I guess it's time for a new post now.....

hi everyone! it's been waaaay too long. luckily I have the excuse of having been gone, but since I've actually gotten settled in at home I just haven't felt like posting. I do now, so here goes.

We're in the new house, and I'm doing much better. I don't think about the old house much, and I love the new one so it's all good that way. it's kind of odd when we go to church because it takes half an hour instead of 10 minutes to get there now.

I'm very happy with my new room! we didn't repaint in those dark colors, so it's a light beige and looks bigger than my old room, and I also got a chance to re-arrange some of the stuff to a way that looks nicer. oh yes, and I got rid of a TON of stuff too. so everything is less cluttered in general. and I still have plans for improvement once I get a job and have some money.

by the way, I am officially broke right now. Monday I went out to this amazing sushi place with some friends from youth group (if you're ever in Federal Way, go to Blue Island Sushi Roll!). The chefs are fixing the food in the middle of the room and there is a conveyor belt that brings it around past the bar and to all the tables. there are 5 different colors of plate, and each one is a different price depending on what type of food is on it. the lease expensive is $1.50 and the most expensive is $3.50. you just take off as many plates as you want with different foods on them, and at the end of the meal you stack your plates by color and they tally up the total and bring the check to your table. I don't even like raw sushi and I still really enjoyed the food (they have soup and tempura and I even tried a fruit sushi that was pretty sweet - strawberries in a rice roll!). It's probably the coolest restaurant I've ever been in.

I finally met one of the neighbors today! The funniest thing about our neighborhood is that the men on each side of us are both named Mark. my dad is also named Mark, so there are three in a row just in our cul-de-sac. Also, my aunt's high school friend lives in the cul-de-sac accross from us, so we met her and her husband as well. there is a Harley biker accross from us whose name is Butch (isn't that perfect?). Today while Mom and I were going over some college stuff, Pam and her daughter Samantha (on our left side) came over and brought us snickerdoodles. lots and lots of really really really good snickerdoodles!!! They have two cats and a dog, and are super-nice. she's a stay-at-home Mom, as is my mom, and I think we'll all get along very well together. The neighbors on our right have been out of town since I got home, but I guess they're really nice too.
I'm also very excited that we have our own mailbox. I think that's pretty sweet. SEND ME MAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh yeah, you don't have my address. I should probably send that out, huh? life really has been crazy though.

If any of you didn't know, I'm playing golf again this year and the season starts on Monday. school starts for me on September 22nd, so for about a month after school starts it will overlap with golf and you probably won't hear very much from me. I really don't like this, but it can't be helped. thank goodness it's only for a month I will be going insane.
on a lighter note I met my coach yesterday and he seems really nice. this team is a lot more serious than my old team, but that will be nice because they will work with me more and the competition will be better. unfortunately it just takes up so much time. but, like I said, only for a month.

I am so excited for school to start!!! We ordered my books a couple days ago and they are on their way. but my music class has no books listed which I think is really weird. we'll keep an eye on that. who else is excited for school??? My first day is going to be crazy though, because I have school till noon, golf at three, and immediately after that is my 4-H banquet. another thing I'm excited for because it marks the absolute end of my 4-H involvement!!! YAY!!!!!!!



I talked my mom into taking me to Goodwill yesterday and also convinced her that I need some new clothes (back to school shopping has never really been necessary before). But I got a couple of tank tops and a cute shirt, and the most adorable pants ever! they are green capris that unsnap and roll down to full-length pants. I also bought an Indian salmon-colored skirt with pretty embroidery that is a size 26/28, which I plan to rip up and make something really pretty out of. suggestions are welcome....I was thinking either a bag or a skirt my size. It's very dangerous that there's a Goodwill less than ten minutes from my house. I am so excited/happy!!!

I watched Alice in Wonderland a couple nights ago for ideas for the harvest festival, and laughed so hard! I haven't seen that movie in about two years at least, so not only did I get some more ideas, but I also got a good laugh.
"oh pardon me, but Mr. 3, why must you paint them red?"
"why today is my unbirthday too!"

alright, I gotta get going. youth group is tonight and it takes me a lot longer to get there than it used to.