The house seems so quiet. My little brother is in the backyard, my older brother is away from the house, and the only sounds I can here are the clack of the keyboard and the sound of scissors. How would you describe the sound that scissors make? It isn't easy. Maybe a serrating sound?
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I can hand out the last of the invitations to my party. I hope everyone I'm inviting is there. I'm not sure how I'd contact them if they aren't.
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Showing posts with label keyboard. Show all posts
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Monday, 21 May 2012
May 21
My laptop is having serious technical difficulties. It is in a catatonic state, neither off, nor on, and I can't get it to be either. As a result, I am on the family computer today. I really don't like this keyboard, so today's post will not be long.
As part of my schoolwork I was studying Ivanhoe today, and it looks like a fantastic book! We actually have a copy sitting on our classics shelf, so I am hoping to read it.
I tidied my desk today. This is a rare occasion. I'm trying to sort out what books go back to which libraries, as I have borrowed books from about 4 different libraries, and 2 different people. That makes it awkward when I want to return books, but I'm not sure who I got them from.
As part of my schoolwork I was studying Ivanhoe today, and it looks like a fantastic book! We actually have a copy sitting on our classics shelf, so I am hoping to read it.
I tidied my desk today. This is a rare occasion. I'm trying to sort out what books go back to which libraries, as I have borrowed books from about 4 different libraries, and 2 different people. That makes it awkward when I want to return books, but I'm not sure who I got them from.
Monday, 30 April 2012
April 30
I have a sore throat today, and it is really annoying. I keep coughing, which makes my throat hurt and gives me a headache. I can't even laugh, because it makes my throat hurt.
Sometimes I say really silly things, and don't even realise until I've said them. Earlier, my little brother was complaining that he had hiccups. I said, and I quote, "Hiccups aren't lethal anymore."
My older brother is tapping his fingers on the keyboard, not from typing, but (I think) from impatience. I should finish.
Sometimes I say really silly things, and don't even realise until I've said them. Earlier, my little brother was complaining that he had hiccups. I said, and I quote, "Hiccups aren't lethal anymore."
My older brother is tapping his fingers on the keyboard, not from typing, but (I think) from impatience. I should finish.
Friday, 27 April 2012
April 27
We have to leave the house in an hour if we are going to make the bus to the city. That doesn't give me nearly enough time to do everything I wanted to. I wanted to be able to write up a new stoy on Charlie, but now I might have to do that on the train.
In fact, there is so little time that I haven't even turned on my notoriously tempermental laptop. I'm blogging from the main computer instead.
My little brother got a whiteboard today. Itt should be easier for him to do Maths now, because he can work it all out on a white board instead of on paper. Sometimes paper just isn't big enough. It's so much more fun to scribble wildly, as big as you need, without having to continue equations over the page. Sometimes I have to take up three pages of my maths book with one equation! My writings are pretty well spaced.
My sister is playing the keyboard. Fortunately, she's stopped with the Christmas Carols. I am so glad of that. She hasn't done any for a while. However, she does play 'Can you feel the love tonight', which always sounds so sad. She doesn't agree with me and my older brother. She tells us that it is a happy song, all about true love. I don't care if it has true love in it, that doesn't change that it is a sad song. The music is sad, and some of the lyris are sad too.
It is really cold today. It's really starting to feel like winter. That's not really a bad thing, because my birthday is in winter. Somehow, my birthday feels like it is just around the corner, even though it is over a month away. I couldn't possibly start counting down until May.
In fact, there is so little time that I haven't even turned on my notoriously tempermental laptop. I'm blogging from the main computer instead.
My little brother got a whiteboard today. Itt should be easier for him to do Maths now, because he can work it all out on a white board instead of on paper. Sometimes paper just isn't big enough. It's so much more fun to scribble wildly, as big as you need, without having to continue equations over the page. Sometimes I have to take up three pages of my maths book with one equation! My writings are pretty well spaced.
My sister is playing the keyboard. Fortunately, she's stopped with the Christmas Carols. I am so glad of that. She hasn't done any for a while. However, she does play 'Can you feel the love tonight', which always sounds so sad. She doesn't agree with me and my older brother. She tells us that it is a happy song, all about true love. I don't care if it has true love in it, that doesn't change that it is a sad song. The music is sad, and some of the lyris are sad too.
It is really cold today. It's really starting to feel like winter. That's not really a bad thing, because my birthday is in winter. Somehow, my birthday feels like it is just around the corner, even though it is over a month away. I couldn't possibly start counting down until May.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
April 19
All day long I have been doing activities with time limits, so now I feel like I should be typing as quickly as possible. I had a typing test this morning. Now, I should be finished with typing test for a while. Yay!
My little brother is playing Wii Tennis, with some awful singing to go with it. He can sing really well when he wants to, but when he doesn't, he sings really loudly and out of tune.
I had a very productive day today. I got a lot of work done in a pretty short time, and then did some more work in a slightly longer time.
My sister, Queen of the multi-taskers. She's brushing her teeth while playing Mahjong. It looks kind of funny, but she's managing.
No youth group tomorrow night. They are having a meeting. My sister will be going to a meeting of the Kid's Club staff, so I'll be stuck there, all alone, with nothing but my books, my iPad, and maybe my computer. Sounds like fun! I'd still prefer youth group though.
My little brother is playing Wii Tennis, with some awful singing to go with it. He can sing really well when he wants to, but when he doesn't, he sings really loudly and out of tune.
I had a very productive day today. I got a lot of work done in a pretty short time, and then did some more work in a slightly longer time.
My sister, Queen of the multi-taskers. She's brushing her teeth while playing Mahjong. It looks kind of funny, but she's managing.
No youth group tomorrow night. They are having a meeting. My sister will be going to a meeting of the Kid's Club staff, so I'll be stuck there, all alone, with nothing but my books, my iPad, and maybe my computer. Sounds like fun! I'd still prefer youth group though.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
April 10
My sister is playing on the keyboard. Her birthday is just over a week away, and her party is a few days after.
My little brother and I put our money together and bought our sister a present today. It's a little odd, but it has significance to the three of us. It's a reminder of something we used to do a lot, but don't have much time for now.
My older brother planned ahead this year, and bought our sister's present in January. The first time he told me, I thought he said July, and I was amazed that anyone would buy a present so far in advance! January is sensible though.
This post seems to be all about my sister! Well, she's the only one I have, and she has a birthday soon. I'd love to say how old she'll be, but instead I'll just say that it is an important birthday.
My little brother and I put our money together and bought our sister a present today. It's a little odd, but it has significance to the three of us. It's a reminder of something we used to do a lot, but don't have much time for now.
My older brother planned ahead this year, and bought our sister's present in January. The first time he told me, I thought he said July, and I was amazed that anyone would buy a present so far in advance! January is sensible though.
This post seems to be all about my sister! Well, she's the only one I have, and she has a birthday soon. I'd love to say how old she'll be, but instead I'll just say that it is an important birthday.
Monday, 9 April 2012
Typing
I had to do a touch typing test earlier for my schoolwork, and it was hard! I normally look at the keys while I type, and I don't leave my fingers on the home keys, so it was really hard to try and type looking at the screen. I actually found that I did it better with my eyes closed! I think I annoyed my brother and sister by saying "g gg ggg h hh hhh f ff fff j jj jjj" and other stuff like that. My brother has to do it next week though!
Thursday, 29 March 2012
March 29
My laptop is being stubborn again, so I am once again writing on the family computer. I woke my computer up early this morning, so I could do maths before we went out, and it was wonderful. It woke up quickly, did what it was told, and stayed alert the whole time. Now, it's being incredibly stubborn.
My sister had the colours on her brace changed today. They are now pink and teal. I think they look nice.
My mother thinks I should use proper touch typing techniques while on the computer. The thing is, I can't! If I try to touch type on this computer, I end up with about five letters that I didn't mean to put in!
We went to the Brisbane Square Library today. I returned eight books, borrowed seven, and somehow my bag was heavier afterwards! I got a whole lot of heavy books. One of the books was so good, I read all 377 pages this afternoon, and then reviewed it for the newsletter my sister produces. I'll post the review here.
Adam Canfield: The Last Reporter
by Michael Winerip
The Slash, Harris Elementary/Middle School's newspaper, has been shut down for exposing the town's most powerful family's shady business dealings. But the co-editors, Adam and Jennifer, are determined to keep going. With the help of the Amache brothers, tow outrageous kid entrepeneurs, they attempt to collect the money to become an independent newspaper. A suspicious school election, and unusually high test scores, round out this funny and mysterious book.
I rate this book 5 stars.
The miracle for today is cool. Once again, these miracles are not mine. I just read about them, and are inspired by them, so I post them here.
Smiling Face
Author Unknown
My sister had the colours on her brace changed today. They are now pink and teal. I think they look nice.
My mother thinks I should use proper touch typing techniques while on the computer. The thing is, I can't! If I try to touch type on this computer, I end up with about five letters that I didn't mean to put in!
We went to the Brisbane Square Library today. I returned eight books, borrowed seven, and somehow my bag was heavier afterwards! I got a whole lot of heavy books. One of the books was so good, I read all 377 pages this afternoon, and then reviewed it for the newsletter my sister produces. I'll post the review here.
Adam Canfield: The Last Reporter
by Michael Winerip
The Slash, Harris Elementary/Middle School's newspaper, has been shut down for exposing the town's most powerful family's shady business dealings. But the co-editors, Adam and Jennifer, are determined to keep going. With the help of the Amache brothers, tow outrageous kid entrepeneurs, they attempt to collect the money to become an independent newspaper. A suspicious school election, and unusually high test scores, round out this funny and mysterious book.
I rate this book 5 stars.
The miracle for today is cool. Once again, these miracles are not mine. I just read about them, and are inspired by them, so I post them here.
Smiling Face
Author Unknown
One of my girlfriends had dropped off her 3 year old son at daycare. The weather was very cold and there was predicted to be a snowstorm later that day.
Mid-morning she received a call from the daycare to pick up her child. The snowstorm was approching much faster than previously anticipated. She picked up her son, and as they were on the way home, the snow began falling heavily and the roads became icy.
The car hit a patch of ice, and her car spun several times. He son was safely strapped in the the safety seat in the back. The car spun off the road, and somehow landed safely between a stand of several trees. My girlfried, shaken, turned to check on her son in the back seat.
Her son looked up at her and asked in his little 3 year old voice... "Mom... when we were going around and around and around... who was that man looking in the window?"
Puzzled, my friend ask her son, "What did the man look like?".
Her son replied, "He just smiled at me".
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
March 27
In the last 24 hours I have somehow acquired 2 new followers. Thanks so much!
I love it when my computer is slow, and I type something on the screen but it takes a little while for it all to come up. It is so much fun to watch what I type come up on the keyboard as though I was typing, when I've taken my hands off the keyboard!
I'm a bit mad at the moment because I got a C on an assignment I thought I should get a B for. For me, a C is an entirely unacceptable mark. I expect better of myself than that.
I totally forgot to mention this, but 2 baby guinea pigs were born on Saturday, to the guinea pigs I look after. They are really cute, but we haven't come up with names for them yet. If I post some pictures, will you come up with ideas? We're kind of stuck.
My little brother is playing with a blow up football. He's throwing it all over the place, even trying to step on it. He's acting like it's some kind of alien life form that he's trying to catch.
I'm so looking forward to the holidays. I'd love to be able to stay in bed for hours, playing on my iPad. I probably can't though, for two reasons. Firstly, there's breakfast. I'd be too hungry to stay in bed for hours. Secondly, guinea pigs. Guinea pigs don't take holidays. They need to be fed every day of the year.
Maybe I can bribe my older brother into feeding my piggies one morning. There's no point bribing my sister, she sleeps for too long, and my little brother doesn't like going in the side yard, where my piggies are. The grass is too long there for his liking.
Today's miracle is incredibly cool. I would be absolutely terrified in her situation. Probably a good thing it wasn't me then!
The Shoes I'm Glad I Forgot
by Elizabeth Sherrill
Of all the times to have the airline lose my luggage! It was only my toiletries case with my one pair of good shoes, but of all places to wind up without them!
I'd flown out to New Mexico for a one day seminar sponsored by the Southwest Christian Writers' Association. "No one will care about your shoes," Margaret Cheasebro, the group's president assured me.
Undoubtedly, Margaret was right, but of all times... Even as I thought it, a phrase from our church's communion service came to mind: "we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee."At all times? I wondered.
At the seminar's close, several writers came up to the stand. Suddenly there was an ear-splitting crack and the sound of exploding glass. A woman shouted "Lie down! Everyone!"
Through the window she had seen a man brandishing a gun. Later we learned that he had been drinking and shooting at telephone poles. From the wall behind the speaker's stand, the police recovered the tip of an electric screwdiver fired from a muzzle loading pistol.
While Margaret filled out a police report, the rest of us relived our escape, each recalling a step forward or a second's delay that had kept her out of the line of fire.
For my part, I traced a trajectory from the window to the wall, an inch over the spot where I had been standing. I was thinking of a pair of two-and-a-half-inch heels in a missing bag. I echoed an ancient prayer: "we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee."
Definitely something to be thankful for! God is so totally amazing. He controls all circumstances, and though we may not see why at the time, He has a reason. Even if you never know the reason, it's still there.
As my older brother just (un)enthusiastically reminded me, we get to go square dancing tonight! I like square dancing. It's awesome fun.
My little brother just claimed he doesn't have faults. SO not true. "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23 NIV) My little brother is no exception, whether or not he thinks he is.
I love it when my computer is slow, and I type something on the screen but it takes a little while for it all to come up. It is so much fun to watch what I type come up on the keyboard as though I was typing, when I've taken my hands off the keyboard!
I'm a bit mad at the moment because I got a C on an assignment I thought I should get a B for. For me, a C is an entirely unacceptable mark. I expect better of myself than that.
I totally forgot to mention this, but 2 baby guinea pigs were born on Saturday, to the guinea pigs I look after. They are really cute, but we haven't come up with names for them yet. If I post some pictures, will you come up with ideas? We're kind of stuck.
My little brother is playing with a blow up football. He's throwing it all over the place, even trying to step on it. He's acting like it's some kind of alien life form that he's trying to catch.
I'm so looking forward to the holidays. I'd love to be able to stay in bed for hours, playing on my iPad. I probably can't though, for two reasons. Firstly, there's breakfast. I'd be too hungry to stay in bed for hours. Secondly, guinea pigs. Guinea pigs don't take holidays. They need to be fed every day of the year.
Maybe I can bribe my older brother into feeding my piggies one morning. There's no point bribing my sister, she sleeps for too long, and my little brother doesn't like going in the side yard, where my piggies are. The grass is too long there for his liking.
Today's miracle is incredibly cool. I would be absolutely terrified in her situation. Probably a good thing it wasn't me then!
The Shoes I'm Glad I Forgot
by Elizabeth Sherrill
Of all the times to have the airline lose my luggage! It was only my toiletries case with my one pair of good shoes, but of all places to wind up without them!
I'd flown out to New Mexico for a one day seminar sponsored by the Southwest Christian Writers' Association. "No one will care about your shoes," Margaret Cheasebro, the group's president assured me.
Undoubtedly, Margaret was right, but of all times... Even as I thought it, a phrase from our church's communion service came to mind: "we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee."At all times? I wondered.
At the seminar's close, several writers came up to the stand. Suddenly there was an ear-splitting crack and the sound of exploding glass. A woman shouted "Lie down! Everyone!"
Through the window she had seen a man brandishing a gun. Later we learned that he had been drinking and shooting at telephone poles. From the wall behind the speaker's stand, the police recovered the tip of an electric screwdiver fired from a muzzle loading pistol.
While Margaret filled out a police report, the rest of us relived our escape, each recalling a step forward or a second's delay that had kept her out of the line of fire.
For my part, I traced a trajectory from the window to the wall, an inch over the spot where I had been standing. I was thinking of a pair of two-and-a-half-inch heels in a missing bag. I echoed an ancient prayer: "we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee."
Definitely something to be thankful for! God is so totally amazing. He controls all circumstances, and though we may not see why at the time, He has a reason. Even if you never know the reason, it's still there.
As my older brother just (un)enthusiastically reminded me, we get to go square dancing tonight! I like square dancing. It's awesome fun.
My little brother just claimed he doesn't have faults. SO not true. "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23 NIV) My little brother is no exception, whether or not he thinks he is.
Monday, 26 March 2012
March 26
A friend of my mother's from church is going back to America, so she had a lot of stuff to get rid of. So we went around to her place to see if we could help, and she gave us a heap of groceries. As my sister put it, it looked like we had robbed a supermarket! She also gave us two sets of drawers in pink, which my sister and I took. The boys haven't got much space in their room for putting a set of drawers, much less two.
I was reading 'The Heavenly Man' today, and it was really interesting. I couldn't believe everything he went through. Anyone who thinks that persecution doesn't exist, and no one would really suffer for Jesus, this book proves them totally wrong. He went through a lot.
It's still March, so I have another miracle. Thanks for the comments so far, but I would love to hear more. Do you enjoy reading about these miracles? Do they inspire you the way they do me? Do even believe that they happened?
A Field Of Cows
by Elly Derr
Years ago, my husband, Dan, was a missionary pilot in Ecuador. We lived at the foot of the Andes Mountains; and when he flew, he kept in touch with me at the base camp by the radio.
One day I was logging his position and altitude when he announced that his Cessna had engine trouble. He needed to make an emergency landing.
I looked at my map and saw nothing but steep hills that dropped off into deep precipices. There was no flat space for miles around. From the sky, Dan searched for a road, a field, a meadow - any place he could possibly bring down his plane. He was losing altitude fast.
"Pray," he said to his passenger, a missionary traveling with her four children. "Pray," he said to me over the radio.
As the plane came through a pass, Dan saw a mountain village and a small green field. Down he came for a landing. He radioed his position to me, and I drove to meet him. When I arrived, Dan's plane was in a field surrounded by a crowd of Indians. My husband and his relieved passengers were unharmed. "Es un milagro," one farmer repeated over and over again. "It's a miracle."
I assumed he was talking about the plane's safe landing, but he had another milagro in mind.
That small green field had been filled with cows peaceably grazing. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, they had all started moving to one side of the field - just before Dan's plane came into view.
Isn't that neat! Once again, these didn't happen to me, I just read about them, and decided to put them up here. If I'm breaking some kind of copyright law, it was entirely by accident.
My sister is at the keyboard. She got a new voice exercise this morning. It goes "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, THIRTEEN!" She refuses to explain why thirteen is so special.
I was reading 'The Heavenly Man' today, and it was really interesting. I couldn't believe everything he went through. Anyone who thinks that persecution doesn't exist, and no one would really suffer for Jesus, this book proves them totally wrong. He went through a lot.
It's still March, so I have another miracle. Thanks for the comments so far, but I would love to hear more. Do you enjoy reading about these miracles? Do they inspire you the way they do me? Do even believe that they happened?
A Field Of Cows
by Elly Derr
Years ago, my husband, Dan, was a missionary pilot in Ecuador. We lived at the foot of the Andes Mountains; and when he flew, he kept in touch with me at the base camp by the radio.
One day I was logging his position and altitude when he announced that his Cessna had engine trouble. He needed to make an emergency landing.
I looked at my map and saw nothing but steep hills that dropped off into deep precipices. There was no flat space for miles around. From the sky, Dan searched for a road, a field, a meadow - any place he could possibly bring down his plane. He was losing altitude fast.
"Pray," he said to his passenger, a missionary traveling with her four children. "Pray," he said to me over the radio.
As the plane came through a pass, Dan saw a mountain village and a small green field. Down he came for a landing. He radioed his position to me, and I drove to meet him. When I arrived, Dan's plane was in a field surrounded by a crowd of Indians. My husband and his relieved passengers were unharmed. "Es un milagro," one farmer repeated over and over again. "It's a miracle."
I assumed he was talking about the plane's safe landing, but he had another milagro in mind.
That small green field had been filled with cows peaceably grazing. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, they had all started moving to one side of the field - just before Dan's plane came into view.
Isn't that neat! Once again, these didn't happen to me, I just read about them, and decided to put them up here. If I'm breaking some kind of copyright law, it was entirely by accident.
My sister is at the keyboard. She got a new voice exercise this morning. It goes "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, THIRTEEN!" She refuses to explain why thirteen is so special.
Saturday, 17 March 2012
The coolest thing EVER!
This is the coolest thing ever! Today, my dad bought my older brother and I a new iPad 3 each! I'm writing on it right now. Mine is white, and it is so cool. I named it Charlie. My dad has all sorts of cool apps that I put on Charlie. It will probably take me a while to find out all the things they can do. It will probably also take me a while to get used to the keyboard.
My sister is rude enough to be reading this over my shoulder as I am writing. She's sitting beside me on the lounge, eating ice cream and jelly, and having difficulty to stop talking.
Awesome quote from my little brother. "She's not allowed to have emotions, she's too young." He's talking about me, and I'm older than he is!
My sister is rude enough to be reading this over my shoulder as I am writing. She's sitting beside me on the lounge, eating ice cream and jelly, and having difficulty to stop talking.
Awesome quote from my little brother. "She's not allowed to have emotions, she's too young." He's talking about me, and I'm older than he is!
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
February 28
My sister is on the keyboard. She seems to be humming something under her breath, but I'm not sure. It might just be the rhythm to the song she's playing.
Why are so many books written by Americans? My little brother asked for peanut butter and jelly today. He didn't say jam, he said jelly! Jelly is wobbly, meant as a dessert. That's what jelly means to me. Jam goes with peanut butter. Jelly and peanut butter would taste gross!
Is it weird to like to go back and look at all the things I've written? I keep a diary, and sometimes I like to go back and read it, to see what I was thinking about years ago. A lot of it doesn't seem that long ago. It just seems to be a matter of months, maybe even weeks, not years.
Tomorrow is February 29. We won't get another one for four years, so enjoy it while you can, especially if it's your birthday!
Why are so many books written by Americans? My little brother asked for peanut butter and jelly today. He didn't say jam, he said jelly! Jelly is wobbly, meant as a dessert. That's what jelly means to me. Jam goes with peanut butter. Jelly and peanut butter would taste gross!
Is it weird to like to go back and look at all the things I've written? I keep a diary, and sometimes I like to go back and read it, to see what I was thinking about years ago. A lot of it doesn't seem that long ago. It just seems to be a matter of months, maybe even weeks, not years.
Tomorrow is February 29. We won't get another one for four years, so enjoy it while you can, especially if it's your birthday!
Friday, 24 February 2012
February 24
I am completely convinced that you can find anything on the internet, if you know where and how to look. I love searching some of my favorite things on the internet, and reading what other people have to say about them. I think it is so cool, and it makes me think about things in a different light.
Do you ever do something way too much, and then start thinking like that? I have recently had the weird experience of typing my thoughts on a mental computer. I can't touch type, and if you asked me where the keys are on a keyboard, I wouldn't really know, but somehow, I can find them without any trouble in my head. Also, if I've been reading a particular book for a while, sometimes I can still see certain passages from it when I close my eyes. It's kind of cool, and kind of weird.
It is drizzling steadily here. It'll probably be cold tonight.
Do you ever do something way too much, and then start thinking like that? I have recently had the weird experience of typing my thoughts on a mental computer. I can't touch type, and if you asked me where the keys are on a keyboard, I wouldn't really know, but somehow, I can find them without any trouble in my head. Also, if I've been reading a particular book for a while, sometimes I can still see certain passages from it when I close my eyes. It's kind of cool, and kind of weird.
It is drizzling steadily here. It'll probably be cold tonight.
Monday, 20 February 2012
February 20
I'm getting new glasses next week! I haven't had new glasses for a while, so I'm starting to need them. They are going to be purplish, with a nice pattern on the side. They are patterned, and metal, so I'm slightly worried I'll break them. I've broken all the metal pairs of glasses I've had before now, so I now wear plastic ones, and sometimes I break those too! I haven't broken a pair for almost a year, so hopefully these new ones will be fine. Once, my little brother broke a pair of my glasses by accidentally standing on the nose piece...while I was wearing them!
My sister is on the keyboard. She didn't have her keyboard lesson today, because her teacher is on holidays. She did have her singing lesson though.
We sold three little babies today. We still have five at home, three little girls and two little boys. One of our boys is Thunder, who is much louder then thunder should be. Thunder isn't meant to be that loud, or that high pitched.
My sister and I got a whole lot of clothes yesterday from a friend. Now my sister looks really different. She's tall, so it makes her look more grown up, and (shock and horror) teenage! If I call her that, she'll get mad at me.
Tomorrow is square dancing again. Woo hoo! I hope it's as much fun this time as last. It should be. Everyone was great last time, why not this time?
My sister is on the keyboard. She didn't have her keyboard lesson today, because her teacher is on holidays. She did have her singing lesson though.
We sold three little babies today. We still have five at home, three little girls and two little boys. One of our boys is Thunder, who is much louder then thunder should be. Thunder isn't meant to be that loud, or that high pitched.
My sister and I got a whole lot of clothes yesterday from a friend. Now my sister looks really different. She's tall, so it makes her look more grown up, and (shock and horror) teenage! If I call her that, she'll get mad at me.
Tomorrow is square dancing again. Woo hoo! I hope it's as much fun this time as last. It should be. Everyone was great last time, why not this time?
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
February 15
We went square dancing last night, and it was so much fun! I didn't think I would like it, but I really did. Everyone was nice and friendly, and I picked up the steps without much difficulty.
Today, we visited Strathpine library. None of us had been there before, and it had a good selection of books. My sister, who hardly ever borrows anything, looked like she was borrowing 6 books, and I borrowed 16. I actually had to borrow some books on my older brother's card, because mine was too full, and as you can put 40 books on a card, that's quite a feat! For most people that is. I have my card full a lot, too often I sometimes think, because if I have my card full when we visit new libraries, I can't borrow anything, and that's really awful.
My little brother looks like following my older brother's tradition of computer games. They both seem to like the same ones, and are both pretty good at it.
Sometimes I think I should only post when I actually have something to say, but then I don't think I'd ever actually post. Not much really big and exciting happens to me, like flying to the moon. That would be really neat! I don't think I'd like it though. Who would want to eat out of a tube, even if it does mean you get to go to outer space? It would still be awful!
My sister is playing the keyboard. She doesn't seem to have lyrics to any of her new songs. She doesn't sing along. Maybe she's just to busy concentrating to sing, as these are new songs.
I have to stop now, or I'll never be able to read all my new books this afternoon!
Today, we visited Strathpine library. None of us had been there before, and it had a good selection of books. My sister, who hardly ever borrows anything, looked like she was borrowing 6 books, and I borrowed 16. I actually had to borrow some books on my older brother's card, because mine was too full, and as you can put 40 books on a card, that's quite a feat! For most people that is. I have my card full a lot, too often I sometimes think, because if I have my card full when we visit new libraries, I can't borrow anything, and that's really awful.
My little brother looks like following my older brother's tradition of computer games. They both seem to like the same ones, and are both pretty good at it.
Sometimes I think I should only post when I actually have something to say, but then I don't think I'd ever actually post. Not much really big and exciting happens to me, like flying to the moon. That would be really neat! I don't think I'd like it though. Who would want to eat out of a tube, even if it does mean you get to go to outer space? It would still be awful!
My sister is playing the keyboard. She doesn't seem to have lyrics to any of her new songs. She doesn't sing along. Maybe she's just to busy concentrating to sing, as these are new songs.
I have to stop now, or I'll never be able to read all my new books this afternoon!
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
February 14 (Valentine's Day)
Wouldn't you love to be a tech whiz, and be able to hack computers and do all sorts of stuff like that? I don't think I ever will be, but I think it would be so cool. One day I want to be able to design websites, but that, though really cool, isn't quite tech whiz level.
My sister is on the keyboard. She is not playing carols, but actually seems to playing something really gloomy. I don't know it. It sounds really nice though.
My little brother is a maniac in training. He's on Mathletics, and talking about himself in the third person, narrating his competitions. It is so funny! He's got the whole crowd, aka himself with different voices, cheering him on. With support like that, how could he lose?
I didn't get any Valentines today, and I couldn't even wear red or pink, because it's my policy to always wear a blue polo shirt on Tuesdays. Tuesdays we volunteer at the library, so I like to wear polo shirts then, and blue is my favorite.
We'll have to sell some of our baby guinea pigs soon. Truth, Salvation and Gideon are almost old enough, and by Friday they will be. I'm pretty sure they will be sold next Monday. Even though they will soon be gone, at least we will have the rest of the babies, until they too have to be sold.
Monday, 13 February 2012
February 13
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. What am I going to do? Probably wear red or pink, and leave it at that. I don't know what else I would do.
Yesterday was incredibly hot and muggy, today was hot, yet now it is storming. Why can't the weather make sense, and do one thing at a time? It's uncomfortable feeding the guinea pigs in the rain. My guinea pigs are the furthest away, so I have to spend the most time in the rain.
We've been out all day, a lot of it because of my sister. She has both singing lessons and keyboard lessons, and is good at both. It takes up a lot of time though.
The other big reason we were out today is because it is our grandpa's birthday, so we took the hour long drive up the coast to say Happy Birthday, and bring a cake. The cake was delicious!
One thing I didn't mention over the weekend is that my brother's have switched bunks! My little brother now sleeps on the top bunk, and my older brother has the bottom bunk. It made sense, because my older brother stays up later, and now he doesn't have to climb the ladder and possibly wake up my little brother.
I was reading about Brother Andrew today, a guy who smuggled Bibles behind the Iron Curtain. Some of the stuff he did was amazing. Like, in line at a checkpost one time, he noticed how thorough the search was. It usually took up to an hour, and could involve pulling all the stuffing out of the seats to make sure there was nothing hidden there. Yet somehow, he was through it in under 30 seconds, even with a pile of Bibles in open view in the passenger seat. God can do the most amazing things!
Yesterday was incredibly hot and muggy, today was hot, yet now it is storming. Why can't the weather make sense, and do one thing at a time? It's uncomfortable feeding the guinea pigs in the rain. My guinea pigs are the furthest away, so I have to spend the most time in the rain.
We've been out all day, a lot of it because of my sister. She has both singing lessons and keyboard lessons, and is good at both. It takes up a lot of time though.
The other big reason we were out today is because it is our grandpa's birthday, so we took the hour long drive up the coast to say Happy Birthday, and bring a cake. The cake was delicious!
One thing I didn't mention over the weekend is that my brother's have switched bunks! My little brother now sleeps on the top bunk, and my older brother has the bottom bunk. It made sense, because my older brother stays up later, and now he doesn't have to climb the ladder and possibly wake up my little brother.
I was reading about Brother Andrew today, a guy who smuggled Bibles behind the Iron Curtain. Some of the stuff he did was amazing. Like, in line at a checkpost one time, he noticed how thorough the search was. It usually took up to an hour, and could involve pulling all the stuffing out of the seats to make sure there was nothing hidden there. Yet somehow, he was through it in under 30 seconds, even with a pile of Bibles in open view in the passenger seat. God can do the most amazing things!
Thursday, 9 February 2012
February 9
I can hear a lot of little "hup" sounds from my little brother's computer game. He's playing Light Temple, and seems to be going well. It's meant to be a two player game, but he's doing well by himself.
Do you ever feel really guilty when a book series you really like, but only borrow at the library, never buy, stops production due to lack of sales? That definitely makes me feel guilty. I always think that if I had bought one of the books, they wouldn't be going out of buisness, as if 1 book could change everything. As a general thing, it's writing a book that changes everything, not buying it. Last Sunday, I read online that the Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers, will not be continuing. I really like those books, but I don't own any. Now I wish I did. Hardy Boys are awesome!
We redesigned our lounge room today. My sister, little brother and I moved around our two blue lounges, and now the whole room looks entirely different. Much more open and inviting.
Currently, it is really loud here. My sister is playing on the keyboard, I'm playing Third Day on iTunes, and my little brother has music that comes with his game. Still, my mother is reading serenely, like there is not a sound in the whole house. I'm not sure I could do that. My sister and I are both compulsive singers. If we know the song that is playing, we pretty much have to sing along, unless we are concentrating wholeheartedly on something else, like I am right now. I can't touch type, so I need to be looking at my fingers while I type. I'm pretty fast, which just makes it harder to keep up with what I'm typing.
This is post 101, which is still pretty cool. I really love palindromes like that. There are also palindromes like A Fool, A Tool, A Pool; LOOPALOOTALOOFA! Even though it doesn't make much sense, this one is funny! There are more palindromes here.
Tomorrow is our first time this year at our church youth group. I can't wait!
Do you ever feel really guilty when a book series you really like, but only borrow at the library, never buy, stops production due to lack of sales? That definitely makes me feel guilty. I always think that if I had bought one of the books, they wouldn't be going out of buisness, as if 1 book could change everything. As a general thing, it's writing a book that changes everything, not buying it. Last Sunday, I read online that the Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers, will not be continuing. I really like those books, but I don't own any. Now I wish I did. Hardy Boys are awesome!
We redesigned our lounge room today. My sister, little brother and I moved around our two blue lounges, and now the whole room looks entirely different. Much more open and inviting.
Currently, it is really loud here. My sister is playing on the keyboard, I'm playing Third Day on iTunes, and my little brother has music that comes with his game. Still, my mother is reading serenely, like there is not a sound in the whole house. I'm not sure I could do that. My sister and I are both compulsive singers. If we know the song that is playing, we pretty much have to sing along, unless we are concentrating wholeheartedly on something else, like I am right now. I can't touch type, so I need to be looking at my fingers while I type. I'm pretty fast, which just makes it harder to keep up with what I'm typing.
This is post 101, which is still pretty cool. I really love palindromes like that. There are also palindromes like A Fool, A Tool, A Pool; LOOPALOOTALOOFA! Even though it doesn't make much sense, this one is funny! There are more palindromes here.
Tomorrow is our first time this year at our church youth group. I can't wait!
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
February 7
This is post 99, so tomorrow will be the big 100 post mark! I still don't know what to do about that. I really need a good idea, or even 4 ideas, or 8, or 11. I don't care how many, but anything from 1 up would be great!
This afternoon, my little brother got a copy of Persuasion, which we are currently reading as a group. This copy is all his, not borrowed from a library. He thinks it is fantastic! He's actually really funny about it, looking at it and talking about it all the way home. This, from the boy that has said that he hates reading! It's hilarious!
My sister is on the keyboard. I don't know what she is playing, but she seems to be doing well.
Last night, my sister and I were talking about Sense and Sensibility, specifically, what if Willoughby had never gotten involved with Eliza? Marianne would have married him, and thrown the entire story out of line. We decided that Edward would have married Lucy Steele, and either have stayed in town, or gone to live at the Norland Parsonage. Elinor would have married Colonel Brandon, and been reasonably happy. Robert would have married Miss Morton, with her thirty thousand pounds, and be even more doted on by his mother. It would still be a reasonably happy ending, but not nearly as tragic, or romantic.
This afternoon, we went to the library, and I got more books. My book stack has not reached the curtain rod, as it had for a while, but it is about halfway.
This afternoon, my little brother got a copy of Persuasion, which we are currently reading as a group. This copy is all his, not borrowed from a library. He thinks it is fantastic! He's actually really funny about it, looking at it and talking about it all the way home. This, from the boy that has said that he hates reading! It's hilarious!
My sister is on the keyboard. I don't know what she is playing, but she seems to be doing well.
Last night, my sister and I were talking about Sense and Sensibility, specifically, what if Willoughby had never gotten involved with Eliza? Marianne would have married him, and thrown the entire story out of line. We decided that Edward would have married Lucy Steele, and either have stayed in town, or gone to live at the Norland Parsonage. Elinor would have married Colonel Brandon, and been reasonably happy. Robert would have married Miss Morton, with her thirty thousand pounds, and be even more doted on by his mother. It would still be a reasonably happy ending, but not nearly as tragic, or romantic.
This afternoon, we went to the library, and I got more books. My book stack has not reached the curtain rod, as it had for a while, but it is about halfway.
Monday, 6 February 2012
February 6
This is post No. 98, so the 100 mark is getting ever closer. I don't know what to do to mark the special occasion. Any ideas?
I was reading Mansfield Park last week, and I was thinking that Fanny Price is a bit like Cinderella. Not as important as her cousins, cast down by them, not going to balls. I also think that if Fanny Price were Cinderella, (spoiler alert), then Henry Crawford, not Edmund, would be Prince Charming, even though she loves Edmund. Henry Crawford is undeniably charming, both the "stepsisters" want him, he's rich, and altogether better qualified for the role of Prince Charming. Obviously, the "stepsisters" mother wouldn't be the stepmother. Aunt Norris is much better for the role. Despising Fanny, loving the Miss Bertrams, wanting Maria to marry well, though I suppose my analogy is a little inconsistent, as the one that Aunt Norris wants her to marry is not "Prince Charming", but I can suppose that Mr Rushworth is a King of somewhere else. Does anyone agree that it is a lot like Cinderella?
Let's see, what else can I say? I'm a little lost one what to write about. Nothing much interesting seems to be happening. We didn't do anything especially interesting either this morning or last night, so I don't know what I can say. I read a lot, but that's not unusual. My sister had her first singing lesson, and her first keyboard lesson of the term. She's practicing the keyboard now. Finally, we have something other than Christmas carols to listen to. She's playing something brand new, that I've never heard before.
Something that I haven't mentioned so far, is that last Friday we went to GoMA, the Gallery of Modern Art, and the Queensland Art Gallery. We saw a few of the exhibits, and they were pretty cool. I really liked some of the stuff in the Yayoi Kusama exhibit. I've posted a picture of one of the displays below. This one was a bit creepy. The eyes in the middle of the flowers are weird.
I was reading Mansfield Park last week, and I was thinking that Fanny Price is a bit like Cinderella. Not as important as her cousins, cast down by them, not going to balls. I also think that if Fanny Price were Cinderella, (spoiler alert), then Henry Crawford, not Edmund, would be Prince Charming, even though she loves Edmund. Henry Crawford is undeniably charming, both the "stepsisters" want him, he's rich, and altogether better qualified for the role of Prince Charming. Obviously, the "stepsisters" mother wouldn't be the stepmother. Aunt Norris is much better for the role. Despising Fanny, loving the Miss Bertrams, wanting Maria to marry well, though I suppose my analogy is a little inconsistent, as the one that Aunt Norris wants her to marry is not "Prince Charming", but I can suppose that Mr Rushworth is a King of somewhere else. Does anyone agree that it is a lot like Cinderella?
Let's see, what else can I say? I'm a little lost one what to write about. Nothing much interesting seems to be happening. We didn't do anything especially interesting either this morning or last night, so I don't know what I can say. I read a lot, but that's not unusual. My sister had her first singing lesson, and her first keyboard lesson of the term. She's practicing the keyboard now. Finally, we have something other than Christmas carols to listen to. She's playing something brand new, that I've never heard before.
Something that I haven't mentioned so far, is that last Friday we went to GoMA, the Gallery of Modern Art, and the Queensland Art Gallery. We saw a few of the exhibits, and they were pretty cool. I really liked some of the stuff in the Yayoi Kusama exhibit. I've posted a picture of one of the displays below. This one was a bit creepy. The eyes in the middle of the flowers are weird.
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