So. It is almost 11:30 and S left about an hour and a half ago. We had a lot of fun. We made a duct tape trash can which was pretty cool and we messed one up which was hilarious. What happened was that we dropped the roll on to our sticky square of duct tape and when we pulled it off it all folded together. It was really funny and S apologized about 50 times for wasting it. I just kept laughing. We had 3 cookie breaks during our whole project. My cookies are a source of many happy smiles and apparently Darby likes them too. She jumped straight up and licked S's cookie! We couldn't tell if she'd actually gotten it so S ate it anyway. I had some too and they were delicious. C and I did a good job.
Then we tried to watch Lemony Snicket's The Series of Unfortunate Events but it didn't work, so we watched Alice in Wonderland instead. It was pretty good actually, as I haven't seen it in a while. I figured out the oyster part that M had told me about earlier in the week. Then we crashed around 1:00 and slept until the little man G came to get us. A quick breakfast of my mom's waffles and then we were getting ready and she was leaving. Then I had to do chores. It was pretty yucky but I listened to my iPod so I was all good. So this concludes my fun weekend!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
A Funfilled Weekend
5) Have an adventure!
This weekend was unusually packed. For me anyway. Mom thinks that we are always busy. Maybe she is, i think that life here can be dull sometimes. Dull, but never quiet! Of course when I voice these opinions, she tells me that she can give me more to do if I want, and I run downstairs and hide in the closet. Love you Mommy! Anyway, I'm having two people over this weekend. C came over last night and we had a blast.
I was laughing hysterically!
First we just laid around being lazy because we had to walk a whole two minutes to my house from the school. It's just dreadful and wastes so much energy! Then when we decided that our fragile bodies were capable of moving, we got my iPod touch out and played. Really, we were not in the mood to exert ourselves. We had a delicious dinner of Chicken and Orzo and some of Mom's homemade bread. Then we went back downstairs. I decided to pluck up the courage to get my friend A.L.'s number. I am not good with doing things like that, but C talked me into it. It's not that he's scary, but I don't know what to talk about. So we just sorta asked random questions, and C was being very nosy and watching everything over my shoulder. Then when I would smile or even just look at her she would break out laughing. At my lovely face!
Then we decided to make some cookies. A.L. DEFINITELY wanted some. We were laughing pretty hard. After stuffing our faces with cookie dough and telling A that we were ready to talk, we went down to my lovely bedroom and watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It was really good, and would have been better if C hadn't been snoring through half of it.:). Then we went to sleep. In the morning we had some of my dad's delicious pancakes and made G a dog out of red duct tape. Well I did while C played with my touch. It was really fun and I laughed a ton.
Introducing: S. S is C's best friend and they are some of the most hilarious people ever! All three of us play flute in band. S is pretty, smart, popular, an amazing singer, athletic, and an amazing gymnast! I've never really seen her at a meet for gymnastics, but she is spectacular at it in P.E. She is the busy one though. She could barely make it this weekend!
C wanted all three of us to hang out but it didn't quite work that way. It will be fun anyway because she is coming tonight! Yay! Hopefully she isn't too tired from her busy day to stay up late and eat lots of cookies! Yum delicious! So I think I will have to write again in the morning. I won't have a tip for that post because it will be a continued version of this one. So, To Be Continued...
This weekend was unusually packed. For me anyway. Mom thinks that we are always busy. Maybe she is, i think that life here can be dull sometimes. Dull, but never quiet! Of course when I voice these opinions, she tells me that she can give me more to do if I want, and I run downstairs and hide in the closet. Love you Mommy! Anyway, I'm having two people over this weekend. C came over last night and we had a blast.
I was laughing hysterically!First we just laid around being lazy because we had to walk a whole two minutes to my house from the school. It's just dreadful and wastes so much energy! Then when we decided that our fragile bodies were capable of moving, we got my iPod touch out and played. Really, we were not in the mood to exert ourselves. We had a delicious dinner of Chicken and Orzo and some of Mom's homemade bread. Then we went back downstairs. I decided to pluck up the courage to get my friend A.L.'s number. I am not good with doing things like that, but C talked me into it. It's not that he's scary, but I don't know what to talk about. So we just sorta asked random questions, and C was being very nosy and watching everything over my shoulder. Then when I would smile or even just look at her she would break out laughing. At my lovely face!
Then we decided to make some cookies. A.L. DEFINITELY wanted some. We were laughing pretty hard. After stuffing our faces with cookie dough and telling A that we were ready to talk, we went down to my lovely bedroom and watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It was really good, and would have been better if C hadn't been snoring through half of it.:). Then we went to sleep. In the morning we had some of my dad's delicious pancakes and made G a dog out of red duct tape. Well I did while C played with my touch. It was really fun and I laughed a ton.
Introducing: S. S is C's best friend and they are some of the most hilarious people ever! All three of us play flute in band. S is pretty, smart, popular, an amazing singer, athletic, and an amazing gymnast! I've never really seen her at a meet for gymnastics, but she is spectacular at it in P.E. She is the busy one though. She could barely make it this weekend!
C wanted all three of us to hang out but it didn't quite work that way. It will be fun anyway because she is coming tonight! Yay! Hopefully she isn't too tired from her busy day to stay up late and eat lots of cookies! Yum delicious! So I think I will have to write again in the morning. I won't have a tip for that post because it will be a continued version of this one. So, To Be Continued...
Monday, January 25, 2010
A Tragic School Day
4) It doesn't get very cold.
Today at school there was quite a scene. It started when I walked out of the gym and there was a huddle of girls- popular girls, mind you, sobbing into one another's shoulders. I wasn't sure what to do or what to say. A and I badgered K until she promised to tell us if she found out in PE, which she has with several of said girls. As I walked to math I realized what had happened. A girl at school, who shall remain unnamed, had suffered the loss of her father to leukemia. She was receiving many hugs and I put together the pieces. I still wasn't sure. Since I had to wait until next period to see K I turned to the girl who was crying the least- C. However, as I looked closer, C's lips were clamped shut and she was forcing herself not to cry. I had never seen anyone try so hard not to cry. It was sad and amazing at the same time. You could tell something had happened because my whole math class was silent except for some snuffling.
Mrs. M was slightly embarrassed to continue having a lesson with so many girls crying, so she stuttered about how we had to go in with the lesson anyway and that if someone needed to leave the room they should feel free to do so. Meanwhile, I fought back tears. Not necessarily for the girl and her father but because of my thoughts. It seemed nearly selfish to be worried about moving when there were things like this man's death happening. I realized that I could at least come back to visit. Her father couldn't just take a plane back from wherever Death took him and say hello to his family. I couldn't feel as bad about The Lovely News when there were trips taken that a person couldn't come back from. I don't think that I can accept fully the way that things are happening, but I can't mope around when I should be grateful that my family is just in a different place and not dead, never to return. And so with the farewell of this post I sit in a moment of silence in the reverie of my new found philosophy and in sorrow for the girl whose father will never come home.
Today at school there was quite a scene. It started when I walked out of the gym and there was a huddle of girls- popular girls, mind you, sobbing into one another's shoulders. I wasn't sure what to do or what to say. A and I badgered K until she promised to tell us if she found out in PE, which she has with several of said girls. As I walked to math I realized what had happened. A girl at school, who shall remain unnamed, had suffered the loss of her father to leukemia. She was receiving many hugs and I put together the pieces. I still wasn't sure. Since I had to wait until next period to see K I turned to the girl who was crying the least- C. However, as I looked closer, C's lips were clamped shut and she was forcing herself not to cry. I had never seen anyone try so hard not to cry. It was sad and amazing at the same time. You could tell something had happened because my whole math class was silent except for some snuffling.
Mrs. M was slightly embarrassed to continue having a lesson with so many girls crying, so she stuttered about how we had to go in with the lesson anyway and that if someone needed to leave the room they should feel free to do so. Meanwhile, I fought back tears. Not necessarily for the girl and her father but because of my thoughts. It seemed nearly selfish to be worried about moving when there were things like this man's death happening. I realized that I could at least come back to visit. Her father couldn't just take a plane back from wherever Death took him and say hello to his family. I couldn't feel as bad about The Lovely News when there were trips taken that a person couldn't come back from. I don't think that I can accept fully the way that things are happening, but I can't mope around when I should be grateful that my family is just in a different place and not dead, never to return. And so with the farewell of this post I sit in a moment of silence in the reverie of my new found philosophy and in sorrow for the girl whose father will never come home.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Hometown Friends
3) Realize that there will be more country land than there is here.
When I was reading the comments for my last post, I came across a tip from an anonymous reader that I should introduce my friends better. I responded that I didn't believe that the particular post was right for that. I do however, think that I need to devote a post to the friends that I will have to leave behind, and I think now is a good time. So kick back, relax, and enjoy these brief introductions to some of the people that I cherish most.
I think we should start with A. There are two things that are important to understanding A. She is a triplet,(the oldest! She's proud of that.), and she is very gifted with the baton. No, she isn't the cheerleader type, but she does know how to work a baton. A is a great person. She is very smart, has a good sense of humor, and gives sensational advice. She loves country music and medical dramas. She is also athletic, plays basketball, and a tomboy.
Next, E. She is the second oldest triplet. She is the opposite of A. She is very girly, and really prefers not to get her hands dirty. She does have a passion for running. She is a great distance runner! E is a loyal friend who will support you in whatever you're doing. She also enjoys country music and adores her cellphone.
K. She is the youngest triplet. She is hilarious, and I love her for that. She always has something up her sleeve to make you laugh. She is prone to clumsiness, but she always gets back up laughing. She plays basketball too, on the same team as A actually. She likes country music, just like her sisters, and is great with little kids.
M is an oddball. No one from school would guess that, but she is. When we hang out after school, she instantly transforms. Once in the car or on the grass beyond the school's fence, you wouldn't even know that she is the same person. Unless, of course, you are me. She is pretty, smart, and fascinated with medical things. She is a living breathing broken person. Her leg, which had some issue with it, as kept her out of PE for almost a year. She is very artsy and I don't know what I would do without her.
D1 and D2 are inseparable. D1 is the only person that I have ever met who is funnier than K. His life's dream is to build a business called Hobo Haven that sells and adopts out hobos. I don't know if I could survive the day without talking to D1 first. D2 is the guy that my friends all pick on but really like. He's funny, somewhat smart, and knows random facts that are of no real importance. He is sometimes slow in the uptake, but you can't live without him.
L is a natural born runner. She can sprint but her crowning glory is her distance. L is very soft spoken at school but is very loud and outgoing outside of school. She is also very artsy.
C is great. She's one of the most popular girls at school. She's pretty, smart, athletic, crafty, nice, and she can be loud. She comes up with great ideas for crafts and is an amazing singer no matter what she says!
My final one is Madgirl. She is hilarious! She came over last night and I could not stop laughing. The world wouldn't be the same without her.
So those are my friends. Stories upon stories will be told of them, and there may be one or two additions to this list later. :)
When I was reading the comments for my last post, I came across a tip from an anonymous reader that I should introduce my friends better. I responded that I didn't believe that the particular post was right for that. I do however, think that I need to devote a post to the friends that I will have to leave behind, and I think now is a good time. So kick back, relax, and enjoy these brief introductions to some of the people that I cherish most.
I think we should start with A. There are two things that are important to understanding A. She is a triplet,(the oldest! She's proud of that.), and she is very gifted with the baton. No, she isn't the cheerleader type, but she does know how to work a baton. A is a great person. She is very smart, has a good sense of humor, and gives sensational advice. She loves country music and medical dramas. She is also athletic, plays basketball, and a tomboy.
Next, E. She is the second oldest triplet. She is the opposite of A. She is very girly, and really prefers not to get her hands dirty. She does have a passion for running. She is a great distance runner! E is a loyal friend who will support you in whatever you're doing. She also enjoys country music and adores her cellphone.
K. She is the youngest triplet. She is hilarious, and I love her for that. She always has something up her sleeve to make you laugh. She is prone to clumsiness, but she always gets back up laughing. She plays basketball too, on the same team as A actually. She likes country music, just like her sisters, and is great with little kids.
M is an oddball. No one from school would guess that, but she is. When we hang out after school, she instantly transforms. Once in the car or on the grass beyond the school's fence, you wouldn't even know that she is the same person. Unless, of course, you are me. She is pretty, smart, and fascinated with medical things. She is a living breathing broken person. Her leg, which had some issue with it, as kept her out of PE for almost a year. She is very artsy and I don't know what I would do without her.
D1 and D2 are inseparable. D1 is the only person that I have ever met who is funnier than K. His life's dream is to build a business called Hobo Haven that sells and adopts out hobos. I don't know if I could survive the day without talking to D1 first. D2 is the guy that my friends all pick on but really like. He's funny, somewhat smart, and knows random facts that are of no real importance. He is sometimes slow in the uptake, but you can't live without him.
L is a natural born runner. She can sprint but her crowning glory is her distance. L is very soft spoken at school but is very loud and outgoing outside of school. She is also very artsy.
C is great. She's one of the most popular girls at school. She's pretty, smart, athletic, crafty, nice, and she can be loud. She comes up with great ideas for crafts and is an amazing singer no matter what she says!
My final one is Madgirl. She is hilarious! She came over last night and I could not stop laughing. The world wouldn't be the same without her.
So those are my friends. Stories upon stories will be told of them, and there may be one or two additions to this list later. :)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Field Trip!
2) There are a more big cities there besides Seattle.
Hey! Thank you, everyone, for the comments. They help me a lot and really boost my confidence. Since I'm not actually in Washington yet, I will write posts of things that I find funny or interesting from school or home. Please be aware that it is indeed school, so I may not write everyday for lack of a subject. Luckily, we went on a field trip today, just my grade. We went to a career conference.
The conference was held at our local movie theater. The man who spoke to us first had just fallen down the stairs waiting for us. It was very funny until he managed to mention it every time he opened his mouth... Anyway he then introduced us to another man who did manage to make a new joke each time. He taught us 4 "gets" to keep in mind that will make it easier to find a decent job.
1: Get your work done with quality
2: Get to school/work on time
3: Get along with peers and coworkers
4: Get CREATIVE
Then we went to the sessions which, after taking a survey, were the best fitting to be interesting to us. The speakers that I had weren't the greatest, but not the worst either. For my Human Services session there was and army officer, an enlisted soldier, and a pharmacy technician for the army. The officer (a lieutenant he said he was ) was an okay speaker, but he was very textbook. The enlisted soldier didn't speak, but he did stand with his arms crossed looking very armyish. The pharmacy technician was my favorite speaker for Human Services. He was very friendly and made sure to include us as much as possible. I sat with my friend A, but her sisters K and E plus my friend M were there too. Then a Career Coach spoke. She was one of those people who thinks that she's being funny but only succeeds half of the time.
After Human Services I had Art/Communications. I was expecting lots of paintings and things, things that I would enjoy, but I was disappointed. The first man did show us a painting that he had done but only very briefly before going on to his job and real passion: Website design. He worked for a newspaper and he helped to design this website: Click! I made a link! Anyway he showed us part of a humongous list of computer instructions and then a huge stack of books on his subject. After that, a man who commentates for Illinois sports games talked to us. He played back some of last nights Illinois versus Purdue game. I did rather like him!
The best part of the field trip though was the lunch. We got to go to Monical's; one of the best places to get pizza on Illinois. I sat with M, A, K, L, D1, and D2. It was really fun! We had pizza and soda; well I had water because I don't like soda but you get the idea. :) . I switched name tags with D1 and became him for a little while. Then, sadly, we had to get back on the yellow buses and go back to school. Even though the field trip was boring, I did enjoy myself some. I didn't get a huge new idea for what to be when I get older, but I did get to see some new sides of the career clusters that I sat in for. Ta ta for now!
Hey! Thank you, everyone, for the comments. They help me a lot and really boost my confidence. Since I'm not actually in Washington yet, I will write posts of things that I find funny or interesting from school or home. Please be aware that it is indeed school, so I may not write everyday for lack of a subject. Luckily, we went on a field trip today, just my grade. We went to a career conference.
The conference was held at our local movie theater. The man who spoke to us first had just fallen down the stairs waiting for us. It was very funny until he managed to mention it every time he opened his mouth... Anyway he then introduced us to another man who did manage to make a new joke each time. He taught us 4 "gets" to keep in mind that will make it easier to find a decent job.
1: Get your work done with quality
2: Get to school/work on time
3: Get along with peers and coworkers
4: Get CREATIVE
Then we went to the sessions which, after taking a survey, were the best fitting to be interesting to us. The speakers that I had weren't the greatest, but not the worst either. For my Human Services session there was and army officer, an enlisted soldier, and a pharmacy technician for the army. The officer (a lieutenant he said he was ) was an okay speaker, but he was very textbook. The enlisted soldier didn't speak, but he did stand with his arms crossed looking very armyish. The pharmacy technician was my favorite speaker for Human Services. He was very friendly and made sure to include us as much as possible. I sat with my friend A, but her sisters K and E plus my friend M were there too. Then a Career Coach spoke. She was one of those people who thinks that she's being funny but only succeeds half of the time.
After Human Services I had Art/Communications. I was expecting lots of paintings and things, things that I would enjoy, but I was disappointed. The first man did show us a painting that he had done but only very briefly before going on to his job and real passion: Website design. He worked for a newspaper and he helped to design this website: Click! I made a link! Anyway he showed us part of a humongous list of computer instructions and then a huge stack of books on his subject. After that, a man who commentates for Illinois sports games talked to us. He played back some of last nights Illinois versus Purdue game. I did rather like him!
The best part of the field trip though was the lunch. We got to go to Monical's; one of the best places to get pizza on Illinois. I sat with M, A, K, L, D1, and D2. It was really fun! We had pizza and soda; well I had water because I don't like soda but you get the idea. :) . I switched name tags with D1 and became him for a little while. Then, sadly, we had to get back on the yellow buses and go back to school. Even though the field trip was boring, I did enjoy myself some. I didn't get a huge new idea for what to be when I get older, but I did get to see some new sides of the career clusters that I sat in for. Ta ta for now!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Lovely News
Hey. I'm Ki-Ki. This blog will be made for the friends that will be left behind on my move across the country, but it may also give some kids from my new school an idea of my outlook on life. I will include pictures and tales of my daily adventures as I grow accustomed to life in Washington, as well as daily tips on what to do when you're in Washington. You'll notice the dots after Washington in the title. I will add the rest of the sentence. Although I'm not there yet, I will get tips to put on. My very first When In Washington tip....
1) Learn to realize that there is a desert there.
Alrighty. Now I 'm not sure how many people know that there is a desert in Washington. Here's how I found out:
We'll call it the Lovely news. My parents sat on the couch, faces serious, and told me and my brother J that they needed to tell us something.
"Did someone die?" was my first question. Mom laughed and shook her head. I let out a mental sigh of relief. I was figuring that nothing bad could've happened. The house wasn't back on the market yet, so we couldn't possibly be moving yet. Boy was I wrong. We had been planning to move about 30 minutes away from our cozy little home.
"Dad got a job interview that he is very interested in. It's in Washington." Mom broke it to us.
I thought that the world had fallen out of orbit around me. There was no way on Earth... Washington? My mom calmly explained about the job and how they would be going there soon to look at schools and a few homes. She told about how we could have a farm now which has been a dream of hers for a while now. I took it all in while my eyes were threatening to overflow. I could barely speak. I was asked what I looked forward to most.
"We'll get another dog." I said tonelessly, still in a state of shock. Mom was a bit irate. She wanted me to look at the positives. The positives? I was just making friends here! Then she proceeded to explain that we wouldn't even be living in a green part of Washington. We'd be living in the desert. Can you believe it? A desert in Washington! There are huge hills, she told me. And tumbleweeds.
So now I am waiting for the dreadful news that means that we will have to get in a plane and fly to join my dad, who will be going out in late February. He may be taking my baby with him. My baby girl, my puppy, Darby. Dad will be all alone out there, so they decided that taking Darby could help him not to feel so alone. You will come to discover that I adore my dog, and that many stories of her will be told.
If you're interested in what happens to me in Washington, follow When In Washington closely. Leave comments and I promise that I'll respond. :)
1) Learn to realize that there is a desert there.
Alrighty. Now I 'm not sure how many people know that there is a desert in Washington. Here's how I found out:
We'll call it the Lovely news. My parents sat on the couch, faces serious, and told me and my brother J that they needed to tell us something.
"Did someone die?" was my first question. Mom laughed and shook her head. I let out a mental sigh of relief. I was figuring that nothing bad could've happened. The house wasn't back on the market yet, so we couldn't possibly be moving yet. Boy was I wrong. We had been planning to move about 30 minutes away from our cozy little home.
"Dad got a job interview that he is very interested in. It's in Washington." Mom broke it to us.
I thought that the world had fallen out of orbit around me. There was no way on Earth... Washington? My mom calmly explained about the job and how they would be going there soon to look at schools and a few homes. She told about how we could have a farm now which has been a dream of hers for a while now. I took it all in while my eyes were threatening to overflow. I could barely speak. I was asked what I looked forward to most.
"We'll get another dog." I said tonelessly, still in a state of shock. Mom was a bit irate. She wanted me to look at the positives. The positives? I was just making friends here! Then she proceeded to explain that we wouldn't even be living in a green part of Washington. We'd be living in the desert. Can you believe it? A desert in Washington! There are huge hills, she told me. And tumbleweeds.
So now I am waiting for the dreadful news that means that we will have to get in a plane and fly to join my dad, who will be going out in late February. He may be taking my baby with him. My baby girl, my puppy, Darby. Dad will be all alone out there, so they decided that taking Darby could help him not to feel so alone. You will come to discover that I adore my dog, and that many stories of her will be told.
If you're interested in what happens to me in Washington, follow When In Washington closely. Leave comments and I promise that I'll respond. :)
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