i can fly higher than an eagle with you as the wind beneath my wings!!

Tonight is the night I tell you about my hero.

She is funny, adorable, completely in love with life, and she has the most amazing voice in the world. She is a domestic goddess. She has the cutest personality ever, and lets admit it... she's just hot.

Did I mention she's 5'8? MY HEIGHT?

ITS A SIGN!!!!



I'm completely convinced that she has superpowers and can do EVERYTHING in the world.


Oh yes. That is who I'm talking about.

Nigella Lawson

She's so relaxed and happy and warm about life and everything. And she loves food and eats unabashedly, which is completely awesome.



So what do we do when we have a food-girl-crush? Obsessively cook through one of her brilliant cookbooks, Julie and Julia-style, of course!

I'm about to start with "Nigella Bites" and I'm completely enthused about the fact that the book starts with breakfast. Breakfast! My favorite! That's also a sign!

I am a little anxious about some of the weirdo English foods she cooks. She does cook some meats that I don't eat, like pork, rabbit, lamb, veal. And squid. cause squid is gross.

Enthused!

my shoes have pockets, how about yours?

look what i found in the mens shoe section of plato's closet.

yes, they're Roos, yes, they have pockets, and yes. they are hi-tops.


these were a HUGE fad in the 80's and 90's... i remember when i was little all the cool older kids had Roos


now i'm cool too!

Civil War Ball

I've finally got my pictures from the ball last weekend edited and pretty!

I know I danced one of those polkas, but I don't remember the fellers' name and we stepped in late so he hadn't written it in my dance card (above). That is one of the disadvantages of meeting so many people in one night!

"i weel have my glory day een the hot sun"

caroline, sarah and me

all in all a magical evening! the next morning we sat around the warm oven at the Browns and talked over the ball just like they would have done then, it was so fun!

we're nice people, really

A few weeks ago Sister Spud was here doing homework (she had come for dinner but stayed late in hopes of a brownie or two), and she was terribly terribly busy. Some people came over who she didn't have time to talk to (really. no time. she didn't even have time to talk to me)...

...so she hid under the table.



ah, i see we're taking the mature road. ok then.



they never knew she was there. it was awesome. i slid the camera under the table and this is the wonder i got:

deelightful.

Olympics

So obviously I'm not a sporty person...


!!HOWEVER!!



I LOVE THE WINTER OLYMPICS!!!!


They are SO way cooler than the summer ones. The ice skating, the crazy host country themed opening ceremonies, the skiing. oh yes. yes please.


I'm watching right now, and all I can say is...


INDIAN DANCE-OFF!!!! possibly the awesomest thing I've ever seen.

little letters

time for some little letters, a la rockstar diaries

dear sprinkled donuts,
oh you.

dear cadd9 guitar chord,
why do you hurt my fingers so?

dear snow,
i love you. that is all.

dear sad robot,
you are stuck in my head and you're making me sad! someone please love that lonely little robot!

dear awkwardness,
stop haunting me! i've had enough for one week!

dear new dress,
i can't wait to wear you saturday night, even if it is just to waitress at the valentines banquet.

dear cabbage patch dolls,
you smell so good, i still can't resist visiting your aisle every time i'm in target

i heart snow

even when it freezes my nose

even when it makes me slip and fall

even when it gets in my boots and feels weird

even when it slides off the roof onto my head and down my neck.. yeeeeeekkk!

Snow Day!

Well. Ok. Not really.
For some reason classes weren't cancelled today, despite the
SIX INCHES OF SNOW!!

After class we all went out into the huge snowy field and built snowmen!

Two snowmen, to be precise.


Actually... to be precise, a Snow-Pope and a Snow-Luther.


Yes.


I know.

Somehow we wound up taking teams, and Summer and I took the side of Pope Snowius III (because his name was so awesome)... and Snowius and Luther started an inevitable argument...

Seriously? You thought Snow-Luther and Snow-Pope could be in the same field together? no no no

Here's how it went:


Snow-Luther: Heyyy Snowius, you've got a huge bootie! (he did by the way... we could both stand on it) Oh and by the way I've got a hammer and some nails!
Snow-Pope: You get yosef away from my church doors! VANDALISM!!
Snow-Luther: Whatcha gonna do, hit me in the head with your potpourri holder?
Snow-Pope: Get back here Wormface! I send my legions afta you!

at which point Summer and I, being the Papal legions, tackled Snow-Luther, yelling "Counter-reformation in yo face, Lutha!"


If you have never tackled a snowman, you MUST. At some point in your life. It is one of the most rewarding experiences ever.

Also one of the dampest experiences ever... we were completely soaked afterwards. Brr!


After that the Reformation Minions tackled Pope Snowius III and the church leaders turned into snowforts for the massive 40 person snowball fight that ensued. It was pretty amazing.

Yet another of those amazing moments that would probably only happen with homeschoolers.

my life would be so awkward if i didn't like freckles, pt. 1

ok... now... wait for it... wait for it....

aaaaaahahaha

yes i found a button in picasa to darken all shadows. aka my freckles.

terrifying, ernt it?

attack of the noyings