Walking in a Winter Wonderland of Fun

Hi! Welcome back to Miss Cellaneous Life. It's very cold over here where I am, along with snow, ice and sleet.

Thursday it started up. I was out of school. I was amazed that it snowed two months in a row. My family and I celebrate it with hot cocoa, and snow ball fights. My brother and I LOVE going out into the snow. We horse around, make snow angels, and admire what ice has done around our house.

Today, my brother and I went outside and started playing in the backyard. My dad took pictures of us the whole time. After a while, he joined us in the front yard. He suggested we build a snowman. Mutt, (My bro.) gave up after a minute or so. I made this HUGE piece for my first snowman. It was my first because we don't get enough snow a lot of the time.

Soon, my mom came out to join us. She snuck up on dad and threw a snowball at him. Then, she started making a mound for our snowman. Then, I put my piece on top of that. Mom put a medium sized ball on that. And finally, we put an even smaller part on that for the hat. My brother used raisins for the eyes, mouth, and button. A picture of the final result is above, to the right.

Well until next time.... tot ziens!

Miss Cellaneous: Author-in-Training

Hello and welcome back to Miss. Cellaneous Life! Today, I'll be talking about what I do as about a quarter of my living, along with being a sister, going to school, and being a Baptist.

I am a young author. I've written many stories, and have sent two of my pieces to a writing contest here in my home state. I write short stories, and recently have made three of them a "book" because they made up a series. I first started writing around August, 2008. My father encouraged me to do it, so I did.

Writing is my past time. Most days, after school, I do my homework, then get on my computer and type till my dad comes home. I write especially when I get inspired at school. As soon as I get an idea, I write it down on scrap paper so I don't forget.

I know most authors brainstorm first, layout the characters and such like that, but most of the time I go straight to the rough draft, and brainstorm if I get stuck. Recently, I've read and written about spies, spy school, and things of that nature.

I get most my help from my dad, and my English teacher. I consider her an unofficial editor/peer observer. She is a great teacher!

I barely kept myself from salivating when she announced we were going to write fictional narratives for our writing project this month. I was upset at only how limited I was at how long the story could be. Only the fronts of four pieces of paper! I can barely fit any good details or story in only four pages!

Well, that's part of my living as an author. I really hope to one day get published and get on the New York Times Best Seller List. Until next time.... ha det!

Serious Matters

Hello and welcome to Miss Cellaneous Life! Today, I have serious matters to discuss.

Someday this past week, a good friend of mine told me her grandfather was in poor health and most likely wouldn't last to see his upcoming birthday. Just yesterday she called to tell me that the prediction had changed that he wouldn't last the weekend. As it turned out, he didn't. Please pray for my friend and that God would comfort her family throughout this tough time.

Recently, my great great aunt and uncle have been in failing health. He's facing memory loss, and she's having heart problems. This past week they've been in and out of the hospital. Please pray that their health will improve and that God will be with them.

Thank you for reading! Until next time... tot ziens!

Responsibilities cont.

Hello and welcome back to Miss. Cellaneous Life. I am continuing my study on responsibilities.

As I have talked about before, I have a DSi. In fact, I'm typing up this post with it. Before I got this, I had a DS Lite. I lost it, therefore I neglected my responsibility of keeping track of my belongings. I searched high and low for my DS, but in vein until three days later when my dad found it in between the sofa cushions.

Another responsibility is your schoolwork or, in adults' case, work. You need to do your homework, read, and stay in school altogether to go to college and get a job.

Well, t-t-t-t-that's all, folks! See you next time.

The DSi

Hello and welcome back to Miss. Cellaneous Life! Happy New Year! I haven't been able to write a lot recently because of school work, but I'll be out until Tuesday. Today, I'll be talking about my favorite electronic: the Nintendo DSi.

The Nintendo DSi is a video game system, the most advanced of its kind. It has many new features. The screens are bigger, for one. One of my favorite features is the camera. Ok, it isn't as high tech as most other cameras theses days, but it's more than enough for a kid of my age. With the DSi Camera, you can take pictures (obviously) and edit them with eleven different tools. When you're satisfied with your picture, you can upload it on Facebook for everyone to see.

Another new feature is the DSi Sound tool. With the newly upgraded microphone, you can record sounds and edit them to be higher and faster, lower and slower, or higher and slower and lower and faster. There are also other effects that make your sound seem like you're speaking into an electric fan, a tunnel, or like you have background singers singing higher, lower, or at the same pitch. Another effect is that you can make it sound like a bird, or a robot. You can also make your sound like different instruments. If you have an SD card, you can listen to and play with your favorite tunes.

The DSi has updated Internet capability, so you can use the internet, no matter your security settings. With the web browser, you can surf the web and check e-mails with ease.

The last new feature is the DSiWare Shop. This is much like the WiiWare Channel. Here, you use an internet connection to buy and download games, tools, and special features to help you make the most out of your DSi experience.

Well, there you have it. See you next time and Happy New Year!