10.26.2005
WHERE DOES ALL THE TIME GO?
Tyler H. can read, Leah Hr. is in Sunday School, next month is Thanksgiving, which is when we put up the Christmas decorations, and in between Christmas and Thanksgiving I'm turning sixteen and I'm going to be learning to drive soon, half my friends are turning seventeen shortly after the new year (isn't Kailee L supposed to be 17? She's part of the older crowd of the highschoolers in my homeschool group). Doreeee's starting highschool, we have a job, the half of my friends that are turning 17 is also graduating from highschool at the end of next year (aren't Patrick and Adam doing that?). I just don't get the teenagers who can't wait to be adults or 18 or 21 because time flies just fine all by itself without us blowing on it.
Another Snapshot of my current life.
My life is soooooooooooooooooo crazy, like...sooooooooooo crazy. I'm doing school in four days in order to have Wednesday off, which really isn't that bad, it just makes Thursday and Friday a little busier than usual. Usually they're my "easier days" which end up being just as long as Monday and Tuesday because I have the mindset that I don't have as much work to do so I kind of take it easy.
Then piano's crazy because I'm trying to figure out how I'm supposed to learn all this scales and arpeggios stuff when he said only to spend 15-20 minutes on them. I could easily spend half an hour learning all the stuff I'm supposed to learn. Plus there's the stuff to learn for Wednesdays which is really only one song a week but I've only got 2 or 3 songs, so adding another one is adding quite a bit. Learning my lesson songs is going quite well though.
Then there's choir, which isn't all that crazy, it just takes up mindspace sometimes trying to remember to look up a skit...hmmm...what was it supposed to be about? BAD Katie...at least some of you are in my group.
Dance is good, I've been trying to really try, because that's what my teacher looks for. Even if you do the step right, if you don't do it with everything you've got she doesn't...like it? appreciate it? And half the time --no, actually, 99% of the time--it's when you DON'T have the step right and you're not giving it everything you've got that she doesn't like it. So that's not just energy expending, it takes up a lot of CPU too. I like that, I think CPU will be my new code for mindspace. And then I'm trying to make friends with the girls at dance too, so there goes more CPU.
It would be cool if I could see a little window like the CTRL-ALT-DEL one that has all the processes and how much CPU they're taking up for my brain. Ha. That's really tangential. Oh boy, I just made up a new word. Yay.
UMMMMMMwhat else. I don't know. All that other stuff. :-D Whatever. I don't have CPU to spare at the moment :-) Oh, I did have something else but it's so nifty (nifty, huh?) I'm putting it in a separate post.
Then piano's crazy because I'm trying to figure out how I'm supposed to learn all this scales and arpeggios stuff when he said only to spend 15-20 minutes on them. I could easily spend half an hour learning all the stuff I'm supposed to learn. Plus there's the stuff to learn for Wednesdays which is really only one song a week but I've only got 2 or 3 songs, so adding another one is adding quite a bit. Learning my lesson songs is going quite well though.
Then there's choir, which isn't all that crazy, it just takes up mindspace sometimes trying to remember to look up a skit...hmmm...what was it supposed to be about? BAD Katie...at least some of you are in my group.
Dance is good, I've been trying to really try, because that's what my teacher looks for. Even if you do the step right, if you don't do it with everything you've got she doesn't...like it? appreciate it? And half the time --no, actually, 99% of the time--it's when you DON'T have the step right and you're not giving it everything you've got that she doesn't like it. So that's not just energy expending, it takes up a lot of CPU too. I like that, I think CPU will be my new code for mindspace. And then I'm trying to make friends with the girls at dance too, so there goes more CPU.
It would be cool if I could see a little window like the CTRL-ALT-DEL one that has all the processes and how much CPU they're taking up for my brain. Ha. That's really tangential. Oh boy, I just made up a new word. Yay.
UMMMMMMwhat else. I don't know. All that other stuff. :-D Whatever. I don't have CPU to spare at the moment :-) Oh, I did have something else but it's so nifty (nifty, huh?) I'm putting it in a separate post.
10.20.2005
The Piano Job and other Random Excerpts from My Current Life
This Wednesday, Doreeeee and I went to our first day of the piano job. Another pianist was also there to help us out. It went really well. We both got rave reviews and had fun doing it. The only thing I'm not completely happy about is I don't think I did my very best, but there's always next week. And we need a few slower songs, so this week I'm focusing on maintaining the songs I've learned and learning my lesson songs and Beauty and the Beast for a slower warm-up song. Not that we did a bad job playing or anything, but I think the reason we got such rave reviews is that we were nice and open to instruction, not because we played complicated amazing music.
UMMM I was going to mention something else on here but I forget what it was. OHHHHH welllll.
UMMM I was going to mention something else on here but I forget what it was. OHHHHH welllll.
10.13.2005
Aiee, life is insane
So today was nonstop, mostly because when I was sick I just did the bare necessities, so I'm not behind in reading or anything. But there was a lot of extra stuff like a history test and art paper that I didn't do, so I did a lot of that stuff today.
And, this is good, but the current application to real life is bad, I got a job. A good job. A job that pays well. A job I think I'll like. If I can just get some piano music into my fingers. Doreeeeee and I are both doing it. There's a dance class in the public schools that has acommpianists, and the accompianist for the Wooster one is out of town for awhile, like a long while, like moving away for awhile then coming back later, so Doreeeee and I are going to do it. It's on Wednesdays, like all schoolday. We went to a similar class Monday, and I loved it, it's 4th and 5th graders, like my favorite age of kids (ok I like a lot of ages of kids), it was really high energy and I think I'll really like it, but learning at least the beginnings of at least 5 songs (really hopefully a lot more than that) by next Wednesday is a daunting prospect. I like the learning songs, but then if I practice piano for half an hour longer than usual I pretty much don't get done with school till dinnertime--at least I didn't today. And I had a lot of extra catching up stuff to do, so that didn't help. Actually I think that was mainly responsible for how late I got done. So piano didn't help.
And this Saturday, on top of everything else, I'm taking the PSAT. But as Mom said, that's done Saturday and I don't have to think about it again. I really hope my brain is in good working order Sat. It's all in there if my brain just dredges it out. Everything seems so logical when you've got the right answers in front of you and you can see what you did wrong. But it's so confusing when you don't know what the most logical thing is.
I have to go to bed, because you really get the effects of a good or bad night's sleep the day after the next day. So. Yeah. I just keep listening to my music (JUMP5, Newsboys, ZOEgirl) to keep me from going completely insane and I think I'll be ok.
And, this is good, but the current application to real life is bad, I got a job. A good job. A job that pays well. A job I think I'll like. If I can just get some piano music into my fingers. Doreeeeee and I are both doing it. There's a dance class in the public schools that has acommpianists, and the accompianist for the Wooster one is out of town for awhile, like a long while, like moving away for awhile then coming back later, so Doreeeee and I are going to do it. It's on Wednesdays, like all schoolday. We went to a similar class Monday, and I loved it, it's 4th and 5th graders, like my favorite age of kids (ok I like a lot of ages of kids), it was really high energy and I think I'll really like it, but learning at least the beginnings of at least 5 songs (really hopefully a lot more than that) by next Wednesday is a daunting prospect. I like the learning songs, but then if I practice piano for half an hour longer than usual I pretty much don't get done with school till dinnertime--at least I didn't today. And I had a lot of extra catching up stuff to do, so that didn't help. Actually I think that was mainly responsible for how late I got done. So piano didn't help.
And this Saturday, on top of everything else, I'm taking the PSAT. But as Mom said, that's done Saturday and I don't have to think about it again. I really hope my brain is in good working order Sat. It's all in there if my brain just dredges it out. Everything seems so logical when you've got the right answers in front of you and you can see what you did wrong. But it's so confusing when you don't know what the most logical thing is.
I have to go to bed, because you really get the effects of a good or bad night's sleep the day after the next day. So. Yeah. I just keep listening to my music (JUMP5, Newsboys, ZOEgirl) to keep me from going completely insane and I think I'll be ok.
10.12.2005
A conversation between friends
I just thought this was kind of funny.
ktyack: i think my left eardrum is about to burst
sonikid: IT IS!?
ktyack: i dunno
ktyack: lol
ktyack: it might be
sonikid: DUCK 'N' COVER PEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ktyack: rotfl
sonikid: kidding
ktyack: i think my left eardrum is about to burst
sonikid: IT IS!?
ktyack: i dunno
ktyack: lol
ktyack: it might be
sonikid: DUCK 'N' COVER PEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ktyack: rotfl
sonikid: kidding
American History Essay
I find it interesting that many people (such as the founding fathers) in my American History readings are described as knowing how to use their minds. How many people today know how to use their minds? How many people think about and talk about politics and society and people in general?
People back in the 1700's and before didn't think that people could rule themselves, but I look at some of the kings and wonder if they could rule themselves, let alone an entire nation. People didn't think that all men were created equal, even those who were the ones at the bottom of the ladderbelieved that they weren't as important as the noblemen. All people are equal? Even slaves? Even women? Even peasants? They're just as important as men or kings? All are created equal?
How many people think that radically today? I don't think many do. I think people still think that some people are better than others--whether it's between blacks and whites or freshmen and seniors or the janitor and the CEO. People don't show other people the respect they deserve.
And I know I'm criticizing society in general, and that there are people in society in general who live up to this nation's claim that all men are created equal (and, Meghan, I mean all mankind, I'm just quoting the Declaration of Independence), but I wish they'd be more prominent and more radical. It's much more noticeable when you see someone do something wrong than something right, and therefore it takes a lot more of people doing things right to make everyone notice.
So I wish everyone would use their minds and make things happen and make people notice, make people notice that you treat everyone with respect, whether it's the janitor or your boss. The revolution truly was first in the minds and hearts of the people. Because when people use what they've got in their heads, big things happen. Unless you call the forming of a nation an incident not to be noticed or remembered.
People back in the 1700's and before didn't think that people could rule themselves, but I look at some of the kings and wonder if they could rule themselves, let alone an entire nation. People didn't think that all men were created equal, even those who were the ones at the bottom of the ladderbelieved that they weren't as important as the noblemen. All people are equal? Even slaves? Even women? Even peasants? They're just as important as men or kings? All are created equal?
How many people think that radically today? I don't think many do. I think people still think that some people are better than others--whether it's between blacks and whites or freshmen and seniors or the janitor and the CEO. People don't show other people the respect they deserve.
And I know I'm criticizing society in general, and that there are people in society in general who live up to this nation's claim that all men are created equal (and, Meghan, I mean all mankind, I'm just quoting the Declaration of Independence), but I wish they'd be more prominent and more radical. It's much more noticeable when you see someone do something wrong than something right, and therefore it takes a lot more of people doing things right to make everyone notice.
So I wish everyone would use their minds and make things happen and make people notice, make people notice that you treat everyone with respect, whether it's the janitor or your boss. The revolution truly was first in the minds and hearts of the people. Because when people use what they've got in their heads, big things happen. Unless you call the forming of a nation an incident not to be noticed or remembered.
10.08.2005
New antibiotic and the "PPSAT"
Last night I had my first dose of my new antibiotic, a liquid this time, in my most cherished shade of pink. I was going to wait to take it until after consuming my delicious french bread pizza, but I decided that the pizza would taste better without the threat of medicine hanging over it, so I took all two tspfulls.
IT WAS SO YUMMY! I mean it tasted like someone had dissolved sugar into water until it was thick with the sugar. Then there was a nasty aftertaste, and that's when I was glad I had taken it before the pizza, cuz I could just eat and therefore it didn't taste bad at all. So that's a GIANT relief.
And then today, practically first thing in the morning (all of 11:45, but it was the first serious thing I did all day) I took the Practice PSAT that they give you when you sign up for the PSAT. I'm not sure how I did. I answered all the questions, and I scored above average, but I made some seriously stupid mistakes on the math stuff (90x2 isn't 80, and 2+3, my arch nemesis of arimetic, is, once again, not 6!) So I did ok besides those. And I need to be a little more thorough in checking my answers, but I had plenty of time to check on the word ones.
Time to go take yummy pink stuff!
IT WAS SO YUMMY! I mean it tasted like someone had dissolved sugar into water until it was thick with the sugar. Then there was a nasty aftertaste, and that's when I was glad I had taken it before the pizza, cuz I could just eat and therefore it didn't taste bad at all. So that's a GIANT relief.
And then today, practically first thing in the morning (all of 11:45, but it was the first serious thing I did all day) I took the Practice PSAT that they give you when you sign up for the PSAT. I'm not sure how I did. I answered all the questions, and I scored above average, but I made some seriously stupid mistakes on the math stuff (90x2 isn't 80, and 2+3, my arch nemesis of arimetic, is, once again, not 6!) So I did ok besides those. And I need to be a little more thorough in checking my answers, but I had plenty of time to check on the word ones.
Time to go take yummy pink stuff!
10.04.2005
Update on sickness
I woke up this morning seriously thirsty and dehydrated (even though I drank A LOT of water yesterday). Then Dad checked my temperature and it was 102.9. Not good. So I took some Advil and ate a popsicle and went to the doctor. She said I have a sinus infection. I'm the only one in our family who gets them. I've only gotten one once before, in February 2004, right before our trip to Florida, but it was more like a never ending cold then.
It's really not too terrible to be sick--I mostly feel ok if my head's resting on something, and I just get to lay around and listen to HP on tape and eat popsicles. The bad parts are: I'm going to have a lot of schoolwork to catch up on and I have to take antibiotics. I hate taking medicine, though I'm sadly getting good at it. It's not a pill, it's chewable, and it tastes better than "the purple stuff" (which is my ultimate medicine nemesis) but it's still medicine.
I'm going to watch the Princess Bride this afternoon I think, because the boy in it is sick. :) It seems like he had what I have--fever and a bit of a cough. But until then, Jelly Blobs of Doom, Kiko Match, and Freaky Factory await.
It's really not too terrible to be sick--I mostly feel ok if my head's resting on something, and I just get to lay around and listen to HP on tape and eat popsicles. The bad parts are: I'm going to have a lot of schoolwork to catch up on and I have to take antibiotics. I hate taking medicine, though I'm sadly getting good at it. It's not a pill, it's chewable, and it tastes better than "the purple stuff" (which is my ultimate medicine nemesis) but it's still medicine.
I'm going to watch the Princess Bride this afternoon I think, because the boy in it is sick. :) It seems like he had what I have--fever and a bit of a cough. But until then, Jelly Blobs of Doom, Kiko Match, and Freaky Factory await.
10.03.2005
Random things about my current life
1. I'm sick. I had a fever of 101.5 this morning and I lost my voice over the weekend. I took some advil and my fever went down. But that's not much fun. I just did reading stuff for school today.
2. I had a really fun weekend. Ok, actually about half of it was fun. The middle half. With a fourth on each end not-so-fun. All day Saturday we cleaned. I actually got off pretty easy, but cleaning is just tiring. Then Saturday night we had the annual church hayride, which marks the beginning of the fun half. The weather was soooo nice. I took off my sweatshirt for the sunny parts. It was pretty amazing. We had hot dogs (I did mine and it ended up being cold by the time I got to the end because I wasn't patient enough to stand by the fire that long) and S'MORES!!! so yummy.
We brought brucedashark, tinkerbell6458 and supergurl101 home from the hayride and played MAFIA! That was fun. By this time my voice was well gone. Yes, it is twisted that the church youth group's favorite game is Mafia. Don't ask me why that is--actually, I think it's because we're just good at it, and have lots of fun playing it.
Sunday morning was church, which is always fun, we had a lot of people in Sunday School this week (it's been going every other: 5, a lot, 5, a lot), which was fun, and the songs were good.
Then we got home and I crashed (here begins not-so-fun second fourth). I think I had been having so much fun that I didn't notice that I wasn't feeling so great. But when all friends were gone, I was just dead on my feet. So I read HP6 all afternoon, got through about 2/3 of it. I haven't reread it since the first time. It wasn't a thouroughly unpleasant afternoon, when I was just laying there my head didn't feel funny, and HP6 is a good book, even if Swift says it's not. The ending might be a bit sad and mean, but that doesn't mean the rest isn't good.
Ummmmm this concludes my random (sort of) things about my current life. I think I'll go read more HP6 and eat some frozen fruit stuff (which is like a popsicle cake, I suppose). Good for someone needing fluids and Vitamin C. :)
2. I had a really fun weekend. Ok, actually about half of it was fun. The middle half. With a fourth on each end not-so-fun. All day Saturday we cleaned. I actually got off pretty easy, but cleaning is just tiring. Then Saturday night we had the annual church hayride, which marks the beginning of the fun half. The weather was soooo nice. I took off my sweatshirt for the sunny parts. It was pretty amazing. We had hot dogs (I did mine and it ended up being cold by the time I got to the end because I wasn't patient enough to stand by the fire that long) and S'MORES!!! so yummy.
We brought brucedashark, tinkerbell6458 and supergurl101 home from the hayride and played MAFIA! That was fun. By this time my voice was well gone. Yes, it is twisted that the church youth group's favorite game is Mafia. Don't ask me why that is--actually, I think it's because we're just good at it, and have lots of fun playing it.
Sunday morning was church, which is always fun, we had a lot of people in Sunday School this week (it's been going every other: 5, a lot, 5, a lot), which was fun, and the songs were good.
Then we got home and I crashed (here begins not-so-fun second fourth). I think I had been having so much fun that I didn't notice that I wasn't feeling so great. But when all friends were gone, I was just dead on my feet. So I read HP6 all afternoon, got through about 2/3 of it. I haven't reread it since the first time. It wasn't a thouroughly unpleasant afternoon, when I was just laying there my head didn't feel funny, and HP6 is a good book, even if Swift says it's not. The ending might be a bit sad and mean, but that doesn't mean the rest isn't good.
Ummmmm this concludes my random (sort of) things about my current life. I think I'll go read more HP6 and eat some frozen fruit stuff (which is like a popsicle cake, I suppose). Good for someone needing fluids and Vitamin C. :)
9.30.2005
Quotes
Yeah, so I haven't posted for awhile, but I'm going to do a random post of my AIM profile first...haha!
if you're looking at this, you rock...have a nice day!
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Mt 6:33
IMPACT, you really rock...and anyone else who went to LT, for that matter...
"...we fools who love..." "...the choice between what is right and what is easy..." ~Dumbledore, HP5 and 4, respectively
You know the saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence?" Well, it's true, cuz it really is greener over here!
"You are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet!"
"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have!" ~Hermione, HP5, both about Ron. Ha!
"I am no man!" ~Eowyn, at the thrilling climax of LOTR3
"I can't do it Sam."
"I know.
It's all wrong.
By rights we shouldn't even be here.
But we are.
It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered.
Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end, cuz how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?
victory! we have victory!
But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it'll shine the clearer.
Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.
But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories...had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't, they kept going, because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.
And it's worth fighting for."
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. -George Bernard Shaw (don't be afraid to get a little dirt under your nails!) I got that off my cousin's profile, and I liked it, so here it is.
"You're not going to spend eternity with your dirty laundry," so invest in the things that matter.
if you're looking at this, you rock...have a nice day!
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Mt 6:33
IMPACT, you really rock...and anyone else who went to LT, for that matter...
"...we fools who love..." "...the choice between what is right and what is easy..." ~Dumbledore, HP5 and 4, respectively
You know the saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence?" Well, it's true, cuz it really is greener over here!
"You are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet!"
"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have!" ~Hermione, HP5, both about Ron. Ha!
"I am no man!" ~Eowyn, at the thrilling climax of LOTR3
"I can't do it Sam."
"I know.
It's all wrong.
By rights we shouldn't even be here.
But we are.
It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered.
Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end, cuz how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?
victory! we have victory!
But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it'll shine the clearer.
Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.
But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories...had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't, they kept going, because they were holding onto something."
"What are we holding onto, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo.
And it's worth fighting for."
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. -George Bernard Shaw (don't be afraid to get a little dirt under your nails!) I got that off my cousin's profile, and I liked it, so here it is.
"You're not going to spend eternity with your dirty laundry," so invest in the things that matter.
9.22.2005
Harry Potter
Arg! So I'm on my HP web site (mugglenet!), which I have a link to, and I see they have a picture of Mad-Eye Moody as he appears in the movie. So I go look at that, and under that there's a link saying something about "Not all Christians are anti-HP," so I click on the link and it goes to Christianity Today's website. There are a bunch of articles about Harry Potter, some for, some against, and I go to one of the against ones because I love ranting at them. But then of course I needed someplace to rant and someone to rant to, so I go to my blog.
YES witchcraft is real. YES HP has witchcraft in it. NO the witchcraft in HP IS NOT real. YES, some kids think it is, which is why the books are not for all kids. My argument goes down to the bottom line that parents should decide whether or not their kids should read the books. Some kids are too imaginative and shouldn't read them, but if they know that it isn't real and it's just for fun, let them read it! Also, don't be anti-Harry Potter without reading the books. The magic is a minimal part of the story and is usually very humorous. When I think about HP I think about the friendships and conflicts and characters, not the magic. Ok, if I write much more I should just put on my 7th or 8th grade HP report (which isnt' a bad idea...) So I'll stop now.
YES witchcraft is real. YES HP has witchcraft in it. NO the witchcraft in HP IS NOT real. YES, some kids think it is, which is why the books are not for all kids. My argument goes down to the bottom line that parents should decide whether or not their kids should read the books. Some kids are too imaginative and shouldn't read them, but if they know that it isn't real and it's just for fun, let them read it! Also, don't be anti-Harry Potter without reading the books. The magic is a minimal part of the story and is usually very humorous. When I think about HP I think about the friendships and conflicts and characters, not the magic. Ok, if I write much more I should just put on my 7th or 8th grade HP report (which isnt' a bad idea...) So I'll stop now.
9.17.2005
These are a few of my fa-vor-ite things
Also could be titled "Things I thrive on and probably couldn't live without"
Seeing the color yellow
Wearing the color pink
Bright colors in general
Talking to friends
Hanging out with friends
E-mailing friends
Anything to do with friends
Good books that make you sigh when you're done with them (see my profile for a list of them)
Quiet Times
Goofing off with my sisters (especially when we're supposed to be brushing our teeth, or are brushing our teeth)
Freaky Factory and Kiko Match (http://www.neopets.com/games/freakyfactory.phtml and http://www.neopets.com/games/kikomatch2.phtml. I have a feeling that these two are fads and I could very easily live without them, but they're nice to get your brain off school, and I have fun with them).
Singing randomly (it's especially fun when I do it in my Carlotta voice. Ha. You don't want to know. *grins ominously*)
I'm sure I could add more if I could think of them.
Seeing the color yellow
Wearing the color pink
Bright colors in general
Talking to friends
Hanging out with friends
E-mailing friends
Anything to do with friends
Good books that make you sigh when you're done with them (see my profile for a list of them)
Quiet Times
Goofing off with my sisters (especially when we're supposed to be brushing our teeth, or are brushing our teeth)
Freaky Factory and Kiko Match (http://www.neopets.com/games/freakyfactory.phtml and http://www.neopets.com/games/kikomatch2.phtml. I have a feeling that these two are fads and I could very easily live without them, but they're nice to get your brain off school, and I have fun with them).
Singing randomly (it's especially fun when I do it in my Carlotta voice. Ha. You don't want to know. *grins ominously*)
I'm sure I could add more if I could think of them.
And another post--not the last
I just finished Witch of Blackbird Pond. If you haven't read that, you should, because it's really really good. My definition of really really good is when you get done, you close it slowly and siiiiiiiiiiiiiiggh. And then siiiiiiiiiigh again. Until your family goes, "Katie just finished a book and it must've been good, cuz we're all going to be blown away by those tremendous sighs." And then you go post on your blog about it and add it to your profile. :D
So it's a pretty good day today...
Yeah. So. Ha. Aren't I articulate this morning. Go to http://www.taylormali.com/index.cfm?webid=21, cuz it totally rocks. If you can, read it out loud.
I had no intention of writing any of that, but there it is so I might as well leave it.
I am so weird. Just--so weird. When I get happy, euphoric, high on life, I have SO MUCH ENERGY. Like now. Oh my. The particular reason for this euphoria is I just finished Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. It's the fourth book in a series of what weill have five books. It's like Harry Potter, but different (aren't all books these days). It was really good. It's nice to read a book that makes you keep reading and keep reading and won't let you stop. It's even nicer to read it on a Saturday afternoon that you don't have anything going on and are able to keep reading. Yeah. Ok. Moving on.
Yesterday, when I didn't particularly want to go bowling, I played the best game of my life. 138. With bumpers. But they were mostly there for morale, because the 2 strikes and 3 spares that I got all in a row didn't use the bumpers. So that was cool. It really wasn't fair, because I wasn't trying at all and Abby was trying really hard. Funny how those things work. *shakes head*
Um. Yeah. Hi. Oh dear. That was a Doreeee-ism. *shakes head again*. Goodbye.
I had no intention of writing any of that, but there it is so I might as well leave it.
I am so weird. Just--so weird. When I get happy, euphoric, high on life, I have SO MUCH ENERGY. Like now. Oh my. The particular reason for this euphoria is I just finished Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. It's the fourth book in a series of what weill have five books. It's like Harry Potter, but different (aren't all books these days). It was really good. It's nice to read a book that makes you keep reading and keep reading and won't let you stop. It's even nicer to read it on a Saturday afternoon that you don't have anything going on and are able to keep reading. Yeah. Ok. Moving on.
Yesterday, when I didn't particularly want to go bowling, I played the best game of my life. 138. With bumpers. But they were mostly there for morale, because the 2 strikes and 3 spares that I got all in a row didn't use the bumpers. So that was cool. It really wasn't fair, because I wasn't trying at all and Abby was trying really hard. Funny how those things work. *shakes head*
Um. Yeah. Hi. Oh dear. That was a Doreeee-ism. *shakes head again*. Goodbye.
9.16.2005
bladidadida
hmm, I think I've used that title before. Oh. I have to go now. Ha. Back. Well, I'm bored. Everyone's at school. *sigh*. I'm not doing school 'cause my grandparents are here, so we had finished up school before. so yah, I'm booorrrreedd. We're not doing anything till later, so I have nooottthhhiiiinnnggg to doooo. I guess I could go do something. Ha. very funny. Yah I just crack myself up. Oh dear. I need to do something productive. so I guess this means this waz a pointless post...Buenos dias, me amigos. The orange was Doreeeee pretending to be me. Which is interesting. To say the least. Ha. "lol" means that's really truly funny. "Ha" means I've never seen something less funny in my entire life, HEY!and I usually only use it when I'm morose. Which is my word for when I'm not perfectly happy, lol. Ha. >:P Yeah, this was pretty much a pointless post. But it amused me. So not totallly pointless. We're going bowling today. I wanted to go ice skating but we flipped a coin, which is the best way to decide things, so we're going bowling. Which will be fun as long as we have bumpers. I start too many sentences with Which. WHICH is really ha. Oh well. Ha. Blah. Those rhyme. Oh dear. I'd better leave now.
9.09.2005
Katie's Marvelous Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Here it is...my semi-secret recipe! :D It used to be Mom's but I kind of absconded with it...:D
2-4 medium-sized slightly overripe bananas (5-7 for a double batch)
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 c oil
1 ½ c flour
½ c wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ generous c semi-sweet chocolate chips
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix together egg, sugar, and oil. Mash bananas until creamy and add to mix. Add flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt (don’t forget those last three or they’ll end up being bland pellets. Trust me, I know). Mix all that up. If you only used two (or 5) bananas you might need a dash of milk. Add the chocolate chips. Don't forget to eat a few yourself. Mix it well cuz this is the part that determines how well-distributed your chocolate chips are. You don't want too many in one muffin and none in another! Bake at 350 degrees until they look brown and muffin-y. Mom always does that part, so I don't know how long exactly. Another important thing I've learned form experience is to grease/oil the muffin tins. Makes 12-18 muffins depending on how many bananas you used and how big your muffin tins are. Double batch makes 24-30 muffins, depending on how many bananas you used and how big your muffin tins are. And if you used 7, expect LARGE muffins (by my standards). Enjoy!
2-4 medium-sized slightly overripe bananas (5-7 for a double batch)
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 c oil
1 ½ c flour
½ c wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ generous c semi-sweet chocolate chips
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix together egg, sugar, and oil. Mash bananas until creamy and add to mix. Add flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt (don’t forget those last three or they’ll end up being bland pellets. Trust me, I know). Mix all that up. If you only used two (or 5) bananas you might need a dash of milk. Add the chocolate chips. Don't forget to eat a few yourself. Mix it well cuz this is the part that determines how well-distributed your chocolate chips are. You don't want too many in one muffin and none in another! Bake at 350 degrees until they look brown and muffin-y. Mom always does that part, so I don't know how long exactly. Another important thing I've learned form experience is to grease/oil the muffin tins. Makes 12-18 muffins depending on how many bananas you used and how big your muffin tins are. Double batch makes 24-30 muffins, depending on how many bananas you used and how big your muffin tins are. And if you used 7, expect LARGE muffins (by my standards). Enjoy!
9.05.2005
A nest of mice and some chickens
There's a nest of about 5 little baby things in our front yard. Mice, moles, or rabbits. They have tails though, which narrows it down to mice. They're really cute. I'll have to post a picture of them.
We were playing Bocci this evening, and Abyack was saying, "oh, man, dad's so much closer than me!" But we didn't know yet, so I said, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." She said, "Why, cuz one might be a twin chicken?" Which I thought was absolutely hilarious.
We were playing Bocci this evening, and Abyack was saying, "oh, man, dad's so much closer than me!" But we didn't know yet, so I said, "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." She said, "Why, cuz one might be a twin chicken?" Which I thought was absolutely hilarious.
9.01.2005
The Haircut Saga
Yesterday I got my haircut. I just wanted basically the same thing I have now (really long hair with no style) but interesting. So we showed Denise (that's the hair stylist) a picture and she cut away. She just trimmed the ends and put in a bit of layering in the front. It looked cute the way she had it, but then we got home and it kind of just disappeared. It looked nice if I got it all arranged and just sat there, but if I walked around it blew into oblivion.
Neither Mom or I was really happy with it, so Mom called today and asked if there was a spot that I could go back in. There was. We explained the dilemma and she was really good about it. She said she could put in more layers, but then she'd have to take off about 4 inches of the length and that would be a bit drastic. She also said just putting in more layers would make my thin, fine hair look...thin and fine. So the other option was to just do a bit more of what she did yesterday. We went with that one. It looks really nice--more how I imagined it would look in the first place. Like, you can actually tell I got a haircut. Wow!(That's unusual, for those of you who didn't know.) Not at first glance maybe, cuz it's still way long, but there are shorter pieces of hair in there.
The hairstylist was really good about considering my hair type and what would work with it, and what we wanted it to look like.
So the drama is over and I have a cute haircut. I'm happy now. :)
Neither Mom or I was really happy with it, so Mom called today and asked if there was a spot that I could go back in. There was. We explained the dilemma and she was really good about it. She said she could put in more layers, but then she'd have to take off about 4 inches of the length and that would be a bit drastic. She also said just putting in more layers would make my thin, fine hair look...thin and fine. So the other option was to just do a bit more of what she did yesterday. We went with that one. It looks really nice--more how I imagined it would look in the first place. Like, you can actually tell I got a haircut. Wow!(That's unusual, for those of you who didn't know.) Not at first glance maybe, cuz it's still way long, but there are shorter pieces of hair in there.
The hairstylist was really good about considering my hair type and what would work with it, and what we wanted it to look like.
So the drama is over and I have a cute haircut. I'm happy now. :)
8.31.2005
School has begun
The Madness has begun. Well, ok, so it's not all that insane...yet. No piano or dance till next week.
Today was the best day of school yet as far as length goes. Monday and Tuesday I worked ahead on my reading books so that Thursday and Friday I won't have them. So M and T took till about 4:30 or 5, but today was only till 3:30. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have super short day...or I'll just read my SAT book all day...
This year I don't have all the annoying vocabulary and analogies books, but Home Ec has replaced them. Just in the workload, it's not annoying or anything.
Next Tuesday I'm starting piano. With my new teacher, Mr. S. He's quite nice, but all the same I'm a bit nervous because I haven't played piano all summer, except for sometimes in church. So my hands get tired more easily--my back does too, it's not used to sitting up straight for 45 minutes straight. It's really amazing though, I haven't done any exercises or scales all summer and my fingers still remember how to do them. Not as fast as I did them last year, but they remember. Only if I very strictly do not think about it.
Spanish: I don't think I remember as much as last year, but it's coming back quite nicely. It's fun, too. I'm watching National Treasure with Spanish subtitles right now. Hannah's started. And we're going to order Rosetta Stone. Actually we did, but there's a big hullabaloo because we're not totally sure it's legitimate. Well, we're quite sure it's not. Sheesh, I've been using "quite" way too much this post!!!
I think I'm going to take back what I said at the beginning of the last paragraph: I think I do remember as much as last year, at least as far as vocabulary goes. Verb tenses have slipped away, but just a little bit. It's all still there if I just dig a bit.
Same goes for math. I'm mostly reviewing what I learned at the end of last year. It's weird because it's not challenging, but if I did anything farther ahead I think I would be totally lost.
Today was the best day of school yet as far as length goes. Monday and Tuesday I worked ahead on my reading books so that Thursday and Friday I won't have them. So M and T took till about 4:30 or 5, but today was only till 3:30. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have super short day...or I'll just read my SAT book all day...
This year I don't have all the annoying vocabulary and analogies books, but Home Ec has replaced them. Just in the workload, it's not annoying or anything.
Next Tuesday I'm starting piano. With my new teacher, Mr. S. He's quite nice, but all the same I'm a bit nervous because I haven't played piano all summer, except for sometimes in church. So my hands get tired more easily--my back does too, it's not used to sitting up straight for 45 minutes straight. It's really amazing though, I haven't done any exercises or scales all summer and my fingers still remember how to do them. Not as fast as I did them last year, but they remember. Only if I very strictly do not think about it.
Spanish: I don't think I remember as much as last year, but it's coming back quite nicely. It's fun, too. I'm watching National Treasure with Spanish subtitles right now. Hannah's started. And we're going to order Rosetta Stone. Actually we did, but there's a big hullabaloo because we're not totally sure it's legitimate. Well, we're quite sure it's not. Sheesh, I've been using "quite" way too much this post!!!
I think I'm going to take back what I said at the beginning of the last paragraph: I think I do remember as much as last year, at least as far as vocabulary goes. Verb tenses have slipped away, but just a little bit. It's all still there if I just dig a bit.
Same goes for math. I'm mostly reviewing what I learned at the end of last year. It's weird because it's not challenging, but if I did anything farther ahead I think I would be totally lost.
8.29.2005
humdeedoodeeday
Why is it that I always feel like doing a million things at 10:00 at night, when I have to go to sleep, but now in the afternoon I don't feel like doing them?
But let's see here...I also think one of the reasons I didn't like Dominator was that it was too much too soon. But I don't know if I'll ever work up to liking something I disliked that much. And I don't think it would've been much different if I had gone with friends. Maybe if I went with friends, worked up to it more, went on it cuz I wanted to and not cuz I thought I should, and had my eyes open, MAYBE then I would like a roller coaster.
Ooh, I'm gonna go make some muffins. Mmmmm. Banana chocolate chip. We have lots of bananas.
But let's see here...I also think one of the reasons I didn't like Dominator was that it was too much too soon. But I don't know if I'll ever work up to liking something I disliked that much. And I don't think it would've been much different if I had gone with friends. Maybe if I went with friends, worked up to it more, went on it cuz I wanted to and not cuz I thought I should, and had my eyes open, MAYBE then I would like a roller coaster.
Ooh, I'm gonna go make some muffins. Mmmmm. Banana chocolate chip. We have lots of bananas.
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