Fun With The Family...

Ah yes, back to the daily grind...Sarah and Aunt Sharon left this afternoon, and we miss them already. But, we had a ton of fun this weekend...

Basically, our Friday was kinda lazy. Mom got home from work, and we dusted and cleaned and all that good stuff, and then had dinner. At around nine, we drove to Greensboro to pick them up at PTI, and I got to drive on Business 40 in the dark, which was super-scary, but also super-neat. So, we waited around at the gate for a few minutes, and then we ran up to meet them, and hugged, and shared plane stories. When we finally got to the car, Mom drove back to Winston, mainly because I really didn't want to drive home, but whatever.

So, we got home, and talked for a while, and then headed to bed, and the next morning, we had breakfast and went over to the pool for a while, and then came home and had lunch and chilled. In the evening, Sarah and I got ready, and picked up Sylvia, and went to Coppola's to meet everyone for dinner. And then the group of us went over to Carmike to see Easy A, which was really good, and super funny, too.

Then, Maggie, Sylvia, Emma, Sarah, and I went home, and had chocolate eclair cake and talked for a while before Maggie's dad picked her up. And then the four of us played around on Facebook and watched SNL before going to bed. In the morning, we had breakfast, and Sylvia and Emma left, and then we sort of hung around for a little while. We went over to Aunt Lynne's for lunch, because she wanted to get rid of some of the leftovers from her pool party the night before, and so we had lunch and hung around over there. Apparently, her cats love me, because all Jessie wanted to do was sit in my lap, which was great until I started to smell like wet cat and noticed the tiny holes from his claws in my practically brand new jeans. So, anyway, we went home, and really just chilled for the evening, watched some football, played with Ella, things like that.

On Monday, we went to lunch at La Carreta, and Mom's co-worker, Jeannie, joined us. And we had a great time, and then food was awesome, and it was all good. Then, we went home, and dropped Sarah off, because she had to write a speech for school, and Mom, Quinn, Aunt Sharon, and I went to Enchanted Cottage and Accessorize This. We didn't get anything at the cottage, but we got drinks at Casanova's next door, and I had this Mocha Banana smoothie, which was really good. And Accessorize This was so cute, and I ended up getting a bracelet and a wallet.

When we got home, we rented Letters to Juliet on Movies on Demand, and I laughed at how many times they thought "Oh, this is going to be her Lorenzo", all the while having seen the previews that show exactly where she meets him. It was so good to see it again, and it's probably going to end up on my Christmas list. Anyway, that evening, Aunt Lynne came over for dinner, and we had barbecue chicken sandwiches and a bunch of sides, and we talked about a bunch of stuff before Aunt Lynne left. Then, Sarah and I let Ella out, and we pretty much went to bed after that.

And this morning, we got up, and headed back to Accessorize This, because Mom had gotten a ring, and Aunt Sharon wanted one of her own. So, I drove back out there, and ended up returning my wallet, because it just didn't quite work right for me, and I got a ring instead. It's just a really simple silver one with a flower and a leaf coming out from either side of it, but it's really cute. And so, we got back and had lunch, and then Mom drove to the airport. We dropped them off at the terminal entrance, and said our goodbyes and gave hugs all around, and then I drove home.

And I ended up having nachos and watching Dr. Phil and part of Oprah before crashing on the couch for what ended up being a two hour nap. And so, we watched out normal news/Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy lineup and now I'm going to head down and let Ella out and watch Parenthood this evening, but that's pretty much it.

Moms Say The Darndest Things...

I have to laugh right now, because my mom is just a little weird. She sometimes just says stuff...stuff that isn't really all that nice or appropriate to a situation. Like tonight, as we're saying goodnight, she goes to hug me, and the only thing she can say is that my hair smells. And not the good "your hair smells nice" thing. No, the other "your hair smells" way.

Which wouldn't have bothered me as much...except she actually had to stand there and describe just how bad she thought my hair smelled. Which as a semi-insecure teen, is not the most pleasant experience. So, I kinda flipped out at her, and she kinda flipped out at me, and we went to bed. Until about five minutes later, when she comes back in, and apologizes, and I apologize, and now it's all good. But, I thought I'd preserve this moment...haha.

So...anyway, now that I'm done ranting, I thought I'd just let everyone know that I did indeed get a pair of boots on Monday, although they weren't what I had originally planned on getting. The slouch ones at Belk were like half a size too big, so we went looking elsewhere, but couldn't really find anything that looked as good. So, we stopped in Payless, and I ended up finding this cute pair of black boots, that almost look kinda biker-chicky, but kinda not. But I like them, and so now I have a pair of boots for the fall and winter. :)

And Monday night, Mom and I watched Nine, which was pretty good. We both wish that it would have been a real musical, instead of just the sequences being inside his head. But, it was really neat to see, because all the main spots were filled with big names - Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Fergie, Judy Dench, Sophia Loren, etc. Kate Hudson's number was, in my opinion, the best of all of them...it was just so fun.

But anyway, tonight was kinda a boring night. We watched our normal news/Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy line-up, and then I brought out my laptop, and we re-watched last season's finale of Criminal Minds online, since they weren't replaying it on TV. And I have to say that I forgot how creepy Tim Curry's character is...*shudders*.

So, I thought I'd post the two videos I've made from episodes of Criminal Minds. The first one is set to "Secrets" by OneRepublic, the second to "Hands of Time" by Rachel Diggs. (You know, if I wasn't so shy and insecure and all, I'd totally get a YouTube account to post these on...maybe if I get the courage to, I'll sign up. Just maybe.)



So, yeah, that's pretty much it. My grandmother is coming over tonight, and we've got the Criminal Minds season premiere, which I am really excited for. (Can't you tell? Lol.) But that's pretty much it right now...

School, and Movies, and Everything Else...

Okay, guys, I'm going to skip the usual "I'm so lazy and I really should post more" statement, because I think you get that by now. So...

This past week has been fun, I guess. Homeschool has been good, and you don't know how thankful I am that I'm past geometry and back to algebra. My first Wordly Wise lesson went well; I did really well on the test, which we're now doing orally this year because the book tests just weren't cutting it. And this year is British lit, which should be cool, but I've got a lot more books to read than last year's American lit, where I only had to read three novels. But, some of them I'm excited to read,  like Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Emma by Jane Austen. So, that's good.

We rented Cop Out from Netflix, and oh my gosh, I loved it. The whole interrogation scene where Tracy Morgan is quoting movie lines is hilarious! And there's about a billion other parts that had me laughing, but I'm not going to list them all. And the other movie we rented was No Country for Old Men, which I watched mainly because it's a Best Picture winner, and my goal is to see all of them. So, the movie itself was pretty good, but the ending was a bit disappointing, but whatever. It was a cool movie anyway.

And yay for this week being premiere week for all of our normal tv programs! Because this summer has definitely sucked when it came to tv viewing for me, with the exception of Pretty Little Liars and Wipeout and maybe a few other shows. But now, we've got The Big Bang Theory, The Office, CSI: NY, and Criminal Minds (we watch others, but these are my faves) are back on. Which makes me happy. :)

Today was one weird day, mostly because I spent it on the computer, but not in the way you'd expect. No, today was the day my mom sucked me into trying to capture screenshots from her skydiving videos. I'd already gotten some decent pics from the videos I took of her landing, but I had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to get screenshots for the actual video of her falling out of the plane, which was shot and edited by her tandem instructor, Bob. So, I went down at like, two this afternoon, and didn't finish until close to six. But, after trying multiple programs and updating, and then uninstalling that same update, and a lot of googling, I managed to get some pretty good shots of her flipping out of the plane and falling through the air.

Which brings me to my next thing, because I told her that she owes me big time for this. Because not only am I doing the screenshots, I'm putting together a slideshow/video in Windows Movie Maker of some of the pictures I took of her and Uncle Mark getting ready, and being loaded into the plane, and the plane taking off, and them landing, and so on. So, anyway, she owes me big time, and my reward is that she'll buy me a pair of boots. Because we were over at the mall on Saturday (Mom needed new sneakers), and I kept seeing really cute slouch boots on the table at Belk as we came in and out. So, I'm getting boots for this, which I am extremely happy about. :)

This week is going to be pretty busy, because we'll be getting ready for my aunt and my cousin to come down from New York on Friday. So, I'm going to be cleaning, and tidying, and all that in addition to homeschool. But it should be fun when they get here; we'll be doing lots of hanging out and watching movies and swimming and all that good stuff, which is going to be a nice break. So, I may or may not get back on here to post later in the week. Hopefully, I'll find time maybe Friday afternoon, since their flight isn't arriving until ten or so in the evening.

So, that's pretty much all for now...I'll post again soon! :)

Let's Face the Music and Dance...

Okay, so, let's see...what can I talk about this time? Lol.

Well, I had a dentist appointment on Wednesday morning, and I hate the dentist, so you can guess how that went... But, anyway, I came out with cleaner teeth, especially my back ones, because I apparently still had cement from my braces on them that the orthodontist didn't get off. So yeah.

And then we went home and chilled for a while before heading over to my grandmother's to clean her house and have dinner. So, I dusted, and then messed with Quinn while Mom and Dad finished up. And then, we picked up McDonald's and had dinner (fish sandwiches...yum!) and then headed home.

Today, I ended up getting up at 8:30, and since Quinn was still asleep (and ended up sleeping until 12:45, even though he went to bed at a decent time last night), I went downstairs and watched a movie, which happens to be my fifth of ten Astaire/Rogers films, Follow The Fleet. Which was oh so cute. My favorite line - Fred: "Let's kiss and make up." Ginger: "No, let's just make up. That'll give you something to work for."

The best part, besides the dancing of course, was the adorable little monkey that Fred seemed to have with him for most of the movie, an apology gift to Ginger apparently. And what made the whole thing that much cuter was the fact that the monkey was dressed in a sailor's suit and hat, too. Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of said monkey, but I'll substitute it with a pretty color photo of Fred and Ginger in their sailor duds.

Okay, last pic, I promise, but I love this dress from the "Let's Face the Music and Dance" number...

Now, anyway, back to the recap. So, I had lunch, and then washed the dishes, and Quinn finally got up. And then I started my homeschool work for the day, which was just a math review and some language arts. I'm taking it easy this week, mainly because I like to start lesson one on Monday, and be on lesson five on Friday. Don't ask me why I have to have it that way, because I really can't answer it.

And then Mom got home, and then went for a walk, and then Dad got home, and took Quinn to get haircuts, so I was in different stages of "home alone" all day, which was neat. And then we had meatloaf for dinner, and Dad and I watched the Saints/Vikings game downstairs afterwards, which was funny because we really weren't watching it all that closely; we were more interested in each other's Facebook pages. Lol.

Now, again, I'm back on Windows Movie Maker. Haha, annoying, right? So, here's my latest creation, and it's not Fred and Ginger... Clips from Gone with the Wind set to Kelly Rowland's "Rose Colored Glasses".

Because Rhett was just so mean to Scarlett, and Ashley was just so...blind. Again, please excuse the black flashes. I hate them, but I don't know how to get rid of them.

So, that's it for right now. It's late, and I really should be sleeping, but I'm not. :)

Labor Day Weekend

Oh, boy. Well, I just changed over to the new post editor. (Yes, I know it's been available for a while; I was just kinda slow on changing it over...well, really slow on changing it over.) So, we'll see how this goes.

Um, well, the one fun thing we've done this weekend was that we had Granny over for dinner Saturday, and Dad invited Alfredo over, too. So, we had a lot of fun. Quinn was watching Little House on the Prairie all day, which was absolutely hilarious, because it's such a sappy show, and Mom was all "Oh, let me know if the episode where they dig for gold comes on!" Which it didn't, but whatever. So, anyway, Mom made lasagna, which we don't make that often, so it was a real treat for us, and we talked and joked around and had a ton of fun.

The swimming thing never did work out; everyone was really busy, and had other plans. But, Mom, Quinn, and I ended up going over there anyway, and my uncle showed us how to turn on the hot tub, so we got the water all heated up and got to enjoy the hot tub for a while, which was cool.

Today, Mom and I went to the pool again, and there was this humongous spider on the curtain in the gazebo, and so Mom and I left our purses somewhere else. Because who wants a spider (that had to have been a good three inches in diameter) in their stuff? Creepy. But anyway, we got some sun, and swam around, and watched the frog that seems to now be living within the rocks near the edge of the pool.

And then we came home, and changed, and went out to Applebee's for dinner, just because. And it was good, as usual, cuz I really like Applebee's. And then we went over to Gamestop so Quinn could get some Legend of Zelda game or something, and we stopped at CVS to pick up a few things before heading home.

Tonight is Dad's fantasy football draft, which I never did 'study' for. Oh well, I can read the ratings as we pick. Nothing for tomorrow; Mom's at work, so I'll be relaxing, but when she gets home, we'll be going over the schedule and textbooks and stuff for homeschool. Which we will be starting on Wednesday, after our dentist appointments.

I've just begun to realize how fast the past year or so has gone by. This past August marked a year since I got my braces taken off, and in a few days, it will be a year since I had my wisdom teeth pulled. Time really does fly...

It's Been Way Too Long...

Oh, wow, I am so horribly lazy. I haven't posted in forever! But, in truth, there hasn't really been much going on anyway, so it's not like I've had anything important to blog about.

- We ordered the homeschool stuff on Tuesday, and it had already arrived, so...ugh. Mom says that we're starting this coming Tuesday, which is...ugh. It's not that I don't like homeschool, I just hate school in general. Haha.

- My mom got her skydiving video in the mail a few days ago, and I think if she watches it anymore, the DVD player is going to go on strike. But, I have to admit, it's really pretty funny seeing my mom scream like a little girl as she tumbles out of the plane...haha. There's one part in the free-fall where's she mouthing "Oh my god, this is SO COOL!!!", which I found especially hilarious.

- We (as in my dad, my mom, and myself, because Quinn never does anything around the house) ended up spending our whole day today (Friday) cleaning the garage, because it's become a nasty, dirty, messy, well...mess in there. So, we did some cleaning and rearranging and stuff, which was neat, but it was extremely hot. But whatever. It looks a whole lot better now.

- We just watched a movie called Enemy At The Gates, which we ordered from Netflix and was pretty good. Jude Law and Ed Harris play Russian and German, respectively, sharpshooters, whose mission it is to kill the other during the siege and fall of Stalingrad in 1942/43. Good movie, neat concept...

This weekend, my job is to read up on as much fantasy football stuff as possible, seeing as Dad has asked me to partner with him in the other league he's competing in. This one is just a bragging rights league, as opposed to his other league, where you get a cash prize if you win, which is good because if I give him the wrong advice on who to put in, it's not like it's going to cost him the season.

And on Sunday, Sylvia and Anita might be coming over to the pool, but 'might' is the operative word here. Seeing as Anita's going to be coming back from Tennessee and, well, I don't know what Sylvia's plans are, but whatever.

And I have to figure out how to make a copy of Mom's skydiving video, so that she can send it to my uncle. Oh, and one for her co-worker, and one for her, so that she doesn't destroy the original from overusing it. Lol.

But, really, that's it for now. Hopefully, I'll have something more interesting for the next post! :)