Jan 1st 12:00 am 2011

Happy New Year !!!!! May 2011 bring you everything you wish!!

He's a keeper

Exchange unheard by me, but relayed to mwah by "Mama".

Michael (4 years old): "Mama, your beautiful!" With every ounce of sincerity
Mom  "Oh, thanks Mike" she was quite taken aback by his sincerity
Mike ...........
Mike "Mama! tell me I'm handsome!!" indignation at not being told he was also handsome. :-)

Lol I love this brother who is a sincere charmer, a wonderful snuggler, and an overall sweetie!

Tell me I'm beautiful,
Claretta

For Christmas this year, we're gonna make some noise!!Let the world rejoice!

I'm listening to Christmas songs so that should explain the title, sort of. Anyways I'd like to know what do you like to read? Is it adventure, romance, or sci-fi? Do you like suspense or horror? I personally love to read every genre, except the romance. The adult romance books focus *ahem* a bit too much on the 'romance'. Some of my favorite authors are Madeline L'engle, Shannon Hale, Margy Higgins Clark, Ray Bradbury, Regina Doman  etc..  So now the comments are open,as always, for y'all to share your favorite books. or authors
Claretta

Going for gold here, 2 posts in one night. Have y'all ever really missed someone?Like really really missed so much that it makes you sad in your pool of emotions?
I have. In fact I am right now. There are two women in my life who i miss Tons and would love to have them live close by so I could see them all the time. Both women are extremely knowledgeable which I suppose comes from age. One is my mom's mom. My grandma, she currently lives in HI and I only get to see her once a year. We've always been close though. It may sound strange, but I talk to her 2-3 times a week, that's if nothing exciting is happening. She's almost my mom too. The other incredible woman is my "oma", my dad's mom. Our story is a little different.  See my dad and I share a lot of things jokes, sarcasm, certain ways of doing things, but one tiny, little, rather important thing we don't share is genetics. He is and always will be my father, but unfortunately he is not biologically related to me. So seeing how that pans out my oma is not 'related' to me either. I've known her for almost my entire life yet up until a year ago I never really felt close to her. I mean I called her oma and she always treated me the same as my cousins, (now here's where it gets crazy) but I didn't feel like I was one of 'her' grandkids since all of them were bio-related to her or were white(I am a tannish person so you can imagine how that stood out next to pure white folks). That is until she started visiting us for a week or two at a time through out the year. As I spent more time with her and she spent more time in my lifestyle, I came very close to her. She loves me, even though I am not the same color as her, even though I am not related to her.And I saw that even though we don't share genetics we are still family. I enjoy being around her and I only wish she lived in Ga so that I could see her whenever I want. So there you have it both my grandmothers who I miss very,very much and wish I could see them more often.
Until later

Angels,stars, and reindeer

There are these awesome people who live up north, like Montana north. They are my aunt and uncle. We only get to see them once or twice every few years, but we love them!! They haven't come out of the dark ages yet (joking...kind of ;}) so unfortunately they do not have a computer, so we keep in touch by phone and letter. My uncle also likes to hunt, it goes something likes this; get in the truck, ride along the deer populated highway at 90 mph ( even though the limit is 70),it as many deer as possible, bring 'em home and make it in to sausage. It brings a totally new meaning to 'road kill'.

 Actually in truth that's probably what I would do if I could get the nerve to kill a deer,on purpose that is.


In the real world of cold harsh truths he goes real huntin with a gun and everything. The other day(ish)(ss) or so he shot an elk and we received two things(rolls?) of elk sausage, just in time for Christmas! I don't personally care for it but the littlers seem to love it.
 So as you can now see there was absolutely no point to this post except to write something down that didn't sound too crazy to my heat addled brain.
Oh and as of now I am undecided how I should sign my blog. My username is Claretta, which is actually my middle name I just thought it sounded cooler that my name, 'cause my real name is sort of like kitty just more of an A sound instead of an I.



Undecided nameless person

If ya give a moose a muffin....or a cookie.

Anyone want a cookie? i for sure don't! We spent the weekend making batches and batches of cookies to give away. I think my hands are made of butter and my tongue is the color of chocolate.
Narnia..... wanted to see it opening night or morning I suppose 12:00 am is technically morning.  It was a spontaneous decision about three hours before the show.....they were sold out. Soo we'll wait until it comes out on dvd and then enjoy the trip back into Narnia. Christmas... we finally decorated the tree!!! It looks all pretty now with the star on top and all our decorations below. Pain.... I (and 2 of my sibs) am 2 months away from my black belt and seeing how I'm only 2!! months away my teacher has decided that onlyI  we need to 'condition' ourselves for that. Ahhemm I didn't realize torture was part of that conditioning.   and with that I will hobble walk to the kitchen and find a cookie...or some hot chocolate. :) Oh and Iamdesperatlywaitingformypsat scores to come in!! we moved after I took the test so the address it is being sent to is the old one!! desperation is settling in!~!~

Damsel's daybook

Found this,thought it was interesting, modified it a little, and decided to try it end of story.


Outside my window...... It's dark, cold, and windy
I am thinking about......... lots of things, mainly how much school I need to finish before Christmas break.
From the kitchen.......... uhhh kitchen whats that? I just spent two days cooking I am taking a break from that place.
I am creating ......... Surprises in nature, pictures will follow.
I am reading......... Nothing right now, I don't have a library card to the new library yet.
I am hearing....... the sounds of people cleaning up and preparing for bed i.e. lotsa, lotsa noise
 I am hoping.........  for a few secret wishes to come true
I am planning.......... to overcome my fears and just do it, oh and to give the dog a bath. He smells...bad!
I am wearing............ A green hoodie (my fav) and black sweats.
Around the house.......... Prep for a new season
My wish of the week ......... to be able to inspire someone by my actions big or small

Picture Thoughts......

 Two of my sisters before their dance recital.

Swimmin wit da sharks mAn...

Ignore the spelling there. Try to think Jamaican like accent. Anyhoo it has been decided that I will enjoy this sorta..upcoming..actually here now Advent season. It won't go as planned, but it will be fun. There will be stories read, cocoa drank, and maybe even a Jesse tree. On a sappier note I intend to enjoy this season not only for myself but for my family. All of my younger sibs are still really young, think 10 and under, they still have time to enjoy many more simplistic and childishly innocent Christmas'. I on the other hand feel all of my 15 years, and realize it's not a childishly innocent focus on Christmas anymore. It's more a focus on succeeding, a pressure to grow up while still holding on to my childhood. Someday I'm sure I'll look back and see how young I was, but right now it feels like the world is watching, never stopping, waiting for me to fall and pushing me down when I don't. It makes one feel depressed to think about growing up so methinks I'll share something my sister shared with me.

During dinner on the weekends we like to play a game whilst eating. Tonight's game was would you rather? One question directed toward a sister was
"Would you rather swim with sharks or eat a worm?"    Her clever response
"Swim with sharks, see I'd put on some shark trunks and go swimming, so I wouldn't actually swim with real sharks just ones on the pants!"   I love this sister of mine

If you knew me pt.2

Alright so here's some more of my story. I'll keep it short and sweet as I'd like to sleep. Ha I am a poet and didn't  even know it.

 During this time I of course had my family, but I came to realize friends are a lot in your life too. Another thing I learned is that Ga is a very...traditional....generational....place I guess you could say. A lot of the people here have roots back to Civil War days and other have just lived here their whole lives. They went to pre-school with some of these kids or their parents were friends when they were younger whatever you want to come up with these kids had known each other for a long time. It shouldn't matter but it did. I was a nomad, and on top of that I was homeschooled so I wasn't able to make friends through school. So basically from the time I was11-13 I had no friends. I kept in touch with some of my old friends but they were able to move on and make new friends. I didn't want to look like a loser so I sometimes made up things about what I was doing or where I was going. When my old friends started to have fun social lives (keep in mind they were like me homeschooled, w/ similar enough interest.) I started to ask God why them and not me. I quietly built a rage for my family and God, not quite willing to show them my feelings. Why had they made me move? I would have had friends, been well established in my church community, I had even picked out the college I wanted to go to. I could've been like my old friends, having fun doing things together. Why did God allow this to happen? Where was He when I needed Him? What was His plan for me and why did it include so much hurt. I became angry with my siblings too. Why did they have friends? Why did my brother get to go out for a few wknds in a row w/ friends, while I was stuck at home? All these whys as to why God had done this to me. I loved my family, but I felt very alone as they began to settle into this new place. 
to be cont.
Kaity
to clarify my closest siblings are 5 years younger than me so the jealousy was really flaming.
Also I realize there are people in much worse situations, but to each his own. God gave me this test and for me it was extremely hard.

Tag your it

Okay so I saw this on Autumn's blog; Storygirl. It looked interesting so I decided to do it.
1) If you were stranded on an island and you could only order take out once, what restaurant would you order from?
I'd have to say Sonic, they have an awesome selection of yummy (not healthy) food.

2) If you had a backstage pass to meet any band/singer in the world, who it be?
I don't know maybe Toby Keith or Sugarland or Taylor Swift, or maybe .. haha

3) What was your favorite TV show when you were three?
Umm I wasn't allowed to watch tv when I was younger

4) Pick a song that describes you or the situation you're in as of right now.
Whoa tough one. I have such swinging moods right now. Sometimes I'm really happy and hopeful and sometimes I'm sad and depressed. I guess it'd be Keep Holding On? I think is the name by who I'm not sure.

5) Post a picture of your favorite shoes
I'm too lazy to find a picture of one right now but they are a type of converse with Dr.Suess on them.

 6) If you could create a new word to put in the dictionary, what would it be?
Idamajit

7) Are you a rush, rush, rush kinda person, or do you stop and smell the roses?
I tend to be a rush rush type of person, but I do try and smell the roses

8) When you meet Jesus, what's the first thing you want to do?
Ya' know this seems to be a popular question. I have no idea I mean it's a sort of out there question.

Okay so I tag the first 8 ppl who's names start with one letter of the alphabet.

Kaity

If you knew me

If you were to meet me in person you might not like me. Okay that one needs some explaining. I've always
been a bit shy, but like everyone once I've warmed up to people I never stop talking :) This is going to come out a bit scattered but I'll do my best. I lived in FL for most my life. For as long as I could remember I always had great friends, catholic and non-catholic. I had an awesome homeschool group and an awesome church community. Then when I was in 6th grade my dad lost his job and we had to move. At first we looked to stay in our area, because we had such an awesome community. Unfortunately we ended up moving to GA. I was upset that we moved, but I tried really hard to make some new friends. For those of you who don''t know GA is part of the bible belt, Catholics in this area are a bit sparse, not that it really matters what your religion is, at least I thought so. Anyways I tried to make friends. I joined the local homeschool group, I did drama with them, I did different activities. For my effort I was shunned. I would go and the people there would ignore me, they already had their own cliques and I was not welcome. I joined another group this one a Catholic one. Still I was left out. I looked for friends in my church community and I was left out. Everywhere I tried I was hurt. After a year or so I was done trying. I was hurt. I started questioning. What was so wrong with me? Was I too fat or ugly? Was I too boring? I didn't know and I kept wondering why people hated me. I couldn't make friends. I shut myself down. Around my family I was a happyish person, I was me. When I went out I would  I became a stone wall, quiet, uninterested, basically a blank slate. Some nights I would cry myself to sleep, wonering why people didn't like me. I wondered if I would ever have friends again or if I'd go through life lonely. 


To be cont....

Only a little late

All right, so when I started this blog I expected to have time to post......right. Life got busy in a good way and I decided to put this on hold until I had some more time. So I'll tell you a little bit about me;
I am a firm believer in Christ. I mess up a LOT, but I do my best to live 'right'. I have seven younger siblings who I love to death. I also have two dogs and a cat. I am homeschooled, but not a freak. I like modern things, but I also like things that are kind of outdated (sewing,cooking,home ec. time of stuff) I believe in the right to life. I am also a strong supporter of families of all sizes. I have two awesome parents. I've heard a lot of kids my age complain about how they hate their parents and I usually go whaat!?! As far as I can see it my parents are my parents (discipline etc), but also my friends ( I can tell them anything, laugh and joke around) They trust me and respect me and in return I do my best to trust and respect them. There are times when I get mad at them, but I usually understand why. I love sports soccer, swimming, running etc. I love art, puzzles and creative things. When I graduate I hope to become a photojournalist (dream job National Geo.)for some traveling magazine. So that's some about me. I know it's scattered, but you'll find out more as I try to keep up this blog.
Kaity