I haven't been abducted by aliens or anything, I'm alive. I just get lazy during holidays. And I'm not really in the mood for a long post right now, so this won't be overly lengthy.
We're currently visiting Josh and Emily, which is fun, and we're going to have a quiz practice tonight. We also might go shopping, play some games, all that jazz. We're heading home around five tomorrow to make it to youth on time (or slightly late). Saturday quiz practice is this weekend, and I can't say I'm really caught up, but as long as I review chapters 2 and 3 I should be okay.
Band was fun yesterday - one of the trumpets played Pirates music! I was pretty impressed...and we played the one song to which there is an actual piano part (gasp!) which I'm still having some difficulty with. I tried to say no to that lady who wanted me to sing but she didn't seem to want to take no for an answer. It annoys me. Maybe I'll just avoid her.
~Sil
12 October 2006
07 October 2006
Weeeekend!
Ah, this is what I went through five weeks of school to get to! The first day of a...let me count...ten-day holiday? Nine-day holiday? Something like that. Anyway, we're going to visit my grandparents tomorrow (and their grand piano. It's calling to me, I can hear it) which will be awesome, and then Josh and Emily on wednesday after band! Yay! And I'll be back in time for quizzing saturday practice and youth couch games (Animal Whacking Game! Woot!).
Speaking of which, youth last night was pretty fun - we all made pizza and salad and cookies. I ended up doing a pizza all by my onesies because Jessica and her friend were doing the salad, Matthew and Ben were doing their own pizza and Jeff and Caleb (naughty sponsors) ran off with our cookies and I never saw them again until they showed up with a goopy chocolately mess that they said was cookies. But we ate them anyway. And then nobody wanted to eat my pizza! And I thought it was really good, it has pepperoni and ham and black olives and a lot of cheese and basil sprinkled on top because there was some left over from the pizza sauce. And of course, while we were eating, all the guys agreed that Orlando Bloom was hunkier than Johnny Depp. Which he is. But it didn't make much sense.
Then after supper we feebly attempted a few games (Wink murder and The Mexican Square-Dancing game) but they didn't work out so well, so the guys and some of the girls played floor hockey and some of the other girls who didn't want to (like me) wandered into the sanctuary and fooled around on the piano. Michelle played random chords and I made up a melody on top, which was fun, and then I played He's A Pirate and drew a pretty sizable audience (EVERYONE loves Pirates music). I love that song. Oh, and I finally found out what's happening with youth band, which was good, and suggested some songs to do.
So today all that needs doing is for me to convince my mom to take me shopping for various things, including winter dress shoes, and chores. Which I would actually rather not do.
~Sil
Speaking of which, youth last night was pretty fun - we all made pizza and salad and cookies. I ended up doing a pizza all by my onesies because Jessica and her friend were doing the salad, Matthew and Ben were doing their own pizza and Jeff and Caleb (naughty sponsors) ran off with our cookies and I never saw them again until they showed up with a goopy chocolately mess that they said was cookies. But we ate them anyway. And then nobody wanted to eat my pizza! And I thought it was really good, it has pepperoni and ham and black olives and a lot of cheese and basil sprinkled on top because there was some left over from the pizza sauce. And of course, while we were eating, all the guys agreed that Orlando Bloom was hunkier than Johnny Depp. Which he is. But it didn't make much sense.
Then after supper we feebly attempted a few games (Wink murder and The Mexican Square-Dancing game) but they didn't work out so well, so the guys and some of the girls played floor hockey and some of the other girls who didn't want to (like me) wandered into the sanctuary and fooled around on the piano. Michelle played random chords and I made up a melody on top, which was fun, and then I played He's A Pirate and drew a pretty sizable audience (EVERYONE loves Pirates music). I love that song. Oh, and I finally found out what's happening with youth band, which was good, and suggested some songs to do.
So today all that needs doing is for me to convince my mom to take me shopping for various things, including winter dress shoes, and chores. Which I would actually rather not do.
~Sil
06 October 2006
MORE rain.
It's raining. Again. Honestly, if we have to have precipitation and it has to be freezing cold, why can't it be snow? Snow is pretty and fun to play in and it makes us feel all nice and winter-y. But rain just makes you look out the window and think 'Eurgh'.
Anyway. Today's my sister's birthday, and here I was going to say that I'm a little tired of her bursting into tears every time something doesn't go her way because it's her birthday, but I couldn't figure out how to do it without sounding snobby. Oh wait, I just did. I can't exactly blame her for being disappointed that her friends couldn't come over and mom couldn't pick up the lunch she wanted because the van had a flat tire, though.
I didn't have to go anywhere yesterday! It was awesome! I laid around all day in comfy clothes and finished Beauty (by Robin McKinley) and started the first Harry Potter. I still haven't read the sixth, and for a while I didn't really want to, but now that it's at the library I figured I'd read the whole series over again, just to get the appropriate nuance before reading number six.
Youth tonight - Cater to Yourself. We're making our own supper from scratch. Pizza, salad and cookies, I believe. We're also having pizza for supper for my sister's birthday, which means I get pizza twice in one evening! Awesome!
I'm not really in the mood for a long blog post right now, I don't think. I'm gonna go watch Sky High again.
~Sil
Anyway. Today's my sister's birthday, and here I was going to say that I'm a little tired of her bursting into tears every time something doesn't go her way because it's her birthday, but I couldn't figure out how to do it without sounding snobby. Oh wait, I just did. I can't exactly blame her for being disappointed that her friends couldn't come over and mom couldn't pick up the lunch she wanted because the van had a flat tire, though.
I didn't have to go anywhere yesterday! It was awesome! I laid around all day in comfy clothes and finished Beauty (by Robin McKinley) and started the first Harry Potter. I still haven't read the sixth, and for a while I didn't really want to, but now that it's at the library I figured I'd read the whole series over again, just to get the appropriate nuance before reading number six.
Youth tonight - Cater to Yourself. We're making our own supper from scratch. Pizza, salad and cookies, I believe. We're also having pizza for supper for my sister's birthday, which means I get pizza twice in one evening! Awesome!
I'm not really in the mood for a long blog post right now, I don't think. I'm gonna go watch Sky High again.
~Sil
05 October 2006
Busy!
Oh boy, can you say no free time? I even made a schedule for myself today and assigned all the things I needed to do a time. Quizzing got an hour, math got a half hour cause it was a test (it'll likely take shorter than that) and I think I'll do piano this evening because I want to watch Sky High this afternoon. The kids (don't mind me, I call my siblings 'the kids') got it from the library. And just now, I killed two birds with one stone by doing my english assignment on my history text. I was taking notes. Go me. Maybe I can read a little bit this morning - I got 'Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast' by Robin McKinley from the library, and it's a really good book so I hope I have some leftover time to read. I also had Eragon and Eldest on hold, but only Eldest is in, which is annoying because I wanted to read Eragon first. I also got a biography of Peter Jackson, an autobiography of Sean Astin, Bored of the Rings (a parody of LotR. I'll try not to be offended) and one other one that I think is called Understanding the Lord of the Rings. Normally it wouldn't take me very long to do all of those but I have a feeling it'll take me a good long time now that life has kinda started up again.
Piano and band yesterday. Wednesday is soon to be my music day - piano lessons, then band, and pretty soon I'll have youth band practice in the evenings. I think. Piano was one of those days - I felt like I had a really bad practice week, and then I go into my lesson and my teacher's going, "Wow, that's so awesome! You're doing really well, keep up the good work!" and she seemed astounded when I said I only practiced four days. I guess it could be worse! Band was kinda boring, I played warm-up stuff and listened to them tune, and then didn't really play much else until the end, when I did tambourine for one song and lamely attempted orchestra bells for another. Yes, it's the same layout as a keyboard, but it's way different in that your playing technique changes drastically. It was interesting, though. And I did Accidentally in Love with our drummer, who is autistic. It went pretty well, though I was a little annoyed that they seemed to expect me to have the accompaniment perfect in one week. I have a life. And it does not revolve around band. Sorry, Robyn, but it doesn't. Oh, and then, just as I was walking out to meet my dad (who was driving our brand-new leased 2006 Impala and wearing his suit! No, I wasn't exceedingly proud...heehee...nobody else's dad looked so nice...) a hurried-looking sort of person accosted me and asked if I'd be interested in learning a song to sing at the Christmas concert. She'd never met me before, just sorta shoved the music into my hands. Yes, me, sing. I don't think I'm going to say yes, because I have a really low voice and I've never sung alone in front of people, and I'm sure there are way better singers than me out there, they're not hard to find.
At youth on Tuesday we played a hilarious game where we tied balloons to our ankles and ran around trying to pop other people's balloons while not getting our own popped. Me and my friend almost won, but not quite. During bible study it was slightly hard to pay attention, the guys were being silly. Next time I'm going to sit over by the people who actually want to listen. I should really post every day so I don't have to catch up on a bunch of stuff every time.
I did it again, left science too late. Phooey. I should really get on that.
~Sil
P.S. EDIT: I forgot Ellie's baby shower! Silly me! It was last night. I finally got to hold her, even though she was a little fussy, and I think Natalie liked all the baby gifts. Mine was pretty unique, I made chocolate chip cookies and put them in a nice little canister Mom got from IKEA. She actually bought it for herself but I really wanted to give Natalie something and there was nothing else to put the cookies in, so she said I could use it. Mom's present was a knitted rainbowy-colored super soft little baby poncho. Ellie won't be able to wear it for a year or two, but it is so super cute. She obsessed a lot about the size and the proportions, but I think it'll fit fine. Me and Erin and Loree and Jessica and Debra all folded tissue paper. No, that makes it sound too passive. We dueled over the tissue paper. Natalie eventually just tossed it in our direction and hoped that the floor didn't get too messed up. It was fun.
Piano and band yesterday. Wednesday is soon to be my music day - piano lessons, then band, and pretty soon I'll have youth band practice in the evenings. I think. Piano was one of those days - I felt like I had a really bad practice week, and then I go into my lesson and my teacher's going, "Wow, that's so awesome! You're doing really well, keep up the good work!" and she seemed astounded when I said I only practiced four days. I guess it could be worse! Band was kinda boring, I played warm-up stuff and listened to them tune, and then didn't really play much else until the end, when I did tambourine for one song and lamely attempted orchestra bells for another. Yes, it's the same layout as a keyboard, but it's way different in that your playing technique changes drastically. It was interesting, though. And I did Accidentally in Love with our drummer, who is autistic. It went pretty well, though I was a little annoyed that they seemed to expect me to have the accompaniment perfect in one week. I have a life. And it does not revolve around band. Sorry, Robyn, but it doesn't. Oh, and then, just as I was walking out to meet my dad (who was driving our brand-new leased 2006 Impala and wearing his suit! No, I wasn't exceedingly proud...heehee...nobody else's dad looked so nice...) a hurried-looking sort of person accosted me and asked if I'd be interested in learning a song to sing at the Christmas concert. She'd never met me before, just sorta shoved the music into my hands. Yes, me, sing. I don't think I'm going to say yes, because I have a really low voice and I've never sung alone in front of people, and I'm sure there are way better singers than me out there, they're not hard to find.
At youth on Tuesday we played a hilarious game where we tied balloons to our ankles and ran around trying to pop other people's balloons while not getting our own popped. Me and my friend almost won, but not quite. During bible study it was slightly hard to pay attention, the guys were being silly. Next time I'm going to sit over by the people who actually want to listen. I should really post every day so I don't have to catch up on a bunch of stuff every time.
I did it again, left science too late. Phooey. I should really get on that.
~Sil
P.S. EDIT: I forgot Ellie's baby shower! Silly me! It was last night. I finally got to hold her, even though she was a little fussy, and I think Natalie liked all the baby gifts. Mine was pretty unique, I made chocolate chip cookies and put them in a nice little canister Mom got from IKEA. She actually bought it for herself but I really wanted to give Natalie something and there was nothing else to put the cookies in, so she said I could use it. Mom's present was a knitted rainbowy-colored super soft little baby poncho. Ellie won't be able to wear it for a year or two, but it is so super cute. She obsessed a lot about the size and the proportions, but I think it'll fit fine. Me and Erin and Loree and Jessica and Debra all folded tissue paper. No, that makes it sound too passive. We dueled over the tissue paper. Natalie eventually just tossed it in our direction and hoped that the floor didn't get too messed up. It was fun.
02 October 2006
It's October
And everyone is in Hallowe'en mode. If anyone still spells it Hallowe'en... all the stores I've gone to have said Halloween and I want to climb up and insert one of those apostrophe stickers from Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Oh well. We went to West Ed yesterday and the littler kids wanted to go into the Disney store, so me and my brother wandered around going, "Pirates...pirates...pirates..." and somehow hoping the piratey stuff would call to us. We found it eventually, but there wasn't much there - Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow costumes for little kids; cheap action figures (the Bootstrap Bill one wasn't bad, but the rest were mediocre); lunchboxes that I suppose were somehow supposed to look piratey but didn't, they looked more ninja-y; and funniest of all, pirate pillows that you could plug music into. They had a picture of Will and Jack on them, and had a little speaker. Boy, I bet the quality was GREAT, too. Bit of sarcasm there.
Anyway, pretty much the reason I wanted to go to West Ed was that there's a Jacob Outlet there, which is like Jacob except way cheaper, and I got another pair of cords. This pair is a really nice light green. I think I have more pants now than I've had in, like, the past five years! Dress pants; black, green and tan cords, one pair of jeans, and navy comfy pants that make me look sporty when I'm actually not. Fun fun fun. We also went to Blessings, because I had $35 in gift certificates for there, and I got the Casting Crowns Lifesong CD as well as a thing called Revolve that is basically the New Testament in magazine form. So that was fun. I love shopping when I don't actually have to spend any money. I also deposited the money that's been sitting on my dresser for a week or two, which was kind of a relief. The bank branch was closed, but if you inserted your bank card in a little slot on a post by the door, it opened! It was pretty cool. Boy, I just realized how that makes me sound like I have no life at all. Don't worry, people.
Quiz practice went well, and I won a package of licorice from the draw. This week is Acts 5 - 42 verses. Hopefully it's not as bad as last week. I did get a bit of a head start yesterday. After this week we have two weeks of review before the quiz meet.
Oh, and we went out for supper at Wendy's last night too. I had a salad, like I always do, and a bite of my brother's super-spicy chicken burger, like I always do, and then ate all the ice from the drinks, like I usually do. Then I got a nice long time on the computer when we got back and talked to my friend on the phone (and I reminded her to read this. So you better be, Erin!). I'm actually not having as much of a problem with the phone as I usually do, I used to hate it so much.
One more week of school and then we get a week off. We're visiting my grandparents for Thanksgiving, and I really want to leave on Saturday so we can stay two nights (and I'd miss quiz practice, but frankly, I'd rather visit them) but the plan seems to be that we leave on Sunday after church and stay one night. Phooey. One night is never enough. Then on our week off we're visiting our friends in Edson for wednesday-thursday-friday (though I don't think we're arriving until wednesday evening, and I'd like to leave on friday early enough to get to youth at 7 because it's couch games and I love couch games). Saturday quiz practice is the weekend after that, and then a week later is the quiz meet. Fun stuff. I have to remember to call and say what days I'm not available to babysit, I keep forgetting.
~Sil
Anyway, pretty much the reason I wanted to go to West Ed was that there's a Jacob Outlet there, which is like Jacob except way cheaper, and I got another pair of cords. This pair is a really nice light green. I think I have more pants now than I've had in, like, the past five years! Dress pants; black, green and tan cords, one pair of jeans, and navy comfy pants that make me look sporty when I'm actually not. Fun fun fun. We also went to Blessings, because I had $35 in gift certificates for there, and I got the Casting Crowns Lifesong CD as well as a thing called Revolve that is basically the New Testament in magazine form. So that was fun. I love shopping when I don't actually have to spend any money. I also deposited the money that's been sitting on my dresser for a week or two, which was kind of a relief. The bank branch was closed, but if you inserted your bank card in a little slot on a post by the door, it opened! It was pretty cool. Boy, I just realized how that makes me sound like I have no life at all. Don't worry, people.
Quiz practice went well, and I won a package of licorice from the draw. This week is Acts 5 - 42 verses. Hopefully it's not as bad as last week. I did get a bit of a head start yesterday. After this week we have two weeks of review before the quiz meet.
Oh, and we went out for supper at Wendy's last night too. I had a salad, like I always do, and a bite of my brother's super-spicy chicken burger, like I always do, and then ate all the ice from the drinks, like I usually do. Then I got a nice long time on the computer when we got back and talked to my friend on the phone (and I reminded her to read this. So you better be, Erin!). I'm actually not having as much of a problem with the phone as I usually do, I used to hate it so much.
One more week of school and then we get a week off. We're visiting my grandparents for Thanksgiving, and I really want to leave on Saturday so we can stay two nights (and I'd miss quiz practice, but frankly, I'd rather visit them) but the plan seems to be that we leave on Sunday after church and stay one night. Phooey. One night is never enough. Then on our week off we're visiting our friends in Edson for wednesday-thursday-friday (though I don't think we're arriving until wednesday evening, and I'd like to leave on friday early enough to get to youth at 7 because it's couch games and I love couch games). Saturday quiz practice is the weekend after that, and then a week later is the quiz meet. Fun stuff. I have to remember to call and say what days I'm not available to babysit, I keep forgetting.
~Sil
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