Haiku, what about you?

School

nearly the end to
my lazy, lovely summer
and now life begins!

I'll see friends again.
Is homework really worth it?
I think it might be!

just in case I die
know I went to school willing
to learn my brains out.

Can free time really
be so close to ending now?
summer is so short.

school is where students
learn, listen, socialize, live
now I'm one of them

The Weight of the World

I saw some weights in the corner just barely and, since I was thinking about the fast-approaching drastic change in my life, I found a commonness between them. School, like a weight, is a heavy thing in this life and it weighs down on us. But one thing my father recently used these weights for is to hold down some wood he was gluing to fix the table. Like weights, again, trials are hard and heavy but they hold us in the right place in life, gluing us and making us stronger for later trials that could break us.
Wow, I've really got this analogy going! Well, don't let this post weigh you down too much! Have a fun weekend!

A momentous occasion

I'm actually posting!
I know, another bland post about posting on a blog...but no!
I refuse to bore you half to death!
An update is required for I finally added new pictures (check 'em out!) and I couldn't resist adding my hundredth post along with it. I feel so useless in this world, posting one hundred times in less than a year. Makes me feel like a hermit who's got nothing more interesting to do in life. But my pictures stand as proof that I don't sit around at my computer ALL day, just most of the day.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this little window into my life.

100

Ninety Nine and Counting

99 is the name of a girl control agent in the show Get Smart.
99 is the number of post this is.
99 is how many red balloons there are in that song.
99 bottles of rootbeer on the wall when you're on a long car ride.
99 comes before one hundred.
neun und neunzig, in other words, is an important number.
And this is my ninety nine! ENJOY!

Whoa, August

I love the number two. And today is the second!
Wow, the summer break went by fast. It isn't over yet, but it sure is getting closer and closer.
Summer is definitely a blast! I went to the Oregon Coast last month and took some pictures. Sometime soon there'll be some of the good ones up on my pictures tab.
Sadjuistic greetings from ME!

-see ya later, alligator

The Late Night Gabber

I feel bad for all of you who regularly read my blog but since nobody really does I gave the internet the silent treatment (sorta) for the past month.
It is really late at night, it really is. And yet, here you find me, blabbing away on a computer...pathetic, really.
Oh, and since no one reads my blog regularly, I've conveniently added recently a label called favorites. It is self explanatory but I really like the posts under that label. The funnest, funniest, and most thoughtful posts I've made so far happen to be there so take a look! (Just in case you missed something. And in case I missed something drop me a comment to tell me if you think a post should be added to it ;)

The Princess Thief

The Princess Thief
What does it take to rescue two kidnapped eight-year-olds? All you need is a brave knight, a hawk, and a dragon to brave the burning desert, mysterious river and the magical stone of power. Janessa has never left the jungle, but now she's got to save herself from the deadly fate of adventure by making friends and finding her courage.

Something Worse

Let me tell you something worse than allergies. It's dental work. When you have to get cavities filled and they numb up your mouth. And then it's numb ALL day! The funny part about this is having half your tongue numb and your whole lip and then trying to eat lunch. Yeah, can't taste anything. Oh, and having to go do business where you talk to people, and smile, and you know that your smile is lopsided because you can't even feel it and your pronunciation is down the drain because you only have half a tongue and an upper lip.
It's just great.

Advice on life: never get a cavity...EVER!

p.s. There is no way to explain or remember the feeling of having your mouth numb. If you want to try it out, just because it is a unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I would repeal my earlier comment on not getting a cavity. But be warned! The pain, in my opinion, is NOT worth the experience.

SRATS

Super Random, Always There, Stars

Anticipation, Excitement

Nothing can describe the amazing feeling I have right now. I'M GONNA SEE THE OCEAN AGAIN!!! It is one of those places on earth that just doesn't have any comparison. I love it!

A rhyme time

The only problem with rhyming is that you can only ever think of the short words and when you run out of those you try to find the long ones but you can't and then you give up.

Cookie Dough

There is only one thing that I live on this planet for and that is cookie dough (yes, if you didn't know it, I'm an alien from a different galaxy). For some reason there is a charm to the uncooked, raw egg mixed with butter, sugar, and flour. I can't resist it. And when I am accomplished and make a good batch...I'm in heaven. Of course, cookies are a great dessert to the meal of cookie dough, when you can't stand the richness anymore. And when you put the cookie dough in Ice Cream, that is ultimate perfection. LOVE IT!!!

There is a marker on the desk

Right next to me lies a green-ish Sharpie. What should I do with it? I could mail it to my friend. I could write my dad a thank-you card. I could color on the wall. I could plant it in the garden. I could drop it in a puddle, squish it, poke my sister with it, photocopy it, sing into it, make a movie about it, drop it from the top of a really tall building, write a book, clean the mirror, take it apart and cook it for dinner, flush it down the toilet, cover it with stickers, type a blog post with it, stick a magnet on it and put it on the fridge or just put it in the freezer. I could call it my best friend and watch TV all day with it. I could wrap it up and give it to an elephant for its birthday. I could take it for a walk, with a leash of course. Or I could dip it in the mod podge and put it on the ceiling. But I should probably put it away before I get too carried away.

...and again

and again and again. I just love making these things! Aren't they adorable? I think that they're fantastic and have so many uses. So many, in fact, that I can't seem to be able to use one because I want to save it for exactly the right way.
















I've been entertaining my many siblings by making them these little books. They love them! And they are so perfect and feel so much like a real book. Can you tell that I'm proud? Just go ahead and try to dampen my spirit about them, I dare you!

Only a Quote

Work is not measured by how hard it is, but by what the outcome is.

Sometimes outcomes are hard to see when you're in the middle of something, and sometimes they are less material and more internal.

My Title

I was just reading the title of my blog. I know, lame. You'd think I would pay more attention because it IS my blog, right? Well, I was thinking about the reason I named it that. I'll tell you. It is because I wanted to have a cool quote that planted seeds of hope into people's thoughts when they read it. But I realize that this certain quote can have so much more meaning, especially pertaining to a blog.

Dreams inspire, Reality makes it happen.

I'll elaborate
So, you write stuff on a blog, right? You write all about all your hopes, dreams, and even what happens to you. You may even make goals, talk to people, express yourself, complain, show off, learn. But all it is is digital stuff that is stuck in the hardware of your computer; ones and zeroes that display something black, white, red, green, blue on a computer monitor. In the end it actually isn't anything at all. But ideas, thoughts, words, writing...they all inspire something. Your thoughts turn into actions and as you think more about doing something, you think about a way to do it. Your actions can turn your dreams into reality. It may seem too good to be true, but you are a human, meaning you have agency, and that is a power that can turn hopes, wishes, and dreams into living, loving, and wonderfully real things. Another quote: if you can believe it, you can achieve it. Go, live your dream. And when you've accomplished it, find a new one, and live that one too. Today is the first day of a new month, what better time to set a goal with plenty of time to achieve it. And always smile and be happy. When you pretend to be happy, even when you're frustrated, it is hard to remember that you're pretending.

I've done it again

There you have it. My goal for NOT posting until Saturday has flown out the window...again. I officially need to make a more attainable goal. But guess what? I DID IT AGAIN!!!!
I made another book, this time out of necessity. My sister didn't get a yearbook from school this year but she wanted a signature book (and scrapbook-type-thing) so I volunteered to make one for her. And here it is! School colors and all.














I have to admit that though I'm proud, the cover design was mostly of her choosing. But she did give me the credit for it by having a "made by" card to glue into the cover. That made me happy.

(ps again, sorry for the bad quality pics)

Me, being craftsy

I swore I wouldn't post until the twenty-eighth, but I couldn't resist. I was just having so much fun last night, until midnight, making something. (I have to give some credit to my future-and former-roommate, who told me to do something for myself or I wouldn't have even attempted this ;)

I had an old tissue box with a pretty pattern and an old cereal box (without a pretty pattern) and an old patterned paper gift bag that I loved. I just had to do something with them. This is what I came up with:

A little memo book and a journal! They were so much fun to make! I can't wait to use them. Now all I have to do is find a clasp-type-thing to close the journal with. Not sure what to use yet...(if you've got some brilliant ideas, let me know!)

ps sorry about the bad quality pics. I was in a hurry.

Only Ten...

...more days!!

Eleven

only 11 days

"Of course there is no going back, but only forward. Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can to provide pleasant memories for the future."

-Thomas S. Monson