I feel like I'm always apologizing for never writing on my blog...and I must say: its true, I don't often write on my blog, certainly not as much as I would like to...
So anyhow, I apologize, and instead of telling my excuse I'm just going to say that I do write posts very often when I can, but I am a very busy person, so sometimes I can't.
I'm going to leave it at that.
I just got back from a lovely trip to see some family and will hopefully have some cool pictures up as soon as I get them onto the computer!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
I Write Like...
Through another blog, I recently came across a website that analyzes your writing and tells you who you write like...depressingly enough, the first time that I tried this I was told that I write like Edgar Allen Poe:
...and most happily, I write like my favorite female author of all time:
And now (to write like L.M. Montgomery might) my heart is exploding with happiness!
To see who you write like: click here!
Happily, after that first try, I got less morbid results!
...and most happily, I write like my favorite female author of all time:
And now (to write like L.M. Montgomery might) my heart is exploding with happiness!
To see who you write like: click here!
Blog award!
Hey, guess what??? Emily (from Mist of the Blossom Rain) is a really nice person...(go check out her blog sometime)! Anyhow, she nominated me for the Magical Blogger award by Deirdra Eden-Coppel
This is my first award and I feel very specail.
This is my first award and I feel very specail.
So, thanks everyone for reading and following and commenting on my blog...I really appreciate that!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Animal Photo Contest
I just read about this photo contest on my dear friend Emily's blog...and I thought that I would enter a picture. The contest is being hosted by Little Somethings (who has an amazing blog), and the theme is animals...so: here it goes!
Here is my picture (this is my cat Bonnie, and basically I captured her sweet--and scared--sides very well)!
a blur of a week
The last few weeks have been sort of a blur, with one family emergency (or tragedy) after another.
First, a cousin of my mother's who was only 47 died very suddenly, then a half a week later my step grandfather died. So, we've been traveling a lot to go be with family and I haven't had much time to blog...
I just read that last paragraph and realized that I sounded very much like I was searching for sympathy (which I am most certainly not!), so ignore the sadness and stop feeling bad for me...
First, a cousin of my mother's who was only 47 died very suddenly, then a half a week later my step grandfather died. So, we've been traveling a lot to go be with family and I haven't had much time to blog...
I just read that last paragraph and realized that I sounded very much like I was searching for sympathy (which I am most certainly not!), so ignore the sadness and stop feeling bad for me...
[Random but nice photograph]
Anyhow, I still don't really have much time to blog, but I just wanted to quickly put a post up explaining (and apologizing for) my absence, thank you, my wonderful readers, for putting up with me and my blog!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Passover (yikes!)
Note: I am writing this post assuming that you have some knowledge about Passover, if you don't, click on the links that I posted, or look it up, but be careful: I am writing about the Jewish holiday of Passover (not the christian version), so if you find some information about a christian version of Passover, this post may not make much sense!
For the last few weeks I haven't been able to blog much, and it's all Passover's fault! (and no, I'm not just blaming Passover for my inattention to the blog...this is seriously true!) For the past few weeks I have been preparing for passover, not only have i been loading up on the carbs (basically all of which are not okay to eat during passover), but I have also been helping my mom change our kitchen from a bready cooking space to a passover friendly cooking space. This process included vacuuming about 5 times, mopping the floor, washing everything, and exchanging our normal everyday dishes for our special passover ones.
We also spent two days cooking for our 19 guests who were attending the Seder (which includes a meal, not just Jewish rituals). One major part of prepping for passover (besides koshering the kitchen--getting it fit for passover) is what most people call 'SPRING CLEANING'. As you know, spring cleaning consists of vacuuming every corner of the house (which took over a week to do.) One of the highlights of this custom we call spring cleaning, was when my dad pulled out 100 year old dust from a little nook between the stairs (which evidently hadn't been cleaned since the house was built- I'm talking petrified dust!)
Anyhow, after all that work, we had a wonderful Seder with some friends and family, we sang songs, the food was delicious, everybody had a good time...then they all went home, and I stayed up till 10:50 washing dishes. Then the next day (yesterday) we went to some other family for the second night's Seder. This family had just flown home from the Midwest...as my aunt put it: 20 minutes after she got home they were cooking for a Seder. All I can say is: impressive!
Anyhow, I apologize for not blogging and for the somewhat all over the place post (I'm reeeeaaaally tired), but I feel that I have good reason!
[Quick Fact: Some (more traditional) women actually go crazy because of passover preparations...they have to go to the psychiatrist...'nuff said!]
For the last few weeks I haven't been able to blog much, and it's all Passover's fault! (and no, I'm not just blaming Passover for my inattention to the blog...this is seriously true!) For the past few weeks I have been preparing for passover, not only have i been loading up on the carbs (basically all of which are not okay to eat during passover), but I have also been helping my mom change our kitchen from a bready cooking space to a passover friendly cooking space. This process included vacuuming about 5 times, mopping the floor, washing everything, and exchanging our normal everyday dishes for our special passover ones.
We also spent two days cooking for our 19 guests who were attending the Seder (which includes a meal, not just Jewish rituals). One major part of prepping for passover (besides koshering the kitchen--getting it fit for passover) is what most people call 'SPRING CLEANING'. As you know, spring cleaning consists of vacuuming every corner of the house (which took over a week to do.) One of the highlights of this custom we call spring cleaning, was when my dad pulled out 100 year old dust from a little nook between the stairs (which evidently hadn't been cleaned since the house was built- I'm talking petrified dust!)
Anyhow, after all that work, we had a wonderful Seder with some friends and family, we sang songs, the food was delicious, everybody had a good time...then they all went home, and I stayed up till 10:50 washing dishes. Then the next day (yesterday) we went to some other family for the second night's Seder. This family had just flown home from the Midwest...as my aunt put it: 20 minutes after she got home they were cooking for a Seder. All I can say is: impressive!
Anyhow, I apologize for not blogging and for the somewhat all over the place post (I'm reeeeaaaally tired), but I feel that I have good reason!
[Quick Fact: Some (more traditional) women actually go crazy because of passover preparations...they have to go to the psychiatrist...'nuff said!]
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Critical Thinking Question 4 (by Atticus)
Although Atticus knows that defending Tom Robinson will bring much hardship to himself and his family, he takes the case anyway. Why? What reasons does he give? When does he address this question?
I’ve taken Tom Robinson’s case, even though I know that it will cause much trouble for our family, especially for Jem and Scout. However, I knew that I had to take to take the case, because not only do I like to think of myself as one who honors what is right (and defending the innocent is most definitely right), but also because I couldn’t face the world if I hadn’t taken the case. I would have felt as though I was running from a case that I couldn’t win, and I am determined to love everyone, blacks and whites, equally. When Judge asked me to take it, and I knew I had too…just got a sense of duty right then and there. I know that if I didn’t take the case, I wouldn’t be able to face my children, or tell them to mind me, ever again.
Scout asked me why I took the case, after Cecil Jacobs had been bothering her about it. I simply told her that by nature of the work, every lawyer has one case that changes them personally, every lawyer. I don’t believe that there’s ever been an exception. I told Scout to keep her head high, and not to let the others bother her about me taking the case, but I’m worried about her, she can’t resist fighting and to her, anyone who says something bad about her family had better watch out. I told her to fight with her head, not her fists…but I’m worried about her. I know that she’ll try to mind me, but there is always the exception, the one time where it gets to be too much and she feels that she has to defend me and our family’s pride through a fight. It's going to be hard for us all, but we must try.
I’ve taken Tom Robinson’s case, even though I know that it will cause much trouble for our family, especially for Jem and Scout. However, I knew that I had to take to take the case, because not only do I like to think of myself as one who honors what is right (and defending the innocent is most definitely right), but also because I couldn’t face the world if I hadn’t taken the case. I would have felt as though I was running from a case that I couldn’t win, and I am determined to love everyone, blacks and whites, equally. When Judge asked me to take it, and I knew I had too…just got a sense of duty right then and there. I know that if I didn’t take the case, I wouldn’t be able to face my children, or tell them to mind me, ever again.
Scout asked me why I took the case, after Cecil Jacobs had been bothering her about it. I simply told her that by nature of the work, every lawyer has one case that changes them personally, every lawyer. I don’t believe that there’s ever been an exception. I told Scout to keep her head high, and not to let the others bother her about me taking the case, but I’m worried about her, she can’t resist fighting and to her, anyone who says something bad about her family had better watch out. I told her to fight with her head, not her fists…but I’m worried about her. I know that she’ll try to mind me, but there is always the exception, the one time where it gets to be too much and she feels that she has to defend me and our family’s pride through a fight. It's going to be hard for us all, but we must try.
Critical Thinking Question 3 (by Atticus Finch)
After the death of Mrs. Dubose, Atticus tells Jem that even "if you hadn't lost your head, I would have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her..." What is it that Atticus wants Jem to understand? Why is this so important? [Note to reader of blog: It is impossibly hard to capture Atticus's voice, so, if you have read To Kill a Mockingbird, you will know that I haven't quite been able to.]
I told Jem that I had wanted him to see something about Mrs. Dubose, that I would've sent him to read to her anyway. As usual, I wanted him to learn something. That seems to be what I most often do with my children. I teach them life lessons. However, I'm getting off topic. See, I wanted Jem to understand what real courage was. Not only to understand what it takes to say sorry for something that one has done, but also to understand the courage that Mrs. Dubose had. I wished for Jem to understand what Mrs. Dubose had been through with her morphine addiction, and all that she had been through, breaking the addiction and dying free. That took real courage.
I am not entirely sure why this was so important to me, however as I wrote above: my life is full of teaching the children life's lessons (and for that matter, many other people-I hope-learn from me). I teach the children the lessons that they won't be learning in school. They will never quite realize how important it is (what I teach them) until they must one day teach these things to someone else. However, I do my best to raise the children as properly as they may be raised without a mother. I feel that these little lessons, such as that of Mrs. Dubose's courage, are very important for them to learn...and for me to teach.
I told Jem that I had wanted him to see something about Mrs. Dubose, that I would've sent him to read to her anyway. As usual, I wanted him to learn something. That seems to be what I most often do with my children. I teach them life lessons. However, I'm getting off topic. See, I wanted Jem to understand what real courage was. Not only to understand what it takes to say sorry for something that one has done, but also to understand the courage that Mrs. Dubose had. I wished for Jem to understand what Mrs. Dubose had been through with her morphine addiction, and all that she had been through, breaking the addiction and dying free. That took real courage.
I am not entirely sure why this was so important to me, however as I wrote above: my life is full of teaching the children life's lessons (and for that matter, many other people-I hope-learn from me). I teach the children the lessons that they won't be learning in school. They will never quite realize how important it is (what I teach them) until they must one day teach these things to someone else. However, I do my best to raise the children as properly as they may be raised without a mother. I feel that these little lessons, such as that of Mrs. Dubose's courage, are very important for them to learn...and for me to teach.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Critical Thinking Question 2 (by Scout/Jean Louise Finch)
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
It was the only time that Atticus had said something was a sin, and I do remember him saying that killing a mockingbird was a sin.(though it's not in the bible.) When he said that it was a sin to kill a mockingbird, how was i s'posed to know what he meant. Atticus is sometimes like that: talking all lawyer like so that I can't understand him.
Anyhow, then I went over to Miss Maudie's and asked her about what Atticus meant. She told me that it was'cause the mockingbird never does anything but sing. He never ruins the garden or nests in corncribs, he just makes music and lets us listen to him while he sings.
I wish somebody'd want to listen to me singing pretty like that. They would say it would be a sin to kill me, but I s'pose it would be sin enough to kill me anyway...without me having to sing. I guess I can see as how it might be a sin to kill something that hadn't ever done any harm but to sing...and they do sing aweful beautiful. Ha, if I told that to Dill, he would tell me that his momma sang beautiful just like a mocking bird for the opera. Dill sure is full of em', big whoppers they are too!
Well, Atticus was right again. I guess that it is a sin to kill a mocking bird, after all.
It was the only time that Atticus had said something was a sin, and I do remember him saying that killing a mockingbird was a sin.(though it's not in the bible.) When he said that it was a sin to kill a mockingbird, how was i s'posed to know what he meant. Atticus is sometimes like that: talking all lawyer like so that I can't understand him.
Anyhow, then I went over to Miss Maudie's and asked her about what Atticus meant. She told me that it was'cause the mockingbird never does anything but sing. He never ruins the garden or nests in corncribs, he just makes music and lets us listen to him while he sings.
I wish somebody'd want to listen to me singing pretty like that. They would say it would be a sin to kill me, but I s'pose it would be sin enough to kill me anyway...without me having to sing. I guess I can see as how it might be a sin to kill something that hadn't ever done any harm but to sing...and they do sing aweful beautiful. Ha, if I told that to Dill, he would tell me that his momma sang beautiful just like a mocking bird for the opera. Dill sure is full of em', big whoppers they are too!
Well, Atticus was right again. I guess that it is a sin to kill a mocking bird, after all.
To Kill a Mockingbird (which I do not recomend that you do!)
Currently in English I am reading the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. My English curriculem (Oak Meadow) has me doing "Critical Thinking Questions" (in which, to answer, one must think critically). For a long time I have been getting bored of doing the same type of (boring, in my opinion) questions: over, and over again. So, because I am 'artistically inclined', my mom found a sheet listing some fun (artsy) projects that one could incorperate their work into. One such project was writing blog posts from the point of veiw of one a character in the book that one is reading (for English). Of course, how could I resist...so the following posts that include either the words 'Critical Thinking Question' or 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in the title are probably not coming from me...they are coming from a character who was invented about 52 years ago!
Characters that you should know:
Characters that you should know:
- Scout/Jean Louise Finch--main character (a 2nd grader living in Alabaama in the 30s, with her brother, her father, and their african american hired help)
- Jem/Jeremy Finch-- Scout's older brother who is 12 years old
- Atticus Finch-- Scout's father who works as a lawyer and will take cases from 'blacks' as well as 'whites'
- Dill-- Scout and Jem's friend who stays with his Aunt (and their neighbor), Miss Rashel, during the summer. He is also 'engaged' to Scout. (They're both about the same age.)
- Miss Maudie-- a neighbor their father's age, who is very friendly t Scout when she is left out of the boy's games
- Calpurina--Scout's family's hired help
- Mrs. Dubose--a sickly old woman who is always ready to insult the children when they walk by he house, and who after an 'incident' they must go read to
- Tom Robinson--a 'black' man who Atticus will be defending in a tough case
Sunday, April 3, 2011
I've been tagged!
Wow, i'm very excited to announce that I have been tagged by Emily Rose (from Mist of the Blossom Rain) This is my first tag and I'm very excited! (Even though you're probably not supposed to tell other bloggers that this is your first tag..) Anyhow: "The Long Tag"
~Your Favorite~
Color? It used to be yellow, but now I like purple...especially deep royal purple!
Candy? Hmmm..thats a hard one! I really like lollipops, tootsie rolls, gum, and Reese's peanut butter cups
---> who doesn' t <---
Main Dish? Veg-head meat balls and pasta..but really: I like anything!
Dessert? Ice cream!
Drink? I realy like Root beer and chocolate milk
Go to Starbucks Coffee? less often than I wish!
Go to the mall a lot? I also wish I went more...I'm not quite a shopoholic, but I do like to get new clothing!
Veggie? I really like tomatoes, broccoli (cooked), and mushrooms (raw)
~Do you~
Talk on the phone everyday to someone you is not in your family? No
Read your bible everyday? I'm jewish, so I don't read 'bibles' however I do read the jewish version of the bible (the Torah) every Saturday.
See your Grandparents everyday? Unfortunatley: no
Bake a lot? I also wish i did this more often: I like to bake but don't do it often enough!
Clean your room everyday? No, I should, but no! (But don't think I'm a slob, I clean it every friday and tidy up at various points during the week!)
Have to say your sorry to someone everyday? No, i'm actualy a very kind person! : D
~A certain thing you dislike of each category~
Veggie? I don't like brussel sprouts or spinach: the former unless it has a good sauce, the latter unless its raw and has a good dressing.
Color? Pepto Bismol pink/HOT pink and puke green!
Animal? I don't know, i don't really like mosquitoes, scorpions, or centipeedes
Drink? Onion Juice! (Joking!) (Well, maybe i'm not joking...it sounds pretty gross!)
~Random~
Go shopping? Where? Yes, I go shopping..I usually end up going to JCPenny's, Kohls, or TJ maxx... but I also like to go shopping at thrift stores!
Eat out? Not usuallyparticularly often and NEVER to McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's or most other chains.
Go visit? Family and friends
Read a good book at? on my bed...or various other soft, comfortable places)
What color is your room? White wallpaper with pink roses, green vines, and blue violets on it...it came with the house.
~Do you have a~
Pet? Yes, two adorable kitties!
Gift card at the moment? Probably somewhere in my purse!
Sewing machine? Oh, yeah!
Big mess under your bed? No way hozay!
Pack of gum in your bag or purse? I wish, unfortuatley people who have metal in their mouth don't usually get to chew gum!
Computer in your room? sigh...no
~Have you ever~
Been on a plane? More times than I can count!
Been out of state? Um, yes!
Been in an eighteen wheeler? I'm not even quite sure what that would look like!
Been in a car accident? Not really
Read about 150 page book in an hour? Probably...I wouldn't put it passed me though!
~More Random~
Do you share a room with anyone? As Emily said: No (yay)
Have you ever went swimming in a pond? Swim Lessons!!!!!
How old are you? 13
What year were you born? 1997
Are you related to anyone important or famous? I wish, maybe someday I'll just have to make myself famous!
Have you ever met a vice president? No, but my parents once saw the president.
Are you getting bored yet? Why do you ask?!?!
How About AtomBender, Cherry, and Ceanna...Sorry guys: you've just been tagged
"Tag, you're it!"
~Your Favorite~
Color? It used to be yellow, but now I like purple...especially deep royal purple!
Candy? Hmmm..thats a hard one! I really like lollipops, tootsie rolls, gum, and Reese's peanut butter cups
---> who doesn' t <---
Main Dish? Veg-head meat balls and pasta..but really: I like anything!
Dessert? Ice cream!
Drink? I realy like Root beer and chocolate milk
Go to Starbucks Coffee? less often than I wish!
Go to the mall a lot? I also wish I went more...I'm not quite a shopoholic, but I do like to get new clothing!
Veggie? I really like tomatoes, broccoli (cooked), and mushrooms (raw)
~Do you~
Talk on the phone everyday to someone you is not in your family? No
Read your bible everyday? I'm jewish, so I don't read 'bibles' however I do read the jewish version of the bible (the Torah) every Saturday.
See your Grandparents everyday? Unfortunatley: no
Bake a lot? I also wish i did this more often: I like to bake but don't do it often enough!
Clean your room everyday? No, I should, but no! (But don't think I'm a slob, I clean it every friday and tidy up at various points during the week!)
Have to say your sorry to someone everyday? No, i'm actualy a very kind person! : D
~A certain thing you dislike of each category~
Veggie? I don't like brussel sprouts or spinach: the former unless it has a good sauce, the latter unless its raw and has a good dressing.
Color? Pepto Bismol pink/HOT pink and puke green!
Animal? I don't know, i don't really like mosquitoes, scorpions, or centipeedes
Drink? Onion Juice! (Joking!) (Well, maybe i'm not joking...it sounds pretty gross!)
~Random~
Go shopping? Where? Yes, I go shopping..I usually end up going to JCPenny's, Kohls, or TJ maxx... but I also like to go shopping at thrift stores!
Eat out? Not usuallyparticularly often and NEVER to McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's or most other chains.
Go visit? Family and friends
Read a good book at? on my bed...or various other soft, comfortable places)
What color is your room? White wallpaper with pink roses, green vines, and blue violets on it...it came with the house.
~Do you have a~
Pet? Yes, two adorable kitties!
Gift card at the moment? Probably somewhere in my purse!
Sewing machine? Oh, yeah!
Big mess under your bed? No way hozay!
Pack of gum in your bag or purse? I wish, unfortuatley people who have metal in their mouth don't usually get to chew gum!
Computer in your room? sigh...no
~Have you ever~
Been on a plane? More times than I can count!
Been out of state? Um, yes!
Been in an eighteen wheeler? I'm not even quite sure what that would look like!
Been in a car accident? Not really
Read about 150 page book in an hour? Probably...I wouldn't put it passed me though!
~More Random~
Do you share a room with anyone? As Emily said: No (yay)
Have you ever went swimming in a pond? Swim Lessons!!!!!
How old are you? 13
What year were you born? 1997
Are you related to anyone important or famous? I wish, maybe someday I'll just have to make myself famous!
Have you ever met a vice president? No, but my parents once saw the president.
Are you getting bored yet? Why do you ask?!?!
What are you thinking? For future reference: don't ask me that ever again...your just making me confuse myself!
*** *** ***
Well, that was Fun! And unfortunatley, some of you are about to get tagged!How About AtomBender, Cherry, and Ceanna...Sorry guys: you've just been tagged
"Tag, you're it!"
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Science Pics
Lately (before my mom went away briefly for a family emergency--everything's fine-- and I took a long road trip) I had been doing quite a bit of Physical Science that I found very photographic!
Most recently, I have been studying practical home electricity...Including (the very old fashioned) fuse boxes!
[One of the fuses]
[The box itself]
I found the sheet of yellowing paper which told us which fuses went to which parts of the house, it was very interesting to see the generations of handwriting from our home's owners'... all on the same piece of paper!
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The week before, I had been studying circuits (and the likes) I got some great pictures of our experimental circuit!
[Pictured here is the coil...and the bit of blue covered wire that was causing all of our problems!]
[The contraption; two nails shoved into a cork-screw, with a bunch of wire...very easy!]
[Almost there, now we just have to hook it on to the battery and discover that it's not working]
Unfortunately, as I wrote above, the experiment didn't work. We were supposed to hook the 'contraption' to a battery and feel the coil heat up, however because of the stupid piece of blue coated wire, the experiment didn't exactly work and we had to go through the pains of stripping the tips of yet another piece of wire (this is where you're supposed to feel just a tad bit sorry for me!).
Well, another corkscrew wasted!* (what else were we supposed to do with it??)
*Note, when i say wasted, I don't actually mean it because we had a great time trying the experiment a second time and fooling around with the wires, the 'contraption', the battery, and a light bulb...later on
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
heavy, heavy sigh
Scrap the excitement...I am still excited about having a blog button, but unfortunatley I am also having problems allowing you to grab it, so I'll request that you grab it another day, and in the meatime: can anyone tell me how to make a scroll box that you can grab my button from? (I know that sentance didn't exactly make sense!) Anyhow, help would be much appreciated and I thank you for your patience!
Hello again {blog button?}
Hello again,
I am posting to tell you my very exciting news...I think I may have finally discovered how to make a perfectly goo blog button, thanks to this blog! So tell me what you think of it:
I am posting to tell you my very exciting news...I think I may have finally discovered how to make a perfectly goo blog button, thanks to this blog! So tell me what you think of it:
[this is my button]
Hopefully I shall be able to put it up by the end of the day, and if I'm lucky, it will be 'grabbable' by the time you finish reading this post. If so, this may be the one time in your life where someone will request that you grab something, right out of their hands...whooopeee for you!!!!! (And for me, cause I'm going to be that someone who is the first to do something!)
Friday, March 4, 2011
Inspiration {no words, just a scene}
[“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working" ~Pablo Picasso]
Image: Poets and Writer's Magazine Jan/Feb 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Gardening
Finally, it's the time of year when we start looking forward and planning for the spring (and summer). Personaly, I hate this time of year (besides one thing that I'll get to below). I hate that the sky is always grey, the world is cold, with no purpose (for example it's usually not snowing), the sun isn't very warming, and the ground is frozen solid. Not to mention the fact the most of the snow has already melted leaving the ground a 'beautiful' brown. You're tired of winter, have cabin fever, and wish that the crocuses would just bloom already!
The one thing that I like? (scroll down for answer)
The one thing that I like? (scroll down for answer)
Ordering seeds! We just ordered ours, and I'm now looking forward to a summer filled with red and golden tomatoes, strawberries, string beans, snap peas, eggplant, and lot's of lettuce! I am so excited to prep the garden and turn the soil. Just thinking about standing with the dirt between my toes and the sun, warm on my back gives me a fluttery stomach!
Question: What's your favorite part of gardening? What do you like to plant in your garden?
[Unfortunatley, the picture is my mom's I can not take credit for it, though I wish that I could!]
Sunday, February 27, 2011
when will it end? Also: ideas?
After taking a much needed week to thaw off in the south, here I am...RUDE AWAKENING: it's cold and still snowing. Yes, life is terrible sometimes but also very pleasant sometimes...for example tomorrow when the weather is going to go back up to 50 degrees YIPPEEEE!
Anyhow, this blog is not a weather report.
Also: I find myself often typing things on my blog that don't have much inspiration behind them. It's that time of year when everything is sort of bleak and the skies are grey, so I need some inspiration! If you have any ideas, questions, or comments that might inspire future posts, I would love to hear them (and I will link your name to the post.) That would be much appreciated... I look forward to hearing from you!
Anyhow, this blog is not a weather report.
Also: I find myself often typing things on my blog that don't have much inspiration behind them. It's that time of year when everything is sort of bleak and the skies are grey, so I need some inspiration! If you have any ideas, questions, or comments that might inspire future posts, I would love to hear them (and I will link your name to the post.) That would be much appreciated... I look forward to hearing from you!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
No post {florida}
There's this joke that my dad once told me (in Hebrew) that makes absolutely no sense. It goes:
Two elephaunts are sitting in a bath tub, one says to the other, "Pass the soap please" and the other one says, "No soap, radio!" [here, you're supposed to laugh so hard milk comes out your nose]
See what I mean? Anyhow, the reason that I bring this up is because the title of this post reminded me of that joke, so I came up with a more fitting one.
Two people are sitting at two different computers, one writes (in a comment on my blog) "post please" and the other person (me) writes "No post, Florida!" ha ha ha.
Actually, I'm writing to say that I haven't and won't be posting for some time because I'm currently visiting family in FLorida. (It's very warm here, I'm getting a small tan, and everything is good with the world...except that there's too many malls and cars here!)
Two elephaunts are sitting in a bath tub, one says to the other, "Pass the soap please" and the other one says, "No soap, radio!" [here, you're supposed to laugh so hard milk comes out your nose]
See what I mean? Anyhow, the reason that I bring this up is because the title of this post reminded me of that joke, so I came up with a more fitting one.
Two people are sitting at two different computers, one writes (in a comment on my blog) "post please" and the other person (me) writes "No post, Florida!" ha ha ha.
Actually, I'm writing to say that I haven't and won't be posting for some time because I'm currently visiting family in FLorida. (It's very warm here, I'm getting a small tan, and everything is good with the world...except that there's too many malls and cars here!)
Monday, February 14, 2011
Busy as a bee!
I feel pretty terrible right now about not having posted for the past --over a--week. However I do have a reason.
Have you ever had one of those weeks where nothing seems to get done, besides a few math problems?
Yes, well that was last week. It was so hectic that I can't remember what I did on Monday, but...
Tuesday: a rescheduled shadowing day at one of my possible future high schools, this started 8:15 (we thought there was a 90 minute delay, and wanted an hour to get there--bad weather) and went until 4:30 (including the time it took us to get home--a half an hour). We sat down for a quick bite to eat then off to a makeup date for dance (I hadn't had a dance class in over a month due to snow days)!
Wednesday: An orthodontist appointment that (I think) had also been rescheduled due to bad weather. This went for 80 minutes, afterward; my writer's group, we meet every two weeks; then an afternoon of some math, before packing up my dinner and going to a duct tape workshop (we made awesome roses). My mother was teaching at the Hebrew school, so I went home with a friend, grabbed my dinner (in a bag), and went to her basketball game for a few minutes while I waited for my mom to pick me up and take me to dance (again).
Thursday: a morning doctor's appointment. great amounts of pain from the previous day's orthodontic gear, a few hours working on civics and math, then finally a quiet evening (finishing my math), an early dinner, and off to discuss some things regarding a newspaper club with another home schooler (we're starting a Newspaper Club in our home school coop).
Friday: Teen Home school coop (see last night's newspaper discussion), the afternoon was spent preparing for the Jewish sabbath...no time to blog there!
Saturday: Sabbath (and volunteer work, feeding homeless people, when the sabbath was over.)
Sunday: parents had meetings in the morning (which of course I had to attend), helping out at my previous school's open house, hanging out with my best friend for a few hours, then off to Israeli dancing with me!
Monday: also busy enough, but finally time to sit down and right something. Sorry about the crazy post...
Have you ever had one of those weeks where nothing seems to get done, besides a few math problems?
[The math utensils, not used this week!]
Tuesday: a rescheduled shadowing day at one of my possible future high schools, this started 8:15 (we thought there was a 90 minute delay, and wanted an hour to get there--bad weather) and went until 4:30 (including the time it took us to get home--a half an hour). We sat down for a quick bite to eat then off to a makeup date for dance (I hadn't had a dance class in over a month due to snow days)!
Wednesday: An orthodontist appointment that (I think) had also been rescheduled due to bad weather. This went for 80 minutes, afterward; my writer's group, we meet every two weeks; then an afternoon of some math, before packing up my dinner and going to a duct tape workshop (we made awesome roses). My mother was teaching at the Hebrew school, so I went home with a friend, grabbed my dinner (in a bag), and went to her basketball game for a few minutes while I waited for my mom to pick me up and take me to dance (again).
Thursday: a morning doctor's appointment. great amounts of pain from the previous day's orthodontic gear, a few hours working on civics and math, then finally a quiet evening (finishing my math), an early dinner, and off to discuss some things regarding a newspaper club with another home schooler (we're starting a Newspaper Club in our home school coop).
Friday: Teen Home school coop (see last night's newspaper discussion), the afternoon was spent preparing for the Jewish sabbath...no time to blog there!
Saturday: Sabbath (and volunteer work, feeding homeless people, when the sabbath was over.)
Sunday: parents had meetings in the morning (which of course I had to attend), helping out at my previous school's open house, hanging out with my best friend for a few hours, then off to Israeli dancing with me!
Monday: also busy enough, but finally time to sit down and right something. Sorry about the crazy post...
'nuff said!
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