I wish we could've been laughing, instead of standing here asking, where has all the time gone now...growing up, and getting older, I don't wanna believe it's over! Don't say goodbye, cause I don't want to hear those words tonight, Maybe it's not the end of you and I, and although we knew, this time would come for me and you...don't say anything tonight, if you're gonna say goodbye. -Don't Say Goodbye, Skillet

Okay, I readily admit my last post was an April Fool's joke. However, I got Chris (YAY!) so, it's all good.

This week...

Tomorrow (Monday)- Go to YCME (dropped off by Sweet-T on his way to Chemistry), Piano, maybe groceries, and Outreach tomorrow night.

Tuesday- Testing. AGH. After that, we're gonna go eat somewhere, go to my Aunt's house for a while, and then have tennis.

Wednesday- CHURCH!!!!! I might go to Ms. Mayme's, we'll see.

Thursday- Volleyball game, but I dunno if I'll get to go. We'll see.

Friday- All-day youth Bible study...that should be pretty fun, I think...

Saturday- Uh, I really don't know. Chores, def. Maybe something else, we'll see.

Namarie!

2 Months from today I'll be sad...we'll be leaving Church Camp the next day.... ;( *sniff* I'm crying in advance.

We had our first day of tennis today. It was pretty good. But...my mom and dad informed us kids tonight that we're moving soon.

Dad's a pastor, as you know, and decided to move to Tenessee to take a church. So, since we didn't have any warning, it was quite a shock...I'm still in shock. I don't wanna move! I love our house, our church, everything. But, we're moving. Probably this summer. Man...

I just...I'm still in shock. I'd kinda thought we might move...but not that far. It's so sad! I don't want to leave our church..they're a second family to us...our youth group...our homeschool group...our friends.

I don't want to leave our little rural home..though it does have mice.

Mom said we'll make friends, but I think I'll still miss the ones we have here.

So....I suppose in a few months we'll be leaving AR for good....and going to Tennessee. But, one thing's sure: I'll never be a Volunteers fan. Not that I care, but still...

*sigh* I'm tired. I think I'll go to bed and cry for a while. I still can't believe it....

Today is my littlest brother Samuel's birthday. He's 7. Happy Birthday, Samuel!!!!!!

When Samuel was born, I was 7. So, in a way, Samuel's always been my baby...*sniff* And now he's growing up! Love you, Samuel!

*sniff* I love that song...What? You haven't heard it? Too bad. I'm not gonna post the lyrics for you! Mwahahahaha! Yeah, yeah, cry all you want, it won't work.

Does anyone have any profound insight into who I should pick to win the NCAA Tournament? I guess I'll just have to wait...At our house, everyone is required to fill out a bracket. Being an I-really-don't-care-one-bit-about-who's-winning-but-they-have-cool-colors sports person, it's interesting. :P The people with cool names get picked...like one year I picked George Mason for a while...cool name. Or, if they're ranked one of my favorite numbers, I'll pick them...Or, if they have totally awesomeness uniforms, I'll pick them. :) It's all quite random, really. In a very planned way. :)

So, you've learned of my lack of sports obsesssion. I regret to say that my family does love sports. I regret it cause I don't. Personally, to me, it's a ball, and a bunch of people running around on a wood floor. Now, if it's Patriots...well, that's different! ;) And Upwards, of course...

Okay, it's time for random picture of the day!

Yup, I felt like making a picture for my bloggy, so I did. :P Beautifulmus, no???? Okay, maybe not.

Namarie,

Sarah Abigail Caeton

Hi! I'm in a random mood, so let's see.

I posted last on Monday...so

Tuesday- I was sick! I ran 103.5 fever for most of the day, but managed to do Algebra 1. (Hi, Mom!) I don't really remember much of Tuesday...but we had Rice Krispy treats!  They were hot and gooey...ah, delicious. I love Rice Krispy treats, as a side note...

Wednesday- I didn't get to go to church. Let's the skip the rest of Wednesday.

Thursday- We were supposed to have coop, but it snowed, so they cancelled. I think we got five inches (or so) of snow...I don't like snow in March, as a side note.

Friday- I had violin! Which was lovely, cause I got to LEAVE THE HOUSE! I'm never constantly home for that long. It just doesn't happen...and it SHOULDN'T have happened last week, but it did.

Saturday- Solo and Ensemble. I got a II on my solo, but I still don't know why. Our trio got a I and our performing strings piece got a II, and I didn't play piano. So, that's good...then we went shopping, and I got a cool headband for two bucks. It was great, I guess...but, I hate going to the Mall...*sigh*

Sunday- I got to go to CHURCH!!!!!!!! No, you don't get my meaning...I GOT TO GO TO CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's better, I suppose. But, really, I was very much excited that I got to go...I hate it when I miss.

Monday- Orchestra, piano, and Upwards award ceremony for Samus and Klib.

I don't know what we're doing tomorrow...but, guess what? Wednesday I'm going to CHURCH! :P And, Friday, we're ONE WEEK out from the Easter Program. Lovely stuff.

Polaroid disposable cameras aren't so wonderful.

BarlowGirl rocks.

Taxes aren't so wonderful, cause Daddy spreads every receipt from the last year out on the table. Ugh.

Girl Scout Cookies (the lemon kind) are absolutely wonderful.

It's 11 days till the EP.

I can't wait for Church Camp...deadline to sign up is April 6th.

I know more about our photo program than Daddy, even though he read the book and I didn't.

Why are all my blog posts about me? Rather self-centered, isn't it?

I have no idea why I'm doing this...

I'm really not bored, this is quite amusing.

If you do stuff when you're bored, then you're not bored anymore, right?

Okay, fine, I'm going! Sorry y'all had to read all that...Namarie!

I like that quote...it's from Batman Begins. Really good movie, though it's quite profane.  But, at any rate, I still liked the movie...

Oh, yeah, I got tagged!

Rules:

(1) link to the person who tagged you.

(2) Post the rules on your blog.

(3) Share 6 non-important facts/habits/quirks about yourself.

(4) Tag 6 random people at the and of your post by linking to their blogs.

(5) Let each random person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

1. I like lentils, if they have cheese on top.

2. I'm addicted to cheese dip.

3. I stuck my hair straight up at church camp last year.

4. The music I listen to ranges from classical, to Relient K, to Demon Hunter, to Casting Crowns, to BarlowGirl, to Mark Schultz, to 12 Stones.

5. I never turn off the lights in my room...or my fan for that matter.

6. Rain is my favorite weather.

Well, yeah. K, now you know 6 weird things about me.

It rained today, by the way....Ahhh....lovely rain that I love so very much. SOME people think it's depressing, but I don't....I find it...happifying.  If that's a word.

Namarie!

I feel your pain, Sam...My version is: Schoolwork. The huge mountain that you never conquer. And you never get done....

Okay, maybe it's not that bad. :P So, what's up with me???

I'm going to a concert of Jaime Jamgochain's tonight. I'm not sure how that'll be....but, it'll prolly be much fun.

I'm in a bad mood, as a side note to this post. Why am I posting? I wanted to give you all this link...

http://randyalcorn.blogspot.com/2008/02/longing-for-happiness-in-blaise-pascal.html. It's an awesome article on Blase Pascal. :) Not only is he interesting, but a very strong Christian. We have his book Pensee's, and I think I'll read it sometime soon. It looks pretty awesomeness...I'm not sure if I agree with all his theology (I haven't researched it in depth), but he's an interesting person.

And, I highly recommend Randy Alcorn. :P He rocks.

Namarie.....

Yes, I *did* come up with the title allll by myself. Y'all should be proud.

Okay, well, the Patriots went to the State Tournament this weekend. It started Thursday...

Thursday- It's Luke's Birthday! We do birthday stuff, then leave around 10 for the girl's game. The girls lose their game by about 20, but they played very well....We hang around until the Senior game. The Seniors win their game (YAY!!!!!!), and then we go eat at......yeah, Cici's for dinner for Luke's Birthday. (WE WENT TO TACO BELL FOR LUNCH!)

Friday- We leave the house about 8. (lovely) So, we go to the Junior's game at 10. They beat the other team by about 20, but they looked quite sleepy in the first few minutes (sorry guys, but you did.). But, they woke up and mercy-ruled the guys for a while. Then the girls played at 12:30. I watched part of that, but then went over to the Senior's game, since they played at 1....and I ended up running the clock for two whole quarters...I was awful. I got over there, freaked out cause I didn't know what ANY of the stuff did (okay, I take that back. The 'clear' button cleared the board), so the ref (Fred Tally) showed me how everything worked. We got started, and Daddy had to help me know when to start and stop the clock and such. I was SO nervous. My teeth chattered, my hands shook, I got cold...ugh. Then, I couldn't reset the clock for the second quarter....and they had to restart it because of me.  Made me feel very loved. So, at halftime, I asked a Dad to run it for me. And he did...and I sang the Hallejuah Chorus for a while. Then the girls were still playing (in overtime) so I went and watched them for a while. Second overtime, Joy Hutchins made a free throw. Then they fouled her again, and she made another...I started crying. I was so excited for the girls, and how far they'd come...as soon as it was over, I went and hugged Tara (still crying), and she buried her face in my shoulder and started sobbing....*sniff* It was so sweet. Then everybody else started crying too. The Seniors ended up losing to the people that won the tournament, but they played WONDERMUS! They played again that night and won...

Saturday- Samus had an Upward game, so we went to that about 9:30. Got there, did that, left. Got to the game, and Sweet-T STILL wasn't there (agh.). We had sent him ahead with some people, and they had to go the long way....but, he got there about a minute before the game started, so it was all good. The Seniors lost, but placed 4th in the State, so I guess that was good. So I called Emma and Tara and told them, and talked to Tara for a while...then the Juniors played at 3:45....and it rocked. They looked incredible the first half. (way to make up for the sleepy stuff the day before! :P) They looked awesome in the second half too, but man....we ended up beating the team ranked 2nd by about 10 points. It was rocking-my-face-off-flippin-sweet! So, they won the tournament (and placed 1st, Emma. :P). So, then, I called Emma, and called Tara again to tell them...and while I was on the phone with Tara, they announced that she was on the All-State Tournament Team....YAY! So, I explained that to her, (it took a while), and then they announced that the Lady Patriots won the Christian Character Award! Double-YAY!!!! So, I told her that too....she was excited, I think. Turns out that the Senior Boys got that too! And Sweet-T was on the All-Tournament Team as well. Of course. Naturally. :) Then we went to Granny and Pa's...and so ended the State Tournament for 2008. *sniff*

And we have school tomorrow...and I have piano.....*sigh*. So, I gotta go do schoolwork for tomorrow...

Namarie! If you see a Patriot, congratulate him or her!!!!!!!

Today is Luke's 19th Birthday!!!!!

Go over to his blog, and wish him Happy Birthday! He'd really appreciate it, I know...Also, you can read the parties that Emma, Lana, and I posted.

Happy Birthday Luke!!!! You rock my face off!!!!!!

Tara should be proud of me for that quote. I really hate that smiley. Really.

Anyways, the real reason I was posting is because I found out my name in Rohirric, Sindarin, and I already knew what it was in Quenya.

Rohirric: Hyldo

Sindarin: Luthien

Quenya: Erannie, or Eruanna

Wonderful, no? K, well, I have a headache, so I'll be going now....

Love is like post-it notes...it sticks. Until it gets old. Then it quits sticking. - "Karl Marx"

Happy Valentines Day!! I hope you all had a great day, and truly loved everyone around you. I've been thinking about love lately...Unfortunately for you, I'm not going to share my thoughts...they aren't completely formulated. I may at some future date, but we'll see.

In the meantime, tell me what you think about Tolkien's trust suing New Line, and the possibility of New Line and Warner Bros. merging...I think that if Tolkien's trust needs to be payed...pay up! But, I don't know about merging New Line and Warner Bros. I just don't know...we'll see.

If you haven't heard about the story, check out:

The Frodo Franchise

The One Ring

End of the Line for New Line?

Tolkien Estate Sues New Line Cinemas

Okay, I think those should all be direct links...except maybe The One Ring link, which is an excellent fan resource anyway.

THE HOBBIT WILL HAPPEN!!!!!! If it doesn't....it won't be good at our house.

But, in the meantime, I hope you had a Happy Valentines Day!

Mara Aure,

That's an excerpt from Broken Road by 12 Stones, for everyone's information...And, this is my fortieth post, also for everyone's information...

I'll have to preface this post by saying my brain left me about three years ago, and so is not with me today. Please excuse all grammatical errors, as well as spelling errors. They are unintentional, I promise.

Mom posted on her blog about her Monday...so I thought I would too. Deeply profound and wonderful, I know.

7:40 (approximately) I am rudely awoken from blissful slumber on my soft and very warm bed by Mom's voice.."It's time to get up." My first thought: NOOOOOO!!!!! NOT MONDAY!!!!! I DON'T WANNA GET UUUUPPP!!!!!! But, up I get and journey to the living room for family devos lead by my highly esteemed Daddy.

8:10 (or so) Family devos are over, and I head to my room to read my Bible for a little while..I know I've got to leave soon.

8:25 I finish quiet time and decide not to shower (as in, there's not time) and my hair looks okay anyways, so I run some gel through it, pin my bangs back with a barette, get dressed, and venture forth from my room.

8:30 I have hurriedly ran through a list of things I need for today: Violin and music folder, schoolwork, literature book, extra book, piano books, lunch, jacket, purse, cookies to deliver to my Aunt, and other small assorted items including: my notebook, pencils, my cd player and cds, choir book, and bobby pins in case I need them. I then begin to pack my lunch. Today I decide to warm up some pizza and take it with me, as well as grapes, an apple, pretzels wtih peanut butter in the middle, and a cookie. I get all of this in my lunch bag, and make some lemonade in my water bottle.

8:45 I hurry to my room to get my schoolwork bag, my music, my violin, my purse, my jacket, my shoes, and put earrings in. It's time to go, and I'm still not ready...

8:50 We (Me, Warrior and Sweet-T) manage to leave the house. We go and get gas, then set off to get a friend that Sweet-T takes to Chemistry every week.

9:15 We arrive at the aforesaid friend's house, pick him up, readjust everything in the car, and continue onward.

9:45 I am dropped off at the church in which YCME is held. It's beginning strings, so I settle down on a couch in the foyer, and wait...and wait...and wait...and listen to music, and read books, and cut out pictures.

10:30 My friend Rachel arrives to practice Musette (a violin trio I'm doing with her and Ciara). She's early, and Ciara's not there yet, so we chat for a minute before going in the room to tune, and pizzacato the song through. Ciara arrives and we practice...and goof off. And laugh. Hey, what DID you expect girls to do?

11:30 Peforming Strings. Ah, yes. It's only five of us today (there's seven in our group) but we sounded pretty good. We practice a two new pieces (one from the 30's, one from the 50's)...

12:45 Peforming Strings is officially over, and Sweet-T had not arrived yet, so I went over and chatted to Rachel for...less than three minutes. By that time, Sweet-T was there, so I got in, and we went to my Aunt's house.

12:55 We go to my Aunt's house, drop off the cookies, chat for a moment, and get back in the car. Now I get to eat lunch. : )

1:20 We (Sweet-T's friend and I) are picked up by my lovely Mother. We get in the car, and I consolidate my luggage (:P) for piano....a few books, my cd player and cds in my purse with my drink, and my piano books and folder.

1:30 We arrive at piano. We get out, and I settle onto the couch during Klib's lesson.

2:15 I have my lesson...I pass on two songs, and make progress on the third.

3:00 Mom comes and picks me up...she had taken the friend home, and chatted with his mom during our lessons...she also brings two of his younger brothers to play with Klib and Samus for a while.

3:30 We arrive home after stopping briefly at the library. I haven't been home since before 9 this morning...I read for a while..

5:00 Klib and his friend are playing LIFE, so I work on some projects at the table, and chat, laugh and make bad jokes with them...yeah.

6:45 We eat dinner! YAY! :P We had chicken with barbecue sauce, green beans, potatoes, and rolls...it was goooood...

8:11 I decide to write this post...

Interesting day??? Not really, methinks...not as busy as some Mondays...but, I only have piano every other week...

EP practice was good last night, but there's ONE note I can't find...an 'e'. Agh. I'll find it. I WILL! :P

Namarie.

That's a quote from a Newsong song that I heard last night...

What did I do last night? I went to the Winter Jam concert. It was hosted by Newsong, and PureNRG, Group 1 Crew, Mandisa, Newsong, Skillet, BarlowGirl, and MercyMe performed...It was ROCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so, my favorite performance has to be (sorry, Emma) SKILLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They did Whispers in the Dark, The Older I Get, Last Night, Rebirthing and Savior....Their bass was INCREDIBLE!!!!!! I still can't believe I saw Skillet in concert, by the way....Anyways, they did a few songs and then John Cooper (lead singer) talked for a minute...And then he was like, "Now, when you wake up tomorrow, and you can't move your neck, it's because you were head-banging on this song. When you wake up, and you can't talk for a week, it's cause you were screaming so loud on this song....Don't you wish I'd shut up and we'd play more music? (enthusiastic response) (music begins)..." Then they played....I think it was Rebirthing. They had these flame things that would shoot up, and smoke poured out from the stage, and at one point, they had sparks flying from the celing in a little maching....it was FLIPPING SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I head-banged almost the entire set. I can't move my neck today, by the way. It's really lovely. But, hey, it was DEFINITELY worth it.

Second up, BarlowGirl. They had AWESOME sound!!!!!!!!!! Their bass was definitely incredible, also. They did, Let Go, Never Alone, a medley of I Believe in Love, Need You To Love Me, and Your Love Oh Lord...which totally ROCKED MY FACE OFF! COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY OFF!!!!! They also did Average Girl (great, great, great song!), and Million Voices. I hadn't heard ALL of Million Voices, cause it's on their new CD. But, it totally rocketh! Lauren (the drummer) talked for a little while about 1Peter 2:9. It was really good about how we're a chosen generation, and a royal priesthood. That was very much awesome!

Third favorite performance....Newsong. They did a bit more of a worship service (not to say that the others weren't)...it was really good. They did "Arise My Love" as well, which is an AWESOME song. God really broke me during that song. I cried like I honestly haven't cried in years. God showed me that He had defeated the grave....hell...death. He had defeated the grave of my sin. That probably doesn't make sense, but it was an incredibly wonderful moment of worship.

Very close on Newsong's heels is Mandisa. Man, this lady can SING!!!!!! Her voice absolutely fills you up and spills over. It's really incredible. She talked about how beauty is the stuff on the inside showing on the outside. She made some awesome points, and she just was a really neat example.

I liked MercyMe, but I didn't get to see all of their show, so I didn't put them on the list somewhere. We left because...WE WANTED TO MEET BARLOWGIRL! More correctly, Emma wanted to meet BarlowGirl.  No, don't get me wrong, I did too. But, not as bad as Emma. They were really cool. We exchanged the usual greetings etc., they signed my BarlowGirl: More than Music book, and then we got a picture of me and Jazzy and BarlowGirl. They were coolness awesomely wonderful rocking real life people.  But, it was cool...

I gotta go hang up my new SKILLET poster in my bedroom! Byedibye! (Don't ask where that came from, because I don't know!) Namarie!

Oh, wait, um, I forgot to mention when I woke up this morning I couldn't talk, and I still can't move my neck, and we watched A Cinderella Story, and Princess Diaries, and got back after 2 in the morning....yeah. Okay, I think that's all.

I guess first off I should tell you that today's been...interesting. Yes, that's the word. I think.

Anyways, I posted last....on Saturday, right? Wow....seems like much longer than that....So, Sunday. Good service that morning, did little all afternoon...and then we have EP practice that night.

For those of you who really aren't getting why I'm so excited about our Easter Program, I'll explain...My Dad's been the pastor at the church we go to at present for....15, almost 16 years. Quite a long time, correct? Anyways, we've been doing the Easter Program for as long as I can possibly remember. Since 1993. I've also been in it as long as I can remember....I was baby Jesus the year after I was born. It's always been something our whole church gets excited about, and gets involved in. There's only a few people who won't do something for the Easter Program. There's the choir, the drama team, the behind the scenes people, the costume people, the set people, the sound and lighting people, the prop people, the prayer team, the people who bring food for the cast and crew...everybody has something they can do. REally, our church is quite small. Right now we're really growing and have the largest choir we've ever had for the EP. (we haven't started drama yet)....But, more than the size of this thing is just the fact that the story of Jesus's life, death and resurrection is timeless. It never gets old. Many people have made decisions, and I run into people that I've never seen before that say, "Oh, now, you're from that church that does the Easter Program, aren't you?...You're the Pastor's daughter?" And on and so forth. The Easter Program is one of the ways that our church tries to reach out to people in our community, and share the story of Jesus with them.

And, also, there's that teeny reason that after the Easter Program is Church Camp. Just teeny. Yeah right.

Oh, yeah, and I got my hair cut this afternoon...I now have bangs.

Mara Aure! Sorry about the melodramtic quote from Ekaterine...from the Heirs of Anton series. I love that series, though I only have the first two books...

Anyways, I edited a picture today I wanted to share....even though it isn't that great.  Anyways, yeah.

We went to (guess where?)...TACO BELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today, me and Jazzy, and Sweet-T and Trev, and Stuffy and Dwayno went to see the new VeggieTales movie (The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything). Yes, I had seen it before. But, we went again. It rocketh.  So, before the movie we had Taco Bell...ahhh....I've been craving that for so long, it isn't even funny. Okay, perhaps it is to the anti-fast-food people. But, the point of the matter is Taco Bell is good. No two ways about it. Anyways....we had EP (Easter Program) practice Sunday night, and it went very well. Our voices are rather rusty, and a little out of shape, but I think by Easter we'll be in shape. Hopefully, that is. We practiced Wednesday too. We're singing a song called, "Oh, the Blood"...I had it stuck in my head for four or five days. But, that's a good song, so I guess I'll live. So, that's my life right now. Interesting, no? Okay, fine, you can see the picture.

Namarie! May you have a blessed Sunday, and truly worship the King!

We're having Easter Program practice tonight! First time! I can't wait!!!!

March 21-23 we'll have the EP....YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

And, the games yesterday: Girls lost, but played very good....Junior A won-they're STILL undefeated...Senior lost, but Sweet-T played absolutely wonderful. :P

Okay, gotta go. Sorry for the short post.

Sorry guys, only Warrior and Emma'll get the subject line. Rather inside joke.

Anyways, Chris talked about a verse in youth tonight that I wanted to share...

"I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death." Philippians 1:20

I think this will be my theme verse for 2008. This is my desire. This is what I'm seeking after. The courage to not be ashamed. And the strength to glorify Him till I die. Wow. I don't know about you, but I've always loved stories of missionaries. I've always loved learning about other countries, and imagining what it'd be like to be a missionary there. I know God has called me to be a missionary. Where, I could not tell you. I don't know myself. I don't know when.

A quote from Fellowship of the Ring came to my mind when I was thinking about this..."If by my life or death I can protect you, I will." Except it'd be something like..."If by my life or death I can serve you, I will."

After all, that's what it's all about. God. Period. Nothing else matters beside Him.

Well, I didn't have anything to post about. But, I wanted to. So, naturally, I am.  Granted, I don't do everything I want ALL the time, but I had time....

So. The origin of my brother's nickname...Sweet-T. My older brothers (all two of them) went to Michigan on a mission trip. Warrior was...14, I think? Sweet-T was 12. At any rate, they had great results, and the team saw many people saved. At home during that week Klib disappeared for about two hours, and we couldn't find him, I got Fifth's Disease, we had a HUGE garden, and Samus was really little. Lovely. But, at any rate, Sweet-T was really tired about Thursday...he came downstairs and Reg and Duh-duh were sitting at a table. Sweet-T wearily said, "Is there any sweet tea?" (The sweet part is VERY important, mind you) Reg and Duh-duh immediately caught up with high falsetto voices..."Sweet-T? Sweet-T?" Of course, making fun of him didn't help. He got really mad (being tired) and I don't think he ever got his sweet tea! Hence, everyone in our youth group, and several of our youth leaders address him as "Sweet-T" Yes, lovely story, makes no sense etc. Sorry.

I think I need to go do...something.  I have short-term memory loss, methinks. Namarie!