Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have an announcement to make...

As you know, if you are a regular reader of my blog, for over a year (maybe even two, I'm not sure) I've been working on a book called 'King of Darkness: The Reigning Night'. Well, today, April 17th, 2009, I have finished my first draft of the book.
At first I was just typing... I'd made a pact with myself that I would finish this book soon, right after I got this one adventure out of the way. But there was this sentence, this one sentence that one of my characters said that I just didn't know where to go from from there. It was so complete, I didn't know what to type next, even though I had a vague idea of what I wanted to happen. And it was then I told Mommy about it, and she asked what the sentence was (and no, I'm not going to tell you what it is (and no, it's not that great, I'm just all excited about it because the first draft is done, it really isn't that fabulous)--you'll just have to BUY THE BOOK, MWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!), and she said,
"Why don't you just end it there?"
And it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I could just end it there! That one sentence, that one sentence could be the last I'll ever type in that story! I just started screaming and I tell you, if I didn't have arthritis I would have jumped and danced. Instead I just rung my hands... oh, thank you god.
Of course, it's not done done, I've just finished my first draft, and I've got a lot of editing to do. I also wanted to get a map drawn of Glorsifil (the mythical continent I made up for this all to take place in) and illustrations done, but after that... We even found a place where I can publish it all, and if everything goes well, I might actually get it done before Christmas, just like I wanted! I'm so happy!
The funny thing is, once this is all done and over with, I'm going to start working on Kings of Darkness: A Glimmer of Light (the next book in the series) immediately. And the cycle will start all over...

Anyways, I'm just so so happy I had to post!

Love,


Galaxy

P.S. I do plan to post about Easter, but I'll probably be working on K.o.D. for a while, and I'm going over to Nana's house for the weekend, so don't expect it too soon.

Okay...

I got the Easter post up (finally) and it's called 'Easter 08'. I think Blogger posted it right after the 'Happy Easter!' post, so you'll have to do a little digging in order to reach it.

Sorry it's taken me so long!

Galaxy

I-Indulgence

In the ABC post, I said my indulgence was sweets, and though that is true to some point, after much thought, I've decided my indulgence is a nice big Cherry Vanilla Italian Soda from Dutch Brothers. Really. It's carbonated, it's sweet, it's spicy, and a little bit creamy with some soy-milk. Yep, definitely, my indulgence is an Italian Soda.

Oh, and I'll try give you an Easter post soon... I have it all written up, I just want to get this video on the computer so I can stick it on the post. Sorry it's taking me so long!

Galaxy

Easter '08

Wondering what I did on Easter? Well, here's your answer in the form of this mile long post!

The first few hours we didn't really do anything, we had some Over-Night Oatmeal for breakfast (it's absolutely devine. 1 cup of porridge, 1 cup of soymilk or apple juice, half a teaspoon of cinnamon and a tablespoon of currents or raisins. It's wonderful with raisins, but it's best with currents), and we just hung out while we waited for Nana and Don to come.

When they did arrive, we played around for a while and Dear Sister and I started to stuff some Easter Eggs with some confetti and tokens. When we were done, we had a lot of eggs. Mean while, Mommy was making some split-pea soup for dinner, and Brother1, Nana, Don and Daddy were practicing finding/hiding Easter Eggs.

After Dear Sister and were done with the eggs, we made some bunny ears for each other and Brother1. After that, we did a silly little dance my sister and I had choreographed together called 'The Bunny Hop' while the soup was cooking. I tried to get a video on this post, but unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. Sometime I'll put a post up of just the video if I ever CAN get it on... Sorry!

Once that was done we all just hung out until dinner was ready, after which we had our Easter Egg Hunt. It was a lot of fun. Here are all the Easter Goodies I found:

A 'Peter' token

(made by Dear Sister)

A 'Cottontail' token

(made by Dear Sister)

A fuzzy pink ball

A little egg

A tiny little animal thingy

Another Egg

A Bunny Token

(made by Dear Sister)

And a little bunny popping out of an egg

After all this, I took pictures and we all just sat around and talked. By now it was getting a little late, and Nana and Don had to go. We said our long goodbyes and with sad hearts watched them leave.

After that we were bored so we decided to rent a movie. We picked out a few we wanted, and Daddy went to the movie-rental place. Here's a list of what we wanted to get:

1. Enchanted. And if they didn't have that then we wanted...
2. Nancy Drew. And if we couldn't have that then...
3. Bee Movie. And if not that...
4. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising.

Anyway, while Daddy was gone I made some Brownies (yes, it is possible to have devine brownies without dairy) and Mommy made some praline. Daddy got home and while the brownies were cooking we watched the movie (which turned out to be Nancy Drew). In the middle of the show the brownies were done, and I took them out while Mommy made some whipped cream (again, it is possible to have wonderful whipped cream without dairy). Then we put the praline on the Brownies, and the whipped cream on top of the praline. Here's a picture of the brownies just to torment you (and me, every time I come to look at my blog):

So, we finished the brownies (sniff, sniff) and finished the movie and after that it was time for bed. We gave each other our hugs and kisses goodnight and went to bed to end this wonderful day.

I had an awesome Easter.... I hope you did too!

Galaxy

Happy Easter!

Hey!

Today is Easter and I'm really excited! I can't believe that this is really Easter... wow... It kinda snuck up on me this year.
Anyway, we havn't done anything yet, but we should soon. I'll post more about this tomorrow or late today, but I just wanted to wish you a...

Happy Easter!!!!!!!!

Galaxy

SPRING!

Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

The long winter is at last at an end, spring is here and it's time for... ug... spring cleaning. Well, besides that unhappy aspect, today is a day of great joy!

Spring weather is wonderful for picnics and all sorts of outside activities... I'm so happy that this wonderful season finally here(!)... and don't forget, Easter is fast approaching! We're not exactly sure what we're going to do for Easter Sunday, but here are some things we were thinking of:

1. Painting our faces to look like bunnies.
2. Having a plastic Easter Egg hunt
3. Maybe some cup-cakes
4. Singing Easter songs
5. And... huh... Well, that's about all we have for our Vegan Easter.

What do you think? I'm so excited!

Oh, and on a different topic, Rosy just found a four leaf clover! Can you believe that?!?! It's so typical of her.

Happy Spring!

Galaxy