Catching up

Hello, everyone! How has life been lately? My life's been pretty good. I'm not certain that I told you, but my sisters and I have been taking a speech and composition class since September. It's been fun, and challenging. Lots and lots of essays. :P We finished the first semester in December. But-- oops! I forgot! Starting a sentence with "but" is not allowed in the writing class! What I meant to say was, I've really liked the class, and improving my writing has been nice. The class is on Thursday (just finished my homework from last week today), so that's where I'm headed tomorrow, and I can't wait! I really like the class, because the teacher is nice, the classmates are nice, and we get to learn. :) Learning is always fun, right?

Speaking of learning and school, my sister Leah is graduating this year! I'm so excited for her! She has been a really great student, and my mom has been a really brave teacher for homeschooling through high school. Yay! Next year I'll be a senior. I'm still not sure what to do after high school. I was thinking of being either a hair dresser or something with animals. I don't really want to have a job where I have to do excessive math or algebra. I'm working on accounting right now, and it's kind of confusing. It's not that I hate math. I'm relatively good at it, and I can understand most of it. I just don't like it. What kind of schoolwork is your favorite? What about your least favorite? :)

Oh yes. How was everyone's Christmas? Mine was good. For Christmas, our mother and grandmother told my sisters and I that we were fat, ugly, and lazy.

No, not really, just kidding! The reason I said that was because of the presents they gave us: a pedometer (a thing that counts your steps), an apron and a cookbook, and some supplies to make mineral make-up. Yes, mineral make-up. Ever heard of it? Because I had not until last year. It came from Glory Bee Foods. Here's the link to the make-up kit we got. It's been fun to experiment with. You should really consider getting it too, if you wear make-up, because it's a lot healthier than normal make-up.
What did you get for Christmas? I hope your New Year was good too, because mine was. We went to our aunt and uncle's house and ran around with the cousins and had yummy food. :) And then we went home and popped balloons and watched fireworks and screamed a lot. I really like the New Year.

Also, this year is, for our family, a year of No Dessert. Because sugar is not very healthy for us.Yep, no chocolate, no cookies, no chocolate, no cake, and most of all, no chocolate. Except on special occasions. I've been getting through alright (ok, cheating just a bit) with some yummy dark chocolate-covered prunes from Christmas. They're healthy, because they're prunes and dark chocolate, right? Right?

Well, I should probably sign off, because it's getting close to dinner, and we're having salmon patties and quinoa (keen-wa) for dinner, yum! If you don't know what quinoa is, it's a sort of grain that's really healthy. :)

Have a wonderful week!

Grace be with you,

Abby :D

Ramblings from the sleep-deprived mind

I will start with this one simple question:

When do you go to bed?

Huh? Huh? Are you sure? Huh? Well, I go to bed at... are you ready for this? AFTER 11 'o clock. At least 30 minutes after, usually. *shriek from the early go-to-bedders* This late bedtime is probably responsible for my hyper-ness a lot of the time. It's 9:13 pm right now, and my body is already saying, "Hey Abby! Can't you see the clock? It's time to go to bed! Do you hear me? Abby?" whereas my mind is saying, "Come on! It's early! You still have a couple of hours before bedtime!" Who do I listen to?

My grandma made these WONDERFUL cookies. And when I say wonderful, I mean WONDERFUL! If you like, I can share the recipe with you. You just have to say, "Pretty please with a COOKIE on top," and I will.

Anyways, I've been thinking about taking a blogging break. Can you say souvenirs? Well, maybe not that, but at least a break.
Now that summer is coming to an end, I finally have a project. Ugh! It always happens that way. Can you guess what I'm making? Hint: it's for my hope chest.

I've been reading Proverbs and Song of Solomon. I don't really like SOS. It's too lovey-dovey (why do people say lovey-dovey anyway? What do doves have to do with it?) I think this book is more for grown-ups, or mature teenagers. Proverbs is great advice for anyone, even though Solomon wrote it for his son. Solomon came to a rather bad end, you know. Even though he was really wise, he still ended up sacrificing to idols.

So, now you know how my mind works at night, when I'm hyper.

What has been on your mind lately?

Grace be with you,

Abby :D

Rambling on and on...

 Summer is still not over for me, although I almost wish it was. Almost  (but not really) . I haven't had much to do, but I am thinking about making an apron. Pattern ideas, anyone?
I am also thinking about taking up the mandolin.

(not my photo)

Interesting idea, but I'm still not sure. I'm still thinking about flute, as well. My piano is still going strong, but I'm getting a bit bored with it. :P I don't know why. 
So we went to our grandma and granpa's rental house for a night. We played in the woods a liittle bit there, and for the rest of the day, all I could think of was TICKS... *shudder* Ew. Thankfully I didn't have any ticks. Or fleas, or bedbugs. :D 
So, I've been wondering...

#1. How do you get someone to guest post on your blog? Do you just ask them?


#2. How do you get someone to donate/whatever to a giveaway on your blog? Do you pay them?


#3. Are my posts entertaining, interesting, absorbing, etc.? Are you getting something out of them?


#4. What do you think about me changing my blogging name to Corrine? (I know I asked this question in my poll, but I want to know what everyone personally thinks)


If you can answer any of these, I would most certainly appreciate it. Thanks!

Have a great week!

Grace be with you,

Abby :D