Monday, Monday, Monday

What a weekend! Let me fill you in. Jess came Saturday morning and we went to pick up Kate. The three of us cleaned the church and went to Chinese for lunch. "Yeah, Casey waits until you have rice in your mouth and then she strikes." hehehe That was fun. Then we came back to my house for a few hours and just hung out, dancing around my room like crazies and having deep discussions about Communism. Then we grabbed Garrett and went to the Ostendorf's for the wiener roast which was awesome! We played games, ate hot dogs, cupcakes and s'mores and sat around the fire. All the way home we sang Disney songs. Jess spent the night and she was freaking me out, telling me that she saw shadows out my window. Ugh. It took forever for me to get to sleep after that.

Sunday we were late to first service. After church I went to the B&B to clean. Then I came home, caught the end of my Grandma's family dinner, watched a movie, ate Grandma's leftovers and went to bed.

Ok so now we're to today. Co-op was good. Worldview was boring, Biology was interesting, got lots of homework done in Study Hall and we blocked our skit in Drama. Then I came home and have been on the computer talking to various friends all afternoon. We had pizza for dinner. Woot! Angie is coming to pick me up in half an hour to go finish cleaning the B&B. Then to bed for some much needed sleep.

This week, I gotta get all my homework done in about 3 days. I'm working on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Thursday morning we're going to see 'The Giver' as a play. Not sure if I'm looking forward to that or not. Mom's leaving Friday night for a Homeschool Mom's Retreat and will be gone until Saturday afternoon late which means I won't have a life this weekend cause I'll be stuck home with the kids. Blah. I'm working again next Sunday at the B&B so lots of paychecks this week. Money is a good thing.

Well I think that's pretty much it. Laters!

Autumn: A poem written in honor of the season

Summer fades into memory

Days by the pool long gone

Long sleeves are now the style

Cool weather coming on

Trees dress themselves up

In colors of orange and red

Riding down a country rode

Leaves of green have fled

The brisk wind blows strong

Making fallen leaves dance

Skipping across the grass

Through the air they prance

Corn leaves whisper whisper

Their tassels growing tall

Golden kernels ripe and ready

Picked up as their stalks fall

Pumpkins grow big and round

Bright orange their lovely hue

Shapes are cut into their skin

A Jack-O’-lantern grins at you

Apples ripen on their trees

Some sour and some sweet

Making cider and apple pie

A special autumn treat

Children thinking of sweeter things

Halloween is coming fast

Plan the costume of ghosts and ghouls

Get to that candy at last

Grandma planning for Thanksgiving

There is that turkey to buy

Cornbread, beans, cranberry sauce

And don’t forget the pumpkin pie

Summer fades into memory

Shorter is the day

The seasons change with time

Autumn’s here to stay

Procrastinating

So I really should be doing SAT study right now but I realized that I haven't caught you up on my weekend yet! Procrastination is a girl's best friend.

Saturday was good. I felt very productive because I spend the whole morning doing laundry, washing dishes, cleaning the house and taking care of the baby until my mom got home. When she did, I went to Kate's for a few hours and we went walking to our swings. Good times.

Sunday went by in a flash! I was up at church at 8 and did mime for both services. It went great!! Everyone who participated really pulled their weight and it turned out really well. The crowd loved us! After church, dad treated us to Subway and I spent about 3 hours on Facebook. I know I know, I'm addicted. But when you're so tired, you need something to do that doesn't require much thinking. Facebook was the first thing that came to mind. Anyway, then it was back to church for the open house which was fabulous! We had lots of regulars come as well as new people!! And again, the mime was a hit. I went to bed so happy and relieved that it was over. You know that feeling of a physical weight being lifted off your shoulders? Yeah, that was me.

Monday went well too. We went to Starbucks for my worldview class!! Coffee and fallacies, pretty good combination. In biology, we got the entire study guide done which means it's just my outline and some coloring to do this week!! Study hall consisted of writing a long letter to Jess and doing no homework. Then came drama, my favorite class of the day. We were assigned our parts in the skits for SWIDN in December! I'm a Drill Sergent! Yes you heard right, me a Drill Sergent. This should be interesting. :) After Co-op, I went to work with Angie and finished making the beds for her guests this weekend. Yet another check in the hidden envelope that's waiting to go to the bank.

Yesterday was fabulous! I was home almost all day! I woke up at 8 and took my time with breakfast. Mom got me really good coffee creamer (Chocolate Mint)!! Mmmmmm, I love my mommy. Then I worked on school and went to Target with my mom to shop for birthday presents for cousins. She bought me fun knee-high stripity socks! And they're purple!!

Today, it's almost 11 and the only thing I've done is taken a shower and worked on the skit a little bit. I have to finish the SAT stuff and do that Bio coloring today. Work at 3. Then I will either be going to small groups at church or staying home with the sick Maisy while the rest of the fam goes. I'm not sure.

What? You want to hear about the schedule for this week? Well, if you insist. You already know about today. Tomorrow is Thursday and yet another day I have nothing on my calendar! That means I get to spend all day working on my Bio outline. Joy. Friday is as usual, school and work. Saturday I'm spending the day with Kate and Jess and then we have a youth group wiener roast at the Ostendorf's! Then Jess is spending the night with me since her dad has a race. I'm so excited! Sunday is church and I'm working at the B&B. So there you go. That's my week.

The trees are so pretty outside! I love fall! I wrote a poem about it a few weeks ago. Maybe that'll be my post tomorrow? We'll see.

Well I should probably get on that SAT stuff now. Until next time!!

Tired

I am so glad tomorrow's Saturday! This week has been crazy! Monday was Co-op as usual. Tuesday I did school and went shopping with Dawn (interior designing stuff if you remember). Wednesday I did school and worked and then went to church to babysit for a prayer meeting. Yesterday I did school, worked and went to mime practice (which went well!). Today I've done school and I'm going to work in a little bit. When I get home, I gotta fix dinner and I'm fixing Blackberry cobbler! Woot! My mom's leaving on an overnight with my Grandma. PARTY! Tomorrow I am watching the baby while the whole family is out and about. Oh! And Kate's taking the SAT tomorrow! GOOD LUCK DEARIE!! Then comes Sunday FINALLY! We perform for the two services and the party in the evening. I can't wait till it's over! In all this, I've been staying up late chatting on FB and getting up early. So I'm burning the candle at both ends and praying I don't get sick. We'll see.

Well I gotta run now. Later!

My Weekend

Woo hoo!! I am in a very good mood! Let me recount to you my weekend.

The Renaissance Faire yesterday was amazing! The whole group I went with was dressed up fabulously. I felt rather tame compared to them, me in my skirt and peasant shirt. But to help the costume, I bought a pale green cloak. And it's LONG!!! I love it! So, the day consisted of walking around looking at all the shops (I swear I saw every sword present as I walked around with Dustin for a while), drinking fabulous root beer and watching a real jousting tournament where the knights seemed rather witty. I came home looking sunkissed and saying "My Lady, my lord," etc. I hope I can go to the next one in Cincinnati in a few weeks.

Today was good too! Church was fabulous (my dad did an excellent job this morning). Jess graced us with her presence and Matt drove me to work afterwards. Walking out to the car, he randomly commented "I hate girl drama." "Me too." Work went well. Angie made Matt vacuum again. Woot! I got the bathrooms cleaned and made a few beds but since Angie wanted to leave early, we'll have to go back sometime this week to finish them. When I got home, I spent a while on Facebook and talking to my friend Joe. He's great. Anyway, then I went with my dad and got McDonald's for the fam. And now I'm here writing this.

Co-op tomorrow. I used to look forward to Co-op but not anymore. This year there are so many more rules! And the clicks are unbearable. I can't wait to graduate!

Well, there you go. Busy week ahead but I'll try to keep you updated. Until next time!

Days of Our Lives

What a day. It's weird how one thing can ruin your day which otherwise would have been pretty good. This morning I woke up and my dad yelled at me (yes, yelled) for sleeping in. 8:00 woo hoo. That right there ruined my entire day.

Mom left with the three youngest on a field trip for the day and Garrett and I were left home alone which was probably a good thing. I got all my worldview and bio homework done before lunch which was also a good thing. We had pizza for lunch and then I spent the afternoon cleaning and doing laundry. I also decorated the kitchen for Gavin's birthday on Sunday (we're celebrating Saturday). Yet another good thing. Then Ms. Marci brought us ice cream and took me to work. Another good thing. Work was fine, your average day and I got off half an hour early. Another good thing. My mom was in a good mood when I got home so that was definitely a good thing. I couldn't have handled her in a bad mood. Then we had mime practice which went well. Kate brought us cookies which were fabulous. After practice, Kate and I had a long talk with Jess about family problems which wasn't a good thing but it was good that we talked about it. Then I came home and here I am, laying on my bed in the dark, listening to the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack while watching this. So there's my day for you.

Let's see. Tomorrow I have to work on my Bio Outline which will probably take me most of the day. Then I have to work which is usual for Fridays. Then Saturday we're having Gavin's birthday breakfast and giving him his presents (I got him a Nancy Drew computer game) and I leave for the Renaissance Fair with Shannon at 9. Looking forward to that. Then Gavin's birthday dinner of steak and potatoes (typical). Sunday is church and I'm working and then it's Monday. Ugh. I don't even want to think about starting another week right now.

It's October today. Some of the leaves are turning bright red and yellow, but some are just turning brown. Lovely. The weather is cooler which I love and we have our fall decorations around the house. Also, we have a gallon of apple cider in the fridge and fresh apples!! I love driving down our road and hearing the wind rustling through the dry corn. I can't wait until Thanksgiving!

Well, that's it for now. Until we meet again.

Hearts, Rainbows and Pink Prancing Ponies

Yes, you read that right. Hearts, rainbows and pink prancing ponies. That's my day today! I don't know why but I'm in a fabulously good mood! Even if it is gray and rainy outside.

I woke up this morning and just felt like praising God for all the blessings He's given me. A healthy body that works perfectly. A wonderful mom and amazing dad that teach me, protect me and love me. Four insanely awesome siblings who make me laugh every day. The blue sky and sunshine (even if I can't see it today). The turning leaves and fall breeze. Apple cider and fresh apple pie with ice cream (my dessert last night). My desire to be a wife and mother. My crazy wonderful friends (Kate especially). The opportunity to be homeschooled. My two jobs, fab colleagues and great bosses. My Worldview class. Music by Tchaikovsky and Andrew Lloyd Webber. My church and mime team. My curly hair and blue eyes. God's amazing love for me!! I could list lots more but I'll spare you dear reader.

I love my life and I'm so thankful that God put me where He put me. And that's all I have to say about that.

Philosophy, Bones and Relationships

Surprised to see me back so soon? I am too. But I finished my homework for today and this spare minute finds me here blogging. Thought I'd update you with this week's past, present and future.

First, the Ghost of Christmas Past. Yesterday was a better day than I thought it would be! Co-op was droll (of course) and talking about Postmodernism in Worldview Class thoroughly scrambled my brains. Then, in Advanced Bio, we watched short videos on Youtube about Lobotomies which thoroughly scrambled my stomach. Thank goodness I hadn't eaten breakfast or I would have skipped lunch. After lunch though is what mattered. I had a fabulous talk with Shannon! *audience gasps* Yes, that Shannon. We talked through our troubles and now we're pretty much back to normal! It's such a relief! Then the funniest thing happened. At dinner, my dad showed us the silliest song on Youtube and got it stuck in our heads so we showed him this:

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

Well, he watches it for a minute and starts doing the badger dance!! It was the best thing I've ever seen! Everyone was on the floor with laughter and I think we effectively got the song stuck in his head. HA!

Ok, now to open the Present. Today I've been working on homework so far. I read the assigned for worldview which was talking about Christian Philosophy. A little over my head but I'll discuss it with mom later. Then I took my Bio test which was mostly labeling bones. I think I did pretty well on it so we'll find out. I haven't a clue what else is going on today so I suspect it will just be lazing around with the family. Good times.

Back to the Future! This week is pretty normal. School for the next three days. Working tomorrow and Friday. Mime on Thursday. Then Saturday I'm taking Garrett to lunch and we're going to the Remmel's for a while. Mrs. Remmel wants me to help her pick out a color to paint her bedroom! INTERIOR DESIGNING!!! Sunday is church and we have family night which we teens are directing. I'm so pumped to show everyone the movie we made. Hopefully I will have time to blog some more before then but we shall see.

So, that's it! Farewell for now!

Church, School, Work, Church, School, Work...

Seeing a pattern? That's what my life is like at the moment. Every week is that same. Sunday is church and then I work at the B&B. Monday is Co-op. Tuesday I get as much school done as possible. Wednesday is school and then work. Thursday is school, then mime. Friday is school and work again. Saturday is either hanging out at home or doing something with Kate. So yeah, pretty redundant. But oh well.

Today was awesome though! There was church as usual and because of a nursery mix-up, us teens got to hang out in there and watch the two little kids during second service. Then Matt drove me to work again. An hour into it, he came and said that the rest of the ladies weren't ready to leave for another hour and asked if I wanted to go get something to eat so we ran to Rally's. The lady at the drive-through asked what "flavor" drink we wanted. We thought that quite funny and laughed about it for the rest of the day. Then since he left his iPod Touch at church with Garrett, he ended up staying, helping me make beds and taking me home. We had a good discussion. I guess there's some girl at school that he's crazy about. Mmmmmmm. :) Maybe I tease him too much but that kid is like my little brother.

So tomorrow is Co-op and I have no desire to go. I don't fit in anymore. Shannon and I aren't really the best of friends and now she has Erin and Rissa Hunter and Kristin Mitchum to hang out with. They're all sweet girls but they are very clickish. Usually I end up hanging out with Becky and Hannah which is ok but they're a little clickish too though they're best friends so it's understandable. So here I am, a senior with a total of about 3 friends I see regularly. What joy. But I will say, they are good friends and I guess I'd rather have a few really good friends than a lot of acquaintances.

So there you have it. My life in a nutshell. Ok, maybe a very large nutshell. My new challenge, to find something to take me outside the nutshell. Until next time!