Okay, this is going to be hard to admitt, but.... I kinda wanna be a.... *whispers*....pirate. I know what you're thinking, you're thinking "But Bethy! (or Mer, or Marybeth, whatever you generally call me) But Bethy! You're a NINJA, you can't be a PIRATE!!" And its true, ninjas and pirates have always been mortal enemies. I mean... I don't always want to be a pirate... its like a third personality. Or maybe just rebellionism.
Theres reason for it though. Pirates have so much more fun. They get to go all over the world in big ships and wear cool clothes and hats and its like a big party all the time. They get to say "Aye Aye Cap'n!" and "Arrrrgh!" and "Matey!" and stuff. It just seems like so much more FUUUUNNNN.
Yet, I'm a Ninja (In Training, still. It takes a lot to become a Ninja). I still want to be a ninja. I get to sneak around and wear cool black clothes and be practically invisible. I get to have awesome fighting movies and weapons. But being a ninja is so serious. They don't mess around. EVER. Always prepared, always on the ready, always expecting the unexpected, always working. Its fun, but sometimes I wish I could sail away on a pirate ship.
Aaaahhhhhh!!!!! I don't know what to do. Do I trust my instincts and continue my Ninja Training? Do I choose the lasting, more skillfull, more challenging career? Or do I rebel and turn Pirate? Go have swashbuckling fun? Or.....hmmm......well, I couldn't....or could I? No, you'd never get away with it. You never know, I might. It is an option, isn't it? Hmmm....I suppose. What if...no, no I can't. Go on, say it. But, if I was caught....oh alright. What if...*whispers*....what if I did both?? Its not that entirely out of the question. Pirate by day, ninja by night? Secretly a pirate? or a pirate could be my coverup for being a ninja. Hmm...I could accept the title of Pirate as my third personality........Hmmm.....
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Yes, Sir. No, Sir. Three Bags Full, Sir.
Weird as it is, I am blogging in the MORNING.
For any who don't know, my older brother TJ is going to be a Marine and leaves for Basic Training in June. Last night we went to a USMC Family Night in order to meet other Marine families, see what they are going to be doing, and have any questions answered. First Staff Sergeant Rogers gave a nice speech, then all the Recruiters were introduced and told us a bit about themselves. Then the DI's sent up about twelve Poolees for a small taste of what Basic is like, my brother was among these. (DI is a Drill Instructor, Poolees are people like TJ who aren't haven't gone to Basic yet, but are enlisted or planning to once they are seventeen). All twelve or however many there were looked fairly nervous and slightly terrified. Some of them were merely doing running and sitting and standing. Others messed up and had a DI screaming in their face, click here for an example. (Video link does contain language). After their demonstration, the Poolees had to sit, not moving, on the floor while the DI answered questions from parents about Basic. At one point, a Poolee twitched his foot and the DI stopped his talking to go yell at the kid.
Afterwards, we all went to eat while the poolees stood behind the food tables and watched us get our food, then were allowed to eat after all the guests had eaten. We were not allowed to clear our own empty plates, TJ had to clear ours (every poolee cleared their own guests dishes), and after some had left they all cleaned up. I have never seen a room with that many tables and chairs become a clean space so fast before. Apparently, when TJ comes back from Basic, they will have taught him how to make his bed, open the door for girls, and even how to "wear his pants on his waist instead of below his damn butt" as the DI said.
All in all, it was a very interesting experience. I'm told that if I send him cookies or cake or something, he will get in trouble, so thats probably something I will be doing.
For any who don't know, my older brother TJ is going to be a Marine and leaves for Basic Training in June. Last night we went to a USMC Family Night in order to meet other Marine families, see what they are going to be doing, and have any questions answered. First Staff Sergeant Rogers gave a nice speech, then all the Recruiters were introduced and told us a bit about themselves. Then the DI's sent up about twelve Poolees for a small taste of what Basic is like, my brother was among these. (DI is a Drill Instructor, Poolees are people like TJ who aren't haven't gone to Basic yet, but are enlisted or planning to once they are seventeen). All twelve or however many there were looked fairly nervous and slightly terrified. Some of them were merely doing running and sitting and standing. Others messed up and had a DI screaming in their face, click here for an example. (Video link does contain language). After their demonstration, the Poolees had to sit, not moving, on the floor while the DI answered questions from parents about Basic. At one point, a Poolee twitched his foot and the DI stopped his talking to go yell at the kid.
Afterwards, we all went to eat while the poolees stood behind the food tables and watched us get our food, then were allowed to eat after all the guests had eaten. We were not allowed to clear our own empty plates, TJ had to clear ours (every poolee cleared their own guests dishes), and after some had left they all cleaned up. I have never seen a room with that many tables and chairs become a clean space so fast before. Apparently, when TJ comes back from Basic, they will have taught him how to make his bed, open the door for girls, and even how to "wear his pants on his waist instead of below his damn butt" as the DI said.
All in all, it was a very interesting experience. I'm told that if I send him cookies or cake or something, he will get in trouble, so thats probably something I will be doing.
Monday, April 25, 2011
As promised, my next blogpost!
"I look back on my childhood days, it's like looking through a foggy haze, but there's something still clear to me."
~Lonely Ninjas~
My sister, Emily, and I were just remembering the many hours we spent playing "hard animals" which if you don't know, are toy animals that are not stuffed animals. Some were Breyer Horses, some were plastic horses, some were My Little Ponies, some were dinosaurs, and some were Legos-- all were very loved. We still remember most of them by name, as well as the many adventures they went on.
John and Tina were two lego people (little kid legos, not like real legos) that came on a little yellow lego wagon from the horrible place of Whoknowswhere, also known as Icantrememberwheretheycamefrom. Pulling their wagon was a horse, Dark Dakota, a dark brown lego-ish horse whose head could actually move up and down and stayed in whatever position you put it in because he was lost in the desert at one point (we left him in the sandbox once). John wore a blue shirt, gray pants, and a black cowboy hat, and always drove the wagon. His wife, Tina, wore a yellow shirt and red skirt, and always rode in the wagon. Their oldest child, Tim, rode on Light Dakota, a light brown lego horse. Their daughter Sally, who was four I believe, rode on the little calf on the back of the wagon.
The family came from Whoknowswhere, tired and weary. They found an old rundown Treehouse near a large barn and wide open feilds and a mountain range. They cleaned out the Treehouse and made it their home. Somehow, they acquired many wild horses and other animals. Some of the horses were far too small for them, and some far too big. There were chickens and ducks and geese, and goats and cows and pigs. There were cats and dogs and cheetahs and strange dinosaurs.
One family of horses consisted of (I think this is her) Pnemonia, a black mare with a broken back that had to be taped together, and her two twin foals, Black Beauty One and Black Beauty Two. Both foals were identical, with the exception of one of them having a small blue mark on the bottom of his hoof. Beauty 1 and Beauty 2 were the biggest troublemakers in the herd, often revolving around seeking the attention of two fillies. One filly was Cookie Dough, a cute, slender appaloosa with black curly hair. Sadly, she did not return the attention, but was in love with Billy, a gray, long horn dinosaur of some sort that slightly reminded us of a goat. Cookie Dough went to visit him in the mountains quite often. The other filly was Lightupheart, a gorgeous white pony with pink hair and a heart on her chubby rump that used to light up. She was very stuck up though, and was no where near as gentle and nice and kind as Cookie Dough.
Another consistant character on the ranch was Big Red. Big Red was old and wise, he was a very large horse with moving parts so he could rear, run, walk or whatever. Sadly, he could never stand and generally his role was dying. There was also Dingy, a dinosaur that looked like a lizard with a huge red sail on his back. While frightening to look at, he was quite nice, and acted like a big scared puppy (I think he may have barked too) that never spoke but was always important in some way or other.
Many strange things happened on this ranch. Often, a Flavorful Rain would come, making everything, even dirt, have flavor. The purple roof of the treehouse tasted like grapes, the floor tasted like brown sugur, the pink flowers tasted like strawberries. Melonie, the little yellow puppy, tasted like lemonade. Tim's big white hat tasted like marshmallows, which often provoked Beauty 1 and Beauty 2 to steal it and eat it.
There were many adventures. Another favorite was the great Flood. The family of pioneers had to build boats and rafts for themselves and the horses, and the horses had to help save others. Once or twice Tim and Tina got left behind. Sometimes John and Tina and Tim would turn evil and lock up certain animals, and Sally would have to save them. Sometimes horses would get kicked out of the herd.
I could go on and on, but not only do I not have time to tell all our adventures, you dont have time to read them all. There were times when our hard animals sat out for days at a time because we hadn't finished our stories. It often took nearly as long to set them all up as it did to play with them. I hope I never forget those times. Maybe sometime I'll tell you about our (Emily, TJ, and I) adventures in Hyrule as we took on the duty of being Link, Finn, and Lelly and battling Onox, raising Bippin and Blossom's kids, or meeting long lost relatives. Let me know in the comments if thats something you're interested in, or if you think that idea is rubbish. If you DO think its rubbish, I'll tell you right now, this is MY blog, not yours.
~Lonely Ninjas~
My sister, Emily, and I were just remembering the many hours we spent playing "hard animals" which if you don't know, are toy animals that are not stuffed animals. Some were Breyer Horses, some were plastic horses, some were My Little Ponies, some were dinosaurs, and some were Legos-- all were very loved. We still remember most of them by name, as well as the many adventures they went on.
John and Tina were two lego people (little kid legos, not like real legos) that came on a little yellow lego wagon from the horrible place of Whoknowswhere, also known as Icantrememberwheretheycamefrom. Pulling their wagon was a horse, Dark Dakota, a dark brown lego-ish horse whose head could actually move up and down and stayed in whatever position you put it in because he was lost in the desert at one point (we left him in the sandbox once). John wore a blue shirt, gray pants, and a black cowboy hat, and always drove the wagon. His wife, Tina, wore a yellow shirt and red skirt, and always rode in the wagon. Their oldest child, Tim, rode on Light Dakota, a light brown lego horse. Their daughter Sally, who was four I believe, rode on the little calf on the back of the wagon.
The family came from Whoknowswhere, tired and weary. They found an old rundown Treehouse near a large barn and wide open feilds and a mountain range. They cleaned out the Treehouse and made it their home. Somehow, they acquired many wild horses and other animals. Some of the horses were far too small for them, and some far too big. There were chickens and ducks and geese, and goats and cows and pigs. There were cats and dogs and cheetahs and strange dinosaurs.
One family of horses consisted of (I think this is her) Pnemonia, a black mare with a broken back that had to be taped together, and her two twin foals, Black Beauty One and Black Beauty Two. Both foals were identical, with the exception of one of them having a small blue mark on the bottom of his hoof. Beauty 1 and Beauty 2 were the biggest troublemakers in the herd, often revolving around seeking the attention of two fillies. One filly was Cookie Dough, a cute, slender appaloosa with black curly hair. Sadly, she did not return the attention, but was in love with Billy, a gray, long horn dinosaur of some sort that slightly reminded us of a goat. Cookie Dough went to visit him in the mountains quite often. The other filly was Lightupheart, a gorgeous white pony with pink hair and a heart on her chubby rump that used to light up. She was very stuck up though, and was no where near as gentle and nice and kind as Cookie Dough.
Another consistant character on the ranch was Big Red. Big Red was old and wise, he was a very large horse with moving parts so he could rear, run, walk or whatever. Sadly, he could never stand and generally his role was dying. There was also Dingy, a dinosaur that looked like a lizard with a huge red sail on his back. While frightening to look at, he was quite nice, and acted like a big scared puppy (I think he may have barked too) that never spoke but was always important in some way or other.
Many strange things happened on this ranch. Often, a Flavorful Rain would come, making everything, even dirt, have flavor. The purple roof of the treehouse tasted like grapes, the floor tasted like brown sugur, the pink flowers tasted like strawberries. Melonie, the little yellow puppy, tasted like lemonade. Tim's big white hat tasted like marshmallows, which often provoked Beauty 1 and Beauty 2 to steal it and eat it.
There were many adventures. Another favorite was the great Flood. The family of pioneers had to build boats and rafts for themselves and the horses, and the horses had to help save others. Once or twice Tim and Tina got left behind. Sometimes John and Tina and Tim would turn evil and lock up certain animals, and Sally would have to save them. Sometimes horses would get kicked out of the herd.
I could go on and on, but not only do I not have time to tell all our adventures, you dont have time to read them all. There were times when our hard animals sat out for days at a time because we hadn't finished our stories. It often took nearly as long to set them all up as it did to play with them. I hope I never forget those times. Maybe sometime I'll tell you about our (Emily, TJ, and I) adventures in Hyrule as we took on the duty of being Link, Finn, and Lelly and battling Onox, raising Bippin and Blossom's kids, or meeting long lost relatives. Let me know in the comments if thats something you're interested in, or if you think that idea is rubbish. If you DO think its rubbish, I'll tell you right now, this is MY blog, not yours.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Pudding!!!!!!
So...I am sitting at my Second House, which is my cousin's house. My brother and parents are here also. It is Easter, so it makes sense to be at a family gathering right? Only problem is that my cousins are not here, and we've been here for half an hour at least. I think we are planning on leaving shortly, since its weird to be at their house without them. The cats are here though, so they'll let them know I'm sure.
I know this has been short but I will be back within the next...36 hours because its been a while since I've posted. And we are leaving now. Happy Easter. Goodbye. Adios. See ya later. / : ) robin hood says bye too. Okay, I'm actually leaving now.
I know this has been short but I will be back within the next...36 hours because its been a while since I've posted. And we are leaving now. Happy Easter. Goodbye. Adios. See ya later. / : ) robin hood says bye too. Okay, I'm actually leaving now.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Once Upon A Time
The Fox and The Geese
The fox once came to a meadow in which was a flock of fine fat geese, at which he smiled and said, "I come in the nick of time, you are sitting together quite beautifully, so that I can eat you up one after the other." {we must assume that this fox is very very large, or these geese are very very small. One normal fox could not eat multiple normal geese} The geese cackled with terror, sprang up, and began to wail and beg piteously for their lives. {as apposed to running....or flying away...} But the fox would listen to nothing, and said, "There is no mercy to be had! You must die."
At legnth one of them took heart and said, "If we poor geese are to give up our vigorous young lives, show us the only possible favor and allow us one more prayer, that we may not die in our sins, and then we will place ourselves in a row so that you can pick yourself out the fattest." {I'm sure this geese was not the fattest, or he wouldn't have suggested fattest first...}
"Yes," said the fox, "that is reasonable, and a pious request. Pray away, I will wait till you are done." {At least he was reasonable about killing them}
Then the first began a good long prayer, forever saying, "Ga! Ga!" and as she would make no end, the second did not wait until her turn came, but began also, "Ga! Ga!" {Maybe this is where Lady Ga Ga got her name...} The third and fourth followed her, and soon they were all cackling together.
When they have done praying, the story shall be continued further, but at present they are still praying without stopping.
Yes, that is a real actual story, a Fairy Tale to be precise. From the Brothers Grimm. I think its quite a cliffhanger, and can't wait until they finish praying, which I don't think will happen. But if it does, I shall let you know as soon as it happens.
This as well as my other 300 ish fairy tales are something I find quite amusing. Some are ones everyone knows (well, think they know) like Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and others like this, the Three Feathers, and The Poor Man and the Rich Man most do not know. Some are quite scary and I would not recommend for children, as they are disturbing. Maybe thats why they are the Brothers GRIMM, because they are grim tales.
On a less mystical note, its snowing like the dickens here. April is nearly over, this should not be happening. While snow is a nice thing in the winter, I don't like these random snowstorms. You can't do anything but wish it was gone, since it will only last for a few days and won't be enough to snowmobile or snowboard. GRAHHUMMPAHHH!!!!!!!!!! Yes, its THAT frustrating.
THE END.
The fox once came to a meadow in which was a flock of fine fat geese, at which he smiled and said, "I come in the nick of time, you are sitting together quite beautifully, so that I can eat you up one after the other." {we must assume that this fox is very very large, or these geese are very very small. One normal fox could not eat multiple normal geese} The geese cackled with terror, sprang up, and began to wail and beg piteously for their lives. {as apposed to running....or flying away...} But the fox would listen to nothing, and said, "There is no mercy to be had! You must die."
At legnth one of them took heart and said, "If we poor geese are to give up our vigorous young lives, show us the only possible favor and allow us one more prayer, that we may not die in our sins, and then we will place ourselves in a row so that you can pick yourself out the fattest." {I'm sure this geese was not the fattest, or he wouldn't have suggested fattest first...}
"Yes," said the fox, "that is reasonable, and a pious request. Pray away, I will wait till you are done." {At least he was reasonable about killing them}
Then the first began a good long prayer, forever saying, "Ga! Ga!" and as she would make no end, the second did not wait until her turn came, but began also, "Ga! Ga!" {Maybe this is where Lady Ga Ga got her name...} The third and fourth followed her, and soon they were all cackling together.
When they have done praying, the story shall be continued further, but at present they are still praying without stopping.
Yes, that is a real actual story, a Fairy Tale to be precise. From the Brothers Grimm. I think its quite a cliffhanger, and can't wait until they finish praying, which I don't think will happen. But if it does, I shall let you know as soon as it happens.
This as well as my other 300 ish fairy tales are something I find quite amusing. Some are ones everyone knows (well, think they know) like Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and others like this, the Three Feathers, and The Poor Man and the Rich Man most do not know. Some are quite scary and I would not recommend for children, as they are disturbing. Maybe thats why they are the Brothers GRIMM, because they are grim tales.
On a less mystical note, its snowing like the dickens here. April is nearly over, this should not be happening. While snow is a nice thing in the winter, I don't like these random snowstorms. You can't do anything but wish it was gone, since it will only last for a few days and won't be enough to snowmobile or snowboard. GRAHHUMMPAHHH!!!!!!!!!! Yes, its THAT frustrating.
THE END.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Catching Up.
So a lot has happened since Thursday April 7th. As you can see from above this post, it is now Monday April 11th. So I'll just give you a quick recap over the last four-ish days.
FRIDAY
Friday was very busy and very fun. I woke up at the absurd hour of 8:30 AM to go to Marshfield (i think it was there at least) to look at a cat with my sister Emily. We ended up taking one-year-old Gizmo home. He's whitish tannish orangish and very very fat. He also has claws. Naturally, Emily's cat Nala hated him because she hates every living creature with the exception of Emily and sometimes other people. Then Jack met him, and also hated him, probably because he invaded his home. OF COURSE, Gizmo hated both of them too. Around one, my friend Megan came over. We decided Gizmo does not look like he should be called Gizmo, and even though Emily has named him Hamlet, he is called Oswald because he looks like an Oswald. I went to Megan's house and watched Tangled for the first time, although I missed the ending. Very cute, very funny. After Megan's house I went to Tami's house. We walked to County Market..wait...Trig's. After that, my mom picked us up and drove us to Waupaca for a Lock In, which was super super fun. Ten hours and two Monsters later, we were crazy and hyper and over tired.
At this point I think it is important to mention that Tami gave me a super fantasticular awesome cool amazing epic BATMAN WALLET!!!!!!!! because as my previous post states, mine was stolen. And Batman is my favorite. Yeah I jad to say that. Cuz its super awesome.
SATURDAY
Saturday started out with zero sleep and then some more lack of sleep. I was tired off an on all morning, but would always get a second wind (and third and fourth and fifth). We went back to Tami's house and took a two or three hour nap, watched a movie, walked to Belts barefoot. I got a Strawberry and Vanilla Twist which was delicious. Then we headed back on a different road towards the YMCA for Teen Night. On our way we passed Trivia Team Yaargh!! where a few friends were. Oh wait, rewind. Before we got there, this really weird random guy stopped us and asked where we were from and if we knew the area. Thinking he was here or trivia and needed directions somewhere, I said yes we are from around here. Then he went off on this super long boring "conversation" in which he informed us how he had always lived here and how stupid Point is and blah blah blah. Eventually, we said we were late and had to go, and when he kept talking we just walked away. THEN we stopped by Yaargh!! and chatted for a few minutes with a scary old man who pet our hair and smelled us, and freaked Tami out because she didn't know who it was behind the mask (James, of course). Quite hilarious. Then we headed to Teen Night which was meh on the boring/fun scale. Not exactly fun, but entertaining. Its interesting to sit and observe all the people (People Watching is one of my favorite sports) caught up in their drama. There was a couple wandering through the gym for a while, and the girl kept totally denying the guy. Two groups of girls that were all mad at each other. Then some kid almost punched another kid, but the other kid dogded it. After Teen Night, TJ picked us up and we dropped Tami off then went to hang out at Trivia for a bit. Went home at midnight.
SUNDAY
Sunday I was forced from sleep and went to church. I'll admit I pretty much slept through the entire service. After church we went to Chili's for lunch as a family, then went to the Appelton Mall. For the majority of the drive there, we listened to Irish music such as Flogging Molly. At Appelton, I bought a grand totaly of one belt which is black with black and blue shiny studs on it. Spent $10. Mom and TJ bought more though, so it was still worth the trip. We also did a lot of walking. And People Watching. Thats always fun. On the way home there was a super epic thunderstorm, I love thunderstorms. Thankfully we missed the tornados in Appelton though. When we finally arrived home, Emily and James had gotten stuck in the driveway with their car so it was blocking our way. We parked across the road on the logging road area thingerbob and had to walk. Then we put on rubber boots and helped push them from the ditch and I got sprayed with a bunch of mud. I like mud, but not all over me. Finally actually got home, not just on the property, and went to bed.
MONDAY (thats today!)
Today I slept until 10:30 AM which was nice. Then got up and had some crackers for breakfast. Then basically we decided to all be bums and play video games all day. I played Ocarina of Time on the bigscreen, James brought their TV into the family room (aka tj's bedroom aka game room) and played some war game that looks boring (Black Ops, maybe?) and Emily played the Gameboy. I am not stuck in the Forest Temple so I quit for the day and decided to eat and come on here and check my facebook and watch some Nerimon videos and write this blogpost. So now we're up to date on everything. Lovely. It was nice not seeing you, hope you are having a marvelous day. Goodbye.
FRIDAY
Friday was very busy and very fun. I woke up at the absurd hour of 8:30 AM to go to Marshfield (i think it was there at least) to look at a cat with my sister Emily. We ended up taking one-year-old Gizmo home. He's whitish tannish orangish and very very fat. He also has claws. Naturally, Emily's cat Nala hated him because she hates every living creature with the exception of Emily and sometimes other people. Then Jack met him, and also hated him, probably because he invaded his home. OF COURSE, Gizmo hated both of them too. Around one, my friend Megan came over. We decided Gizmo does not look like he should be called Gizmo, and even though Emily has named him Hamlet, he is called Oswald because he looks like an Oswald. I went to Megan's house and watched Tangled for the first time, although I missed the ending. Very cute, very funny. After Megan's house I went to Tami's house. We walked to County Market..wait...Trig's. After that, my mom picked us up and drove us to Waupaca for a Lock In, which was super super fun. Ten hours and two Monsters later, we were crazy and hyper and over tired.
At this point I think it is important to mention that Tami gave me a super fantasticular awesome cool amazing epic BATMAN WALLET!!!!!!!! because as my previous post states, mine was stolen. And Batman is my favorite. Yeah I jad to say that. Cuz its super awesome.
SATURDAY
Saturday started out with zero sleep and then some more lack of sleep. I was tired off an on all morning, but would always get a second wind (and third and fourth and fifth). We went back to Tami's house and took a two or three hour nap, watched a movie, walked to Belts barefoot. I got a Strawberry and Vanilla Twist which was delicious. Then we headed back on a different road towards the YMCA for Teen Night. On our way we passed Trivia Team Yaargh!! where a few friends were. Oh wait, rewind. Before we got there, this really weird random guy stopped us and asked where we were from and if we knew the area. Thinking he was here or trivia and needed directions somewhere, I said yes we are from around here. Then he went off on this super long boring "conversation" in which he informed us how he had always lived here and how stupid Point is and blah blah blah. Eventually, we said we were late and had to go, and when he kept talking we just walked away. THEN we stopped by Yaargh!! and chatted for a few minutes with a scary old man who pet our hair and smelled us, and freaked Tami out because she didn't know who it was behind the mask (James, of course). Quite hilarious. Then we headed to Teen Night which was meh on the boring/fun scale. Not exactly fun, but entertaining. Its interesting to sit and observe all the people (People Watching is one of my favorite sports) caught up in their drama. There was a couple wandering through the gym for a while, and the girl kept totally denying the guy. Two groups of girls that were all mad at each other. Then some kid almost punched another kid, but the other kid dogded it. After Teen Night, TJ picked us up and we dropped Tami off then went to hang out at Trivia for a bit. Went home at midnight.
SUNDAY
Sunday I was forced from sleep and went to church. I'll admit I pretty much slept through the entire service. After church we went to Chili's for lunch as a family, then went to the Appelton Mall. For the majority of the drive there, we listened to Irish music such as Flogging Molly. At Appelton, I bought a grand totaly of one belt which is black with black and blue shiny studs on it. Spent $10. Mom and TJ bought more though, so it was still worth the trip. We also did a lot of walking. And People Watching. Thats always fun. On the way home there was a super epic thunderstorm, I love thunderstorms. Thankfully we missed the tornados in Appelton though. When we finally arrived home, Emily and James had gotten stuck in the driveway with their car so it was blocking our way. We parked across the road on the logging road area thingerbob and had to walk. Then we put on rubber boots and helped push them from the ditch and I got sprayed with a bunch of mud. I like mud, but not all over me. Finally actually got home, not just on the property, and went to bed.
MONDAY (thats today!)
Today I slept until 10:30 AM which was nice. Then got up and had some crackers for breakfast. Then basically we decided to all be bums and play video games all day. I played Ocarina of Time on the bigscreen, James brought their TV into the family room (aka tj's bedroom aka game room) and played some war game that looks boring (Black Ops, maybe?) and Emily played the Gameboy. I am not stuck in the Forest Temple so I quit for the day and decided to eat and come on here and check my facebook and watch some Nerimon videos and write this blogpost. So now we're up to date on everything. Lovely. It was nice not seeing you, hope you are having a marvelous day. Goodbye.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
the awesomeness of rainbow (now lost)
They say you can tell a lot about a woman by looking at the contents of her purse. This may or may not be true, because while many women keep similar things in their purse all women are not the same, but some of us keep very unique things in their purse. In my purse, I have the usual random coinage, old receipts, etc, as well as some other less common items. Like a Gameboy Advance with Spyro Season of Fire and Season of Ice, and The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons. If you haven't realized is before now, I am a total nerd and love nerd stuff like that. The reason I carry that is because honestly, you never know when you're gonna be sitting around bored somewhere, wether its in the car stopped at a train or you're at a 'party' and it gets a little dull.
Another oddity I carry is taco sauce. No, not a whole bottle, altho thats not a half bad idea. I carry the little packets of delicious amazingness from Taco Bell, because if you ask for it in the drive thru they always give you like twelve packs and honestly, even I don't need that much. Sometimes I just eat it straight out of the packet, but usually I save it for special occasions, like french fries. I also have it in case I ever have the misfortune of being forced to go to Taco Johns (Bleh!!!) which is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING and I hate eating there. The only good thing there is their Potato Olays which you have to admitt aren't all they're cracked up to be. So yeah, I carry Taco Sauce. Weird, but whatever.
Normally, I carry a knife (or two) as well. Generally in the form of my Leatherman (for those of you who don't know what that is, click here). All of last summer, I wore it on my belt but I don't need it as often anymore because I'm not at the barn anymore. Although this summer I am going to start being able to wear it YAYYY because I'm going back to always being at the barn YAYY!!!! Funny Story: Last summer, while on staff at Lake Ellen, whenever someone needed a knife they would just come to the wrangler table (table full of girls) to ask for one and we would all get one out. You would think they'd ask, say, the maintenence boys? Nope, the horse girls. Maybe not so funny, but hey I'm not here to entertain you.
Also, I generally carry a wallet. Today? Not so much. I left my purse in Eagle River and some horrible person said "Hey, I found a purse, lets see whats in it. Oh look, A really awesome shiny rainbow wallet with some poor girl's temporary liscense and $100 and library card and Maurices Take Ten card. OMG I HAVE AN IDEA!!!! Lets STEAL IT!!! HAHAHA THIS IS GREAT!! I'm sure she won't mind. They didn't even have the decency to leave my awesome rainbow wallet. Worthless scum.
At least I got my Gameboy and taco sauce and mp3 and sweet shiny reflective blue sunglasses back I guess. Maybe that person will send me a birthday card or something since they have my name and address and birthday and hair color and weight and height and eye color and driver ID. I doubt it though. Hope they spend my money on something worth while, or give it to some poor helpless person. Doubt that too, they'll probably walk into some dumb clothing store like Hollister with my awesome shiny rainbow wallet and pull out my hundred dollars and buy something stupid. Oh well I guess. Life goes on. You know, at least they had good taste and recognized awesomeness when they saw it.
Another oddity I carry is taco sauce. No, not a whole bottle, altho thats not a half bad idea. I carry the little packets of delicious amazingness from Taco Bell, because if you ask for it in the drive thru they always give you like twelve packs and honestly, even I don't need that much. Sometimes I just eat it straight out of the packet, but usually I save it for special occasions, like french fries. I also have it in case I ever have the misfortune of being forced to go to Taco Johns (Bleh!!!) which is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING and I hate eating there. The only good thing there is their Potato Olays which you have to admitt aren't all they're cracked up to be. So yeah, I carry Taco Sauce. Weird, but whatever.
Normally, I carry a knife (or two) as well. Generally in the form of my Leatherman (for those of you who don't know what that is, click here). All of last summer, I wore it on my belt but I don't need it as often anymore because I'm not at the barn anymore. Although this summer I am going to start being able to wear it YAYYY because I'm going back to always being at the barn YAYY!!!! Funny Story: Last summer, while on staff at Lake Ellen, whenever someone needed a knife they would just come to the wrangler table (table full of girls) to ask for one and we would all get one out. You would think they'd ask, say, the maintenence boys? Nope, the horse girls. Maybe not so funny, but hey I'm not here to entertain you.
Also, I generally carry a wallet. Today? Not so much. I left my purse in Eagle River and some horrible person said "Hey, I found a purse, lets see whats in it. Oh look, A really awesome shiny rainbow wallet with some poor girl's temporary liscense and $100 and library card and Maurices Take Ten card. OMG I HAVE AN IDEA!!!! Lets STEAL IT!!! HAHAHA THIS IS GREAT!! I'm sure she won't mind. They didn't even have the decency to leave my awesome rainbow wallet. Worthless scum.
At least I got my Gameboy and taco sauce and mp3 and sweet shiny reflective blue sunglasses back I guess. Maybe that person will send me a birthday card or something since they have my name and address and birthday and hair color and weight and height and eye color and driver ID. I doubt it though. Hope they spend my money on something worth while, or give it to some poor helpless person. Doubt that too, they'll probably walk into some dumb clothing store like Hollister with my awesome shiny rainbow wallet and pull out my hundred dollars and buy something stupid. Oh well I guess. Life goes on. You know, at least they had good taste and recognized awesomeness when they saw it.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
This is Home
LUCY I"M HOOOME!!!!! YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPLANING TO DO!!!!!!!
Actually, I'm not home. I just got back from visiting home. Home is where the heart is, right? Well I'm pretty sure I left mine at Lake Ellen last summer. As most people know, I worked there for the summer of 2010 and am going back this summer for which I am SUPER SUPER EXCITED FOR!!!!!!!! Oh, and for all people who read this from camp, you should spam my cousin Becca's blog and let her know how super awesome camp is so she'll come work there with me.
So anyways, I just got back from camp because I convinced my aunt to come to the Scrapbooking Retreat this weekend (I'm pretty sure she liked it, she wants to go to the one in the Fall) and my cousin Becca to do dishes with me. As everyone was being totally insane and scrapbooking all day everyday, it was different that my usual camp trips. Their schedule was basically:
8:30 breakfast
9:00 scrapbook
12:00 lunch
12:30 scrapbook
6:30 dinner
7:00 scrapbook
12 midnight :maybe go to bed, maybe stay up and scrapbook some more
INSANE RIGHT??? Oh and there were always some snacks out. We tried to go for a trail ride with Rusty Diamond and Takota, but Rusty kept panicing and freaking out like "AHHHH WHAT IS ALL THIS MUD?!?!?!" and we had to turn around after a few minutes. He also made Diamond nervous and jumpy. That was on Friday. On Saturday, we went out with Odie, Diamond, and Dolly and went on a different trail and everyone was fine unti lwe got back and the other ten horses started running around and getting excited. That got our horses excited, but it wasn't anything too hard to handle, so we survived.
Next summer, in a few months (Ahh!!!!! only a few months!!!!) I think we need a bunny named Spoons in the petting zoo. And another cow, because I like cows. Okay, I need to stop because I am going to watch some of the Truth Project tonight with Andy, Wendy, Becca, Cana, Billie, and Phillip. And all the wonderful cats of course. Maybe I'll tell you about it, maybe I won't. we'll see.
P.S. so I just titled this "this is home" and remember that at one point I heard Switchfoot's "This is Home" song and for the longerst time I thought when it says 'back to how it was' it was saying 'back to Hollywood' which it doesn't say......yeah.
Actually, I'm not home. I just got back from visiting home. Home is where the heart is, right? Well I'm pretty sure I left mine at Lake Ellen last summer. As most people know, I worked there for the summer of 2010 and am going back this summer for which I am SUPER SUPER EXCITED FOR!!!!!!!! Oh, and for all people who read this from camp, you should spam my cousin Becca's blog and let her know how super awesome camp is so she'll come work there with me.
So anyways, I just got back from camp because I convinced my aunt to come to the Scrapbooking Retreat this weekend (I'm pretty sure she liked it, she wants to go to the one in the Fall) and my cousin Becca to do dishes with me. As everyone was being totally insane and scrapbooking all day everyday, it was different that my usual camp trips. Their schedule was basically:
8:30 breakfast
9:00 scrapbook
12:00 lunch
12:30 scrapbook
6:30 dinner
7:00 scrapbook
12 midnight :maybe go to bed, maybe stay up and scrapbook some more
INSANE RIGHT??? Oh and there were always some snacks out. We tried to go for a trail ride with Rusty Diamond and Takota, but Rusty kept panicing and freaking out like "AHHHH WHAT IS ALL THIS MUD?!?!?!" and we had to turn around after a few minutes. He also made Diamond nervous and jumpy. That was on Friday. On Saturday, we went out with Odie, Diamond, and Dolly and went on a different trail and everyone was fine unti lwe got back and the other ten horses started running around and getting excited. That got our horses excited, but it wasn't anything too hard to handle, so we survived.
Next summer, in a few months (Ahh!!!!! only a few months!!!!) I think we need a bunny named Spoons in the petting zoo. And another cow, because I like cows. Okay, I need to stop because I am going to watch some of the Truth Project tonight with Andy, Wendy, Becca, Cana, Billie, and Phillip. And all the wonderful cats of course. Maybe I'll tell you about it, maybe I won't. we'll see.
P.S. so I just titled this "this is home" and remember that at one point I heard Switchfoot's "This is Home" song and for the longerst time I thought when it says 'back to how it was' it was saying 'back to Hollywood' which it doesn't say......yeah.
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