Still Alive

Hi all,

Yup I'm still alive.
This is just short- just to let y'all know that I've not forgotten about my blog. Just don't have much to update and right now I'm going thru a hard time. Don't really want to talk about it here in public so just wanna say that I need some prayers.

I'm doing okay with school and losing weight but not major changes yet BUT i'm hoping it will improve soon.

A real post with *maybe* some pics will come up soon, hopefully by end of Feb or March.

I just moved some things around in my room and it looks different :) still need to clean up the rest of the mess then hopefully it looks better.
I'm still behind in chemistry, which stinks. It's interesting so far to me but I still can't understand some problems and stuff like that.

I've been going to church w/ my family almost every Sunday so far and I'm enjoying the sermons. But I'm missing my friends at the other church- more fellowship. :(

Ben had the chicken pox 1-2 weeks ago and just recovered from it last weekend and NOW Sam has it. Which is just great. :P For us girls, no signs yet. Hopefully will not happen. I don't want us to get it before next week because my family was planning to go skiing w/ friends next weekend. But we'll see how Sam is doing by then.
I have a cold and cough- it's bothering me a lot. I'm really tired of coughing a lot. :P

Well IDK what else to talk about for now so...hope this didn't make you fall asleep. LOL

Please leave a comment if you stopped by! I love getting comments. :)

God bless,
-Hannah

This is kinda boring...don't say that I didn't warn you... ;)

Hi,

First of all, I'm sure you noticed that my blog has a new look. Thanks again to Rachel, who designed my blog for Christmas before. :)

Gretchen- thank you for your comment on my last post! I totally agree with you- getting closer to God is more important. I'm TRYING to read my Bible every day but lately I've not been doing it :*( that needs to change soon!

Not much to update since my last post.
This week I'm able to get off work so I could focus on school. So far it's going ok- still need to catch up in Math and Chemistry then I'm good :)

Right now I've been feeling down lately but I don't really want to explain why. But I need prayers. Right now I just started reading "Joyfully at Home" by Jasmine Baucham. So far it's good. But I just started today, lol :) I'm planning to try to start reading more real good books this year instead of romance, mystery, etc...the normal stuff you know? Especially since I have plenty of the Ludys' books I got/brought. And I just got the 100 thousand gifts (or something like that) from M, my sister for Christmas :)

Trying to lose weight- not going well. But I'm determined to TRY to get up tomorrow morning and get out of bed and workout for a while.

Not much exciting has happened besides the normal stuff- Bible Study on Tuesdays, Good News Club on Wednesdays, class on Thursday nights, Chemistry on Fridays, and in between either working or school, or normal stuff.

Sorry I'm not good at posting. Hopefully I'll improve and hopefully sometimes some of my posts will have pictures in them :)

Also- I'm willing to do a Q & A post if y'all wanna ask me questions please leave me a comment!

First post of 2012! ;)

Hi all,

Rachel- thanks for your comment on my last post :)

So far the past 2 days have been o.k...not the best but not the worst either.
I'm trying to read my Bible daily and so good so far. Also trying to write in my journal- it's kinda hard but I'm trying to make it a habit.
I'm getting caught up in some of my school :D
I've gotten *some* exercise so far- walked around the library today, and 2 days ago plenty of walking at my aunt's house.
I'm hoping to get back in the habit of working out but we'll see if that works.
I'm trying to finish tying warp on the loom that I have on right now for a scarf...hopefully I can get it finished this month and maybe start another project next month.
Good News Club starts again tmw and I'm going to make treats- which I hopefully won't eat too much at GNC :P
Chemistry starts again on Friday...ugh :P I'm not completely caught up in that right now.

I'm sad that Christmas is over :(
I think it's ironic that it snowed on the first day of 2012. And we didn't get snow for Christmas. :P

Well i better get going!
Please leave a comment if you stopped by! I'd love to know who stopped by! :)

-Hannah

Tomorrow is the last day of 2011...

Hi all,

Yikes...as the title says, tmw is the last day of 2011. I can't believe it!!! The year sure went by fast.
What are you planning to do to celebrate in the new Year tmw night?? :) i'm staying home w/ mi family...and we're prolly going to watch movies and *hopefully* eat junk food ;) lol.

I had a lot of fun w/ my cousins 2 days ago- my siblings had a game night which I only participated in for a bit but I mostly stayed in my room. Most of the guests didn't leave till around 1 O_o my cousins stayed overnight so after the others left, we (my cousins, L, B and I) ended up watching Mont.e Car.lo (which was good, I liked it.) and didn't go to bed till like after 3:30...yup we were up pretty late :D But it was fun! we slept in till like 10. my cousins and I were like very tired and totally out of it. lol. We went for a walk after brunch to the lake. It was a beautiful day and I'm glad that we got to go for a walk which was my cousin's idea. it was good exercise and fun.

This year has been a pretty good and for the first time, really busy this past spring-now. I normally wasn't that busy. But I guess since I'm getting older I get busier. LOL.

My year also has its ups and downs...

I can't really remember nor record everything.
I started working out this past spring and summer and actually lost some weight.

Some downs- I'd rather forget about it...there were 2 summer camps that I was hoping to go and saved up for but the first one i wanted to go so bad- I ended up not going because I couldn't find and get a ride. :(
and the 2nd one...i waited too long and it was too late to register.

my sisters went to a summer camp for 5-day club training and it was the first time that I was in charge for more than 1 week w/out my sisters. It was pretty weird. But we survived, thankfully. ;)

Well...I'm looking forward to a new year...especially because:

1. I plan to really start working on being healthy. But I need help to keep myself accountable and just really keep the focus on it.
2. I'm determined to FINISH and GRADUATE from high school. I've been behind too long and I wanna to be done with high school!! Esp. since I want to find another job. I don't mind working for my aunt but right now I'm ready to do something else. But we'll see if that is in God's plans.
3. I plan to save up for real, esp. because I'm determined to go to the camps and hopefully help pay for family vacation since I missed it soo much, since we didn't go this year.
4. I'm going to TRY to read God's word every day. And write in my journal. I really need to make it a habit. And try to learn more about God and get closer in my relationship w/ Him.
5. I plan to try to start weaving more often and hopefully maybe start my own business? We'll see...............
6. I'll TRY to post my blog at least once a week but it depends on how each week goes and if I can go on the computer. I can't wait to get a laptop someday. But right now I'm saving up for a new digital camera because I really need a new one!
And many more plans/goals/hopes.


How about you?????

Pretty please leave a comment if you stop by!! I'd love to hear from you! I'm curious about who reads my blog, if there is anyone reading it :)

I better get going! :) Going to relax after a long, busy work day at my aunt's. I'm really tired since I've not gotten enough sleep yesterday...as you can see above ;)

Happy New Year!! (1 day early, but whatever! ;) ) Have fun celebrating in the new year!!!

Till next time in 2012,
Hannah

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Hi all,

First of all I want to say:

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(IDK how to make this big...oh well)

I hope y'all have a WONDERFUL, BLESSED and FUN Christmas weekend!!! :D

Remember the real reason of CHRISTmas... Jesus' birth :)

I can't believe it will be Christmas Eve tomorrow!!!
I hope we will get snow for the weekend...it's not as much fun celebrating Christmas w/out snow :)


Just wanna say one more time before signing off...

Merry Christmas!! May God bless you all. :)

-Hannah



P.S. It's now been 2 years since I started wearing my cochlear implant. O_o (12/22 is the date) I can't believe I've had my cochlear implant for 2 years now!! Where did the time go??? I'm glad and thankful to be able to hear music esp. at Christmastime :) looking forward to listening to the music tmw evening (which will sound much better than when I first wore it 2 years ago)

Christmas Tag, pictures, and 6 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!

Hi all,

First of all: If you have noticed, my blog has a new look for Christmas...lots of thanks to Rachel from http://rachyracheshobbycorner.blogspot.com :)
Thank you very much, Rachel!!! I love it.


So much for posting on Wednesday...ended up staying another night at my aunt's because the last batch of the truffles took longer than I thought to harden :P But now that's over and I finally got to use the computer right now :)

So...I'll do the Christmas Tag (even tho it's kinda close to Christmas)that I was tagged by Rachel at http://rachyracheshobbycorner.blogspot.com/ (IDK how to link it up so you'll have to copy the link and paste it on another new tab or whatever. Sorry!)
:) Here we go!

Rules/instructions:

*Link to the person/blog you got tagged from
*Do the tag
*Tag three people!

So, here's the tag:


Is your Christmas tree up?
YES! :D We got it last Saturday (the 10th)and decorated it. We could've gotten it sooner but everyone was busy so it didn't work out.

How about the rest of your decorations?
My siblings put up the rest of the decorations while I was at my aunt's so yes they're up too. I'm working on decorating my room too-finally got my little Christmas tree up :)

Do you have an artificial tree or a real tree?
Real, ofc!!! Fake is not as much fun and no scent. I LOVE the smell of pine tree.

Do you have any lights or decorations outside?
We used to many years ago- but no. Wish we do tho.

Do you have a favorite ornament on the tree?
Hmm...I have too many. :P Sorry I can't just pick one but one of them is a Precious Moment ornament with my birth year on it...each of us kids except for Sam had one. We didn't put them up till 1-2 years ago because before then we had cats and don't want to have them break. :-S

How many Christmas trees do you usually have up?
One (also 2-3...Sam, Maribeth and I all have our own little fake trees for our room)

What is the best Christmas present you have ever gotten?
*sigh* hard to choose...I hate choosing a favorite when there's many. Hmm....last year I think it was probably...some of the Ludys books (i think i got 2 last year?) from my sisters, portable cd player from my grandparents, Celtic Woman Songs from the Heart CD, and 1-3 years ago one of my top favorite gifts was a warp board that my cousin Tim made for me. :)

Who do you celebrate Christmas with?
Basically my mom's side of the family on Christmas Eve at my grandparents' house and friends at church, then Christmas Day just w/ my family. Then later around New Years day or before we celebrate w/ my dad's side of family.

What is your favorite Christmas song?
I don't have a favorite because there is too many... :P
Silent Night, Away in a Manager, Green the whole year 'round, Drummer Boy, White Christmas, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (idk if i got the title right?)and MANY more!! I like basically them all.

What is your favorite Christmas food?
*sigh* I have too many favorites...I think my Grandma P's ham and her cookies...and fudge, truffles, and many others.

What is your favorite Christmas memory?
Again, I have too many. I think one of my favorites was when we used to do the Christmas play with my cousins at my grandparents' house when we were young. Now there's a new memory that I like- my Grandma G started it a couple of years ago- we do a Left and Right game. It's fun. :)
Again as i say before, there are many more but I can't list them all.

Do you have trouble falling asleep on Christmas eve?
No.

What time do you usually wake up on Christmas morning?
When it's not on a Sunday, I THINK around 8-9? Depends how late we get home from my grandparents' house.

Do you do any special traditions for Christmas?
Plenty...the Left and Right game, singing Happy Birthday to Jesus w/ a cake, and just spending time w/ my family and relatives at my grandparents' house.
When we decorate our Christmas tree we always listen/watch to A Celtic Woman Christmas Celebration. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
On Christmas Day we always watch Christmas movies(It's a Wonderful Life, A White Christmas, The Holiday Inn, and many more I think) after opening presents and just have fun as a family. :)
I think there's some more but I can't remember. :P

Okay...now to tag people...hmmm...I tag:

Leah at http://psalm34-1.blogspot.com

Gretchen at http://nitchfield.blogspot.com

3rd person...I don't really know anyone else :P so it'll have to be just 2...sorry.

Thank you for tagging me, Rachel! :)


Now in other news: Gretchen asked me to post pics of some of my weaving works and I said that I maybe will, so here we go!
I finally finished the rugs and finished up hemming all of them this past week. :)









The first 2 pics of the rug is for my brothers' room, the 2nd rug (3rd pic) is for the laundry room, and the 4th rug (last pic) is probably for the upstairs hall even tho we have carpet upstairs.

I can't believe it's only 6 days till Christmas!! :D What are you planning to do for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day? :)

I better get going. Will try to update before Christmas. This coming week is going to be kinda insane and fun. :) :P

PLEASE pray for L, B and I this coming week...we have a midterm test coming up on Thursday for Western Civilization. :P FUN! not. I'm trying to focus on studying for the test even tho I don't need/want to. We all have a busy week ahead so hopefully we will have time to study.
Thank you in advance!

Till next time, have a wonderful weekend!

~Hannah

12 DAYS LEFT TILL CHRISTMAS EVE!!

this is short- I'll do a real update along w/ Christmas tag that Rachel tagged me in...hopefully sometime tmw or Wednesday. but im at my aunts for today n tmw to make truffles P-: and work too, ofc.

I'm super excited about Christmas!!!! :D

just wanna say- i FINALLY got the rugs off the loom (since im finished w/ 'em) and so far the boys' rug is finally hemmed and in their room :D
now im working on sewing the ends of the last 2 rugs then finally start working on a Christmas present which i hope to finish before Christmas Eve.

Gretchen- ill post pics of the rugs when i can, ok? :) btw yes Christmas is coming up fast!!

Better get going.

Till next time,
Hannah