Random Bullet Points Post!

Time for another of these popular posts! ;)

• I'm soooooo excited about the ball on Saturday! Especially because I have a brand new handmade-just-for-me Civil War dress to wear!!! =)

• As Mom only has 56 days left til her due date, and is at a doctor's appointment today, I've been thinking about what it will be like to have a baby in the house again. Diapers?? Naps?? Hearing an infant cry as a regular occurrence?? Highchairs, Pack-'n-Plays , and Sippy Cups?? =D FUN!!
  
• Almost exactly a year ago, Rachel and I had the privilege of meeting our first and only (so far) Bloggy friend, Miss Jo March! :)
• Bumble-bees have "abumdumums" according to our cousin, Michael. (I think he meant "abdomens" :D
• *sigh* The Horn Worms Return.... :(
• I got my first foreign mail or package today!! *squeal* And I love it! Thank you, Anne!
• I want to make bucket list sometime soon. (they sound fun!)
• Why can't either our computer or Blogger let me post some pictures on here???!!! :(
• I can't wait til this weekend for another reason: a visit from Abigail, Sam, BJ, and Anna!!
• Does anyone else think that *everything*'s being scheduled this Saturday?? I've been invited to 3 things!
  
• I want to do several posts that require pictures from this computer....but....they won't upload!
  
• Can anyone not love Broadway songs??!!!!!! *sigh*

• The Andrews Sisters' songs have planted themselves in our brains.....You stay in our house long enough, and you'll most likely hear one of these lines:
  

"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, please let me explain...."

or this one:

"Choo-choo to Broadway, foo Cincinnati, don't get icky with the one, two, three..

I like oysters, lobsters too,

I like my tasty butter fish, fooo
When I come home late at night
I get my favorite dish, fish."

• Much to Rachel's delight, squash are coming in by the laundry basket, which means plenty for our customers and extra! What we do? Make this great casserole!!!
• I can't wait until Rachel's Amazon.com order is delivered....namely the 1995 version of P&P!! :)
• The weather today!!!Can anyone say gorgeous? Seventy-three degrees feels like bliss after all those 98-100 days! +D

Alright! Hope that was worth your while! :)
-Sarah

Random Bullet Points Post 2

• We are tired, although we don't like to admit it ;)
• We miss Abigail Taylor
• The Scots call potatoes "tatties" and all I could think of when I read that was Tatty-Coram from Little Dorrit
• We watched The Minnesota Cuke tonight....yep. After the little kids were in bed.
• Sherbet ice cream can taste a little like a cardboard box
• There are two philosophies to what it means when smoke of a campfire is going toward a person- one flattering, the other....not so much
• We had a Tangled party without watching Tangled ;)
• Colonial Williamsburg looked really funny before they restored it(some of the historic buildings had been turned into junky 50's gas stations! :P)
  
• One of George Washington's Rules of Civility was: "Do not roll back thine eyes in thine head while taking a drink."
• Rachel needs to hurry up and get her license
• AHHH!!!! Only 4 more choir practices before our recital!!!!!! :O
• We enjoy going on Pity Missions to help the blind and hearing aids. ;)
• We have a little sister with insomnia right now. :P
• It's rather difficult to say "three-toed tree-toad" more than once or twice
• And on that note, Dr. Suess' Fox in Socks is an extremely hard book to read aloud
• It would be nice to have a working sewing machine
• The song that keeps coming up from various topics is "Hello, Young Lovers" from "The King and I"
• Sarah's new volleyball nickname is "Pluffy".
• You have never seen a volleyball serve until you have been the victim of the right-handed Rachel's left-handed "Gullywhomper".
• Reading certain snippets from the end of "Anne of Avonlea" is very appropriate for Rachel today. ;)
• If you have ever meant to "not eat dessert" one day but do despite your Good Intentions, you are what Gracie calls a "Sugar-Bum" :D
  
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Some Pictures!:)

So.....I thought I'd do an update:
Saturday was Leah's 13th Birthday Ceremony!:) We were preparing for it all week. Cleaning, making cakes, doing presents, decorating cakes, going to florists, making several grocery outings, etc. Rachel and I (with instruction by Aunt Christy) decorated the cakes! We got to do basket-weaving with the icing and use flowers whatever way we wanted! Here's a picture of the finished product:

Aren't they pretty! We're very proud of the way they turned out.:) "As is tradition" (in our family;) Dad made Leah a hopechest! It looks beautiful!

Here are some random-ish pictures: (the reason I'm posting all these pictures is because I got a new camera for my birthday!!:)

My Icecream cake!:) The magnet for the film-tour van!;) ^

Here's cute little Gracie doing a "curtsey" :)

Alright! I'd better go! Hope you enjoyed the pictures. :)

-Sarah

She and Me and Us

Hello! We will have more exciting things to post about as the weekend comes along, but this morning, I thought I'd list 6 things about Sarah and I that are just interesting bits of trivia. Who knows what difference they'd make to anyone (probably none) but you can just get to know us a bit better.

About Rachel:
I love red hair. If I could order some kids from a catalog when I'm married, they would be a pair of red-headed twins: a boy and a girl.
I have begun about a dozen books, and only finished 3, much to Sarah's irritation. :)
I am constantly fiddling with things for no good reason.
When I am hot, I am inclined to be grumpy.
I do not like most breakfast foods, so I eat leftovers for breakfast most of the time.
I always twist my ankles for some reason.

About Sarah:
She does not like wearing fancy church dresses, because she likes to be able to play after church
She does not like popcorn. (usually)
She wants a Great Dane puppy
If she was a cartoon character, she'd be Curious George.
She can wear yellow, and carry it off pretty well! :)
She doesn't like math, but is very good at it.

About both of us together:
We are one-time recording artists. Really. That is not a joke. As 6&8 year olds, along with Daniel, we each were paid 560 dollars to sing 40 songs for the Sing, Spell, Read, and Write company with a lady at our old church. It was alot of fun, but we were so short that we had to stand on brief cases to reach the microphone. Thus our group name: The Briefcase Singers. We are seriously thinking about making an album: The Briefcase Singers Remix ;)
We are old-fashioned people and our opinions are rather the same as those you'd find in the 1800's. :) (We pride ourselves on being a sort of aficionado of that time period.)
Neither of us like the idea of working in the garden, but find it not too bad once we get started.
We both were scared to death at the idea of downhill skiing, and found it thrilling!
We're both certified electricians, plumbers, framers, and AC technicians! (Well, not really certified, but we've had a LOT of experience building this house:)

See If You're On This List! :)

Hey guys! This is Rachel. I bored myself almost to death this morning with that award post. Sounded so arrogant to do a whole post on that. So now I'm going to do something fun. I will guess one thing about each of our followers, and you each leave a comment and tell me if I'm right! :)

Leanna: You have never been to the West Coast
Micah: You don't like lemons or lemonade
Nana: Your first thought on seeing our blog was, "These girls are strange"
Jo March: You like to get dressed in a costume and wander about in the woods
Merriette: You often get writer's cramp
Ashley: You have never worn rubber boots under a hoopskirt
Brooke: You are more likely to read a blog post if it has an interesting title
Graham Donahue: You wish you knew how to play the banjo
Melissa Ozee: You don't think the color pink looks good on you
Miss Zara: You would rather watch a movie than read a book
The Butler Girls: You two would like to switch eye color
Maddie: You don't like the name "Eudora" ;)
Shaina: You sing in the shower
Anna: You take pictures with your camera every day
Jessica: You don't like leaving comments on blogs
Abigail: You would rather have a black horse than any cute donkey ;)
Hannah: You've never worn checkered converse shoes for 2 hours
Elizabeth: You would rather dance than sing
Elisa Abele: If you could play guitar or flute, you'd choose guitar
Oliver: You never did like the ducks you all released
Katie: If you were given a million dollars, you'd spend a bit to buy a mustang
Matthew: You were slightly sad about leaving your beach house
The King's Daughter: You would kill me if I named by daughter "Eileen" even though it's a pretty way to spell it
Elliott: You follow some blogs, but don't read them often
Morgan: You have held Peace Mary Adele Fuhrmann 3 times since going up there
Daniel: You like sharp things ;)
Bailey Rose: You would like to have a twin
Alaina: If you had to go bungee jumping or on the Griffin at Busch Gardens, you'd choose the Griffin.

Okay! There you go! Leave us a comment and tell us whether I was right or not! (I don't know what possessed me to do that! :) -Rachel

A Piece of Advice

"Always- no,no,- Never, stick a piece of tape on your tongue!!"

I'm not kidding! Two times recently, I've been wrapping a box up or taping something up and stuck a little piece of Scotch tape on my tongue to hold it there, and ripped it off along with a flap of skin from my tongue!!!
Wow... That was really random!:) It's just that it happened today and I thought I'd share my random injuries!
-The Slightly Crazy,
Sarah

I Give Full Permission For Sarah To Trump This

Hey guys! This is really short, and slightly random- you know what I am fascinated by right now, and that I'd almost give my liver to procure? Antique butter molds!!! They are all over Ebay, and for pretty good prices! I have always wanted to make butter, and I found one that has a strawberry and leaves on it, just like Caroline Ingalls! So, if you are looking for something to give me for my much-distant birthday.... ;) Sarah will probably do a post later! This was just really quick! :) -Rachel