For those that like the long posts.

A story for the pictures to follow:

My weekend without my parents

I have so much to post! Ack!

But I think I will tell you the story and then show you it.

Friday my parents left on a train headed for North Dakota to visit my brother, Ben.
Greg 'took care' of me while they were gone.
2 Friday nights ago at 7pm the St. Patricks Day Tournament started down in ocean city.
{this is SUCH a fun soccer tournament}
I went.
They tied 4-4.
He played with a team he has played with since he was 8.
It was amazing.
We drove back to Tyaskin.

Saturday we woke up at 6am and drove to McDonald's at the head of Nanticoke rd. where we met Jordan.
{one of Greg's team mates and friends}
I got coffee because it was too early for anything else.
Greg had everything. Ha ha.
We drove down to OC for their 8am game.
They won: 11-4 {HA!}
It is beautiful watching these boys play.
They've played together so long and they're all so good that it's {almost} magical watching them play.
{I say magical for lack of a better word}

Greg and I then crashed at my aunt's place {who lives 5 min. out of OC}
I stayed there while Greg went home and got my puppy and brought her back.
He then went to work.
My aunt was having a party that night.
I stayed and partied.

At 12 o'clock midnight Greg had a game.
They won: 8-1 {HA!}
Spent the night at my aunt's

Sunday we slept in and then ate pancakes and bacon.
Greg had a 1pm game.
I went.
They won: 10-3 {HA!}

We then proceeded to the Green Turtle with some peoples and did nothing.
Greg wasn't hungry and I was too tired to eat.
The waitress kept messing up John Sapp's order so he went with Greg and me to Wawa.
They ate.
I was too tired.
We went back to the soccer fields and waited for 5pm for their next game.

It was so quiet because no game's were being played.
It was sort of fun.

There is something about certain guys that they feel they must strip down for no reason infront of a crowd.
I will not go into details.

5pm game.
I went.
They won: 6-5
It was a close game.
Greg was on fire! He scored 3 goals!
One he scored with only 50 seconds left.
The winning goal.
W00T
SPOTLIGHT on Greg

To celebrate we went to Dummsers and got milkshakes.
Yummy!
They're the best!

Greg and I went home.
With the puppy.

Dancing the whole way to techno.
{most of you know about Greg's driving...the party wagon}

Got home ate Mac & Cheese and hot dogs with Sherwell. {who doesn't know how to cook hot dogs}

THE END.


My parents returned this saturday and more adventures followed which I will explain with time.

6am in the morning.
NOT thrilled.


Coffee=the miracle drug.

For 8 years in a row this high end magazine {The name excapes me} has rated Starbucks coffee 'Best Coffee of The Year'. But this year McDonald's coffee WON!
And let me tell you, I know why.



Approaching OC.
The skyline.



Let me just say: Taking pictures from bleachers, thru plastic 'glass', of moving figures is not easy.


At my aunts.



Making noodles. {i thought my cousin looked so adorable. Deffinately not the norm. Which was REFRESHING! I hate normal things}


I had a black thumb for the weekend.


We were both trying to look serious and we just came out stupid.







My aunt and her boyfriend, Andy.
Andy is really nice.
He's a happy soul.


Par-D-y Har-D-y!
that's what I say.



Okay. Let me express how completely upset I am.
Some of the pictures I took have just...disapeared! Needless to say I am not thrilled.
Movies are missing too!
WHAT?!?!
I am going to try to find them
but until then. This is all I've got.






Raychi OUT!

NEW LINK!

*gets VERY VERY VERY depressed because nobody has commented on ANY of my last 5 posts*
Faith said to post and when I do?
Nothing happens
Thanks for the support guys.
{Note: the sarcasm}

This is why people delete their blogs.

Headed for France

My mother bought my France ticket last night!
Be ready french!
W00T!
I am so excited!
I leave April 10th and get back May 1st.
I will be on a plain for my birthday.
Sarah Meadows: I wonder who I will spend my birthday with?

Heh heh.

Is Linnea awesome or is Linnea awesome?

Yes with out a doubt, yes

Fun Game!

www.lost.eu/2ae2d


Go to this site! It's a new game that is super crazy!
It only takes two seconds to sign in and then the funness starts!
YAY *cheers*

W00T!

I think you've all seen the original of this guy perform.
If not visit here: http://www.poqbum.com/FlashAnimations/numanuma.htm

cool?
I think it's amusing.

Someone's birthday is fast approaching and her name is Hayley Ann.

March 1st--A Very Good Day For One-ness.

LOOKIE COOKIE WHAT I GOT!
We {my mom and I} were at GAP shopping for a birthday gift for a friend. {for those of you that don't know I could LIVE [literally] at GAP. I just eat and drink their stuff in}
So I had been seeing a lot of cute stuff and I realized I needed a medicine bag.
and low and behold: a medicine bag. A Majorly cute medicine bag.
So my mom said she'd get it for me.
My jaw dropped.
My mom is generous.
So I got this.
I am simply in love:




CAT!




So at 2pm we {mom and me} took Flossie {my adorable puppy} to go for her first grooming session at Petsmart.
[Is it 'Pets-MART' or 'Pet-SMART'?]

Anyways, they did an 'oh-so-fab' job and here are the results:

Before--


AFTER---


{I love this look}
Flossie--"w00t I'm hot!!"
Ha ha. I love this pup. She's got attitude in a good kind of way.

I had a cool day.



Is everyone going to the dinner tomorrow night?



{xanga too, I know. kill me. NOT! Ha ha}

How to Make It Big.

Okay. After much study, I have found that a sure-fire way to make it 'BIG' is to create a chick-flick. They're easy to make and are always big with a majority of the world {I.E. the female sex}
So here's a list of things you need to remember when writing that screenplay:

1. Disease.
Your heroine must have a terrible disease that has no cure. You can write it so she was already diagnosed, or maybe receives the diagnosis during the second act, preferably after falling deeply in love with the 'Perfect Man'.
-The obvious choice here is cancer, which did wonders for Susan Sarandon in Stepmom and Mandy Moore in A Walk to Remember...you get the point.
-Don't be afraid to branch out, however. Try multiple sclerosis or just Google "terminal diseases." Complications related to pregnancy are also good, and you get bonus points if she dies within a minute of safely delivering the baby and holding it in her arms. A word of warning though: steer away from ebola, leprosy, or anything else that causes exterior beauty defects.

2. Almost Perfect.
It is every woman's dream to meet a man, fall in love, and then change him.
-Perhaps he's too uptight, like Richard Gere in Pretty Woman; or hates woman, like Richard Gere in Runaway Bride; or obsessed with his work and wants to break out of his rut, like Richard Gere in Shall We Dance?
-Of course, outside of the lone flaw, the romantic interest must be perfect, thus making your main character "complete" him.

3. 80's Sing Along
At some point, the main character and the people she cares most about (friends or family) must hear a upbeat 80's song, either on the radio or a jukebox {on TV is acceptable, too}, and sing it together—ideally into combs, in underwear, and while dancing about in a completely random and spontaneous way. {see '13 going on 30' and 'Raising Helen'}
-Nothing helps a white, twenty-something, upper middle class woman like having her a) know all the lyrics to and b) be driven to uncontrollable dancing to Motown.

4. Mother's and Daughter's
The ultimate chick flick must have a theme of motherly disapproval of the heroine and/or her life choices.
-Perhaps she moved away from home, forgetting her roots and never living up to her mother's hopes and aspirations, and—you know what? That's pretty much the reason for a mother-daughter conflict in every movie. Regardless, the hostility culminates in at least one openly confrontational scene between the main character and her mother, ultimately resolving itself on the heroine's deathbed when she and her mother realize they fight to no end because there is no end to their love.

5. Matthew McConaughey or Richard Gere
In fact, for the ultimate chick flick you probably need both.
-One should play the guy who broke the main character's heart and the other should be the rebound who turns out to be Mr. Right. You can decided which is which.

6. A Wedding
At some point, your heroine has to go to a wedding for a friend or family member and reflect on their love and the love or lack there-of in her own life.
-{See My Best Friend's Wedding and Sweet Home Alabama.}

7. Room Full of Flowers
For some reason, nothing says 'love' than the impulsive and irresponsible frivoulous-ness with money to buy an entire florist's inventory and have it secretly delivered to the heroine's house.
-Just make sure this scene comes well before the revelation of the deadly disease or things could get sticky.

8. The Scheme
Prior to meeting the perfect (though, flawed in one way) man, your heroine must take part is some ridiculously idiotic scheme, like Kate Hudson in 'How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days' or Drew Barrymore in 'Never Been Kissed'.
-While entangled in this web of deceit, she learns that she truly loves the guy, but can't let him know without revealing all her lies.
-A few suggestions might be making your heroine be very rich but posing as a bag lady, or a childless woman joining the PTA. Now try your own!
{Note: A woman pretending to be a man is acceptable, but a man pretending to be a woman will not have the intended effect.}

9. Damage
To know love is to know heartbreak. Your heroine must have had her heart broken at some point by a man she thought was The Right Guy, but who wound up cheating on her or putting his career first or in some other way putting his desires before her needs, which is, of course, just wrong. The best revenge against such an affront is to destroy some of his typically masculine property, such as a sports car, big screen TV or autographed football.
-You may also opt to have her trash his wardrobe, which honestly wouldn't have as much impact on most guys as seeing those other things destroyed, but certainly hits closer to home with the women in the crowd, who are your target audience.



I don't have a number ten because I am out of ideas.
If you have any helpful hints for those future 'chick-flick' author's, please share.

Meak Existants

I realized something rather sad today.
While sifting through blogs today, I noticed who has and hasn't posted in a while.
{just wait. We're not to the sad part yet.}
And I asked myself when I reached those blogs that hadn't been posted on in some time:
"I wonder where they've been?"

HA! As if, if they're not on the computer they must have a life or something.
Or as if the blog ring should BE their life.


sad sad sad

I really don't have anything spectacular to say or post.
But I feel I must post in order to preserve my spot on Faith's list.
*peer pressure*



Today I made something for someone out of paper and stickers and magazine cut-outs.
I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
The colors and the funky things you get to arrange and make happen!
Amazing.

Speaking of amazing-I really liked the new tune the ladies {of woman's retreat 2007} put Amazing Grace too!
Fabulous!

A Boy Named Ben

--That truly sounds like the title of a children's book.



Ben is my big brother.
Ben had a birthday.
Ben is a birthday boy.
Ben did not get my gift.
I have not sent it.
Ben will get it soon.
Ben is loved.

I love Ben.








{until your gift arrives, pretend you are enjoying these=D}

Nothing to do.

I have really come to appreciate my friday nights and especially my saturdays. The sad part of it is that I haven't anything to do tonight. I want to stay up late, but Hayley has gotten into the habbit of sleeping REALLY early. So I am stuck staying up alone.

Tomorrow night I will do something though =D

O' Christmas Tree! O' Christmas Tree!

My mother will probably disown for this post, because it is past the Christmas season and she is ready to move on. But here it is anyways.


In Low's. We checked out the Christmas trees here. But the crowd had already come and the few trees that were left..let's just say we saw why they were left.


{Note: Ben and Linnea both wearing green J. Crew pants}




Linnea modeling the 2007 costume design! We're sure that this will hit the top of the charts =D! THE VACCUME!


Silliness. I 'greater than three' {<3} this picture


'I really like this tree. But in vain because no one will listen to my opinion.'


I KNEW HE WOULD DIS MY TREE!






One guess who took the top five pictures?
RIGHT!
Linnea. Getting the best angle of Ben.

2 DAYS..... STILL!

2 DAYS TIL' CHRISTMAS!

ACK!

10 days til' Christmas!!!!

Maybe more to come..I haven't decided yet.


At Red Lobster

Crowning the Birthday Princess





This is Sarah and Emily. Emily came all the way from VA on a bus to be there.


Me and Mandy. Mandy didn't know it was a dress up party. She forgot her dress! Ha ha! But the hostess had a spare...weird, huh?

Left-Right: Katlynne, Sarah S.{photographer}, Mandy {in dress}, Emily C., Me, Ally, Elizabeth, Anna {I got many comments that I looked like a brunnet, much smarter version of Marlyn Monroe! Weird...}

Sarah S. thought I should have my own photo shoot. There are more, but....this isn't about me. It's about Mackenzee! Speaking of which....

Mackenzee was sporting the dream dress of every true little girl. If you have been a little girl, you have wanted this dress.

Or perhaps you were one of the lucky few who had one. It twirls so majestically and when you sit you want everyone to come and sit on your dress like you were going to tell them a story!

Sarah and Sarah. Both looking adorable!

...the best of friends... { DJ Pip Sunset and Hostess =D }

LOOK! A gaggle of girls!

Pump up the jam! A little more get the party going on the dance floor!


WALLAH'!! {my scar!}{I LOVE Madeline!}{AND Ellois!}

19 Days til' Christmas!

And even less until Ben and Hayley come home! YIPPY!

God never ceases to amaze me!

Will explain in due time!


Pictures of Mackenzee's surprise birthday party: to come!