FREE ADVICE!!!

1.) If a person has a brother on a cross country team that person, while attending a meet, shouldn't enjoy his/her self so much that he/she doesn't think clearly.

2.) If this same person can not help but enjoy his/her self and commits #1 that same person should not eat the apple breakfast cake provided by the mom of said brother's teammate, no matter how delicious it looks. Bees will be attracted.

3.) If this person happens to adore said Mom's cooking and eats cake (Side Note: YUM!) therefore committing #2 and it is September, bees will be a problem. After the bees are swarming this person should not eat Nut Thins especially without examining the chip before putting it in he/she's mouth.

4.)If this person eats the Nut Thins, it's possible that one of the swarming bees might be sitting on chip, and will be put in said person's mouth.

5.) If, unfortunately, the bee is put in the mouth my advice is too spit the bee out as quickly as possible, before it can sting he/she.

6.) If he/she is unable to execute #5 fast enough, and he/she is stung on the lip, do not, I repeat, DO NOT start yelling incoherently "Mum a ba strounge ma und de wip!" Whilst holding lip due to excruciating pain. He/she will get laughed by brother's teammates.

7.) If he/she can't think clearly through the pain and does #6, bear it with as much dignity as possible. This dignity should not include holding a 6" by 6" cooling thing on the lip. Said teammates with laugh and tease more.

8.) If #6 and #7 are unavoidable he/she should try to laugh at he/she's self as a last resort.

9.) If all this is unavoidable, he/she has my sympathy.

10.) BTW if said lip swells over night and is a literal balloon on Sunday morning. He/she should tell story to friends to provide laughs.

Believe me, I know.

I Burn Well :-)

This evening we had stir-fry with our chicken. For a hitherto unknown reason Mom had me cut up and put together the carrots and broccoli. After I put everything into the pot Mom set me to cutting up an onion. Well, needless to say, I forgot about the pan on the stove, until, through my tears, I noticed the burning nosies coming the pan.

After I manage to scrape the carrots from the bottom of the pan and take it off the heat I was pretty discouraged. Only after looking on the bright side of things, I noticed the brown spots went quite well with orange carrots and green broccoli:-)

Mom wasn't exactly thrilled with my improving of the color scheme of diner, but she served it anyway.

Mom: "Hey Lydia, this stir-fry isn't that bad."

(She sounded really surprised!)

Debbie: "Yeah, the taste is nice, it's not really burnt, just nicely browned."

Me: "What do you know, I've discovered my hidden talent :I burn well!"

Mom: "Well, if you have to have a hidden talent, that would be an interesting one to have."

You know I always knew deep down I had an uber-talent, and if burning well is it, I'll take it.

Thankful Thursday #11

I'M THANKFUL I'M ALIVE!!!

Just like I should be, every second of everyday.
Thank you God, for giving me life.
Thank you God for giving me parents who wanted me to have life.
Not everyone is blessed with the gift of life.
There are 1,000 of babies (yes babies)
all over the world are killed before they have a chance at life.

Today

Today I am seventeen and one-half years old.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life,


as hard I try, taking a picture

is the only way I can freeze time.


60 seconds in a minute,

How much good can I do in it?

60 minutes in an hour

All the good that's in my power.

New Favorite Book Quote...

She had reached the age of seventeen, without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility, without having inspired one real passion, and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. This was strange indeed! But strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly searched out. There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no - not even a baronet. There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door - not one young man whose origin was unknown. Her father had no ward, and the squire of the parish no children.

But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.

*strains eyes to horizon trying to spot hero being thrown in her way*

Thankful Thursday #10

This week I am also thankful for you, all the people who read my blog. You're such a blessing to me, and I really am blessed that you care enough to visit here and to care about my thoughts, what I'm up to, and all that. You can't possibly know how much that means to me!
If you read my blog could you please comment so I know you're out there? Just for your special entertainment, I will even include one of these quiz thingys. They don't have much meaning, but they sure are fun to do!

For the girls:

Jane Austen Female Quiz

For the Gentleman:

Jane Austen Gentleman Quiz

For Everybody:

Narnia Character Quiz

The Torture of Each Morning

So ends the Calvin and Hobbes week!

Tomorrow I will get back to normal blogging (such as it will be...)

I learned at and early age never to say this to Mom...

The Best Kind of Writing!

BTW, I updated The Blank Page.

I love being homeschooled...

Because if I wasn't I probably would have had to do this this morning.

Only two comments on the last two post. Is this really that boring?

My Kind of Baseball :-)

Again Click to enlarge....

How I wish I felt about driving....

Again click to enlarge... I can't get these stupid things to show up any bigger!

Ya Gotta Love Calvin and Hobbes

Welcome To Calvin and Hobbes Week!

In an effort to brighten my readers week I will daily post a favorite Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Please comment and let me know if I brighten your day! Click to enlarge.


(In other words, I spent an hour scanning these things, PLEASE make it worth my while!)

Guess!

Tanstaafl

Guess what it stands for!

(Hint: I learned it in economics class,

but it''s not exactly eloquent....)