P.S.

if any of you readers get an email from me that's like...strange?

IT"S NOT ME. 

k?

Blame Joey for it. Feel free to get revenge, or whatever. I'm just ignoring it. 

So, if you get one. Don't think it's me, cause it's not. I needed to make this clear, cause Joey said that he wasn't going to tell anyone that it was him, and not me. 

This is not my real post...scroll down for my real post..or one with actual content. 

IT'S NOT ME SENDING THOSE EMAILS. just remember that...please. 

Waters Keep Rising

It's stopped raining...but a ton of people are draining water from somewhere...and I have no idea *how* exactly they're draining...but they are. So, now our little place that holds all the water, is close to flooding. I think it's called Addicks-Fairbanks...or just Addicks. Something like that. Anyway, so they closed all these roads....major highways. It's crazy. Sooo today, Grace Anne didn't come. And neither did we go to ballet. My teacher (or, I guess, my teacher's daughter) replied to my mom's email, and said, that if it rained any more they wouldn't be able to get out of their driveway. Scary thought, huh? You see all these pictures, and shows on the weather channel...and don't really think about how it *could* happen to you. God is so amzingly good to keep us safe. 

Today is the LAST DAY OF APRIL. I have several comments on this. 

1. Bask in the last day of Aprilness, peoples. It's just...something you should do. Lol. There are only 4 and 1/2 hours left of April. For me anyway.
2. SCHOOL IS ALMOST OUT!!!!!!!
   

Joey told me that if a person uses more than 5 exclamation points...it's a sign of insanity. I laughed, I hope you did too. But, I'm kinda going insane with school almost being over. It's like wanting so bad, that's so close to you, you can feel it. But it's just out of your reach.

Wow, this is like...philosophical night for me or something...

The sun set this evening was beautiful. The sky was pink, clouds various shades of dark blue and light purple, and this sun was this HUGE burst of orange. It's not really orange...it's like...a.....the color looks like fresh, wet, orange. That's a weird way to describe it, but...that's what I think of, lol. It was slowly going down, and little wisps of clouds were lazily drifting in front of it - giving it the look that Spring is almost over, and Summer is almost here *major grin* Just the word "summer" is a happy thing. The thought, the sound, the way it's pronounced. It's just happy.  Summer is full of new sights to be seen (like...at the mall...dude, that is so much fun. People could seriously, like right a book about the people they see at the mall in one day. it's amazing.) things to smell (like...sun-screen. I love that smell) (Oh, and I could never forget...Sharpies! OF COURSE! ^.^ Yes, peoples. I like the smell of Sharpies. lol) All the fun knitting classes that will be available to take. Sleep-overs to have, to stay up late, and not worry about the next morning's math lesson, and if you'll have an epic fail like the day before.  All the fun books to read...the list is endless! 

We have a new car :-) You know how families are known by the kind of car they drive? Like, if you happen to drive a huge 15 passenger van, you're known by "The family who drives the huge 15 passenger van" or something fo the sort, lol. We are, or we were known as the "Family with the black expedition" . Nooot anymore :-) We had that car for 8 years, and it had more than 100,000 miles on it...or something like that. It's amazing how attached you can get to a car. We...drove to Houston in that car, my mom and I...and Bertie, lol. So, we kinda went through a lot in that car. Ok, this sounds stupid...getting sentimental over a car? Craaaazy. Nooow, we have a Highlander...that's this AMAZING blue color...it's so awesome. It's a summer-y blue :-D We're going to call the car, itself "Panda". And the navigation system inside, "Dory". People who know us, or me, we love to name things. Our other navigation system is called "Nadine":-)

As in, D.W's imaginary friend from the PBS, kid tv show Arthur.

Also, a sad thing has ocurred. I'm almost out of yarn for my Clapotis. Total saddness! We *were* planning on going to the yarn store today...cause ballet is kinda close to it. But. the streets were closed and/or flooded, so we couldn't go to ballet, and so therefore no yarn store. I think we're planning on going on Saturday, when my dad will be driving :-)

Better go! Time to finish that ball of yarn, and watch "4:50 at Paddington" (Miss Marple) with me mom :-) 

Happy last day of April! Enjoy it while you can...! *is in a very strange mood*

Valete Omnes :-)

grace }|{

A Normal Disturbance As Occured.

When people think of "flooding"...most people think of New Orleans, with good reason, lol. But, not everyone thinks of "Houston" and "flooding" going hand in hand. (there are a lot of people, but not everyone...yeah)

I shall now describe my doings last night.

Went to bed, after a huge-o ginormous (first thing that popped into my head to describe that, lol) squall type thing. Raaaain is sooooo awesommmmme. ^.^ Annyway. So yeah, the storm was continual through like the whole evening...7:30 to whatever...10:00 or 9:45. Got in bed, went to sleep. Then...

Ok. That sounds extremely dorky. Like I was trying to start out some weird adventure novel or something. That, was NOT my purpose. If I did...that'd be extreme Epic Fail. Ooooh yes.

So, then, after we thought it'd just kinda rain after the storm..just rain. Nothing else, just rain. We had a....*thinks of a strange term to use* Uhhh...double whammy? Lol. It was another really bad storm.

"Lemme 'splain. *pause* No, there is too much - lemme sum up."

Houston Weather -
Rain - in a "squall" type thing, rain doesn't usually go in one direction, lol. It's going eeeeevery where. rightways, leftways, upways, downways, slantways, sideways. (Props to whoever can guess who I'm quoting, lol) It's never only going just *down*
Lighting - We don't usually have a ton of lighting. And when we do, it's not so often that it's a....I know there's a real term for it, but I forget it. When it's a line, lol. It doesn't do that often. most of the time, it's just a huge-o ginormous flash. lol.
Thunder - well...nothing special about that.

Anyway. It was one amazing show. I had my window the part of the time, till rain started coming in, then I had to shut it. The storm was right over us, or it seemed that way. A couple of times the sky turned like this greeny-blue with lightning. Another time it was more like an orangey tint. It's all over weather.com, if you want to see more about it.

Soooo, today. Everything is closed :-) Water is *everywhere* Tons of streets are flooded, and...yeah. Ballet was canceled, and so was piano. They were still giving lessons, but it wouldn't be really safe to go swimming in the car. But, I'm glad we have the evening off...no dance, no piano. (Note: if at any time in the future, and say I was glad to skip dance? Stop me and ask me if I'm ok...that's not normal, lol) It's just nice to have a break every so often.

Uuuuuh...there was something else...that I wanted to write about.

Ooh, I'm almost done with my room...it feels so nice to have a clean, orginized room again, lol.

Now...I'm going to get a Dr.Pepper and a book :-) Oh look, it's still raining. The waters keep rising. Note: We're no where near the flooding areas. We picked a house that was out of flooding danger zone thing. So yeah :-) No worries.

Grace }|{

P.S. Note on the title, "A Normal Disturbance" meaning this happens a lot, lol.

Happy post now...Everyone SMILE!

Ok. Happiness abounds now...I've had 3 cups of tea today...things are awesome :-D lol.

I've re-arranged my room. For those of you who have seen my room (or a little of it) one of my dressers and my reading chair have switched places. I love change, change is awesome. Of those of you who haven't...that's what happened, lol.

My list of books to read is completely endless. But I'm guessing everyone's is. Book list, I mean. Though, I'm slowly, but surely, getting through it...while it still grows longer no matter how many books I can check off :-D I'm currently...almost done with the Scarlet Pimpernel! It's soooo awesome. Next on my list..."The Naming" By...someone. lol. Another fantasy that I picked up at Barns and Noble (aren't old, un-used gift cards the most amazingly awesome things??) It's a series...called like the Pallinor series or something. I'll look that up later, when I've actually started it :-D

I also got, with my B&N gift card, is Sara Watkins' new cd! Sooo awesomeness! *silence* Uh. Ok. So, maybe not *everyone* knows who Sara Watkins is. Ever heard of Nickle Creek? Every listened to those sooo awesome songs? Wondered who the girl was? Who played the violin (technically, it's called "fiddling" in that case, but...this is another thing I could ramble on for a while. So, never mind :-D) That, my friends, would be Sara Watkins. Sister of Sean Watkins (who is also part of Nickel Creek) and...fellow band member of Chris Tile...or something or the sort. Chris Tile...part of Nickle Creek, he does the mandolin amaaaaazingly. It's just...amazing to listen to him

It's official, "amazing" is my new favorite word.

Uuuuh. So yeah, they kinda branched off, and now doing their own separate things. I just recently heard that she was coming out with a cd, from Grace Anne, who is also a big fan. There are 2+ songs that are just her playing the violin (technically, it's "fiddling" but I won't go into that) And they are SOOO AWESOME!!! Talk about major amazing dance music!!

What else was I going to write about? Do any of you remember?

I knooooow. How 'bout. For something fun.

It's also official that I love very short sentences.

Thaaaat. People comment, or whatever. And give me something to talk about. Preferably, something that I know something about. And something..that's not either a) religious. or b) political. If anyone gives me anything that has anything to do with religion, or politics...I shall ignore :-). Lol, but don't take up an offence. I don't ramble well with those topics.


Also...on a quick reminder to anyone who cares to know...

SCHOOL IS ALMOST OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's like major wootage. Extremely.


The very happy, tired, and soporfic (dunno if I spelled that right...but anyhoo)
Grace }|{ :-D

Cleaning out my closet

I've been cleaning out my closet. Cleaning out my room. I've said this to many people. But, I need a new post. Plus, I haven't told *everyone*. Also, I haven't said *what* I've found. There are multiple items.

Ok, I'll start at the beginning. Cleaning out my closet brought me back to my childhood.

I found...

My old dress-up clothes. I used to LOVE to dress up. A lot of it was handed down from my sister...

I also used to love do to crafts. I found a ton of half finished crafts, lol. (actually, those were in a box under my bed...)

I found beading stuff....loved to do that too. lol. Katie was big on beading as well...like the Klutz books where you could make either bead animals, beaded rings, or decorate bobby pins with beads :-D I found a bunch of rings that I had made (plus a lot of lizards and bees...lol) and now I'm wearing one. It was supposed to be like a pointer finger ring or something...now it makes due as a pinky ring :-) Apparently I had small fingers.

I also collected all my favorite magazines that came in the mail, and planned to make this huge collage. That...never happened. Lol, so I ened up with this huge pile of magazine dating back in 2005. Now, I'm planning on going through them...when and if I get the time, lol.

Next year is going to be one *extremely* busy year. Heh, and I though *this* year was busy. *shakes head* My ballet teacher wants me to do a hour and 1/2 in both pointe and technique. But, with 4 online classes, there surely has to be a problem withe schedule. Of course. I reallllly want to do both technique, pointe *and* those 4 online classes. Actually, it's too late for the online classes, already paid for those, lol. So now we're in a huge muddle trying to figure out ballet. But, I just need to trust that whatever God has for me is the best, right?

Today has been a long day. Perhaps not the greatest day. One of those days, where you just want to either a) sit, read, and drink a pot of tea. b) get out in the fresh air and run/roller blade/dance/whatever. or c) sit and do nothing, wishing that school was a tad lighter than it is.

Me, I'm all of the above :-).

Dude, that sounded depressing. O.o.


Ok. Well. Um, I left that...did other things. Now I feel better :-) Tea helps. Rain helps. reading helps. Everything helps :-)

Thanks for listening!

~ Grace }|{

ELMO!!!!

When all else fails when thinking of a title? Be random. It does wonders.

Just got back from ballet. It was a lot of fun, cause today... we did something different :-D I love change...if it's not too drastic, and not to something that I know so well, I'd hate it if it changed.

When I walked in, and after I was finished stretching, my teacher started quizzing me on what we do at the barre is called, or what we do on the floor is called, or in the middle, etc.

• Barre Work (meaning the bar that's attached to the wall that you see millions of in a stereotype ballet studio)
  
• Floor Work (means actually *on* the floor. )
  
• Center Work (combinations that you do on the floor)

make sense? I got them all right, except for Center Work. I called it floor work...cause I didn't know there was a difference between the two. Oh well, learn something new everyday!

Quick Sidetrack: Just like Aristotle says...you like to learn more and more stuff about a certain thing because you 1) love to learn and 2) you love what you're learning about. *is super happy she's actually kinda/not really understanding the reading this week* Yessss! *ahem* anyway.

So, my teacher said, after the quiz, "Alright. So, today...we're going to do floor work!"

Ok. Look at my definitions? Actually *on* the floor. Lol, I've never even heard of this before...you don't usually think of ballerinas at some famous studio, all of them laying on the floor waving their legs around. Lol, funny mental image, huh? It's actually A LOT harder than it sounds. Pretty much EVERYTHING in ballet is A LOT harder than it looks/sounds. "Ok, balance, leg extended, en pointe, arms just right." Probably anyone and everyone (maybe not *everyone* but a lot of people) who hear this, or think that people do this think "Oh, easy-peasy. Let me try..*crash* Oh...uh...whoops. Maybe not so much." You have to lay on your back, (on a cold floor, lol) and pretend that there's a floor under your feet. So, your feet have to be flexed the whole time..talk about cramping feet, lol. 

There are 4 different positions that you can be laying on the floor. Laying on the back, stomach, right side, left side. Once again, it's a lot harder than it sounds. Have to make sure you roll through the foot when coming in, after tonduing, or degaging (that is not pronouced "de-gagging" btw...lol. Just to clear things up.) arms too...they can't be just laying there on the floor...lol, otherwise it'd be easy....easier, I should say. 

Anyway. Now, on to the Center Work. It can be tough, and rough for me at times. Other times, like today (yay!) It can be amazingly awesome. Today, I started on working on during it in a circle. Actually, it's more like an oval...but it depends on the shape of the room. It's supposed to be done with a class of more than 2, cause then it gets more tricky. But, the combination included a tour jete, which is like one of my favorite moves. Dunno why, just is. 

Pardon me, non-ballet people, if that bored you. Aristotle speaks the truth...you learn something, then gab about it so much people get bored with you. Lol.

Anyway, I'm playing for church this Sunday. So, if you happen to have a spare though this Sunday, at 11:00...please pray for me. it'll be greatly appreciated. 

"I wanna dance till my feet can't feel the ground" (part 3)

Now, for the Hat Dance.


One quick thing: Pardon me that those pictures are like...cut in half. It so stinks that it didn't work...though I don't know why. Evil. Blogger went emo, it's true.

NOW for the Hat Dance.

1) It's not really a dance, it's more like a game. 2) people have different ideas about how you "win" and "lose"

It starts out with couples. (brilliant) in a guy line and girl line, in front of 3 chairs. It can either start out with 2 girls and 1 guy, or 2 guys and 1 girl. Oh, and you also need some sort of "special" item. It's supposed to be a hat (hence the name) but as you can see from the pictures, we used plastic plates. ^.^. So, either way you start. Wait. I'm making myself confused...I hate it when I do that.

2 girls 1 guy - the guy has the plate/hat/stick of gum/whatever and 2 girls on either side. The girls either (this is where people's different ideas come if) either try to *get* the plate/hat/stick of gum/whatever or the try and *not* get it. If you *get* it, you sit in the middle chair, then it starts over, but with the girl in the middle, and 2 guys on either side. If you *don't* get it, then you "dance" down the middle of the lines with the guy that "chose" you. Then, the dude can either keep his partner, that he chose for the next dance, or thank her, and find a new one.

Did that make sense? If it didn't...comment. if it did...comment. lol.

Personally, I find it more fun to get the plate/hat/gum/whatever...it's really funny to watch and hear guys argue. "I have better hair." "Look at his shoes! They have LACES! Mine have Velcro, haha" "I'm wearing tie!" "I still have better hair" See what I mean?

Also, reverse physiology works really well here, lol. (speaking from experience)

Now, I must go. School calls me by name, and I'd rather not listen to it. But I must.

Lol, hope you enjoyed that...

I LOVE ELMO! :-D

Grace }|{