I Wanna' Wash My Hands, My Face, My Hair With SNOW!

There are fifteen minutes left on my pineapple upside down cake -- MY p. u. d. c.! I'm SOOO excited! Sadly, I can't try it until to-morrow, because it's for a class :( AND we may not even have school to-morrow! But more on that in a minute.

Do you know how many PIECES there are to a p. u. d. c.?! I gave up counting how many times the recipe told me to get something to-gether and then "set it aside" so I could do something else! And, of course, I managed to get every ingredient on my clothes (where it happily joined my dinner O.o). This has probably been the FUNNEST thing I've ever baked -- let's hope it's also the TASTIEST. I have had my share of baking mishaps :( The Chocolate Chip Cookie Fiasco comes to mind, followed closely by the Sugar Cookie Tragedy. Let us hope the Pineapple Upside Down Flop is NOT added to the list. But, hey, I'm not cooking it with an easy-bake oven, so at least I know it will be done ☺

To-day I actually WENT to school! In Seminary we played some games, watched a movie, and ate pancakes (well, I use the term "we" loosely -- I don't like pancakes anyways, much less when they're a day old and microwaved ... EEEEEEEWWWWWW!!!!). Then in math the people who had turned everything in played games and those who had missing assignments theoretically worked on those assignments -- two kids played games. I was not one of them, as I'm sure you could probably guess. In Creative Writing we wrote some really stupid holiday stories (I wrote a letter to Santa Clause asking him for a horse and a swimming pool and a parrot and a monkey and ... some other stuff). Then we had a HUGE snowball fight -- because it snowed ALL day!!!! There was TONS of snow!!!! AND THEN they cancelled school!!!

Uncle Steven and I went Christmas shopping -- I got Renee and Grandma and Grandpa and my mother's presents. There's a family party to-morrow (I'm SO excited!!!!)

They MIGHT cancel school to-morrow, but it hasn't been snowing any more, so I doubt it -- unless it snows to-night. I hope it does! Well, I do and I don't. Firstly, it would be dangerous to travel, and I REALLY want to go to Logan Saturday, and I think school will be fun to-morrow. I mean, it's a half day, and the day before Christmas Brake, I don't think we're going to be doing much more than goofing off. Biger Than Wee Jaque Jaque wants me to ditch out on P.E. to go to Seminary with him -- which I am actually concidering, especially if we watch a movie in P.E.

Okay, so I finished the p. u. d. c. (and took a bath and watched Leave it to Beaver -- the computer went on the fritz so I had time to do lots of things). It turned out great! (The cake, I mean.) Well, I think it did. I snitched a little peice, and it was good, and it looks and smells good -- oh my goodness gracious, I can't wait to eat it!!!

I'll post the recipe and other fun things latrez, but I'm getting tired, and I want to work on the book I'm writing (you know, it's quite amazing to me that any author ever passed school. I ALMOST did my math homework last night, but then I got distracted by a new book idea....).

♥Captain Whitney

When what's left of you gets around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting, whatever it is you've got left.

But I guess I ought to leave you with something deep and poinient (though it would rather be a change from my natural habits, I happened to be looking at quotes from "White Christmas" anyhow).

if you're ever under a falling building and someone offers to pick you up and carry you to safety, don't think, don't pause, don't hesitate for a moment, just spit in his eye.

Just kidding -- I really do have a good thought in here somewhere, but I can't find the quote and they're ALL so good!

Judy Haynes: [about Betty] Yesterday, she couldn't sleep. Today, she won't eat. She's in love. Phil Davis: Well if that's love, somebody goofed.

Still looking. While we're looking, how's this? The song that is stuck in one's head year round!

Betty Haynes: Mr. Bones? Mr. Bones? How do you feel, Mr. Bones?

Phil Davis: Rattlin'!

Betty Haynes: Mr. Bones feels rattlin'. Ha ha. That's a good one. Tell a little story, Mr. Bones.

Bob Wallace: A funny little story, Mr. Bones!

Phil Davis: How do you stop an angry dog from biting you on Monday?

Betty Haynes: Why, Mr. Bones, that joke is old. You kill the dog on Sunday!

Phil Davis: That's not how you stop a dog from biting you on Monday!

Betty Haynes: How do you bring a thing about?

Phil Davis: Have the doggy's teeth pulled out!

Betty Haynes: Oh, Mr. Bones, that's terrible!

Phil Davis: Uh-huh.

Betty Haynes, Bob Wallace: Yes, Mr. Bones, that's terrible!

Phil Davis: Uh-huh.

Found it -- might as well post the whole thing while I'm at it:

When I'm worried and I can't sleep

I count my blessing instead of sheep

And I fall asleep, counting my blessings

When my bankroll is gettin' small

I think of when I had none at all

And I fall asleep, counting my blessings

I think about a nursery

And I picture curly heads

And one by one I count them

As they slumber in their beds

If you're worried and you can't sleep

Just count your blessings instead of sheep

And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings.

So if you're worried and you can't sleep

Just count your blessings instead of sheep

nd you'll fall asleep counting your blessings.

No need to watch "White Christmas" this year -- I just posted the whole thing for you!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

♥CW

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

It SNOWED last night! There's TONS of it! (Well, "tons" is relative. There's about three inches, but it's more than there was yesterday.) I am SOOO excited for Christmas! (even though I haven't bought anyone's Christmas present.... O.o) I'm paying two little boys to shovel a quarter of an inch of snow off our driveway -- they were just too cute! They asked if they could shovel it, and the older boy said: "For three dollars." and the younger one said, "Or two." How sweet are they?

I'm all sad -- my Young Women's group is going Christmas Caroling and I stayed home from school sick to-day! And I didn't even fake it this time -- I really do think I've got the flu that's been going around. :( Ah well, no more play practice to drag myself to!

I'm sad the play's over, really I am, but it will be nice to be able to sleep, and not have to worry about running around and curling my hair :) Last night was my worst night (of course, because it was our last performance!). I KNOCKED OVER A TREE!!!! It was during the blackout, so no one knew it was me, but Oberon noticed when he tripped over it during his monologue! I'll miss everyone in the cast -- I mean, I think Oberon and I will still hang out, and I'll see Shawnae and MacKalie (whose name I cannot spell to save my life), but it won't be the same as seeing them six hours a day plus school time!
I think the play went really well -- Wednesday night we improved almost the entire thing (which is interesting with Shakespeare), but every other night we did really well on our lines, save for the occasional mishap. Wednesday was hysterical -- "Demetrious" forgot one of his lines and hesitated for only a split second before saying: "And ... you should not do that!" Really, though, if he'd said "Thou shalt not" it would have been totally Shakespeare! :) Then, during the Rustic's play, the Duke forgot one of his lines, and realized it partway through when he noticed that their play had been cut short, so he doubled back and said his missing line, causing the moon to shout, "AGAIN?!" It was AWESOME!
Besides my knocking over a tree and falling down the stairs (sigh) last night went over really well. My mother ran to the store for us and bought Mr Taylor (our director) a basket full of chocolate, which McKaly (yeah, that doesn't look right either...) gave to him. I wanted to get him a pineapple, but mutti said no.

I recorded Aladdin on my TiVo!!!! I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!!!! Seriously, not only is it my favourite DISNEY movie of all times, I think it's my favourite MOVIE of all times!!!
"That's Sultan Vile Betrayer to you."
It's just a great movie! I watched that and White Christmas to-day -- Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas", can you get better than that? I think not! True, I like the version of it in Holiday Inn better (the background music is less annoying), but so long as he's singing it, I don't care what the background music sounds like! (I may or may not have the slightest obsession with Bing Crosby's voice....)

I cannot believe that, after Friday's Family Christmas party I get to go HOME! I am SOOOOO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm even going to endure MORE curlers for Sunday (the curlers I got for Midsummer's are AMAZING! I'll have to post pictures sometime.). What are your holiday plans?

Oh, we watched this in Seminary, and it's going around the e-mails. Thought I would share it with you -- remember, Christmas isn't just a time of giving, it's a time of receiving -- of being GRATEFUL for the things you have and the things people give you! Love you all!
http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=1a55f2c4dd&view=att&th=11e3af1a327b0ce8&attid=0.1&disp=vgp&zw

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!
DON'T EAT THE CAT!!!!

♥Captain Whitney

Never fails! You get in the bath and there's a rub at the lamp!

To Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity

This is going around through e-mails. Rather than re-sending it, I thought I'd just post it here:

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice!
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something,ask If They Want Fries with that..
4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks.Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions,Switch to Espresso.
5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write 'For Marijuana'
6. Finish All Your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.'
7.Skipdown the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get. (I've done this one! On more than one occasion....)
8.Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat,with a serious face.
9 Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go.'
10. Sing Along At The Opera.
11. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical Sounds All Day.
12. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You have a headache.
13. When The Money Comes Out The ATM Scream 'I Won! I Won!'
14 . When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'
15. Tell Your Children Over Dinner,'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'
16. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity :Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile.

I thought they were kind of funny. Anyways, I've been pretty much falling asleep constantly. I've only got one more night of my play -- it's been WAY fun! And Tina came Friday, which was awesome, even though she was crazy and planned something for Saturday so she had to leave early. I haven't done anything terribly exciting besides doing the play and failing all my classes -- yesterday I slept literally all day (seriously, I woke up at four in the afternoon).

I'm really craving pineapple....

Perhaps one of these days I'll post something worthwhile.... but I wouldn't count on it.

♥Captain Whitney

Normal is relative ... just not my relatives.

Hugs!

My topic of study for the year is Divine Nature and Individual Worth -- which has made it a very nice year, especially since I moved to what feels like a different WORLD and I've been struggling with my self-esteem for a while. Amazing how God knows these things, and knew that I would need these topics!

Anyways, I've thusly been thinking a lot about realizing that we truly are Children of God and, just as importantly, helping those around us to see it as well. For some reason, we think it's really difficult -- mostly because we as humans tend to want to think EVERYTHING is a trillion times harder than it really is.
You know -- you hear a lot about the evils of humanity and how the world is going to the dogs, but I've noticed that, in general, people are nice. I mean, really, they're just nice.

Apparently it's the big Eagle Mountain (though maybe it's all of Utah and I just didn't notice ... maybe it's just High School in general), anyways, it's the big thing to give people hugs. I don't like being touched. At all. It kind of freaks me out, actually. And I very rarely offer hugs, however I do accept them -- and I've been hugged a lot the past few weeks.

In gym this guy hit me with a soccer ball (this guy having longish black hair and wearing nail polish and stuff ... which doesn't really scare me, as my brother wore nail polish and stuff), but, despite appearing to be punkish, after class he sought me out to apologize. I mean, how nice is that?

Anyways, I said, "I think I'll live." and the guy's friend said, "I think she needs a hug.' and the guy said (and he said, and I was like, and then ... sorry, I'm even SOUNDING like a teen-age girl now), but the guy DID say, "I think I need a hug." So then he gave me a hug!

I told my friend, and she didn't believe me. "Guys don't say things like that." was her comment on the matter. But they do, 'cause one did.

At play practice yesterday, Jeremy told me I did a good job and gave me a hug -- isn't that, like, the nicest thing you've ever heard? And Chad said, rather sulkily, "That's Jeremy, always looking for a cheap hug."

"Do YOU need a hug?" I asked him.

"Well...yeah."

So I got TWO hugs for the price of one! ☺

Anyways, all this hugging really makes me feel special. And McKaylie pulled me off yesterday and we had this whole long conversation about guys -- and we laughed and goofed off, and she told me how much she loves me -- and, well, I felt special -- I previously wasn't even sure McKaylie concidered herself friends with me.

So I guess I'm just posting to say how grateful I am for pineapple ... and for the love of all these great people! Tell the people you love that you love them -- even if you just say it light-heartedly, it means a lot. Don't be stinty with your hugs or your kind words. You never know when someone might just be needing a hug.

♥Captain Whitney

Don't worry about what people think of you -- worry about what they think of themselves when they're with you.

Are you a fan of delicious flavor?

What better way to start off the season than with some con-artists and murderers? To-day begins the official countdown to not only Christmas but to the season premier (or maybe season continuation...?) of PSYCH! To-day's was great, and I even spotted the pineapple (true, Shawn held it up for all the world to see, with a big red bow on it and everything, so I suppose it wasn't that impressive).

I am so excited for the Christmas Season! I haven't yet come up with a good wish-list, and I think Santa's ready to start throwing Christmas ornaments at me, as so far all I've said I wanted is notebooks, pens, and Wodehouse. I guess it's time I update my Christmas List (who knew Santa used Amazon?)

Anyone have any exciting plans for Christmas? Maybe it's a bit early to start obsessing, as Thanksgiving Break isn't over yet, but I'm already totally excited!!! I'm planning to host a HUGE snowball fight (assuming, of course, that it actually SNOWS) and drink hot cocoa and maybe read a Jane Austen book.

I think I'm going to decorate my bedroom all Christmasy (is that a word?) -- with Snow Flakes. Hmm... I wonder if anyone has any extra Christmas Lights? That would be a spiffy addition. And maybe I can find a little Christmas tree!!! AHH! I'm excited!

My favourite part of the Christmas season is probably coming in from running around in the cold with friends and getting a big mug of hot chocolate and sitting next to fire reading a good book or talking with my mutti. And I like baking cookies and Christmas caroling and snowball fights and sledding and buying gifts for small children and ... and ... I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! What's your favourite part?

♥Captain Whitney

I'm not inclined to resign to maturity.

Candy Cane Karaoke Night!

According to Garfield tradition, the fourth Friday in November is Candy Cane Karaoke Night* -- otherwise known as the day we get to start celebrating Christmas!!! Thus the new blog decor, which is actually rather depressing, concidering the fact that there hasn't been so much as a snowflake this season.
Well, I'll keep praying for a White Christmas.


I've been greatly enjoying my holiday -- playing Wii Music, watching movies until three AM with my cousin, making fun of Black Friday shoppers, and compiling a brilliant book with Anit. Fun things. AND there was a new episode of Psych to-night -- we haven't got it yet, but I'm excited! I have a can of pineapple and everything! Oh my goodness gracious -- I can't believe we only have a little over a month until Psych comes back on! I'm, well, psyched!



I cannot believe those Black Friday shoppers -- I stayed up until three last night and slept until eleven and I'm STILL tired -- those crazy BFS's must be dead. But then, they're all loonies anyways.



I really AM tired, and I want to get some good writing done before bed.

HAPPY CANDY CANE KARAOKE NIGHT!!!!

♥Captain Whitney

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold!

*Garfield comic November 23, 2007

Happy Thansgiving!!!

It's good to be home, if only for a few days. I'm looking forward to all the FOOD to-morrow! I mean, c'mon, my life motto is: I'm just here for the food. Thansgiving is one of my favourite times of year!!!

And, you know, it's not just the food and the chance to ditch out on three days of school (though that does add to it conciderably), but this really is a time to be grateful. And, you know, from where I'm sitting, I can see a lot to be grateful for.
From a free country to vegetables that taste good, from a God who loves us to crayons, from pineapple to horse shampoo, I'm sure we can all come up with something to be grateful for.

And now, moving on for fear of becoming cheesy:

Mario Music rocks socks! And I've only thrown the controllar and shouted at the game a ... few times. My mother and I just played "Jingle Bell Rock" so many times I'm not sure I can ever listen to it again. And the saxaphone part still isn't quite right.

So, I'm home, and really just enjoying being here. Not much to say at the moment, save for:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

and

DON'T EAT THE CAT!!!

Best holiday wishes!

♥Captain Whitney

If you can't think of something to be grateful for, hold your breath until you can.