The evil little thing called "Gossip"

So I know I promised a discussion, here it is. This is actually not the subject I was originally going to talk about, but that subject has lost interest in my mind for the time being, so I thought up a new one. And it's on gossip.  Of course we all know that gossip is bad. After all it does say in The Good Book

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Eph 4:29

but, my question to you is what IS gossip and what ISN'T gossip? Because often you hear people say that gossip is talking about people 'behind their back'. But to tell you the truth, I talk about people 'behind their back' allll the time. often me and my sisters will end up on a bed talking about our friends, siblings and other such stuff when we're really suppose to be doing our school. If we didn't do that i wouldn't know a lot of things about a lot of people. But my question is, is that gossiping? or is gossiping tearing people down? when does having a nice little chat turn into tearing others down?
I want to hear your thoughts, so please post them!

Painting, baking, and a little bit of guitar :)

that pretty much sums up my day. so i'm sure you're wondering what happend to my deep thoughts i promised to post (if you read the last post that is :p)  well, they're coming.... maybe.... if i ever get time to actually write them down haha! but it requires lots of thinking, which i'm not too good at at night, and which i never have time for in the day.
anywayy... i figured i should post something. so i'm gonna post about this most amazing day i had today :)
started out with work. work is amazing and i love my job very very much. and my boss wasn't there which made it not stressful at all. (i love my boss, but she scares me at times)  I actually got to help this lady pick out colors for a sweater she's making. it needed 7 colors. if you're a knitter you're probably gasping right now. it's hard enough just to pick out ONE color, not to mention 7! i think it took us 30 minz. for real. but she's making this really awesome Rowan sweater with it. (i tried to find it online but couldn't... sorry!)
so yeah, that was a lot of fun helping her out! :) i also bought two awesome things at the store, one a key chain! because i'm getting my own keys now yayayayaya! it's a little knitted sweater, it's so cute! and i'm not saying what the other was because it's for someone. (yes, you know who you are haha!) ;-)

well, i got home and had a delicious lunch or pb&j and almost died by choking on it. but all's good. and then we started the process of redoing our upstairs bath room. there is somthing you should know about me, i LOVE, like really really *love* redoing rooms. its the best thing ever. i love painting, i love making things look pretty, i love organizing, i love planning. yeah, i love readoing a room. so today we started on that. i did all the prep. sandpapering, washing, dusting, vaccuming, and tomorrow we're gonna do the actual painting. i can't wait! it's gonna be so much fun!

once i had done that i went down stairs and made apple crisp with the delish apples we picked last week. it was sooo good! sadly i did not think to take any pictures of it, but trust me it looked amazing too.

then we had an amazing dinner of chicken and baked potatoes. (my fave) it was delish. and then i took a walk. and that was super cool, cuz i love walks.  once i got back i played a little guitar, which i haven't done in MONTHS! for real. i love it. :)

so maybe to you it sounds like just an ok day, but to me it was a really amazing day, i was incredibly happy all through out it, and yeah. i want to live it again <3

knitting

Abalon (my latest knitting project. look back at older post if you forgot which one) is done!

I know the shape looks weird in this picture... you really have to see it on me. but i was to lazy to get pictures of it on me... so oh well. next time i wear it i might snap one or two. I don't really like how it fits though.... so i'm gonna play around with it some, maybe add some more edging, block it a little more. we'll see.

So, I know lately all my post have been super short, and really about nothing. but! good news! i'v been thinking. a lot lately. and i have a really awesome post coming that will need a response from YOU, the reader. so, get all that dust off your Bible and get ready to stand your ground!

Owl City

So last night me and some friends went to the Big E and saw the amzing band Owl City. First off, if you don't know what the Big E is, well it's a big fair, and it's tooonnnsss of fun! And Owl City is a super awesome band, but how could you not know about them? 
So yeah, they were totally super awesome and if you ever get the chance, go see them. They're really good perfomers minus the WAY to skinny skinny jeans. I could have lived without those. But I must say, the viola and cello took the show. it wouldn't haven't been half as good with out them.
and this is the end of my very short post. goodnight

I know I haven't posted in a while. very sorry. but life is very busy at the moment and I don't get much time on the computer.

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order and lends to all that is good and just and beautiful." -Plato

This is an amazing quote I found by Plato today (one of my faves) so I thought I'd share it. Post more soon hopefully!

9-11

  Nine years ago we were attacked. Nine years ago a war started. Nine years ago hundreds of people died. Nine years ago people risked their lives to save others. Only nine years ago. Have we already forgotten? Is today the only day we stop to quickly think about it and to thank God we weren't there? Or are we continually praying for the men and woman who risk their lives for our freedom? Are we reaching out a hand to help those so far from home?  Don't ever forget, and don't ever stop praying.  

Life without music would be flat

  "Life without music would be flat"

  This quote is so true. I love music. like, a stinking lot. Not only do I love to listen to it, but I love playing it, and love watching it be played by other people. Music is a huge part in my life. I play both piano and viola, a little guitar (need to work on it haha!) and technically I can play violin... but I don't like to. It gives me a headache. for real. But anyway, the point is, I love music. Even more then I love knitting. *gasps* 

  Tonight I found out that I'm going to be playing in Manchester Symphony Orchestra. I am so excited. Like, I seriously can't tell you how excited I am. I'm also freaking out. Why? because when I'm super excited, and super scared at the same time, I start to freak out. I've wanted to be in an orchestra since my freshman year, but I haven't really had the opportunity. My mom and I talked over the summer about me joining one this year, but we never really got the time to sit down and look at what was available. I've been looking at MSO for a while, partly because my teacher plays in it (1st violin!) also because it's free. :)  But as the school year rapidly approached and my schedule became more and more filled, I figured that orchestra was just not going to work out. again. for the 3rd year in a row. 

  Until yesterday. My mom came in as I was doing school and basically said "Hannah, if you want to actually do the orchestra, talk to your teacher tomorrow!"  So today at my lesson the subject was brought up, discussed, and now it's a reality. I'm going to be in an orchestra! 

  I'm so excited, but I'm also scared out of my mind. (ok, maybe not that much, but close enough) MSO is a rather advanced orchestra, and I've only been playing for 4 years. So I'm super afraid that it's gonna be to hard. But then again, I did quartett last year and I thought the same thing. It was really hard, but it made me a million times better at viola and was TONS of fun! (we're having it again this year and I'm sooo excited!) 

  So yes, that is my exciting news! 

(and guess what one of our pieces is? "A minor violin concerto #1" by Bach. LOVE that song!)

Here's a picture of the er... thing I'm making. (I really don't know what to call it, it's not a shirt, or a sweater...)  but I'm loving this yarn! and the pattern. I'm about halfway through. So pictures to come soonish.. :)

Sad news on my dress... i had to tear the skirt part out. grr.... for some reason that i'm really not sure of, but i had to be torn out. sad sad day....

todays plinky- (because I feel this post should be longer)
Name a children's book every child should read.

Winnie the Pooh and Stuart Little. for sure. also the Peter Rabbit books.
for girls- Betsy, Tacy, and Tib. LOVE those books! also "All of a kind Family" that's an amazing one! <3

Plinky once more

So here I am, again, empty handed with nothing to write about. I'm sure you're all wondering why I have had no inspirational thoughts these last few days, and it's simply because I've been reading too much. When I read a book I tend to get sucked into it and I literally cant think of anything but the book. So yes, I have been doing lots of thinking lately, it has just all been about another world that is (sadly) not real. What am I reading you might ask. "Sorcery and Cecelia" was my first book, and I am now on it's sequel, "The Grand Tour". If you have never read either of these, I highly recommend them. Well, they're more girly books, so you boys might not like them. But they're very funny and I am enjoying them. I'm also reading "Quo Vadis" which is a novel I have to read for school, but it is extremely good and I would also highly recommend it.
  But anyway, because I have no thoughts, I figured I'd try Plinky again. Here is the question-

If you could talk to any historical person for advice, who would it be and why?

I thought about it for a moment, and then it hit me. Jesus. duh. Not only because he's like my hero, but also because I think he'd give me the best advice ever. for real. if you disagree, well then, go read your Bible.
Also I think it would be pretty sweet to ask Alexander the Great (he being one of my favorites, don't ask) for some advice. I'd also like to get Aristotle's and Archimedes advice on a few things. (yeah, you can tell i've been studying the Greeks and Romans)
So now I want to hear from YOU.  Who would you ask, and why?

random things... like school :)

ok, I know I haven't posted at all this weekend... but I'm not really sorry. I had no motivation seeing that almost all my readers we're gone to Lakeside. Also, I have nothing to post about. And I still don't. This post is really posted in guilt. but whatev...

tomorrow we start schoooool!!!! yayayayay! Very excited! Although I know it's gonna be a stressful year because I'm gonna have more then I can do. I'll manage though.
This school year I'm doing two extra classes. Algebra 1 again, because I got a really bad grade on it in 9th grade, and I can't stand not having an A in math, because i'm good at math. So i'm gonna redo it. And the other is the history of music! so excited for this! my sister is doing it so i was like "hey! I want to do it!" It's a 6th grade history, so it'll be easy peasy, but it will help me remember all those musical people that i'm always getting confused about.
Besides those I'm just don't the norm. Geometry (ew), English (kill me now), Lit (blah), Marine Bology (boyah!), Spanish (yay!), U.S. and World History (I really don't know how I feel about that one), annnddd.... I think that's it. On top of all of that I'll be working, doing piano and viola, babysitting, being the oldest home, and trying to get my license. eeks! it's gonna be a long year... but I'm very excited about it!
So yeah, that's my random post for the day. :-)

the pictures you've all been waiting for....

Well, at least Grace has been waiting for ;)

  Tada!! I really like it, although it's a little big. I'm just really glad to be done with it haha!

So I wore it to work tonight and all the ladies loooveed it! They think it's so awesome how well I can knit for being a "beginner" still. Tonight I also got new yarn! yayayay! Don't have a picture of it yet, but it's soooo cute, and I'm going to make this with it.

 (I tried doing a better picture, but it came out super small... so i guess you'll have to live with just this! sorry!)
Can't wait to get started!

As for the dress... it's still a work in progress! I'll get there though ;)

Me, Myself, and I

  Today me and my sisters took it upon ourselves to organize the school cabinet. This is a big job. At the end of the school season we usually just shove everything in and close the door as fast as possible, and then we avoid looking, seeing, touching, smelling and especially not OPENING it for the rest of the summer. So today we braced ourselves and cleaned it out so that it would be all ready for next week when we start school. As we dug our way through the swamp of scratch papers, math books, chains, and other such stuff that accompanies the word school, I stumbled upon an old folder that had the mark of a pirate on it. (for real.)  Thinking I might find a map that would lead me to a stash of chocolate or other goods I began to dig through the many papers that were inside. There really wasn't much. Only some old math and chem test, mostly having a D or F written on them, or long reports that were marked with A's. So of course I knew it must be Malachi's old folder. I also stumbled across some poems of his. They really weren't that good, although they were rather funny. I read them all, chuckling over my poor brothers lame attempts (all though he has gotten a little better. I'll have to post one of his up here some day....)  One of them struck me though. Not because of how it was written, but because of the idea behind it. I'm not going to post it up here because it was rather long, but here's the general idea of it.

  "I" is sitting and thinking one day, when his two other half's "Me" and "Myself" come up and join him. I starts to tell Me and Myself his worries and woes and they start to give him some advice. Myslef gives his first. He asks I why he doesn't take control of his own life. It's his own right? who has the right to control it? He should go and do what he wants. "Go out and make the best of it!" is Me's wise advice. I is starting to feel uplifted, strong, and ready to do anything. And then Me gives his advice. He say's, don't listen to Myself! He lies, and you know that. The flesh will always want pleasures that don't last. Sure, you can choose what you want to do, but you're always going to choose poorly. But if you trust in His power and let Him be the guide then you know that your life will be lived to the fullest because His will will be done.
  Me and Myself then leave and I is left once more to himself to ponder which advice he should take.

  And that's pretty much the poem. But, it got me thinking. Are we taking Me's or Myselfs advice? And do you even realize which advice you're taking? I like to think, oh yeah, I'm letting God have his way in my life. But is that entirely true? Am I letting Him always have His way, or just in the big things that "matter"? Is God in control of every little thing, or are you living for yourself 90% of the time?