Sunday, February 27, 2005

YOUTH WEEKENDS ROCK!

hehe, disregard my rawther enthusiastic title. i'm still having a pretty tough time calming down with coming home. it's a change from being with so many people in a different place for so long. i missed home, but i really love the break now and then.

we did so much cool stuff this weekend. it was a little bit frustrating to me at points, because this time all of the kids were arranged into teams. once you were on a team there was no going back. i was on team three, and although we weren't very good in quiz bowl (that was because mel and I weren't there, of course) we were good in naming melted candy bars and drawing portraits on balloons....i'll tell you about that in a minute.

first of all, last friday i was sadly sick. :( *sniff* i was really queezy and feverish for a while, but i slept it off (man did i sleep it off!!! i slept over thirteen hours that day and night!!) i spent my day doing fun things like watching The Mask of Zorro (if you see my profile you'll see that that's a fav movie) and other movies. i didn't do school (hallelujah) and then on Friday the weekend started, so i haven't done any school for a while.

Friday morning we headed out with 'Evan and melody. we reached fairwood early, so we were able to show her fam around the premises. i love fairwood. it's my second home, and i always feel so comfortorable there. anyway, we had to head into meeting pretty quick. but of course there was seeing friends and talking about braces off and chatting and hugging etc for a while. the weekend's theme was being friends with God. i really liked that, because that's something i've been thinking about lately. this weekend came at a good time for me, because i've been back into the reading Bible and learning about God, versus starting to drift and go in the other direction. there were a lot of good experiences, and i'm so glad that i went.

we had sports! (OH YEAH!!!) after the meeting. we went up with out teams and played some blind volleyball (clothes pins on net, volleyball=purple rubber thing) that was cool, and then we played basketball, but i didn't do that one cause i didn't want to lose too much energy and get sick again. i think we did more, but i don't remember much about friday. maybe i should have copied Kate's devotion to xanga and written down stuff as it happened in a notebook. :D
more meeitngs....

sabbath meeting was enjoyable. i almost fell asleep, and i kinda wish i had because that night there was a very little amount of sleep for everyone. a person who i will not mention who had snoring issues, and we were all kept up quite late with her melodious snorts. (sorry person, glad you don't know my blog!) Aunt Sharon put a fan out and turned it up really loud to try to wake her up enough to make her stop. to no avail. the opposite happened, the girl started snoring LOUDER! by now i was laughing, even though i wanted to get to sleep just as much as everyone else wanted to. but the inevitable happens, and i eventually dozed off.

morning was good. yummy breakfast, another good meeting, etc. they have a fellowship room in the basement of the church now, and some awesome time was spent there wti around the world ping pong and just lounging. i was in the top three of around the world quite a bit, but i could never quite reach the top. *sniff*

sports that night were much better than the ones before. we played WARBALL! yes! that's the best fairwood game ever! with all the guys there by now it was very competetive. i got out a lot, and i was starting to get frustrated. but that's just me, i always get frustrated in warball. i see it as i'm the good guy and everyone else is the enmy (at least, everyone on the other side of the cout.) i slammed to my knees a few times to catch a ball, but i ended up ruining my knees more than anything else. everytime i play warball i get large purple bruises and red scrapes all over my knees. oh well, i'll just call them battle scars...

i forgot to mention some stuff we did in the afternoon. we did a cool game called balloon portraits. you had to draw everyone on your team on a balloon and then once you were done you had to go and guess who was who on each of the other team's balloons. you got points for your team when you guessed the balloons correctly and when people guessed the ones you drew. i did mel, and she came out good. my team got a 42, which was the best score possible!! oh yeah! some people had hideous ones, some people were quite well drawn. personally, i liked my team's best...

we did a few other games, but one interesting one was naming melted candy bars without tasting or touching them. my team did best on that one too. thanks Amy!

the night last night went much smoother than the one before. we went to bed a little earlier, and everyone fell asleep much faster as well. i love to sleep......

church was awesome. so many people got baptised! FIVE! it was really cool.

i must go, i love long posts, and though none can be too long, i guess osme can get rawther close to that. anyway, it's aaron's birthday, and i should straighten up stuff

love you all! ben, keep blogging! i'll miss you if you don't, you make everything much funnier...

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Sheiks and Porshe Carreras

This blog thing is getting really popular. I'm so glad, gives me something to do on the internet! I've been pretty impressed so far with what people have been coming up with for blog names. right, ben? i love yours, bria...and yours too aaron, and of course steph and mel and lindsay and kim and kate...alrighty, i'll just say i like all your names. (actually, i named the last few cause i couldn't just name some! but ireally do like them!)

Wondering about the "Sheiks and Porshe Carreras" yet? Once my dad made up a limerick for me. he and I were trying to remember it this afternoon, but it took us a while to figure it out. Bria, do you remember? Here's what we came up with:

There once was a girl named Cara
She met a sheik that lived in Sahara
They got married one day
And after that they
Rode off in his new Porshe Carrera

something like that, at least. You don't get the right effect unless you sing it, though. And the effect's even better when you imagine if that really happened. Speaking of Porshes, do you say Porsha or Porsh? (i mean pronounce it that way?) i like Porsha, but my brothers and Daniel Adams would be very unhappy joes if i started saying it that way. I guess I'll humor them.

I was really tired today, so I decided to take one of my now-common naps. I had just gotten all snuggled when Nancy came in, and I had to jump up right away cause Seth was with her! He looked so good. I hadn't seen him for four years, since before he joined the army. We all had a great time sitting around, drinking coffee, and talking. We mostly talked about normal life, and how good it was to have Seth back. He's such an awesome guy...kept us laughing. :) Nancy couldn't stop laughing when she told how the other day he called her cause he'd locked himself out of the house. He was in his socks and didn't have a coat. I guess what happened was that the neighbor drove over and was going to call 911, cause he said that Nancy didn't have an older son who'd come back from the army. Seth was just kind of like, "oh." but he finally convinced the guy that he really was a Brown and then he called her, but she wouldn't drive the five minutes to unlock the door for him. She made him walk through the snow in socks...this is frustrating. stories are much less interesting when written than when they're told face to face. anyway, Nancy thought it was quite funny that he was a soldier and wouldn't walk in the snow. (he did have a cold) but this is getting dragged out...

went birthday shopping for aaron today. got some great things...

we went to the art store as well as a bunch of other places, and i got some drawing pencils. i need to fix up my Reagan picture, cause STeph wants me to take it to the youth weekend and it's a little rough. so i'll go over that tonight.

speakin go things to do tonight, i just fed ian and now i have to go and feed duncan. mama and daddy and aaron and ryan are all out righ tnow, so i guess i'd better get workin!
love you all!

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Some Things Just Don't Work!

I found out last night that sometimes some things just don't work. For instance... well, the other night i was pleasantly getting ready for bed. I was in my pjs and was in the bathroom and had just brushed my teeth. i picked up my retainer and was putting it in, but it just wouldn't go in! i was starting to get mad when i looked at it closely...i realized that maybe my bottom retainer doesn't go on the top. yuppers, that's what i was doing. putting the bottom one on the top.

And then, the other day i was holding a cracker in one hand and my hair elastic in the other. I was talking to someone, and then i decided to take a bite of my cracker. figured out what happened yet? yup, i tried to eat my hair elastic. it just didn't feel right! slightly rubbery and dry....

And yet, another time, I was putting on a shoulder sweater. Have you ever noticed how one end of a shoulder sweater loooks just like the other? Well, I pulled it over my head and put my arms in the sleeves...again, it just didn't work. I'd gone in the wrong end! Haha, that was funny. Actually, i think that i've done that twice. I'd better think a little before i put that sweater on, next time.

About my day...I crammed all of the school in that i could this morning. (guess what? i had to have someone explain to me the other day that you don't say you cramped to get something done. you say crammed to get something done...wait, that doesn't sound right. i think i'm still confused...thanks anyway, person) I had to go babysitting around two, and i was going to be out until seven. I knew that i'd have to fit some flute practice in at night, too, and i wanted to go on the internet as well, so that's why i was working so hard on school.

babysitting was good...tiring, but good. Sydney had a friend over, Annabelle!!! isn't that the most amazing name? all i can think of when i hear that is Clarabelle, the awful cow in Walt Disney cartoons, and that makes me think of Elmer Fudd for some reason and that makes me think of...nevermind. we won't go there. Robin had the most amazing pizza for dinner. (I eat at their house cause i'm away so late) it was organic pizza with no sauce! but it was prolly the best pizza i've ever had. Annabelle didn't think so. She kept asking for Robin to put sauce on it, and then she gave everyother bite to the dog. She ended up eating like four pieces, which a lot for a small two-year-old. but when you think aout it, she really only had two! Sage (the dog) wasn't that hungry tonight, i think.

i had to play lots and lots of hide and seek with the girls. i tried not to let them disturb robin who was getting work done. i have counted to ten and/or twenty so many times today! ever noticed how kiddos like to skip six? one, two, three, four, five, seven, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, etc.

i should stop for now, i have a devoted friend who's chattering away to me while i'm not even answering. she has to go in five minutes anyway, so i might make her "last moments" good ones! have a great night everybody!

Friday, February 18, 2005

GO RED SOX!

Friday...uggh. Want a summary of my day? Cleaning Cleaning Cleaning Cleaning Cleaning Baking Cooking Baking Eating Schooling etc. i haven't gotten to Sabbath Treating yet...that's what i'm waiting for!!!

No, my title to the post has nothing to do with anything except that i was just talking to a friend about the red sox and that i realized that i haven't thought about them for ages, so i decided to keep the spirit a live a little. :D

That smiley reminds me how i was IMing stephanie and i meant to do one of those smileys and i accidentally did this: +D. doesn't that look like a poisoned dead person grinning? creepy.

I really did do a lot of baking today. my brothers and dad really love zucchini bread, and we tend to go through almost two loaves a night whenever we make a batch, so i made four today. phew, glad that's over with. OH @#$^#!!! I just burned the rice. Smooth move. I guess it isn't too bad. I remember when i was little and my mom or Bria would periodically burn the rice and we'd have to put the pot outside cause it smelled so bad. then we'd have to open all of the windows and slowly the smell would go away. When we got the pot back inside, I loved to chow down on the burnt rice (which came out in one big black and brown and white circle) and eat it. It was like a rice cake! I don't think i'd be so excited about doing that now...

Last night my Dad took me and Aaron and Ryan to the mall! Wow, first time he's ever taken me there, I think. He avoids it like the plague (those are his own words.) Anyway, I was able to get this awesome skirt that i'd seen and hoped to buy. it's sage green and flouncy and peasanty, or whatever you call it. i love it, it's nice and full and i could even do a split in it! (not that i can do a split, but there's less than an inch between me and the floor when i try!!!!!) i'm taking it to the youth weekend (yw) of course. I could even play sports in it if i wanted too. i can't wait for Cape Cod. It'll look awesome on the beach and with flip-flops. Dream on...

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Twinkle Twinkle Little Teeth

My braces are gone for forever. when they were taken off i was surprised to find that i actually have straight and white teeth. glory hallelujah! i've missed em, but the whole process was worth it.

I got to the orthodontist a bit late, cause bria'd had to drop something off on the way. i was scooted in after watching a bit of The View on TV. (bleah bleah bleah) stupid TV. they should stick to the designer show. now THAt's what is interesting. anyway, they chopped, pulled or whatever you call it my braces off, and then, the second worse part of my having braces happened. the ortho ground and sanded all of the left over cement on my teeth. *shudder* cold, buzzy, grinding...those are only a few of the worst things. then i had the miserable molds. the girl in the dentist chair next to me was laughing with me about all of the extra mold stuff that was stuck on my cheeks. after i washed the purple and white glue, i had x-rays of my teeth and photos taken. I had to wait for over an hour before my retainer was ready. it's a neat little clear thingy in the shape of my teeth that i only have to wear at night. horror of horrors though, it makes me lisp! but bria's does the same thing to her, and i've never really noticed it. so, now i have my white little toofies back to myself. i've flossed them like twice every day since i got the braces off...it's so easy!

i also went to the dermatologist yesterday. my skin was just getting redder and worse. we were able to get an appointment right away with this really busy lady, so it was cool that we were able to get in. she was really neat! she had a raven black braid with a large cream bow in her hair. it strucky me as funny. she's canadian, and extremely opinionated. one of the first things she said was, "I'm an agressive treater, and i believe in people getting better!" it was such a relieving feeling to have someone who actually is really serious about fixing the problem. my eczema has gotten scratched so much that she said it's gotten and infection. she said that it's like my skin is an open wound to bacteria and other bad stuff. so, now i'm on antibiotics, and corisones, etc. i got a shot of cortisone steroid stuff/...but no, it doesn't give me big muscles. different kind. i'm already looking better! thanks for everyone's caring and prayers!

i have a stupid little cold. at eleven this morning iclimbed back into bed and fell asleep. i woke up at two thirty! hooooooooly moly...i've not slept that long during the day since i was something like three months old. *gulp*

bria's in England. she left this morning and flew over all by herself. she's gonna help Karena out with the kiddos. she'll miss the youth weekend, but that's alright with her. i guess i'd take going to england over a youth weekend, but it's a difficult decision! i hope we play more blind volleyball...i'm gonna spike it some more!! so watch out all of you who are gonna be on the opposing team! *evil laughter*

i'm so mad! i can't find my josh groban CD, where are you? i need it!! good ol josh...

i love skittles. i got some yesterday, now that i can eat them! red ones are the best...

Sunday, February 13, 2005

Loverly Sunday

So...SUNDAY! the best thing about Sunday is thinking that tomorrow you have to get up early and do school and go to bed on time and make sure you get certain jobs done, and how the weekend is another week away. Oops...that's the worst thing about Sundays...

I was such a smart little girl, and last night while Bria was on my pc and IMing peoples i set up the ironing board in my room and ironed a whole bunch of clothes. i couldn't decide what to wear for church, so i just ironed everything and decided to pick in the morning.

Sunday school was about economics. not my thing. but evan's great and made it bearable. hurrah for him! we finished up economics really fast, and so we got to play around the world ping-pong. HALLELUJAH! i haven't played ping-pong in so long. at one point, i was chatting with evan and aaron served the ball and i saw it out of the corner of my eye and dived for it and my high heeled clogs gave way from under me and i tumbled to the floor, a mass of me. (pardon the "mass of me" bit, i was going to say a mass of arms and legs, but that didn't sound too flattering, so i chose the alternative. :D)

i've been reading Gone With the Wind for school. bleah. i stopped it cause it was just getting way too awful. Scarlett gets worse and worse and worse and worse and etc. i don't like the movie either. dumb stuff. "Oh, Ashley, Ashley...you DO love me! I know you do! tell me you do! *soooooooooooob*" "But after all, tomorrow is another day! *smile through tears*" not my favorite subject for a book. a southern belle married three times and having her husbands dye and then getting divorced in the end and not loving any of them anyway....*gulp* let's not think about this anymore.

it was so awesome today. when i was sititng in church before evan started talking, I was thinking that i missed Doug, and what do you know? As soon as I thought that he walked right through the door and into the church! wow! i told him afterwards, and he said it was just for me. awwww. of course it was sarcasm...but I won't think of that.

Alicia ran over to Bria and my pew and yelled out in her munchkin voice, "I've stayed dry for 2 days!" Bria told her that she'll take her to get ice cream when she's gone on the potty for a week. Alicia's very excited...

I wanna watch the Italian Job tonight...goody goody.

Saturday, February 12, 2005

So Why is it Twelfth Night?

I went to a play of Twelfth Night this morning. The kiddos who put it on did a good job...we went with Chad and Craig. The whole thing was s o much fun. I never got why the play is called Twelfth Night though.

Aww, you girls all make me feel warm and cosy. (meaning all you wonderful females out there who are my age and who i e-mail and are great friends with!) i just e-mailed one of my best friends a few times back and forth; it was so much fun! we hadn't communicated in a while, so it was really sweet to get back in touch.

i watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow last night. i loved it! (with editing, like most movies.) it was a bit unbearable and frustrating at times, but all together it was a good movie! of course, if you see it you might want TVG and a little help with someone who's seen it to edit it.

Oops, phone line's needed!

Thursday, February 10, 2005

It's Been Forever and a Year!

I haven't posted in so long! It was lovely, actually. I really enjoy writing new stuff on my blog, but i felt like i was running out of stuff to say. so i took a nice long, relaxing weekend away just to refresh my mind so that i'd have something new to write about. wait, that doesn't make sense, and i didn't take a vacation to refresh my mind anyway.

Bria and I went to Lisa's for Saturday and Sunday. It was the awesomest time ever! The Main House is big and empty and vacant since nobody's there (except lisa) and it was really cool to have a mansion like place to ourselves! We left Friday night, and stopped at Karen's swim meet first. We had the coolest time cheering her on. She was wicked fast, and did a great job. Go Sabers! On the way out of Hampshire Hills these two guys passed us, and Bria and I were both so startled to have one of them say "Hi, Bria" to us. It was like, huh? Who what where? But it turned out just to be Josh M. How cool to see someone you haven't seen in a long time in a place where you totally didn't expect him! We talked for a scant minute, and then Bria and I had to go.

So, off to Fairwood once again. We listened to some of Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers read aloud on tape. Lord Peter Wimsey is amazing. I just love him.

We reached the Main House around eight or something and hauled our hefy bags (no, they were not trash bags) into the house. I pulled another cara, and couldn't decide what to wear, so i lugged my whole wardrobe along with me. Not to mention my cooler bag stuffed with cucumbers, avocadoes, brown rice, chicken, and other delicacies for us Candida infested people. Actually, I was a naughty girl and cheated on my diet. It was heaven. Popcorn, Focaccia, etc.

Us three girls (don't tell me, i did it wrong. is it objective or nominative case? i just learned that, but i gues si didn't really...) tramped up to the rec room with our bowls of popcorn and our mugs of hot chocolate and tea, armed with David Copperfield. Well, that's kind of a melodramatic way to put it. We decided to watch the lengthy three and a half hour movie that night. After all, it was the sabbath and we could sleep in the next day all we wanted to, who cares about staying up late? But, some villain had stolen the VCR cord, and so, us desolate females tramped back down the house with our gear (much lighter on the way back, less food on us, it was all in us) and called Diane to see if we could borrow her TV. After a wrong number and no anser we decided to call it a night. We retired to our cosy quarters and snuggled in our pajamas. We looked at a photo album of ancient pictures. It was really amazing at how different people looked then than they do now! THere was just a kind of different look about them all. Anyway, I conked out rather quickly (having taken three benadryl in case i was too be itchy from all of the starch and yeast intake) and snored my way to dreamland.

Next morning: lots of fun stuff, again! We went to the Anderson's and had awesome waffles for breakfast, then we went on a nice two mile, brisk walk to the lake, and after resisting the urge to dip in the 33 degree water we went back. We called Diane again, and this time reached her. Hurray! She had no problem with us borrowing her TV, so we made our bowls of popcorn and headed up the two or three flights of stairs to her apartment. Before the movie started, I stuck some chicken legs in the oven. The Fairwood oven has some issues, and it tends to heat up one hundred degrees below what it says it is. The legs didn't cook throughout the whole movie. I mean, they cooked, but they didn't cook fast. They were just barely done after the movie was finished, and they were quite plump and juicy! Hurrah for slowcooking...

We made fraps ( i had a grapefruit slushy in place of a frap) and then made guacamole, and nachos for diner. Yummy food was one of the best parts of the weekend!

Okay, this is taking way too long. We watched another movie that night, went to bed, woke up in the morning, got ready for church, went to church, got out of church, went to sunday school, got out of sunday school, etc. Soon, it was time to head home. So we did, and got home in time to prepare for the superbowl.

*sigh* exhiliration barely cuts it. GO PATS! that was the best game ever! yeah, it was a little scary at times, but we pulled through. Deion Branch was something else. They were all so awesome. Now it's up to the celtics.... haha. (sarcasm)

Tuesday Bria, me, and Melody went on a little shopping spree. I found a really cosy five dollar sweater, and some tanktops for summer, and a wicked cool necklace which i love.

yesterday, i had my flute lesson, and then my mom, ryan, and I drove around manchester going to various stores and running certain errands. i found this cool hat at marshall's which i'm determined to go back and buy. It's kind of like a cowboy hat, but it's pink, and has black zebra-ish stripes that sgiggle and squirm through the pattern. It goes great with my light pink t-shirt...

after marshalls i experienced my first tanning booth. it was fun! the place was really nice and clean. i just climbed into a small booth and after getting ready (such as putting my goggles on, turning on the radio, etc.) i pressed the on button and climbed in to the other half of the booth and shut the door. VROOM! the walls lit up, and the purply white light started shining. fans in the top, bottom, and door of the booth blew cool air on me, so that i wouldn't get too hot. after the lights turned off, my tanning session was done, and i sadly climbed out of the booth. i think it helped my skin, i wasn't in there long enough to tan, but i'm hoping that there will be an improvement.

well, that's the scoop! Lisa and Katie come over this afternoon to spend the night, and then we're driving them to the airport tomorrow. So, life goes on, busy as ever!

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Sneaky Slivers

I have to hurry and write as much as i can before aaron comes back. he's upstairs doing his math, poor dude. he started to go on the pc and then remembered that the stinkin old math wasn't done, and so like a good boy he dutifully went to it. well, it did take a little prodding from mama... So what did you guys think of the personality test? it isn't really like a personality test, i don't know what you'd call it. an opinion test? naw, that just doesn't sound right.
I was so good this evening! I really dislike practicing, as you all prolly know by now. But anyway, I was such a good girl and I practiced for forty five minutes! I meant to do an hour, but I was just too pooped, so I didn't.
You know how i broke that pot top? Well, I thought that I'd swept up all of the glass crumbs, but I hadn't, and I got this sneaky little sliver right in my foot. I felt like I was at death's doorstep. I could picture this evil little glass traveling through my bloodstream twisting and turning, reflecting the white bloodcells, and then traveling right throw the aorta and jamming itself into my heart somewhere, and, well, I'll stop there. I've played with the imagination enough. Actually, I wasn't that worried, because I could still see the glass. I spent the rest of the afternoon limping around and sort of walking with my foot curved up so that the glass wouldn't push against the floor and get further into my foot. It wouldn't bleed or anything, so it really took forever to get it out. But I did, and now I'm happy.
To my relief, life has been pleasantly uneventful, so my blogs aren't nearly as full. I'll just have to store interesting things in my little brain and write them down later.
Have a great night everyone!


Monday, January 31, 2005

Personality and a tough afternoon

Kate did an awesome test on her blog, so like an awful copycat I asked her if I could do the same one. She was a doll and said yes, THANKS KATE!

PERSONAL
Full Name: CBS
Age: 14
Birth date: October 25
Siblings: four brothers and one sister
Pets: my cats Schooner and Ketch
Nicknames: Calla
School: Home schooled

FAVOURITE..?
Color: HOT COLORS! such as red and hot pink and orange
Food: Ice Cream or Chicken Frontega Sandwich from Panera bread
Beverage: water, coffee
Class: Spanish and Science
Teacher: haha, easy, my mom
Number: 8,936,833...not really
Flower: no idea
Book: The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, just about all Alistair MacLeans
Movie: The Mask of Zorro
Actor/Actress: i have lots
TV show: Sue Thomas F.B.I, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Fast Food Restaurant: Dunkin Donuts
Store: T.J. Maxx, Gap, Macy's, any that has girl's clothes, pretty much
Board Game: uh, uh, Cranium? It's so loooong though
CD: Josh Groban Closer
Singer: duh, J. Groban!
Musical Instrument(s): Umm, Uillean Pipes? For looks i like pink zig-zaggy electric guitars! Cologne/Perfume: I love GapScent White, but that's kind of a no name thingy, umm, Clinique Simple, George Armani Woman,...
Computer Game: don't like that many, how about Microsoft Word!
Thing to do on the Weekend: e-mail, Internet, sleep, be with friends if poss.
Word/Phrase: Holy Cow!
Holiday: Christmas, any time to be with fam or friends

LEAST FAVOURITE..?
Color: dirty mustard, the kind that looks like stale pickles...right Kay?
Food: Fish Oil, if you can call that a food.
Beverage: uuh, uuh, powdered lemonade
Class: math or science, even though science is the best too!
Teacher: my mom, hands down, she's the only option
Movie: I've seen a lot of dumb ones...
Restaurant: McDonalds, but it's not bad
Word/Phrase: honeybuns
Day: Wednesday

HAVE YOU EVER..?
Been In Love: I'm not telling! naw, not really. It depends on what that means...
Used Tobacco (smoke or chew): good grief, no
Drank Alcohol: nope
Smoked weed: that's so sick, no
Done Drugs: nope
Broken the Law: yeah, walked out of the store with a candybar in my pocket, but i brought it back...otherwise i would'nt have been able to sleep. Besides, i didn't mean to
Thought you were going to die: yeah, prolly. In the grips of the orthodontist was prolly the worst ever,...
Run away from home: i planned it when i was five, and then decided it would be too cold at night
Broken a bone: nope, but i came this . close once
Lied: yup, but it was a looong time ago
Skinny Dipped: nope
Had a Medical Emergency: nope

DO YOU BELIEVE IN..?
Love at first sight: yes, but it doesn't always happen
Luck: no
God: yup
Aliens: no, unless they're green with purple polka dots and hairy all over with antenna things coming out of their heads
Ghosts: no
Horoscopes: no
Heaven: yup
Hell: definitely
Yourself: always
Angels: yes, and i'm so glad they're there

WHICH IS BETTER..?
Coke or Pepsi: coke
Oranges or apples: i love em both! maybe oranges...
One pillow or two: doesn't matter, i do either or one or none at all.
Pools or hot tubs: pool
Windows or AC: definitely the AC
TV or radio: tv
Paper or plastic: paper

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU..?
Cried: yesterday
Went to a movie: like never
Talked on the phone: one min ago
Read a book: oh dear, umm, for reading one through, early this month
Your most prized and important possession: my pc for important, my sketchbook for prized?
Your biggest accomplishment: learning how to throw a baseball, football, snowball, etc. it comes in REAL handy
Your biggest fear: living a life of boredom without accomplishing anything for God or for good
Your greatest talent: drawing, laughing, being goofy

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF..?
Abortion: wrong
Death Penalty: depends on what a person did

WHO..?
Makes You Laugh the Most: friends at a sleepover, or on Im (especially when I think they're someone else, long story...)
Is the Most Psychotic Person You Know: me, except for my cat...but he's not a person
Is the Nicest Person You Know: Megan, Kayla, Klara, Steph, Laura,...the list goes on
Do you go to for advice: usually go to my friends, unless it's something immediate or really important, then Bria or my parents don't
Do you hate: not allowed to say!
Knows the most about you: prolly Kay
Has it easier, guys or girls: guys
Sends you the most emails: uuh, i get tons of mail...Kayla when she's not away like she is right now, Em, D. Murray,...
WHAT MAKES YOU ...?
Happy: being at a youth weekend, SPORTS!, being with my best friends and/or any people, playing with Alicia and Drew
Really Sad: when someone dies, Fernando Ortega music (some of it), my flute
Really Angry: crying, getting bumped of the pc

WHAT ABOUT..?
School: that's ok, i could do without it
Your friends: best thing that ever happened to me, i have the best friends one could ask for Being female: I LOVE IT! pretty things, skirts, long curly hair, so glad i'm not a guy
Life: it has its ups and downs, but when it's great I love it! I'm thankful for it...
What is something about you that nobody knows: can't tell! it's a secret...

ARE YOU ...
A Rebel Or Do You Follow All The Rules: umm, both if it's possible
A Leader Or A Follower: leaderA
A Good Friend: I try to be, but I can be nasty when I want to be by myself
A Good Listener: depends on what your talking about!!! if it's math functions then i'm awful, but if it's clothes i'm all ears!
Shy Or Outgoing: outgoing

ABOUT THE FUTURE ... ...
Where Do You See Yourself In Ten Years: married, if not married, prolly something dangerous, like an FBI agent, or a stunt person
Do You Like To Dream Ahead Or Go With The Flow: dream ahead, my life's already all planned out!

So there it is, hope i didn't bore you, cause i love doing those! Go ahead and copy it down to do yourself! They've gotta be something like my fav past time.

I've had an awful afternoon. Thing after thing kept happening, I got bumped off the Internet time after time, and then i went over to get a pot from the cabinet for scrambling some meat and a glass pot top fell on the ground and shattered 'EVERYWHERE! I was so mad. I had to vacuum it up, and then the phone rang and I answered it in an angry voice, and it was an awesome happy, cheery person, and i felt so bad. Oh well, now that i did the test my mind is on other things. Maybe i'm even starting to feel a little happy!

Sunday, January 30, 2005

I can't think of a title

Yup, it's true. No good titles for this blog. Good old Sundays are pretty boring around here. Actually, they're far from boring but they're not interesting, if you know what i mean. (Y0u probably don't) Well, let me explain. Sunday mornings are probably my least favorite time of the week (except for my flute lesson on Wednesday) because i tend to stay up late on Saturday, whether it's practicing the flute, watching a movie, or going on the internet. Sometimes it's all three! But anyway, I have to get up around eight usually, so that I can iron my brother's clothes and get ready and primp myself. Sometimes, I sleep in, and then the rest of the day is all hustle and bustle in getting ready for church. But that's an exaggeration. Don't worry, we don't get ready for church ALL day. ANyway, i slept in today, but luck was on my side and i had hardly any work today. So, I just jumped into my new, itchy but nice sweater. (If it's possible to "jump" into your clothes.) Anyway, i love primping. I spent a while in front of the mirror, and then we were off to Sunday School which was about our Christain Worldview (we're doing a series of stuff, with a different subject each week to talk about. Like history, economics, ethics, sociology, psychology, etc.) Today it was politics, and we had to imagine that we were a bunch of peoples going to mars and we had to organize a government that owuld work best. I said that I'd do Plutocracy if i had a couple million dollars. That's be nice... BUt in the end we all agreed to a Democratic Republic. Sadly, there was no around the world ping-pong for sunday school today. Every now and then we do that, and it's so nice! But we've something even better than ping-pong coming up! (what could be better than ping-pong?) After we finish up our series of worldview, we're gonna do something fun, like going out to pizza, or bowling, or stuff like that! I'm so excited! Evan said to think about something we want to do. Any ideas, people?

I have to go and finish up the two hours of Ben-Hur that we have left. *sigh* it's so long. I can't wait for the chariot race! Did you know that a stunt guy actually died filming that? I find that really sad, cause I would love to be a movie stunt person, and I really don't want to die on set. :)

Oh yeah, have I ever mentioned all of the jobs i want to do? I've so many ideas for occupations i'm "going to do." FBI agent is a favorite one! And then I want to do graphic design, and sketch art if there's any way possible to make a living from that. Wedding boutiqe owner, photographer, paramedic, makeup person for movies, hair stylist, etc. too many to all write down. My mom says that i should be a teacher. I strongly disagree !

By the way, the chicken came out good...

Saturday, January 29, 2005

Chicken Eyebrows

That's gotta be the grossest title yet of any of my blog posts! There's a story behind it...

OK, so I got up this morning normally, I usually do get up in the morning, it's the normal thing for me to do...anyway. After the norm of getting ready for the day, I came downstairs to get online, and my mom had me get a little turkey pan for making a turkey. I had this funny feeling that she was going to have me dress it, because I never have done it, and she is big on us girls knowing how to do stuff. I was right. She had me dress and wash and stuff and stuff the turkey. Not the ideal job for me. Unfortunately, it happened to be our first organic turkey, and it still had the ends of some chicken feathers in it. I had to pull them out. I think I'm going to have nightmares about this for the rest of my earthly existence. One by one, sometimes two by two, i plucked out those evil looking little white feather sheaths. (is that what you call them? that's what they looked like, at least!) And then a thought dawned on me. It was just like plucking eyebrows! Only, of course, the chicken thingys were a little longer. And, they were white, which fortunately my eyebrows are not. (They were also all over the chicken.) Well, this is getting too disgusting! Maybe i'll change da subject.

My dad's in town right now. He's gone to pick up his little tractor that was just repaired. After he gets home with it he's going to try to clear off the pond with it and the plow instead of the snowblower. The last few years when he's done that something bad happened. Haha, it makes me lauhg. A couple years ago he went THROUGH the ice two times! It was like this, i looked out the window, and I must have exclaimed something, and soon everyone was gathered at the windows and door. We were all gaping with open mouths, and then we called my uncle who has a tractor, and some neighbors, etc. The tractor was slowly going down. Glug glug glug. It sounded like that. The ice was broken in huge jagged pieces, and it had brought up tons of poor little pollywogs with it. Bill was trying to get us to eat them. He said that they tasted like pickles. Only, maybe they were a little mushier. Oh, right. I didn't eat any. Too much for my stomach.

I'm so happy, oh so happy!

Big change from this afternoon! I'm all happy and my cheery self. Here's how i remedied my bad mood: 1. I played freecell on the computer for a while. 2. I changed my nice long skirt for a short, flippy, fun jean one. 3. I made my hair its curly self (i've been wearing it stick straight, not the way it likes to be. Once i had put water on it it poofed out and was nice and kinky and curly.) I pinned it up to the back of my head (not the front) with tons of clips and, voila, I felt like i was ready to go to prom! Of course i don't really wanna go to prom, but that's beside my point. 4. I did a nice simple make up job on myself. I hadn't put any on for a long time, cause it irritated my face too much. Just a few simple things made me feel so much for alive and awake! 5. I went and babysat some of the funnest and best kids in the world and earned a hulking twenty bucks. :D One of the little boys i was watching entertained me all evening by dressing up in my pink and orange gloves and scarf, black jacket, three inch heeled clogs, and purse, and paraded around the house talking in an English accent proclaiming to his two other siblings (as well as me) that he was Mrs. Joe Jones tonight!! And then he kept asking me delightful questions such as, what is the name of your husband, how is this night going for you, what did you and your children do today, what is your name, etc. It was so much fun. It was quite sad when i had to put them to bed. Well, there's my nice happy story, everyone! All's well that ends well! Have an awesome Sabbath and weekend! I love you all...

Friday, January 28, 2005

Groan, Grumble, Mutter

If you couldn't tell by the title, I'm in a bad mood. It's been a tough day so far. My life is totally out of whack and stuff with the dudes doing the floor. We can't go into ourliving room, laundry room, or hallway until four o'clock this afternoon. So far, we've managed to live in the addition and basement, but it's starting to get irritating. Fortunately, an hour or so ago we pulled stuff off our pull down ladder whatever-you-call-it, and now i actually have access to my room! how nice. I've only done math so far, and i hate math. So what else is new? I strongly dislike domains and value and whatever.

I'm also in a bad mood because i found out something that's really awesome for some other people, and though it isn't something bad kind of sad for me. Now, unfortunately i can't tell you what it is. So you'll be kept guessing until I can tell you. Here's a hint: it has happened to me before, almost exactly a year ago. It really ain't that dreadful, but, well, it's just kind of sad to have it happen all over again to me. OK, I'm going on way to long with this.

Ad now I have people mad at me cause I'm taking up the phone line, so, *sniff* *sniff* I have to go. Leave me a nice encouraging post and I'll be eternally grateful.

I'm a Loony Too!

Okay, so you're wondering why i titled my post that. Well, it's because i just watched Arsenic and Old Lace for the first time. I decided that i'm loony too. Not really, actually. I just felt like saying i am, cause i love the word loony. Try saying it yourself sometime. Did you do it? Isn't it fun! (Now i AM sounding like a loony person.) Anyway, good old Cary Grant was great. I love that guy. I find it rather creepy that those old ladies found it a charity to kill people! PLEASE! I DON'T WANT ANY CHARITY!!!!!

So, today i had my last braces appointment before i get the good old metal out of my mouth for forever!!! THey actually didn't even need me to come in, but they wanted me there anyway so that they could just double check and make sure that i was ready to dump 'em. And I am! I was in the weird little chair that goes up and down whatever you call it thing, and i was praying like crazy that everything would be good and that i could actually get them off next month! It's just too good to be true.

After the appointment, Bria and I went SHOPPING! By the way, that's one of the sweetest words in the English language. We went to Zyla'a (NOT so cool.) but there wasn't any graphing papaer so we left right away. Then we went to Blockbuster and returned two movies to get out Ben Hur and Arsenic and Old Lace. (Some awesome family fun movies to watch together! Only if you're scared of leprosy don't watch Ben Hur.) And then we went to good old Marshalls. There were the usuall boring clothes that i've seen a million times cause i've been there so many times, plus a few extras. I was all sad cause i didn't think any of the four clothes i was going to try on would work (which they didn't) when in the dressing rooms hallway i saw an awesome green sweater hung up! . I fell in love with it and tried it on and it fit so i bought it! End of story. (And then Bria and i spent forever arguing over whether we should buy a cute little pink plaid skirt for our little cousin and if it would fit her or not) We raced to a second hand store, nothing there for us, and then Bria went to Panera to get something to eat. Of course, there's nothing "edible" in there for me, so I just went into Fashion Bug, a neighboring store. No clothes there that i liked either, but that was fine cause i have my sweater! Real end of story.

Well, the bozos (sp?) who are doing our wood floors are coming back again tomorrow. (poochy lip there) They're going to buff up our living room floors this time, and we won't be able to go through our house at all. Bummer. I'll have to do school in the basement with everyone else in my family. Not too sad, but a little distracting...to say the least. BUt maybe we'll watch Ben Hur while we're at it! So i guess i'm OK with that...

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Slippy, Slidy, Greasy Snow

It's pouring snow outside. WE've gotten another four or five+ inches today. It's all dry and soft and smooth, but it's enough to mess up the roads. Someone described them as "greasy" and that's just the perfect word. Ryan, my mom, and I left for MCMS (Manchester Community Music School) for Ryan's cello lesson and my flute lesson. We only got around two miles down the road when the all-wheel drive GMC Safari spun out of control. We went slipping and sliding along for over fifty feet, back and forth across both sides of the road. It wasn't that scary, but it was enough to put a cold feeling in my stomach. Mama decided to turn around and go home cause it was too dangerous to continue. We passed another all wheel drive vehicle that had gone off the road way into the snow just around the curve where we'd been sliding around. Good thing we'd gotten control and aren't stuck in a snowdrift right now!

Aaron's teeth are doing great. I can't wait until i get my wisdom teeth out! (NOT REALLY!) He's living on smoothies, shakes, gatorade, and ice cream at the moment. What a lucky dude. And absolutely no school for a week. Doctor's orders. How wonderful that sounds...

There are a couple of guys at my house today who are sanding and refinishing the wood floors in my house. It's all very noisy, with slightly dusty air, and an awful smell from the finish. I'm glad that it's not my job to do!

Cinderelle is coming along great! Em called yesterday and we talked about it for a long time. We came up with some awesome ideas for the prince and the fairy godmother etc. There's also gonna be a wicked cool twist that we're still working out. Don't be surprised if Cinderelle is in your library within a year! (Actually, do be.)

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

It could be fatal

My family is having what we call a delayed opening in our school today. Aaron and Mom had to leave around nine to go to some teeth surgeon who's going to extract Aaron's wisdom teeth. Aaron decided to go all the way under, and that made me think about having surgery. If i was having something like knee surgery i would want to be awake, but i think that if i had my wisdom teeth taken out i'd definitely want to be asleep. I do not love it when people have fingers in my mouth. I'm always tempted to bite the orthodontist (he insists that it's because we're both scorpios) Anyway, there are certain risks with aaron's operation. It could be fatal...

Last night i went shopping at Target with my mom. Whenever i go there it seems to be at night and we stay in there until all of the doors are locked, and we just barely squeak out the door before all of the employees leave. One time i was tempted to hide in a clothes rack and wait until an employee came to put stuff on the rack and then to jump out and yell BOO BOO BOO! But when I told someone that idea they said that i probably shouldn't do that unless i want to go to youth jail, or whatever you call it. Last night it was rather tempting... Anyway, I got some awesome shirts, and a skirt. But i have to go now! I'll post some more lata!

Monday, January 24, 2005

GO PATS!

I have to go out this afternoon and play my piano at the music school with a piano. I'm not looking forward to it. You have two options when you play a piece. You can either play with the piano or do a recital with thte piano (or both actually) I much prefer to do the playing with the piano thing. Recitals freak me out. I have this wicked hard piece by Ibert, and almost half of the piece is sixteenth notes with ten accidentals per measure. *gulp* it took me forever to get it down, and i still have issues with it.

I'm just rejoicing about the PATS! I'm sooo happy! Last night was the best game EVER! Eugene whatever-his-name-is made an AWESOME interception/catch. (i can't remember which it was.) I enjoyed it. I love Tom Brady. He's got the best attitude ever. I hate it when people are un-sportsmanlike. It's just so wrong to be a bad sport. I can't wait for the superbowl.

Sunday, January 23, 2005

I'm Dreaming of a White Month After Christmas

It's definitely a winter wonderland outside here. There's over a foot of snow, fortunately it's pretty light and fluffy, so it's easy to snowblow. It snowed all night. Craig wasn't able to go home, because the roads over Temple Mountain would be too bad. My Dad had to go at last night around ten and snowblow the driveway so Craig could make it up.

I was going to write more, but i'm gonna go and watch a movie with Ryan, so maybe i'll write something later!


Saturday, January 22, 2005

I just love Saturday

Aren't weekends awesome? I got to stay up nice and late last night, (going on the internet and talking my head off) and then i slept in this morning! But i don't need to tell people what to do on weekends, cause everyone already knows that.

I edited my blog! So all of you people who went on it when it was really messed up, don't worry! Aaron showed me how to go back over it and to edit and/or delete a post. Very handy thing to know. I definitely needed it. I made sure that one of the things i fixed was how i spelled hyper. Believe me, i really do know how to spell that! I have to put a link to Aaron's blog up sometime...

I'm getting my braces off soon!!!! HALLELUJAH! I'm so glad! I've wanted that to happen for a VERY long time. They get taken off February 15. No more metal mouth or brace face! (That's what the little girl i babysit called me, you know, like the girl in the TV show. She is in total awe of my braces and think that they are the most beautiful jewelry in the world. She is so excited about the day she gets some. I'll let her be happy about it while it lasts...)

I had this rawther disturbing conversation last night. Someone told me that you can adopt a village in Switzerland or some place like that! That's so weird. It only takes a couple million dollars! Yay, maybe i'll do it. Maybe it's kind of like adopting a highway or a weather station. (Yes, in Germany you can adopt a weather station. Thunderstorm Cara is on its way!) I've always wanted to adopt a highway. I'd build walls along the sides of it and paint beautiful murals on them. Everybody would want to go on "Cara's Highway." I like the sound of that, "Cara Highway..." And then I found out that Adopting A Highway means just picking up the trash along one. Phooey. That's sad.