First Posts and an Excuse

So last post Riley talked about Sophia and Jane! Well I'm happy to tell you all that Jane's blog is up and going! She's really excited and so please check it out:)

I thought that today I would post Jane's first post to help you all get to know her! Here we are then:

So last post Riley talked about Sophia and Jane! Well I'm happy to tell you all that Jane's blog is up and going! She's really excited and so please check it out:)

I thought that today I would post Jane's first post to help you all get to know her! Here we are then:

To get this blog going I'm going to give you guys a sum up of me in ten words! Here goes:

Introvert

 

Writer

 

Reader

 

Fun

 

Happy

 

Childish

 

Singer

 

Loveable

 

Interesting

 

Hopeful

That was harder to do than I thought it would be. It wasn't that problem of having to limit myself to ten, but rather how hard it was to think of ten words that describe me. Ten things would have been easier, but I hope this was worth it!

Bye!Anybody

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I hope you guys enjoyed that! There's much more coming from that way:) I have a feeling Jane will be writing twenty four seven.

So please go check her out!

Anyway, sorry I didn't have time to write a proper post myself, but guess what? It's my birthday! Happy Birthday Me, Happy Birthday Me, Happy Birthday Dear Me, Happy Birthday to Me!

Me and Riley are officially thirteen:) I have waited so long for today and finally it has arrived!

Well I must go now. Just another reminder, check out Jane's blog!

-Olivia

Two Blog Highlights!

Hey, Riley here! Today I wanted to tell you about to amazing blogs:) I will start with Sophia Moon!

Sophia is my best friend. She's totally amazing! She has been thinking about blogging for a while now and she has finally gotten around to making a blog.

Please visit Sophia's blog Sophia Moon! It is really pretty. She designed it herself and I wish I had that much talent.

The other blog I want to tell you guys about it not yet made yet! You see my big sister, Jane, has decided to start blogging. She's still getting started so I don't have a link for you just yet.

When she has finished making her blog I promise to post the link right here for you guys (or Olivia will do it)!

Well that's all! Once again, please visit Sophia's blog. It is really good!

-Riley

p.s sorry about there being no pictures here!

Things!

We haven't written in so long! I don't really know how to sum up such a long time period. I will do my best though.

Well Riley and I got braces! They hurt a lot for the first few days, but calmed down after that. We are used them now. Mine are pink and Riley's are red!

The other day we got Frozen. We didn't see it in the cinema and we so wanted to see it when it came out.

Recently I have been doing some more cooking. I will post some more recipes soon (if you want). I have some new favourites!

Now for the biggest thing, we have a cat!!!! Mum agreed to letting us get one a little while ago and a few days ago we got around to getting one. She's named Marcia! Pic of her:

Well I think that's all that has happened! We will be back posting properly from now on:)

-Olivia

Books You Must Read at Least Once Before You Die #1

I thought I would write a series of posts about Books You Must Read At Least Once Before You Die! Sounds good? I hope so.

I will write a post like this every week or two, depends on how popular they get to be! I hope they will go down well though.

Today I will tell you about a series I read. There one of Olivia's favourites. The Samurai Kids. The first book in the series is called White Crane. It is about these boys and one girl, named I think it was Kyoko, who are training to be Samurai.

You can read the books separately, they don't have to be read in order. We haven't read all of them yet and we have read them all out of order. I read White Crane last.

 

My favourite character was Taji, Olivia liked Nezume best. I like the idea of an awesome blind boy being a Samurai!

 

 

Another character I like a lot is Sensei. I don't know how to explain it. His lessons, the way he is so secretive. It just adds up to a great character. I bet you will like him too.





 

So yes, this is a great series to read and defiantly worth reading at least once!

Please tell me if you like this post!

Memories of Being Ill

Don't you hate it when your sick and you don't feel like doing anything? Well recently Riley has had a tummy bug and she hasn't been feeling too good. That's why I am writing again.

I remember once when I was sick I had to stay in the bed the whole day and wasn't allowed up. All I ate was soup and all I did was read.

Another time I thought I was over a tummy bug enough to go out and then I started feeling sick again in the super market. We had to get me out quick before I vomited on the floor.

Riley once went away to a friend's house and while she was there she came down with such a bad cold she had to come home again early.

I also remember a time when we were little when Riley and I got really sick. To cheer us up Mum bought us a Jessie and Woody doll which we had been wanting for ages. We still have them! I will have to go find them for Riley.

Riley has spent all of today lying on the sofa watching Lord of the Rings and reading Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. I think she is feeling a bit better than yesterday.

Sorry this post is short, but I have to go see how Riley is faring.

Happy Birthday Patterson!

My turn to write again, wow! How time flies, luckily Google gave me something to write about. Apparently it's Banjo Patterson's 150th birthday today. Happy Birthday!!!

Banjo Patterson () is my favourite poet. His poems make me crack up and laugh at every turn. I can imagine just how much time he spent over writing them.

My favourite poem of his is The Man From Snowy River. Jackie French (an Australian author) wrote a book called The Girl From Snowy River which is part of a trilogy. It was the middle book, but you can read it alone if you want. I really enjoyed the book and I suggest you read it.

Another favourite poem of mine is the one that must be his most favourite, Waltzing Matilda. If you are interested in the series I mentioned earlier than I will tell you that the first book in it is called A Waltz for Matilda.

As you have probably noticed, Jackie French is one of my favourite authors of all time. She writes amazing books. Though I do like fantasy a bit more than history most of the time.

One thing I bet is that you didn't know that Banjo Patterson is on the Australian ten dollar note or that part of his poem, The Man From Snowy River is written on it in his own handwriting.  I checked to make sure that it was true and not just made up. If you look very closely you can just read it with a magnifying glass.

Well, happy birthday Banjo Patterson! I love your poems.

Do you like Banjo Patterson? Who is your favourite poet?

Channeling YouTube

While surfing the internet we found this amazing YouTube channel. Its called MissJenFABULOUS. The name doesn't give much away about what it is about, so I will tell you. It has nail art videos, make up tutorials (We don't wear any) and I think some hair stuff, but yeah.

What really caught our eyes was the Easy Nail Art For Beginners series that Jen has been doing. They are totally amazing. Being hopeless at nail polish and stuff, this has really made me excited. I am going to start doing my nails.

'Easy' made me at first think it was just a boring video on how to put on nail polish. There not though. They tell you how to do amazing designs on your nails with only a few tools, if any. I have found other videos by other people on how to make some of those tools so that shouldn't be a bother.

Another video that caught my eye was one on Jen's hair routine. I never bother with my hair that much and it made me think I should take more care of it.

I remember once the hair dresser told Mum that girls with blond hair, have really dry hair. Or something like that. She was right, our hair is super dry and Mum is always going nuts about it. So I am going to try and make my hair healthy.

After being inspired I thought that I could do more still with my hair. It being pretty long is a bit annoying, but I never take the time to tie it up. But now I am going to learn how to do my hair beautifully.

 

 

To do this I have found another YouTube channel. Its called Cute Girl Hairstyles. Mindy shows you how to do a million hairstyles. Some of them you would need someone else to do for you, but Olivia would help me.

So yeah. I have a lot of things I am going to do.  By the by, Mum thinks this is a great idea and says these channels are amazing and totally safe. So don't worry.

Olivia is going to do this with me. Hopefully we will soon have some pictures to post of our nail art. Then again, maybe it won't be good enough to show.

Please check out these channels and tell me of any good ones you know of.

What do you do with your hair? Do you take time over it? Or whiz like me?