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.

Still Here!

Wow, when I look at the last time I posted, it says 'February 21'. That means I haven't told you guys about all my adventures! I haven't even told you about seeing Mustang!!!! Wow! But at this point, that's too long a story to tell. If I tried to catch you up on everything I have done since I last posted, it would take me hours, and you probably would lose interest in reading such a long post. So I will commence telling you the main points.

• I played in a Robert Earl Keen concert, which I call the REK (pronouce wreck) concert. It was actually pretty fun.
• I got to ride Quest again! Except he was being moody and I seriously thought he might buck me off, so his owner actually let me ride Bear! (Whom she is very protective of)
• I got to see Mustang!!!!!! They came out here, and then I went with them into town and stayed in their hotel with them and then Mustang and I went swimming and oh! It was insanely EPIC!
• Our homeschool Co-op started! It's really fun.
• We're reading the Wingfeather Saga again! (Oh yeah!!!) 
• Our cousin came down for part of Spring Break! I got to go over to Grandma's house and play Skip-Bo (which Grandma creamed us at) and Scrabble (which Grandma creamed us at). 
• Two of our friends from where Mom and Dad used to live came down for Spring Break! Those two are a hoot!  

I am really not quite sure what to post about, but I know I really should do more than catch you up; I should fill you in.  See, the thing is that for my first post in over a month, I know I shouldn't post about rainbow puffles (which I know for certain and confirmed we are getting on Thursday). But I don't know whether to post about the friends that came down from where Mom and Dad used to live, or puffles, or what. For all I know, the beautiful weather could be worth posting about.

I really just wanted you to know that no, I have not been eaten by a whale, swallowed up by the earth, struck by lightning, or whatever else you can come up with. I'm still here, just busy and finding it hard to post in between math, science, history, and being in town.

I sincerely promise that I will try to keep a schedule of posting, but just a warning, I'm not always great with posting.

But since I mentioned it, do you want to hear about rainbow puffles?

My Life in Random, Scattered Thoughts for Today

• Yar har! It's Thursday!
• My sign for today on my day by day calender is funny
• Oh dear, it's almost Friday.
• Guess what? I get to ride Quest tomorrow!!!
• YAY!
• I love the Wingfeather Saga
• Oh dear, it's also almost Saturday.
• I have to do a REK concert, and a music festival thingy
• OH YAY!!! It's only like, a week until I see Mustang again!
• If you want to look into The Lord of the Rings trilogy, I sincerely advise you to read the books instead of watching the movies. For the simple reason that, while they are decently good movies, they do not follow the books, so if you want to get the actual story, read the books.
• Aha! I drew a picture of Janner that actually looks good!
• It was cold yesterday.
• I'm getting back into HI (Horse Isle) again!
• Beware the Bumpy Digtoad
• I got a sword book when we went into the big city for Creator's son's-OH YEAH! Creator's Son had a card game tournament! And he got like, second place! Anywho, I got a sword book wile we were in the big city for that.
• I MISS MUSTANG!!!!!
• Wow, I have a lot of random thoughts today.
• Oooh I'm hungry. Be right back. 
• Ahhhh. I got some chocolate, and I'm all better now.
• Toothy cows are ferocious. 
• We have a homeschool presentation night coming up sometime soon.
• AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Why must we wait for the fourth book???? 
• Did you know that when CS drives a car, it's scary.
• My dog can bark really loud.
• CS is reading over my shoulder!!!!
• My life is rather random. How sad.
• I wonder if CS will read North! Or Be Eaten....... to us while we drive into town today.
• I hope so!!
• I can't believe it's already almost the end of February!!! 
• Why must it be cold? WHY?

I think that's all my random thoughts today. Thank you poor readers who endure my randomness. 
 

What's New With You?

Around here, things this week aren't the same as they usually are. It has been colder than average, but we've been in town and not out at the Ranch. In fact, I've only been out at the Ranch maybe twice so far this week: Half of Sunday and half of Monday, and once yesterday morning to get some things we needed (mainly school).

You see, we came in for orchestra on Monday and our Tuesday stuff. That's normal for us. Then, Creator's Son was going to have this teen thing on Thursday night (which is now tonight). No problem, we'd come back into town. Not so normal for us, but no problem. However, our car has this thing. Mom was getting the oil changed last week and the people at the oil change place did something to it that didn't go so well. Bah humbug. Oh well.

Nana had offered us staying at her house until Thursday for Creator's Son, but Mom was thinking she might decline the offer so we could get school done. Early afternoon on Tuesday, Mom decided to call our friendly repair dude to ask him about our car. Then he asks her a question along the lines of "What size is the engine?" and Mom didn't know, so lo and behold we have to drive over there and show him. Turns out that was a bigger deal than we thought, and he tells us we'll need to bring it in on Thursday, now today, as early as possible.

That pretty much decided things for Mom, so we headed out to the Ranch yesterday morning to grab what we needed for Wednesday and Thursday. Then late last night, about 9:45-ish, we get an email that Creator's Son's teen night was off. Bah humbug. Oh well.

About 7:15-ish this morning, Mom and Nana headed off to our friendly car repair dude's place to let him have the car for the day so he can play with it and fix it. I read 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and got dressed while they were gone, then I got on CP and played at their newest party, the dinosaur party. They got back, I ate some food, played on CP, and now I'm sitting typing the very words you see here. Amazing how these things work, isn't it?

So everything going on this week got me to wondering, what's new with you? What kind of new thing or adventure have you had this week? If you want, comment to tell me what's been going on in your world.

PS: I love typing on my Mom's laptop! [(Which is what I am presently doing!) Hee hee hedgehog! In the words of Count Olaf]

The Backstory of the Ranch

My parents bought this piece of property in c.1990, while they still lived down on the coast. They dreamed of moving out here, but Dad couldn't completely convince Mom to actually do it until 1999, when Creator's Son was a year and a half old. They set up shop until 2009, when we made the decision to move to town.

It was great being raised in the middle of nowhere, with dangerous creatures everywhere and spiny cacti everywhere else. I'm really not being sarcastic here, it was. It was great being able to step out my front door and a startled deer look up and run off, or go for a walk and see a snake sunning itself in the middle of the path. Then Dad quit his job, and things started getting pretty tight. He was out of work for at least 8 weeks, and things were really not looking good, when lo and behold: he got hired for HCTC as an I-Fix worker (aka a computer repair dude).

The real reason we moved though, was because Dad got that job. It was in town which didn't sound too bad by itself, but gas prices sky-rocketed and Mom and Dad realized it would be cheaper to rent a house in town then to stay out here. So we had to up and move to town.

It was super hard to leave the house I'd grown up in, plus all my trees, AND two cats. They had to drag me kicking and fighting into town, but both houses we rented in town were absolutely amazing to live in. Nothing, however, can beat out here. We moved back after (drum roll) Dad quit his job! Now we're back to stay, and I'm glad.

Me playing with a stick that my brother convinced me to call a bo staff

This is me in front of our gate

My brother and me outside on our swing set after a long day of saving the universe.

All three of these are from before we moved, just so you know.. I'm much older now.

An Update on Me

Well, by now you probably think that I disappeared off the face of the earth, never to be heard from again, or the earth swallowed me up whole or something like that. But, unfortunately for those who don't like listening to me gush about puffles and the like, that is not so. I'm still here!

Ok, so if you think aaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way back to my first post, back in August of 2010, you'll remember that I said I have lived in three different homes. That hasn't changed. I still have lived in only three different homes. We moved back to my first house, out in the middle of the Texas Hill Country (Maybe I'll tell you the story behind that next post). It is just as awesome, if not more awesome, than I remember. Lots of trees, the Hollow, and lots of good rocks. So that move took us a while, and that's mostly what I've been doing to not blog in so long.

I would've posted on Saturday (maybe), except for one very, very good reason: I was busy.  I was busy auditioning for REGION Orchestra. Later on, as we were about to leave a Target, Mom got a text from my private lesson teacher, who also happened to be one of the judges. I made 6th chair first violin out of over 200 people trying out. To make this even more astounding, there are 36 first violin chairs. And I was up against high schoolers.

Something else that happened since the last time I blogged: Mustang came down for the last time before the big move. We had a ton of fun goofing off, playing our strange games and whatnot. One special thing that is worth noting and is almost too hilarious (but didn't seem like it at the time, at least not to Mustang and I): Mustang, her dad, and I were out eating at Culver's. After we left, we convinced him to go to one of the nearby Redboxes to see if they had The Avengers. That Redbox was out of stock of it. He decided to take us to another very close Redbox. They were out of stock too. We had just given up, when I remembered there was a Redbox at a gas place... So we turned the other direction from home and went to the place. We scrambled frantically out half laughing like lunatics and half sincerely hoping that it was there. We were in luck: they had ONE left. Mustang slid the card. And then slid it again. And again. And again, until we called her dad over. HE slid the card about four times, then Mustang busts out laughing. Once she finally got ahold of herself, she said between laughter spasms, "I forgot to press pay!" Then she continued laughing, and I joined her while her dad pretended to glare at her. Finally, we got the movie home, laughing all the way, and watched it. As we bounded up the front steps, grinning and laughing, I called to my brother "We got it! The Avengers!"

One last thing that is coming up in the next couple weeks is my birthday. I turn 11 exactly 2 weeks from today.

Well, I guess that's all the exciting stuff for now. I'll be trying to get back in my blogging spirit now, so... wish me luck, I guess!

Guide on What to Expect From Book-On-Tape/CDs

These next few posts are going to be guides on what to expect from random things. Today is "What to expect from Book on tape/CD".

One good thing about Books on tape (or CD) is the fact that you can find most things on tape or CD if you look. You don't have to be a reader to listen to some really good books.

1. Whatever you do, DON'T pick up the Lemony Snicket books, A Series of Unfortunate Events. Just don't. You will live your life a much, much happier person.

2. If you, for some reason, decide to listen to the afore mentioned Lemony Snicket books DON'T BLAME ME, but please think about taking the rest of my advice below.
                                                                
3. Otherwise, it really depends on what you have chosen to listen to. If you pick up a Hank the Cowdog book on tape, you can expect lots of laughter and, though it is hilariously stupid, you might even find some suspense. And you'll find yourself hating the cat. If you have chosen something a little more in depth, say Narnia, you will probably find a story well told whether you read it or if you listen to it. If you are finding out a little on a bunch of different genres, choose things that are completely different, like Hank and Narnia. Find out if you lean more towards stupid things like Hank, or an in-depth story that is really well told like Narnia.

4.  Always expect the accents. All the best books (or even some of the not as good ones) use British readers. Try to expect it, and whatever you do, attempt deciphering any words that you don't understand. For instance, if you hear smackablobnaharnahar, it may be the phrase 'Oh really? That is so interesting!'. Always listen to what the people are saying, and if you hear something that doesn't make sense you have 3 options: a) Replay it. That sometimes works. b) Remember what they said just before and try to make out what they might be saying or it is probable that they could have said. c) Live with it the rest of your life. :O

5. If it says things like "Then, it happened." or use the word 'suddenly', brace yourself for a major plot twist. If it's not a major plot twist after either of these things, the writer is being sarcastic. Writers tend to be sarcastic, so if something happens at the end of a chapter that is a major plot twist, at the beginning of the next chapter, they may throw in a couple of lines of boooorriing description or telling you why they had to rush off so quickly or explaining every detail of their delicious dinner last night before they finally get to the story.

So there you have a quick, 5 step guide to books on tape or CD. Enjoy!

-Firefly

Summer!!!!

So, I know I haven't blogged in a long time. But I have one good reason: IT"S SUMMER!!!!!!!! Yup, we got out of school on the 21st of May. I have been super busy, and I haven't even gone to a camp yet! I have had a lot of time with Mustang, and we hope to find even more next week, I have been swimming (also a lot), CP is having an epic superhero party in a week, and  I have been to a rodeo!

CP's epic superhero party starts next week, the 14th. This party is inspired by the making of the Avengers (BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE EVER!!!!!!), and we will actually get Marvel superhero costumes. It is really going to be awesome. My brother can't wait!!!

The rodeo was awesome. There was a horse there that I saw last year, who's name is Haywire. He is incredibly sweet, and you'll never guess what role he takes in the rodeo. Bucking saddle bronc. He performed on the first night, and finally on the third night, he tied for first! He won! Well, ok, his rider won. But the horse is part of the score, so....

On the last night of the rodeo, we were VIPs and got to park up near the gate. We already sat in box seats, so we couldn't get closer unless we were in the arena.When some of the horses galloped by (right in front of us), they were so close the actually showered dirt on me.

The act in the intermission was the Wild Child act. That was supremely awesome. I have a video, but it wouldn't download so I can't share with it with you at the moment. All I'll tell you is that he *ahem* entertained us on a motorcycle.

In two weeks, I am going to the Junior Police Academy at the police station. Mustang will also be there, and we can't wait for it to start. We will be doing fingerprinting, mock car stops, and other things that police officers do.

So, as you can see, I am having a very busy summer. Woo hoo!

Smooth Criminals in Accapella

Last night was my tap recital. Ah, the fun. That finishes my 7th year doing tap, and I love it!

This year, we had six in our group. We had awesome costumes, you've seen mine if you have read my post titled "Interesting Days". Also, we had no music. No, it was not sound guy Bob's fault. We actually danced without music, like ON PURPOSE. Our taps were the music. It was so fun!

This makes me think back to when I started tap. I was 3 at the time, and I wanted to be a ballerina. Mom thought that I was too bouncy to be a ballerina, so she put me in tap. Well, if I was to be a ballerina, I might as well start with tap. I practiced my first routine, "The ABC Song", every day, waiting for the time to show everyone what I could do. Before that, however, I had to do rating. Well, all that practicing paid off as I, solo, did the entire dance.  Pretty soon, it was all over and thoughts of being a ballerina went out the window. I was a tap dancer.

The next year was the year I did "Little Sally One Shoe". Another year, another rating, another recital.

This pattern continued for 4 years. I was happy, and by this time, 7. Then my entire dance world changed. Mrs. Peggy Anne took a health turn for the worse, and wasn't able to teach my aged tap groups. At least it was the end of that season and she didn't have to put someone in to teach our group. The next year, someone new taught our group, and we did a rating and a recital. All the hard work practicing my routine paid off every year for rating.  

My 5 rating trophies. We haven't had rating the past 2 years.

Then my dance world took another turn. For the better or for the worse, I wasn't at the time sure. I was moved from the group with middle schoolers up to the group with high schoolers. I was petrified that Wednesday evening, sitting in the room waiting for class to start. But that year, I was taught many things, and by the end of the year, my decision was made. This turn in my dance world was for the better.

That was last year. We danced to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" last year, and I was settled in with the high schoolers. This year, we didn't have music. The taps were our music. Ah, the joy of tapping. And I'm not sorry that I never became a ballerina.

Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye is hard. I mean, all of us probably know a person or two that they would have NO problem saying a final goodbye to, but we also probably know at least two or three people that we would do anything to get out of saying that final bye to.

Saying goodbye to a family that I have known pretty much for as long as I can remember is really, really hard. It was almost unreal to think that it was the last time to see them. But I know that these friends will remain with me always, whether they live in Texas or not.

On the other hand, yesterday was my last orchestra concert of the season, so I had to say more goodbyes. It wasn't as hard to let go of my orchestra friends, because I know without a doubt that I will see them again in August, during String Camp.

I know that I should believe I will see my other friends again, without a doubt, but it is hard to do that while I know it could be years before I see them, or it could be months. No one will know before hand, but as they always say, hindsight is 20/20.

I know that things will be different without them, and that they will leave a hole. But it is not the end of the world. That will be on December 12, according to some. They will certainly be missed, and missed a lot.

Saying that final goodbye is hard, but this may be a better place to be for them. Adventures ARE funny things, it is true. It is also true that they come in unexpected ways.

May you find many adventures in your new home and state, my friends at GFG!
Firefly

School Year

As this school year comes towards a close (but we still have 5 or 6 weeks), I was looking back over last year's journal (though I won't tell you that I was looking for something to post about....) and saw what I said about last school year.
 
"This school year was AWESOME! I became really good friends with Mustang this school year (which starts in August and ends sometime in the spring). I got to do Critical Thinking and Latin 3. My favorite subjects were Critical Thinking, Latin, and spelling."

My plans for this summer are these: SWIM! Go to cooking camp, spend entire day with Mustang, swim, do regular summer stuff, go to Needle Arts camp, spend lots of time with Mustang and what not."

* * * * * * * * 
Thinking on it, I DID get to do most of my summer plans. I swam (A LOT), I went to Cooking Camp, I spent the entire day with Mustang, I swam some more, did plenty of regular (What's that mean??) summer stuff, went to Needle Arts camp, and spent PLENTY (but not enough!) of time with Mustang.

I know that for now, you will have to wait for me to post about this school year, but some of my main highlights were: getting two brown puffles, getting out of orchestra early (Yeah, I know, I'm not nice..), my puffle plan/party, watching Mustang's game and surprising her by being there, getting Tristin, riding Quest, SNOW, going to the Witte with Mustang and her mom, going on a trip with my family to Waco and Brenham, REK concert, WILD HORSE AUCTION, petting mini baby, meeting Rookie, library opening, breaking a geode, and 3 days in a row with Mustang.

I have had a good year so far! I hope you have, too!

Blessings,
Firefly

My Cookie Monster

     Ok, so you might be thinking that I've gone nuts from the title of this post. But I haven't!

     Cookie Monster is an orange puffle! His full name is Cookie Monster, but everyone calls him Cookie. On the day I got him in San Antonio, May 18, 2011, he was very hyper, and didn't know much. Here is a conversation between us when we passed Mustang's house on the way home.

"Say hi to Mustang!" Nana said
"Hi to Mustang! Who's that?" Cookie immediately replied.
"My best friend." I answered.
"Oh! Do I get to meet her? When?"
"Yes, Cookie, you will meet her tomorrow."
"Oh. When's that?"
"When the sun-"
"What's THAT? The sun?"
"The bright thing."
"Oh."
"When it goes away and the sky-"
"What's the sky?"
"The big thing in the air."
"Oh."
"When the sky turns black."
"What is black?"
"The color of the road." I reply showing him the pavement.
"Oh! So we get to drive in the sky?"
"No, just the color is the same."
"Aw, man!"

Next day:
"So do I get to meet her right now? Huh?" Cookie is very impatient.
"No, in a couple of hours."
"What are hours?"
"You see the clock?"
"Yeah...."
"You see that it says 9:59?"
"Uh-huh...."
"Keep watching.."
"Wow! It changed! Now it says 10:00!"
"Yes. An hour is 60 minutes, and when it is 12:00, we will go to Mustang's house and you will meet her."
"Yeah!!!"

      So, as you can see, he is very inquisitive. He has learned, in his one year, a lot, like the meaning of 'ice cream'.
"Ice cream? NUMMY!"
 Darn! He heard me say i-c-e c-r-e-a-m! Anyway, he has also learned all about trees: "Trees are high. They taste like a piece of wood, and climbing one is really scary. Unless you are promised ice cream. Then, climb the tree at all possible chances! ICE CREAM!!!!!"

     He has learned about spy phones, and how to change the "Please leave message after the beep" yadda yadda. " BEEP! If you want me to eat the phone, press 1. If you want me to eat the phone, press 2. If you want me to eat the phone, press 3. If you want me to eat the phone, press 4. If you want me to eat the phone, press 5. If you want me to eat the phone, press 6. If you want me to eat the phone, press 7. If you want me to eat the phone, press 8. If you want me to eat the phone, press 9. If you want me to the phone AND a bowl of ice cream, press 0. If you don't want me to eat the phone, tough luck."

     He has learned about other puffles: "They are good playmates, but one of them told me that the entire universe is not only food! I still don't believe him."

     He is SO silly! But I wouldn't trade him for anyone!

Interesting Days!

Since the last time I've blogged, I've had some very interesting days.

We went strawberry picking with Mustang and her mom to make strawberry jelly afterwards. (The jelly is yummy!)

We had picked all the strawberries by now, and if you can't tell, I took the picture. Aren't we interesting?

The rest of that day was spent at Mustang's house. We played in the creek, she found an ARROWHEAD, we broke a bunch of giant flint rocks, and, quite accidentally and without having any knowledge of this, found and broke A GEODE!

My bigger half of the geode

Then the next day, we took Mustang out to the Ranch and we fixed up our tree fort.

Sunday was tap pictures. I hate being princessified. 

Don't I look oddly thrilled?

In the long run, however, I liked it

Monday, I was at orchestra and we (3 homeschooled girls talking to 2 publicschooligans) and both publicschoolagins said they wished THEY were homeschooled, then one said " Yeah, I wish I was homeschooled, but they said that 81% of homeschoolers never get to collage because of the socialization." Ha! The entire rest of the time we (the homeschooled girls) ran around saying stuff like "AAAAAAAH! A person! Run away!!!!"  It was pretty fun.

Tuesday, I went to the park, nearly got heatstroke, upped my speed to 15 mph running top speed, and accidentally ran into HR and her mom at the library.

Today, my weirdness is writing this post.

Have a weird week!
Firefly

We Went on Vacation!

So you might be wondering why I haven't  posted in a while; so I will answer that question for you now.

We went on vacation last Wednesday (the day after the first Co-op!) and only came home on Monday (the day before Co-op #2!). We didn't go out of this state, just up to Waco and Brenham.

Luckily, Mom and Dad let us go check out IKEA!!! I adore that place!!!!!!!

We went to Waco first and only got there in enough time to check into our hotel,  go eat, and come back, but on the way to restaurant, I saw something beautiful. A TOYS "R" US!!!!!!! So I was thrilled, and I ate the best burger on the planet.

The next day, Thursday, we went to a place called Homestead Heritage. It was a working farm that fashioned like from the old days! It was super cool, but I didn't like one little itsy-bitsy thing. THEY DIDN"T HAVE ANY HORSES! But, I got an awesome pillowcase, and we got to see all kinds of cool stuff.

After we ate lunch at the Homestead Heritage, we headed back to Waco and went to the Dr. Pepper museum, which was really cool (even though I'm not a major fan of Dr. Pepper). We got to see how it originated, and, as it turns out, I can find a horse ANYWHERE (except Homestead Heritage)!! There was a horse made completely out of old cans, lids, and other trash. It was pretty cool!

After we finished there, we went on to the Texas Ranger museum. That had all sorts of cool stuff about the Texas Rangers. We saw some things about the Texas Rangers, some cool swords, saddles, and..... HORSES!!! There was an awesome taxidermy white horse that was super cool. Then we went into the gift shop and saw an awesome picture that looked familiar ........  I scanned my memory and realized it looked like one from a Cloud (you'll probably hear more about him in a later post) movie.

After that, I was dying to go to Toys R Us. We ate a long supper ( I'm sure Mom and Dad were trying to torture me!) then...... We got in the car.... And promptly got completely lost. Finally we found where we were going, and I practically flew to the door. I zipped in, then asked somebody where the Club Penguin stuff was. I was almost pulling Mom along, and we FINALLY  got to where they were.

I gasped when I saw them. It was CP lover heaven! Giant puffles, regular puffles, three pack penguins, a three pack of puffles, clippie puffles, penguins.....It was AWESOME!!  I went to see what color clippies they had. They had pink, which I already have, and red, which I already don't have.  I picked a red one up and price checked. He was 4 bucks! I grabbed him. I nosed around in the back, trying to find some more puffles, when I saw green fluffy hair, brown fluffy hair, and blue fluffy hair lined up together. My breath caught in my throat and my heart started beating faster. I, in slow motion, reached back and pulled up on the blue hair, because it was in the middle. I was ecstatic when the three rose together. That meant it was a three puffle pack!!! I bought it, thrilled. Now I have 29 puffles, 8 clippies, and three brown puffles, two green, and 4 blue, not including clippies.

The next day, Friday, we went to the Mayborne Museum. It was a natural history museum that had all sorts of awesome stuff, like some Indian stuff, some stuff about the wooly mammoth and how they died, and some other stuff.

We left Waco to go to Brenham after the Mayborne Museum. There, we pretty much hung out at the hotel till Saturday. Then we went to Washington-on-the-Brazos, a history of Texas type place. We watched a historical reenactment of the Alamo, watched the men shoot some guns and cannons, and then hopped over to the farm part of THAT. They had some hogs, cows and cock-a-doodle-doos, but STILL NO HORSES. Oh well.

The day after that, Sunday, we went to the Reinasance Festival. IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!! It was really family oriented, and really cool. We wandered around looking at some stores, then we went to a dog show.  That was cool and funny. I even got ' plundered' by the dog, Kharma. Then we wandered over to the next part and watched another show. It was a guy named Madman Maverick, and he was HILARIOUS!!!! After that we wandered around, went in more shops, bought Creator's Son a hat, watched jousting, ate, and all sorts of cool stuff. In one store where they were selling knives and swords, I almost bought a short sword for 15 bucks, but instead bought a thing for my hair.

All in all, that was an awesome trip and I loved it. I bought some new books, new puffles, and was ready to come HOME. Oh yeah, and, if you've seen commercials for The Lorax and think it would be funny, you are correct. It is REALLY funny.    

25 Random Things

Ok, I am going to do a post about my random self!


1. I play the violin, and can play really well.

2. I have been playing for about 5 years.

3. I have read the first 2 books of the Wingfeather Saga about 23 times now.

4. We are going to go on vacation Wednesday to a really awesome place!

5. Creator's Son just got me started on a show that, while really, really, weird, is actually not so bad.

6. Mustang finished Monster in the Hollows  and I get it back tomorrow!! ( Hopefully!)

7. My favorite animal is a horse.

8. My favorite color is blue.

9. I tend to believe that, while a lot of people are bad in this world, there is also a majority that is not.

10. Laugh if you wish at # 9, but that is what I tend to think.

11. Has anyone sent that personal letter to Andrew Peterson yet?

12. So far, my favorite hairstyle is a braid.

13. I have long, red hair.

14. I feel like I am a throne warden....

15. Several * ahem, Mustang and Creator's Son* people disagree with me...

16. I am a homeschooled christian, and nothing can change that.

17. NOTHING!!

18.  3 of my good friends have gone to be * shudder* Publicschooligans......

19. I am a pufflehorsedragoncathorseferretwingfeathersaga fanatic.

20. CO-OP STARTS TOMORROW!!!!!!

21. 'Splode'  is a word in my vocabulary.

22. It means explode, but it makes people look at you funny.

23. In my book, people looking at you funny is a compliment.

24. I have had people from Finland look at my blog.

25. Hey! I reached 25! Is that like, December 25, Christmas?

Hey! That wasn't so hard.. Now I need an address, a pencil, and some paper... Andrew Peterson, where do you live?

I Do NOT Like Chair Tests

I really, really, REALLY do NOT like chair tests. I, Firefly, again sit 4th or 5th chair. I have not bothered to ask why they still think I'm a worthless player, as that is how they make me feel. They make me feel like I am just as bad as when I had the flu. Isn't that a WONDERFUL thought?

I do NOT like chair tests. So if my best isn't good enough to play 'Star Wars', why am I in book 4 practicing Vivaldi?!?!?And they won't tell me what I did wrong, why I'm so bad at playing ' Star Wars'. If they told me that, I'd still be mad at 5th chair, but at least I'd know what to make sure to practice next time.

Maybe it's because THEY don't know what I did wrong. Maybe it's 'cause they just decided that So and So needed to sit in front of me, and Blah Blah, too, till I was pushed back all the way to fifth.  That's teetering on the line of 2nd violin, and I know it. 

What fun.

Here I come!!

Lot's of reasons to post... I think. Before school starts, we are going to New Mexico to visit Mom's sister, Grandma Mary, Carlsbad Caverns, and we're taking my brother to Roswell.. And leaving him to associate with his own kind.

If you remember in my first post (a million years ago) I mentioned Club Penguin, an online game. They off and on, every month have different parties.  Well, they just started an adventure party. a famous Pirate Penguin comes to visit, and the island turns into dense jungle and bamboo huts. You can get outlandish Pirate clothes from the newest catalog, or pick up some free shipwrecked clothes for your penguin avatar. 

School starts again in a few weeks, and, most kids don't want school to start, but I can't wait to get back to having more or less of a schedule! 

Other than that, picture a serene moment, a child cuddling with her mother. Then picture that same child playing quietly. Now, the quiet music screeches to a halt. Now picture a talkitive child walking sleepily into the room mumbling. Then picture the child playing online. Add the two sets together and you have........ Miou!