Well, Hello There 2018!

Hello, it's your friendly neighborhood moustached neighbor! (Heh heh, sorry, another DanTDM reference!)

GUYS!!!!

IT'S 2018!!!!!

2017 IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2017 started off with me coming home from the youth retreat after driving all night. I was exhausted but happy to be home.

2018 started off with me starting to write this post and listening to Splatoon music. Not quite as eventful but, eh, who cares. XD

Didja guys stay up all night? I didn't, actually. I mean, I saw the clock at 12AM but I was in bed, almost asleep. XD

What did you guys do to celebrate? My family doesn't do a whole lot but on New Years Eve we had a super yummy supper of bacon wrapped wieners, Caesar salad, chicken wings, and pizza buns. It was all SO good! :o We also played a game called Balderdash which was creative and fun! Before supper, though, me and Koolest and my brother watched DanTDM on our Wii U and then my brother played Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild WHICH IS SO COOL!!!!!! :O You can hunt animals with your bow and arrow, climb mountains or pretty much anything, make food in a pot over a fire, catch fish, and AHHH, it's awesome. XD

Okay! Enough with my little chitchat!

Today's New Years! (Oops, I didn't end up finishing this post on New Years...)

So I'm going to be doing a little New Years post. (I said "little" because I don't have a whole lot of time to write it... heh.)

Looking back at 2017, it was a good, good year. But in some ways, it wasn't as good as I hoped. The main reason being that many of our AJ Blogger friends have quit. And I miss them all so badly. :(

But I try to look at the good of 2017!

Here's a small list of some of what I found good about 2017:

• I got closer to God and started to really enjoy praise and worship at my church or church in general.
• I got super close to some AJ Bloggers due to being able to talk to a lot of them in one place. (Y'all rock. ^-^)
• I started to learn how to really enjoy life.
• I made tons of awesome memories in the summer such as biking in the rain after getting ice cream blizzards (and having one explode on me, XD) or swimming out in the lake with my family on vacation or walking Mocha or biking with Koolest and than stopping somewhere random just to talk or talking for hours with the AJ Bloggers or watching TV shows with my siblings or biking fast down the sidewalks of my city.
• I got more connected into my nursery class at church.
• I learned how to socialize a bit more.
• I drew more and got better.
• I wrote more and got better.
• The Maze Runner series captured me and I seriously am the biggest fangirl for it.
• I found out Splatoon music is awesome. (XD)
• I found out DanTDM is an awesome, hilarious (and kid friendly) YouTuber and now love watching him on our Wii U with Koolest and my brother.
• I hung out with my siblings more.
• I found out that my AJ Blogger friends have my back.

I could keep going on but I think I'll stop here!

I hope you all can look back at 2017 and see that it was a good year! If you can't see it at first, look harder!

Alright, before I end this post off, let's have a little mini throwback. ^.^ I'll be looking at 2017 posts and pick random highlights. Throwbacks are fun so WOO! XD

2017 Throwback - Looking at all the Months

January:

OH MAN, I totally forgot sheep came out in January! I remember being excited that me and Koolest found the sheep door in an adventure. XD

February:

OOO, DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THIS?! XD Suspense Saver became a superhero this year! (Hmm, he needs to appear more often.... possibly for my JH story, right?! XD)

Suspense Saver still gets called on to this very day...

March:

Koolest/Chloe made the first chapter of JH illustration. I was so proud to announce this and I still love itttttttt! :D My wittle shocked face is su cute! XD

April:

In April, I celebrated my first ever blogiversary! :O Ah, memories, memoriessss!

OH MY, DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN I CREATED LOTS OF EDITS FOR BLOGGER MEMES?! XDD

I think this hairy brownie was one of everyone's favorites. XD

May:

LARRY THE BUNNY!!!!!!!! XD

Guys, if you have NOT read Swirl's first chapter of Larry the Bunny, YOU MUST DO THAT NOW!!! It is pure awesomeness. XD

June:

AHHH, I remember the Summer Splash Party!! That was so much FUN!!! :D And Cat made this awesome edit for it! :o

(Who thinks this party needs to come back this year?)

Ah, yes. The Team Zios and Team Mira stuff was really popular for a while! (Hehe, I was rooting for Team Zios AKA the winning team. XD)

July:

Anyone remember my Canada Day Party? :O It was super special because Canada turned 100! ^.^

August:

Ahh, that was an incredible vacation. ^.^ I swam almost every day, I got AJ toys, I had a LOT of fun with my family, and I READ THE MAZE RUNNER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WATCHED THE MAZE RUNNER MOVIE AND IT WAS AWESOME. XD

September:

DO Y'ALL REMEMBER THE SUMMER STORY CONTEST AND THE WINNER WAS ONLY ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER NOT SUMMER?! XD

Ah hahaha, yes, I know. I still haven't made all the winner and runner-up's art. Heh.

October:

Oh yeahhh! I wrote my chapter of the Project in October! :o That was fun! ^.^

November:

In November I stumbled upon Doll Devine! It's actually so much fun and I really love making book/movie/video game characters. XD

OH, MEMORIES!! I remember when we made this, Sarah and Swirl!! That was so fun!!! XD

I also turned 15 in November!! :D

December:

Even though this Christmas countdown happened SUPER recently, it's still an awesome memory and belongs in this throwback. ;)

Before I end off this post, I just want to thank you all for reading my blog and being an awesome friend to me. I love you all. ^.^

Have a happy New Year and...

Jam on!

Comment call: What are your goals for 2018? Are you excited to see what 2018 will have in store?



I'm Back!

Happy New Year!!!

Wowie, it is already 2017! That's so crazy! I felt like 2016 just started. Now I shall have to get used to writing out '2017'... XD

Well, I bet your wondering what I meant by my title.

I was gone on a youth retreat! ;)

I left early in the morning on the 28th and came back just 2 hours ago. ^.^

It was an AMAZING experience. It was wayyyy better than I though it would be. I felt at peace and happy. I grew closer to God.

On the 29th and 30th, we had to go to all afternoon events called 'service ops'. On the 29th, I went to a senior home. I helped seniors play bingo and talked to them. What sucked is that I lost my voice on the 29th. And if you can't talk loudly, well, the old people can't always hear. o,O

We went up to the top floor and hung out with seniors who had dementia. It was... interesting. One old lady kept calling, "We're here!" XD I have no idea what she was thinking... And then this other lady was trying to get me and Koolest and this other girl to color in an adult coloring book. But then a nurse came and asked if the lady would like to sit. The old lady replied back with a swear word. O.O XD

And on the 30th, I went to a second-hand store and helped sort out clothes and furniture. Me and my roomie, who was in the same service op, organized purses so they were in the color order of the rainbow. ^.^ I got to know my roomie better. She's so sweet. <3

We went shopping in a HUGGGEE mall yesterday and I bought a little Pusheen toy. ^.^ (I'll post a picture of it later! ;D) It's so cute and teeny and soft!

Also, my roomies that were in my room were a-maze-ing. There was me and Koolest and these two cute girls from far far away and then a youth leader from my group. We had funny talks in our room and made fun of stuff on TV. XD But I'm a little TV-ed out. I watched SO much this past four days. The only good part of watching stuff on the Disney channel. (Yay for Austin & Ally! XD)

And guess who stayed up 'til midnight yesterday?! ME! XD

This was my first ever time where I stayed up until the new year.

My youth group, by the way, was staying at a hotel. Yup. All 200 of us teens and that's not counting leaders. I felt bad for all the other guests staying at the hotel. We must have been noisy. XD

So, we had a 90's themed New Year's party! ^.^ I had my pale blue skinny jeans on with a dark blue baggy hoodie that says something about 90's. I got a youth leader to put my hair up in a HIGH ponytail. And then I wore my mom's old sock/legwarmers. I was so stylish. XD (I liked my hair though...)

The party was fun! The band sang some old songs and we played games. There was this game where this computer voice would talk to us. It showed us 6 different Star Wars poses from different characters. Then, we had to pick a pose and hope the computer didn't pick the one we were doing. If it did, we were out. Me and Koolest won with some other people! ^-^

There was also a runway thing. If you wanted to show off your outfit, you could walk near the stage and do your 'runway walk'. Me and Koolest did. I sucked. XD I didn't know how to walk so I kinda bobbed my head and yelled "Peace!" and did two peace signs with my hands. :P Oh well!

Then there was the COUNTDOWN!! :D When it was 12 AM, we all shouted and screamed and banged the tables. It was fun. ;)

But then, the party ended with a youth leader coming to the front and saying, "Okay, the bus for ____ is leaving right away. Please go get ready now."

MY BUS WAS LEAVING, LIKE, RIGHT AWAY!!! O,O

So I ran to the room and stuffed random things into my backpack and suitcase. It was... crazy.

I was on the bus from 1 AM to 8 AM. I am SO done with buses. XD (And to make things worse, Koolest threw up. D: )

And to make things even better...

I met someone really special to me. Someone I met years ago online. Someone that I thought I'd never meet in real life. But we did. ^.^ I was SO thrilled to meet her, it was amazing. I think about it and just smile. I'm so happy I got to meet you, Fluffykittenlover17!!!!!!

Well, I just made this post to let you know everything's okay. (Thanks for the concern, Sarah. XD I did tell you I was gonna be busy for a couple of days. :P)

I am so so tired. o,o I haven't slept in a bed since Friday night. :P

I hope you have an amazing start to your new year. :) I really hope this next year will be full of blessings.

But before I go, I wanna do a New Year's resolution.

My resolution is to grow closer to God. I had this one last year and it worked a little. But this is THE year for things to change for the better.

Have an awesome first day of the year and jam on!!

P.S. Sorry if this post is all over the place. I'm tired. XD