Now Come the Days of the King!

I began my school year with the words of King Theoden in the LOTR movie, "The Two Towers":  "And so it begins...".  The daunting task of Algebra, Geometry, Biology, etc. lay before me, so my own battle began, although I did not battle Orcks, lol  .  Well, today was the last day of homeschooling until this August, so now I can say the battle has ended.  And, in the words of Gandalf, "Now come the days of the king! May they be blessed."  I had a fantastic time getting to go thru "Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings", I was definitely blessed by it.  So, I end this school year with my favorite part from near the ending of "Return of the King"....Aragorn's coronation.  Underneath this, you will find the Elfish words, the pronounciation, and the English translation of the song he sings after being crowned.

Et Eärello Endorenna utúliEt Eärello Endorenna utúlien
Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta

Eht Ay-are-ell-loh ehn-dore-ehn-nah oo-tool-ee-ehn
See-no-may mar-oo-vahn are Heel-deen-yar tehn Ahm-bar meht-tah.

Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come.
In this place I will abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.

Happy Summer!

Catlover

Mothers Day Graphics

Yawn!

 Yawn!  Things have been kind of ho-hum around here lately with the usual schoolwork, music practice, and some yard work.  My recital piece is coming along fine and my flowers are starting to bloom.  I am doing pretty well with schoolwork and am in the homestretch...yay! Before I know it, we will be done with school and going off to the homeschool conference.  I am very excited, definitely looking forward to seeing some friends, visiting the book fair, and attending the workshop on fantasy literature.  I will also be getting to volunteer at the Children's Conferene that will be happenning on the second/third days of the conference.  It is for children ages 5-12.  I will be volunteering as a group assistant to a small group of children, assisting in various activities and programs they will have going on for the kids.  I am so looking forward to this, it sounds like it will be fun working with the kids.  My younger sister, Puppyprincess, will be attending the conference since she is young enough to go to it, so she is excited too!   Well, that's about it for now, I need to get going to music lessons now, have a great day...and oh, enjoy another funny cat picture, lol!

     Catlover

Happy Weekend!

After a fun-filled week of achievement testing, the weekend is here, yay!  Here is a funny cat picture for you to enjoy!

Catlover

Happy Easter!

Here is my most favorite Easter song:  (in order to hear this, you will need to pause my Playlist at the bottom of my blog).  Happy Easter!

                    

                   
Easter Christian Graphics

Back to work!

Back to work.....actually I've been back to my school work for a week now, lol, but our internet was out so I coud not post until now.  School has been going well, even Geometry is going fine.....and that says a lot, lol, since I don't like math .  I am still reading the Tolkien book I found at the library, "The Book of Lost Tales 1".  This book tells the beginning history of Middle-earth and it is edited by Tolkien's son Christopher Tolkien.  So far so good, I am enjoying it.  And even when I finish this book, there is still so many more books by Tolkien....and you know I will read them, lol.  My biggest wish is to find the "Lord of the Ring" books on CD, that would be great.  I am hoping maybe I will find them at the book fair when we go to the homeschool conference in May.  The people with Home Scholar will be there, they are the ones where I got "Literary Lessons" from, along with the book "Silmarillion", the book on the elfish language, and artwork from LOTR books.  They will also be doing a workshop on fantasy literature, I am excitedly looking forward to that .  I will also be getting to volunteer to help out at the Children's Conference they are having there.  It's something new they're having for the first time this year, it sounds like it will be fun!  In the meantime, I will continue on in my school work, endeaver to perservere in my quest to fnish tenth grade, lol!

Catlover

On break!

I am so loving this weather, it has been fabulous!  I am also loving being on Spring Break from homeschooling, lol, my brain needed the rest.  So far, I've mostly spent my time playing on the computer, listening to music, practicing my recital piece, and helping my mom with some decluttering.  I also went to the orthodontist for my usual appointment, hoping that the orthodontist would say that it was time for my braces to come off.  But alas, it was not meant to beat least not for maybe one more month.  I was so disappointed, I miss popcorn, caramel, and some favorite candy of mine that I haven't been able to eat because of my braces.  So I wait....until next time.  In the meantime, we will be going to the library to load up on books, I plan on finding some books by Toilken.  What better way to spend the rest of my Spring Break! 

Catlover