Purple Blog Party

Where to start??
 
Prom. Yeah, I'll definitely start with that. My brother and my best friend went together, and supposedly had a blast! :D Not going to go in tons of detail, but I'm totally going next year.
Sunday Awesomeness. After church, the Sills (sweetest people ever from church), the Maddens, and the Sherwoods went to the Chinese Buffet in town. Which as you know, is my favorite place to eat. Then, my besties and I went fishing where we caught eight fish. Sounds small but we only went for an hour or so! Then we went to see the movie Soul Surfer with the family. It was really good, I thought. Good story, good moral, overall cute movie.

Yesterday we had CLEAR, and it was tons of fun. We played some sports, games, ate food, etc. Today I had Spanish and mom and Emma went to the Leslie's to meet with people and do...stuff. I opted out because I have things to do :P
Now I'm bored and trying real hard to come up a super topic to post about. Ok, here goes a list for a super cool blog party at My Mismatched Life.

• Favorite thing about summer? The sun!
• Twilight fan? NO
• Favorite quote? Last night I lay in bed looking at the stars, and I thought to myself where the heck is the ceiling?
• Best thing that has ever happened to you? When Christ became my Savior!
• Think of every place in the world possible... which of those places would you go to? Ah, Rome, Italy, Venice, France, etc etc etc
• Favorite food? Spaghetti and Meatballs :P
• What type of music do you like? Country, and Christian Rap
• Flipflops, bare feet, heels, or flats? Barefoot or flip flops
• Skirts or jeans? Jeans. Duh.
• Fresh or saltwater? Fresh, or chlorinated?
• Skittles or M&Ms? M&Ms all the way
• are you a morning person or more of a night person? NIGHT PERSON!
• So, your best friend is talking to a new girl in school... the new girl asks who you are... what do you think your best friend says? "Oh, she's just the most awesome person in school. And I just HAPPEN to be her best friend."
• Gotta tic? ya know, biting your nails, scrunching your nose, etc?  Probably biting my nails, but my besties would say otherwise. ;)
• Pen or pencil? Pen
• Paper or plastic? Paper. I am NOT a tree hugger.

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Who ever said said being popular was fun?? I think I'll start a new group...or something!! Unpops. WHOS WITH ME?! lol

Peace! Carly

You Should Read This

Hello my lovely readers! :D I had a most productive weekend, with Mother’s Day and all. Saturday morning I made mom breakfast (so we wouldn’t be in a mad rush on Sunday morning), and then went to my Grandma Mona’s house to sleep over. We made the best Stromboli you ever did see. We also watched Red, and Morning Glory.

Who SOME people said looked “dumb”, but it was SO CUTE! I suggest this movie for everyone! Ahem, I mean for those over thirteen years old….We also went shopping at this cute little place in Tunkhannock called Jennifer L. It was super cute with vintage/old cute stuff. My grandma bought a little table. Then we went to the Old New Book place across from Fitze’s, where I found the most epic, most amazing mother’s day present. You’ll never guess. Go on and give it a try. Ok, give up now. It was:

That’s right. I rule as the world’s most awesome daughter. My mom’s been wanting this since ,oh forever! After this, we went to the flower tent where I got flowers for mommys number 2 and 3. ;D

On to more fun things… I received these amazing awards from my BFFs Natalia and Hope! Thanks kiddos! Here’s Hope’s blog, it’s super awesome so check it out! http://hope-hisforhope.blogspot.com/

                                  

For the Stylish blogger award, I am to award this to eight people, and write eight thoughts of randomness about me. Here goes:

EIGHT RANDOMNESS ABOUT ME

1.       I love, love, LOVE it when the lights go off in a storm. (Tip to future husband: I dig candlelight)

2.       A big pet peeve I have is kids who are rude to their parents in front of other people.

3.       I eat my oreos by separating them first and eating each layer. The next oreo I eat all together. Milk is mandatory.

4.       I show cows. When I tell this to people, they try to hide a snicker. Hate that.

5.       I wish I was cool enough to wear vintage stuff.

6.       Skorts are awful and I’ll never make my child wear them.

7.       Food is my life, next to God. Guess this isn’t really a random fact, but that’s ok!

8.       Writing lists is my kind of thing. I’m organized on paper…just not in my room, or desk, or…

I HEREBY AWARD THIS AWARD TO

1.       Your Name    http://asimplefarmgirl.blogspot.com/

2.       Karen from   http://talkinaboutperdues.blogspot.com/

3.       Beth from     http://bethsbloggy.blogspot.com/

4.       Tami from    http://lakeinthehillslatest.blogspot.com/

5.       Mattea from  http://matteak.blogspot.com/

6.       Ruth from     http://rhubarbandvenison.blogspot.com/

7.       Alli from        http://allisondaughteroftheking.blogspot.com/

8.       Joelen from   http://joelens.blogspot.com/

It’s funny, cause most of these cool blogs A) Don’t know me B) Don’t know I follow them C) Have so many followers they don’t care! Lol, but it’s cool. Check them out!!

And the Bloggy Buddy Award goes to….*Drum Roll*

MADDIE!!! From  http://madnificentme.blogspot.com    

Why? Cause I love her! She’s my little chica. And she better post soon! :D

Ok, it’s Wednesday now and I’m finishing this dang post! Luke and I went with Mrs. Johnson yesterday to get Luke’s graduation pictures done. I have some nice ones on my camera but I don’t want to ruin the surprise! It was a crazy day. This weekend I’m making desserts for 70 people, babysitting, and possibly going to Kanoble’s. I will have TONS to tell you after this weekend!!!! Actually I’m posting on Monday with a theme thanks to a new collaborate blog group I’m joining, yay! This post is getting kind of long, so I’m gonna go now.

PEACE! Carly

p.s. To whoever was putting my posts as dull: HA! :P

p.s.s. Random pics for you.

Terrific pic for Natalia.

 

 

Awful Picture, I have no idea what happened.

Gooood Mooorning, Folks! Welcome to WWW.DAIRYQUEENCARLY.BLOGSPOT.COM! Oops, that's a link which is kind of dumb since your here already..... ;)

What an awesome week! A few main recaps....

• Last Monday (was it really that long ago?!) I went to a Spanish party with the Spanish class I'm taking. The food was great, and I made my first dulce de leches cake.We couldn't stay too long because then I went to my Aunt Summer's house to help with the kids and ended up staying till about 12:30 the next day.
• Last Wednesday, CLEAR came over to my house and it so much fun! We played some basketball, hung out, and ate food. :D
• Last Friday, Small Groups! It was just me, Em, and Casey so we got to watch some movies and eat food!
• Sometime in these last two weeks, Emma lost her two front teeth. I actually I think it was Saturday...when I went to the Chinese Buffet!!! Best. Place. Ever.
• Sunday, some people came over that Luke invited to go trap shooting which is hard but fun. We had dinner, talked about "lions", told some funny stories, watched a movie, and I spit chip on a boy (so embarrassing, unless he's like your brother, will tell story later). I also chilled with my bffs THERESA and KARA. That better T?
• Yesterday we had Connect at the church. And although not many came, it was a blast.

Today my sister and mom are at the Philharmonic homeschool thing so they'll be gone all day. Again. Which means I don't have my camera to show you my pics!
I was trying to play Jurassic Park with Emma. The last helicopter left, so we had tea with Barney. Then we shot him. While we were thinking to hide his body behind the couch or under the table, Emma put on her redneck eye patch which blew the mood. Her eye patch was specially made, haha. Mother T-we'll have it ready for ya :D

I WON A GIVEAWAY!!!!! I'm sooo siked. To see my name appear somewhere else besides this blog, click here: www.nisfornatalia.blogspot.com

Peace Out! Carly
p.s. As I'm reading this post again, I realize I "eat food" in almost every caption. Lol...

Dipping

Who is feeling so totally STUFFED? I know I am. Those 8 pounds I lost in the last few weeks? Yeah, they're probably back. Blah. On the plus side, Easter! My weekend was great, I think. On Friday my family all chilled out then we went to an awesome service at our church. Afterwords, we went to Micky D's where my family, the Maddens, the Hails, and the Sills hung out for...an hour and a half or so? Boy, was it fun. The whole time I was laughing so hard. From Luke's and Jake's "bromance" to stale fries, to well-earned dollars, and creeping out, it was such a blast. Who knew the calorie packed fast food chain could have been so much fun?!
Saturday, I worked for a while and my family painted eggs. Later my dad and I went to look to see if there was any baby beefers. Just a stroll in the pasture, right? Wrong. We ended up finding 5 babies, and then we had to rodeo them, Haha. They're so adorable and tiny. At night the rents and I watched a really good movie!  I can't remember the title, but it was really cute. Ate some candy out of my Easter basket-Yum. This year we got our baskets the night before which is a lot easier. My parents basically crushed my childhood in one day by giving Em all these clues like they used to do to Luke and I and telling me "Oh, yeah. Yours is behind the bed". Really?? I want to be a kid again..... Poem about going back to childhood.

When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.

I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree,
And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk 55
Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,
But dipped its top and set me down again.
That would be good both going and coming back.
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

                                                     -Frost

This song is so beautiful. We sang it at our church service. The worship team couldn't have picked a better song, Amen! If your not in my church, please take the time to listen and read the lyrics!

Peace! Carly

P.S. Hey, if you want to share this blog on Facebook that's cool with me! I think I'll have Grandma Mona post the link to get my family in CA to look at it, Haha.
P.S.S As soon as I get my camera back, I'll post some sweet pics for ya'll.

Who invented the peanut butter smidgens? Probably Gertrude.  Seriously, the things are glorious. Especially the cow ones, which are close to my heart...<3 How do you eat the smidgen? I start at the back, and make even bites of peanut butter luciousness, while licking after each bite for maximum peanut butteriness. Then I save the head and laugh at how it looks nothing like a real cow's head and swallow it. How violent!! Ha-ha.
Thanks Mr.M! :D

Other news on the farm: we have new baby beefers left and right! So far, only one mama has died :( The baby we had to find, it took my dad and I a few hours to find it. Get this-a mama teaches its baby to lie perfectly still to look like it is dead. So of course when we finally found it, I thought it was dead. But my dad told me to put the halter around it's head, hold on, and see what happened. As soon as I put it on, it jumped up and started running away and blatting and kicking like crazy!! I was so shocked, I almost let go. So next time you see a baby cow/beefer lying perfectly still, looking dead, think twice. However, now that I'm thinking about it....will probably never happen unless you live on a farm. Ah well.

This will probably be my last time posting. Before Easter that is. We're going to a service tomorrow night, then we always go to my one grandma's house for lunch and another for dinner on Easter. By the time we're done, you can only imagine how full I'm feeling.

Peace, Praise the Lord, Hosanna, Cheers.....Carly

P.S. oops one more thing. Some incredibly hilarious little tid bits from my fun friend Natalia.
"I love you with all my butt. I'd love you with all my heart, but my butt's bigger"
a picture of a chicken saying "I dream of a better tomorrow... where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned" 

She didn't write these, but still. They're so funny, thanks N! her blog: Nisfornatalia.blogspot.com

This week, I made peanut butter chocolate cupcakes, had a mega sleepover, went to a Sight and Sound with friends, babysat my cousins with the lovely Casey M, and ate a ton of food on Sunday. Great recap, eh?

We have a new addition to our family!! No, my mother is not pregnant/having a baby in any way. We got twenty baby chicks! Goodness they're so cute and fluffy. My father names them "Chicken Wing, Chicken Pizza, Chicken Soup", etc...But I name them: Sleepy, Fluffy, Lazy, Feather Brain, etc. Feather Brain is probably my favorite. All the other chicks run away when someone puts their hand in the tub. But he just stands there like "uh, der. Whattya doin guys?" Seriously. I can practically hear him saying it.

Today is going to be lots of fun! My mom and I are going to her chiropractor appointment (not fun), then shopping (that's grocery shopping, not fun), going to see my BFFs the Leslie's (very fun), going to McDonald's (very fun and rare), going to see the movie Pastry Kings (Awesome), and going to a Pampered Chef party (Awesomeness). What a day!

Now, I really have to get my school done. Better post later...:D
Carl

A Big Pot of Randomness

HOW TO MACERATE STRAWBERRIES!
Ever wondered why recipes tell you to sprinkle sugar on fruit and then let it sit? This method is called macerating: Sugar molecules pull moisture out of the cut up fruit to produce a lovely natural syrup.

Ok now that I've shared that interesting little tid bit, I'll share some total randomness....

*So I originally had a brand new, hot-off-the-press blog post to share with ya'll. BUT, as i read over it again today I realized that no one passing by this blog would want to hear my recaps of the week or so. Instead I changed it completely. This last week has been....interesting. It's been extremely fun/exciting (which is why I haven't posted!) and also very, depressing? Yeah, that basically sums it up. 

*Last night was CLEAR, and so I made a "Jimmy Carter" dessert. It was pretty good, if I do say so myself. :D
I also got my two favorite magazines yesterday. My Rachel Ray magazine, and my Food Network magazine. There is so many awesome foods and ideas, and I love to spend time reading them. And I don't just read them. I experiment, make notes, and read only a few pages to savor it. Does that make any sense? Haha, I'm such a culi-nerd.

*I babysat on Monday, and I am next Saturday too. Rakin in the bucks....Ha, not really. I'm hopefully going to either make my own dang business or find a job locally. Can't wait!!!

Hope this post isn't too dull. I really try to make it interesting! But it seems kind of boring. Especially when I get no comments :( Ah well. Pictures coming later....

Peace, Carly