Last Day Special

Diana Rush: Hi Everyone! This is our last post, so we wanted to do something special. We're all gonna talk about this blog and our hobbies. So we have really enjoyed doing this blog, and I'm actually kind of sad that it has to end so soon. Now there are a few people who haven't enjoyed it so much, but that's probably because they have a boring topic. Like movie reviews. Or sports. I mean, LAME!!! Everyone knows that nail designs, make-up, and recipes are way cooler than any of that other stuff. It's not even a question. If the picture below makes you happy (and it should) then I know you're sane:

This picture is from Yahoo.com

                                      
Jimbob: Okay, Okay... That's a bit overboard... I've heard people choke and die on those things... Whatever they are. We all know that EDM was the favorite topic! After all I was the one writing about it! If you don't agree with that then you have to agree that the Justin Bieber post made this blog BLOW UP! Literally...


Avery:
Avery here:)
So I just read another post (AHEM DIANA RUSH) that said sports were lame and I was like, "Hold up.  I'm pretty sure I read that wrong, bro."
But oh no.
SHE SAID SPORTS WERE LAME.
FREAKING OUT HERE.
Number one most important fact in the world.  SPORTS ARE NOT LAME. Or boring for that matter.
I mean I would much rather play one of my favorite sports than read a movie or book review, or do whatever it is you do with make up or even attempt to cook something in the kitchen without blowing up the oven.

Brooke: Doing this blog has been so much fun! But I don't know what you guys are talking about. Obviously crafts and cooking is the best! (And Avery, if your blowing up people's ovens I'm pretty sure you're doing something wrong...) Who wants to sit and read a book or movie review? I can just read the book or watch the movie myself. I think reviews spoil the ending. If you want to listen to a song that just repeats itself over and over for five minutes then Jimbob is right EDM is totally for you. Lets all take a minute to look at this. What is this you ask? Delicious, gooey, wonderfulness. This is a three layer dessert made up of Brownie batter, Oreos, and Cookie Dough. BROWNIES, OREOS, AND COOKIE DOUGH, PEOPLE! So much fun to make and to eat (with ice-cream of course!)

Diana Rush: Nooo...Brooke makes that stuff look way too good. It's better than sports or EDM but cosmetics is where it's at. And where is Franz by the way? He said he was going to join us for this discussion! : /

Diana Rush: Whoa....hold on a second. First of all, what up with the "Amazing Jimbob" thing? Just cause you find some video with two adults who have nothing better to do with their time than throw cake at eachother that makes you amazing? I think not. The guy on the left looks like a girl with a beard. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease. Everyone knows that if you can do this (which I can) :

This picture is from Yahoo.com

then who are truly amazing. Second, I noticed that before you said that people choke and die on cosmetics. Like, no way! You have to be a complete nincompoop to eat and choke on mascara. So yeah, make-up is better. BUT ANYWAYS, thanks you all for reading our blog! We hope you enjoyed it! :)

THE AWESOME AND AMAZING JIMBOB: 
I think any guy who can throw a 20 lb. cake and nail someone from 80 ft. away is pretty awesome! Also, I think people have choked and died from that stuff... I just hope you know what your getting in to :)

Thanks for reading our blog guys! You all are awesome! We have over 1,300 page views and over 9,000 google plus views!!!! AMAZING! Thanks so much everyone!                        

Hi everyone this is Diana Rush. Last time I talked about true beauty, and how to obtain it. So this time I was going to do a really fast and easy make-up routine tutorial, but blogger wouldn't upload the video. I was extremely frustrated, to the point of tears. Yeah. I was literally crying over a blog post. But anyways, as I am writing this, my heart is actually thanking God, even though there were tears, because I know that this was a part of His incredible plan. I don't think that God wanted me to write my last post about make-up. I'll tell you why.

God gave me my incredible, beautiful, and just amazing mother to comfort me through all this, yes. But as I was crying because my plan didn't work out, she said that it would all work out and she gave me a suggestion for a new blog post. A better blog post. Last time I talked about how to get true beauty, and today I'm going to talk about truly beautiful things. Below are some pictures of things that are truly beautiful, like this:

I believe that this is utterly beautiful. Like, words-can't-describe beautiful. Life is so precious. And yet, it is ruthlessly destroyed all around us. Euthanasia, abortion, terrorism, whatever it may be, can pretty much be detected back to the lack of the value of life. This picture so eloquently depicts the true beauty of life. Here are two helpless ages, unborn and elderly, who are most often victims of this cruel world. But in this picture (and very often in real life) they cling together. They find hope in each other. It's just beautiful. It's gorgeous. It's God-given.

Here's another thing that I think is beautiful. Now it may not be as heart-wrenching as the last photo, but it has its own beauty. Life is not about sadness. It has very much sadness, but that doesn't mean that life is sadness. Sometimes we need to take a break from focusing on the darkness and just meditate on God's peace. I think that you'll find it amidst the darkness, right in front of you, but you haven't been able to see it because you've been focusing on the circumstances. So ya know, just chill out! :)

Now I know we're all sick of winter. I actually hate winter. Well, most of it. the only thing I don't hate about winter is right after there's a big snow and that gorgeous white powder covers everything. It's kind of like how the beauty of Christ and His sacrifice covers the ugly and grey of our sins, isn't it?

Now you probably think that that's pretty weird that I think this is beautiful. I mean, LOOK AT IT! The reason I think this is beautiful is because it makes me laugh. And it makes me laugh because it describes me perfectly. If I have a paper that is due or am working on anything math related, I look like this guy. Well, the Lord always shows me that He's getting me through the aches and pains of teenagegirlism and that is beautiful. 

This picture is from Yahoo.com

No one can deny that this is truly beautiful. It's beauty at its height. The cross. You know, I don't think I will be able to truly describe the beauty of this cross, so here's the lyrics of a song by Brooke Fraser that I believe says it well:


                                      Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
                                         Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay me down
                                                 Rid me of myself, I belong to You
                                                Oh, lead me, lead me to the cross

I hope that you enjoyed this post, for it was my last. I pray that you have come to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Believe me, it makes all the difference.

-Diana Rush 

Gatorade: The Lie for Athletes

Everybody knows about Gatorade, the sports drink that makes those awesome water bottles that everyone has in those inspiring commercials.  But most of all everyone knows about the drink that you see everyone drinking, whether they play a sport or not!

Hate to break it to you, but that drink is doing more harm to your body than good.  Next time you go to pick up a Gatorade, flip it over and take a look at the nutrition facts on the back.


   


1)  Look for the sugar label.  In the label above, this drink contains 14g of sugar.  I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot of sugar to be putting into your body at once, and its not the normal sugar used for putting in your coffee.  This sugar is sucrose syrups.  So think liquefied empty calories, and glucose-fructose, and in other words, very bad for you!  This is also where the supposed energy boost comes from.  By putting lots of sugars into your body you might increase your energy level, but trust me, you'll feel worse after that game once you've crashed.


2)  Artificial flavors are bad!  I know drinking something to be flavored like a fruit might taste better but its basically chemicals added to make the drink flavored.  This can be very harmful to your body.

3)  Citric Acids are also in this drink and studies have shown that these acids are the number one cause of tooth decay.  Yuck.

4)  Toxic dyes!  Trust me, that nice fun color is definitely not natural and for sure not healthy.  There are many different dyes to watch out for but the most common ones found in Gatorade are Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Red 40 artificial dyes.  The dye Yellow 5 was found to be linked to asthma and is often the cause of it.

So all in all, Gatorade really isn't a healthy sports drink.  It causes more harm to your body than good and consists of chemicals and sugars.  There are many other healthy alternatives to Gatorade, but you should always check out the label before drinking anything claiming to give you an energy boost or re-hydrate you.

I hope you this post helped you out!

-Avery 

 

EDM PEOPLESS!!


Hey guys! This is it! This is the end. The last post from yours truly. Have you guys enjoyed my posts? Have you enjoyed the blog? I hope you have! Even if you haven't, I have enjoyed writing for you guys! :)

Now enough with the mushy gushy stuff! Let's get right to it. In my last post I talked about DJs and how they are awesome. If you haven't read that post, then please go do that now before you read this. If you don't read it that is fine, but if you do you will better understand what I will be talking about in THIS post.

For this post I am going to be talking about EDM!! The genre of music that embodies a DJ. This genre is what a DJ plays at his gigs and what he probably makes when he produces. Now I could talk about Electronic Dance Music (EDM) for pages and pages but you guys would probably get bored!

In this post I will hit on some of the top DJs in the world and their best songs. Before I do that, please read the list below. It is a list of sub-genres in EDM.


EDM:
- EDM
- Electro
- Progressive
- Progressive Electro
 - Progressive House
- House
 - Deep House
  - Moombahtonm
- Big Room
  - Big Room Progressive
   - Big Room Progressive House
- Club
 - Hardstyle
  - Drum 'n' Bass
   - Disco
- Downtempo
 - Ambient
- Electro House
 - Hardcore
- Experimental
PRETTY MUCH THE LIST GOES ON AND ON ANDONANDONANDONANDONANDON!!!

Since there are so many genres and I don't have enough time to write about all of them, I will pick out my favorites and the ones I consider to be most popular. Once I pick the sub-genres I will pick an artist to go with it. Rank the artist and the song, blah blah blah. 

So, let's get started!! 
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FIRST SUB-GENRE: BIG ROOM PROGRESSIVE HOUSE!!
Artist: Martin Garrix!!! (Rating: 10000) If you read my last DJ post you will get why I rate him so highly.

Song: Animals

This is an awesome song people! If you don't like repetitive awesomeness then skip ahead about a minute. That is usually how long the intro lasts. Big Room usually means that there will be some anthem style synths in the song. Something that will make you want to raise your hands!! Progressive just means that the song progresses gradually. Feel free to dance during this song. :)


SECOND SUB-GENRE: DEEP HOUSE!! (I am choosing deep house specifically instead of house. House is VERY repetitive and you probably wouldn't like it.)
Artist: Hardwell!!!!! (Rating: 100000000000) Hardwell has got to be my favorite DJ ever. He is 2-time number one DJ in the world as of last year. This years award will either go to Martin Garrix or Hardwell again.

Song: Okay... I just want you guys to realize that Hardwell is not known for Deep House. He is known for commercial EDM pretty much. When he released his first artist Album in January he added several songs that went away from the norm. I loved what he did with the deep house track he put in his album. I'm happy that he made songs that HE liked not just what his FANS liked.

This is called: Where Is Here Now (feat. Funkerman and I/Fan)

THIRD SUB-GENRE: HARDSTYLE!!
Artist: R3hab (Rating: 999) I recently started listening to this DJ and he is really good!!!
Song: This DJ does a lot of clubby, hard, bang your head sort of tracks. Hope you enjoy their track -
 Karate!

 
FOURTH SUB-GENRE: EXPERIMENTAL!!
Artist: Hardwell (Rating: 10000000000) He is just so awesome I'm using him twice! :)
Song: Echoes (feat. Johnathan Mendelsohn) This is another unexpected track that Hardwell put on his album. Experimental usually means that it sounds a little sci-fi or just plain different. The drop may not consist of a solid beat but just a bunch of random synths.
Enjoy! This song also shows that EDM isn't just a bunch of repetitive annoying sounds but that it can also sound almost angelic! Haha :P

 


That raps everything up for my overview of EDM!! Pretty much all the other sub-genres branch off from these few that I have picked. However, I DID leave out some significant sub-genres such as D'N'B, trap, and ambient.

Please go look up more EDM songs if you enjoy these ones!! I will tell you now though, you should be careful when you are looking up some EDM tracks. Keep in mind this is a secular genre of music. I'm sure you all are old enough to know that though :)


GOODBYE!  I hope all my posts were informative and funny. I hope you enjoyed our blog. We still have a week left but this is the last post from me, Jimbob. Peace out world!


- JIMBOB
 
 





 

Looking for a New Old Show?

     My greatest apologies to all of you out on the internet looking for reviews of the newest TV shows and movies (as if there aren't already a thousand others you can't go and read) but I cannot supply you with that. I do not have cable service, and I rarely go to the movies. In fact, I have only been to the theatre 4 times in my entire life. Three of those are because they are a trilogy that I REALLY enjoy (see if you can guess ;) and the fourth was because I had one night and not many options, so me and my brother went to see The Winter Soldier. All of that being said, I cannot bring you reviews of the most recent and most trending, because I have not seen them. I suppose I could still review them... un-honestly... hehe. ANYways, I thought that since I can't give you a review of the most recent, I'd review a show that has passed its time that you may not have seen. People seem to always be looking for a show to binge watch on Netflix.  So have you have ever heard of Numb3rs? And yes this has something to do with math, but don't all of you who hate math just dismiss the show and click away. I know people who are by no means math fans who really enjoy the show, so keep on reading and decide if the show is for you!

Totally Delicious Blueberry Dump Cake

Hi everyone! For Tuesday Treats today I am going to show you how to make a blueberry dump cake! This recipe is originally from, Scattered Thoughts From A Crafty Mom. Now you may be sitting there thinking, "A dump cake? What in the world is a dump cake?" Well let me introduce you to the world of dump cakes! A dump cake is one of the easiest desserts you can possibly make.  Here's what you do: you get your ingredients together (usually there's not many), "dump" them into a pan, and bake! That's where the name comes from. Super easy and super yummy. I'll bet you have all the ingredients right in your kitchen. One of the beauties of a dump cake is that if you don't have one ingredient, let's say blueberries, you can use something else like cherries. Dump cakes usually call for a type of pie filling and frozen or fresh fruit as well. I'm sitting here right now smelling the wonderful aroma of this dump cake filling my house. I can't wait to share the recipe with all of you! So let's get started!!

Here's what you'll need;

- 1 box of yellow cake mix (I didn't have yellow on hand so I had to use lemon. Either will taste great.)
- 1 21oz. can of blueberry pie filling
- 1 large can of crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1 stick of salted butter

Directions;

Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2: Spread the can of blueberry pie filling at the bottom of a 9x13 cake pan. (you can use one that's a similar size, but no bigger)

Step 3: Spread crushed pineapple over pie filling. Make sure you drain it first! Sprinkle the coconut and 3/4 of the blueberries on top. (Note, you don't have to use all of the coconut, just make sure you use enough that you have a medium sized coverage over the pan.)

Step 4: Evenly sprinkle the cake mix over the top of the fruit.

Step 5: Melt 3/4 of the stick of butter in the microwave for 40 seconds. (Make sure it's melted all the way. If not put it back in for a little bit longer.) Drizzle it as evenly as you can over the cake mix.

Step 6: Thinly slice the rest of the stick of butter and place the pieces over any dry cake mix still showing.

Step 7: Sprinkle the rest of the blueberries on the top of the cake mix.

Step 8: Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the top is golden brown.

Step 9: Serve with ice cream and Enjoy!!

Ta-da! You just made a dump cake! I hope you had fun making it, and even more fun eating it. Haha. How did yours turn out? Did you make it with lemon cake mix or yellow? Any questions or comments? We'd love to know! Thanks for joining me today and be sure to check out all the other awesome blog posts while your here at P.S.. This Is For You!

- Brooke :)

Hi everyone!  Today I will give some history on soccer and I will go through some pieces of the game.

Soccer is the most popular sport with 3.3-3.5 billion fans worldwide.  In Africa in the poorer places some children grow up with nothing but a soccer ball to play with.  Everyday after school these kids will go out and play  soccer.  In England soccer is also very popular.  England is the country that hosts the British premier league which we even watch hear in America.  You could literally go anywhere and find someone to play soccer with, all over the world.  It is like a language that is spoken wherever you go. 

One of the reasons that people say that they dislike watching soccer is because of all of the flopping that happens.  Yes, there are the guys that flop but in basketball they flop as much if not more yet these sports fans continue to watch basketball.

Here are some of the worst flops of soccer and basketball for the enjoyment of you guys.

I have always loved soccer because it is one of the only games where you use your feet for almost everything.  Most people use their hand quite well but in soccer it is completely different.  You must attempt to control a ball with your feet head or whatever you can without using your hands.

The other complaints people make for not watching soccer is that no one scores.  Now usually there aren't that many goals in a game but I think that that is the fun of it.  Two teams work against each other to keep control of the ball and work it up the field and have a shot on goal.  the fact that they don't score all that often makes the goals that much more spectacular. To prove my point watch the video below.

For you soccer fans out there thank you for reading and for you non soccer fans I hope this gave you some good insight into why soccer is loved around the world.

-FutbolForever

True Beauty

Hi everyone this is Diana Rush. I know I like to talk about nail designs, and sometimes even recipes on Tuesday. But today I'm going to talk about something different. I 'm going to talk about beauty. Now some of you smart alecs are probably saying, "Like, wow, what do you call a nail design? Ugly?" That's not what I mean. I am going to tell you about true beauty, and how to have it. For one,

You have to have an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
Let me just tell you something, and let me be frank. You cannot have true beauty if you do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. After all, He is the one who makes you beautiful. And not just the "typical pretty." He can give you beauty that is so utterly gorgeous, it is simply impossible to obtain from any man or man made product. Now I'm not saying I'm beautiful, or even pretty. But Christ has given me this true beauty that is available to literally anyone, anywhere, any time. And also you don't have to be a girl, just so you know. You see, Christ gave me this beauty when He came into my life to be my Savior, Redeemer, Healer, and Friend. He came down to this wretched earth because He loves me, and you, so much that He died the worst death imaginable, the death on a cross, so that I, and you, didn't have to suffer the ugly consequences. And all you have to do is repent of your sins, and believe that Christ rose from the dead three days after He died. 

Isn't it amazing that such a powerful God, the creator of the universe in fact, would go through such pain for us so that we don't have to? This is the start of true beauty! So are you ready for step two? Here we go!

Don't call yourself ugly.
Don't even think about. Don't you dare. Other people may call you ugly, but don't believe them. Once you have accepted Christ as your Savior (hooray!) calling yourself, or anyone else, names is not going to help you with true beauty. Ever. So the next time someone, including yourself, calls you ugly, or not good enough, or worthless, you just tell them (or yourself), "No I am not. Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life and you have no right to tell me what or who I am." That may sound harsh, but it's true! Just look at 1 Timothy 6: 20-21

Okay, so now you have the only awesome Creator as your Savior, and you know that you should stay away from that foolish, babbling talk that you are ugly or whatever (remember that Paul told Timothy to avoid the babblings of what is called knowledge. That includes false doctrines, and it can also apply to INSULTS!) Are you ready for the third thing? 

No one is perfect.
Yeah. You know those models and movie stars? They're fake. No one is that perfect. Actually they use a computer to "fix" the model or movie star. They change skin tone, erase pimples and other blemishes, and they even raise cheek bones! So yeah. Most of the movie stars or models that you see in pictures or movies look completely different in real life. They actually look normal! Imagine that! : )

So are you getting a pattern here? Here's the next and last thing I'm going to bring up:

Just be happy with you.
That's right. You're you. You're unique. I'll bet my boots that there is no one else on this earth that looks exactly like you.  I mean, unless you have an identical twin. But that's not really fair. Well anyways, you need to just not be afraid of whatever people think of you. I mean, we all have our little dinks. Mine, I have a waaaaay obnoxious laugh. Seriously, when I find that something is funny, really funny, you can hear me a mile away. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" No kidding! And I actually had someone tell me once, "Wow...for such a little girl you have such an obnoxious laugh." I was shocked and quite honestly speechless, but did that stop me from laughing my heart out when I think something is funny? NO!!! I still embarass myself silly laughing so loud. But I like to laugh, and no one can insult me out of that. So there.

I hope you have found this article helpful and comforting. It helped me a lot too, just writing it. So I mentioned a pattern earlier. Do you know it? The pattern is this: don't be afraid to be different.  Being a Christian is different. Not insulting others or yourself is different. Knowing and admitting th at NO ONE is perfect... is different. And being happy with yourself is different. Now don't get me wrong, you should constantly be wanting to change and grow on a spiritual level, but physically speaking, just be happy!

Thank you all for listening! Happy beauty...true beauty! Praise our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for He is greatly to be praised!

-Diana Rush