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.

Late in Coming

Wow.

That’s all I can say.

Wow.

It’s been over a month since the last post. Sorry about that. I’ve been preoccupied this last month. Doing school, music/tatting lessons, orchestra/choir, and all of the performances for orchestra and choir.

The 5th of December was the day that pretty much started all of the performances. It was our big Christmas concert for all of the orchestras, choirs, bands, and small ensembles. That in itself was almost an all day deal. At least and all afternoon deal.

Last Thursday, Concert choir, Bel Canto chamber choir, and the Beethoven and Brhams orchestras had a practice for a performance that we had on Friday. I am glad to be over with them for the time being. But I get to do the Christmas performances only once more before I graduate next year.

We have the next two weeks off of school. Which is a good thing and a bad thin all at the same time. For I still have to do some things to get caught back up to where I need to be and other things that I just need to do. Such as read the Pilgrims Progress. I get to read that over Christmas break. I am almost all the way caught back up to where I need to be. Just a lesson here and there and I’ll be good.

Hope you all have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

News, News, News.

Sorry that I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been pretty busy.

My great-grandmother, on my moms’ side, died recently. She was 87. So, this past week they had the visitation and funeral. My mom had us take this week off of school for it.

Yesterday was orchestra orientation. It is just a time for the new people to come and get a taste of what the orchestra sounds/is like. Also to help them decide what type of instrument they would like to play. This is also the time for them to get their books for their classes. This year we added the choir to the orientation. In the past years it has just been the 2nd most advanced orchestra. But this year Bel Canto sang. So that people can hear what we sound like.

My Weekend

This is what has happened in my life this weekend.

Tuesday and Thursday were the final concerts for orchestra. I am sad. All of my classes that performed were on Thursday.

After the Thursday performance, we three older kids went putt-putt golfing with some of our friends from our orchestras and choirs that performed that night. I had a fun time though. Got to hang out with friends for pretty much the last time. We got there around 9. We didn’t leave until about 11:30. I know, three hours. It was almost one by the time we had dropped of two of our friends that came with us that we got to go home. It was a little after one when we went to bed.

You can go on you tube and watch some videos of the choirs and orchestras playing.

Friday was, let us say, different. Without going to orchestra on Fridays is going to take some getting used to. That night the whole family went to our church music practice, and then we went to Pizza Hut for dinner. After that, we went home. That night, around 8:30/9, Kara, Maddie, Emi, and I all decided that we would watch a move. It was “Far and Away.” It is a Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman movie made in 1992. I would defiantly NOT recommend it if you freak out about blood. So it was 11:30 by the time the movie was over.

Saturday, I went to a horse clinic over at one of our friends’ house, the S’s. I had a great time!! I learned a lot. I also helped them by going on some tours to see the baby foals. While I was opening gates I was looking for what I would “like” to get if I could get a horse. I got a nice sun-burn from doing that.

Saturday was also Becca’s 11th birthday.

Yesterday went on like a normal Sunday.

Today, really nothing to tell. Oh, we opened our pool yesterday. So it will be a matter of days before I will attempt to get in. Although the kids were talking about getting in today. My parents are actually thinking about letting them. Crazy people.

Well, I think that is it for now.

Bad Me

The title says it. I am bad. I haven't had much time to post what has been going on.

To start out with, yesterday us three older ones had THREE performances. We had to be at the hammons hall at 9-9:30 to warm up. That meant we had to get up at 6:30 to be ready to leave at 7:45 to pick Kara P. up. We had two performances at Hammons. One in the morning, it was a matinee for the real thing that night. The last one was at a nursing home. Which was wedged in between the two hammons performances.

We didn't get home until 10:30. It was after 11 when we were able to go to sleep.

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.

American Idol and Other Stuff

Brooke White is out of the competition. It's OK thought, she was getting quite annoying after awhile. I'm not to sorry that she left. The funny thing is, her husband can now, after so many months, finally cut his hair. Before she went in to addition, he had made a bet with her.
"As long as you aren't cut from the competition, I won't cut my hair."
Every time he would go to work, his co-workers would tell him to go cut his hair. He would tell them that he couldn't because of his bet with Brooke. She said in a interview that he as really curly hair, so it was going every where.
That was in August, it was April when she got cut. I just thought that all of you would like that little tidbit of knowledge.

Today all the kids that play in the Bach orchestra and down are performing. Along with the Middle School and Jr. choirs. I don't have to perform at all today, Which is a good thing and a bad thing. A good thing because I don't have to deal with the stress of this performance, but then the bad end of it is that I have to he;p with my younger brother, Luke. Only if the weather is good. If it's raining, then it won't be going on. Since it is an outside performance the weather is vital.

Well, better go eat and all that fun stuff.