Quiz that I stole from Rebecca, who stole it from Katie, who stole it from VB, who stole it from Deb...

Note: I deleted the questions that don't really apply to me.

1.) If I were a doll, the accessories packaged with me would be:
Books, a pinafore and a smile!!

2.) I have an irrational fear of:
Being bite by a snake

3.) What type of food do you eat at your grandparents house?
Lemonade, not that that's a food...

4.) What weight were you when you were born?
I have no idea.. Mom???? Okay, I was 5Ibs 6oz

5.) What would you do if you were stranded on an island with the person you hate most?
"Okay this is the line: that side is yours this side is mine, got it?"


8.) I find the thought of childbirth:
Freaky and Wonderful at the same time, mom's always say it's always worth it in the end so I'm not too frightened...

9.) Next door to my house is:
House and.. house


10.) My feet are:
Small

11.) My preferred style of jeans is:
Loose

12.) Do you play a musical instrument?
Piano

13.) Know how to cook?
I should know.. but I really don't. I can follow a recipe, but I don't know how to cook pork or stuff like that.

14.) I am annoyed with:
The computer system at the library.

16.) What child-related smell do you not like?
Hospital rooms

17.) What sea creature scares you?
Parana, that fish that strips yours skin off... *shudders* I have an irrational fear it too..

18.) What color hair do most of the people you are around have?
Brown

19.) What object have you broken most recently?
My figurine that I got from Grandma for Christmas two years ago.

20.) Name one of the Spice Girls.
*has no idea*

21.) What was the last thing to make you cry?
Falling over a door mouse and stubbing my toe while going down the stairs in the dark.

22.) What are the stems on wine glasses for?
Hmm.. to be there, so this question could be on this quiz?

23.) My favorite shoes are:
My ballet flats and my white heels

24.) Can you use chopsticks?
I tried and I failed.. end of story.

25.) Do you prefer beaches or forests?
I like forests you don't get lost in and really clean beaches.

26.) What serial killer do you find most disturbing?
That's depressing, who wants to think about that?

27.) Who knows a secret or two about you?
Now that would be telling, wouldn't it?

28.) Have you ever burned yourself?
A few times, nothing really bad.


30.) Who is your hero[s]?
My mom, Corrie Ten Boom

40.) Do you believe that things last forever?
Not things.

41.) What are you listening to?
"Happy Working Song" from Enchanted "How does he know this song? I've never heard this song. Why does everyone know this song? I don't dance... and I really don't sing."

42.) What do you smell like?
Fresh fruit

43.) Are you married?
Nope, not ready for that...

44.) Does anyone regularly tell you they love you?
Mom , and Luke when I bring him a book from the library.

45.) What's the most confusing to you?
Life.

46.) Do you have any bad habits?
I love sleeping late, being lazy, and I bite my nails.

47.) Have you ever wanted to be a teacher?
I'd like to teach little children, I don't think I'm smart enough for any higher grades.

48.) What is one thing you've learned about life?
Everything is better when your happy about it "A cheerful heart maketh good like a medicine"

49.) What's your favorite color?
Blue I guess.

50.) Have you ever been stuck in an elevator?
Nope but I though I was once...

52.) Has anyone told you that they like you more than a friend
No...

53.) What are you looking forward to?
Performing Peter Pan

54.) How are you today?
Tired.

Lace is at Stake!

Some of you have seen Cranford. Some have only heard me rave about it. Just so you know it's hilarous!!! This is only a sampleing. BTW, if you're an animal rights person, you might not appreciate this clip...

I am 70% Average American

You Are 70% "Average American"

You are average because you don't make New Year's resolutions. You are not average since you've known your best friend for less than ten years.

I'm Only ONE Person.

This morning from 9-noon I'm supposed to be: 1) doing school 2)at play practice, 3) giving DQ tours to a bunch of preschoolers. The catch? I have to do them all at the same time!!

My life is SO crazy.

So here's my schedule, 9-10:30 or so, I'll give tours. 10:20 - 12:00 play practice, 12:30 -5:30 I have to work at the library then come home, watch the kids because Mom and Dad are gone and do school...


Like I said my life is crazy.

Snow, snow and more.. you guessed it!!! SNOW

"In november the snow starts to fly pileing up ankle high.

In December it's up to your knees, still a brides a bride to be.

January, higher still, to the parlor widow sill.

February finds a drift and a storm that seems never to lift.... "

~Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

They got it right!! That's what we have right now (excepting the "a brides a bride to be part" of course...) Will it EVER stop snowing?

I think 80 inches is enough, I mean that's taller than David!!!

Me~

December: Oh look, it's snowing!!! How nice.

January: It's snowing, again.

February : WILL IT EVER STOP SNOWING???*pulls hair out*

*Tries to be cheerful*

*That dosen't help*

*Sings to self*

"Oh the barn yard is busy with the sounds of the season... spring spring spring"

Please come soon!!!

I've been tagged!!!

The culprit:

Erica tagged me!! So now it's my turn!!!
http://thelifeofcowgirle.wordpress.com/

Here are the rules:
: Link to the person that tagged you.:


: Post the rules on your blog.:


: Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.:


: Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.:


: Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.





Random things about myself...hmmm... I'm just a totally random/quirky person normally.





1. I LOVE leaving footprints in newly fallen snow.


2. I've worn the same pinafore constintly since I got it... 5 years ago. I wear it over what-ever outfit everyday I'm home.


3.I have a birthmark on the inside of the little toe on my right foot.


4. I like to think I'm a country girl, and love horses and all that... but the truth is the longest I've spent on a farm is 2 weeks.

5.I work at a library, and, believe it or not, a loud library, we talk and laugh. We never tell patrons to be quite, in fact they've been known to "shush" us!! "

"Marion... madame librarian"

6. I LOVE to quote movies!!

I tag...

Debbie

http://thescribeschronicles.blogspot.com/

Rebecca

http://www.beccaflowershopgirl.blogspot.com/

Tyson

http://theafteractionreport.blogspot.com/

Shan

http://www.homesweethome-shannon.blogspot.com/

Kristi

http://kristaline-w.blogspot.com/

New profile picture??

I realised the other day that I haven't changed my profile picture in a long time... mostly because I haven't had a picture I like taken of me since then. So I was looking through our picture arcives and found some old ones I like. So I'd like your opinions please: (1), (2) or (3)? Or should I just leave it the same?

(1) From our trip to D.C., just a general "happy" picture.

(2) From Mom's babyshower 2 years ago (can you believe??), more of the "thoughtful" type picture.

(3) Just for the fun of it, a goofy picture:-) Taken before banquet last spring.

More News!!!

Although older news than the last posts news I thought you'd like to know that my wonderful parents *drumroll please*... won the "Business People of the Year" award from the local chamber of commerce!!!! Let's give them a hand everybody!!!

My Exciting News!!

Joe and I went to a Homeschool Speech and Debate Tournament toady. Joe did team debate with his friend Nick. They tied their first debate and won they're second. I competed in the "Humorous Speech" category and "Impromptu" (where you're given a topic and 2 min. to write a 5 min. speech). When I competed in the humorous speech I told a story called "Stand Back said the Elephant, I’m Going to Sneeze”. To make a long story short....I won first place!!!!!
I gave my story twice; each time to two judges, 3 out of the 4 judges placed me at first, which means I won!!! I still can't believe it!!!!!

I just wanted to share my joy with you :-) :-)

I'm still grinning from ear to ear!!!!!!!!!!

Choices, Narnia and Bleak House

Bleak House. A novel by Charles Dickens. Wikipedia calls it "Widely held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon." True, there were tons of characters in the 2005 adaption we watched last week. Funny ones, weird ones, scary ones and a couple just plain... creepy ones. All very Dickens-ish The movie was well made, fast-paced, well written and acted, and worth watching all 8 hours.

During our 3 night viewing our family discussed the moral of the story. We came to the conclusion that it was a story of choices. The whole story comes to be because a women makes a wrong choice, a morally wrong choice. Because of that choice, our heroine is born. So if she had made the right choice we would have no story, right? So was it actually the right choice? We'd have no story if not, and what about all the people our heroine helped and blessed in her life??Well of course not, but the question comes.... What if???

This reminds me of one of my absolute favorite passages in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia books. Price Caspin Chapter 10:

"You mean" said Lucy rather faintly, "that it would have turned out all right-somehow? But how? Please Aslan! Am I not to know?"

"To know what would have happened, child? said Aslan. "No. Nobody is ever told that."

"Oh dear," said Lucy.

"But anyone can find out what will happen," said Aslan...

And what about the many people our heroine helped?? Narnia wisdom comes in again, this time from The Horse and His Boy Chapter 14:

"Child," said Aslan, "I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own."

What choices we make we can not change, we make them in a split second, and the wheels are set in motion. Whether good or bad they are made and can not be changed. How ever small, they might have much significance. Will anyone's life be changed by me posting this today? I should think not... but you never know. Is it right? Wrong? Somewhere in between? It's confusing, and frustrating, but what is certain is that God gave us free will, and the only thing one knows they can do right is to listen to the Holy Spirit and try to do God's will in everything...

Michael Darling

I guess you all might be sick of hearing about the play, but i thought you wouldn't mind me sharing my character worksheet with you. Enjoy!

Character Worksheet
Character Name: Michael John James Darling

What do you perceive to be the circumstances of your character, economically and socially?
I'm pretty good. I have lots of friends: John, Wendy, the lost boys and Peter. I like it when we beat each other up. I couldn't do that at home in England.

When and where were you born?
Ummm… I forget. I remember somethin' about two o'clock in the nighttime. That would be awful inconvenient I think.

List your siblings.
Wendy and John. I like playing Hook and Peter Pan with John, but sometimes he's bossy and calls me "stupid", I'm just as smart as he is!! Wendy is okay… but Nana was better.

How did you get to where you are today?
I flewed! Peter Pan taught us how to fly. I like Neverland, except some of the boys hit me, so I hit them back.

What are your favorite things about your life?
I like stalking the Pirates and Indians, and catching mermaids (I almost got one once), I like playing with the Indian papooses too, and they call me “Small-White-Papoose-Who-Sleeps-In-Basket.”

Who do you feel closest to and why?
Wendy because she is my Mother, and Tootles, because he gets beat-up the most often, next to me.

On a free day what do you do?

Play Hide & Seek, Kick the Can, Follow the Leader, Chase the Stick and dance with Wendy and the Lost Boys.

What were/are your father and mother like?

Sometimes Wendy (who is our mother I think) tells us about a Mr. and Mrs. Darling. But I don’t remember them much. Nibs said their children were white rats, and I’m not a white rat, I remember Nana, but I don’t think she was my mother either. So I don’t know who my mother is really.
Peter is supposed to be our father, but somehow I think fathers are usually bigger and louder…

What family member or other person has had the greatest impact on your life and in what way?

My mother Wendy has always took care of me.

Who do you admire most and why?

Peter Pan, because he fights Hook, who is scary. Peter is brave, I want to be that brave. I want to go out everyday and have adventures and kill wild animals… although Peter never brings anything back…

What are your strong points?

I know more about England than any of the other boys, except John. Tiger Lily likes me better than any of the other boys; I’m also Wendy’s favorite.

What are your weak points?

I miss Nana. And I haven’t killed a pirate yet.

What do you consider your greatest accomplish to date?

Flying

What do you hope yet to accomplish?

I want to win in a fight with one of the boys and I also want to kill a pirate!