So, while in the basement the other day, I found something thats Awesome  cool  funny... Let's just say, "blog material".  I'm planning on bloging it, as soon as I get some pictures...

For now, I just used a Facebook app to find my top 10 status updates of 2011... Since I don't blog and Facebook the same stories, these might be new to some of you... Enjoy :)

This weekend, our youth group from chruch is going sledding... Unfortunately, I cannot go with them... But, it reminded me of a story that happened last year when everyone went sledding.
Sloan was at the hill, and a small person dressed in many layers (It was about -4zillion that night...) comes up to Sloan...

Person: Hey, is that a plasma sled?

Sloan: Yeah, it is!

Person: Cool! My best friend has one of those!

Sloan: Oh, really? That's awesome...

Person: Wait, SLOAN?!

Sloan: KAYLA?!

Person who we now know is Kayla: Um, you're the 'friend'.

one lovely blog award

K, so I got this blog award from Alisha (Mercy's Miracle)

For some reason, this doesn't strike me as a blog award suited to my blog... My blog isn't the lovely, emotional or even serious type.  The only reason people would ever cry from reading my blog is because they were laughing so hard.

Anyway, Alisha. Since you are my best friend, I will do this anyway ;)
So, I tell you 7 random facts, and then pass it on, and you do the same. Here we go:

1. Every morning when I wake up, I am freeeeezing cold, so I put on long sleeves and a sweater. Once I start school, I cannot stand wearing sleeves. Its the weirdest thing! I can't concentrate (And math needs a lot of concentration, just so you know) when I have sleeves touching my arms!

2. My favourite colour is orange. Sometimes, I'll think my favourite colour has changed to lime green, or yellow, pink or light blue... but nope, it always comes back to orange...

3. My main form of communication with my best friend is facebook... Yeah, sad, right? Its her fault for not moving with me... :P

4. Music is my life... I have an average of 4 or 5 hours of music lessons and practices in a week... I play violin and guitar.

5. My birthday is in 5 days... My first math test is also in 5 days... Happy birthday to me! And thank you for your awesome gift, Alberta school board!

6. I have never been as excited as I am this week for youth group. Seriously. It's not even something special or anything... Maybe just cause there hasn't been youth almost all summer!
I am also excited to have subway tomorrow... I know, right? HOW EXCITING! Between youth band practice and youth group, I don't have time to come home for supper, so me and Sloan are having subs. Am I an easily excitable person if having subway for supper makes me excited?

In case you were wondering, I get a six inch on honey oat bread with white cheese and green peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, banana peppers, pickles... For some reason I think I'm missing something... I actually just get every veggie they have except olives. Olives are gross.

7. I am writing this while listening to my daily announcements for school. Yes, the beauty of homeschooling you can blog AND know whats going on in the school!
Oh, I just remembered! (Actually, Mr. Macdonald reminded me) There is a school picnic tomorrow afternoon! Guess what? I'm not going.

AAAAAAAAAAANNNNNND: Since most blogs I read don't read mine (I mean, the authors don't read mine. Of course the blogs them selves don't read anything!)

If you read this, consider yourself tagged. And please post a link to your blog in my comments section so I can read seven things about you.

1.What Color Is Your Toothbrush?
Purple and orange

2. Name One Person That Made You Smile Today?
Ephraim... Jack Black... Lots of other people...

 3. What Were You Doing At 8 AM This Morning?
Frantically getting ready for church...

4. What Were You Doing 45 Minutes Ago?
Looking at pictures on my camera.

5. What Is Your Favorite Candy ?
umm... the ones you get for 5c at macs?

Number 6 is missing because my friend deleted it. :-) Now I am curious... If anyone knows what it is, tell me.

7. What Is The Last Thing You Said Aloud?
"I'm going to go read in the quiet of my room"

8. What Is The Best Ice Cream Flavor?
Probably mint chocolate chip

9. What Was The Last Thing You Had To Drink?
Water

10. What Is The Longest You Have Gone Without Sleeping?
I have no idea... probably not very long...

11.Have you ever made a promise you swore to keep?
yes.

12. Have You Bought Any New Clothing Items This Week?
Yes :)

13. The Last Sporting Event You Watched?
Golf maybe? I don't think I was paying a ton of attention...

14. What Is Your Favorite Flavor Of Popcorn?
Popcorn flavour? Butter, salt, pepper and a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper.

15. Who Is The Last Person You Sent A Message To On FaceBook?
Probably Alisha... We converse over facebook a lot... since I can't run over and ring her doorbell anymore...

16. Ever Go Camping?
like in a tent? no... Like in a camper? no... I did spend a night on my grandparents boat though, and that's pretty much like camping, but you're on water.

17. Take vitamins daily?
No... I take them on the days that I think, "I'm feeling sick or depressed... I should take my vitamins..."

18. Do You Go To Church Every Sunday?
sure do! Most of the time... as in NOT the past two weeks... but I went today :)

19. Do You Have A Tan?
No, I am pale, like a vampire.

20. Do You Like Chinese Food Over Pizza?
Usually... unless its gross Chinese food...

21. Do You Drink Your Soda With A Straw?
I don't usually drink soda, but when I do, sure... I like straws...

22. Who Are You Currently Talking To On AIM?
No one.

23. What Are You Doing Tomorrow?
That is an excellent question...

24. Where Is Your Dad?
in his bedroom.

25. Look To Your Left, What Do You See?
My guitar, a picture I painted of a butterfly...

26. What Color Is Your Watch?
I don't have a watch... I've owned 2 in my life, one was brown, and one was black and orange. I lost both of them.

27. What Do You Think Of When You Hear Australia?
Koala bears

28. What Is Your Birthstone?
Sapphire

29. Do You Go In At A Fast Food Place Or Just Hit The Drive Thru?
Depends

30. What Is Your Favorite Number?
2

31. Who's The Last Person You Talked To On The Phone?
ummmm... I honestly don't know... Maybe my dad?

32. Any Plans Today?
Its 9pm... I did lots of things today, but I don't plan on doing much else...

33. Health Freak?
Sometimes... When I'm in the mood...

34. Biggest Annoyance In Your Life Right Now?
...

35. Last Song Listened To?
Haha - the worst song in the world... The chorus is, "Its over, were through, so I'll unfriend you." It was just on Tv... The last song I listened to that I actually wanted to listen to, was something by Abba...

36. Can You Say The Alphabet Backwards?
no...

37. Do You Have A Maid Service Clean Your House?
No, one time, my mom thought about it... For some reason it really offended me, so I got up really early the next morning and cleaned the bathrooms and base boards before she got up to try to prove we didn't need one... haha

38. Favorite Pair Of Shoes/Boots You Wear All The Time?
FLIP FLOPS!!! Pretty soon though, I'll switch to my uggs, that aren't really uggs, they just look like uggs...

39. Are You Jealous Of Anyone?
not that I can think of...

40. Is Anyone Jealous Of You?
I don't know, you should ask them...

41. Do You Love Anyone?
Of course

42. Do Any Of Your Friends Have Children?
like friends my age? No...

 43. What Do You Usually Do During The Day?
School, cleaning, eating, talking, laughing...

44. Do You Hate Anyone That You Know Right Now?
Hate is a strong word.

45. Do You Use The Word “Hello” Daily?
I think so

46. Would You Rather Be Alone?
Yes... I'm not a social butterfly.

47. Do You Like Cats?
Not really.

48. Have You Ever Been To Six Flags?
No

49.Where Did You Get Your Worst Scar From?
When I was really little, I fell down the stairs of our new house where they had take the railings off the stairs, but left the metal supporter things on... I cute my arm and had 7 stitches... You can still count my stitches...

50. Hair Color?
Super blond

51. Last CD Played?
??

52. Last Bubble Bath?
??

53. Last Time You Cried?
Thursday, while reading the last two chapters of Eric Liddels biography... Then I got laughed at.

54. Last Meal?
Nachos and whiplash chicken sauce. (Auntie jess, you have to try it... yummmmmmmm)

55. Text Or Call?
Text... If only I texted more than two people...

56. Favorite Animal?
I'm not a huge animal person... I had to do an assignment on this the other day... I couldn't decide between sand dollars, people and big foot... Sand dollars won...

57. Girlie Girl Or Tomboy?
Neither? Ere on the side of girlie girl :)

58. Have You Ever Lost Someone?
Yes

59. Have You Ever Slept Until 1 PM?
Don't think so...

60. Have You Ever Been Drunk And Threw Up?
No...

61. List Six People You Can Tell Pretty Much Anything To:
My mom, sloan (NOT my other sisters... haha) Alisha

62. List Three Favorite Colors/Shades.
Orange, green, grey, purple, pink, yellow, light blue... I like all colours... unless they are ugly shades..

63. Have You Ever Laughed Until You Cried?
Many, many time...

64. Went Behind Your Parents Backs?
I don't think so...

65. Who Posted This Before You?
Alisha

66. Gay Marriage?
no.

67. Lowering The Drinking Age?
no

Uh, 68 is deleted too. It was lame. 
Again, that was Alisha...

69. Who is the best hugger that you know of?
Ephraim's hugs are nice, when he feels like giving them out, which isn't as often as I'd like!

70. Do You Believe In Love At First Sight?
depends...

71. Is There Something You Want To Tell Someone?
Yes.

72. Are You A Flirt?
I don't think so...

73. Are You Easy To Read?
I don't think so!

74. How Many Kids Do You Want To Have?
for a long time, I've thought 9... I know I don't get to choose, but I think girl, girl, girl, boy, boy, boy, boy, and then twin girls to end off would be fun... haha

75. Do You Want To Change Your Name?
One day hopefully my last name will change...

76. Last Time You Saw Your Father?
an hour ago or less,

77. What Time Did You Wake Up Today?
7:50am

78. What Were You Doing At Midnight Last Night?
Sleeping

79. What Is Your Favorite Thing In Your Room?
I like my bed, my ikea shelves, by guitar, my violin, and new laptop, my curtains, chair and book holder thing that are all covered/made out of matching fabric...

80. Where Is Your Best Friend Right Now?
I don't know...

Quote of the day

Dad: Is EVERYONE in this house dumb, or is it just me?

CRAP! I'm in my underwear!

The other night, me and Sloan were babysitting. Upon arriving home, the lady we babysat for (who is one of my moms friends) came to the door to say 'hi' to my mom. When I walked in the door, my mom was upstairs putting Gagey to bed and my dad was in the living room talking on the phone.

**in his underwear**

I was like, "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMM.... DAAD!! You don't have any clothes on!!!!!!"

He just looked up as if thinking, "What? You've never seen me naked before?" Then he noticed me and Sloan were not the only people at the door. (The other person, I think its safe to say, has never seen my Dad naked before)

"OOH! I'm in my underwears!!!" He said to whoever he was on the phone with. (At this point, I start laughing uncontrollably and wondering : A. What the person on the phone is thinking and B. whether or not my moms friend has the same view I have. (I think not))

My dad quickly ducked behind a wall, all the while keeping up his phone conversation.

Later that night, while I was still laughing, my dad says, "Well, if you think its so funny, why don't you just BLOG it?" (You know, cause I like blogging funny to me, embarrassing to other family members stories)

"Sorry, dad. I don't think I could describe the look of pure shock and horror on your face." (On the other hand, thanks for your permission.... I think I just might)

Texting with Granny

Granny:  I an junketing around-the-clock Vancouver situation the parking group.

Uhhh... That was weird...

Me: Hi granny!

Granny: Hi! Whisky there? Haha I neanmoins whos there?

Me: Cairo... Mom doesn't text with this number anymore because she got an iphone.

Granny: i mean

Me: Your phone is being weird today, hey? haha

Granny: How?

Uh... Nothing...

Me: The spellcheck!

Granny: O... Mu spellcheck. Crazy. I an on a bus. in Vancouver

Me: Fun! Are you spending the night there?

Granny: What the? No... on the est home

Est?

Me: Oh... Where you just in Vancouver for the day?

Expecting an answer such as, "yes" or "no, we came over yesterday"

Granny: Ors Mike or gants go speal spanish. Yes. With the walking group.

Walking group? What happened to your parking group? Who's Mike?

Granny: Nice pics from the wedding... Running out of battery.

Maybe cause your spellcheck is working over time?

This has been: Texting with Granny

dressing up

I found this pretty dress...
I wanted to get a pretty dress to wear for my cousins wedding next week...
Only thing is, I'm not sure this is the perfect dress..
Its not really expensive, but since its so fancy, I don't know how often I'll wear it... (Other than my other cousins wedding in the fall...)
I hate making decisions...

I'm baaaaack

I know. I KNOW! Its been almost half a year since my last post.
Today - I am starting again.
I will blog.
Promise.
Deal?
Deal.

P.S. Ephraim is deliciously cute.

NANOBLOMO

Is something I completed.
In November when my mom was doing 'NANOWRIMO*' I did NANOBLOMO*, you know, because SOEMONE had to keep everyone entertained.
Right?

*NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth - You try to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November
*NAtional NOvember BLOging MOnth - You try to write on your blog every day in November

What happened today?

I did one lesson of science with Peyton.
I did two lessons of science with myself.
I spilled salsa all over my pants and the floor.
I cleaned salsa off of the floor.
I made peanut butter cookies.
I babysat.
I played 'resteraunt'.
I did a math lesson.
I was given a box of mint chocolates.

I am sitting in the office and blogging while eating a peice of mint chocolate.

I WILL brush my teeth after eating mint chocolate before bed.
I will go upstairs to read "A swiftly tilting planet".
I will (And hopefully soon) fall asleep.

And today will turn into tomorrow.

Today I had a gig at a schools christmas party...
Lets just say it wasn't the best gig...
We were supposed to start playing at 11am, and at 11:20 our teacher comes into the room and says to us, "There is nobody here, but we are going to go play anyway." So we walk into the gym...
There was literally about 4 people in the room.
It was slightly depressing. There were rows of tables set up, stacks of pizza, games... But no people...

Oh well, it was good practice :-)

Gammy is here! She got here this afternoon.
Dad took me to the airport to pick her up, and on the way there I got new ski boots!
We took longer than planned at sportchek, so we were late getting to the airport, but then Gam's plane was delayed 40 min, so we still got there before the plane!
Now I am blogging and drinking cranberry juice...
G'night!

My Dad Is Never Ridiculous

Except for when he buys himself special chiropractic beds... And then shows me how they work...In his underwear...

"SEE?! All you have to do is strap your feet in like this!"

Me: Yeah? Then what?

Dad: You pull your self so that you hang upside down! SEE?! WOW! This feels good already!

Me: So, then you just hang there upside down?

Dad: Yeah, pretty much... Woah! Thats quite a head rush! (Blinking his eyes furiously)

Peyton: Umm, Dad? Nice bed... Hehe... You look really funny hanging there...

Dad: Every one get out of my world.

Me: Can I have some cranberry juice?

Dad: Go look at your drivers licence and tell me how old you are.

Me: ok... Thanks. Have fun on your bed.

*As I walk away*

Dad: Ahh... this feels so good... Paige! You should really try this sometime!

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To hear about the other time my dad was ridiculous, check my moms blog:

http://sojourner-ephraim.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-husband-is-never-ridiculous.html

By the end of winter...

... I will be an addict...
So far we have had snow for less than a week...
I've only had two this winter... But its not about to stop any time soon.
Peppermint steamed milk...
Its delicious.

Today I went to the mall with Dad to buy pants... (Remember when I said mine would be fine? They weren't) I already looked REALLY REALLY hard for pants, but couldn't find any... Dad must be a good luck charm though, because it only took 20 minutes to find a pair that fit... And they were on sale for 50% off! Then since we had lots of extra time, he got me a mint steamed milk at starbucks... :)
Thats my news...

You thought I wasn't going to blog today, didn't you?
Well guess what? You were wrong.

TAGGED

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:20am

2. How do you like your steak? I used to think I liked it rare because my dad always made it that way, but I actually like it more well done...

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Desicable me

4. What is your favorite TV show? Biggest loser

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Somewhere that doesn't have winter... But then I would miss skiing... A place where winter was very, very short...

6. What did you have for breakfast? I don't think I had breakfast... But I did have an early lunch of broccoli cheese soup and cheese bisquits.

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Mexican, maybe?

8. What foods do you dislike? Things that live in the ocean...

9. Favorite Place to Eat? I like eating at home, but my fave. resterant would be earls...

10. Favorite dressing? I don't know...

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? My family drives a 12 passenger van.

12. What are your favorite clothes? My new boots that I got at value village... does that count?

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Right at this moment (or maybe for the past couple weeks) I really miss victoria...

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full

15. Where would you want to retire? I'm at the age where, so far, I'm mostly thinking about the START of my career, not the end.

16. Favorite time of day? 10 am... I DON'T KNOW!

17. Where were you born? Kelowna

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Sports are for playing, not for watching... but I guess hockey...

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? The random person surfing the internet that stumbles upon my blog.

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? Alisha

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? The secret person reading my blog who I have never met or heard of. Wait, do you exist?

22. Bird watcher? not really

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? I don't know... Morning?

24. Pets? a nine month old that likes to fall asleep on my lap...

25. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share? sadly, no.

26. What did you want to be when you were little? a mom

27. What is your best childhood memory? My mom waking me up at two in the morning to go to the hospital to see my little sister be born.

28. Are you a cat or dog person? neither...

29. Are you married? NO

30. Always wear your seat belt? yes

31. Been in a car accident? I think so...

32. Any pet peeves?

33. Favorite pizza topping? mushrooms, pepperoni and tomato

34. Favorite Flower? gerber daisies

35. Favorite ice cream? I like salty better than sweet.

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? DQ has the bestest onion rings...

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None. I passed my learners on my first try.

38. From whom did you get your last email? Darren. We had a fight. ;)

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? A store that sells black dress pants in small sizes.

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? I almost spontaneously led childrens worship, but then the real leader showed up so I spontaniously decided to stay home and drink hot chocolate.

41. Like your job? Yes, babysitting can be very amusing at times!

42. Broccoli? Cauliflower? both - I like broccoli in soup, but cauliflour casserole is amazing.

43. What was your favorite vacation? probably Cali

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Umm, I think last time I ate out, I had a DQ cheese burger and onion rings. And I ate it in the van with dad on the way to a fiddle lesson.

45. What are you listening to right now? Peyton answering the phone and saying, "hello... Good bye..." and then realizing that there actually WAS someone on the other line... it was just someone asking for money though, so its all good.

46. What is your favorite color? grey and orange

47. How many tattoos do you have? nada

48. Coffee drinker? I like latte's and mochas... Or english toffee's from tim hortons. but not coffee straight

49. How many children do you have? perhaps one day, in at least 6 years, I will have some.

So, I said yesterday that I made cookies, but that it was another post for another day. It is a new day now, and this is a new post.

So, a long time ago I made whipped shortbread cookies. They were really yummy. I wanted to make them again awile ago, but we were out of flour. Last night, we were out of nothing. (Except cheese... If we had cheese, I wouldn't have made perogies for lunch)
I started getting out ingredients (which didn't take long... These cookies only have 3 ingredients)
I got out the icing sugar. It was all packed to the bottom of the far, so I bumped it on the counter to fluff it up... And it REALLY fluffed up... I got icing sugar all over myself, the floor, the counter... My hair, down my shirt...
Sloan was sitting in the living room and saw a white clound and burst out laughing... I know, I know... I could have put the lid on... I could have not hit it so hard...
Me: What? You've never done anything stupid before?
Sloan: No, I have... Its just way funnier when I'm not the stupid one!

My day

Today Mom and Dad took the four younger kids to a friends house for 5 hours... Me, Sloan and Peyton stayed home... It was so quiet and peaceful... :)
First, we changed into comfy clothes, and I made lunch. (We had perogies* with hot dogs and onions... The girls don't like onions, so I had to eat them all :-)
After lunch, we watched half of a movie on T.V. and cleaned up lunch during commercials. Then we went to the park. Me and Sloan took our roller blades and Peyton took charter's scooter. Me and Sloan also brought runners.
When we got home from the park, we ate dessert (Nanaimo* bars and peanut butter marshmallow stuff) and watched the other half of our movie...
After our movie we played a game of skip-bo. I also made cookies, but that is another post for another day... (possibly tomorrow, so stay tuned :)
When mom and dad got home we went to church.
Now I am on the computer... Blogging.
** My spellcheck says that nanaimo and perogies are not words... But none of their suggestions work... **