"I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello...."

Saying goodbye to something means that you're always saying hello to something else.  In this case, it's goodbye to summer, hello to school.

Farmgirl tagged me, and I think that instead of just a regular tag, I'll make it my end-of-summer tag.

8 books I read this summer...

1. Eragon
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
3. Eldest
4. The Knight and Rogue trilogy
5. Chicken Soup for the Horse-Lover's soul :)
6. The Fellowship of the Ring
7. Fairest
8. Speak

8 Albums I Listen to All the Time... 


1. Crooked Still - Hop High
2. Crooked Still - Still Crooked
3. Crooked Still - Some Strange Country
4. Crooked Still - Shaken by a Low Sound
and yes, I'm obsessed.
5.  Enya - Amarantine
6. The mixpod on my blog
7.  Britt Nicole - Say It
8.  Cars Soundtrack

8 Things I loved about this summer................

1. Bluegrass and country music
2. British accents
3. The sound of horses' hooves
4. HGTV
5. Our hammock
6. Writing, with friends and alone
7. Beautiful sunsets
8. Working hard and feeling it

8 Things I've Learned This Summer...


1. The East Coast is not the place for me
2. I love spending time with Jesus!!
3. Be brave and - gallop!
4. Christian camp is an earth-shaking experience! (In a good way)
5. How to make fried eggs ;)
6. Grass grows fast
7. Great chicken-fighting techniques
8. Blogger is my favorite over Wordpress :)

8 Things I made this summer......

1. Lentil stew
2. My blog!
3. A mess....while taking down my wallpaper
4. A lot of artwork
5. Macaroni and cheese
6. A weedless strawberry garden
7. The rest of Torn Heart
8. Not much money :(

8 Favorite Online Hangouts...

1. Blogs
2. Song Lyrics 
3. Email
4. Christian Cowgirl
5. Phantom Stallion
6. Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue
7. Google images

  
  


















8 Projects I am going to hopefully complete this year in school... 
  

1.  A patchwork quilt!
2. Torn Heart - get it published and everything
3. Memorizing the book of 1 John
4. Geometry
5. A chainmail bracelet
6. Make a dress out of a sheet
7. Curtains for my room
8. A book of short stories and poems

  
  












8 Bloggers I wish I could have met this summer...


1. Gwyn - A Celtic Cowgirl
2. Caroline - A Writer's Life for Me
3. Ashley - A Cowgirl's Dream
4. Olive Tree - Of Horsefeathers
5. El´rania - Elven El´rania and her horse
6. Arries - Whispers of the Wind
7. Sarah - Cowgirl for Christ
8. Heather - a HopeFul Romantic


....And school goes on!




(My schoolbooks)