[Hailey comes in dancing, holding a thick stack of papers and a red pen]

    Hey y'all, guess what I just did for the first time? I finished my first real story! I'm sooo happy! It's actually just a short story, and the final word count is only 5,566 words, but that doesn't change anything, because it's finished and it's 18 pages long. (Random interruption: brackets look really cool. Just type them [brackets]. I mean, how could it get better?) Now I can finally begin the editing process. The story is now in the operating room and I'm cutting it up... with a red pen. I am really surprised at how much editing really needs to be done, and how many sentences and phrases and words just need to be taken out.

    But I guess only some of y'all know what the story is. Well, here you go:

    Title: Well, I don't really know what to call it, so I just call it Chloe.

    Setting: Chloe's dream

    Main Character: Sort of goes without saying...... her name's in the title

    What it's about: It's Christmas Eve and a little girl has a dream where some very bizarre characters give her very bizarre gifts. And....... I can't say any more or else I would spoil the ending. It's sort of like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

    I guess my whole description makes it sound sort of creepy, but it really isn't. I don't want creepy and weird. Weird is enough for me. It's funny, not scary.

    *~Hailey

People have been threatening me and posting comments in bad German unless I update. Taylor says she will capture Faramir and I dont' want her to do that to my poor widdle Faramir, so this counts as an update, haha.

Okay, maybe I should say something, so I will.....

I like reading dictionaries.

Yola! Here arrives Taylor, Hailey's sister. I have broken into her account, because she broke into mine. So there. I will tell ya'll a story.

One day, when my sisters...Hailey, stop eating my popcorn!!!! *smacks her* ....anyway... when my sisters and I were going crazy in the car on the way back from Niagara Falls, we were going so nuts that Hailey got out the case to my Bonanza DVDs. She got out her doodling notebook and *smacks Hailey for stealing more popcorn* started tracing the Cartwrights. =/ It was special. Joe looked really foony. *smacks Hailey for grabbing me around the waist*  *is about to watch Hailey take a bite out of a green bell pepper* *laughs* *gets back to the story* Well, anyways, when she finished drawing it, she looked at the one she did of Adam, and then the actual picture, and said, "Oh, he has a cute little triangle turned up nose!" And she has been going on about it ever since. She says I have one too.  I'll try and get some scans of those doodles on my blog. Let's see, what else can I talk about? Um, I don't like frogs, and neither does Hailey. They are weird and scary because they they think they are my stepson and go off to college. SCARY.

Mooo.

God Bless You,

 Taylor

    I haven't logged in in awhile. I dread the thought of posting. But here I am. We went to the State Fair yesterday, and it was really fun. I still have my cotton candy and nobody else does, so I shall torture them with it. *feels slightly evil today*

    [writing rant]

    For y'all writers like me on HSB, do y'all ever get angry at your characters and blame it on them that there's a problem with the story? I'm doing that right now. With my story about the Madisons, I'm very frustrated with Alex Madison. I blame me being confused about how to say something on him, because he's supposed to say it. Is that weird? And before that, I got angry at Jeff Carswell, because I didn't know how to put something in that involved him. Is that too terribly weird? I don't really think so. :-)

    And while I'm on the topic of writing, I might as well mention this. I'm writing two different stories right now. One of them is "Chloe's Peculiar Christmas Eve Adventure" (the title is eccentric because the story is) and the Madisons (which is going without title as of now). Chloe has 10 pages right now, and by the end, it will have no more than 13. So I guess you could say I'm nearly finished. And for the Madisons, I have around six pages and it will be a good deal longer than Chloe... perhaps 30 pages. When I started writing Chloe, I said I would finish it by the end of October. Then when I started writing the Madisons, I forgot about what I had said before, and said I would finish THAT one by the end of October. I don't think I can possibly finish both of those. I know, 33 pages seems like nothing for the rest of the month of October, but the Madisons story is a lot harder to write than I thought. Anyway, I am going to finish Chloe before I write another single word of the Madisons.

    [/writing rant]

Today's been busy. After lunch, Taylor, Dadzy and I went out and ran a whole bunch of errands. So we stopped at Borders bookstore and got me a King James Bible with print big enough that I could actually read and an English-German/German-English dictionary thing. Then we went to Bath and Body shop to get Momsie new fragrance stuff for the house, and then to [a place I can't say because Dadzy was looking for something concerning Emma] to get a general idea of something. ;-) Off to Target to get Taylor some new headphones since hers broke, and look for Emma's birthday present. We didn't find anything for Emma, but I found an awesome '30s-Style hat. It's really cool! And while we were still at Target, we got cream sodas for ourselves. Then Dad had to go to Home Depot (Taylor and I stayed in the car) to get some blinds, but he didn't get them there, so he had to go back to Target. Then on the way home we stopped and gleaned some sweet potatoes. So we were almost home when we realized we couldn't come home without something for Emma, so we stopped at the grocery store and picked her up some peanuts and a Dr. Pepper. Now we're home. :-D

~Hailey~

Oops, I forgot to say, you can see my new hat in my avatar.

And another thing I forgot is Martha (thereadingmaid) awarded me! How sweet of you. :-)

Nevermind, I'm not taking a break like I said. I just do not like updating my blog sometimes. I'll just chill out and relax about it.

    It hurts to type. My fingertips on my left hand are all blistered and torn to shreds because I've been practicing my mandolin waaay too much, but I love it, so I don't mind blistering my fingers.

    AUGH, I AM GOING TO THROW MY COMPUTER OUT THE WINDOW OR STOMP IT INTO THE GROUND OR SET IT ON FIRE OR SOMETHING DRASTIC!!!!!! I just made up this big long entry, and the window got closed out before I clicked Add New Entry!  Ich bin nicht glücklich. (I am not happy)

    Okay, so we're back from Niagara Falls, we got back yesterday. The falls were just so awesome and scary and cool.... and AWESOME. I'm no good at describing, so I shall have to post pictures once Emma lets me have the camera. But anyway, these are all the "firsts" I had on the trip. There were actually more than these, but I'm shrinking the list for y'all's sake.

1. First time in West Virginia
2. First time in Pennsylvania
3. First time in New York
4. First time seeing a Great Lake
5. First time at Niagara Falls (which goes without saying)
6. First time in Canada
7. First time being in a car for 13 hours all at once!!! O_o

    AAAAHHHH, you know why I've gone crazy? Because in the 13 hours there and the 12 or so hours back I only watched I Love Lucy and Bonanza, and if you add together all the hours of Bonanza, it would add up to like 20 hours, so I have gone crazy!!!

    But one good thing about that much Bonanza is that it caused me and Taylor (and Emma SOME) to write a crazy spastic play that has people stuck in Arkansas and they can't show up for a trial, Lassie attacking, poisoned icecream, and it's all because of a new iPhone that's always getting stolen. Two of the characters are named Jakum and Arkansas Pete. Cool, huh? What's really funny is that when we got back home and Taylee and I were still working on the play, Dadzy brought icecream (like the poisoned icecream in the play), our dog Hoover tackled me (like Lassie attacking), and Dadzy got a new computer monitor (like the new iPhone). Isn't that funny? I think it is.

    I want to pack up everyone from FASA and take them home with me. Okay, not everyone from FASA, because I did not like SOME people from there, and I know 2 people who really didn't like ME, but that doesn't matter because I love everyone else, and I'm packing them up and sending them to me.

    I'm hungry, goodbye.

    WAIT, I'm not leaving yet. I must do a tag and tag my Janie/Elinor/Sam person.

    1. What is....... nevermind, I'm not making a tag. Taylee wants me to finish the entry now, so goodbye now.

okay, today i really don't feel like using capital letters, all right? so, this might seem out of character for me to type in all small letters, but i guess i just think the small letters look cuter. well, we're off to niagara falls early tomorrow morning and i won't be back till sunday or monday. so i won't be updating my blog, checking yall's blogs, replying to pms or comments or any of that stuff. just so you know. this is hailey signing off.

    Hello! My birthday is in two days! I'll be 13 very very soon. :-) My sister Emma just got me a DVD collection of season 2 of "I Love Lucy", one of my favorite shows ever! It's right up there with Bonanza. I don't know what Taylor's getting me. Wait, I just realized, I only really watch two shows. Bonanza and I Love Lucy. I watch The Brady Bunch and Little House on the Prairie, too.... and some Food Network, but I don't really watch many shows. But I love the shows I do watch.

    Guess where my family's going Thursday! Here are hints....

    1. It's way up north. Way, way, up north.

    2. There's lots of water.

    3. It's LOUD.

    4. It starts with a Niagara and ends with a Falls!!!

    5. Hooooorrraaayy!!!!!!

    I'm so, so, so, excited, I can't explain!! :-) :-) :-)

    Y'all have a wonderful day! Oh, and have y'all seen my pets on the sidebar? Their names are Goldenrod Trekker and Lavender Lilac Lula Love. :-) Aren't they..... creative? Haha. ;-) :-D :-P They'd love for you to feed them and play with them. And Lavender Lilac Lula Love would be ever so happy if you'd give her some purple flowers. :-) (If you haven't realized, purple is her favorite color.)

    Hey y'all! My Kanga awarded me... twice!

    Aw... thank you. You're Kanga-rific!!!

    Y'all see that? Now I'm official! Thanks Kanga!!!

     Here's an award for you, Kanga.

    Hey, we just went to Chick-fil-a and got milkshakes, and then we played cowboys vs. orcs... the orcs had guns, too... and then watched Bonanza. Why do all of the Cartwrights' friends turn murderers? And in cowboys vs. orcs, the cowboys are winning. It started off with 5 cowboys against an army of orcs, now we're down to 2 cowboys. But they're winning anyway! I want to make a tag.

    1. What is the last movie you watched? Middlemarch

    2. Do you have any scratches right now? Yes!

    3. If you could go anywhere right now, where would you go? Nashville

    4. What is your favorite website? Homeschoolblogger or Millsberry

    5. How long until your birthday? 10 days

    6. Do you play any instruments? Violin, and I just got a mandolin

    7. What's your favorite TV show? Bonanza

    8. What is the last thing you read? A Tale of Two Cities

    9. Do you know any foreign languages? I'm learning Latin and German, but Latin is a dead language

    10. Have you met anyone on Homeschoolblogger in real life, not counting family? LadyMarion,  Jhdinolover, Fiddler4him, and Writer4him

    11. Do you have any pets? A dog, a cat, and two rodents

    12. Do you like to write? I love to write

    13. Who is your favorite author? Dickens

    14. What is the last thing you ate? A peach milkshake

    15. Who will you tag? Jessicer, KT, Elinor, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Martha, and my Kanga

GrandMary is coming today! She lives in Arizona, so we don't get to see her very often. And she's bringing along her sister! I've never met her, but Mom and Dad says she's very very sweet. I'm sure she is. :-) Yay!

I just got my mandolin!!! Thank'ee, Momsie and Dadzy!!!  It's supposed to be for my birthday, but it's 16 days early, but I'm saying it's me birthday now. :-) And it was the one I loved in the music store! :-) It's awesome!

THE RULES:
Pick 3 book characters (from 3 different books), post a picture of each and write 3 interesting facts about that person.

First Character...

Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables

1. She is an orphan.
2. She is not happy that she has red hair.
3. She loves "The Lady of Shallott"... like me! Haha.

Next character...

Esther Summerson from Bleak House

1. She is Mr. Jarndyce's housekeeper.
2. She gets smallpox
3. Her best friend is Mr. Jarndyce's ward.

Last character is...

The March Hare from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1. He is stuck at teatime, because his time was frozen
2. His house has two rabbit ears sticking out from the top
3. His friends are the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse

     I will tag KT and Kanga!

Ever woken up at 4:30 AM and written like a mad person? That's the best.

Happy September, everyone!