a few more quotes

“You know how it is in a kid’s book world:

 it’s bunny eat bunny.”

~Anonymous

"Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks."

~ Dottie Walters

"Friendship Isn't about who you have known the longest. It's about those who came and Never left your side."

 ~Anonymous 

"I love humanity! It's just people who irritate me." ~ Mrs. S 

You are BRAVER than you believe
STRONGER than you seem
SMARTER than you think
and more LOVED than you know.
~Winnie the Pooh

A quote from C.S. Lewis:
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.   ~John Burroughs~

 

After an emotional event, such as a close football game, control strong emotions before getting behind the wheel. ~my driver's ed curriculum

Just to Clear Up Something.

Yeah is different from Yay.

Ya is different from Yeah.

Ya is different from Yay.

They all mean totally different things.

“Yeah” is commonly used for agreeing with someone in place of “yes” or “I agree”. It is also often used for answering yes or no questions although I don’t encourage that as it is very informal.

“Yay” is celebratory. It’s something people say when excited or happy. It means “I am excited!”. I associate it with parties and balloons and things I am looking forward to.

“Ya” means “get a move on, horse” and more commonly is short for “You” (or used to portray an accent for “you”). It does NOT mean “yeah”. No, no, no, no, NO. So, when you are writing and you say “ya” to mean “yeah” (NO)  you are really telling the person “you” or “get a move on, horse”. Which… probably has nothing to do with anything if you are answering a question or agreeing with someone.

Spread the word.

Quotes for Thought.

"A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king -- every man is a hero if he strives more for others than himself alone." 

~ The High King by Lloyd Alexander

“It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end it’s only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. 

A new day will come, and when the sun shines it’ll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand, I know now folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going because they were holding on to something.”


“ What are we holding onto, Sam?”


“That there’s some good in the world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.”

Sam and Frodo, Two Towers 




"True courage is knowing not when to take a life but when to spare one." ~Gandalf the Grey



"There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies , but just as much to stand up to our friends." ~Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

 definition: hero: noun, plural he·roes; a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. 2 a legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability)

Liebster Award

 

Colorful Cards and Beautiful Girlhood both nominated me for the Liebster Award. Thanks so much you two! (but does this mean I am supposed to do double?)

Rules:

 Thank and link back to the person (or people) who nominated you.

List 11 facts about yourself.

Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.

Nominate 9 bloggers who have less than 200 followers (you can't nominate the blogger who nominated you).

Ask them 11 questions.

Let them know about the nomination.

Random facts:

1. I am a soccer player (hence the World Cup posts) (oh, and congrats to Germany for winning :) fantastic job)
2. I have a pet snake named Blue.
3. I love laughing.
4. I am a good organizer... when I want to be...
5. People seem to find me entertaining...
6. I am a Harry Potter fan, a Lord of the Rings Fan, a Narnia fan, a Belgarion fan, a Pixar and Dreamworks fan and I love this great book called the Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (you should really check it out)
7. I fangirl over characters... not actors...
8. One day I will jump out of an airplane.
9. I like to read and write fantasy... and sad stories...
10. Weeping Angels give me nightmares
11. I love my family a lot.

Colorful Cards asked:

 1. What is your middle name? That's top secret.

2. What color eyes do you have? Green or gray... they change color...

3. What do you want to do when you grow up? an EMT

4. Who is your best friend? My sister Lauren

5. Have you ever been out of the country? Yes.

6. What are some of your hobbies? Reading, texting, emailing, rolling on the floor laughing with my sibs and trying to find chocolate.

7. How many siblings do you have? Does this count all those not-really-blood-related-family-but-we-love-each-other-so-much-we-will-pretend-we-are-siblings-anyway siblings because if does I have no idea how many there are...

8. What is your biggest fear? There's a list... Weeping Angels... looking like an idiot.... falling off of high places and having my brains gush out…

9. How old are you? Can't say...  Changes every day.

10. Do you know how to pick locks? ummmmm... not really...

1   11.  What is your favorite food? My grandmom's chocolate cake.

Beautiful Girlhood asked:

1    1.  Brown or Black? Black

2. Willow or pine trees? Willows

3. Sweet or Spicy? SWEET

4. When you read, do you feel like you are in the story? haha YES.  Unless it isn’t a very good book or story….

5. What is your favorite thing to eat? Food… oh wait, you mean specifically? Chocolate and salty stuff

6. What is your favorite thing to do? Um… it depends upon my mood… sometimes it’s cleaning, other times it is writing, other times it’s being in charge of some project, or it’s laying around eating cookies, or going out and playing sccer with my siblings (or some unsuspecting victim, or….

7. Which do you think are cuter as babies: Lambs or Goats? Babies in general are cute… when it comes to goats or lambs….. I DON’T KNOW!

8. Would you rather be in the country or the city? Well… I can tell you I am NOT a country girl, I need to be able to walk to my stores. However I don’t want to be so close to my neighbors that I can see in their window from mine. So… more suburb area but if I had to pick one or the other  of those two… I would say city.

9. What is your favorite flower? Uhhhh… ones that don’t make me sneeze…

10. Do you bird watch? Sooometiiimes…

11. Have you ever been to the beach? Oh yes.

 I nominate:

Stone Soup

Suggestion Box

Five Perspectives

Got Grace?

Lumberton Outpost
ReadDreamWrite
PenDragon
RM Moth 

Learning to Fly

My Questions for You:

1. What's the last movie you watched?
2. Your favorite kind of music, band or song?
3. Your favorite sport (to play and/or watch)?
4. We're sitting in the back of a police car. Using four words you turn to me and say...?
5. Your favorite book?
6. Are you an artist?
7. Would you rather be at Aslan's How, Hogwarts or The Shire?
8. What is your proudest moment?
9. Would you rather do yard work or house work? 
10. Would you rather drink soda, milk, juice or water? 
11. If you were going to dye your hair a color other than brown, black or blond, what would you dye it?