Hey guys! Today, I went to get my braces done! It's offical, I have braces now. I have waited years to get braces. My first orthodontist appointment was when I was around 11(?) but my orthodontist said something about my jaw having to be bigger and it'll be bigger as I get taller (something like that, I don't remember exactly) so she said I should be able to get it when I'm around 16 because then I would pretty much be at my max height. So after all these years, I finally got them! I was thinking about what colour/s I should get and came up with a few colour combinations (yellow & black and white & black) but last night, I thought of a better combination. Red and green! The perfect combination since Christmas is just around the corner. Having these braces are quite annoying, even though that they don't hurt, they annoy my lips and tongue.

Here are the things that get affected when you have braces:

Eating- Omg, it was super hard eating lunch today! Biting the food doesn't hurt too bad but the worse part about eating is the swallowing part. That sounds weird but it's true. Everytime I swallow, my tongue hits the back metal part of the braces which annoys the heck outta me. Oh well, it puts me off eating at least, good diet plan ;) After I ate my lunch, I checked in the mirror to see if food got stuck in them and there were heaps! haha, like, I swear, food just came coming out from no where. At least drinking isn't too irritating so for dinner, my mum just made me a smoothie which was waaay better than eating anything.

Brushing your teeth- Weirdest thing ever! It feels weird brushing the braces. For some reason, I kept thinking what if the toothpaste went into the little gaps, like, seeped under the braces and stayed there until I took the braces off but I worry too much. After one rinse, all the toothpaste were out so I'm not worried about it anymore. Brush my teeth is annoying though, because I don't want to brush too hard nor too soft.

Talking- You get a lisp! I don't mind that I've got a little lisp, I just don't like talking because everytime my lips move, they rub against the braces which is annoying.


Love,
Elaine

Hey guys! You probably won't know this but it was my birthday 2 weeks ago and to celebrate it with my friends, my friend and I did a joint birthday event. We were originally planning on going to minigolf but due to our bad luck, it was cloudy and rainy on the day so we changed the plan and went to the nearest shopping mall instead. At the mall, we went to Cotton On and I bought a nice flower, summer dress and a good work out top (Not for major work outs though). I've already worn the dress to the beach twice haha, it's so nice and comfy! It's just a tad short but oh well. I haven't worn the top ever since I bought it but when I tried it out, it's so nice and comfy as well! It's loose but not too loose haha it's a bit long but that doesn't matter much.



Yesterday, three of my friends and I went to the beach to get a nice tan. Summer (One of my friends) and I walked from my house to the beach, and my house is not that close to the beach so it took us around an hour and a half to walk there. We were almost dead by the time we got there but as soon as we met up with our other two friends and lied down on the golden sand with the ocean breeze cooling us down, I felt energized again. We didn't do too much at the beach, we mainly just lied down and got a tan if we weren't lying down, then we were in the water.

Summer and I on the beach

Love,
Elaine

Hey guys, my cat, Gizmo had her kittens on guy fawkes night! They are adorable, almost 3 weeks old now and they are beginning to walk properly, pretty soon they'll be running around the house causing chaos. They'll still be cute even if they try to climb up our legs and give us major scratch marks. -.- haha but at the end of the day, you can't be mad at the innocent little things. Well maybe just mad for a day or two because they leave scars on you! Trust me, from experience with the previous litter, I still have a major scar and that was from the start of this year. So yeah, avoid scratches as much as possible because they may or may not scar you for life! These kittens haven't gotten really playful yet but they're soon to be. Nowadays, they're either sleeping or drinking their mum's milk. Life seems so carefree for them, wish I could be them just for a day so I don't need to worry about anything at all, expect maybe worry  about who'll steal my milk or who'll squish me while we all sleep.

These are the 3 kittens:

1. This one's no name, we haven't decided on a good name yet. Do you have any ideas?

 3. This grey one is called Tigger! (One of my friends gave me the suggestion and I thought it was too good haha and she may or may not be reading this right  now ;) )
 Love,
Elaine