I wish I had something interesting or amusing to post, but I really do not. Nothing has been that interesting around here.
I really should be doing algebra right now. But honestly, who can do schoolwork when it's almost summer?! I've been so lazy I haven't even been writing in my books.
This has really been more of an update to let you all know that I haven't forgotten you.
To see more interesting things, here are two other blogs that I post on: Traveling Tales and Anecdote. Go check them out!
Hugs & Blessings,
Izori
Showing posts with label Updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Updates. Show all posts
Friday, June 17, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Construction Finished!
So, what do you think? I'm actually astonished it worked out this well, not that I was doing anything too terribly risky (it's just one of those blogger template thingies). But I can assure you that I am extremely technologically challenged and I had no clue how to get the old background off. I'm still not quite sure how I did it.
Life has been rather quiet of late. Know that feeling where you're so, so busy and stressed and you fling yourself at your work with pessimistic thoughts of rushed-ness only to find that after a day of hard work you suddenly have the rest of the week super easy? Yeah, that's how my week has been.
Peter is off with his grandpa doing yard-work (when he's gone the house gets very quiet). As soon as Mom puts Galdor and Kara down for their nap/quiet-time she'll take me out to Starbucks to have our Government discussion. You know life is good when you do school at Starbucks.
Unfortunately, the weather has not been matching this otherwise relaxing week. Thunderstorms on Monday and raining and chilly most other days. Why did the amazing spring weather have to come when I was too busy to enjoy it?
Oh, and Mom's begun to plot my torture for next year. Oops! Excuse that slip. I meant school for next year.
(I'm just kidding. I really like school.)
So that's been my life. How are you guys? And tell me honestly what you think of the new design. I might change my profile picture as well. What would you think of that?
Hugs & Blessings,
Izori
Life has been rather quiet of late. Know that feeling where you're so, so busy and stressed and you fling yourself at your work with pessimistic thoughts of rushed-ness only to find that after a day of hard work you suddenly have the rest of the week super easy? Yeah, that's how my week has been.
Peter is off with his grandpa doing yard-work (when he's gone the house gets very quiet). As soon as Mom puts Galdor and Kara down for their nap/quiet-time she'll take me out to Starbucks to have our Government discussion. You know life is good when you do school at Starbucks.
Unfortunately, the weather has not been matching this otherwise relaxing week. Thunderstorms on Monday and raining and chilly most other days. Why did the amazing spring weather have to come when I was too busy to enjoy it?
Oh, and Mom's begun to plot my torture for next year. Oops! Excuse that slip. I meant school for next year.
(I'm just kidding. I really like school.)
So that's been my life. How are you guys? And tell me honestly what you think of the new design. I might change my profile picture as well. What would you think of that?
Hugs & Blessings,
Izori
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Update on our Lovely Blogging Friend
Igirl is doing better! Here is a comment from the gal in person!
Oh, and here is the link to her blog, idream (click on the word). I wanted to put it on the original prayer request, but my computer was giving me grief and I really just wanted to post it quick so you girls (and guys) could start praying.
Also, another very minor prayer request: we're starting up soccer tomorrow. Please pray that there are no injuries or emergencies, and please also pray that everything runs smoothly (it's usually hectic the first day of soccer). Another quick thing: please pray that we'll get homeschool under control. We're really disorganized.
Thank you!
EDIT: That is, click HERE to get to idream. I'm so sorry--I forgot to put the link above!
Thanks Izori, you are sweet we are pretty sure that there won't be any eye sight loss or anything, but I'll need to do suppression therapy and stuff for about six months after this is over.Please pray that she'll continue to heal quickly!
Oh, and here is the link to her blog, idream (click on the word). I wanted to put it on the original prayer request, but my computer was giving me grief and I really just wanted to post it quick so you girls (and guys) could start praying.
Also, another very minor prayer request: we're starting up soccer tomorrow. Please pray that there are no injuries or emergencies, and please also pray that everything runs smoothly (it's usually hectic the first day of soccer). Another quick thing: please pray that we'll get homeschool under control. We're really disorganized.
Thank you!
EDIT: That is, click HERE to get to idream. I'm so sorry--I forgot to put the link above!
Monday, August 30, 2010
One Looong Night (Adventures with Tash) And A Huge Thank You!
Yesterday I had a fever of 102.something F after our church picnic. I was really disappointed, because I needed to study badly for the TOG. Man. That sounds like 'badly' modifies 'study', but it really modifies 'needed'. Grammar freak, I know.
Dad gave me some Motrin, which lowered my temperature a lot, but in the middle of the night I had an awful dream. It was pretty long and complicated, but it involved a fire that was growing hotter (probably my rising temperature) and the Telmarine god Tash from the Chronicles of Narnia. It ended well, but Tash was super scary. I've always been afraid of him.
That dream was one of the only nightmares I have had in about three years. All of my dreams are scary, but in it I do really cool things, like fighting a battle as Pippin. And it was really vivid and realistic too. Probably brought on by my fever.
Anyway, because I was feeling super hot, I went into the bathroom to check my temperature and got a reading of 104.3 F. That is the highest temperature I can ever remember having. Maybe I had one like it when I was 3 and had the flu, but I wouldn't remember it, of course.
I decided to get some Motrin from downstairs. But wait. That meant walking down the stairwell with darkness on one side, and a dark opening on the other. Usually I'm not afraid of the dark, but with a temp of 104 F I really didn't feel like fighting Tash. Er, that is, I thought Tash would jump out at me.
I successfully navigated all the way downstairs on my fever-wobbly legs and carefully flicked the kitchen light on. Then I went to the medicine cabinet.
The 'medicine cabinet' is a term in our house that means 'jumbled mess mostly related to helping various illnesses'. I had hoped that the Motrin would be right up front, but I could immediately see that it wasn't. I started digging through the boxes of pills and children's medicine.
While taking a break, I happened to glance over into the dark living room. There, close to the floor, we're two glowing white eyes and a beak. AAAAAHHHHH! TASH!
And then I remembered that it was Galdor's playpen. Whew. However, a blanket on a chair looked a lot like a jellyfish, and that reminded me I desperately needed to find some Motrin.
This was about the time when I realized I was narrating all of this to myself like it was a blog-post, which made me feel a bit desperate. And I still couldn't find the Motrin!
Then I happened to glance down a little and saw a big bottle of ibuprofen tablets. It wasn't until the next day that I learned that ibuprofen and Motrin are two names for the same thing, but when I saw fever reducer on the side of the bottle, I was about ready to dance. =)
So I took the tablet and went up to bed. End of story, right?
Well, I was still kind of obsessing over Tash. It might have been about 3 AM when I heard a noise from downstairs. It may have been something falling, or it could have been our AC, or a bunch of things. But, of course, being the sleepy, ill, crazy person I am, I locked my door, turned on my lamp, and grabbed a metal curtain rod for protection. I must have sat in my rocking chair staring at the doorknob for fifteen minutes before I got tired and crawled into bed and finally fell asleep.
Until 5:40 AM, when Mom knocked on my door (still locked) and asked me why I still had my lamp on. Of course, I probably made no sense at all when I told her I was afraid of Tash. :)
I'm a lot better today, but I'm probably still contagious. Not delirious though, thank goodness!
Next, a BIG THANK YOU to AWEL PRINCE!! She's the person behind this lovely new design! It's gorgeous, and so Elven! Head over to her two blogs: her DESIGNER BLOG and her PERSONAL BLOG.
Dad gave me some Motrin, which lowered my temperature a lot, but in the middle of the night I had an awful dream. It was pretty long and complicated, but it involved a fire that was growing hotter (probably my rising temperature) and the Telmarine god Tash from the Chronicles of Narnia. It ended well, but Tash was super scary. I've always been afraid of him.
That dream was one of the only nightmares I have had in about three years. All of my dreams are scary, but in it I do really cool things, like fighting a battle as Pippin. And it was really vivid and realistic too. Probably brought on by my fever.
Anyway, because I was feeling super hot, I went into the bathroom to check my temperature and got a reading of 104.3 F. That is the highest temperature I can ever remember having. Maybe I had one like it when I was 3 and had the flu, but I wouldn't remember it, of course.
I decided to get some Motrin from downstairs. But wait. That meant walking down the stairwell with darkness on one side, and a dark opening on the other. Usually I'm not afraid of the dark, but with a temp of 104 F I really didn't feel like fighting Tash. Er, that is, I thought Tash would jump out at me.
I successfully navigated all the way downstairs on my fever-wobbly legs and carefully flicked the kitchen light on. Then I went to the medicine cabinet.
The 'medicine cabinet' is a term in our house that means 'jumbled mess mostly related to helping various illnesses'. I had hoped that the Motrin would be right up front, but I could immediately see that it wasn't. I started digging through the boxes of pills and children's medicine.
While taking a break, I happened to glance over into the dark living room. There, close to the floor, we're two glowing white eyes and a beak. AAAAAHHHHH! TASH!
And then I remembered that it was Galdor's playpen. Whew. However, a blanket on a chair looked a lot like a jellyfish, and that reminded me I desperately needed to find some Motrin.
This was about the time when I realized I was narrating all of this to myself like it was a blog-post, which made me feel a bit desperate. And I still couldn't find the Motrin!
Then I happened to glance down a little and saw a big bottle of ibuprofen tablets. It wasn't until the next day that I learned that ibuprofen and Motrin are two names for the same thing, but when I saw fever reducer on the side of the bottle, I was about ready to dance. =)
So I took the tablet and went up to bed. End of story, right?
Well, I was still kind of obsessing over Tash. It might have been about 3 AM when I heard a noise from downstairs. It may have been something falling, or it could have been our AC, or a bunch of things. But, of course, being the sleepy, ill, crazy person I am, I locked my door, turned on my lamp, and grabbed a metal curtain rod for protection. I must have sat in my rocking chair staring at the doorknob for fifteen minutes before I got tired and crawled into bed and finally fell asleep.
Until 5:40 AM, when Mom knocked on my door (still locked) and asked me why I still had my lamp on. Of course, I probably made no sense at all when I told her I was afraid of Tash. :)
I'm a lot better today, but I'm probably still contagious. Not delirious though, thank goodness!
Next, a BIG THANK YOU to AWEL PRINCE!! She's the person behind this lovely new design! It's gorgeous, and so Elven! Head over to her two blogs: her DESIGNER BLOG and her PERSONAL BLOG.
Monday, June 28, 2010
A little ahead of schedule...
Guess what! I'm back early! I have my schedule fairly under control, and have spending most of my time watching World Cup Soccer. U.S., you rock, even though you lost! Ghana, WE SHALL MEET AGAIN!! MHUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Glad I'm back? I hope so, although according to the poll, two of you aren't. Sigh. I'm feeling the love, people. Now if I could just get comments...oh, speaking of comments...
Ladies, thank you so much for your comments! Teresa, thank you especially! Your constructive criticism is very, very helpful! :) Vellvin, I would get right onto the tag, but my computer is giving me grief. Actually, so is spell-check.
Anyway, I hope y'all have had a wonderful end of June! Happy Summer, everyone!
Izori
Glad I'm back? I hope so, although according to the poll, two of you aren't. Sigh. I'm feeling the love, people. Now if I could just get comments...oh, speaking of comments...
Ladies, thank you so much for your comments! Teresa, thank you especially! Your constructive criticism is very, very helpful! :) Vellvin, I would get right onto the tag, but my computer is giving me grief. Actually, so is spell-check.
Anyway, I hope y'all have had a wonderful end of June! Happy Summer, everyone!
Izori
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Updates On Everything
Carpal Tunnel--I was de-junking my blog sidebar (did ya notice?) and for that I was clicking on the mouse a ton. Well, not a ton. It actually just took ten minutes, but I had to switch to my left hand for part of it because my right wrist was absolutely killing me. It's not as bad now, but it still kind of hurts. Not bad enough to type, of course!
Soccer--we had our first game of the season! And guess what? No one was expecting this...BUT WE WON!!! 5-1, or 5-2. The point is, we won, and both teams seemed to have a good deal of fun. That's what I like about our league--it's competitive in a friendly way. Oh, and one of the girls on my team knows Catherine Morland, who has been my friend since I was 3! It was hilarious, because the girl was jumping up and down and up and down as she talked to me. She's incredibly dynamic, and hilarious to watch. She scored a goal yesterday, too. :)
Writing--I have gotten out of a form of writer's block I was in. It's the kind where you can write a lot of other stories, but not the particular one you were working on. I just deleted a bunch of pages, and then tried it from a more interesting angle. It worked!
Prayer requests--a couple of my friends have Lyme Disease (please pray that they'll get better) and so they know a ton about it. A little while ago (couple of weeks, actually) I was talking to them, and I discovered that I've been showing symptoms, too. Some joint pain, eye twitching, headaches, stuff like that. So please pray that I don't have it. Thanks!
Sigh. Now I have to work up enough energy to tackle my math. AAAAARGHH! MATH!!
Izori
Soccer--we had our first game of the season! And guess what? No one was expecting this...BUT WE WON!!! 5-1, or 5-2. The point is, we won, and both teams seemed to have a good deal of fun. That's what I like about our league--it's competitive in a friendly way. Oh, and one of the girls on my team knows Catherine Morland, who has been my friend since I was 3! It was hilarious, because the girl was jumping up and down and up and down as she talked to me. She's incredibly dynamic, and hilarious to watch. She scored a goal yesterday, too. :)
Writing--I have gotten out of a form of writer's block I was in. It's the kind where you can write a lot of other stories, but not the particular one you were working on. I just deleted a bunch of pages, and then tried it from a more interesting angle. It worked!
Prayer requests--a couple of my friends have Lyme Disease (please pray that they'll get better) and so they know a ton about it. A little while ago (couple of weeks, actually) I was talking to them, and I discovered that I've been showing symptoms, too. Some joint pain, eye twitching, headaches, stuff like that. So please pray that I don't have it. Thanks!
Sigh. Now I have to work up enough energy to tackle my math. AAAAARGHH! MATH!!
Izori
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Apology
OMGosh! I've very sorry! I told Vellvin, in reply to her very nice comment, that I would post the results of the caption contest two days ago...totally forgetting that that day (and the one after it) was booked! I'm very sorry! I might be able to post the results this week.
Oh, by the way, if anyone wants to put in a last minute entry, go HERE. Be sure to do it by...Tuesday! On Wednesday, I'll judge 'em and post the results. I will make a serious effort to keep my work, this time.
Izori
Oh, by the way, if anyone wants to put in a last minute entry, go HERE. Be sure to do it by...Tuesday! On Wednesday, I'll judge 'em and post the results. I will make a serious effort to keep my work, this time.
Izori
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Update on my NaNoWriMo progress!
Whew, I'm more busy then I thought I would be!
I started today a few thousand words behind...and now I'm slightly ahead! I've been plugging away at it ever since I finished school. But it's so hard to stare at the computer screen all day, and once I'm done posting this I'll get off the computer and do something outside.
The hardest thing about this is remembering that it's about quantity, not quality. I am a perfectionist, and if something isn't perfect, I tend to worry over it. So my story is horribly written, but I'm up to over 8,333 words.
I know a lot of you NaNo-ers are in the 10,000's already...but I'm not quite so good a writer as a lot of people.
And I am really tired.
[So that means I'm too tired to post my signature]
Izori
I started today a few thousand words behind...and now I'm slightly ahead! I've been plugging away at it ever since I finished school. But it's so hard to stare at the computer screen all day, and once I'm done posting this I'll get off the computer and do something outside.
The hardest thing about this is remembering that it's about quantity, not quality. I am a perfectionist, and if something isn't perfect, I tend to worry over it. So my story is horribly written, but I'm up to over 8,333 words.
I know a lot of you NaNo-ers are in the 10,000's already...but I'm not quite so good a writer as a lot of people.
And I am really tired.
[So that means I'm too tired to post my signature]
Izori
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