Asymptote and I were making french toast and syrup. Adventure number one; I decided to add cloves to the syrup to spice it up a little bit. Little did I know that this would change the properties of the syrup, so when it was boiling, and I looked away for a few seconds, it decided to boil up and over the edges of the pan. It went down onto the foil. It caught on fire, but it burned itself out fast. Normally, the syrup doesn't expand at all when it boils. Adventure number two; Asymptote sprinkles cinnamon directly on the french toast when she makes it. Once upon a time, too much came out, and there was cinnamon everywhere. Then the foil on the stove lit on fire. Don't worry, it didn't last long--the flame died quickly as well. Adventure one meets adventure 2; While I was trying to help Asymptote clean up the cinnamon, the syrup boiled over again.
Eventually we decided to be done cooking and eat. This was much less of a fire hazard.
At some point, Asymptote jokingly threatened to poke my eyes with her fork. I ran to my room and grabbed my safety goggles for chemistry lab, put them on, and finished my meal with them.
quote of the cooking experience: "I have a solution in my closet!"
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Kitchen Appliances
Yes, Christmas happened. Christmas happened, and presents also happened. I'm the kind of person who loves to give people presents. I don't like giving mass presents, so nobody I give to gets the same thing, but I love to give them all the same. I still haven't delivered all of them. Oops! But I'll get to it sooner or later. (probably should make that sooner...) I really like to give gifts. More often than not, my gifts (not Christmas gifts, but other gifts) consist of food. I love to feed people. In fact, almost every time someone comes into my home, I feel like they should eat my food. I think it may have something to do with this need to feed people that my Christmas presents came about. Kitchen appliances. (You know its a sign of being a grown up when you are obnoxiously excited about getting kitchen appliances for Christmas.) My kitchen will now be equipped with an amazing George Foreman Grill. Its the kind of grill you can adjust the temperature on. Its the kind that has removable dishwasher safe plates. Its the kind that also has a set of waffle iron plates. Its also shiny! (Being a grown up does not mean being mature. Just thought I'd clarify.) Further, I got a nice and heavy solid marble rolling pin. This will make tortilla making much, much easier. Typically I have sore hands after making tortillas from putting so much pressure on the rolling pin. But that will not be a problem anymore. I also got a blender. It was very cheap, but it has a two year warranty, so it guaranteed to last that long. Then, my present to myself was a spinning spice rack. My spices are now all in pretty jars that are organized so I can find them. With all these new toys in my kitchen, I am going to have so many cooking adventures! And with my new cookbook, (When it finally gets finished) I will be fully equipped to handle almost any kitchen challenge. Speaking of that cookbook, I should probably continue to work on it now instead of writing here. However, I promise that there will be stories of kitchen adventures to come.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Hello to the World again
Hello. It has certainly been a while. I stopped posting because I did. I also doubt that many people were reading anyway, so I figured you probably wouldn't mind. And sometimes, I just get too busy to say things. I think that soon I will get the up the gumption to write a real post, but for now, just know: 1. I am surviving. 2. You are surviving. 3. I will eventually finish putting together a cookbook that will be amazing and you will probably want a copy. 4. I will probably give you one if you ask. And 5. I may just change this blog to be about food (since that's really all I wrote about when I was in Europe anyway).
Sunday, July 3, 2011
7/2/2011 Raitis by Mutters (ie i found out where "near Innsbruck" is), Austria 22:00
Things seem to be getting earlier and earlier. we left at seven this morning for salzburg. our first stop was Hellbruin. this schloss is famous for its water gardens which often squirt unsuspecting guests. it also has beautiful regular gardens where the sound of music gazebo happens to be. pictures were taken and memories made. after finishing up at Hellbruin we went deeper into the city and picked up some sandwiches for lunch on the way. we went to mozart's home and his birthplace. it was fascinating to learn about his life. we then went up the hill to hohensalzburg, the castle/fortress of the city. it was very cool to learn about its history and see the view from the top. there were also a couple museums with old artifacts. the most out of the ordinary exhibition is the marionette museum. it was interesting to see how much went into the business. we took our leave of the castle and went down to a square where we did a little window shopping and a little real shopping. delicious pretzels were definitely involved. We then went to mirabel gardens and enjoyed the beauty there. (the gardens are also a filming site for the sound of music.) We walked back downtown to get there before six to hear the glockenspiel in the tower play. it was rather amazing actually. it repeated a few times before ending. next we went to a high terrace to see a panorama of the city. it was breathtaking. everything had basically shut down by this point of the evening, so we drove back home, stopping for dinner at a gas station. interestingly, to get from innsbruck to salzburg, you drive across a corner of germany, and supposedly their highways don't really have speed limits all the time. at one point in the passing lane we got up to 189 kph (that's roughly 117 mph), and we were not gaining on the car in front of us. it was cool, but a little scary. it was a long drive, and everyone came home tired.
7/1/2011 near Innsbruck, Austria 22:00
Early morning again today. we headed out before 8 to germany to see Neuschwantstien and Hohenshwangau. Hohenschwangau was a summer/hunting residence for the royal family and is really very grand inside. there are lots of paintings on the walls and lots of intricate woodwork. The kind nag queen lived on separate floors, as was the custom of the time, with the children in a different building entirely. Ludwig, son of maximillian, was the one who built neuschwanstien. He was good friends with Wagner (the composer) and dedicated each of the rooms to a different one of his operas. He only lived in the palace for less than 300 days before a secret embassy from munich arrived to tell him that he was suspected of being mentally unstable and unfit to rule. they took him up to see a doctor to verify his condition. He travelled up, but before seeing the doctor, was found dead in the shallow waters of a lake. 125 years later we still don't know what happened-murder, suicide, or freak accident. Construction on the castle was immediately halted and it was never finished. This is the castle that walt disney based cinderella's castle off of. it started pouring rain really hard after that, so we just headed home, made dinner, and planned for tomorrow.
6/30/2011 near Innsbruck, Austria 22:00
We had big plans for today, but because of the rain, we changed them. we went to Schloss Ambras. It was originally a hunting residence, but then it got remodeled to be a showcase house. It's the oldest modern museum still around. It displayed tons of armor, paintings, animal horns, and other various curiosities. This is simply a beautiful palace. After a quick lunch we went to Kristallwelten (right next to the swarovski factory). It's a strange and beautiful place, but quite the tourist trap. Next we went to the glocken museum (bell museum). It showed how bells are made and had bells from different countries and different times. It was super cool. and then, we came home. PS Sorry it's not too detailed today, i'm tired.
6/29/2011 near Innsbruck, Austria 22:00
Early morning-we packed and left. we were able to get in the car by about 8:30. We headed up to innsbruck, but took the scenic rout so we could go on the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse (Grossglockner High alpine road). It was such a beautiful drive. The highs mountain in Austria, Grossglockner, was there. It was very beautiful. I did feel a little weird though, cuz we all wore our matching university shirts. The whole road was just amazing! there were waterfalls everywhere and beautiful wildflowers-we didn't see any edelweiss though, unfortunately. We picnicked there, and after we left this road we just kept driving for basically forever. we arrived in a place near innsbruck around 4:30 and checked in to the farm we're staying at. Let me tell you, despite the many flies and slight oder of cows (it's a dairy farm) this is my favorite place we've stayed. Three bedrooms all close to each other, each equipped with a sink, mirror, and good lighting along with comfy beds and a couch and table in two of the rooms. Nice big kitchen with a microwave. the table's a little squishy to get into though. Also, separate bath room and water closet. this is perfect. only drawback is that there is no living room. so i'm all excited and unpacking when the parents leave for the store. they don't take long, and we' make a fairly early dinner of wurst, salad, grapes, carrots, and bread. after dinner, quite a while after, i being looking for my watch. Oh no! I can't find it. I must have left it in one of the cars (I literally looked through all my things and didn't find it.) I borrow the keys from the parents and go downstairs to look in the cars. I am unsuccessful at finding it, so i turn to go inside. i reach the from door, try to pull the handle, but its locked. I still am not sure how that happened, cuz i was able to go out the door just fine. Whatever. Someone is bound to come for me eventually. I should keep track of how long it takes--oh wait, i don't have my watch. I sit on a bench on the porch for an unknown number of minutes. Eventually the bugs are eating my flesh just a little too much, so i go sit in a car for another unknown number of minutes. Eventually a man can be seen through a window. I debate about going up and knocking on the window to ask him to let me in, and just when i'm about to, i see a figure come up to the front door to open it, but it's locked. They go to get a key. I can tell the person is wearing a black shirt through the cloudy glass, so i assume (correctly) that it is a member of my family. I get out of the car, lock it, and go up to the door. The man is watching me (I wonder if he locked me out?) with a concerned look on his face. But the door opens fairly soon and my mother is standing there confused. I explain that somehow i got locked out. she had seen me sit tin in the car through her window. a few minutes later she looked again. she saw me rub my eye and though i was crying, so she talked with dad about who should come console me. And that's my stupid story of the day. (PS i still have not found my watch. it saddens me.)
Friday, July 1, 2011
6/28/2011 23:00 Krumpendorf
Today we got up and finished (almost) cleaning out the fridge of food. Then we headed downtown Klagenfurt, we needed to get there at about 9, for a bus tour of the city. The bus driver is a man we knew from church, and he told us about tit. It was no ordinary bus tour. the bus we rode in was actually an original police car from way back when. It still can drive at speeds up to 80 kph. Besides driving around the city, we stopped at a schools and saw some deer, we went to a transportation museum and got to ride an old electric train, and we went on an old boat to travel the perimeter of the worthersee. It was pretty amazing. The water in the worthersee is a really pretty aqua color. I like it a lot. The tour ended at about 1, so we stopped at a kebap place for lunch. I was very proud of myself because when it was my turn to order i said, "ales," which means everything. i spoke german to order food! (that exclamation point has a heart instead of a dot, you just can't see it.) yum. we then dropped mom off to do laundry, which turned into a funny story cuz she had the apartment keys. We realized that when we got there, so dad went back to get them from here while we waited. when he finally got home, we went inside. we didn't spend too long there before going to the university. dad had some work to and an office to clean out. for a while, he sent us out to get ice cream-homade ice cream. it was really good. we took as long as we could there and then went back to the university. we played cards until dad was ready to go. after realizing the time (just after six) we headed for a quick dinner at the golden arches (remember how the fridge is empty?)and then went to the store to get a couple thins for tomorrow. we came back home then and cleaned the kitchen. after that, the kids played cards. and then we found 65 euro cents! (and i'm not just saying that to make the story better. it really happened. they were in the couches.) after much discussion, we decided that next time we were in the store we would see what we could get with that. community money is exciting. Then we packed because it's our last night here. For that very reason, my dad's colleague dropped by. he gave us all university shirts (pictures to come) and had a book for dad about old klagenfurt. the other thing he brought was a gift for dad's "son's son." we didn't mention that the child he was speaking about is actually a girl. And i'm really tired, so i'm going to sleep now. goodnight!
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
6/27/2011 22:00 Krumpendorf
Today was a rest day. We slept in and lounged around the apartment until after lunch when we went over to dad's office (he was working all day). After some time there, we went to a lecture he gave. (don't worry, it was at the request of younger than me one and me that we went.) It was very interesting and not difficult for me to understand. After that, dinner, which was trying to empty the fridge, so it was quit a random bunch of food. Next, we went to a family friend's house and took with us ice cream and toppings. We had a nice evening visiting with them and eating delicious food. They are very good people and i'm going to miss them. Only one more full day in Krumpendorf.
Monday, June 27, 2011
6/26/2011 21:30 Krumpendorf
Church today was very good. I played the piano again for relief society, but because i't sheen so long since i've practiced, I kept messing up. I was a little embarrassed. Also, between sunday school and sacrament meeting, a guy from my sunday school class came up to me and asked, "now, who are you exactly?" I guess after being here a few weeks with no formal introduction, he was curious. I told him who my dad was and then he understood. (my dad was there a lot longer than the rest of us.) After church we went to the university to meet the man responsible for my dad teaching here and his family. We went straight there without stopping at home first, which we didn't know needed to be the case until after we got to church, so we were a little unprepared. We then drove up to a city called Bad Eisenkappel to catch the last shuttle up to the Obir Tropfstienhohlen (Obir Dripstone caves). It was the first cave i've been in (excluding when i was a baby) and it was amazing! stalactites and stalagmites and columns everywhere. there was one formation that looked like organ pipes, and they had Bach's fugue in d minor playing. There were lots of lighting effects used throughout the caves. Then we had ice cream while waiting for the shuttle to leave. (keep in mind that we hadn't eaten since breakfast and now it's about 4 pm.) After that we stayed in Bad Eisenkappel for drinks and strudel. Then we drove probably fifteen or twenty minutes more to the rester aunt for dinner. We started with soup. The soup i had contained pieces of dough that had little pieces of liver in it. It was actually really good. then we had salad, and may I just say that austrian salad is possibly the best salad i've ever had. After that, our main dishes came. They were all huge! younger than me three ordered pizza. She got a whole pizza. I ordered beef and got probably 8 square inches of meat a half inch thick. It was so much food! it was so good too. We were all bursting at the seams by the end. After all that food, we came home. And are going to sleep.
6/25/2011 22:30 Krumpendorf
We spent today in Friesach. This is a smaller town with a moat and half intact city wall. we went to several museums and saw lots of cool things. The whole place still has cobblestone streets and just looks like it's straight from the middle ages. I have a picture of me in the stocks that should be awesome. After friesach (which is a pretty long drive, just PS) we came home to make preparations for sunday. and that's pretty much all.
PS my favorite flavor is black current. I love it. A LOT. I want to keep it with me forever. The End.
6/24/2011 22:20 Krumpendorf
Today was a work day for dad, so the rest of us decided to go on an adventure to puppenwelt. Now, that's not what it sounds like (but yes, all my siblings and I were laughing at what it did sound like), puppen means dolls-we went to a doll museum. It was pretty cool. Next we went to a mushroom museum and learned about how mushrooms grow and reproduce. Also we learned that boy scouts shouldn't eat wild mushrooms because the poisonous ones look just like the edible ones. Then we went to a park that had tree carvings. They were very cool, but i was disappointed that there weren't more. My favorite was a penguin. They carve them out of existing trees or stumps and just leave them attached. After that park (and lunch) We went to another doll museum-the difference bing that the first museum was all fabric dolls made by the same person whereas the second was a collection of mostly porcelain dolls from all over the world. The oldest doll there was from 1860 I think. It was awesome. We spent the rest of the day just chillin'. We ate dinner, played rook, and are now going to bed.
Friday, June 24, 2011
6/23/2011 22:00 Krumpendorf
French toast for breakfast always makes getting up early so much
easier. It was supposed to be a clear morning and rainy afternoon, so
we went out to Nockhomstrasse, which is a beautiful drive, go gorge
our eyes on nature. Unfortunately, it decided to rain hard for 20-30
minutes which we waited out before continuing the drive. There wer
some cool stops along the way, including a farmer's museum, a prarie
dog museum (which included poop samples from seeral different kinds of
animals), and a panoramic view at the highest point on the road. next
we went to a porsche museum which was amazing! there were so many cool
cars and old cars, and even a car cut in half. It was super awesome.
After we finished drooling over the cars, we loaded back up and headed
out to the Folter museum (torture museum). It was really cool, but
very scary and creepy. After that, we were all feeling tired, so we
headed back home for food. (I always end on food for two reasons. Its
delicious and it's really the last important thing that happens
durning the day.)
easier. It was supposed to be a clear morning and rainy afternoon, so
we went out to Nockhomstrasse, which is a beautiful drive, go gorge
our eyes on nature. Unfortunately, it decided to rain hard for 20-30
minutes which we waited out before continuing the drive. There wer
some cool stops along the way, including a farmer's museum, a prarie
dog museum (which included poop samples from seeral different kinds of
animals), and a panoramic view at the highest point on the road. next
we went to a porsche museum which was amazing! there were so many cool
cars and old cars, and even a car cut in half. It was super awesome.
After we finished drooling over the cars, we loaded back up and headed
out to the Folter museum (torture museum). It was really cool, but
very scary and creepy. After that, we were all feeling tired, so we
headed back home for food. (I always end on food for two reasons. Its
delicious and it's really the last important thing that happens
durning the day.)
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
6/22/2011 22:30 Krumpendorf
We had lots of plans for today, so we got up and going fairly early.
We first ded a 2 1/2 hour hike to a beautiful waterfall. There were so
many stairs! i think already in europe i've climbed up probably 2500
stairs. And that is only counting the upward direction--i climbed back
down all those stairs too. Anyway, the hike was lots of fun, except
that we were all super sweaty cuz it was hot and humid-well more humid
than home. after that we ate a picnic lunch. We followed up lunch with
a vogelpark (bird zoo) which Younger than me two has been talking
about pretty much since day one. (He wants to have his house be a zoo
when he grow up-just ask him, he'll tell you all about it.) It was
pretty cool cuz we, and when i say we i really mean everyone but me,
were feeding parrots and several of my family members had parrots get
on their arms. Crazy! also, there was an emu. Emus make sounds like a
drum. Its really weird. There was also a random llama. Not sure why,
but it was there. But, the best part about the zoo was the playground.
They had a mini zip line! it was so much fun-even the parents went on
it. Also ther was this swing shaped like a giant basket and a set of
plankes raised a foot above the ground on springs that you try to stay
balanced on while trying to knock everyone else off by bouncing or
boving the planks. (It's a simple center of mass problem really. :D)
After the vogelpark we were going to go to a cave, but it closed early
for the day due to technical difficulties, so instead we went home for
the day and ate delicious food.
We first ded a 2 1/2 hour hike to a beautiful waterfall. There were so
many stairs! i think already in europe i've climbed up probably 2500
stairs. And that is only counting the upward direction--i climbed back
down all those stairs too. Anyway, the hike was lots of fun, except
that we were all super sweaty cuz it was hot and humid-well more humid
than home. after that we ate a picnic lunch. We followed up lunch with
a vogelpark (bird zoo) which Younger than me two has been talking
about pretty much since day one. (He wants to have his house be a zoo
when he grow up-just ask him, he'll tell you all about it.) It was
pretty cool cuz we, and when i say we i really mean everyone but me,
were feeding parrots and several of my family members had parrots get
on their arms. Crazy! also, there was an emu. Emus make sounds like a
drum. Its really weird. There was also a random llama. Not sure why,
but it was there. But, the best part about the zoo was the playground.
They had a mini zip line! it was so much fun-even the parents went on
it. Also ther was this swing shaped like a giant basket and a set of
plankes raised a foot above the ground on springs that you try to stay
balanced on while trying to knock everyone else off by bouncing or
boving the planks. (It's a simple center of mass problem really. :D)
After the vogelpark we were going to go to a cave, but it closed early
for the day due to technical difficulties, so instead we went home for
the day and ate delicious food.
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
6/21/2011 22:30 Krumpendorf
It was an easy morning. We drove out to a mountain and rode up a tram
and ski lift. It was such a beautiful view! we picnicked there for
lunch and then headed back down. Dad had to go back to the university
for some meetings after that, and the rest of us got lost for a good
20 minutes before finding what we were looking for. We had just missed
the boat by about 20 minutes and had to wait for an hour for it to get
back. It was a cruise ship that went around a beautiful lake that we
would ride on for an hour or so. We decided it would be easier to wait
with ice cream. Yum. The boat ride was beautiful, but fairly short. We
could have stayed on longer, but we were all hungry, so instead we
went home and made dinner. also yum. It was a good day.
and ski lift. It was such a beautiful view! we picnicked there for
lunch and then headed back down. Dad had to go back to the university
for some meetings after that, and the rest of us got lost for a good
20 minutes before finding what we were looking for. We had just missed
the boat by about 20 minutes and had to wait for an hour for it to get
back. It was a cruise ship that went around a beautiful lake that we
would ride on for an hour or so. We decided it would be easier to wait
with ice cream. Yum. The boat ride was beautiful, but fairly short. We
could have stayed on longer, but we were all hungry, so instead we
went home and made dinner. also yum. It was a good day.
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
6/20/2011 22:30 Krumpendorf
This morning Younger than me three, KB, and I went to Hochosterwitz
with my mom. It was KB's last day with us, so we wanted to show her
the best castle around, which has, and i accidentally lied about this
before, 14 gates. It was lots of fun. Then we went to a spar (grocery
store) to get lunch and other supplies for the drive aged of us. We
drove three hours to vienna, and dropped off KB at her hotel, then
drove three hours back. We met the rest of the family for dinner.
Then I wasted the dishes with Younger than me three. The end.
with my mom. It was KB's last day with us, so we wanted to show her
the best castle around, which has, and i accidentally lied about this
before, 14 gates. It was lots of fun. Then we went to a spar (grocery
store) to get lunch and other supplies for the drive aged of us. We
drove three hours to vienna, and dropped off KB at her hotel, then
drove three hours back. We met the rest of the family for dinner.
Then I wasted the dishes with Younger than me three. The end.
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
6/19/2011 22:00 Krumpendorf
We checked out of the hotel this morning after breakfast. Then we went
o piazza del michaelangelo and saw the bronze copy of the David. I'm
pretty sure i've seen enough naked statues for an entire lifetime.
Then we just drove for five hours back home. We ate lunch on the road
and dinner at home, and pretty much that was all. Sorry today is so
short, but that's really all there is to say.
o piazza del michaelangelo and saw the bronze copy of the David. I'm
pretty sure i've seen enough naked statues for an entire lifetime.
Then we just drove for five hours back home. We ate lunch on the road
and dinner at home, and pretty much that was all. Sorry today is so
short, but that's really all there is to say.
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
Sunday, June 19, 2011
6/18/2011ish Florence, Italy
Not so early morning, but not so late either. the breakfast at the hotel-only served in the other building-was rolls and hot chocolate (which wasn't even very good hot chocolate) and crackers. Yeah, not super impressive or anything. After breakfast we went to the museum with the David, as in michaelangelo's david. It was long, so by the time we were done there, it was time for lunch. we stopped at a place that sold us pizza, gelatin, and drinks for a good price. it also had wifi, so i had the chance to check my email real fast, but not really send anything. it was good times and delicious food-did i mention i love italian food? Next, we went back to the hotel to freshen up and then left for the duomo. Story time, Mom was holding a spot in line because she and dad had left a little early to see what the situation was like. Well, my two younger brothers left the hotel slightly before us girls and dad but really at the same time, but they just disappeared, and we thought that we had somehow lost them in the hotel. we were all pretty concerned and mildly freaking out. turns out they just decided to leave and go to the dome ahead of us. Yeah, it was upsetting. We went up to the top of the largest brick dome ever constructed in the largest cathedral in the world. So many stairs!!! (463 i think.) But it had such a beautiful view. But it was also so high and scary. And then we went back town to the bottom of the cathedral. It was very cool. It's all so massive it makes you feel itty bitty. our next stop was the baptistry, which had the coolest mosaics on the ceiling. Next we got some fresh, homed gillatto, possibly the best gillatto in the world. But it was also more expensive than the less delicious stuff. Then we went on some bridges and took pictures. Dinner came next. pizza again, but it was a different kind, and also delicious. then back to the hotel for resting. But we went up to the terrace of the other building (which, by the way is well lit) and took pictures in front of a really pretty view of the duomo. afterwards we got italian hot chocolate. It was so thick we had to use a spoon to eat it. SO good. Then we went back to the hotel for bed, but...KB, younger than me three, and I talked until like 2 in the morning. When we were about to go to bed, there was this buzzer that went off, and we were all confused what it was. We realized pretty quick that it was the doorbell and someone really drunk kept on ringing it for a good 20 minutes. We got up and dead bolted our door at that point and just waited. Then downstairs we heard some really loud people and were concerned it was a fight, but then they started coming upstairs. turns out all these really noisy really drunk people were our next door neighbors. It was pretty loud for quite a while. But now i'm falling asleep.
6/17/2011 Florence, Italy 22:00
I woke up this morning by the phone ringing in a beautiful hotel room with a slightly confusing bathroom. Mostly cuz it had a bidet in it. (pictures to come.) We had a dessert buffet called breakfast and went on our way because we had a 3 hour drive to pisa, and i think you know where this is going-the leaning tower of pisa. but, before we got there, we wanted lunch, so we ate at a gas station cafe that sold us delicious sandwiches, soda, and dessert. after this refreshment, we drove the last 20 minutes into pisa and parked. we walked over to the leaning tower. We took a few pictures outside of ti before it was our time to go in. it was the weirdest feelings walking up those steps. sometimes it felt like i was going uphill, sometimes it felt like i was going down the steps i was actually going up, and the rest of the time it just felt like i was leaning to one side or the other. i did experience vertigo when i was on the outside, but it wasn't excessive, so it was alright. (they let you out on the 4th floor and the top. you can also go up to the very top above the belfries.) Going back down was harder for me-i felt less stable. It was really an amazing experience though. I realized that i know basically nothing about the leaning tower except that its leaning-homework assignment for me; find out why it was built. We also went through the cathedral next to the tower. something i've found interesting in Italy in Italy is that in holy places they enforce modesty. they have pieces of fabric to tie around your shoulders if you're wearing a tank top or your waist if your shorts are really short. Well, after the cathedral, we piled back into the car, ate our gas station dessert, and headed out to Vinci, as in Leonardo de Vinci. We looked at a museum of models of machines he designed. It was so cool! we also hiked the stairs to the top of a bell tower. Lots of stairs. The view up there is so amazing, it looked like a painting. That was all we saw in Vinci, and we started the drive to florence. let me tell you, when we got over the Arno river into florence, we got lost a lot before finding our hotel. this was partially because tomtom got confused and told us to go the wrong way down one way streets. Eventually we got there, but they told us they put us in another building, so we walked over there and went up this kinda scary looking street and went into a dimly lit building up to the third floor dimly lit rooms where we were going to stay. let me just say, i was disappointed. this place isn't very nice, but at least it has AC. (And also a bidet, in case you were wondering about that.) It took us a while to get into the rooms because we had struggles opening/unlocking the doors, and we thought one was dead bolted, but it wasn't. After resting for a little, we went to a restraunt recommended by the hotel people. we started looking at the menu and i'm pretty sure my dad just about had a heart attack, the prices were so high. well, after a few minures, he walked up to the counter and started asking about meal options and came back with a different menu with 4 options each first course and second course. it was all super delicious! I had noodles with a tomatoe sauce and then a curry dish with peas. It was all insanely good and authentic italian food. After dinner we went back to our hotel and went to bed.
6/16/2011 22:00 Verona, Italy
Early, Early morning today. We left at six for venice. We won't have any internet in Italy, so that is why all these posts are coming at the same time. It was a long morning, especially for KB with her jet lag. It was a very long car ride. It was interesting thug. We went through a toll road, but you take the ticket at the beginning and pay at the end. I think it's a little backwards, but I guess it makes sense because they have you pay depending on how long you were on the highway. We took a train the rest of the way into venice. it was hot and humid inside the train, and it smelled weird. It wasn't too exciting. We finally arrived in the city around 10. We walked around the shopping area and over several large bridges-very beautiful marble ones, and made our way to saint mark's basilica and all the other things in that area. We got some gilatto and went into the castle of the dodge. It had beautiful carvings and paintings everywhere. its also home to the largest paining on canvas in the world (7X24 meters). It was interesting to learn that the carvings at the tops of columns were not just decorations, but also political statements. We were all very hungry after that, so we went and ate lunch next-we had calzones of various kinds. Then we went to saint Marks's Bascillica. The mosaics all over the ceiling were so cool! lots of interesting stories about st. mark's body buried there. Then we went to the top of a nearby bell tower, which was really cool. it had a beautiful view of the city, but because of all the buildings, you can't see a single canal from the top. We were all pretty tired by this point, so we went and got some more gilatto and water before shopping for souvenirs (which was super easy, just by the way). We took a bus boat back to the other side of the city and went to a cart where i found my souvenir (a black and silver half mask with a feather on the side-i'm all ready for a masquerade ball). Then we went to a glass shop and that's where everyone else got their souvenirs. we took the train back to where we parked, and drove for another half hour or so to get to verona. we checked in at the hotel and then set out in search of dinner. We got a little lost and eded up finding a Kebab place where we stopped. These kebabs were delicious, but they had some different toppings than we'd seen before, like french fries. We also had sodas, and there's this really good soda we discovered called lemon soda which may possibly be my new favorite. It's italian and delicious. After dinner, we all felt tons better, so we walked up the steps of an old structure on the mountainside for a good view of the city. it was nice and beautiful . Then we went home to bed. PS this hotel was really nice. Really nice. Good sleep.
6/15/2011 20:00 Krumpendorf
Early morning today, but for a good cause. I got to sign up for my classes in the fall. I can't even explain how excited I am. Dad needed to get some work done, so the rest of us went out to Villach. We went to, wait for it, Monkey Mountain (mountain...mountain...mountain...). It was so cool!!! Monkeys everywhere. They were smelly and cute and crazy and mean to each other. I don't even know. It was insane. After that beautiful climax of the day, we went to the relief von Karnten, which is a giant topographical map of carinthia. It was very cool to look at. Then we took the scenic route, meaning we got lost a couple times yet again, surprise, surprise, to the villach start museum. It had old paintings and sculptures and rocks and furniture. It was interesting. After that, we came home for a quiet afternoon. My parents then went to pick up my former across the street neighbor, now to be known as KB (i'm not very creative with the names right now), and I made dinner. Dinner was quite a hodge podge event. (I can't think of the real word to describe dinner that i want to use, so hodge podge will just have to do.) Well, that turned into a quiet evening-not much to tell about.
PS sorry my writing is getting kinda boring, I am usually really tired when i write these things.
6/14/2011 21:30 Krumpendorf
I slept in Late this morning-my dad had to work, so KD was going to take Younger than me two and me shopping. She picked us up a little after noon, and we went to the largest shopping center in carinthia. I bought a shirt fro roughly $10.50, which isn't bad for a shirt in europe (everything is much more expensive here). Then we had Kebaps for lunch. They are SO good! I wish we had more turks in the US so we could have kepaps too. The last store we went to was a cosmetics store and had pink shopping carts. :D We left the mall and went to get italian ice cream, real italian ice cream. Delicious. After that, we went to KD's house to pick up her computer and a paper she needed to scan. We also met her adorable bunny, pancake. He is a beautiful bunny. Because they only have a scanner at their flat, we went there to take are of that. We also had root beer floats, which is a very special thing because they can only buy root beer in an american store in vienna. We headed out again to pick up her mother from work and dropped her off at the gym. then we went to another shopping center and went to Claire's. I was surprised that they had claire's there too. After that, we went home. During dinner, we (meaning mostly I) instigated the telling of our parents' story, which is a very cute story that i have decided i need to record sometime. Das Ende.
6/13/2011 22:00 Krumpendorf
This morning was an early morning because we wanted to leave by 9:15ish. We picked up that girl who took me to the bar on saturday night who will now be known as KD, and brought her with us to a little, and i don't use the word little lightly, town called weitensfeld. It was a holiday, which i think translates to pentecost, and this town has a strange tradition. The plague wiped ot the whole town except four people, three boys and one girl. All the boys wanted to marry the girl, so she said that they must race, and she would marry the fastest. In the center of the town there is a statue of her, and they call it the stone virgin. Every year they have a three day festival, and three boys from this village race to see who gets to kiss the stone virgin. Its a great honor for them. Well, we had read that there would be music and dancing in the town square starting at 10, so we wanted to get there early. We ended up getting there bout 10:30 and yes, there was music, but there wasn't much to do. we ate some sweets, then talked, that ate lunch, then talked, and then stood around for a long time waiting for the race to start at 14:00. When 14:00 finally came around, there were a bunch of politicians on horseback who rode around and also some more prestigious politicians who were there to watch. there were speeches, singing, and then the horses rode three time up and down the main street so the plague couldn't come back. Finally the three boys were introduced, ages 16, 17, and 18. The one who I thought would win the race was the only one who was smiling at the beginning. But then he stumbled when he started, so he lost a bit of time. He still ended up winning though. Which I was pretty happy about. The race was 250 meters, and the winner was brought back to the statue on horseback. He then climbed a ladder and kissed the stone virgin several times (i'm not sure why so many, it's just a rock). We were all tired from standing, and so we left after that. We just went home for a quiet evening, and I called the missionary couple in the ward here to let them know i would be coming to the YSA family home evening. It was small, just me and two other girls, but it was super fun. we ate pizza (pretty sure i had half a pizza), talked about the 10 virgins, played rummy cube, and played phrase pictionary. I just said this, but it was tons of fun!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
6/12/2011 15:00 Krumpendorf
A little after 9 last night, My friend did call, and we went our for a
couple hours. We went to a bar (gasp! don't worry-I had almdudler, and
My friend had fanta, and her friend had sparkling water-no alcohol for
us). The bar had a beautiful view of lake Worthersee, and and we just
talked about everything. Then her friend had to be home, so we dropped
her off and then we went down to the lake and walked around. She
showed me her favorite spot in the whole wide world-she even wants to
get married there. Its beautiful. They have a much different schooling
system here, and she is already training to be a kindergarten teacher.
She wants to open up her own Kindergarten in Klagenfurt where the
children learn music and English and sports, not just play around. She
is a really fun girl, and I had tons of fun. I'm pretty sure her
favorite english word is crazy because it can apply to everything.
Crazy good, crazy bad, it's just universal.
couple hours. We went to a bar (gasp! don't worry-I had almdudler, and
My friend had fanta, and her friend had sparkling water-no alcohol for
us). The bar had a beautiful view of lake Worthersee, and and we just
talked about everything. Then her friend had to be home, so we dropped
her off and then we went down to the lake and walked around. She
showed me her favorite spot in the whole wide world-she even wants to
get married there. Its beautiful. They have a much different schooling
system here, and she is already training to be a kindergarten teacher.
She wants to open up her own Kindergarten in Klagenfurt where the
children learn music and English and sports, not just play around. She
is a really fun girl, and I had tons of fun. I'm pretty sure her
favorite english word is crazy because it can apply to everything.
Crazy good, crazy bad, it's just universal.
Church. My first time in relief society-i'm in a foreign country,
can't understand the lesson, and i'm asked to play the piano. Now it's
really not bad, I had someone translating for me, and i only messed up
on the piano during the intro, but played well while they were
singing. Sunday school was in english. This is when i found out that
today is father's day in austria. In the US it's not until next week,
and that's when we'll celebrate it. My dad also spoke during sacrament
meeting, but had to cut out lots of his talk-it takes much longer to
speak with a translator. There were also two special musical numbers
beforehand, one by primary children and one by their ward choir. Don't
worry though, the family got to hear the full version of the talk
later in the afternoon. That's pretty much the extent of our
adventures for today. It's been a good sabbath.
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
6/11/2011 20:40 Krumpendorf
Once upon a time, in a land far away (literally), As i was awaiting my turn in the shower this morning, I got another call from that friend from ten years ago. She found out she has to work today, so she said she'd call if she didn't get off too late, but it sounds like my saturday night plans are cancelled, and with it approaching 9:00, I'm pretty sure they are. This morning, we climbed a mountain. We climbed to the summit-there's even a sign telling us we reached the highest point. it was a hot day, so that, coupled with humidity and long, onlypartially dry hair made for a fairly sweaty hike, but it was really quite nice. we found lots of wild strawberries. After coming back down the mountain and stopping at the Penny Markt, we picnicked in europa park. we didn't spend much time there because my dad's giving a talk in church tomorrow, and he wanted to work on it (and some other things i presume) at the university. Had I known this, I would have brought my journal, and the last 2 posts would already be published, but i didn't know. We went heavy duty grocery shopping next, meaning we bought food for today and tomorrow, and then pretty much headed home for a quiet evening. And we live happily ever after, The end.
6/10/2011 20:00 Krumpendorf
Another sleep in morning, but we've been staying up late enough. Vacations should include lots of sleep time. We started the day's adventures with a picnic in view of Burg Hochosterwitz (Burg means castle). This castle is on the top of a hill and has ten gates that you must pass through before reaching the actual castle. This castle is so strategically placed that it was never taken. However, once it came close. It was laid under siege for a long time and eventually food started running low. They came down to their last cow, and after removing the meat, they stuffed it back up, sewed it closed, and threw it over the wall. Because the enemy army thought they were wasting this food, after this long of a siege, they got discouraged and went home. After our picnic, we hiked through all the gates up to the top. They have a cool museum up at the top with lots of armor, weaponry, paintings, and such. There's one stuffed man in a suit of armor who is 7 or 8 feet tall. Ten years ago, when we came here before, our dad told us about how the song "silent night" was written at this castle. Well, little three year old younger than me two was in the museum, and was slightly ahead of the rest of us. After seeing this man he came running back shouting, "Dad, DAD! I found the silent knight!" We all got a good laugh out of that. Unfortunately, we aren't allowed to take pictures in the museum. This castle adventure brought back lots of memories. Next, we went to magdalenesberg, which is the ruins of an old Roman city. It was really cool--who knew rocks could be so interesting? Hey, maybe someday our 21st century life will be ancient history and become tourist attractions wherever it is preserved. After the city we went and saw a throne made from old rocks (marble mostly, i believe) that people used to bring offerings to for the duke of Corinthia so that they might gain favor in his sight. apparently he would bestow great favors on those who brought the best gifts. The car ride back home was fairly uneventful, except that we brought up, and played, and old game we used to play, invented by our father last time we were here. It's called Statue. We see who can stay frozen like a statue the longest. (Now, with six children under the age of 12, this was a brilliant game for our dad to make up.) The funny part is, it still works. :D dinner was fried potatoes and wurst. (I'm still not a fan of austrian hot dogs at all, but the parents don't necessarily need to know that.) The potatoes were delicious, and I'm loving the fresh salads. This is simply a delicious place.
PS I'm not sure why i tend to end on food or at least linger on it. Probably because it's such a fundamental part of life.
6/9/2011 20:00 Krumpendorf
My father informed me that I can't make austrian bread because i don't have the right kind of oven. LAME. Anyway, this morning I was awakened to the delicious smell of french toast sometime around 8:00 ish. It was delicious. Our adventures for the day began fairly quickly at the reptile zoo. I honestly dislike zoos very much, but i looked at every kind of snake, spider, frog, fish, and turtle that they had along with the crocodiles. It was absolutely thrilling for younger than me two, especially cuz he got to hold a snake and pet a giant turtle (emphasis on the giant part). After the zoo, the professor had an appointment via Skype, so we headed to his office and ate our picnic lunch. after his call was over, we went to our most anticipated destination: Minimundus. This place is amazing! It has around 150 models of buildings, railroads, boats, and other architecture from around the world including the leaning tower of pisa, the Taj mahal, the eiffel tower, mesa verde ruins, and so much more! It's so cool!!!! (Minimundus translates to miniature world.) On the car ride home, my dad received a phone call for me and i got invited by an old friend who i played with last time i was here when we were both little, to go "Do something, like drive around the city" with her and her friend on saturday evening. I'm really excited, so I hope its super fun and not awkward. We also stopped at a store on the way home, surprise, for some groceries associated with dinner. After dinner, we spent some time together as a family and my dad told us a little bit about his campaign for vice president of academics when he was in high school. He has the humor to win that kind of election. Anyway, I think that's about all for today. Goodnight.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
6/8/2011 19:00 Krumpendorf, Austria
Excepting the professor, we all slept in today and got quite a late
start. we stayed at the pension until after lunch. after our bellies
were satisfied, we piled into the car and headed up to pyramidenkogel
which is an overlook at the top of a foothill to the mountains. the
view encompasses lake wertersee and stretches for miles in every
direction. the tower is 54 meters tall besides the mountain. i have to
admit, i experienced some vertigo while looking over the edge. after
we had our fill of unnaturally high places, we loaded back up and
headed out to Keltikwerlt. (for all you english speakers out there,
that translates to celtic world.) It was quite interesting. There were
some burial sites, as well as information about spiritual rituals and
their everyday lif. Kinda cool, but a little strange. our next stop
was a visit to rosegg to see their wild animal park and wax museum.
i'm not a fan of zoos, so the animal park was fairly uninteresting to
me, but younger than me two found it necessary to take pictures of
every rock, tree, and leaf along with all the animals. he completely
filled up my mother's memory card. although the wax museum was small,
i quite enjoyed it. the museum was inside a schloss, or an old times
mansion. It was pretty cool. We stopped by a store on the way home to
get food for the next couple days. its interesting to me that here,
they buy things in less quantity and just buy more often. their
refrigerators are much smaller, so they have less space to store the
food. the milk here tastes slightly different from home, but it
doesn't need to be refrigerated until it has been opened. also, they
sell eggs in sets of ten, not by the dozen. to buy pre sliced bread,
it's called toast here, is not as common as buying loaves of bread and
rolls. i'm inspired to get a cookbook and try some quatrain bread
recipes when i get back. we'll see if that actually happens. one last
thing, the water here. if you buy bottled water, or bottled juice of
any kind for that matter, its almost all carbonated. probably 95% of
it is carbonated. the carbonation is different than back home, it
hitnk it's that the bubbles are smaller. Anyway, i hope you all eat
delicious food today. I know I have.
start. we stayed at the pension until after lunch. after our bellies
were satisfied, we piled into the car and headed up to pyramidenkogel
which is an overlook at the top of a foothill to the mountains. the
view encompasses lake wertersee and stretches for miles in every
direction. the tower is 54 meters tall besides the mountain. i have to
admit, i experienced some vertigo while looking over the edge. after
we had our fill of unnaturally high places, we loaded back up and
headed out to Keltikwerlt. (for all you english speakers out there,
that translates to celtic world.) It was quite interesting. There were
some burial sites, as well as information about spiritual rituals and
their everyday lif. Kinda cool, but a little strange. our next stop
was a visit to rosegg to see their wild animal park and wax museum.
i'm not a fan of zoos, so the animal park was fairly uninteresting to
me, but younger than me two found it necessary to take pictures of
every rock, tree, and leaf along with all the animals. he completely
filled up my mother's memory card. although the wax museum was small,
i quite enjoyed it. the museum was inside a schloss, or an old times
mansion. It was pretty cool. We stopped by a store on the way home to
get food for the next couple days. its interesting to me that here,
they buy things in less quantity and just buy more often. their
refrigerators are much smaller, so they have less space to store the
food. the milk here tastes slightly different from home, but it
doesn't need to be refrigerated until it has been opened. also, they
sell eggs in sets of ten, not by the dozen. to buy pre sliced bread,
it's called toast here, is not as common as buying loaves of bread and
rolls. i'm inspired to get a cookbook and try some quatrain bread
recipes when i get back. we'll see if that actually happens. one last
thing, the water here. if you buy bottled water, or bottled juice of
any kind for that matter, its almost all carbonated. probably 95% of
it is carbonated. the carbonation is different than back home, it
hitnk it's that the bubbles are smaller. Anyway, i hope you all eat
delicious food today. I know I have.
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
6/7/2011 18:30 Krumpendorf, Austria
Another tired morning for the family-we had to get up early in order
to be ready in time to go to the university with dad. 7:30 was the
published time to depart, but it ended up being more like 7:42, which
varely got dad to class on time. the family spent some time in his
office, on the internet and the took off to down town. we walked the
3.6 kilometers to downtown klagenfurt, leaving the car with dad. we
made a stop at minimundus on the way and bought karnten cards-these
cards get you into lots of attractions for free or at a discounted
rate. our google phone gps led us astray, so not according to plan, we
stopped at the landesmuseum which was, unfortunately for us english
speakers, completely in german except for the rat exhibit. It was an
amazing museum with cool artifacts from across space and time (yes, i
mean that quite literally). we spent quit a bit of time in there
before going in search of lunch. as we were looking for a cafe to eat
at, i remembered delicious turkish sandwiches and asked mom about
those. we soon saw a place that made them, so we had kebaps for lunch.
this sandwich is on a toasted bun or pocket bread with spit roasted
mat and various toppings including spicy sauce and chilli powder
generally. SO delcious. Something interesting about street side dining
is that they don' have you pay until you're ready to leave. they don't
keep an eye on you or anything, they just trust. they know you've used
their services and goods, so you will pay. that would never work in
america. next, we went to see the lind werm, which is a cool statue of
a dragon. (pictures to come...i think i won't be posting pictures
until i'm back home probably.) we then went to an amazing hall painted
with 665 coats of arms called wappensaal. the walls were completely
flat, and al the frames were painted on, but they were done so well
that they looked real. after that, we looked for a fountain we had
taken pictures by last time we were here, and after several tries and
getting directions a couple times, we found it! it was exciting. we
then walked out to the canal and walked back to the university. lots
of kilometers on our shoes today. we came home and ate delicious
food-leftovers from last night's spaghetti, and treats that we picked
up at a backeri I neglected to mention that we visited in Klagenfurt.
I also forgot to say that last night, we installed a new shower head
in our pension, and it's very nice. Another thing i neglected to
mention was the so-named-by-mom yogurt fiasco. when coming home from
the store the first time we went, yesterday, there was a yogurt in
mike's bag that got broken. It leaked. the end. that was
anticlimactic. :)
to be ready in time to go to the university with dad. 7:30 was the
published time to depart, but it ended up being more like 7:42, which
varely got dad to class on time. the family spent some time in his
office, on the internet and the took off to down town. we walked the
3.6 kilometers to downtown klagenfurt, leaving the car with dad. we
made a stop at minimundus on the way and bought karnten cards-these
cards get you into lots of attractions for free or at a discounted
rate. our google phone gps led us astray, so not according to plan, we
stopped at the landesmuseum which was, unfortunately for us english
speakers, completely in german except for the rat exhibit. It was an
amazing museum with cool artifacts from across space and time (yes, i
mean that quite literally). we spent quit a bit of time in there
before going in search of lunch. as we were looking for a cafe to eat
at, i remembered delicious turkish sandwiches and asked mom about
those. we soon saw a place that made them, so we had kebaps for lunch.
this sandwich is on a toasted bun or pocket bread with spit roasted
mat and various toppings including spicy sauce and chilli powder
generally. SO delcious. Something interesting about street side dining
is that they don' have you pay until you're ready to leave. they don't
keep an eye on you or anything, they just trust. they know you've used
their services and goods, so you will pay. that would never work in
america. next, we went to see the lind werm, which is a cool statue of
a dragon. (pictures to come...i think i won't be posting pictures
until i'm back home probably.) we then went to an amazing hall painted
with 665 coats of arms called wappensaal. the walls were completely
flat, and al the frames were painted on, but they were done so well
that they looked real. after that, we looked for a fountain we had
taken pictures by last time we were here, and after several tries and
getting directions a couple times, we found it! it was exciting. we
then walked out to the canal and walked back to the university. lots
of kilometers on our shoes today. we came home and ate delicious
food-leftovers from last night's spaghetti, and treats that we picked
up at a backeri I neglected to mention that we visited in Klagenfurt.
I also forgot to say that last night, we installed a new shower head
in our pension, and it's very nice. Another thing i neglected to
mention was the so-named-by-mom yogurt fiasco. when coming home from
the store the first time we went, yesterday, there was a yogurt in
mike's bag that got broken. It leaked. the end. that was
anticlimactic. :)
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
Monday, June 6, 2011
6/7/2011 9:00 Klagenfurt, Austria
This morning my family went with my dad to the University so we could do some emailing and stuff with the internet here since its free for us here rather than paying for it at other places. Most of the posts I have done so far have been through email, but what i didn't realize is that i had the settings changed so they were only saved as drafts. they should automatically publish now, so things should be coming more often. If you want to talk to me, email is going to be the best way. I am having the time of my life. I love it here! I'll post again soon. farewell to all.
PS haha, it's the middle of the night there, and it's morning here already. :)
PS haha, it's the middle of the night there, and it's morning here already. :)
6/6/2011 18:00 Krumpendorf, Austria
This morning was a more tired morning for most of the family, but we got up around eight. Dad had already left for the university, so we were planning on exploring the area. after a cereal breakfast, we all got ready, which took a long time with one shower to five people, and then set out on an adventure to see if the Billa, the grocery store we shopped at last time, was still around. It was still there, to our great excitement, and there was also a Spar, another grocery store, right next to it. after looking around at both stores, we bought food and soap and walked back home. the bread here is just so good! it tastes delicious unlike anything i've found in the states. also, something else interesting to note is that the mustard here comes in metal tubes like toothpaste. it tastes very different from our american mustard. we ate lunch and then just lounged around for a while. soon after we started to get tired, mom decided it was time to go on a walk again, so we went to see if the Baeckeri Nadrag was still around. It was, but we decided to wait until dad came home to go there, and besides, it was closed. We walked a little further on to an information place and got a map and some sightseeing pamphlets. then, while we were heading back home, our dad stopped and picked us up on his way home. we spent some time at home before going back out to the Bakery. Its funny, most places close from about 12:00 to 15:00 for lunch i guess. we ate delicious pastries, and then headed back home for planning and playing games. Mom and dad went to the store, so I expect we'll be eating dinner soon. I can't even explain how delicious the food is. Even the air here just seems, well, wholesome. Healthy. Wonderful.
6/5/2011 8:17 PM Austria
Some things I neglected to mention:
The flight to paris was a ten hour flight. Between flights, in paris,
there was some sort of superman convention because we saw several
people dressed up in tights and underwear as superman, and besides
that there were other people all dressed up in neon spandex all over
the place. we landed in vienna, found our luggage, and met our dad.
Yay! then we got in the car and drove. the driving and roads here are
very different, but also the same. I slept some on the drive as well,
but not tons. The scenery is beautiful. it is very green here with
lots of trees. its also fairly humid, but i love it. we stopped at
mcdonalds for dinner and then went to our family friends' house. We
talked with them for maybe half an hour before the parents went to
dad's apartment and we stayed at theri house for the night. We pretty
much all slept through the night, but younger than me one was awake
for a little bit around 2:30. Then we woke up and got ready and went
to church. we were almost an hour late, so the first block of meetings
was over. i went to Young single adult sunday school. Partway through,
a man started translating for me, but next week I hope I'll be able to
manage better. Besides, most of the YSA seemed to speak english. Then
we went to Sacrament meeting--it was mostly lost on me because i
understand very little german, if any. After church, we went back to
our friends' house for a barbecue. the food was delicious. the food
here is different, but amazing! Interesting fact about the pretzels we
had, they're called lye pretzels cuz they're dipped in lye before they
cook. I was also showed a really cool plant called stevia which is the
new big sugar substitute. it's quite sweet. Our friends ended up
lending me a chemistry book which i'm excited to read. After some more
visiting time, we loaded up all our things and headed for our
apartment in krumpendorf. It s the same place we stayed ten years ago,
so i recognized our landlady and the apartment. it has been remodeled
some, but it's similar. We all got settled in and just spent a
relaxing evening together. For an evening snack we had palazzo cookies
which are covered in delicious chocolate and some delicious bread with
wild cranberry jam. we also tried some toast with duo, which is a
chocolate hazelnut spread with vanilla cream. ti was all super
delicious. there are also cherries growing in the yard here that we
are welcome to. some other funny things that happened, i think i
mentioned before that after the plane ride, my feet were really stiff.
well, that first evening i finally looked at them and they were super
fat. i'm pretty sure i lost my ankles. i took pictures, but its hard
to see. the swelling has gone down some, but at some point when my
feet are back to normal, i'll take more pictures and post them
together for before and after comparison. they swelled up some during
church again, but should be back to normal soon. also, random fact,
the toilet paper here isn't square, its rectangular. also they have a
different system of flushing is different. they have two buttons, a
big one for a big mess and a little one for a little mess. its pretty
brilliant if you ask me. As far as air conditioning goes, its pretty
much non-existent here, so there's lots of leaving the windows open.
their windows ar eamazing! they open horizontally and vertically
depending on which way you turn the handle. oh, this place is just so
beautiful! Its amazing!
The flight to paris was a ten hour flight. Between flights, in paris,
there was some sort of superman convention because we saw several
people dressed up in tights and underwear as superman, and besides
that there were other people all dressed up in neon spandex all over
the place. we landed in vienna, found our luggage, and met our dad.
Yay! then we got in the car and drove. the driving and roads here are
very different, but also the same. I slept some on the drive as well,
but not tons. The scenery is beautiful. it is very green here with
lots of trees. its also fairly humid, but i love it. we stopped at
mcdonalds for dinner and then went to our family friends' house. We
talked with them for maybe half an hour before the parents went to
dad's apartment and we stayed at theri house for the night. We pretty
much all slept through the night, but younger than me one was awake
for a little bit around 2:30. Then we woke up and got ready and went
to church. we were almost an hour late, so the first block of meetings
was over. i went to Young single adult sunday school. Partway through,
a man started translating for me, but next week I hope I'll be able to
manage better. Besides, most of the YSA seemed to speak english. Then
we went to Sacrament meeting--it was mostly lost on me because i
understand very little german, if any. After church, we went back to
our friends' house for a barbecue. the food was delicious. the food
here is different, but amazing! Interesting fact about the pretzels we
had, they're called lye pretzels cuz they're dipped in lye before they
cook. I was also showed a really cool plant called stevia which is the
new big sugar substitute. it's quite sweet. Our friends ended up
lending me a chemistry book which i'm excited to read. After some more
visiting time, we loaded up all our things and headed for our
apartment in krumpendorf. It s the same place we stayed ten years ago,
so i recognized our landlady and the apartment. it has been remodeled
some, but it's similar. We all got settled in and just spent a
relaxing evening together. For an evening snack we had palazzo cookies
which are covered in delicious chocolate and some delicious bread with
wild cranberry jam. we also tried some toast with duo, which is a
chocolate hazelnut spread with vanilla cream. ti was all super
delicious. there are also cherries growing in the yard here that we
are welcome to. some other funny things that happened, i think i
mentioned before that after the plane ride, my feet were really stiff.
well, that first evening i finally looked at them and they were super
fat. i'm pretty sure i lost my ankles. i took pictures, but its hard
to see. the swelling has gone down some, but at some point when my
feet are back to normal, i'll take more pictures and post them
together for before and after comparison. they swelled up some during
church again, but should be back to normal soon. also, random fact,
the toilet paper here isn't square, its rectangular. also they have a
different system of flushing is different. they have two buttons, a
big one for a big mess and a little one for a little mess. its pretty
brilliant if you ask me. As far as air conditioning goes, its pretty
much non-existent here, so there's lots of leaving the windows open.
their windows ar eamazing! they open horizontally and vertically
depending on which way you turn the handle. oh, this place is just so
beautiful! Its amazing!
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
6/4/2011 12:35 PM Paris, France
I guess my judgement really was impaired by not sleeping because for
some reason I decided it would be a good idea to not sleep on the
airplane. I slept for the first hour and the last twenty minutes of
the first flight, giving me a grand total of approximately five hours
of sleep in the last 48 hours. I thought, for some strange and
unfathomable reason, that this would help with jet lag. we shall see.
so, i've pretty much pulled two all nighters, even though one was a
significantly shorter night. (It's just after noon here, but at home
it's just after 4 in the morning.) Now, we're taking off for a two
hour flight from Paris to vienna. its probably best for me to stay
awake in the middle of the day. I'm not feeling 100% anymore. Its just
a minor headache and slight dizziness, but both of those could also be
from flying. I guess my stomach is also slightly upset, but with
airplane food and a strange eating schedule, that should surprise
nobody. all things considered, I feel fantastic! (now say fantastic in
french.) The only thing i really dislike about flying is the way the
change in pressure hurts my ears, especially on the way back down. I'm
sleepy. I'll write more later. *sleep...almost an hour passes* Yep, i
couldn't stay awake, but the good news is, it still feels like mid
day. I believe this sleep deprivation will make it easy to sleep
tonight. The other good news is my head and stomach feel better than
earlier. The bad news is, i woke up, and 30 seconds later the flight
attendant asks me a question. i didn't understand, so i asked, "what?"
then he started to repeat the question, but interrupted himself and
asked if i spoke french. Duh! I didn't understand the first time
because it was in a different language, which didn't even occur to me
30 seconds after i woke up. I felst slightly foolish. That's just how
dumb i am right after i wake up though. changing the subject, I've
discovered something: flying is fairly boring and makes me
unproductive. Granted, i did finish crocheting a washcloth and watched
two movies, but really sat and did nothing but ake my feet stiff. I'm
excited to get to tomorrow. Well, I can't think of anything else to
say so I won't. The adventure continues...
some reason I decided it would be a good idea to not sleep on the
airplane. I slept for the first hour and the last twenty minutes of
the first flight, giving me a grand total of approximately five hours
of sleep in the last 48 hours. I thought, for some strange and
unfathomable reason, that this would help with jet lag. we shall see.
so, i've pretty much pulled two all nighters, even though one was a
significantly shorter night. (It's just after noon here, but at home
it's just after 4 in the morning.) Now, we're taking off for a two
hour flight from Paris to vienna. its probably best for me to stay
awake in the middle of the day. I'm not feeling 100% anymore. Its just
a minor headache and slight dizziness, but both of those could also be
from flying. I guess my stomach is also slightly upset, but with
airplane food and a strange eating schedule, that should surprise
nobody. all things considered, I feel fantastic! (now say fantastic in
french.) The only thing i really dislike about flying is the way the
change in pressure hurts my ears, especially on the way back down. I'm
sleepy. I'll write more later. *sleep...almost an hour passes* Yep, i
couldn't stay awake, but the good news is, it still feels like mid
day. I believe this sleep deprivation will make it easy to sleep
tonight. The other good news is my head and stomach feel better than
earlier. The bad news is, i woke up, and 30 seconds later the flight
attendant asks me a question. i didn't understand, so i asked, "what?"
then he started to repeat the question, but interrupted himself and
asked if i spoke french. Duh! I didn't understand the first time
because it was in a different language, which didn't even occur to me
30 seconds after i woke up. I felst slightly foolish. That's just how
dumb i am right after i wake up though. changing the subject, I've
discovered something: flying is fairly boring and makes me
unproductive. Granted, i did finish crocheting a washcloth and watched
two movies, but really sat and did nothing but ake my feet stiff. I'm
excited to get to tomorrow. Well, I can't think of anything else to
say so I won't. The adventure continues...
--
Rosie Liddle
"Laughing gives you abs, rock hard abs."
Friday, June 3, 2011
6/3/2011 2:30 pm, USA
Maybe I'll start this story with yesterday. Yesterday I graduated from
high school. My question is simply, why does the school board make
people who are ready to move on to the next stage in their lives sit
through an obnoxiously boring and rather long ceremony and pretend
that they're happy to be there and it's the greatest day of their
lives? The truth is that we all just want to get on with it and party.
Something you may or may not know about me is that I am usually asleep
by 9:30 and I usually wake up around 4:30. I'm not much of a night
person, not much at all. But, at the senior all night party I was not
even tired. And then we went to asymptote's house for an hour before
sending the boys home at about 4:30 (when I usually wake up). Still,
not even tired, so we decided to watch a movie. Five o clock in the
morning, and I fall asleep for the first time. Well, that was at the
beginning of the movie. We woke up at the end of the movie and decided
to try to watch it again since we were all asleep the first time, but
to no avail. At about 7:20 I woke up, conscious that I needed to go
home and pack, so the bestest friend cousin ever and I went home. Then
I packed, cleaned, and didn't sleep at all. Well, it gets to be about
one ithe afternoon, and it's time to go. I still feel fine even though
I've been awake for twenty seven of the last thirty hours. After being
in the car for about twenty minutes, I start to doze, and I doze the
rest of the way to the airport, but still feel fine and awake as soon
as we get out of the car. I am surprised that I'm not either acting
completely insane or completely dead. Usually I am one of those when I
miss a couple hours of sleep, let alone the whole night. Now I'm just
sitting in an airport. Thus, the adventure begins.
high school. My question is simply, why does the school board make
people who are ready to move on to the next stage in their lives sit
through an obnoxiously boring and rather long ceremony and pretend
that they're happy to be there and it's the greatest day of their
lives? The truth is that we all just want to get on with it and party.
Something you may or may not know about me is that I am usually asleep
by 9:30 and I usually wake up around 4:30. I'm not much of a night
person, not much at all. But, at the senior all night party I was not
even tired. And then we went to asymptote's house for an hour before
sending the boys home at about 4:30 (when I usually wake up). Still,
not even tired, so we decided to watch a movie. Five o clock in the
morning, and I fall asleep for the first time. Well, that was at the
beginning of the movie. We woke up at the end of the movie and decided
to try to watch it again since we were all asleep the first time, but
to no avail. At about 7:20 I woke up, conscious that I needed to go
home and pack, so the bestest friend cousin ever and I went home. Then
I packed, cleaned, and didn't sleep at all. Well, it gets to be about
one ithe afternoon, and it's time to go. I still feel fine even though
I've been awake for twenty seven of the last thirty hours. After being
in the car for about twenty minutes, I start to doze, and I doze the
rest of the way to the airport, but still feel fine and awake as soon
as we get out of the car. I am surprised that I'm not either acting
completely insane or completely dead. Usually I am one of those when I
miss a couple hours of sleep, let alone the whole night. Now I'm just
sitting in an airport. Thus, the adventure begins.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Crazy and Crocheting
I suddenly realized today that sometimes I sing silently to myself. My mouth moves, but nothing comes out. It's cuz I'm not singing out loud, but I am singing in my mind. Most of the time the lyrics don't make sense, and they usually come from the dark abyss that claims to be my brain. Let me give you an example: "CD players always choose to hate me, but i can't really blame them cuz my stapler is crazy. You wouldn't want a water bottle full of green jello, no, cuz jello that is green is certainly not yellow." ...You get the idea. The great part is though, even though I'm not poetic, the tunes are usually all right. Not sure if I should have posted that to the internet.
. . .
Moving on, I learned how to crochet on tuesday night. I made a sunflower shaped wash cloth. I also started another one. I find myself letting my mind wander sometimes, and I'll just be picturing the path of the yarn through the stitch I'm using. If I had actually crocheted as many stitches as I've visualized, I would have a plethera of wash cloths. I really like it, despite that others sometimes make fun of me for being an old lady.
Inspirational thought: You can overcome the physical with the mental if you are really determined to.
. . .
Moving on, I learned how to crochet on tuesday night. I made a sunflower shaped wash cloth. I also started another one. I find myself letting my mind wander sometimes, and I'll just be picturing the path of the yarn through the stitch I'm using. If I had actually crocheted as many stitches as I've visualized, I would have a plethera of wash cloths. I really like it, despite that others sometimes make fun of me for being an old lady.
Inspirational thought: You can overcome the physical with the mental if you are really determined to.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Music, Lax, Food, and Learning
Ok, I'll admit it. I had very high hopes at the beginning of the year, but then I got busy and failed. So, I will now relate some things that I find ultra important. Number one, yesterday evening, I was involved in a concert called a Celebration of Cellos. A young girl had a dream to have a stage filled with cellos, and now, with grown kids herself, she's fulfilled her dream. I was concertmaster for part of the all cello orchestra, and I was the featured soloist for The Pink Panther. It was exciting, and I couldn't stop smiling. Number two, what have I said about lacrosse? I'm not sure. I am on the lacrosse team. It's my first year playing, but so far, I have started every game we've played. I play low defense. We won our first two games, but the last game that we played was not so good for us. Our whole team was having an off day. We'll work harder and do better in our next game. Also, our coach really likes to have secret meetings, not sure why, but she really enjoys them. Number three, I've been trying new recipies a lot lately. Yes, strange, but when I'm cooking for myself, I want to know what's fast and easy. And Yum. A couple weeks ago I made meat. I made crock pot Costa Vida style pork. It was delicious and easy, but after I cooked it, I realized something: I'm not a fan of pork. Today, I tried making homeade tortillas. They turned our really good, but I want to figure out how to make them full size rather than itty bitty so that I can actually use them for burritos. I practically survive off of those. I'll be doing some research, and some practice (look out family). What else? School's becoming really trying. Homework that is busywork is just awful! It's not that I'm sick of school, because whenever I'm there, I love it! I love learning new things. It's that I'm sick of homework. I'm sick of taking practice AP multiple choice tests, writing practice AP essays, going to boring concerts, and filling out forms about books I've read. I'm really good at doing the homework I enjoy. Physics homework always gets done on time, and the actual reading of the books always happens fast. But the boring stuff, simply put, is a lot harder for me to do. Is this senioritis? I believe so. If I'm gonna do homework, it's going to be something I enjoy. I feel like I'm getting long winded, so I guess I'll just end abruptly now.
Monday, February 7, 2011
just for your information
previosly, i referred to one of my friends as somwon. her name has officially changed to asymptote. just so you know. also, i realized that i never finished the preference story. THE MAN and i re-asked her date with a bucket of ice cubes mixed with candy and a random flute. the poster said something along the lines of "thanks for breaking the ice! (don't worry, this time it comes pre-broken.) It would be *sweet* if you went to preference with me! P.S. I spy a flute... (it has magical powers)" originally, the last parenthetical was going to say it has nothing to do with anything, but there wasn't room for that, so it turned into magical powers. i don't do this story justice. the end. :)
Sunday, February 6, 2011
The big post of everything
Recent happenings of late have been exciting, but i haven't written all week because i have been secretly planning a surprise party for The Bestest Friend Cousin Ever and i just couldn't handle it. Lying makes me freak out. I'm pretty good at it when it comes down to the moment because i'm pretty good at acting, but it really makes me freak out forever afterwards. So lying to her was hard, but i did it. the day of the party i cleaned my house, and at 5 i ran out of things to clean, and that was when the worst anxiety and freak outage began. it was bad-really bad. at six i brought THE MAN to my house to make sure everyone would know what they were doing when i brought TBFCE back. I was literally pacing in circles and losing my mind. I didn't know what to do with myself. I was also afraid that TBFCE knew what i was planning. I picked her up to take her "out to dinner" and we drove for about 8 minutes toward the place i was going to take her when i realized that i "forgot" my wallet. yep. and she totally believed it. (i guess that tells you what kind of person i am...) we turned around and headed back to my house, and just before we got there, i called my house with speed dial that i set up and just let it ring for a minute before hanging up, and all that happened secretly. after we got in and everybody yelled "Surprise!" the first words out of her mouth were "what-how did you-but that's not-but-what?" and we sang. the party was a success, with plenty of food and fun.
This week we were supposed to start Lacrosse practice, but something about the negative degree weather with lots of wind chill made my coach say that we needed to be inside, so instead we just conditioned. lame. I don't know what everyone was whining about...the cold wouldn't be that bad if we all just bundled up. whatever. basically, the only sensation i can feel in my legs is pain. when there is no pain they feel dead.
Basically i'm a hobo living out of the back of a car, minus the hobo part. i have food, water, clothing, blanket, lacrosse gear, shelter if i wanted, and LOVE in there-everything i need to survive.
Today I decided to make chocolate no-bake cookies. this happened:
yes, that is 88 cookies. the end.
This week we were supposed to start Lacrosse practice, but something about the negative degree weather with lots of wind chill made my coach say that we needed to be inside, so instead we just conditioned. lame. I don't know what everyone was whining about...the cold wouldn't be that bad if we all just bundled up. whatever. basically, the only sensation i can feel in my legs is pain. when there is no pain they feel dead.
Basically i'm a hobo living out of the back of a car, minus the hobo part. i have food, water, clothing, blanket, lacrosse gear, shelter if i wanted, and LOVE in there-everything i need to survive.
Today I decided to make chocolate no-bake cookies. this happened:
yes, that is 88 cookies. the end.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tool Dust
As a preface to today’s post, I asked my mother to write this just because I wanted to know what she would say. All of my comments are in brackets like [this].
I’m a guest writer today and feel so special. I needed help with hanging up a bike for storage and asked lovely young helper [that would be me!] for help with the tools and placement. She was on the ladder and asking for the drill before I could figure out how I was going to get up there and while I was putting in the drill bit. After some adjustments to the drill she calmly [I was not really calm. I was terrified. It was quite the rush. I know, I'm an adrenaline junkie...] put one foot on the ladder and another one on a stair railing and began drilling. Then she put the bike hook in the hole and made it tight. She then noticed she was “toolie” [actually, my *pants were toolie] (sawdust from the drill). I thought that was a fun made up word, well actually it’s not a made up word but the way she used it was. The actual word is Tulle and it refers to a netting fabric and people usually leave the e on the end silent [of course she would know that, she majored in clothing and textiles :)]. Then we hung up the bike and it was going to be in the way [in the way of walking, as in every time you walked out into the garage you would get a “gut full” according to my mom] so we had to drill another hole for another bike hook and put both sides of the bike up. We again moved the ladder and this time she had to stand with both feet on the ladder and got more “tool dust” on her. We were successful and the job looks good. Then we laughed about the words and she asked me to write the story. The end. I’d like to thank all the people who gave me this opportunity because who knows if it will happen again. [Oh mom. Oh mom. I love you.]
I’m a guest writer today and feel so special. I needed help with hanging up a bike for storage and asked lovely young helper [that would be me!] for help with the tools and placement. She was on the ladder and asking for the drill before I could figure out how I was going to get up there and while I was putting in the drill bit. After some adjustments to the drill she calmly [I was not really calm. I was terrified. It was quite the rush. I know, I'm an adrenaline junkie...] put one foot on the ladder and another one on a stair railing and began drilling. Then she put the bike hook in the hole and made it tight. She then noticed she was “toolie” [actually, my *pants were toolie] (sawdust from the drill). I thought that was a fun made up word, well actually it’s not a made up word but the way she used it was. The actual word is Tulle and it refers to a netting fabric and people usually leave the e on the end silent [of course she would know that, she majored in clothing and textiles :)]. Then we hung up the bike and it was going to be in the way [in the way of walking, as in every time you walked out into the garage you would get a “gut full” according to my mom] so we had to drill another hole for another bike hook and put both sides of the bike up. We again moved the ladder and this time she had to stand with both feet on the ladder and got more “tool dust” on her. We were successful and the job looks good. Then we laughed about the words and she asked me to write the story. The end. I’d like to thank all the people who gave me this opportunity because who knows if it will happen again. [Oh mom. Oh mom. I love you.]
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Adventures in Exercising and Preference and Babies
Unrelated, i know, but relevant to the day.
So, Penny and i are exercise buddies. crazy, right? i don't like exercising...but it's worth it for lacrosse. I will be in shape! every other weekday morning, we go to the fitness center and exercise...either running or weights, depending on the day of the week. last time we went before today was wednesday, and this morning, penny said that her calves had been seizing up when she would sprint wednesday afternoon. The next sentence that came out of her mouth was, "Apparently I need to eat more bananas or something." yes...
Preference is coming up soon, and oh the stories to tell. :) we make life so exciting for ourselves. so, one night, The bestest friend cousin ever, THE MAN, the giant peach, penny, asymptote and myself were together and decided to do some preference goodness. penny had already asked the giant peach, so they were just helping. TBFCE and asymptote and i all made candy posters. well, we delivered them last friday. asymptote got answered on wednesday by snowmen on her porch. so cute! TBFCE got answered with a bunch of air heads saying, "I'd be an air head to say no." and I got answered with a "top secret for my eyes only" bowl of oats. it had a note in it that said: I'm too lazy to be very creative. Oh well. My answer's "Yes!" I laughed really hard. Well, THE MAN decided she wanted to be more creative. so today she had me take a huge block of ice into english to give to the guy she asked. problem...when he broke the ice, he broke the note...it was unreadable. We're not sure what she's going to do yet, but it's exciting. And after he broke it, she talked to him, and he told her about it, and she just played along. didn't say it was her. It's exciting.
Furthermore, the niece is here at my house. i was holding her for like twenty minutes. then i gave her away to younger than me two, and, well, i had a yellowish stain on my shirt. it was poop. baby poop. younger than me two was freaking out, and was all paranoid he had poop on his shirt. it was pizza stains on his shirt. my mom explained it this way, "Her poop isn't sticky!"
I love life. :D
So, Penny and i are exercise buddies. crazy, right? i don't like exercising...but it's worth it for lacrosse. I will be in shape! every other weekday morning, we go to the fitness center and exercise...either running or weights, depending on the day of the week. last time we went before today was wednesday, and this morning, penny said that her calves had been seizing up when she would sprint wednesday afternoon. The next sentence that came out of her mouth was, "Apparently I need to eat more bananas or something." yes...
Preference is coming up soon, and oh the stories to tell. :) we make life so exciting for ourselves. so, one night, The bestest friend cousin ever, THE MAN, the giant peach, penny, asymptote and myself were together and decided to do some preference goodness. penny had already asked the giant peach, so they were just helping. TBFCE and asymptote and i all made candy posters. well, we delivered them last friday. asymptote got answered on wednesday by snowmen on her porch. so cute! TBFCE got answered with a bunch of air heads saying, "I'd be an air head to say no." and I got answered with a "top secret for my eyes only" bowl of oats. it had a note in it that said: I'm too lazy to be very creative. Oh well. My answer's "Yes!" I laughed really hard. Well, THE MAN decided she wanted to be more creative. so today she had me take a huge block of ice into english to give to the guy she asked. problem...when he broke the ice, he broke the note...it was unreadable. We're not sure what she's going to do yet, but it's exciting. And after he broke it, she talked to him, and he told her about it, and she just played along. didn't say it was her. It's exciting.
Furthermore, the niece is here at my house. i was holding her for like twenty minutes. then i gave her away to younger than me two, and, well, i had a yellowish stain on my shirt. it was poop. baby poop. younger than me two was freaking out, and was all paranoid he had poop on his shirt. it was pizza stains on his shirt. my mom explained it this way, "Her poop isn't sticky!"
I love life. :D
Thursday, January 27, 2011
what's inside other things...random
I keep bandaids in my backpack, along with other useful items that normally i wouldn't think of, but for some reason did at some point.
The trunk of the car I usually drive contained at the time i drove home from school today a box of water bottles, a coat, a sweatshirt, a pair of shoes and socks, a pair of pants, a quilt, a lacrosse stick and ball, a backpack, music, a cello, a cane, and a couple granola-type bars.
My cello case has inside of it a cello, rosin, a bow, fingernail clippers, extra strings, a tuner, a metranome, a rockstop, cloths, and at some points today had keys, a watch, a phone, and mint chapstick.
I really like mint chapstick. It's good.
The trunk of the car I usually drive contained at the time i drove home from school today a box of water bottles, a coat, a sweatshirt, a pair of shoes and socks, a pair of pants, a quilt, a lacrosse stick and ball, a backpack, music, a cello, a cane, and a couple granola-type bars.
My cello case has inside of it a cello, rosin, a bow, fingernail clippers, extra strings, a tuner, a metranome, a rockstop, cloths, and at some points today had keys, a watch, a phone, and mint chapstick.
I really like mint chapstick. It's good.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Physics and cookies
One time, physics happened at my house. Or at least it tried to happen. cookies came along and got us all distracted and physics only kind of happened. things i learned today: 1) whenever you say sorry, you kiss their calculator better...or rather kiss your hand and touch the calculator to pass on the kiss. 2) The giant peach can get loopy when he eats too many cookies. 3) (preface: THE MAN leaned her head on my hair for a pillow and said it smelled good.) when somebody says, "that makes it even better" it can sound like "I smelled it better!" which is basically the quote of the day. and finally, 4) a good physics joke...ugh! this is so much "F dot D!" (for those of you who aren't nerdy in the physics area, "F dot D" is the equation for work.)
If Laughter be the medicine of the soul, i may have overdosed. Just saying...
ps. i hope i'm not just boring you...i hope you find enjoyment in this.
pps. are the shorter posts better than long posts?
If Laughter be the medicine of the soul, i may have overdosed. Just saying...
ps. i hope i'm not just boring you...i hope you find enjoyment in this.
pps. are the shorter posts better than long posts?
To the Emilys in my life
Since over 50% of my blog followers are named Emily, (granted one Emily is following me twice...) I decided to dedicate a post to you. First, I would like to say thank you to Emily for encouraging me to write on my blog. I didn't actually know that anybody read it. so thank you! second, i would like to thank Emily for actually reading my blog. i know it has boring posts sometimes, but it warms my heart that you read it anyway. and third, i would like to say, Emily, you are so awsome!
another quick story, you'll never know when i wrote this, because i changed the date and time of the post. so ha! :D
note: if you become a follower of my blog, one day i just might post in honor of you too. :)
another quick story, you'll never know when i wrote this, because i changed the date and time of the post. so ha! :D
note: if you become a follower of my blog, one day i just might post in honor of you too. :)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Scandal!
I wore sweats to school today. they're too short, so i usually push them up to mid calf and bunch them there. Some of my friends noticed...
Conversation this morning went like this:
Penny: I don't think I've ever seen you wear sweats before.
Me: yeah, probably. i don't wear them much.
Obi-1: I don't think I've ever seen that much of your legs before!
...there was much laughter...
...'nuff said...
Conversation this morning went like this:
Penny: I don't think I've ever seen you wear sweats before.
Me: yeah, probably. i don't wear them much.
Obi-1: I don't think I've ever seen that much of your legs before!
...there was much laughter...
...'nuff said...
Monday, January 24, 2011
Inspired by V8
on the front of the can of V8 that i was drinking, it says, "100% Vegetable Juice" and then underneath that it says "from concentrate with added ingredients." that doesn't sound 100% to me. just saying. i know that's basically twice in one day, but the other was actually half written last night....so....here! :)
oh, and ps i'm halfway to january goal of blog posts...not sure i'll make it, but i'm doing so good!
oh, and ps i'm halfway to january goal of blog posts...not sure i'll make it, but i'm doing so good!
The life of Fat Face
So, random fact i discovered: whenever i try to say antibiotic, it tries to come out antibacterial ointment. not sure why, but it always does.
Yesterday I made soup, but ended up splashing it all over myself. blisters. yep. i'm a *smart cookie.
I've been living off of soup and smoothies. super delicious, but not completely satisfying.
the right side of my face is puffy. my personal opinion, it's puffy not from exposing the tooth, but from removing some of the jaw bone.
I'm dressed like a Hawaiian hippie. ukulele and all. :)
I missed lacrosse conditioning on saturday, and i feel bad because apparently it's the hardest conditioning session we've had.
i had a cello rehersal on saturday. only, as i was getting ready to leave, i realized i had left my cello at school. it was locked up all nice and securely so i couldn't get to it. yeah...nothing like playing somebody else's cello. it stinks like a high school locker room.
I can't think of anything else interesting to say, so....let's go fly a kite.
Yesterday I made soup, but ended up splashing it all over myself. blisters. yep. i'm a *smart cookie.
I've been living off of soup and smoothies. super delicious, but not completely satisfying.
the right side of my face is puffy. my personal opinion, it's puffy not from exposing the tooth, but from removing some of the jaw bone.
I'm dressed like a Hawaiian hippie. ukulele and all. :)
I missed lacrosse conditioning on saturday, and i feel bad because apparently it's the hardest conditioning session we've had.
i had a cello rehersal on saturday. only, as i was getting ready to leave, i realized i had left my cello at school. it was locked up all nice and securely so i couldn't get to it. yeah...nothing like playing somebody else's cello. it stinks like a high school locker room.
I can't think of anything else interesting to say, so....let's go fly a kite.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Oral Surgery
First, whoever came up with the word 'oral,' i don't like it. it sounds like a gross word.
second, I was super concerned about being mean or grumpy wwhen i woke up. i wasn't. let me show you what i was...
second, I was super concerned about being mean or grumpy wwhen i woke up. i wasn't. let me show you what i was...
It was rather distressing to me that i wasn't funny. I knew that something was funny every time my mom laughed...but i really didn't know what was funny. (oh, ps the first part was right after i woke up and the second part was after we got home.)
The end.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
10 Reasons Why I'm a Rebel
Inspired by me having to come up with a characteristic about me that starts with the same letter as my first name. here's "10 reason's why i'm a rebel."
1. when i go to walmart i go in the exit and out the entrance.
2. i say the phrase "i just lied" a lot because i lie a lot. (i always admit it though...)
3. sometimes i don't do all of my homework.
4. i wear flip flops in the snow
5. i sleep with my light on sometimes.
6. i read books in the bookstore and don't buy them.
7. i laugh during class at almost everything.
8. when people tailgate me, i slow to 1 mph under the speed limit
9. occasionally i draw pictures just to look like i'm taking notes.
10. when i don't want to answer the phone, i let the answering machine get it.
1. when i go to walmart i go in the exit and out the entrance.
2. i say the phrase "i just lied" a lot because i lie a lot. (i always admit it though...)
3. sometimes i don't do all of my homework.
4. i wear flip flops in the snow
5. i sleep with my light on sometimes.
6. i read books in the bookstore and don't buy them.
7. i laugh during class at almost everything.
8. when people tailgate me, i slow to 1 mph under the speed limit
9. occasionally i draw pictures just to look like i'm taking notes.
10. when i don't want to answer the phone, i let the answering machine get it.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Family Pictures
It's been way too long since i last posted. ten days is just too much time. i'll be better.
older than me one is leaving to germany for two years. wow. i'm gonna miss him lots. he's basically the coolest person i know. he's leaving on wednesday. because of this, we did family pictures today. the studio we went to was bitty, and all ten of us had trouble fitting in the studio. The parents, older than me two, his wife, their baby, older than me one, me, younger than me one, younger than me two, and younger than me three. we're all just so cute in our matching family outfits, it's ridiculous. it's kinda funny how they do that, but usually they dress groups up in the same outfit to take pictures as if to say, "i wasn't sure i belonged, but then i checked my shirt and it matched everyone else, so i'm not lost." i'm not criticizing, i just think it's funny.
oh hey, guess what! the term finally ended on friday. yeah, it's on to the next term. school. i'm excited for everything i'm learning, but the homework makes it stressful sometimes.
my favorite quote of yesterday, "they're wearing these weird skin colored sandal things...why? they're standing on clouds, they don't need shoes." older than me one said that. he's funny as well as awesome. This post is dedicated to him. the end.
older than me one is leaving to germany for two years. wow. i'm gonna miss him lots. he's basically the coolest person i know. he's leaving on wednesday. because of this, we did family pictures today. the studio we went to was bitty, and all ten of us had trouble fitting in the studio. The parents, older than me two, his wife, their baby, older than me one, me, younger than me one, younger than me two, and younger than me three. we're all just so cute in our matching family outfits, it's ridiculous. it's kinda funny how they do that, but usually they dress groups up in the same outfit to take pictures as if to say, "i wasn't sure i belonged, but then i checked my shirt and it matched everyone else, so i'm not lost." i'm not criticizing, i just think it's funny.
oh hey, guess what! the term finally ended on friday. yeah, it's on to the next term. school. i'm excited for everything i'm learning, but the homework makes it stressful sometimes.
my favorite quote of yesterday, "they're wearing these weird skin colored sandal things...why? they're standing on clouds, they don't need shoes." older than me one said that. he's funny as well as awesome. This post is dedicated to him. the end.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Blogging. Me. Records.
My blogging records:
Most posts in a month: 8
Most posts in a year: 20
Isn't that sad? This year I hope to post at least 15 times during the month of January alone, and then post more and more as exciting things happen this year. The plan is that we (meaning my family) are going to Austria this summer. I will want to keep my blog current then. Also, I'm graduating, so I'll be moving out and off to college. I will want to keep blogging then so people I don't see much anymore will have some idea of what's going on.
My new year's resoloution for my blog?
At least triple the record for most posts in a year and at least double the record for most posts in a month.
My life may not be that interesting, but hey, I find it entertaining.
Most posts in a month: 8
Most posts in a year: 20
Isn't that sad? This year I hope to post at least 15 times during the month of January alone, and then post more and more as exciting things happen this year. The plan is that we (meaning my family) are going to Austria this summer. I will want to keep my blog current then. Also, I'm graduating, so I'll be moving out and off to college. I will want to keep blogging then so people I don't see much anymore will have some idea of what's going on.
My new year's resoloution for my blog?
At least triple the record for most posts in a year and at least double the record for most posts in a month.
My life may not be that interesting, but hey, I find it entertaining.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Teeth...yeah.
So, Baby is here. I only got to hold her for a few seconds on the day she was birthed, but the next day i was going to the orthodontist, which is right by the hospital, so i got to spend about two minutes with her in my arms. She's so perfect!
But, the orthodontist...
Most people have 28 teeth plus wisdom teeth. I am missing one of my 28 teeth. it is on my right side, and it is the furthest molar back. However, I have only one wisdom tooth, and guess where it is? right behind the space where that missing molar should be. This creates somewhat of a problem on account of the tooth above that space in the top of my mouth. you see, it has been dropping down ever so slowly. it's a little bit too low. Here's what they're doing. I'm having a surgery to expose the wisdom tooth and pull it up. then, using the rest of my bottom teeth as anchors, they're going to move it forward using braces. but there's also the problem of the top molar. they're going to put bands around my second to last molar on both sides, and connect them across the roof of my mouth. then, possibly putting some brackets on my top teeth towards the back to help with the anchoring, they will put some kind of attachment/band/bracket on my unfortunately positioned molar that will then have elastics or something putting pressure on it in the upward direction. the visit yesterday was to get the bottom braces on, and to put spacers in the top of my mouth around the teeth where the bands will go. next week I'll be getting the bands fitted for the mold so they can make the top piece for my mouth, and then i'll be having the oral surgery the week after that (proabably) on friday, and then on the following monday, i'll be getting everything else put in my mouth. it's a bunch of lame and unconventional oral work. but hey, my mouth just has created an unconventional situation. So pretty much, I will be in a lot of pain for the next little while, and just might have to survive off of yougurt and mashed potatoes. It's certainly going to be an adventure.
But, the orthodontist...
Most people have 28 teeth plus wisdom teeth. I am missing one of my 28 teeth. it is on my right side, and it is the furthest molar back. However, I have only one wisdom tooth, and guess where it is? right behind the space where that missing molar should be. This creates somewhat of a problem on account of the tooth above that space in the top of my mouth. you see, it has been dropping down ever so slowly. it's a little bit too low. Here's what they're doing. I'm having a surgery to expose the wisdom tooth and pull it up. then, using the rest of my bottom teeth as anchors, they're going to move it forward using braces. but there's also the problem of the top molar. they're going to put bands around my second to last molar on both sides, and connect them across the roof of my mouth. then, possibly putting some brackets on my top teeth towards the back to help with the anchoring, they will put some kind of attachment/band/bracket on my unfortunately positioned molar that will then have elastics or something putting pressure on it in the upward direction. the visit yesterday was to get the bottom braces on, and to put spacers in the top of my mouth around the teeth where the bands will go. next week I'll be getting the bands fitted for the mold so they can make the top piece for my mouth, and then i'll be having the oral surgery the week after that (proabably) on friday, and then on the following monday, i'll be getting everything else put in my mouth. it's a bunch of lame and unconventional oral work. but hey, my mouth just has created an unconventional situation. So pretty much, I will be in a lot of pain for the next little while, and just might have to survive off of yougurt and mashed potatoes. It's certainly going to be an adventure.
Monday, January 3, 2011
BABY!
So, i'm officially an aunt, and i'm basically bouncing out of my chair! She's the cutest baby ever. these pictures of her don't do here any justice.
She's my favorite, and I love her lots, and did i mention she's so cute!!!! Older than me two and wife are super happy too.
P.S. The bestest friend cousin ever looked up the word 'Dickens' because i suspected that it had a definition, and i was right, it does have a definition; it means the devil. go her!
She's my favorite, and I love her lots, and did i mention she's so cute!!!! Older than me two and wife are super happy too.
P.S. The bestest friend cousin ever looked up the word 'Dickens' because i suspected that it had a definition, and i was right, it does have a definition; it means the devil. go her!
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