I'm off to Camp!

Goodbye my friends!  I'll write about my experience and post some pictures on Saturday, perhaps Sunday.  Now my final parting:  Toodles!

My Last Blog Post

Don't worry, I'm not quitting my blog, just going to camp for five days.  I'll be really busy tomorrow, and besides, I hardly ever blog on Sunday, so this is my last true post.  I'll say goodbye on Monday.
I've got everything but my notebook and pencil packed away.  I just cleared my camera of pictures so I can have a clean SD card for camp.  I'll be sure and take lots of pictures!
Selfish me.  There I was, wondering how I would survive without Rosey, and my poor dog had to suffer in silence!  But it's okay now.  I told her that I would slip a prayer in at mealtimes when we said the blessing if she would think about me once in a while.  I'm going to bring a picture of her and some hair of hers so I can be near her all the time.
Well, this is my last full post for a week (well, a little less than a week), so I hope you all enjoy it.  Bye.

I Have Begun the Countdown of Camp

The official countdown of camp began as of this morning.  It would have started sooner, but I had a cold and I didn't want it to ruin camp, so I've been busy with that, but now it's time to really think about camp!
I've still got to pack, but I'm doing that today.  My dear brother Chris gave me a beautiful backpack (it's a CamelBak) that I'm going to take with me.  I'm truly going to be the coolest girl there.
I aslo have to say goodbye to my pets... and Rosey.  Five whole days in the woods without my companion!  Sure, Emily will be there, but who's always with me on those adventures?  Who's always there to stop and hug me when I need one?  Who's always there to explore new territory with me?  Who's the one who listens to my stupid jokes and likes them?  Who's always the one who's just plain there for me?  Rosey!  These are virtually all the photos of Rosey I have on my computer.

Chris took this one.  Isn't she beautiful?  That's my girl.

Nosy Rosey.

See my face of delight?  Also note her blurry expression of love.

We go together.  We just do.

That day was fun.

Being Rosey.

Also being Rosey.

She's eating grass.

She's eating grass here, too.

I'm tickling her with a horsetail.  We have so much fun together.

Silly dog.  She's watching Sara.

I love that look.

That day was also fun.

What a perfect paw.  Never take these things for granted.

Doggie... what am I supposed to do?  I'll have a whole new place to explore, but no one to explore it with!  Well, I'll have a whole cabin-full of kids to explore it with, but no Rosey!  No fellow adventurer and companion!  No Rosey... I have one weekend to be with my sweet puppy. Then I'll be torn away from her ever so viciously and thrown into a bus where I'll be taken to far away Duvall.  It's not fair.  It's life.

Camp!

I'm going to Hamilton Monday!  I'm taking the bus from St. Joseph's Church in Chehalis with my friend Emily Wills.  It's going to be wonderful.

I'm hoping to get a little better at archery.  I first discovered my love for archery last year at Bosco.  I was pretty nervous at first, and I only got four arrows, so I didn't really have a chance to loosen up and have a lot of fun, although I was the only one who didn't need an arm guard.  I felt pretty special.  

Unlike Bosco, Hamilton has a lake.  Lake versus pool... hmm... which is better?  It's going to be so nice to have a lake.  I really hope it's hot, but not too hot.  The pool at Don Bosco... oh, and the girls' poolroom there - ick!  That brings back bad memories.  The toilets were always getting clogged and it had horrible drainage, poor squeegee.  And then the changing rooms/bathrooms!  Picture it in your mind:  A toilet, a plunger, a backpack and a tweenager (or a younger girl) in a closet sized room.  No, not a walk-in closet, just a closet.  You set your backpack down, you struggle to take your clothes off and put them in your backpack, you change into your swimsuit, you put your shoes back on and you're done!  Now that wasn't so hard, was it?  Try really doing it.

Enough of my rambling about the nightmarish poolroom.  I've poured out all my thoughts about camp, and now I'm ready to finish this post, so I'll blog again tomorrow (probably).

A Little Medley

Hello, how are you all?  I'm well, but I could use a nice splash in the pool.  Well, on with the medley.
I've been thinking about it, and the only things that go bump in the night in my room are possessed tarantulas, impish bearded dragons and disturbed turtles.  I don't have any ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties, but my pets make up for it.
Ugh... that girl... she can make a conversation out of a prayer!  I'll bet she could talk about Rainbowland for hours.  Speaking of which... did you know that Daisy's stepfather's fiftieth birthday is on Saturday?  Everyone is coming.  Also, you probably didn't know that Ian has a brother.  His name is Glen.  No, he's not named after Glen Phillips, I just happen to like the name Glen.
My blog posts have been rather short lately.  I do hope they're not dull!
Little side note:  I didn't really feel like correcting this, so there might be several mistakes.

Rainbowland

As you all know, there are Black Riders in Rainbowland, especially in the LOA woods.  For some reason I like Black Riders.  They're not good, they're not friendly, I just like them.  Of course, if every Black Rider is tall and handsome, that's a good reason.  Well, you have to expect that from someone my age.  And besides, Benedict's not handsome, just mildly good-looking.  All right, handsome.  But that's not the point.  I was talking about Black Riders.  Not that I ever stopped... anyway, Black Riders are good to play with, meddle with, all sorts of fun things.  My goodness, I sound a bit cruel.  The truth is, I'm very cruel.  I make my characters suffer.  Deuce is also a lot of fun to play with.  Fortunately, I've formed his character quite well.  He likes to go "Black Rider Hunting," which means I get to bring in a Black Rider, which means stupid Deuce usually ends up harming both of them.  Life is good.
As a little bonus, I'm throwing in my three most recent Photo Booth photos.

I'm not really picking my nose.  Also, that shiny stuff on my
chin is saliva.  It certainly does add to the photo, doesn't it?

The three writing faces of Janet:  Archaic, humorous, eccentric.

Just more Pop Art fun.

American Girl!

I'll say this first - it was exciting!  It really was a lot of fun.  In my post before, I showed what I wanted. I had actually decided to ask for the Sweet Sugar Outfit for Christmas.  It's more of a wintry outfit with the sweater and all.  But I did get the Cozy Plaid Outfit and the True Style Outfit.  I love both of those, and they're even better in person.  It's nice to go to an AG store so you can see the outfits and accessories and dolls up close.  You know, see the scale, the quality, the true look.  That was really nice.  I also got the Sporty Sandals.  I wanted those, but I forgot to put them with the other outfits in my blog post.  They're very realistic and go nice with the Hiking Accessories witch are adorable, by the way.  As a bonus from my sweet parents, they got me the Star Hoodie Outfit.  It used to come with the Just Like You Dolls (My American Girl Dolls), but they change outfits every year or something.  At first I wasn't sure about it, but it's really cute.  It was only sixteen dollars, too.  That's because we got over fifty dollars.  One of those bargain things.  Oh, and I got the sleepover accessories which are cute and quite fun.  Apples to Apples with my dolls now!  *Gasp* And I got the DOLPHIN BOOK!  Well, I got the school backpack which I'm rather pleased with.  Naturally, it came with the science book with the dolphins on the cover.  It's an animal science book with dolphins and probably turtles.
Well, I've rambled on enough in that single long paragraph, so I'll quit the boring doll clothes and accessories and go on to the store itself.  Awesome store.  There was a guard at the inside of the door.  He was kind of boring though.  Just a plump, unattractive oriental guard.  He never smiled, either.  I think if I had a uniform like his, I'd be smiling.  Our cashier was nice.  I liked her.  Oh, and the pictures of the doll hair stylists online weren't exaggerated at all.  Seriously, they smiled and talked to the doll's "mother" while they did the doll's hair.  It was interesting.  And then there was another cashier who totally awesome.  She had jet black hair and red lipstick and this accent.  I still can't place the accent.  She took our picture by Josefina with all her outfits and complimented us.  She was really friendly and cool.  Actually, the whole store was cool!
Finished!  Yes, I'm finally finished.  Thank you for being so patient.  I corrected this, but I'm still in "OoOh, Alderwood" mode.  What's that mean?  It means I'm still in a bit of a daze.  All that fast food probably didn't help.  Well, bye.

Star Hoodie Outfit.

Sporty Sandals.