Warden and the Wolf King

It's here it's here it's finally here!!!!!!!!! Warden and the Wolf King, the fourth book in Andrew Peterson's amazing Wingfeather Saga, has finally come out for all the world to read.

Everyone needs to read this. You, your parents, your grandparents, your neighbors, your children, your trashman, your mailman, the random lady you walked past in Walmart, EVERYONE.

There's not much I can say about this book that wouldn't be a spoiler. But I can tell you that it's above and beyond even what I thought it would be. This book is so amazing that even people who don't like to read will love it.

But you must start at the beginning, in a little town in Skree called Glipwood. You have to meet Janner, Tink, and Leeli, three normal kids in a small town. You need to meet Nia, their mother, and Podo, their grandfather. You have to learn about the dangerous Fangs of Dang, and their leader Gnag the Nameless. And all about the creatures of Skree, like the extremely dangerous Toothy Cows. And the garden pests called Thwaps.

Then, by the time you finish the first part of the four part series, you won't be able to put it down. You will drive everyone crazy by your endless mutterings about the series. By the time you finish book three, Andrew Peterson will have blown your mind so many times you won't think anything can surprise you ever again.

And then you start Warden and the Wolf king. Andrew proves you wrong again, and again and again and again. Everything he does defies what you thought and imagined, but it makes perfect sense. Every scattered piece that Andrew has been leaving hints about the entire series comes together, and in the end, it is a more than beautiful picture. When you reach the end, you can't help but cry, simply because it's over.

Or is it?

You can always turn back, back to the very beginning.

Where you have to meet Janner, Tink, and Leeli, three normal kids in a small town.

And fall in love all over again.

Oh, and once you've finished the series, click below, because everyone needs to hear this song.

My love has gone across the sea

Um hi.

Yeah well uhuh..... You've probably all forgotten about me. I forgot about my blog for a while, then have been too busy/ lazy to post.  So now I have some free time and actually felt like doing something regarding my blog. I don't know what. I don't really have anything interesting to say. I could fall back on a 25 random things list, if I wanted. I could try and tell you what I've done all year long that kept me so busy... but that would take almost a year to tell. Many things, my friends, many things. I truly don't know what to say.  So let's start here.

Hi, I'm Arodeth. Luckily I haven't disappeared, fallen off the earth, gotten eaten by anything, or any other extremely painful way to die.

I still play violin. I have learned viola. I still love CP. I still wanna be a durgan. I'm writing a book. I love LotR like no one I know except Ara.  And I'm random. ;);)

Ok, so no better ideas, let's have a random things list.

1. I am learning Tolkien's Elvish, Sindarin
2. I love LotR. I mentioned that.
3. I've just recently gotten back into CP; IT'S AWESOME!!
4.  Whew, I forgot how much fun posting is!
5. Pineapple. (Ahem go look at one of my other random list posts which involves lots of pineapples)
6. I am agile as a peacock.
7. And a chicken with the face of a monkey (Frozen references)
8. Writing a book is hard.
9. WHEEE
10. Guess what guys? 
11. I'm hungry.
12. This sure is helping us get reacquainted, huh?
13. *gasp* Warden and the Wolf King, last book of the Wingfeather Saga (which I have complained about numerous times, check these  posts out) IS COMING OUT VERY SOON YAY.
14. I'm tired now.
15. You're welcome for this lovely list.

There you lovely people go.  I have posted now YAY! I can't promise that I'll post often, busy schedule and all, but with summer approaching maybe I'll find more time. I hope so.

~ Aro

JCPA

It's me again, Firefly the procrastinator. Oh wait, it's been less than a month since I last blogged! Go me!

So THIS time, I went back to JCPA (Junior Citizen Police Academy). It was really fun, but very different (for many reasons, one being Mustang NOT BEING THERE *poke poke*). Another reason for it being so different was because we really didn't do as much stuff as we did last year.We did mock traffic stops (evil laughter) and we saw a firetruck... And we toured the S.O.U (my little town's version of SWAT) van... And that's about it. We spent most of the time reading in the classroom.

But when we did do something fun, it was totally worth it. With the fire truck, we learned that one of the littler ones can carry 400-500 gallons of water! We also got to try firefighter gear on, and some people (I won't mention that one was one of my friends) tried running with it on or even doing pushups in it! We also learned what kind of tools they carry with them in the truck.

With the S.O.U van, we split into two groups. The first group went into the van while the other group stayed outside and tried on gear/tried carrying the ram or shield. After the first group finished going through the van and the other group all finished trying on the gear, we switched and group one tried on gear and group two went through the van.

With the gear, SOME people again tried running in the gear.... But us smart people didn't. The shields and the rams were extremely heavy and I must assume that we looked very interesting/disturbing to the people driving by.... But that's beside the point.

The inside of the van was very cool, what with the less lethals and all the other types of gear.

After we ALL finished inside the van and ALL finished trying on gear, the S.O.U guy divided guys into two teams. We were supposed to enter the building like S.O.U people and find the suspect. Our team went first, and we found the suspect. The other team failed. Epically.

And lastly, the traffic stops. That was soooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was the first officer, with one of my friends as my backup. One of my other friends was the one we 'pulled over'. It was absolutely hilarious... When we asked his name, he said "Bruce Wayne" and the other guy in the car snickers and says "Yeah and I'm Brad Pitt."

After a little while, everyone that was in the 'pulled over' car would take off running as soon as the lights came on. It was super fun!!! And let's just say no one could catch me.......

I also got handcuffed by someone, and I'm never letting them handcuff me again! He couldn't figure out how to get them off of me! He tightened them (accidentally, while trying to get them off), and then said "Hey Firefly, is your hand supposed to be this color...??" That was my favorite day of all ten day, even if I did almost have to mutilate someone. (He did finally get them off).

It was very different this year, seeing as I was an alumni. The other three alumni and I had to go make games (mostly scavenger hunt type things) for the cadets. My favorite game that we made, we actually had 6 people in on the making of it. 2 of us were suspects and the other 4 were hostages. After telling them how to play,we went and his in our assigned rooms. I was as suspect, and was told that when they found me, I could run if I wanted to. The same guy that handcuffed me said "Maybe we should get someone else cuz I bet they could catch you pretty quick". (This was the day before our traffic stops). I just grinned and said "I bet there is one person who could actually catch me".

Well, they didn't find me until about 20 minutes later, but when they finally did, I was right. The one person I thought could catch me did catch me.

All in all, these two weeks were SUPER fun, and I'm glad I got the chance to go back and do it again.

The Rodeo and Mustang!

Nope, still haven't disappeared off the face of the earth yet!

So, 2 weeks ago (*cringe* A long time, I know), Nana and I went to the rodeo in Bandera by way of two VERY generous friends (the owners of Bear and Quest) who bought us box tickets for ALL THREE nights!!!! 

Friday, the first night, was awesome. We almost didn't get to go the first night, though. It rained ALL of Thursday night, and all of Friday morning and all the way up to about 3 pm. It still looked ominously rainiful (I know, not a word, but :P) over towards Bandera. But, being us, Nana and I went anyway. In the distance, right over Bandera, it looked really black. In fact, we got rained on while we were driving. But we kept going... and it yielded great results!!!! It was actually BEAUTIFUL right over Bandera; the only real blue spot in all of the sky! So the rodeo went on, and it was AWESOME!!! The clown act wasn't NEAR as grand as last year (the Wild Child act) or the year before (a trick riding act), but was still entertaining. All of the horses were so gorgeous, too! In fact, during the barrel racing, one of the horses Mustang used to own raced! I was totally in awe. That night was really fun and super awesome.

The next morning, we were called by Mustang's mom. She said that she was coming to drop Mustang by the house for a little while (only like 45 minutes). She did, and Mustang and I walked around outside, doing our normal 'both start talking, both pause, both say go ahead, both go ahead and talk at the same time' over and over. Finally we decided to go back to the house and play Wii a little bit. We did so, and it was hilarious! She didn't really know what she was doing, so she was always saying things like "How do I move?!?!? Oh, I got it... wait, how to I jump? Is that a cliff?" right before jumping off the cliff.  It was hilarious. But all too soon, her mom came to pick her up. But we learned that she had a 99% chance of going to the rodeo with us that night!!! We also learned that at some point later that day, my mom (who was also in town with Creator's Son and my dad) would call us because they had called her and told her to come to the hotel and go swimming with them. Well, we knew that it would be at least an hour to two. After about three hours (and it was approaching 1pm), Nana and I were beginning to get worried, as they hadn't called yet, and for us to go to the rodeo, we had to be able to leave at like, a quarter to six. And even if they called RIGHT THIS INSTANT, Mom and Dad still had to get over here, we had to get over to the hotel, we had to get changed, and THEN we could get in the pool. And then we would swim for at least two hours, and.... well let's just say the numbers were depressing.

But then they DID call, at like 1:30! And said... that in about half an hour, to come and go swimming. So we went to a book store while we waited. We FINALLY went over to their hotel and swam (at about 2), and splashed, and it was SUPER FUN!!!!! After about 2 and a half hours of swimming, we went back up to the room, got in our dry clothes, and proceeded to watch some 'How It Should Have Ended' videos (at 4:30 or so). After about another 30 minutes in the room, we left!! We got to Nana's at about 5:15, with plenty (ok, not really, but enough) time to spare. We got there, made sure we were ready to go, and pretty much left for the rodeo.

Once we got there, Mustang and I seriously opened the car door and shot out to see the horses. We spent so long at the first pen, taking pictures, and picking out which horses we wished were ours. Together, we took over 200 pictures. At every pen, we would pick out which horses we wished were ours, took pictures, and talked and laughed. After a really long time spent looking at horses and taking pictures, it was finally time to go sit down and the rodeo to begin. It did, and it was EPICAL!!!!! (Also technically not a word, but :P) We were still busy picking out horses we wished were ours. Once, the clown climbed up right next to us. I was on the end closest to where to he was climbing up. It was weird..... anywho (which ALSO is not a word. D:), so Mustang and I watched the show, totally enraptured. It was EPIC. But then it was over.

Mustang spent the night at Nana's, and in the morning, we took her to breakfast and then to church with us. Her mom picked her up from church before it started, though. After church and lunch, they called, and they came back to Nana's house! Mustang and I went outside again. We walked and talked and ran for a long while, then we went back to the house and went in the back bedroom and watched some YouTube videos. Then Mustang was going to have to leave, to go to her Mimi's house. But then she asked if I could come as well, and I could! I went, and we played one of our many games for a long while before we were called up and to leave. I was dropped off at Nana's, and like that, they were gone. But it was rodeo time one last time!

This time, it had rained all morning, and the arena was like sand; there were rivers running through it, and it was so soaked! But everything went on as normal. It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And....... it was Haywire's night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything went awesomely, but it ended way too soon.

So that is part one of what I have recently been doing! Stay tuned for part two (hopefully soon)!

Mustang, the Avengers, and more!

So yes, I went up to see Mustang last week. It was EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!

  We did just about everything. We played outside in the pool, we threw a tennis ball at one another, we went to Six Flags, we watched the Avengers, we wore hats of shame, we threw hats of shame at one another, we played with glow sticks in the evening (as the first two days.)

 We went to a couple of different parks, we went swimming, we played 'king of the air vent', we made ourselves dizzy, we ate 2 lunches, we played outside a ton more, we went back to one park at night and ran around like maniacs, I tripped over her and did a flip, we slept in the pool one night, and then we woke up and played our EPIC game again. And yes, then we chunked the tennis ball at one another some more before I left. (As the last two days) It was AWESOME.

So then after we got home, I watched... can you guess? No it actually wasn't the Avengers! I watched Iron Man.  So unfortunately for everyone around me, I've kinda been quoting the Avengers/Stark all week. And then last night, because they took Iron Man 2 off of Netflix (D:) I watched Thor.  (I like this drink. *SMASH* Another!)

Besides the Avengers and Mustang, I HAVE been doing interesting things. Like learning to play the viola. It isn't too hard, according to the fact that I already know the basic stuff, but learning to read alto clef from treble clef was a tad bit of a challenge, though I figured it out pretty quickly. (It took two entire days.)

And really, that's what I've been doing lately.

Insanity

Right now, I am going insane. I know, breaking news right? But seriously, I am at home right now for about the only time until Sunday, late.  And then we are going back into town on Monday. And staying until Wednesday when we leave at about 6 (a.m) to go see Mustang!!!! WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's my schedule:
Today: Go into town and attend a concert.
Friday: Stay in town, do school, and have a dance recital
Saturday: Play with two other people in a trio at a memorial service
Sunday: Regular Sunday, not getting home until late
Monday: Turn around and go BACK into town
Tuesday: School in the morning, park and stuff in the afternoon
Wednesday: GO UP AND SEE MUSTANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Already this week, I have performed in a concert, come home and gone back into town, finished Co-op, gone to the park, done tap, come home again, and done school. Plus, we FINALLY got some rain last night!!!! Except that made it hard to sleep in my room, cuz the thunder was shaking the house. But then I went to sleep and didn't want to wake up, but then I did.

And ya now what? I have bragging rights towards Mustang, of which she will learn in slightly less than a week. >:P

Catching You Up

I know, I know... I haven't posted in almost a month! But I've done some pretty interesting things since I last posted... and guess what? My post won't be entirely about puffles! Though I will tell you what I've learned about rainbow puffles.

I now have two rainbow puffles, one named Promise and one named Skittles. But I still don't know much about them. All I really know about them, though, is that they play with clouds and they are a lot like green puffles: funny.  Or at least, mine is.

I have also, in the past week, finished the LOTR trilogy(Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King). I managed to finish Return of the King before Mustang and her mom, who had been reading it for about a month longer than I had, may I add. And I really disagree with the movies, by the way. Anywho, after finishing Return of the King, Nana bought The Hobbit for me!!!! Thank you Nana! It's awesome! Anyway, so I'm about halfway through it and, like I said, it's totally awesome!!!!!

I also still wait in agony for Andrew Peterson to do..... anything, really. He hasn't done anything on HIS blog for about 3 months. So ha, I am beating him. I would rant and rave, but I bet you guys are tired of that, so I will spare you.... this time.

On Tuesday around here in this part of Texas, I felt like swimming.... and right now with the sun up and everything, it is roughly 50 degrees outside. Hmmmmm, must be Texas in the spring.

Last but not least, our Homeschool Presentation Night is this coming Tuesday... and I'll be at the very beginning so that I can get to tap on time, one of the last tap rehearsals before our recital. Wheeeeeeee.

Other than that, most things are right and normal (or at least as normal as they can be when I'm involved).