Simply Grand

This weekend was indescribable. Friday, the day we went skiing, was everything I hoped it would be and more. It was an absolutely fantastic day. I didn't take any pictures, but I stole this one from Hayley's blog:

Jake had tripped Liz by accident, and I, after laughing so hard I almost passed out, was a good Samaritan and helped clean up the mess. Then we heard Hayley yelling to us. I was so confused, as you can almost tell by the look on my face. I didn't know who she was or why she would be taking a picture of us :P
I didn't figure it out until I saw this picture on her blog.
I took more jumps this time than I ever have before. Andalusia has a great terrain park. It was so fun. I definitely felt it in my knees the next day, though.

Then we had our little Cranford party on Saturday, and I think Gus was the only one that stayed the entire way through. Abe showed up when it was time for supper ;D
It was fun, even though the movie wasn't all Jimmy cracked it up to be. I must confess, I still like Pride and Prejudice better.

Sunday was fun too. Church in the morning, Jr. Youth church in the afternoon, then a spur of the moment Inception party after that.

The weekend was amazing, but nothing topped Friday. Friday was simply grand.

Skiing tomorrow! I don't think I'll sleep a wink tonight. Way too excited :)

La la la la...

Guess I haven't posted for a while, huh?
Friday was so cold, but it was beautiful when it started snowing. I went outside and the cold seeped in through my hats, gloves and coats. It went behind my eyes and I got a cold-headache, but I didn't mind after a while. The snow looked pretty against my dark brown coat. It kissed my face and collected on my eyelashes. I loved it. I wanted to stay out longer, but it really was too cold.

Saturday Liz and I had a "Cranford party" with Lyddie. We only got through two episodes, because it's a 5 or 6 hour movie. We ate enough junk food to make Dr. Harrison cry. It was fun though :D

Sunday it was -14 degrees when I got up!

This weekend we're gonna be skiing in Andalusia, and then go to Peoria. I'm soooo excited I think I will explode before then. I just got a paper route substitute, so it's definitely happening! I have to drop the route lists at their house on Thursday. I must not forget, because that is something I would do.

On February 7th, Jimmy is going to Utah. I wanted to go too, but decided not to. Instead, Jimmy is going to take me to stay with Sarah for the week! I'm more excited about that than skiing, I think. I really can't wait. I have quite a bit to do before then though, like right now I'm planning a menu so that I can freeze meals for my family to thaw for supper that week. I'm kinda stuck, I've never done this before. It will be interesting :)

Today all of my ebay.com auctions ended, only 2 things sold though; a textbook and my breeches. I sent the textbook today, but I haven't been paid for the breeches yet. I'll be glad to be rid of them though, haha.

I hope you like my new playlist thingy :)

Life

Yesterday I listed a few textbooks and some breeches on ebay.com. My breeches and one textbook got bid on today, yay! I did a happy dance :) I didn't think anyone would buy the breeches. They're good quality, but I don't know if they'll fit anyone.
Today I ran out of contact solution and I had to find where to get more so that my contacts wouldn't dry out tonight. I found out that the local pharmacy has the kind I use, hooray! I used a coupon and got $1 off. Not much, but it's something.
I skipped pilates today, because I'm just a lazy butt. Friday I must do them! It's not that I can't finish the workout, I think I'm just getting bored. But it's the only thing that I've found that keeps all my riding muscles in shape.
Tomorrow I'm going to catch up on school and then do some filing for Dad. Lucky me, huh? :P I might list some more things on ebay too. I'll see how much I can get done, I suppose.
And I am so ready to hit the hay :D

4-H Christmas meeting

Today was my 4-H club's Christmas meeting, and it's the meeting that everyone's families go to. It's a potluck, so it's earlier than normal, at 12:30 instead of the normal 2:00.
This was the first time I'd gone in my 3 years of 4-H, so it was completely new to me. It was a lot of fun, though! Everyone in my family came with me.
What we do before Christmas is everyone fills out a piece of paper with a wish list, T-shirt size etc. on it, and then put it into a hat, and everyone picks a name to get a present for.
Then there are club awards, and if you've been active in the club the past year, you get a pretty good present :P
I suppose I've been active enough because I got some cool presents. If I had pictures I'd post them but I don't, and I have to go to sleep now :)

Things I did today

• Woke up too late
• Never ate breakfast
• Showered earlier than normal (12:30)
• Got a package in the mail
• Wrote 9 thank-you notes
• Wanted to do a puzzle sooo bad
• Looked for pictures to print but never found the ones I wanted
• Made stuffed lasagna shells for supper
• Tried to make "gourmet" crescent rolls but failed
• Drank licorice root tea
• Wrapped this present for my 4-H Christmas party tomorrow:

 

• Figured out how to change the font on this blog from something other than the options that Blogger gives you (and there aren't very many!!)

I walked this doggy today

That's about it.

Unnecesary drama

I have mice in my room. This happens every winter, and it never used to bother me all that much. Besides being annoying, the mice never did much else. They come inside when it's cold, and then leave when it warms up a bit.
But this year, I have just recently discovered that the mice go in my bed. While I'm in it. While I'm sleeping.
My lower bunk has always been my safe place, my haven of sorts. When I shut the light off, I have to launch myself into it, before the monsters under it have enough reflex time to catch me. Once I'm there, though, I'm invincible.
These mice have come to laugh in my face, and say "Not so, not anymore!"
I'm not scared of mice. Not really. It's just that when there is a little furry, cold footed, rabies infested creature running around on me while I'm all asleep and helpless...it's frightening, in it's own strange way.
This probably wouldn't be a very big problem for most people. But I've even started dreaming about mice. I wake myself up with my dreams, once even hopping out of bed like toast out of a toaster. I've never felt a mouse, but I've seen the droppings. I know they're real, but I also know they're fake. It's hard to say whether half the mice are real or just in my imagination.
Last night was particularly restless. The plows kept waking me up, and I kept hearing mice. Everywhere. Under my pillow, on my covers, on the floor...I slipped in and out of consciousness all night long. I got up at 4:00 and caught up on some school. I went back to bed at 5 and slept soundly.
*Rolls eyes* I am such a ridiculous person. No normal person would obsess over this like I have. I'm very tired but I don't want to go to bed because I'll have to turn the light off.
Ughhhhh..........

My fun day full of madness

Welllll, lots of things happened today. First thing in the morning, I was awakened by Jimmy, getting ready to drive off into the sunrise.
Everyone was heading in a different direction today, so we all scrambled to be showered, and all left at about the same time. Kevin, Paul and Dad went to help Caleb D. unload his big spray foam truck and reload it into a different truck. Quite a big job, from what I heard.
Liz went to Cedar Rapids airport and flew to NC.
Moo took me to Rebekah D.'s house, and then continued on her way to open the store. I got to Rebekah's house at about 8:45. The twins were asleep, and she wanted some time to herself, so she did some exercises and then went on a walk with Jack while I baked cookies and Homemade Wheat Tortillas, which I turned into black bean quesadillas for lunch (I stole that idea from Sarah :)). They were delicious!!

Lydia and Liana got there at about 11:15, and we all stayed until about 8:30 or so. We got quite a bit accomplished, and had fun doing it! We set up a changing table that Rebekah had been meaning to do for a long time, because the table that she's been using has gotten too small. That was challenging, none of us could quite understand the directions (why use only pictures?? Pictures are helpful, but text explaining exactly what to do would help a lot!), and got hung up on one certain step for about 10 minutes. But it looks nice, and we really didn't have too hard of a time with it.

Jack found a leftover squirrel or something, and he seemed to really like eating it...

He's so gorgeous!

Liana and Lyddie made these for me:

Aren't they just beautiful? I love them!!

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For some reason I think that my first post should be really momentous, something awesome to look back at when I want to see what I first put on my blog.
But with my other blogs it ended up falling flat, making me look like I fail at life on a regular basis.
So, I leave you with a picture I took this summer, my attempt at having some kind of photography skill.

It really isn't a very good picture, but I love how green and fresh the grass looks. It was right after a shot of rain, so the air smelled welly good.