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?

Where School Work Meets Blogging

I meant to post this yesterday, but we got a bit busy. Sorry! Well onto the post...

"Girls, you should each make a school blog," Mum told us. "A blog to put all those bits and bobs on that you have been learning. Photos, recipes, YouTube video links, book reviews, all that stuff."

Riley and I thought it was a great idea. We got together all our bravery and clicked the 'New Blog' button.

I called my blog 'Whispers of a Different Girl' and Riley called hers 'A Princess in the Making'. I am quite proud of the names. I thought them both up.

Next bit was Riley's domain, because she is better at that sort of thing. She went around some of our favourite blog background sites and free image sites until she had all the things she needed to design us two totally awesome blogs!

Then we wrote our first posts. Our blogs were done.

Please visit them! If you are interested in the kind of things we write there, please feel free to follow.

Also we have a bit of other news. We have just joined DIY.org. If you are on there, please follow us. My username is Ann Mega and Riley is called Ultra There.

We don't have much up as of yet, but more is coming. Watch out for it!

Plants Vs. Zombies

Yesterday Dad came home with a present for us. It was a computer game called Plants Vs. Zombies.

Now we are not big computer game fans. No way! I haven't played any in ages, but we do sometimes like to curl up with our computers and have a bit of fun.

My first thought was Zombies??? We don't usually like zombies. We find them horrid and revolting. We asked Dad about it.

"I hear it isn't that bad," Dad told us. "Just try it."

We installed it and then started playing. To our surprise Dad was right. It wasn't bad, it was fun! We enjoyed ourselves a lot.  They aren't normal zombies.

In the game you have to set up a defence in front of your house using plants, to keep zombies out so they can't eat your brains. Brains don't really come into it that much, unless a zombie gets to your house and then it says they ate your brains and you try again.

I really would suggested this game for you to play. You wouldn't want really young kids playing it because of the zombies, and I know different families have different ideas at what age children should be allowed to play these things, but me and Olivia think that nine and up is a good age limit.

Have you played this game? What did you think of playing it? Are you like us and don't like zombies?

Super Treats for Everyone

How hard is it to make a yummy treat? Not very. We have heaps of favourite, simple treats that we would love to share with you.

Riley and I adore greek style yogurt. We love it's tang. It is so much better than the sweet stuff you can get. At least we think so. It has a nice real taste to it, unspoiled!

Here are some things you can do with it or any other plain yogurts:

Dollop some into a small bowl, drizzle honey all over it and tip plenty of rolled oats on top of that. Don't skimp on the oats! Mix everything together, add some more for whatever you think you don't have enough of and then eat. Warning, more honey is better than less. Make sure you can taste it!

Chop up some fresh strawberries, sprinkle with sugar and put them in a bowl of yogurt. I like more rather than less strawberries, but Riley doesn't like the juice getting all through her yogurt. You can do this with any berry or you could buy some frozen mixed berries.

What is better than rice pudding? Well we all love the really creamy rich taste. For days we are in a hurry we have quick recipe.

Here is what we do:

Cook enough rice for however many people are eating, put it in a saucepan and tip milk in so your spoon can go around the pan, but not so much that it is all milk. Just a bit.

When it is bubbling grab some sweetened condensed milk or just cream if you don't have any. Tip in a good bit and then mix up. Put a tiny drop of vanilla essence as an extra if you like.

There are a few good toppings for this. One is cut up chocolate. We also like honey and cut up almonds. You can play around with what you want.

We love fruit. The best way to have it is for dessert. This is the second easiest dessert on this post.

If you are using canned fruit like peaches (which we adore having) drain them and tip them into your bowls. If you are using fresh fruit like strawberries or mangos cut them up and put them into the bowls. If using canned fruit, tip a little juice into the bowls for an extra yummy taste.

Get a bottle of cream and put a good bit in each bowl and eat. Nothing easier. We all know this recipe!

Last of all is the easiest. All you need is a bar of chocolate of your pick and some hungry people. Break up your bar of chocolate and pass it around, yum!

I hope you liked these super easy recipes and that they are easy enough to follow. Thanks for reading and please try them out!

I would have given you some exact measurements for ingredients in the rice pudding, but there aren't any. It is just what you want to have.

Do you know any great recipes I would like? Where can I find them?

We Are On These Sites...Is That Bad?

Today Olivia and I wanted to tell you about some favourite sites of ours. I know most people do posts like these, but I would like to know some of your favourites and to tell you some of our favourites.

1. Goodreads. This is a books site. You can get books recommendations, list out books you have read, take quizzes, find quotes from most authors and so much more. You can find us as by typing our personal email addresses in. We would be delighted to be friends with you. My email us thunderbird1.riley@gmail.com and Olivia's is thunderbird2.olivia@gmail.com 
2. NaNoWriMo YWP. We have done this twice. But our accounts are new. We made them just this year. We used Mum's email address before and shared the account but now we wanted our own accounts. NaNoWriMo is where every November you write a fifty thousand word novel, pretty hard I know! The YWP or Young Writers Program is the same except you get to chose your own word count goal. On both sites there are forums to go on and meet other people. If you want to buddy us are usernames are bookwormatitsbest and abstractprincess!
3. Gamestar Mechanic. This is a game making site where you make and play games. There are also quests to do and challenges to win. We haven't published a games yet, we are too scared. But we are going to. We have played many of other people's games. Our usernames are: Phantasmorania and Petrova!
4. WeHeartIt. A great photo site. You see a photo you like and you heart it. Nothing easier. This is a great place to get some of your photos for novel covers, character ideas and blog posts, plus other things. That is where we got the pictures for out blog header.
5. Pinterest. Olivia is on Pinterest more than me, but I do go on it sometimes. It is were you see a picture and pin it to these boards you have. It is a bit hard to explain, but we both think that it is worth mentioning.

Well that is all we could think of for the moment. Please check them out follow us and most of all, enjoy yourself! Thanks.

Families are so Funny!

Hi guys! It is Olivia. Yesterday Riley introduced us, so today I am going to introduce our super amazing family, can't wait!

We have quite a big family. Riley and I are bam in the middle, it is a great place to be not having the responsibilities of being oldest but still having little siblings to goof around with and teach things to.

As you can guess we have a mum and dad. Ours are really cool. My mum makes great homemade clothes and is always cooking muffins and cookies. Dad is a mechanic and spends most of the week out, but he is home on Sundays! He always takes us somewhere special or at least spends the day playing board games (which we all love) or cricket. As you can tell, we really love them!

Next is my sister Ella. She is nineteen and adores chocolate chip muffins. She is a big reader and also likes knitting. She is working in a super market at the moment. She wants to be a music teacher. She is finishing all her piano exams first though.

Adrian is sixteen. He is interested in writing. He is writing a novel at the moment called On the Road to Power. It is about a boy who finds out he is a superhuman prince and how he saves his kingdom single handily with only one friend to help him.

Jane love drawing. She is fourteen. She likes going shopping with friends and helping Mum out by cooking the dinner. She always wears long earrings and has a huge collection of boots.

Then comes me and Riley. We are twelve. Our birthday is May the 15th, so it is coming around again! We both like reading and writing. We also like a bit of craft. We have long blond hair and I promise you it isn't dyed. We both have bad eyesight so we wear contacts or glasses most of the time.

Ten year old Emma loves doodling and Jane often helps her out. She also likes editing her clothes by sewing hearts, flowers and smilie-faces all over them. She likes using nail polish, especially pink coloured ones, and she knows some really cute things to do with your hair.

 Grace is eight. She like playing dress ups, Lego Friends and Polly Pockets. Her room is a mess. She always invites us to play with her. She likes to lick out batter bowls and have Dad read bedtime stories to her.

Last is Lucy. She is only five. She goes everywhere with Mum. She likes High Five and the Wiggles. She will be starting school work this year and she is so excited. She is so adorable. She wants to learn everything all at once!

That's our family. I hope you enjoyed hearing about everyone. Thanks!

Also Riley forgot to say in her post that we have a favourite food we share and one we don't. We both like chocolate but I like cold sausages and Riley likes buttery mashed potato.

Questions Answered!

Hi! I am Riley. You may have noticed that I am a twin, well yes I am.  I am the older of the two X twins, only by a few minutes though.

Sometimes people ask us if we get spoiled because of being twins. Well not really. We are all treated the same. Our mum tries her best not to take one out more than the other or give one heaps of presents and another none. None of us have any trouble with how are house is run.

People also ask if we don't really have friends or go off with our family because we are too busy with each other. Again, no! We have plenty of friends who we love spending time with and our siblings make sure we don't ignore them. I can imagine if I ignored any of them for a day they would probably pull me out of my room and make me play dress ups or board games. So yes, we are not unsociable.

Olivia and I may be identical twins, but there are the differences in us. You can normally tell us apart by our clothes preference. I like to wear short skirts and t-shirts, but Olivia likes jeans and shorts. That answers another question, we do not wear the same clothes! I have no idea why mums would do that to their kids.

We do like the same movies and books. We are both fantasy fans and love Percy Jackson and Artemis Fowl. I guess you could say we are both bookworms. For movies our favourites are Disney, Period Dramas and Lord of the Rings/Hobbit.

Do we get teased at school? Well no because we don't go to school! We are another of those many homeschooling families. Would we swap families to go to school? No way! We would hate going to school and we love our family too much to leave it. No offence to anyone who goes to school. I just like staying home with Mum!

A friend once wanted to know, do we have different drawing styles or are we the same? I will just tell you know we are the same, but we are both hopeless. If you want art, go to my big sister, Jane!

Do you have anyone special in your family?

If you have anymore questions you would like answered, put them in a comment!