Shadowing Practice: Hosting Dinner + Cleaning NYC Vlog | Evelyn Ha - Learn English Speaking with Video

Oh my god, this looks so good!

Hey catcakes!

Welcome back to my channel.

Yay!

Guys, I got a haircut this morning and I'm actually obsessed.

Like, my hair is super shiny right now and healthy.

I just love it.

I got a little glaze

and it just dyed my hair a little bit darker than what it was before

because over time my hair gets a little brown from the sun and I hate that.

I hate when that happens.

I'm going to be vlogging my weekend for you guys.

It's a Saturday.

Tomorrow I'm going to be hosting a dinner with my girlfriends.

I haven't hosted at my apartment in so long.

I feel like I've just been really busy with life

and I just didn't have the time

and energy to really host anything at my apartment but I feel like I want to.

I want to challenge myself and do that

and also all my friends are super busy right now

so tomorrow is the only day that we're all able to like come together and

get dinner and catch up with each other.

Unfortunate thing for me is that I literally am not prepared at all.

Like I'm actually really stressed out right now because first of all my apartment is a whole mess.

I haven't bought groceries.

I don't even know what I'm gonna be making

so i need to like figure that out and usually

when i host i like to get flowers i like to

get like things to make my hosting more special than a normal dinner

so i'm just gonna hope

that i figure it out throughout this video i think first things first i'm gonna freaking eat something

because i'm so hungry right now it's currently 3 p.m right now

and i only have breakfast yeah i ordered some food

and it's coming so i'll catch you guys

when the food is here guys my food is here it was

so messy right now okay really i'm so excited to start cleaning

but i just don't have the energy right now

so let's fuel ourselves let me show you guys what i

ordered i ordered from this place like probably a hundred times

like every time i eat from here my friends are just not surprised at all.

Emily is leaving for a festival.

Well, not wearing this, but I have not a plan.

Don't you worry, guys.

I'm going to go to the park with my friends.

My friends are coming soon.

Are they going to come here?

Yeah, we're going to crash.

Or are you guys meeting down the line because I'm cleaning?

I don't think I've been to this restaurant in person.

They have the best kimchi fried rice.

It's so yummy.

And usually I'll get kimchi jjigae, which is like a kimchi stew but i didn't feel like eating a stew

so i got fried dumplings instead this is their fried dumplings i always procrastinate feeding myself for lunch

and then i eat by like 3

or 4 p.m i get like starving also it's like basically 4 p.m now

so i need to really hurry it up before the sun goes down cheers wow this is so good

i'm always wearing my outfit probably just to go to the rooftop and just wait what

probably a little strange you look a little strange you guys

are severely under prepared to this by the way are you gonna wear like a cardigan

or something oh i want to wear a scarf

and how are you gonna wear

that i don't know i'm gonna figure it out the pan fried dumplings

so good it's like hitting like extra hard right now

so i probably order this at least once a week

so the dinner is at 6 p.m tomorrow it'll take three i mean four girls total there's a fly in here

i'm gonna kill you like legit

why are you talking to the folks i think i understand i'm gonna kill you like the jacket

i can't wait to deep clean my apartment right now like the thing is i don't even know

if i can if i have the bandwidth to deep clean

because i'm running out of time i have other to do

i need a grocery shop to make sure i have the

things i have i need for hosting my head is all

over the place guys i definitely need to do a separate video on deep cleaning

and decluttering because i haven't done those two in

so long in my apartment right now i just feel anxious

i'm gonna watch gilmore girls for the next 30 minutes i'll catch you guys when i'm starting to clean

I'm going to make a little more fun.

I'm

going to go to the next video so

I'm

going to

go to the next video.

I'm

going to

go to the next video.

I feel like I'm housing.

I almost drug use when I'm housing.

Guys, this is my volunteer.

Hey!

I'm for charity work.

What are you even doing?

I'm about to go to the rooftop.

And I'm not wearing this, guys.

Don't worry.

my house is pretty much almost done with cleaning i'm not doing like a whole deep clean

if i was going to be doing a deep clean i'd go more crazy

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and like be wiping down the windows and everything

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but i just don't have the energy for that and i'll save

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that for another video because

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that genuinely takes like multiple days i'm not even joking for

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basic cleaning we're pretty much done i'm just going to be

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doing the rest of my laundry folding it where's your key

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okay

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so for the rest of the cleaning i'm gonna kill the fly clean the toilets i just don't like doing

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that on camera because i just think it's like i just hate cleaning toilet

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and i'm gonna have to brace myself for that

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so i'm gonna do that do my laundry fold my clothes

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and that's pretty much it with cleaning it's already like what

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time is it right now six it's already six I was

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gonna pick something up at this store all the way on the Upper East Side, but I feel like I won't have time for that.

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Let's hurry up with cleaning, I guess.

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update it is 7 30 p.m finished cleaning the rest of

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my bathroom mops the floor throughout all the packages in the

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hallway by the way i think unpackaging like taking packages out

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and throwing the boxes away is probably my least favorite thing to do even though it's like not

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that hard like I don't know something about dealing with boxes it overstimulates my sensory thing

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and I just get so annoyed with it but anyways finished

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that and now I'm just sitting on the couch like so tired.

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I don't think I can even go grocery shopping today.

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So I'm gonna do that tomorrow morning.

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I have a meeting at 12, so I should have enough time.

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I'm gonna be making spicy vodka pasta and then homemade Caesar salad.

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I'm excited for that.

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The vodka pasta is like easy to make.

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I've made it like a ton of times.

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And I just ordered myself food.

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I ordered the sushi roll that I've been eating.

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Like I had it two times this week with Emily and it's so good.

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And I'm just going to shower, watch Gilmore Girls and go to bed really early.

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It's 7.30 and I'm hoping to be asleep by 9.

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I'll catch you guys tomorrow when the real deal is happening.

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Hey you guys, it's the next day.

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I had a very early morning.

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I went to the gym.

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I worked out.

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I had a meeting.

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We talked about our live show activity that we're going to do, and I'm beyond excited.

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We're going to play a lot of games, and we're also going to be doing a segment where we pick people from the audience and join us for the games.

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So it's like a lot of really exciting things going on.

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So we were talking about that this whole morning.

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And now it is finally time to prep and get ready for hosting dinner tonight.

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We're doing dinner pretty early today at like 5.30, 6.

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it's a Sunday so we want to do an early dinner unfortunately it's already 2 p.m

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so I I'm like really stressed right now it might it might not seem like

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that through the camera

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but like I genuinely am really stressed I have nothing ready I don't even have groceries

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so the only thing I got done is like pretty much cleaning my apartment

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which my freaking sister keeps ruining after every Except she like leaves the trailer in the apartment.

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Guys, I'm going to show you guys what I'm dealing with this entire morning.

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Okay?

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Like she literally looks like she's a squatter.

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Leaving imprints all over my apartment.

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See, I made the bed.

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There's like little hair all over the bathroom.

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Look at that.

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If I brushed my hair, it's going to fall out.

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Yeah, so you take the hair piece and put it in the trash.

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No, you're not.

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There's like one strand and i'm asking her to do a favor

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and throwing out the trash and picking up my packages from the lobby

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and guess what she's doing she's so busy on her phone scrolling on tick tock

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why are you laying on my bed like this first of all like there's

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so much space i know okay you need to make the bed

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and tuck it once i'm done scrolling

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so in like four hours i know what mom feels like

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on a day-to-day basis like i oh my gosh oh my

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gosh i got a few packages down in the lobby

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and i think it's something

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that i ordered for dinner tonight i'm gonna go pick it

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up okay i'm back with a bunch of packages all right

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guys this is kind of crazy i'm gonna put this on the floor

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so last week i ordered a couple things on amazon for this dinner event

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because i knew i would be needing things last minute

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because this is genuinely saving the day i ordered toilet paper i was on my last roll

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and if you have guests over you obviously need extra extra toilet paper paper towels napkin set a silver platter

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oh my gosh i've been looking for this guys

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these are little vase for table decoration oh my gosh i am

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so excited for this i feel like hosting is all about vibes

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and so i'm gonna run to the flower shop

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and get some cute little flowers

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and put in little things in here look how cute these

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are oh my gosh i can't wait to get started on decorating my table

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but thank gosh i have these oh it's really saving my day

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because otherwise i would have been

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so unprepared okay for these napkin sets i knew i would be needing this

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but these are like reusable 100 cotton napkin and i just think it's

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so luxe to have these like cotton napkins on the table oh my gosh how cute is this genuinely

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so excited for this love

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and this oh my gosh i just think uh silverware is just

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so chic on a table so i don't know what i'm gonna put on here

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but i'll figure something out i'll put something cute

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yes oh my gosh guys i ordered a water pitcher i drink from like a little filter water

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so whenever my guests ask for water i it feels really awkward

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because it's not funky or cool i'm planning to fill up my this vase with water lemon

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and maybe ice cubes and just serve it maybe i'll put like mint in here

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and it'll be very cool and chic

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while i'm giving everyone water oh my gosh this is

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so cute okay i got a charcuterie board obviously my friends

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and i love cheese and wine and grapes and all

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that stuff i'm gonna be assorting all of that here

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and then it also comes with dipping bowls oh my gosh

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like look how cute i actually like this is genuinely saving my day i didn't have to prep for anything at all.

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All I need to get is groceries and just assemble everything together

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because oh my gosh are you freaking kidding me right now?

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It also comes with the cheese knife and utensil and how freaking cute is this?

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Oh my god it's a honey stick and little spoons.

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Oh my gosh this is literally everything that I needed.

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The last item that I ordered from Amazon are these little placemats

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so the one i had before i don't really love them only

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because my table is round and the placements

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that i had originally are square so it just didn't look right

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and i found these circular ones on amazon

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so i want to see what how it looks like on the round table

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adores these are more like you just put your plate on it i think this is really cute like

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You put all your plates on here.

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Oh my gosh.

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Obsessed.

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Okay, so it comes in a pack of six.

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And I'm only going to have four people in total tonight.

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So that's perfect.

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Okay, guys.

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I'm feeling so much better about hosting dinner tonight.

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Amazon really saved my day.

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Seriously, with all of the things that I ordered last week.

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Now all I need to do is grocery shop, buy some flowers, and arrange everything together.

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And my dinner will be hosted, I think.

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Just like how this is saving my day, you can save on college and safety every day with Amazon.

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Thanks for sponsoring today's video.

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I'm gonna get started with grocery shopping so that we can get started with the whole crap.

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And yeah, let's go.

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Okay guys, I am about to go grocery shopping.

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Put on a cardigan because every time I'm at the grocery store, I am freezing and I don't want to grocery shop anymore.

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I love my hair.

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I just realized everything that I'll be making pretty easy.

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Like I've made it all the time before.

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So it's nothing crazy.

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I was going to make chicken parm, but then I feel like it's just too much work.

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And also my friends, we just don't eat a lot.

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Like I'll have a lot of food prepared and we'll have a lot of leftovers.

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Like we'd rather eat like a bunch of like bites rather than full meals.

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I'm deciding whether I want to make banana bread or not.

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I'll just buy the chocolate chips and bananas.

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Shh, shh, shh.

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Guys, I can't stop staring at myself because of my hair.

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Which looks stupid. Which flowers?

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Low key, these are perfect

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I'm gonna take this one Which is probably so expensive from here

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These are gonna be so expensive I wanna go to a different floral shop

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And I also need smaller flowers That I can free a circle I don't know why these are $7 That's crazy

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Wait there's locally like pre-made charcuterie board right here I might just buy this This is honestly like cheaper guys

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I don't know why I do that Every time a stranger passes me I give them like a little spark

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yay my squatter is finally leaving i'll be back don't worry

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this is just a temporary leave okay My squatter sleeve face finally.

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Thank goodness.

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Look at me.

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What are you wearing?

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I actually look kind of don't worry.

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Oh my gosh.

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That was an end of an era.

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Now I am going to show you guys what I got from the grocery First off

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Need to put on a lighter I mean need to light on a candle for the vibes obviously guys

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Okay so they didn't have any flowers at the grocery store So I'm just gonna have to figure something out

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I'm gonna start prepping my salad first and then I'll do the pasta closer to when my guests are arriving.

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I don't want it to sit for too long.

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I discovered this drink like a couple days ago

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and I was at an Olivia Dean concert

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and we were sitting at the VIP section

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and then the bartender was like do you want to drink

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and I saw sparkling water he had like lime

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so I was like oh can I just get sparkling water

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and lime and then he was like yeah let's do it

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and then he saw lime juice and he I'm just going to put a little bit on top of here.

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And it tasted so good.

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I know it's like super good.

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Like lime juice and sparkling water.

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I got mint.

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Add mint, lemon, and water.

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it's like lemon water I think I'm gonna add a little bit more lime

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now I'm gonna prep my salad I get a bag of croutons

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and I expect to just crush it just as I can

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Some garlic powder here.

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I like to add a lot of garlic powder and a lot of pepper.

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And then the most important part is obviously grating the parmesan.

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Ah, it's getting everywhere.

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All right, finished grating my parmesan cheese.

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Just going to give it a little taste.

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It's perfect.

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And I'm going to grate more cheese for the salad when I put it all together.

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I don't want the salad to get too soggy, so I'm only going to put the dressing on when the guests arrive.

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okay after i chop up my lettuce i'm gonna go wash

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it one more time i get kind of crazy about my salad being clean

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okay this is like a lot of onions

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but this is only one whole onion okay i'm gonna do a ton of garlic

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okay all the ingredients are prepped i'm looking for this to dry i wish i had

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that spinning thing but i don't know why i got rid of it okay now

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that all my ingredients are prepped my eyes are

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so dry right now i'm actually gonna go crazy okay

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so i'm gonna set up the table and use the napkin that i got from amazon

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to decorate my table i'll show you guys how i fold it

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and then this is where i'll put all the utensils in

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and then i'll put it on top of the plate

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and it'll look super cute so i'll show you guys what i do

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so first you get a square napkin and then you fold it in half

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and then fold it in another half and just make sure this whole time while you're doing it it's very accurate

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once you fold it in a square grab a little edge from here i'm gonna use an edge

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that doesn't have the tag flip it around on the end that has the fold fold it

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guys sorry i'm like so bad at explaining things and then

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this feels like i'm playing origami i don't know what to

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wear for tonight i think i might just wear what i'm

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wearing right now it's just a white dress it's like cozy for inside

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Deciding to host super last minute was definitely chaotic and stressful But thankfully, Amazon saved my weekend And if I felt this unprepared,

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I can only imagine dorm week When you're moving into a brand new space

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And suddenly realizing that there are a million things you forgot Thankfully, Amazon has you covered for all those last minute essentials So thanks, Amazon

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Okay, don't mind my mismatched wine glasses Don't know why I have different sized wine glasses

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but i'm gonna buy more soon yay this is it

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so what i'm missing is flowers like i need to get flowers asap it's really bothering me

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but imagine flowers in that vase would be

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so cute i don't know where i'm gonna be putting this

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but i was planning to leave them around my counter like set up like

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that because i'm gonna leave the charcuterie board here salad bowl here and then like pasta

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or like probably on the stove and then everyone can just like come up

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and serve for themselves so yeah i think i'm gonna just go ahead

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and plate this and then i'll start making the pasta sauce around like an hour before

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because right now it's i have two hours before they come

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and then i'll start mixing this up when the guests are here

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so yeah i think i'm like pretty much ready i just need flowers.

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I'm gonna plate the charcuterie board and pretend that I made it.

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My friends are gonna be like whoa.

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I'm using a lot of toilet paper right now.

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I mean not toilet paper, paper towels today and without Amazon I would have had to like run to the grocery store

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and get more and it would have been so such a hassle.

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So Amazon is truly saving the day especially with the napkins

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and the placemats on the table it literally made the whole thing

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so much better so all right let's open this thing up my eyes are

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so dry right now i think it's because onions

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that i was chopping up i told my friends to come at 6 30 instead of 6

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because i thought i'd need more time but i'm actually running super early so it's really nice to be on time

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oh my god this looks

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so good oh my gosh all right and then i'm gonna put grapes here It's gonna look so good. That just looks amazing.

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Hey, this looks so good.

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Look how good this looks.

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Wow.

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Amazon, you really pulled through with this.

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With this little dipper.

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Oh my gosh.

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Literally saved my day. So cute.

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Okay, guys.

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my guests are coming in approximately 45 minutes or 40 minutes

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so i'm gonna get started with cooking my pasta oh shoot i forgot to bring i forgot to buy flowers

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so for pasta i'm gonna be making my signature spicy vodka

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pasta i made this pasta probably like a million times

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so i know how to like make it on the top of my head

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so it's easy for when i'm hosting i'm not like stressing about the recipe

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or anything so this is how i make it Okay, I put a lot of olive oil.

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You can't go wrong with a lot.

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Put the garlic in.

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I'm not even putting the onions.

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Okay, the sauce is pretty much ready.

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I'm just going to put a lid on, serve when the pasta is ready and when the gadgets are here.

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Boil some water.

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Please put sauce in your water.

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The sauce was so easy to make.

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Generally, life hack.

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Okay, now I'm going to put together my salad.

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so i'm gonna get my bread croutons i've actually never tried

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this brand before i usually use something from citrullo market this is already seasoned

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but the important part is to make sure you crush up the croutons so that they're almost like red powder

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that might have been a little too much

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all right and then the salad's pretty much ready i set it aside

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and then at the end i'm just gonna add my dressing in here

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and then add more parmesan cheese to it i mean this is pretty much it

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oh my god taste wise it should be fine this one just i didn't add too much oil

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because it burns every time i do wait

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which one should we eat first this looks

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so good this one's got like a this is uh scallions

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oh my god my friend is just helping me record are you including

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that okay so this is like my caesar salad sauce oh my god looks

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so good it's so good oh my god

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and then i have to grate more cheese on top of

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it with this bread she put together i did it all by myself

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i made that bread though per your request oh my god

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when are they coming

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because i want to eat the bread first this is gonna be like girl dinner oh yeah

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which is like that's fine we can get protein in tomorrow i was gonna make where's

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that chicken parm but then i was like

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and i'm a little too lazy no yeah yay salad's done i'm starving right now

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Thank you.

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good morning please ignore my side part right now i washed my hair this morning

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and because i always part my hair in the middle it's good to like switch up your part

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so that your part doesn't get wide over over the time

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so i'm doing a little side part moment so ignore

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that last night was so fun my friends

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and i had such a great time and the food was really yummy

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and all of the little decor items for hosting was perfect it came in handy

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so amazon really saved my day yesterday

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but now my house is a mess i usually clean after the guests leave

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but last night i was way too tired to do any of

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that my kitchen is a mess i want to do some cleaning

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and get started with the day

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so let's do it oh my gosh i need to show

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you guys my friend is a baker she makes sour bread sourdough bread from scratch.

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She makes it with yeast and stuff.

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I don't know how she does it, but it tastes so good.

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Look how delicious this looks.

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I love bread.

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I love sourdough bread, especially homemade.

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So I'm excited to eat this throughout the week.

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But anyways, let's get started with cleaning.

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I'm going to put a little bit of a bag of water.

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I'm

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going to

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go to the next video.

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okay guys i feel like death right now i just spent

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40 minutes deep cleaning my microwave i'm not gonna lie

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that was like one of the very few few times

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that i deep cleaned the insides of the microwave

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and i'm genuinely traumatized i was cleaning the bottom and the sides

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and then i looked up and there was so much grease

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and like disgusting stuff on the ceiling and then i was cleaning

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that but it was like really difficult because there was like things in the way.

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Usually I hire a cleaner once a month to do like a deep cleaning to clean out my fridge,

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my microwave, and all of like the nitty-gritty ugly things that I don't want to do while I deep clean.

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But my cleaning lady, she's gone for like two months for vacation.

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So I took the matters into my own hands and genuinely like why was that so hard?

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Like I don't even need to do, I don't need to go to the gym anymore because my freaking arms are like sore from scrubbing.

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But my microwave smells like shit.

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It smells like food.

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And this morning I was heating up my food, my breakfast.

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And I almost like gagged because of all of like the different food smells from my microwave.

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And I searched online.

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Apparently if you put warm water and lemon into the bowl and microwave it, it works.

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So let's do that right now.

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I'm so tired.

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that took like so much life off me.

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I don't want to use the whole lemon so I'm just going to use

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all right lemon water in the microwave and then I'm going to leave it on for a minute and 30 seconds.

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Okay now that we are deep cleaning my microwave I want to clean my stove top.

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I feel like deep cleaning my kitchen today.

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yay it's spotless guys i love this feeling okay i'm on some sort of cleaning roll right now

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so i'm gonna do a little bit one extra step every couple weeks

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or whenever honestly i remember to do it i wipe down my cabinets

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and i feel like this makes such a big difference in eliminating odors especially like

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if you cook a lot there's like food smells that stick to your cabinets so it's important to wipe

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them down what i do is i'm using this squirt mop hard floor cleaner wiping everything down

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so if you guys don't have microfiber towels i highly recommend you guys to invest in it

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because it makes her life so much easier when cleaning

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okay guys the rest of the kitchen is cleaned I cleaned the rest of like the stuff over here.

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It was like really cluttered.

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So it looks a lot better now.

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I have a life to life and I can't be cleaning forever.

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I actually had other plans and I wasn't supposed to be deep cleaning my kitchen, but I ended up doing it anyway.

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So I'm gonna have to pause here.

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If you guys want to see me deep clean my entire apartment, I can definitely make a video on that.

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It will be very exciting for me.

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This is the end of my vlog.

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If you guys watched till now, thanks for watching and I'll see you guys in the next video.

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Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Hosting Dinner + Cleaning NYC Vlog”. This video has 460 sentences and 4930 words to shadow. The speech runs for 39:13. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
pasta noun	/ˈpɑ.stə/	Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
grocery noun	/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/	Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
salad noun	/ˈsæl.əd/	A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often…
microwave noun	/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/	An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
fold verb	/ˈfəʊld/	To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
napkin noun	/ˈnæpˌkɪn/	A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
genuinely adverb	/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/	In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
lemon noun	/ˈlɛmən/	A yellowish citrus fruit.
toilet verb	/ˈtɔɪ.lət/	To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
lime noun	/laɪm/	Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
charcuterie noun	/ʃɑɹˈkutəɹi/	The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
onion noun	/ˈʌn.jən/	A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
fry verb	/fɹaɪ/	To cook (something) in hot fat.
garlic noun	/ˈɡɑɹlɪk/	A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
put together verb		To assemble, construct, build, or formulate.
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.
wipe down verb		To clean the exterior surface of an object, from top to bottom, typically by hand using a damp dishcloth or other cleaning cloth.
clean out verb		To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
come together verb	/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/	To assemble; to congregate; to combine.
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
fall out verb		To come out of something by falling.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I haven't hosted at my apartment in so long.
I'm going to make a little more fun.
I feel like I'm housing.
What are you even doing?
I'm about to go to the rooftop.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been eating · i've been looking
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't hosted · I've just been · haven't bought
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	will be hosted · are prepped · is already seasoned
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	jjigae, which is · one Which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 258 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, charcuterie /ʃɑɹˈkutəɹi/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, chic /ʃik/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, charcuterie /ʃɑɹˈkutəɹi/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like gosh, pasta, grocery.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?