The Misses March

Yes! It arrived! I've been working on it for a while, and the February 2011 issue of "The Misses March" premiered Friday night! Alright, so you probably have no idea what I'm talking about unless you're my sister Julianne. I made this young writer's newsletter for her and her daughters, named for the March sisters in Little Women. I'm planning on giving them one issue a month, and their excitement for the first surprise issue is enough to keep me going.

Each issue includes:
Meg: Practical and Factual-Info on real-life things and historical facts
Beth's Best Bites-Fast and easy treats!
Amy's Artwork-A place where artwork that has been submitted can be showed off!
Writing Prompts-A writing concept of the English language; as well as a picture and a few ideas to prompt your pencil.
Book of the Month-Great literature and info on the author!
Masterpiece of the Month-A writing piece turned in by friends, family, or subscribers (Juli's girls) to be displayed and appreciated.
The Average Jo-A bit of a random column, but a place for the "average Jo" herself to express her thoughts.

I'm still debating on whether I'd give this out to other family or friends of friends, especially since there are elements about it that I technically can't use as my own (pictures from the internet and unsighted research), but if you know anyone trustworthy that would be interested, give me a ring!

Whoa, it's been a while...

Finally back, I guess. Here's what's basically been going on.

School.

Ah, school. School is fun, boring, busy, and utterly FRESHMAN! I love it! It's a lot of hard work, but I know it will pay off, and it's great to be in that atmosphere again! Right now I am taking Algebra 2, Honors English, Seminary, Mythology, AP Human Geography/World Civilization, Biology, Spanish 2/3, and Computer Tech. Also, I started Colorguard at the high school. I absolutely love it! My ribs and stomach are sore, and I'm soo excited because I'm getting a good workout! I also can't wait for next semester because I'll have MUSICAL THEATER!!!!!!!!

This post was a bit of a random burst, but that's basically what I've been doing. Love you all lots!

Trying to Catch Up!

There's so much to post about and so little time! I've been really busy lately, and just got home, only to rush to pack for girls camp this Tuesday. I'll try to update soon. But I have a dilemma. They changed something on the blogger dashboard, and now I can't figure out how to change fonts and colors (that's why it looks so weird at the top since I changed the picture) so I'm stuck with the background I have right now. I don't know if any of you guys know the new way?

A Glimpse

So I went to efy this last week, if you haven't figured it out by now. There will DEFINITELY be more coming, but for now I wanted to post this funny video of the guys in my company playing a song for us on my "dad" Archie's ukulele! It was pretty funny! I love you my brothers and cousins!

My First Summer Job!

I'm so excited! I have a summer babysitting job!!!!! It's two boys...I'll ask them what they want their code names to be tomorrow when I go back. But tonight, I went up to get to know them, and they are the sweetest, nicest, funniest boys ever. So sweet! I can't wait to get started with them! Tell you how it goes!

Piano Recital...Piano Recital...Piano Recital...Piano Recital!

So yesterday was my Spring Piano recital. My teacher and I had a two piano duet (I don't know if you remember me talking about it), and we performed it for one of my SSA concerts during the school year. It died. That's all I'll say. So now we were more than ready to perform it, and I actually performed at all her recitals at Piano Gallery! I got praise (while also being put on the spot with my sob story, and give an example to the other students about making and learning from mistakes) from both parents and employees (who were slightly curious about why I had been there for four and a half hours, and also wanted to sell me stuff...), and got a new Lord of the Rings piano book (the third one to finish my collection). Tons and tons of fun!

Pretties!

Last Sunday, I started doing nails with the girls. That's all it took to get Emily and Rachel going on each other...and on Ben and Daniel. They asked Stephen to let them do his nails to, but he OBVIOUSLY said no. Same with Michael. He's a little boy, unlike Ben and Daniel who are daddies, and we don't want to emotionally scar him. But, it was a fun little activity!