That's what makes people twins?

Mom: Twins are when two babies are in the womb together.
Graci: That's what makes people twins? I thought people were twins because they were born on the same day!

EVERYONE BUT GRACI LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY

Mom: We may need to take the black out of your hair.
Graci: That has nothing to do with it! *just got black streaks in her blonde hair*
Me: We don't want to false advertise... }:D

**More hysterical laughter at Graci's expense**

Gosh, I just love my family. Love to you Graci!! <3

Dragonfly Thoughts

Haven't updated in awhile...Although it's still August...

School will be starting soon and I still don't have any supplies, but I'm actually not all that worried about it. My room isn't finished yet either, but it's getting closer, we've primed it though so it's ready for the good paint. I'm hoping that my room will have a patchwork kind of feel to it... I've always been rather fond of patchwork... So my mom is going to do some argyle art on the sides of my book shelf and swirls on the vent in my ceiling and my best friend Meghan and I are going  to do vertical stripes on my dresser... I hope. My mom's going to get me a nice wicker trash basket for my room.

We're still hoping we'll have me moved in before school starts but only time will tell.

I've been watching squirrels a lot lately. How they move, climb trees, eat nuts, the way they look like little waves when they run. It's very fascinating. I might have to put my observations in a book. Maybe the one about the Dragonflies that I also have swimming around in the back of my head. Dragonfly Thoughts. Pretty cool right? I suppose it sounds a bit more poem like when actually written down as opposed to how it sounds in my mind. Oh well.

I read Emily the Strange and found it oddly compelling.. Makes me want to go and build a golum of my own... It'd be very resourceful. Although more than anything it makes me wish that I knew more. So now I'm reading the Dangerous Angels series by Francesca Lia Block. Pretty good, interesting names. Weird story plots and usually centered around movies that My Secret Agent Lover Man is creating. Although I do love it and her descriptions are unusually poetic. Almost finished with that though and soon to start Sunshine, then it's back to the library with me...

Hope you're all doing well and enjoying your last week of summer/ first week of school.

Dalmation Feet...

I just finished dyeing my best friend, Meghan's, hair. It was... messy, and black and my feet feel like Dalmatians. But, her hair looks awesome and I kept the face splattering to a minimum! Yay me! So her picture day tomorrow will hopefully go well. I have my orientation/picture day on the 23rd. I'm anxiously awaiting. I think I've chosen my outfit but you can never be too sure.

This will be the first year since.... second grade? That I'm actually doing something with my hair. It's not much, but it's something. And hopefully my face won't look like it has a tumor on it. Which happens. Phoo. But I don't know their photographer, maybe I will. I don't truly know. Darn me.

My mom said we're going to get pictures this year and I hope she means it, otherwise I'm going to have to use my student ID in my "collage" of pictures. I don't have many. Luckily for Graci, she does have a lot of pictures, her graduation collage is going to look awesome. You know, when she graduates. Yeah...

We're still waiting for Dad to finish mudding the drywall downstairs so that we can prime it, paint it, and I can move in. They want me to move in before school starts so that I can move all my stuff in without a bunch of people trying to go places and do things. Moving from one end of the house to the other is actually relatively difficult. Specifically when you have to go down stairs... But then, THEN the room shall be MINE! Mwahahahahah~! Ahem. Right, sorry. 

Well, goodnight and good luck in your endeavors.

Little bit of everything Update

Well, school is almost upon us and we're getting ready. My mother and I went school clothes shopping because this is the first time my sister and I will be going to a public school. Graci, my sister, of course, has plenty of clothes already but is also sure to get more.

I'm supposed to be moving downstairs soon to the room that we just re-dry-walled. And am actually looking forward to it. When I get down there I'll have a huge dresser, all for me. And that's good, considering all the clothes I just bought. It'll be the first time since Graci was born that I'll have my own room. I'm taking all the big stuff into the little room... The dresser, bookshelf, a bed, the desk. So, it'll probably be crowded...

I'm saving up money to buy a tablet PC, you know the ones with the screen that flips around and you can write on it with a little pen? Because I would really like to have one. Dad's bringing the computer down and I'm probably going to take the speakers too. Because they're mine. And I like them. Anyways.

Graci's keeping her bed, the T.V. and the computer as well as the wireless mouse and keyboard. Sigh, a loss on my part. Oh, and she's keeping the guinea pigs. She wants to get rid of them, but I like having them around, even if we don't play with them anymore. They're kind of like a safety net for me. Yeah... I should probably get a bigger safety net...

I got this amazing new bracelet when we went up to the cottage last time. It's like a charm bracelet with the big links and everything, but what you hook onto it are these little metal hoops with dreams written on them, you know, Peace, Imagine, Freedom, Inspire. Stuff like that. Mom says that every time we go up  I can get a new charm and we're heading up again Labor Day weekend. :D I'm going to get Inspire this time. I already have Imagine and Freedom.

My school doesn't give the supply list out until after school starts, so we can't go supply shopping yet. Phoo.  I want to get some nice gel pens for this year... If I can't I'll just have to use the cheap ones I bought from Dollar General last year.

OH! And I went to this little bookstore down the street from my house called the Book Corral. Oh, it's so cute! It's little and books are stacked on every shelf everywhere. I was so excited when I saw that she had the Harry Potter series! Well... six of the seven... and she didn't have the sixth... But that's okay! Because I already have the sixth!! :D So I figure I'll have to go back there for birthday presents and whatnot because she also had Janet Evanovich, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. So. 

Well, I've officially blabbered on about everything that's going on now. Just an update. ;) Catch ya later.

Why I Love Grimalkin From the Iron Fey Series

He is a cat.

That alone should be enough, but, because for some it isn't, I will go on.

He irrevocably confirms my and ancient Egyptians' belief that cats are superior to humans and fey alike, specifically in the knowledge department. He adds a surreal Alice in Wonderland element to the novels, what with his backwards guidance and disappearances. He's very witty and I always find myself attracted to the more clever characters that can make me laugh out loud.

Not to mention that he speaks so articulately. Like, politely, but making fun of you with every word he says. Almost old-fashioned, but not quite. He's constantly skirting the main characters around dangers and sometimes leading them right into dangers. His sneeze is the feline form of a laugh. And, let's face it, where would Meghan, Ash, and Puck be without him?

He knows where most of the trods are in the Nevernever and the mortal realm, his "random" disappearances foretell trouble, he's everyone's friend and everyone's enemy, and he does all of this for his own amusement.

To sum it up, he is a cat.