So, I see you've survived the end of the world! (A funny way to look at the end of the Mayan calendar: Yeah, my calendar ended, too! On December 31st!)
Anyway, I've had a fantastic break so far, aside from the three extra days of break I received due to my stupid tonsils that appear to be strep magnets or something ridiculous. So that was disappointing because I didn't get to take my teachers their goodies and carefully baked gluten free cookies. 'Cause you know, I was sick and busy bein' miserable and puking 21 times in one day. I think that's the standing record for this family.
The Saturday before the actual Christmas was supposed to be Christmas with my mom's family but that got moved to the 27th due to my tonsils that suck. Nobody wanted to chance it because they get strep there all the time anyway.
Christmas Eve we were going to go to church but that got blown off due to the fact that my parents really wanted to go to Aunt Jenny's because my dad's sister and her husband and the twins from New York were there. And we have this tradition of having potato soup on Christmas Eve every year that we like so everything worked out.
I don't know if I've told you guys about the potato soup story, have I? Well, almost all my family is German, so that's where the story starts. They have lots of potatoes there and for the poor people, potato soup was what's for dinner. Potatoes, and cream, butter, cheese, plentiful staples. When my grandpa (I'm not sure how many "greats" he has by this point) came over on the ship to America, he got this stomach thing and had surgery to get part of it taken out (see how lucky? I hear the prospect of having surgery way back then wasn't very good.) and guess what he ate that was soothing and not painful to eat and reminded him of home. So the story goes and we like our tradition.
So after eating our potato soup we bundled up and drove to Jenny's to see everybody and my cousins who were home from college. Man, I love those people. It was good. Aunt Kim felt bad about not going to Christmas Eve church so she wanted my dad to read the Christmas story from the bible, which he did, and we sang Silent Night, and then Uncle Mike sang part of it in German which was hilarious.
We drove back to our house and I slept upstairs so we could all go down together in the morning.
7:30 in the morning, Esther gets up and wakes everybody up. "Everybody, it's Christmas! I want everybody up in five minutes!" And she's three. How cute.
It was magical. Esther got a ginormous Barbie house. I got a Wii Fit and the John Green boxed set (of books; too bad it wasn't a John Green boxed set with containing John Green!), and Abigail got two Wii games. Just to name a few. We hung out in our pjamas all morning and went over to the neighbor's to exchange gifts. They really are lovely people and I'm so glad they're our neighbors. They just had a baby and boy, is he cute when he's not fussy! I just wanna eat him up, you know?
On the 27th or whatever day it was (I really don't remember; it's all sort of a blur now.) we drove through the snowy Illinois roads and played cows, but there really weren't that many cows. You know, cows is a game that is really great when everyone in the country has cows (like in Wisconsin, not so much Illinois). We stopped at Wendy's for lunch and continued on to Uncle Joe's for Christmas with my mom's family. Grandma Judy ate her legendary Jell-O salad. It has watermelon Jell-O, green olives, and celery, all mixed together with like the olives suspended in the Jell-O and stuff. Yeah, I'll let you decide if you want to try it, but she loves it.
We stayed the night at Uncle Joe's and hung out there and the next day had the Hooperdoodle (I have decided that I'm using Hooperdoodle as my last name on the Internet instead of my actual last name) Christmas at grandma Linny's house with my dad's family and such. It was very fun. I was appointed the new Santa's Helper by Aunt Kim, who has been the Santa's Helper forever and so now I'm the new Santa's Helper. All the little kids helped me. Jake told me I run a tight shop. (I'm sure he and all my older cousins were jealous that they weren't appointed new Santa's Helper.)
The Christmas Eve snow was a couple of days late. It snowed in St. Louis the night we drove home from Illinois. It had a sort of, um, magical effect as we drove through our adorable neighborhood and watched the (still up) Christmas lights reflected on white though the windows.
It was a good break.
I can't decide if I'm excited to go back to school tomorrow or not. I really have enjoyed sleeping so much but I think it will be nice to get back to structured routines and seeing my friends and teachers at school. Alas, it's no Hogwarts.
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Some Stuff
So, as you may know...
I'm 13 NOW!!! I really can't believe it. But it was seriously really THE BEST birthday I've ever had. My aunt and uncle were very very nice and generous and let me have the party at their house and shoot my bow in their yard. There was tubing and boat rides and pizza and awesome.
Among some of the many awesome things I was given, I recieved an archery target (which is also nerf-gun-dart-compatible!), some chocolate, some awesome stuff, and some very very VERY nice cards, notably the one from Bree which was so sweet it made me cry. All of them were very nice. and all of EVERYTHING and all of the awesome that happened.
There were loads of pictures (many of them very good) taken which I will try to get somehow on here soon.
*****
Other than that there's one thing I would like to share. Actually probably more because I keep on thinking! I don't know why it's like somebody put a brain IN MY HEAD!
Okay so I just finished this book awhile ago. The Fault in Our Stars. Omigosh it was the best book that I've read in awhile. (NO SPOILERS, I promise.) It might probably not interest you since the majority of people who read my blog are like, not my age. And a fair warning: there is some profanity. Anyway, it's about Hazel, a girl who has cancer and she meets Augustus Waters, with whom she promptly falls in love and she worries that she is a grenade. Augustus uses his 'Wish' he got from when he had cancer to take Hazel on a trip to Amsterdam. The ending of the book is perfect. The middle is perfect. The beginning is perfect. It's funny. It's a good book.
Whatever you do if you want to read it, DO NOT read the Wikipedia article. It WILL SPOIL THE WHOLE THING. Trust me, I know, because I DID read the Wikipedia article and I wish I hadn't.
Anyway: good book, don't read the wikipedia article; awesome birthday; and my penpal Isabel from England would like for me to mention her on my blog. Hey, Isabel!
I'm 13 NOW!!! I really can't believe it. But it was seriously really THE BEST birthday I've ever had. My aunt and uncle were very very nice and generous and let me have the party at their house and shoot my bow in their yard. There was tubing and boat rides and pizza and awesome.
Among some of the many awesome things I was given, I recieved an archery target (which is also nerf-gun-dart-compatible!), some chocolate, some awesome stuff, and some very very VERY nice cards, notably the one from Bree which was so sweet it made me cry. All of them were very nice. and all of EVERYTHING and all of the awesome that happened.
There were loads of pictures (many of them very good) taken which I will try to get somehow on here soon.
*****
Other than that there's one thing I would like to share. Actually probably more because I keep on thinking! I don't know why it's like somebody put a brain IN MY HEAD!
Okay so I just finished this book awhile ago. The Fault in Our Stars. Omigosh it was the best book that I've read in awhile. (NO SPOILERS, I promise.) It might probably not interest you since the majority of people who read my blog are like, not my age. And a fair warning: there is some profanity. Anyway, it's about Hazel, a girl who has cancer and she meets Augustus Waters, with whom she promptly falls in love and she worries that she is a grenade. Augustus uses his 'Wish' he got from when he had cancer to take Hazel on a trip to Amsterdam. The ending of the book is perfect. The middle is perfect. The beginning is perfect. It's funny. It's a good book.
Whatever you do if you want to read it, DO NOT read the Wikipedia article. It WILL SPOIL THE WHOLE THING. Trust me, I know, because I DID read the Wikipedia article and I wish I hadn't.
Anyway: good book, don't read the wikipedia article; awesome birthday; and my penpal Isabel from England would like for me to mention her on my blog. Hey, Isabel!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
I guess I have some filling-in to do...
So I just turned 12! On my birthday I:
Had breakfase in bed. Crepes! With marscepone, raspberries, fresh fresh peaches, and chocolate sauce.
Opened presents, in bed! From parents, 'My Neighbor Totoro,' a new watch; from Abigail, earrings; from grandma Judy, a PHONE!; from grandma Linny, notebooks and money; from aunt Julie, fingernail polish and giftcards; from the other Hodges, a Swiss Army Knife and Swiss Army Flashlight (I almost blinded myself!); from the Mumfords, bananagrams; from aunt Pam, a bag and a book; from Paige a KLUTZ book (I love those!).
The reason I do that is because people always ask me what I got for my birthday, and I really don't like answering that question.
THEN we went to P. F. Changs for dinner. I had Crispy Honey Chicken, mom and Abigail shared some kind of shrimp, and my dad ate whatever nobody else did. It was awesome!
I had a kickbutt birthday and I wanna thank you all. :)
Had breakfase in bed. Crepes! With marscepone, raspberries, fresh fresh peaches, and chocolate sauce.
Opened presents, in bed! From parents, 'My Neighbor Totoro,' a new watch; from Abigail, earrings; from grandma Judy, a PHONE!; from grandma Linny, notebooks and money; from aunt Julie, fingernail polish and giftcards; from the other Hodges, a Swiss Army Knife and Swiss Army Flashlight (I almost blinded myself!); from the Mumfords, bananagrams; from aunt Pam, a bag and a book; from Paige a KLUTZ book (I love those!).
The reason I do that is because people always ask me what I got for my birthday, and I really don't like answering that question.
THEN we went to P. F. Changs for dinner. I had Crispy Honey Chicken, mom and Abigail shared some kind of shrimp, and my dad ate whatever nobody else did. It was awesome!
I had a kickbutt birthday and I wanna thank you all. :)
Monday, July 25, 2011
Bananagrams
It's a game that I got for my birthday. I love it!
Perhaps the greatest hand of bananagrams ever played. At least by me!
Monday, May 23, 2011
My Weekend
It was a fantastic one.
Starting on Friday:
Got home and started frantically packing because I had a sleepover birthday party. I say frantically because my mom (incorrectly) told me that it was to be at 5 o'clock (it was really 5:30), and it was now 4:45.
Mrs. W, I'm going to use some of your pseudonyms, if it's okay. Too late.
It was Bree's birthday and Fiona, Genevieve, and Felicity were there.
Before dinner, we went on kind of a scavenger hunt. We split up into two teams; on my team was Fiona and Felictity, and Bree had her brother and Genevieve.
Each team had one side of the block. We knocked on people's doors and politely asked if they would like to donate food to Operation Food Search. Whichever team collected the most won, but then it was more than that; my team didn't win, but when you do something to help others your heart swells up and you get this lump in your throat that says, "this is right."
For dinner we had cheese fondue with bread, vegetables, crackers and cheese to dip into the cheese. Afterwards there was chocolate cheesecake with strawberries on top.
After dinner, Zelda and Travis made us go up to the third floor while they hid candy on the 1st and 2nd floors. Then, we had to find it in the dark; although the let us have flashlights. It was so fun!
Saturday:
Went home from the sleepover.
There is a farmer's market in Grove Valley Park every Saturday, and my uncle sells strawberries from his farm there. So my cousins were at our house. It was fun, but they kinda made me tired.
For Girl Scouts we had archery in Timber Park and then afterwards we dropped out cat quilts that we made at the APA. We had a look around. It was so sad. I cried.
Sunday:
Went to church.
Had people over for dinner.
Slept in my new bed.
Monday:
Kept thinking it was Tuesday. Don't know why.
Went to school.
Came home.
Did homework.
Blogged quite extensively.
Starting on Friday:
Got home and started frantically packing because I had a sleepover birthday party. I say frantically because my mom (incorrectly) told me that it was to be at 5 o'clock (it was really 5:30), and it was now 4:45.
Mrs. W, I'm going to use some of your pseudonyms, if it's okay. Too late.
It was Bree's birthday and Fiona, Genevieve, and Felicity were there.
Before dinner, we went on kind of a scavenger hunt. We split up into two teams; on my team was Fiona and Felictity, and Bree had her brother and Genevieve.
Each team had one side of the block. We knocked on people's doors and politely asked if they would like to donate food to Operation Food Search. Whichever team collected the most won, but then it was more than that; my team didn't win, but when you do something to help others your heart swells up and you get this lump in your throat that says, "this is right."
For dinner we had cheese fondue with bread, vegetables, crackers and cheese to dip into the cheese. Afterwards there was chocolate cheesecake with strawberries on top.
After dinner, Zelda and Travis made us go up to the third floor while they hid candy on the 1st and 2nd floors. Then, we had to find it in the dark; although the let us have flashlights. It was so fun!
Saturday:
Went home from the sleepover.
There is a farmer's market in Grove Valley Park every Saturday, and my uncle sells strawberries from his farm there. So my cousins were at our house. It was fun, but they kinda made me tired.
For Girl Scouts we had archery in Timber Park and then afterwards we dropped out cat quilts that we made at the APA. We had a look around. It was so sad. I cried.
Sunday:
Went to church.
Had people over for dinner.
Slept in my new bed.
Monday:
Kept thinking it was Tuesday. Don't know why.
Went to school.
Came home.
Did homework.
Blogged quite extensively.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Now I Do the Catching Up
Christmas was two days ago.
We opened our Christmas dresses on Christmas Eve, only didn't wear them because we didn't go to Church. We didn't go because the weather was nasty and Esther was whiny.
Me and Abigail went to bed at 8:00 and I woke up at 11 because I really had to pee. I also woke up at 4 because I had to pee and didn't fall back asleep because I was so excited. I dozed until about 6 and everybody went downstairs around 6:45. I wish I hadn't woken up so early!
I always look for my big, unwrapped present(s) from Santa first. Well, I see if he ate the cookies, and then I do that. This year he brought me a typewriter and Guitar Hero for our Wii that he brought last year. After I checked that out, I opened my stocking. That's my favorite part. I got two awesome keychains, TONS of candy, a gyroscope, an American Girl Doll hairbrush, and a popcorn holder thing (it's awesome!). From my parents I got a Monchhichi, and iPod case, headphones, and fuzzy socks.
This is a picture of a Monchhichi.
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(in case you didn't know.)
Innit so cute?!? Mine looks a little different (this is an older version) but it is still equally as cute!
On Christmas day we went to my aunt's for brunch and I had a homemade sesame bagel, egg quiche, and a muffin. It was so good! My aunt got me a Rubik's Slide and this awesome hair towel. I used it today and it dries your hair really fast!
Yesterday we went to one of my other aunt's house for Christmas with my dad's dad. My "Santa Bag" contained candy, a pencil, some erasers, Bloonies, and more fuzzy socks (you can never have enough!).
Today I practiced my typing a lot and the noise drove Abigail crazy. Today we also played "Guess Who?" a bunch and Abigail won most of the time. It was still fun.
Well, that about wraps it up!
We opened our Christmas dresses on Christmas Eve, only didn't wear them because we didn't go to Church. We didn't go because the weather was nasty and Esther was whiny.
Me and Abigail went to bed at 8:00 and I woke up at 11 because I really had to pee. I also woke up at 4 because I had to pee and didn't fall back asleep because I was so excited. I dozed until about 6 and everybody went downstairs around 6:45. I wish I hadn't woken up so early!
I always look for my big, unwrapped present(s) from Santa first. Well, I see if he ate the cookies, and then I do that. This year he brought me a typewriter and Guitar Hero for our Wii that he brought last year. After I checked that out, I opened my stocking. That's my favorite part. I got two awesome keychains, TONS of candy, a gyroscope, an American Girl Doll hairbrush, and a popcorn holder thing (it's awesome!). From my parents I got a Monchhichi, and iPod case, headphones, and fuzzy socks.
This is a picture of a Monchhichi.
\(in case you didn't know.)
Innit so cute?!? Mine looks a little different (this is an older version) but it is still equally as cute!
On Christmas day we went to my aunt's for brunch and I had a homemade sesame bagel, egg quiche, and a muffin. It was so good! My aunt got me a Rubik's Slide and this awesome hair towel. I used it today and it dries your hair really fast!
Yesterday we went to one of my other aunt's house for Christmas with my dad's dad. My "Santa Bag" contained candy, a pencil, some erasers, Bloonies, and more fuzzy socks (you can never have enough!).
Today I practiced my typing a lot and the noise drove Abigail crazy. Today we also played "Guess Who?" a bunch and Abigail won most of the time. It was still fun.
Well, that about wraps it up!
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