Update

Yeah, yeah. I know. Bad blogger person. But, I have excuses. The flu, Christmas, a baby coming in a week.... There just hasn't been much time for writing lately. 

We're finally home now after being in town since Tuesday. Mom had a doctor's appointment early Wednesday morning, so we decided to stay at the house in town Tuesday night so we didn't have to leave super early. Like 6 o'clock early. Well, technically 6:00 isn't early in of itself, but when you think about having to get 8 people ready to go and to pack food and clothes and stuff too.... 6 is early. So we left Tuesday afternoon. 

Wednesday Mom had her doctor's appointment, and now we finally have a date. Danielle Marie is coming next Thursday. January 17, 2013. I'm so excited. We have music lessons that day, so my grandma is probably going to take us there and then to the hospital. I feel sorry for our teachers. Our attention span that day is going to be about the length of a gnat's. Seriously. It's going to be SO hard to concentrate. Oh well. Don't worry, I will take PLENTY of pictures. :) 

Wednesday I also had my voice lesson. It was really nice. It actually went better than I thought it would. I always have a hard time right after a break. (We just had a 3 week Christmas break) I was so relieved this time. :) Although it's weird. I don't actually know what made it such a good lesson, it just was. 

Thursday we had violin and piano. Well, we were supposed to have violin, it just didn't happen. You see, we got there, and it turns out our teacher wasn't there. Apparently she was out of town and had tried to get a hold of everyone, but I guess she didn't have Mom's new phone number. Oh well. At least we were only a couple blocks away from piano lessons! :) So we went and hung out while Sarah and Jonathan had their piano lessons. It was fun. :)

Thursday night we watched the U of A vs. Oregon basketball game. They lost. :( After winning their first 14 games, they lost. Oh well. They made a valiant effort. It just wasn't enough. It was so cute. Annabeth was watching, and she kept yelling, 'Just give up Oregon! Just go home!' It was adorable. She is very much looking forward to going to her first Arizona basketball game. She's never been to one before, but all of the rest of us have been to several, and so she wants to have some fun too. The problem is that the games are so late. The starting times of them pretty much all range from 6:00-9:00. Then you take into consideration the fact that the games are 2 hours long... It's pretty late. But Nana has found one that should be early enough for her to go, so that's good. There's only 2 home games left before my great-great aunt comes to visit for 6 weeks from Ohio. She'll stay with my grandma and go to the rest of the games with her. 

Friday we spent quite a bit of the morning getting the house clean after we got back. Plus, this neighbor of ours came over. You see, on this vacant lot next door to us the well on the property just spews out water non stop. And nobody knew who owned the property so that we could tell them and it could get fixed. Well, turns out this person owned it, but couldn't figure out why the well was squirting out water. He didn't have any power going to it. Well, turns out that the person that used to own this property also used to own that property, and so both the well on our property and that well were hooked up together. So basically we've been powering that well the whole entire time. And we didn't know about it. So they capped off that well (whatever that means) so it won't spray water anymore. That should also help our electric bill. :)

Friday afternoon we spent a lot of time working on the fence out front. Well, painting it actually. And do you have any idea how much fence there is out there? Seriously. By the time I was done my hand was so sore and cramped I thought it was going to fall off. Which would have made playing violin awfully difficult.... It's not done yet, but it's pretty close. Besides, we were out of paint. It's hard to paint a fence without paint. :) 

This morning Dad and Jonathan went to town to go to a friend of our's house. Dad went to go fix their dryer, and Jonathan went to play games with a bunch of the boys from church. We came into town right after lunch. And that's where we are now. Mom is laying down, Dad is out in the garage making drawers for the kitchen, (something we STILL don't have) Jonathan is still gone, I'm working on a blanket, and the other kids are doing random things. Not exactly sure what. :) 

So that's my update for today! I'm going to try and posts quite a bit over the next few weeks. I promise!!! And yeah, I know you've heard that before, but I do promise. Besides, I'm going to be so excited about the baby coming the only thing to do is going to be writing. :) And like I said, I promise I'll post tons of pictures!!!!!

Sickness

We had a whole lot of plans today. The other girls and I were going with some friend's of our's to a lady that they know's house, Jonathan was going to going to hang out with their brother and some other boys from church and have a game day, David was going to play the Wii at my grandma's house while she and Mom went shopping, and then tonight we were going to a Christmas party. And then David woke up sick. With croup. You know, the sickness that's really, really contagious. So, we ended up staying home today. Plus we won't be able to to to violin tomorrow. I'm a little upset about it, (I've been looking forward to the Christmas party for weeks now) but that's ok. I'd much rather stay home than risk getting anybody sick. Since none of us know yet whether we have it or not, (except for David, of course) it would be wrong to go and risk getting other people sick. 

I did get a lot done here today, though. I've been working a lot on the blanket for Danielle, (I'll post pictures of it when it's done) we've watched Captain America 3 different times today, (don't ask me why, I have no idea) I got a lot of school done, and right now Dad's getting the Christmas tree set up so we can all decorate it. We have a fake tree, and so it needs to be put together. Normally we'd all do that, but Dad tends to get kind of frustrated when there's 7 other people all trying to do it, and it doesn't help that at this house the tree is in a corner, not really out in the open like it used to be. Plus, once he gets it set up we all have to back off so he can do the lights anyway. (That part is most frustrating to him by far) so we're just sitting around watching Captain America AGAIN. Hannah was on a sleepover earlier, so she didn't get to see it. And just a quick little question. Does anybody else hate it when you can smell food and yet you can't have it? Mom's baking pizza right now, and gosh it's making me hungry. Sorry if that seems silly but it's what's on my mind right now. :) 

Ok. Well that's all I have to say right now. Tomorrow hopefully I can post pictures from the decorating and I'll talk some about how I'm really stressed out for Sunday. :) (I'll explain why then)

No time right now to post...

But I just wanted to let you know that yes, I'm still here. I haven't had my phone lately, and no phone=no posting. But I have it right now and so I'll be able to post. Just not right now. :) I'll try and write some later today. If not, I'll write tonight and post it tomorrow. :)

A little rant

Does anybody else find it crazy that here in Arizona we can still get away with wearing short sleeve shirts?!? I mean really. Short sleeves in DECEMBER? How crazy is that? Other places are dealing with snow, in Alaska it's in the negatives, (wink wink Mikala. ;) ) and here in AZ people walk around in short sleeve shirts and shorts. (We obviously don't walk around in shorts, I'm talking about in general) I really hope it starts cooling down soon. If it doesn't, I might just move to Ohio. I've got plenty of family there I could visit. :) 

Sorry, just had to rant a little. 

Pure Joy (Told ya I'm back! ;) )

The only mail we get here right now is our local Alco ad. It's nice to get, because they have yarn, and I can look to see when it's on sale. (It's really expensive at regular price, and it's a long way away to get it anywhere else) 

Anyway, this morning Hannah brought the weekly Alco ad to me and showed me a camera inside. Since she's really into photography, and I need to take pictures for my business, she wanted for us to both split the money to get it, and then share it. Well, I took a look at the camera, and it looks like it may be a good investment. Who knows? Mom gave her permission for us to get it, and I can't remember the last time I've seen Hannah so happy. Really. She's overjoyed. She' had 2 different cameras before, but both of them had broken. One accidentally went through the washing machine, (oops!) and one just stopped working. Seriously. It just stopped. Wouldn't turn on, wouldn't reset, wouldn't do anything. We tried changing the batteries, resetting it, doing everything possible to fix it. And it wouldn't. It just sat there,with a black screen, not wanting to work. So, she's been without a camera for a long time now. She likes using Mom's, but she always forgets to put it away or do something like that, and so Mom doesn't let her use it very often. So, she's very happy. And I'm pretty happy too. Right now I'm just taking pictures on my phone, because, get this, Mom's camera is too great. The pictures are so good, they take up too much space for Etsy to handle. So I can't use that camera. So I'm pretty happy too. :)

I'm also happy about one other thing. Yesterday in the mail we got a bunch of books that Mom ordered. And in them came 6 Frank Peretti books. If you've never read any books by him, you should. I've read three so far and I've loved all of them. And then Mom got 6 more! The only thing about Frank Peretti books is that they're sci-fi. They're really weird stories that couldn't possibly happen in real life. So far I've read Illusions, (that one came out just this year) The Oath, and Hangman's Curse. The Oath is really, REALLY long, and Hangman's Curse is pretty short. They're all different lengths. But typically Frank Peretti's books are pretty long. Which I like. It seems like halfway through the book it seems like it should be over, and then there's still half the book left. And the best part is that they're Christian books. Every part of the book points back to God. It's really amazing. So if you've never read a Frank Peretti book, you really should. They're pretty amazing.

So anyway, there's a lot to be joyful about in the Cameron household. :)

I Promise

This time I PROMISE I'm back. Life has been pretty crazy, but I'm back. Plus, the Internet problems didn't help. But I'm pretty sure that's over with. So, I can get back to regular posting. And if I don't you can... Uh... Hmmm... Do nothing I guess. ;)

Let's see... What's been going on lately? Well, we've still been spending half our time in Tucson. It's getting a little tiring. But, I still like having music lessons, so it's worth it. :) It also seems like as soon as we move away from town, we have more to do there. And I guess we do. Mom has doctor appointments every 2 weeks, plus both Jonathan and Hannah have had orthodontist appointments recently. Well, actually Hannah has one this week. Now that she has her braces off, I believe after this appointment she won't have to go for a really long time. 

Oh! Speaking of Mom and the baby, we have a name. Danielle Marie. Isn't it so pretty? I absolutely love it. It was amazing. For such a long time Mom and Dad had been thinking of names, but there just wasn't peace from God about any of them. Then, one night Mom heard the name Danielle while she was listening to a teaching and was like, 'Yup, that's it.' The name Marie came the next day I believe. She was originally considering Danielle Faith, but decided on Marie instead. I like it. :)

Last Friday we had a recital to play in. I decided not to sing this time. Partly because I really didn't want to, partly because the only instrument I can play well enough to be comfortable in front of people, and you can't sing and play violin at the same time, and the person I would normally ask to play with me is crazy busy, and partly because the recital was filling up fast, and before I knew it, there wasn't room. But, I did end up accompanying Sarah on piano. She was required to play since she was Mrs. MacDonalds student, and so was Jonathan. Sarah and I played Away in a Manger, and Jonathan played We Three Kings. Hannah also played Joy to the World on violin. It went really well. Sarah played perfectly. And wouldn't you know it, I messed up. But, I have an excuse. I learned half of my part the day before. Mrs. MacDonald first asked me to play with her two weeks ago. There I was just playing chords with my right hand, but then Thursday, the day before the recital, she added a part for my left hand. She said I didn't have to do it if I didn't want to, that she knew she was loading a bunch on me. But, I'm ambitious. :) I did it anyway. And I messed up. But whatever. It was Sarah's song anyway, I was just helping her.

Well, I have more to type, but that's all I'm going to do now. Again, I promise I'm back!!!

What was awesome about my day

What was awesome about my day

(Sorry Rachel, I know I kind of stole this from you, but I needed a post that didn’t use pictures today)

Waking up to a nice warm fire in the wood burning stove. Ah.. Pure heaven.

Doing laundry. Yeah, I know you probably think I’m crazy, but I have a good reason for it. The smell of laundry detergent. I seriously love that smell.

Getting to try on new shirts that I got at Savers yesterday. Well, actually, I only tried on 2 of them, but that was fun. And the others have been layed out on my bed all day. Which means I get to stare at them and determine what outfits I can make with them. :)

Putting silverware away in a drawer. Again, you may think I’m crazy, but seriously. When we first were down here the silverware was in the fridge to keep all of the dust off of it. Then when we first moved here it was on top of the toaster oven. For the first time the silverware is actually in a drawer. J It’s amazing the things you take for granted until you go without them. Like drawers. Or cabinet doors. Or carpet. Or a bathroom with a door… (Don’t worry, I won’t expand on that one. :) )

Listening to the Jonathan Park radio dramas from Vision Forum. Ah, I love Jonathan Park. If you haven’t listened to them, you should. They’re amazing.

Doing school. Pretty much all of my siblings hate school, but not me. I love it. Which is a good thing and a bad thing. It’s a good thing because it means I’m getting a lot done, but it’s a bad thing because since I’ve been doing so much school I’m going to graduate next year, and then there won’t be any school left to do. :( Boo hoo.

Playing card games with Sarah. She absolutely loves to play Egyptian War with me. (Or Wes, is it Egyptian Ratslap? I’ve heard you use both names)

Listening to the wind. The wind has been blowing hard all day long. It means we can’t go outside without freezing, but I still like listening to it. I heard somewhere the other day (can’t remember where) that even the wind is a powerful testimony to the fact that God is present. Something to think about.

And that’s what was awesome about my day so far! I probably could come up with more if I waited until after 10:51 to post, but I have time, so I’m posting now. J