Hi, after ages of not blogging!
Claire and I started swimming for our high school team last week! Our coach is kind of hard, and it is a bit more intense than our club team. But Claire and I both made the Varsity team! Our first meet is in two weeks, so our practices have been pretty hard leading up to that.
I'm so excited to be swimming for an actual team now! :) Like, swimming for my club was fun, but we barely ever went to meets. In the almost three years I have been doing it, I've been to two meets. I honestly love swimming so much. It feels so amazing to be able to get in the pool after a long day at school, and let everything else into the back of my mind and just focus on the sets. It's really relaxing for me, but I'm also working out and tired out afterwards, I'm a really competitive person. Claire and I both are. And being able to compete in competitions for swim every week is going to be so amazing. XD XD XD
And, plus, we have a really amazing coach who really makes us work.
Our birthday is on Sunday! We decided not to have a party this year, and instead we are going to go shopping at a really nice mall and going to dinner afterwards. But, yay! 14!
Rosie is acting in her first play! It's a Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It's really cute to see her and her little friends practicing their lines together and go to rehearsals. XD It reminds me of when I did dance for a long time, and would act the same way, tired out by rehearsals, but really excited for the performances.
School is also going great! I am doing pretty well, and I can't believe that third quarter is almost over and then only one more quarter to go before the end of freshman year!! This school year is seriously going by so fast! I just got 1st Honors Award for having a 3.5 GPA or above first quarter. The transition from homeschooling to going to school is going much better than I thought it would. I expected to have to adjust way more. Like, yes, I'm not going to lie, the homework load is driving me a bit crazy, but all in all, I'm really happy with where I am in school right now.
I hope to be able to blog more often, but seriously, I've been so busy. I really miss blogging, and I promise I'll try to keep it up!! <3
Jo
Friday, February 26, 2016
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Rain! XD
Do you know what's AMAZING?!?!
When it rains so much that water starts to flood into your classrooms so we get out of school after just one class!!!!!!!!
Yup. That happened. :)
We had a HUGE thunder storm this morning/afternoon and our campus just isn't built that well for rain. All the courts slightly dip towards the middle and drain into classrooms. Not good.
Anyway. So, this morning after first period, we were all huddled together during break and it was pouring rain. Like, it was legit raining, not kinda raining like it usually does. In some places there was more than 6 inches of water, so we couldn't really get to our classes with out trudging through a lot of water and getting sopping wet from the rain. Over the loud speaker, our principal told us to get in the nearest classroom and wait for it to stop raining so heavily. Some people said there was hail too. So, we all went into different classrooms and hung out. After about 45 minutes, it was STILL pouring, so my teacher turned on a movie, and we all just hung out for awhile.
After we were in the classrooms for almost 2 hours, it was like 11:45, the rain started to die down. Then the principal said that it was going to rain really hard even more later today so he said that school was dismissed! You should have heard the screams from all over the school! XD
Time for homework!
~Jo
When it rains so much that water starts to flood into your classrooms so we get out of school after just one class!!!!!!!!
Yup. That happened. :)
We had a HUGE thunder storm this morning/afternoon and our campus just isn't built that well for rain. All the courts slightly dip towards the middle and drain into classrooms. Not good.
Anyway. So, this morning after first period, we were all huddled together during break and it was pouring rain. Like, it was legit raining, not kinda raining like it usually does. In some places there was more than 6 inches of water, so we couldn't really get to our classes with out trudging through a lot of water and getting sopping wet from the rain. Over the loud speaker, our principal told us to get in the nearest classroom and wait for it to stop raining so heavily. Some people said there was hail too. So, we all went into different classrooms and hung out. After about 45 minutes, it was STILL pouring, so my teacher turned on a movie, and we all just hung out for awhile.
After we were in the classrooms for almost 2 hours, it was like 11:45, the rain started to die down. Then the principal said that it was going to rain really hard even more later today so he said that school was dismissed! You should have heard the screams from all over the school! XD
Time for homework!
~Jo
Friday, December 25, 2015
God Bless Us, Everyone!
(By the way, the quote in the title is by Tiny Tim and is like my all time favorite quote :D)
MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE!
So, where to begin? The vigil last night was just beautiful, as always. After mass, Bella, Addy, Rosie, Mo, Claire, Lu, and I chatted in the courtyard. It was really funny; we all talked in really high-pitched excited voices, chatting a bit, mostly saying, "Oh my gosh tomorrow's Christmas, can you believe it??!"
This morning, me and my sisters talked in hushed voices in our beds until Baby Zee woke up. We all thumped downstairs and Mom and Dad were in the kitchen. We all hugged Mom and Dad, and then waiting behind the door in the kitchen while Mom and Dad went into the dining room where the stockings are, and Dad made a fire and put on Christmas music. After everyone had torn through the stockings, there was a mad dash towards the tree.
Ahh, the presents. This year was a good one. Claire got me a Taylor Swift calendar and Lucie got me Taylor Swift's 1989 album. Can you detect a theme? They know me well. Rosie, she's so sweet, got me my favorite chips. And the best one was from Frani; she was so excited when I was opening it. She got me a purple hippo pillow pet. XD Mom said that when she took Frani Christmas shopping, Frani saw the pillow pets and immediately knew that's what she wanted to get me.
Along with other gifts, I got a jean jacket from Mom because I'm always stealing hers, Uggs from my grandparents, five pairs of pants (I was in desperate need), yoga pants, mascara, caramels (YUM!), converse, lots more clothes, earrings, a card game called coup, and best of all........ drum roll please!.... An iPhone! I've been asking for one for awhile, and my parents are amazing. :) Since iPhones are mega expensive, Claire and Lu and I are sharing one for now, but STILL.
Okay, so now, what I got other people! Me and Lu got Claire a Captain America zipper pull, Captain America earrings, and a Captain America pillow. And me and Claire got Lu Ant-man!!!! I think we are going to watch it this afternoon. :) Remember for Mimi's birthday when she was going to get her ears pierced? Well, she decided then that she actually wanted to wait until she was older. Earlier this month, though, she started oh, so casually, hinting around that she wanted to get her ears pierced now, so that was my gift to her. I got Frani and Zee both candy and pillow pets.
Today is mostly going to consist of me listening to T Swift, playing coup, relaxing, eating, and watching Ant-man. What are you all doing? I might post some pictures of our crazy Christmas morning later on, I just have to figure out how to get the pictures off Mom's camera to be able to post.
Oh, I realized that yesterday I posted our 100th post... Oops, I was going to do a special post for that. Oh, well. :P Me and Claire will do a post together for 105, okay?
Oh, also, sorry that my "About Jo" page is off right now. I took it off to update it, but I haven't finished yet. I'll do that eventually. XD
I hope you all have a great Christmas and eat a lot of good food!
Xoxo,
Jo
So, where to begin? The vigil last night was just beautiful, as always. After mass, Bella, Addy, Rosie, Mo, Claire, Lu, and I chatted in the courtyard. It was really funny; we all talked in really high-pitched excited voices, chatting a bit, mostly saying, "Oh my gosh tomorrow's Christmas, can you believe it??!"
This morning, me and my sisters talked in hushed voices in our beds until Baby Zee woke up. We all thumped downstairs and Mom and Dad were in the kitchen. We all hugged Mom and Dad, and then waiting behind the door in the kitchen while Mom and Dad went into the dining room where the stockings are, and Dad made a fire and put on Christmas music. After everyone had torn through the stockings, there was a mad dash towards the tree.
Ahh, the presents. This year was a good one. Claire got me a Taylor Swift calendar and Lucie got me Taylor Swift's 1989 album. Can you detect a theme? They know me well. Rosie, she's so sweet, got me my favorite chips. And the best one was from Frani; she was so excited when I was opening it. She got me a purple hippo pillow pet. XD Mom said that when she took Frani Christmas shopping, Frani saw the pillow pets and immediately knew that's what she wanted to get me.
Along with other gifts, I got a jean jacket from Mom because I'm always stealing hers, Uggs from my grandparents, five pairs of pants (I was in desperate need), yoga pants, mascara, caramels (YUM!), converse, lots more clothes, earrings, a card game called coup, and best of all........ drum roll please!.... An iPhone! I've been asking for one for awhile, and my parents are amazing. :) Since iPhones are mega expensive, Claire and Lu and I are sharing one for now, but STILL.
Okay, so now, what I got other people! Me and Lu got Claire a Captain America zipper pull, Captain America earrings, and a Captain America pillow. And me and Claire got Lu Ant-man!!!! I think we are going to watch it this afternoon. :) Remember for Mimi's birthday when she was going to get her ears pierced? Well, she decided then that she actually wanted to wait until she was older. Earlier this month, though, she started oh, so casually, hinting around that she wanted to get her ears pierced now, so that was my gift to her. I got Frani and Zee both candy and pillow pets.
Today is mostly going to consist of me listening to T Swift, playing coup, relaxing, eating, and watching Ant-man. What are you all doing? I might post some pictures of our crazy Christmas morning later on, I just have to figure out how to get the pictures off Mom's camera to be able to post.
Oh, I realized that yesterday I posted our 100th post... Oops, I was going to do a special post for that. Oh, well. :P Me and Claire will do a post together for 105, okay?
Oh, also, sorry that my "About Jo" page is off right now. I took it off to update it, but I haven't finished yet. I'll do that eventually. XD
I hope you all have a great Christmas and eat a lot of good food!
Xoxo,
Jo
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Christmas Eve Traditions
Christmas Eve is one of the best days of the year. There's this amazing sense of happiness and waiting, and every once in a while one of the kids will scream, "OH MY GOSH TOMORROW'S CHRISTMASSS!"
So far our Christmas Eve has consisted of me sleeping in till noon (I honestly have no idea what the rest of my family was doing), a little bit of cleaning, me and Claire re-learning our old favorite board games and teaching them to Rosie and Frani, and now we are about to do our annual Christmas Eve drive-around-the-town-and-drop-off-goodies-and-Christmas-cards.
Later tonight we will go to the Christmas vigil mass that we go to every year. On our way home from Christmas mass (it's like a 15min drive), each person takes a turn picking their favorite Christmas carol and we all sing together. Then my mom and dad, who both have really beautiful voices, sing "Oh Holy Night" together, and it is so beautiful.
After we get home, we each open one present, or a present addressed to all the kids, to "if possible, get us even more excited than we already are" as my mom says.
Time to drop off the cards and goodies!
Merry Christmas!
~Jo
So far our Christmas Eve has consisted of me sleeping in till noon (I honestly have no idea what the rest of my family was doing), a little bit of cleaning, me and Claire re-learning our old favorite board games and teaching them to Rosie and Frani, and now we are about to do our annual Christmas Eve drive-around-the-town-and-drop-off-goodies-and-Christmas-cards.
Later tonight we will go to the Christmas vigil mass that we go to every year. On our way home from Christmas mass (it's like a 15min drive), each person takes a turn picking their favorite Christmas carol and we all sing together. Then my mom and dad, who both have really beautiful voices, sing "Oh Holy Night" together, and it is so beautiful.
After we get home, we each open one present, or a present addressed to all the kids, to "if possible, get us even more excited than we already are" as my mom says.
Time to drop off the cards and goodies!
Merry Christmas!
~Jo
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Monday, December 21, 2015
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
AHHHH! I SAW STAR WARS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE THESE MOVIES!!
Whew. *Deep breath*
Back story.
So I knew that this movie was going to come out, and I was excited because GUYS IT'S STAR WARS AND I FREAKING LOVE STAR WARS.
Anyway, Rosie wanted to see it too, but she's seven and doesn't remember when Dad and us kids went on a Star Wars marathon. So, Dad, who loves Star Wars, got Rosie really excited about these movies and watched the old ones with her to get her super stoked for this new movie. Last night they watched episode five, my absolute favorite one, which I hadn't seen for years. It brought back so many memories of being super little and sitting on Dad's lap watching these movies. It was our special thing that we did with Dad, and it was then that I got really in to those movies. Claire and I planned our future when we were little: Claire was to marry Luke and I was to marry Han. Guys, I was so in love with Han Solo, you have no idea. I think he was my first crush.
I was such a weird little seven year old. Like, yes, I loved my Disney princess, dressing up, and being girly, but I also had this weird obsession with Star Wars, Han Solo, and light sabers. All my friends liked Leia and Padmé I would rant on and on about how much I loved Han Solo.
Whew. *Deep breath*
Back story.
So I knew that this movie was going to come out, and I was excited because GUYS IT'S STAR WARS AND I FREAKING LOVE STAR WARS.
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I remember when I was like eight, I met the first person I knew who didn't like Star Wars (Hi Bella. You know who you are) I was like "Whaaaat?" I think I went a little crazy. I was like, "Hoooooooow can you not like Star Wars????? Are you CRAZY?" I tried to lecture it into her, but after that didn't work. :) I actually brought the matter to my mom. She was doing dishes and I barged in and was like, "MOM. Isabel says that she doesn't like Star Wars! TELL her that it is goooood."
Oh gosh, I was insane. I think I didn't quite know how to deal with my fangirlingishness.
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| He was such a hero :P |
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| Here he is, thirty years later, as handsome as ever :P |
| Okay, back to the story. So, last night while watching The Empire Strikes Back, I got super excited about the new movie. And then I get a text from one of my best friends, Joie, who moved away over the summer, saying that she was in town and was wondering if we wanted to go see Star Wars tomorrow! I freaked out! I was so excited. Joie is a Star Wars geek like me, and she was the perfect person to see it with. We went to a suuuper nice theater and oh my gosh I can't express how much I love this. Like, these movies where made THIRTY YEARS AGO. Thirty. And they are making new ones and I am just so so happy. Like, I am grinning as I'm typing this cause of all the excitementness. I have no words. |
When the theme music first played, the DUH DUH DUH DUUUUUUUH DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH. DUH DUH DUH DUUUUUUUH DUHHHHH. DUH DUH DUH DUUUUUUUUUH DUH. DUH DUH DUH DUH, everyone in the theater went crazy cheering. It's so cool to know that there are so many other Star Wars geeks out there appreciating these movies with me. :) :) :)
Okay, for the movie itself, it went passed my expectations. Yes, I did cry, and I will probably be depressed for a while, but ohmygosh I don't care if you don't like Star Wars (BELLA) go watch it for gosh sakes. It's a good movie, it'll do you some good. The characters were so so so great. I want to talk about this more, but I don't want to ruin it for y'all.
Me and Dad have succeeded in getting Rosie obsessed with Star Wars. No, she isn't quite old enough to fully understand the awesomeness of it all, but she loves it just the same.
Me and Dad have succeeded in getting Rosie obsessed with Star Wars. No, she isn't quite old enough to fully understand the awesomeness of it all, but she loves it just the same.
I think I'm going to watch it again with Dad sometime this week, because he is the one who raised me to love these movies, and I owe it to him. Plus I freaking love this movie and I can't wait to see it again!
For all you sad, sad, lonely people out there who don't like Star Wars, sorry about this long overwhelming post.
May The Force Be With You,
Jo
Friday, December 18, 2015
I have finished my first semester of school and I made it out alive!
Hey guys!
So, I am done with finals and everything and now on Christmas Break!! GUYS I'M SO HAPPY!!
Not that I don't like school. I actually really like my school. It just feels sooooooooo nice to be home, and homework and stress free.
So, a little update on life is due I think.
Finals went pretty well, I think. Biology was definitely difficult, but overall I think it was good. And now.... I don't really feel like talking about school anymore so moving on. :P
IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS AND I'M SO EXCITED I CAN'T EVEN SAY! Guys I love all the Christmas music, and the Christmas lights, and the Christmas decorations, and the Christmas feeling, and the Christmas everything!!!!
One thing I really love about Christmas that we do every year with my AHG friends, is the Secret Santa party. Everyone picks someone else's name out of a hat and for that person they buy a Christmas gift. It's all a secret to the person they are getting a gift for. Then at the party the presents are exchanged, one by one. I love this tradition because it really gets everyone in the spirit for Christmas and it's super fun! Tonight is the party and I'm really excited. "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmaaaaas!"
Laters!
~ Claire
So, I am done with finals and everything and now on Christmas Break!! GUYS I'M SO HAPPY!!
Not that I don't like school. I actually really like my school. It just feels sooooooooo nice to be home, and homework and stress free.
So, a little update on life is due I think.
Finals went pretty well, I think. Biology was definitely difficult, but overall I think it was good. And now.... I don't really feel like talking about school anymore so moving on. :P
IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS AND I'M SO EXCITED I CAN'T EVEN SAY! Guys I love all the Christmas music, and the Christmas lights, and the Christmas decorations, and the Christmas feeling, and the Christmas everything!!!!
One thing I really love about Christmas that we do every year with my AHG friends, is the Secret Santa party. Everyone picks someone else's name out of a hat and for that person they buy a Christmas gift. It's all a secret to the person they are getting a gift for. Then at the party the presents are exchanged, one by one. I love this tradition because it really gets everyone in the spirit for Christmas and it's super fun! Tonight is the party and I'm really excited. "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmaaaaas!"
Laters!
~ Claire
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