Behold...

The Great Sultan Joseph...

He looks so royal in this picture...and proud.

I love his face in this one!

He's so cute!!!!!!

Fry-day

I am posting my 331st post on 03/30. If only I hadn't posted one of those times it would have been the 330th. But I'm glad I posted anyway!

I'm close to being done with my sweater which means I can work on Grandt's vest. He keeps asking me, "Are you done with your sweater yet? Are you ever going to make my vest?" I hope to finish my sweater by Easter, because it is a nice spring color. I don't have many spring colored church clothes.

I wonder how many times I've called a post 'Friday'. I typed in 'F' and up it came as an option. So I just decided to change it to Fry-day, because when I was little and I heard Friday, I thought it was named after french fries.

Silly Joseph

This morning after Mom had finished changing his diaper, Joseph started talking and talking and talking. On and on and on. It was so cute! There he is lying on the changing table, gabbling on and on.

Mom said, "I wonder if he will keep talking once we take him off the changing table." She picked him up and he stopped. He just sat there in her arms and looked all over the place. "He almost seems like a different person," Mom laughed.

Then she put him back on the changing table, and after a few seconds of kicking his little legs, he started talking...

On and on and on....

I was just about to post something on my blog yesterday, when I had to get off the computer and do something else.

I was surprised this morning when I checked my email, and that message of the other day's post wasn't there.

Well, I'm not that surprised because we were doing school yesterday and we went to the dance. I've posted more in 2012 than 2011 now!

Dishwashers and Sweaters

We had our new dishwasher delivered today and so far I like it!

I am pretty far along on my sweater and I took the time (I have to put several extra cords on so I can stretch out the stitches to fit over me) today to try it on to see if it fit. I like it a lot so far!

It is a lighter and brighter color than the camera shows.

I managed to take a pretty good picture even when I couldn't see what I was doing. I got it on the first try!

Short and to the Point

I slept like a rock last night because I was so tired.

This is going to be a short post, because I'm holding Joseph an I can only type with one hand. Is that short enough for you???

Passing Thoughts

I was thinking earlier about posting, but I forgot and then I was sitting here at the computer and I decided I better do it now, because I wouldn't have a chance to do it before I went to bed tonight.

I'm almost done with the first half of my sweater. It has been going nice and fast!

I love typing really fast on a laptop keyboard, with the way the keys press. I can do it faster I think than on a regular keyboard. The only problem when I go fast is that I keep accidentally hitting the wrong keys, and when I hit delete to fix it, I'm trying to go so fast that I end up deleting the same thing over and over and over. Until, I slow down of course. I wish I had some more things to say, because I don't want to stop typing!

Well, I spent most of the morning washing dishes. I washed and often rinsed and Katherine and Anna dried. We tackled a whole lot of dishes, and now I feel like I accomplished something!

Diversion

After eating breakfast, we went to sing to my Great Grandma and some other people, and went out to lunch.

We've been back at there house for a while, but I just recently came in from the van after finishing the second book in the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I am really kicking myself for not bringing the next one, The Return of the King, and so I am going on the internet partly as a diversion, and partly because I like going on here. :)

Not Much

I haven't done much today except packing suitcases, helping Mom clean up her room, to get ready for the drywall, and taking a shower.

I guess I practiced piano too, and read a little.

Election Day

Today I'm going to make some chocolate peanut butter cookies for the party we are having tonight to celebrate Stephen running for county board. I hope and pray that he wins!

I've been knitting a lot on my sweater, and have gotten more done than I thought I would have by now.

A Lovely Surprise!

Three posts in one day! I just couldn't wait until tomorrow to write this.

So I knew that the Duggars were endorsing Santorum, but I didn't know they were going to be there!

We got a picture with them! (Well only the parents :)

And I shook Mrs. Duggar's hand!

We even got a picture in front of their bus!

Santorum and Grandt

Stephen was talking to Grandt about shaking Santorum's hand, and Grandt didn't like the idea so Stephen suggested shaking Santorum's wife's hand.

"WHAT!" cried Grandt, "Shake his WIFE's hand! She'd say, 'You're so cute, you look nice today.' How embarrassing, embarrassing! 'I like your hair, I hate mine.'"

Laughing I said to him, "You're hilarious, Grandt!"

"I try to be, that's why I said that, to be hilarious."

Somewhat Early

I woke up at seven something this morning, which isn't really that early. What's early is that we are leaving in about an hour to go to a rally for Rick Santorum.

Hopefully it won't rain, because it's outside.

I'm hoping to get more done on my sweater, because it's a couple hours away from us.

Stephen wants us to start practicing, "We Pick Rick! We Pick Rick!"

More Green Greetings

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

I didn't think about the fact that both of these days (Johnathan's birthday and today) would have greetings in green. I just decided to put green words on Johnathan's birthday without thinking I would put green words today. (blah...blah...blah...blah)

I started my first sweater (well, it's more like a tank top :) yesterday! I've been wanting to make it for over a year! And it's fitting I started it now, because it's a light green.

Birthday Greetings

Happy Birthday Johnathan!!!!!!!!!!!!

Piano Lessons

I had piano lessons today, like usual.

But since the weather is sooooooooooooooooo nice (!), we did our school outside. It was fun!

There is a squirrel at the Greene's house that Sharyssa named 'Fat Louie' (Correct me if I'm wrong, Sharyssa :). She was feeding him peanuts, and we were joking and thinking what s/he would act like if we gave him/her coffee, but of course we didn't :).

Wednesday

If I've done a lot the past few days, I haven't done hardly anything today.

We went to see a performance of Fiddler on the Roof, which though I liked it a lot, took up a lot of my day.

After I got home, I ate lunch and read a book about Dolley Madison that Stephen bought for me at the Economics Conference.

I've only done one thing for school today. Yikes!

Kristian

Today Kristian said to Sharyssa (she came over for school on Tuesday like usual) "I like your hair Sharyssa...but you look different."

She said, "Yeah, when people have different hairstyles they look different."

Kristian replied, "Before you looked nice, now you look beautiful!"



I finished my blanket today, you can see a cool post about it on my other blog, here it is. Please take a look! It doesn't bite.

I'm going to post a picture of Kristian with the blanket and then I need to finish making supper.

I hadn't woven in the ends before I took this picture, but there are pictures of it completely finished on the other link, plus a picture of the other side.

Spring!

It really is spring here!!!!!

I played ultimate frisbee yesterday and I scored three goals.

Then today I played a little basketball with Johnathan. I beat him 2-1! I was beating him 2-0, but then he scored. Snap!

I've spent the last-almost-three hours making supper: Chicken chili. I would change a few things to make it faster if I ever make it again. If I ever...

Busy, Busy

I didn't have time to record myself reading my paper today.

The boys' last basketball game was today and then there were award ceremonies afterwards. Stephen wasn't there because he is still at the economics conference.

They won two of their games, last Tuesday and Thursday. They did well today, but they lost by 20 points. Rats!

Because of the good season, Mom and Dad let Josiah pick out something special at Aldi's: Fudge Swirl ice cream. Plus, Josiah is making chocolate cheesecake. We are going to eat it for breakfast tomorrow, because it won't be done in time to eat it tonight.

After we got home from the game, I had to make supper. So that's why I didn't have any time to record myself.

Thursday Forgetfulness

I was going to post something yesterday which required some more effort than just sitting on the computer, but I forgot and so I'm going to post some of it today.

Here is my writing assignment from piano. I was supposed to write a story to go along with my recital piece: Rain...and the Rainbow.


                     Rain...and the Rainbow
                        by Rebekah E. White
           A walk in the forest. The birds whistling. The crunch of leaves underfoot. Sunlight pouring through the openings in the trees, while crickets chirp on fallen logs. Then out of nowhere, you feel a wetness on your cheek. Is it raining? Nothing. There again, you felt it. Are you imagining things? No. Some more sprinkles. And more. Now it is raining. The raindrops fall down your cheeks. The rain pounds harder. It starts to pour. You lift your head to the sky, welcoming the falling rain. Your face is soaked with the crashing raindrops.
    Suddenly, the sun breaks through the dark clouds. You come to an opening in the treetops. There in the sky is the most magnificent rainbow. You stare at it for a while, gazing at the glorious reds transitioning into soft purples. Then, admiring the beauty all around, you continue your stroll in the forest.

Maybe tomorrow I'll post a video of me reading it...dramatically.

They Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The boys won their basketball game: 35-33!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were all sooooo happy! I was trying to scream as loud as I could at the end!

I went to Dunkin' Donuts this morning and I got a coffee and a Lucky Mint donut. It wasn't as good as it sounds. It wasn't very minty at all.

After ripping out the peacock socks about five times, I figured it out, and now I can go on. Yippee!

Now I've got to do my school...

Basketball Again

Do you know how many blog posts I've called just 'basketball'? Yeah, that's why it's different this time.

This is Stephen's last basketball game, because he has a political forum on Thursday and an economics conference on Saturday. Josiah has two more games...I hope they win tonight!!!!!!!!!

I've been working on designing some socks inspired by peacocks the last few days as part of a designer's challenge on Ravelry. I have a month to do it.

If I go according to schedule, I'll finish the blanket by a week from today.

Monday's News

I didn't post on Saturday because I was too busy reading another murder mystery by Agatha Christie.

Plus, I was working on a shawl, which I finished yesterday. My camera wasn't charged, so I couldn't take a picture of it, but now it is, so I think I will. :)

Haven't done much except school today...

Friday

Because I didn't waste my whole day online, I was able to do two rows on the blanket during devotion time, and I am very close to being done with Anna's mittens!! Which means I can start my sweater (well, it's not exactly a sweater, you can see it in this post on my other blog).

Unfortunately, because of the weather, we are not able to go to my friend's audition for the Music Man. We will be praying for her to do her best...I've seen her practice it, and it's great!

Shucks!

I tried to use the strike-through in the title, but it didn't work. I was going to write 'Obligatory Blog Post Ahem...Thursday', but just like my real title says, shucks(!), it didn't work.

I haven't done much today, except sit around and do school...and I had piano lessons...and I practiced my recital piece after lessons...

Unfortunately, I haven't worked on the blanket yet today. According to the slave-driver in me my self-assigned schedule, I will finish it by a week from Tuesday. Yay!!!

OK, I admit it, I'm not having fun with the strike-through...