25 Secrets

I know I haven't posted here in...quite a while. Oh well. I've been posting on my other blog hoping my dad or sister would help out a little with this one, since it's technically a "family blog". Oh well. Maybe I'm just too technical.

But, Miss Emilyann tagged me to list 25 Secrets, or as she said, "25 Things About Yourself That Very Few People Know, and Very Few People Care About." But, I decided I would post it on my personal blog. So you may go here to read it. :)

I might try to post about the caterpillars soon, since we recently discovered more (even as the weather is getting chilly). So if I don't get around to it this week, I might get to it over Thanksgiving Break. ;)

Happy Sunday!

Abby

A tag!

Miss Valentine has tagged me! So... Originally it said to list 5 favorite authors and 5 favorite movies. Valentine did books instead of authors, but since I think i know of 5 authors I like, I'll do that. :)

Authors (not in any particular order):
P.G. Wodehouse
C.S. Lewis
N.D. Wilson
J.K. Rowling
Dr. Seuss :P
(yes, I do like authors without abbreviated names) :P


Movies (not in order):
The Princess and the Frog
Napoleon Dynamite
Singin' in the Rain
High Society
Ramona and Beezus




There you have it. I tag my sister Grayce, and anyone else who wants to do it. :)


AO

10 Things I love...

Lovely Miss Valentine tagged me to do this. :D If you want to do it, go ahead; I'm not in the tagging mood.

1. God, and his sending His son to die for my sins.

2. My Family. They are wonderful, I could not ask for better parents or siblings. :)

3. My friends who have been there forever...while others have faded away.

4. Being out of doors, hiking, photographing nature, experiencing the marvelous creation of God.

5. Listening to a good sermon.

6. Playing tennis with my Father. (and others, but it's awesomest with my Dad)

7. Music...listening to it, but especially when I can make it. :) (I'm working on "It's De-Lovely" by Cole Porter on the piano) =D

8. Old things; clothing, vinyls, cars, posters, typewriters, etc. Anything you could find in Grandma's house. ;)

9. Desserts...especially chocolate ones. :)

10. The Blue Angels. (Can you guess what I went to see today?) ;)



(Picture from here)

So anyway. Yeah, you might wonder about the Blue Angel thing. Well, I've always had this odd hidden passion for airplanes. I don't know why, or how it came to be, but I just love to watch them and I've wanted to learn to fly for quite a while now. We live near an airport and Air Force Base, so we get a lot of planes around here. In the past few days the Blue Angels have been practicing and performing. I couldn't go yesterday, but my family and I were able to go today. It. Was. AMAZING. I loved it. LOVED it. The planes are Boeing F/A-18 Hornets (for those of you who it could mean something too...). They can break the sound barrier. Does it get cooler than that? Nope. If they come anywhere near where you live, go watch them. That's a command. Not a suggestion. :-P

Happy Sunday, and rest of the week to you all.

AO

Ooo....a tag

Karis o'er at her nice little blog did a tag, and I decided to do it. Sooo here goes.

1. High heels or boots? Boots if they're cowgirl or rubber.

2. What time did you get up this morning? 8:00-ish

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Princess and the Frog (one of my favorite movies ever now) :D

4. What is your name? Abigail

5. What is your favorite TV show? um...Get Smart; Welcome Back, Kotter; The Andy Griffith show; and lots more of the like. :)

6. What do you usually have for breakfast? whatever is easy to fix and to eat while reading the newspaper(more like reading the comics) :P

7. What is your middle name? Leigh

8. What food do you dislike? anything that tastes horrid.

9. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Oh, My Nola- Harry Connick Jr.

10. What characteristic do you despise? no idea. :)

11. Favorite clothing? anything comfortable....

12. Anywhere in the world on vacation? Europe anywhere, Mexico, Australia....

13. Are you an organized person? some might say that....i'd say i am somewhat...:)

14. Where would you retire to? retire? what's that? why retire so you can sit around all day doing nothing? idk, so i probably WILL NOT retire. :D

15. What was your most recent memorable birthday? all of my birthdays are memorable. :D

16. What are you going to do when you finish this? go brush my teeth. :)

17. What is your Birthstone? Diamond (i had to ask my Mom about that one, haha)

18. Person you expect to publish this first? My sister.....:) i dunno

19. When is your birthday? April 30th

20. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night

21. What is your shoe size? 9-10....it varies. my foot is big. :)

22. Do you own any animals? YES, two awesome doggies. :D

23. Any news you'd like to share? other than I'm happy it's spring break? nope. :P

24. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? Veterinarian

25. What is your favorite flower? Those little ones that grow in our neighbors yard. I put up a picture a few posts ago....so you can go look at them if you want. :)

26. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Every day this week, but not next Monday. it will be a sad day.....classes start again. :( :)

27. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? sky blue

28. How is the weather right now? overcast....

29. Last person you spoke to on the phone? hm. probably one of my parents. i don't talk on the phone much

30. Favorite drink? Water

31. Favorite restaurant? Five Guys Burgers and Fries. =D

32. Hair color? brown

33. What was your favorite toy as a child? i didn't really have a favorite toy, unless the outdoors counts as a toy. :)

34. Summer or winter? i like both....

35. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate (who would pick vanilla?)

36. Coffee or tea? Tea

37. Wish you were still young? hahahahahaha.....not really. :P

38. Do you want your friends to publish this? If they want to

39. When was the last time you cried? i'm not sure....i don't keep track of it. :)

40. What is under your bed? Storage boxes and dust.

41 . What did you do last night? we watched Brigadoon. it is one of the BEST movies ever made. go watch it. :)

42. What are you afraid of? Cockroaches. even dead ones. they're evil little pests

43. Salty or sweet? both...:)

44. Best quality you have? i can laugh really hard and even if what i'm laughing at isn't funny(the usual case...) people still laugh just watching me. :)

45. How many years at your current job? only a few months....and it's not quite an official job. but i get paid for it. :D

46. Favorite day of the week? Sunday. especially when I have no homework and i can rest.

47. Last thing you smelled? my bagel? idk

48. What four people will you tag? whoever wants to do it. :)

Happy Spring Break everyone!!!

AO

A blog award!!

So I was given an "award" from a friend but I never gave it to any one else(at least I can't remember whether I did or not...). So today I am going to give it to two awesome people. But first, this is the award, the Million Dollar Friend Award-



I guess you can just take it and paste it into a sidebar item. That's for you to figure out. :)

Well- the first person I'm giving this too is Valentine!!! Val is so awesome and I'm so thankful I've been able to know her. So here ya go Val!! :)

For the second person, I really don't want to give her this one, because she really needs the Priceless Friend Award, but that's OK- I'm thankful for her anyways. So here it is for Grayce, my wonderful sister. :)

There you have it folks, have a happy weekend!

AO

Ologies.....

Miss Alyssa over at the personal blog of alyssa zapinski has tagged me with a cool tag....

FOOD-OLGY
What is your salad dressing of choice? just plain Kraft italian...i don't eat salad that much, so i don't really care....:P

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Chick-fil-a. jk, um....Five Guys Burgers and Fries, no joke this time. I LOVE that place. :)

What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it? hm....bbq?

What are your pizza toppings of choice? pepperoni, bacon, ham, cheese...that's it.

What do you like to put on your toast? butter, obviously. butter makes anything taste good. :D

TECHNOLOGY
How many televisions are in your house? 2 tv's. :)

What color cell phone do you have? it's invisible!!! because i don't have one. :)

What does the first text message in your inbox say and who sent it? it says nothing....(see above answer)

Who was the last person to call you? um....no one ever calls me. because i never call anyone. :P

BIOLOGY
Are you right-handed or left-handed? right

Have you ever had anything removed from your body? a few teeth, and tonsils. :)

What is the last heavy item you lifted? the dog? idk...

RANDOM-OLOGY
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? absolutely not.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to? i don't want to change it. it's a marvelous name as-is.

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? hm...nope. "Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it." Proverbs 13:11 :D

DUMB-OLOGY
How many pairs of flip flops do you own? one, my rainbows. :D

Last time you had a run-in with the cops? *cough* no comment. ;)

Last person you talked to in person? one of my sisters.

Favorite Month? April, obviously. cuase that's when my b-day is. :D

CURRENT-OLOGY
Missing someone? nope. well, my Dad, cause he's at work. but other than that, nope. well, and my cousins in MI....

Mood? grumpy. no, jk... i don't know, a plain mood i guess.

What are you listening to? nothing. well, me typing on the computer

Watching? me type on the computer.

Worrying about? failing all of my classes and having to repeat 9th grade.

RANDOM-OLOGY
What’s the last movie you watched? how about the last few i watched: Come What May, Johnny English and Facing the Giants.

Do you smile often? Yes, just like a barbie. ;)

Do you always answer your phone? no, because i can never find it, because it's invisible, because i have no phone.

It’s four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? my alien friends.

If you could change your eye color what would it be? I like the way my eyes are-why change it?

What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? what? i haven't been to sonic in forever, so idk.

Do you own a digital camera? yes, and it's wonderful. :)

Have you ever had a pet fish? nope...

Favorite Christmas song? Grandma got runover by a reindeer. JK!! i hate that song. i have lots of faves.

What’s on your wish list for your birthday? a video camera

Can you do push-ups? yes

Can you do a chin up? yes

Do you have any saved texts? yes, all from my alien friends...

Ever been in a car wreck? nope

Do you have an accent? yes. to a Brit. to my sis? nope.

What is the last song to make you cry? umm...i don't cry over songs...

Plans tonight? staying home doing something.

Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? yes

Name 2 things you bought yesterday: nothing

You ever been given roses? yes, by my dad, :)

Current hate right now? um.....idk

Met someone who changed your life? Jesus

What were you doing 12 AM last night? sleeping...

What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? AH! i slept in too much!!! (it was 10:00am....) :P


Well, i hope you enjoyed that. :) I'm tagging Lauren Mitchell, my sis Grayce and those few followers of this blog who never comment-lilmisssweetheart92, Maggie S. and Laura Ingall. :P and anyone else reading this who feels like they should do it, take it, i have no problem with that. :)

AO

Oh joy.

Yippee, another tag. Enjoy!

Six Names you go By:

Abby

Abigail

Abster

Abs

Abba-dabba(thanks for this one Uncle Jack ) :)

Three things you are wearing today:

Jeans

Pale green t-shirt, with an awesome neon orange sweatshirt.

pink fuzzy socks :)

Three things you want very badly Right now:

To have my homework assignments magicaly disapear

To catch up on lost sleep for a week or so then wake up on Christmas morning.

To have another brownie

Three things you did Last Night/Yesterday:

Watched The Polar Express

Watched It's a Wonderful Life

Ate pizza :)

Two things you ate today:

BBQ and brownies

Two People you last Talked to on the Phone:

Dad and Mom.

Two Things you are going to do Today/Tomorrow:

Finish that homework

set my brain a-spinning again tomorrow

Your Three Favorite Beverages:

Water

Southern Sweet Tea

Coke




And, I don't think I will tag anyone, (yet again), but feel free to tag yourself. :)



AO

Oh the joys of being tagged....

I was tagged by Karis, so here goes:

1) Do you like sugar cookies?

A: Eh, they're ok, I enjoy chocolate better.

2) Do you like a LOT of lights on your Christmas tree, or just a few?

A: Just a few white ones is perfect

3) Do you prefer a real tree, or an artificial tree?

A: I prefer real trees, but we've had fake ones for a few years now...:(

4) What's your favorite Christmas carol?

A:Most of them are wonderful. I don't need to pick a favorite. :)

5) Do you like egg-nog, or boiled custard?

A: What in the world is boiled custard? I do not know, I do like eggnog though. :)

6) Do you want a lot of snow for Christmas, or just enough to sled in?

A: Well, wishing for snow down here is like wishing for your house to turn upside down and nothing gets broken inside of it, but if it were possible, yes i would love snow, but just enough to sled in.

7) What's your favorite part of the Christmas story?

A: That God gave his only son to die for our sins.

8) What's your favorite Christmas movie?

A: Hm. Christmas Vacation, White Christmas or Holiday Inn.

9) If you could spend $1,000,000, what would you buy?

A: well, i'd pay off any dept i owed, then buy an awesome sports car. I don't know if i really would buy the car, and I'll probably never find out. :)

10) What is your favorite name(s) of Jesus?

A: All of em.

And I've decided not to tag anyone....but if you want to tag yourself, feel free to do so.


AO

I found this....

Hello! I found this on my online classes blog, and thought "you know, this is pretty awesome", so here ya go!

1. YOUR REAL NAME:
You know, I'm not really feeling like telling you right now, so deal with it. :)

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus "izzle")
Abiizzle
3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal)
Skybluedogg (2 g's on purpose :D )
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and the street you live on)
Leigh Poole
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Owab
6. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (color of your shirt, favorite candy or chocolate)
GreenCHOCOLATE!
7. YOUR JAPANESE NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first 2 letters of your middle name, last 2 letters of your first name)
i personally feel that this is making fun of Japanese names, so i'm purposely skipping it. :)
8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (both parents middle names)
Lee Anna
9. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black and the name of one of your pets)
this is just nonsense....

Anyway, I'm gonna tag Southern Commander, sir.iain (if he wants), and ֆlick Mysterζ. And if I didn't tag you but you want to do it, feel free to do so!

AO

A Pumpkin thingy...

I was tagged, so I guess I now have to put it on my blog. So here ya go:

A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?"

The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin." God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see."

This was passed on to me by another pumpkin. Now it's your turn to pass it to other pumpkins. I liked this enough to send it to all the pumpkins in my patch!!

And I'm not gonna tag anyone, because I don't really think its worthy to be passed on, though it makes a good point. :)

AO

I'm tagged.....

So, my friend Southern Commander decided to tag me. So here are the rules:

* Go to your sixth picture folder then pick your sixth picture.


* Pray that you remember the details.


* Post it on your blog.


* Tag 5 others, leave a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged.

Here's the pic:



This is one of my Abstracts...Cool isn't it?
I'm tagging sir.iain, and I would tag more, but they don't get on their computers much, so it'd be a waste. Anyway, talk to y'all later!
AO

Blog Award!

Well, I was given the Million Dollar Friend Award!! I didn't deserve it though... But my BFF Southern Commander apparently thought I deserved it, so here I am, with an Award. Many thanks to Southern Commander for it!! I think that I just might pass it on to sir.iain now, who has been such a helpful and wonderful friend, even though I barely know him. Also I'll give it my other near and dear friend care, who has been such an awesome friend through the years.


Anyway, hope everyone out there in cyberspace is having a truly wonderful day!
AO