Re: The Seceret Lives of Princesses

Victoria Suzanne just posted a wonderful book review of sorts! See it HERE.
In this post she gives a link to a personality test, and here are my results!

The Art of Living: Sleep

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Last week, or so, in Psychology, we've been talking about sleep. As I thought about it, I figured it would be a perfect "art" to master. The way sleep works, it has various stages and forms a rhythm that your body needs. Not to get technical, there are 4 stages, re-occurring about 5 times in eight hours of sleep. Each of these cycles of the stages are very important to the body, thus taking hours from sleep, you deprive your body of cycles it needs.
So some say they function better on less sleep. WRONG. Some say they can catch up on weekends. WRONG. The older one gets, the less sleep they need, but it isn't until middle age, or later, that a person needs less than eight hours. As for catching up on sleep, sleep is not money. You can't spend a ton and pay it back later. It simply won't work. Now I'll admit I'm a night owl, but science has shown that getting sleep when it is DARK outside is Vital! Your body naturally wants to sleep at night. Granted, those who work night shifts, don't have this option. You say their body gets used to it? Only after MANY years of the same schedule. This is, obviously, all scientific. Later, I will do a lesson focusing on dreaming and interpretations. But back to science and actual sleep.
I suffer from insomnia. It is the most common sleep disorder, and the only one I will talk about. Insomnia is difficulty getting to sleep, to put it simply. There are medications, sleep aides, to help, but these alter your mind and could possibly cause sleep cycles (the earlier mentioned 4 stages) to become altered. Other then medications and chemicals there are various ways to help an insomniac go to sleep. Here are a few:

• Tense each of the muscles in your body, one at a time, then relax them.
• Don't worry in bed. If you absolutely have to, get up and write all your worries down to relieve your mind of them.
• Make a regular routine. Maybe you get home, homework, dinner, shower, reading, and sleep. Or maybe get in bed with a book and a cup of tea. A routine becomes a signal to your mind that "Hey, anytime these things happen this way, it's time to shut down."
• Consentrate on pleasant things to relax and sleep.
• Don't try to force yourself to sleep, it will only back fire.
• Remove things such as TVs and Computers when you're sleeping. Better yet, TURN OFF THE PHONE! Don't respond to texts or answer phone calls, they'll only cause you to stay awake LONGER by waking your mind back up.
• Focus on breathing.
• Watch out for intrusive lights. Any bright lights, blue lights, red lights, these discract the mind and bother the eyes.

These are only a few things to do. Most importantly, get good sleep, at least 8 hours, during the dark time of day. Like wise, don't nap. It will disrupt the sleep cycle as a whole. If you have to nap, make it no longer then 30 - 45 min, this short time shouldn't disrupt your sleeping at bed time.
Does anyone else have any ideas? Comments?
*kisses*
Princess Raelynn

Update!

Hey guys, sorry it's been forever. I've been kind of busy with school, but mostly with going out with my bestie. I've got various posts lined up and currently being worked on, but none are ready just yet. Sorry guys.
Well here are some pictures, FINALLY some with my black hair!!


*football game with Tiffany <3

*Put-put, with Tiffany. As close to Loli I've been since the fair.
*Tiffany being beautiful with a boa!

*like my new hairz? no? Blue's not quite my colour.

*Sexy besties!

*Baby sunglasses!!!

*Tiffany and her convieniantly placed hands XD

*shock!

*Beautiful Tiffany.

*Dinner at Subway <3

In case you couldn't tell, I've been enjoying my self throughly :)
I promise I'll post something worth reading soon!!
But not tonight, tonight's movie/craft night XD
*kisses*
Princess Raelynn

Welcome Valentine!

Just this week, my Knight adopted a beautiful 5 week old Chocolate Lab, Valentine! She's the cutest puppy ever! See!



*Kisses*
Princess Raelynn



P.S: Kupo now has her own blog! Click Here to visit it!

On heartbreak and friendship.

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Recently, a friend of my had her heart broken by both a boy AND her best friend. So immediately I stepped up, I know how it feels plus my desire to help out friends in need led to me helping her get over it. So I figured I'd post some tips for others who may need some fresh material for lending a helping hand (beyond the normal ice cream, and prank calling.)

Step One: The Pep-talk and promise. First of all tell her that it's not her fault they're jerks. Continually tell her that she can do this. Then Promise (but only if you're going to keep it) that you'll be there to help her the whole way.

Step Two: NOTES!! I did this for the friend I mentioned earlier, and shel oved it! I took note cards and wrote cute things and inspirational things on each one. I gave them to her and I've seen her look back at them a few times. Another idea isto hide them in her books or around her house, locker, etc. Be creative.

Step Tree: Get her out. My friend and I are now going place and doing things outside of school. Before, we didn't, but now we are. A few ideas are football games, fairs/carnivals, picnics, and the mall (DUH!). "Getting out" doesn't nessicarily have to be in public. Try movie nights at home, cupcake making parties, or craft days. Just get her mind off everything and out of her own house, if you can.

Step Four: Keep your promise. Be there for her. Help her. Go over to her house and help her remove the opposing person's items or items that remind her of them. Take things back to them if it's theirs or if it's gifts or just memories, but them all in a box. From there put the box in the attic or a strage building. Out of sight, out of mind.

Step Five: It's ok to remember. Make sure she knows this. If someone truely meant something to you, you will never forget them. She needs to have those memories, the good and the bad. Don't try to make her forget, it'll only hurt her more.

Those are just some ideas. One last thing I do is share my own mantra. "Trying to ruin his/her life won't hurt them nearly as bad as you getting on with yours will. That is what will keep them up at night, believing they've been forgotten."

Any other tips?
*kisses*
Princess Raelynn

The Art of Living

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I truely believe that there is an ancient art to life. Not existance, but true life. Existance is easy, breathe, drink water, eat, don't die. Life is an art. To be happy, healthy, kind, and happy with oneself. These are all part of the art of life.
On this note, I'd like to start a series, or perhaps on-going lessons. Each month, I hope to post a "lesson" on the art of living. I think this will help me develop my life further, and I hope it will help others. Look forward to this month's post! I'm really excited about this! :)
*kisses*
Princess Raelynn

Renovations!!

First off, welcome to my new blogger!! After playing with it for a while, I've concluded I like it better than wordpress. Second, note that the text on the banner has change. I, of course, am still and forever Raelynn, but I think that "Curious Wanderings" describes my life right now better. I am just curiously wandering through life see what I've missed and what I've jsut now come to. Wondering who I will be and where I'll be.

Finally, This weekend, Hnter went to the lake with a few friends, so I had nothing better to do. I started cleaning my "closet/dressing room", convinced dad to take me to home depot, and started painting! I wanted to do a before and after thing, but, of course, my camera is still in Hunter's car, so here's a video!

#1 - I look horrible and the lighting is bad, but I'm painting, I don't need to get goo things dirty.
#2 - I call the walls ugly, but they're not really. I actually like the purple, when it was first done. I called it ugly 'cause now it's all dirty and chipped.
#3 - Your first exposure to my black hair! You can't really tell it in the video, but I'll have pictures of it whenever I get my camera back!
#4 - The song is Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson!!!

*kisses*
Princess Raelynn