Oct. 19, 2009 - Imagination
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.
~ Albert Einstein ~
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Oct. 14, 2009 - I Love...
My loverly sister Eyebright tagged me. If your a regular reader of my blog you'll know I don't normally do tags, but this one looked like fun, and like I said, my sister tagged me.
In Spring, I love the smell of the wind as it plays with my hair and makes me feel like the world has emerged from a deep cave after so many months. I love the sun as it warms up the earth, it's rays spreading heat and happiness. I love the the small blades of new grass, poking their head above the dirt, reaching up towards new life. I love the clouds of horse hair that go sailing into the wind after a good brushing. I love Jesus!
In Summer, I love the smell of parched air and dust. I love the cracks in the dirt that crunch when you step on them. I love the big blue sky stretching for miles and miles. I love the smell of warm leather, and warm horses. I love long trail rides in the cool of the mountains, and I love crisp, freezing ice water. I love playing crochet in Grandma and Grandpa's yard in the green, lush grass. I love motor home trips to Washington to see good friends and watch air shows. I love ice cream and popcicles, and refreshing relief that comes from the sun as it sinks below the horizon. I love the Lord!
In Fall, I love the cold wind that blows in, making you realize it's time to dig out your collection of sweaters. I love pumpkins, and the colors orange and brown. I love carmel apples and earlier nights. Hot apple cider, and a whole day set aside to give thanks for what I've been given. I love pumpkin pies, and left over turkey sandwhiches. I love Jehovah!
In Winter, I love the blankets, and books, and hot drinks. I love the feeling of the holidays hanging in the air. I love the the beutiful snowy landscapes outside my car window on our way to see family. I love days of sledding, and mittens and coats. I love cousins and aunts and uncles, and Christmas candy. I love Sunday morning music, and babies giggling. I love the steam that rolls off horses back as they huddle together to stay warm. I love the smell of wet horse blankets, and I love hiding my hand behind Angel's main until it's no longer num with cold. I love the King of Kings!
Now that I’ve told you my favorite thoughts of the seasons I challenge you to a tag. I’m going to tag four people to follow my thoughts of the seasons and have them tell me theirs.
I tag….
2. living up to my sleeves
3. Witty Words
4. Little House in the Big World
Even if you’re not one of the four bloggers chosen above, feel free to post your feelings with a link back to my blog.
Rules of the tag
1. Tag at least three people after your post.
2. Post back to the blog that tagged you.
3. Post the rules of the tag and please don’t post the things you least like about the seasons, but what you like best 
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Oct. 1, 2009 - Links, Links, and More Links!
I think it's a little funny how inspiration comes in bursts and fits. I don't have a regular schedule for my blog so when my writing inspiration has a damper on it, my blog takes the brunt of it. Very sad for the blog, and very sad for the readers.
It just happens to be one of those times for me. All I feel like writing right now is one of my long-term works in progress so everything else has been ignored. I decided this morning I couldn't have that so I frantically searched my mind for something to post about. The result I came up with, links! I love links, they can open up a whole new world and all you have to do is click.
Movie Links
I'm never sure anymore if I can trust the ratings on movies. In fact, I've learned not to, but I don't just want to pop in a movie rated PG-13 without knowing what I might be viewing so I've discovered several very helpful websites where I can do my research.
The Internet Movie Database This is probably one of my favorite websites. It can tell you so many interesting movie facts, and info, and it happens to have a Parents Guide for some movies.
Plugged In Online a website by Focus on the Family that's all about... movies! Click the link to find movie reviews galore!
Netflix if your a movie watcher and you don't have one, you should. My family has loved our Netflix from day one, and just to let you know. There is a limit of movies you can put in your queue, 500.
Book Related Links
Books, books, books! Things are learned, stories are told, ideas are discovered!
Goodreads I can recommend it enough! This website is awesome for helping to find good books to read, it's great to stay up to date with what your friends are reading, and it can be a lot of fun too! Rate books, and right up to a 19,985 characters review.
Google Books not a sight I use often, but one I find handy when I do. If you have an account with Google, you can also get some free e-books.
Writing Related Links
For the people who pour out their heart onto parchment. For the people who bleed ink, and breath the air of inspiration... sometimes.
NaNoWriMo Nation Novel Writing Month brings a challenge for all writers. Can you write 50,000 words in November?
My Writing Nook I haven't used it that much because I prefer Google Docs, but it's a very nice and simple writing program.
Music Related Links
Music, everyone likes at least a certain kind, and there are a lot of kinds!
Blip Add your friends (or "DJs") and hear the music they have been listening to lately. Blip your favorite songs, and earn props!
Pandora Personalize your own online radio!
Look for a follow up posts with links to blogs that I enjoy reading!
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Sep. 26, 2009 - Dictionary -noun, a game
Dictionary is played by one person finding a strange word and writing down the definition. That person then tells everyone else the word and they guess what they think it means by writing it down. The first person then reads all the guesses and votes are taken on what the real answer is. After everyone has voted the true answer is revealed.
Although I had heard of this game I had never played it before, but when we got together with a bunch of people from church we played it and had a lot of fun. Here are some of the words and definitions we came up with.
The word: Pansophy -noun
Meaning: Universal knowledge
The Guesses
- The study of partiality to childlike way
- A feeling of dread or foreboding
- The act of showing great kindness in a philosophical manner
- A baker who gives wise counsel
- The art of painting with only the color green
- The study of Russian theology
- The act of gathering all of ones relative for a reunion
The word: Nudiustertian -noun
Meaning: The day before yesterday
- An advocate of simple living
- Someone who is trying to fish for the first time
- Pertaining to the act of running in public without one's clothes
- One with belief in extra-terrestrial life
- A person who operates on alienatic beings
- Purple mold that grows in showers
- The act of knocking a boat off its intended course
The word: Midden -noun
Meaning: Habitual mating ground for hippos usually marked by excrement
- A term used for joining two pieces of fabric while sewing
- The middle section of a ship
- An awkward smell coming from a dead animal
- A female teacher of a private school in the middle ages
- A dwarf's grandchild
- Half full or half empty
The word: Boiarin -noun
Meaning: A Russian Gentleman
- The study of buoyancy
- Silk cloth from the western part of China
- The part of a ship that is below the water
- An alcoholic
- Wind that passes through a dark alley
- The most prized of the French made cheeses to the Nudiustertain
- An experimental drug for the treatment of cancer
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Sep. 25, 2009 - Will You Go Farther?
You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even
Is this not true for any work of fiction? 
for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath nought to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you. Clap the leaves and go no further then this, for I tell you plainly that if you go farther you will be scandalized by seeing good, sober folks of real history so frisk and caper in gay colors and motley that you would not know them but for the names tagged to them. ~ Howard Pyle
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Sep. 21, 2009 - Play Suggestions Please!
Before we moved I had my really good friend SmartyJones over and we read the play The Importance of Being Earnest out loud together. It was a lot of fun and ever since we have wanted to do it again, but it's a little to far now for her to come.
So Eyebright and I decided to have some girls over from our church to do it, the only problem is, we don't know what play to read! We don't want Shakespeare just yet although I think I might be willing to try that later on.
At the library I checked out a book called Best American Plays Third Series 1945-1951. Glancing over the first three though have been a disappointment. None of them were suitable for three schoolgirls and a graduate.
Have you ever read plays aloud? Do you know of any really good ones?
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Sep. 9, 2009 - Weather Adjustments
Once apon a time my family had an umbrella in the car, but after a few years of us tripping over it while jumping out, little boys opening it in the car and getting it stuck in little girls hair, and never using it for what it was made for, we decided we could do without. After all it doesn't rain much on the high desert.
Yesterday though as we made a dash to the car that was parked at the far side of the parking lot we realized we are in different country now. We sat in our car, soaked, and looked around at all the people handly pulling umbrellas out of their cars.
"We need an umbrella Mom." Kekoa spoke up, and the rest of us laughed.
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Aug. 27, 2009 - Begging for the Bills
For the first time in our lives, my family is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a bill in the mail. We found the local library and in the five minutes of being in it almost went crazy because of all the books I wanted to check out. The only problem is, you have to have a bill with your address on it to get your library card, and we don't have one yet.
Thankfully we still have books at home we are able to read for now, and reading is one thing getting done.
Our internet has been having problems for the last few days, and the house we moved into is rather empty right now. So Eyebright and I have been spending most of our time reading, or (at least on my part) writing.
We should be getting internet back next Thursday, but until then my time on HSB will be limited.
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Aug. 19, 2009 - Graphic Making Here I Come!
I just couldn't take it any longer. I'm downloading GIMP on my computer. I hope it will work. After I got my laptop I had no program to make graphics with. While we still had the disks for Photoshop my computer would not recognize them. At first I didn't have that big a problem with it. If I had to make a graphic I would ask Eyebright to use her computer. I didn't really feel like making anything else so I was fine. Lately though I've really been wanting to make some graphics.
I'm guessing part of the reason is because BlueSky Graphics just looks so empty. I've been dieing to make graphics lately, about books, writing, reading, movies, etc.
Now I'll just have to learn to use GIMP again... it's been awhile.
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Aug. 6, 2009 - The Big Adventure
I've tried to write this post many a time, but I kept getting distracted, or I would delete the whole thing on accident and having it all typed up and ready to post. Here it is though! Maybe not as good as the first one I had, but here it is!
After that we went to the Golden Spike. The museum was closed, but we got out and looked around out side where the actual monument was.
Since then we have just been settling in, taking a look around, and getting know the area. A quick prayer request, we need our house back home to sell before we can buy one here so please pray that it would sell quickly.
Because this post is rather long as is I'll sign off now.
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Jul. 29, 2009 - Pippin Meets Sam
The title of this post may sound kind of weird, so let me explain. Several months ago... I really have no idea how long ago... my Mum told me I would be getting an e-mail from Narniagirl. I was thinking.... ok.... and then I got this e-mail from her that said she was looking forward to getting to know me better, and hoped that we could chat, and e-mail back and fourth. I figured, sure even though I thought her blog was childish.
I don't think either of us had any idea of what was to come. Our weirdness collaborated and from there things took off.
Narniagirl reminded me of Samwise Gamgee, and one day when we were talking about what hobbits we were most like she said, "I'm gonna call you Pippin." So I said, "If I can call you Sam." So since then that's what we've called each other. Hence the title.
When we first found out we were moving to Kentucky both Sam and I thought it would be a great time to meet each other seeing as how she lives right along the way.
~ Pippin (Bluejane)
Two days ago our motor home pulled up in front of their house, things have been crazy ever since.
So far we have written together, gone sight seeing together, talked together, laughed together....
it's been spindackular (this is a word we made up one day while chatting, it means better then awesome) (we actually made it up when we were talking about meeting each other) Today we have plans to do more sight seeing and I will get to meet Catey and Jocelyn, fellow writers from Kids of Faith.
~ Sam (Narniagirl)
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Jul. 25, 2009 - Driving, driving... still driving
~ Samwise Gamgee
Tomorrow we will be heading into Wyoming!
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Jul. 22, 2009 - "Here We Gooo!"
Well, today is the day. My family and I are leaving to head for Kentucky. We have two weeks to make it there so we are planning to stop and see a lot of neat stuff, and visit people on the way.
Today is not a long drive we only have a few hours till we reach some friends of ours where we will be staying the night.
Please pray for my family and I as we start our trip!
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Jul. 20, 2009 - Time with Family
For the last three days we have been living in our motor home at our Grandparents house. It has been so nice to spend time with all my Grandparents before we leave, but it has also been really sad. One moment I'm really excited about going, and the next I don't want to.
I guess I'll just be thankful for the time God gives me with the people I care about, and then take His hand and let Him lead me where He needs me.... and try to trust Him while it happens.
~ 2 Samuel 22:31
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Jul. 11, 2009 - The Library Trap
I should know by now not to walk into a library if I cannot get any books. My cousin had several books she needed to get back before her overdue fines were way above her head. I decided I would go with her, maybe suggest some good reads, and I wanted to take a break from the yardsale anyway.
I did really good until I went to go take a look at the new books. Dragon Spear, the third book in a series I've been reading just came out and I had no idea! I grabbed it up and begged my cousin to check it out for me. She would have done it without the begging because she's so sweet, but I begged none the less.
Now I have a day to finish reading the book. It is an easy read, but I'm not sure if I day will be enough time! I guess I better get back to it...
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Jul. 11, 2009 - Yardsale Blues
It's the second day of our yardsale and business is slow. We didn't sell as much yesterday as we were hoping and we didn't sell any big bookshelves, or dressers, or desks. The stuff we really want to get rid of. Today is the last day and tomorrow we will have to pack all this junk up and take it back to our neighbor.
It's interesting to see what boredom can do to people. Yesterday I colored two price dots with a black pen in cool designs, and would have done more if Mum hadn't told me to stop wasting them. They looked neat once I was done though!
So it's early in the morning today, although it does not look promising we are hoping and praying more people will come today.
If you need me, I'll be sitting here, in this garage, waiting for people to come.
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Jul. 1, 2009 - Yard Sales
I always feel bad about yard sales. "I don't want my junk anymore, so here, you pay me money so you can have it."
In my opinion if I made a mistake and was silly enough to get way to much stuff, why should I sell it so that other people can make that same mistake! OK, maybe I'm just saying this because I'm tired of getting things ready for our yard sale, but still!
It has been one crazy week for me.
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Jun. 16, 2009 - Back to the Daily Grind
On Saturday morning I was awakened from the land of slumber by my very excited Mum. Dad had been plotting in his brain, shared his plans with her, and they had taken action. They wanted to leave by noon on an impromptu camping trip.
Us kids grudgingly allowed this rare occurrence to take place. Trying our best to act like we were excited and having fun.
The camping trip started out as rather one of our worst, but turned into a wonderfully fun trip discovering the
unknown. The unknown? That would be the water slides. I myself had never been on one, and had a smashing good time figuring out how to go faster each time with my Daddy.
A memory I hope I will remember forever happened about an hour before the pool was going to close. It wasn't as crowded anymore and my family and I had space to move around. Before we knew it we had started a game of keep away, the beach ball we had bought hours before being the object to "keep away." I'm surprised it didn't pop with all the pressure it was under.
The next day after a few hours more in the pool we packed everything up and headed for home. I think all of us were sorry it was over and wished we had a few more days. Once we reached home we cleaned and unpacked the motor home and were once again back to daily life. Oh joy.
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Jun. 5, 2009 - SmartyJones
If you would like to meet one crazy, zany, wacky, one ball of fun head on over to the blog titled Pen 2 Paper. SmartyJones is a dear friend of mine who never stops surprising me. Literally and figuratively. She is one of those friends that I don't have a sleep over with, we have stay-all-night-and-talk overs.
SmartyJones is always willing to listen, and she is always willing to talk. Although we may not always agree (she likes John Wayne) we are willing to put our differences aside and have fun. We respect each others thoughts, and ideas.
I love talking about movies and actors with her because we both seem to have somewhat of the same ideas (like said, she likes John Wayne) and enjoy a lot of the same kinds of movies. This also could describe us and books.
Another thing I love about SmartyJones is that she loves listening to what ever I have been writing, stories, articles, anything she loves to hear it. Her thoughts and advice have been a real blessing on my writing.
Now you may be wondering why I am writing a post all about my friend SmartyJones...
The truth is I asked her what to blog about and she, in her usual manner said, "ME!" So here it is SmartyJones, a whole post about you.
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Jun. 1, 2009 - Summer Reading List 2009
We do not have many plans for this summer. Money is kind of tight so although camping trips are longed for, they may not be had.
So, preparing myself for a summer at home, I've come up with my own plans. I would love to get my novel done this summer so I'll be working on that, but I've also got a reading list. Made up mostly by my sister Eyebright who never fails to answer when asked what books should be read.
So, I thought I would share my list with you. I have already read Lord of the Rings, and Chronicles of Narnia, but it's been awhile and I always like to read them, so I figured why not.
1. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. My Antonia (Willa Cather)
4. David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
5. Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
6. Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
7. Emma (Jane Austen)
8. The Complete Sherlock Holmes Volume 2 (Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle)
9. The Chronicles of Narnia (C. S. Lewis)
10. Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien)
11. Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
12. The Silver Chalice (Thomas B. Costain)
13. Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
14. Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
15. Persuasion (Jane Austen)
16. Old Friends and New Fancies (Sybil G. Brinton)
17. Bonnie Prince Charlie (G. A. Henty)
18. Lysbeth (H. Irder Haggard)
19. Eagle of the Ninth (Rosemary Sutcliff)
20. Jack and Jill (Louisa May Alcott)
21. Eight Cousins (Louis May Alcott)
22. Rose in Bloom (Louisa May Alcott)
23. Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
24. The Shield Ring (Rosemary Sutcliff)
25. He Fell in Love with his Wife (Edward Payson Roe)
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