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Friday, June 28, 2013

Plans For Next Year

As you can tell from the title, this is going to be about my plans for next year. I know it's a long time from now, and plans change overtime-but I'd like to at least jot it done :).

First, I want to join a homeschool group :). For those who don't homeschool, a homeschool group is basically a support group for homeschoolers. A lot of them do fun stuff like planning activities. Technically I'm already apart of one, but it's just a group that emails you things that's going on in the community. I mean it is nice, but I wish there were get-togethers-they used to have them, but not now...
The group I'm looking at also has homeschool coops and homeschool prom! :D Oh, and for those who don't know, a homeschool coop is when homeschool parents get together (I think it's usually once a week-that's how the group I'm looking at is) and they teach subjects to homeschoolers. It's like a once-a-week school a few hours a day :D. Momma is kinda busy, though, with schoolwork and helping Daddy with his business, so she might not be able to do a coop...although I hope I can do it in the summer since I won't have anymore schoolwork. It'll be a win-win situation kinda :)

Second (although it's just as important to me) I'm going to dance-obviously ;). I LOVE dancing! :D But I have to find a new studio now, since I've had some problems with my old one. So I'll probably spend the fall trying a class at different dance studios-there are 10+ dance studios in my city, but I've only found a few (around four or five) I'm interested in! :P I guess I'm kind of picky-some studios are rather strict, and I don't want that. But I'm sure I'll find one by the next semester, even if it means going to more than one studio. That's what one of my friends did. I think I'll take tap with this one lady, though-my dad knows her, and she doesn't own a studio but she LOVES tapping and she actually (I think?) teaches tap at some place as a side thing. It's really cool-she taps in a band my dad's in :D. I would LOVE to do that, I think :D. I am a bit of a tap addict-oh, who am I kidding, I LOVE tap dancing! It's so freaking fun! Whenever I watch tap dancing videos I always try to figure out what the people are doing and if I can do it :).

Another thing I want to do is dual enrollment! :D When my brother started community college this year, and it sounds REALLY fun. I REALLY want to go to college-but I hope it's not just because it sounds fun! But honestly, I don't want one of those jobs like at McDonalds where you flip burgers-that's not me :P. As I might have mentioned, I am committed to writing, and I think it's possible that it will become a future career of mine. I also think it's awesome how you get to choose your own curriculum. I like having freedom ;). And it almost seems like a good idea to get a college degree under your belt, since so many jobs require it (at least I think they do...) I mean I don't wanna sound like you HAVE to go to college-Steve Jobs dropped out of college, and looked how well he did!-but I honestly WANT to go there. So it's kind of a personal thing. I might not be able to go, though, by the looks of it-oh well, there are always other ways I can do things to look good on a college application :)

Well I can't think of much else, so I guess that's it. Until next time!!!

Friday, June 21, 2013

Summertime Logs

Okay, so I've been wanting to log down what's been happening this week again, so here goes!

What have I done interesting this summer...oh, I went to watch "Man of Steel" this Saturday with my family. It was a really good movie-I wouldn't say it was the best one ever, but I enjoyed it.The guy who played Superman was really good, not to mention he was a good-looking man ;) Haha. I liked the villian, Zod, because his character was interesting. And I really liked Lois-she wasn't a damsel-in-distress and actually helped Superman in this film! His parents were cool, too. Overall it was a very good movie.

Speaking of movies, I want to watch "Monsters University" when I get the chance. Manny and I are thinking about seeing it with a friend since not everyone in the family has seen it. It looks REALLY good-even better than "Monsters Inc"!

Other than movies, I have done a few other things this summer. I went to volunteer at the library again, did a little sewing, read some book on teens wanting to start their own business-it's really good, by the way...

I'm also making myself read "The Deathly Hallows"-I have a goal to finish it by the end of the summer. It's a bit of a struggle for me-it's just so long, but I have to finish it. I want to have said that I read the entire Harry Potter series :D

Ooh, I got to go to the craft store Thursday! :D It was so. Much. Fun. Seriously, you'd have to drag me out of there. I could live there. There and the library, I guess. Hehe, but seriously, they have SO much stuff for a creative freak like me! XD They even had this book on projects you can make with duck tape! One of my friend's mother actually makes ribbons out of duck tape!!! Basically I love the craft store and will have MANY future projects from now on :D. 

That reminds me of another creative pursuit of mine-sewing! I have gotten back into it after sort of dropping it a few years ago. I realize now that I don't like sewing long projects from sratch-I LOVE sewing from scraps! Give me old jeans-I'll make them into pocket purses! Old T-shirts would be cool to make a quilt! I have been searching on the web for several ideas on some sewing projects and I just...I REALLY want to get some old clothing from the thrift store or something. I may even be able to sell my stuff-now THAT would be cool.

Another creative thing I'm doing is writing! I'm starting to make myself write even if I don't feel like it-I read a book once that said writing constantly is the best way to become a good, committed writer. If I get stuck on any stories I have, I'll just go over to fanfictions or blog posts (like these). Just anything to keep me going.

This is more artsy than creative (which are actually similar, now that I think about it), but I've become addicted to dance-there are times I'll be watching dance videos on YouTube nonstop. I try to learn different dance routines that I've watched online. I might not be registered to any dance studio, but I will never stop dancing! XD

Wow, tha turned out to be more than I had planned! I love it when that happens! Haha, anyway, that's basically my week in a nutshell (that is how you use the term, right?) I wanted this post to be longer but-considering the length I got out of what I assumed would be a short post-it's not too shabby. Hopefully next week will be longer, but I make no promises-I'm very lazy in the summer. 

;) Hehe, well, goodbye!!!

Friday, June 14, 2013

Vacations And Stuff

I don't have a good title, but whatever :P. Hehe, so here's what's been happening lately in my life!

On Friday Daddy said we were going to visit South Carolina to visit some relatives, soooo I packed my stuff.

Then around noon on Saturday we left. Once we got there, we got into a hotel, and then we headed towards the zoo. It was sooo fun<3 I took lots of photos, which I will upload on here and Facebook ;) And later on, we headed towards the hotel.

Saturday we ate and packed and left to visit our aunt and uncle and cousins. The adults talked a lot (that usually happens...lol) so me and Manny and the others just went upstairs and sort of hung out. Later on we went to eat at some place, then we went back to their house, and then later on we stayed at a louge...it's been a long vacation week XD

On Monday we hung out at the louge-it was really fun! They have this water park that was REALLY cool :D. We stayed until around 2, then we ate and headed on the road. We got home around 7, and then I watched the summer premiere of Switched At Birth :D I've waited SO long for the show to come back on and it finally did :)

Tuesday was normal...it was the first time that week I had slept in my old home! Hehe, so of course we went back to doing chores (bummer :P lol) and I went to the library at noon. I even helped some people find things they were looking for ;). Hehe, so afterwards I went back home. Our grandmother was there and she bought a cookie cake for Aj and Brad's belated birthdays...mmm, it was SO good! :)

Nothing really happened on Wednesday...or Thursday...except I did go to a friend's recital :). And Friday's today, so not much has happened, of course. I've FINALLY gotten to reading The Deathly Hallows :D. Oh and I'm hoping to go to the craft store today to get some stuff to make some jewelry<3 AND we went to the beach around noon...that was fun :D

Welp, that's it. See ya later! :D



Friday, June 7, 2013

Summer's Here! (Well, Not Really...)

Hehe, I just wanted a sort of funny title for this blog post ;). Anyway, it's June! Summer isn't too far from now, and the weather is certainly summer-ish! Seventy-five degrees, eighty degrees...heck, even some of my friends have gone to the beach in May!

I am very excited for summer, as always. For one thing-I have no math this summer!!! WHOHOO!!! I'm not sure if I should do some work or not (I'll probably ask Mom on that one), because-as I mentioned in another post-I feel lazy doing absolutely nothing. One thing I thought would be cool if I started reading up on making/managing money. It's been an interest in mine, and it would certainly help me in the future! At one point I had thought about getting a summer job, but that sounds too boring to me :P But this seems like a nice substitute almost.

I am also excited for summer because summer=beach!!! I LOVE going to the beach-walking in the water, running across the sand, collecting seashells...and it's so relaxing! Sometimes when I come home from the beach, I actually feel sleepy! My Mom said she read somewhere that the beach relaxes you so this is probably why it happened. Ah, how I long for the beach...I can picture myself there right now...

But besides that, I want to log what's happened so far this week. Saturday was the start of June, of course, so that was a big difference-gosh, I can't believe half of the year is already over! Didn't we just start 2013? When I think about it, I've been 16 for two months...that can't be possible! And then I think about how close we are to 2014, and then I'll be 17, and I'll be 18 in 2015...yeah, once I get this far I usually stop. Lol XD

Okay, so this happened over last week but...I am obsessed with Star Wars again. Or obsessing over it. As Manny, a long-time nerd, once said, obsessions don't go away-they just get dampened down. And that's true. As SOON as I read good Star Wars fanfictions, I started getting into it more. It's gotten to the point where I think about it in my sleep-I'm dead serious. I daydream about it. I swear, when I went out on June 2 I saw a guy who I claimed looked like George Lucas...,I have a burning desire to write a fanfiction of my own-really. But honestly, it's not too bad...I mean, if I was obsessing over it so much I couldn't do anything else, then yeah, that'd be a problem. And I'm feeling really inspired by the story...like I said on another post, I won't delve into that because I may bore some of you guys :P. So I'll write it on my Nerd Outlet one of these days ;)

On Sunday we had TWO birthdays! Bradley, the fourth child in the family, turned 13 (whoop whoop! Finally a teenager! XD)-and Ajani, the seventh child in the family, turned 6! It's really funny-when we sing "Happy Birthday" we have to squeeze two names in there! I guess it's like if you had twins :D. It was so ironic when Aj was born on Brad's 7th birthday...hehe...

So anyway, we went to Golden Corral for breakfast/lunch because Aj wanted to. Mmm, the food was goooood....Hehe, so afterwards we went to Toys R Us (I LOVE going there, even if I don't buy anything...hehe, I'm still a kid :D). Aj got some action figures, I think (figures...lol) and Brad got a lego set (he's the lego maniac in the family :D). And then we went to Big Lots-wow, they have a lot of stuff there and it's cheaper than other stores! You know what was ridiculous? Manny saw that a toy he brought from Toys R Us was HALF priced at Big Lots! :P Hehe, but I think he actufally kept the toy and bought one from there...it was a Spider-Man, and everyone knows how obsessed he is with Spider-Man...

Oh, I actually bought a toy myself-a Barbie doll! :D I don't really play with them anymore, but...my love for Barbie dolls haven't gone away. I just like holding her...she's just SOOO pretty! :D



After that, we were going to get coffee, but then Daddy decided to get frozen yogurt instead...I know I mentioned this on my post for my 16 birthday, but I'll say it again-Frozen Yogurt is delicious! It's actually suppressed ice cream-it's much more creamy and I love how it's not as cold as ice cream, because the latter gave me brain freeze :P


When we were done, we headed home. Momma and Daddy went out (they do that a lot ;D) so Manny was in charge. Oh, that reminds me...for some reason it was SO...FREAKING...HOT upstairs! I could barely stand it! So before they left Momma said some guy was coming over to check on it. So Manny went to talk to him when he came over. Oh, but this is the best part...after he let there was a BLACKOUT (DUM DUM DUM!!!)

Seriously, the WHOLE neighborhood was in a blackout...at first we thought it was whatever the guy had done, but that wouldn't explain why the whole neighborhood was in a blackout! So we took out flashlights and my laptop (which was luckily charged previously). Manny called Momma and Daddy, and later on they came home. They called someone to fix it, and they said to expect the electricity to come back on at eleven-thirty pm...it was nine-twenty-ish around the time, and I usually went to sleep before eleven...So we waited and waited, and-by a miracle-the electricity came on around ten instead! We all cheered, and then I headed off to bed. So that was an interesting event, but overall the day was fine! :D

Monday was Momma and Daddy''s anniversary! :D They've been married for twenty years now, and their relationship has stayed strong<3 Sometimes I wonder if I should get something for their anniversary, but I never know what :P. It's the same thing with Mother and Father's Day...but anyway, that's besides the point.

I had planned to go try a dance class somewhere, since I'm leaving my old studio, but it didn't work out because of the anniversary. I should have figured that, though. I'm going to try next week or the week after that, not that you care about that...lol!

I started doing a little work on Tuesday As I mentioned above, I didn't want to do nothing productive in the summer, so I decided to read some book on accounting for college students. It was really interesting. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to be an accountant, because I'm also interested in being a writer...Oh well, only time will tell! And I also started reading some book on Congress, because I know next to nothing about politics. But it was kind of boring, and I ended up getting distracted :P

But the best part of Tuesday was that I GOT TO GO TO THE BEACH!!! I don't know if I mentioned this earlier or not, but I really wanted to go to the beach this summer-and now I have :). You should have seen me, I literally was sequaling in excitement XD. Hehe, so anyway, we got dressed in our suits and brought a change of clothes, and then we went to this nice little condo on the beach.




Afterwards we got our stuff and headed towards the beach! :D I spent half of my time looking for seashells and in the water. I love making seashells into necklaces-it only works with the ones with holes in them, of course. Oh, and there was this seagull I was trying to take a picture of-I think he knew I was stalking him, because he kept walking away from me as I walked towards him ;) It was so funny.

When we were done, we went to the condo again and hung out for awhile. Sometime afterwards, we ordered some pizza and sandwiches for lunch from Dominos-it was sooo good! :D And then after that (a little while later) we went to this shop that sold custard and italian ice! I've had italian ice before so I got the custard instead. It was sooo creamy and smooth...better than ice cream. I'm not sure if it was better than frozen yogurt though-I love frozen yogurt<3

Later on (since we had decided to stay at the condo), Momma took me and my sister Imani to get some things we wanted from the house to bring to the condo (my laptop). And later on we came back to the condo. It's funny-we stayed at the condo only a few weeks after moving into a new house. Only the Lloyds would do that...lol

On Wednesday we ate breakfast at the condo, and then around noon-ish (I think) we went to the beach again :D. It was SO much! Seriously, I loved it. I collected seashells, spent time in the water...I love going to the beach<3



On Thursday we made sure everything was packed so we could leave the condo. After all of that had been taken care of, we went to Crackle Barrel for breakfast-their food is so good! :D I got this delicious parfait, but unfortunately I couldn't finish it :P

After that we were heading home, but somehow Manny convinced Momma to take him to Toys R Us....lol...so we went there for a little while. I didn't buy anything, but I just browsed :). After that, then, I think we headed home-that is, after we stopped at Bojangos for lunch ;). Gotta wanna needa getta hava Bojangos! XD

Ooh, when I got home later on, I started making necklaces with the seashells! I need something better than yarn to hold them, though-like maybe string-so I'll post photos of them maybe next week or so. Anyway, dinner rolled around the corner, but I was so busy listening to music and dancing like a maniac and reading a GREAT fanfiction that I almost forgot to eat...lol, but it was a fun night<3

And now it's Friday! I'm not sure what the day has planned for me yet, but I'm hoping to get *something* productive done. Just because it's summer doesn't mean I should be lazy, right? Well, my Mom doesn't think it's so important for me to do schoolwork, so I think I'll start studying on some things I'm interested in-accounting, creative writing, possibly Greek mythology (I am obsessed)...and I think I will read some books as well with the extra time that I have! I am the ultimate bookworm-give me a classic novel or one that just came out, and as long as it's good I'll read it ;)

Well, that's it for today, I guess. I'm getting hungry and REALLY should go eat breakfast. Lol, okay, well let me get off before I forgot! XD Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!