Saturday *Afternoon* Daybook

hosted by Miss Jo March@Scraps from my workbasket

Date...April 30, 2011

Starting time...1:11 PM

Mood...Pretty happy, kinda stressed (I still have to write an ENTIRE epic! for tuesday!)

Outside my window...It's sunny but not dreadfully hot...

I'm thinking...About the lacrosse game we're just about to leave for

I'm currently reading...Matter of Trust by...T. Elizabeth Renich was it? Look on my sidebar...(btw, these are really good books...)

I'm listening to...Mom talking, Bray getting changed by Dad...

I'm wearing...UVA shirt and brownish shorts

I'm looking forward to...Umm...Sunday?

I'm hoping...that I'll get done my Epic...

Yesterday, I...watched Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest...liked the first 1 better, but it was still good...

I'm hungry for...ANYTHING. I've only had 1 piece of toast today!!

The song stuck inside my head is...The song from the POTC 2 trailer...:P

I love...MOVIES!

I loathe...not being able to come up with a good story for my epic! Plus we have to read it allowed in class! AHHHH!

This week, my goal is...get done my epic, finish my history ready...

Did I meet last week's goal?...I started back to school pretty cheerfully...maybe...:P The debate was tons of fun! We lost, but created DIVISION in the other team! ;) And I felt pretty good about my ton paper...

Ending time...1:16 PM

Easter pictures!!

Easter was awesome. Why?

#1 reason: EASTER VIGIL. Mom and I agreed that it ranked up there with the very best Easter Vigils we've gone to. We took some pictures of ourselves right before we left for church (just us girls & Mom)...:

that was one of the few times we were serious...

...because when your Dad starts taking tons of pictures...

...you just end up...

...having to start POSING and MODELING. :P

What else to you expect from 4 crazy girls and their mamma?

So that was Saturday night. In the morning...(Gab was singing at church, we ate an Easter brunch, then went outside to search for our Easter bags (bug's was a basket)

I love his expression in this one. :P

None of the pictures of us right now were really good...so I'll just skip them.

Later we had the crowd from Pure Joy over for an Easter egg hunt!

Gab (she was home now) and I hid most of the eggs this year...and, I have to say, I think hiding them was much funner then finding them. :P

cute...right? :P

And now for a couple around the house or yard Eastery pictures...

HAPPY EASTER!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

It's Easter! Yes, it's 12:33 AM Easter morning, but YES it is EASTER!!!

The Easter story...always amazing:

An Empty Tomb...

...A Risen Lord...

It's something that I'll never forget.

REJOICE, FOR HE IS RISEN!

Hoping all of you have a joyful, happy, and blessed Easter!

Saturday *Afternoon* Daybook

hosted by Miss Jo March@Scraps From My Workbasket

Date...April 23, 2011

Starting time...1:44 PM

Mood...Excited! Happy...

Outside my window...It's...interesting. I don't know how to describe is. It's not bright, but it's not gloomy...it's in the middle. It's like it's waiting...waiting for Jesus to rise. ;)

I'm thinking...About Easter Vigil!

I'm currently reading...Nothing. I'm so excited. I finished He Leadeth Me! Not that it wasn't good...it's just, it's hard to read a book like that for too long. :P

I'm listening to...The oven (it makes a noise when it's on), family sounds, Bug whining, A and J working on coloring contest entries...

I'm wearing...VA Gators shirt, Jeans.

I'm looking forward to...are you kidding?!? TONIGHT! Easter Vigil...candles...the lights to come on...the Gloria...all of it. I CAN'T WAIT!

I'm hoping...that tomorrow will be sunny.

Yesterday, I...fasted, watched The Passion of the Christ with Mom and Gab. Wow...don't think I'll ever look at his suffering the same after that...

I'm hungry for...lemon squares. They're in the oven for tomorrow. I can't taste it till then. :(

The song stuck inside my head is...When Will My Life Begin from Tangled...it's a partially weird and partially cute song. :P But, I mean, if it keeps her happy while she works, then...

I love...Easter Vigil, dresses, lemon squares, EASTER!

I loathe...having to clean. But oh well, it has to be done.

This week, my goal is...to start back to school with a cheerful attitude, to do well and prepare well for the debate on Wednesday, and to feel good about turning in my Tone Paper.

Did I meet last week's goal?...well, I posted my Evans result...my iPod is fine, except that there's water in the screen. It really, really bothers me. We're still working on that...and so far I've remembered never to do that again. :P

Ending time...1:54 PM

Happy Birthday, Bug!!

It's Bug's birthday!!! And...it's Good Friday. Wonderful, right?

Anyway...poor little Bug is going to have a lot of his birthday postponed to Easter Sunday. He'll get his gifts today, but a cake and party (if he has one) will have to be saved since it's Good Friday.

But...this is for you, my little Bug-bug:

I love you! You're the cutest person I've ever seen...and I can say that honestly. I love getting to know you, learning your language, and watching you grow up (

which you're doing SO fast). It's hard to beli

eve you're turning 2...

Always remember that your big sis "Bee-bee" loves you...that's something that will never change.

AMAZING--You went from this...

...to this. ;)

You're my favorite brother--LOVE YOU!

(P. S. We're thinking maybe, now that he's 2, he deserves a real name...so watch out. One day one'll probably show up. Oh...and sorry if the pictures are way messed up. I schedule-posted this (we're doing a internet fast today), so I can't check them and fix them...)

And for Good Friday:

Have a blessed rest of your Holy Week!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

1. It's Holy Week. 2. It's Holy Thursday. 3. Easter is coming up on SUNDAY!

I know that a lot of people would put Christmas time as the best time of the year. Presents, Christmas trees, decorations, and snow...all very nice things. But I think that with Easter, it's easier to focus on the true meaning. Christmas has a ton of distractions...too many. I love Christmas too, but the best and most wonderful and most GLORIOUS time of the year is Easter.

So...I revised the words to the song! See how you like them. :P (BEWARE: some of them are really...uhh...weird. :D)

It's the most wonderful time of the year

With the kids all egg-hunting

And indigo buntings that all chirp and squeal

“It's the most wonderful time of the year!”

It's the hap-happiest season of all

With easterly greetings and gay happy meetings

When friends come to call

It's the hap- happiest season of all

There'll be parties for hosting

And sweet things for toasting

And faces all filled with a glow

There'll amazing stories

And tales of the glories of

Those Easters long, long ago

It's the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be flowers all springing

And hearts will be singing

Full of Easter cheer

It's the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be parties for hosting

And sweet things for toasting

And faces all filled with a glow

There'll amazing stories

And tales of the glories of

Those Easters long, long ago

It's the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be flowers all springing

And hearts will be singing

Full of Easter cheer

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Yes, It's the most wonderful time

Oh, It's the most wonderful time

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

So...

...my seating audition results are in...and I'm terribly disappointed in myself. I went from being 1st to coming in 3rd.

Oh well...it'll just have to do...

But thank you for the prayers!

Holy Week!

I didn't know if it was appropriate to say "happy Holy Week", so I didn't. Holy Week isn't necessarily..."happy"...so...uhh...yeah. ;)

Anyway, it's holy week! I changed my blog design. It's kind of...dreary, but I'll change it for Easter.

We're also off of school this week. It's our spring break...YAY! An ENTIRE WEEK off of school...how exciting!

So anyway...even though I don't know if I should say "happy Holy Week", I know I can say Happy Palm Sunday. So...

HAPPY PALM SUNDAY and HAVE A GREAT HOLY WEEK!

Saturday Morning Daybook

hosted by Miss Jo March @ scraps from my workbasket.

Date...April 16, 2011

Starting time...10:05

Mood...happy, excited...

Outside my window...it's a very dreary day. Rainy, cloudy, and not especially warm...

I'm thinking...about how to redo my blog for Holy Week...

I'm currently reading...He Leadeth Me (still!) and all my history reading

I'm listening to...Bug making monkey sounds, people in the kitchen, music that just came on...

I'm wearing...well...uhh...now I have sweat pants and a striped shirt on. I had something else on, but then decided that I should wash it...:P So, yeah.

I'm looking forward to...Tonight!

I'm hoping...that my audition results will come out soon! I'm sure they'll be out tomorrow night at Evans...but I'm DYING over here!

Yesterday, I...watched The Scarlet and the Black. It's about a priest at the time of WWII who hides Jews in the Vatican. It's very interesting. We've watched it before and decided to watch it again.

I'm hungry for...something sweet...

The song stuck inside my head is...Your Great Name by Natalie Grant...

I love...my friends!

I loathe...you guys won't believe what I just did. I just realized this. I just started laundry...and I had my iPod touch in my pocket...and I put my jeans in the washer...and so my iTouch was in the washer for about 5 minutes!!!! I just went looking for it and realized and found it in there...I can't believe I just did that. So now I have to let it dry out for a couple days. This is really awful...

This week, my goal is...1: to post about my Evans result. 2: to get my Touch to dry out. 3: to remember to never do that again...

Did I meet last week's goal?...well...don't know if I did my best, but...

Ending time...10:19. I had to stop to get my iPod out of the washer.

Life Defined

I'm joining Nana@By The Way in her Life Defined today!

Adorable is...an almost-two-year-old who mimics what you say except that it comes out 10x cuter

Preparation is...the 40 days of Lent...

Waiting is...the longing for Easter to finally be here

Wonder is...the feeling of wondering how Our Lord could bear the shame and pain that came with the cross...

Beautiful is...a spring evening. Sunlight (still!), leaves, flowers...

Pride is...knowing that I'm a daughter of The King of Kings...which makes me a PRINCESS. A real one. Imagine that!

Love is...what kept Jesus on the cross...

Rejoicing is...the the lights come on and the Gloria is sung at Easter Vigil...believe me, I am SO excited!

Pray?

PLEASE please please please pray that I'll do my best on my audition! It's coming up TONIGHT and I'm praying that I'll just do my very best. ;)

Saturday Morning Daybook

(hosted by Miss Jo March@Scraps from my workbasket)

Date...April 9, 2011

Starting time...11:10 AM

Mood...uhh....hmm....i can't quite tell. :P

Outside my window...It's not so nice looking. It's been dreary here the past few days...

I'm thinking...about the movie we watched last night

I'm currently reading...He Leadeth Me (still) and a whole bunch of history books

I'm listening to...SILENCE. Annette and Josie are at Gramma's for the weekend, and everyone's kinda scattered all over. :)

I'm wearing...Jeans, reddish/pinkish shirt, black tanktop...

I'm looking forward to...tonight! birthday party...

I'm hoping...that we can get the 2nd movie soon....

Yesterday, I...watched Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. I've never watched it before, so I was really impressed with the special effects...and want to watch the 2nd one soon...:D

I'm hungry for...Hmm...something sweet (that I can't have 'cause it's Lent) or...i don't know.

The song stuck inside my head is...

I love...good movies! (who doesn't?)

I loathe...having too much history reading. again, who doesn't? ;)

This week, my goal is...to do my VERY BEST in my seating audition. It's coming up on this monday! PRAY FOR ME!

Did I meet last week's goal?...well, I actually haven't had my viola lesson for this week yet...it had to be rescheduled for today...so I don't know yet...

Ending time...11:17 AM