is easily my favorite. With the carved pumpkins, spooky decorations, colorful leaves, and the smell of warm candles, nothing can beat it for me. But of one thing that is my favorite is pumpkin pie. It is one of my favorite desserts, so this weekend I was tempted to make one. I did it with my sister, Hayley, because we always used to do it together. We went out and bought all of the stuff and used our favorite recipe for it. We were looking forward to it for so long, so finally when she came home this weekend we did it Saturday night. It brought back a lot of memories from whenever we were younger and I loved it. The house smelled and felt all cozy, and once we started to bake it the whole aroma of the house was of the pumpkin pie. I really liked getting to do things like this with my sister because she is always away at school and I never see her too much anymore. Anyways, once the pie was done baking my stomach was craving a piece right away. However, we had to wait two hours for it to cool down so we saved it for a dessert after our dinner date we had set up. Making pumpkin pie is only something that is enjoyable around Fall, or at least for me it is.

Missing Old Things.

This weekend I had some free time on Monday, and since it was such a nice fall day outside I decided to go out on the trampoline with my sister like I used to. She was playing a game that she has always played where she pretends that she is on a gymnastics team and does tricks. Gymnastics used to be my thing I have done since I was little until I had to quit because of my knees. It's something that I miss all the time and have the urge to want to do all the time, so whenever I was playing with her I did some old tricks that I used to have on the ground. I started off easy with back handsprings and then moved onto different kinds of back flips. The last time I did gymnastics on the floor was when I tried to get back into it with cheerleading. I was at the game and I landed on my ankle twisted from a back flip and sprained it, so of course I lost all incentive to do it again. However, I was really feeling the want to do it on the ground again just to try and get the mindset of pushing myself to do it so I did just that. I was all warmed up and stretched from being on the trampoline so I went straight to the ground to try it. I must say I was really nervous, but I went for it anyways because the rush of being able to do it was the best. Next thing I know I landed my back tuck perfectly. It was one of my favorite feelings and I wanted to do it over and over again. It made me miss gymnastics even more though, and made me remember going to class during the week and the feeling of progressing onto new tricks. I always wonder how good I could be at it if I never quit and I wished so bad that I didn't have to hurt my knees. I guess you just have to move on and think of the long run and the strain it would put on my knees with my problem. At least I knew for myself I had a talent for it, and it is just like riding a bike... Once you have it you pick right back up on it like you never stopped.

all about yoga.

If you knew me, you would know how much I love yoga. I used to think the same thing everyone else probably thinks at first... it sounds stupid at first and not something interesting, but once I got started it became a quick addiction. My older sister started to go to the heat yoga in Murrysville called Yoga Flow with her friends, but I never had an interest in going. Finally, I gave in and listened to her whenever she told me that I would love it and went to one class. I loved it right away. It was one thousand times harder than I thought it would be, but that it what swept me in was the challenge. I wanted to keep going and keep getting better at all of it. No one really understands the challenge of it until they go to a class for themselves, but if you keep going it only gets easier and a lot more natural. Now, even whenever I am in a bad mood or having a stressful day, I go to yoga and come out feeling ten times better. It gives me a time to forget about absolutely everything going on around me for the 75 minutes that you have, and only focus on concentrating basically. Leaving the class, you feel like a different person. Again, it sounds a little far fetched, and maybe not everyone has the same interest for it, but it was one of the best things I have ever gotten myself into. I don't know what I would do without it because now it is something that makes me mentally feel better if I am having an off day... basically a quick fix to feeling a lot better. Everyone has their something that they love, and yoga is most definitely mine.