Books

I was bored this morning, so Gale suggested I read a book, and handed me called Whispers Down the Lane, by Beverly Lewis. It's part of a series called SummerHill Secrets. Needless to say, I'm hooked, bookworm that I am. I've already finished the first one, and am reading the second one, Secret in the Willows. The series is about this girl named Merry Hanson, and she lives in Pennsylvania Amish country, but she's not Amish. One of her best friends is, though. In the first one, Merry is trying to help her friend from school, Lissa, who has run away from home, though I'm not going to tell you why. if you want to know, you can read the book! :)

In the second one, Merry's Amish neighbor's barn is torched, and she and Rachel, her Amish friend, are trying to figure out whodunit. Again, I'm not going into any more detail.

Ginny told me yesterday that she's reading her school books. I think that's just boring. Don't get me wrong; I love to read, and I like school, but reading your school books for fun? Come on! I know she's going away in the fall, but it's only March; she doesn't need to have read all her school books before she leaves. I'm trying to get her to read Secret Garden, but she's not interested. Oh, well. Unless and until she starts walking around the house in her school robes, I'm not going to worry about her.

We're having spring picture day this week. (Unless it's raining.) I hate picture day, but Gale seems to think it's important. (Come on rain!)

Gale's finally got the permit for her scooter, (yay!) and once she gets the endorsement on her licence, (so she can ride it on the open road) she's promised to take me for a ride. (yay! again) Probably to make up for the fact that's she's not taking me to Ohio with her. Oh, no! I don't have a helmet! And that's something she can't just make for me, it has to certified or something. Grrr.....

New Clothes!

Doesn't everyone love getting new clothes? Me and my sisters do! Gale loves making us clothes, too, and today she finished making Kirsten a new dress. The poor girl only had one dress! Anyway, here's Kirsten in her new dress:


Doesn't she look so happy? Gale made the bonnet, too. She's made us all sorts of clothes. She made me my school uniform:

And she was very proud of herself, too. She should really make more clothes. Ginny only has one dress of her own, and so does Ruthie, for that matter. Although the two of them do share clothes with Kit, and she has the largest wardrobe of us all! No, that's not true, actually. Mia, Nicki and I have the most clothes between the three of us, but we do share, seeing as we're all modern, and my other sisters have to wear their time period's clothes. Most of the time, anyway.