GIRL TALK, period.

Currently I am writing this blog during dead week, the week of stress and preparation for the hell week to follow. In five days, I will be doing nothing but exams and crying over the unknown answers and lack of time to cram in my last-minute studying. Luckily, because schools have been shut down for Corona, we all have an advantage this finals week. Unfortunately, we do still have the finals though and it still can be stressful. As the last two weeks of the semester start to fly by, you realize all the work you have put off till the last minute is getting in your way of studying for your exams.  My tip for last minute freak outs at the end of the semester is to PLAN. Sitting down with a blank piece of paper, planner, or calendar and simply figuring out what day things are due and what days you can do the work can make the stress nearly disappear. Looking at a long to do list versus breaking up the to do list into days and planning what time to do the work can definitely make a dif

I’m already super excited for sophomore year next year! I’ve been planning the common space and bathroom with my roommate already. Luckily, we have the same style, so it’s made things pretty easy! In the sophomore dorms, we both get our very own (TINY) room and share a common space and bathroom with each other. Most of décor we will be making because both of us are into crafts and I love building things. I’ll be making a snack bar to put in the common space that will fit the mini fridge and the top counter will serve as a coffee station because we both love coffee. I’m also going to make a coffee mug holder to put on the wall above the snack bar.  We haven’t been able to think of much for the bathroom because the floor tiles are so ugly. We have to think of something to do to the bathroom to help them look a little more normal.     I’m way too excited about decorating my dorm room but even more excited to see all my friends again. Normally we just a measly three-month summer break

My freshman year at Ohio Northern University was the best thing that I could ever ask for. Going in, of course I was very nervous, but after a while I realize that I couldn’t have picked a better home for myself for the next four years. Everything from the small village of Ada, to the wild football games, was like a perfect fit that I couldn’t have known would happen until it did.  My first friend at ONU was my roommate, Brynn. I’ve heard nothing but horror roommate stories, but I was blessed to have such an amazing roommate and now friend in my first year. My second group of friends came from the golf team. As a golfer, you would expect that my team and I would get along, but what you wouldn’t expect is how we’re actually more like a family. I would be willing to say that out of all the sports teams we are the closest and we spend the most time together. You can always find us at team din din in Mac at 5:00pm or hanging out in the golf lab in Kinghorn.  First semester

I know this is an ironic post because as I’ve said before, this blog cite is one big project for my Social Media Principals class at Ohio Northern University. In my class, we learn how to use social media platforms in a professional way. However, we don’t talk about how kids my age actually uses the platforms. Social media to a teenager is everything, the likes, the comments and the views on a post can tear you down or build you up. For months, my platforms were on the rise and I felt on top of the world, but people do not realize that I am behind the screen. I am not a computer or a robot, even though you only see me through your electrical device.  In class we learned that an influencer is a relatable person, seen as trustworthy and has a good source of information. An influencer to me is looking in the mirror and realizing “they’re right, I’m not ‘That pretty’, maybe I do need more makeup, or to lose some weight”. An influencer to me is waking up, dreading to check your fol

For this blog instead of writing about my grandmother like I did with my papa, I want to share something with you. When my Grammy passed away, the house was empty, and we had to completely clean everything out. When doing this, we found a journal that my Grammy was writing in and it was made for me. She Logged every time that we had hung out and talked about what we did and sometimes when she missed me, she would just write about me in it. I want to share the most important thing to me that she wrote.  Easter is my favorite holiday. I loved searching for eggs and as I got older my Grammy would make me super hard egg hunts and loved to watch me hunt for the eggs. The first Easter without her was Easter 2019 and I decided to opt out of the egg hunt that year because I couldn’t do it. It wasn’t until a few weeks before this Easter that I re-read the journal and realized she wrote me something very important:  “Getting ready for another Easter. I know you’re getting ready to grow

There are two people I miss most in the world. My Grammy and my Papa, my Grammy passed when I was 17 and my Papa passed when I was 15. In this Blog I will be talking about my Papa and in the part two, I will talk about my Grammy.             Ever since I was a baby, my Papa and I had a very special bond. He gave me the most special nickname I could ask for. He only ever called me “Gypsy” and there is a very funny reason why. When my mom and dad announced that my name was going to be Madylin, my Papa told them that he didn’t like it and that it was a gypsy name which is where the nickname started. For 15, my papa never called me Madylin or Mady, only Gypsy.              My Papa and I had many inside jokes, but my favorite was our sign language. For example, if you ever saw us in a public setting put our arms straight up in the air, with palms facing in, it meant we were bored.             One of my favorite things in this world is actually something he made. My papa loved

Everyone has one thing they want to see or experience before they die. My number one bucket list item is staying the night on the Queen Mary Ship. The Queen Mary is a cruise ship from the 1930s to the 1960s and is now a floating haunted hotel in California. The Queen Mary is known as the most Haunted place in the US and one of the most haunted in the world.  I am a huge fan of creepy, spooky stuff and it’s no wonder that something like this would intrigue me so much. As a child I loved watching Ghost Adventures and now, my favorite movie is Coraline.  Staying on the Queen Mary has been a dream of mine for years and is something I will do before I die. I’ve seen my favorite YouTubers, Sam and Colby , do this and I was so jealous, and I think doing something like this for my own YouTube channel would be a lot of fun and something my viewers would enjoy a lot.  Before staying on the Queen Mary, I will probably start out by staying at other haunted locations such as the Sta

This summer is still on unknown terms. We half way through April and have no clue if summer will still be a thing this year or if COVID-19 will cancel it. None the less, I have decided to plan some summer adventures and other fun things to do when it rolls around, it’s the only thing getting me through quarantine.  This summer I will be going to cedar point for my birthday because the Thomas Rhett concert was postponed to September. I’m hoping to go on lots of road trips and small adventures like the cedar point one. I think going to a beach for the weekend or even a day trip to somewhere cool would be a lot of fun! I also want to do a few photoshoots with friends in different thrifted outfits or even in just weird places. I want to try DIY drinks and snacks as well, like Smoothies and sweets.  I want to try throwing a pool party to get some friends I made from school over because I already miss them and it’s not even technically summer vacation yet!  Lastly, I am very

For Easter this year I went to Dayton for the weekend to finish up a class and take a quiz with one of my classmates, Ryan. Ryan and I met in our Ethical Leadership class where we became really good friends very fast. Through our friendship, we both began to catch feelings but we were too scared to let the other know. We actually tried setting each other up with friends while at school and when we both liked each other. He tried getting me to talk to his roommate while I tried getting him to talk to one of my teammates. Luckily, neither of these “flings” worked out and we continued being friends and working on classes together throughout the weeks on campus.  When Ohio Northern was shut down for Covid-19, is when we started flirting with each other. Finally, I let him in on my little secret crush and to my surprise, he told me that he felt the same way.  We continued flirting with each other until he came up to my house a few weeks ago to do some homework with me. Once we actually

  In Michigan, I feel as though we are the last to get the warm weather. My friends from Ohio that I’ve made at school have been posting the 70-degree weather they are enjoying while I am inside in the warm because its 40 degrees outside. Well, lucky for me and my fellow Michiganders, it’s beginning to warm up here. All last week into the begging of this week, I’ve been spending my quarantine days at my neighbors (Madison) hot tub hanging out. She’s a senior in high school this year so she’s enjoys the company during this hard time.   As we’ve been hanging out in the, what we think, is hot weather (AKA 50 degrees) we have been trying different tropical drinks and snacks to really make us feel like were in the midst of summertime in *southern* Michigan.    I’m going to share our two favorite things we’ve tried so far.  Coconut smoothie – coconut milk, coconut, frozen: banana and pineapple, honey, and cinnamon Sunshine smoothie- vanilla almond milk, frozen: banana, ma

Harlow first worked as the business manager for Harlow’s Weekly before moving up to secretary and treasurer of Harlow Publishing Company in 1950. Rex soon went to Oklahoma State University in 1916.  Harlow was deployed in World War One, but when he returned home, he became vice president of the company and editor of Harlow’s Weekly. He wrote more than 200 biographical sketches of Oklahomans, contributed historical and features, wrote children’s fiction, and published books. After graduating from college, with a bachelor’s degree and interest in public relations, Harlow quit his family business and went to the University of Texas for his masters and moved on to get his doctoral degree at Stanford University. Once gradationing from Stanford, he joined the faculty as an education professor. During his employment, Rex founded the Public Relations Department. Harlow was determined to make public relation an accredited profession. He promoted social responsibility, including a