Birthday Beanie!

Yesterday was a horrible day. I had an attitude that vacuumed the whole day but didn't realize it was so bad 'til that evening. I hate crappy attitudes. So why is it that I allow myself to be subject to them? War with the flesh. Come now Lady do what is right.I'm trying Or so I think. If I would just take my eyes off myself....

Yesterday we had two extras. Kelley had been with us all day and another little girl came for the afternoon. Can you say chaotic? Beanie's birthday dinner was last night so Grandpa came to town. That means that the dog came. Kelly is terrified of animals as evident by the look of fright that shrouded her little face. So the key was to keep Kelly and the dog away from each other. Ya have to know that the dog is a shi tzue. It wouldn't hurt anyone and isn't interested in Kelley at all. Well the dog got out of it's encampment and came into the room where Kelley was. She started to freak out and I became frankensitter. "Kelly! I know you are afraid of that dog but you need to stop the right now. That dog is not going to hurt you. It wants nothing to do with you. You need to settle down. Do you understand me?" Insert sending a child to take care of the dog. " Kelly it is Ok. I will get rid of the dog. You don't have to like it you just can't pitch a fit and come apart. It's all right baby." Kelly was not afraid of that dog at the end of the day. She even called it so she could pet it. She was a little timid and I was willing that we should keep her entirely separated from that dog but she was not going to come apart.

I found out that my gun is really wood and it was only in two pieces and not three and it is a Remington. And it is way pretty cause I looked at it again this morning. Dad took it to grandpa's to put it together. Dad wasn't sure how.

I went to Britter's for our annual Christmas get together. I know, I know it is the new year but we couldn't get together before Christmas so we had to make due with after. I got a cute skirt, Jane Austen's novels in one volume and some other stuff. Bother girls loved the presents I got for them. Brit got a candle and LLB got three decks of cards (she collects them). I lost track of time and got home late. For some reason that only happens at their house. I hate being irresponsible. It means I get in trouble. Thank goodness my mom is gracious and merciful and wondermous and it wasn't much trouble. Thanks mommy. You don't know how much I appreciate it. While I was there I finished knitting the shrug that I started yesterday afternoon. I have to sew the sleeves and then it will be done. I am anxious to wear it. I am not sure what I will wear it with first. I do know that I have to wait till spring.

Going back to Beanie's birthday. She loved opening her presents (she liked the presents too). I wish ya'll coulda seen her face. My camera was dead so I didn't get any pictures. Mommy made her a cake. It was chocolate with cocolate and pink icing. Yummers. And, as she doesn't have a favorite dinner yet,we made spehgetti. Good night that baby is cute, wrotten too but, mostly cute.

I must go for my time is up. The clock is about to strike 8:40 and if I am not off of the computer I will be bannished from it's prsence! Night Ya'll!

Lizzy Bob

Tonight we took my car to the play. We being mom and I. Well as ya'll know my car is old. A 1978 Ford Futura to be exact. It doesn't start easily. She(the car) needs time to warm up. When we were getting ready to leave mom tried to start the car about half a dozen times and it would keep running. Lou~La~Belle and her guy are cracking up while they are loading the car next to me. (You see being unable to keep the engine going is, apparently, funny.)Finally the car keeps running and we pull out and she dies again. We, the four of us, those inside the car and out, were all laughing so hard. But this story isn't translating to paper, er, blog well. Anyway the car is started and as we head down the road I start jerking all the stuff away from my feet. Mom looked at me like I had gone mad. My feet were getting wet. Yes that is right ladies and gents my car leaks at the passenger side feet. It turns out it doesn't leak that badly and my stuff probably wouldn't have gotten wet but I didn't know that when I was jerking clothes out of the floor! Oh and the windshield wipers are.... they need to be changed and it has an exhaust leak. Tada isn't she a bute! Well once she gets going she does well.

All went beautifully at the play tonight. Sadness at it being our last performance. Jolene made a beautiful video of the whole thing for Joanna and Joseph. We got presents. A lot of people we knew came. I missed my last carol in an attempt to get the stage set up for the Crachets. I have some funny pictures of Joel and me as Ebenezer and Belle. I hate my bonnet when it is on my head. I think it looks tacky. Did I take it off for any of my pictures? No. So yes I look quite tacky in all of them. I laugh when I see myself on video. I think it is funny when I fake cry! Joanna asked if I cried tonight in my scene cause it sounded like it. That made me feel good cause I can't conjure up tears. Sound effects yes, tears, no. I added lines last night and again tonight and they worked great. ;D

Thanks Meaggy T for your work to my blog. I love it. :smooch:

Everyone go say something nice to Emy cause she was crying when I left her tonight.

Pray. My bell choir is practicing for the first time in two weeks tomorrow. We have two practices till Christmas Eve service!

The Weekend

Duke and the Great Pie war was the entertainment choice of the day. Can you tell we have children? That and Daniel Boone. "The extras" came today. "The Extras" are two children , very good ones I might add, that we keep on Tuesday while their mom's are in Bible study. As we did last week, we beaded. All the kids seem to love that.


Today has been a cookingest day. For luch I concocted (this blog post has been interrupted by a family walk) a potato and mixed vegetable dish with cheese sauce and cheese on top. Twas wonderful. The 12x9 Pyrex was empty after lunch and my mid afternoon snack. It never made it into the freightor. Thank you mommy for finishing my sauce! She made it deliciouso. Then after some math I made a upside down apple ginger bread/cake. Tis yummy as well.

How glad am I that when I needed to go this thing save, without posting, my post as a draft. "I'm lovin' it" to quote McDonald's.

Play practice was last night. Twas fun but nothing to write home about. Ummm.... My table didn't get to do our experiment at Chemistry. What is up with that? Really I don't care. I am much more of a lecture girl than actually performing experiments.

Friday! I had a blast with Britter Bear and Lou~La~Belle at BB's house. The guys were kicked out so that the girls could hang. We took pictures and play the piano a bunch and to wind down we watched "Ever After". BB fell asleep after 5 minutes lying on the pallet. LLB and I stayed up through the whole thing. I think it was around 2ish when we fell asleep. Truth be told, I don't think I would have remembered the movie had it not been one that I had seen many times.
So after waking at 8:45 the next morning and having wonderful sausage gravy on real bread toast, we all got dolled up with the intention of going to the park for more photo ops, then left the house around 12(?). As it turns out we nixed the picture and just shopped. Goodwill, Jill's, My best friend's closet, NBC, and Payless all were the benefactors of at least a smile and some noise. I found some jeans and a blue dress while we were out. Cool beans.

I must mention the food of our girls night/day. Friday night I made this Asian style cabbage dish that was spicy. I, quite frankly, like to feel my mouth after three bites of my food but others I know, don't seem to mind being numb. BB and LLB set their mouths aflame with rooster sauce. BB's stove heats things very quickly. I found out the hard way when I sent many, many little mustard seeds flying through the air like popcorn. Thankfully they are easily clean up. Ms. Mary bought us cappuccino chunky chocolate ice cream and then as soon as we got in the house proceeded to eat it. It is LLB's favorite kind of ice cream. BB made homemade banana ice cream with honey twas wonderful.

I think the most fun part of the entire girls weekend was the teasing of Lou~La~Bell and her guy. Yes, I am a mean sister but they just smile at me when I say things to them. BB and I would "mock" them as we followed here and there. "I'll hold your hand!" said BB, and proceeded to hang on her brother..... while we were in Braum's. Ya'll please know that if they truly cared we wouldn't do it. But what else are little sisters for?

Have you noticed that I rarely compose short posts? I think I am done for tonight. Does all this bore you? What would you have me post about?

Love in Jesus

Chem and GS and ACC

Question. Which blog does one choose to post on when they were last updated on the same day?

Answer. The one that should generate more traffic.

I have a lab report to write. Calorimetry is great cause it is just math which means that if you do the measuring correctly you will come out with the correct answer. How awesome is a definite answer! The down side to that is... How in the world do you write a good conclusion for a lab report with it?!

Last night began with girl scouts and ended with play practice. How funny did I feel when I walked through the doors and was asked "Are you Bell?" . At that point in time I didn't want to own up to being her. One should not be called upon to display their performance abilities upon arriving at practice! It kind of wracks your nerves. You see we were late, in a way. We left GS early to make it to ACC about an hour late. I keep saying we but one knows who "we" is . Lou~La~Belle and her mom are "we" along with myself. Anywho play practice. Um can you sign awkward. Lets just say that we will have to work on not being afraid of each other, rather him being afraid of me. Ya so moving on. Joel and Hannah sound wonderful when they sing together. Last night they were working on the song for graduation this year. Good Night it is beautimous! He Knows My Name by the McRaes. Tis pretty stinkin' awesome. Joel is gonna have to learn to sing the melody by himself but he'll learn. That is why I say sound good instead of sing well.

Does anyone know of any good ways to earn money? We are talking fundraisers here not pocket cash; that I have.

Lady

p.s. Sorry Meag I had to change the color. It hurted my eyes.

Not a whole lot

I need to post I have little to say at this moment which is quite strange. I hardly ever run out of words which "need" saying. Friday was presentation night. It went fine. I won't say well but fine. No one threw up so we are good. The class along with their teachers felt like idiots on stage. The teachers felt weird b/c they were so young and the class b/c they were so much older than all the others who "present" things on presentation night.

I finished some Chemistry today. There was a problem that just didn't want to come out. As has become usual, I set up the problem correctly but, didn't have the correct significant figures. Truth be told I am pretty happy cause the hard part is knowing how the problem is to even be done. Tomorrow we shall see how well I know my Chemistry. And that is probably very ill.

Last night we were out at Youth night till 10:30ish. The night had dwindled down and things were going kinda slow in the teen section of the house but I thoroughly enjoyed it. We played this game called "four on a couch". I liked it. I think that next time we should play it agian.

One of my brothers doesn't feel good. Tis no fun to see him that way. Hopefully he is his usually self tomorrow.

Lou~La~Belle is home or should be soon. She went to a GS thing Saturday as her final test to decide whether she get to go to England or not. She would have a great time if she went. For her sake I hope she can.

I have thirty minute left till I go back up to church. Looking over this makes me think that maybe I should post something worth reading sometime. I'll have to try that.

Sunday school was on Job and enduring the trials that come our way. The one thing that was really stressed this week was that Job, no matter the circumstance, worshiped the Lord. He worshiped the Lord and shunned evil. How many of us can say in a real tride and true testing or just something that seems trivial later that we worship the Lord and flee from do what is wrong whether that be accusing Him of wrong or turning to worthless things to make us "feel better"? Is it not difficult to not fall into a trap of running to things (anything besides our Provider) for comfort when we are down? It is hard to "consider it all joy" in the midst of the trial but that we must do. In our McDonalds society we have tried to do away with any inconveniece and feeling hurt is an inconveniece. With that mentality, atop our sin nature, we automaticaly turn to food, or a person, a movie, or events and become gluttons by those things. When we are tempted to find comfort in our own pitty party or vacuumy attitude, we must remeber that we were created by God to glorify Him and we cannot do that when our eyes are on ourselves. Remeber Job turned to his creator, though he was in sackcloth and ashes, to worshiped Him. Do we even stop to think that what we may be going through God is using to draw us, or maybe some one else to Him?

I have to stop and get ready for church. I'll try to come back to it later cause that "sermon" isn't finish. It needs some Bible verses. Hmm.

She who is off to teach bell choir departs.