Sorry!!!

Hello once again, people!! I'm really sorry I haven't posted-our computer got a nasty virus via Google Images. :(
Anyway, I'm now having a major read-and-write marathon, trying to catch up with all my friends stories, e-mails, doodles, chain stories, etc. etc. etc. etc. This is tough!! :D

Anyway, I'm glad to be back! I'll post more the second I'm finished with all my catching up.....

More Doodles

Recently I dug this picture out of my folder:

It's a picture of two of my original book characters. The lady is Felix, the guy is Leo. Anyways, they're brother and sister, and I always enjoy doodling their polar oppositeness. So last night, while I was up at 2:00 thanks to a terrible cough, I decided to doodle them as kids. I think it turned out quite humorous.



Leo begging his sister for another cookie. Poor Felix, she's so short. Even as a four-year-old, Leo was noticeably taller. (You know, for the 7 year age difference.)



Fighting over the TV remote. Leo is now about the same height as Felix. :)



I had so much fun drawing these, I'm gonna have to do some more. Maybe them playing with Nerf (c) guns, or something. ;)

Random Photo Shoot

Oh, I do enjoy taking photographs of myself and my dog. :D




Us posing, wearing our matching outfits. :D



Us posing to match each other. (Beowulf was working for cheese-it's a basic staple in any dog training class. Dog training class I run, that is...)



We were attempting to match this picture. ;)

It's a cat!!!

Yes, that wasn't a typo. We've got a cat!!! It just showed up begging for food and company last week. It hasn't left since.



(Very happy cat)





After a lot of naming drama (Kievan really wanted to name it Bast, after the Egyptian Cat goddess) we finally settled on Silva. It fits pretty well. :D

For my Aunt's Bridal shower :D

My mother and I wrote this poem to go along with our gift at my Aunt's bridal shower. Sadly, we weren't able to attend, due to the fact she lives 16 hours away.

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon…
and it is time to get out your cooking spoon.

Tyler will soon be home from work,
and if there is no dinner, he may go berserk.

To avoid that awful fate,
you’ll need to put something on his plate.

So, when you’re preparing something yummy for him to eat,
I will keep you clean and neat.




(our present was a Gigi's Toile Apron.... perfect for Aunt Angie, and her nickname is "Gigi.")

Women

by Alice Walker



They were women then
My mama's generation
Husky of voice--stout of
Step
With fists as well as
Hands
How they battered down
Doors
And ironed
Starched white
Shirts
How they led
Armies
Headragged generals
Across mined
Fields
Booby-trapped
Ditches
To discover books
Desks
A place for us
How they knew what we
Must know
Without knowing a page
Of it
Themselves.

MORE drawings! :D

I'm really sorry if you've seen these before... I've looked at these pictures so much that I can't remember if I've posted them or not, and I've made so many posts with my drawings that I can't find where I've posted them. :/

Anyway, these all feature three dogs, which do in fact have names. The black one is J.J., the white one is Valentina, and the brownish one is Hazel. They are my sister's, Kiki's, and my trademark animals. They appear in just about every story I've ever written/are writing, including my NaNoWriMo novel. (They are three rebels against the Big Bad Wolf.)

Anyway, just wanted to make sure I posted those. :D




Posing for the camera. (Hazel, SMILE!)



J.J. and Val dancing crazily, like J.J. and Val do.....



Hazel winning at Monopoly. That board took me forever. :D

You guessed it..... another amazing blog!

Well, two actually.

Thanks to my latest Stone Soup magazine, (check them out, it's an amazing magazine!) I found out about two more blogs that I'm now tuning into daily. "ZEKs LITE" is by the family of a Stone Soup illustrator, and "She Came From Planet Z" is her own personal blog. They are both sooooo fun to read! Also, Z is an extraordinary doodler, and K is a brilliant knitter. Although I'll most likely never be able to knit more than my trademark shapeless scarves, it's a ton of fun to see her socks. (Literally!)

Anyway, there's my random "I love this website" post for the day. :D

Random Observation about Fairy Tales

In fairy tales, weird things always happen to the characters, and they never seem to bat an eyelash!!!

For example, in the fairy tale "Queen Cat", there's this prince who comes across a random castle is the middle of the woods. The queen of the castle is a talking cat, and all the servants are bodiless, floating hands. Now, a NORMAL person would have a nervous breakdown at seeing floating hands but nooooooooooooo, the prince is all like, "Oh, floating hands! I think I'll stay here for dinner!"

Anyway, there's my 2 cents.

So this is what happens...........

...........when I find a purple sharpie marker and a boring folder. Say hello to my new and improved Chloefied 4-H folder!!

I like Ike!

The dog, that is.

"Ike" here is part dragonfly, part pomeranian, and all predator. XD
I drew him the other day using Crayola markers. I think he turned out well.... but I find it amusing that his tongue is hanging out in every picture......

Welcome to November!

WOAH!! It feels like just yesterday it was September!! It's November already!! You know what THAT means.... thanksgiving, family, huge unfinished piles of homework, NaNoWriMo, etc. etc. etc.

I've already started working on my novel. My word count is at about 1,900. I'm really pumped about it!!

Anyway, Happy November, people!

Happy All Saints Day!!

Instead of participating in Halloween, our family dresses up for All Saints Day. This time around, we dressed up and then went to our local nursing home to say hi to the elderly. I had fun, but I'm not so sure that St. George/Ben enjoyed himself...





Kievan as Judith, who was some warrior lady in the Old Testament who killed a lot of men..... Kiki did a pretty good job acting like her. The duct tape armor was my doing...



Judith vs. St George..... Judith was winning....


Me as Queen Esther. You can't see it, but my hair was AWESOME!! I was wearing an extension... obviously... but I put this huge string of pearls around it. It looked so pretty. ^^
Anyway, my dress is actually just a sheet.......



Ben as St George. That armor (a Christmas present from family-thanks!) has come is super handy. Last year, he wore it as St. Michael the Archangel....



Allie as St. Therese Little Flower (hence the flowers). The costume was made by our wonderful father out of two black dollar-tree party tablecloths, and one white one. Bonus points for you, Dad!



A.C. was by far the biggest hit at the nursing home. Despite the fact that she had no costume, the little old ladies couldn't stop petting her and asking her questions. She couldn't care less: she just be-bopped around until she finally crashed. This picture was taken post-nursing home. Man, she was out like a lamp!

Another Drawing by Moi

I had my first ever commissioned drawing. (Well, excluding Kiki's requests....) This is it! Featuring Safara and her loyal servant John. (Sorry, John! :D)

Random caption I made up for no apparent reason:
"JOHN! Go eat tapioca!"


I think Saf's arm looks funky.... oh, well......

NaNoWriMo

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! WHAT WAS I THINKING???

Anyway, it's a week before November...... which just happens to be the "write a novel in a month" month. And guess what? I'm doing it.

So, as you can probably guess by the outburst above, I'm really extra freaked out about this whole deal. I'm DOOMED!!!!!!!!

Anyway, there you go. For more information about my new obsession/torture, click HERE.

The joys of...... shopping?

Lately, my sister and I have found that our favorite place in this small town is.... the mall. How did we get this way? Seriously, what is it about teenage girls that has an almost magnetic attraction to SHOPPING??

I don't know. I only know that 1.) webkinz and miniclip are no longer huge, time consuming things in my life and 2.) Auntie Anne's has the best pretzels on the planet.

So, teenage girl is OUT. If you need me, I'll be at Target.

My friend who writes (continued)

I almost forgot.... here's the cover I made for her book. :D

One of my friends.....

.......is a writer!
She's a relatively new friend of mine (I met her at 4-h) and she gave me her devinART page link. It's really cool, I advise you to check it out and read her Percy Jackson fanfiction and look at her awesome drawings. (Link found HERE)

Lately, she's started writing a new story as well. This one is her original idea, and I honestly can't wait to get my fingers on her first chapter. She's a really talented writer. (link to her official story site HERE!)

Anyhoo, just wanted to blurt that out! :D

Soundtrack for "Fang"

I'm a HUGE Maximum Ride fan, and so I tend to talk to other random fans of it. Well, anyway, I heard about this song that someone thought was perfect for the ending of "Fang" (the current last book in the series... there's another coming out this February.) Soooooooo I looked it up and...... it. is. PERFECT.
(At least I think so.)
So anyway, here's the link to the youtube version: CLICK HERE.

A Random Observation

I'm an avid journalist. I also tend to go back and read random excerpts from my journal. Last night, while reading it, I noticed that Kievan has extremely bad luck near her birthday.
My entries:

Febuary 4, 2007 (Kievan's birthday)
"Today there was a tornado!! The siren went off and we all got into the hallway. We were all really scared and the other kids cried."

Febuary 5, 2008 (day after Kievan's birthday)
"We had to go to church with Mrs. Rebbecca today because Kievan is really sick with the flu."

February 2, 2009 (2 days before Kievan's birthday)
"Our mom was taken to the hospital tonight. Somethings wrong with the baby! I'm really, really, really worried."


Yup. Poor Kievan. :P