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=(=(=(