20 Random Facts About Me

Hey, Caraline here! Bailey made a post a really long time ago titled "20 random facts about me", and I never wrote my 20 random facts! So here we go....

1. My favorite animals are wolves

2. My favorite color is mint 

3. I really love God's creation 

4. I love watching movies

5. I'm a soprano 

6. I'm the oldest of 4

7. I listen to music all the time

8. I play volleyball

9. I love Proverbs

10. My favorite subject is Fine Arts

11. I love reading

12. I absolutely love rainy days & storms

13. I have a big, sweet, furry German Shephard/Chow Chow 

14. My Dad is a pastor

15. I love the aggies

16. I love Sherlock

17. My favorite Avenger is Thor

18. I've been to Public School and Private School, but have been homeschooled most of my life

19. I enjoy popping toes and fingers (my own, and others ;)

20. Math drives me crazy
Yep! You'll have to wait till next time for more random facts about Bailey and I! Hope you enjoyed it, and learned a thing or two about us crazy gals. ;)

Weird... but Hilarious

Hi guys! Bailey and I are finally done with school, and I honestly don't know what to do with myself! It is an awesome feeling. Be looking for a post coming soon with pictures from this school year!

So I'm not sure if you know yet, but Bailey and I are pretty weird, and we do some pretty weird things. (If you've known us for a while, you understand.) (And if you don't, you will find out soon enough.) Well, one of the weird things that Bailey and I like to do involves picking a random book, flipping to random sentences, and writing them down until we have a long, strange, random dialogue. It is tons of fun. I wanted to share one with you guys that I found when cleaning out my computer files that I think is pretty hilarious. We used one of my little brother's books. Here is the result:

Stacy unwrapped another object and Jason came running. “How old are the kids now?” yelled Jason. “It’s too late for that. Abbey’s the club president,” said Deedee. A heavy box of green soldiers came next. “We help, yes?” Shawn said. “What can it be?” Abbey said. Something huge was in the mudhole. “Well I’m not quitting.” Carly asked Deedee to come back too. Would his great idea fall flat? 

The garden hose cleaned things right up. Suddenly Dunkum’s fingers touched something slimy. Dunkum thought, “Am I in trouble?” “What’s weird about an old book?” Abbey asked. He was a little disappointed because he was hoping for the real thing. Mr. Whiskers kept hissing at Croaker.  “Sorry!” Richard said, holding his stomach. This is what happened. My face got hot. “Hey, snail slime!” he said. I pulled my gaze away from the Eye. On the back of Craig’s note I wrote, “hi”. Craig grabbed his throat and made fake choking noises. Just then, Richard Jensen cruised by with two of his friends. He said, “Not bad, for a little nerd.” That means she loved it. “What if he cries or needs changing or something?” “Wow!” Teresa said. Mistake!  Mom smiled but shook her head. “No, Jeffery." One plate. 

Yeah! You should try it sometime- it's really fun. :) Haha

Book Review: An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott is most well-known for her book Little Women, and I didn't know she'd written one called An Old-Fashioned Girl till I saw it on my ninth-grade reading list.  I don't plan on reviewing ALL the books we read this year, but I thought this book was definitely relevant to this blog and is a good book for girls, so I thought I'd do a review on it.

So here's how it all goes down: Polly is a fourteen-year-old country girl who visits her friend Fanny in the city.  Fanny's family is rich and lives the luxurious city life, which is all very new for Polly.  Additionally, they seem to neglect the basic values she was brought up by.  Fanny has a terrible relationship with her parents and siblings, and she does things Polly just knows isn't right.  Even though she can't put her finger on it, she just knows it's wrong.  When Fanny takes her to do things like see a show or to meet her other rich, prissy friends, Polly feels very out of place.  Everyone thinks her to be "old-fashioned" and behind the times.  The rest of the book tells how Polly reforms Fanny and her family and brings them closer together, not to mention calling attention to things like trust, integrity, honor, and not growing up too fast.

The book ends when Polly is an adult.  It has a rather fairy-tale perfect ending - everything turns out well, everyone is happy and everyone gets married, etc.  I really enjoyed this book.  It's very entertaining to read, but it also has important lessons everyone needs to know.  As Christian girls, we are not called to be old-fashioned, but we are called to be different from the rest of the world.  We need to swim against the current, like Polly did.  I would suggest this book to any preteen/teen girl!

Recommended age: 9 and up