Mar. 17, 2010 - Shhh... don't say it!
Hello friends!
Sorry I haven't been posting much, now I'm busy getting ready for my birthday party! And dear friends, if you know when my exact birth date was/is, please don't give a peep about it on here! We don't want anyone finding out and using it in a bad way!
Thank you for dropping by! I will have better posts soon!
God Bless, Amber
Mar. 3, 2010 - Finally!
I am happy, for firefox has been obedient. So, here are some pictures!
A bunny! In a dress! I need to get a less junky picture up here, though!
A horse! This was one of the stuffed animals I sold last month. Modeled after a real family pet! Tough to do a paint horse, let me tell ya.
Josh. Before Ultimate Frisbee. I am really sorry, you guys, but I just had to do it. It is his "Tweedledummer" pose.
This is a sincerely wretched shot. But, oh well. This is a Jane Austen inspired dog. She even has bloomers:)
INBREEDING IS BAD! Ok, this is just a little fictional, but it will make my class laugh, hopefully:)
An arm. I am trying to draw a character I made up when I was roughly seven years of age. More on this later.
My new pencil case! I just could not find a cute pencil case anywhere. So I used my Amoretti scraps and some heavy canvas and got to work on designing a pencil case! I will take better pictures, this was at night, with my lame-o iPhone camera. Not good.
I hope you all have a good rest of the week!
Onedaymore
Mar. 2, 2010 - Firefox is back up
Firefox is back up! And I cannot get on it now. Which is somewhat depressing. Maybe I can squeeze in a picture-full post tomorrow. I am planning on posting photos of new stuffed animal designs (warning: will include bunnies and bears in little dresses and might annoy readers of the male variety), a new pencil case I made out of Amoretti scraps (woot!), nerdy drawings of my childhood stories I made up, and a somewhat fictional set of drawings on the subject of inbreeding (invigorating, I know). Until then! Onedaymore
Mar. 1, 2010 - No firefox
No firefox. You know what that means? No photos, no font change, no nuthin'. And the post will probably look weird. Rather like an amorphous mass of letters. That is so annoying! I have not updated my blog in a long time, so I guess I'll give a random and boring...er..ahem...I mean inspiring account of the past...few...weeks...(I seriously need to update more often). 1: Paula Deen candles really work. And smell good. 2: I really do not like The Little Mermaid movie. It is just to lame. I like the original story better. Even though Ariel turns into sea foam... 3: The Jungle Book, however, is great! I love the song King Louis sings! 4: The reason why I am commenting on movies is because Sam, my little brother, decided to give me three different viruses, so I had nothing to do but be sick, do school and watch old Disney movies. ( I also watched Tuck Everlasting and I think it should have ended differently...but that is a post for another time.) 5: I got a little robotic leopard cub at the thrift store. It does not work. All it does is make a rather grotesque face. I named him Karloff, Boris Karloff. (pictures later). 6: Abraham Lincoln was a creepy guy. Looked downright nefarious at times.(no pictures later...) 7: I have recently found a web comic that is so brilliant that I cannot stand it! Actually, I cannot stand the bad words and shoddy moral standards that litter the story. Not cool, but very talented on an artistic basis. 8: I have been practicing more on my drawing. I actually drew a picture of a character I made up when I was 7 or 8 and drew him to my approval, for once. I wonder how long my approval will last....(maybe pictures later) 9: I am giving a presentation in Biology about Zoos and breeding. I drew a zebra with an extra leg and tail and a two-tailed tiger cub to make my point on in-breeding. (maybe pictures later...) 10: Sam is up from his nap and the peace has ended. Well, I hope this post gave you all a little something to read. Maybe it inspired you to go and...watch the Little Mermaid or something. I hope not. Onedaymore
Feb. 13, 2010 - Violin Books
Today I thought I would post on each vioin book I'm working on for lessons and for fun. I have been playing the violin for 8 years and have beened blessed with a violin teacher that lives just 1/2 a mile from here.
Suzuki: I'm in volume 8 and am now playing "Tambourin" by A.E. Gretry
"Duet Sessions: Music for Two" by Shawnee Press, Inc.
I couldn't find a picture for this, but it's a nice book with lots of duets. Right now I'm working on "Contemporary Sounds" by John T. Crissey It's actually one of the ones I don't like. :)
"Introducing The Positions" by Harey S. Whistler
This book really helps with the positions, but neither is it very exciting. Right now I'm working on Shifting in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th Positions.
"The World's Hottes Fiddlers" transcribed by Drew Beisswenger
These are good fiddle songs, but they are also pretty difficult! At the moment I am playing "Black and White Rag" by Martin Christian.
"Soundforth" & "Pinner Publications"
For fun I like to play these renditions of well known hymns.
www.pinnerpublications.com
Well, that's it. Thank you for reading! Let me know if you have played any of these books!
God Bless, Amber
Feb. 1, 2010 - Young Maiden's Daybook - Feb. 1
If you would like to join "A Young Maiden's Daybook" or see other's daybooks, please go to hskubesgal's blog! Thank you!!
Today...
Monday, Febuary 1, 2010 4:21pm
Outside my window..
It is 12 degrees and lightly snowing.
I am thinking...
That I should be practicing my violin or something more worthwhile, but I thought I mise as well quick do my computer time while there is actually no one on!
I am thankful for...
Everything God has blessed us with! But I guess that is a little vague, so I am thankful for librarys! Today I had fun spending time there and I always love bring home stack of books - today I brought home four.
I am wearing...
Tan pants and blue top with brown sweater.
I am reading..
Genesis & Deuteronomy (KJV)
"Calico Captive" By Elizabeth George Speare
"So Much More" By Anna Sofia Botkin and Elizabeth Botkin
"Blue Denim And Lace" By Dr. Jack Hyles
The Girlhood Home Companion Magazine
I am creating...
A skirt and Edwardian Apron, a quilt, a knitted camera holder, a beaded thing to hang my volunteering name tag on, and working with needle punch. Oh, and hopefully Mom's birthday gift.
One of my favorite things...
Elsa's sweet kisses.
For education this week...
All regular school things, along with teaching young children (AWANA), sewing, and probably other life skills.
A keeper at home skill I am using/learning...
We use Christian Light Education books for Home Ec., I'm in the sewing section.
A godly character trait I plan to work on...
Love
Scripture I am memorizing...
I am keeping 1Cor. 2, 9, 10, 15 fresh in my memory - only one more Bible Quizzing meet left for the season!
I am praying for...
The up-coming Bible Quiz meet, and for any other things that arise this week.
For the rest of the week...
Today we didn't have a whole lot going - that means we should have got more school work done!
Tuesday: Maybe we will be going ice skating with our friends on their lake.
Wednesday: AWANA
Thursday: Violin lesson
Friday: Swimming at indoor pool with friends
Saturday: Bible Quizzing meet
Sunday: Having friends over after church
A picture thought I'd like to share...
Our new sewing machine in our new cabinet. We made a trade with my Grandma - she got our old cabinet with the sewing machine, and we got her new cabinet to put our new sewing machine in.
Thank you for reading!! Love, Amber
Jan. 29, 2010 - I survived Midterms!
I survived midterms! I did! And I mean "survived" as in I-don't-have-a-body-cast way! So exciting!
And, on an off note...I want one of these.
Is that thing not stupendously ugly? Looks like a plucked chicken! I am not a fan of cats, but that thing is downright gnarly! E.T. meets Mummy.
Onedaymore
Jan. 22, 2010 - Our Month of January.. So Far
Well, again I haven't posted since a long time. So now I have a big pile of pictures to post. Alison suggested that I just do one big post on what we've been up to this month, so I'll try it.
First off, we welcomed in the new year with fun family games (it actually wasn't as hard to stay up to midnight like it has been the last couple of years).
A couple games of family feud...
Blurt...
Spoons...
Scrabble Slam...
Then, Anna turned 13 and had a sledding party. I tried to post a picture of them sledding, but it wasn't working, you can see it on my Mom's blog though. Wow, both of us are teenagers now! If you haven't gone to wish Anna a happy birthday yet, then please do so!
After church we went out to eat with family - fun, fun! That's Anna and our four year old cousin.
My Grandma's birthday is the day before Anna's birthday, so we were doing double celebration! Here is Christian showing off his gift for Grandma. Grandma: "maybe I should hang it on my wall downstairs", Christian: "Ah, I know Grandma, you could hang it on your fridge!". LOL I love my cousin.
Alison sent me a nice little gift!
And we've been kept busy doing the 3-4 year olds at our church's AWANA program. Don't mind the silly pairs of shoes - it was crazy shoe night.
Well, that's pretty much been our month. Along with school, swimming at the hotel pool and going ice skating, music, and volunteering at the nursing home - we've been kept busy!! There, now I feel much better about keeping up my blog!
Thanks for reading!
God Bless, Amber
Jan. 13, 2010 - I am alive!
I am alive! Really, well, I am not sure...
I have midterms coming up and will probably be either cramming or taking test this time next week. Oh my! or should I say...Eheu!(Latin)
In the meantime, I thought I'd post a nice picture for everyone...
Ladies and Gentlemen...Nazguls exist...or maybe he is a banshee.
And that is the expression I shall be wearing for the next week or so!
Have a good week!
Onedaymore
Monday, January 4, 2010 - Pray for Paige.
Hey Whats up??? How is everybody? I now I haven't written in a while, sorry. :(
Anyways I have a major prayer request. My friend Paige has been sick with lukimia(sp?) and the were going to give here a bone marrow transplant, but before they could do that they had to get the cancer in her spine under control, ,well the finally did that and then she got to go home for christmas, well when she came back to the hostpital she started throwing up all her food. The retested her spine for cancer and they were wrong the cancers not gone. And now shes had so much chemo that they say they cant give her any more and even if she recovers from this she wont ever be able to walk again. So now they say the only hope is radiation. So thats what I know. She doesn;t live close to me, but my grandmother and her grandmother are friends, and her grandmother says shes pretty much given up(Paige not her grandmother.) I Think this is a great opportunity(sp?) for a miracle. But I also think its gonna take a lot of prayer. So please pray for Paige and her family.
If you have any questions please pm me. :)
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