Sock Bun

Tonight Millie and Sean are spending the night here because we're driving them to Fawnwander! :D I'm so excited! It's going to be a blast!

Last night I got my hair damp and then put my hair into a sock bun.

I know, it looks really silly!

Wearing a sock bun overnight is supposed to give you curly hair...But it just gave me a few waves and extra volume. I already have plenty of volume in my hair.

I'm thinking of making my sock donut thing smaller and doing two next time to get curls.

This is a good tutorial on how to do a sock bun.

That's Maine for Yah!

Do you realize in the past week we have had beautiful, sunny, 80 degree weather, rainy weather, snow, sleet and extreme winds? We pretty much had all four seasons packed into one week. Maine always has us on our toes... Well, not really, but still.

My newly created updo.

Yesterday, I posted a picture very similar to this one. This updo is almost exactly the same except it's neater and I only used one bobby pin (not counting the bobby pin holding the flower in place). The French fishtail braid is really growing on me. :)

The other day I was on Pinterest and I saw this Circle Skirt Tutorial. It looks awesome! I really want to buy some pretty fabric now and make tons of skirts.

Babysitting Estes

Last Sunday evening Mr. Estes and Kenan dropped off Linnea, Diana and Martin here for a sleepover. The Estes had us babysit them while Mrs. Estes and Joel visited a college, Nick had class, Mr. Estes and Kenan worked, and Catherine was at another friend's house.

After almost everyone was ready for bed Catherine and Nick skyped with us to say goodnight to their siblings. We all went to bed soon after the skype call.

Monday morning we had cereal for breakfast. After breakfast Diana, Linnea and I played Sequence. I won! :) Martin, Diana, Linnea and I watched Madagascar. Martin LOVES that movie! During the movie I curled Diana and most of Linnea's hair. When we finished the movie we had lunch. After lunch Martin took and nap and Diana attempted to take one but read a book instead.

While Martin napped Diana and Linnea played Spit and then we played Stress. I baked some cookies for a snack. Martin woke up soon after the cookies were done. To pass the time while the cookies cooled, we went for a quick walk. It was a VERY quick walk because it was SUPER windy. Martin said, "It's too freezing for me.". He's so cute!

When we got back from the walk we each ate a cookie and drank some hot chocolate.

I decided to take a group picture of us because I thought it would look cute.

Right after I finished uploading this picture (and a few other pictures) our power went out. I wasn't suprised because it was super duper windy! Turns out that a huge tree on our road fell over and knocked down some electric wires and slightly bent over a telephone pole.
Diana, Linnea and I played a couple rounds of Stress again.
Martin wanted to play Hide and Go Seek and so we all played Hide and Go Seek. It was sort of Hide and Go Seek in the dark because the power was out. Once we got tired of Hide and Go Seek, I taught them how to play Skip-bo. Linnea won!

When Dad went to go pick up Billy from Track practice he brought home some pizza for supper since we couldn't really make anything for supper. After we finished eating supper, Linnea, Diana, and Martin packed up and got ready to leave. When Mr. Estes and Kenan arrived we quickly put their stuff in their vehicle, said our goodbyes and they left.

Almost as soon as they left, Shannon and I left to go to Tim and Angie's house so I could go to Angie's Jamberry Nail party. That was really neat!

This is a sample that I tried on. I still have it on and probably will for the next two weeks.

Yesterday, I learned from a video how to French Fishtail braid my hair. I still have to practice it a bit more to get it tight. Whats nice about this braid is that if it's loose it still looks pretty.

Here's a picture of an updo I made up with the fishtail braid.

All I did was separate my hair as if I were doing a half up half down hairdo, tied off the bottom half of the hair, and French Fishtail braided the top section. Once I finished the braid I put the hair on bottom into a loose bun that was started almost half way down my hair, tucked the bun in and pinned it in place. I used bobby pins to get any droopy areas. It's hard to explain how I did the hairdo but it really wasn't that hard.

Here's the video I learned how to French Fishtail Braid from.

Homeschoolers Unite!

Last Thursday afternoon Billy, Mom, Dad and I left for the Homeschool Convention. We got there kind of late and missed all of Thursday's sessions. Billy and I got to see Caleb (a friend from Deerwander) briefly. Since the convention was over for the day, Billy and I hung out in the hotel room and played Dutch Blitz. I won! After awhile I mainly browsed on Pinterest and Billy played on his iPhone. Dad let us order pizza from Domino's. That was yummy and cool! You can build your own pizza on the website and then they'll deliver right to your hotel room! I liked it because I didn't have to do anything over the phone. :)

The sunrise Friday morning.

Friday morning, Billy and I worked out in Samoset's gym. Around 9am we went downstairs for the convention. I can't remember exactly all the sessions and which ones were when but for the lunch break we went outside and played monkey in the middle with the frisbee with Anna, Naomi, Elisha, Caleb, Ben, and a guy named Joel. It was REALLY windy so it was hard to predict where the frisbee was going to go after you threw it. Some people decided to go inside after awhile so Anna, Billy, Caleb, Elisha and I went for a walk on the breakwater. Anna and I stopped about half way so Anna could eat her sandwich. Billy, Caleb and Elisha kept going until they got to the lighthouse. Because it was SO windy the waves splashed onto the breakwater. It was pretty cool!

Elisha, Billy and Caleb. Not sure what Billy is doing here.

It's a rock!

The loooong breakwater.

When we got back inside the resort Caleb went to a seminar but we weren't interested in any of the seminars so Anna, Billy, Elisha and I did 10 pushups for a Peppermint Pattie at the ALERT table. By the time we finished eating them a lady at another table talked to us about a book. She gave Elisha and I a free book and Billy a MP3 of a story about a missionary. Us four went and played Dutch Blitz and Nines until the next seminar.

We went out to KFC for supper with the Simmlers. :) That was fun!

After supper Anna went to the graduation (I wish I could have gone because I knew two people who were graduating) and Elisha, Caleb, their family, and my family went to the How Big Is God seminar by the 4th Day Alliance. THAT. WAS. AMAZING! We bought the presentation, it was that good. Our God is incomprehensibly HUGE!

Saturday morning we learned about Tracy Klicka and her husband, Chris, who passed away and what a huge impact he made for the homeschoolers of Maine. We also learned from an author part of the story of Donn Fendler who was lost on Mt. Katahdin for 9 days when he was 12 years old. It was a miracle that he survived.

Around lunch time Nick, Joel, Kenan, Rebecca, and Mr. Stuart showed up for lunch. Sarah, Ben, Elisha, Breanna, Billy and I hung out with them while they ate. When they finished eating we hung out for a bit. Elisabeth and Rebecca went for a walk so Elisha, Billy, Kenan, Nick, Joel, Mr. Stuart and I looked for them for a bit. Joel, Nick, Kenan, and Mr. Stuart found them, I believe. We all decided to go for a walk on the breakwater. Rebecca and Elisabeth went inside so Elisabeth could give her bag to her Dad for the walk. Nick, Joel, Billy, Elisha, Mr. Stuart, Kenan and I didn't really feel like waiting so we started on the walk. By the time we got to the light house Rebecca and Elisabeth just started walking on the breakwater so we decided to start walking back. Nick and I ran part of the way. :)

Kenan and Mr. Stuart leading the walk on the breakwater.

Nick, Billy, Joel, and Elisha.

Kenan and Mr. Stuart at the light house.

When we got off of the breakwater, we walked back to Mr. Stuart's car and Kenan pulled out some delicious homemade scones for a snack. :) After we were finished eating them, Billy, Elisha and I said goodbye and quickly went back inside the resort to listen to the last seminar. It was a seminar by 4th Day Alliance on Comets.

When that session was over Caleb, Elisha, Samuel (another Reed boy) helped Billy and I pack up the backdrop. They had to leave before we finished so we said our goodbyes. While we waited for Dad to finish with video stuff Jessica, Elisabeth, Billy and I talked for awhile.

When Billy, Mom, Dad and I were ready to go we headed over to the Hughes house for supper. That was fun! Sean showed us his truck that he fixed up and gave us a quick ride around the block. For supper, we had really yummy lasagna that Mrs. Hughes made and delicious bread that Mr. Hughes made. For dessert we had a splendid homemade raspberry pie (made by Mr. and Mrs. Hughes) and vanilla ice cream. It was a very good visit filled with lots of laughs!

Huge Heat Wave

Today it's supposed to be even warmer than yesterday! It'll probably get to around 80 degrees. Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer, then on Friday it's supposed to get back down to the 60s, and then on Saturday it's supposed to get down to the 50s and possible snow! The Maine forecast is never boring. :)

Last night I wanted to try a certain method on curling all my hair. It turned out really pretty! I didn't put any hairspray in my hair so they curls drooped down pretty fast. I woke up this morning with a little curl still left in my ends though!

Here's a picture of the curls tousled and headband of mine with a pretty pin pinned to it.

I sectioned my hair into for parts; the left side, right side, top, and back of the head. I curled the back first, and I sectioned that section into two sections. For the sides I curled away from my face and I did the curls closest the back first. For the top I sectioned it off about two or three times because I wanted to make these curls the prettiest because they would be seen the most. After each curl I tried to pin the curl (still coiled up) to my head or close to my head so the curl could cool curled and not droop. I couldn't pin them very well at times.

Lets Make It Up does a really good tutorial on how to curl hair. :)

Dandy March Weather!

The past few days have been really beautiful outside! Last Sunday it got up to almost 80 degrees! Yesterday morning was so nice that I decided to do most of my school outside at the picnic table. :) I ended up doing all of yesterday's schoolwork done outside, except my blog, of course. I think I'm going to do my Geometry and History outside today. Homeschooling is stinkin' awesome!

This morning, Shannon let me do her hair. I did the same hairdo I did on myself yesterday, but she didn't want any loose hair so I just put all her hair into the fishtail braid. It was rather messy but she said she still liked it. :) It's hard to do tight hairdos on her because her hair is really thick and straight. I wish I got a picture of it but she had to go in town.

Sunburn in March?

Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL day! The temperature reached almost 80 degrees at one point. After church, some of us teens talked outside because it was so nice out. When almost everyone left the church we decided to go out for ice cream with the Kidd family and Pastor Per and his family. Pastor Per drove some of us to his house and then we walked down to Dairy Treat and met the rest of the group there. It was rather busy so it took us awhile to get our ice creams. I got a hot fudge milkshake, so pretty much a chocolate milkshake.

When we were all finished Dad, Calvin, Shannon, Billy and I went home and quickly changed into athletic clothes, grabbed a sandwich, picked up Pastor Per and Kyle at their house and drove to an athletics field in Topsham. There we met Anna, Emily, Josh, Mr. Simmler, Adam, Parker, and like five other people from Cornerstone to play Ultimate! I had SO much fun! We played for over two hours. It. Was. Awesome! I'm rather sore and a little sunburned today though. Ultimate frisbee is so worth it though!

Today I tried out a new hairdo! I need to practice it a bit more but, I like the messy look.

The front.

The back.

I got the hairdo from LetsMakeItUp.

French Twist

I discovered another lady who does good hair tutorials on Youtube. Her channel is LuxyHair. She uses hair extensions in alot of her videos so I can't do most of her hairdos, but some of them are really good, easy, and pretty hairdos! Today I did a French twist. Mine is a little messy because I have layers and I didn't put too much effort in the hairdo because it's just to keep my hair out of the way while I do school. :)

I love her accent!

Next time I do it, I'll try and make it neater.

Tomorrow, I'm going to try and do another one of her hairstyles. It's kind of on the fancy side of hairdos but since I have layers it'll be more a cool messy do.

I don't think I can do a double knot so I might just do single knot and improvise with the rest of the hairdo.

Todos Today

Today two guys put in a new furnace for us. Yay! Apparently there was a crack in our old one.

Today is my friend Tucker's birthday! :D We're going to his house tonight for cake and ice cream. I'm excited!

In the meantime, I'm going to make bagels and then bake Tucker a batch of blonde brownies. Now you're probably wondering how I make bagels. I would have never thought to make homemade bagels until my wonderful friend, Anna, shared with me a recipe she uses. I can't remember where the recipe is on the computer but they're really fun to make! You pretty much throw in the basics for dough, knead it, and let it rise for an hour to an hour and a half. Then you separate the dough into 8 or 16 balls (depending on whether or not you make a double batch), "flavor" the bagels but rolling some in cinnamon sugar and raisins, some in onion salt, some in frozen blueberries and leaving some plain. Then you let those rise for a half an hour, shape them by making a hole in the middle and spinning it around on your finger. After they're all shaped, boil them by flavor in a pot of boiling sugar water for 2 minutes on one side and 1 minute on the other side. Once you have all the bagels boiled, bake them for 10 minutes, flip them over and bake them for another 10 minutes. It's super fun and they are SUPER delicious! Mom is constantly asking me to make more when we run out.

A Nice End to a Nice Visit

Last night we had Casey, Jenna, Jessi, Jolie, Corrie, Brenna, Mr. and Mrs. Donahue over for Billy's homemade stir fry and steak fries. Before supper was served Corrie drew a tattoo on me with a sharpie. It looked really cool!

This is a picture of the "Asian flower" Corrie drew.

Isn't that awesome! Don't worry, I'll never get a real tattoo.

Corrie also drew a heart on my forearm, a black and red sun on my other tricep, and the word "Dork" on my ankle. I washed the "tattoos" off except the "Dork" tattoo.

Brenna let me try out some hairdos on her. That was lots of fun! She has really pretty, long and curly hair; perfect for hairdos!  I want to get my hair to around her length but, with layers, of course. Otherwise, I think my hair would be too heavy because my hair is rather thick. Her hair is probably to her hips. Okay, I don't think I can get my hair that long, but I'll try! :) I've got about a foot to go! :P

Billy's stir fry and steak fries were delicious! The fries were a tad too spicy for my taste but most everybody still liked them. Jolie made some DELICIOUS chocolate chip and peanut butter chip cookies for dessert. We all talked and laughed lots and lots! Around 9pm, I think Casey left, and then Mr. Donahue, Mrs. Donahue and Brenna left around 9:30pm or 10pm, I think. Jessi, Jolie, Corrie and Jenna hung out for a little bit longer and then all but Jenna left. Jenna stayed and talked for a little bit longer and the she left around 10:45pm or 11pm, I think.

Abbey went back to college this morning around 11:15am. I had a great visit with her and last night was a great end to her visit. :D

Lovely Weather!

It was SO beautiful outside yesterday! After school, Jenna, Billy and I went to Planet Fitness and worked out for an hour or so. Jenna and I mainly worked our arms and abs. When we got back we went for a walk and Billy did a few uphill sprints with a weighted vest.

I apologize for not blogging yesterday, I completely forgot. :/ Anyway, the Cast Party last Saturday was a blast! I miss everyone so much already! I think my favorite parts of the cast party were when we first arrived because I got "mugged with hugs", when the whole cast watched the Cast A DVD trailer and both cast's pictures that Adam put together, and playing Do You Love Your Neighbor. Do You Love Your Neighbor was SO MUCH fun! We have some hilarious and witty people in our cast. One time Abbey got asked, "Do you love your neighbor?", and she said, "Yes... But I do not love anybody wearing a fake tux!". Nick was the ONLY person wearing a fake tux (Abbey picked on him on purpose) so he had to get up. But then Shannon got Nick's attention and asked him to ask her if she loved her neighbors. Shannon said, "Yes, but I do not love anybody who currently goes to college in New York City!". So Abbey was the only person who got up. Abbey then asked John if he loved his neighbors and he said, "Yes, but I do not love any sisters of a girl who is currently going to college in New York City!". So, just Shannon and I got up. It was rather hilarious!

Tonight, we are having Casey, Jenna, and the Donahue family over for Billy's homemade stir fry and to just hang out. It's going to be very fun! Today is our last full day with Abbey for quite some time so we're going to make the best of it.

Cast Party!

Tomorrow, we are having our cast party! I'm really excited! :D Mrs. Estes planned it so it's going to be fantastic! I can't wait to see all my amazing friends from SMASH.

Before the cast party, my family and I are celebrating Shannon's birthday. Tim, Angie, Gabe, Addie and maybe my Aunt Debbie are all coming over. :D It's going to be fun!

Abbey is coming home tonight!! :D She is going to be home until Wednesday.\

Yesterday, I went for a run! It was great! The weather was SOO nice! The temperature was about 65 degrees. It felt like summer! After my run, I laid in the snow. You can't do that in the summer so I took advantage of it. :)

Beautiful Weather!

It's REALLY nice outside for a day in March! It's about about 60 degrees out! I am so going for run outside today! The snow is melting like crazy too. I'm okay with that though. I'm looking forward to the summertime.

My friend Corrie just posted a bunch of pictures of the play! Here is a picture of me that I really like.

I think Jolie or Mrs. Donahue took this picture.

Isn't it awesome! I went to go sit on Borachio/Anna's lap and I kind of fell over.

Various Hairdos

Yesterday, after my shower, I did a single French braid down the middle of my head, then, tucked  the end of the braid up and into the bottom of the French braid. I didn't take picture but I found one online that looks just like how I did my hair.

This isn't my hair but it looked just like it.

I get almost all of my hairdos from LetsMakeitUp. She has really awesome videos and LOTS of ideas for doing hair. Today I'm wearing one of the hairdos from "5 Styles for Wet Hair in Under 10 Minutes". It's the one with the two Dutch braids and one French Braid. Here's the video:

Today I have an evaluation appointment with the Oral surgeon. I'm going to be getting my wisdom teeth taken out soon. :/

And Thus Ends SMASH

SMASH is now over. :( It's nice to not have to stress as much but I miss my friends and the fun times we have acting together. But as Pastor Sam once put it, "SMASH may be over...But the friendships will last forever.".

The performances went really well! I'm now looking forward to the cast party on Saturday! :D It should be lots of fun. My family and I are going to be an hour or so late to the cast party because we're celebrating Shannon's birthday with the Leachs and maybe Aunt Debbie that afternoon, but that's okay. :)

Mr. Rob with Petra and I before our character transformation.

Corrie, me, Colin, Anna, and Millie got to keep the signs from part of the set.

This is Cast B.

This is a less organized picture of Cast A.

Mr. Rob with Petra and I after our character transformation! For some reason, Blogspot won't let me put this picture next to the "before" picture.

Opening Night for Cast B

Tonight is opening night for Cast B! :) I'm excited! Almost all my friends that could come, came to last week's shows but I do have a friend or two coming tonight. :) My family is coming tonight too. Tonight's show starts at 6pm at the Theater at Monmouth. Tomorrow is the last show and it starts at 2pm. I'm so sad that SMASH is going to be over soon. I've made a lot of great new friends and have grown closer to my other friends.

Act 4 Scene 2

Great Success!

I apologize for not blogging in such a long time. I've been really, really busy with SMASH.

We've had a successful three performances with Cast A! I had multiple people I didn't know and people I did know think I was a boy! Which is a good thing, because I was playing a boy. People said I played a great "retard", "dufus", "idiot", and many other things that fit George Seacoal.

This is me as George Seacoal. The picture was taken by Adam Simmler.

Since I'm in both Cast A and and B I had two crunch weeks.  Crunch week for Cast B just ended. We were supposed to have a performance tonight but it got snowed out. We get the day off today and then we perform tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon. I think a day off is very much needed! One cast member got the 24 flu and so it's a good time for her to recover and rest and the other cast members to rest so they're less likely to get sick.

Today, I did school and I'm going to just relax and take my time on doing chores and various things for SMASH. I can't wait for tomorrow's performance though! :D