Spring Cleaning

Hello and welcome back to Miss Cellaneous Life. As you know, it’s been a long winter for my family and me. Well, recently, spring has decided to come about. But, with spring comes spring cleaning. Oh well, it’s life.

Today, we kicked off spring cleaning with our garage. Before today, our garage was awful. It was cluttered, unorganized and sweep-needing. My family realized this, and had us help get head-way into cleaning it.

First, my parents backed their cars out into the street. Next, we moved out our bikes and scooters. We then looked through old junk lying around, filing through to see what to keep and what to throw away. The “throw away” included the soccer ball that I used to play with as a girl.

I decided to start sweeping. The broom I used was rather heavy and large, but I managed.

Soon, my mom and I go to Sonic to get us all drinks. When we return, mutt starts being you-know-what.

One minute, I'm sweeping. The next, I'm sitting down, sipping my drink. Then, Mutt takes a sip of it. Gross! 


"Great," I groan, "Now I'm going to have to get a new straw."

About an hour or so later, we all went to Lowe's to look at some shelves to put our stuff on. There's nothing for Mutt or me to do at Lowe's, so we just had to sit there, bored. Occasionally, we bring out Mutt's iPod and play The Game of Life.

While our parents are on another aisle, Mutt says, "We better get something special for putting up with this."

I couldn't have agreed more. We spent, what, two and a half hours there? Finally, our parents agreed on the first thing they looked at.

When we get home, we put this massive thing together. My dad and brother argue about how level it is and how stable it will be. Eventually, we get it all done and it looks very nice. It's maximum weight capacity if 5500 lbs. We put all of our miscellaneous tools and footballs, etc on there.

As for the final result of our clean-up, I say we did a pretty good job. Granted, it wasn't exactly how I had planned to spend my Saturday, but it was cool. I got to enjoy some fresh air of the long-awaited spring I had.

So, if you ever complain about spring cleaning, think about this post and my post on chores. We have to do it so we can stay healthy and safe at home. Plus, it gives you a feeling of accomplishment. I feel like I did something big. 


Until next time... tot zeins.

Fun With Family

Hello and welcome to Miss Cellaneous Life. I haven't written in a while because I've been busy with choir rehearsal, choir concert, school work, etc. But, rest assured, I am back to write for you!

Recently, I've had fun times with family. Five days ago, we were running errands. We were at Wal-Mart when it all started. We joked and teased and laughed all through our time there.

Next, we were at Braum's. Guess who was there, having lunch? My grandmother, and my great uncle and aunt. We sat down and chatted for a while. Friendly tip (and I'll tell more about this in Annoying Brother Antics ): Never let your gaze leave my great uncle and brother when they're together, because they'll get into a heap of mischief.

The next day was Sunday. We had my grandmother, great uncle and aunt over for lunch. We had wonderfully comedic chats. In the middle of the meal, I got up to refill my tea glass. After I sat back down, I paid all my attention to our conversation, and therefore didn't see it when my dad swapped my full tea glass with his empty one. I saw the empty glass and thought I had drank all I had had already, and got up and filled it. When I sat back down, my dad bust out laughing. He explained he had pulled the same trick he used on my mom years ago on me! I kicked myself for being so gullible that I fell for the trick I had heard the story behind before.

Well, that was my Funny Family Weekend. I feel blessed to have a God who would provide me with such an amazing family. Family is one of my favorite parts of life. Until next time... arrivederci!

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!