Boda Bodas, Books, and Bananas

Hello again, o people who probably don't even read this because my life is boring as heck. I'm back with another scatterbrained pile of nonsense. We have a liveable house now. The flooring's done, the downstairs bedrooms are sheetrocked, the kitchen is finished, though so far lacking a dishwasher, and we have a cat. Now, of course, the big thing: public school. That's right, your girl Sam is no longer homeschooled. I now go to Buffalo Gap High School, and it's surprisingly great (It's still school). Uhhhh.... NaNoWriMo! It's coming up fast, and I am very unprepared. But I'll manage, one way or another. Prepare for unusual deepness from me. It's been over a year since the move. Over a year since I said goodbye to my dogs, to my home, to a way of life, got on the plane, and flew to America. Over the past year, the Lord has shown me that He will put me right where he wants me, even if I can't tell that I'm where I need to be. It...

Iiiiit's Sam, again. At last. As dear Grace would put it, I can now announce my GLORIOUSLY UNPROFESSIONAL RETURN. (Hint hint, go check out her new blog post.)     As big things go, we now own a house. It needs a lot of cosmetic work, and the yard is still a mess, even after almost a month of working on it (it's been that long already?). The yard is full of poison ivy and thistles, it needs mowing constantly, and pasture in the back is ridiculously overgrown, but we're getting there. As for the house itself, we're putting in hardwood floor, redoing the kitchen, replacing most of the windows, sheetrocking the downstairs bedrooms, putting the laminate flooring from upstairs downstairs (unfortunately), and trying to live in the house all at the same time.

Long time no........ Type? Aaanyway. It's been a while. I'm sorry. Sooooo.... NaNoWriMo is long since over, and I only got halfway to my word count. :( We're going house hunting for a permanent house, because this one is a rental, and it's a bit cramped when all five of us are home. Also, Happy late New Year! (on the last day of January. Huh.) I'm actually supposed to be doing schoolwork right now, but if I didn't type this up now, I would never get around to it. I have found my new favorite book series/author: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. I got the first book about two months ago, and read it in two days, and I just got book two a few days ago, and I'm already more than halfway through it. (In other words, go buy them. You won't regret it.) On another note, I got throwing knives for Christmas, and I suck. But it's too cold to go out an practice, so I haven't gotten much better. At all. Oh! That's right, Appl...