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today is another gorgeous day. The sun is shining, the tank is clean . . . *gasp* THE TANK IS CLEAN!

wow, that was random.
but random is good.
Finding Nemo is good.
And in other words, we just cleaned up our house. Vacuumed, swiffered, all that fun stuff. Well, the swiffering is fun. Kinda. I don't think any cleaning is fun really.
And what does the "tank is clean" have to do with our cleaning the house? hmmm, puzzling (is that a word? if it isn't, I just invented it) question. Or maybe . . . never mind.

I watched the Incredibles the other night. If you've never watched that movie, and never plan to, that's cool, because the movie will not make you any more intelligent. But is amusing. :P
My favourite line from the movie is,
"so . . . the bad guys are trying to wreck Mom and Dad's marriage? yeah right . . . "
And Edna Mode is very, uh . . . funny. Aria imitates her voice so well, it makes me laugh.

Today, because it was such nice weather outside, I went outside. Profound me. :P And I went to the front lawn, jumped around, and then ran around the house. In my capris. yes, I am wearing capris. Actually, they were pants, but last night I cut the pants because they were too small for me anyways. And now they're capris. And I like them, because they are bright blue. So I ran outside with them on. Just like Lysha said we should all do. We should all listen to her. Because she's full of wonderful ideas, and because we love her.

They remind me of the bright, blue sky! It's so wonderful, the big, bright, blue sky. It's the B adjectives word day. YAY!

I'm doing this post in bright, springy, sunshiney colours . . . it's beauteous.

The above *tryingtobeserious* reminds me of a little something my friend Andrea wrote on one of her comments on this blog, this my blog.

"I LOVE SPRING!!!!!!!
I LOVE WARM!!!!!!!!
I LOVE SUMMER!!!!! (summer the season, not summer the person, though I love her too:P)
I LOVE LEAVES!
I LOVE GREEN THINGS OUTSIDE!!!
I LOVE BLUE SKIES!!"

what . . . inspiration!!!!!!

Also, I have found out that I relate to the blue cow. I do. If you want to read about the blue cow, go to Andrea's blog.

Anyways, tata peeps! I shall leave now, and be happy with my happy self. For I am happy.
Off to voice lessons I go!

legs (aka Legro . . . aka aka Allegro. Confruzzling . . . )

Compelled

What a relief it is to know
I’m a slave to Christ
Of all the masters I have known
I’m compelled to live this life
Free for you

I’m on the other side of something
I’m on the other side of something
I have a new hope that blows away
The small hopes I knew before
And at the end of the day
I am yours
And I am compelled

You’ve written on my very heart
Where no man can legislate
The law of your love has taken hold
With your holiness and grace
There’s no mistake

I’m on the other side of something
I’m coming out the other side, the other side
I have a new hope that blows away
The small hopes I knew before
And at the end of the day
I am yours
And I am compelled

I am drawn and driven,
I am compelled
You have written it,
I am compelled
You live in me
And I can’t help myself

It's been a gorgeous day outside today . . . the sun was shining, it was warm, Spring is coming! The snow has all of a sudden disppeared, and I can finally see a teeny bit of the tulips just starting to grow in our front garden. Today made me wonder at God's grace, His amazing creation. wow.

I've been thinking a lot lately about friends. Right now I feel like no one knows me for who I really am, and I need to sort out all these feelings and thoughts and emotions, which I am doing one by one, with the help of certain people.
An excerpt taken from the book "A Young Woman After God's Own Heart", by Elizabeth George.

"We have a friend with God--God created us to have fellowship with Himself. God doesn't need us as friends, but He chooses to be our friend and to fellowship with us, and
We have a friendship with Jesus Christ--God's Son, Jesus, has chosen us to be His friends. Jesus said, "You are my friends . . . I have called you friends" (John 15:14-15)"

That's always so encouraging to me. God will always be there for me, even when my friends aren't always there some time in my life. God will always stick by me, in ups and downs, He will strengthen me, not forsake me. I can and will always count on Him for everything in my life . . . He knows me. He loves me. And that's all I need to carry on.

Well, signing off,
Allegro

"Wherever you are, be all there.
Live to the hilt every situation
you believe to be the will of God."
-Elizabeth George

((random))

I had a very nice Easter. Friday morning we left for my uncle and aunts house (Eowyn's house) and arrived there shortly after noon. We stayed till Sunday night, it was a lot of fun.
So that was basically my weekend . . .

And now I don't know what else to post about. I got up really early this morning too . . . it must be that my brains aren't working yet. Or maybe I don't have any! *gasp* that's it.

If any of you have watched the Incredibles . . . haha, that is a funny movie. I watched it at my cousin's house. Very amusing. :P

I think I want to change my blog template back to the white one with the flowery blocks. I think I like that one better still, but it was messing up on me and it wouldn't change no matter what I did. I've never really been good with templates . . . they are really confusing.

This weekend I'm going to a music retreat that Summer, Shimmer, Andrea, Maiden, Cho, Kaff, Alena, Lara, and a whole bunch of us are going to. It will be super fun, I can't wait. Every time I think about it I want to stand up and sing really loudly or something. Very random me.

The other day I wrote an essay in an hour and a half, and my Mom (who is amazing at English) thought it was pretty good. *phew* I've never been good at essays, well, I don't really like them either. That might have something to do with it. :P

Well, school is calling.
Sorry everyone for this extremely uninteresting, random post. Maybe I'll get more inspiration later. :P

cheers
legro

Everyday Miracles

It's the everyday miracles that keep my hope alive
It's the way You move in little things that help me survive
And I know You move in greater ways
But this is great enough for me

What You do with my everyday is amazing
The things that seem impossible, I lay down at Your feet
And just when I am needing most
You are there for me

And I know you've made the lame to walk
And caused the blind to see
But what You do with my everyday is amazing

When I'm down on my knees
And I can't make it through
When it's up to me
It's really up to You

-Sara Groves

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUMMER!!!!!

*puts head sideways* haha. this is the War Memorial. 

The Senate 

Inside the Parliament Buildings again . . . the main foyer. 

view from in the Peace Tower 

Inside the Parliament Building 

One of the buildings beside the main Parliament Buildings. They have another one basically like this on the other side. 

Parliakment Building 

Outside of Rideau Hall. That's me in the hat. 

the main hall in Rideau Hall. This is where most of the ceremonies happen I guess. The room you always see on TV. 

Rideau Hall, where the Governor General lives 

Musuem of Civilization in Quebec 

a view of Quebec 

my bedroom at the hotel we stayed at, Cartier Place 

Ottawa

la la la, I'm back. My trip was amazing, it was sooo beautiful and inspiring. I shall tell you all about it.

On Wednesday morning we left at 5:00 AM, very early, and I slept for the next couple of hours. It takes about 6 to 6 and a half hours to get there. Then I read and we listened to some tapes . . . the usual "in the car" stuff. When we got to our hotel we had to wait a while because we were early. When we finally got in though, we settled in, and that night we went to the Rideau Centre, which is *takes deep breath* a four story mall. I was going crazy, shopping!!!!! It was so big though, you almost felt overwhelmed, it was CRAZY I tell you. CRAZY. But I bought a purse there, it's really cool, it's blue, and I like it. There were so many different stores that I haven't seen before too . . . like a nylon store. I'm serious. There were some really funky designs, it was so funny, the lady at the desk was like, "We just got our new spring stuff in!" I was like, OK. lol. The bottom floor was a huge food court, and as you went up floors, the stoors got nicer, and the clothes and stuff more expensive. Of course *sigh*
Wednesday we also went to Quebec (a couple minutes away from where we were) and went to the Canadian Musuem of Civilization. We looked around a bit, till we went to the IMAX theatre which is in the musuem. We watched a show called "To the Limit", about certain people who pushed themselves and their bodies to "the unknown." lol. There was a rock climber, skiier, and a prima ballerina. It was domed (sp?) too, which was cool. The ballerina part was sooo amazing though . . . she went to the school in Russia, which is the best in the world I'm told. They are so strict there though . . . I heard on the news the other day that they fired one of their top ballerinas for being 105 pounds. That's pretty sad.

Thursday we went to the Royal Canadian Mint, which was quite interesting to see. It's where they make all of Canada's money. Not the circulated coins, that moved to Montreal, but the specialty collector coins. The process is so long though to make one coin! To make it truly worth its money as a collector coin. At the end, when they package the coin, they can't even get dust on it, it will decrease it's value! One really neat thing was that at the end of the tour we took, we got to hold (it was chained and had an officer watching it) a pure block of real gold, totally pure. In total it cost about $300,000. wow, lol.
After that we missed our tour to the National Gallery, but we drove around and looked around for a bit. We saw a procession coming out of this church too, all wearing green, because it was St. Patrick's day, and the church was called St. Patrick's Cathedral. Too coincidental. :P
At 2:00 PM we had a tour of Rideau Hall, a huge palace basically, where the Governor General of Canada lives, Adrienne Clarkson. I mean, her royal majesty Adrienne Clarkson. *wink* oopsies. :P wow, that place is amazing. The inside, I think the tour guy said that there's 107 rooms or around there. We got to view a couple of the big public rooms . . . the others were her private ones which we couldn't go in. At the time when we were there, the Captain of the Guard was there as well, visiting with the Governor General, so when we went up to the main hallway, the tour guy said, "If everyone could take their hats off in case they walk through." It was kinda funny cause I was the only with a hat on, and it didn't help that my hair went frizzy that day and I looked like . . . I don't know, really bad, lol. Oh well. I'll put some pictures of the place below :D
Thursday night!!!! We went to the CInderella ballet. That was the best part of the trip. I don't know what to say about it, except that it was sooo amazing. They're all so good, it's depressing, LOL. I brought binoculars to the play though, so I got to see close up. One really cool thing to see was the guys dancing. Not in . . . that way, lol, but it's very rare that guys ever dance, and they were doing all these turns, it was really neat to see. They had a little stand there with stuff you could buy from the National, so I got a shirt and a poster that two people signed for me. :D:D:D

Friday, our last day there, we went to the Parliament Buildings, and some more looking around town. We spent quite a while at the Parliament Buildings, it was cool to be in the place where all these dignitaries are, where hey make all the decisions for Canada. Not only that, the place is amaing, all these ornate things in it, splendour really. The insides are all stone, which is carved into and very elaborate.
We went up to the Peace Tower as well . . . the big long thing that you see in front of the building. :P It was really high . . . I took lots of pictures from up there.
Before we left to drive home, we went to Second Cup to get a drink, and then started out again.
We drove for about three, four hours, and we stopped for dinner. When we got back out to drive again though, my Dad's old Jetta car wouldn't start. It eventually did, but the motor was grunting, seriously, and we couldm't go fast at all, because we were scared we were going to blow something up, and we were losing power anyways. So by the time we had driven about 20 minutes, we had to pull over to the side of the road, and then the engine did a lot BOOM, and smoke came out from the hood. haha, it was a bit embarrasing. :P We didn't know what to do though . . . we weren't near Toronto yet, and still quite a ways from home. We have relatives (Eowyn and her family), but they still lived an hour and a half away. But this truck stopped in front of us, that said he could tow us to his car pound, and then we would get Eowyn's Dad to pick us up. (my uncle) It was a bit scary driving with these people in their car, because the car had skulls on the back, painted on in a picture, and there were already four people riding in the car (including the driver.) But somehow we managed to squeeze all in, and we got to his pound, emptied out our little Jetta car, and then drove to a Wendy's (it was about 11:00 PM) and emptied out all of our luggage there to wait for my Uncle. haha, we had emptied the car right out too, which meant we had car cabled sticking out of boxes, my Dad's old boots sticking out of another box, pillows, and the luggage we took with us . . . in a Wendy's, with people there. *sigh* That was . . . interesting.
Finally my Uncle picked us up though, we slept over at their house, and in the morning we got a rental car to take us back home.
Quite the little adventure. :P

But I had an amazing trip. Hey, at least the car broke down at the END of it. :P Try to find something good about that all. :P

Well, school is calling . . . I have lots more to say, but it will all have to wait.
Below are some pictures from my trip. ^_^

Cheers my wonderful friendsies!

Allegro

back once again

Heylo everyone!

Life has been good since I last posted . . . full of interesting stuff. Nothing out of the ordinary, but busy.

When was the last time I actually posted about my life *thinks* that was I think last Tuesday. wow, that was a while ago. So much has happened!

Last Wednesday was my birthday, which was a lot of fun. ehehe, nice, descriptive, different words with inpiring adjectives! NOT. I have no inspiration for writing well right now. That was a weird sounding sentence. Hey, it's March Break! *wink*
For my birthday Aria gave me a little mug with music notes on it, and my borhter gave me a charm for my bracelet, and my parents had already bought me a present the week before, which was, clothes! Clothes are so expensive these days, it's scary. It doesn't help I guess that I like all the stores with the most expensive clothes, lol. I got most of the clothes that I got from American Eagle, so you guys know what I mean. :P
And . . . the most exciting part of it all is that for my birthday my parents are going to take me to Ottawa! This week, Wednesday to Friday. It will be a ton of fun (wow, that was energetic. :P) While we're there we're going to go see the play Cinderella, performed by the National Ballet of Canada, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. That will be amazing, I'm looking forward to that especially. I've seen the National Ballet on TV and stuff before, but never actually LIVE. EEEE! :D

Thursday was a normal day . . . piano lessons in the morning, which went really well. Since after my exam I've gotten a whole bunch of amazing songs, it's great! Right now I'm working on two Chopin Nocturnes, Bach's Prelude and Fugue in F#+, a Mozart sonata, and Scriabin study. The Scriabin study is absolutely gorgeous. It gives me the shivers. He's such an amazing song writer, his melodies, WOW. It's hard to describe, you have to listen to his music. :0)
Coaching gymnastics in the afternoon. The little kids in my group are doing so well, I'm so proud of them. Their all such good listeners too. It's interesting seeing the kids who come from Christian parents, and going to the gym other times with my Mom to coach and seeing kids who don't necessarily come from good homes. There's such a difference! That's why I thank God I've been placed in a Christian family, in a covenant home.

Friday . . . OH! ehehe, how could I forget? Cho and I had a sleepover that night, after helping my Mom coach her hot shots group (pre- pre competitive girls). As usual, always a ton of fun . . . except for the sad thought always that we knew Andrea would have been with us. We were planning to go to her play that night (and see everyone else who was in it), and then take Andrea home with us to sleepover. It didn't quite work out though, plus Andrea would have been way too tired too, which I understand totally.
So, Cho and I were hyper as usual, having fun. Next day was choir (CC ROCKS!!!!!) and my balet was canceled because the weather was bad. Which was kinda weird, because the weather wasn't really bad, but oh well, I didn't really feel like going anyways, I wasn't really feeling good. Screw the complications . . . . :P

Then on Sunday we had two baptisms at our church, and then that night Cho called me to say that Andrea, Maiden, Summer, and Shimmer were at her house, for no reason (I think) and we had sooo much fun! I went over there, and we talked and sang and played the piano and danced to funky music, haha. SO that was a ton of fun too!

Anyways, I have ballet tonight *huge sigh* which means I can't go to the blogger party at Andrea's, which is extremely . . . unbearable. *sobs* but I'll see you all again soon. :D

oh, for all of you who comment on my tagboard, it is now at the bottom of the page. And for those of you who haven't signed my questmap . . . please do!

so, cherrIos! (see, mines different then Summer's . . . the "I" is capitolized. :P)

legro

will blog soon, will blog soon . . .

hello my wonderful friends, I will blog as soon as I can . . .life has been busy busy busy.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes! It made my birthday extra special. :D
I'm going shopping otnight with Cho *grins* so that should be . . . very fun.
buhbye!
xoxo
legro

The is interesting . . .

ok guys, see how well you can read the information below. *wink*

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Wow, that was challening to type. ;) I got it from a magazine. I got this from a magazine too.

The Rules of Life
The following life tips have been (rightly or wrongly) attributed to Bill Gates on a variety of internet sites. The certainly struck a chord with some of us!

Rule 1: Life is not fair, get used to it!

Rule 2: You will not make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a cell phone until you can earn both.

Rule 3: If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.

Rule 4: Flipping a burger is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it oppotunity.

Rule 5: If you mess up, it's not your parents fault. So don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 6: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you think you are.

Rule 7: Be nice to nerds. Cahnces are you'll end up working for one.

haha, interesting.

Well, my birthday is tomorrow, it should be fun!
And I have to go, because my Oma is taking me out for supper tonight for my birthday, before my ballet class . . . I have such a wonderful Oma, I love her so much!

Anyways, gtg.

xoxo
Legro

I just lost my inspiration

*sigh*
now I don't know what to post about, except the things I want. haha

-a piano in my room
-to have another Choral Conection concert now lol
-not to have my cello teacher move away
-to not have Math, or to be done my Math. That's not as good, but you know . . .
-to know where my parents are taking me for my birthday (which is on Wednesday :D)
-to have another PDG
-to play the moo cow duet with Andrea *wink*
-to have an American accent
-for March Break to come quickly
-a hat just like Lara's, you know, the one with the little rim on it, and it's knitted *sigh* but I can't find them anywhere
-that my hair wasn't frizzy and BLAH
-and the list goes on . . .

Isn't that awful? Me being so greedy and selfish . . . but I don't have any other inspiration, it's not my fault. :P

I was thinking the other day about how easy it is to feel, whats the right word . . . holy and totally inspired to be good and love God, be righteous (that's not the right words, but anyways) when you're in a Church setting. The other day when I was in church, I felt so . . . amazing and satisfied, and when I get home, I feel my normal self again, like the feeling inside of me never really made a difference in my life or in how I acted. It was weird. How it's easy to feel righteous when you're in that kind of setting.

And, like Summer said on her blog . . . eternity. I can't imagine it, can't think of it or fathom it in my mind. It almost makes me a bit scared . . . eternity is a long time.

haha, my brother just said that he tok the weird quotient test . . . his score was 103. :P he's funny. *chuckles*

Anyways, off to school I go.
March break, march break, march break . . . .

legro

The snow on the trees is so beautiful right now. The sun is shining, making the snow on the ground sparkle even more. It's a picture of perfect beauty. It makes me awe at God's creation. To think that He made this world, all of the small, complex things too the big things, He crafted them with His own hand! What a great God we have!

Tonight is PDG again. I'm so excited about going, I am every time! Even though this is just my second time, lol. It's funny, we talk about it constantly. People are like, do you talk about PDG all the time? I'm like, nope, just when it's coming up and right after, when we're sad all the excitement is over. :P

my hair has its own sovereign nation.
wow, that was random. haha :P

I put the snow picture on my sidebar too, it's so pretty. I got it from a site called Our Canada, and the above picture was taken in Saskatchewan. I kinda copied Entwife by putting it on the sidebar *wink* but I couldn't resist.

I was reading a book the other day and these verses jumped out at me.

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: . . . a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance."
-Ecclediastes 3:1, 4

"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."
-Psalm 30:5

Isn't that beautiful?

Well, I'd better be leaving.

Love and all that stuff,
Allegro

at least it's not too bad *wink*

beautiful

Creed - Wash Away Those Years Lyrics

She came calling
One early morning
She showed her crown of thorns
She whispered softly
To tell a story
About how she had been wronged
As she lay lifeless
He stole her innocence
And this is how she carried on

Well I guess she closed her eyes
And just imagined everything's alright
But she could not hide her tears
'Cause they were sent to wash away those years
They were sent to wash away those years

My anger's violent
But still I'm silent
When tragedy strikes at home I know this decadence
Is shared by millions
Remember you're not alone
For we have crossed many oceans
And we labor in between
In life there are many quotients
And I hope I find the mean


Creed - Illusion Lyrics

The sun rises to another day
My constitution keeps changing
Till it slips away
So I lie awake and stare
My mind thinking, just wondering
Is anybody there?
(chorus)
Should I stay or go
Should I sleep or stay awake
Am I really happy or is it all
Just an illusion

Sitting in my room now
Hiding thoughts
Just hoping one day I'll get out I hear a voice call my name
Breaking trance , so silent
So I can stay the same

(chorus)

Wait now, many things left unsaid
This life remains the same
But I change I try to force myself in believing
Things are going to get better
But life goes on

(chorus)

Wow, I love those lyrics by Creed. They're a Christian rock band, and their songs are sooo good. Once (Andrea, I don't know if you remember this) Andrea and Cho and our brothers and I were all listening to the "Wash Away Those Years" song, in the dark, and wow, it was so amazing. You almost have to hear the music with the lyrics. :P

I found all these lyrics (nicely typed out for me :D) at www.hugelyrics.com. It's an aweome site, very useful. So you don't have to type everything out. ^_^

Well, I have lots more to say, but for now, I have to go. Some friends are visiting us from Michigan today. It should be fun. ^_^

love to you all,
Allegro

I'm so sad at the moment. I just found out today that my cello teacher is going to school again, and that he will probably move to the States, which will mean that he can't teach me anymore. It's so sad, I don't know if I'll ever like a different cello teacher! lol
Their hoping not to get into the hassle of moving though, so that will mean that hopefully he can still teach me. hopefully.

Nothing happened today. So there's nothing really to blog about. I hate just blogging about my day, it's like, this is what I did, and then I went there, and then I did this. It's so uninteresting to read most of the time. Unless you've had an exciting day. ok. enough of this.

I like this template, but I'm not sure if I'll want to keep it. I liked my white template too, but it was messing up, I tried to fix it, it just won't work! You know, the links and all the sidebar on the bottom of my page. I picked a new template though, another colour even, just to see if it would work. But even with the other color it didn't! So I switched it back to the white template, and put the links on the sidebar, but then it all went to the bottom of the page. So I thought I'd just get a totally different template, since the other one was not going to work for me. Maybe some day I'll get smarter and know how to deal with these confruzzling templates. They confuse me, but I'm starting to get to know this one better.

Sunday was so awesome. We had a guest preacher in from Mississippi. He's my favourite preacher, I've heard him quite a lot. He visits out church occassionally from ever since I could remember. The way he preaches, wow, I've never heard anyone explain the scriptures like he does. It jsut seems to open up, and I just know what he's saying and what that passage means! The way he explains it, he makes it so clear and understandable, but still complex at the same time. He preached on Psalm 130 and Psalm 133. I want to post Psalm 130 right now.

"Out of the depths I hace cried to You, O Lord;
Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
If You, Lord, should mark iniquities
O Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with You.
That You my be feared.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits.
And in His Word I do hope.
My soul waits for the Lord, more than those who watch for the morning-
Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is mercy,
And with him Him is abundant redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities."

Isn't that a beautiful Psalm? I love it, it's so comforting.

Another thing I thought about posting is an excerpt from a book I'm reading for my devotions, called "A Young Woman After God's Own Heart" by Elizabeth George. It's at the beginning of the book, and right now she's talking about choosing time to spend with God, and how your heart can be devoted to God.

"Choose to spend time with God -- Here's how one woman after God's own heart put it: "I don't want to be robbed of even one of God's riches by not taking time to let Him invade my life. By not listening to what He is telling me. By allowing the routine, pressing matters of my minutes to bankrupt me of the time for the most exciting, most fulfilling relationship in life."

Well, I had better go. Ballet again tonight, and my ride is going to be here in . . . oh shoot, ten minutes. And I'm not near ready! *sigh*

God bless.

Allegro