Tallyn's Bard

So much has happened or it feels like it anyway! I haven’t had time to write on my blog. So here’s an update.

First the National Open. It was amazing! It was like living in a dream because everything happened and it was all amazing. Almost… that’s what made it real life instead of a dream :)

The worst thing that happened at the tournament was on the first day. It was after the last debate round. Paul Adkisson said good bye to Beth and I. I asked him why he was leaving, because there was still another speech round left. Beth said that all the speech rounds were over and then I completely freaked out because I’d only done my DI once that day and I thought I must have missed a round. Then they showed me that the DI pattern was only once that day. But while it lasted it was the absolute worst moment. I felt like I was dead

I wonder if anyone’s actualy done that… skipped their speech, just like that…

There so many best moments that I can’t think of just one. Most moments were best moments. Katy and I both broke for our first times and it was awesome!!!!! I was so happy:) The whole tounament was amazing. When Avery won it was even more amazingness.

So after coming home from the most amazing tounament ever my sister had her birthday party. She’s ten and I’m still in shock

The next day it snowed and that was really fun. The snow makes everything different. It’s just like everything any book has ever describd it. It’s like a blanket. It covers everything ugly and it makes places I’ve known all my life look new. It crunches under your feet and it lands on your toungue and eyelashes. It’s realy cold too! We built a snow fort. We had a snowball fight. We attempted to build a snowman, and we made lots of snow angels all over the yard. It was really fun

It was four inches deep but it doesn’t look like a whole lot because my Dad took those pictures when it first started snowing.

Other than doing lots of school that’s what’s been happening. I covered that in a realy short blog post. I’m impressed. Well until I post agian… God bless you!

                                     ~Anna =)

As I’m getting ready for the National Open, I thought I would post some of my favorite Winnie the Pooh quotes.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.
– Winnie the Pooh
Tigger is probably my favorite Winnie the Pooh character because he’s so BOUNCY

Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave.
– Winnie the Pooh

If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.
– Winnie the Pooh

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.
If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart. I’ll always be with you.
– Winnie the Pooh

Some people care too much, I think it’s called love.
– Winnie the Pooh
I used to believe in forever . . . but forever was too good to be true.
– Winnie the Pooh

People who don’t Think probably don’t have Brains; rather, they have grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake.
– Winnie the Pooh

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?”
– Winnie the Pooh
Oh I love Winnie the Pooh…

My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
– Winnie the Pooh

Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.
– Winnie the Pooh

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
– Winnie the Pooh

If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.
– Winnie the Pooh

When late morning rolls around and you’re feeling a bit out of sorts, don’t worry; you’re probably just a little eleven o’clockish.
– Winnie the Pooh

When looking at your two paws, as soon as you have decided which of them is the right one, then you can be sure the other one is the left.
– Winnie the Pooh

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
– Winnie the Pooh

You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
– Winnie the Pooh

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
– Winnie the Pooh

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
– Winnie the Pooh
I don’t see much sense in that,” said Rabbit. “No,” said Pooh humbly, “there isn’t. But there was going to be when I began it. It’s just that something happened to it along the way.
– Winnie the Pooh

I LOVE Winnie the Pooh. He is so awesome!

Good luck at the tounament. If you don’t find enjoyment inreading pages of quotes… well good luck to you too!

~Anna

They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.
– Winnie the Pooh

I know this is a little late… but better late than never, right?

ARC performed and was outstanding! Yay ARC!

Paul the Bear

This is from Nathan’s camera… He has amazing skills with catching “the moment.”