Art, Art and EVEN MORE ART!!!!!

One of the many presents I opened on Christmas morning was a sketchpad. A wonderful 100 page sketchpad. Something I’ve wanted for a long time. And my want was filled. Now I’ve been drawing. And drawing. And drawing. Not many pictures. Few pictures done in many minutes. Some I spent more than an hour on. Others more than two hours.

You’re like WHAT?!?!?!?!

I’m like: YES!!!!!!!!

Some of the pictures I was very happy that they turned out. Others I was happy that I even completed, but not so happy that they looked awful. Okay, I’ve made it sound like I’ve drawn many pictures. Actually….I’ve only drawn three. Yes, I said three. The first one, I spent around two hours drawing, although it doesn’t really look like it. The second, I spent quite a long time on and it turned out really really good! The third….well, the third is one of those ones that I’m just thankful I completed.

You’re probably thinking, “SHOW THEM TO ME ALREADY!!!!”

I’ll do just that. I’ll show them to you, with my head held high, my chest puffed out, and….well…..you get the picture.

HAHA! That was like an unintended pun. You don’t get the picture yet, because I haven’t added it to the post yet! HAHAHA! Yeah…that was lame.

Here’s the pictures:

I am proud to say that I drew this. I drew it while looking at a picture of the guy on my calendar. His face doesn’t really look like Dave’s, but I’m just happy his face looks proportional. The colors worked well, and the logo took FOREVER, as did the skates, which still aren’t in full proportion, although the coloring does look fairly like his. :D Actually, the blue looking color on his uniform is not blue! It’s gray, which turned out to fit the color perfectly. Alright, alright, I’ve bragged enough about this picture. Time for the next one.

This….is Daffy Duck. WAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I figured out how to rotate the picture after years of trying….well months…..anywho, this picture turned out really well, I was really surprised. I was really scared that the head wouldn’t turn out. I drew everything, including the beak or bill…or whatever you call it, except for the top of his head. (The eyes, and the black part…etc.. etc..) It looked really really good and I started panicking when I started drawing the other part. Haha, if you look REALLY hard at this picture, you can see the next picture under him.

Here we go with picture number three.

Normally I would say at this time, the last but not least. Not true. It is last. And the least. So….without further ado:

TWEETY BIRD!!!!!!!

The biggest mistake in this picture was the cheeks. If I didn’t have trouble with the cheeks, the picture would look better than it does. WHY DOES TWEETY HAVE TO HAVE CHEEKS??!!?!??!!!??? Okay, so it didn’t turn out THAT bad…., but I was a little unhappy with the outcome, figuring that I spent about 45 minutes on the picture.

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I finished all my SAIL homework this morning, so I haven’t had school the whole rest of the day, because I put off my math until about three o’clock, which is an extremely stupid theory, but hey, at least it still gets done. So…my day was spent drawing Daffy and Tweety; I drew Dave Steckel last night.

Don’t worry, I ate and I took the dog out. No problems there.

I still haven’t had any good food to take pictures of, so therefore I haven’t had a chance to take pictures of food yet. I will take pictures of my foosball table though. When I finally decided that I need to get out of my laziness and put on a coat. (The foosball table is in the garage by the way, the basement is too messy to put it down there for now.) Actually, now that I’m day dreaming about taking pictures of the foosball table, I think it’s time that I head out there to take pictures. Haha.

th-th-th-that’s all folks!!!!!!

Angela

My head hangs low. I am sad.

All my dreams and hopes have been dashed.

The recycle bin is full. Boxes now fill my hockey space. The basement is too full of junk to host any hockey practicing. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My blog needs a new layout. I find none to my taste. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My jelly beans that I got for Christmas are all gone. I have no more. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My math book awaits me. The red pen is ready. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My father is sick. The Buckeyes play their bowl game tonight. I will be following the hockey game on my laptop with no video. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My quiz material lies untouched on the couch. I must memorize. I am behind. My head hangs low. I am sad.

Maya has forgotten how to “sit.” She can only “lay down.” My head hangs low. I am sad.

I stare into our refrigerator and see no tasty goodies. We are out of bacon. My head hangs low. I am sad.

School started yesterday. At first it was fun. Then I found out I’m failing math. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My mind is running blank of sentences. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My room is messy and must be cleaned. I am really busy and don’t have time. I am now making up excuses. My head hangs low. I am sad.

The drama group I am in has a new play coming up. “A Tale of Two Cities.” My brother is the two main parts. The director has casted the parts. I don’t know what part I am yet. My head hangs low. I am sad.

I must take a puppy outside. In the cold. My head hangs low. I am sad.

My head hangs low. I am sad.

Angela

A little late, but never too late

As everyone else was posting pictures of their Christmas tree ornaments, I figured it only fit that I do the same thing. Most of our ornaments are White House ornaments that our grandparents give us every year. I didn’t take any pictures of those though…the rest of our ornaments are each of the kids. We each get a new one every year, and of course, friends give us ornaments for Christmas too.

This is a dear little angel that sparkles in the lights. I’m not exactly sure where we got it though, but I think Lucas might have gotten it in Sunday School or something.

This is Lucas’. We all got a soccer ornament that year. They all look exactly like us, which is slightly funny. I didn’t take pictures of the other ones, because they weren’t as cute as this one.

This one’s mine and I obviously got it in 2007, so I was nine.

I was having trouble focusing the camera on this picture. We have these little icicles all over the tree. In the corner you can see my soccer ornament.

This one was given to us by a friend this year. It’s homemade. This picture’s one of my favorites, the macro was working perfectly. Our tree is actually fake. It saves a lot of time for us in Christmas, because we have so much we do during December, we don’t have to go looking to buy one.

This one’s really cute. We got it a few years ago, from some old friends of ours.

Over and Out.

Angela

PS Sorry for the lack of posts on my part. I’ve been pretty busy this month. I’m going to try to pick up the pace and January though, and I’m trying to come up with some good ideas for posts (which is failing) so we’ll see what comes up with the New Year.

Overwhelming Heat

Today has been such a bad day.

To start it all off, at 6:30 or earlier, I had an asthma attack. I was coughing and couldn’t breath too well. I knew that I needed to get my inhaler, which was in my bag downstairs. I climbed out of bed, only to realize that I couldn’t stand up so well. I felt extremely dizzy and didn’t want to walk all the way down the hallway and attempt to go downstairs, get the inhaler and come back up, so I didn’t. I crawled back into bed and coughed and coughed and coughed. I tried to call out to mom, so she could go get my inhaler, but as I couldn’t breath that well, I couldn’t get enough air to talk. Finally, after a long period of trying to catch my breath, I started breathing better and the coughing calmed down. I was exhausted. I fell asleep.

Then, twenty-five minutes later, I awoke, so I could get ready for church, when I realized I didn’t feel all that well. In a few minutes mom came into my room and stated, “You don’t look very good.” She felt my forehead and said, “Honey, I think you have a fever.” She departed, to find the thermometer, and I stayed put, lying in my bed. When she returned, she stuck the thermometer into my mouth. I had a 103.9 fever. Not good. Mom insisted on taking me into the ER, but I refused. Out of all the things in the world that I hate the most, going to the ER is one of them. I lay in bed, after taking Advil. Although I didn’t get to church, I got some rest and watched a bunch of movies. I watched: A Christmas Carol (Disney), How To Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks), Because of Winn-Dixie, and Beauty and the Beast twice. I love all those movies, except for Winn-Dixie. I don’t like that movie very much. Now, I am typing this up.

To top it all off, tomorrow my family and I are leaving for Ohio for a few days to visit family. We do this once a year and all stay at this lodge. Now..since I have a fever, I can’t go….:( So I’m staying here with my dad, because he has to work, while mom, Zechariah and Lucas leave for Ohio. WAH!!!!

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I did get some interesting Christmas presents though, so maybe I can use some of those to entertain myself…sort of….

I got two shirts, a pair of Puma tennis shoes, a pair of flip-flops I’ve been wanting for a while, a new sketchpad, a Webkinz (an adorable moose that I named Spritz), two boxes of jelly beans, a pack of silly bands, a wood burning kit (which is a slight joke), a calendar, a new journal, a drawing, new guitar picks, two books (Reckless by Cornelia Funke and Hood by Lawhead…hehe, I don’t remember his first name…), two gift cards (iTunes and Books A Million), a deck of cards, an white knit hat with a bill, and then some family presents (which consist of Wii games and movies), oh! and I got an ornament. Zechariah, Lucas and I all get ornaments every Christmas. This year mine was Pooh and Piglet. :D I was happy with it. :D

If there’s anything else I got, I’m sorry because I can’t remember it, but if I do, then I will tell you! OH! I remembered something. I got a Stellar Kart CD. :D

Yep, so that’s my Christmas. :)

Over and Out.

Angela

The Holly and the Ivy

This is a song that I never quite understood and I thought that I’d try to explain it in my own words (which may not be the best words and explanation.)

The holly and the ivy,

Holly- a Christmas plant, ivy- uh…

When they are both full grown

They have grown fully…

Of all the trees that are in the wood

There are very many trees in the wood, and out of all of them…

The holly bears the crown

The holly is the best, the highest and most important of all.

O the rising of the sun

The sun rises in the east every year

And the running of the deer

Deer definitely run…fast…

The playing of the merry organ

Organs are wonderful instruments. They play merrily.

Sweet singing of the choir

If they’re on tune…

The holly bears a blossom

A beautiful blossom

As white as lily flower

As white as snow

And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ

A wonderful story.

To be our sweet Savior

A great thing.

O the rising of the sun

And the running of the deer

The playing of the merry organ

Sweet singing of the choir

The holly bears a berry

A great berry. Beautiful.

As red as any blood

Blood is richly red, so..that ought to be really red…

And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ

True, true, true…

To do poor sinners good

Very true. The best thing that has happened to us.

O the rising of the sun

And the running of the deer

The playing of the merry organ

Sweet singing of the choir

The holly bears a prickle

As sharp as any thorn;

And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ

On Christmas Day in the morn.

O the rising of the sun

And the running of the deer

The playing of the merry organ

Sweet singing of the choir

The holly bears a bark

As bitter as any gall;

And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ

For to redeem us all.

O the rising of the sun

And the running of the deer

The playing of the merry organ

Sweet singing of the choir

The holly and the ivy

Now both are full well grown,

Of all the trees that are in the wood,

The holly bears the crown.

O the rising of the sun

And the running of the deer

The playing of the merry organ

Sweet singing of the choir

Okay, this isn’t working that great…the lyrics are good and understandable if you read them through. They’re very interesting and definitely have meaning, but me explaining it is obviously not the best idea. Maybe…hmm…as it is Christmas Eve, I would like to type up something interesting about Christmas, but have naught a word to say. Rightfully, I could just say that I love Christmastime, although I’m not exactly into the Christmas spirit.

We made gingerbread houses tonight and mine doesn’t look all that great…it’s a little sloppy…

Back to the Christmas spirit thing. It’s really weird, I thought I would have gotten it by now, but I haven’t gotten it yet. I mean as I type this, it is 11:49 P.M. Almost Christmas. Where is the spirit?

I feel that this season has been melancholy and boring compared to others I’ve had. ;0

Over and Out.

Angela

Is it Christmas already?

My blog has been lacking posts recently and I must say that is my fault. I have not been aloud on my computer, because I didn’t do very good on my history test and had to do a bunch of extra credit work so I still got a good grade. I haven’t been aloud on until I finished the extra credit work, and I didn’t finish it until today, so I haven’t been on.

I can’t believe Christmas is tomorrow. It has come too soon and I am…sadly….not ready for it. Yes, I have gotten presents for my brothers and my friends, but I am not fully into the Christmas spirit yet and that is a slight problem because it is Christmas Eve.

I now quote my brother:

“It’s not really Christmas Eve is it? It’s March.”

Mom: “Then you would be graduating.”

“No! March 2010!!!!!!!”

Therefore, Christmas should NOT be here. Not YET at least…..

Over and Out.

ANGELA

The Never-ending, Mythological, Bearded Mayhem

After years, decades, centuries, myths die away, feeling lonesome and left behind. Some myths have lasted longer than others, some are well known but have been changed into many outstanding variations, some of which I like and dislike. Very few myths last longer than a decade, let alone a century, or should I say twice or even triple that!

Santa Claus. One of the longest myths known by mankind. Commonly believed by young children, Santa Claus (Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, St. Nick…etc. etc.) visits your house on Christmas Eve (through your fireplace) and leaves presents under the tree. Most children will leave out cookies and milk for Santa, and occasionally “special” children will leave out carrots or celery for the reindeer.

Now that you know about the man and the myth, here are some tips:

1. Keep in mind that if Santa Claus, as big and fat as he is, can fit down your chimney, any robber could do it. Be careful.

2. If you are giving your children permission to leave cookies and milk laying around for “Santa Claus” might I add…*ahem* YOURSELF, then don’t complain when you realize that you have mice problems.

3. Have you ever heard that “sneeze” downstairs on Christmas Eve and figured it was just the dog? Santa Claus is allergic to pine needles. Next time set up a video camera to see your spouse sneaking around the cookies.

4. Make sure your children can’t see you when you and your spouse exit your bedroom to leave presents from St. Nick under the tree. The sight of seeing their parents in the hallway with large garbage bags in the dark is not comforting. They actually find it quite funny that their parents actually try such stunts. (I speak from past experience.)

5. Glass ornaments are not the best idea for your tree. Children will rampage to the tree in the morning, causing catastrophe. Husbands/Dads/Men are blind, so when they try to organize presents the “right” way….well, let’s just say….sometimes it ain’t so pretty.

That is about all I have on Santa Claus, so I’m sorry….

Over and Out.

Angela

Goldilocks and the stuffy nose

Today was boring/awful. I am completely over my cold besides the stuffy nose that is quite inconvenient in many different ways. I also feel like Goldilocks, for the reason that I had my hair in braids today for play practice and once I took them out it is now all wavy and curly.

My new puppy, Chewbacca, whom I haven’t yet posted about is doing great. We have a little bit of difficulty deciding who will take him out due to the freezing weather. Also, he is so small (he is a shih-tzu) that he cannot climb up and down the deck steps like Maya, so we have to carry him down the steps and stand there watching him until he goes to the bathroom. Then we pick him up and carry him back up the stairs and into the house.

I officially have to say: 18 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!

I have made a small list of things that I want that fit into a certain price range. This year I thought smart about my list, opposed to the childish: I want all these extremely expensive things like an iPod touch! A cellphone! And NICE electric piano! A flat screen tv in my room! Yes, I was one of those kids…I’m sure we all were sometime. But this year was different, I actually asked for reasonable things. Here is my list:

A 25$ gift card to Books A Million

A 25$ iTunes gift card

Hood (a book) in paperback

A set of roller ball pens (colored)

Some candy for my stocking (including jellybeans and Hershey Special Dark chocolate bar)

Reckless by Cornelia Funke

This is basically my christmas list for this year. I can’t remember anything else on it, so we’ll leave it at this. I do want a Muller jersey, but that’s a little bit expensive….I also want the newest iPod touch 32 gig, but that’s a little expensive too….maybe even a….wait, that’s a little bit expensive….forget those!

Maybe next year…

I must admit, I have only watched one christmas movie so far and that was yesterday while I was laying around sick. The movie was called: Farewell, Mr. Kringle. It was cute and predictable and it didn’t help that our recording skipped ten minutes of it. :( Whatev, I still liked it.

Anyway…it’s getting late and I want to sleep. Well. Yes. I said it.

Over and Out.

Angela

25 Days to go

If you have not already figured out, today is December first, starting my countdown to Christmas. At this time I officially have 25 days to go until Christmas. Here’s what I’m going to do each day until Christmas:

Every day I’m going to watch one Christmas movie and write about it on my blog. (Okay this might not work that well….but I’m going to try!)

I will post on my blog every day, counting down more and more. (I will attempt this. If I miss a day don’t get mad at me.)

Yeah…that’s about all I have to say….

Over and Out.

Angela

(My stupid font keeps messing up!!!!)