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.
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