Day Dreams In Atsronomy

Well, I'm blogging finally. As i sit here, I find it hard to find anything of interest to talk about. Nothing that would interest anyone but myself that is. Today was the average school day, with chores in between.

I guess this all I have to work with:

Finals are coming up. I think that I feel pretty ready for my math final, however, the thought of my Astronomy final is going to give me an ulcer. But I won't dwell on unhappy thoughts. I am glad to be almost done with this semester and soon to be moving onto a new one.

Right now, I'm listening to Divine Discontent by Sixpence None the Richer. For some reason, this song reminds me of Jordie Lindsey. I don't know why. Maybe when we were little, we would listen to them while we sat on her bedroom floor writing and drawing. For some reason, when I think back on those times, I think of us doing us exactly that but it always feels like it was summer. And the lighting is always like the lighting a dream would have.

I have felt so day dreamy today. It was one of those days where I sat in class and suddenly had all these ideas and ways to phrase things for my stories that I had been stuck on. I am glad to have burst through the writers block, however, it would have been nice if it wasn't during class. But what can i do? Haha. Outside of that, I was just completely encompassed in my own thoughts. Sometimes, I get lost in there. Thoughts can be such a tangled mess sometimes. I didn't even really talk today.

Before I go on too much longer about things non-consequential and boring, I'll stop right there.

Stars on My Toes

I stepped into the sea, and fell into a garden scene. The flowers were all in bloom, in this place where the sun is the moon. Rays of light danced on the sand beneath my toes and stars grew on trees in endless, brilliant rows.

Wonderings and Wanderings

this morning i woke up and realized how blessed i am. i knew i was blessed, but today i woke up and really looked at it. there are so many people in my life that i love so dearly. i have such a wonderful family, that i wouldnt trade for anything. i have friends that i love like family and consider them to be so. they are family not just in this life, but spiritually as well. i want to tell you all how much i love you and care for you. i thank God that He saw fit to place you all in my life.

you dont keep every friend and acquaintance that you come across. though a person may be a friend for a while, they dont always stay. as i look back at all the faces that have come and gone, i think of the things i learned or the ways that i was blessed through knowing them. even though they are no longer there in my everyday life, i still thank God for having them pass through. even the painful things that came along with the coming and going of people, i thank Him for. because i know that He brought a purpose that stretched me through it.

today is elle's birthday. she is nine years old today. she has requested what most of us request for dinner on our birthdays, chicken upside down cornbread:) well its either that or sushi:) i am so excited to give noelle her gifts. i love it! holly is sitting in my lap right now. lately she has been sitting a little on her own. she isnt using my stomach as a prop or my arms that reach past her to the keyboard. she is getting bigger!! she keeps bending down and eating her toes. so sweet:) i am thinking of the day that she turns nine. oh my word! that is so far away! i wonder where we all will be in our lives then...

today i feel like i dont know what to do with myself. there are so many things that i would love to do: paint, write, play piano or guitar, surf, dance, read... and yet the consistent beckoning of school is keeping me away from such pleasures. so i feel torn. between both pleasure and duty.

Last Train Ride ( late post )

Well this train is taking me home. I am always sad to leave but happy to be home. It is so confusing at times. How can you be so sad yet happy about the process and outcome of the same thing? It doesn’t make any sense to me. It is like torture. It is like a vicious cycle. You think,” how could I be so happy to leave!? Then you think,” but I am excited to be home,” missing the people there. After which you feel bad for being sad about being happy to be home. Feeling like you made the loved ones there less important. The same thing happens for the family you are leaving. It repeats itself for both places. I spose this is just how it goes with these things.

It was a good trip. Dad got home Friday morning and we all just spent time hanging around the house. Saturday brought grandma and grandpa and sushi; a late birthday for me(: I ran some errands with dad a few times. I always like to do that. They are all going to be coming out for my graduation. I am excited about that. They will stay through the weekend. Hopefully I’ll get to take dad surfing. I asked him if he would go out with me, and he said that he would(: they aren’t really sure where they will be staying yet. It is still pending.

Oh man… these things make me so motion sick. But there is nothing I can do about it! There is no window to look out of… and I can’t just sit here doing nothing. I mean this is like a six-hour trip. We are coming up to Ventura soon, half way home. Its almost five. I have spent the time so far reading and watching “Step Into Liquid.” I finished the latter but was so sick after that and reading that I had to stop reading. So I didn’t finish the book. If I were being studious, I would be reading my astronomy book. However, I fail at being studious.

I got a few Barnes N Noble cards. I am pretty excited. I miss reading! After I read the Twilight trilogy, I have just been aching for some good books. Before that I was reading the classics. I just need a break from them. I love them! Don’t get be wrong. But after a time of reading pretty much nothing but (outside of school reading of course) you get a little burnt out on them. So it is candy reading for a time. Haha! I bought “Stardust” to read on the train. Its good so far. I have a feeling that I am coming onto the good stuff.

I’m looking for a song to sing and play for my graduation, If I can’t write one and compose by then. Or if I have it might not be good… so suggestions are very welcome!! I was looking at a Priscilla Ahn song. I don’t know how many of you know her. If there is a song by her ( or even someone else ) that you think I should give a look into, let me know!!

Wow, another long post from a train. Sorry about that.

Morning From A Southbound Train

I’m on a southbound train. Got up at 5:30 this morning. I feel so dead right now. You know when you are so tired that you are nauseated? That’s me right now, too many early mornings and late nights in a row. Didn’t get coffee this morning either. I would sleep but I always have a hard time sleeping in public transportation. It feels awkward to me. Haha. Maybe I am just ridiculous.

I can’t complain too much. I have gotten to check out the surf all along the coast for the whole morning. I can’t say that I have seen any good surf this morning. I think there were a few surfable areas though:) I have wanted to surf so badly these last few days.

I miss surfing. I used to be able to surf so much before school. Well, I had school then too, just not classes that I had to be at. It was all home classes then with no scheduled homework (at least last year), giving me a lot of free time to surf. Those were the days. I’ll make up for it though. I am going to start going more. Especially in the summer. Which- I have a goal set for, by the way. I hope I can reach it. I’ll have some help though:)

It’s so gorgeous right now! I can’t remember the technical name for them, but the flats next to the ocean are so amazing! The grass is long and a beautiful green. I saw two deer in one. In another, a little flock of birds flew out of a thicket, and I wondered what startled them? Most likely this train… it could have been something else. Or maybe they just decided they were bored of their current thicket and decided to move on to a better one. I felt kinda envious of them. They get to live in such a choice spot, over looking the ocean. It gives me a little reminder of God’s glory. He has created such wondrous things. Sometimes I forget to really appreciate them as I should. I just get caught up in whatever the day brings or has scheduled. It’s good to just sit and appreciate God’s handy work. Lol!

I love passing by the houses and seeing surfboards in the backyards. It makes me smile. The water isn’t visible anymore. Which, is why I am on here.

I can’t wait to go to sleep. Though I don’t know how early I’ll be able to. I never sleep well when I am down there. Speaking of sleep, I just watched a drowsy lady stumble down the stairway. She had been sleeping the whole time she was on the train. Don’t know why that was amusing, but it was.

You know, I realized that I love beach towns. I love their quirky one way streets, the clustered funky colored little beach houses, the surfers running with their boards down to the water, all the surf shops, contrary to how most people feel about the sand, I love it, not all beach towns have them, but I love the piers too. I would love to live on the beach and have access to surf every morning. It seems like such a quaint, simple lifestyle. I could care less about big expensive houses, big expensive cars, going to expensive places all the time, and having ALL the latest and greatest… give me surf and sand over that any day.

The Trees

" If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."
~Jack Handy

Vintage Cherry Blossoms

i cant believe that i gave into this. i told myself that i wouldnt get on because i have to be up so early tomorrow for school. and yet- here i am. my mind feels wide awake but my body is completely tired. when will my mind tire out? give me some room for rest? right now, it feels like never. i cant really list the things that are fogging my head. there are too many. its like my mind is desperately trying to come to some conclusion to these thoughts and clear them away for the night. usually coming to an end of a thought only brings forth another. i spose this is just how it goes. more often than not, this occurs. sometimes, keeping me up later than i would have imagined. time just slips away when your mind is clouded with, well, everything. everything in the sense that it feels like everything. i know its not everything...

i had just finished reading my Bible before this and found this verse:
" Come, let us walk in
the light of the Lord."
Is. 2:5

for some reason, this verse brought me a feeling of peace.

i am going to try to calm these cascading thoughts and settle down for the night. i have no idea how well this will work, but i am willing to fight for it. :)

God's Perfect Creation

Pleasurable

i had a wonderful day yesterday. i didnt do anything that most would consider wonderful or amazing. to some it might seem a normal, uneventful day. i found it quite the opposite.

mom and i texted from a our bedrooms, to start the morning off. she asked about coffee and breakfast... teased me a bit. the night before, i had decided that i would make scones to go with coffee the next morning. they turned out pretty good! although i really couldnt taste them much myself. my nose is still stuffy, which made it so i could only taste so much of it. that so much, was very little. i brought the scones to my parents, who sat in bed with holly. i love bringing them drink and food in bed. i dont know why. it just gives me a pleasurable feeling.

the moments following were spent cleaning the kitchen, talking with a friend over coffee, and getting ready for the day. at some point we decided that a target and starbucks run was in order.

target was a quick trip. in and out in less that 20 min. since we were next door to coehlos music store, we decided to get some new strings for his guitar (which needed changing really badly). of course, when we got back to my house, i ended up breaking one of the strings while trying to tune them, after putting on the new set.

i tried a new flavor in my misto; cinnamon dulche. it was so good! i think i like it better than toffee nut (my regular flavor). i think that cinnamon dulche will be my new regular. we stopped off at the used clothing store to drop off a few bags of goods, as a favor to my mom, and coehlos to get another set of strings. had some lunch, and then relocated. where we played guitar and had tea with homemade ginger snap cookies while we watched a movie. it was such a nice day.

all these little things were just so pleasurable. they wouldnt usually stand out as pleasurable... but- yesterday it was especially nice. just another one of those quiet, simple days that catch your attention every now and again. that reach out to you, in the midst of pure chaos. a rest before the next weekly plunge.

Bao Asian-style Steamed Buns

carissa i do believe you have awoken my desire to post. i had fallen out of the habit of posting. or, neglected it i should say.

i think this happened two mornings ago: i was asleep in bed when i heard some loud banging on the door. as you all know, i am now in the front room with noelle, and holly has our old room. you can imagine how loud it was... and whoever it was, was really banging hard on the door. dean came down the entry hall just in time to hear me yell. he said that i called out his name... i dont recall that at all. i just remember yelling. the point to this, is, it scared the heck out of me. what a way to start the day, yes?

for those of you who havent tried these things, i suggest that you do. i tried them for the first time today, and really liked them.


astronomy is screaming my name right now. it is sitting on my bed, pretty much staring me down.

i love the sound of rain just beginning to fall. a few randomly scattered drops... then the light patter of consistent fall... then the down pour. it makes me smile.

On the Surface

well school is going well... i spose. i am starting to like my astronomy class better everyday. although, there is a lot of homework sometimes. my first test is soon. well, in about two weeks. my professor was pretty cool about the test yesterday. he gave us some answers to questions that might be on the test. got that written down. haha!

i have had an ongoing flow of ideas for art and writing and music. though, i am always afraid to post them online. worried that someone might steal the ideas. which is sad, because id love to share them with you all! well, those of you that i know, who read my blog. needless say, i am excited about pursuing these ideas.

i think that i would really like to get some kind of degree in art. for the moment, i will just work on getting my general ed out of the way. squeezing in what i can for art.

my birthday was wonderful! my family took me out to sushi on saturday and gave me a surfboard! i am still stoked. i havent gone out with it yet. okay i take that back... it was a used board from panchos. a board that i have used almost every time i go out. so i have surfed with it:) thanks adam, crissy, and nathan! i had a great time on sunday:)

p.s. nathan!! (*high piched voice*)

Adventure

i had a pretty exciting day today.

last night all the anders spent the night at our house. except for shane and nathan. dean went out of town, and we all wanted the extra company. it was fun! everyone just did their own thing; the little girls played dolls, the two boys did what boys do ( dont know what that is... ), carissa and i talked, plotted, and imagined, and the moms discussed and talked the way moms do. we all went to bed at one in the morning... and woke up around nine. the first thing carissa and i did, was hop in the car on a donut run. pajamas and all. i never do that. i still feel stupid for doing that. haha!

carissa and i had some plans all set up for later... but first, the moms left; shan with her little ones, went home, and mom with buttercup, went out to breakfast with an amazingly sweet lady that i am going to be a mothers helper for. carissa and i stayed at my house with noelle and carter and got ready for the day.

haha! once carissa and i finally broke off to do our plans, the craziness began. at least we were crazy. not completely. just like two friends who havent gotten together in a really long time, crazy. the first thing we did was stop by a thrift store and sift through the summer dresses. also, we donated some of our things there as well. it was a pretty quick trip.

as the second stage of our journey rolled in, we were singing loudly in harmony, to a song we used to sing when we were really little. haha! we were a bit out of tune on some parts but- still had fun. we picked up adam and headed for pismo:) i love pismo. i dont know why... i really like going there... we hit up longboards for some french fries, walked on the pier, checking out the surf, for a while, then we really got adventurous. we walked down the beach from right side of the pier, all the way to the rocks. we climbed all the way around the point. and most the time, we were climbing... not just walking, and running in between sets, from rock to rock, but high up, climbing. i still cant believe we did that. it was so fun though! we want to go back and do it agian, but go even farther, if thats even possible. it was a beautiful day too! the weather was amazing. fun fun times:)

things then, now, and later.

i decided that today, was the day to post. lately i have been doing pretty much the same things. i couldnt find anything to say. or anything i wanted to really talk about on here. plus, people dont really get on blogger anymore. i guess that i have kinda fallen into that as well.

holly got home new years eve. i was so happy. i cant stand having part of my family missing from everyday life. missing at all, better said. its just not the same. holly is all fixed! she has a new bum:-) last night, holly slept with me for about two hours. she was so adorable. i gave her a little room when i actually fell asleep... i was worried about rolling over on her. but when she would wake up, her little hand would reach out, and search around till she found me. she would proceed to grab at my arm and shirt. i cuddled up to her, and she would fall back asleep. i just love her!! she is so adorable and has a wonderful little personality. i cant imagine what life would have been like without her.

i went surfing for the first time since august. i seriously lost the strength. literally. my arms were so dead that i couldnt paddle. once that happened, i forced myself to paddle even though my arms were barely moving, which made me out of breath, so by the time i went to stand up, i was all weak and tired. haha! it is a vicious cycle. i am going to start going out more. ill get the strength back;) we went with a couple friends. it was so awesome! we had a great time. after that, we went out to eat at longboards. man, that place is so good!

i got a pretty good injury today, while i was surfing. i was riding a wave and another lady like cut in and ran into me. i wasnt mad though. but- i messed up my hand. i didnt feel it at the time because my hands were so numb. i sure as heck felt it later, and kinda now. i took a little something for the pain.

oh! yesterday, dean, jake, and i went down to panchos and bought a few things. dean and jake got wetsuits, and i got some booties to complete my wetsuit. they really helped with todays surfing trip. i also got an epic pair of glasses. i have been looking for for a long time. i am pretty stoked about them. but then, i left them in my friends car or on their table. sad day=( however, he'll drop them off tomorrow though. so its all good:-)

my aunt julie cam up with three of her boys, today. there are four boys, but one was at the lake )or was it the river) with his dad. so he didnt come... which is a bummer, because i wanted to take him surfing. oh well. next time:-) i am not sure what we will be doing while they are here. i think they will be here for four or five days. so yes. we shall see.

Hollyse Jane Waldon

my adorable little sister is finally here!

we are all so excited!

im whipped=) mom calls it baby love...

all that and what-not

i am back from my trip to Utah. it was so awesome!! i feel so blessed to have the family i have. i really had a good time. got some good pictures. it was weird to wake up these past two mornings and not talk to my sister, brother in law, and niece. we had some good laughs and made great memories. i miss everyone so much already!

the las vegas airport is so crazy! it is huge, confusing, and the slot machines are crazy... then there are the people... i mean it is las vegas after all. i think i got lost a few times. somehow, in my confusion and lostness, successfully rechecked myself in to a different airline and made my way to the right gate. dean says that LAX is worse than las vegas... dont want to go there. lol!

i am so tired today.

alright... my capo broke a few weeks ago and i was pretty bummed about it. i told my sister and she told me to use a pencil and some rubber bands, which i did, and make a capo that way. so i tried that out today. it works pretty well! you have to mess with it a bit to get all the strings pressed down... but- it is better than not having a capo at all.

last night my grandma and aunt came up for my moms baby shower. they are helping me get ready for it today. we have a grip load of cooking and baking to do. i think we are going to the grocery store soon.

well, i have lots of shopping, cooking, baking and cleaning to do... so i had better quit wasting time online.

no nuhnuh no no no!!!

thought this was kinda funny

Laughter, Love, and Memories

this last saturday my family and i went up to cambria. it was so fun! my parents, apparently, just woke up and decided we were going to go do something fun instead of work all saturday like we usually do. i was pretty shocked and excited. we dont go do many things like that very often. once we got to cambria we went and ate at a little restaurant called the "indigo moon." it was so good! we all loved it. i recommend going there if you havent. right around that restaurant there were a cluster of little shops. i think that cluster was my favorite. they had cute names like: the paper omelette (and art, stationary, card, paper place), birds of a feather (antique boutique) and lily's coffee shop. i love little coffee shops like that. it was decorated so cute too! before we walked around we all decided to get a coffee... well i got a jasmine tea.... we didnt look in all the shops, there were too many. we are going to go back another time.

there was a HUGE three story antique shop there. i lost my mom in it!! my mom and i were so overwhelmed with all there was to look at that we wandered around, glazed, until we came to the clothes section. there we found some hats and had a fun time trying them all on and took pictures in them all.

from there we decided to go walk around the visitors building for hearst castle. that was cool. ive been on one of the tours before... just a long time ago. we didnt go on a tour then...

just across the street was a beach and a pier. i begged to stop and walk on the pier so i could get some pictures. we did. i got used my fisheye. i want to get the film developed! i hope they turned out pretty good.

all in all, it was a wonderful day. it was so great to be with my family and just spend time together, undaunted by school, work, cleaning, cooking, etc. just enjoyed each others company, shared laughs, and made memories=)

ive always known it but, i dont think i could live without my family. i feel so thankful to have been blessed with their love and companionship. they are there during and for everything. they help you up when you fall, laugh with you, cry with you, and anything else! they are another shining light to Gods love and adoration for his children. so much of His love shines through them. i feel so thankful i could cry.

No Specific Topic

sometimes i just want to go somewhere new and just get away. it would be so nice to be out somewhere else for a while, see awesome things, get some great photos... a break from the stupid drama people create and drag you into. away from disappointment. away from teenage cliques and caddiness. i wouldnt be gone for long... id miss my family too much. still, it would just be nice.

i bought the third eragon book today, brisinger. i am ready to just get lost in its pages. its perfect cover is drawing me. however, history reading calls me unceasingly. i have to get this last american history book done by the third, or no good. i also have some painting and sketching that id love to do. as well as a bunch of random things i want to create.

i had choir today. a friend and i got out of doing a duet today. YES! thank goodness. i was starting to worry. i am going to start opening sunday school with a few worship songs and my guitar soon. i thought that was pretty cool.

i am feeling a little sick. my stomach... uhg. i used to have such horrible pains. they have lessened in amount and intensity since last year. so i am drinking peppermint tea and sitting in bed under my covers.

right now the scene where meg ryan was sick in "you've got mail" came to mind. i love that movie. it is one of my top favorites. it never gets old.

i have been saving the film in my fisheye, for something remarkable and epic. though i spose that remarkable is epic... either way, i have been saving it. i need to go out and find some pictures.

sorry for posting random things with no point or topic. my mind is full and tired. i havent beens sleeping well. i think last night was probably the worst night yet... so please forgive me.

i was able to write a poem yesterday. havent written one for a few months. i was kind of happy about that.

Mr. Butterfly

though i dont know who you are,
or where you are,
you give me butterflies.

First Day of Fall

today is the first official day of fall. i love fall. it is my favorite season. i love all the rich colors of the leaves on the trees; a last finale of beauty before the winter cold exposed their bark to the world. i love all the fall drinks that starbucks brings back that everyone has been eagerly anticipating. going out shopping for warm scented candles that make your home feel comfortable. some candles that even cause you to be hungry. everyone pulls out their warm coats and scarves in attempt to block out the cold. yet the look of rosiness on cheeks and noses is unavoidable. after being outside, and receiving the reward of rosiness, you come into a warm house (or building) to a hot cup or cider or tea (most of you can have hot chocolate, but i cant. so listing that is useless to me. lol).

fall is amazing.

Pastel Mural

jordie and i got together yesterday! we made this mural:-)

love you jordie<3

it is either the wind howling or some noise in the distance, that is very haunting right now. very eerie.

Spiders Bigger than my Blisters

THE FISHEYE CAMERA 2 HAS ARRIVED i am so excited!

well these past few days we have spent cleaning and rearranging the house. we are finally getting the furniture situated from the changing of rooms. it is looking really good! we are all happy with it. the nursery is so adorable... im going to have to post pictures. however, my mom got a new house hold toy... a steam cleaner. SO the carpet is being steam cleaned one section at a time. making those areas of the house almost unaccessible except under very very necessary use.

i have been working in the backyard as well today and have the blisters to prove it. we have these huge horrible spiders in our backyard during the summer. it seems as though they have become more and more numerous every summer. a job given to me today was the killing of said spiders. i am very scared of spiders. i- after having to kill them last time i had nightmares for a few weeks involving spiders. you know those ones where you wake up waving your arms, jump out of bed, and pull your covers down... my mom finally came outside and told me to quit screaming every time i killed one. psh. that was hard. i cant hide that a few still did escape after she told me not to.

carters birthday is in a few days, though we are having his birthday party tomorrow. (hence, another reason for the cleaning and preparing).

i finally got the duplicate for my permit from the new drive instructor lady. man... i think i will miss bill... however, i am almost there. it has taken way longer than expected but- i cant complain:-)

blah.

i am feeling really sick right now and cant sleep.

there really isnt much for me to say.

i did go play volleyball today with some friends.

it was fun, even though i suck at volleyball.

man i feel sick.

i think i might throw up.

Fisheye2

hey hey

okay i am seriously stoked right now...

i bought a fisheye 2 camera this morning!

oh man i cant wait to take it out and find

awesome pictures:-)

Stencils

So i am making my own stencils now... it is pretty awesome. i mostly use pictures that i have taken. however, there are still a few i just found online.

i used our blowpins to go over the first one i made yesterday. it was pretty epic! i am seriously excited about it. there are so many cool things that i can do with these stencils.

Carter's Quote of the Day

" You will laugh to your head!"

Perfect by Flyleaf

Sick of circling the same road
Sick of bearing the guilt
So open the windows to cool off
And heat pours in instead

Perfect in weakness
I'm only perfect in just your strength alone

All my efforts to clean me
Leave me putrid and filthy
And how can you look at me
When I can't stand myself

I'm tired to be honest
I'm nobody

Perfect in weakness
I'm only perfect in just your strength alone

Perfect in weakness
I'm only running in just your strength alone

I tried to kill you
You tried to save me

You save me
You save me
You save me
You save me

Perfect in weakness
I'm only perfect in just your strength alone

Perfect in weakness
I'm only running in just your strength alone





we try to fix ourselves and clean out our lives on our own strength and it is impossible. everytime we fall we look for where things might have gone wrong. all the possibilities flood our minds and we are overwhelmed. still we look for and go through every route as to where we went wrong and how we could have fixed it. this only causes further falling.

it is so amazing to me that in this weakness, when we have fallen to our bottom-most low, we are perfect. in this weakened state that we put ourselves in, we are perfect in that we have nothing and no one to rely on but God. it brings us to our knees every time. as we sit there on our knees, we are like little children in the darkness of night, calling out to our father to come to our rescue and turn on the hall light. knowing that when he walks down the hall and opens our door, everything will be alright. that all there was to frighten us will dissipate. in this child like faith we are saved.

"But Jesus said," Let the little children alone,
and do not hinder them from coming to Me;
for the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such
as these."
Matt. 19:14

"Truely I say to you, whoever does not receive
the kingdom of God like a child will not enter
it all."
Mark 10:15

how could we receive God unless as a child? otherwise we would be too smart for our own good and not humble at all. a child is weak and knows it needs protection. a child will call for a father in the night after a nightmare. it does not tell itself," this was just a bad dream. i am alive in my bed. everything is as it should be." the only thing that comes into the childs mind is that it is frightened and wants someone big and strong to come and make things better. and in full faith believes that it will be better...

God is so amazing!

Mostly Nothing

hello

today i am a bit excited. you see it is our first church band practice... and i am playing guitar for the church. i am pretty happy about that. i might even play piano now and again. i am not sure. they metioned that but it didnt go much further than that. we shall see. it is at 6:30.

other than that there really isnt much going on today. or hasnt gone on. and i am sure that after practice there wont be anything going on...

Dead End.

well, the first day at home has been nice. we just spent the day cleaning and getting ready for sunday.

my kitten, chip, was mad at me i think. he wouldnt let me pet him at first=( he isnt so mad now. so that is good.
btw! we have five new kittens! they are all so cute. there is a calico female that i love. we arent allowed to name any of them though, since we arent keeping any of them. if anyone wants a kitten let me know!! they are still too little.... but eventually.

i want to get my hair cut so bad. but i have to wait for a while. my mom is taking a friend to go get their hair cut together some time this next week. i am babysitting for both of them. i HOPE that i will be able to get my hair cut the next week following their hair cuts. i may even get lucky and go the same week.... ??? my mom says that my hair doesnt look that bad... but i feel like it is. i have to make and appointment anyways. which could mean that i HAVE to wait another week or two. we shall see.

i am looking for a new song by the format to learn to play. i am not sure which one i want to do. i would really like to do either dead end or compromise right now. i finished learning she doesnt get it. i am debating whether or not i want to put up a video of me playing the song. i would like to wait until i can sing the whole song and play. however, for some reason, this song is harder to play and sing than i thought. there are other songs i can sing to and play... i dont know why this one has to be so much harder. oh well. hopefully ill get it.

there really isnt much for me to say.

i think i may watch a movie...

good night.

Home On The Coast

i am home now. it is so good to see everyone! and we have five new kittens:-):-) the weather is amazing... so perfect.

i am so very tired. i dont know what it was but i had such a hard time waking up this morning. dad came in and i was like, please no.... i dont want to wake up. last night i woke myself up in the middle night talking in my sleep. also i was sleeping on my hand and i had a huge indentation from my ring. nice.

tomorrow is just cleaning day. i dont think that we will be doing anything else.

Train Ride Home

going home tomorrow.... i am still not sure of the time that i will be going... i know it wont be early in the morning though. which will be nice. i can actually sleep this time=)

today looks like it will just be chill. i think i may go in the pool. it is my last day to go in... so i think that i should. dad has a friend coming over that has a little girl for lainey to play with. also i think i will be doing some house work.

i decided to pack early this time. it is such a relief to be completely packed and not have to think about it anymore. i detest packing. i dont mind unpacking though.

i decided to draw cartoon characters to my own phrases... like the one that was in my last post. that has been fun. i have notebook pages filled with those now. i like drawing the robots from that guys page. oh and his page is: explodingdog.com


well, ive got to go...

peace

Zombie

sleepless again.

Sleepless

wow, i cant believe the time! i am so wide awake. i have too much on my mind to sleep. i was just laying in bed staring at the darkness with my thoughts all over the place. sometimes i wish i had an off button for my mind. usually i pray until i fall asleep... that wasnt working tonight. you know when you are praying and other thoughts, not related to prayer, come through your mind and interupt? ya that bugs. i wish that i had a button for that one too. i just want to focus on prayer and not have all this influx of thought to interupt...

it looks like i am going home this friday. i chose friday because my dad had to go into work monday to wednesday morning and that would give us all of thursday together. ill be watching lainey tomorrow. so hopefully lainey and i will have some fun. im sure we will. then on tuesday (and on) the nanny will be here.

when i go, i am excited to take some neat pictures at the train station. the train station in san diego is beautiful. i would never have thought that a train station would be beautiful, but it is. i want to take some pictures there that create a story. that sounds nice right now... i dont really know why.

i really dont have anything to say at one in the morning.

okay i think i feel sleep creeping in... i had better run to bed before it is gone.

View From A Lens

i decided to straighten my hair in this picture. i havent done that for a while and thought it would be fun. please excuse my tired look... i was very tired. it takes me a while to fall asleep while here sometimes, and at this point i had had quite a few long days and nights;)

lainey#1

lainey#2


during this time i had been babysitting lainey for three days straight. dad and lori gave the nanny the week off, which was nice, so i could watch her. usually she is here and it is hard to spend time with lainey. i mean she has to do her job and all, i being a big distraction. you know i recall this one time where i was in my room playing guitar and lainey came in the room to sit with me. the nanny came in, took her out and closed my door. ya, i think i get in the way of her job=) SO it was really nice to take care of her msyself. both dad and lori were at work, leaving lainey and i alone from about 9 a.m. to 6 or 7 p.m.

EarthQuake

okay i really really dont like earthquakes. the last one, a few years ago, was horrible. i dont remember the rating, as far as how big it was, was. i do know that it was big and felt like it lasted forever.

i was up in the kitchen, making lainey lunch and then it starts. at first i didnt know what was going on. i then thought that maybe someone was pounding on the deck doors. so i ran over to lainey and looked at the doors, nothing was there. then i realized. i got a little light headed and almost cried. oh man. that scared me so bad. i had to take a second afterwards to breathe in deeply.

i guess that the earthquake originated in chino. we havent felt any after math. the first one was a 5.4 and the ones after were 3.8 i dont know why i am typing all that. i am sure that you all have a tv and can watch the news. lol! my brain is still recovering.

my phone isnt really working. ill get a text and then can relpy... sometimes i can reply. only two texts went through though.

Basics

church was good today. i am really glad that i was able to go. the pastor and his family were really nice people.

noelle is sick at home. i feel bad for her. but i guess her temp is down. so that is good. say a prayer for her? please?

my dad left to the station this morning. which is a bumber. i had no one to drink coffee with=) he wont be home until wednesday. he said that he was prolly going to get next week off. i am glad for that. i always worry about him....

laineys nanny is taking the week off. so i will be watching her while lori and dad are gone at work. so, until wednesday it will just be lainey and i.

this is all mindless chatter... for the most part.

Joint Suffering

so i thought i had the strum pattern down on that song. i was wrong. it sounds like i have to reverse the pattern. i wish there was an easier way to get the strum pattern than just listening to the song. oh well. it is the way it is.

my mom talked to our pastor and got the name of a church for me to go to this sunday. it turns out that the pastor at the church down here and the pastor at my church back home are friends. i thought that was awesome. i am so glad that i can go to church while i am down here. it makes me sad to miss church.

geeze my pinkie is so sore from playing!!! seriously. its the joint that hurts. it is worth it though. soon it wont hurt and i (hopefully) will be better on the guitar.

i think that i am going to go in the pool.

Black and White

so there wont be too much going on today. dad, lainey, and i may put together this digital picture frame for my grandpa and mail it. other than that nothing much is going on. maybe ill spend sometime in the pool today. im sure we all will.

last night the news says that we are going to have a hot and sticky weekend. course that had to happen when i came. usually when i come, dad says i bring the rain. for a while when i came down it would rain almost everytime. thats a good sign huh? lol!

i talked to our pastors wife more about the photography idea before i left. she has two slr cameras... she would let me borrow one of them to work with. id only be able to use it while i was with her learning all the technical stuff. i still think thats pretty cool. i dont know how serious she is, but could become her apprentice. at least her and my mom have mentioned it. again i dont know hwo serious she is...

so i think we might be redecorating my room while i am here. i want to say what it would look like... but- if we do it, id rather take a picture and post it=) it would be really awesome if we did.

South Bound Train

well, i am in socal now. that was a long train ride. i think that it was seven hours. im not sure. i wasnt keeping track. i was too tired to have to think. i almost couldnt even read. i mostly just used my ipod and looked out the window. i made a few valant atepmts at sleep. that didnt work. i cant sleep during the day. there have been only a few times that i have been able to. (im usually sick when that happens). it was funny. i was on the train listening to south bound train- jon foreman, and the conductor says,"enjoy your trip on this south bound train to san diego" at the same time as the song. i thought that was funny/cool.

i miss home already. my mom, dean and the sibs. as soon as i got on the train i missed them and wanted to be home. i do that a lot. pretty much anytime that i leave for a longish time.

wow. i am having diffuculty. i havent used a key board seprate from the computer (or laptop) since tennessee. it is weird.

i am at my grandmas house. my dad is coming to pick me up in the late morning of tomorrow. yay! i get to sleep in:-)

i have been working on playing she doesnt get it- the format. it is so fun! i almost have it. i am so glad that i was bale to bring the guitar with me... it feels good to accomplish a song on the piano or guitar. i cant even explain it.

i am dying to know what happens on alias. uh! i have a season and a half left to go before i finish it. ill be glad when i dont have an addiction (which it is). it is not an obsessive thing... i just really want to know what happens!

just pointless, meaningless ramble. thats all this is really.

Packing Blues

i detest packing. seriously. finding stuff to match, wondering if you are going to have to fight with the space in the suitcase, trying to decide if you really need "this" or not, not wanting to look retarded with a bunch of bags so you condense more (only later to wish that you hadnt)... i do not enjoy it at all. i am leaving tomorrow morning. geeze. i just want to sit down and watch alias.

i currently have clothes hanging all around my room air drying. most of my clothes i cant dry in the dryer. however... that is better than shrinking your clothes. my room is a laugh right now. i even wonder at how much ill bring of whats hanging up..???

well, i shouldnt be on here. i have a lot to do. i just dont want to to it.

i bought some awesome clothes today and new shoes. (target) who doesnt love target!?

peace

A Rock to the Face

well it looks like i may be going to visit my padre this next week. i havent seen him since christmas. there is a reason though... whats cool is, i may be taking a train down there. i have never ridden on a train. i am pretty excited. i am actually certain that i will be going on a train. so not might but am taking a train down:-)

i really want to bring the guitar down with me. i have in the past. i have a lot of free time there... i could spend quite a bit of time learning a few songs that i have wanted to learn. by the way, that is going good. there a few of us, from church, that are going to meet at our pastors house to practice guitar. our pastor is really good on the guitar. he came over yesterday to change my strings and file the nut down so the action isnt so far from the neckboard. it is so much nicer!!! it almost feels like and electric guitar.

so ya. the last time i went surfing i biffed it and smashed my face into the wet sand (while in the water). you know how the sand compacts when you hit it if its wet? well, it feels like a rock. the scabs have finally come off my forehead and nose. (yes i did bleed) i do have a little bit left on my nose. im sure it will be gone soon. my nose is still totally sore. that was fun. massive headache.

Refreshment

i had a wonderful day at the beach. it was so amazing to be out there, past the break scanning for waves. it was so refreshing! i tried a new board out today. it was a stewart long board. it was the longest board i have ever ridden. it took a while for me to get used to it. once i did, it was a sweet ride.

my grandma, jake, carter and myself went to see journey to the center of the earth. it was pretty good. i laughed a lot. though i dont think that it was all that funny. i think i was just really tired. like i laughed at the stupidest possible parts. like when they were about to die. i dont know what to say for myself. i was tired. i havent surfed for a week or two so it took the energy out of me!!!

i am so tired that i am dizzy. i think that i will turn in for the night.

peace

The Color Green

okay so i saw the coolest thing today!!! i saw a praying mantis for he first time! it was so awesome! it was dead. but still!

i pretty much just wanted to share that with you...

joanna is here. she spent the night and i think that we might go to michaels. not too sure=)

Opportunity Calls

well our pastors wife came over yesterday and gave me some guitar music to work on for church. im so excited!! i really hope that i can do this. im not like amazing at guitar or anything. though, i havent been practicing either. so that doesnt help. hopefully ill be good at playing soon. she also told me that they may use me on the piano. so AWESOME!!! they are trying to make a list of people who can play an instrument and asking if they are at all interested in playing for church service. all the people who are interested would switch off playing for service...

also, our pastors wife is a good photographer and has been thinking of training an apprentice (or find one...). SO she offered to teach me the techical stuff. I think she is wanting to have a little photography business. at least both she and my mom were hinting at me as a possible apprentice. again, AWESOME!!! that would be such a cool job type thing... oh yes. i cant remember what the name of the camera she would lend me to use is... it is a name i have never heard. i do know that she has two of them and so she would lend me one.

i have had a lot going on and yet not. it is weird sounding. it almost doesnt make sense. i havent really gone anywhere. it is just a lot in my personal activities and then these two opportunities^ just last night i thought of another plot for a story. again this one will need a little bit of historical research. not too much though. i know a bit about the era.

today i am going over to a friends house to watch some movies and chill. so that is exciting as well. i am leaving at 2 which means i have a lot to do between now and then.

Blueberry Muffins, Stories, and Mr. Darcy

well, hello.

i finally felt like writing. i am better mostly. giving the exeption of a headache and a stuffy nose.

there is not much going on at the moment. i am talking with jordie, exchanging story ideas and plots and with a few old friends of mine on aim. it is very nice! i havent talked to those girls (ashley and cassie) for so long!! and talking with jordie is always amazing.

my parents are going to this homeschool thing called chea. i am staying home with carter and jacob. noelle is going to go with them. i am not sure of the things we will do while they are gone. im sure carter will want to go to the park a few times. other than that, we will be home. there is a good chance that my grandma will be coming to stay with us. i think she most likely will so we will have a little more freedom in going places=)

i went to starbucks for a few hours today. i just read my book, had an iced, soy, classically sweetened, coffee and blueberry muffin that was only 75 cents!!! it was epic. i had a good time. even though i was alone.

there really isnt much to say. except that i am reading a awesome book! it is pride and prejudice from mr darcy's perspective. i love it! there are three books in the series.

so anyways... i am done. and very tired.

sorry for the not so exciting post.

Independence Day!

happy 4th of july everyone!!!

i hope you all have a red, white and blue sorta day=)

i am sick today... it is not fun. i had an interesting night....

Rambling Facts and Details

i dont know how i do it... somehow i always get massive bruises from surfing. i have some really good ones right now. from my hips to my knees...

jake and i are going to work on a movie. well, we are working on writing (in a way) a short movie, filmed from my laptop. we are going to have a little fun with the sound effects in imovie. not too much fun though because then it would be over powered with that stuff and be dumb. there are so many sound effects we dont know what route to take.

there is nothing really going on. im thinking i might paint today after i get some other things done. i made the sketch for the painting yesterday. i am pretty excited about it. i am also starting a new story. i have to do a little research for this one. not much. im not done with my other story still.... i got a little burnt out on it. i will finish it though. then there are a few school type things i need to do later in the evening.

there was a swell coming in from a storm in the atlantic, now there isnt much of a swell. the water was so clear and teal too!! it was beautiful. after the weather being so warm and the swell as good as it was, the ocean looks poor. its all good though. i can still have fun out there. ( i actually dont mind the weather cooling down. im not big into hot weather). there is this place called the ranch. we are going to try and go there. i have an uncle in SB who goes there. you need some kind of permission though. i guess it is literally on a guys ranch. hence, the name. the waves are sweet down at the ranch. they arent like big or anything. but the shape is gewd. you have to take a boat to get there. im not big on boats... i think i can stomach through it for those waves. i graduated!! by the way. i can surf normal! i dont surf the white water anymore. except for when i ride in. SO i am excited about that.

another one of our cats has gotten hurt. it looks like the bone in his leg is broken completely in half. it is so sad. it makes me nauseated to watch him walk. his leg almost folds in half. i cant handle that stuff. seriously. that kind of stuff makes me throw up. i made the mistake of looking out the sliding glass door as he walked by, with my breakfast in my hand. ya. didnt think that one through. i didnt throw up though. i really felt like it.... but- i didnt.

eventually i am going to make paper. i really really want to. it is so awesome!!! i only need a few things from home depot... i am excited. there are some amazing that i can make once i get the paper down. EPIC!!! i would list the things but that would be a long list. i got the book from costco.

well, i am going to get going. this is a really large post. those of you who read it all the way through are true friends:-)

Civil War Dance

mike and i... i literally danced out of my shoes doing the polka with him^^



okay mike and are polkaing in the upper right hand corner...^^^^








hello! and good morning.

the dance last night was fun! i forgot how fun those are. i got to polka with mike. he is so much fun to polka with! he is the only guy who really knows how to polka... we were going so fast... oh man. it started at 6:30 and went until 10. i didnt get home until 12:10 and then didnt go to bed until 2:00... my mom and i were talking for two hours before i went to bed:-)

after the dance some of us went to starbucks. i got an iced americano with soy and carmel flavor. ya. it was very good. you know caffiene doesnt really affect me at night if i am already really tired. i think that is cool. haha! mike was so funny. and there was this other guy that i dont remember his name, he was pretty funny too. all i remeber of him was that he was from frezno and staying in lompoc for a while. also that he is learning to surf...

okay i totally did not know that brittany was in japan!! i asked mike where she was and when he told me that... i had no clue!!! i guess that explains why she didnt return my text a few weeks ago...

today i will just be cleaning and going to michaels... i dont know... i wanted to get together with a friend of mine... i just am not sure how that will go with all that we have to do today=(

well, thats all ive got.

Oil Paint and Vintage Dresses

well, i am in a pretty good mood right now. i started a painting last night and finished it today. it didnt turn out half bad. i have another idea for a painting. i need to go back to michaels again today. i had to go late last night to get paint thinner. i have have some really cool discounts for there. i get 40% off one item and 25% off the over all price. i am pretty excited about that.

well, the civil war dance is tonight and i think we are going. i did decide to wear my purple dress from decades. it brings back memories.... that dress is awesome. it is vintage 50's.... i still remember the day i got it. it was a good day. i had soem pics of it, but somehow they got deleted. sadly.

i have a lot to do... i dont know if i will post again later or not.

The Happenings

okay, so about a half an hour ago i ate an apple. as i get a little closer to the core of the apple, there is a rotten part. nice. however, i hadnt seen it. so i take a nice big bite into the apple. after the taste hits my tongue, ya. so now i have a stomach ache and am making tea and going to eat saltine crackers.

also, my mom picked up papa murphys pizza and dropped it off on her way to the store. so- i figured the pizza wasnt spose to be cooked on the white,paper plate it comes on. just to make sure i called papa murphys. turned out it was spose to be cooked on there! you all know my accident prone-ness (specially with being burnt), i didnt want to set a fire in our oven. im pretty sure i would have burned myself if i had. i just had to make sure. i felt dumb calling. but! the cooking instructions werent clear about that. i partly blame the cooking instructions. plus, it makes me feel less dumb.

the kids, two of noelles friends, and myself went to go see a free movie at the theater today. we saw firehouse dog. i thought it was going to be a cartoon. i am glad that it was a normal one. it was pretty cute. it make me think of my dad the whole time though. kinda freaked me out a little bit. it is fire season right now. it started kind of early this year.

after the movie we went over to michaels. they are having this 40% off sale all week... i think we will be going back again tomorrow. i bought some new paints beacuse, the last time i used the ones i already had, half of them were dried up. so- i decided, time for new paints. i think i might get some more canvases tomorrow... im not sure.

this weekend we might go to a civil war dance. we havent been to one of those in so long! it should be fun. i know there are some of you who might be laughing... it is fun though! last time i didnt wear my civil war dress. i prolly wont this time either. it would take as much work fixing it as making a whole new one, if i were to wear it. also, i dont have time between now and this weekend to fix it or make a new one. i am pretty much looking forward to that. i might wear my dress from decades. i havent worn that for a long while.

okay, second pizza in without burning myself...

as my friend, marian, in florida says," goodbye is forever, tootles is see/talk to you later."

so tootles

Waz Good?

hello all,

i have been just hanging around the house today. it is nice. just doing the things that i need to do, and want to do. i created a pianofiles account. i am stoked about that! it is a sight where pianists exchange music files. so i emailed a bunch of people on there for some of their songs. i requested some good ones: more mae, jack johnson, paramore, eisley.... ya. i am pretty stoked. hopefully i will get a few songs by tomorrow. that would be epic. though, it may take a few days.

so i started to crochet a few days ago. i like it. it is entertaining. i cant explain it. like it doesnt look fun, but it is. lol! i am currently making a throw(which is pretty much a fancy term for a blanket). it is kind of amazing. i cant wait until it is done.

mackenzie left today. its sad. i think she is on her plane right now. but- i think she might be coming out again in august. it is not official though. we had some pretty good times! ill have to keep up with email, calling, and texting with her.

i decided that i wanted to learn as many cool art type craft stuff. that way, when i am older and have my own home and family, i can use (or build) a room as my art studio. i could even have a business that way! i am working on that. it kind of just came to me a few days ago. errgo- my learning to crochet (how do you spell that, " errgo?" ergo, errggo, erggo???? no clue. you all get it).

i hope my dad does come this summer. he said that he would let me know when his vacation time was. (he is a fireman... so- ya). i really want him too. pretty hardcorely.

other than all that, there is nothing much else to say.

Late Night Ahead

i am currently babysitting. my little charge, jackson, is asleep. so- i am not slacking. he is awesome by the way.

well, yesterday, when we were surfing, i was just coming up from being underwater and this huge wave slaps me right on the side of my face. i so wasnt ready for that one. usually, i like to jump up on top of the wave. you know, like normal... that didnt happen. it slapped me at just the right angle causing my ear to first hear no sound then to ring. today, i have swimmers ear. it is kinda driving me nuts. my mom put alcohol in it. i guess it helps to break down the salt water... dean explained it all scientific... however, it hasnt gone away. maybe it will drain while i am sleeping.

i am babysitting until 12or 1a.m. so i have a while...

i am wondering whether or not jordie went to summer hume....???

okay. it was 105 today. it was so hot! since we live on the coast, the houses dont include air conditioning. so we have all been sweating to death. the other day it was 108!!! oh my word. i cant wait until monday. it will be cooled down by then.

and i think that yesterday was an even better surfing day than the day before it... it makes me happy:-)

Sizzle up

today it was 95 degrees! psh. it was very warm. and unexpected. i forgot to check the weather all this week, so i had no idea. i guess there is a cold front coming this weekend. nice. it will be even better after this hot weather:-) the breeze is finally kicking in....

the beach was epic today! i think today was my best day surfing. no joke. i graduated:-) also, my wet suit tan is extremely ridiculous now.

tomorrow i have babysitting for like nine hours. ya. it will be good though. i am still trying to find my home occupation. working on it. so babysitting is very okay. it is only one little boy, who, is good!

also, i think we have someone coming for dinner tomorrow. which is kinda sad since i wont be there.

mackenzie is leaving in a few days=(=(=(

Holding the Line

okay the moon tuesday night was awesome. it was so bright!! all the lights in the house were off and my room was so bright!! with the blinds closed too! i ended up going to the living room and looking out the big windows. simply beautiful.

today we went surfing. it was so warm today! i have to say, my wet suit tan is ridiculous. seriously. it is so bad. there is literally nothing i can do about it. no matter the amount of sunblock i put on or dont put on. lol! i guess that just comes with the package.

well, i am wiped. so i will post tomorrow. maybe.

i am going surfing tomorrow morning again:-)

Catching Up

does a rose, by any other name, still smell as sweet?

under the pismo pier

wow. that is all i can say. it just hit me this morning. there is so much that has to be finished up and figured out in the coming the last year of high school. a lot of big decisions.

as some of you may or may not know. my permit expired in february while i was away in tennessee. i was pretty bummed about that. really. so the options are, do the whole thing over again or wait until i am 18. my mom prefers me to have practice before i drive... so i think that we might be taking the "do it all over again" route.

i really wanted to get that done with before my dad came this summer (if indeed he is really coming here to visit me). that way i would be able to drive them around... take them to cool places. i guess being co-pilot isnt that big of a difference. it is just easier driving than giving directions.

then there are the college discussions and choices.

plus i need to figure out a way to earn money. that sounds so- i dunno, greedy in a way. i dont mean it like that at all. i cant really call it earning a living... cuz im not on my own. so i rally dont know what else to call it. i am going to putting together a list... i need to figure that out as soon as possible. i have quite a few ideas. it is just the choosing of an avenue that is the hard part. where to go..?? yes, i need to make the list. i kind of wanted to have my own business of sorts.

my parents are going to take me on a trip out of country for my graduation. it is time to do my research and figure out where i would want to go.

so there is a lot to think about:-)

we went surfing yesterday... it was nice! the weather was good. the wind kicked in at one point... so the waves blew out a bit. though, by that time we were done surfing. haha!!! while we were out surfing there was this seal and he was hanging out where we were. mackenzie was totally freaked out. i was too. i cant lie. i mean what if we made it mad at us... ya. we both screamed. it was very funny. then mackenzie got attacked by a crab. lol! i wasnt there for that one. but- i did laugh when i heard the story.

today is grandmas last day before she goes home. we all wanted her to get a summer job up here.... sadly that didnt happen=(

today, i believe, i will just be doing laundry and chores. which is very fine. i am very sore and tired from this week and a half of surfing, boarding, tag, hiking on the beach... so the hanging around the house is nice. i did hear something about the craft store. im not sure though, if anyone goes there i will for sure go.

that is all i have for now. i say that like this is a short post. lol:-)

so long

Front Page

we went surfing today. it was amazing. the weather was perfect and the waves were pretty good. i am still pretty stoked about it... it was a lot of fun.

mackenzie came back this tuesday and is staying for two weeks. so that is pretty cool. we have had some good times already.

the other day we boarded to starbucks, chilled there for a while, then went to the 99cent store, and last to target. when we got home, we watched princess bride and ate pb&j (i really love pb&j). then mom and elle went to run an errand while the rest of us got ready to go to a baseball game. it was my first baseball game. it was pretty fun. though, most the time i didnt understand the game. like id ask if the last hit was a good one cuz it went straight out to the field... and it wasnt( i sitll dont know why it wasnt). lol! i mean i could tell if they werent good hits if they went off to the side or straight up... so that was fun to go with the family=)

not sure what tomorrow will hold...

i found out that my stepmom is pregnant too. so i will get two new siblings at the end of this year. one in november and the other in december. though it is possible that they could both be in december... it will be amazing either way! also!! my mom is having a girl!!! i knew it was gonna be:-):-) i think my stepmom and dads baby will be a girl too... lainey thinks so too:-)

Shell Beach

The Sun and The Moon, by: Mae

dairy should be dead

i did something very dumb. i wanted cheese so badly, that i had some. and now, i suffer. that and the possibility that i may be getting a stomach flu from my mom.... i dont know if its one or the other or both. but for now- i will blame it entirely on the cheese. it is so painful... it stinks cuz i wont be able to eat for 24hrs if it is cheese. literally. no lie.

im going to bed to sleep away the pain...

Time and Day

so beautiful:


today i printed two mae songs that i found online. im so excited! it took forever to find them. i have three total: we're so far away, prologue, and the sun and the moon. the last two are the ones i found this morning. i can play them, though there are a few areas that need smoothing. i was so stoked!!! my excitement level was intense. i think i could have sat at the piano all day today.

we just finished watching singin' in the rain. that movie is epic!! its so amazing to think that back then actors and actresses werent just actors and actresses. they could sing and dance(ballet, jazz, swing, tap, ballroom)... they had to! a lot of them were comedians as well as regular acting. maybe they still do now... the difference, i think, is that most actor (esses) learn those sort of things when they have to do a movie that requires it. then, it was just the thing to do.

geeze, every time i go out surfing, i get bruises. i dont understand how. mostly on my hip bones and knees. i dont force my weight with all my strength on the board... i just have no idea...

tomorrow, i think that we will be getting ready for the kids to come. you know, grocery shopping, cleaning, arranging.... all the normal stuff you do when company comes.

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hello,

i havent done much lately. ive just been home doing school... all that good stuff.

its weird.... lately, im almost excited to go to bed. i dont know why. i even almost like going to bed as soon as i deem it not tooooo early. ive never gone to bed before nine. still, for some strange reason i like going to bed right now. it can be a little hard in the mornings to get up. however, i get up because i know i should and mom my prefers me to get up somewhat early. getting up early, though, ensures that ill be tired sooner! yesss=) i dont know why i am so retarded.

i really have nothing to talk about.

though, soon julia, kyle, devin, mackenzie and emily will be here! im excited for that. it is so fun to be all together again. with a few additions=) its fun to look back on all the times we had when we were all little kids. the crazy things we did, the things we said, the places we went, embarassing moments we shared. kyle, i think, is almost clueless of the life we had before the kids moved to utah. we tell stories all the time and he sits there in a... i almost cant describe his facial expression. he does laugh a lot though.

well, since i am just rambling i will get off before i get too boring.