Easter Updates

This past week and the previous weekend were absolutely crazy! In a good way though, mostly ;) My cousins came to town last Friday and left on Tuesday! It was fun to spend so much time with them, and I almost felt as though I had siblings! The oldest girl cousin came to my Sunday school class on Easter! We dyed eggs and made dinner together every night.

These are my Easter eggs:


 All of them:

Red with traditional designs:

 The colors aren't really done justice here: the orange is beautiful, and the green is super springy!

 This one is nearly TARDIS blue and says Bad Wolf:

 The next one is probably my favorite, even over the orange! It fades from lavender to daffodill yellow:

 The patterns on this one were totally accidental and showed up on their own!:

 They weren't there until it dried! It turned out to be a beautiful accident!

 Here's a better shot of the red traditional one:

Here I am examining them to check the drying process:

Also, this happened:

 We gave my littlest cousins their Easter presents, Ella recieved a play hairdresser set and Mason recieved toy tools. Ella decided to do my hair, crown included.

 Mason loved riding the mower with my dad:

They are both getting so big! Ella proudly commanded everyone to come look at my hair when she was done. (sorry, no after photos, there wasn't really a visible difference anyway.)

One of Dad's birthday presents (his birthday was Wednesday) was this small gnome that looks like Si from Duck Dynasty:

This past week was our last full week of school for the year! It's gone really fast, I can't believe that I'm almost an eighth grader! We did the math state common core tests, and my science teacher gave us lots of fun projects. Mostly finalizing assignments and projects. School gets out next Wednesday and we have four whole months! We usually only have two!
Also, yesterday my friend gave my a new pair of shoes. She outgrew them and I have tiny feet, so she gave them to me! They are teal Converse and I love them. I offered to pay her. After all, she was giving me practically new Converse All-Stars! But she refused anything in return! (sorry, no shoe pictures yet, I'll have them next time!)



Well, I gotta go finish my writing project. See ya 'round!

This past weekend was the MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) sale. Friday night, my parents and I ate dinner at the Feeding Of The Multitudes. (the big evening meal, serving only traditional German Mennonite food) Saturday morning, Mom had a 5K run so my grandmother took me into town to watch her. After that, we ate Russian Pancakes for breakfast at the sale.

Saturday evening, my parents had a birthday party for a friend, in the Salt Museum! If you've never been down to the Kansas Salt Museum, you absolutely must go! I didn't go to the party, even though it was family friendly and I was invited, I stayed with my grandparents and played with their new cattle.

Speaking of cattle... my grandpa's Hereford cow had her calf! The weather change sure sped things up! Grandpa says that I can name the calf if I want to. It's a girl, so I'm thinking Amelia. Mostly because she has round brown spots over each eye, and they look like goggles Amelia Earhart might have worn. Also, she's sort of ginger, like Amelia Pond from Doctor Who.

 tired momma and goggled baby!

Sorry for the rough pics. They were taken in my grandparent's barn and the cows kept moving. (bovines are not great at posing for pictures!)


Oh! Before I go, here are some pictures of me in the new Harry Potter Quidditch goggles that I bought:

What do you think? They are suprisingly comfortable, and I'm thinking about adding them to my costume for the Wichita Old Cowtown Steampunk Day.
The link should open in a new window and take you directly to the site, tell me (in the comments) if it doesn't. Sometimes the links throw tantrums and refuse to work. ;)

Well, gotta go!

Favorite Blogs

Hey guys!
Today I thought that I'd share links to some of my favorite blogs!
The links should take you to the blog's home page, and it should open in a new tab.
Tell me in the comments if you're having issues with the links, sometimes they simply don't work! :(

The Refashionista
This blog is written by a woman in South Carolina, she turns old thrift store clothes into entirely new, cute outfits.

epbot
This blog is by far my favorite blog ever! This is the personal blog of Jen Yates, who began Cakewrecks. (Cakewrecks is a hilarious site, with slightly crude humor.) Epbot is full of inspiring geekery and humor.

Grasping For Objectivity In My Subjective Life
This blog is written by a stay at home mom in Alabama, she is an accountant during her kids' nap time and home schools her daughter. She is hilarious and very real, with an amazing sense of humor!


I also love Pinterest 
I was tempted not to say anything about pinterest, simply because it is addicting and a huge waster of my time! I can spent hours on there! It takes a while to learn how it works, but once you figure it out, it's amazing, fun, and simple to use. Also, while Pinterest may be addicting, it does have amazing recipies and ideas for home decorating, as well as fashion advice.


Well, I think that's it! If you have a blog/website you think I should see, share it in the comments, and I'll look at it! If I find more sites I love, I may do this again.

Spring Ready and Cold

Hi guys!
I'm so ready for warmth, though I'm usually fairly okay with any temperature. I'd actually rather be cold than hot, I feel sick if I get too hot. What do you think? Hot or cold? (My Mom would much rather be hot!)  Also, I absolutely despise spring storms! They give me anxiety! By far, my least favorite feeling in the world is feeling helpless!
Speaking of spring, my spring break was lovely, though only 3 days long. (a Friday, weekend, Monday, and Tuesday) My cousins came to town for Friday and left Saturday evening. It was lots of fun to see them!

We started state testing today, this year is the first year that we are taking the Common Core tests. The government revamped what each grade covers and tests over. New tests have been written, but we're the "guinea pigs" this year, so the scores don't really count.
I have a paper chain hanging from my ceiling, it no longer reaches the baseboard! I have less than 30 days left! Our usual school year had been from mid-August through mid-May. Last year we got out in early May, and school started early September! This year, we get out late April and reconvene early September! Amazingly long summer breaks!
And before I go, I unearthed some photos I took this past fall while riding in a horsedrawn carrige:

 The Horses:

 The pic. above was a really beautiful car that I spotted here in Buhler, but I don't know who owns it. Which is unusual considering my dad. (Stuart Goertzen, who runs Headway Engine Service south of town.)

 Well, gotta go! Bye!

Spring Pause

Today is the first day of spring break. Or "Spring Pause" as my band director has dubbed it. (Due to it's shortness. Only 5 days, including the weekend!)  We're going out to eat for my Uncle Scott's birthday tonight. I'm excited to see him open his presents! He has Downs Syndrome and loves calenders and dates, he always knows what's going on! :) We got him a calender, a tee-shirt, and a sports poster.
Here is a picture of all of the siblings (my Mom and her siblings) together:
 Scott is at the far right, Mom is in the green:

We're also thinking about painting my bedroom, right now it's a hideous pepto-bismol pink. I'm thinking about painting it a light blue/turquoise/sea foam. My room is so small and is mainly dominated by my huge bunk bed. The bright pink makes it feel smaller. It doesn't help that my carpet is TARDIS blue! I love my carpet, but it clashes horribly, if I paint my room blue, it won't clash. Overall, I think that I want my room light turquoise with lots of orange and a few pink accents. 
This is a photo of my Christmas tree, but it shows both carpet and walls:

Well, I gotta go! Bye!

Winter Cleaning And A Snowstorm

This past Saturday night, we were hit with another wintery blast. It snowed (though not much accumulated) and sleeted/iced. We lost power at about 11:00 at night. It went out for approximately thirty seconds and then came back on, this pattern was repeated several times. 
At that time, I was laying in bed reading my book with my booklight. I was startled when my lamp went out, but I still had my booklight and was therefor, not plunged into dark. 
After the lights flickering for about the 3rd time, They went out, and stayed out. I decided to get up and see what was going on. My parents were both still awake and were now standing over our heater vent discussing what to do. I grabbed the battery-powered lantern from my bedside desk and went out into the living room. As it turns out, when we lost power, we also lost heat. 
My dad had found a manual override in the basement, but it was a button that he would have to hold down when he wanted the fan to run. He would have to do this every 20-30 minutes to keep the pipes from freezing!
We would have gone to my grandparents because they have a generator, but Dad would have to stay either way to keep the pipes from freezing, and the roads were really bad. So we stayed home. Apparently at like one in the morning the power came back on, thank goodness!
Church was canceled because of the roads, so we spent all weekend here at home, not that I'm complaining by any means. It was nice and cozy!

So, anyway, I spent the weekend cleaning my room and sorting through clothes. While it wasn't fun at the time, (Except for the re-organizing) I'm so glad I did it. My room looks and feels so much bigger now!

Well, I should wrap this up, I have a Doctor Who episode to finish!