Today's "To Do" List

So, today, I set my alarm for 9:00 a.m.  Then, when I (Jaime) heard the alarm go off, I turned it off and, as usual, fell back asleep for about an hour.  So started my day.  Then, I did my Saturday "Room Cleaning" job which took about two hours as I was being more thorough than usual, dusting my baseboards, fan, the trim on my door and closet, as well as my bookshelf, dresser, and end table.  Then, I vacuumed everything, shifting the smaller furniture in my room back, and forth, and back again.  Anyway, enough with that...

Then, me, Mom, and Will went to Dollar Tree to do our "Dollar Tree Christmas Shopping".  Every year for the past few years, we kids (me, Will, and Courtney) have bought presents for everyone in our family (dog(s) included).  It's a cheap way for us to have the joy of seeing their happy expressions upon opening presents!  Our parents, of course, buy us a few things (depending on prices).  We don't have a Christmas tree, and do very little for Christmas anyway, so the gifts are typically on a shelf, mantle, etc.  Courtney wasn't feeling at all well today, so Dad will have to take her another day to do her shopping.  I've already wrapped a few of my gifts for the fam, which I always do.  :)  I always get so excited, I can't possibly wait!

Well, I have to help Mom figure something out for dinner, and I'm hoping to cut out the pieces for a gored (panelled) Christmas skirt I've wanted to make for a while now.  Hopefully a picture post will be coming soon (as soon as I get things in order).  Feel free to go to my other blog.  The link is in the previous post.  Until next time, I remain,

~Jaime

Update For the Last Few Months

Hello!!  Nobody probably reads this blog anymore...Sorry for not posting except every few months!  I'm awful, I know.  I didn't mean to lie by saying I'd post "Jewelry Making Part 2" soon, I really meant to, but then everything in my life went topsy turvy...

First off, my sister is wanting to get married in a year and four months (approximately), so my mom is trying to prepare her for that responsibility...

Then, my family, no longer going to "church", has joined a home church/organic church type of group, and it has kept us really busy.  Some of the people can get irritating sometimes, but that's anywhere.

Next is what has probably affected me most...Alexis Wassenberg.  She is the very best friend in the entire world, and I love her SO MUCH.  We only live about 30 minutes away from each other (she is in the country, but I am in the suburbs), yet for some reason, we only saw each other about three times this year (all within the last few months).  It makes me so sad, and I miss her so much... God's ways are higher than ours, though, so I guess He knows what He's doing.  :)

Fourth, my Aunt Beque has discovered that my twelve year old cousin, Rebekah, has epilepsy.  She, therefore, has seizures.  Aunt Beque is rather upset, needless to say.  I ask you to please, PLEASE pray fervently that God would either heal Rebekah, or at least use this to draw her and her mother closer to Him.  

Next, growing up is hard!  Yeesh...I always said "I can't wait till I'm older and can do..."...But now...Well, it's rather difficult that my sister and brother are changing so much.  Me and my brother used to do EVERYTHING together, and I mean everything!  Now, our interests have changed, and as he grows into a young man, I grow into a young woman.  Same with my sister.  She's growing up, and spends most of her time conversing with her hope-to-be future husband...Ah well, 'tis the price of growing up.  :)  HE knows what's best.  :) (:

Now that you know what's going on, this is what I did today:

1. Got up, washed face, ate breakfast, all that good stuff...
2. After lazing around for a little while, I made pizza for lunch...
3. While eating lunch, I looked at some older posts at my favorite blog, Solid Rock Ranch Updates.
4. Then I took pictures for a blog post I hope to do on my other blog--A Princess In Purity.
5. Then I did a little school after a late start...
6. After that, I probably lazed around more, it being a rather nasty day, and me being quite tired.
7. After that I did the Friday chore, cleaning the bathroom...Not the funnest job in the world, though I do enjoy the feeling of accomplishment that comes over me when I finish.  :)
8. After that, me, my brother, and my mom went to pick up Chinese for dinner while our dad entertained our friend, Philip.  
9. After that, obviously, came dinner...
10. Then cleanup...
11. And then I made Chocolate chip cookies for the family!  They were tasty, and Philip enjoyed them.  :)
12. While eating cookies, we watched A Series of Unfortunate Events.  Phil fell asleep several times during the movie.  :)
13. Toward the end of the movie, I got tired myself, and decided to come into my bedroom and write up this post.  :)  After this, I will probably read my Bible, possibly read a book for a few minutes (doubtable), then go to bed.  

So ends my day.  I know this isn't all that interesting, there being no pictures and all.  My dad agreed to get me a digital camera for my Birthday, so then I won't have to borrow my sister's, take pictures, find her cord to hook it to the probably "in use" computer, upload her pictures and mine, sort through all the pics, and then do a post.  I will have my OWN camera, so I can always know where everything is, and have only MY pictures (typically) to upload.  Ah, the peacefulness of the idea.  :)  Until next time,

~Jaime

Notice

Just so you all know, I will be posting a jewelry making part 2 as soon as I get pictures.  It will probably be about making necklaces with barrel clasps.  I am also hoping to post a few of my favorite favorite hairstyles.  I might do videos for the hairstyles, but I might not.  It all depends.....

-Jaime-

5 Random Things Post

Hey Everyone!!!!!  It's Jaime, I know I haven't posted in FOREVER!  

The first random thing is quilts.  I just finished a baby quilt, and it's so cute!!!  It's my first quilt and really simple, but still cute.  Its theme is cute cartoon frogs.  Me and Mom went to the store a while ago and found three froggy themed materials and one plain green.  Court just finished cutting out squares for a quilt and she just a few minutes ago started sewing.

The second random thing is Mikey.  He came back for a visit!  He's grown soooo much.  He's taller, can talk more (though he's forgotten a few animal sounds), and has really long hair.  When we watched him a little while ago, we actually put a barrette in his hair to hold his bangs back.  Shhhh...don't tell his dad.  :)

The third random thing is August.  This August we kids are going to go to our grandparents house in North Carolina.  We are probably going to stay there about a week.  And their neighbor has offered to let us swim in her underground pool.  I can hardly wait to go there!!!!!

The fourth random thing is just a couple hairstyle blogs that I like.  The first is cutegirlshairstyles.com.  I really love this blog.  It has some really cute hairstyle ideas.  The other is princesshairstyles.com.  I really like this one too.  They both have really cute hairstyles.

And, last but definitely not least, my fifth random thing.  Aunt Becky and our cousins are moving back to Virginia!!!  I'm so excited!!!  They had moved to Delaware, but they found it wasn't a very nice place.  Their were alot of child molesters around their and they didn't feel safe.  They're moving back into a giant house.  I think it has about 7 bedrooms and is two story with a basement.  So yeah.  But I'm so excited!!

Well, that's it for my five random things post.  Hope you liked it!

-Jaime-

P.S.  If you read this, I miss you Lexi!!

Contacts For Courtney

Guess what?!  Forget about guessing; I'll just tell you.

Yesterday, I went to the eye doctor.  I haven't been in about 5 years, so...  Yeah, it's been a while.

They ran through all the tests and told me that my eyes had hardly changed at all.  They also said that my eyes would be perfect for contacts.

 The man who examined my eyes had actually offered me tinted contacts in the case that I wanted to change my eye color, and although I really like blue eyes, I figured getting those kind of contacts would be like trying to be something I'm not.

Not to mention, God made me who I am, and I wouldn't want to change that.  And so, I went with the clear contacts.  =)

Once the man had finished checking my eyes, he sent me to this lady who showed me how to put my contacts in.  I thought it'd be kind of hard to get them in, but it was a snap!  =D

The lady was all like, "I love you...  You're so easy.  Some people take hours...."

Once I got my contacts in, the lady told me all about how to take care of them and gave me a bag with some starter supplies.

I also picked out new glasses while we were in there.  They're different than the ones I have right now, but they aren't bad.

Took me a while to pick 'em out though.  The lady kept giving me all these different pairs of glasses, most of which looked really WEIRD on me.  O.o

I'm pretty happy with the ones I picked out though...  And I'm ESPECIALLY happy about the contacts.  I've been waiting YEARS for these things!!

I can hardly even feel they're there.  It's almost like I can just automatically see.  =)

Well, I guess that's it for now.  Later!

-Courtney-

 

I'm Almost Done School!!!!!

I'm almost done all my school for the year!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday I finished Science, I finished Language Tuesday, I'll be done History next week, and I'll finish Spelling and Math in two weeks!!!!!!!  I'm so happy!!!!!!!

Then I can finally pay more attention to crafts and making things for my hope chest.  (I got a hope chest for my Birthday.)


-Jaime-

P.S. Sadly, we probably won't be having a garden this year because our garden spot has a disease and is killing all the plants we planted.  But, Dad says we might be able to do a few of those upside down, hanging plants on the front of our house.

Jewelry Making Part 1 Earrings

Hey everyone!! I thought I'd just do a post on how to make jewelry.  It's really pretty and fun to make.  This post will be about making earrings. 

Here's a picture of some earrings I have made.

Items Needed

I apologize that I don't know what these are called, 

but I will call them pins.  You can get the kind

with the loop at the end (left) or the kind with the

flat edge at the end (right).  I think the latter are better.

Earring hooks.  You can get these at craft stores.  

These came from Ben Franklin Craft Store.

These hook well onto the pins (the looped ones)

in the top items-needed picture.

Pliers and wire cutters.  Some people like to have 

another set of pliers, but I find one pair sufficient.

You will also need small-holed glass beads of your choice.

 To start, string your beads onto your pin.  Make 

sure to leave at least 3/4 inch of the pin showing....

Then, using your pliers, pinch the pin right above

the beads and bend the pin away from 

yourself at a right angle over the pliers.

Then, shift your pliers upward onto the other edge of the pin.

Then, curl your pin back towards yourself around the pliers......

Like so...............

Then, bend the long piece of the pin around underneath the pliers, above the bead(s).

Like so..............Then just clip off the last
little bit of the pin that you couldn't wrap.

Then bend the loop on your earring hook to the side.......

Slip the other part of your earring in, bend back the loop, and there you have it.

 Again, these are very pretty and fun to make.  If you're first getting started making jewelry, it may be a leeetle bit expensive.  Not too bad, just a little............Well, hope you like 'em!

-Jaime-