Sunny Hills

 By me

Love, Kamilė

Let's go to the fair!

This weekend in Vilnius was all about anual Kaziukas' fair - it's an old lithuanian tradition. Usually the weather is really rainy on the days of the fair, but this time it was extraordinary beautiful and sunny! Yesterday I went with my dad and later with my friends and today I went again with my mom. The fair was nice as always, but I have never seen so many people here, it was insane - I felt like in a rock'n'roll concert with all these people. Also yesterday I bought a lot of traditional snacks like mushrooms made of dough, ginger-bread men and got a food poisoning so today I was more careful with the stuff that I bought and ate there.

One thing I really liked was that I bought my first dream catcher! Yeah, I know I should be ashamed for calling my blog 'the dream carcher' and not actually having a real dream catcher, but I just never found one that fit me. Until today! I always wanted one and here it is in the first picture. I can't be happier about it! Now I'm a real dream catcher!

Oh, and I almost forgot - I've got these beautiful tulips for the international 'woman's day'. I think they are sooo pretty! I'm kinda obsessed with anything pink and flowers are no exception!

Love, Kamilė

Life lately in #instagrams

 

1. Jogging in the park every weekend 2. Making green smothies every morning

3. Enjoying our city parks again, after not visiting them the whole winter 

4.  Reading myself to bed every night. It's nice to get lost in a book

 

5. Well, those smothies are so awesome that they deserve even more instagrams! 

6. The freshmen that I tutor at my Uni gave me a late birthday gift. This cup is 

more than awesome 'cause I love chemistry! (the symbol is caffeine)

 

7. Appreciating how nice my city looks at night 8.Isn't it just beautiful?

 

9. Blueberry cupcakes! I'm surely in the baking mood these days

10.  The city doesn't look too bad during day time either, doesn't it?

Have a nice weekend!
Kamilė

The happy list #2

Some time ago I did this happy list thing when I found it here. And from then I kinda forgot about it and moved on. But lately I am really into doing lists of... well, of everything! So I thought what could be a better idea, then to again make a list of things that make me happy, so that when I'm down, I could just take a quick glance at my list and remmember that there is much to be happy for and that I should really appreciate it!
So today I'm happy because:
1. Of the sunshine outside my window that appeard for just a minute.
2. It's spring already!
3. I'm in love with my major even when it's hard, even when it's too hard.
4. Of finally going to a french class after more than 2 year-long break and enjoying every single minute of it.
5. Of having chances to dance so many times a week.
6. I'm getting better at my volleyball practice's.
7. Of finally jogging outside in the park and achieving the challenges I set for myself.
8. Having friends with whom I can discuss everything from miracles of the mind to what movies are great to watch. And it  only takes a 30-minute long lunch to do it.
9. Of finding new beautiful music everyday.
10. Today I went to my favorite pizzaria with a very close friend.
11. Of the tea I bought yesterday - it is amazing! 

Love
Kamilė

Like a room without a roof

Today it was finally sunny again. The weather felt so warm that you could go out without gloves and it was nice to just be outside without freezing my ass off (excuse me for the language). When the weather is getting warmer and sunnier, I always feel my mood getting better. All those long gray months can really stress you out. Unlike most people, I really like winter - the snow, the never ending teas, the staying in, getting cozy and watching a movie bundled up in blankets part. But a girl need sunshine, and it's not just me - it's scientifically proven that sunshine makes you produce vitamin D and it's the vitamin of hapyness! So the lack of sunshine really puts all those frowns on our faces during winter. And another thing that I miss during the winter so much is being in the woods. When  it's warm, I spend a lot of time in nature. wether going camping, fishing, mushroom picking, hiking with my dad, or canoeing, horse riding or chilling near some lakes with my friends, I always find myself in the freshness of nature's air. But when it's winter, I don't really get out of the city too much and it starts to drive me more and more crazy when the winter goes on.

So today my mood is really up. But I also learned to handle my problems and my mood not being so dependent on the sunshine. So here's my personal tips on how to stay focused and happy happier while still waiting for spring to come:

1. Go to bed and wake up earlier. I know that everyone's sleep is really different - some people need a lot of sleep, some are fine with just a few hours, but for me (when sleeping the same amount of time) getting to bed earlier means that I'll wake up more motivated and fresh.

2. Go to bed tired. The first tip will not work if you go to bed when you're not sleepy at all and just waste time rolling around and getting irritated of not getting to sleep. My days are hard so I always feel tired even about 4 hours before bed. But if you have a sitting job and use your car getting to places, you should do a little exercise or jog a little about an hour before bed. It will make you fall asleep faster and your sleep will be sounder.
If you don't have an idea what moves you should do during an exercise, you can check out my pinterest "no more excuses" board to find some that suits you.

3. Yoga. Do some easy yoga right after waking up. It makes your blood flow a bit faster and awakens you. It also burns fat and stretches your muscles - which feels really nice in the morning.

4. Eat healthy (or at least healthier). I used to make myself feel better or energized by eating a lot of sweats. Now I seek comfort in fruits and vegetables, even though I didn't give up on eating sweats (but I use them less).

5. Think positive. You'd be surprised how your thoughts affect you. Stop thinking "I can't" and start saying "I can!". It sounds cheesy, but a different attitude makes problems disappear and there are only challenges to step over. And the feeling when you overcome yourself is one of the best feelings ever.

I hope these tips will come in handy to you, 'cause they surely work for me!

Love, Kamile

Green Smothie!

As soon as I wrote my last post about taking a break from blogging, I felt extremely inspired to blog again. That's a bit of irony that life gives us, but I'm really glad that that happened. 

Reading one blog I found this 5 day green smothie challenge. For a long time I've read everywhere on the internet about all these healthy green smothies but I never had the courage to try one. But this time I surrendered to my impulses and did it! I've found a lot of information about what to use, what are the benefits and a lot of other useful information here. For some reason I always thought that it's really diffuclt to prepare a green smothie but it's so false! It couldn't be easier! And it's really simple to find the products.
I didn't use some specific recipe, I just put in what seemed tasty to me and it always worked out beautifully. I just followed some of the instructions that I found here.
Here are my recipies:
Day 1: one banana + one kiwi + one pear + few celery leafs. The taste was okay, but I could have used a little less celery.
Day 2: one big pear + two oranges + spinach leafs. For my taste it was really good!
Day 3: half a mango + some pineapple + spinach leafs. Also awesome!
Day 4: one banana + some pineapple + few raspberries + spinach leafs. Pretty pink.
Day 5: one banana + some pineapple + one orange + spinach leafs. I imagined it to be better, but it was tasty enough.
I really think that I'm going to make this a habbit. It's just so good and filling.
If you always wanted to try one, but never found the courage, I highly recommend you too finally do! And if you have any questions, you can always ask me!

Love, Kamile

Change Gonna Come

 My blog recently has been quite abandoned. When I started, I loved blogging but time passed and it somehow turned into a chore. I did it because.. Well, I don't even know why. Maybe because I was used to doing it. As days passed I slowly forgot why I created this blog in the first place. My posts became somehow mechanical and forced and that is not what I want to do here... 

 When I started writing or posting here, I didn't read any blogs at all, I just imagined what a blog is and how should mine be. Then I discovered this big blogging world inside my computer and was amazed by it. I started following all these blogs and everyday waiting for new posts to come. But now... I got tired of 90% blogs that I read, it's not that they're bad, but they don't feel sincere to me. Some blogs that at first dazzled my eyes, now look like they're here just for the business. But at first I couldn't see that, they seemed wonderful and professional to me and I started adapting my blog and my thoughts for it to look more like everyone else's. "I should write this!... But, ah, nobody else writes like this... So maybe I shouldn't to..." - these became my thoughs  regularly. But this was not why I started this, I did not need this adaptation of my thoughs and my actions and it is only my own fault.

 So for now, I think I might need a little break to focus on finding who I am and then maybe I will again know what this blog is to me.

Hope, I will see you again soon

Kamile.