Anastasia Romanov

I have always been fascinated by Anastasia. I don't know why. As a little girl, I loved the movie, and as silly and stupid as it is, and I still do. My mom hated it. And wished that she'd never surprised us and taken us to see it at the movie theater. I loved reading books about and looking at pictures of the Romanov family.

I really hoped that she had survived. (Now they know that she didn't) And kind of hoping that I'd find out that I really was part of a royal family too, and that I really was a princess. Me and Tashi having Russian names probably had something to do with it.

I love Meg Ryan, John Cusack, and Angela Lansbury's voices.

This song just makes me happy and takes me back to being a little girl and watching this over and over again with Tashi. The good days. Am I the only one that really likes Anastasia?

Home Sick

I'm home sick from school today. I'm not terribly ill, but I don't want to look like him.

Whenever I start to feel sick I know it's my body telling me to:

1. get more sleep
2. eat healthier
3. have more time to myself and to meditate
4. relax and enjoy what i have

I know I'm a weirdo but it's true. I need time to myself everyday. I need to think deeply about what happened through the day. I need to read books. I need to quilt. I need to listen to good music. I need to play the piano and imagine I will be an amazing composer like Patrick Doyle someday. I need to write in my journal and pour out my deepest thoughts. I need to cuddle up in my Ikea bed with my Ikea duvet and super soft black blanket my mom found. I need to paint my nails. I need to try on clothes and wish I have more. I need to dance to the music I listen to. I need to sing. I need to daydream and get all tickly on the inside. And I need to read my scriptures.

But usually each day leaves me with just enough time to read my scriptures. Which is the most important. But I go crazy if I don't get to do the rest of the things I mentioned above. Which is why today I will be shnuggled in my comfy bed, resting, daydreaming, reading my amazing book, and every so often I will get up to quilt or play the piano.

Not lopsided anymore!!!

It doesn't look lop-sided anymore!!!

Here's the new block. Notice the real 1930's feedsack in there, passed down from my mommy and her large antique/vintage fabric collection.

This one just makes me happy

Emma Woodhouse is my kindred spirit

Of course I love Jane Austen. And Pride and Prejudice is good too. But it is not my favorite (gasp!). Emma is my favorite. I relate to her so much better than Elizabeth Bennet. Or any of the other Jane Austen characters. And I am constantly being scolded. (Badly done, Emma!) I have decided she is my kindred spirit. And I think Mr. Knightley is way more amazing than Mr. Darcy. But that's just me. What's your favorite? And why? I found this video on youtube, and it makes me happy. (How he gets all jealous of Frank Churchill *sigh*) Emma and Mr. Knightley just make me happy. And it's happy because it's an old song. Ooooh I'm all tingly inside. Jane Austen is genius. Me and Tashi are having a Jane Austen marathon and I'm planning on reading Emma when I'm done with the book I'm reading right now.