Late Movie Review: The Maze Runner

Hey Everyone!! 

How has everyones week been so far? I hope it has been good! I haven't posted on here in a while and I apologize. I just had a few of those weeks were I just wanted to sit at home and watch Netflix all day and communicate with no one. I did find a new show to watch, Lost, and have spent 99% of my time watching it. I know I am like 10 years late, but I quit like it.

I also know that this post is long over due and I am not even sure if this movie is still in theaters, but oh well! I would still like to share my thoughts with you all. 

So now lets get into what this post is about. A few mondays ago I started out my week great and finally saw The Maze Runner. I read all three books about 2-3 years ago and loved the series and was so excited to see they finally made a movie. I almost never go see a movie the night or weekend that it comes out. My friend Catherine and I went to the theater around 5 pm and there was almost nobody there, and it was amazing. One of my favorite things is when you have a movie theater all to yourself. Sadly that didn't happen this time, but there was only a few other groups of people which made finding seats very easy. 

So to be honest I didn't get to see the full beginning of the movie due to the fact that I was in the bathroom, typical, but I only missed a minute so I think I can still give my opinion. The movie starts following the main character Thomas's ascend into the Glade. Thomas is played by the extremely attractive Dylan O' Brien. I would end the review right here and say that he made the whole movie, but there was way more to this movie then just an attractive guy. Through out the whole movie I felt like I was in the Glade with them. This is extremely hard to portray in movies, even though many try not all succeed. This is my opinion, however, Catherine did agree with me after the movie. This movie left us wanting more, and that night I just kept repeating the phrase: "It was so good!" because I truly thought this was one of the best movies based on a book I have seen. One thing that made me really happy as a book reader was they didn't make major changes to the movie. All of the changes were small and almost unnoticeable or didn't really matter as much. I did however feel like Thomas' time in the Glade was a lot shorter than it was in the book. In the book Thomas spent anywhere from a few weeks to a month or so in the Glade ( I am not 100% sure since it has been a few years since I have read the book). I am sure they didn't want to make a 3-4 hour movie, but to be honest I wouldn't mind. I didn't want the movie to end and I can not wait for the second one. I really hope the second movie is just as good, after the first one I have pretty high expectations. I would defiantly recommend you see the movie if you haven't already and if it is still out, or see it when it comes out on DVD.

If you have already seen the movie, which I am guessing most have have please feel free to leave me a comment with your opinion of the movie. Also leave me a comment of another movie you think I should see. I already know I am going to see Gone Girl. I wasn't a huge fan of the book, but I am hoping the movie will be better. You can also just leave a comment saying hi and how your week was.

I would love to hear form you all and see what your opinions are. I hope you have a great weekend and I will try to post on here again next week! I also just uploaded a DIY: Laptop Sleeve video on my youtube channel if any of you are interested you can find the link here or it will be the first video under the video tab at the top of this page.

Thank you so much for reading and I will talk to y'all soon!
xoxo Makenna

NatureBox Unboxing/Review

Last week I ordered my first NatureBox, and if you don't know what NatureBox is, it is a monthly subscription box that contains five snacks which you can pick or have the company pick for you. I had heard a lot about this company and how great they were so I wanted to try it out for myself. I ordered my box early last week and it arrive this past Saturday.

The main purpose for ordering my box then was so it would arrive before I left for Sweden this coming Friday. I always like to carry different kinds of healthy snacks with me while traveling so I will spend less money on food and I will also be eating something healthier than McDonalds. Since I am quit picky about what I eat I decided to pick four out of the five snacks and leave one to be a surprise. 

The first snack that I chose was baked sweet potato fries. This was the snack that actually made me want to buy a box and try them out. It is also their most popular snack and I wasn't sure I would even be receiving it because there was only a few left. 

The nutrition facts are perfect for a snack. There is very little sugar which is a key factor for me. After tasting these I understand why it is there most popular snack. Not only do they taste exactly like sweet potato fries, but they also have a little bit of spice to them. They are also perfectly crunchy which makes them perfect for any kind of chip replacement. The only problem you will have with these are trying not to eat the whole bag in one sitting. 

 The second snack that I picked was southern BBQ sunflower kernels. I have not had sunflower seeds since I was a little kid and I wanted to to pick snacks that were going to have a good amount of them in a bag, and this was one of them. Being from Texas I do love BBQ and to find a healthy alternative to BBQ chips would be great.

 The nutrition facts are what you would expect for sunflower seeds covered in BBQ flavoring. There was actually more in a bag than I thought there was going to be. Now if something is going to have any kind of flavoring to it, it better have a lot of it. These received my stamp of approval. You still get the taste of sunflower seeds with a good amount of BBQ flavoring. I would defiantly recommend trying these is you are looking for a BBQ alternative.

 So my cat realized I was opening bags of food and started hovering, and hoping I would give him some. Once he realized he was not receiving anything from me he then decided to sit in the box, and yes he is wearing a t-shirt this is because he will chose to run around like a crazy wild cat if he is not wearing one. Don't worry we do let him run around like crazy for a few days while we wash his shirt and plus he looks adorable wearing them.

 Ok, enough about my cat, the next snack I picked was mexicana mango. They are dried mangos and come with about 7 hand size pieces in each bag.

 The amount of sugar in this snack is not what I would like it to be, but since it is fruit I knew there was going to be a good amount of it. This is actually my favorite snack out of all five of them. My favorite fruit is mangos and so it only made since that I tried these. I have never tried dried mangos before mostly because I don't really like dried fruit. Most of the time they are to dried out and taste more like a cracker than fruit. However, while these are dried they still have a lot of moisture still in them.

The size of each one was ruffly the size of my palm. These are full with flavor and taste nice and fresh. It is just like eating a mango with out all mess and because I don't know how to cut fruit properly there is always a mess.

 Then the last snack that I picked was teriyaki twists. After I ordered my box I received an email saying this snack has actually been discontinued and I was quit disappointed since I thought this was going to be my favorite snack.

 The amount that came in the bag was very surprising to me. The bag which was one of the bigger ones was full to the top. The bag contains 5 oz of this snack, so I was really excited to try them and hope I wasn't disappointed. Well, I ended up being disappointed. The amount of teriyaki flavoring was extremely lacking. I had very high hopes for this snack and was extremely let down, and I now understand why this snack was discontinued. It tasted like a plain rice cake with a drop of flavoring.

 The last snack I received was the surprise snack that was picked for me, pb&j granola. I will say I was disappointed that they picked a granola rather than any of their other snacks. I was actually trying to pick between getting a granola or having a surprise snack, and decide to let them pick for me.

 This not the type of granola I would have picked for myself, but I do have to say it was pretty good. I like to have plain flavored granola so I can mix it with yogurt or milk and have it for breakfast. This tasted exactly like an oat and peanut butter cookie with some bits of jelly mixed in.

I am really glade that this snack came in a smaller bag than all the other. Even though this did taste good I would have no use for it, so I will finish it and probably won't reorder this snack. If you do like peanut butter cookies I would recommend this for you, as it is sweet and would be a good fix for any sweat craving you might have.

I also filmed an unboxing video were you can see me taste the snacks and get my first reactions to them. If you would like you can watch the video down below. I also mention in the video when I will be posting a whats in my carryon bag video and my first travel blog video. If you would like you can subscribe to my channel if you are interested in watching any of those by clicking here. 

                              

Warby Parker Review

 About a month ago I looked in to getting a pair of glasses, but I didn't have a whole lot of money to spend on them. I was watching one of Tyler Oakley's YouTube videos when he mentioned this company Warby Parker. He said you could try on 5 glasses for free in our house and that they started around $95. I proceeded to go to the website and see for myself just what they were all about. After seeing what he had said was true I picked my 5 pairs of glasses for my at home try on. The deal was they would ship you 5 pairs of glasses for free, you don't even have to pay shipping, you then have 5 days to try them out before you have to send them back.

They even pay for the return shipping. After you ship them back you can then, if you want to, order the pair you picked out. The glasses come in there own individual bag inside the box, they even include a sheet where you can write notes about the glasses to help you decided. One thing that I did find helpful was that you could upload pictures of you in the glasses on Instagram or Twitter and use a hashtags they created to get peoples opinions on which glasses look best. I ended up doing so, although I must say I don't look to happy in any of the pictures and I find quite funny. 

I did end up getting a lot of comments saying I should pick #2, but I did decide on getting #1. The picture of #1 really isn't the best one of those glasses, but they are almost the same shape as #2 just with a thinner frame. After a lot of debating I finally decided on #1 and ordered them on the 5th of July. I knew I wasn't going to get them anytime soon since it was a holiday weekend, but I just wanted to get it out of the way. It took about a week to receive them, which felt like a very long time compared to the 2 days it took them to ship the try on kit. 

The packaging was really nice; you had the standard postal box, which contained a nicer box, which contained a glasses case, which then had the glasses and a glasses pouch inside. 

Over all I am happy with my glasses! Although, I am still trying to adjust to them and it feels like it is taking forever. I know it hasn't even been a week yet, but I am a bit tired of getting headaches and feeling sick every time I wear them. This did scare me because I thought maybe they put the wrong prescription in, but like I do with everything else I don't know I googled it ( I don't think googled is a word, if not I am making it one). 

On all the pages I read they all said it was normal to feel like you are looking through a fish bowl for the first week. Hopefully, by this coming Saturday I will be used to them. I have been wearing them all day for the past few days to try to get my eyes to adjust to looking through glass. If it is not fixed by then I will be taking a trip down to my eye doctors to see if the glasses are actually the prescription I needed. I am hoping that this does not happen and my eyes just adjust, so I will not have to deal with returning and reordering. Over all I am happy with my glasses and would definitely use this company again for my next pair.