Charleston

Night Market

8:00:00 AM



Charleston is a city that is filled with so much history. Everything changes when the sun goes down. The streets look different, and the colors of the houses go away, but it's still magical. Walking around Charleston at night on the cobblestone roads is really fun. 
While my family spent time in the city (the first night we were there), we were lucky enough to experience the night market. 

South Carolina

Silverware

The market in Charleston was built between 1804 and the 1830s. It was rebuilt once after a fire, but is still the oldest market in the United States. 
Charleston is filled with such deep and long history, I've loved it every time that I've been able to be walk the streets there. There was also live music between buildings! 

Night life

Downtown

Do you ever imagine being in a city way back when everything was settling into place? Charleston is so beautiful and I hope that you all get to see it someday! The food is amazing, the people are great and the weather has never disappointed us yet! 


Do you like visiting historical places? Have you been liking my travel posts? What is your favorite thing at the market if you've been to one! 
Make sure to comment below, I love hearing from you! 
x Kenzie


Asheville

On Top of the World

7:51:00 AM


Nature amazes me. I love being surrounded by it. Which obviously explains why I love summer and warm weather. While visiting Asheville, just outside of the city was Chimney Rock. Chimney Rock is a nice hiking spot where you can see the beautiful mountains that North Carolina calls its own. 

North Carolina

The road up, was a bit curvy, but once we reached the parking lot I was already taken back by the beauty of it all. We arrived pretty much as soon as the park opened, which mean the sun wasn't too hot just yet, and there were hardly any crowds at all! 
The hike up included 1,962 steps round trip. Being hot and sweaty was incredibly worth it as I took in the scenery. 
North Carolina

Once we reached our top destination (the flag), we met some really kind people, who took a few family shots. I just loved looking over the valley and admiring how beautiful this world really is. You don't even have to go that far to find out! 

North Carolina

While the trek to the flag was only (lol) 651 steps one way, my sister stayed behind while my mom, step-dad and I climbed to Exclamation Point. It was stunning up there as well. Out of all of our side stops, I think Chimney rock would have to be my favorite.

Hike
After we had made our way down the steps, my mom thought it would be a nice treat to have a bit of ice cream and catch our breath before heading back into the truck and onto our next destination (Charleston, four hours away)
Panorama
Top of Exclamation Point
The world is so pretty, and I love exploring it! I hope you enjoyed these photos and all of my travelling blogs so far! Let me know if you'd like to see something in particular! If you have ANY questions leave them in the comments, or shoot me an email!
Do you like to hike? Have you ever had your breath taken away by nature before? 
Can't wait to hear from you! 
x Kenzie
(make sure to check my other Chimney Rock photos and photos from my trip on my Instagram! )



Balloons

Balloons and Fireworks

7:00:00 AM


One great thing about summer, besides the weather, is that there seems to be so much more to do. At least, for me anyway, I'm definitely a warm weather person and would rather be sweating than freezing any day. One of the activities that I attended last, was held in my hometown. It's a festival surrounded mainly around Ribs and Balloons. It's one of those festivals that I grew up going to, seeing the balloons glow and float over the houses. 
Rib Fest
The first few days were a bit cool, but that didn't hold some people back from enjoying the time. By the end of the weekend, we had gorgeous weather, which was great!  

Having run of the table, meant that I saw some pretty funny things throughout the night. Including a goat that kept escaping and (my favorite) a couple who was young at heart and wanted to ride the camel.
Old Couple
Serious Relationship Goals here folks
There are also a ton of food trucks and different vendors that sell ribs for everyone to enjoy. Though I just got some kettle corn this year, every line was super long, which means the food is delicious! 
Wisconsin

Wisconsin


Balloon Duck

SkyBalloon

Gold FireworksOctopus
On Saturday, the last day of the fest, my family met me at my Grandparents house, which is just a short walk from the grounds and we watched the fireworks together. It was beautiful weather, and I had so much fun helping out. I definitely have a lot of funny kid stories just from the couple of hours that I spent there! One kid told his dad he wanted to ride a cantaloupe instead of a camel. 


How is your summer going? Have you been to any festivals like this? I wrote a post last year mentioning this festival, you can check it out here! 
Have you gone on any fun summer adventures?
Let me know in the comments! Thanks for reading as always! 
x 


Busy

Getting through a busy week

8:30:00 AM


This semester has left me with little time for leisure and a big pile of homework. Time feels like it's moving all too fast. Constantly writing things to do in my planner and actually getting them done feels really satisfying. I haven't been doing anything too exciting other than homework and coloring in my coloring book for me to blog about but I hope you enjoy the rest of this post! 


Here are some tips, and helpful words to help you get through your busy weeks! 
1. Write out your day. I usually use my note section on my phone, as well as a real planner to write out my assignments for the day. If something has to be done by the next day, make sure you do that first. 

 2. Take a 10 minute break. Stressing out for seven hours straight cannot be good for you. Taking a ten minute break and just sitting down before moving onto your next task can be really helpful. 

 3. Color. I mentioned my adult coloring book before, and you've seen it on this instagram post! I love it (I got a new one for Easter). It's relaxing and really calming. You can get one for $4 at your local WalMart. 

 4. Watch YouTube. Yes you might be procrastinating, but again, taking time to just watch a funny video can be relaxing and revamp you to keep up your work!
5. Take a deep breath. YOU CAN DO IT! Each minute that passes is one more minute to Friday which is nearly Saturday anyway!

 6. Plan for the next week. Planning meals takes a lot of stress away right there, and planning chores on whatever days you need to get stuff done can keep you right on track. You're doing amazing. 

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9. Pack your favorite snack. Sometimes it's the little things that can make your day even a little better and that's all that counts. 

10. Treat Yourself. I know you're probably trying to stick to those New Years Resolutions but if you've had an extremely bad day, just splurge on that ice cream, or that chocolate cake. It's okay. take a deep breath and start over tomorrow. 


Sometimes looking forward to things and creating a timeline makes the week go faster. That's all that's helping me as I inch closer and closer to the end of the semester. If it's been a bad week, or a bad day I really like to work it off or color, or drink tea, or sit and watch YouTube. 

What do you like to do? How do you plan for a busy week and stay relaxed? I love reading your comments! Make sure to tell me if you liked this type of post! 
xx

Clean Eating

College Eats: Staying Healthy

8:30:00 AM



The freshman fifteen. Yea that's a thing. Eating healthy when you're away from home when you have no one to tell you that "maybe that giant monster cookie isn't such a good idea for lunch or dinner." can be really difficult. I really love eating healthy, I have for a really long time. I thought I would share some tips!

Clean Eating

 Tips: 
1. If your school has a salad bar, use it. I get 99% of my food from my schools salad bar. Occasionally I'll have a soup, but only if there are no animal products. My school has a wide variety of toppings, and greens to choose from that make switching up salads fun and exciting. 
Salad Bar
2. Eat breakfast in your room. This is easy. Taking time to make breakfast in your room is consistently stated on so many sites as a healthier way to start the day. Oatmeal is my favorite! 
Organic Oatmeal
3. Read the labels! This is for anyone, even if you're not in school. If a product has ingredients that you can't pronounce, you probably shouldn't put that into your body. Standing in the aisle for 2 minutes extra to look before throwing it into your shopping cart might save you. 

 4. Pre-pack meals. This might be hard if you're like me and live in the dorms. While I'm running around on lower campus, I like to have a pre-packed snack in my bag to take out anytime I get hungry. I snack a lot. 
Apples with Cinnamon are my favorite!

 5. Look up some good YouTube workout videos! My favorite channels are Shayloss and Train with Monica. Since I did something funky to my knee I can't do legs as often, so my abs are going to look great. Probably. 

 *Bonus Tip: Even though Organic food might be more expensive, you can always buy in bulk and freeze stuff. My mom freezes a lot of food and it's completely fine when we take it out later on. Also, coupons=best friends. 

Biking

What I'm Loving this Summer

12:00:00 PM




So far, being back home from University is a lot more relaxing, though I've got work and an online math course on the side, I'm still finding time to pick and choose a few things I'm loving this summer and I thought I would share them with you! 
What's Summer time without a list anyway? 


Books:
I've just finished John Green's Paper Towns, and if you remember my post way back before the beginning of my summer (right here), I wrote how I had wanted to read it and I did, quickly in fact. Paper Towns was a good book, though I'm not quite sure if it ranked among my top five. 
I am loving We'll Always Have Paris by Jennifer Coburn, which I picked up in the "beach reads" section of my local Barnes and Nobel. It's definitely given me more motivation to go and have a long trip throughout Europe..soon. 

Blogs:
I don't normally point out other blogs, unless there is a fun tag that comes along, but right now, I also love baking therefore I've been spending a lot of time over at Sally's Baking Addiction, I even just made up this recipe here. Because I tend to mindlessly eat while doing something like math...oops. 
Also, I'm obsessed (a little bit) with Eleanor Calder and Max Hurd's blog thetrendpear.com. The pictures are great, the outfits are on point and I don't follow a lot of fashion blogs but I love it. 

Biking:
I've really started liking to bike recently. I never really had a bike of my own, I usually used my moms but one has been handed down to me and I can go without lowering the seat every time, so that's great! 

New Ingredients:
This is something I hope to show you all in upcoming posts. I've really started liking the whole wheat flour and I've used that in these two past posts (here and here). But I've also started to enjoy Almond Butter and Coconut Oil! 
The clouds have been sticking to a once or twice a week, all day downpour so it'll be easy to get in a few recipe posts this Summer! 


What have you been loving so far this Summer? I know it's a bit early in the season, but let me know in the comments!! 
(This is also my 100th blog post! Can you believe it?! I can't! ) 
Thanks for reading! 
x
Kenzie

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