Thursday, September 29, 2011

Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real

Pretty


Those are my tap shoes. I like them a lot, and they hurt. (I have a tendency to trip while wearing them. :P )


Happy


That's Felix. He's a happy little stinker.

Funny


It's ridiculous that you have to be over 18 to buy Wite-Out when it's the high schoolers who use it! Crazy.

Real


That's the headset I use for three hours almost solid every Thursday for classes.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real

Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real is something that Mom does with a different lady whose name I forget. This week, it's in backwards order because the Blogger picture thing is crazy.

Real


That is only part of the huge pile of books that I have gone through by the end of the school day.

Funny


This is Dad teaching a class in the church office. He's funny.

Happy


This is a book called On The Art of Writing and is a series of lectures by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. It's a happy book because it has markings in it.

Pretty


This is dress fabric (the blue one), thread, and pattern that I got. I'm going to try to make a dress. The first try is going to be made out of the white thing, and if it turns out well, I can wear that, too.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

A Thing That Dawna Had On Her Blog

(Dawna is Kayla's sister, if anybody's wondering.)

What's the speed limit of the street you live on?
Twenty...I think.

What condiments do you like on hamburgers?
Pickles, mustard, onions, and ketchup.

Have you ever taken skiing lessons?
Nope. It'd end in catastrophe. :P

What did you get your dad for his last birthday?
It was either a pie or a book. I don't remember. Maybe it was coupons to do things around the house, but that might've been Christmas.

How many trees are in your front yard?
One. We have a whole bunch more in the backyard.

Do any of your relatives live in another country?
I think some of Mom's family lives in Canada somewhere.

Are you claustrophobic?
Not really.

When grocery shopping, do you usually buy brand names or store brand?
Whichever one is cheaper.

Around what time do you usually eat dinner?
Whenever it's ready.

Do you have any clothing that you get dry cleaned?
I dunno. That's Mom's domain. :P

Do you like foods with coconut in it?
EW. No. Gross.

Have you ever been to an Ikea store?
Nope. I don't go in many stores. I'm allergic to them.

What is the last thing you accomplished?
Tidying my room.

Have you ever researched your family history?
Nope. Lizzie does, though.

Do you think ditzy people are more annoying, or more entertaining?
It depends on the context.

What colour are the cabinets in your kitchen?
Brown.

Have you ever had surgery that kept you in the hospital for over a day?
I've never had surgery. (I don't think.)

Do you like carrots more if they're raw, or cooked?
Raw.

Did you play with Legos as a kid?
Probably.

What restaurant did you last go out to dinner at with friends?
Probably a local pizza place with a couple people from church.

Do you keep a first aid kit in your car?
No.

Does your house/apartment have a patio?
Is that the concrete part outside the back door with the wooden gadget around it?

Does your refrigerator have an ice maker or do you use ice cube trays?
Ice cube trays.

What is your computer's desktop background?
A picture of a boat that Lizzie took at that place outside Boston where some president grew up. She took the picture right before the battery died.

Eve been horeback riding on the beach?
"I hate horses, and cows don't like me either." (Uncle Felix says that in Christmas in Connecticut). I normally slide off horses in some way, so combining that with water and sand would not be a good idea.

Which bothers you more...spelling mistakes or bad grammar? Spelling in writing and bad grammar in speaking.

What is your favourite kind of cereal?
Froot loops.

Have you ever hit an animal while driving?
Nope. I don't think anybody in our family has hit an already living animal. Running over road kill is different. (Once Dad even avoided hitting a big old turtle on a bridge.)

How long have you had your current cellphone?
I don't have one. :P

Do you have a BluRay player?
What's that?

How many cousins do you have?
A lot, and they expand like those washcloths that you put in water and they grow. Our cousins do that when they're all in one big herd.

Do you grow your fingernails out, or keep them cut short?
I bite them off.

Have you ever bought anything off of eBay?
Probably not.

Is there a food that you love the taste of, but makes you feel sick?
A whole bunch of foods. :P

Sunday, July 24, 2011

My Family




(I was tagged by Kayla right here: http://thesongofmysoul.blogspot.com/)

What you have to do is post a picture of your family (I had to do it with lots of different ones because we don't have any of all of us) and say their favourite book, song, hobby, movie, colour, animal, and pet name for him or her. You can't ask the people in your family the questions.

I tag Ruth, Mom, Lizzie, Nina, Aly, and Mitzi.

Mom

Favourite book: Pride and Prejudice or Anne of Green Gables
Favourite song: Umm...That hymn that always makes her cry. Or Sacred Head Now Wounded
Favourite hobby: Sewing, cooking, gardening, or reading
Favourite movie: Lord of the Rings, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, or Miss Potter
Favourite colour: Pink
Favourite animal: Cats, rabbits, and any sort of baby animal
Favourite pet name: I dunno.

Dad

Favourite book: Patrick O'Brian books or The Peacemaker
Favourite song: How Firm A Foundation, What Is This Feeling
Favourite hobby: Reading church history books, brewing beer, teasing his daughters
Favourite movie: Lord of the Rings, Luther, Our Mutual Friend
Favourite colour: Blue
Favourite animal: Fainting Goats
Favourite pet name: I dunno.

Lizzie

Favourite book: Any Terry Pratchet book, Harry Potter
Favourite song: Something from Phantom of the Opera or In Christ Alone
Favourite hobby: Reading, cooking, taking care of Justin, petting her kitty
Favourite colour: Purple or green
Favourite animal: Cats and pot-bellied pigs
Favourite pet name: Sunny or Anne-Girl

Justin

Favourite book: I dunno.
Favourite song: I dunno
Favourite hobby: Playing with his kitty and reading
Favourite colour: Gray or green
Favourite animal: Cats
Favourite pet name: I dunno. Ask Lizzie

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Now ya'll have to tell me which things I got wrong. :P

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Mitzi Rowan's Movie

This is a movie that Mitzi Rowan made. It's about 14 minutes, and really good.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Moving


Dad got a call from a church in a midwestern town that I'm not going to say the name of. We're moving in June after school gets out. No one can pack many things right away, but about half of our books and all of our winter clothes (I think) are packed.

(Yeah, there's a whiskey bottle box. :P It's not full of whiskey, though. We drank it.)