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!

I just got stung on the neck by a wasp.

    I've been awarded by Martha! =) So sweet of her.

It comes with a description:

  "Those who receive this award are of the sweetest nature. They are kind, friendly, funny, loving, eager to share their love for Jesus with others, and brave in their efforts to reflect Him to this darkened world. They are the kind of folks you're blessed to know, even if it's only in the bloggy-sphere."

    I award:

    1. Laura

    2. KT (Even though I know you in real life)

    3. RebeccaM

    Ooh, I just realized, this is my 123rd entry. 123

Allright, school's back, but not in full swing yet, and I thought I'd let y'all know what I was up to school-wise...

Science... Science: Order & Reality, A Beka Book

History/ Geography... Tapestry of Grace

Latin... Latin in the Christian Trivium

German... I don't know what my book is called.

Literature... The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier

Writing/Grammar... Sentence Composing for Middle School

Vocabulary... Picking random words and putting them on flash cards, y'all should try it, really

English... The Stewart English Program

Other... 1. Violin

2. I will be picking up mandolin

3. We might do choir

4. And we and the Harts are looking into Clogging!

I'm busy. But I'm the one who chose to do Latin, German, and I've been doing Violin for 5 years, and I chose to get a mandolin and do choir and clogging... so don't think Momsie forced all this on me! And even if she did I wouldn't mind, because I like to stay busy!

I got this tag off RebeccaM's blog.

What time is it? 1:59 PM

What is your favourite colour? Grey or Forest Green

What is your favourite show? I Love Lucy

What things do you like doing? Acting, fiddle

What singers do you like? The Annie Moses Band

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to teach some sort of foreign language, but I want to be a homeschool mom, so I will teach before I have kids and after my kids are all in college, I guess.

What will you do when you are 20 years old? Be in college, majoring in foreign languages

Have you ever been to another country? no

Have you ever been to Oregon? no

What language are you learning? Latin and German

Do you like classical, pop, or rock music? I don't really like any of those types, because I like country and Celtic

Have you ever been on stage? YES!

Can you sing? yes

What is your favourite song? Catharsis or Czardas

Have you ever seen Watoto perform? I don't know what that is

Have you ever even heard of Watoto until now? No

Have you ever heard Waratah Girls choir sing? No

Are you apart of a choir? I was last year.

Do you like interviews? YES

Do you like having people asking you irritating questions like these ones now?  YES!

Are you famous? Of course! :-P

Do you like dancing? YES

If you dance, how often do you do it? I have little spurts of waltzing, and swing dancing and country dancing, but I don't DANCE, you know?

If you sing, how often do you do it? I sing tons, but never in front of anyone, except Mom, Dad, and the Harts.

Do you own a horse? nope

Have you ever ridden a horse? nope

How often do you ride? I've never ridden

How old are you? 12

How old do you want to be? 13

Are you bored at the moment? no

Do you enjoy life? YES!

Do you make the most of hard situations? No, not really

How do you wear your hair? Generally in braids or messy

Do you prefer dresses or pants? pants

Have you ever driven a car? no

How many times did you fail your driving test? Never, I have a perfect record ;-)

What sort of car do you want when you grow up? Green Beetle!

Do you prefer riding a horse, or riding in a car? I've never ridden a horse, so I guess car.

Do you prefer riding in a horse and buggy, or a car? I'd like a horse and buggy if I've ever been in one...

Have you ever been in a horse and buggy? No

Do you own a dog? Yes

Do you own a cat? yes

Do you own a snake? no

Do you own a spider? no

Do you own a monkey? no!

Do you like gorrilars? yes

Do you like Steve Irwin? yes

Who are you a fan of? I don't know

What day is it? Saturday

What time is it now? 2:10

    Okay, FASA was awesome! (See, I'm finally posting about it.) I signed up for the Strings track--- I play violin--- and so did Martha. We were both hoping to be placed in 2nd violin, but Annie wanted us to be the LEAD 3rd violinists, so that was fun. Although on one song (Swallowtail Jig) I cheated and played the 2nd violin part... *gasp* Gee whiz, I've had that song memorized for more than a year, so I could not play the 3rd violin part, I needed to play the melody. Nobody knew except for KT... I mean Katy and Martha, but now all y'all know. :-D

    This year's FASA was set up a little differently than last years. At the end of the first week, each track had a recital-thing, and then at the end of the second week, we had the big performance. :-D That was really fun, we had a Train Medley, a Celtic Medley, a Gypsy Medley, and a Hymn Medley. They had the final gala performance professionally filmed, but we won't be able to get the DVD's till spring 2010... how depressing.

    Okay, just so y'all know, these are the tracks that each of us and the Harts did:

    Jessica: Vocal

    Taylor: Drama, Vocal, and a little piano

    Martha: Violin

    Me (Hailey): Violin

    Emma: Flute

    Tallulah: Viola

    Ada: Pennywhistle Park... Troubadorables. Sorry Ader, I know you don't like me to say the name, but that's what you were in. She did a big acting part and sang too.

    And I met my friend from homeschoolblogger, Katy (fiddler4him). We were both really excited when we figured out we were both going to FASA, and we were best friends while we were there. And my other best friend was Olivia, or Oliviola as I call her, and she is homeschooled and Katy and I convinced her to get a blog of her own on here. :-D And of course, Martha was my best friend, because she's my best friend in real life! All the Harts are, as y'all should know if y'all have been following my blog long.

    Oh, and the drive up to Nashville from Central NC was 10 hours. But we got to drive through the mountains, woohoo!

    I'm not going to talk any more now, except for I'd like to point out that my new avatar is from FASA, I'm on the right and Katy is on the left.

Hey Martha, get over here, it's your unbirthday!

A very merry unbirthday
To me
To who?
To me
Oh, you

A very merry unbirthday
To you
Who, me?
Yes, you
Oh, me
Let's all congratulate us with another cup of tea
A very merry unbirthday to you

A very merry unbirthday
To me?
To you
A very merry unbirthday
For me?
For you
Now blow the candle out, my dear
And make your wish come true
A very merry unbirthday to you!

Okay, Martha, I got you lots of teasets for your unbirthday and you can keep all of them!

Now, some apple-y stuff.

And some vintage dresses, because I know you like vintage things! I'm starting with the most modern and then going back...

1950's

1930's

Rennaisance

And a very merry unbirthday to you! Yes, you!

    Emma and I got up at 7:30 and went to the living room where we were going to write a play about orcs. But we ended up watching Lord of the Rings instead of writing about orcs. We just wanted to see some orcs while we wrote about them, but we didn't write about them. Sort of sad, I guess.

     I've been working in the veggie garden for awhile now. It's 100 degrees out here, augh! I am surprised at how many beans and maters can grow in three weeks! I probably got over a gallon of beans and dozens of maters for sure, and about a dozen okras. And the whole time there were all manner of bees and spiders and grasshoppers and dragonflies buzzing about, not to mention a creepy caterpillar or two.  But it's worth it cause they all taste so good!

    Still going to write about FASA later.

    So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye! This is the last entry I'll be making until the end of the month, or maybe the beginning of August. We *meaning Jessica, Taylor, Martha, Me, Emma, Tallulah, Helen, and our Mom and their Mom* are leaving for The Annie Moses Band FASA *Fine Arts Summer Academy* in two days, and it's in Nashville, and we'll be gone for almost three weeks! It's gonna be so fun. =) But until the end of the month, or perhaps the beginning of August, I will not be on the computer at all. That means...

    1. I will not be updating my blog

    2. I will not be replying to any private messages

    3. Or any comments

    4. And I won't be checking y'all's blogs

    5. Or anything else "because BIRTH must always be the first considerrrratun" Haha, Mrs. Woodcourt.

    Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you!

    Meet the Squashingtons, your typical American squash family.

    Their home is a large basket, fully equipped with a large zuchinni.

    Left to Right: Squash, Squashy, Squasher, Yellow, Crookneck, Yella, and Yeller Squashington.

    Mr. Squash Squashington and Mrs. Yella Squashington have been married since they were first picked almost a week ago.

    (Mrs. Yella is in the middle)

    They have five children, who all get along very well.

    Squashy:

    Yellow and Squasher:

    Crookneck:

    Yeller (the one on the right):

    Born in Mr. Dadzy's veggie garden, they now reside in the neighborhood of Bunbury's kitchen.

    I hope you have had a good time with the Squashingtons, and we all wish you good day.

    Yesterday we went to the pool with the Halls, and it was so fun, wahoo! But we all got so badly sunburned, augh! I am in PAIN!!! Sunburns are mean. You can't sleep comfortably or wear a shirt comfortably or take a shower without it burning or walk or move without hurting. =(

    Um, I can't think of anything to say, so I will update soon to actually say something. Gottaluvbooks gave me my 400th comment! Gee whiz, that is a lot!

    ~Hailey

    Edit: Also, what a coincidence, I posted Godzwilla's 400th comment! The award is awesome, it's animated! I don't know how to do that kind of stuff.

    This is a cool website where you can use really neat maps and find cool facts about all sorts of places. I use it for most of the geography work we do in school.

    http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

    Um, just so everyone knows... well, I have two announcements to make.

    1) I opened up a blog for just fun stuff. Some are tags, and games and recipes, and I have two quizzes up already. Emzu and I made the Narnia one, and Janie dear made the Bleak House one.

    2) I will disappear from HSB during the month of July. I am going to Nashville for 3 weeks. So don't think I was hit by a bus or something. And don't get angry at me for not updating or not replying to your PMs or comments or doing tags or awards or anything, 'cause I'll be in a whole different state.

    I just switched from my Photobucket account to Flickr. Flickr does not have inappropriate pictures or popout ads, unlike Photobucket. *ahem* The Flickr website tries to make it easy for you and guide you through the steps. And I made these neat signatures with it!