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

OH! Another cool blog!!! :D

Hey people! Lately my blog has turned into a huge advertisement for other people's blogs.... but seriously, these people have some AWESOME stuff!! Sooooooooo here is yet another website for you people to check out!!!

http://www.newdressaday.com/

The title is pretty self-explanatory: this lady goes to thrift shops and garage sales and buys a $1 dress every day and re-constructs it into something awesome. It's totally cool. Anyhow, I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to share it with you people too....

New Header

Hey people! I was bored, so I made the new header! Surprise: there are no sunflowers. I thought it was time for a change.
Anyway, whatcha think?

Needs something to post.....

I'm desperate people!!! I really, truly am! This is really getting on my nerves!!!

Okay.... let me think...... my mother suggested that I post a rant on how much I hate hotdogs (I hate them a lot) but I don't think I will..... hmm.....

Oh! I know!!




Okay, on Shelfari.com, there's this AWESOME group called the "Young Writers Group." I love it, and it's really awesome. And now, even if you don't have a shelfari account and aren't gonna get one, you can see all the brilliant stuff all the young writers are posting!!! Yeah, they have a blog right here on Blogger!!!
Seriously people, these kids are wonderfully talented. Soooooo HERES the link!!!!! :D

More Random Book Covers :D

Haiku's!!! :D

1.) New Year
new and crisp, church bells
welcome the new year, and
mourn the old one.

2.) Introduction
so how shall i start?
maybe at the beginning....
that does make some sense.

3.) Love
love love love love love
such a simple word, yet such
a beautiful one

4.) Light
a ray of sun, very
much like a golden spear, stabs
through my glass of tea.

5.)Dark
it’s so dark, so cold,
so utterly awful, yet
at the end is hope.

6.) Seeking Solace
inside, i’m so hurt
hungry, thirsty, starving for
a little comfort

7. Break Away
I climb my willow,
leaving everything; for a
few blissful minutes.

Another Blog that I now Love.

THIS IS AN AWESOME BLOG!!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!

Okay, so I recently found out about "100 Themes" where, pretty much, you simply are given a list of 100 "themes" to write a poem, short story, idea, or draw a picture, to match that theme. It's awesome, and I'm gonna try it. Anyway, this person is where I found out about "100 Themes." So here's the blog:
10 x 10= Poetry
Check it out!! :D

(Also, for those of you who may want to see my 100 themes blog, HERE it is.)

Another Random Unnamed Poem :D

(I wrote this for a poetry contest... the theme was "listen")

They tell me
That listening is overrated.
They swear
That I'm not desecrated.
But they are lying.

I want to hear
I want to listen
I want this silence to disappear.
But it won't.

I'm useless.
I'm a mess.
Thy are the ones who are clueless,
But I pay the price, I'm a slave girl in distress.

They tell me
That listening is overrated.
They swear
That I'm not desecrated.
But they are lying.