Story time

Right now I'm laying in Em's room, listening to "Cold as You" by Taylor Swift, and Emily reading out loud. We're reading Skinny. I've never read it before and Emily has. The bed is comfy, and so is the room temp. It's cloudy out, and the situation is just perfect for a relaxing afternoon at home.

Summer playlist

So while cleaning and packing and hanging out with people, my ipod has been listening central, so I thought I'd let you in on what songs have been most frequented this summer.

1. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole(Cause who doesn't like this mash up? Sung Beautifully, plus love the uke)


2. Double Vision- 3OH!3 (You know those songs that make you wanna get up and dance around?? Yeah, this is one of those, fairly tame for 3OH!3 too)


3. You Can't Always Get What You Want- The Rolling Stones(Classic!!!!! starts with a boys choir, is epic all the way through and best of all?? It's given thousands of people a saying to live by)


4. Mean- Taylor Swift (This is tied with Enchanted [both are off Speak Now] and it's only listened to slightly more cause we love the video as well so we listen to it even without the ipod)


5. Drops of Jupiter- Train(Ok, this has been on several of my other lists but we love it. funky lyrics, mass appeal[only one person we know doesn't like it] and a string section??? sign us up)


6. Whoever She Is- The Maine (This song had been on my ipod for about a month or so before I listened to it. It's a great slow song to break up the album and is one of my fav's to sleep to)


7. Somewhere Only We Know- Keane(Dear Winnie the Pooh Trailer, You nailed it when you picked this song. Again this is one of my relaxing/sleeping songs)


8. Jessie's Girl- Rick Springfield(Oh God,.....where to start?? Ok, 80's #1 hit? check. Cute singer? (back in the day) check. Makes you wanna be the girl in the song? big, fat, CHECK.)


9. Don't Stop Believin'- Journey(Classic!!!! once again, mass appeal, great vocals, inspiring message, perfect for singing along)


10. As Tears Go By- The Rolling Stones (this one is alittle off beat, but we love House. And the season 5 finale(where he checks into the mental institute) features this song going from strings at Cam and Chase's wedding to the RS version as House checks in so we love it.)


11. Come Sail Away- Styx (Classic! We love the different movements and lyrics. Plus, I have the live version so when they're about to sing, "to CARRRRRRY ON" they hand the lyrics off the audience which is epic and makes you feel epic to sing with.)


12. Foreplay/Long Time- Boston(Epic/ super long opening, great riff for the chorus, awesome lyrics)


13. We Didn't Start the Fire- Billy Joel(History lesson, great beat, and watching people try and sing the lyrics, failing and then regrouping at the chorus?? count me in)


14. Still Alive-GLaDOS & Jonathan Coulton.(This song is a Triumph....nuff said)


15. Big Yellow Taxi- Counting Crows(Love this for bike rides, walks, playground trips, hiking.....any physical activity basically)

updates

So...haven't posted in awhile but things have been crazy. My family is moving soon so we have to pack up our house and clean as well as seperating out stuff for college and appointments(doc, dentists, etc.). All of this on top of normal summer stuff, so it's been alittle hectic. Still been hanging with Dan, Emili, Jeff, Chad, Joe, Nate, Lyssa and Ben. Been playing games, going to movies, and going to concerts (Conscience to Kill hells yes). So I'll try to post more often, even if its just a couple photos I've taken during the week. starting next post which goes up in......10 minutes or so.

Memory Lane

My night was spent doing what every senior should do at least once during their summer before their first year of college: looking back.......okay so maybe I didn't do my walk down memory lane quite as poeticly as that but it was awesome. I spent my night making lanyards with Emily, Playing N64(Smash Bros, Harvest Moon, SuperMario 64) with my boys(Daniel, Chad, Jeff and Nate)and watching Adventures in Babysitting with my little group. It was soo much fun to look back on things that were once such a big part of my life and see how far I've come since then.

yeah soooo, about this.......

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much, my camera was dead for a while and well,...i'm lazy XD Ok, so last time we talked it was homecoming week and I was marching, recently though, marching has ended :( I miss it ton My section: The flutes(taken before the homecoming parade)

Daniel, my BF, and I went to homecoming with Tyrsa and her bf, Anthony. We had oodles of fun, and met up with our friends Kristine, Joanna and Patrick.

Me and Daniel before the dance

Unfortunately, our friend Taylor had a bad time at the dance. Luckily, he came back to Dan's house with us when we left and within 10 minutes he was feeling alot better. Taylor, emily and me after the dance :)

So thats what happened during homecoming, and after that there was marching festival after marching festival, at Iowa City we took 2nd(highest placing there yet), Urbandale we got 2nd, Valleyfest night show we took 5th(highest ever), at State we got a score of 91.3 which is a new school record, and at the night show we took 1st and stormed the field. Last friday was my last show and as a senior I was walked in front of the crowd, i had my bros walk me. So here's the pics:Tk, Joey, me, and Alex during the senior walk

Tommy, Me, Erik, and Ervin (Me and My Marching Boys)

The Senior Flutes: Steph, Joanna, me and Kayla

Dan, Me, and Nate at senior night

Jordan and me at senior night

So thats what you've missed while I was out and about on my various adventures.

Summer

OK, So I just finished one of my finals and I'm 25% done with them, so it got me thinking about what I'll be doing this summer. I know for sure I'll be hanging out with Danny and I really want to spend more time with my good friend,Tyrsa(she collaborated with me on the last good song list). I want to go swimming despite losing my swimming buddy to the state of misery....I mean, Missouri. So I'll probably go with Tyrsa or Em, or who ever wants to go with me. Also I'll be volunteering all day Wednesday at Living History Farms, the bestest place on Earth. I definitely wanna go camping at some point even if its just in a backyard, and I have to think about college visits and senior photos but you'll here more about this later. If you have any suggestions for what I should do, just comment. :)

What's been going on

Ok so the last time I posted something good was in April so I thought I'd up date you on what I've been doing. So at the beginning of May, my mom and I went to sunny Orlando, to hang out by a pool and go see EPCOT. Here some of my fav. pics from that awesome weekend.

This is in Morocco at EPCOT. First day Second day at the pool, with little british Millie First day, in Britain at EPCOT

More recently, I've been tutoring this great, little chica named Calli. She's very motivated, and sweet, and eager to learn and ask questions. She tends to bring friends along to our sessions, so Lisa,my bf's mom, has started calling them Katie's HW Clinic. I'm the one in the pig tails. And in the first pic is my main student, Calli. The next is Em and her friend Tyler, and the last is All of us who get together.

I've also been hanging out with Daniel and our friends: Jake, Jeff, Randy, Tyrsa. Dan, Jake, Randy and I have been going laser tagging alot and its been great. I really like my team.

The teams: Jake, Randy, Katie, Dan (Xenomorph control unit) and Madi, Calli, Em and Ethan(Hippies).

.......(self explanitory)

Emilay ( My non-biological, but totally awesome little sis)

(I'm the chica on the left, Em is the beauteous creature on the right)

Em is my BF, Daniel's, sister. She can be a handfull at times, but is one of the most vibrant colorful people you will ever meet. She loves the "scene" look and is into Alt. rock and self photography, which she's pretty good at----->

Though sometimes she can get a little obsessive with some stuff (i.e. styling/coloring/cutting her hair), she is a girl of many different facets. She loves running, hanging with friends, shopping, her self styling/photography, and music(listening to, not making). Em is an amazingly confident girl most of the time, with "love me or leave me," attitude that I sometimes wish I could emulate.

I like sharing a room with Em when I stay with her family. If we go to bed at the same time, we'll chat for a bit til the convo. dies down and we both know that either: #1. one of us has fallen asleep, or #2. neither of us has anything good left to say. We wake up at the same time for church the next morning and eat breakfast together, and get ready at the same time. Having her around has helped me get over some issues I've been having regarding my younger brother( but that's for a different time, and different post). To sum it all up, Em's like a rainbow: Pretty, vibrant, full of wonder maybe even hope, but at this point you have no clue where it's going, and that's OK, after all you're only seeing it's beginning.

oh, btw: Em has a blog of her own, so check out, "It's Emily, Chiclet (:" and feed the fishies

The New Series.....

SO....I've decided to create a running series on the important people in my life. You're probably thinking, "I don't want to hear about these people, I just like the random nonsense posts she puts up." Well lucky for you, these people are interesting plus random posts will probably go up inbetween the posts in this series. SO....keep watching. =)

Awwwww......

This is sooooooo cute, I love this dog!!! He's so sleepy and velvety, and cute. Yesh, I'm being mushy for a dog i don't have but come on! How could anyone frown at this picture?

(P.S. : look at his flabby little arm!! It's adorable!! -updated 6/1/10)

For Emilay....

I'm sure if you knew us, you'd understand.