Where to start..

I'm just going to start writing and see what comes out. :D
Well, I'm back! I haven't written since last year. weird. *sigh* not a lot has happened in the first month of this year. my sisters have been traveling a lot and, as usual, I've been left at home. I've got cabin fever. I haven't done anything fun with my friends since new years. which wasn't that long ago but it feels like forever. Time is going by very slowly. I want to do something exciting. I guess that's kind of my choice tho. I could mope around the house wishing I was doing theater, or hanging out with my friends, or I could find something exciting to do on my own around the house. I think I should start taking walks. but I'm kind of afraid of stalkers ( I HAVE been stalked before. not fun) so I don't know if that's such a good idea. and plus I can't do that most of the time because the weather's been so terrible and gloomy that I don't want to go outside at all. *sigh* I need a attitude adjustment. I have been very very grumpy lately. I need to get out of it. fast. I hate being in bad moods. It's all very frustrating. I want to be happy. I need to learn how to control my mood swings. Karen says it's my choice whether or not I'm in a bad mood. I have the power to pull my self out of it. I can CHOSE to be in a good mood. and I believe her and everything. I just haven't learned how yet. *sigh* I feel like I've written all this before. I probably have. arg. I'm having a lot of nasty teenager feelings right now. but I'm going to ignore them and think of the wonderful things that have happened to me in the past few weeks. I got to go to my cousins house today. I love them. I had a really really good time. we went over because they were having a super bowl party. I'm not really a big fan of football. at all. It kind of freaks me out. I don't really see the point of running in to each other and then running and then getting tackled. it seems like a very silly game. so I didn't end up watching the game. instead I hung out with my cousins in their rooms. and I really enjoyed my self. I haven't had that good of a time with them in awhile. It was very nice. I'm very tired now. :)
On friday I got to go to Mozart's Magic Flute with my daddy. it was fantastic and beautiful. I had a really good time. I love the music in that opera. It's a good show. and it's nice that it's such a silly children's opera. it almost makes no sense at all. very amusing. :P The talent was wonderful. they all had beautiful voices. and it was just really nice to be somewhere with my dad. I don't get to be alone with him very often. :P I had a very good time.

I HAVE been reading a lot!! I read a LOVELY Historical fiction book called "Blood on the River" I really loved the way it was written. it's by Elisa Carbone. and it's quite wonderful. It's about a boy who is page to Captain John Smith. It's a very sweet and exciting book. I have decided I really like historical fiction. XD

Ooooh I really should be getting to bed. I'm very tired. I don't really have anything else to write about. I feel bad tho cuz I haven't written in so long. oh I know. I'll post pictures.

My lovely little brother.

"are ya comin Cc?"

Me
Maleny.

I edited some of these today, so they are all cool looking. I'll put those one's up later.

Goodnight!

Pictures!

My little sister Maleny with her snowball. :)

More to come.... a lot more. :D

My goodness..

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I can't say it's because I've been busy. cuz I haven't. Ha. :D. I really don't know why I haven't posted. I guess I just haven't thought of anything to say.

Well, it is now 12 day's till Christmas. I still need to go shopping for everyone. But I still got time. I'm really excited. It's such a peaceful time of year. even with all the getting ready and stuff, it's still very peaceful. It's been a wonderful few weeks.

thanksgiving weekend was simply wonderful. we had a very peaceful thanksgiving and it was just beautiful. it was sooo cool because we went up to my great aunts house who lives an hour north 0f my house, and everything was COVERED in frost and it was just BEAUTIFUL the whole day. I took a ton of pictures. (which I will post sometime soon. ) It was so cool. I've never seen anything like it. it was amazing.

The sunday after thanksgiving was the beginning of advent. my favorite time of year. it's the time when we prepare our hearts for Jesus to come in to. On the first day of advent, we go to mass and then we bring up all the Christmas music and we pretty much listen to it all day. and then before we go to bed we light the first advent candle and we read a bible story (usually the Creation) and then we say the rosary. I love being with the family and praying. my dad also has the best reading voice. It's so warm and comfortable. I love hearing him do the different voices and everything. :) It was lovely.

ooooh I am so tired. Last night I went to the symphony with my friend Lucy. It was beautiful. we had a very good time. I'm pretty sure we were driving the lady next to us nuts tho.. lol we were being goofs and having a good time. We didn't get home till about 11:00 so I didn't get to bed till 11:30. But it was worth it. I also got to see Lucy's sister Mara who is my very very good friend. I miss her so much. she goes to highschool so she doesn't have a lot of time to hang out with me. it's very sad. It was so nice to see her yesterday. tho she seemed a little stressed. But I was expecting that. dumb highschool. :P *sigh*

Oh yeah. IT SNOWED TODAY!!!!! I am sooo happy. I love snow. Even if it's not very much, it's still beautiful. But oh my goodness it's soooo cold. I think we may have to bring in my rabbit so it doesn't turn in to a frozen rabbit. :)

Peter Pan

Oooh my gosh it was amazing. I had SUCH a good time. The sets were beautiful, the choreography was awesome, the acting was MORE then fabulous. I was really impressed with the girl who played Peter Pan. I've seen her in other plays and I haven't been so impressed, but she was just AMAZING! she was PERFECT. The flying was fabulous. I didn't see the cords till the second time I saw the show. ( I got to go twice. Hehehehe...) Captain hook was just brilliant. the whole casting was perfect. I was really really impressed. It was just a beautifully put together show. Everything was perfect. I couldn't stop grinning at the "do you believe in fairies?" scene. It almost made me cry. well, kind of. It was just so cool. I really wish I could have been apart of it. even if I was just on crew. *sigh* I got to see most of my friends so that was awesome. I miss everyone so much. I really want to do Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. They are doing that one in the spring and a TON of people are doing it. Hopefully I'll be able to do it. ugh. I miss theater so much. :P
Alright! What to talk about next.... hmm.. Well, life has been pretty crazy. I've been really quiet lately. I'm not really sure why. I've just been very deep in thought. I'm not really all there at times. I don't know whats going on. I just hope it ends soon. I don't feel depressed or anything. It's just weird. I've been spending a lot of time in my room just thinking. or reading. :) but yeah. blaaah. I'm really tired. I've been sooooo tired lately it's soo weird! Maybe I'm growing.. something like that. ha.

Fuuun stuff.

Let's see... I discovered something this week. I'm really interested in photography. I love going around and taking pictures of random things. I've always thought it was a really neat hobby to have. so every few days I will walk around the house or the yard taking pictures of things that I think are beautiful. And I'm haveing a really good time! I've been experimenting with the different settings on our camera and trying to fix things on Iphoto. I really enjoy it a lot! Maybe thats something I will get in to when I'm older. I just think it's cool. so here are a few of the pictures I took yesterday. It was terribly rainy out, but I actually thought it looked pretty neat. :)













:D Yup. I'm having fun.
I GET TO SEE PETER PAN ON FRIDAY!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAY!!!! I am SOOO so so so so excited. they opened last week on friday and since then I've heard nothing but awesome things about it. I've seen a lot of pictures from it too. I found this picture on this blog.

:D EEEEE!!! I can't wait.

Woah.

So I was looking up some songs by one of my favorite artists Bebo Norman and I found a song that I didn't recognize called Brittany. ( it's the song your listening to right now if you have your sound turned up. :P ) so I did some research on it and I found this article. I think it's pretty much amazing:


“Britney” is a song about what our culture says and does to young women these days. It’s a collective apology for the struggle girls face growing up too fast in today’s overly adult-oriented world. The song confesses, “I’m sorry for the lies we told… We took you into our arms then left you cold/I’m sorry for this cruel, cruel world… /We sell the beauty but destroy the girl.” It’s about the lies we tell them about fame and money and what’s beautiful and what will give them life. It’s an apology for those lies. But more than that, it’s an invitation to the truth about a God who is bigger than the pain this world so often leaves them in.

I was up late, couldn’t sleep, watching some news channel, when yet another story about Britney Spears came on. My first instinct was to scoff and write it off, but then there was this freeze-frame shot of a look on her face of utter and absolute despair and confusion and brokenness—a look that I recognized. And I remember thinking “This girl is a child of God.” Suddenly, I saw her story not as something to mock, but as a real-life tragedy that is desperate for redemption and hope—a story not so different from any of our stories. Take away all the lights and cameras, and it’s really just a narrative of a girl so clearly in need of love, so clearly in need of the redeeming love of our God. And suddenly, all I wanted to do was just apologize, over and over. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry...on behalf of this fallen world, on behalf of our consumerism that so consistently devours what it wants and leaves the remnants in the wake of the search for the next fix, on behalf of believers, like myself, who mock and hurl stones rather than scribbling a message in the sand. I think that night I saw her through the eyes of Jesus for the first time. I imagined what Jesus would say to me in my darkest hour and realized that those are the words we should speak to this world, to this culture, and even to Britney Spears in their darkest hour. “I’m sorry. Hope is here.” –Bebo Norman


Isn't that cool?! I love Bebo. He's awesome. :) here's the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Q_wVfGAfA
Enjoy!

oooh so tired.

It's been such a long day. I had a piano lesson. It wasn't bad. it was just really really long. My hands were really cold so it a was pretty hard to play. but I got through it. I'm glad I have a new week to start fresh. *sigh* I'm getting along a little better with my teacher now. I don't dread lessons like I did a week ago... lol funny how fast things happen huh? :)
Anyway. It was Dana's birthday yesterday. It was a very fun day. I cleaned for most of it, but it was still a lot of fun. in the afternoon my cousins and aunts and uncles came over. And guess what we did? we played Improv games!! It was soo fun. We've never done that with the family before, so it was really cool. I love improv. it's just so fun. :) so yeah. that was awesome.
uuuuuugh so much is going on. inside and outside me. I would like it all to calm down for a bit. *SIGH* it was a very good day today. I did a lot of school which always makes me very happy. It's really cold outside, but I kind of like it like that. I think I prefer cold to hot. hehehe..
I guess I need to go to bed. I need to journal a bit. as I said, a lot is going on inside me. I love journaling. It's good for that kind of stuff. : ) I just dread the day when someone actually reads them other then me.... lol

Note to Kathryn: Sorry I haven't commented back! My computer is acting up and it wont let me comment. I hope it comes back soon. I'll comment as soon as it will let me! Sorry about that!