Last Post from this Side of the Water

~You know your about to move when you start living out of a suit case.

yes we are moving to the hotel in 2 days. 4 days in the hotel then it's time. There's less than a week now. You should all be scared or excited =P

I'm coooomingggggg :)

Harmony

So some of you know that I love singing :) And those of you who talk to me regularly, know that I do it ALL the time (and it doesn't matter if it's the appropriate time or not). I randomly break into random song at a random times and the song has nothing to do with anything, anywhere.

So with that being said, I have started trying some harmony lately. The songs that I regularly listen to, I have mostly got down. But when it comes to hymns.... I fail. See when singing hymns(in harmony), you try to sing quietly so as not to A) disturb the person next to you. B) utterly mess up the song. C) so that when you do mess up and go off key, no one knows....

The problem with this is A) you can't even hear your self. B) you don't even know when your singing it RIGHT. C) no one hears anything, including your self.

But then if you DO sing louder, the *headdesk* and *facepalm* is what occurs after the hymn is over. A) because you end up disturbing the person next to you (and then no one wants to sit by you ever again). B) the song IS ruined in everyones mind (possibly including yours). C) everyone in that room (and probably the next) can hear you and it just sounds ~awful~ when someone goes off key *makes lemon face*

So enough complaining. I guess I'll just have to stick with singing to what I know until I can go some where were ~no one~ can hear me and practice there =D

okay this post is long so good bye

~ash

New Post - Finally

This is a Good Bye to my city and the people in it. Although I plan to write one more time while we're here, I'm just starting early - for once.

Good Bye to...

~My very polluted and hot city. Your people are the nicest in the world but you should hire a new traffic and road manager. :)

~My friends from the one and only Home School Group. Some of us are off to new places, and some of us aren't homeschooling anymore. I will miss yall... let's keep visiting each other though.

~All my other friends that I've met at camp, conferences, and other random places. There are too many to name you all :D

~All the adults who have put up with me for the last 9-ish years :) hehe

All you people who are in the U.S, Here I Come! ready or not :)

~ash

Crazy Cake

Me and my sister Ruth have made "fake birthdays" for some of the people in our family and this is the cake that we have used :) everyone has said it was really good

Crazy Cake

3 T. cocoa

1 1/2 c. flour

1 c. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 T. vinegar

6 T. oil

1 c. water

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix and bake in oblong cake pan (I still don't really know what that is) at 350º until done.

Frosting:

1/2 c. butter

1 c. sugar

1/4 c. milk

1 T. vanilla

2 T. cocoa

Mix in saucepan, bring to boil and cook 1 minute. Remove from heat and beat until creamy. Pour over baked cake. Add nuts and marshmallows, if desired.

I then stick it in the refrigerator and let the frosting harden, but if it doesn't (for whatever reason) turn out right, remember that some of the best cakes are delicious messes :)

~This recipe was found in the Spiritually Flavored cookbook.

yall enjoy :)

~ash

news =D

So

as many of you know....

Rachel was born!!!

I now have 4 sisters =) She has blue eyes and red curly hair. She was 8lbs and 5oz and 21 inches long. She is quite epic! :)

~ash