What shall I post about???

The Road goes ever on and on

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow, if I can,

Pursuing it with eager feet,

Until it joins some larger way

Where many paths and errands meet.

And whither then? I cannot say.

I've been copying out part of Return of the King, and then I also copied that poem. 


At some point in time over the next few days, we're going down to my grandparents' house for a joint celebration of my sister's 20th birthday and my brother's 9th. We may very well get to see some friends while were're down there because my Dad has to pick something up from their house. And, if the girls are there, I'm going too! I haven't seen these friends since July or so.


Oh, guess what else!!! I just realized that I hadn't told all of y'all about this already. We got The Best Christmas Present we could have been given this year! Any guesses as to what it was?


WE SOLD THE HOUSE!!! 


It was the Monday before Christmas, and for the past week or so since these people had made the offer we were always kept guessing as to whether or not it would actually go through. Something would go wrong, then was ironed out, then something else would go wrong....Mom said  that she didn't believe it would really happen until the buyers actually signed the papers. We were all afraid of something else going wrong last-minute.
But nothing did, so, after 2 1/2 years of waiting, we are RID of that house. What a relief!


We're getting ready to go out now, so I'm going to cut this short.


See y'all later!!
~Kiwi~

Samwise the Brave meets Owl City??

"We shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But I suppose it's often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used to call them. I used to think that they were things the wonderful folk of the stories went out and looked for, because they wanted them, because they were exciting and life was a bit dull, a kind of a sport, as you might say. But that's not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the mind. Folk seem to have been just landed in them, usually — their paths were laid that way, as you put it. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didn't. And if they had, we shouldn't know, because they'd have been forgotten. We hear about those as just went on — and not all to a good end, mind you; at least not to what folk inside a story and not outside it call a good end. You know, coming home, and finding things all right, though not quite the same — like old Mr Bilbo. But those aren't always the best tales to hear, though they may be the best tales to get landed in! I wonder what sort of a tale we've fallen into?"

I love that quote... Sam is ever hopeful, loyal, brave, more courageous than a king, simple, loving, and a wonderful friend. Oh yes, here's the part in the movie that was derived from that quote... One of the best parts in all three of the movies. :)

Sam: "It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, its only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, and meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folks in those stories had lots of chances of turnin' back, only they didn't. They kept goin', because they were holdin' on to somethin'."

Frodo: "What are we holding onto, Sam?"

Sam: "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fightin' for."

Oh my goodness... I feel like crying and laughing at that part, every time I watch it. :) Sam's hope and courage in the face of seemingly undefeatable darkness is amazing... and his words are so true. :)

I hope you're all having a wonderful after-Christmastime! ;)

 That's directly from my friend's blog. I watched The Two Towers the other night and decided I had to put that quote on here.....Then I checked her blog and guess what she put on there! So instead of typing it out myself, I copy-and-pasted. 
I'd say that Samwise Gamgee the Brave is one of my favorite LotR characters. If I were a hobbit, I'd wish I were Rosie Cotton. =) 


The other day, while scanning through radio stations, I discovered "Owl City." I'd seen Matt featuring them on his Free Christian Music Blog, *doesabitofshamelessplugging* but always forgot to check 'em out. Anyway, a song caught my attention, so I stopped and listened to it. Lo and behold, it was the people I'd been meaning to look up! So here's "Fireflies" by Owl City. 




I'm still not sure of what the song means, or if it really has a meaning, but it's kind of catchy isn't it?

I'm working on my 2010 To-Do List. One of the things I want to do is consistently post twice weekly. Keep me to it!!
I'll go ahead and get my second post ready to go on Saturday. So long!
~Kiwi~
p.s. did the title catch your attention?

the Post-Christmas Post

Howdy folks! Merry Christmas! I'm tempted to sit here and give you an itemised list of all I was given for Christmas, but I'll just cut it short. Mom and Dad gave me art supplies (I love new art supplies!! Give me a sketch book or two, and some pens, and it'll keep me occupied for hours.) and a pretty charm bracelet. Mom made the bracelet herself.
And my Christmas was fun and if you want to know all about it, you can ask me, but I won't sit here and bore the rest of you. Because I know that some people don't like long descriptions.


2009 To-Do List-----The Results
Here's what I got done:

1. Win a big contest. (Michael W. Smith concert! =D)
2. bike down the great-grandaddy of all hills at medium to top speed
3. got lost in a corn maze (That was awesome fun. It's going on my 2010 list, too!!)
4. found someone who wanted to squaredance with me (easy)
5. learned to square dance a bit better (hard)
6. watched all the LotR movies again (love 'em)
7. watched a meteor shower (awesome)
8. got my green bike fixed up nicely (Looks snazzy now!)
9. got a digital camera (Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!)
10. got signatures from 11 famous people 
11. went to two concerts (Two amazing concerts. Thanks Kris)
12. visited friends in Iowa several times (not nearly enough, though!)

Things I didn't get done last year:

1. I didn't earn money to go to Lifest in 2010.
2. I didn't buy lots of cds. (I only bought one: In The Hands of God).
3. I didn't get an Etsy shop set up. (But it will be up and running by next Christmas, by George!!)
4. I didn't have a chance to try bleach-pen designs on tee shirts. 
5. I never did sleep in a tent. (This year!!)
6. I didn't quite get around to an all-day bike trip (This year!!)
7. I didn't get a painting sold this year. (because I didn't do #3)
8. I didn't make any music videos (although I almost did several.)
9. I didn't get two hundred posts on here (but this is my 150th!)
10. I didn't quite get the hang of double-dutch jump roping. (we never got past 10 jumps. =P )
11. I didn't get my picture in the newspaper (to my knowledge)
12. I didn't go to a drive-in theater (not much worth watching!)
13. And I didn't get around to asking a stranger a random question. (even though that should have been the easiest thing on the list!)

So I ended up not doing more than I did do! =P Oh, well, I guess I'll just put a lot of those things on my 2010 list, and get them done then!

What's on your 2010 lists?

~Kiwi~

p.s. I'll give you a 'happy new year' post tomorrow or Sunday. Too tired to do it now.

Alone, all alone....So Alone.....

Mom, Dad, and the boys were in Iowa this weekend getting some of the floors in that house re-finished, so I was home alone Thursday and Friday. They left Thursday afternoon, and they won't be back until tomorrow evening. So far, Sis and I have managed to host two wild parties and attend one. There's another this afternoon starting at 2:01. Why the '01', I don't know, but that's when it starts.

We watched Return of the King, extended edition yesterday, completing another thing on my 2009 To-Do List. And two weeks ago I watched a Meteor Shower (which was cool!). Now I want to learn double-dutch jump roping and square dancing.

Well, I'm sorry this is so short, but I have to go get ready for that party....
~Kiwi~