Goodbye 2013!

Almost 2014! Resolutions coming tomorrow!

2013 was a great year!

I hate titles.

So I went to an open gym at my gym, (haha) and I was practicing my kickovers off the yellow block. I was almost over and I got stuck. in. a handstand. Like, seriously? what! I couldn't believe it. I was trying to kick to get fully over but couldn't, so ended up falling back into bridge. It was hilarious. I just stayed in that handstand for a long time! I can never find my balance when I'm trying to, but when I'm not- I stay up for EVER! xD It's really funny.  I did 2 actual kickovers without help for the first time off the yellow block! YAY! (It is kinda tall.. But better then nothing!) And I *ALMOST* Had my pullover on bars. So close it hurt. (My hands actually do hurt from swinging though. :P )

Sooo yah.. Bye!

Awesome day!

Today was so much fun!

We (me and my bro) got together with some good friends today! They came over. Both Tabitha and Casey are older then me, but were all homeschooled so we don't care about age difference. :p 

It was so much fun! Me and Tabitha did each others hair, I did a Katniss braid on her hair 

and she straightened mine.

(Sorry for bad pic  quality)

We also played vids. (Way fun! And planned our shopping trip!

We also took selfies;

I failed. :P 

Ok, anyways, I'll ttyl!

Why?

Why do modest swimsuits have to be so darn hard to find? IT'S SO ANNOYING!

I mean, seriously? Is the concept of modesty that hard? Really? All I ask is mid-thigh covering, stomach covering, and not to much back showing. THAT ISN'T THAT HARD!!!

I finally found a swimtop I ADORE that is modest, but alas, it's $80. for just. the. top. -.- So I may end up getting it anyways. :P

I still have to find bottoms, though.. Because theirs are to short.. :(

Anyways.. Bye!

Forever 21 & Burlington Coat Factory=Epic

Seriously, two amazingly epic stores.  Both amazing prices, adorb clothes and just seriously! Omw

Today we went to Burlington cost factory and they have epic prices!

They had sweaters just like I want for cheap! A hair curler for $14 in the exact style!

And forever 21.... Is made of adorbs and rainbows. Not even kidding. The cutest clothes ever for great prices! Jeans for $8! I paid that for used jeans! Craziness!

Bye!!!

15 things!

Here is 15 things you probably don't know about me!

1.) I LOOOOOVE FOREVER 21!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

2.) I'm a MAJOR bookworm.

3.) I'm over halfway done with my novel!

4.) I realllllllly want a YouTube account.

5.) I love French looking things!

6.) I love raspberries.

7.)  my phone randomly turns off. Anyone wanna help me shoot it?

8.) I've trained my cat. I can snap and point to his bed and he will go. Yay me!

9.) I love to follow blogs.

10.) I'm addicted to YouTube! I love to watch Gymnastics videos.

11.) I'm not as close to my dolls anymore. I still ADORE them, but their not my whole life like they were.

12.) gymnastics is my life.

13.) I've won 1st and BIC for a picture at the fair!

14.) in have an Xbox 360.

15.)  I love to text.

Hi.

I have felt like blogging lately. Yet on my doll blog I haven't. ;O what's wrong with me? xD happy Veterans Day, by the way! Thanks to all who serve for our country! 😘 

Any Ideas on what to post on my doll blog? Much appreciated! 

Ok.. That's all. Bye.

A+A

Awesome;

*Being at almost 20,000 on NaNoWriMo. 

*Going to a write-in.

*Frozen Yogurt twice in a week

*Getting Garnet on Tuesday! (AG)

*Almost Hannukkah!

*Almost Thanksgiving!

*WHAT NOT TO WEAR-BEST SHOW EVER!

*Training your cat to sleep on his own bed in your room so he isn't a bed hog.

Awkward;

*straightening your hair and the back still being slightly wavy... -.-

*Almost falling out of bed...

*Training your cat..

*Almost falling off the long trampoline at Gymnastics (3 weeks ago)

*choking on.. Nothing....

*imagining adorbs outfits in your head for them not to work when tried on...

*This Pinterest picture;

Hi!

So in NaNoWriMo I'm at 13,278 words.... Yup. Yay me! My goal of 50,000 by the 25th might be possible.. Please pray! If I win I get 5 free paperback copies of my book!! ^.^ I want this soo badly! 

Today we went to a frozen yogurt place- it was so stinking good!  I got Graham Cracker, cake batter and apple pie flavor- they all really tasted like the real thing! The graham cracker was Soooooo good it was wrong. xD I had as toppings Oreo, mini m&ms, maraschino cherries, and coconut!

My mom got dairy-free raspberry pomegranate! It was delicious!! I went for it and had dairy because it hasn't been bugging me lately! *BOOYA fist pump*

So yah. Now I'm eating popcorn and about to watch What Not To Wear!

Bye!

My life

What I've been up to lately; 

Gymnastics! I got my straddle roll! *Yes!* and I'm getting better at my pullover on bars!

Schoolwork trying to finish my curriculum in a few weeks.. Ugh..

NaNoWriMo writing my book!

Stressing over Nano... Only 41,000 words to go in 2 weeks..

Saving money for American Girl!

Loving having cable back! It's been really fun! I get to see shows like Extreme Cheapskates, loving getting to see old faves, is little people big world, little couple and more!

Practicing gym like crazy! Pretty much self explanatory.. xD 

Wishing I had a million dollars. There is a sweater online I want realllly bad but is $35.. I also want other clothes from them. Seriously, almost better then kohls. :O

Ok! Byeeee!!!

Oh. My. Gosh.

I am so happy!

My dream is FINALLY coming true, and I get to do GYMNASTICS!

Oh. My. Gosh. Like! OMGOSH OMGOSH OMGOSH!! AH!

I'm so happy! Ill hopefully be getting into the homeschool class, so please be praying a spot opens up because its full right now!! 

Thank you, Granny and Grandpa, for paying for my Gymnastics! It means the world!

Ill post pictures of me at Gymnastics.. ;)

Atira.

Just, updates, on, life. I dunno.

I hope this post isn't boring, but it may be. :P

It's 9:54 PM and were watching Undercover Boss. 

I just thought I'd post.

Hey any moneymaking ideas would be greatly appreciated....

You can either comment them or email me ideas; mydollsandmeag@gmail.com

I really wanna be in a sport again!

Lately I've been practicing my cartwheels, round offs, and one-handed cartwheels. And my handstands.

I'm sooo talented, I hurt my knee doing a handstand. Yup. Talent.

I didn't realize exactly how stupid that sounded until my neighbor  pointed that out. (Thanks, Ryan.) It's only because I was out on a hill doing it. (For some odd reason. I stay up longer in handstands on our hill... Dunno...)

My brother has been driving lately, that's pretty awesome. He is really good at driving when he is driving our Isuzu. Not as good in the van, but he hates driving the van. (I probably would, too, honestly. It's soo bulky and big.) 

Anyone seen the Mckenna American Girl movie? It's sooo good! I LOVE the gymnastics they do in it. L<3ve it! I've watched it 2 times in one week. :P

I'm trying to not eat as much sugar. It's working! Yay me!

My cat just jumped up on me, he then licked me and is now nursing on the blanket. I should go pet him. Brb. *pets cat* 

Back!

He loves it if you stroke his eyes... Weird cat... *eyeroll*

He just clawed me. Ow. 

Ok; I'm done rambling. Sorry I probably bored you half to death with whatever popped into my head.

Bye.

Froggy rapture...

Not that I believe in the rapture, but seriously. I don't know what else to think. 

Last night, we had a frog in the tank. 

This morning.

Gone.

No splash marks. No prints, just, gone. 

Our cat is acting awfully weird. But no paw marks either.

Kayli our dog is called Hoover though. She will and does eat everything, including kitty-roca. 😳

I swear- frog. Rapture. 

It's the weirdest thing. We checked the garbage disposal, the mixer, the toaster, under the stove and under the fridge! Weirdest. Thing. Ever. I even turned on the garbage disposal.

Made a grinding noise, but this morning I checked with a flashlight and there wasn't anything there. 😉

Well, my fish gets a new tank. Sadly he can't have a new buddy because they'll fight/ eat each other.

Creepy. If I find a frog in my bed in the morning, I think I'll scream. 

As it was I almost screamed last night, I was half awake and a doll fell on me.

Bye, Adrian the frog. We (kinda) loved you. I hope your eating lots of nummy (insert barf here) bloodworms.

❤

There are owls in our backyard!

There are some owls in our backyard!!!! I'm sooo happy! I love owls!' We just have to keep watch for our cat... :)

Ttyl!

Every feel just.. Un-inspired?

Sometimes I feel like writing and if kind of just, flows out of you. Other times, though, I know I should work on my book so I grab my laptop get all set up and then, nothing. Nothing. I write 5 words and put it away because I'm just, so, un-inspired. Sometimes we just need writing breaks, or to watch a movie maybe pertaining in some way or another to the book your writing. Everyone has a different way to get re-inspired again. Maybe you need to go for a walk through the woods, along the beach, through your neighbor-hood. Maybe you need to call up your best friend for advice or, there is so many other things. I'm not sure what inspires me most, maybe inspirational blog posts from other people, maybe a meaningful song. I think, alot of it varies from day-to-day for me. A lot of the times I get inspired when I'm to busy, or can't do it that day.  That happens pretty much every last time. Or I get inspired at night to write or to clean my room. (lol). But most of the time its at a pretty inconvenient time. ;P
So what inspires you most?  :)

Proverbs Chapter 20

Hey guys!

So I was just reading Proverbs Chapter 20, and paraphrasing it into my notebook and decided to write my paraphrased one into here, okay? Here goes!(P.S. I left out a couple verses because I wasn't sure what they meant but when I ask my mom I'll tell you! :)

1 do not fall into the clutches of alcohol

2 do not anger G-D

3 a wise man does not quarrel, a fool is quick to argue

4 a fool plants to late and reaps nothing 

5 the heart is intricate and deep but a wise man can draw out secrets 

6 men claim to love many but a wise man finds his one true love 

7 a wise man leads his kid in The L-rd 

8 a King sitting down to judge weeds out good and evil

9 no one is without sin

10 ?

11 a child is known by his reputation as well as adults

12 The L-rd has made all of you

13 poor men do nothing but wise men have work 

14 a fool hates what he has then boasts it

15 knowledge is rare for people to speak

16 ?

17 food stolen is bitter-sweet to eat

18 don't be ashamed to ask for help

19 make friends with people who will keep your secrets

20 if one curses his parents he will live in darkness

21 better is money over time then all at once

22 do not give pay back but turn to The L-rd 

23 lying is wrong

24 Th L-rds way is the only way

25 do not haste for that brings upon evil

26 there is no room for evil people and a wise man can risers between wise and evil men

27 The L-rd only sees your inside

28 love and be safe 

29 everyone splendor a differently

30 ?

I hope you enjoyed! If you have an idea of what the missing verses are I'd LOVE to hear your para-phrases version! 

Writing- my favorite pastime

Writing is a big part of my life. I love to write!  I have completed one book and have started editing it online, getting it ready to send to a publisher. I have started another book, as well. The first book I wrote wholly by hand, but this second book I've been typing up on my laptop. I have started dozens of books, countless stories, and used up partly or whole notebooks. I'd love to go back and finish my stories someday, but maybe they will stay unfinished, a treasure to look back upon when I'm and adult, treasure of my childhood, to imagine upon how I might have finished it. Maybe I will finish them all in time- life holds many surprises. The lovely thing about writing is it can be so freeing. Writing without thinking, your hand flying across the paper or keyboard. The problem I seem to have when writing though, I use the word she entirely to much- and I worry about that and fix it and edit and etc so it's not always so freeing. When I am reading a good book I will think about my writing and try to get tips from there on not just having your character talk but use descriptive passages, describe what their doing, use words besides she.  There is so much I still have to learn about writing. But the best way to learn is to keep writing. Never give up on something you love- for me writing, along with other things. 

Hey!

Hey guys! Whats up? Not much with me, either. Later today I have some friends coming over to swim.. As well as other friends tomorrow.. Anyways..

SOO, me and Maddie were texting, and we were saying, wouldn't it be AWESOME if there was such a thing as teleporting??? We live like, 4 hours away from each other so we've only met once but kept in touch through online and texting etc, and we want to see each other, but its complicated. SO we were saying if there was  such a thing as teleporting we could just zip over for lunch or whatever, sleep overs etc! Wouldn't that make life SO much easier? We could go anywhere in the world for absolutely FREE! No need for airports and train stations, buses or cars! How AWESOMELY AMAZING would that be? I have no doubt, really, that one day it will be possible. I have no clue how, but then again I'm not a genius scientist. lol.
Anyways... TTYL!

(Random Picture Time! - This is my cat, Shaggy, the night we brought him home? Isn't he soo cute? ♥)

Maddie

HI. 
  ok because I wanted to post about something cool!  Some of you may know Maddie from Totally Me . Well, me and her met once years ago, around 2009, at a conference and we hit it off. The problem? We don't live anywhere near each other. :'( So we have never met each other since. But we've kept up a nice friendship thanks to the amazing online world, email and blogger. And now... We realized.. One day.. About a week ago.. The she has an Ipod Touch, and... WE CAN TEXT NOW! It's been awesome and amazingly fun! I don't know why I never thought of that before.. In fact, I'm texting her right now! We only kept up here and there before, but now we update each other EVERY DAY! Isn't this world AMAZING?  I SURE THINK SO! 

So this has been very fun and I'm so thankful to have a friend like Maddie. So please, go check out and follow her blog!
Thanks.
Atira.

I"M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I"M DONE WITH SCHOOLWORK FOR THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi guys!

Hey everyone!

I realllly wish the weather would turn to Summer. Its supposed to be in the high 70's lower 80's this week.. YAY!
So for schoolwork I've been emailing different states seeing if they'd send me pamphlets and the sorts through the mail for my schoolwork, AND SOME HAVE! ITS SOO COOL! lol.

Today.. Is... My.. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR A WHILE! WOOOHOOOOOOO!

And soo.. Hi. I dont' know what to say. Sorry.
XOXO
Atira.

I know, I'm sorry, and I feel bad.

I know I've been neglecting you. I don't mean to. My other blog, my doll blog, the one that I'm trying to go big, get sponsors and more followers, takes up all my blogging time. I dink around on the computer the rest of the time. I'm sorry.
I will try harder, to keep you updated.

Anywho, for my birthday I got a camera!!! A Canon Elph 130 IS. It. Is. AMAZING!! I LOVE IT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!!!!

Pictures I've taken with it;

This is how good of close ups it does, thats our carpet, with my camera lense diagonaly touching the ground .Yah.
On my birthday morning,I got up, watched I Love Lucy and had biscuits and gravy. Then I got ready, we picked up my grandma and I went and got a hair feather. (Teal with brown stripes). Then we went to the mall and Red Robin, Yumm... :) Then we went to American Girl where I got the dotted tank and brief set. Then, we went to the store to pick up things for dinner; corn on the cob, onion rings, (had watermelon at home) hot dogs and buns, pop rocks and yah... :) Delicious! But before dinner, I got home and got my swimsuit on, and then opened my presents. A bigger memory card for my camera, (14) a neck strap, (thanks obi) A case (Thanks obi) the camera (thanks everyone) a warranty (thanks everyone). I. Was. So. Happy. :)
Then we went swimming. It. Was. Cold. but FUN! :) Then me and mom stayed up till midnight.. A tradition... I almost didn't make it.. ;)
I'll post about my party soon.
XOXO
Atira.

Modest Fashion- how to do it- find your style

Hiya!
I'm back for another post on fashion.. haha!

So last time I mentioned if wearing tight fitting jeans- layer it with a long top. Layering is sooo cute! Its stylish, modest, and amazing. If its hot outside, then you don't feel like layering, really though. Another way to wear jeans is with the in fashion hi-low tops! It makes it in fashion, darling, and so modest! I don't always like to not have a long something In the front, though. Jeans can look to tight on thighs and areas in there. But it really depends on the jeans and style of pants.
With all the tank tops, lace backed tees, racer backs.... It can be hard to not go with the styles. I'm still debating with myself over racerback. I don't like aton of my back showing.... So, for lacebacked shirts, I just use a colorful shirt underneath- it looks sooo pretty! Racer backs use thick strapped tanks that go out far on the shoulders or short or capped sleeved tees. And lowbacked, those are mostly undershirts and should stay that way. The don't look good worn out. Sorry!
Lets talk about shorty-shorts... Umm... Why don't you just wear underwear out and about? I mean seriously! I LOVE the patterns on some, but their WAY to short! I LOVE some of the styles- but wouldn't wear them! I love the ones with slits that have crochet over it.. But their short!!! I try to go for knee length ones, but all of those are just denim or  plaid. (but I love dark denim with cuffed bottoms)
When your dressing in the morning, if your unsure about it being appropriate ask yourself these questions;
Do I feel comfortable even walking in it in front of my family?
Would I feel comfortable in it in front of my dad or brother?
Would I feel comfortable with other boys or girls seeing me wear this?
Would I feel comfortable meeting G-D in this?
That last one is always hard for me. I imagine myself meeting G-D and going up to hug Him. Would I feel embarrassed? Obviously I would rather wear a fancy dress or something in front of Him... but, you know, improvise. ;P

Another thing. I have American Girl Dolls, as you well know. When I dress them- I try to do it in a reflective way to me. My Mom suggested it to me a couple years ago and I haven't been able to get it out of my head. ;P Sometimes I'll fudge it a little. They'll wear shorts. But their dolls. When I played with Barbies, it didnt' matter. And my Mom didn't care. But they were harder to find appropriate clothes.. I'm not even getting into that... lol.

Anyways, that's the end of that and I gotta go.
XOXO
Atira.

Today I thought I'd talk on clothes and modesty.

So for a while now, (and if ever) actually talked on one thing, for a while blog post. ;O
*angels singing* Groud, has been broken here today, people! :P

I LOVE to dress stylishly, but also I love to dress modestly. Sometimes it can be hard to be, different... "different". But in the long run, it will be worth it. To know I didn't indulge in (all) of the fads and trends. (At least the immodest ones) will be nice. Because, sure, who doesn't like to dress fashionably and with the trends. I know I do, sometimes. So most people are over the 'skinny jean trend', even though their still widely sold, but I still LOVE skinny jeans! I wear them every time I wear jeans. I don't own a  pair (that I wear) of non-skinny jeans. I have white skinny jeans and black and blueish-purple, I have grey heart and I think that's all... but you can see I love me a good pair of skinny jeans. I do like super skinny, too. Sometimes. I didn't even know my white ones were just skinny until a few weeks later, but I don't mind! :) When I wear jeans I have to wear long shirts, or dresses. (I do long shirts) Jeans are made so... tight, on the.. butt.... Like, really? It looks soooo tacky. And ugly. And attention you don't need in unneeded attention places. ;P So we buy modest tank tops, ones that are long, and don't fall. That's another problem that I've noticed everywhere, soo many tank tops for layering (or wearing) fall. I hate that. hate. So we finally found a place online called Kosher Casual.Link. I ordered the non ribbed ones. They came being racerback.. Hmm.. It didn't specify they would come that way.. hm.... OH well, I'm still debating with myself if I mind wearing racerback out. My dad said its fine, I think my moms OK with it. But, I don't even have any racerback tops to wear it with sooo its like, WHATEVER! hahahaha! Sorry. *ahem*. But the neckline goes uphigh and I love that! NO more falling shirts! Soon I want to order the ribbed ones in a size larger, it wasn't QUITE long enough. I'm worried though, that if I get a size larger the arm holes will go to low.. We can always sew something in there. I also have noticed everything is made so tight it would fit a beanpole. :P Or, made very weird, or cheap! don't buy SO brand clothes. period. I mean I still buy them sometimes but their cheap. Trust me. I think you can only get them at Kohls, and theres a lot of it at Kohls.

So these are what I do to keep modest. I wear a lot of skirts too, they are very modest and cute. I like to wear around knee length with leggings. So I hope this helped you decide on what you need to do to keep stylish, and modest.
Thanks,
Atira.

Sorry.

Sorry I haven't been posting as much. I just don't know what to post about. I mean, sure I've been doing stuff, but not much that's really interesting.  Or, if it is, I can't post about it quite yet. Sorry, I will soon though. :) So..
I haven't been up to much. Swim is on hold, I'm on a wait list.. Have been since last month. I'm quite irritated about that. Thanks to Grace for teaching me those new swim moves at the pool last week, though! :D
Co Op ended, dunno if I'll be back. I wanna though, its the only time I get to see half my friends though. Hm..
Well, TTYL.
Atira.

Random blog post.

I'm full. But I want to eat more of my numalicious teriyaki in the fridge. Darn.

I went to a teriyaki joint with my Grandma this afternoon, we went shopping at Catherines then teriyaki, then we went to Ross. I like Ross, there were several shirts I wanted, both were racerback tank tops, one was black with big ruffles down the front, alternating plain and lace. SO darling. The other was cream with tiny ruffles going down the front with gold flecks in it. They were both so pretty. There were both around $8. But I decided not to get them. Hm... Silly me. lol.

Our pool is set up for the season! WOOHOO! Its filling right now. I was going to help my dad set it up when I got home from being with my Grandma but instead I got home to it being set up! (Pulling into our road I had a feeling it would be set up... Creepy!)
Its ice cold right now, and only maybe 5 inches deep, it'll take several days to fill. Its 4 feet deep, or so, and 15 feet across. My dad was scrubbing it with like an inch of water in the bottom and his feet were going numb. That's how cold it was. (Is). I'd love to buy a solar heater for it but their like $50. There is one at target for an Intex 15 foot pool, but I don't have $50...  I'm excited for summer to come and swimming to start! PARTAY!

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Yah, I'm still alive.

I just haven't posted. xD I went on my trip, got back, was still sick.. (Got sick on the trip.. :P)  I'm still getting better. I have been getting hives the past few days, allergic reaction to who knows what.. I played in grass one day, then it started.. came back the next day after walking through grass in flip flops. hm.. I'm going off dairy for a while because that sure doesn't help.
We think I may have a seasonal grass allergy. GAR!

Hmm...

My great grandpa is getting married!
:O
Her name is Dorothy. :)

Thats him, her name is Dorothy, he is Larry. :D

I'm so excited! The wedding is in June.  I get a pretty new dress.
I get to go shopping for it with my BF, too! :O
This picture was taken last night at their engagement party. Boy, at the Shag housing they live in, they have never had such a turnout on a party before!

I moved up in swim, FINALLY! I'm so  happy!
It was a funny story, I got out of the pool and my teacher handed me my report card, I read it, it still looks like it says level B III. I'm all bummed and have already dived into a sulky mood, (LOL) I show the report card to my Gram and brother. I grab my stuff and their like "Congrats! YOU moved up!" I'm like, " I DID??" It says B III! Their like, noo.. B IV. I'm like, "HOly cow! I couldn't read it!" So I go shower up and am on my way back and I stop at the teachers lounge to say " I realized I moved up, I wasn't able to read your writing. Thanks. "She starts laughing and says your welcome.
I'm gonna miss my teacher,
"Thanks for being the best teacher, Leslie! I'll miss you!"
SOoo.. Thats just some of whats been going on.. I may or may not go back to co op.... Dunno yet.
I'll post about my trip soon.
Thats my life in a nutshell, with so much more, for me and  other members of my fam.
XOXO

New design!

I did a new design!

Please comment if you like.
Thanks! :D

Excitement is building!

The excitement is really building for my trip to California. For me, at least. IK your excited, too, Gramma Joan! And all my family for me. :)

Just a few more days until I leave- me and my mom packed part of my suitcase earlier, were going to finish it this week. We have to do a couple loads of laundry first. Hopefully all the presents will fit, too... LOL. Alexanders gift is the biggest and that may be a problem.. lol...
I also have to finish packing my backpack. For stuff to do on the plane, and my dolls clothes and my dolls doll... lol... and her packback.. lol..

Just thought I'd give ya'll an update.


*LATER PEEPS!*

Decision.

I have thought about this for a really long time.. Long and hard.

I'm closing down this blog.

I've had so many good times with ya'll but I just can't do it anymore..

I'm sorry...












































JUST KIDDING!

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hehe, love ya'll!

I'll be up for a loooong time on this blog. So no worrys! (No, thats not a joke.)

I went to California!

Hi you guys!!!!! (Pretend I am waving) *SORRY SO LATE IN POSTING! MEANT TO DO LAST YEAR*

Guess what!?! Well, from the title, you probably guessed my exciting news... Anyways.. Onto my story! 

California!!!

We left on March 4th 2012, we had to get up at like 6:AM.  We drove to my grandparents house down in Seattle, then they drove us to the airport. (Our van is the only car that could hold all of us, theirs couldn't) So they dropped us off at the airport, (sadly they can't come in to the airport since their not flying, which is stupid because they can't get on the plane without a TICKET!) So we went in and did everything we needed to do, got a little breakfast at Starbucks, and just hung around for a while. We (me and momma) dinked around a shop in the airport for a few.. We had plenty of time till we had to board the plane. Eventually, we walked down to our terminal to wait, the lady said over the loudspeaker thing that there were a couple of 1st class seats available for $50 bucks a seat, but there weren't enough and they weren't together..  Finally! Just Finally! The plane took off. It was soooo much fun! I loooove flying! We met these nice people on the plane, Erin and her mom Denise, and their family. We arrived in California 15(?) minutes early! At least, a little early! My dad called my Aunt, (who's really my cousin) and said: "were here! And were early!" (She was picking us up from the airport) and she was like: "Oh no! I'm on my way!" (she was already driving though) So she finally got there and it was sooo nice to see her! On our way to her house, (where we were staying) we stopped at In'N'Out burger! YUM! And brought them back to her house for everybody including little Cairo (3 years old) and Gina's husband Rito! Cairo only got french fries though.. But, she's three! Anyways, a little while after we ate we went SWIMMING! And in to her HOT TUB! BOO YA! lol! I love love loved swimming in her pool/hot-tub!! I think for most of the rest of that day we just lazed around..  
Day 2. Monday.
Day 2, we were going to go to the beach but we got such a late start, and since we had to visit G-Grandpa Larry in a few hours we decided against it, but Aunt Gina had an idea to go to DownTown Disney!! (It's free and just shopping) It was sooo much fun! They have such an awesome Disney store in there! (Well, duh!) I was wearing sandals that hurt though.. Ugh! Later, we left DownTown Disney and headed over to In'N'Out burger!! Picked that up and went on down to Great Grandpa Larry's house! We ate our food over there. It was great to get to see him again!! Last time we had seen him was in 2005! yah, I know right? We stayed there for a few hours and then headed back to Aunt Gina's. We stayed up late, that night. I slept in Cairos' room and she slept with Aunt Gina. (I was on a COMFY air mattress! lol!)


Day 3. Tuesday! Now, Tuesday and Wednesday were definitely  my favorite days in California!!! (Except that I didn't get to see Cairo. :( and Gina :( and Rito. :(         )  Why, you ask, were they your favorite days? DISNEYLAND OF COURSE!!! Sheesh, couldn't you have figured that out on your OWN? LOL! Just kidding.. Kinda! lol! Anways.  I LOVE DISNEYLAND! I even went on the Tower of TERROR!!!!! :-|) It was creepy! I was holding Dad's hand and saying: "Is it over yet?" Lemme explain it to you..

You get into this elevator, and the "elevator attendant" starts backing out of the room and is telling you to hold on your things and then he says; "and your loved ones" in this creepy voice, then backs out and you start going up and up and UP! Then, (also, the elevator is held by GIGANTO STRONG magnets) the magnets let go and you start free-falling just a little ways, this first or second time! CREEPY FEELING IN YOUR STOMACH! Then, you stop! Then you go up and up and up again, this time, you go higher, and they open  these doors so you see across the park, then BOOM! Your falling.. Again! CREEPY! They take a picture of you while your up there, but ours was lost in the "Twilight Zone" (It's the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is it's real name) Oh, and when your riding up the first time, they go through this movie-type thing.
Back to my story:

I also went on Soarin' Over California! That was FUN! It looks like your para-gliding, and you go through orange groves and smell the oranges, over the ocean and you smell that, it's cool! (It's only on a screen, you don't really go over it) and your up-high and your legs are swinging.. it's cool!  
I also went on Space Mountain.. FUN! You get in and ZOOM!! your off. FAST. The ride is in-side and it's just stars and stripey flashing light's things so I just close my eyes. I was bracing myself so hard with my arm that it got sore.. The first time, the second time I knew better. ;) We went on Star Tours, FUN! (3-D Star Wars Movie, looks like your about to crash into things!) We went on Buzz Lightyears ride, shooting at stuff! Fun! We went on Goofeys Flying School! Fun! It's a roller-coaster, a mini one, though. When you go around turns it feels like the car is gonna fall off the rails,-and your up-high! scary.. And it has a drop..heehee, I love love LOVE drops on roller-coasters.. :D 
I went on the tea-cups. (Spinning tea cups you sit in)
 The Mad Hatter was there, he was singing and talking about un-birthdays! LOL! (He was by the Castle, I think!)
We went through the castle, fun because it goes through Sleeping Beauty's story with mini-scenes and stuff! Fun! Liked it.
We were gonna go on Peter Pan but the lines were WAAAY to long!
On our last night at DisneyLand, Obi and Dad wanted to go on the Tower of Terror and California Screamin' one last time at night (I didn't go on California Screamin' It's a HUGE roller-coaster that I was scared to go on..) So me and mom went off and did stuff we weren't planning on doing, like:
Monsters Inc. Ride!
Seeing how animated movie's are made:
(They set up these figurines in different positions, then make it spin, add a certain light and it looks like they're moving! Make sense?)
Bug's Life Caterpillar ride, (your riding in a caterpillar, and you go under and next to all these fake foods, like under a water-melon and it drips on you and you smell it, etc. with other foods! The rest don't drip, though!)
I was gonna go on Lady Bug bumper cars but they were closed, (in Bug's Life also)
Got a pic of me by their fake wall that looks like it isn't a wall and is a long road. (make sense?)
Went on Ariel ride.
Others??? Can't remember, now!
Me and Mom had lots of fun, going around like that! Other rides I went on are: (different night or in the day-time)
Train around Disney
Toon-Town roller coaster (you wait in line longer than the ride is!)
In toon-town if you pull on this one door, it makes it look like it's shocking you!
They have this "weight" in the ground you have to try and "pull" up! (Doesn't come up)
You have to try and pull up a sword out of stone! (Only when they let it will it come out)

 LOL
Umm.. I'm sure I did others but I can't remember right now! xD 
 I also met a TON of characters! When I met wizard Mickey, I said thanks when I was done, and he gave me this GIANT hug, and like kisses, and the guy said, (the photographer) most kids don't say Thank You, so that means alot. Can you believe kids wouldn't say thanks? So, if your going to Disney, PLEASE SAY THANKS TO THE CHARACTERS!!! lol.

I met SO many more characters! :) 

We had just such a fun time, and I know we did more.. But here are a few snippets;

We went in my Aunts Hot Tub and put bubbles in it. hehe.

Thats a picture of us doing it. (Yah, I know, I have a funny facial expression right there..)

  Me in my Aunts house on her couch.

                                                       Kisses with Cairo!!

                                           My Mom loves this pic of me getting Ice Cream in Disney.

My brother.

Cairo.

My whole fam!

Thats all for now, may add more later!

XOXO..

P.S. Sorry for posting this so late, meant to do it last March! LOL!

 

Myword...

Remember how I told you about my trip coming up? And How I am just going with my Gramma?? Well, I facetimed my cousin who we are staying with, (I call her my Aunt) and her daughter is 4, and just SO darling! I love her  and her whole family to pieces, but so she just go >SO< excited and wouldn't talk, and she was like blowing makign funny sounds with her lips it was so darling, then she starts talking and its darling, but then, we were about to get off, and she hears I have to go, and she won't say anything, she just sits and stares at me and starts sucking on her hand... its so sweet.. and sad... :( I will see you soon, dear cousins! They have a countdown like me and she crosses off each day!!!

:O

I thought I might do a real post..

Sup.
So there is soo much going on in my life right now its crazy.. I'm going to do an overview then post about each one.

My cousin is moving up for college.
I'm going to California.
I have swim twice a week.
I have co op once a week.
I'm trying to deal with my vacation excitement.
I'm trying to get through schoolwork.
The weather here is depressing.
I'm trying to keep up with my doll blog.
And my photography blog.
And my life.
My birthday is in a few months.
I want to have a swim party.
Its expensive to rent the pool I want.
So I wouldn't get a gift from my parents.
I don't care if I can have the pool!
LOL.

Oh.. Its raining right now...

SO my cousin is moving up for college, which we are all really excited about. We thought he hadn't gotten in but he did! He'll live with our grandparents and we'll get to see him more!

I can't wait for my trip.. I can because I have to. I'm not sure if I have to spend the night at my grandparents the night b4 or if my dad'll drive me on his way to work... Depends on when the flight is etc.

My club....... Um... I'm not having as much fun in it as last year, but I'm sticking with it. Its almost done.
(Brie, if your out there reading this, please don't be offended!)

I love love LOVE my swim, but you already knew that. My dad suprprised me and showed up on Monday, he and my momma knew he'd be there but just in case didn't tell me. It was more fun to be surprised anywho. I spotted him from across the building and started walking as fast as physically possible without getting yelled at by the lifegaurds to walk. LOL. My teacher said I look all bubbly with excitement today and I told her my Daddy was there and she said we would show off all my stuff and we did! It was very nice of her. Every day when I walk in she says "Hello Spahkly!" In that kinda accent. Its very cute.

Co Op is going Ok. Not as good as last semester but still very fun. We play a slap game called quack dilioso. Its very fun.

Vacation excitement is very hard to deal with! lol. But I'm managing.

 Its hard to get motivated to do schoolwork, lately.. :( But I've been doing it. I do like schoolwork, somedays its just hard to start. And I have to switch math programs..



Its always RAINY! lol. Its been summery-ish a couple times already, but not enough for my standards. Thats one of the reasons I'm excited for my vaca, I'm going somewhere warm! lol.

My doll blog is hard to keep up with, but I love it! I just got to get motivated to take pics for it and actually upload them every other day.

My photography blog is very neglected, but I'm going to try and start updating that, too.

My life has just gotten so busy!!!! I love busy though, and its busy with so many fun things!

I"M SO EXCITED FOR MY BDAY! LOL! I wish I could tell you how old I am, but I can't... And people who follow me and know me in real life please don't say how old I am in comments, thanks! :)

I REALLY want to have a swim party for this birthday but the pool I would rent costs more than we usually spend on a party.. SO I wouldn't get a present from my parents only the party but thats A-OK with me!

I better go...
TATA!

XOXO

THanks for hearing my rant.
LOL.
Atira.

Shoes!

I'm getting new shoes!

Hehe.

I get them today.

After swim.

WOOHOO!

Its for my trip.

Hehe.

Sorry, I'm in kinda an odd mood..
HAHAHHAHAHA!

I get the shoes for my vaca.. Did I tell you about that? (Lemme go check)

I'm back, I did. KK.

I also had gotten another pair of shoes, and clothes. I'll post all about those tomorrow..



XOXO

Please vote!

Hiya peoples!

I entered The Doll Wardrobes 2013 Grand Photo Contest, and I would be SOOO appreciative if you voted for me!

I'm photos #80, #81, and #82.. :D

You had to choose three "Clues" out of a pool of them they had on their site, then you took three photos pertaining to those clues, I chose "Model" "Closeup" and "Reflection".

Here are my three photos;

Model

Closeup

Reflection.


So, on to how to vote;

You email Nora Demington at;  nora.demington@gmail.com

And say you vote for pictures:

#80, #81, and #82. 

And you can vote for more than my pics..

But please vote for mine!

Thanks!

Oh, P.S. Here is the link to their grand photo contest website;
 http://dw2013grandphotocontest.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

Hello!!

Hello!

How are you guys? I'm good, thanx! Lol. Guess what!?

IM GOING ON VACATION!!!!!!!

WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

My Aunt has a pool.

And a hot-tub.
Hehe.
Oh, it's only me going. And My Grandma Joan, she is taking me with her. My fam is staying here.. :'( oh well.. I get to see my new baby cousin, my 4 year old cousins, my aunt/uncle gramma other cousin.. And possibly DisneyLand!! :) again! :)

I went shopping yesterday ill post pics soon of what I got for my trip.

Xoxoxo!

I could talk about swim all day..

But I won't, because I'm sure you've heard enough and are bored out of your mind from hearing it.

But I learned a new stroke last week. ;)

And a new diving thing.. ;O

But I won't bother you with that.. :)

Hopefully.. :P

But anywho's.... I don't really know what to say I'm just feeling like posting.

So.. I guess I'll leave you.. Until another day.. Le sigh.. LOL

TTYL!

Grumpy cat!

Hi everyone! It's Grumpy Cat Time!

Cousin Alexander.

So, my Aunt had a baby recently, and he is just SO darling! His name is Alexander, and his older sister is Cairo, I've talked about them before. Anyways, here is a pic of all his darlingness:

Aren't they adorable? Sorry its small, I got it as a text and then I texted it to me and.. yah.. Anyways!
XOXO

Why!?

Why is the pool closed on Presidents Day? It ANNOYING me! I'm sorry, no offense to presidents, just I just dove off the diving board for the first time along with the starting block on Wed., and I wanna keep doing it! And I didn't get to go Friday... ARGH! Sorry, just it's bugging me and I needed to rant

Xoxo🏊

Hey all!

I started swimming lessons! WOOHOO! I started last Monday. I go twice a week for lessons, and sometimes my gramma will take me for extra practice and endurance building!

I finally touched the edge of the 12' foot deep end pool! Like, right next to the wall so not quite twelve feet, but I was so proud of myself! I finally touched it with just one toe, but I have been trying for sooo long! :D WOOHOO!

I love my swim lessons.

Co-Op! (Yes, Again)

I really am sorry if you tire of hearing about co-op... But it really is one of my most favorite times of the week, and, well, I hate to bring this up, but, it is my blog... Get the point? :)

Anyways, we got the confirmation email, and.... I GOT IN ALL THE CLASSES I WANTED TO!! I didn't last Semester... But, I had fun anyways, and met some new friends!!!

Now, here is a list of what I'll be taking

First Period;
Hopitality and Event Planning (I know everyone but one person there)

Second Period;
 Beauty Basics (I know everyone!)

Crocheting Granny Squares (Know everyone but one girl, and I already know how to Crochet but were donating a blanket afterwards, so yah!)

I'm SO excited, especially because my friends is coming this semester, (You know who if your reading this! Love ya!) And some friends I used to never see will be coming, I'll get to make better friendships, meet more people, make more friendships, and have lots of fun.

XOXO
Atira.

Swimming Lessons!

Hiya everyone!!

I'm goint to restart taking lessons again!! WOOHOO! I will be in level three! :D We refine strokes, build endurance, and yah! I'm really excited... :D

WOOHOO! I LOVE swimming, so it'll work great! I wanna join a team someday.. TTYL!

Atira.

Mmm...

With the faint smell of strawberries in the air, (my shampoo/conditioner) and the faint taste of butter and bread on my lips... Mmmmm! Oh, and the smell of the soup I made in the air, which I made yesterday and is warming in the crockpot. I'm starving, so good thing were about to eat! :) Hehe,sorry. That started composing itself in my head so I had to write it down somewhere! ;) The sun is actually kind of shining outside, but only a degree above freezing. (33. something.) I went outside and took pictures of my dolls outside today, but my ,uh, butt got very cold. :P I got really good pics of my dolls. The sun was shining on the trees, making shadows on the lawn, with the sun shining on the yard inbetween the trees. Its really very pretty. I dressed Rebecca in a skirt shirt and jacket, which was Rebeccas Hannukkah dress shoes, the skate outfit leggings, (pink) Molly's skating skirt, Saiges sweater outfit tank top, the photography outfit jacket, and a homemade scarf.

Nikki, my first doll was dressed in Nikki's meet boots, (really spelled Nicki by AG but I respelled Nikki) Saiges sweater outfit Jeggings, her meet outfit shirt,(under the leggins, cuz its a onsie), her skiing vest, and one of my headbands doubled over to criss cross, limegreen color. I took Penny, their horse out, too. With a saddle that sadly doesn't fit because I didn't know it didn't fit all horses. ( :( ) An underblanket and their saddlebags, with a pair of soakproof mittens, and a brush, and a purse!

I am finally getting around to updating.. Silly me...

Oh, my Aunt had her baby! His name is Alexander Daniel ____________________ (Her last name)

Love ya'll!

Atira

Animal Training.

Has anyone who reads my blog ever done any animal training..?  I read the American Girl Saige Books and her and her friend Gabi were training Picasso for the Fiesta, they were training him tricks such as nodding his head for "yes", and shaking his head to the side for "no", curling his upper lip and doing something else for "Duh". And, they trained him to paint! It was a Picasso original! (Hehe) Saige's friend Gabi used to train her dog and her grandma's horse so she knows all about it.
I just finished this book and it made me want to train our dogs..

:) I also want to train service dogs..

I wanted to do that after reading Nicki GOTY 2007.

But that, I still wanna do.

I finshed that book not long ago. *ahem* But, I still really want to do that!

Anyways, so I'm working on training our black lab, Gunner! (I'll post a pic soon.)

Alas, tonight I broke out the dog treats, broke them into pieces, set them on a plate, trying to keep them away from Gunner, but his super sniffer sniffed them out. (Darnit)
What I did was I took a piece, keeping it behind my back in my right hand, with my left hand I curled all but my pointer finger on my left hand, (you know what I mean) and made Gunner look at my hand, then I brought my hand down to his chest, making him follow it, to make him say yes! Then, I clicked my tongue and gave him a treat.

I clicked my tongue because after a while of them getting it right, when you click, they know they did it right and they expect a treat.

But, Gabi and Saige used a clicker..

..

..

..

A real clicker.

*humph*.

Anyways, I'll keep you posted on how it goes and maybe post pics,

Lots of Love

Atira and Gunner.

Resolutions; Revised!

Hi everyone!

I decided to do a revised version of my 2013 resolutions..

1.) I want, need to become closer to G-D, I like to think I have a very good relation with our L-RD, but there is always room for more!

2.) Read my Bible even more, really study it and think about what everything means.

3.) Listen to the sermons when we got to Church.

4.) Over all become closer to The L-rd!
I felt I really needed to add these, but these are always on my list if not on my New Years Resolutions, does that make sense?

Thanks!

Happy New Year!

I just can't believe its 2013... Its so crazy! I've had a good start of 2013, filled with family which is the best way to start a new year.

Right now I'm sitting on our couch with a pillow and my laptop watching Batman the dark night rises listening to my cousins (their brother/sister)argrue, and laugh! :O I'm having a good night, chatting and laughing with my cousins.. I dpon't get to see them often, so, yah!  There are candles shining on the table and its just a good night.. *sigh*.. They're staying the night tonight which will be fun!!!


Ciao!