The Countdown Continues

Three days. Yep. I said it. Three days before non-stop (vegan) junk food eating, completely goofing off and sneaking around like a secret agent on Dear Sister's Spy-Themed 11th Birthday. This is going to be one fun weekend!

Did I mention my baby sister is turning 11?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Galaxy

My Ballet Recital

This is a yearly thing that I look forwards to every year. In Ballet, we start practising for a dance that we'll perform on stage for our friends and family to show them what we learned this year. It's really awesome, as I love to perform.
Anyway, this year the theme for all the different levels is 'Dancing Through Time' (in other words, it's different dances at different times; renaissance, flappers...). My level and I are a 60s Prom. It's a really cool dance!

Yesterday was my tech-rehearsal, earlier today was my dress-rehearsal, and at 7:45 my first performance starts! (I have another Sunday) I simply CANNOT WAIT!!! I am SOOO excited!

Now please don't wish me luck, but I'll be glad to hear 'Break a leg!'!

Galaxy

Friday Fillins on Saturday!

I was really busy Friday so I couldn't post this, Mommy really wanted me to (and I did as well) so I'm doing it today! Here you go.

1. Idle hands are idle.
2. I love being in the shower.
3. My favorite time of the day is when I'm laughing and playing with family/friends.
4. The last tea I drank was quite delicious.
5. I like to SWIM(!) in the Summer.
6. My mother always said 'Better safe than sorry!'. (technically, she still says that, as she still is alive and I still am in her house)
7. And as for the weekend, Friday I went over to a friends house and did Tech-Rehearsal for my ballet recital, today my plans include dress-rehearsal and performance of my ballet recital (!), and Sunday, I want to hang out with family, do my second recital, and maybe go to a party!

Since this was meant to be on Friday, I had to do a little modifying. Sorry if it doesn't make sense because of it!


Galaxy

P.S. If you want to do your own Friday Fillins, you can look at the link on my side-bar--just fillin the blanks... on Friday, if you can!

The Count-Down Begins

One week until my Baby Sister is 11. I need to sit down.

Galaxy

Vacation Post

Hey guys!

This is my over-due vacation post, and after much work, I decided not to do the pictures. If you do want to see them, go to the Picture Post on my Dear Sister's blog. Well, it all started Saturday, May 10th...

...with pack, pack, packing... the day before we had made some food and done most of the packing, but we still needed to gather a few things together.
Anyway, it took a while to get in the car, but we left around 12:30--about thirty minutes late! We drove and drove, and I passed the first part by thinking about things... it was really weird because I actually really enjoyed doing that. It was nice.
When we'd been driving for a bit, Mommy started reading aloud to all of us. It was a book written in journal format about a girl named Maria Antonia de Jesus who ran away from home and became a sailor--pretending to be a man, of course--taking place about 200 years ago. We were supposed to read it for a ship thing we were going to do, but I'll tell you about that later.
I really enjoyed listening to Mommy read, and the story was pretty good. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to finish it.
We arrived at the hotel in a rushed state. We really wanted to get the boat thing on time! We grabbed our luggage, checked in, and ran to our room... and oh, my, gosh(!!!), it was beautiful! My favorite part about it was the view... we had the best room in the ENTIRE hotel!
After we checked-in our room we ate, and Daddy, Dear Sister and I all ran to the this boat program thing where we sail on a ship like one that would have been around about 200 years ago (this ship we were going on was the Interceptor on 'Pirates of the Caribbean', by the way)! We arrived a little late, but we were the second family there, so it really didn't matter. It took a while for the others to arrive, but eventually they did.

I didn't throw-up, but I did get a little sea-sick, and so did Rose... but my most wonderful father did. But then, pretty much everyone threw up.
At one point on the trip they were asking us questions about what it was like 200 years ago on a ship like this, and I knew all the answers because of that story mom read us! No one else did! (Dear Sister would have, but she was on the rail being nauseous and didn't feel like answering questions)
My favorite part was when I was leaning over the deck and just looking out at that most beautiful sea as the ship rocked and rolled (it was a pretty wild ride)... it was just so beautiful...
Anyway, by the time we got off we were sopping, wet, a little sick and wishing for a hot bath... and that's when we remembered that jacuzzi(yes, we had a jacuzzi in the hotel)! We ran top speed to the car, called mommy (who had been hanging out on the beach with the boys) and told her to fill it up, and got there as fast as we could.
Once we were there, we lounged in the tub for a while, than went out to eat. We came back and swam around in the Hotel Pool for a while before finally retiring to bed. I was still pretty sick (I had a cold during this trip) so mom gave me some NiteTime and I was able to fall asleep pretty quickly (thank the lord for Nitetime).
When we got up, we alternated going to the beach (me and Dear Sister combed for sea-shells a lot--it was quite fun), eating food, swimming in the pool, looking at the view and just hanging out. We were having a great time. Afterwards, we went to this deli, but it wasn't open on Sundays! So we changed coarse to Fred Meyer's (a.k.a. Freddy's) and bought some frozen food--and some organic strawberries and waffles!
After we ate our frozen food, mommy combined the strawberries with some sugar so we could soak them overnight.
As sunset got closer, we decided to go for a walk along the beach and watch it. The clouds blocked the actual sun, but it still was absolutely wonderful.
The next morning we ate waffles with strawberries, almond butter and jelly. It was really good. We went to the beach one last time and eventually left the hotel. After which we bought some candy and made our way home.

It was a fabulous vacation. I really can't wait until our next one!


Galaxy

The Last Day

Hey guys!

Wow, I haven't been blogging much, have I? And I STILL haven't posted that vacation post... I'll try to get it done before '09!

Anyway, today is my last day of Ballet for this ballet 'year' (we'll start again in a week or two, only it will be the summer session--which is only three days a week). My recital is coming up and I just CAN'T WAIT! Of course, it would be much, much better if I could do it on pointe... You see, last Friday my teacher decided which ones of us could do our dance in pointe shoes (going up on your tip toes in special shoes) and I was one of the three who couldn't. The sad thing is, I really, really wanted to do it, and I tried so hard... I broke two toe nails and got a blister trying. The Teacher talked to the entire class saying that we'd probably get to do it next year, but all I could think was I can't do it THIS year, I can't do THIS dance... Even sadder, some of the people who CAN do it don't want to at all! *sigh* Life isn't fair.

So, instead of blogging, I've been doing a lot of drawing... and actually being slightly pleased at the results. I try to post some pictures I drew later :-)

Well... I'll post later!

Galaxy

In just fifteen days...

...my most wonderful sister is turning 11! Oh, my, gosh... I remember when it was hard to believe she was four :-(... But you know what? After she turns eleven, then we will be only one year apart(okay, so that isn't quite right, but it feels that way so I'm saying it. Ha.)!
Anyway, she's planning on having a secret agent party and is quite excited about it. She's a fabulous, wonderful, beautiful, loving, sweet and the-best-sister-I-could-ever-have, and I only have one thing to tell her:

Happy Birthday, Dearest Rose!!!

Galaxy

Friday Fillins #8

1. For me not listening to other peoples ideas and suggestions--having a closed mind--is the opposite of creativity.
2. The book I'm reading right now (The Siren Song--the sequel to the Shadow Theives) was the last excellent book I read.
3. I like Friday fill-ins because it's just plain fun to fill in the blanks.
4. In nature I like looking at flowers, lush green fields, beautiful mountains with snowy tops with a deep blue sky and trees along the base with a roaring river rushing down, down down... the ocean tossing and turning along a sandy shore on sunset, sunrise or any time of day, the inside of a forest with the moon shining through or the sun making beautiful green light through the leaves as I walk to a little clearing with a pond... as you can see, it's quite a long list. I love nature.
5. Ron Paul should win the US elections.
6. The last time I laughed with all my belly was the last time my mom was in hysterics, the last time my dad tickled me to death, the last time one of my brothers made an adorable face or anything like that, the last time Dear Sister and I had a really good gossip... I can't remember which came latest.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching a D.S.9, tomorrow my plans include watching Doctor Who and going to Ballet, and Sunday, I want to exercise! No, I'm just kidding! Relax of course.

Well, that was my Friday Fillins! Look on the side-bar for a link.

Galaxy

NEWS FLASH!!! GALAXY THE LAZY FINALLY PUTS UP BOOK REVIEWS!

Yep, it's unbelievable, yet true. You can check out my much-over-due reviews on my book blog. Enjoy!

Galaxy

P.S. Why am I posting this? For one very good reason: I feel like it.

Friday Fillins #7

1. On my laziest day I like to sit, read and blog!
2. Getting stuff DONE makes me feel like I'm being productive.
3. I love little baby things--they're just sooo cute!!!--and big hugs.
4. This summer I want to learn to swim... it's true, I can sort of swim, but I'm not very confident in my abilities and I cannot take breathes... yet.
5. Mom made me start my blog*.
6. Red is very pretty and orange is my Mommy's favorite color.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to a friends house, tomorrow my plans include watching 'Doctor Who' and Sunday, I want to do I even have to fill this in? Relax!

Well... there's my Friday Fillins! Have a nice weekend!

Galaxy

P.S. Look on my side-bar to find a link to Friday Fillins!

*Mom was the one who first introduced blogging to me, then I decided I wanted a blog... and here I am!