If We Weren't All Crazy, We'd All Go Insane

That *points to blog title* is my new favorite quote.  It's from a Jimmy Buffet song.  ;)  I'm actually listening to Jimmy Buffet as I type.  I <3 Jimmy Buffet.  ;)  The music is so......Florida-ey.  Makes me happy.

I'm so exhausted.  My weekend was so crazy, I don't know how I managed to do so much! 

UGH!  I want to go back to sleep.  XP

So, my weekend was really, really, really fun.  ;)  First, on Saturday, I went with my dad at 6 AM to a Heart Walk near where I go to Orchestra.  I got 3 hours of sleep the night before, mind you.  :P  Anyway, I walked 3 1/2 miles, but my dad lied to me and said it was only 2.  XP  Bad Daddy!!!  Tricking your daughter into walking 3 1/2 miles!!!  XD  LOL!
So, after that I was pretty tired, but I was okay.  It was only 10:00 am when we got home.  I also bought the first two Kingdom Series books.  :D  So excited to start reading 'em!!!!!  :D

After that, I had to hurry up and get ready for a viola lesson.  ;)  My lesson was long, but I learned alot and have a LOT of practicing to do!  I'm now supposed to practice for 2 hours each day....everyday.  :P  Yippee.

After my lesson, since we were already out, my mom told my dad to go to this nature center near by.  We frequent the nature perseves in town, so we like visiting new ones.  :)  This one was near the beach, and it had a boardwalk that went out by the water.  :D  So fun!!!!! 

Then we climbed a HUGE tower that shot waaaaaaay up into the sky.  I felt so dizzy when I looked down.  XD

That's what we saw.  Those are the trees, and the boardwalk.  :)  It was REALLY high.  Or I may just be short......XD  LOL!  :P

So, after we did that, my sister and I wanted to go to the beach down the street.  :)  We were SO SO SO SO eager to get in or near the water.  :D  My mom agreed that we could go for a while, just to look, since we didn't have our swimsuits.  My sister and I immediately ran to the beach, and walked in the water.  I was wearing a skirt that was almost above my knee, so I was okay to go in, but Nutmeg was wearing long jeans.  XD  She was upset the rest of the night that her jeans were wet!  Here are a few pictures of what we did at the beach:

I got SOOO close to that little crab.  Then it ran toward me and I screamed.  XD  yeah.....

We saw two HUGE cruiseships, and (as you can see in the above pictures) they were SUPER close!!!!!   :D  LOL! 
That third picture is my absolute favorite.  :)  It's so sweet.  :D 
I collected sea beans, which are the coolest thing you can find on the beach.  My new hobby.  :) 
Click Here for more on sea beans.  :)

BUT WAIT, there's more.  ;)  After the beach, we decided to go out to somewhere special for dinner. 

There.  We went there.  My parents went on dates there.  :)  It was so amazing.  Best. Food. Ever.  BUT, it was SOOO filling!!!  I was stuffed after half of my pork sandwich!!!  :P

Saturday night was the Super Moon.  Click Here for more on the Super Moon.  ;)  I got to see it right over the beach.  SO beautiful.  :) 

Then we started home.  BUT, my dad decided to get us ice cream.  We stopped at the best frozen custard place in the world.  :)  SO GOOD!!!!!  I had banana frozen custard with hot fudge on top.  It was amazing.  I love it.  ;)  Now, we were all insanely tired, and went home.  After showers and dumping the sand out of our shoes, we were ready to go to bed.  Well, everyone else was.  Me?  Not so much.  I didn't go to bed until 3am again.  :P  Bad me.  Bad me.  Instead, I finished up ALL of my over due homework and got it out of the way.  Then I wrote up a few ideas that had been swimming in my head, and today I'm going to write a really fun fanfic that I can't wait to put on Lakehouse.  :)

Sunday was equally as crazy.  Again, I had to get up fairly early, because my dad, sister and I went to our town's art show.  We volunteered in the city's booth, since my dad works for the city.  It was pretty fun, but it was really hot out.  Luckily for me, (we didn't get a lot of traffic, so I was bored(ish)) I got Wi-Fi reception from the nearby Jamba Juice.  :D  I finished reading my new favorite fanfic.  :D  It was AMAZING!!!  I think I posted the link in the fanfiction page.  If not I will, because Endor HAS to read it!!!!  It's all about Anakin and Padme, and they're family.  Family is like the main essence of the story, and it is SOO my kind of AU.  :D 
We ended Sunday by going to grandma's house to tell her happy birthday, (her b-day was yesterday!!!) and then I went home and practiced, and then it was church.  The sermon was good.  :)  I REALLY should get caught up on all my church notes.  XP  sorry!  ;)

Alright, tonight's orchestra night, so I better get off Blogger so we can get ready to go.  :)  I'll post more later.  :D  I've got to update my pages, and do a little re-designing.  ;)  I think I'm going to either do another beachy theme, or possibly something a little more girly.  I'll figure it out later.  :D

Lots of Love,
Jedi~Chick <3333

Giveaway!!!

The Director of Castles, Quills and Cameras is doing a giveaway!!!!  :D  She's giving away some great things too.  :D 

Here's the link:  CLICK HERE

Alright, be prepared for another long post later.  ;)  I've got to load a few pictures.  Also, who's getting tired of this shamrock design??? *raises hand*  Saint Patrick's Day is over.  I think I'll make another one.  I'm gonna keep it Florida like, (because I'm proud to be a FL girl,) but it will be different than last time.  ;) 
LOL (lots of love)
Jedi~Chick <333

I'm a Bee

I'm a busy bee today.  I've got SOOO much to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  O.O  It seems like my to-do list has absolutely no end.  :P 

I'm working on school: a book about Soil (lapbook), a lapbook on worms (ewww), and a re-write of the critique I did for Johnny Tremain. 

I've got Viola: Scales, Solos, and a recital piece.  PLUS, I'm re-learning my positions and posture.  I have another lesson tomorrow.

I've got the miscellaneous: I want to write a few story ideas down that have been floating in my head, READ, fix my iTunes thing, read fanfiction, organize my closet, do a heart walk with my dad tomorrow, volunteer with my dad at an Art Show on Sunday, clean my room, scan fanart I've done for Lakehouse, re-do my Blog Design, change my purse, buy the Kingdom Series books, buy the newest TCW magazine, AAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDDDD......................oh, wait, I think that's it.  :P

So yeah.  I've got a lot.  PLUS, I had a busy day today.  ;)  And yesterday!  I'll just post on both.  So, be prepared for a long post today.  ;D

March Challenge:
Day 17:  Is there something that makes your insides feel strange?  Kinda inspired but......something else?
Maybe.  I dunno.  I'd say success stories, like, people overcoming the impossible.  ;)
Day 18: What is your favorite quote(s)?
UGH, that list is really long.  So I'll just do my favorite quote of the day.  ;)
"So Young Princess Leia brought Coral and Pearls...." Jimmy Buffet, Chason Pour Les Petits Enfants

Okie dokie, now that that's out of the way! I'll post about my crazy Thursday and Friday.  :D

Thursday was P.E. day.  It was really fun!
Two of my best friends (who usually don't come) came and we got to spend four-almost five hours together!  :)  It was really cool.  I stayed an extra hour and a half to do a fun walk with them, and (it was Saint Patrick's Day) and we got to talk the whole time.  My one friend (who I'm going to call......Pearl (for various reasons)) so Pearl and I got to talk, while my other friend (I'm gonna call him Luke, because he looks like ROTJ Luke) while Luke was stolen away by some random 7 year old girl.  This kid suddenly decided that Luke was her best friend, and walked the whole fun walk holding his hand and leading him everywhere.  It was actually pretty funny, because Luke didn't know the kid, or want to walk the whole time with her, but he was too nice to say no, and both the girl's parents' were there, so he walked with her.  I wore green, like, all over.  I had a green skirt, a green undershirt, a green pair of socks, green marker on my nails, green bandaids, green eyeshadow, and a gold headband.  ;)  It was really fun.  Pearl was a little more crazy with the green though.  She had green marker EVERYWHERE.  She even colored in her lips.  :P  It was really funny.  So, after I spent time with Pearl and Luke, we (my mom, sister and I) went to Chibi*Chick's house for a while.  We talked, ate ice cream, talked some more, admired Chibi's new flat screen TV, and then we had to go home.  My mom had my sister and I do some school for a while, and then I worked on a few writing projects.  I ended up staying up until 3 am last night, because I couldn't sleep and I was busy.  I sent Amaranthine the article for the Lakehouse newsletter, and then I stayed up reading and writing for hours.  Oh, and I also organized ALL my pictures on my computer, which was a HUGE task.  But it's done now.  ;)  My Star Wars pictures are organized by character, and then everything else is in separate folders.  ;)  Eventually, I fell asleep. 

Friday was SO much fun!!!  :D  I actually woke up really late, because I stayed up so late the night before.  My mom wasn't to happy about that, but I got up and dressed quickly, ate some waffles, and then ran around the house with my sister to go to school.  ;)  I did spelling, copy work, devotion, and then the exercises (for my sister's dyslexia therapy) and then it was math time.  As y'all already know, I loathe math.  (I'm not allowed to say I hate it).  I despise it, I dislike it strongly, I very much do not enjoy doing it.......but today I actually had fun.   My mom helped me get through the problems I missed on my worksheet, and then I started on the test.  I was frustrated with FOIL, (first, outside, inside, last) for multiplying factors.  I don't usually like the FOIL method, because it's complicated, but my mom made it fun.  She grabbed a sheet of tinfoil, and shaped it on my head to make my "thinking cap".  I didn't like that at first, and was all irritated, so I balled the tinfoil up and threw it at her.  My mom laughed and grabbed the box that the tinfoil comes in, and used it like a bat.  We balled up a ton of tinfoil, and took turns throwing it at each other, reciting math facts each time we hit it.  I was surprisingly good at Foilball.  ;)  I don't think I've ever had so much fun in math.  :P

After that, we went to Butterfly World!!!!!!  Man, I LOVE Butterfly World!  It's so fun there.  It was really crowded today, with all the spring breakers, but we still had fun.  My sister and I fed the Lorikeets, which are cute little parrots, and one landed on my shoulder, and was licking my hair.  I was laughing so hard, because it tickled, and the little bird WOULD NOT get off!!!!  See:  It felt SOO weird!!!  :D

                                         

After that, we worked on school at Butterfly World, got ice cream, and went to the library.  I love our library.  ;)  Our family always goes to the library's bookstore, which has ALL kinds of great bargain books and movies.  I got Indiana Jones The Last Crusade on VCR for 50 cents.  ;)  I also got the Attack of the Clones novel for 25 cents.  ;)  YAY!!!!  I rented How to Train Your Dragon and Revenge of the Sith, and I got a couple of great CD's.  :)  I got the Fireproof soundtrack (which is AH-MAZE-ING) and I also got The Clone Wars movie soundtrack, and the movie Hoot soundtrack.  All are great!  :)

 The last.......7 hours, I've been catching up on school and trying to do the things in the above list.  I've gotten a lot done, but I still have a LOT to do.  I'll probably be up until 2 or 3 again working.  ;)   Oh well. 

Talk to y'all later!!!!!  :D 

Love,

Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. Thanks to Jedigal1990 for following!!!!!  :D  Yay!!!!!  Welcome to my blog!!!!!!!  :)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!!!!

Top 'O the Mornin' to 'ya!!!  :D 
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I /really/ can't write in an Irish accent, no matter how hard I try.  :P  But, I AM Irish, so I have a reason to celebrate!!!!!  xD  :) 

Saint Patrick's Day was originally a holiday made to celebrate the works of Saint Patrick of Ireland.  It was an annual feasting day, but eventually it became a world-wide holiday celebrating Irish culture.  :) 
I have ancestors on my Mom's side of the family from Ireland. 
But on Saint Patrick's Day, everyone is Irish!!!!!  :D  So celebrate with me!!!!!!

I got this off Google and WikiAnswers:
You know you're Irish when:
You're incredibly short, therefore you will never play professional basketball.
You're favorite color is green.
You're favorite food is potatoes.
You have found a four leaf clover at least once in your lifetime.
You can fake an Irish accent pretty well.
You've been to an Irish restaurant and liked at least one item off the menu.
You /think/ you sing well.
You don't know the words to a song, but you sing anyway.
You think Saint Patrick's Day is THE biggest holiday of the year.
You have family members named Mary, Catherine, or Eileen.  Or better yet, Mary Cathrine Eileen. 
You wear green at least once a week.
You wear green on Saint Patrick's Day.

:D  LOL!  A LOT of those from the web included major drinking/beer/pub jokes, some of which I did not get.  XD  Oh well.  Those were the good ones.  :) 

For good luck today, I'll give you a four leaf clover!!!!!  :D 

Hehe, Good Luck!!!!!!  :D 

Oh, and look at this:  You caught a Leprechaun!!!!  :)  Good for you!!!!!  :D

Okay, now y'all get a Blarney Stone!!!!!  :D 

The Blarney Stone is a "magical" stone in Ireland.  Legend says that if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you get "eloquence and the skill of flattery".  People come from all over the world to visit the Blarney Castle and kiss the Blarney stone.  (No, it doesn't really look like the one I gave you.  It's actually in a castle wall.  This is a virtual gift. ;P)

So, have a Lucky day!!!!!!  :D  I'll be decked out in green for P.E. and be enjoying it with my VIF's.  Very Irish Friends.  :)  Hope I gave y'all a wee bit of a lesson in Irish folklore.  ;) 

Who could have St. Patty's Day without Celtic Women?!?   They are my FAVORITE group of the day!!!!!!  :P

Those are my FAVORITE songs by Celtic Women!!  Closely followed by You'll be in my Heart, I Believe in Miracles, and the Lullaby song that I don't know the name of.  ;) 

In honor of Saint Patrick's Day, I'm going to start writing a story that was inspired by the first song: Isle of Hope and Tears.  I just got a book from the bookstore all about Irish Immigrants.  :)  It'll be a good history lesson.  I might post the story once I get it going, but I got a sudden inspiration for a few other stories this morning too.  ;) 

May the Luck O' the Irish be with 'ya on this fine spring mornin'!!!!  ;) 

Love ya!  
Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. If you Google: The Lakehouse, Leia, Amaranthine, Satine.....all your blogs pop up.  ;)  It's kinda cool!  LOL!

Day 16

Day 16:  What is your favorite shade of Blue???

Turquoise, sky blue, or aquamarine.  :D  I love blues and greens.  :)

Okay, this post is SUPER short, because I'm working on a awesome Saint Patrick's Day post for tomorrow.  As you can tell by my blog design, I've been invaded by the Luck 'O the Irish!!!!!!  :D  LOL!

Okay, bye for now!!!!  :D 

Jedi~Chick <3

(iPods, because good old fashioned mirrors and shields just don't work anymore!)  :P  LOL!  Love this poster!!

Day 15

Day 15: What music do you usually listen to?

Okay, there's a list.  Owl City, BarlowGirl, Taylor Swift, Country Music (mainly from the Radio Stations in our area), Star Wars Music, The Percy Jackson Soundtrack (I got it from the library!!!!  :D), Selena Gomez, Jimmy Buffet, Celtic Women, and Irish music.  :D

I'm SO excited for Saint Patricks Day!!!!!  :D  I'm going to change my blog design just for the occasion.  ;)  It'll go back to my normal one, or possibly a new one after maybe Friday.  ;)

Also, tonight I'm going to a concert at Chibi*Chick's school.  It'll be fun.  :D

I have issues with Math.  :(  Even easy lessons seem hard.  :P 

I'm watching Wild Kratts with my sister.  :)  I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!!!!  :D  It sorta reminds me of Kim Possible.  I'm watching the Platypus episode.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE Platypus's!!!!!  :D  (Platypi? Platypeople?  Oh, you know what I mean.)  LOL, Phineas and Ferb.  ;)

Okay, I'll be getting off now.  ;)  I'm going to play around with my backgrounds and designs.  ;)

Oh, and Welcome and thanks for following Nana!!!  :D  Enjoy my blog!!!  :D 

God Bless and Lots of Love,
Jedi~Chick <3