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.]

Quote of the Day

"You spilled the pretzels, and now I will spill your guts."

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

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.

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?

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. :)

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...

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!

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!