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.
Showing posts with label carols. Show all posts
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Friday, 27 April 2012
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, 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.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
February 1
I just wrote January out of habit, but it is actually February. Hard to believe at the moment that it's only the second month of the year. It seems that Christmas most be at least 5 months ago, not 1 and a bit.
My little brother spent the last of his money on ordering us lunch today. Courtesy of him, we had delicious pizza and sides for lunch. Very generous of him to spend the last of his money on our lunch.
At the moment, my little brother is playing a physics game on the computer, Fantastic Contraption 2. It's really fun in the first edition, and though I've never played number 2, it looks like fun. My older brother is giving him advice while also working at his own computer. I can't say for sure where the majority of his attention is.
My sister is at the keyboard, playing Jingle Bells. Any sane person would know that February is waaaaaay too late to be playing Christmas carols.
My sister is jokingly considering keeping a bar of soap in her bag at all times, as an air freshener. I don't really know why, as her bag isn't really used much, and it never smells bad. I think she just likes the smell of the soap. She wants to engrave her initials into one of the bars. She actually did! She just showed it to me, and it actually has her initials on it!
My little brother spent the last of his money on ordering us lunch today. Courtesy of him, we had delicious pizza and sides for lunch. Very generous of him to spend the last of his money on our lunch.
At the moment, my little brother is playing a physics game on the computer, Fantastic Contraption 2. It's really fun in the first edition, and though I've never played number 2, it looks like fun. My older brother is giving him advice while also working at his own computer. I can't say for sure where the majority of his attention is.
My sister is at the keyboard, playing Jingle Bells. Any sane person would know that February is waaaaaay too late to be playing Christmas carols.
My sister is jokingly considering keeping a bar of soap in her bag at all times, as an air freshener. I don't really know why, as her bag isn't really used much, and it never smells bad. I think she just likes the smell of the soap. She wants to engrave her initials into one of the bars. She actually did! She just showed it to me, and it actually has her initials on it!
Thursday, 12 January 2012
January 12
Thankfully, it's not nearly as hot today as it was yesterday. It's just very warm, rather than incredibly hot.
Yesterday, my little brother and I played a game of Monopoly. We don't play it very often, because it often ends in an argument, but yesterday we did. I spent almost all my money on property, and got 4 complete sets, and 2 others. He only spent a little bit on property, and kept the rest of his money. At the end, I had $4212, and he had $3209. Property is so better!
My little brother got a skateboard just after Christmas, and he loves to lie on his stomach and push himself through the hall. Last night, as he was getting up off his skateboard, he sat on the nose, and the other side rose up and whacked him! It was hilarious. I'd been pushing him before that, and that was funny, but that was awesome, funniest thing he did all night. THe second funniest would be when he go this directions a little off, and accidentally went right into a box! He had rolled off before that, and there was such a great feeling of 'Abandon Ship!', that I couldn't help but laugh.
My sister is practicing on the keyboard again, and I hope that soon she'll get some new songs to play from her teacher, so that she will stop playing Christmas carols. I'm getting slightly sick of them, but I don't think she'll be stopping anytime soon.
Yesterday, my little brother and I played a game of Monopoly. We don't play it very often, because it often ends in an argument, but yesterday we did. I spent almost all my money on property, and got 4 complete sets, and 2 others. He only spent a little bit on property, and kept the rest of his money. At the end, I had $4212, and he had $3209. Property is so better!
My little brother got a skateboard just after Christmas, and he loves to lie on his stomach and push himself through the hall. Last night, as he was getting up off his skateboard, he sat on the nose, and the other side rose up and whacked him! It was hilarious. I'd been pushing him before that, and that was funny, but that was awesome, funniest thing he did all night. THe second funniest would be when he go this directions a little off, and accidentally went right into a box! He had rolled off before that, and there was such a great feeling of 'Abandon Ship!', that I couldn't help but laugh.
My sister is practicing on the keyboard again, and I hope that soon she'll get some new songs to play from her teacher, so that she will stop playing Christmas carols. I'm getting slightly sick of them, but I don't think she'll be stopping anytime soon.
Monday, 5 December 2011
5 December
Our church's Christmas Carols last night were great. I and the rest of my youth group performed a skit. The carols were great, and my little brother popped out of a box! That doesn't happen every day.
Today is a 3 party day. Firstly, this morning my mother's bible study had a breakup party, then we went on to another group of hers to have a lunch breakup. We'll only be home for another hour, having come in about half an hour ago, before going out to our school breakup. Busy indeed! Right now my sister is practicing for the performance she and I will be putting on. I've mentioned it before. She will be singing and playing keyboard, while I sing to accompany her. We'll sing Silent Night and Jingle Bells (traditional version).
My little brother is in the backyard using string to pull a go kart along, by using the trampoline as a pulley. I don't know why, he probably has a weird story to explain it, but he won't tell me.
On this day:
1933- Prohibition ends in America. Alcohol is no longer illegal.
1938- Albert Namatjira holds his first solo exhibition in Melbourne.
2001-Sir Peter Blake is murdered in Brazil by pirates.
1782- Martin Van Buren, America's 8th President, is born in Kinderhook, New York. He was the first US President born in the US.
My little brother is going around the house, singing about being "saddened and alone" into a broken walking stick, wearing a captain hat. He can be very strange sometimes.
Today is a 3 party day. Firstly, this morning my mother's bible study had a breakup party, then we went on to another group of hers to have a lunch breakup. We'll only be home for another hour, having come in about half an hour ago, before going out to our school breakup. Busy indeed! Right now my sister is practicing for the performance she and I will be putting on. I've mentioned it before. She will be singing and playing keyboard, while I sing to accompany her. We'll sing Silent Night and Jingle Bells (traditional version).
My little brother is in the backyard using string to pull a go kart along, by using the trampoline as a pulley. I don't know why, he probably has a weird story to explain it, but he won't tell me.
On this day:
1933- Prohibition ends in America. Alcohol is no longer illegal.
1938- Albert Namatjira holds his first solo exhibition in Melbourne.
2001-Sir Peter Blake is murdered in Brazil by pirates.
1782- Martin Van Buren, America's 8th President, is born in Kinderhook, New York. He was the first US President born in the US.
My little brother is going around the house, singing about being "saddened and alone" into a broken walking stick, wearing a captain hat. He can be very strange sometimes.
Friday, 2 December 2011
December 2
I think I have discovered my favorite Christmas Carol. The Little Drummer Boy. I love the lyrics. I can easily imagine myself standing there before the King, with no gift worthy enough, except what I can play, doing my very best, to please the King of Kings.
Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum
What's your favorite Christmas carol? My sister has 3 favorites: Joy to the World, Come All Ye Faithful, and Silent Night. My little brother likes Feliz Navidad, the one by The Wiggles. (I like that one too.) My mother likes O Holy Night, because of the line 'Till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth'. My older brother likes Jingle Bells, not really as a favorite, but more because I pestered him into telling me a carol. In my opinion, everyone should have a favorite Christmas Carol, because even if they don't do Christmas, Christmas carols are still beautiful music.
On this day:
1876- Grace Bussell, a 16 year old, rescued many passengers on horseback, with the help of the stockman Sam Isaacs, when the SS Georgette ran aground at Busselton, Western Australia.
2004-British ballerina, Alicia Markova, died age 94. She popularised ballet in the UK and the USA. She danced the lead roles in Giselle, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, and is best known for dancing Giselle, her title role.
Christmas is such a special time of year. I love the quiet times of listening to carols, the loud times of going Christmas shopping, the crazy times of putting up the tree, and the special family times of things like carols at church.
Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
So to honor Him, pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.
Little Baby, pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give the King, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum,
On my drum?
Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Then He smiled at me, pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum.
What's your favorite Christmas carol? My sister has 3 favorites: Joy to the World, Come All Ye Faithful, and Silent Night. My little brother likes Feliz Navidad, the one by The Wiggles. (I like that one too.) My mother likes O Holy Night, because of the line 'Till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth'. My older brother likes Jingle Bells, not really as a favorite, but more because I pestered him into telling me a carol. In my opinion, everyone should have a favorite Christmas Carol, because even if they don't do Christmas, Christmas carols are still beautiful music.
On this day:
1876- Grace Bussell, a 16 year old, rescued many passengers on horseback, with the help of the stockman Sam Isaacs, when the SS Georgette ran aground at Busselton, Western Australia.
2004-British ballerina, Alicia Markova, died age 94. She popularised ballet in the UK and the USA. She danced the lead roles in Giselle, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, and is best known for dancing Giselle, her title role.
Christmas is such a special time of year. I love the quiet times of listening to carols, the loud times of going Christmas shopping, the crazy times of putting up the tree, and the special family times of things like carols at church.
Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.
Thursday, 1 December 2011
December 1!
I love Christmas!!! We finished decorating our Christmas tree less than 10 minutes ago. Once again, I LOVE CHRISTMAS!! It makes me go loopy. One of our family traditions is to write a wish each year at Christmas, and its much fun to read out all the old wishes. For example, my younger brother wanted Bob the Builder to visit at Christmas when he was 2. Such a cute wish. :)
My sister is going to make shortbread now. This is probably getting repetitive, but I'll say it again anyway. Say it with me! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
It's raining outside, which just adds to the Christmas spirit. When it's really hot outside, it's hard to muster enthusiasm, because it's so hot.
Our Christmas tree looks so great, standing in the lounge room, near the window. It makes it truly look like Christmas, especially in the rain. To add to the atmosphere, my sister is playing Christmas carols on the keyboard and singing along.
I'm too excited to put down anything about what happened today in history. Christmas time is such a special time of year. Lots of good memories, Christmas carols, presents, family and Christmas parties. Plus we can celebrate the One who came to live and die for us. Everyone deserves a birthday part, and Jesus gets one that's celebrated all over the world! Pretty cool.
Carols are great. Here are the beginning verse of two carols, O Holy Night, and We Wish you a Merry Christmas.
O Holy Night
O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
My sister is going to make shortbread now. This is probably getting repetitive, but I'll say it again anyway. Say it with me! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
It's raining outside, which just adds to the Christmas spirit. When it's really hot outside, it's hard to muster enthusiasm, because it's so hot.
Our Christmas tree looks so great, standing in the lounge room, near the window. It makes it truly look like Christmas, especially in the rain. To add to the atmosphere, my sister is playing Christmas carols on the keyboard and singing along.
I'm too excited to put down anything about what happened today in history. Christmas time is such a special time of year. Lots of good memories, Christmas carols, presents, family and Christmas parties. Plus we can celebrate the One who came to live and die for us. Everyone deserves a birthday part, and Jesus gets one that's celebrated all over the world! Pretty cool.
Carols are great. Here are the beginning verse of two carols, O Holy Night, and We Wish you a Merry Christmas.
O Holy Night
O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O holy night, O night divine!
O night, O holy night, O night divine!
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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