Rustling Thoughts

On this day, February 22, of last year, I published my first blogpost. Anybody know where the time went? Because I'm pretty sure I did this yesterday. The night before, while Mom and I were driving home (I think from church), I asked her the important question: "Can I start a blog?" She asked me why, and I gave her the reasons I had been coming up with since a few weeks before: improve my writing skills, share some of my photography, talk about life, etc. I was all excited about trying something new. I had done my research, so to speak, and I knew what I wanted to use this blog for. I jumped in, headfirst, and plowed through actually making the blog. I had fun trying out all the gadgets, and ended up spending several hours writing my first post. And so, The Shy Introvert. After many, many changes, now you see the finished product; perfect for now, in my eyes, but who knows if and when I'll do a compete overhaul on the design, or if I'll do another name ch...

Wherein Chloe is a tad bit frustrated with the progress of "The Exile and the Songbird." Once upon a time, I had the brilliant idea to smash together "Robin Hood" and "Sleeping Beauty." I was very excited about it, even went so far as to sign up for NaNoWriMo just so I would have the extra motivation to write it. NaNo came and went, and I was still under 10K words. Not so bad, considering this was my first ever big story, first ever NaNo, first ever a lot of things. I had so many ideas for how I wanted the story to go, the only problem was that the majority of the scathingly brilliant ideas where to take place in the middle/end of the story, thus I had to write all the boring parts first. I know you're thinking "eh, whatever, that's just a part of writing." And I know that is true, but I got bored (I guess?) so I unleashed sarcasm upon all the characters in order to keep myself entertained. Here's the issue though: *pause f...

Warning: this is going to be an incredibly long post, so you may want to come back to it later. *cracks knuckles* Alright, let's do this! Tags: On January 21st,  Mary  tagged me for the Blogging About Blogs tag. The Rules: 1. Thank the person who tagged you. (thanks dearie!) 2. Answer the questions. 3. Tag some blogging friends. The Questions: 1) Blog that makes me laugh: Cait  at  Paper Fury  has a hilarious blog. I almost always end up making rather unladylike snorts whilst trying to keep the giggles at bay.  Also,  Treskie  at  Occasional Randomness ,   Jack  at  However improbable , and  Writefury  always manage to brighten my day when I'm feeling down. 2) Blog that makes me think: Just one? Are you kidding me? No way, I'm so bending this rule (I'll probably end up bending all of them) Kara  at  Coffee With Kara ,  Amanda  at  Scattered Journal Pages ,  Christin...

So, uhhh... We ended up coming home from the tournament way earlier than intended. In fact, we were back home again the day we left, last Thursday. Story time: Thursday dawned bright and clear; a beautiful day for a car trip to Tyler, Texas. This time, Ava was tagging along with us, so she could watch, and see what a tournament was like, since it is possible that she will be competing next year. We were taking the family truck/suv type-thingy, so we all had plenty of room. Ava had mentioned to Mom that she didn't want to sit in the back all by herself; 1, because there is about 6-8 inches of legroom, 2, because you can't hear what going on up front as well, and 3, who knows (?). So, I chivalrously claimed the entire back row (all three seats people!) all for myself. 1, so I could stretch out my legs in a reclining position across them, 2, so I could sleep in a much more comfortable position than I could have in my usual seat, 3, because I didn't want half of m...

When was the last time I posted even? *checks the archives* January first.  *slaps forehead* Good gravy! I promised to have snippets posted, questions answered, and the last time I did Movie Quotes was in October! That was not how I planned to start the post, but oh well, this thing has pretty much flown out the window, and there is no bringing it back now. What a rather awkward situation to be in. Anyways, if you've been hanging around the family blog (you can find the link in the Sometimes I hang out here page), you've probably been hearing about this new thing we've been doing as a family called "Cize".  The first routine was fun; lots of moving around and eight energetic dance steps. We all loved it, and even invited a friend over to do it with us.  The second routine, which we started yesterday, was clearly more advanced. Not everyone had the easiest time catching on, since there wasn't as much repetition as the first one, and the...

Yes, I'm still alive, yes I am fully aware of how long it's been since I've last posted, yes I know that this is being posted at an absurd hour when most sensible people have the blankets pulled up to their noses and are fast asleep. Oh, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! To get y'all up to speed: Christmas was amazing, though I wasn't as excited as I was last year, and only listened to Christmas music a couple of times, and did not decorate my room. We celebrated several days before Christmas with Mom's parents, then celebrated with Dad's side on the 23rd. Christmas day I was awakened at 7:30 by the younger three, almost decided to sleep till 8, but quickly realized that that action would be frowned upon. When Lydia and Christian fimally decided to join everyone else down stairs, we opened stockings and one present each. Then we all had breakfast (cinnamon rolls with eggs) before gathering back into the livingroom to open the rest of the gifts one a...

Christine  offered up this tag as a free for all, so I decide to join the fray, because, why not? First of all, let me express that in no way can I believe that 2015 is almost over, and that Christmas is only a few days away. Ok, now that I've gotten that out of the way, let's continue the tag! The rules: -Post the picture on your blog (The funny thing is, this tag is old and the original pic got lost somewhere along the way, so we’re all having to ignore this rule now.) -Answer the questions -Tag up to 12 blogger -Make up 10 questions for the other bloggers (I heard rumor that there are about twenty questions now, and many people have just been passing along the same list over and over, so pretty much just ignore this rule as well...) The questions: 1.  What is your favorite Christmas treat?  Probably all the Christmas cookies we make with Dad (I have a special relationship with peppermint bark). 2. Are there any special traditions that your family ha...