My Zero-Waste Beauty Routine

A while back I wrote a post on how college can change you. One of the changes that I have seen in myself that I mentioned is that I am trying to go more zero waste. Since that post I have done more and more research. Watched tons of videos, read blog posts and have already decided that zero waste is not for me. Hear me out. The whole point of going zero waste is to reduce the amount of plastic you use. That’s basically it. yes, they will compost and different things to not have a trash can, but the goal is to not have any waste products. That’s impossible. Because even if you are buying your food in bulk, there was waste for it to get there. So every decision you make will cause waste. So it is absolutely impossible to make zero waste. But you can make a smaller impact. Choices you make can make a smaller to lower impact on the Earth and the environment and many zero waste “leaders” have realized this have started using the term low impact. ‘But Lacey,’ you say, ‘the title of this post is your zero waste beauty routine!’ Yes. Its called clicks people. Anyone researching this topic is going to know what zero waste is. They will be searching zero waste and the term low impact hasn’t grown as big yet so fewer people are searching it. so…… this is my zero waste/low impact beauty routine!

A Day in the Life: Lacey's Junior Fall Semester

We are about half-way through the semester here at William Woods and things are picking up. Midterms are next week and everywhere around me I see stressed out people. But this is a look into my Monday schedule!

Decorating a Dorm Room on a Budget

Hey guys! I'm going to give you a few tips on decorating a dorm room on a budget. We are all college students and we know how broke we are right? So does that mean our rooms should suffer? Of course not! Your room should still look bomb. So here are a few tips.

Dating Game 2018

Hi guys! So we wanted to let you guys get to know us a little bit better. Megan had to do the Dating Game at her CA training so we thought we would do it as well, so here we go!!

Celebrate the Holidays with us: Our 4th of July 2018

Hi guys! so we hope your 4th of July was Amazing!!! We all have different ways in how we celebrate the 4th of July and we wanted to share ours with you! So as told best from each of us here are our 4th of July story!

My Favorites: Lacey

My Favorites

Book: Is it really possible to decide? I mean really! Before college I read a lot more than I do now, and the summer gives me more time than the school year (thank goodness for nap time at work right!). Right now my brother and I are doing a The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings marathon and they are pretty good too. I like fiction more than non-fiction but I like when you learn things within the fiction or there is at least a point.

I Slept on the Floor for a Month and this is what I Learned

**NOTE: This does not replace the information provided to you by your doctor or healthcare professionals. This is just my experience and it will be different for each person. If you want to try sleeping on the floor consult your doctor**

YOU DID WHAT?

I first heard about floor sleeping in relation to minimalism and people finding their bed not necessary and getting rid of it. I thought they were crazy and dismissed it. Then i saw an episode of "Try Living with Lucie" where she slept on the floor for five days. Then one of the Youtubers i watch mentioned that she floor sleeps and i decided to watch the video she did on it. Then i watched her entire playlist. Within the playlist there was a video with her Chiropractor and they discussed floor sleeping, its benefits, and how to do it properly. He said not to sleep directly on the floor but to use a foam mattress topper as a layer between you and the floor and to have a tall pillow under your knees to elevate them and help align your back.

30 Lessons We Learned 2nd Year

During our second year at college we have learned both in and out of class. We wanted to share more with you from our second year of school. Last year we wrote about our Freshmen year of college and the lessons we learned then, so if you’re just starting out that post will also help you out! So again in no particular order, here are our list of things we learned our second year of college!

A Day in the Life: Lacey's Summer

Before leaving school we thought it would be a fun idea to do day in the life posts. So this summer we will each take a turn telling you a little bit about what our day is like and today is my turn.

A random Tuesday in summer...

A College Sized Faith: Why so many Students lose their Faith in College

“And we pray that these young people don't lose their faith when they go out into the world and to college.” this line was used during the closing prayer of Senior Sunday (AKA graduate Sunday) the year I graduated from  high school. Growing up in church you hear about the kids who used to go to church but they lost their faith in college. As a senior, you hear the advice to find a church and bible study, so you don't lose your faith, again and again. There are statistics you can look up showing the drastic rate of college students who stop going to church and lose their faith, But I don't believe that's true.

Summer Plans

Hi guys,

This will be my formal farewell to the Friend’s at the Woods Blog because I am transferring to a school closer to home. 15 hours is a long way from home! 

What's in my Backpack?

Here at William Woods we have 2 weeks until finals and the stress is building! We are almost done with our Sophomore year; half way finished with college! Wow! While I know it is close to the end of the year I thought it would be fun to have a post showing you guys what I carry in my backpack on a regular basis. So without further ado, what’s in Lacey’s backpack?

Major Highlight: ASL Studies

I came to William Woods University because I wanted to be an interpreter. WWU has one of the top programs for interpreters in the country and it was close to home (around an hour) both plus’. What I did not realize was the interpreting major was separate from the ASL major, so now I am a double major in ASL studies and ASL-English Interpreting. I just started classes for my interpreting major last fall and will talk about that major when I have more experience than just the intro classes. Today I will be talking about the ASL studies major and what you need to know. 

College can Change You

All throughout High School I had a fairly sheltered life. I was raised with a set of beliefs and anything counter or different than that was seen as bad. Church = good, tattoos = bad. Throwing things away = normal, composting = strange. Adoption = good, abortion = bad. Meat = life, vegetarian = weird, and we didn’t even speak of vegans. You get the picture. While we weren’t poor we didn’t buy new but we also had a lot of things, stuff, junk.

Since going to college, I have realized that while I had a very narrow mindset, simply because I was raised that way. So I decided to have an open mind and learn as much as possible from as many people as possible and just see what happened. Well, a lot happened, and it didn’t happen all at once. Slowly, over the past year or so I’ve started to see the world differently. My fundamental beliefs are still the same, and I they will never change. I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God and that it is truth. Because of this I also believe that abortion is wrong and so is the LGBTQ+ movement. However, I also know that speaking in hate or in a holier than thou attitude will do absolutely nothing except bring more hate. And there are only two things in the world I hate, 1) the devil and all sin, and 2) hate (which I suppose is counterintuitive, but I can’t love it…maybe I extremely dislike it, idk, hate=bad).

           Through mainly Pinterest I have run across many different movements/lifestyles in the past year. Three of which I researched and have decided to implement into my life to some degree. I do find it funny that some aspects of these three lifestyles conflict and are the opposite of one another and yet I still like elements of each. Those three are Minimalism, Hygge, and Zero waste.

Room Tour (2018)

Last year I gave ya’ll a tour of the room Aly and I shared. We are roommates again this year but it isn’t just us. Here at William Woods one of the buildings has four quad rooms. These rooms have a living room, 2 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms all attached. Jennah and Victoria live in the other bedroom so the four of us have a sort of mini apartment. We decorated the front door with Washi Tape and the decorations our CA’s made for us, these cute little dinosaurs!

Celebrate the Holidays with us...Winter Break 2017-2018

Hi Friends!  I have returned “To the Woods” from Winter Break.  Over the holiday, I spent time with family, shopped for a vehicle, and had several interviews for summer intern graphic design positions.  The Weber Family is a LARGE group; 40 of us gathered at my aunt and uncle’s house to celebrate Christmas.  The ages range from one to 85.  I am blessed to have both my grandparents living.  After the holiday, my parents and I shopped for vehicle.  I am looking at a silver jeep, but that hasn’t come through yet.  I also had the opportunity to interview for several summer intern positions.  My hope is that one of them come through and I’ll be set for the summer.
~Aly

A look into 2018

As we come to the beginning of spring semester sophomore year and 2018 I figured I should update you on the blog and just life in general.

I'm not a horse person but I sure have learned a lot!

Going to school here at William Woods it is impossible to not know someone who is in the equestrian program. It effects everyone here and even if you aren’t in the program you end up learning quite a bit about horses, the barn and the whole nine yards. Jennah and Morgan are both EQS majors and Aly is an EQS minor. Megan is neither a major or minor but she has been around horses before and rides sometimes when she is at home. So that leaves me, Lacey, the only person in the group who does not have a horse background. And so, I am writing a post about a non-equestrian person’s perspective into the program.

Celebrate the Holidays with us...Thanksgiving 2017

Hi friends, this past weekend was thanksgiving and in my family this means a lot of

parties and turkey, lots and lots of turkey. I have two days of parties that I went to for thanksgiving because my family is so big.

My Trip to Kentucky...Day 4

Sunday October 15th 2017

 

                Sunday morning we woke up and once again had to be ready to leave at 9:00 AM, this time with all of our stuff packed up so we could check out of the hotel. We loaded everything into the vans and headed to church. The interpreter found a church which had Deaf Sunday school about 30 min from the hotel and not too incredibly far from the Ark Encounter. When we arrived she looked at me and told me I would be interpreting Sunday School, and she meant it, kind of.