"Ding, ding, ding! Give the boy a prize." or "Move on a Sunday Morning"

Camp NaNoWriMo is over *sigh of relief*, and we all won with a total of 45,052 words! Okay, not that impressive. But it was hard work and good fun. 

Also, remember the contest over on this post? Well, thanks to everyone who guessed! You all did good, though no one got all of them correct. The closest guesser was....Lady L! Who got everything right, except she flipped Mari and SquiRe's quotes. Ah well, good for you! Lady L shall receive 2 points to our future give away (yes, that really will be happening, we just...are being slow...) and every other guesser gets 1 point. Here's the answers:

I love that picture of Risa

And lastly...lately in the blogging world there's been this playlist quiz thing floating around. What you do is, you put your music playlist on "random". Use the title of the first song to answer the question, then hit "next" and continue. Some friends of ours did it, and Mari and I did it too. Since posting two full questionnaire's would be altogether too long and boring, I'll post Mari's, with a few of my answers in there as well. Mari's answers are in purple, and mine in blue.


If someone says "Are you okay?" you say… 
Coffee (Arabian Dance) - Tchaikovsky

Am I okay?  I guess I just need some coffee, or (more likely) I need to dance!

 

What would best describe your personality?
Thankful (Caedmon's Call)

Yes, I am very thankful at the moment.

 

How would you describe yourself?
Drifting to Far From the Shore by Aaron Weil Band (Basically an unknown singer who does Christian Bluegrass.)

. . . Um. Drifting? That's bad.

What do you like in a guy/girl?
All the Fun by Paul OverstreetI guess I like all the fun!
 

How do you feel today?
Crucified by Salvador
I feel that everyday. (Gal. 2:20)

What is your life's purpose?
There You Go by Caedmon's Call
To get going!

What's Your Motto? 
Somewhere North

Yes! Must...go...to colder...climates!

What do your friends think of you?
Don't You Want to Thank Somebody by Andrew Peterson

I guess they think I oughta be more thankful.

What do your parents think of you?
Prodigal Son 

Ooh. Sorry, mom.
  

What do you think about very often? For I Know the Plans by Word of God Speak
I'm always planning.

 

What is 2 + 2?
Beauty and the Beast from the soundtrack

Haha, the one song from that soundtrack I have on my ipod! Well, it is four words right? 

What do you think of your best friend?
Sinking by Michael Peacock

They're sinking?

What do you think of the person you like?
Shifting Sand

I guess they're shifty...which explains the wedding answers! Read on.

What is your life story?
Circles by Alison Brook
Spinnin' in circles!

What do you want to be when you grow up?
(I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo by Glen Miller
I want to be a gal in Kalamazoo! (Not really.)

 

What do you think when you see the person you like?
Come Back Soon

Aw, isn't that nice? Till the wedding day. Keep readin'.
 

What will you do at your wedding?
Daring Daylight Escape

Poor guy. But hey, I couldn't stand a lifetime with those shifty eyes.

What will they play at your funeral?
You'll Find Your Way

Hey, I'm not Catholic or in ancient Egypt, so this won't apply.

What is your hobby/interest?
He Will Come by Mandisa
I just keep " Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;" Titus 2:13

What is your biggest fear?
As You Therefore by Nathan Clark George

Um, speaking gibberish is a big fear of mine, since I do it quite often. "What is your biggest fear? As You Therefore!" Does that make any sense? Well, that's about how I speak somedays. =)

Big Fish
Hey, they ate Noah! Reasonable fear here, people!

What is your biggest secret?
Esengo by Selah
From what I could tell by searching the internet it means "glory". Which doesn't make much sense. . . again.

What do you want right now?
Fofar Sodger/ Trip to the Skye/ The Birdie by 25 Years of Celtic Music

I want the birdie, I want a trip to the skye, and I want fofar sodger? Translation please?

What do you think of your friends? 

God Help Me

Um...that sounds worse than it is. I have great friends...really.

What's the worst thing that could happen?
The Time That Is Left

Uh-oh. I guess it's only downhill from here.

What is the one thing you regret?
The Jug of Punch by Celtic Wonder 

Uh. . . yeah, hmmm. 0_o

What makes you laugh?
Michael's Ride

Yes, it does! (That's the soundtrack for a very funny scene from a very funny movie)

What makes you cry?
Carol Ann by Michael W. Smith

Carol Ann, you make me cry.

Will you ever get married?
Can't Take Me

Mwahaha!! Yes. B]

What scares you the most? 
Climb On (A Back That's Strong)

Well, it doesn't scare me, but I do hate being picked up/carried.

 

 Does anyone like you?
Here For You by Branded
My daddy! (It's a daddy, daughter song.)

If you could go back in time, what would you change?
There You Go
Hm. Apparently I would send you back.

What hurts right now?
The Chasing Song by Andrew Peterson

My legs are a little sore from running around.

What would you want to say to the person who tagged you (if you were tagged)?
Love Enough by Andrew Peterson
"In stubborn spite of our stubborn spite we are loved nonetheless, we are loved all the more and I believe there is love enough for the taking." 
  

What will you name this post?
Move on a Sunday Morning

"You don't say much, do you kid?"

*ahem* Sorry for the silence. But you're probably used to that by now, huh? I'll give a quick sum up of the last month.

1. Us three girls are doing Camp Nanowrimo! Put together, by the end of the month we will have written 4o,ooo words of three extremely different stories. Risa is writing a super cool sci-fi, Mari a really touching historical fiction about a boy who rode one of the Orphan Trains (heard of those?) and I am writing a fantasy, like everyone else =P.

2. School...is not ending. It's very sad.

3. We are working very hard for our chickens (something got into the coop and gobbled up all our layers, but we have ten little things who are close to laying age. We will protect you, chicks!) and we've been building fence segments like crazy. Soon we will have a nice new fenced yard. Yay!

4. Our papa (grandpa) is, in case you were unaware, a part time missionary to China and left today for a four month stay. We will miss him, and prayers are appreciated. He will be teaching English (secretly the Bible as well) at a college, preaching at some registered churches, getting some theology books spread in Chinese and ministering to the underground church. Yes, prayers are greatly appreciated.
This brings me to the joke bit. Our papa has always been the King of Corny jokes. Those silly puns and play on words that make you literally say, "Ha. Ha. Ha." while you roll your eyes. And some of that has rubbed of on Mom and Mari as well. This was their conversation a couple nights ago at dinner:

Mom: Just be careful over there [China] Dad, they have that bird flu going around.
Papa: Well, I hear it's tweetable.
Mari: But you'll definitely be feeling under the feather.
Papa: The worst part is the bill the doctors send you afterwards.
Mari: Well, you know they're all a bunch of quacks.
Mom: It may leave you a shell of a man.
Papa: Alright, enough yolks!
Mom: Then stop egging me on.

 
It actually continued with a couple more puns that I can't remember after this. We love having him over for dinner ^.^.

How's April been for you all? Sorry for the lack of pictures! Some of those, and the answers to last months game will be posted soon. Really.
Sam

I love to laugh, loud and long and clear!

Isn't it good to laugh? The Bible says, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine" and "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance"! (Proverbs 17:22a, Proverbs 15:13a)

Let's do something fun, let's play the who-done-it game! Only this will be the who-done-said-it game. I'll quote myself or one of my siblings and you guess the origin of the quote. Come on, it'll be fun! Try it! (Just as a heads up your comment will be counting for points toward an upcoming giveaway.) I knew you'd want to try!

Pick Jack, Goldilocks, SquiRe, Sam, Mari, or Risa; one per quote!

1. "Because de Bible says we hafta play town, we gonna play town! But really. Really yes!"

2. "All governments have assassins - especially the diplomatic ones."

3."This day is always gonna be in my heart. And in your heart. Because I put some of it in yours and some of it in mine!"

4. "Yeah, I'm cool! I'm so cool... I'm COLD!"

5. "Isn't it abominable when one uses a grandiloquent word where a diminuitive one would suffice?"

6. "Oh man, this takes forever to finish! I'm serious, last time it took me about . . . a week. Or a hundred days."

You can comment, put a number to a name, and then we'll post the answers after I think everyone's had a chance to guess!

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We've been wanting to post this video on our blog for a while, but can't seem to figure out how to. Here is the direct link to a cute little video our friends made.

threemaidens.blogspot.com/2012/11/behold-undecided-band

Pretty funny, huh?

 And if you think you've had enough laughs today, you're wrong! That's right, you haven't laughed enough today! =) Here is my last laugh for you, a little story told in the inflationary language, by Victor Borge, a great comedian and piano player!
Any of you remember the days, good old days, when the dollar was worth 49¢? Since then, many things have changed. Inflation is coming closer and closer, everything has gone up, except one thing -- the language. I have invented what I call the "inflationary language," because I want to be prepared the day we really have the great inflation. And I have to explain it this way, that we will add one to each number in every word that contains a number -- for instance, number one in "wonderful," will be "twoderful," because we add one to it. In a sentence like, "I ate a tenderloin with my fork," it would be "I nine an elevenderloin with my fivek." Very simple.
Now, I should like to read to you out of this book just a short chapter…
Twice upon a time, there was a young captain in the army named Bob, and his sister, Anna, who lived in sunny Califivenia. They belonged to a fine old family, and they were proud of the fact that some of their fivefathers had been among the crenineders of the American constithreetion. Bob had been very close to his younger sister, ever since she saw the light of day for the second time. Not so long ago, on a threesday evening, they were sitting at a table in a supper club, commemornining the day of her engagement. To Don Two (you see, her fiance was of spanish descent, his name was Don Juan. In this book, it'll be "don two," of course. ) Who, on unfivetunately, had turned out to be an asiten egotist. He hadn't even shown up. The table was beautifully decorated with her favorite flowers, long-stemmed red threelips.
               "Anna," said Bob, eleventatively, "you look twoderful threenight. But you have three of saddest eyes. " Anna really looked twoderful, in spite of the illness from which she had not yet recupernineded. It was midnight -- a clock in the distance struck thirteen. There suddenly in the doorway stood Don Two, obviously intoxicnineded. Bob jumped to his feet -- but Anna, trying to avoid a scandal, said, "Anytwo for elevennis?" Don grabbed a piece of the marininded herring in front of them, and was about to throw it at Bob.
             "Be careful, Don," warned Bob, "Today I became third lieu-elevenant in the army air fiveces.”
             "Are you two? I'm two three," said Don Two. With these words he left, and when he was one-and-a-half way through the door, stopped and turned excitedly.
             "Anna," Don Two said, "I shall never marry. All my life I will remain double!"

I guess I'm in such a mood for humor because my wonderful sisters bought me Micheal Jr.'s DVD, Laughing On Purpose, for me! He is hilarious!!

"Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation!" ~Psalm 68:19

Have a wonderful day,
Mari

Let's pause, and reflect...

An interesting quote I found by C.S. Lewis.



Puts things in real perspective. I mean, we spend so much time taking care of our bodies, then we spend a bit of time a day, or week, on our soul as an after-thought. It should be the other way around.

 

Have a good weekend.

Sam

P.S. Another snow post coming soon. =]

Hey, Buddy, wanna pick some snowberries?

After a very cold first half of Jan, but with only slight sprinklings of snow that didn't stick, we got a very warm last half. It nearly got up to 80* one day, so yes, I mean warm. But this morning?

SNOW! Woo-hoo!

Last time we had snow, Jack wasn't a big fan, but this year he really enjoyed it.

The moon was still out at 9:00am

Momo taking a picture of the mountains

Snow ice cream! Yum!

The kids loved it

Sam
P.S. We're going to try and only put movie quotes as our post titles from now on. Anyone know what this one is from? =]

That's a Strange Place to Put a Piano

If you have ever heard Jessica's Theme you will agree with me, it is a very beautiful song. Our friend Jesse Ormand has a beautiful rendition of it below. This is Risa's favorite, and she likes his cover even better than Jon Schmidt's!


You should visit his website; jesseormand.com. He has a lot of very beautiful arrangements. We really enjoy listening to them and hope you do too.

Have a beautiful day!
Mari

P.S. Kuddos if you know where the post title came from! ^-^

P.P.S. I think the word beautiful is simply . . . beautiful! Don't you?