Jan. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

We had an awesome New Year's! We stayed up all night watching Star Wars, drank champaign at midnight (or sparkling grape juice, for those of us who are underage ;) ), and ate tons of delicious junk food. Although, at midnight the neighborhood was way too quiet. It seemed like no one else even stayed up til midnight! So me and Alexandra decided to liven it up - we ran around the house, in our pajamas and bare feet, in the snow and icy cold wind, shouting "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!" :P It was extremely cold though, and I think I ran the whole way around the house in about 10 seconds, lol. I don't have any New Year's resolutions, except to finally write some letters to certain people. *glances sheepishly at Hannah and Abbie*

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Jan. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luke

Sadly school is back in progress, so I'm gone from 7:30 in the morning till 1:30pm. I then head straight to work for 6-7 hours and get home around 11:30-12:00 at night o.0 School/work days combined are hard days lol.

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Jan. 9, 2008 - wow!

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

you're beginning to sound like one of those crazy busy people!

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Jan. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

*cough* Does it take one to know one? ;) Hmm... don't think there are any really big plans here. =)

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Jan. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

i was going to say something...but now i forget what.

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Jan. 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

well, this wasn't what i was gonna say but i'll say it anyway: (in sunday school) Daddy: "is there any particular moment when you feel God's love?" John J: "yes. every morning when i look in the mirror!"

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Jan. 14, 2008 - p.s. hannah, we saw 'amazing grace' yesterday and i couldn't remember if you had seen that yet or not.

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

and it has been brought to my attention that i had promised the other christmas carol that we made up. so here it is: (i hope it's not *too* late) Dashing through Middle Earth, With Gandalf leading the way, We didn't want him to, But he did anyway! We've got a grumpy elf, We've got two grumpy men, We've got a grumpy dwarf and so we do the best we can! Oh! Jingle bells! Leggy smells, Like pretty, pretty hair! Gimli fell in the mud again, But we don't really care! Gandalf and Boromir got in a fight, Gandalf got a black eye! Aragorn skipped his yearly bath! And Sam made us a pie! A day or two ago, Gimli got Leggy mad, They started throwing food, And we were really glad! We grabbed the potatoes, Threw them on Leggy's head, His face got really red and then he swore that we'd be dead! Oh! Jingle bells! Leggy smells, Like pretty, pretty hair! Gimli fell in the mud again, But we don't really care! Gandalf and Boromir got in a fight, Gandalf got a black eye! Aragorn skipped his yearly bath! And Sam made us a pie! pretty good huh?

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Jan. 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

Erm... yes. Very nice. Actually, it is. We haven't seen Amazing Grace -- yet. Did you enjoy it?

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Jan. 18, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

Yes, we did rather enjoy it. You have to watch it just for the sake of the end, where they have a bunch of bagpipes playing Amazing Grace right before the credits. ^_^

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Jan. 18, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luke

Something tells me you put a little to much thought in this song :P Guess your holiday must have been interesting. At least it was festive. Next thing you know you'll have a song for the star wars new years thingy.

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Jan. 18, 2008 - another story

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

me: *prances downstairs* *spies an enormous patch of beautiful, warm sunlight sprawled across the floor* *casts self onto said patch of sunlight blissfully crying out* "SUN!!!" Ethan: *watches this with amusement, then leaps onto my back blissfully calling out* "FATHER!!!"

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Jan. 18, 2008 - oh yeah..

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

and also, we were watching 'Dr. Quinn', and poor Colleen was feeling very left out, seeing as she hadn't been invited to a party. So she allowed herself a good cry in the hay. Dr. Quinn found her and tried to cheer her up. Colleen told her that everybody liked Alice, and not her, that's why she was crying. Dr. Quinn told her that mostly, kids who are popular when they're kids, lead sorry miserable lives when they grow up. Whereas kids who aren't popular, grow up to accomplish things and make great contributions to the world. So... Colleen: "Like who?" Dr. Quinn: "Uhh...well...umm...like...Abraham Lincoln!" Colleen: "Yeah..." *bursts into tears* "They shot him!!!"

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Jan. 18, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA wow! That's hilarious!!!!

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Jan. 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luke

Woohoo just saw Alvin and the Chipmunks tonight. Talk about high pitched voices. If I wasn't used to my friends talking like that it would get annoying quick :P More of a younger kid movie though. We (not thinking that before hand) went in a group of 3 guys LOL. Oh well we'll do the research next time. They only wet because I wanted to see it. Too bad we didn't have any ladies to make us look a little more mature going to see it :D

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Jan. 22, 2008 - lol

Posted by Madeline

Um, yeah...... the Chipmunks is not what normally comes to mind when I think of guys going to see a movie. :P Personally, I don't think I could stand the high voices for that long. We have a Chipmunks Christmas cassette, and whenever the kids bring it out to listen to it around Christmas time, I make myself scarce.

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Jan. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

chipmunks. why don't we kill them all?

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Jan. 23, 2008 - That reminds me...

Posted by Hannah

Are you all still seeing a lot of squirrels? *evil grin*

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Jan. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luke

Aww, but there voices were soooo cute! HAH! More like lets walk in knowing we're leaving with a migraine and do it anyway. Well at least I didn't pay to see it (got connects :D), so for free it wasn't too bad. I so wanted to go to the winter frolic, but have both school and work! Why isn't life fair on things like that? lol.

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Jan. 24, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

Yup, still a ton of squirrels. FAT squirrels. :P Haha, Luke, I think you tried to do a Chipmunk voice at camp once when we were just sitting around one day. It was kinda funny, but if you had continued I would have had to ask you to stop cuz it was annoying, lol. :P

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Jan. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

okay...we did this before, kids pretending to be lotr people and then me putting down quotes. so here are some more... Galadriel: "Okay, split up and go do your chores. I'm on a long-distance call and you're too loud." Legolas: "Oh come on. You've got pointy ears. You've got to be an elf of SOME kind!" Arwen: "He's an angry elf." Thranduil: "There's nothing you can do to make me leave!" Elrond: "I know who can make you leave!" *exits room* Legolas: *?* Thranduil: *mumbles to self* "There's nothing Glorifindel can do to make me leave." Elrond: "If anyone comes in here I'll...I'll..." Legolas: "Shoot them?" Elrond: "Yes! Yes, that's what I'll do! I'll shoot them! With...with...rubber bands! Ha ha!" Legolas: *rolls eyes and gets bow and arrows* Glorifindel: *rides in screaming and yelling war whoops* Legolas: "Are you screaming because your weapon is a flimsy duct tape sword, or because your valiant steed is a unicorn with a pink mane?" Glorifindel: *looks at sword* *waves it around like a wet noodle* *sticks it down his pants* Legolas: *covers face* "Now I know why it's made of duct tape and nothing SHARPER!!" Elrond: *taps Legolas on the shoulder* "Excuse me Legolas, your father lost a leg in the war." *points to Thranduil who's hobbling along using a swiffer mop for support* Legolas: "Dad! Um...why are you using a swiffer mop instead of a real cane?" Thranduil: *sighs* "Because they didn't have anything else." Legolas: "Why don't you MAKE one, like you make everything else?" Thranduil: *brightens* "What a good idea!" *tosses swiffer mop and races off into the woods* Thranduil: *is hobbling along on a cane* Legolas: *evil grin* *kicks cane out from under him* Thranduil: "AHH!!!" *falls to the ground* Aragorn: "Run." *steps on Frodo's cloak* "RUN!!" Frodo: *starts to race away but gets yanked back by his cloak* Aragorn: *snickers* Gandalf: "Watch this!" (explosion) Bilbo: *shrieks* Gandalf: "Pretend the roof is still on. Now watch THIS!" Frodo: *rolls eyes* Bilbo: "We're having a party." Merry: "I'll bring the bacon and eggs." Pippin: "I'll bring the kiwi salad." Pippin: "Look! I made a house of pringles!" Merry: "Bilbo's allergic to pringles." Bilbo: *sneezes* *pringles fall down* Pippin: *whimpers* Frodo: "What are you doing here?" Gandalf: "Bilbo invited me." Frodo: "Ugh...Uncle Bilbo!" Gandalf: *hides under bed* Pippin: "You're very pretty." Diamond: "Thank you." Pippin: "Your face reminds me of a coconut." Diamond: 0_0 Merry: "Hey everyone! Frodo has food!" Frodo: "What? No!" Hobbits: *sack Bag End* Merry: "I'll have some bacon and eggs." Sam: "I'll have a burger and fries." Pippin: "I'll have some kiwi salad." Frodo: "My house!" Hobbits: *giggle and race out* Merry: "I'm full." Pippin: "I'm not!" *races up to Frodo's house* Frodo: *steps in the way and crosses arms* "We're out of food." Pippin: "What?!" Bilbo: "You ate it all." Pippin: "That's okay. We'll come back tomorrow." Enya (Legolas' girlfriend): "Who're you?" Glorifindel: "Well, you're Enya..." Enya: "I know THAT!" Glorifindel: *shoots Thranduil* Thranduil: *gasps and falls to the floor* Legolas: "Dad!" *races over* Thranduil: "Son, if I die, I leave all my stuff to you-no wait! I leave it all to Enya. And if you want any of it you need to marry her." Legolas: O_o Enya: "Clever." and that's it. you can try to guess who was who, but it's pretty much useless. we're all equally silly. :P

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Jan. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by opckid

HILARIOUS!!! Wow. That was wonderful. :)

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Jan. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luke

These glimpses into your lives makes me wish I lived closer to PA :P Maybe it will call for a road trip sometime :D

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Jan. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

The only thing is that we don't live in PA anymore. :( It would be fun to get together sometime though. Unsociable reunion. :P

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Jan. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

Wow... "Unsociable reunion"... that sounds strange. ^_^

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Jan. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

no...it doesn't sound 'strange', it sounds boring. come on people! unsociables can't just merge with other unsociables. ever heard of the comfort zone? no such thing. everywhere is your comfort zone. the person who invented the 'comfort zone' was the same lunatic who invented 'happy places'. poor guy's head was dunked in the toilet as a kid. long story. very sad. anyway...unsociable is just another word for bothersome. like a clam. what do you do with a clam that won't open? throw it back in the sea and eat a lobster. sheesh. come on people...let's not drive common sense from american soil too! dental floss and thunderclouds!!...sometimes i think our populace really has gone to the skating rink. and without their skated too!

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Jan. 30, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Myles

*skates

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Jan. 31, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

O_o *blink* *blink*

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Jan. 31, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

*ABSOLUTELY AGREEING WITH MADELINE HERE* Wow... *blink*

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Jan. 31, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

abigail and i were in my room, writing letters. then all of a sudden, with no warning, out of the blue, completely randomly, etc, abigail yelled "JACOB JONES!!!" so shocked was i, that i burst out laughing. she did it again, "JACOB JONES!!!" just as i was leaving the room in exasperation, emma came racing up the stairs shushing us with a wild expression on her face whispering, "the avon lady is here!!!" how embarrassing...

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Feb. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

a conversation overheard in our house: (the identities of the real people have been masked. don't ask) "why is he naked?" "he was born that way" "......we're ALL born that way!" "well, he wanted to stay like that." "just because he WANTS to doesn't mean he CAN!" "well, he figures he's going to be 70 in three days, so he's going to do what HE wants to do!"

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Feb. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Myles

disclaimer: they were talking about a pencil. for those of you who were otherwise concerned.

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Feb. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

Thank you, Myles.

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Feb. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luke

A. Who is Myles? B. What a weird conversation to overhear o.0

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Feb. 3, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

Myles is my special friend. he corrects my comments for me. yes, it WOULD have been a weird conversation to over-hear...if only i HAD over-heard it. actually, i was the first person. i still won't tell you who the second one is though... i had a nightmarish nightmare last night. some evil things were chasing me through the heating vents in this old factory. i remember thinking that if i only remained out of sight, they'd become befuddled and leave. (i also have a vague recollection of getting my foot stuck in a vent and therefore cursing christopher columbus and wishing he'd never discovered america.) i got out on the other side of the factory and, looking around, decided that i was very pleased with myself. then the evil things came. it was a big evil thing and his minions. i guess i decided i was getting pretty annoyed with them so i told them to hang on a sec while i wrote a letter of complaint to the editor. i did, and they waited. when i was finished they told me they were dreadfully sorry and would i like a grilled sandwhich? i told them no, i had to mail my letter.

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Feb. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

Yes, THANK YOU Myles, VERY much!!! O_o And about that dream....... you might want to cut down on the rum before bed, darling.

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Feb. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

Once again, I am in perfect agreement with Madeline. =P

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Feb. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Luke

I was wondering "why all the rum is gone" lol :P

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Feb. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

Why IS the rum ALWAYS gone??? (We made rum balls for Christmas this year!)

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Feb. 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

I prefer whiskey cake myself.

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Feb. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

yet, you asked for meatloaf for your birthday dinner. funny ol' world isn't it? (oh yeah, and for the rest of you, we were in cvs and madeline asked mama, quite loudly, if she could buy ethan some alcohol for his birthday. thank you madeline. i'll have you know that cashier and i got off on the wrong foot and we've never redeemed ourselves and actually have only done things to worsen the problem. like, trying to shoplift candles, stealing an old lady's cart, trying on all the perfume samples...on...other...people...etc etc. so really, we did not need the dramatic addition)

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Feb. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

i looked down, and apparently i gashed my leg against something. there's this really sweet blood clot thing going on.

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Feb. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

Hmm... I'm listening to The Saga Begins... funny song... Alexandra, dear, if no one has ever told you before, you're random. =)

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Feb. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Favorite Sister Alexandra

yes, it's just that i decided we weren't getting enough excitement around here. doughnuts for breakfast. abigail claimed all the lemon-filled ones. what a tragedy...bleh!

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Feb. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Madeline

Happy birthday to Ethan! And happy birthday to me too. :P (and Alexandra, sorry, but I'm famous for making a fool of myself in public. And I'm proud of it. *grins*)

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Feb. 10, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hannah

I'll just say Happy Birthday to all of you... Okay. There is a song on downstairs which has a line, "It's about the cross..." Ben: *dashing down the stairs* "It's about the tackle!" O_o

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