The Wish I Had Gotten to It Has Over Here Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo it Would Have Been Nice on the Bookshelves But Oh So Now for the Grand Finale the Christmas Tree

The author's excitement is palpable as she begins to talk about her Christmas tree, which has just been set up. She expresses a wish that she had gotten to decorate it earlier, but instead, it was left to wait until now. As she sits under the tree, surrounded by its festive decorations, she can't help but feel a sense of joy and wonder.

The author takes a moment to appreciate the twinkling lights on the tree, which seem to be flashing in time with her lively chatter. She mentions that the tree is brand new and doesn't really understand how it works, but is determined to make the most of it. As she searches for the perfect setting to change the ambiance of the tree, she discovers that it's not as easy as she thought, and decides to settle for an all-white theme instead.

A Moment Under the Tree

The author takes a moment to pause her recording and show off some of the ornaments on the tree. She mentions that many of them are new and were purchased during a sale at Jo-Ann Fabrics, while others come from Target or Disney. As she continues to share more about the ornaments, it becomes clear that each one has a special place in her heart. The author's love for Christmas is evident as she talks about the various decorations, from garlands to star-topped trees.

The Tree Skirt and Garland

As the author continues to chat, she shows off some of the other decorative elements on the tree, including a garland made from Jo-Ann Fabrics and a tree skirt from Walmart. She also mentions that there are a few ornaments that have been gifted to her from friends or family members, which adds to the overall sense of joy and gratitude.

The Lights Keep On Flashing

In a moment of frustration, the author admits that she's not quite sure why the lights on the tree keep flashing in time with the camera. She shrugs it off, saying that maybe it's just a brand new feature that she needs to get used to.

A Moment of Stillness

As the author continues to chat, her furry companion decides to take a break and lounge under the tree for a bit. The author can't help but be amused by her friend's relaxed demeanor, which seems to embody the very spirit of Christmas.

A Special Thank You

The author takes a moment to thank Skillshare for sponsoring this week's reading blog. She mentions that she loves learning new things and finding ways to extend her education beyond traditional classroom settings. The author has taken courses on creative writing with Skillshare, particularly one called "Writing Authentic Fiction: How to Build a Believable Character." She finds the course to be incredibly helpful in understanding how to craft believable characters and build authentic stories.

A Gift for Subscribers

As a special thank you to her subscribers, Skillshare is offering a free 2-month unlimited access trial. The author invites her readers to click on the link in her description box to take advantage of this offer, which is normally $10 per month. She thinks that it's definitely worth investing in, especially considering the wealth of knowledge and resources available on the platform.

The End

With a final flourish, the author wraps up her Christmas-themed vlog by wishing her viewers a happy holiday season. As she closes out her recording, she invites her friends to join her for a 24-hour readathon, during which she'll share more about her favorite books and reading habits. Until next time, farewell!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone welcome to a new of reading vlog so this week's reading blog is sponsored by Skillshare thank you very much to them for working with me so today is Monday it's a new week it's gonna be a busy week once again as I have been recently I'm just gonna be busy for the next little bit and then things should kind of calm down but I've gone from finishing my edits to being in book miss mode so I just took like a couple of hours I feel like it took me a really long time to finalize my book miss schedule and it ended up changing a lot but I will be doing an announcement video so I'll talk about that more then but I do have a little graphic out so I will link my Twitter thread down below for you guys to go and check out if you wanted to know more about book miss but this is actually the fifth year I'm doing it which I did not realize and that is crazy but I'm really excited to get filming and get it done and you will feel a lot better and a lot less stressed it's just like looking at all of the stuff that I have to do for it is always very intimidating but this week I'm going to be focusing on that on planing videos for it and filming videos and all that fun stuff as far as reading goes I was reading ninth house by Leigh bardugo but I put it down not because I wasn't liking it I just think it's too intense and heavy for me to be presently listening to the audiobook so I'm going to wait until I have a little bit more time to dedicate to it so probably in January is what I'm gonna read this because I do need to read it soon because it is the next bookmark book of the month but I am physically reading frankly and loved by David Hyun I'm on page 54 so I'm not very far into it and I haven't been able to really sit down and read a book recently so hopefully I'll be able to find some time for that I and then the toll is the other thing that I had wanted to get to if I can start this audiobook this week that would be awesome but I don't know if that's actually going to happen because I'm so busy now these past couple of days have actually been really fun I did a lot of shopping so I wanted to show you guys some of the stuff that I got and then I also I'm going to show you guys some Christmas decorations a little bit later on in the vlog because I decorated my boyfriend's place for Christmas because I spend quite a bit of time here and I just felt like it would be nice to decorate so yeah it's beautiful I love all the Christmas decorations everything but I I have done a little bit of shopping recently because of what else is new that's just who I am but I got this scarf because it's starting to get cold we've already had a snowstorm but this is from the gap I actually got it when I went to the States for a little bit but I like it cuz it's really colorful and my winter toque and my winter coat are both like black and dark so I feel like this adds a little bit of color to things and it's fun so this is nice and will keep me warm I also picked up a sweater at Old Navy we were looking for Christmas pajamas because we do like the cliche thing where my sisters and my mom and I wear matching pajamas on Christmas Eves so we went to Old Navy to get those but I also found this sweater which I thought was really cute it has just like the little polka dots on it which i think is fun and it seems like it's gonna be warm and yeah I'm excited about that I also stopped by the Indigo that I used to work at and I thought a few things like just a few so I got a discount because of this event that they were having going on it's not because I used to work there is because of like plum and yeah stuff like that like I took advantage of it for sure so I got a blanket that's actually downstairs so I can't show you guys that but it's like the soft like it's wine is the color of it it's a really nice Bordeaux sort of shade but then I also got a couple of cookbooks so you guys know cooking has been my jam recently and this is one of the blogs that I have been going on because I get all my recipes off the blog so half-baked harvest is the Blanc that I've been on so I got the original cookbook that she has and then I got the super simple one this one just came out and she had been like Instagram storying this French onion soup and that's one is why I felt like I needed this cookbook but she is really nice like rustic just comfort food recipes they all look really good the pictures are gorgeous I love cookbooks so I'm happy to have these to add to my collection because it's not a very big collection but if it ever does get baked maybe I'll show you guys the ones that I have because I don't think I'm gonna stop cooking anytime soon I'm honestly just gonna grab stuff from bags so I got a windshield protector because I park outside and this is supposed to light it's magnetic and then you just take it off so then all the snow goes way so this is like it if you live somewhere where it snows or you're Canadian you understand why this would be very convenient I picked up and not the girl you marry by Andy J Christopher this is a romance novel that just came and I remember seeing it around and I was like this looks cute also there's a French Bulldog on it but I don't know what it's about I'm really sorry that's very bad but like I will look more into it and tell you more about it when I actually like included in a book haul next I picked up 25 days till Christmas this is by poppy Alexander this is another one that I don't know what it's about but it was like a romance Christmas book so I was like yes that sounds fun honestly lots of impulse buys happened I am the worst for that they also got people it will knock knock pad so I got the all out of which is a grocery wanting them what to eat because I like planning out my meals and everything these are for you know I'm obsessed with cooking so yeah next I got some art prints so I got at this lion I actually got a few with the animals on it so I'll show you you those first so I got the lion and then there's the hippo and they just have like flowers on them they're so cute that you wrap and then to be cheetah I don't know why I forgot what that was my second but I think that these are gonna look really nice like hung like two and two I think that'll look very lovely I also got a couple of Christmassy winter ones they have this one a plate as well that I was thinking about getting but I only got this but so lovely and then this one as well has the bunny and then the Cardinal and the little bear very nice I also got a snowman mug that I'll show you guys want to show you the Christmas decorations because I already have it out and then I got a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens I don't know what these editions are actually called but they are so beautiful and lovely and you're supposed to discard this like plastic part after you buy it but I don't want to mess this up it's actually like cut like that I don't know how to explain it but it is so pretty they have quite a few they have little women there was a Jane Austen I think it was Pride and Prejudice and then I can't remember which other ones but I want them to do Alice so badly obviously and then the last thing I have to show you is I got Fox the Phoenix popped all I haven't bought a Funko pop and so long but like I love Fox the Phoenix I love how he's just in fire and he's so cute so I have to get it so those are all the things I had to show you so now I'm going to go and get back to work and get some stuff done because then I will feel less stressed about things I'm so matching matchy right now it's wild ridiculous you can't see the code there you go there is hello everyone Wow I went further than I had intended to so it's Monday night I went to the gym which is why I have changed how many times I'm making to lift up my leg oh no but I am making my way through my to-do list I finished kind of scheduling things and figuring out with some book missed stuff but now I'm just planning out some book miss videos so I'm hoping it to have them all planned by Wednesday so that I can focus on filming and then from there I'll focus on editing so we've got lots to do I am hoping to take a little bit of a break later and get some reading done since I haven't been able to read lately but I have a lot on this list so I don't know if that's actually going to happen but I am going to try my best I have I think for more videos to plan out maybe five and then I have to do with thumbnail and then I have to make menu plan for the week this week is just gonna be a big old mess with me like trying to figure out and coordinate my life but like what else is new but I just thought I'm kind of come in with a little bit of an update but now I'm gonna get back to planning so you know how I was telling you about the month that I got well made myself some coffee crisp hot chocolate in the little mug so it's a little snowman and he comes with the spoon oh wait I have to cover my nose too look at how happy I get not one but coffee crisp I don't think they have it in America but it's like a coffee chocolate bar but this is in hot chocolate form I wanted something that was hot and could accompany me for my working because I like to have a hot drink while I'm working but it doesn't want coffee because it's kind of late so this is my solution it smells delicious and I can't wait for it to cool down so I can actually drink it and the spoon was very helpful but now it is time to get back to work oh well I'm happy a Tuesday so just a quick little car update for you guys I'm waiting for my boyfriend got an appointment and just sitting here in my car but why is reading frankly and loved by David you knew which I've been working on for a little bit I'm on page 60 and I'm just finding it kind of a dream to read so I decided that I'm actually going to DNF it which is really sad I wish that I could have continued with it but I just think the writing style wasn't really messing with me I don't know if it's because like it seems like something I may have enjoyed if I had read it when I was in high school or younger but right now it just wasn't for me I found that the story telling was a little bit convoluted so unfortunately I didn't like it but oh well it happens in two car drove by and is now parked right next to me so I will update you guys later Wow do I ever look horrible nice hello everyone and happy Wednesday yes it is Wednesday so I'm about to put on some makeup and actually get to filming a couple of videos I don't know how many I'm going to be able to do exactly but I'm going to try and do as many as I possibly can before my parents go to bed at 10 p.m. because it's presently 8 p.m. and my schedules all weird I'm kind of all over the place right now and I'm definitely feeling very overwhelmed for book mess because some things have changed in my schedule so I can't really film on certain days and like hmm it's just a lot right now so I'm going to put on a face so then I won't feel so overwhelmed but I do have a package from indigo here so I wanted to see what is in here so let's see i pre-ordered this I didn't even know that wow this is what always happens to me so it is queen of nothing by Holly black everyone has been talking about this it is the final book I think of the cruel print series or whatever it's actually called but I haven't even read wicked King yet so like I have a lot to read wow so many sequels that's one of the things I want to try and work on in 2020 is getting two sequels but now it's time to put on a face so I just finished filming two videos and now I'm going to actually try and film my book missing out with announcement announcement and it's been really quickly I don't even know what time it is I have like a little bit less than an hour to get some filming in so I think that I will be able to film not and then I'm gonna call it a day as far as filming I'm feeling a little bit better about things I figured out when I can do some filming that definitely has calmed me down but now I'm actually going to decorate my shelves really quickly so then I can film in this announcement video so I'm gonna do a quick time-lapse of Christmas decorating okay so I decorated it took me a little bit because I was looking back at what I did last year because I thought it looked super cute but my shelves look kind of different this year so it was hard but like I did the best that I could I feel like I might move some stuff around but like I think it looks super cute I've got my North Pole road sign Christmas tree my favorite this dude I hope you guys remember my little Christmas Christmas Christmas wiener dog I love him he's so cute then I have another Christmas tree I don't know if that's like too many Christmas trees I don't know I've got my little moose there with the long legs mcountdown which is ready for me to film my announcement video and then I've got my light-up Christmas tree that's one of my favorite things I've got a gingerbread house and a nutcracker at this little lantern with another moose on it and then I've got a squirrel I have a fox and then I also have a little polar bear I have like so many little animal things so this stuff is really just staying here until I'm done filming for a book minutes then I'm gonna bring it to my boyfriend's house which I will show you the decorations for and a little bit actually it'll be like a second for you but for me I'm gonna finish doing what I was doing and then I will go and do that but now I need to film this book miss announcement video as quickly as I can so as you can see now my room is a mess so I'm going to clean my room and then head out but I thought you guys might want to see a little room cleaning time-lapse cuz those are fun also the cats keep coming in and out of here to help me Ella's very happy in her bin right also also I'm going to be watching Lizzie McGuire while I do this so it's gonna be great but oh there's Luna what's the cat burglar Christmas so I'm back at my boyfriend's house I'm wearing this necklace which he gave me early my birthday is next Saturday I don't even know it's november 30th but he gave me it my birthday gift early and it is this I was in wonderland necklace like he did so well I'm very impressed but it is just Alice falling down the rabbit hole like how cute and how thoughtful I love it so much and it's just great bye well I'm here I wanted to do what I told you I was going to do which is show you all the Christmas decorations I put up at his house last time you guys saw the tree it wasn't decorated but we decorated it this past weekend and I love it it makes me so happy we're doing my tree at my house I think we're getting it because we got a real tree I think we're getting it on my birthday and then I don't know when we'll decorate it but I'm very excited for that I just I love Christmas so much as you're going to see with all the decorations around his house so let's go I'm actually gonna save the tree for last because that's going to take me a long time because I'm going to show you guys some of the ornaments on it but I will show you over here on this chair this is the throw I was talking about earlier that I got at chapter's they're so soft it's the ones that are like $35 with the 50 purchase I don't even remember and I worked there forever but I have that on this chair and then I have this pillow from Pier one it is so cute look at the little wiener dog I love it and I wanted this last year but I didn't get it but like look at this look at this oh my god it's so much fun I love it oh it like flashes very fast look at that light show wow it does not take much let me tell you but moving on over here I have this little Merry Christmas sign which I have on the floor right now I don't know if I'm gonna keep it there but I literally just brought that today because I was going to put it on my bookshelves but it's like the slightest bit too tall to fit on there then I have this little snowman that I got it target he is so cute I love him he just goes next to the TV and that I have this sparkly garland from Michael's that I put here and then pillow update so I showed you guys these pillows in the last vlog so we've got penguin pillow and then the sweater pillow and then the little dachshund pillow I love it those are all from home scents and then I brought this blanket it's like a cable knit throw that I got at chapters a couple of years ago and then I have this blanket here which is from Target I just got this this weekend and it has poinsettias on it it's super super pretty and I like it a lot a lot of the stuff that I'm going to show you is actually from America because my mom and I went Christmas shopping in America at this past weekend and boy did I ever go shopping I forgot about the Christmas coasters someone got these for me I think last Christmas but there is a corgi and then a French Bulldog and then a little beagle and they're so cute I love them I don't really have a lot in the kitchen because it's kitchen but I do have this little reindeer dude I forgot what they were called for a second he's made of wood like pine cones and stuff but that is from jo-ann fabrics then of course there's wreath on the door there's a wreath on the outside and the inside so there's this wreath here which is from Michaels and I love it because it's like little light bulb balls I don't know I love it and then the one on the back of the door is from Target my mom has one of these from Target from a long time ago that's rainbow I'm obsessed with it but I do also really like this one then on the table I have these place mats that are also from Pier one they have the same scene of the puppies and the cats and all that that is on that light-up pillow so I have those around the table and then there is also this little gift which lights up as well but I don't have batteries for it so that's just like the try me thing but it is also from Michaels and then over here there's just a fake poinsettia that I brought from home I got that at Michael's a couple years ago I think and then this little pom-pom garland which I got at Target didn't know what I was going to do with it but I kind of wish I had gotten too it has over here doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo it would have been nice on the bookshelves but oh so now for the grand finale the Christmas tree so we've got the changing lights and I don't really know how to change the setting to make it not change maybe let me see if I can do that this is my boyfriend's guy who has just been hanging out under the tree it is her right she loves it Wow okay so I thought I was changing the setting so then it was all white but like oh my god oh my god why no that's horrible okay there we go so I changed it to all-white so then it will stay so I'll show you the ornaments a lot of them are new and a lot of them are from jo-ann fabrics they had them all on like super sale and then I have some Disney ones that I got last year and then I have some from Target I'm not going to tell you where all of them are from or else we would be here forever she is having so much fun under here so I will just show you all of them like there are so many ornaments on this tree oh my gosh actually I'm going to put music over this part because I feel like that will be more fun but this garland is from jo-ann fabrics I didn't get enough so it's only really on the front of the tree which kind of sucks the star on top is from HomeSense and then these little bells that are throughout those are from at Target and then the tree skirt is from Walmart you that was the tree there are some ornaments that are from Pier one I kind of forgot about that and then a couple from like random places the lights keep on flashing I'm not exactly sure why like it's a brand new tree don't really understand I need to maybe tighten parts of it but I think I showed you guys all of the ornaments maybe and when I do my Christmas 24 hour readathon I'll give you like an actual tour and kind of talk about them because there are some that I want to talk about I love them so much it makes me very very happy but I actually need to do quite a few things still today because likes honestly that's my like eternal mood right now so I filmed a bunch when I was at home and now I need to do some more planning for book miss videos I either want to finish today or tomorrow and then I actually have to start editing this vlog I can do some stuff for that but most of my big things are done and they're just things that I have to do tomorrow and planning on editing all the stuff that I filmed today so I'm going to get to doing some work she's been laying here like this for like ten minutes and I don't think she has any plans of going anywhere what a life to live Wow happy Thursday so before I close out this week's reading blog I wanted 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Monday it's a new week it's gonna be a busy week once again as I have been recently I'm just gonna be busy for the next little bit and then things should kind of calm down but I've gone from finishing my edits to being in book miss mode so I just took like a couple of hours I feel like it took me a really long time to finalize my book miss schedule and it ended up changing a lot but I will be doing an announcement video so I'll talk about that more then but I do have a little graphic out so I will link my Twitter thread down below for you guys to go and check out if you wanted to know more about book miss but this is actually the fifth year I'm doing it which I did not realize and that is crazy but I'm really excited to get filming and get it done and you will feel a lot better and a lot less stressed it's just like looking at all of the stuff that I have to do for it is always very intimidating but this week I'm going to be focusing on that on planing videos for it and filming videos and all that fun stuff as far as reading goes I was reading ninth house by Leigh bardugo but I put it down not because I wasn't liking it I just think it's too intense and heavy for me to be presently listening to the audiobook so I'm going to wait until I have a little bit more time to dedicate to it so probably in January is what I'm gonna read this because I do need to read it soon because it is the next bookmark book of the month but I am physically reading frankly and loved by David Hyun I'm on page 54 so I'm not very far into it and I haven't been able to really sit down and read a book recently so hopefully I'll be able to find some time for that I and then the toll is the other thing that I had wanted to get to if I can start this audiobook this week that would be awesome but I don't know if that's actually going to happen because I'm so busy now these past couple of days have actually been really fun I did a lot of shopping so I wanted to show you guys some of the stuff that I got and then I also I'm going to show you guys some Christmas decorations a little bit later on in the vlog because I decorated my boyfriend's place for Christmas because I spend quite a bit of time here and I just felt like it would be nice to decorate so yeah it's beautiful I love all the Christmas decorations everything but I I have done a little bit of shopping recently because of what else is new that's just who I am but I got this scarf because it's starting to get cold we've already had a snowstorm but this is from the gap I actually got it when I went to the States for a little bit but I like it cuz it's really colorful and my winter toque and my winter coat are both like black and dark so I feel like this adds a little bit of color to things and it's fun so this is nice and will keep me warm I also picked up a sweater at Old Navy we were looking for Christmas pajamas because we do like the cliche thing where my sisters and my mom and I wear matching pajamas on Christmas Eves so we went to Old Navy to get those but I also found this sweater which I thought was really cute it has just like the little polka dots on it which i think is fun and it seems like it's gonna be warm and yeah I'm excited about that I also stopped by the Indigo that I used to work at and I thought a few things like just a few so I got a discount because of this event that they were having going on it's not because I used to work there is because of like plum and yeah stuff like that like I took advantage of it for sure so I got a blanket that's actually downstairs so I can't show you guys that but it's like the soft like it's wine is the color of it it's a really nice Bordeaux sort of shade but then I also got a couple of cookbooks so you guys know cooking has been my jam recently and this is one of the blogs that I have been going on because I get all my recipes off the blog so half-baked harvest is the Blanc that I've been on so I got the original cookbook that she has and then I got the super simple one this one just came out and she had been like Instagram storying this French onion soup and that's one is why I felt like I needed this cookbook but she is really nice like rustic just comfort food recipes they all look really good the pictures are gorgeous I love cookbooks so I'm happy to have these to add to my collection because it's not a very big collection but if it ever does get baked maybe I'll show you guys the ones that I have because I don't think I'm gonna stop cooking anytime soon I'm honestly just gonna grab stuff from bags so I got a windshield protector because I park outside and this is supposed to light it's magnetic and then you just take it off so then all the snow goes way so this is like it if you live somewhere where it snows or you're Canadian you understand why this would be very convenient I picked up and not the girl you marry by Andy J Christopher this is a romance novel that just came and I remember seeing it around and I was like this looks cute also there's a French Bulldog on it but I don't know what it's about I'm really sorry that's very bad but like I will look more into it and tell you more about it when I actually like included in a book haul next I picked up 25 days till Christmas this is by poppy Alexander this is another one that I don't know what it's about but it was like a romance Christmas book so I was like yes that sounds fun honestly lots of impulse buys happened I am the worst for that they also got people it will knock knock pad so I got the all out of which is a grocery wanting them what to eat because I like planning out my meals and everything these are for you know I'm obsessed with cooking so yeah next I got some art prints so I got at this lion I actually got a few with the animals on it so I'll show you you those first so I got the lion and then there's the hippo and they just have like flowers on them they're so cute that you wrap and then to be cheetah I don't know why I forgot what that was my second but I think that these are gonna look really nice like hung like two and two I think that'll look very lovely I also got a couple of Christmassy winter ones they have this one a plate as well that I was thinking about getting but I only got this but so lovely and then this one as well has the bunny and then the Cardinal and the little bear very nice I also got a snowman mug that I'll show you guys want to show you the Christmas decorations because I already have it out and then I got a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens I don't know what these editions are actually called but they are so beautiful and lovely and you're supposed to discard this like plastic part after you buy it but I don't want to mess this up it's actually like cut like that I don't know how to explain it but it is so pretty they have quite a few they have little women there was a Jane Austen I think it was Pride and Prejudice and then I can't remember which other ones but I want them to do Alice so badly obviously and then the last thing I have to show you is I got Fox the Phoenix popped all I haven't bought a Funko pop and so long but like I love Fox the Phoenix I love how he's just in fire and he's so cute so I have to get it so those are all the things I had to show you so now I'm going to go and get back to work and get some stuff done because then I will feel less stressed about things I'm so matching matchy right now it's wild ridiculous you can't see the code there you go there is hello everyone Wow I went further than I had intended to so it's Monday night I went to the gym which is why I have changed how many times I'm making to lift up my leg oh no but I am making my way through my to-do list I finished kind of scheduling things and figuring out with some book missed stuff but now I'm just planning out some book miss videos so I'm hoping it to have them all planned by Wednesday so that I can focus on filming and then from there I'll focus on editing so we've got lots to do I am hoping to take a little bit of a break later and get some reading done since I haven't been able to read lately but I have a lot on this list so I don't know if that's actually going to happen but I am going to try my best I have I think for more videos to plan out maybe five and then I have to do with thumbnail and then I have to make menu plan for the week this week is just gonna be a big old mess with me like trying to figure out and coordinate my life but like what else is new but I just thought I'm kind of come in with a little bit of an update but now I'm gonna get back to planning so you know how I was telling you about the month that I got well made myself some coffee crisp hot chocolate in the little mug so it's a little snowman and he comes with the spoon oh wait I have to cover my nose too look at how happy I get not one but coffee crisp I don't think they have it in America but it's like a coffee chocolate bar but this is in hot chocolate form I wanted something that was hot and could accompany me for my working because I like to have a hot drink while I'm working but it doesn't want coffee because it's kind of late so this is my solution it smells delicious and I can't wait for it to cool down so I can actually drink it and the spoon was very helpful but now it is time to get back to work oh well I'm happy a Tuesday so just a quick little car update for you guys I'm waiting for my boyfriend got an appointment and just sitting here in my car but why is reading frankly and loved by David you knew which I've been working on for a little bit I'm on page 60 and I'm just finding it kind of a dream to read so I decided that I'm actually going to DNF it which is really sad I wish that I could have continued with it but I just think the writing style wasn't really messing with me I don't know if it's because like it seems like something I may have enjoyed if I had read it when I was in high school or younger but right now it just wasn't for me I found that the story telling was a little bit convoluted so unfortunately I didn't like it but oh well it happens in two car drove by and is now parked right next to me so I will update you guys later Wow do I ever look horrible nice hello everyone and happy Wednesday yes it is Wednesday so I'm about to put on some makeup and actually get to filming a couple of videos I don't know how many I'm going to be able to do exactly but I'm going to try and do as many as I possibly can before my parents go to bed at 10 p.m. because it's presently 8 p.m. and my schedules all weird I'm kind of all over the place right now and I'm definitely feeling very overwhelmed for book mess because some things have changed in my schedule so I can't really film on certain days and like hmm it's just a lot right now so I'm going to put on a face so then I won't feel so overwhelmed but I do have a package from indigo here so I wanted to see what is in here so let's see i pre-ordered this I didn't even know that wow this is what always happens to me so it is queen of nothing by Holly black everyone has been talking about this it is the final book I think of the cruel print series or whatever it's actually called but I haven't even read wicked King yet so like I have a lot to read wow so many sequels that's one of the things I want to try and work on in 2020 is getting two sequels but now it's time to put on a face so I just finished filming two videos and now I'm going to actually try and film my book missing out with announcement announcement and it's been really quickly I don't even know what time it is I have like a little bit less than an hour to get some filming in so I think that I will be able to film not and then I'm gonna call it a day as far as filming I'm feeling a little bit better about things I figured out when I can do some filming that definitely has calmed me down but now I'm actually going to decorate my shelves really quickly so then I can film in this announcement video so I'm gonna do a quick time-lapse of Christmas decorating okay so I decorated it took me a little bit because I was looking back at what I did last year because I thought it looked super cute but my shelves look kind of different this year so it was hard but like I did the best that I could I feel like I might move some stuff around but like I think it looks super cute I've got my North Pole road sign Christmas tree my favorite this dude I hope you guys remember my little Christmas Christmas Christmas wiener dog I love him he's so cute then I have another Christmas tree I don't know if that's like too many Christmas trees I don't know I've got my little moose there with the long legs mcountdown which is ready for me to film my announcement video and then I've got my light-up Christmas tree that's one of my favorite things I've got a gingerbread house and a nutcracker at this little lantern with another moose on it and then I've got a squirrel I have a fox and then I also have a little polar bear I have like so many little animal things so this stuff is really just staying here until I'm done filming for a book minutes then I'm gonna bring it to my boyfriend's house which I will show you the decorations for and a little bit actually it'll be like a second for you but for me I'm gonna finish doing what I was doing and then I will go and do that but now I need to film this book miss announcement video as quickly as I can so as you can see now my room is a mess so I'm going to clean my room and then head out but I thought you guys might want to see a little room cleaning time-lapse cuz those are fun also the cats keep coming in and out of here to help me Ella's very happy in her bin right also also I'm going to be watching Lizzie McGuire while I do this so it's gonna be great but oh there's Luna what's the cat burglar Christmas so I'm back at my boyfriend's house I'm wearing this necklace which he gave me early my birthday is next Saturday I don't even know it's november 30th but he gave me it my birthday gift early and it is this I was in wonderland necklace like he did so well I'm very impressed but it is just Alice falling down the rabbit hole like how cute and how thoughtful I love it so much and it's just great bye well I'm here I wanted to do what I told you I was going to do which is show you all the Christmas decorations I put up at his house last time you guys saw the tree it wasn't decorated but we decorated it this past weekend and I love it it makes me so happy we're doing my tree at my house I think we're getting it because we got a real tree I think we're getting it on my birthday and then I don't know when we'll decorate it but I'm very excited for that I just I love Christmas so much as you're going to see with all the decorations around his house so let's go I'm actually gonna save the tree for last because that's going to take me a long time because I'm going to show you guys some of the ornaments on it but I will show you over here on this chair this is the throw I was talking about earlier that I got at chapter's they're so soft it's the ones that are like $35 with the 50 purchase I don't even remember and I worked there forever but I have that on this chair and then I have this pillow from Pier one it is so cute look at the little wiener dog I love it and I wanted this last year but I didn't get it but like look at this look at this oh my god it's so much fun I love it oh it like flashes very fast look at that light show wow it does not take much let me tell you but moving on over here I have this little Merry Christmas sign which I have on the floor right now I don't know if I'm gonna keep it there but I literally just brought that today because I was going to put it on my bookshelves but it's like the slightest bit too tall to fit on there then I have this little snowman that I got it target he is so cute I love him he just goes next to the TV and that I have this sparkly garland from Michael's that I put here and then pillow update so I showed you guys these pillows in the last vlog so we've got penguin pillow and then the sweater pillow and then the little dachshund pillow I love it those are all from home scents and then I brought this blanket it's like a cable knit throw that I got at chapters a couple of years ago and then I have this blanket here which is from Target I just got this this weekend and it has poinsettias on it it's super super pretty and I like it a lot a lot of the stuff that I'm going to show you is actually from America because my mom and I went Christmas shopping in America at this past weekend and boy did I ever go shopping I forgot about the Christmas coasters someone got these for me I think last Christmas but there is a corgi and then a French Bulldog and then a little beagle and they're so cute I love them I don't really have a lot in the kitchen because it's kitchen but I do have this little reindeer dude I forgot what they were called for a second he's made of wood like pine cones and stuff but that is from jo-ann fabrics then of course there's wreath on the door there's a wreath on the outside and the inside so there's this wreath here which is from Michaels and I love it because it's like little light bulb balls I don't know I love it and then the one on the back of the door is from Target my mom has one of these from Target from a long time ago that's rainbow I'm obsessed with it but I do also really like this one then on the table I have these place mats that are also from Pier one they have the same scene of the puppies and the cats and all that that is on that light-up pillow so I have those around the table and then there is also this little gift which lights up as well but I don't have batteries for it so that's just like the try me thing but it is also from Michaels and then over here there's just a fake poinsettia that I brought from home I got that at Michael's a couple years ago I think and then this little pom-pom garland which I got at Target didn't know what I was going to do with it but I kind of wish I had gotten too it has over here doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo it would have been nice on the bookshelves but oh so now for the grand finale the Christmas tree so we've got the changing lights and I don't really know how to change the setting to make it not change maybe let me see if I can do that this is my boyfriend's guy who has just been hanging out under the tree it is her right she loves it Wow okay so I thought I was changing the setting so then it was all white but like oh my god oh my god why no that's horrible okay there we go so I changed it to all-white so then it will stay so I'll show you the ornaments a lot of them are new and a lot of them are from jo-ann fabrics they had them all on like super sale and then I have some Disney ones that I got last year and then I have some from Target I'm not going to tell you where all of them are from or else we would be here forever she is having so much fun under here so I will just show you all of them like there are so many ornaments on this tree oh my gosh actually I'm going to put music over this part because I feel like that will be more fun but this garland is from jo-ann fabrics I didn't get enough so it's only really on the front of the tree which kind of sucks the star on top is from HomeSense and then these little bells that are throughout those are from at Target and then the tree skirt is from Walmart you that was the tree there are some ornaments that are from Pier one I kind of forgot about that and then a couple from like random places the lights keep on flashing I'm not exactly sure why like it's a brand new tree don't really understand I need to maybe tighten parts of it but I think I showed you guys all of the ornaments maybe and when I do my Christmas 24 hour readathon I'll give you like an actual tour and kind of talk about them because there are some that I want to talk about I love them so much it makes me very very happy but I actually need to do quite a few things still today because likes honestly that's my like eternal mood right now so I filmed a bunch when I was at home and now I need to do some more planning for book miss videos I either want to finish today or tomorrow and then I actually have to start editing this vlog I can do some stuff for that but most of my big things are done and they're just things that I have to do tomorrow and planning on editing all the stuff that I filmed today so I'm going to get to doing some work she's been laying here like this for like ten minutes and I don't think she has any plans of going anywhere what a life to live Wow happy Thursday so before I close out this week's reading blog I wanted to take a moment to thank our sponsor for the week Skillshare so in case you guys aren't familiar with scale share it is an online learning community with tons of different courses I've worked with them a couple of times now 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