Reading Back...

Every once in a while, I like to flip through my old diary and read what I had written. It's the only journal I've ever actually filled out (it took me four years...) and it's fun to see what I deemed "news-worthy" as a 10-14-year-old.

Anyway, I was reading it two nights ago and actually laughing out loud so I decided to share a couple of the more humorous snippets with y'all!

Enjoy! (Sorry, it's a little long, but it's a fast read...)

4/21/08: "Tomorrow I have testing, so I need to rest my brains."

5/13/08: "Last night, two men from Uganda were at our friend's house. We were invited to go listen to them speak. They introduced themselves as 'handsome and very funny.'...The greatest culture shock for them was american's driving: in Uganda, there are so many potholes, you have to twist and turn. Police know someone's drunk if they just drive straight."

5/14/08: "Last night, we [Nathan and I] dissected a frog. I wasn't looking forward to it, until I got to skin him. I was the best frog surgeon and I identified all his organs! Too bad he wasn't a girl. Oh, and we named him too. Or at least I did: his name is Oliver. Dr. Dobbins [who wrote our science curriculum] said his name was Herbert, but no, his name was Oliver. In case you're interested, he's in the trash can now."

5/28/08: "Yesterday, some friends came over. We dressed up the cat. She wasn't fond of us for the next hour."

7/10/08: "Yesterday, we [Mom, Nathan, and I] started painting the garage, but since Nathan and I can't paint an even layer of paint, Mom told us to fix the 3 PIGs lunch. That's ok, since my new CD came and I was able to listen while fixing lunch."

1/2/09: "One of our friends came over the other day and leaves tomorrow. There have been some not-so-good altercations between her and her parents, so Mom offered to take her to stay at our house. (That's not quite the whole truth, but I shouldn't write anything else, even in my diary...)"

3/10/09: "This morning, I made friendship bread. The small loaves were dry, but the bread wasn't cooked all the way. I picked it up and the whole middle fell out! I decided it was a 'friendship flop.'"

3/13/09: "Yesterday, I decapitated Kirsten [my doll]. Now I'm going to A.C. Moore to buy replacement doll parts."

4/3/09: "Mom's unreasonably mad at everyone and everything."

4/18/09: "Joshua's been quite the pest today. He screamed all morning!"

6/17/09: "Last month, Daddy turned 40! On our way to church that morning, we noticed some chalk notes in the street. They said:
'Awesome Savior'
'Awesome wife'
'Awesome appetite'
'Good man' '
Awesome brother'
'No hair'
 'When will Mr. Darst grow up?'
 'Frodo lives!'
'Go Canes!'
'Say hello to 2nd 1/2 of life'
'40'
'Old man'
 'Eat more chocolate'
'No more chalk.'
The signs were all courtesy of Mr. Darst. He wrote the notes all the way from our driveway to the end of our neighborhood (how embarrassing!)."

6/22/09: "Grace was a pain when she woke up. I admit, I almost punched her in the face, until I realized that she would holler loudly and get me in BIG trouble..."

6/26/09: "Last night, when Mom took N to CAP, the kids and I were going to watch the Pixar movie, "Cars." But then the DVD/VHS player broke - with the movie inside it. So then we grabbed a movie to watch on the computer - Windows Media Player wasn't installed. After that, we tried it on the upstairs computer but the monitor broke. Then, Mom got home and the garage door wouldn't close. Oh the joys of technology!"

7/3/09: "Last night, there was a miss-communication between Mom and Dad, so Mom told me and the PIGs not to watch a movie while she took Nathan to CAP since Daddy was going to come home soon. So I tried to keep the kids busy until Dad came home. But they wanted to watch a movie and got cranky and tired. Next, Joshua started screaming. To top it all off, Stall pooped in the corner. It only happens on a Thursday!"

7/20/09: "During church yesterday, Nathan and I sat in the back; our friends (the R family) sat a few rows in front of us, and our other friends (the D family) sat in the middle row. Well, Alison R glanced back at Nathan and thought he was glaring at her, so she started making weird faces back at him. Then she noticed Mrs. D's shocked face. Mrs. D thought Alison was making those faces at her!"

7/21/09: "Yesterday afternoon, Nathan and I were working at our friends house helping them pack up to move. At one point, I was helping the mom clean out their bonus room when I found a picture of her as a senior in high school. "Oh, Barbara," I breathed, "you were so beautiful!" Oops! Thankfully, she didn't take offense!"

8/14/09: "Mommy's trying to sell her hair and there's some creep who's interested in buying it. However, he keeps asking for pictures of Mommy's face and zoomed out pics of her profile. Now he's asking for a video of her getting her hair cut! We're getting uneasy about this weirdo."

9/1/09: "After dinner last night, we watched the video we took of adopting Grace. She came to us immodest, so when 6-year-old Nathan was filming, he said some bizarre things, such as "I can't wait until we take her upstairs and put clothes on her - her bottom's showing!" and "I need to report an accident: Grace just pea-ed on Mom!" His comments, plus his  -should we say? - expert, 6-year-old filming made the video VERY hilarious. (At one point, while filming the bar stool Mom was sitting on, he began to cry [think actual tears and sobs], 'Help! I can't find Mommy!')"

9/10/09: "This morning, Staal had his first vet appointment. He was a pesky mess! He barked, whined, squirmed, etc! Then, the vet said that he will need for us to give him eye drops. Oh brother! That'll be interesting!"

9/12/09: "We got to Grammy's house really late last night. No one got to bed before 10:45. Originally, the 3 PIGs were in one bed. That was the stupidest idea ever!"

11/2/09: "On Saturday, we filmed SIN-Derella [if you're confused, pronounce it and if you know Nathan and my personalities, you'll get it!]. While filming scene 4, we started teasing Brittany about a certain young man. We even have a short video clip of Bailey [one of the actresses] shouting, "Brittany loves so-and-so!" Maybe I can use it for blackmail..."

11/4/09: "Joshua's very funny...Promise talks constantly...Isaac is Isaac...Grace, is...well, never mind...Nathan is a mystery still needing to be solved."