Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Yay Updates!


(picture by me)

Nothing can be said now that hasn't been said or written or before and so I’ll try to change the way I approach this particular piece of typed singularity.

BUT let me just say….Hey, how you doing?

Translation: What can I say about not posting in a really long time that other bloggers haven’t already said so I guess I’ll just say something totally unrelated, How are you?

  That’s right it’s me, I’m back and hopefully to stay for awhile.

So you guys remember how this Summer all throughout this very day I've been saying that the reason for my not writing has to do with the fact that I've either been busy or been uninspired because of not being able to leave the house very much because of house renovations and stuff. Well I'm happy to say that today we finally finished applying the primer and the first coat of paint to the house! Though we might apply the second coat to the front of the house this year...the rest of the painting should be left until sometime next Spring or Summer....so that means for now we can have a time of rest and somewhat normality :) I'm still happy about all of this upgrading and such I'm just not so ecstatic about all the time it's taken to complete these long do renovations it really felt like we were moving not just fixing up some things... so much more than just painting…um…so yeah we’re done and I can no longer bore you with updates on progress so I’ll just end work updates here and save you the annoyingness of having to deal with more of my rather uneventful Summer…don’t get me wrong we had a lot of great things happening and I’ll love this Summer forever I just well yeah you get the picture.

(the house after painting. It still has some green tape on it but doesn't it look nice)
(picture also by me)

To paint our home, we did endeavor 
Though it did seem like forever
We kept hard at it until it was done
Till the completion was won 
(poem requested by my dad)

So yesterday after we’d finished we went out to eat and celebrated our completion of the long “Never Ending Adventure” as I called it.
We were happy it was done but….then it started to rain and paint can’t dry when it’s raining we could only hope that the paint had, had enough time to dry before the rain came…and today we found out that we still had more days of endless rain coming...we were worried it would never have a chance to dry if it hadn't had enough time…but then while we were worrying I happened to notice I was a little hungry so I picked up a fortune cookie from the night before that was lying close by, I cracked it open and pulled out the little slip of paper it read, “The job is well done.” If ever there was a time we needed to hear that it was then…and wow I showed mom and she was just all smiles, thanking God for this strange way of letting us know it was okay we didn't have to worry, my stomach was in knots and was just thanking God over and over again sooo happy…cause you know how amazing it feels when you know God’s spoken two you I've only felt that a few times is my life and it’s so special! :D


Now to less amazing topics, you guys who follow The Artistic Writer know I’ve been drawing a lot recently in fact I’ve been doing a back to back series of Challenging with my friend Samantha…who might I add is Awesome!
And as a result I’ve been pumping more and more creativeness into my drawings…yes this distracts from my writings but I hope with time I’ll be able to refuel that little part of my life that’s still running on empty haha yes I’m writing despite a severe case of writers block, I feel like lately my life has been taking a different turn art is becoming more and more my favorite hobby and it’s very distracting though my character creations do help replenish idea’s for my already in progress stories…even so please bare with me I don’t usually have writers block this bad…please help if you can, maybe provide some idea’s or something how do you guys work with this I keep writing but yeah, it isn’t going so well.

Schools been fine but sleeping hasn’t, I stay up waaaaaay to late. I know I need to remedy that and I have been working on it but still if you guys could please pray I would appreciate it a lot, I’m really moody when I don’t get enough sleep and as a result I’m rude to my sisters and parents and I hate it, also it doesn’t help with school. I’m starting to worry about that….I really care about how much I pay attention and learn I want to take things in, I’m going to need to remember these things if I ever want to be a writer or even to just make it through day to day life so please pray for that too, pray that I am a diligent scholar and take in what I learn J right now I’m enjoying it but I want to be able to remember too.


Sooooo thanks for reading J


Sunday, October 13, 2013

Gracious


(Awesome Pic by Liz) 

I'll stand there,
No place else is nowhere,
I'll retreat into my mind
I want to see what I'll find 

And I'd like to sit in my thinking spot
To ponder, why else, why not?

I'd like to cling to memories 
Reclaim my imagination 
And write into my world of stories 

And I'd like to sit in my thinking spot
To ponder, why else, why not?

I'd like to color my minds creations
To add to the formations 
Build upon a dream, higher and higher
Creating something to inspire 

I want to plant them so they grow,
Into something pretty I can show
I'll frame them with little careful thoughts
And tie it with a bow of my best story plots

And I'd like to sit in my thinking spot
To ponder, why else, why not?
~Sarah

Yes I had to retreat to the land of nowhere and scrounge around till I found this for you guys, see what I do for you...haha just kidding but I had a small spurt of inspiration which was discouraged when I had to struggle for rhymes...which happened three times...but I had fun with it anyways...but I thought you guys should know the best and most natural parts of the poem is the first three stanza's :)













Monday, October 7, 2013

Tirz - Music


Hey guys today we have some poetry from my friend a young poet, Tirz. She's going to send me some of her poems and I'm going to post them on here for her :) 


Music
What is this sound,
That I have found?
This beautiful melody,
Of perfect harmony.
It is music!

Whether a deep drum,
Or a calm harp strum.
Whether a bird that sings,
Or violin strings.
It is music!

What is this the stars sing all day,
And the whales hum in the ocean bay.
Perhaps a huge orchestra?
Something with almost no flaw.
It is music!

All the music in the world is like a symphony.
I could listen to it for an eternity.
It can pull you into a musical dream,
And like a whole new world it will seem.
It is music!

It can go up and down.
It can make you smile and frown
It can go on and on and on,
And never seem to be gone.
It is music!

There are thousands of tunes.
Every time music starts, it blooms.
It even comes from the crickets that chirp.
Whatever the  happy sound is, it gives us a jolly, new perk.
It is music!

It is merry and bright.
Sometimes it seems to shed a kind and warm light.
It cheers us up lots of times,
With it's cheery chimes.
It is music!

I love to listen to it,
Whether I lay or sit.
It can be peaceful.
It can be graceful.
It is music!

-Tirz

Friday, October 4, 2013

You know you have to write when...


Stories keep building up inside your head until their spilling out
Rhymes start popping into your speech unbidden 
You start talking to yourself and/or your story characters 
Thinking spots become your favorite place 

{Anyone else experiencing these symptoms?}



Thursday, September 26, 2013

Sorry I'm Staller


Hey guys, been awhile hasn't it. I can't say I've been too busy just really, really uninspired so whenever that happens you're supposed to just keep writing right? Keep writing until you're back in the swing of things. I mean writer's block will never get me down...I can write I just don't seem to want to no what I mean...yeah so that's just me I guess. But hey I have stories coming if you guys would only tell me the ones  you want to see. Okay yep, I was actually writing something not that long ago...thing was I felt like a copy cat and then some of it just felt to drawn out so I abandoned that.

 I'm trying to make certain stories work and they're sooo on their way, I'm not going to tell  you what they are, so you're just going to have to be surprised and if you like that then you should probably subscribe to my other blog, "The Artistic Writer" you know my overflow blog, so you know these stories will be ones you've never seen before. I'm also working on Cathrine Weatherbane and hope to have that done soon, if I manage to work on it today it's practically guaranteed! 

Can't think what else to write right now so I guess I'll see you guys later :)

Monday, September 16, 2013

Fall is coming on!

(photo by Ani)

Fall is coming on the calendar may say it isn't until the 22'nd but it is, I woke up this morning and I could feel the difference....it was cool, breezy, and fresh. I went on a bike ride with Liz this afternoon and I could feel my limbs coming to life and I thought, "This is fall!" I really felt alive and refreshed. I wasn't tired or worn, I just felt full of energy and I was ready to take fall on at full force! Fall is definitely poetry in my eyes. thank  your Lord for this gorgeous weather!

Does anybody else feel this when fall comes on? Tell me in comments.


Liebster Award

I was tagged the Liebster Award by Abilaine
Abilaine's Questions
1.  Do you have any hobbies or things you really love to do?
Art, Reading, Writing, Hanging out with my friends, Shopping (occasionally), Music

2. How do you feel about British accents? =D
I love them...and it's so fun to speak in them 

3. If you could go anywhere right now ... where would it be?
Europe

4. Do you enjoy a certain type of book (do tell!)?
Oh, Adventure, Major Discoveries, and it's got to have secrets lots of secrets! 

5.  Quick! who is your all-time favorite character from any book you have read?
Mabel from the Grandma's Attic Series 
(16 and away from home, 18 and on her Own, 19 and Wedding Bells Ahead) 
You should read it!

6. What are some of your talents?
Listening, Writing, Reading, Art

7. Would you rather go to a ball or driving in the countryside?
A ball hands down

8. How many siblings are in your family?
5 including me 
Josh, Rachel, Liz, Me, Ani

9. Share with us some of your loves (books, sites, pictures etc. )
Um....you are opening a book with no ending!....Hey that's actually sounded cool....
Writing and Watercolours! 
(didn't draw that picture) 

Vintage Photo Shoots
(picture by Ani)

Art Contests 

This awesome picture I found on Google Images

Abilaine's Artsy Abilaine blog 

My Reading Nook and Computer Zone


10. What do you do on days when you have nothing to do?
(I vacuum and sing loudly ... hey, it works! LOL!)
I clean my room...if it needs to be cleaned 
or
I read, draw, or paint (with watercolours)

and I tag...
...now you can answer my questions :)

My Questions

1. Are you interested in art?
2. What's your favorite song?
If you were a book character:
3.  what kind of world would you live in?
4. What would your clothes be?
5. What kind of pet would you have?
6. How would your current skills be used in the book?
End of If you were a book character 
7. Favorite Pinterest Picture
8. What is something you've always wanted to do
9. Mechanical pencil or regular wood pencil 
10. What kind of sunglasses suit you?
11. Quick make up a quote!

Thanks again for tagging me Abilaine!
 can't wait to see your answers girls!