Little Miss Simplicity

Awarded

2012-01-28T09:32:00.001-08:00

Wow,

It indeed has been a long time since I was awarded! Thank you Nessimava y Aa' menealle nauva calen ar' malta.

My fellow sister in Elvish needed an elvish phrase of thanks (well not necessarily of thanks, but I couldn't remember thankful phrases, so I just went with a blessing/farewell).

Rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award to 15 other bloggers.

Rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award to 10 other bloggers.

Rules:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 5 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award on to 5 other bloggers

So Seven things about myself!
1.I like writing, but I am pretty bad at it.
2.I really like art, but that isn't one of my forte's either.
3.My favorite instrument is a Cello, but I don't play Cello.
4.I give almost everything a name.
5. I can write in elvish and speak a little in elvish without looking it up.
6. I have counted down the hobbit movie since November 2010.. Such.. a ... nerd...
7. I finally watched Downton Abbey, and I enjoyed it immensely!

I Award:
Anyone who wants it, If you don't already have these awards I encourage you to take them, this is an easy way to get out of *actually* posting when you have writer's block..

Unfortunately for me all I have been doing is writing my book.. Their is no time for blogging!

The room adventures

2012-01-27T12:20:00.000-08:00

This is my room,
I am currently in that wooden swivel chair typing on that small black notebook laptop, staring at the screen with my panther picture from Discovery magazine over my white painted desk that seems to hold things that aren't really that neccesary.

That is my great grandmother's bed, on the right is the mirror that matches it. and nex to my bed is 2 books, a cable, and a completed theory test.

This is the *random* area that holds things of relative importance, but not of neccesity. Except for maybe the guitar.
The guitars name is Bernard, because he is huge. Behing Bernard is a picture of me when I was 5, and behind that is a hairbrush/comb/mirror set that also belonged to my great great grandma..

This is my dog, his name is Finnagan. He is an idiot but I love him. Finn is a Papillion (or toy spaniel) and acts more like a cat then a dog. He smells really bad all the time...

And in case you were wondering, this is the view from my desk.

Welcome to my rather messy closet, and the blue dress is the most used in there. Their are a ton of instruments all over my room. Next to my hoodie is my violin (his name is Filipe..) and the Mandablaster is next to bernard. Two electric violins take refuge in my closet, hidden nicely underneath my skirts.

And this next picture is my latest try at realistic art.. It is a lion and I like it, but I could have done something different with the background.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed looking into my room. You can tell the person by the room usually. Or at least some of the person.

:D

In Christ
Milisande

Melting my brain

2012-01-21T22:48:00.000-08:00

Sometimes when I am really tired, I like to watch a movie where I dont have to think of anything. It's an indulgence that I am not proud of, but I do end up sitting in front of a screen and watching 1 to 2 hours of fluff when needed.

But the problem is that I can't seem to cope with what is being put on the screen anymore. The immorality in all of the shows is incredibly shocking. I watched a terrible movie today and I am not proud of it. Who comes up with this pointless stuff? Where their is a swear every two seconds, and a sexual joke within every scene. And if it's not a sexual joke, its a scene. I hate modern movies.

So to balance my horrible taste in bad movies, I got my mom to choose one for me tonight. and SCORE! We have a winner!
The Help:

Not only does this movie have 1 of my favorite actresses in it, but it is a wholesome family movie. With a real plot, a real story, and real history. It's not about some stupid hick who traveled to the country and then was a jerk for a while until she fell in love with some bloke. It's about real life situations, things that you could actually see happening.
Not to mention that the acting was absolutely wonderful. I love when you are so into the story you can't tell they are acting.

And I laughed so hard in this movie, I thought I was going to start crying!

Oh and the costumes are amazing, maybe I will take out my sewing maching tommorrow.

In Christ

Irant: Co-ed missionary work

2012-01-18T12:03:00.000-08:00

Good morning,
for those who don't remember my last iRants, I now am introducing you to the wonderful world of my brain! Every once in a while I will post a very opinionated work about how much I dislike this, or how this is bad for society.

And then you read it and gasp at all the spelling mistakes, because Rants are raw, unedited pieces of opinion. So hold your breath for a garbage-load of bad spelling.

First off, I was way to lazy (and busy) to make a new iRant episode button, so for this, I do truthfully apologise!

This iRant's episode; The Co-ed missionaries.

You know, the ones on the same team, who live in the same house, who spend every waking moment with each other doing youth missionary work?

This topic recently came up because one of my acquaintances left missionary work to date one of the people on his team. Dating is obviously not allowed on the team, but the thing that made me mad was that they only had 5 months left before going home! They could have totally done it! And what makes me more enraged is that the temptation was there in the first place. When you go on missionary work YOU GO TO PREACH, teach, work, heal, and it's all for Jesus!

How could the founders not get it into their heads that women and men are attracted to each other? Do they think that the guys could deal with the temptation? And the girls! Seriously, do you think that they wouldn't get attracted and silently fight over the one cute guy on their team. And then there is this whole thing about guys who are "out of bounds" are more attractive (which I don't understand at all). Really? You are there to serve Jesus, you are an example to the young people you are preaching to!

Most of all, these people are better then this, and I pray that this mission isn't going to turn into a "Find-A-Husband" thing. I have seen mission's, camp's, and college's turn into a bunch of things that they were not intended for.

And to ease the mood, for the end of this very short iRant I give you, my new favorite homeschooling youtuber (excluding Julian smith of course)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJHt-m3VX6o&feature=g-u&context=G2ed87ccFUAAAAAAANAA

My teenager playlist

2012-01-15T14:04:00.000-08:00

I know, the title of my blog may be a tad *proper* to be posting about these sorts of things, but I really don't care at the moment. And in fact, I like to post everything about myself (well mostly everything) and that ranges. It all depends on my mood, the day, the weather even!
So happy Sunday!

Today I went to church, asked the priest why the Confitior was omitted during mass, (I am so afraid that i am going to turn into the annoying ladies in mass who question the priests, thankfully he was perfectly happy to answer my question) ate like 3 more cake pops, and listened to music.

And I thought I would share with you the top 10 songs I listen to EVERY DAY. These of course vary, but I wear out songs and then move on, like clothes hahaha. But you should be warned, most of these songs are pretty random/nerdy.

1. Louder Than Words- Heyhihello; not only do I love this song, I really like the band... most especially Jakub Andrew.. :)

2. Down in the Valley- The Head and The Heart; this song is very Mumford and Sons, really well done vocals, and definitely some great contemplative music.

3. Blink- Chameleon Circuit; I like the aucoustic version of this (done by Charlie McDonnel). And yes, this song is based off of Doctor Who.

4. Forever Yours- Alex Day; though I dont agree with many of Alex Day's morals, I have to admit that he is an excellent artist.

5. Something on My Mind- Hawk Nelson; this is excellent juggling music.

6. Freak the Freak out- Victoria Justice and Victorious Cast; just a random song haha!

7. Lady Come Down- The Importance of Being Earnest Sountrack; I just get this song in my head.. all the time!

8. You and I- Ingrid Michealson; I just started recently listening to her, it's not really my favorite Genre of music, but Miss Michealson is definitely an awesome songwriter!

9. Fallin for you- Black Keys; I first listened to this from my brother, and I now listen to it all the time.

10. 600 pillows 2 guys, backwards pillow song- Rhett and Link: just funny music haha!

I hope you listen to some of these songs! If you are more into Owl City, I really know you will love Heyhihello, and if you like Mumford and Sons, you will like Head and the Heart.

In Christ
Milisande

My Cake pops..

2012-01-08T20:45:00.000-08:00

Dearest Bloggers,
I come to you in order to inform you of the greatest misfortune of my Christmas Season..
That's right,
Cake Pops....
Or more correctly known as; my involuntary cake Poop.

Okay.. I tried making gluten free cake pops for my mom, and I had a meltdown. I think melting the chocolate was hard, and not using *cake* in my cake Pooh's was an bad choice on my part. I had to use every blender in the house in order to crumble the cake/brownie and then used a food processor to put in the frosting... Lets just say that my experiment at making something my mom could actually eat... Well it was rather messy.

Hey it wasn't even like they looked bad.. They actually looked pretty delicious..

I think it was the fact that they were brown, falling off their lollipop sticks, and also dripping of the heavy chocolate that adorned them with the name of Cake Poops...

Note to self:
1. never EVER use brownie mixture again in Cake Pops.
2. Bakerella lies about how easy it is,
3. next time eat them all... Don't share, hide them in your room and watch Doctor Who...

In Christ

New Years Resolutions,

2012-01-02T21:52:00.000-08:00

Happy new year and 2 days!

I know that was belated but it was better late then never eh?

SO these ARE MY Resolutions, wishes, and hopes!

Resolutions! I take these each year from the Catholic young woman, I find that one is enough to concentrate on!

Dependability. To fulfill all my duties promptly and cheerfully. To be someone others can trust. To never gossip, share things that were said in confidence, or talk behind another's back. To think of the Blessed Virgin's Fiat and her faithful service to God throughout her life.

And this:
To spend less time on Youtube.. Most especially watching Julian Smith Videos over and over again....

Wishes:
To be an example of my faith,
To be more easygoing and reliable

Hopes:
To be able to travel to another country again :) That would be really sweet!

In Christ

A List of Excuses

2011-12-30T08:47:00.001-08:00

I know I did not complete my challenge. But I have excuses! You might consider them childish or not good enough, but even though I am dissapointed in myself i still think that my reasons are valid.

Christmas Is a time for being with my family, my brother will only be here for another 2 days! I will miss him dearly and I think that it would be rude on my part to be on the internet so much.
I spent one entire day solving a Rubik's cube... I know this excuse cancels out my previous excuse because I basically hid myself in my room until I solved it.. So 6 hours working aimlessly for something I couldn't repeat. Solving the cube was a fluke.. Because I can only sone 2/3 of it now.. Barely,I read the entire Hunger Games Trilogy. But I guess it only took me 4 days.
I could have done it in three but I wasn't that dedicated, and besides it took me a long time to absorb some of the elements in the book, I remember the least things from book 2.

Yes I only have 4 excuses... :(

Regency Ramblings

2011-12-16T08:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jane Austen!

In Celebration of Austen week I gathered a flock of girls to dress up in regency finery and drink tea, here are a few pictures:

The Hair process took a long time, most especially with Gwen's dark mass of hair that requested to be curled.

This is my birthday card to dear Jane Austen in celebration of her birthday.

Dearest Miss Austen,

I thank you for writing these wonderful novels. I have spent my teenage years on your stories, daydreaming of Colonel Brandon, and lapping up every word from Emma. I have spent a whole semester studying your work in classes with other Jane Austen fans.

The best part about reading your books is the community you end up falling into. The other fans who adore you, they make wonderful company.

I thank you for inspiring me to dream a little more, and to aspire to things greater than myself.

In Christ
Milisande

Post has been delayed

2011-12-14T21:58:00.000-08:00

My post will be delayed for today because the internet will not let me upload my images!

Day 17 Regency Reflection

2011-12-13T17:54:00.001-08:00

Yes, that is a picture of me :)
I think I was reading John Keats
There is something about reading outside that is very calming, when I was 10 I would wake up for the sunrise every once in a while and sit in the hammock reading. It was a very beautiful calming experience.

"A Person who can write a long letter, can write no ill"
-Jane Austen

Austen has influenced me growing up. Miss. Austen has taught me many things, mostly how to write a proper book. But also how to be a proper lady.

I hope that you are all having a wonderful Austen week :)

Here are the Jane Austen questions!

1 - What was the first JA novel you ever read, and who introduced you to it?
Sense and Sensibility, my sister was already an avid Jane Austen fan. To this day Sense and Sensibility is my favorite Jane Austen novel.

2 - Which is your least favorite JA novel, and why? (Everybody posts about their favorites... I want to know what's at the bottom of your list!)
Mansfield Park
Edmund annoyed me, and I have to say I suffered through this book. Though I appreciated Fanny's character, I did not like her.

3 - Who do you think is the funniest character JA ever created?

I am highly amused by Mr. Collins

4 - Which JA villain[ess] do you love to hate?
I have actually never thought of that... Probably Catherine de Bourgh

5 - What's your favorite JA quote?
"A Person who can write a long letter, can write no ill"

6 - If you were to "start" someone on JA, which book would you recommend to them first and why?
Pride and Prejudice or Emma, because they are easiest and probably the most well known novels.

7 - What is your absolute favorite JA film adaptation and why?
Emma 2009
The storytelling was amazing and I loved the costumes. They got Emma spot on, in fact all of the actors/actresses they chose were very good!

8 - If you could authorize a new film adaptation of one of JA's novels, which would it be and why?
Sense and sensibility,
Because everyone has a different interpretation of the novel. In fact everyone has a different interpretation of every book!

9 - Which JA character do you most identify with?
Elinor Dashwood,
Other than me being overly dramatic like Marriane, I look up to Elinor and I relate to her as well.
But I would marry Colonel Brandon before Mr. Ferrars.

10 - If you could have lunch with JA today, what question would you most like to ask her?
Did you die of poisoning? Because thats a new rumour....

11 - Is there any one thing that you think could have been improved upon in one (or all) of JA's books? What is it and why?
Edmund not being Fanny's cousin would have sat better with me, but I really think that because of the time period and the greatness of the character development their is nothing i would want of her to change.

12 - If you could have lunch with one of JA's characters today, who would it be and why?
Colonel Brandon,
So I could stare at him....

In Christ

BEA day 16 My life in Ruins

2011-12-12T04:25:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jane Austen!

Happy Feast day of our Lady of Guadalupe!

I watched My life in Ruins Yesterday.

Basically, a travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece. She really is uptight and annoying in the movie but the rest of the cast was lots of fun. Just knowing that her husband was the apartement owner was hilarious (her husband in real life lol).

And the name Poupi Kakas really cracks me up...

Anyways
Goodnight!

BEA day 15 Gaudete Sunday

2011-12-11T20:14:00.000-08:00

I got to hold my niece for the first time!

What a wonderful feeling to hold someone so precious and so small in your hands. She is perfect, adorable and has a cute little baby smile. I love her precious face.

I feel so blessed with the gift of becoming an aunt. Most especially because my sister and her husband live in our enormous house so I will get to see her everyday!

Church was very good,
I have the attention span of syrup on a waffle... so I fill some squares of information very quickly and then I move onto the other one... So when I finished I am spread all over....

Anyways I have to go to bed,
Real post tommorrow haha

In Christ

BEA day 14 Muppets

2011-12-10T21:59:00.000-08:00

Happy feast day of our lady of Loreto.

Today was a very simple day,

It started with a load of cleaning, I unpacked ALL the books downstairs and filled the entire bookshelf. I also cleaned the entire downstairs excluding the bathroom because my sisters rabbit was in there....

So she gets to clean that.

And then the boys were being so crazy that we decided to go to the new Muppet's movie! It was absolutely fantastic! I love the Muppet's, and I always will.

I grew up on Kermit the frog and animal.
"MORE DRUMS!"

The addition of Walter and his family was quite good, I especially liked the two new songs: Me Party, and Muppet or Man?

Of course there were the unforgettable classics like Rainbow Connection as well.

I want to hear your thoughts. Who was your favorite Muppet growing up?

In Christ

BEA day 13 Recollection

2011-12-09T22:34:00.000-08:00

This blog post comes to you with only 25 minutes in which I have to write to you because I procrastinated this until the very last second!
I mean minutes...

I went to a recollection meeting today with a group of young women, I think there you are encouraged to be yourself a bit more. Obviously I was super insecure about this and then I believe to mask my insecurity I just played violin until I found that it may be rude to do it anymore..
Wait..
Isn't my blog name called "Little Miss Simplicity?"

Well.. I must be a walking contradiction.. I mean a typing contradiction.

Putting aside certain insecurities the actual message behind the meditation was in fact very good. It was about inner peace, and how we must look at Mary and her example.
Forgiveness, how we must essentially forgive and forget. So as not to allow our imagination/memory pinpoint bad instances from ages ago.

Our memory actually makes it harder for us to forget things, my elder sister went through a phase of bullying me when she was in her early teens. Though they were only words, they still hurt. And it has been an incredibly hard task for me to forgive her because I remember how I felt when she hurt me, therefore I am almost always in a default defensive mode.
Which is childish

For if I am not willing to forgive, how will I ask forgiveness?

In Christ

p.s WOO! 18 minutes to spare! I type fast!

BEA day 12 No parents in the house

2011-12-08T16:16:00.000-08:00

Do you know what actually makes me sad?

When my parent's aren't at home.

Unlike the typical teenager I actually hate it when they leave me all alone. It's actually funny, when I am alone I am actually expected to do more, so that means I clean more, write more, do more school, and just do more.

When my parents are home I get to laze about a little more, which is weird because you would think that when they are home the constant nagging of your parents would drive you to work. But with me it's the reverse, when they aren't home I want them to be impressed with my work, I want the satisfaction of seeing their faces when they come into a house that has been cleaned for them.

Let's face it, when the house is not clean my mother does not function well. She gets anal, naggy, bossy, and really sometimes I just want to sit her in a room and give her a slab of beef to chew on. But when the house is clean she smiles, makes tea, sits down, has a deep breath, and I get to sit down and finally do some school.

Today I didn't even get dressed, I have done barely any school, I have a cold, and I had to take care of two very busy boys. When my mom came home it was not a happy moment. I basically said "Hi mom, I hope your day was great, mine was hell and now I have to do school!" then I went straight to the piano and practiced until it became quite clear that my headache is not gone so now I am trying to do theory whilst fretting over how stupid I will become if I do not accomplish some math this week.

And yes, I know that naggy isn't a word...

In Christ

BEA day 11 Veritas

2011-12-07T18:18:00.000-08:00

Ten true things about myself.

1: I have an unhealthy obsession with history and accents. I spent at least 2 hours looking at the way people's lips move when they pronounce their words today.

2: I am very defensive. Almost hostile towards people's opinions when they are combating against my own. I take debating seriously, but at least I know how to debate properly.

3: I miss being on the farm. If I ever get married I want to live on a small piece of land where I can have a garden and some milk goats. And all my children will have little British accents...

4: I have an unhealthy addiction to chocolate milk.

5: I like a good pair of jeans just as much as I like a swishy skirt.

6: I over think

7: I like to compare people, their looks, their accents, the way they walk even. It is another random obsession of mine.

8: I think it would be really cool to have an accent other than Canadian.

9: I want to visit Australia and Ireland

10: I love God and that will never change.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
Lucille Ball

BEA day 10 Inspiration (i'm writing a book)

2011-12-06T15:45:00.000-08:00

I am writing a book,

And when I am not writing I am trying to figure out what to do with my writing .. so I look at things like this:

And this:

But mostly this:

And then I don't write for another 2 weeks because I have absolutely no idea how to continue so I go to my wardrobe and dress up. And then I day dream.
But then I realise that I have absolutely no time for daydreaming and then I do some school...

Then I realise that I haven't actually written anything in 2 weeks.
I need a little inspiration for a story, and here is my "basic" starting thing... (their isn't a better word for it at this point) that hopefully is not going to give to much away.

Who is he? to have such powers as to feed a whole village with one touch, and light an entire town with one step? What is he? Why is he here? Looking so lowly in his worn leather boots and torn woollen tunic. His eyes sad, lonely, with no one to turn to but himself. He walked through my village silently, I cannot tell why he did this. He seemed to be looking for something, someone. What it was I did not know, but I was going to find out...

So yeah.. That is about it for now.. A paragraph of little ramblings to help me with my story.. I am going to be lame and not edit that, I just made it up on the spot... This is sort of a boy who has the potential to become great but it is really controversial, and I hope to put in a couple good twists to my storyline. This part above isn't even in the story, but I hope in interested you. If you have anything that would give me inspiration, or that gives you inspiration. I would be so pleased to view it.

In Christ

Little Miss simplicity is back

2011-12-05T13:06:00.001-08:00

Little Miss Simplicity is back.. Because I think that Nothing of Importance though a good title for a blog is also over used. many popular blogs are marked as such, and I like being original? Obviously Little Miss simplicity isn't all original, but the title has not come out of my head for a very long time, and I think it would be good to switch..
What to you think?

In Christ
Milisande

BEA day 9 Legends, shows, stuff, and question

2011-12-05T12:03:00.001-08:00

I have finished nine episodes of the fourth season of Merlin. It is excellent, this show is so much fun to watch.

I tried watching Camelot, and after 2 episodes I really don't like it. For one.. Merlin is bald, but really I like the more innocent aspects of Arthurian legend, and in Camelot their is too much sexuality to allow me to enjoy the film as it is.

The thing is, I actually don't know very much about Arthurian legends. I know the basic story about Guinevere, Lancelot, and Arthur. I actually never really heard of the magical aspect of it like Merlin and Morgana. Though I knew there was something else.

So BBC has kick started my love of history to research further into Arthurian legends. They have inspired so many people, I really like the story (or from what I know of the story anyways). But I should probably do my schoolwork before I spend too much time researching.

And as for my question,
I was hoping to get some feedback on the thought of hosting a giveaway. I am getting fairly decent at drawing and I was hoping that maybe I could draw a winner something. Anyways tell me what you think and in the next couple of days we will see.

In Christ

BEA day 8 Bookshelf wonders

2011-12-04T12:54:00.000-08:00

Happy second week of Advent!

Today I am going to take you on a book ride.. To my bookshelf..

Obviously it would take way to long to go through my whole bookshelf, but I will give you a glimpse of reading material that I read continually! And before you get your nerd hat on and declare that a true elvish fan would have Tolkien in there bookshelf, I don't actually own the series (excluding the first book) and they haven't been unpacked yet..
Yes I know, the horror...
Okay without further delay lets get down to business in no particular order, choice contents of my bookshelf.

Number 1: Eragon Series

Obviously I only have Eragon, but I thought it best to just put them all up here (excluding Inheritance which i have not read yet) for the sake of saying that these books are really well done, though sometimes could be mistaken for a copy of Tolkien.
Don't watch the movie..

Number 2

Now I have the entire collection of James Herriot and I absolutely love his works. All creatures great and small has me reading late and laughing loud. He is just the best writer/biographer in the world and I love the way he explains his stories. If you have ever lived on a farm with animals you will understand all of this.

Number 3
Classics

Jane Austen's Emma and Sense and Sensibility. Mr Midshipman Easy and The Odyssey.
These books are just classic and will never go out of history.. Unlike Twilight :)

Number4
Regina Doman Series

Listed in series:
Shadow of the Bear: Absolutely excellent, Regina Doman is an excellent authoress and can retell a story like no other. She gives it a very modern twist, though it can be a little dark at times her message is very pro-life, pro-christian, and pro-virtue.

Black as Night: I found this book not as good, Blanche was never my favorite and I found her to be Snow White a little dull, though this book is a good stepping stone to Waking Rose, Blanche was boring..

Waking Rose: THIS BOOK ROCKED! This was the favorite because I really like the plot and the edge in all of the characters, we don't get to hear from Blanche as much and Alex the awesome and his friends are just the guys I would marry.

Midnight Dancers: (not part of the SOTB series) I did not enjoy this one as much just because the females in this story were really naive, though it sent a good message, one of the scenes was a little gruesome. This book I recommend for 14+ just because of one chapter that was a little dark.

Alex and the 40 Cybertheives: This book was really cool! It started off a little slow but it was all good, I really like Alex O'Donnell and his girlfriend was a good lead heroine. The plot is also very good.

Number 5:
Good Old C.S. Lewis

Mere Christianity, The Screwtape letters and the Chronicles of Narnia. Excellent works of literature and so enjoyable!

Number 6
Last but not least my favorite stories growing up;
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

The way he imagines things are exquisite and I absolutely loved growing up with this book. I have so many memories attached to these stories. If you ever need to learn how the elephant got his nose or how the camel got his hump... Read some Rudyard!
And just as a side note his poetry is excellent as well.

This concludes a peek inside of my reading, though I have so many other books of note I think this covers the basis (though I would add Tolkien and J.K Rowling at some point) of my imaginative mind.

Until tomorrow I remain
In Christ

BEA day 7 Welcome to the world

2011-12-03T09:46:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the world Poodieshoe.

Hey sorry for only posting a sentence yesterday, I pulled an all nighter then I got the flu.. So when I got home I Stayed in the bathroom for 2 hours and slept for 14 hours straight.

I am an aunt to a beautiful 4lbs baby girl. She was born after 1 hour of labor at 2:36 am on the bathroom floor accidentaly.

The hospital we transferred to separated mom and baby and seemed to be punishing them for having a home birth, accidental or not.

The took baby to another hospital because she was a preemie, but they would not discharge or transfer my sister. The nurse who took over for a day shift even said that they were stalling and was super pissed off at other staff for not allowing my sister to be discharged.

But basically I came home went to course and then threw up..
And now I have a large headache,

yay...

I AM AN AUNT!

2011-12-02T08:03:00.001-08:00

To busy to talk at the moment.. Will post later!!!!!

BEA day 5 Thoughts on becoming

2011-12-01T19:58:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to my father who is now the age of 51! I love you dad!

My poor little brother is has been sick since yesterday evening. My youngest brother was sick as well, but he is a chunk of meat and handled that in 2 hours.
The poor wee brother I have has always been long and lean, and unfortunately that makes it harder for him to cope with the flu.

I went sledding with Gwenea today.

Lately I have been thinking about what I really personally want to do with my life. I have always been incredibly confused with my character. I care to much for others, yet I am not afraid to speak out. I must have the last word, but then I have a breakdown and cry because I have hurt someones feelings.

I really am afraid that if I am spontaneous or step out of line that I will be judged to cruelly to make a comeback. I have a very very strange personality.

Oh my gosh this isn't even a real blog post...
Better tomorrow..
That is a promise..

BEA day 4 mixture of random

2011-11-30T05:07:00.000-08:00

Happy 176th Birthday Mark Twain! :)

I woke up an hour early this morning, so I am pretty tired. Yesterday I really did not have anything to report other than my sister's camera is really frustrating me.

I took some really good pictures and I wanted to put them on here but alas her internal memory has hid them from me and won't let me access them without the cord.. and I have yet to get the cord of the camera.

Today we start the novena to St. Andrew,
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.

My sister is growing like a balloon with the little baby inside of her. They would like to induce my sister before Dec 12th, my sister is due on the 20th. It is because they believe the baby is not recieving enough nutrition in the womb.

My brother in Ireland will be coming home! I am so excited to see him after a 5 month wait! My little brother is especially excited, telling me that he is keeping the bed warm for him (little boys are so cute).

I am currently reading Screwtape Letters by C.S.Lewis, and will be shortly moving into the Hunger Games series. I have heard very good reviews on it. Apparently the writing is really excellent.

I almost got trapped into yet another ani-twilight debate with a friend. I am so tired of debating that topic. I basically told her that no I will not get into this. I am here to say that I find the books damaging and that is all.

I do not know what to buy/make people for Christmass. This year has been so confusing already!

For school I have to read about the Jesuit Missionaries who first came to Canada and were slaughtered by the Indians. I thought poetry was suppossed to be romantic? Apparently not.

Umm and now I have to do school...
bloggerr outtttt

In Christ!

BEA day 3 Chalking Tutorial.

2011-11-29T08:28:00.000-08:00

Good morning! My camera is dead :)
So now without further procrastination I give you the really low pixel shots of the chalked hair I did on Gwenea, Galadheil, and Myself.

Gwenea
(Curling Iron)

Galadheil
(flat Iron)

Myself.
(Crimper)

Alright here is how to accomplish this.
Supplies:
Cheap oil pastels in bright colours.
Towel,
Comb
Curling Iron, Flat Iron, or Crimper.
And a lot of patience

Step one:
Wet the piece of hair before applying oil pastel then twist it and start to colour it in. I found that twisting it really helped get more colour in. Dont brush after putting colour it because it can damage your hair.
Step two:
Then you can either wait a while or use your iron on it right away. The iron secures the colour, make sure you wipe it off with a towel after though! It gets pretty stained.
Comments:
Do it with clean hair, the colour only lasts a couple of days and the texture can be annoying. I would not do this all the time because of how sensitive I am to my hair texture but it was fun enough for me to do it twice.

Brushing your hair will become a hassle,
The flat iron gave a very dim tone to all of the colours, the curling iron gave a medium tone, the crimper spread the colour out evenly and waas preffered.
But the crimping it made my hair huge!

Well I hope you try this and if you did I would be really interested to see how it wen't for you!

In Christ

BEA day 2 Really dumb Google questions

2011-11-28T10:42:00.000-08:00

Good morning,
Happy 2nd day of Blogging Everyday in Advent.

Today I am going to answer the how do you questions most frequently asked in google to the best of my ability through the alphabet.

1. How do you add fractions.
Adding fractions is relatively simple, basically like normal adding and subtracting except you have this thing called a denominator.
example 4/10 + 4/10= 8/10
If the denominator is different then you convert it into an equivalent fraction. and at the moment I don't want to explain that.

2. How do you back up your iPhone
I don't have an iPhone but I am pretty sure that you should back it up by having all of your apps etc on your Itunes account. Save your important things on your computer. Being a nerd pays off.

3. How do you change your name on Face book.
Just go into your account, then into your profile and there will be a little thing that has your name, and there is a change button on the right of it I believe.

4. How do you do?
How do you do? I have no idea who you are but I think it is funny that this is the topped searched.

5. How do you eat in minecraft?
Something about the Use Item button and then it get transferred to your hand, I really can't answer this question cause the only time I play minecraft I died in a hole and that was about it.

6. How do you fly in minecraft?
I don't know

7. How do you get rid of fruit flies?
Don't eat fruit

8. How do you hack?
Well I am the worst person to answer this question because hacking is not one of my forte's or something I ever do. But it would be useful if I could hack into one of our laptops and reset it's password so we wouldn't have it not responding... And no, future shop did not help us.

(I don't like the I question so I am moving on to J)

9. Jailbreak your Ipod Touch
Install that hacking thing, Note: Jail breaking is legal but it will void your Apple warranty.

10. How do you know?
I don't know

11. How do you like me now?
I am finding these questions to be considerably annoying. So I don't like you now.

(I don't want to answer question M)

12. How do you name molecular compounds?
It's called memorization,

13. How do you open a coconut?
Hammer and Nail, its not perfect but it works.

14. How do you pronounce?
Practice

15. How do you quote a quote?
Really?
example:
"I think that the top how do questions on Google are really dumb" -Milisande Grimm (blogger, pessimist)

16. How do you right click on a Mac?
You can't do it like you do on a PC.
yeah.. that was a bad answer.

17. How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

18. How do you take a screenshot?
You install a program and then run it and then take a screen shot. But only if you are using a PC.

19. How do you unlock an Iphone?
Slide to unlock.. really easy stuff :)

20. How do you Video chat on facebook?
Facebook chat is really annoying so I don't recommend this, but basically just click video chat and then download the software.

(cannot answer W.. its weird..)

21. How do you xray a photo?
With the x-ray effect!

22. How do you know you are in love?
Really? You're asking Google this?

23. How do you zip a file?
The ZIP file format is a data compression and archive format. A ZIP file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size.
Fix: Right click "unlock"

Okay, so I know you can ask all these questions on google and get some real answers but I think that it was interesting to see how nerdy I really am.

Talk to you tomorrow!

In Christ

First Week of Advent Day 1 BEA (Blog Everyday in Advent)

2011-11-27T17:12:00.000-08:00

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Today is the first day of advent when we light the first candle at dinner and sing our first round of "O Come O Come Emmanuel"

Its also when I begin to give up useless things like Puzzle Pirates and an over excess of YouTube. And take up certain things, one being a BEA meaning I will blog everyday in advent until Christ mass. Maybe I should call it Blog mass.. I am not sure.

But I will be posting my Chalking and a some of my cool projects and some other things.

But for now I leave you with the top 5 of my Christmas excitements.
wow.. Zombie grammar..

Number 1:
Its getting super close to me becoming an aunt for the first time. Really close, so close in fact that they have a name for the baby. But I think I will still be calling her Poodieshoe because of my baby brother (he nicknamed her).

Number 2:
My Brother will be coming home from his missions in Ireland!!!

Number 3:
I get to stuff my face (that one is just typical.. I know)

I am going to be making gluten free cake pops this Christmas for my mother and sister. I am really excited to eat a ton of food :)

Number 4:
Christmas Vigil
or really really amazing mass,

Number 5:
Eat-

"You already mentioned that"

"How do you know I mentioned that?"

"Number three... Codfish"

"What did you say blue text? Say it to my face! Do it! >:( "

"Carry on..."

Alright, as I was saying.. Oh wait I forgot.. Is that food I smell??

In Christ

Hair Chalking

2011-11-23T19:40:00.000-08:00

Today I tried Hair Chalking! And it worked surprisingly well. I have a blue streak, a pink streak, and some little under highlights of red at the bottom of my hair.
It was tons of fun!

Alright!

2011-11-17T22:22:00.000-08:00

Thanks everyone for your prayers! The doctors have decided to wait a little longer to allow my sisters baby to grow. The trouble is that they believe the baby is not recieving enough nutrition. My sisters vitals are fine, it's just that the baby looks like she has a large head?

Thanks again for the prayers!

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

2011-11-17T14:14:00.000-08:00

pray for my sister and her baby. Getting induced,
I will keep you posted!

My Dearest Mr. Tilney

2011-11-16T21:42:00.000-08:00

My dearest Mr. Tilney,

Why must you be so innoccently handsome?
Your smile has made me swoon over images of you today. It has prevented me from thinking about anything other than your face, and I really wish I will get a husband like you.

Of course as your nature tells us, if you had found me out for swooning over images of a wonderfully handsome young man you would tease me of my novel addictions. Or chide me for being a very un-virtuos woman.

And rightly so,
But seriously, get out of my head. Because this is getting more ridiculously stereotypical teenager then I would hope for.
But at least I am swooning over you, and not Edward Cullen.

I have created the worst lines for you that I think I have ever created, but here off the top of my head.

My dear Henry,
When I saw your face,
I saw an innocence,
In characters place.
Though I think it is silly,
I wish you were mine.
You are dashingly handsome,
and oh so fine.
And I am sorry but any man who understands muslim will be snatched up immediately by me.

Hurry up and find me!

.. Perhaps after all it is possible to read to many novels- Henry Tilney

In Christ

This post is not about Gwenea

2011-11-14T18:40:00.001-08:00

This post is not about you,
so you dont have to care,
from your disney rose cheeks,
to your raven black hair.
I know what you are going through,
and I hope you know that I care.
Whatever happens to you,
I will be there.
This post is not about you,
or how much you are admired.
How I make everything a competition,
I bet it will go on until I am retired.
I really cant write poetry at this hour,
But I just wanted you to know,
That even though my rhyming is off,
and my meter is pretty bad.
It doesn't make me happy,
to see you so sad.
So I guess I lied,
this post is about you.

So I was going to make this a post about me and then I realised that it would be totally selfish to post about myself cause you already can see my brilliance through this awesome poem made on the spot with no editing.

I win

"snort"

That snort was the sound of my laughing,.... apparently I sound like a pig online.. :)

Conclusions, struggles, terrors, and peace

2011-11-07T07:06:00.000-08:00

My dearest friend Gwenea needs your prayers, I have been witness to some of her pain throughout the last couple of months. But I know that there is always more pain around the corner, and the only thing to help is to pray.

But why should we pray? In Gwenea's wonderful guest post on Elizabeth Rose's blog it really came clear to me that God doesn't always answer us directly or in the way we want, but he answers us in the way we need. And I have seen this time and time again. But it never hurts to get these little refreshers.

When I look upon my own struggles and fears I feel guilty about it, because mine are so little compared to others. Why do I complain? Why do I despair when so many other have worse things to cry themselves to sleep over? And then why are these people so brave in the face of their own struggles? Why do I see so many people who suffer and bare it better than anyone?

For me, my struggles are intertwined with God. I take many things to seriously, and I have a very dark perspective of life already. When something does not go right, or I endure embarrassment, I look to God and think "because of my sins I must endure this, this is punishment." I love God, and rather then blaming him, I know find that I blame myself. I doubt God's mercy over everyone else. I forget that I have been forgiven, that God will always love me.

Before I did used to blame God, many things that were hard for me have happened. Other people's suffering causes me to suffer. Because I empathise to the enth degree. And I do this subconsciously. I do not realise until I am wading deep into it, that I have indeed taken on someone Else's emotional pain. And it never helps anyone to do this.

But coming to terms with this has given me peace. I am sure God will throw me more struggles, but only as much as he believes I can handle.

In Christ

The hot chocolate fiasco

2011-11-05T22:00:00.000-07:00

Good Evening its Saturday!

So today I woke up insanely late and wore the best outfit I have ever created... I really like this outft, it includes a new striped long dress/shirt thing, black leggings, black flats, and my jean jacket.

Well today was an insanely busy day and I had a lot to do. I am starting quilting classes with my sister on monday and I needed my mom to takek me to the quilting store to get the supplies needed for class. But before we went there we also needed lunch at Costco and new black shoes for me.

I am super cheap so I aten my hot dog and went to the ATM to get my money out, we went over to the store and found the cutest pair of black flats I have ever seen and then we headed over to a Starbucks to get some drinks.

My brothers had hot chocolate and Vanilla steamers, I had a Creme Brule latte (absoloute favorite). But my brothers did not finish their drinks and ended up handing them to me. We hit a bump on the road and hot chocolate goes all over my awesome new outfit and my purse..

So by this point I am totally peeved at myself for taking the boys drinks out of their hands and then I am covered in chocolatey goeyness...

Great

Fortunately everything was cleaned up before I went to a young womens get together in the evening.

A post coming up later on that

Good Night

Kiss a Wookie

2011-11-02T19:04:00.000-07:00

So as my dear friend Gwenea has dearly pointed out.. I don't actually post real posts on here. Basically I have just been really out of the whole blogging business.. SO lets jump back into it!

I have been doing school.. and by school I mean i have been memorizing lines from Sherlock Holmes...

No joking, I have actually been doing legitimate schoolwork. Like Geometry, Chemistry etc...
It's the hardest and most boring thing right now because I have nothing better to do and yeah.. I am already an overachiever so why do I feel so lazy?!

That's right.. I am lazy... I have turned into one of those Catholic/typical nerdy type of people with a dash of social sense. I now prefer wearing my glasses, and I can quote any line from Harry Potter/ LOTR to you (but not as much now since I am watching a lot of Sherlock Holmes and Merlin) I have not yet delved into the fantastical world of Doctor who, but I am tipping into that insanity...

I won't buy anything over 5 bucks because I am cheap, I don't have a job, I am paying to fly to America this month (WAAAHT AMERICA? yeah.. I know.. ) and I will basically be out of money by then.

My Sister is doing NanoWrimo, and what am i doing? ooh that's right.. I am gaining experience and fake money on a game called Puzzle Pirates!

But at least I text my friends in Elvish now :)

So today I am going to tell myself to Kiss a wookie and run a marathon. I need to get out of the nerdy cycle. I need to focus on schoolwork that cannot be attributed to Sherlock Holmes unless I remember it better that way.. Which would be totally stellar! but anyways.. back sort of on my random topic.

I am also going to encourage you, my followers, to delve deeper into yourself, to work harder, and to try and be the best version of you. The first part of becoming great is accepting yourself!

In Christ
P.s is this actually a real post?

Drawing of Sherlock Holmes (RDJR)

2011-10-28T11:20:00.001-07:00

I'm getting excited for the next part!!!! in November!
Oh and Yes, I have watched the BBC one as well :)

My three year blogging anniversary!

2011-10-21T09:05:00.000-07:00

photographer

Hey its getting really close to my anniversary!!!!

October twenty-sixth was my very first post, where I talked about how I was going to experiment on my hair by not washing it with any chemicals. That was a gross experiment that lasted for 2 months.. And then I had to help my dad with the sewer and I was not going to take a shower without using some chemicals to make me feel clean.... *shudders*

Photographer

In these three years of blogging I have grown in character and opinion. I know what I stand for, and I am not so timid as to make my point anymore. I have become the overachiever in my classes, and I am getting A's! Excluding math.... *shifty eyes*

Photographer

When I was starting my blog experience I really cared about what other people thought of my blog, how popular it was, where I was going with it. Though I am not going to say that I dont care about that anymore, (cause that would be a lie) this blog has turned into an easy place to express my thoughts, emotions, and faith. It is somewhere I go when I want to share.

So I just wanted to say,

Photographer

Thanks for putting up with me, and listening to what I have to say. And if you dont listen to me, thank you for pretending that you do.

I am thinking of possibly giving away a design or a drawing/painting for someone in particular, tell me in the comments below :)

In Christ

A very cool giveway!

2011-10-13T20:35:00.000-07:00

Go here to enter this giveway! (you will win some art!)

Wisdom Teeth

2011-10-09T23:43:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear blogger friends,

I have not been posting in a while because I have been on some seriously strong drugs and I have not been able to make a cohesive sentence in over 48 hours. My wisdom teeth were drilled out of my face on Thursday morning.

This is how it all went down.

Thursday Morning- Dentist give me the low down of the surgery, that I probably will not be having thanksgiving dinner, and I will look like a chipmunk for quite a while. Then they put an oxygen tube on my nose. Seriously.. I have always wanted to have an oxygen tube on my nose... I don't know why but it was the most fascinating thing to me when I was little.

Fascination over.
Where was I? Oh right, surgery. So I get put under and apparently the only thing I said was that a certain person was deceptive, but instead of saying deceptive I said deceptic, I think that was the drugs talking though.

I woke up when they were taking out the last tooth I believe, which was pretty freaky.

Okay then they were done and mom got me into the van, where I officially started to look my fat face over in the mirror. Then I started to laugh, and then I was crying because I was on drugs and it hurt to laugh and I was swollen (pardon my lack of grammar, I am on heavy drugs still..). Mom took me to the Starbucks drive-thru where I officially tried to swallow but then my pills somehow went into the water and the water went into my nose. and all the while the lady at the drive thru is staring at me.. and I think to myself "Yes.. yes I am my mothers retarded daughter who cannot swallow.. Look at me, LOOK AT ME"

Then my mom told her that I had just gotten out of surgery.

Okay when we got home I got very nauseous and then threw up of course.. but I wont go into details other than I started to cry again.

The Second day!
Okay my Tylenol three did not work, my face hurt so much, and being the strong reluctant sort I did not tell my mother this and continued to suffer through the pain all day.
Until I went into shock, and then mom and dad had to drive me to the emergency where I was crying about not getting turkey dinner, and being weak, and wanting to go home to sleep.

So the doctor gave me this wonderful drug called percocet, which zonked me right out. I have just had my dose of percocet for tonight.. so I am getting a little woozy here.

My face looks like chewbacca's except not so hairy. I feel like someone strapped a double chin on me, and I just want to feel normal again.

Oh and I really need to stop crying about stupid things like not having turkey dinner, or Chinese food. But it did not help that everyone laughed and then I started to laugh, and then I would cry cause my face hurt.

One day I will try to explain it all better for you. Basically my mom said I had the worst wisdom tooth reaction out of all her kids so far...

Lucky me!

Most Recent Obssesions

2011-10-04T21:19:00.000-07:00

Good Evening wonderful blogger people!

Tonight I am going to talk about my most recent obssessions... Which if you have been with me for a long time you will know are completely random and just.. yeah.. Random

Number One:

Which you probably already have read about is definitely!

Peter Petrelli and the Heroes Tv Show..
Yes I know that I am extremely belated in watching all 72 amazing episodes, but hey! Better late then never!

Nomber two (I said nomber.. nom-nom-nom!)
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The BBC series of Merlin and impersonating british accents!
Well... actually just listening all day long to british accents...

Number Three:

Summer Music...

I dont know whats been going on lately but I have been listening to summerish music.

like THIS:

And if you are wondering.. I nerd Searched Lance (the guy in the video) and he is a Christian, in a band, and he was homeless.. hahaha

Number 4:

Writing in Elvish!!!!
One day I will show you the full extent of my nerdiness!!!!!!!!!

Number 5:

POETRY... I had to recite the light brigade in class.. and I read the highwayman this morning... SO yeah.. I have had my nerdy fill of poetry :D

In Christ

Costume Showcase :D

2011-10-02T12:22:00.000-07:00

The first time you will ever here my voice hahaha :D
I went to the Costume Showcase for Lady Gwenea's Birthday!
And that was one of the best days I have had in a long time! :D

Peter Petrelli

2011-09-26T08:54:00.000-07:00

We have Netflix at our new house! And I have been devoting some of my time (okay.. most of it) to watching Heroes! I watched most of season 3 two years ago with my brother and I never caught on to the complete storyline... But this is almost better than X-Men. My nerdy senses get the better of me when I watch things like this!

My favorite character so far is Peter Petrelli:

No only is he hot, but he is the only feasable person I can see to kill Sylar. Because he absorbs powers but only when the powers are close to him. If he can get close enough to Sylar.. well then it will be an even match! :P

My Second Favorite Character is Claire Bennet:

Because the first episode started with her trying to kill herself but it not working because her body has a genetic mutation which makes her heal herself. Miracle-grow! :D

and that is the end of my nerdiness for now... :P

Quick Art

2011-09-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

Some Recent Drawings :)

Cardinal Bird

Greek = Orc

Arthur Pendragon :P

Happy Birthday :D

2011-09-06T21:32:00.000-07:00

To my dearest friend,

Gwenea, happy birthday.
I know this may not be as spectacular as your wishes on my birthday, but I hope you know how much of a friend you are to me.

I hope that your day is filled with the most wondeful food. The most wonderful friends, and of course your loving family. Birthdays should show you how much you are loved.

Oh and of course I hope you get your birthday wish! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

For your gift I will make something,.... But I dont know what yet! So wish away. But I do know that you want to go to the gym, and when I move closer I will go with you, for I relish exercise and I am losing muscle mass! :D

Xoxxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoooooooo I cant remember which ones are hugs and which ones are kisses lol!
OH and you Followers Wish Gwenea a Happy Birthday!

Middlemarch a letter to the characters

2011-09-01T16:06:00.000-07:00

Casuban... Like Seriously Man! GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF. Dorothea married you over that incredibly handsome and young captain, and you treat her so wrong!

Dorothea darling,

I could like you if you married Casuabon for his money even! You are a terribly confusing character, you do not deserve your ending, but it was good nonetheless

Rosamund, get a life! You could at least try to understand your husband and support his decisions, I know you just lost your baby and all your furniture and almost your house. But really, to be so cold to your husband..
He is the best character....

Lydgate,
Stop indulging your wife! 1000 pounds of debt on her account? Think man Think!

Fred Darling,
Thank you for manning-up. I love you, and I love your life. I wish I was you without all those problems. But I am sure you would too. You are exceedinly lucky to win Mary.

Mary,
Thank you for being the most level-headed of us all. But brushing your teeth is not a sin.

and FOR YOU... whose name I have forgotten.....

I like you, your rebellious horrible devious good looking talented man!

Sorry for not posting lately

Bright Star: A tale of fancy hats and ugly slippers

2011-08-12T21:56:00.000-07:00

''Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.''
-John Keats

This was definitely the most boring movie I have ever watched.. I just wasted 2 hours of my life waiting for Fanny to be quiet and for John to say something more interesting.

But alas, here is my review on the characters and the movie.

First: Fanny Brawne

I for one did not like the way Abbie Cornish depicted Fanny. Though I have barely read any information on this certain set of people, I found her much to extravagant and yet, not outgoing enough to fit the extravagant. I thought half of her costumes were visually interesting, but wholly impractical (and sort of stupid looking).

John Keats

They could not have found a better actor for Mr. Keats. Oh my gosh, he was absolutely perfect looking. from his hair to his pantaloons :D
Thank you Ben Wishaw :D

Mr. Brown

Pig.
But he had the most beautiful Scottish accent. Reminded me sooo much of my violin teacher. I could listen to that all day.
I ended up liking Mr. Brown in the end, even though he was a horrible man. I don't know why, but somehow his love for Keats and how much he really looked like he cared at the end really turned me around.

Movie in general:

Best Parts!
Okay best part is when the men sing all Capella Mozart. It was absolutely beautiful.. and the most interesting part of the film (aside from that short scene with the dancing).

Worst Parts:
The movie is so boring! And I felt really sorry for Abigail when she becomes "with child"

Cool Stuff:
No sexual content, other than a remark from Mr. Brown and another hint which I only noticed because I read the plugged in online review.

Other than that I say.. Don't waste your time, watch North and South instead. And if you have already watched that, watch Miss Potter. That one is a real heart breaker.

Oh and I almost forgot!
This movie has weird fancy hats and these crazy odd slippers that sort of look like sneakers in some shots..

odd...

My temperament makes my mother laugh

2011-08-02T08:35:00.000-07:00

Have you ever heard of the four temperaments? Their is Melancholic, Sanguine, Choleric, and Phlegmatic.
All are quite different, but nonetheless you can be a mix between them.

I have taken the test twice and read 2 articles on my temperament. I am a pure Melancholic, and i was deeply disappointed. Though my brother said that only a Melancholic person would be upset with their result!

It is true though, I take everything much to seriously, and I am very sensitive. Easily depressed, prefer staying away from parties or crowds, and have a hard time expressing truly my intentions/thoughts on any matter.

A priest at camp laughed at me a little and told me not to worry. Melancholics have a place in the world as well. We just need to realise when we are going to far. Their is of course a bad side to every temperament.

But my mom tells my teacher that I am so melancholic. I will do a chore even if I don't want to, and when I say no I come back 10 minutes later crying. Because a melancholic takes sin very seriously. .... almost to the maximum.

I see everything a bit bleaker than everyone else...
But I still know how to have a good time.

In Christ

My Brother is going to IRELAND! My sister is having a?

2011-07-27T08:32:00.000-07:00

WHAT?

National Evangelization Team (a.k.a NET) accepted my brother this morning! He has to raise like 6k in about a month and then he will be on his way to Ireland for training, and then parish missions!

I am so excited for him! My mom almost started crying, he looks excited! :D

Oh and almost forgot! My sister is having a girl! :D

In Christ

I'm Moving?!

2011-07-21T09:43:00.000-07:00

Credit

Okay,
This officially totally and awesomely.... is true.

I have no idea what to think. This will be my sixth or seventh move in my entire life (unless you count moving out of the womb). The only comfort is knowing that I will still be with my family and that everything will basically be alright.

What if they have new rules that I am not aware of?

According to this sign their might be evil henchmen in my new town!

Weird obssesive people who love dragons?

But no matter what I know that my family is going to be better off. My dad wont have to drive 20 hours a week. My mom will be close to a jim so she can do as much exercise as she desires. And I will get to seeee GWENEA

We will be neighbors!

xoxox
Millie

Nada Mucho?

2011-07-18T09:48:00.000-07:00

I am so tired of just being so angry and unhappy all the time! I go through these crazy spurts of happy that only last about 10 minutes and then I am all melancholic again. I guess I dont allow myself to have enough fun because I am scared that I will not ground myself enough. That in doing things fun I will act on impulse and usually that causes me to sin. Which really isnt my best personality trait. So I tie myself down to the things I know wont make me fall into sin.

But things keep on slipping through! Like "the lazy song" by Bruno Mars.. I find it sooo catchy and rythmic and really sweet. And then I realise that have of the lyrics have something to do with being unchaste. Things like that really get me.

But people say never to let the melancholic in you get you down. I am so perfectly melancholic that it drives me up the wall! I have been trying really hard to be more "with it" it trying not to be so brutal with myself. And I have been improving, but 4 or 5 things that pile up put me back into the box I have created for myself.

I am so complicated!

My mother definitely knows most of what is going on. She knows how brutal I am on myself some days. Its weird, I am so blunt and honest where it is not needed, and then so sensitive at the same time.

So in order for me to stop thinking about these things I would give myself tasks. I learned how to juggle to alleviate anything that was raging through my mind that might be harmful. I clean like their is no tommorrow, and i so art until my had hurts. But not anymore. I know I have to come to terms with whatever is bugging me deep down inside. Because after a while I will drive myself mad.

And really, what cute sensible guy will want to marry a crazy woman like me?

hahaha

Okay I know this post is a little Venty (vent.. with a y) but I guess writing things down (ahem.. typing) gives me a little more clarity.

Maybe not for you though..

In Christ

p.s Dont watch Wuthering Heights.. Its sooo boring... (1992 version)

Stressed Out?

2011-07-15T06:53:00.000-07:00

Its really super hard to be positive when you have a cold. That and when your extended family never talks to you because of your faith, you no longer have a job, you might be re locating, and you have a billion little questions racing through your head.

But I do have some news! HARRY POTTER part 2 Is out!!!
Okay... Not that..
My baby brother has BRACES?!

Poor kid...but he loves them. Anyways, I have to start my morning. And I know that this really isnt much of a post, but their is so much going on right now!

xo

Tthings I love about summer

2011-07-08T09:16:00.000-07:00

So if this post does not make any sense, just go along with it because I have a head cold... :D

1.Dressing up

I love dresses, most especially summer dresses! And I can never wear them in Canadian weather! Like today it is going to rain....but no matter, I still wear them!

2. Camp

Our Family camp is the most exciting place! I love to see people that I only get to see there, and to meet new friends. Most especially to learn more about my faith, and to be inspired. Oh and there is some pretty wicked merchandise for us Christians :D.

3. Various Rodeo's

Though I missed the rodeo in my town I am still going to watch the stampede on the television! Especially since William and Kate were there yesterday! My one friend went and said she was dissapointed because his coyboy hat shadowed his face.. :(

4. No School!

Well a little school, but I still feel free!

5. Weddings

I have only been to one so far.. The one above was in Mexico.. And I just went to Chile so I am broke :(

So anyways..
Time to sleep off this cold!

In Persona Christi

Internet is driving me nuts!!!!

2011-07-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Let me rephrase!

No internet on my desktop is driving me nuts!

I feel completely useless because I cannot design, I cannot change my design, and my laptop is no longfer connecting to the internet!

Maybe I will take an internet fast!
Or buy a new D-Link...

If you are wondering what I am up to

2011-06-27T17:31:00.000-07:00

I attended a wedding

I re-learned the Thriller

(micheal Jackson was so hot before his later surgeries)

I got an A+ on my final grade in polotics! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

And I am learning the Party Rock Anthem Shuffle

In Christ

2011-06-21T10:19:00.000-07:00

Be Happy,
For with every moment,
You get older,
and if you dont join in the fun,
Life will pass you by.

bye bye :D

More Artwork: Lip Study

2011-06-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

With no Gimp, I have nothing better to do than draw :D

Lip Study :D

In Christ

Life in general lately

2011-06-14T15:33:00.000-07:00

It has been pretty boring on the farm lately. The individuals on the farm are hard at work doing odd jobs, and my sister is growing a baby inside of her stomach (which now phrased, sounds odd) and I have just been drawing and watching old episodes of Chuck.

But I do have some news for you.
My brother-in-law got a 86% recovery rate from his chemo therapy. Hopefully he will recover from this gruesome treatment.

My sister (who is indeed pregnant if I have not specified) desperately needs some prayers. It is hard to not only be growing a child and being far away from her husband, but to add to the stress of a having cancer. I cant imagine how difficult this first year of marraige has been.

My ballet recital is coming up. I am NOT excited. Mostly because my mom has to drive, its really expensive, my teacher has been really mad lately, and I am just so tired of anything school related right now.

We did a science study today on the effects of emotion and water (on youtube emoto experiment) You would be amazed at how the emotion affects water. They wrote a name or word on a cup of water and then put it under a microscope to see what it became. Things like Mother Terea, or Gratitude were magnificent crystalized water. Things like Adolf Hitler, or You are horrible I hate you, looked like swamp water..

Okay.. I am only interested in things school related to my taste..

thats un-schooling for you

In Christ

Birthday Presents

2011-06-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

aaaah! So as some little bird might have told you, yesterday was my birthday. and guess what I got?

A LAPTOP
that is some serious amazingness. I still think its someone elses and I guess that is a good thing, because I am so not spending time on it. Basically afraid to break it. OH! and my internet on the desktop is down so I cannot upload my newly designed blog which is awesome. Nor can I upload any of my latest designs. Maybe I will buy another internet connector for the old HP :P

I also recieved some pretty stellar earrings, sketching stuff, a scarf, and Plaid Pajama's! By far my favorite was the pajama's.

Okay I have this weird obsession with plaid thingamabobs. I really enjoy plaid. I just find it all beautiful.

And nerd alert. I beat a FULL video game in three days... Yeah I know.. I am SUCH a geek.

In Christ
Milisande

p.s
here is my lappy!

Ten things to do when their is nothing to do

2011-06-06T16:47:00.000-07:00

My work is SOOOO BORING, no one comes in and I finish my work in about ten minutes.. so I sit their for 4 hours and 50 minutes making the cashier ding. All alone..

So I have come up with the ten things to do when there is nothing to do: (mouthful?)

1. Dance in front of the camera:

Ive done this about 4 times.. only to realise the the security camera is sooo broken.. dissapointed! Not only was I doing the electric slide, I was dancing to Shania Twain.. That took effort!

2. Juggle the bouncy balls!

Ive juggled on the couch, the chair, over the cashier, the kids aisle, the liquidation... I have yet to juggle in the hats section.

3. Make the cashier ding to your favorite tune.

I made it ding to Shania Twain while it was on the radio.... (ding) You're (ding)so compliccaa(ding)aated! (smash!) ... (the smash was me closing it.)

4. Sticker price tags to your face:

This would be especially funny if people came in while you had it on your forehead.

5. Practice your cursive

I filled 8 sticky notes with my crazy handwriting.. :D

6. Draw on yourself:

I always have something swirly on my wrist.. Its because I'm BORED :D

7. Read a book:

I read 4 paragraphs of Divine Mercy in My Soul.. Before i got bored.. again.

8. Scan random things
I went through the jewlerry and scanned.. over, and over, and over, and etc.
Then deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted, deleted...
Yeah I scanned that many times...

9. Make oragami

I made a lot of oragami.. Which my boss looked at and then threw out.. hahahahahaha!

10. Actually do work:

After a while i got really mad and then decided to dust the shop. I WAS SO BORED!

hahahahaha

I'm BORED :D

More Artwork: Alice and the Mad Hatter

2011-06-02T08:17:00.000-07:00

Before Gimping:

Alice giving the Mad Hatter his Top hat.

Inspiration:
Some Mad Hatter and Alice painting from a fan art section.by Bri'chan

Enhanced Version:

Its actually my 3rd try painting something on the computer in 3 years! So I think I did pretty good :P

In Christ
Milisande

For Gwenea

2011-05-30T13:44:00.000-07:00

(credit)

A little Armitage tribute for my very good friend Gwenea.

If evil is this good looking what is the point in being good?- Angel36385

This quote covers the fact that people look past the Sir Guy is totally evil thing, because he is hot....
Its like forgiving Heath Ledger for playing in Brokeback Mountain because he was the most amazing joker in the dark knight (which I have done... because I did not watch Brokeback Mountain).

Okay but back to the whole.. Adoring Richard Armitage.. the stuff that Gwenea will enjoy seeing.. Unless she already has..

My favorite Richard Edits

(dont worry.. I am just trying to make one of my best friends drool)

Gwenea.. I surrender to your love of him..

Because I do have to admit, he is a good actor. And sort of good looking.

Expecially in a Cravat..

BUT

I am still going for the Hot scientific guys.. BAM

I like good boys, cause bad boys break your heart and they dont leave you alone when you are having a freak out.

I basically need a good boy who is level headed enough to slap me when I am freaking out and hug me after I shut up.... :D

But dont worry..

I will have a present for you.. just keep checking the design blog...

And for my followers

Isn't he cute?
dont eat the emoticon kirby.. DONT DO IT! :D

A tune for the week :D

2011-05-30T12:23:00.000-07:00

I'm down in the land of the Rio grande :D

Sorry for lack of interesting posts, I hope this makes you want to samba!

Hermes: A very spanish collection

2011-05-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

I have Fashion Television on my T.V!

Its a free preview until June 1st, so I am watching as much fashion awesomeness as possible.

I know the Hermes fashion week Spring Summer 2011 was in October. But I did not watch it yet! :D

Gaultier in Paris has presented his last collection for the French maison. The designer left the firm to devote himself entirely to his own lines, but first wanted to leave us an unforgettable collection. A tribute to the signature equestrian estate with a lot of Spanish flavor.

I saw a lot of leather and a lot of whips. The shoes and gloves were beautiful!

Yes those are riding pants :D

And yes, if you were wondering. That is Coco Rocha on the far left, I was proud of myself for spotting her in the fashion show.

Models in jodhpurs and bustiers in caramel-coloured leather, with fringed suede ponchos thrown jauntily over their shoulders, tramped the catwalk, which was made like a riding arena, out of wood chips, in equestrian boots. Flat-topped felt Seville riding school hats topped off all the looks and riding crops competed with the brand's best-selling Kelly bags, served up for summer in leather and wicker, to be the season's top accessory.

And with that I leave you,

In Christ

America's Next Top Model Review (meant for teens)

2011-05-25T19:20:00.000-07:00

(Allison Harvard cycle 12)

I have a small obsession with the interesting and artistic things in ANTM. Though I know this show is not entirely chaste, I stay to watch makeovers and most of the awesome photo shoots. I find that really other than a couple swears and maybe 3 awkward photo shoots (that are not watched by me) this show really does not bug me.

(Claire cycle 10)

Now before you think I am going all soft, there are some things I do not agree with.
The lack of smart-ness....

Is it just me or are half of these models all very naive?

The lack of dumb-ness

If they aren't dumb they are too smart.. And then they become horribly mean to everyone...

Homosexuality: Okay I know you are going to find this everywhere now, but I have a problem with the one lady they had who had man-parts.

(Lauren cycle 11)

After that show I didn't watch any of it until now (excluding some of cycle 12 because of Allison Harvard).. So I have missed 4 seasons of ANTM. And not that I really mind because I watch the stuff I like on YouTube.

(Molly cycle 16?)

Things I like:

They travel the world. Tyra seems to choose the women who have determination and come from broken situations. I think that she wants to help (in sort of her own twisted way) and that is something I think is good.

The artistry: Most of the photo's are gorgeous!

The clothes: I have seen more style's and awesome clothing than any show and therefore I know more surely what I like to see and what I like to wear as a modest person.

Makeovers

THE MOST HILARIOUS PART..... hahaha
I love when they shave the girls head or bleach of their eyebrows and they totally freak out. It is sooo funny...
Yeah I know.. don't take pleasure in other peoples misfortune..

But hey,
They signed up for it!

And with that real post I leave you :D

More Artwork

2011-05-25T19:17:00.000-07:00

For Divine Mercy Sunday

The Patroness of Chile

Sorry for not posting frequently. I have a rather lot of things to do, but I will be good and post a long worthwhile post later!!!!

xoxoxox

A quote to start my Sunday

2011-05-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been super busy just being burdened with my school and all the stress in my family. I would ask you to please pray hard for my brother in law Julio, as a new type of cancer has been found in him.

And for my sister who is currently pregnant, but still in the danger zone.

"I recommend to you holy simplicity. Look straight in front of you and not at those dangers you see in the distance. As you say, to you they look like armies, but they are only willow branches; and while you are looking at them you may take a false step. Let us be firmly resolved to serve God with our whole heart and life. Beyond that, let us have no care about tomorrow. Let us think only of living today well, and when tomorrow comes, it also will be today and we can think about it then. In all this we must trust and be resigned to God's providence."

St. Francis de Sales

Superman Rant

2011-05-16T15:57:00.000-07:00

Again..I just finished watching Superman Returns for the billionth time. Superman is muscular, handsome, virtuous (mostly), and out to save the people. He could have anything he wants.. But like a true hero he only needs to save.

But I have a question for this character, just a small question.

Why did you choose Lois?

Sure Miss Lane is spunky, smart, and has great style. But she treats you like a total cow. Superman, are you one of those people who enjoy being constantly pushed away from someone you love?..

And come on, you are way to good for her. She is a total smoker and doesn't ever listen to reason. A woman who goes after her pursuits no matter the cost.

As Lex Luther said to you 45 minutes into the film: "Didn't your father tell you to look before you leap"

Superman.. Do me a favor, next time you make a decision consider all the variables."
I am not saying that Lois is a total bad woman, she has some good personality traits, but she is to prideful to admit that she has feelings.

That would drive me insane!

And you are super humanly perfect, you have to understand that I want a better person for you. Just please, choose someone else..

Choose me!

Well that was awkward...

:D

New Horse

2011-05-14T15:56:00.000-07:00

For the time being we are keeping one of my friends horses because she is going to Germany for a year! Its her favorite horse and she is such a chubby girl!

Meet Spirit:

She is a very good companion for old Shadow, and I pray that this horse with not have some disease and go downhill or get sick while we are taking care of her because I really like this horse, and I my friend loves her.

In Christ

Teatime, schooltime, choretime

2011-05-12T10:03:00.000-07:00

It has been quite slow these last couple of weeks. Not only on blogger but in life.

I have been working on my school, hanging out with Gwenea, and trying to be patient about two things.

My first impatience: Is that God seems to be confusing me, I know that I must trust in his timing but he could help me understand a little more.

My second impatience: Is that I have been designing my head off but Gwenea and I have not recieved any orders.. It is free and we are good! :D

I have watched four whole seasons of Road to Avonlea... Maybe for my birthday I will ask my mother for the last three seasons.

And now I think it is time for a walk

In Christ

What Have I been doing?

2011-05-09T10:11:00.000-07:00

Learning new braids

I have finally figured out the "snake braid" or "two-stranded braid"
it really tucks in the layers.

Praying!

I have been praying a lot... And listening to a large amount of religious music. Gregorian chant though.. not Praise and Worship touchy feely music....

I am slowly reading through the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska.
It is very good, and makes me want to go to confession every-day...

A lot of window art! I have made T-Rex's, Waldo, flowers, cherries, circles, stars, pigs, goats, and a chicken.

And basically that has been all that I have been doing.. other than cooing at my new god brother. he is adorable... Maybe with permission I will post some Baptism pictures!

In Christ

Congratulations!

2011-05-04T09:15:00.000-07:00

My Dearest Gwenea,

Congratulations on the wonderful arrival of Lord Septimus your new wonderful brother. In the future may he chase you with many mice, and smother you in mud. But for now just love you and cuddle you!

Gwenea's blog

In Christ

Milisande

Wow

2011-05-02T10:11:00.000-07:00

So my littlest brother had his 3rd birthday! and since he is adopted he had his 2nd birthday in Canada!!!!

And then the bad wow is that the lady we lent our horse to starved our horse... So now I am sort of mad. Horse before; Plump healthy and happy
Horse after: almost lame, bony, and sad
I just saw a picture and its worse than our dying old horse... ! :(

So I need tangled music to make me happy :D

Okay now I seriously need food! :D More food! :D

AWWWW!!!

2011-04-29T07:41:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

2011-04-29T05:54:00.001-07:00

Yes, I woke up at 4 am to watch the wonderful ceremony and I just watched them Kiss on the balcony not once But TWICE! I officially love the british in me. Well they kissed 3 times but I missed the peck.. The dirt on the wedding:

The Dress: Kate Middleton (Now Duchess of Cambridge) wore a alexander keith inspired dress. Also very victorian. I loved the Irish lace on her shoulders. And the best was the silk ivory veil for me! Her train measured 2.7 meters and was so beautiful. Very simple elegant Grace Kelly looking. And as she reached the end to meet William he said "I love you, you look beautiful."

The Uniforms: Williams was very simple and clean cut. My favorite was Harry's uniform and then Williams (now Duke of Cambridge).

The Ceremony: Was very short and sweet. I loved the choir and especially that the talk to the bride and bridegroom was marked first by stating a quote from Saint Catherine of Siena, as it is her feast day.

The Croud: was hilarious, I almost laughed my butt of when people were running to Buckingham Palace's gate. And being smushed by the bars.... classic.

They had a little chuckle as the ring was not fitting on Kate's finger. It looked like he was crushing it on her finger :P

Anyways I am so tired but I thought I owed you a short snippet!

In Christ

More Chile

2011-04-28T08:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of Chile. Above is a photo of some dude drawing the sacred heart on the city sidewalk. He just left a box next to his picture and people would drop change into it. I think he did it more for fun then for money.

St. Micheal Statue in the Cathedral. That church was beautiful....

Statue and relic of Santa Teresa de los Andes, the patron saint of Chile.

I hope you enjoyed... the three pictures... haha :D

I would ask for a prayer

2011-04-28T08:17:00.000-07:00

I would ask for you to pray just any short prayer for my sister and her husband. He just got radiation treatment and she is not doing so well.

The doctors are also talking about surgery for J now.

Please pray! I will come up with a post later.

xoxo

Design Blog Launch

2011-04-26T17:21:00.000-07:00

Launching the new design blog. Fortunately I have Miss Gwenea on my side. We will make an awesome design team. Please go check it out! Its a click away...

In Persona Christ
Milisande

2011-04-24T06:53:00.000-07:00

Glory, Jesus be to Thee!
Thine own might hath set Thee free!
Come! for primal joy restored,
Let us bless our Paschal Lord!

He is risen Alleluia!
Happy Easter!

2011-04-23T07:02:00.000-07:00

J.M.J

Jesus! as though Thyself wert here,

I draw in trembling sorrow near;

And hanging o er Thy form divine,

Kneel down to kiss these wounds of Thine.

Today is a continued remembrance of our Lord's death and how he gave our life for the sins of the past, present, and future. He could have given himself in any easier way because he is God, but he chose the hardest suffering so that we could see our sins upon the cross.

PRAYER TO THE HOLY VIRGIN, OUR LADY OF SORROWS

Mary most holy. Mother of sorrows, by that intense martyrdom which thou didst suffer at the foot of the cross, during the three hours of Jesus agony: deign to aid us all, children of thy sorrows, in our last agony, that, by thy prayers, we, from our bed of death, may pass to heaven s holy joys, there to adorn thy crown.

On a happier note, I have some rather funny stories to tell about Good Friday.

When I was the tender age of 5 my father would read to us everynight and because it was holy week the theme was obviously Jesus. I dont think we quite understood the meaning of Jesus being crucified for our sins. Because when my father came into our room on Holy Saturday, we pelted him with stuffed animals yelling "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"

My baby brothers ages 2-4 after kissing the feet of Jesus said to dad "He needs a bandaid cause he got blood"

My 2 year old brother later exclaimed to me in the morning that "Jesus got dead" but I just told him that because we kissed his feet he would come alibe in the morning. He understood that one.... He is so little that he won't get the concept for a while. I obviously didn't get the concept at age 5...

In Christ

Milisande

Last full day in Chile :(

2011-04-19T09:00:00.000-07:00

On one hand I am very excited to come home and be with my loving father, sister, and brothers. On the other hand I wish that I had more time with my brother in law and my sister for I will not see them both until September.

Out of the blue God arranged me to meet some cloistered nuns, they asked me if I would like to stay for a week in the convent to see if I was called to their order or to religious life. I did not go even though some of me wanted to. Mostly because I came here to see Chile and my sister, not the convent walls (though I hope with Gods grace to come back and see them!).

The churches were beautiful!

This one was in Santiago it was closed down because of the earthquake and is now unfixable.

This was the church we went to for mass on both of our Sundays. If you look closely you can see Sr. Maria Francesca. The cloistered nuns of the visitation were on our right hand side separated by a grille. It was very interesting.

So long, more pictures later :D (thats me and J by the way)

Chile update

2011-04-10T06:45:00.000-07:00

So its official,

I am in Chile! and that still has not really sunk in yet..People really stare at us because we are blue eyed and white white white!!!!

My mom kissed a chilean yesterday... hahahahahaha
It was outside the cathedral and their were those stone people (that stand like statues for money) and he asked mom for a kiss after the pictures, so she kissed him on the cheek and guess what? My sister got a picture...
I am totally showing it to dad! haha!

He was spray-painted white so my mom had white lips the rest of the day.

I forgot about the whole *take toilet paper before entering the stall* thing.. That was embarassing.

And you get super self concieous in Chile.. People stare, you cant speak spanish very well and my brother in law makes fun of me! :P

Church today

anyways I gtg!
BYe!

Viva Chile!

2011-04-07T18:52:00.000-07:00

So after a long long long long flight I am finally in Chile. J was so excited that he decided to show us as much as possible in the rest of the day. I ate mussle soup, empanada, gelato, machiato, and going through the very scary market.

The best was when an older man on the street said to my mother "Hola blonde lady, are you single? Give me a kiss!"

pahaahhaah :D

And I really could not hear anyone from my first flight because my ear had not popped. I just could not hear anyone... :(

anyways!
I am so excited! Prayers for everyone!

xoxoxoxoxox

Look out Chile, here I come!

2011-04-06T06:29:00.000-07:00

I am leaving today!

Pray that we will have a safe trip and that my cold will go away. My ears don't really hurt anymore and that is a good sign.. If they did hurt I could potentially bleed out on the airplane and then be deaf.. great

Oh and if you could throw in a short prayer for my brother in law. I am not aloud to disclose information on here, but he is really sick. :(

xoxoxoxxo

More Art,

2011-04-05T07:19:00.000-07:00

Ugh, I dont want to be on the plane with a cold but I dont think this is going to go away soon. Yesterday for school I basically just drew and drew and drew and drew :D

Completion time (9 hours)
My handmaid Lantern,

Tangled Photo (unfinished :D and besides the flynn in this picture looke retarted.. :( )

Robin Hood
Inspiration: BBC (for text) and Men in Tights (for costume)
Completion time 1 hour.

Watson Fashion

2011-04-04T07:55:00.000-07:00

Emma Watson is probably one of my favorite young actress so far.

She is fairly modest and despite her new hair-cut I actually like her style.

I go through her old photo's though. I must warn you that her new photo's are more "modern high fahion" I like the soft colours and modest clother that she wears. And who doesnt like a young vibrant British actress?

“It was unbelievable seeing me as an action figure! In a few months, toddlers all around the country will be biting my head off!”- Emma Watson

Yeah you all can dissagree with me if you want.. I am more reserved with my style (even more than her hahah!).

But I do adore a good trench coat :D

I have been tagged!

2011-04-02T10:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Trini!

Are you a morning bird or a night owl? Both! Definitely both.....

Do you have a favorite verse of Scripture? Psalm 100 :D

What is your favorite book of the Bible? Genisis and Matthew.. Basically because those are the ones I have read the most!

Which do you prefer, pen or pencil? Pen, its permanent and fun!

Laptop or desktop? Desktop, laptops are horrible to play games on.. Like duck hunt or Diner Dash... :D

When you write do you print or use cursive? Both, I like my printing but my cursive is prettier.

Do you plan your menus or do you just wing it? I wing it, usually its just eating whatever happens to be in the fridge (or freezer) in this case.. I had girl guide cookies for lunch :D

Favorite color? Dark Blue, Dark Green, Majestic Purple... Anything dark,.....

Favorite form of exercise? Dancing, sit-ups, Belly dancing, and T-Tap

How do you wear your hair most days? Pony tail or I curl it :D

Which do you prefer, baking or cooking? Cooking, I am a hearty girl :D

In the house are you barefoot, in slippers or in shoes? Barefoot usually but I love socks :D

Do you wash dishes by hand or have a dishwasher? Dishwasher!

Do you have pets? Yes, 2 goats, 1 dog, 1 cat, and a horse. :D

What do you eat for breakfast? Coffee and bacon, or just coffee.. I am not a breakfast person.

What is your favorite magazine? Hobby farms, Vocation UK, Mark, and Martha Stewart.

I tag whoever wants to do it. :D

Vintage Nancy; Nancy Drew Week Day 1

2011-04-01T10:08:00.000-07:00

For my vintage Nancy outfit I am wearing a vintage thrift dress with matching jacket. A black headband (which you cannot see sorry...) and ballet tights.

I threw in the Fedora for some added fun. Price of my outfit is 10$
and It was all free for me (thanks mom)!

In Christ

A movie I will watch :D

2011-04-01T05:38:00.000-07:00

The Three Musketeers (2011)

Their were four of us against forty of them.... It was an off day.

Yeah.. I have memorised some of the official trailer I am so excited!

And the costumes look amazing! Is it just me or is everyone actually excited to see Orlando Bloom in a "bad guy" role?

Here is the trailer!

In Christ

Look out Chile, here I come!

2011-03-30T19:26:00.000-07:00

I am super excited!

If you dont know my sister M lives in Chile with her husband. They might be moving back when we were going to visit so know we are visiting... NEXT WEEK! I am super excited!

Can you tell how excited I am?

It will be mi mamita y mi! Unfortunately no one else is coming. :( but at least I get to go! yay!

Post later!

Showing pictures of aborted babies and Why I dont agree with it.

2011-03-28T18:30:00.000-07:00

At the 24 hour fast I attended we had a 2 hour talk about abortion. This talk was informative, interesting and highly boring.

I have heard it all before, and plus the nice lady who was talking did not answer my theoretical question.

"Miss, what if someone who recently had an abortion see those big trucks while driving? And what if she committed suicide because she saw the vulgarity of those pictures and her guilt sprung up inside her?"

Basically the lady giving the speech told me that it was not the signs fault for filtering the guilt because the woman already had guilt (but the gruesome picture triggered it!)so it was not their fault for triggering an injustice upon this woman.

I thought was was a bunch of stupidness.

As Christians we have the responsibility to teach people about the injustice of abortion. But like many injustices we also have to let the people choose if they want to see these disturbing pictures. I have never seen the outcomes of euthanasia, pornography, or rape on a huge billboard exposing the person. Because its simple not respectful of the person you are trying to save. And I don't want my baby brothers to be exposed to these injustices on huge billboards. I want them to be informed of the injustice and then allowed to make a CHOICE whether they want to view what actually happens to an unborn baby.

Maybe you don't agree with me, but I know plenty of people who do!

xox
(sorry for not posting good posts lately.)

p.s You could totally do ultrasound pictures or pictures of gametes instead of bloddied up broken burned sliced pictures of aborted babies.

Feast day of the Annunciation

2011-03-25T08:22:00.000-07:00

First thought of my morning was, YES I get to eat meat on a Friday!
Just like Mary said yes to God, I said yes to meat!
mmmm... Meat.....

Tonight I am fasting and tomorrow I am fasting because our youth group is doing its annual Think Fast. That is always interesting, you never know who is going to get sick and who is not. They keep everyone very entertained. I almost forgot I was fasting last year, and I don't think that is good because then we just forget what we are fasting for...

Okay this post was supposed to be meaningful.. Where was I?

Oh! Right I was going to say something on the meaning of the Annunciation,

The Angel of the Lord Declared unto Mary, and she was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Did you realize that Mary was the first Christian? It is SO important, and even in the bible for all of you protestants. Mary was the first to say yes to God, she is the most important woman in the bible!

You probably knew that.. :D

In Christ

Farewell Elizabeth Taylor

2011-03-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

Man this lady was nuts! But awesome at the same time :D
I love the movie National Velvet :D

True Friendship

2011-03-22T08:50:00.000-07:00

I still have a hard time expressing true friendship. Mostly because half of the friends I knew growing up turned into people who I do not want to hang around.

My sister never had a true friend until she turned 15, and now she has a friend who will always be by her side, even if she is 2,000 miles away. They always keep in contact, and always have something to talk about. It is pleasing to watch that interaction between friends. And she also has a husband now :D

I now have two very good friends that I have very close to me. I will not name them for they know who they are, and I am fairly sure that my followers know who one is!

True friendship is the safe and virtuous interaction between friends, it is a place where you feel safe to tell your friends the desires of your heart. It is almost impossible to be friends with someone you have nothing in common with. Therefore I think it safe to say that true friends have a vast majority of subjects that they agree on, most importantly their views on the world.

To be friends with someone equal to you is better than someone who is lesser or above yourself. With a friend who is lesser than you, you can hardly expect to relate on the same level, and you I have a hard time relating academically to people younger than me. That does not mean that we cannot be friends, it just means that it is sometimes harder to be friends.

In a true friendship you can be yourself! So here is to all my followers who have a true friend or at least have had any sort of friendship whether it is spiritual or physical.

Funerall'ed out

2011-03-18T16:24:00.001-07:00

So I decided to wear the only bright shirt in my entire wardrobe. Its rather low BRIGHT yellow and has a catch phrase of my actual name on it (for gwen this my nick name like Millie Millie Hey). ITS BIG BOLD and beautiful.
Because I am officially funeral'ed out. I am tired of mourning the dead, I want to go to a wedding or something because seriously?! I know they were not my relatives but they were all pretty darn close!

Yeah yeah I'll do a real post later :D

St. Patricks day!

2011-03-17T08:39:00.000-07:00

(just for you Gwen... ) *Credit*
happy St. Patricks day to all of my followers and well-wishers! My the Saint of our homeland be forever watchful! 7 things i love about St. Patricks day,

1. Everything is Green

2.. I celebrate that I am half-irish

3. I get to EAT a lot of food :D (yay for feast days during lent!)

4. I tell all my friends,

5. I will drink green beer (when i turn eighteen... :D)

6. I will watch Leap Year, and then look at airplane ticket costs.

7. I will have a jolly good time singing all of the Irish tunes i know! (i know like 50... hehehe)

A Movie To Compare: Emma (2009)

2011-03-16T06:40:00.000-07:00

Though I am undoubtedly late in watching the whole movie I thought it best to review this movie even if all of my lovely followers have previously watched it!

May I say that this was my favorite adaptation by far! I never thought that Johnny Lee Miller could be so Knightley like, and that they would do an even better job on costumes! Michael Gambom's performance as Mr. Woodhouse was much more believable, and Romola Garai did excellent per her usual modern self.

I loved the beginning of the movie! It was the best part because of how much it set the stage and explained and made it all fit together! My mother said that for the life of her she could not figure out why Frank Churchill went back to his aunt all the time until she watched the new beginning! :D

Characters and thoughts:

Mr Elton:

Finally! A Mr. Elton who actually looks like a ladies man! I get so upset when they make him look like more of an idiot! He had all of these underlining characteristics in the movie. He made you feel convinced! Thank Blake Ritson for his great performance. The only complaint I had is that he didn't phrase his words very well after his marriage.

Emma Woodhouse:
Our perfect modern twist to the new Emma! Was it just me or did Romola Garai do the perfect job with Emma. She was proper enough to convince me of a well bred female in the middle upper class, but modern enough to convince me of her character! The only complaint I have is that her dancing.. In fact ALL of the dancing was horrible... It made me feel like no one knew how to dance :P

Mr. Woodhouse:

Four words: I Love Michael Gambon,
I have watched him in all of his roles in period films except for that Knight one that was in the 70's (but considering it was in the seventies I don't think I will ever watch it!) What a sweetheart Michael is! He was more believable as a worrisome creature because of how much more time he puts into trying to get Emma to stop! I like when he chased the children away from the cake, that made me laugh! But I have always seen Mr. Woodhouse as this sort of person, and I find that Sir Gambon as captured him much better than anyone before.

Harriet Smith:

Goodness Gracious! Finally! A Harriet Smith that is not UGLY! No offense to the previous ones but they all were not to my taste. I was so tired of staring at bad teeth or ugly dresses that I could not concentrate on her character! But finally I think we have scored! Louise Dylan did a good job with being stupid and sweet. I like how they put an accent on her just being a *pretty face* and how she accepted that. It was very enjoyable to watch!

Mr. Knightley:

Ugh! It is so hard to choose between these Knightleys! Johnny Lee Miller is Balding, BUT I do have to say that he is a little cute (there mother you see? He is not entirely bad looking). I liked the way he portrayed Mr. Knightley better, he was in fact a more real Mr. Knightley where as the previous ones had a hint of melancholic Mr. Darcy in them. He was con vincible enough to believe that he was in love with Emma but I like that he dealt with it not just by arguing with Emma, but by going for rides and making the most about a walk. Really enjoying life, which I think the previous movies did not show.

I still think Jeremy Northam is better-looking.... :D

Frank Churchill:

Way better looking!

And definitely more of a frustrated and relatable character. You can see how much more of a horrible man he was for putting Jane through that misery while he gives his attentions to another woman! I definitely like how much of a git he seems during the film, it was much better than our dear redheaded friend from the Gwyneth Paltrow version. Good job Rupert Evans!

Jane Fairfax:

Way better looking! And very opinionated! I did not like it as much because of the way she treated everyone, she was more snobbish then she was secluded and to herself which I did not enjoy. But I must say that Laure Pyper did fit the role!

Miss Bates

MUCH MUCH Better! They gave her a reason for being such an annoying lady! There was not enough of a hurt fullness in the remark at Bow Hill though, and that was a disappointment.

Anne Taylor:

Johdi May did a very good job. I never really had a strong opinion about Anne Taylor so I guess that I do not have any complaints or huge likes about her character!

Mr. Weston:
Holy molly was he ever the best Mr. Weston! So kind and feeling and very enjoyable to watch!

Mrs. Elton:

Is there a woman I could possibly hate more than this Mrs. Elton?! It was fabulously done and I laughed so hard when Mr. Elton was dragging that mule and she was riding SIDESADDLE! pahahaa... Is it just me or is Christina Cole always playing the dis likable characters?

John Knightley:

I am actually glad they added John Knightley to the cast, it was an enjoyable character to watch and I think that he added to the movie. He is totally turning into a Mr. Woodhouse which I though was hilarious!

Isabelle Knightley:
Very boring, enjoyable. Sort of stupid, and she had such a small part that I thought I might not mention her. Lol

For full cast list click *Here*
:D

In Christ

Celebra La Vida :D

2011-03-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

Awarded :D This one is fun!

2011-03-14T11:16:00.000-07:00

Kathleen at Shieldmaiden of God awarded me some very pretty and new awards. Well at least they are new to me because I have not received them!

My mission? is to jump over exploding piles of dynamite, tag 15 people, and share 7 things about yourself. And eat an ice cream cone. If you can't come up with 15 to tag, that's OK. :D

Now that I am officially exploded and burnt from the dynamite my next task is to;
Tag 15 people? I accept! In no particular order...

1. Faithfully Feminine- Hilarious and cute :D

2. All that is gold- Elegant and sweet.

3-Living on Literary Lane- Informative and opinionated.

4. Scraps from my workbasket- An old favorite

5. Where the Sun Shines- Girly

6. Between the Lines- Humorous

7. Outside Into Life- Another Old Favorite :D

8. Here Comes The Sun- Baby boy need I say more?

Ugh I officially cannot think of any other favorites right now :( Pardon me!

Share 7 Things About Myself:

1. When I eat pizza I put on piece on top to the other to form a pie, or a sandwich. That is the ONLY way to eat pizza :D

2.I have never gotten a blister during dance, I always get a blister from walking :(

3. I hate being touched, But I like getting hugs (but if you go over 3 seconds I'll chop your arm off)

4. I am officially morbid

5. I am so blunt its almost rude.

6. I can juggle, but not as good as my cousin.

7. I like doing my hair and dressing up.

I'm in Canada and there is no ice cream around :( :(

Okay the people tagged above Your Mission Is:

Put a feather in your hair, draw a picture of a mosquito and type in your top 15 blogs to award. Then walk around in ten circles with 4 books on your head and type 7 things about yourself.

Are you up to the Challenge?

I'm Back Home!

2011-03-13T21:07:00.000-07:00

I am home!

I smell like the recital hall, I have survived on coffee, and I miss the community time in Lethbridge.

I saw all of my old university teachers for violin and I saw some very good friends. I really miss playing violin. I received many hugs and I felt overall very happy. BUT I AM SO GLAD TO BE HOME!

On Saturday evening my brother would not wake up so I decided to walk to church.. Bad idea! I walked the hard way around, got blisters on my feet and then missed some of the Mass. Father excused me because he said that I did at least have the Intention to get to Mass on time. I still feel like a very weak little Catholic for being late! :P

I think I have only had 2 cups of water. My adrenal glands must be crying with coffee because I drank a total of 10 cups approx.

But yet i survive!

Yeah, I always wondered why I was shaking.....

It total,
I have been well taken care of, but very tired and lonely. I had to but up with a person I was afraid of and really was annoyed by, poor guy.... I hope I prayed a lot, and I did hold my own during conversations and I jammed on my violin! That was the best part! :D

Oh and I laughed really loud at my brothers girlfriend Piccolo piece. It was hilariously horrible (she said so herself) but the rest of her performance was BEAUTIFUL!

hehehehe

xoxoxox