A Soooo Close Fail (and the zoo)

Starting the day off right... or so Lauren thought.

But personally, I found this day-starter rather rude! Haha! No it was fine. She had to be somewhere, but I didn't, so I just went back to sleep. It may be hard to tell, but this clock is like a foot tall!

Later, though, we got things really going the right way with:

                                               Music                                                               Tea

                                                     Literature                       And other combinations of such!       

Friday "Soooo close, and still so far."

Yesterday we took a trip and here are some sights on the way.

 

 Isn't that neat? I especially like the top left. I just love the angles in the pic.  I had to wait a while to get it.

 

Scenery from the drive

THE ZOO

 

 

 

 

 

If you have made it through all these pictures then I am proud of you.  After the zoo we headed back home on a great but quite interesting car ride... Here's a small taste of it.

A quick preview of  double M-DND's future greatest hit:

"My dog died
The baby cried
And she left me

My truck broke down
The moon shown full
And Sanderson goes on... and on!"

~ Courtesy of The Misguided Microphones and the Dark Night Drive

Double M-DND Is releasing their first record in August. Make sure you watch for it.

Yeah, so this came from a game called stump the driver/word in a song game.  I don't really know the actual name, but the game started some very interesting songs which in turn inspired this masterpiece from bBj and KeKej (Without naming names of course ;)

It was a fun drive despite the curbs, "FAIL"s, detours, (in the dark naturally) and the crazy driver who careened out in front of us.  But we got home safe and sound...

So there you have it.
Goodnight!

~ A Song of Joy

The Big Important Post

Thursday: It's a driver's test!

And you shouldn't gossip because it's bad.

That's the moral of my story.

So with that said, I won't say anything about last night because it would most definitely be gossip.

Gossip having to do with dating and tennis balls.

But I'm not going there unless you ask me.

So yeah...

Big important things.

Like sneezes, and music, and crying over books.

Lots of chocolate for me to eat!

Cookies

Weird voices.

"I heard voices...

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

"You're it no you're it no I was it but then I tagged you you didn't tag me you missed me well I'm tagging you now no dumb butt it's a time-out DANIEL DO NOT CALL YOUR BROTHER A DUMB BUTT Mom if I'm not allowed to use that word how come you just used it dumb butt dumb butt."
Excerpt from The Fault In Our Stars by: John Green

Over and out.
~ A Song of Joy

*written with the help of my sad friends*

That's Profound

Yeah, I know it's random but these are pics bBj took...

So yes... we've been playing piano, violin, flute, and LOTS of singing.

I think someone sings here at all times!  It's great and I fit right in.

Tunes get passed around incredibly fast and we also all randomly jump from one to another.

Last night we went swimming, KeKej, bBj, and I.

Boy do I wish we had pics of that! Oh my goodness! We did races of all kinds.

I can still picture the waddle/jumping one!  And I think we all almost drowned of laughter and

animal charades!  If I'm gonna go... that's the way!

Profound... yes it is!

Last night I watched one of the WEIRDEST movies ever.

It was old which meant that at times it was very slow.

Like when it would show them driving... and driving... and driving...

Or the empty face gaze... then *BOOM* a NUN!

Yeah, that too was profound... I think.

 

I'm surprised I didn't have nightmares!

But I didn't.

And I slept well.

For all of you who were curious.

I started a new book that bBj suggested.

"The Book Thief"

So far it's interesting and fairly good.

A few bad words, but a neat style, and an intriguing set of characters.

It could turn out to be profound too... who knows?

~ A Song of Joy

Dessert Manufacturer - Oh yes!

I have a feeling this will be one of the highlights of my trip!  First day... THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY

 

Hmmm...

What should it be?

SO much to choose from...

(Only our faces allowed - not theirs, so 

that's why we're advertising with the menus!)

Raspberry Lemonade                                  Strawberry Lemonade

Grilled Chicken and Avocado Club                            Fettucini Alfredo              

 

The lighting is better of her than of me, but hey, a pic is a pic!

Yummy food!  And the lemonade was fantabulous!
WOW!  I definitely have a new favorite restaurant!

 

Isn't it beautiful?

And this too!!!

These are just the desserts... AMAZING!!! YES YES YES!

This one was mine (top left pic)
It had to be taken kattywompus to fit
all of the description!

Chocolate Tuxedo Cream Cheesecake
YUM!!!
I made such a great choice

bBj's was gonna be the chocolate mousse, but she went with the mango something or other instead so I didn't get a pic.  Her's is the middle up there and KeKej's is the one on the right.

We got them to go because we were so full and Lauren and I ate some of ours last night during a VERY weird movie and bBj and KeKej ate theirs a few mins ago.  I waited to get pictures.
Sooo... there you go!

 What is the deal with my camera shy friends? Haha!

That's why I have such a funny smile on my face!

KeKej where is your floral???  You just wanted to stand out from us didn't you?

Look at the beautiful scenery!

And then later we went to the li-ber-ary... like literary... only... NOT!
Ok, that's AWKWARD!


Well... there ya go!
~ A Song of Joy

Stealing Posts... (bwahaha!)

Ok, so here I am visiting my friend, Lauren from books, fashion, and tea... and.....

I saw these loverly things in her room, which by the way we are just lounging around in right now.  Quick word snapshot here - Lauren is on her sewing machine making a new top, (which she should post about) bBj is on KeKeJ's comp. uploading pictures, KeKeJ is beside her looking at her personal drawings/sketches/pastels/etc. (which I want her to put on a blog she doesn't yet have. We have already decided which order we will follow her blog when she gets one...)

So here are those pics.

Lauren                                                                bBj

 KeKej

 Me

So back to the title of the post, I was browsing in Lauren’s room where I found these beautiful old books.  I love Beatrix Potter and someday want to do a nursery with this theme.  Anyway, she said that she was thinking about doing posts on one thing and another and so I will probably steal some of her posts… maybe I’ll just post on all the things I love in her room… idk… we’ll see.

Here are the books I want to pack to go home with me! ;)

 I love these first two because they are antique.

Anyway... there you go. I didn't take any pictures on the plane because my camera was in my checked luggage.  But I'll make sure and take a lot here.

Right now we're listening to Pirates (the curse of the black pearl) while getting ready to go out to lunch.

~ A Song of Joy