Deep, Deep Thoughts :)

I hate it when it rains and all the worms crawl out onto the cement. Uhhhgghh.
I know they would drown in the ground but they will dry up on the sidewalk anyways.


I'm glad it stopped raining and started snowing.


Hmmmm... does that mean that all the worms will freeze?


The worlds sorta sick that way.

Or I could learn how to knit and I could make all the worms sweaters! I could sew them ponchos!


So now I have something to do if I ever learn how to knit.




:)

and I smiled...

Yesterday evening we were watching Little Women. We had gotten more than halfway through the movie and Ruthie loooks around, confused. " So where's the little woman?", she asks.


Valid question Ruth, valid question.

what a wonderful world...

it should be a crime to dislike beautiful things like louie armstrong singing "its a wonderful world".

Basketball and other stuff...

This passed Thursday we (the band) went and played at our boys' basketball game, which was really cool, but we were absolutly trampled by Oak Hill. Gosh dang it guys! Well, I can at least say we fought hard and ddn't lose by as much as the eighth grade. ♪We're loyal to you Elwood Middle...♪

I've had the busiest week ever! For some reason everyone decides to do everything at once: concerts, tutoring ( I'm the tutor), end of semester tests, ISSMA music days,and semester report cards grades going in really soon (five days). On Wendsday I think I spent thirteen hours at school. Whewww! I was ready for the weekend for sure!

But its been fun, and I can't complain. I do sign myself up for all of it and I'm such a nerd that I've been working very very hard for all A+s this grading period. ☺

God be with you till we meet again...

Thanksgivingmas

I had a great Thanksgiving. I love being with my great family and friends. There was very yummy food, and Gretle brought her famously awesome cheesecake! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I love all of you and you are the best!

Now I feel like we're in a time when we're sorta hanging between Thanksgiving and Christmas time. You know, its right after Thanksgiving and just barely before when we would usually start the Christmassy stuff. But I am the type of person that jumps right on top of things and am a girl on a mission when you give me an assignment! So, yeah I've already decorated for Christmas.

Anyways, tommorow I have school again after Thanksgiving Break. UUUGGGGGHHHHH >:(
Its amazing how used I am too sleeping in, staying up late, and well, not having school. Yet therew is always an upside! Three weeks till Christmas Break!!

Oh I'm So Embarassed...

Have you ever done anything that was very, very, very embarrassing at the time and possibly still is? Yep, I'm sure you have, and if you haven't, well, you are one of the few people who have not been scarred by absolute humiliation.

Just recently Emma and I were home cleaning our room on a Thursday night (actually just last Thursday night) while Mom was out with Naomi, Ruthie, and Eli at Eli's wrestling practice. We were goofing off and being real idiots and singing this one song because it was stuck in our heads. Did I tell you yet that it was a Barbie song of all things?

So we are singing this song and a fateful phone call comes that will change the course of my peace of mind.(du du daaa !!!!!)

The Fateful Phone Call

This is the interchange that went between me and the person I thought was my Mom.

Me:(singing) If I could just wish for one thing, it'd be the smile that you bring, whoooowhoooa, two voices one song... (I THOUGHT IT WAS MY MOM!!)

Me: (confused at why my mom didn't cut my song off short)Um...Hello?

Other End: Hello, this is Brother Smith*....

Me:(silent, shocked, utterly embarrassed..)

Brother Smith: Was that a voice mail?

Me: Umm.... Yeah.

That is all that I can remember. I'm pretty sure I was supposed to take a message but I sorta blanked out and just said goodbye really quickly when he was done talking to me.

Oh dear. I am so embarrassed...


*Names have been changed because like I said...I'm still very embarrassed.

I am Thankful for...

1.)Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!!
2.)My Momma:)
3.)My Dad:)
4.)Emma
5.)Naomi
6.)Eli
7.)Ruthie
8.)Good food and being blessed with lots of it.
9.)Summer evenings and Spring mornings, and both for different reasons.
10.)New Year parties that last late into the night.
11.)Not to shabby grades in school;)
12.)Chicken Devan. (See number eight)
13.)Crazy, crazy, insane friends!!!! (They're fun too!)
14.)Band Geekiness:)
15.)Goodwill 50% off weekends!
16.)Good health.
17.)Happy people that tend to make my day.
18.)Summer days that start off rainy.
19.)Homemade/crocheted hats.
20.)Wonderfully adorable winter coats! (Hint, hint mom!:)

Today in the Life.....

Today was a pretty normal day, nothing to yell about, but some Notable Events have come to pass.
1.) I started tutoring today! I have three kids, each in the fourth grade and all(amazingly) in the same class. I tutor them only on Wednesdays and during the seventh period. Seventh period is Health, so its not a real crank in my arm to give my generous time. Plus, I just plain like to do it.
2.)Eli and his friend Haden Somethingorother get on Poptropica constantly. They call each other on the phone and do some serious Poptropica secret swapping. You can hear Eli in his very-seriuos-business voice,"Yeah.... uh hu....uh hu.....okay..." ect, ect.
3.)Mumford and Sons rocks. Not that this is any new information or anything. I could rock out to The Cave any day.


Bajillion.) Young Womens is in a half hour. Bye!!!!

Oh Happy Day...

Today we had Stake Conference, and I gotta say, I was pretty pumped. I LOVE Stake

Conference. It is just so wonderful to see so many members of the Church gathered at

one place. It builds me up and reminds me of all the support we have, even though we

may not know it. Every time we sing a powerful song, my heart soars.

You see, my branch is small, small, small, and when we sing songs like The Spirit of

God and Praise to the Man it is sometimes rather quiet. When we gather as a Stake we

sing with gusto and pride. What a wonderful, wonderful blessing to be a member of

this glorius work...

Late Night Thoughts ( and i still have to get my homework done:(

I'm getting ready for a musical fireside on the 20th.... I can't even remember where it is, but, you know. Remember I play the flute?....I'm playing the flute for the fireside. Anyway, I've been been looking through about a million hymns and have been freaking out and I already said I'd do it and I can't find one I like and I am freaking out! Abide With Me? Nearer my God To Thee? Come Thou fount? Help me!!

p.s. I have a playing test over Instant Christmas Concert tomorrow morning during second period._. Wish me luck!

p.p.s. the picture means nothing and is slightly random:)