You've probably noticed that we've done some new changed with the blog this past month. I rekindled my love for an old project and decided to change up some stuff. I loved experimenting, writing, researching and brainstorming new ideas for the blog, and the renovation has become a new project in itself! So many things have been happening lately, so I thought I'd make a blog post just talking through all the new and improved things that's goin' on around this shindig.

Les goooh!


We changed our blog name and URL!

After all the changes, I really started getting into this whole blogging thing. I check my blog and work on it on a daily basis, I always think of new content to write, and I started taking this stuff seriously. Getting Annica to hop on board made it even more "official" for me, and shortly after Annica agreed to become an admin, I opened up the idea to change the blog name. Everything is changing, so I wanted the name to change too! We brainstormed for weeks on the perfect blog name. Something simple, but meaningful. Eye catching and clever, but on topic with our blog content. Sounds really nice, and something that I won't get sick of in 2 months. I'm really picky about these things, because it's the first thing that someone will see and it can impact a person's impression.

We finally agreed on "Classica and Lillie" which is basically two products of word salad: Classic + Annica = Classica; Life + Millie = Lillie. Living a classic life is being yourself. Be timeless and focus on your true inner self, rather than the stuff on the outside. Your inner personality and character is what will stay the same throughout your entire life, while the outside characteristics and bling-bling will always change through the seasons.  Be something that the world has never seen: yourself! You are the only you that will ever exist on Earth. Be someone memorable and worth remembering, instead of someone that we've seen already.



We have a new template and theme!



We've added a new and improved navigation bar, as well as our sidebar, which includes some new features including blog archive, recent posts, and the "Hello!" about us section! We also added some stuff to the footer of the blog, so don't forget to check that out!

We have a new administrator!



Sucha natural model isn't she? So photogenic. My best friend has always been by my side every baby step that I've ever made with this blog. She'd always be the one I would consult with almost everything blog-related. I even ask her to proof-read my posts when I first publish them because I suck at grammar. Once I thought about it, there was no debating about whether or not I wanted to ask her to help me out officially on my blog. Thankfully she said yes!!

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Annica, Classica & Lillie's new admin! Read her introduction post here!



We've updated our "about" section!




Of course with Annica joining the blog, we had to make it from an "about me" section, to "about us". I wrote a lot about our history as friends, a short history on this blog, and some things that we enjoy! Don't think I need not say more, but do give it a read to know a bit more about the gals behind the blog. Or if you wanna stalk I mean that's why I would read it...


We made a posting schedule!




Ahh yes, with commitment comes a schedule! You might have already seen a few of them, but we will now be publishing a new blog post at least once a week!

The schedule is as followed...

Week One: Fetus Friday
A tribute to the hashtag #FlashbackFriday, where we share some of our nostalgic moments.
Week Two: Tips For Tuesday
Life hacks, tips and tricks so you can rule at life.
Week Three: Top Five Thursday
We list and review our top fives under a specific category.
Week Four: Weird Word Wednesday
A short post filled with definitions of words you might've never known could ever exist. Until now.
Week Five: Make-It Monday
Get your creativity hat out for these how-to DIY projects, recipes, etc.


The rotation will be continuous, with random posts here and there on other topics. We're also gonna do a Sunday Funday on the last Sunday of each month to talk about our monthly favourites!


The blog is developing very well; it's a healthy baby, ain't it?


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Post By M. Anne

Alrighty. Here it goes.

As the rubberband that is life stretches on and on, I have yet to find who I truly am. Nevertheless, here are a few things that I definitely know about myself:

1. I love books. I'll read anything–from the world of magic to futuristic dystopian worlds to action/adventure to hopeless romance. Only recently have I realized my adoration for a great book; I've probably read more books this summer than I have in the past few years. It takes me back to when I was younger; never putting a book down, even while walking to places or sitting at the dinner table. I have yet to read the classics.
2. Some pet peeves include: when tall people wear heels, when automatic toilets flush while you're still sitting on them, bad grammar/punctuation, when someone thinks they're really good at something when they're the worst person in the room (there's a fine line between self-indulgence and confidence), and when people say prayers way too quickly, as if playing video-games was more important than thanking God for their oh-so-precious life.
3. High-school devoured any of the few social skills I acquired while living the Elementary-life, leaving me as only a shard of what I used to be; as if the peas in my pod were my interactive-abilities, and they were simply plucked out of me, and the only thing left was the drying, shrivelling husk. So yeah, I'm a tad awkward. And indecisive.
4. Some hobbies include: writing useless stories, indulging myself in (fan)fiction, watching Avatar: The Last Airbender or Once Upon a Time, and spending most of my ample free time telling myself I should be productive while spending hours on social media.
5. I'm a child of God. This is kinda self-explanatory.

English in Pirate, UK, Upside Down and US.

Me matey, Arden, is bein' stalked by 10 people. Ten for you, Arden! You go Arden!

via Cheezburger

On Friday, my family and I stopped by Canadian Tire to pick up a bathroom space saver for my bathroom. Since I have no proper vanity, I've been using my bathroom mirror as a substitute, and lots of 'crap' (as my mom once called it) has squeezed its way to my two small drawers underneath my sink area and even the teeny bits of countertop surrounding it! A bathroom space saver is a perfect way to increase the storage in my small-ish bathroom, without taking up extra floor space. Yay for maximizing space!

So the past couple of days I had a bit of a change and actually put my computer down and did something productive! With my best friend, Isabel, we helped out with the arts and crafts station at a local vacation bible school day camp. Being the couch potato sleep lover I am, it was a big pain to get up early in the morning. Getting up at 6:45am is not my forte, especially during summer break. I also might admit, my laptop is well loved and a part of me questioned if I really wanted to part with it for a few days. I know! It's bad! But boy was I mistaken because during this time, I had a good life check with how I wanted to play out my life as a teenager.

We have a nice group of friends we made through the years when we ourselves participated in the camp as children. Only this year we were too old to be participants and decided to help out. Since the camp was only until noon, all of us would go to one of our friend's houses and play there. And yes, I did say play, and I am not afraid to say I play like a child I am no longer considered to be. I am not afraid to say these people who are not even in high school yet are my friends, because they are, and not only am I friends with them, but I have Nerf gun wars with them and I myself pretend I am actually in war.

That was the first time I played an imaginary role play game in quite awhile. And with this experience being with all my younger friends, I realized how much I missed being a kid. When I was their age I was crushing on boys, and hanging out with people who acted much older than they are; swearing every other word and thinking of every innuendo possible. Not to mention how often we were all home alone and how out of hand it always became, and how uncomfortable I would feel. I did not like the environment I was in and I lost my sense of creativity that an innocent child had. My imagination turned from living in a cabin in the woods during World War II, to practically no imagination at all. Daydreaming of boys is understandable though, its the hormones taking over, but I do miss the days where I wouldn't be always on my computer and instead would be creating endless amounts of role play games with my friends.

It really got to me, how this generation is focused on being someone way older than they really are. And unfortunately, it seems that acting older than your true age is what many people decide to do to in order to be so called "accepted" in the higher areas of the high school hierarchy. Teens my age, maybe even younger, drink and smoke and have sex. Having a boyfriend is a must, swearing and dirty jokes is mandatory in conversations, girls should be showing as much skin as possible in their everyday outfits. I am not at all like this, and I don't want to be like this until I'm at least out of high school and hopefully well into collage, and even then I won't be doing anything that isn't necessary or out of hand. Sometimes I wish I was homeschooled, like some of my Nerf gun war friends, because you don't have to act older to be accepted. These kids are cherishing their childhood to the final drop, and I gratefully admire them for that.

I do still have time to take back some of my childhood, I mean I'm not that old! But it's harder now. Once school comes around, it takes over your life, and there's never any time to be a kid again. But I will keep in mind that I am in no rush whatsoever to grow up, I've got time for that later on. Hope this inspired at least one person to look on life like how I do now.