. . . because I seriously need to!
To begin with, my big sister is in Sicily! And she’s going to be there all summer! I seriously don’t know how I’m going to survive, but I guess I’ve gotten this far (exactly one week, to be precise), and she responds to my e-mails, because she’s awesomeness.
(Prepare for this post to be a lot of scattered randomness!)
Calling all you sweet Omaha people, I’m doing a fundraiser for our adoption! You can read about it on the family blog here! I’m selling made-from-scratch, chocolate chip scones. I’ve gotten rave reviews on them at every party and gathering I’ve made them for.
We’ve been listening to this song a lot lately:
“Raise your thoughts a little higher,
Use your words to inspire,
Joy will fall like rain,
When you speak life with the things you say”
Little Brother loves it. 🙂 We’ve been saying “speak life” instead of “speak nicely” or something like that, and it works well. Oh the magic of making something a song!
Plus, I had the best ever Middle Earth geek moment a few weeks ago, and I had to tell you all about it: I walked down to a playground in our neighborhood recently–because I have a “thing” with playgrounds–and wandered around and climbed on top of monkey-bars and walked on fence-rails. What big kids do at parks. It had rained the day before so there were some lovely puddles to splash in. I was just paddling around when I looked down and there, half-buried in the sand, at the bottom of a puddle, gleaming in the sunshine, was a ring. A ring. I just stared. Then poked it with my Aragorn boot. Then picked it up. It was silver–a little disappointing, but still cool. Though slightly creepy. I put it in my pocket and brought it home with me. 🙂
Happy Wednesday, folks! What have you been up to?
This was a great post, Hanna! I really liked reading it! And that silver ring thing- that’s just creepy…. =D
Ooh, chocolate chip scones? They sound really good, Hanna! I read the post on your parents blog, and those pics of Michael were so cute! =)
I miss you guys a lot! I can’t wait until we can see you guys!
I know, it was creepy!
They are really good, if I do say so myself! 😉 And yes, those pictures were so cute! I couldn’t believe how good they were when Mom showed them to me!
Oh my word!! You found a ring???!!! Just laying on the ground?!???!!!! While you had your Aragorn boots on???!!!!! THAT’S SO COOL!!!!!!! Do you still have it??? You should so totally post a picture!!!!!! 🙂
I was going to try to take a picture of it, but I never got it done. *sigh* I should still!
Great post, Hanna!
And I know. Becca. In Sicily. For THE WHOLE SUMMER. How WILL we survive?!?!?!
And I love that Toby Mac song!!! Have you guys heard any of the rest of his music?
Oh my goodness. That is SOOO Middle-Earth!! I want to see the ring on the 9th! =)
-Ariel
I don’t know how we will survive. 🙁
I’ve heard a few of his other songs–usually because Spencer showed me. 🙂 Are there any you recommend?
You can totally see it on the 9th, if I don’t get a picture up–or if I do. 😉
Ooh, if I could recommend one Toby Mac song, it would have to be Eye on It. It’s a great, fast song, and I like to listen to it. =D
Ooh, thank you for the offer to show us! I’d love to see it! =D
-Jaidyn Perran
Ooh, yes I’ve heard that one, actually. Yes, it’s really good!
*stares at 2nd sentence* *stares more* It still seems very unreal to me that she is in SICILY. I can’t imagine how different it must be for you!
I LOVE your idea for a fundraiser, it’s awesome! And the scones look so GOOD (I saw the pictures 🙂 ).
Ooo, I love that Toby Mac song! He has some really good ones.
OH MY GOODNESS. That LOTR things is just … just … I can’t even believe it. *rereads story* Okay, I guess I can believe it (kinda). That’s SO cool!!! It was a RING! In the PUDDLE! And you were wearing your ARAGORN BOOTS!! *fangirls much* Alright, alright, I used enough capital letters for now 😀 . But seriously, that’s really cool 😀 .
Yeah, it’s weird. I keep feeling like she should come pulling into the driveway after work, and then realizing that she’s halfway across the world. *sigh*
It’s okay, I don’t really believe it either. It was awesome! Even though Aragorn never touches the ring, it was still cool. And I usually have my Aragorn boots on, so it wasn’t that surprising. 😉