Post-Grad Life

I have officially graduated!!!!

Saturday, May 28, 2011 I graduated from homeschool high school with a life-long friend. It went very well.

There was a slide show of our lives, and we did a Praise and Worship time at the end before we went to eat and fellowship.

There was a chocolate fountain, two different kinds of cakes, three different dips with chips, home-made mints, an assortment of nuts, and three beverages.

For my presents, I, of course, received a rather large chunk of money. Along with that, I was given a three piece suitcase set, an iPad and leather case for it, a very cool, very big pocket knife that has a seascape with a boat on both sides, a BIG box of chocolates and a very nice journal and a toiletry bag. I love all of my gifts, if anyone gave me anything, I would like to say here: Thank you for your gifts and your presence at a huge moment of my life.

Now, I can no longer say that I am homeschooled. L But there are bigger and better thing that are ahead of me. My best days are ahead of me, as Danny Gokey’s single from his first album says.

I have finished up with a lot of things that I will no longer be attending as a full student. I finished orchestra and choir and private music lessons. I am sad that they finished, but I am excited at the same time as well. Is that a bad thing? Now if I ever go back it will be to visit with friends.

The VBS decoration process has started back up. This will be my first VBS not being homeschooled. It’s sad, but exciting.

As I talk of VBS, it reminded me of summer and swimming and that we opened our pool a few weeks ago and I had my first swim of this year today!! Also that I go a new swimsuit.

This past semester I have been taking a class with my grandmother. It is a class for Swedish Weaving and Huck Toweling. I have been enjoying it very much. It will be going through the summer and into the fall.

I will be going to college in the fall. I will be going for English.

I think that is it for now. I will attempt to keep up with posting now that school is over and that it is summer.

First Post of the New Year!!!

Well, here we are in a New Year. Which means to some a start to a new life.

Christmas went very well. I got the Pirates’ trilogy. A book of new knitting patterns, which I started in that day. I have finished one and am on my second one. But you have to realize that I go for days without even touching it. If I do, it can vary from working on it form 30 minutes to a few hours. All of us kids got a $14 music download gift card from Wal mart. Which I used to get the music from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Us four older girls all got a $50 gift card to Maurices. We went and used them Saturday.

This is how my New Year started.

It ended up that we got three weeks off of school. We started officially back up last week.

Orchestra and choir and lessons all started back up and in full swing last week. We were supposed to have started back up with orchestra and choir two weeks ago, but we had lot of snow fall that week, so we didn’t go.

But we did get our new Federation pieces last Friday. All but one in Beethoven and one in Brahms.

That, I guess, has to be all of the new news that I can think of at the moment.

Numerous Activites.

Since the last time that I posted, several things have happened.

1. My dad had his B-day.(I won't tell how old he is.)
2. My youngest brother had his 7th B-day.
3. The girl that I teach tatting to, finished her Christmas medallion and we have moved on to a doily.
4. I went and helped at a friends horse sale.
5. We are soon to get our new Christmas music for orchestra and choir.
6. The harp lesson that I teach is going very well.
7. Music lessons are going along very well.

I am very excited for everything that is going on.

I am still enjoying the Brahms theory class that I am taking. I have been learning things that I didn’t know a few months ago.

My driving practice is going well, I guess. My parents might disagree for some of the times that they rode with me. There were some almost scary times. I don’t know how much I have at the moment, but I have at least much more than 3 hours done. Probably more like 5 or 6 hours, but I’m not sure how much I have exactly.

Catching Up.

Sorry for the long wait for the next post!

School has been going very well. I am enjoying all of my subjects so far. At the moment, I am doing Algebra 2, Consumer Math, World History, Vocabulary, English, an Elizabeth George Bible study, a fast moving Biology (I am doing several lessons a day at my request in order to get to Chemistry faster), and on Mondays and Wednesdays I am doing Economics. I am yet to have a writing class, but my mom is still undecided on how to do everything. I think I got everything. Well, there is Piano, Violin, Harp, and Choir practice that I have to do everyday as well. Music is a given.

Yesterday was orchestra/choir/theory! I LOVE my choirs, orchestras, and theory classes that I am in! I also LOVE my 11 eight year olds and 2 nine year olds in the beginner violin theory class that I teach. This year I am teaching a private lesson for the first time. It’s a harp lesson.

In the Brahms theory class (the one that I am taking) I LOVE IT TREMENDASLY! Mr. H. is AWSOME! I am learning so much. He makes everything very fun easy to understand. One of the things that we are learning is how to conduct. Very exciting! Yet, I had no idea how big the world of chords really was until I walked into this class three weeks ago.

I’m sorry if I am rambling! I just love music!

Sorry!!!!!!!!!

I am SO sorry for taking ten days to post anything!!! It has been really hectic around here.

For starters, I have had three orchestra performances in the past six days. One on Friday, one Saturday, and one last night. Let me give all of you, who DON'T go to orchestra, a brief overview of these past three days.

Friday: Regular orchestra day. With the Beethoven and Brahms orchestras and Bel Canto Chamber Choir performing at the Hammens hall that night, right after orchestra practically.

Saturday: We got up, ate, found every body's performance clothes, got the instruments, music, and stands out in the van. Then after picking up one of our friends, Kara P., we headed to the designated church where the performance was to be held. We got there, and hurriedly found a place for our instruments and other stuff. The Concert Choir and the people who were left in Beethoven, with a few Alumni people, ran through For the Glory and the Hallelujah Chorus. Then Bel Canto figured out our standing arrangements in the choir loft. Then, I at least, had about 10 minutes of breathing time before Bel Canto had to go out to the foryer to do the pre-concert. After that, the real concert began. Let us just put it that waiting for the cue to go up and do my thing was a little nerve racking. We finally were able to go up for Bel Canto. We then did our little thing, and everybody loved us. At least that is what I am telling myself. Then it was time for Beethoven and Brahms. In Brahms, I was so out of it by then. Well, to start out, I had not seen hide nor hair of a program. So I thought that we were doing the same order as the night before. So, I get the music out, put my harp in the right key for the song, look up at the girls, who sit in front of me, and see a totally different song on their stands. So, I get that music out, change the key, and wait for Mrs. L. to start the count off. By the time I was ready, I was hearing Mrs. L. saying that we were going to skip that song, for a time saver, and go to the second one. AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! So I watched everybody in front of me to see what the song was, got it out, changed keys one more time, and then we played our next two songs. The rest of the day went by without any other notable disasters. On my part that is.

My Tuesday: I am going to give you all the load down for Tuesday, so you all can see just how hectic it was for Kara my mom and myself.

It starts out with Lessons for us three older girls. We then go pick up Kara P. and go to the R's. house for pizza and speech class. We then drop Kara P. off at her house so she could get ready, go home, get ready ourselves, pack the van up, pick Kara P. up again, and go pick up James P.(No relation) We then head to Springtown for our performance. It was to be "performance's" but the weather had turned bad by the time we were done with the first one. So we scurried out, packed up, went to go eat, got gas and chocolate, then headed home. We dropped Kara P. and Emily C. off at their houses, and went home ourselves. It was tiring.

I had to babysit today. It was ok. For a babysitting job.

So other that what I have said above, my days have gone by fairly well.

Hi........Really nothing to do...........

Today I would be attempting to get as much of my school done before my lesson. Tuesdays are my lesson days. But when your teacher is sick, it's kinda hard to do that without one. So, today is going to be just like yesterday, nothing but school.

Today is my brothers' birthday. So, happy birthday.(I don't know if he reads this or not.) Last night we had to have the "ceremony." Because my dad is going to be gone today on business. So, that's why.