Wow, 2011? I can't believe it! I remember New Year's of 2000. It doesn't seem like that was 11 years ago.
And this is my first post this year. I guess I've gotten bad about posting since we moved.
I'll have to try more often!
I know winter has barely started, but already I can't wait for spring! I want it to be warm (or at least not freezing) and the ground to be dry. I guess I have no choice but to wait a few months.
Yesterday Jeremy, Lizzy and I all really wanted to go the park and roll down the big hill. Just not in the snow. Although who knows, maybe that would be fun...
Yesterday the three of us decided to have a bit of an adventure. We realized none of us could remember when was the last time we did a somersault. I guessed that the last time I would have done one was probably in Texas, so over five years ago! Before we started, we decided to look it up on Youtube to avoid breaking our necks. We watched a gymnastics video, but we decided none of us ever did our somersaults that way when we were little. Apparently we always risked breaking our necks! We decided to stick with our old method anyway.
I went first. I did one and was quite happy. Then I decided to try doing several in a row. After the second one I crashed into the wall (it's not a very wide hallway...).
Jeremy couldn't do one. He was afraid of breaking his neck. Lizzy tried a few times, but always ended up with her legs going up the wall.
My dad came home at that point and wanted to try to outdo Jeremy. He soon changed his mind, though. He thought it might be awkward to call into work next week saying "Sorry, I can't come in. I broke my body trying to outdo my 19 year old son in somersaults."
I can see how that would be potentially awkward.
The whole thing was pretty humorous, though.
And in other news, many of us have or are getting over colds. I think my mom, Luke, and John had it the worst. Somehow I've managed to avoid catching it. Although I've lost some sleep from the others having it. From my room I can hear both John and Luke coughing in their rooms.
Oh, and I like Janesville. So much better than Custer Park.
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
My Texan Surprise
After making my last post that this was going to be the best birthday ever, I never bothered to update my blog. The week after my birthday I was just too busy, and the week after that I was sick, so I just didn't get around to it.
For my big birthday surprise my parents arranged to have my best friend, Taylor Castle, come up from Texas! It was amazing. We had so much fun. She was able to come for two full weekends of Bristol, and she loved it! I had two sets of garb that fit her, so she was able to dress up!
She loved working there more than she liked being a patron. And she was fantastic at it! She of course joined the Ducks, and she learned quickly! She was great; I'll miss her as a Duck!
We spent the week in Janesville at the Muetz home (we figured it would be more entertaining to be at their house instead of here in Custer Park, the middle of nowhere, and they have more space for guests that we do). I don't think there was any night we went to bed before 1:00 AM! We stayed up late all the time.
Of course Taylor had to be introduced to cheese curds, so Laura Muetz kindly bought some for her to try. Then Mindi decided she needed to be introduced to Culvers and deep fried cheese curds, so she treated Taylor, Jeremy, Lizzy, and me to some. She got every type of sauce (including horseradish, which was nasty) and chocolate custard to dip the cheese curds in. It was great!
On Wednesday a bunch of the Amoeba (Lizzy's group of friends) came over and we had a day of being 7 year olds. We watched old Disney movies all day, and then we went to McDonald's at about 9:00 PM and ordered Happy Meals just for the toys (and we all got the guys' toys which were Superheroes. The girl toys were little pink cats and dogs). It was great!
After walking home (which was a very interesting walk) we were all really warm and decided to get in the pool. We cracked a bunch of glowsticks and tossed them in, which was really cool. Eventually everyone got out and started going to bed, but Taylor, Justin Lukas (who is not a Muetz, but lives at their home much of the time) and I stayed up until almost 3:00 AM. We decorated the living room with the glowsticks, and it looked so neat! Justin broke a glowstick on the rug, but it didn't leave a stain.
After the second weekend of Bristol (which was when Taylor and I had a patron day. So boring!), we stayed at the Dowell's house Sunday night. We all stayed up until past 3:00 AM, and then woke up before 7:00 so that we could be at the Milwaukee airport for Taylor's flight back to Texas. It seemed like she wasn't here for very long, but there's only a couple things we wanted to do that didn't get done. And now that she knows how much she's missing out on (Bristol!) she'll have to come more often!
Chris Muetz agreed to take pictures of Taylor and I together. Conveniently, I had two of the same style dresses in different colors, and the shirts in the above picture match as well. I'd bought one for myself and one for Taylor sometime last year.
For my big birthday surprise my parents arranged to have my best friend, Taylor Castle, come up from Texas! It was amazing. We had so much fun. She was able to come for two full weekends of Bristol, and she loved it! I had two sets of garb that fit her, so she was able to dress up!
She loved working there more than she liked being a patron. And she was fantastic at it! She of course joined the Ducks, and she learned quickly! She was great; I'll miss her as a Duck!
We spent the week in Janesville at the Muetz home (we figured it would be more entertaining to be at their house instead of here in Custer Park, the middle of nowhere, and they have more space for guests that we do). I don't think there was any night we went to bed before 1:00 AM! We stayed up late all the time.
Of course Taylor had to be introduced to cheese curds, so Laura Muetz kindly bought some for her to try. Then Mindi decided she needed to be introduced to Culvers and deep fried cheese curds, so she treated Taylor, Jeremy, Lizzy, and me to some. She got every type of sauce (including horseradish, which was nasty) and chocolate custard to dip the cheese curds in. It was great!
On Wednesday a bunch of the Amoeba (Lizzy's group of friends) came over and we had a day of being 7 year olds. We watched old Disney movies all day, and then we went to McDonald's at about 9:00 PM and ordered Happy Meals just for the toys (and we all got the guys' toys which were Superheroes. The girl toys were little pink cats and dogs). It was great!
After walking home (which was a very interesting walk) we were all really warm and decided to get in the pool. We cracked a bunch of glowsticks and tossed them in, which was really cool. Eventually everyone got out and started going to bed, but Taylor, Justin Lukas (who is not a Muetz, but lives at their home much of the time) and I stayed up until almost 3:00 AM. We decorated the living room with the glowsticks, and it looked so neat! Justin broke a glowstick on the rug, but it didn't leave a stain.
After the second weekend of Bristol (which was when Taylor and I had a patron day. So boring!), we stayed at the Dowell's house Sunday night. We all stayed up until past 3:00 AM, and then woke up before 7:00 so that we could be at the Milwaukee airport for Taylor's flight back to Texas. It seemed like she wasn't here for very long, but there's only a couple things we wanted to do that didn't get done. And now that she knows how much she's missing out on (Bristol!) she'll have to come more often!
Chris Muetz agreed to take pictures of Taylor and I together. Conveniently, I had two of the same style dresses in different colors, and the shirts in the above picture match as well. I'd bought one for myself and one for Taylor sometime last year.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Prom
As my previous post stated, we (my Mom, Jeremy and I) went up to Wisconsin over the weekend for Lizzy's prom.
We had a lot of fun! Well, I don't think the entire weekend was fun for Jeremy. It wasn't really fun for him on Friday when Lizzy and I were figuring out what to do with our hair for the next day. He didn't enjoy that. And he was pretty bored the next day when our mom's were doing our hair for real (we had only sort of done it the previous day: Just enough to see that it would work). Oh, and as I was getting ready for the prom I managed to run into a door or wall and bruise my shoulder. Brilliant!
But once we were all dressed up and got to Sammy J's (One of Lizzy's friends from her friend group affectionately known as "The Amoeba") for dinner we were all having fun. We went out in the backyard and Chris Muetz took pictures of everyone, then we headed back in for dinner. The entire party consisted of 9 girls and 4 boys.
After dinner we all headed over to the prom (where we had to take a breathalyzer test. Although the guy said it wasn't really a breathalyzer and told me what it was called, but I have forgotten). We didn't really do much, some of the group danced (well, I think everyone danced at one point. Mindi and Sammy (who is a girl) both danced with me. Mindi likes to spin people, which was fun!), and we made giant human knots which was really fun, although difficult to solve when you're wearing dresses and heels.
Once we got back home from the prom (a little after 11, I believe), we all headed down to the basement. We all talked for a while and then someone turned on the 5th Harry Potter movie. After that some of the group left to go home, but most everyone stayed overnight to have breakfast in the morning.
I think I went to bed at a little after 3. I don't know what time the Amoeba went to bed because they had all gone upstairs.
So, after being up so late no one woke up very early (everyone woke up after 9), but once we did my Mom made biscuits and gravy for everyone.
So, it was a very fun weekend and we were glad we could go!
We had a lot of fun! Well, I don't think the entire weekend was fun for Jeremy. It wasn't really fun for him on Friday when Lizzy and I were figuring out what to do with our hair for the next day. He didn't enjoy that. And he was pretty bored the next day when our mom's were doing our hair for real (we had only sort of done it the previous day: Just enough to see that it would work). Oh, and as I was getting ready for the prom I managed to run into a door or wall and bruise my shoulder. Brilliant!
But once we were all dressed up and got to Sammy J's (One of Lizzy's friends from her friend group affectionately known as "The Amoeba") for dinner we were all having fun. We went out in the backyard and Chris Muetz took pictures of everyone, then we headed back in for dinner. The entire party consisted of 9 girls and 4 boys.
After dinner we all headed over to the prom (where we had to take a breathalyzer test. Although the guy said it wasn't really a breathalyzer and told me what it was called, but I have forgotten). We didn't really do much, some of the group danced (well, I think everyone danced at one point. Mindi and Sammy (who is a girl) both danced with me. Mindi likes to spin people, which was fun!), and we made giant human knots which was really fun, although difficult to solve when you're wearing dresses and heels.
Once we got back home from the prom (a little after 11, I believe), we all headed down to the basement. We all talked for a while and then someone turned on the 5th Harry Potter movie. After that some of the group left to go home, but most everyone stayed overnight to have breakfast in the morning.
I think I went to bed at a little after 3. I don't know what time the Amoeba went to bed because they had all gone upstairs.
So, after being up so late no one woke up very early (everyone woke up after 9), but once we did my Mom made biscuits and gravy for everyone.
So, it was a very fun weekend and we were glad we could go!
Friday, April 30, 2010
To Wisconsin (again)!
My Mom, Jeremy and I are just about ready to head up North. We're going to Janesville (it seems like we've been there a LOT lately). Lizzy (my faux-sister) invited Jeremy and I to go to her prom with her, so that's what we're doing. The prom is tomorrow night, but we're heading up today, and we'll come home the day after the prom, so on Sunday.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Update that I'm feeling too uncreative to name.
Our trip to Janesville was very enjoyable. We had bunches of fun and saw some of our favoritest peoples.
I brought my sewing with and got a good amount done. Jeremy's venetians for faire are done, and I'm so close to finishing my one of my dresses. I left in Janesville for now, seeing that I can't sew at home until I get my sewing machine fixed. But we'll be back in Janesville early on next week for Spring break.
Lizzy (my faux-sister) and I decided it would be awesome to make matching dresses. For some reason people always mix us up (we don't look alike at all!), so figured we'd confuse them even more. We had a 40% off coupon for Joanns, so we picked out some bright summery fabric for our dresses. It's a fabric that's smocked at the top, so we call it "Instant dress: just add seam" fabric. We just have to add the seam down the back, attach straps, and possibly hem it. The bottom of the fabric is the selvage, so it wouldn't have to be hemmed, but I probably will anyway.
Lizzy, Jeremy, and I are thinking about going to the theater to see the new Alice in Wonderland next week, but we haven't decided yet.
I'm sure we'll also be filming some Billy Smith videos, and going to the park, and taking walks, and going for ice cream, and just having an all around great time.
I can barely wait! I love Janesville!
But now, back in Illinois (or Crazyville, as I like to call it), I've been working on schoolwork and playing around outside to enjoy the nice weather. I actually hung out laundry today, which was nice. And I was able to wear a dress yesterday and a skirt, short-sleeve shirt, and flip flops today. I love 70 degree weather!
I brought my sewing with and got a good amount done. Jeremy's venetians for faire are done, and I'm so close to finishing my one of my dresses. I left in Janesville for now, seeing that I can't sew at home until I get my sewing machine fixed. But we'll be back in Janesville early on next week for Spring break.
Lizzy (my faux-sister) and I decided it would be awesome to make matching dresses. For some reason people always mix us up (we don't look alike at all!), so figured we'd confuse them even more. We had a 40% off coupon for Joanns, so we picked out some bright summery fabric for our dresses. It's a fabric that's smocked at the top, so we call it "Instant dress: just add seam" fabric. We just have to add the seam down the back, attach straps, and possibly hem it. The bottom of the fabric is the selvage, so it wouldn't have to be hemmed, but I probably will anyway.
Lizzy, Jeremy, and I are thinking about going to the theater to see the new Alice in Wonderland next week, but we haven't decided yet.
I'm sure we'll also be filming some Billy Smith videos, and going to the park, and taking walks, and going for ice cream, and just having an all around great time.
I can barely wait! I love Janesville!
But now, back in Illinois (or Crazyville, as I like to call it), I've been working on schoolwork and playing around outside to enjoy the nice weather. I actually hung out laundry today, which was nice. And I was able to wear a dress yesterday and a skirt, short-sleeve shirt, and flip flops today. I love 70 degree weather!
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