Mom commented about the fact that we can now hear crickets when we open the windows at night.....
Me: Awesome! I love cricket season!
Mom: When we first moved here when you were 6 you went outside one night and after hearing the crickets you came back saying "Wow mommy! We have loud tomatoes!"
Me: Yay! Loud tomatoe season!
.... Conversation of the day. Haha :)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Hi :)
Mega mega storm here.... SUPER windy like all day.... trees falling, semi truck got blown over, cloud of dirt covering the valley....oi. Haven't seen a day so stormy in quite a while- and we've had stormy days for like the whole last week!
Yikes.
And work got canceled. Bother. And relationships are complicated (well a certain relationship. It's funny though how something can be so wonderful yet hard at the same time). And as some of you know I have a mini-series on youtube that I'll be hopefully publishing the first couple episodes to in the near future! Yay. And inside jokes with my Texan BFF via chat =)
Oh, school too, of course =P
So yes, my life as of yesterday/today.
How are you?
Yikes.
And work got canceled. Bother. And relationships are complicated (well a certain relationship. It's funny though how something can be so wonderful yet hard at the same time). And as some of you know I have a mini-series on youtube that I'll be hopefully publishing the first couple episodes to in the near future! Yay. And inside jokes with my Texan BFF via chat =)
Oh, school too, of course =P
So yes, my life as of yesterday/today.
How are you?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
What a Mess.
My oh my! I suppose a post is slightly overdue here, isn't it?
Hello again, to whomever reads these random writings.
So, to kick things off, I've had a rather interesting start to my morning within the first half hour of being out of bed. Like two minutes after I gathered the alertness and strength to drag myself out of a nice comfy bed, my brother is knocking on my door asking me how to make a green tea latte`. Since he can't remember instructions worth beans half the time, I end up writing out a recipee. I thought after that I'd just start up my laptop and get started with school.... Nooooo. Of course not, lol. Because just as soon as I hit the start up button on my compy, I over hear Nathaniel down stairs shouting for mom, who at the time was in the bathroom (Her "Oval office" as she likes to jokingly call it). Most times I would overlook such shoutings cause it's usually him asking where something is... Fortunately for everybody I hadn't yet plugged myself into my mp3 player, so I actually heard what he was shouting about. "I TRIED TO GET THE MILK OUT OF THE PLASTIC AND NOW IT'S LEAKING!!!" ... Yes, another disaster thanks to Costco's new milk packaging system. Though usually the mess is made because pouring from them causes drips everywhere. Not this time. Ya know how they come wrapped together in plastic? He was trying to cut them apart to get a new jug, and somehow in that the scissors went off at the wrong angle and sliced through the bottom of the milk jug, causing a very steady leak. After getting the milk out of the plastic and seeing how bad the leak was, I knew I had to do something fast, so I grabbed the next most logical container- the old milk jug that was under the sink. Hey, I figured if we were just now getting a new jug, it couldn't have sat under there by the trash for TOO long. And I was desperate. In the end we only lost about an 8th of the milk.... But be warned: If you ever have a puncture in the bottom of an unopened milk jug, when you go to take the seal off the top to pour it into something else, the leak on the bottom will suddenly spurt 10 times worse when the pressure is released.
In other news, I got all 26 of my entries back from the Asotin County fair, with two white ribbons and the rest reds & blues (mostly blues :-) ). I should have over $64 headed my way in the nearish future. Also, I landed a short-term job working as a photographer's assistant! It only pays $5 an hour and is going to be rather off 'n on, and it won't last past summertime cause she's moving, but hey, it'll be good experience anyways. I read this is how most professional photographers start out their early careers. So I'm rather excited. I start tonight.
Oh, and on a last randoms side note before I go to do what I SHOULD be doing (a Science quiz....), I got an email on Sunday from Pastor Harris-- I'm the first person to have sent in their camp sign-up form this year :-) Obviously, you can tell who is excited for August :-)
And with that update there, I bid you adieu, for I must get on with school...oh goodie. =P
Sarah/Misty
Hello again, to whomever reads these random writings.
So, to kick things off, I've had a rather interesting start to my morning within the first half hour of being out of bed. Like two minutes after I gathered the alertness and strength to drag myself out of a nice comfy bed, my brother is knocking on my door asking me how to make a green tea latte`. Since he can't remember instructions worth beans half the time, I end up writing out a recipee. I thought after that I'd just start up my laptop and get started with school.... Nooooo. Of course not, lol. Because just as soon as I hit the start up button on my compy, I over hear Nathaniel down stairs shouting for mom, who at the time was in the bathroom (Her "Oval office" as she likes to jokingly call it). Most times I would overlook such shoutings cause it's usually him asking where something is... Fortunately for everybody I hadn't yet plugged myself into my mp3 player, so I actually heard what he was shouting about. "I TRIED TO GET THE MILK OUT OF THE PLASTIC AND NOW IT'S LEAKING!!!" ... Yes, another disaster thanks to Costco's new milk packaging system. Though usually the mess is made because pouring from them causes drips everywhere. Not this time. Ya know how they come wrapped together in plastic? He was trying to cut them apart to get a new jug, and somehow in that the scissors went off at the wrong angle and sliced through the bottom of the milk jug, causing a very steady leak. After getting the milk out of the plastic and seeing how bad the leak was, I knew I had to do something fast, so I grabbed the next most logical container- the old milk jug that was under the sink. Hey, I figured if we were just now getting a new jug, it couldn't have sat under there by the trash for TOO long. And I was desperate. In the end we only lost about an 8th of the milk.... But be warned: If you ever have a puncture in the bottom of an unopened milk jug, when you go to take the seal off the top to pour it into something else, the leak on the bottom will suddenly spurt 10 times worse when the pressure is released.
In other news, I got all 26 of my entries back from the Asotin County fair, with two white ribbons and the rest reds & blues (mostly blues :-) ). I should have over $64 headed my way in the nearish future. Also, I landed a short-term job working as a photographer's assistant! It only pays $5 an hour and is going to be rather off 'n on, and it won't last past summertime cause she's moving, but hey, it'll be good experience anyways. I read this is how most professional photographers start out their early careers. So I'm rather excited. I start tonight.
Oh, and on a last randoms side note before I go to do what I SHOULD be doing (a Science quiz....), I got an email on Sunday from Pastor Harris-- I'm the first person to have sent in their camp sign-up form this year :-) Obviously, you can tell who is excited for August :-)
And with that update there, I bid you adieu, for I must get on with school...oh goodie. =P
Sarah/Misty
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Traveling Toils
Well, I recently got back from a road trip. It's funny, when you drive a long ways to visit relatives, after the initial hugs and/or kisses and being welcomed inside, so often the next thing to be said is "Would you like to have a seat?" ..... Uh huh. Yeah. Cause it just feels soooo good to sit down after sitting down for the past two hours, right? Although I find the whole scenario of arriving at somebody's house after a road trip a little odd, just because it's hard to know exactly what to do. My first thought after getting out of the car is "Ahhh, it feels so good to stand up again!" Then moments later, I go inside and the first thing I do is sit down. For like two minutes. Then stand up again, upon realizing the fact of "Oh, I was just sitting for the past two hours. Why the heck am I sitting AGAIN, when I have the option to stand?" So I stand. Then think, "Well, this seems a little weird. Everybody else is sitting." And go back and forth in my head wondering if I would rather sit or stand... until the thought pops into my head that it certainly would feel nice to just walk. I guess that's where the dog has it sort of nice- everybody thinks it's adorable when she runs like crazy all over the room after being let out of her travel crate. Alas, I have the feeling people wouldn't quite think the same of me if I were to try that approach of stretching my legs after a long car ride. Especially if while doing so I threw in the other habit of my pug-dog... Now I don't know about yours, but I'm very certain that my friends and relatives wouldn't just pat me on the head and say how cute I am if I ran up snorting and hyperventilating and sneezed on their shoes. What do you think?
Monday, April 5, 2010
The Most Epic Summer Break
Sorry I had to make the text small down there...if I didn't, the format would look all wrong and that just bothered me =P
Anywho, enjoy my random little poetic story! :-)
It was a rather dark and dreary morning in June
We sat staring at the wall wondering what to do.
The games we'd already played, the movies sounded dull,
But you just can't spend a day together doing nothing at all.
Dark clouds loomed outside the window threat'ning to rain;
We had to find something to do, or else go insane.
So we ventured to the basement and you turned on the light
Then made our way into the garrage and there we found quite a sight.
Between the gizmos and boxes, there was much to behold-
But best of all two bicycles, one red and one gold.
We opened the garage door just as it started to pour;
Sure it was quite wet outside, but inside was such a bore.
So we hopped onto the bikes, rode through the puddles downtown,
Then we stopped in at the laundromat and watched the clothes spin 'round.
We didn't stay there too long, there was adventure to be had,
Not to mention you felt nauseous from watching spinning clothes of plaid.
We continued to the bakery, where you got some doughnuts for yourself & me.
As we biked on and enjoyed our yummy snack,
It was hard for us to imagine we'd ever want to go back-
Back to the house, into the walls, that confine us on most days,
Back to normal teenage lives and busy school craze.
As us and our bikes neared the airport you got this crazy scheme,
That we would hide among some luggage and catch a flight for free.
We found a giant suitcase, tagged to be sent to New York,
You and I stowed away inside, and you sat upon a fork.
It somehow made it through security, we had our flight, and with no fee!
Ten hours later, after being stuck inside,
The luggage door was opened and we could finally see the light.
A great new world stretched before our faces-
Lady Liberty, sky scrapers, taxis and police chases.
Such a huge unknown place to be, so many sights to take;
You and I vowed to see it all, before the end of summer break.
With Skittles and cans of soda too, we've not a moment left to loose-
Let's grab a map and hit the city, just pick a spot and choose.
Cause it's the most epic ever summer break, a trip we never dreamed we'd take,
And we're praying we're not dreaming, but if we are, don't let us wake.
Anywho, enjoy my random little poetic story! :-)
It was a rather dark and dreary morning in June
We sat staring at the wall wondering what to do.
The games we'd already played, the movies sounded dull,
But you just can't spend a day together doing nothing at all.
Dark clouds loomed outside the window threat'ning to rain;
We had to find something to do, or else go insane.
So we ventured to the basement and you turned on the light
Then made our way into the garrage and there we found quite a sight.
Between the gizmos and boxes, there was much to behold-
But best of all two bicycles, one red and one gold.
We opened the garage door just as it started to pour;
Sure it was quite wet outside, but inside was such a bore.
So we hopped onto the bikes, rode through the puddles downtown,
Then we stopped in at the laundromat and watched the clothes spin 'round.
We didn't stay there too long, there was adventure to be had,
Not to mention you felt nauseous from watching spinning clothes of plaid.
We continued to the bakery, where you got some doughnuts for yourself & me.
As we biked on and enjoyed our yummy snack,
It was hard for us to imagine we'd ever want to go back-
Back to the house, into the walls, that confine us on most days,
Back to normal teenage lives and busy school craze.
As us and our bikes neared the airport you got this crazy scheme,
That we would hide among some luggage and catch a flight for free.
We found a giant suitcase, tagged to be sent to New York,
You and I stowed away inside, and you sat upon a fork.
It somehow made it through security, we had our flight, and with no fee!
Ten hours later, after being stuck inside,
The luggage door was opened and we could finally see the light.
A great new world stretched before our faces-
Lady Liberty, sky scrapers, taxis and police chases.
Such a huge unknown place to be, so many sights to take;
You and I vowed to see it all, before the end of summer break.
With Skittles and cans of soda too, we've not a moment left to loose-
Let's grab a map and hit the city, just pick a spot and choose.
Cause it's the most epic ever summer break, a trip we never dreamed we'd take,
And we're praying we're not dreaming, but if we are, don't let us wake.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Robberies
A few nights ago we had a prowler in the neighborhood. He opened our back gate, walked across the yard and checked out the contents one of our sheds. My family and I couldn't help but laugh at the sure disappointment this character must have felt upon exiting our property; It must have been far more trouble than it's worth. To start with, our back gate sticks horribly. I've lived here for over 10 years, and still haven't mastered the art of being able to smoothly open that thing. Step 1 is fairly simple; lift the latch. Then, you have to shake the gate, followed by two or three good jerks, all the while avoiding the spider webs that tend to build up between the boards and hoping no 8 legged creatures happen to walk up your arm in the process. After this, the gate is now loose enough for you to fully open, and if you are skinny enough, simply squeeze through. If you don't happen to have the build of a stick figure, you must give the gate one more good jerk to pull it over the railroad tie that sticks up from the ground just enough to hinder easy opening. Finally, you're in. BUT, that's not all. To successfully cross the yard, daylight is preferable. Unfortunately for this person, that wasn't an option at the time of their visit. Therefore there is a very good chance that they stepped in the landmines left by our two dogs, and quite possibly tripped in a pot-hole or two. I can almost hear the guy grumbling in his head... "Ok there had BETTER be something good around here to make up for this!" After all this, he finally gets to the other end of the yard to claim his stolen treasure. With great anticipation he pulls open the doors of a plastic storage shed and finds his reward... With age, comes value, and what he finds does have age. Unfortunately old rusty garden tools seem to lack the value that an old heirloom watch or necklace might possess. Alas, all that trouble for nothing!
At least whoever it was stayed to the back yard and didn't attempt to get into the house. If somebody ever breaks into my house, my full intention is to sneak into the kitchen, grab that spiky mallet known as a meat tenderizer and...well I think you get my drift. Tenderize the meat and then call the cops while he's down. Maybe get my brother in on it so there can be someone holding the dude at gun point, too. Sure, it might just be my dad's bb gun, but in the dark, who's gonna know? I know I sure wouldn't question the barrel of a gun if it were pointed at me.
The thing about robberies though is you can't exactly plan them down to every move, whether you're the robber or the victim. Something unexpected is bound to come at you. Perhaps a man in his underwear. "Lack of clothes makes hot pursuit a chilly ordeal", the newspaper headline read one morning. If I were the robber, I certainly would not have pictured my heist ending by being chased down the street at 5 in the morning by a man wearing nothing but boxer shorts.
At least whoever it was stayed to the back yard and didn't attempt to get into the house. If somebody ever breaks into my house, my full intention is to sneak into the kitchen, grab that spiky mallet known as a meat tenderizer and...well I think you get my drift. Tenderize the meat and then call the cops while he's down. Maybe get my brother in on it so there can be someone holding the dude at gun point, too. Sure, it might just be my dad's bb gun, but in the dark, who's gonna know? I know I sure wouldn't question the barrel of a gun if it were pointed at me.
The thing about robberies though is you can't exactly plan them down to every move, whether you're the robber or the victim. Something unexpected is bound to come at you. Perhaps a man in his underwear. "Lack of clothes makes hot pursuit a chilly ordeal", the newspaper headline read one morning. If I were the robber, I certainly would not have pictured my heist ending by being chased down the street at 5 in the morning by a man wearing nothing but boxer shorts.
Friday, March 5, 2010
This springtime makes my spirits fly//I wish it'd never say good-bye
Ah! Again, I find myself thinking perhaps I ought to post, but being constantly in a case of so-much-to-do-so-little-time-syndrome.
So, I find myself here at the computer once more sifting through recent events in my mind and feeling the cool metal of David's dog-tag necklace on my chest. I'm a little sad that I'm giving it back to him tonight, I quite liked it. But he'd emailed me and said his conscience had been bothering him since he gave it to me on Wednesday... he apologized and asked for it back, explaining that he shouldn't have given it to me in the first place because it's rather pre-mature as of right now to do something like that, because it signifies a relationship. A relationship that we had both agreed to hold off on until we graduate high school. I can understand his reasoning; I'm glad he's a guy with a good concience.
In other news, I'm completely and totally excited!!! For a couple reasons, actually. The first and smaller of the two is that I got my gun in the mail yesterday, so now I can officially say I'm an Airsofter :-) Now I feel like going around shooting stuff just because I can...lol! The 2nd of the two reasons I'm excited is that my friend Zach is in town again!!! Half the time he lives in Texas and half the time here, cause they have a 2nd house. So for the last 2 months he'd been in TX, and I'd not seen him since my birthday. So a few days ago he and I were on gmail IMing and he told me he'd be up in a few weeks cause they'd gotten their plane tickets. Well, I show up at YG on Wednesday and am talking to my bro & David while we waited for people to show up... Suddenly they both have shocked expressions and so I turn around to see what was going on behind me.... AND IT'S ZACH! Turns out he's been in town since monday, but kept it a secret so he could show up and surprise everybody :-) So he's in town for two weeks and we're gonna have an airsoft war on sunday and sometime while he's around also go swimming and possibly ice skating. Yay! :-) Gotta say, it's the best surprise I've had in a long while! I don't think I've been so excited since the first day of Camp Hope last summer!
So yeah, life as of this week....oh, and on Monday & Tuesday I had ITBS teseting. Biggest test of the year... pray my scores come back good on it!
And thanks to Katie Hammermaster & Stephanie Defoyd, my only known consistent readers as of the last few months <3
So, I find myself here at the computer once more sifting through recent events in my mind and feeling the cool metal of David's dog-tag necklace on my chest. I'm a little sad that I'm giving it back to him tonight, I quite liked it. But he'd emailed me and said his conscience had been bothering him since he gave it to me on Wednesday... he apologized and asked for it back, explaining that he shouldn't have given it to me in the first place because it's rather pre-mature as of right now to do something like that, because it signifies a relationship. A relationship that we had both agreed to hold off on until we graduate high school. I can understand his reasoning; I'm glad he's a guy with a good concience.
In other news, I'm completely and totally excited!!! For a couple reasons, actually. The first and smaller of the two is that I got my gun in the mail yesterday, so now I can officially say I'm an Airsofter :-) Now I feel like going around shooting stuff just because I can...lol! The 2nd of the two reasons I'm excited is that my friend Zach is in town again!!! Half the time he lives in Texas and half the time here, cause they have a 2nd house. So for the last 2 months he'd been in TX, and I'd not seen him since my birthday. So a few days ago he and I were on gmail IMing and he told me he'd be up in a few weeks cause they'd gotten their plane tickets. Well, I show up at YG on Wednesday and am talking to my bro & David while we waited for people to show up... Suddenly they both have shocked expressions and so I turn around to see what was going on behind me.... AND IT'S ZACH! Turns out he's been in town since monday, but kept it a secret so he could show up and surprise everybody :-) So he's in town for two weeks and we're gonna have an airsoft war on sunday and sometime while he's around also go swimming and possibly ice skating. Yay! :-) Gotta say, it's the best surprise I've had in a long while! I don't think I've been so excited since the first day of Camp Hope last summer!
So yeah, life as of this week....oh, and on Monday & Tuesday I had ITBS teseting. Biggest test of the year... pray my scores come back good on it!
And thanks to Katie Hammermaster & Stephanie Defoyd, my only known consistent readers as of the last few months <3
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