Lala!!

Oh my!! Butchie had quite the trek this morning. I awoke with Mom searching through the many layers of blankets on my bed. She inquired me with a question as to the where-abouts of our notorious dog Butchie. I said I had no idea. I didn't think he was with me. It became increasingly and alarmingly clear that he was no where to be found. I searched our entire house for my angel, and he was no where to be found. I threw on my shoes and searched our yard, yet still, no Butchie. I began to worry, as did the rest of my family. We all looked everywhere, and over the same spots that the other had searched. Our task force of Mom, Dad, Leah, Ernie, and me could not locate our dog. It was a good hour before we decided to stop looking and shower and dress. We all showered, and then when I walked out from my shower, Mom was on the phone! Apparently, a 13 year old boy had just found Butchie!! Butch had gotten himself six blocks away in the dark and cold! No blankies, no fires. He had to cross all those blocks, it's a miracle that he did not get hit. Mom, Dad, and Leah went and picked Butchie up, and the first thing I saw when he arrived safely at home was his bewildered look. I think he shocked and scared himself more than us! My angel is back home safely now, lying in my lap. I'm so glad he's home. God totally answered all of our prayers. He's just being fussy and crying now. Poor baby...

Today was a good day. I woke up at 6:29 to a new voice on my alarm clock. See, my alarm clock has all these weird voices, but I never knew how to get it to cycle through all of them. I would turn my alarm off, and then turn it back on every time. Well, Ryan has the same alarm clock, and he told me how to do it. You hit the alarm button rather than turning it off. Well, it was very shocking considering the fact that I've been waking up to the same voice every morning for about three or four years. Well, then I got up, took a 19 minute shower, the longest shower I've taken in quite a while. Then I got dressed and all that jazz, had some delightful honey nut cheerios, and then told my sister and Mommy and Daddy g'bye. Then I left to go to Candie's house. I got there and sat in my car under my blankie listening to Independence Day by Brave Saint Saturn. Then Ryan came to come get me from Candie's house. (For those of you that don't know, I'm not allowed to drive down dirt roads in my car because it can be pretty rough on them, and Ryan lives down a dirt road.) Well, he picked me up and showed me a few places in that neighborhood where friends live or lived, and showed me the house where he used to live. Well, then we attempted to go to the bank, however, it being just eight in the morning, the bank had yet to be open. We then went to Auto Zone for some reason, I recall seeing a battery, but I was on the phone with my Mommy, and didn't get what really happened, must say. Well, then we went to Wal-mart considering the fact that it was still just a little after eight. We walked to the electronics, (saw some boobahs) and then we looked at cds and such things as are found in the electronics department. Then we exited the building, on account of the fact that Wal-mart is one of the least interesting hang outs in the entire area. ;) Well, we basically just decided to go to the bank and chill out in the parking lot until they opened, only half an hour or twenty minutes or something. We just sat and talked and such things. Well, when the bank finally opened its doors to the outside world, Ryan and I went, carried out business as planned, and left. We went back to his house after all these events. I got to meet his four dogs, Lucky (she likes me!) :) Snickers, Shadow, and Angel. They are all very cute, yet the bigger ones are slightly frightening, they all seemed good-natured, so it wasn't too bad. Well, then he showed me all his house and things such as this. Then I got to watch him play Prince of Persia, a rocksome video game. It has to do with time. Then we went and watched Tyler play Silent Hill 4 for a little bit. Then we got poor hungry Ryan some sustenance and sat at his dining room table with his Mommy and brother Dylan and we just talked. Tyler came out for a little bit too. It was fun, and I love his mom, she's so sweet, and she's very pretty as well. Well then we went and watched his older brother Kyle play Half-Life on his computer. That game was pretty cool, he has a gravity gun, come on, how awesome is that? And as Ryan says, the physics in the game are amazing. You throw things and they fall realistically. It was rather rocksome. Well, then we watched Tyler play Silent Hill 4 again, just talked and things along those lines. Dylan was playing Kingdom Hearts, I believe, on his Gameboy Advance, sounded rather interesting. Well, then he had to get ready for work, so I just sat and talked with his mom for a little bit, and then we had to go. His mom drove us back to Candie's and we said goodbye. Welllll, then I drove home and talked to my whole family (yes, that includes "Uncle Ernie!!") :) And then I decided after this to read some history. I was excited because I got two days ahead in this class, woot! Well, after reading history, apparently I fell asleep because I woke up about an hour later. Then I put my books on my desk, took of my shoes, and snuggled under my covers. I fell asleep and stayed in this state from about 3:30 until about 6:30. I was so relaxed, refreshed, and overall happy when I woke up. Mom came in and woke me up. She sat on my bed and she and I talked for a little bit, then she had to go check on dinner, so I laid there for a bit more, scanned my day with my mind, and got up and entered reality again. My sleep was dreamless, but it was less tiring that way, I suppose. Well, then I got up, Ernie, Ana, Mom, Dad, and I ate dinner at the table, (we hardly ever do, it was nice) and then Dad decided to go get Coldstone, so everyone went, but I was not feeling up to sweets, it would have made me sick. Then we came home, I got online for a minute, then got off and played guitar, changed into my pajamas (and my new snuggly warm and awesome socks that Patti got me) and now here am I, typing in my blog. That was pretty much my day. Sounds fun, doesn't it? I actually had an awesome day. I felt horrible though because I forgot Apologetics was moved to tonight, and I slept up until right when I'd have needed to have left, and then I hadn't eaten much all day and needed to eat dinner. Steve called and he, Marty, and Scott tag-team guilt-tripped me. I felt awful, but I just couldn't do anything. Well, that was about all for my day. I like today. :) I hope you all enjoyed your days! I missed you today, Mommy! :)

Steve and Maggie are over, Dad's cooking breakfast, Ernie's home, everything's so fun! It didn't feel like CHRISTmas until today, so fun!! Hope you are all having a great CHRISTmas! :)

Well, yesterday I went with Kelli, Katie, Ryan, Kyle, Tyler, and Dylan to see Lemony Snickett a Series of Misfortunate Events. Overall, I must say, quite the awesome movie. Some things were verrrry convenient, but for the most part, it was within the bounds of reality as far as reality was meant to be portrayed in the movie. It was a cool movie, and I like having Ryan there to analyze it afterwards, no one ever does that with me! :) Well, like Ryan said, the atmosphere in the movie was incredibly unique, the plot was well-formed, and a rather interesting concept. As a whole, the movie was incredibly enjoyable, the scenery in this movie was awesome, and the acting, mutually agreed by we two critics Ryan and I, was incredibly greatly excecuted.

In other news, I totally have not posted in quite a long time. Sorry, marvin, I know you'll be disappointed in me. Well, it's Christmas Eve, it's strange how much it doesn't feel like Christmas this year. The only thing that reminds me that it is Christmas is the constant flow of ridiculous amounts of traffic, whether pedestrian or vehicular traffic, it is all the same amount. It's slightly annoying, but I've done a good job of laughing at it. I was driving to Best Buy, and through the parking lot, a string of a woman pushing one cart, pulling another, and a woman in a wheel chair just behind. I was cracking up because it completely felt like stopping at a railroad crossing. I was entertained. Well, then when in Best Buy, the line went from the registers, past the fridges and other appliances, all the way into the computer games section where they have the guitars. How hillarious? Rather hillarious, I must say. Well, I was laughing then too because of the ridiculous amounts of people. Christmas is a strange time of year. People leave their homes to buy things to give out of conviction rather than affection. It doesn't mean much when people might not even get you something they thought about, just the last thing on the shelf. So many people have this outlook, and it takes so much to realize that this is not what Christmas should consist of. It's harder to keep a positive attitude around Christmas too. I advise everyone to go watch the most recent Veggie Tales movie, it's got the toy with a saw in his hand, it's a good movie. Anyways, this post is ridiculously long and boring, and I am glad that I don't write reviews for my own posts. I pray you all have an unforgettable Christmas tomorrow, and that you don't get too caught up to realize that it's about celebrating the Ultimate Gift. Merry Christmas, and have a good weekend! :)

Ahhh! It's not the end of the day yet so I have hardly anything to write about... Lately my writing reserves have been depleted because I committed to writing Josh a letter everyday that he's gone. By the time I'm done writing him, I'm totally out of finger energy to type or write more. Well, I will talk about today. Today Ralph, Casey, Leah and me (and maybe even Candie, woot!!) might come over to my house and watch Napoleon Dynamite. Well, other than that, maybe I can go to Kohl's today for something... I just need a reason to go there, eh? :) Anyways, short entry I know, but at least it's an update!! :)

Oh, oh, oh! Self-reminded! I forgot to add a very exciting story that I cannot believe I over-looked. Well, if you look at my photo blog, you will see in there a couple of pictures in which marvin leaves some comments directed at me and Megan in which he depserately attempts to convince me and Megan to cut some of our hair and donate it to the Josh Needs Hair Foundation. Well, today I decided to have Mom cut me some more bangs, and as she was holding it in front of my face, she asked me yes or no. I said yes and in a moment's time, the blink of an eye, there went a good six inches or so of hair. Well, as I was standing there rubberbanding it, holding it like a part of a child I'd lost, I was thinking where will I keep it? Suddenly I was reminded somehow of all of Josh's adamant requests! I thought, "Wow, Josh would appreciate this!" I then proceeded to put the lock of hair in a boc and gift wrap it just for him. He opened it more slowly than I'd ever witnessed anyone open a gift before, and the reaction was deeply concealed by Josh. I know he is more excited than anyone has ever been, however he tends to hide away extreme excitement. I know he was just doing it as a favor so that he might spare me an ego, and for that I am so grateful. Thankyou, Josh, thankyou. Those should be all the highlights for the night now. Good evening!! :)

I love how none of my titles have to hold any relavence to the entry, but yet typically have something to do with my day. It makes them special to me, and sometimes other people know what they mean too. It makes it alot easier to come up with titles too, not cheesy ones. :)

In other news, today we had the white elephant gift exchange. Well, for those of you that do not know, last year Kelli, me, Heidi, and Leah had a GREAT gift to give! It was a date with all the four of us, dinner on the guy! Well, we were into "arts and crafts" so we sneakily conned Casey into getting it. He received the date with indignant cries of rage and injustice, yet we just laughed. He yet still owes us that date, and seriously desires to fulfill his obligations. Well, this year he decided to get the ultimate revenge and give the very same card out AGAIN! This year Brett got it, Kelli stole it, Tyrel stole it, and in the white elephant exchange, three times means it's frozen. Well, then Brett and Tyrel decided to make a mutual trade of gifts, and now Brett owes the four of us a lovely paid for dinner. :) That was a most exciting turn of events!

Well, the whole family, Larry, Jeannie, Becky, Kelli, David, Katie, Mollie, AND Joey were all able to make it to this ever-joyous event, only lacking Lorra and her husband Matt and Shannon. We missed the three, but the compensation brought by the rest of the rambunctious group was very well received by all. Josh came as well, in a weird way, I see him as an attatchment of the family. It's more like he has a billion mommies! :) And some pretty cool brothers. Well, Josh brought his flashy new and long-awaited digital camera. I tell you, by the end of the night, I was surprised it yet had not been drained of battery power! Josh is my favorite because not a moment is missed, he takes pictures of EVERYTHING, and that is truly awesome! He is leaving for Maine tonight though, so everyone keep him in your prayers.

We played a very fun and exciting game tonight too. It is a form of charades, but the topic of the charades is to get everyone to guess the names of Christmas songs. Many are in different languages, and many are only known in places like Mike's computer, that's right, I believe a good majority of the 8 pointers were made up by Mike himself! Scheming man he is, I say. Well, it was rather interesting to watch the boys come up with codes for random words like "Christmas" and "the." Yes, we split into a boy's group and a girl's group. Well, the girls fell behind, at one point it was a shameful 61 girls to 91 boys! But yet, a comeback! By the near end of the game, it was girls 100 and boys 101. In the end, I'm led to believe it was a tie, however one can never be sure because I may have just regained my selective hearing after a long two year remission.

Well, those are the highlight events of the evening. If you happened to be there and remember any extremely outstanding events I may have overlooked, feel free to note me and I will post an entry JUST for that! You see, I now have much more time due to the SCHOOL BEING OUT!!! Yay! Oh yes, and when I get the score back from my Spanish final, I will make sure to inform you all of my grade in the class if it's good... hehe! :) Sorry to leave you all wanting more, but I only have so many experiences.

Well, I apologize for how awful my comments are now. I had to get my own account and spend ALLL this time marking the dates and copying ALLLL the comments and getting my own accoung them arranging the comments in the appropriate places. I watned to do that before I got too many to do so. Well, it should be okay now, and the comments will be normal.

So Butchie went swimming today. I was in my room doing school and I hear Butchie crying, so I walked out to the kitchen and opened the door for him and he was shaking off. He was soaking wet! Poor li'l doggy!! There was water from the edge steps of the pool to the door. Poor little baby couldn't see and fell in the pool! So scary because it's a serious miracle he would make it out! Looking back on it, I can remember hearing a splash in the pool, but I was studying so I was blocking out noises. Poor little thing! He was so cold! Well, tomorrow is my last day of class, the final will be very hard, and my fingers are freezing so it's hard to type. I need to finish history so that when Casey comes over I have nothing but time for him to help me with stupid math. That's all for now. Oh yeah, and tomorrow in my English class the whole thing is a party, and Mom and Dad and maybe Leah are going to come by for a minute, woo hoo! :)

Gloves Reunited

Okay, this is a golden story, worthy of postage. So I brought some gloves with me to Bible study and choir one brisk Thursday night a month ago or there about. Well, on the way to Bible study, I had my gloves on my lap in some manner. When we arrived at church in the car, I realized it was rather cold outside of my fortress of warmth and metal. I therefore began to pursue my gloves. I fit one of my hands quite quickly into a soft black glove. As I searched to encounter the other, it was all in vain! I soon realized that my glove had made the great trek to escape their duty of warming my cold hands. The arduous journey must have caused them to lose the warmth I so cunningly thought I was providing them by placing them near the heater. Well, I finally resigned in my attempts to find my glove (it's name is Juancho) and just settled for requesting that Leah might give it to me in the event of her finding it. Now, if we jump to present day, or yesterday, we are in Leah's car once again, on our way to church. Something draws my attention to the right compartment in the door panel and there it was! Juancho was hiding, camouflage of perfect design; the black door panel matched almost flawlessly to the black fabric of himself. Well, Juancho's twin brother Alonzo was unfortunately at home safely tucked away in the top dresser of my drawer; however, my hands were rather cold. I pulled Juancho with barely a fight onto my hand, and my left hand was soon warm and toasty. I wore it at church, and despite many making fun of me and my one glove, I felt secure because I knew that they were just jealous. My one hand was warmer than both hands of all the other people. When we arrived at home, I placed Juancho just next to Alonzo in the top dresser of my drawer, and today they reside there with their wives. Alonzo and Juancho are soon planning on taking their wives (the pink gloves from when I was nine) on a cruise through the Caribbean where they can relax and enjoy the warmth on the triple decked boat.

Okay, that was my interesting story for the day. I should illustrate it!! :) I just took my Spanish test and came home from school, I hope I did alright. I feel a little sick about it, ech. Well, I think we're going to lunch soon, which is good because I went to lab with Danny after the test and didn't eat. That's all! Enjoy my tall (but actually rather short and realistic and believable) tale. Maybe naming the gloves was a LITTLE overboard... :)

My Wedding Dress

Price: $458.00

(White)



My Wedding Ring

Price: $6068.00







My Bridesmaid Dresses

Price: $157 each



My Candle Lighter Dresses

Price: $179 each

(In the same color as the bridesmaid dresses)



My Flower Girl Dress

Price: $93

(Same color as bridesmaid dresses)



My Shoes

Price: $55



My Bridesmaid and Candle Lighter Shoes

Price: $42 each

(Blue)



My Flower Girl Shoes

Price: $52

(Blue)



My Wedding Tiara

Price: $62



My Wedding Veil

Price: $53

(Mom will glue on light blue sequins for me)



My Hair

(It will have more curls and be covered by a veil until the reception)



My Flower Girl Tiara

Price: $23

(No veil)



My Wedding Invitations

Price: $132.70 for 125

Response Envelopes

Price: $37.40 for 125

Blue-lined Envelopes

Price: $24.50 for 125

Reception Note Card

Price: $68.20





My Guestbook

Price: $38.50

(Personalized; the purple background does not effect the guestbook)



My Money Bag

Price: $25.70

(Will the money dance pay for the bag itself?)





Well folks, that is my wedding. Of course this is all lacking in reality because I would not want a $6,000 dollar ring, however I like the way these things look. Is it gorgemous? Yes! Note that I did not put tuxedos in here or really any of the gentlemen half, I figure my husband needs to have something to do with the wedding if not more than just the gentlemen's half. Who that gentlman is, I don't know, but I know that God is forming the man I am supposed to marry right now to be perfect for me! I hope that you all enjoyed my laborious product! :)

~Cyndi

School today, Spanish test Monday, quiz that was supposed to be today he gave us to take home and put us on the honor system, I'll abide, can't guess for the rest of my classmates, English teacher still loves me, watched some mindless telivision, did some homework, ate dinner, went to church, went to choir, ate ice cream, talked to Meganistan and Jaersh. Wow, it looks so short now!

Yeah, my teacher gave us our quiz to take home because there was totally not enough time to do it in class. Then my English teacher looked over my paper and complimented my conclusion, then I watched television because it was so fun doing nothing for a little bit (cartoons!!!) then I was actually able to finish reading history without falling asleep for twenty minutes like yesterday and waking up with spit all over my hand, classy, then studied some Spanish then ate dinner, tacos, so good, then left for Bible study, Steve did a great lesson, then went to choir, my voice started fading out, I need to stretch it more, then I ate ice cream with chocolate and peanut butter because that's the best and now I am talking to Megananne and Jaersh Marvin, this is the longest sentence ever, do you like it? Ahh! And it's a question too! Haha! Nice am I. So a little more elaboration, Steve utilized some 1 Thessalonians 5:17 I think (memory) and 1 Timothy 4:12 and just basically told us he wants us to have the fire for Christ, not emotion-based, but just knowing where we stand with God and knowing exactly what we need to do. (Paraphrase). It was good. Then the ladies got to go in the fellowship hall and sing their song alone! Anyway, that's all.

Okay, so it's what you've all been waiting for! Pictures! Big time, too! We had fun. Go check 'em out! This means you! Oh yeah, my Spanish class made my Spanish teacher push back the test to Monday, woo hoo!! That's all.