Soft Mist

Happy New Year, 2011!

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:12:32 -0600

Happy New Year, 2011, guys! It’s already been a whole year! Wows! What did you all do on New Year’s Eve? Party? Stay home and watch the ball drop? I went to a party. It was pretty fun. First, we all played Taboo. My team won! I wasn’t all too good, though… Oh, well. We also had this arm wrestling tournament. Yes, you read correctly. I did better than I thought I would. I’m pretty petite and skinny, so you wouldn’t think I would have done such a good job. I guess all the gallons of milk I’m always carrying around helped. I love milk, if you hadn’t guessed by now. Isn’t milk SO good? I think so. Back to the party. I didn’t win the tournament, but who cares? There was no prize, so it doesn’t really matter anyway. Then, people played Rock Band, but not me. I didn’t want to. Not that I’m terrible or anything, ’cause I wouldn’t know. I’ve never played it before. Have any of you? Some of you, probably. We turned on the TV about ten minutes before midnight and watched the countdown. I don’t think I saw the ball drop, though. It was weird. Did any of you see it drop?
Sorry it’s been about a whole month since my last post! I’ve been busy and not on the computer much. I’m totally hooked on my iPod Touch.
Oh, yeah! Christmas! How was everyone’s? Mine was nice. The usual relatives (plus my uncle who lives a whiles away) came to my family’s house (for the first time in who knows how long). We ate dinner, opened presents, and a few people did some Christmas karaoke. Everyone just joined in if they wanted to. I say mostly all the songs. I’m that good. Hee, hee.
Long blog post, much? Lots to catch up on. I think this is the fastest I’ve written a blog post ever. Maybe. Probably.
Anywho! Hope you all will have (or already had) a great start to the New Year! What were some of your favorite memories of 2010, and what do you hope you will achieve in 2011?
Byes!
-Victoria

I Have Returned!

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:01:37 -0600

Well, I’m backfrom revamp/hiatus! How do you like my new layout? It has a problem, though. On some pages where the content goes longer, it overlaps with the footer. I guess it doesn’t really matter TOO much. I still like it!
How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? I’m so behind now, since my site was on revamp/hiatus for a while. Mine was good. My family and I stayed home this year. My dad wanted to visit our elderly neighbor in the nursing home. What did you guys do?
Oh, my gosh! Christmas is less than a month away! I’m not going to get into the subject too much, because I want to wait ’til it’s closer to the holiday. I love listening to the Christmas music! How about you? It’s not right, however, that some radio stations start playing Christmas music before it’s even Thanksgiving! Do you feel the same way?
One more thing. I finally got aniPod Touch!!! It’s 32gb, and the 4^th generation! Danica got one as well. We payed for part of the cost, but our dad payed for the rest. They are an early Christmas present to us! Iove it! I’m actually typing this blog post on it right now!
Thanks for being patient while I got my site back up and revamped!
Nice catching up!
-Victoria

DeviantART, Sorry, And Halloween!

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:08:00 -0500

Just wanted to clue you in on the fact that I’m going to be posting my retouches only on DeviantART now. I don’t want to go through the process of putting it on my site. I’m too lazy.
Sorry for not posting a blog post for a while. I’ve been more busy, and there hasn’t really been much to say, anyway.
Well, tomorrow is Halloween! What are you planning on being, if you participate in Halloween? I’m going to go as a vampire. It’s a tradition my sisters and I go trick-or-treating with our dad, so that’s what we are going to do again this year. I like trick-or-treating. Do you go trick-or-treating, go to a party, or what? What I don’t like about Halloween—specifically trick-or-treating—, however, is getting candy that I don’t need. What I’m thinking of doing is getting the candy I don’t need, putting it in a bowl, and letting people at this one church youth group Danica and I go to eat it. I think that’s my best idea. What do you do with the candy you don’t want?
Plus, please enter the Halloween graphic contest on my DeviantART! It ends tomorrow or the day after—whichever day I choose. The link is at the top of my sidebar! Thank you in advance!
-Victoria

Decisions And Anniversary.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:30:00 -0500

I have decided to only post my blend/uncoded layouts and my avatars on my DeviantART account. That means that I will not be posting them on this site anymore. It’s simpler just to put them on DA instead of here. I’m also going to remove the “Design The Outfit” (which I don’t really have interest in anymore), and “Guess The Quote” (since no one has guessed it correctly in forever). Before I do so, should I also remove my “Recommendations”? I’m too lazy to add to that section. :P Let me know your thoughts!
Exciting news!!! The one year anniversary of Soft Mist is tomorrow (October 8^th)! Yay! *Cheers* Plus, tomorrow is also National Pierogi Day! My family is planning on having pierogies for dinner that night! Yum! Do you like pierogies?
Have any of you see the movie, “Coraline”? I have. Since it is a Tim Burton movie, that means that it must be pretty creepy, which it was. It was good, though, and creative. What do/did you think of “Coraline”?
That should be a somewhat nice size for a blog post. So long!
-Victoria

Affiliates.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:12:00 -0500

I’m going to have an affiliate clean-out right after I write this blog post. I’m sorry, but I’m going to pick who stays and who goes. I think I have too many, so that’s why I’m doing this. Also, a lot of you don’t talk or really stay in contact with me. So, if I remove you, please remove me from yours. Please don’t feel offended if you have been removed.
If I keep you, though, please continue to chat with me, or stay connected with me in some way! I will only keep the people who seem to be a friend to me, mostly.
You can always apply to be my affiliate even if I remove you! Just make sure that you try and be friends with me, and not just an affiliate.
-Victoria

Got It.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:20:00 -0500

I’ve got it. I will keep this site. Aren’t you happy? I know you all love my site! :P
Do you guys have any suggestions as to what you would like me add to my site?
Ok… If I was to end this blog now, it would be a really short one. So I won’t.
I’m still saving up for a 4^th generation 8gb iPod Touch. I think my dad is letting me and Danica get each of our iPod Touches before we save up all the way. We will pay him back once we get the rest of the money. We SHOULD be getting them sometime soon. You never know with my dad, though.
Also, the class we are taking at the community college is not a GRAPHIC design class, it’s a WEB design class. My error. :P
That wasn’t too short, was it? Nope.
-Victoria

What Do You Think?

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:05:23 -0500

I’m thinking of not really having this website anymore, or changing it completely. What do you think? I sort of don’t really have any interest in it anymore. It seems as if I’m supposed to update regularly. I also think I’m not all that good at making graphics. I mean, I know I can make them good, but… I don’t know… Leave me your comments, please!
I have a DeviantART account, and I could just use that instead of a website. Well? Hmmm…
-Victoria

3 Days!

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:22:00 -0500

On August 23^rd, Danica (my twin) and I turned 17 years old. We had our birthday party the day before. We had this yummy cake with two layers. Strawberry cake on top, and a chocolate chip cookie cake on the bottom. It was my idea. I got some Bath & Body Works stuff from one of our friends. The got the Twilight Saga: Eclipse book from my mom and dad. Also, from my grandma and grandad. Two different covers and sizes of the book, though. My grandma and grandad are going to exchange the book they got me with the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn book instead. I got the first two books in the saga last Christmas. Paige and Briana (my other sisters) got me and Danica Miranda Cosgrove’s CD. Money was also something I got: from others of my relatives. I’m going to save up my money with Danica to get an iPod Touch to share. I REALLY want an iPod Touch!!!! Do any of you guys have one? If so, how many GB, and which generation?
So, anyway, the day of our actual birthday we got Papa John’s pizza. It was so yummy! It even came with special garlic sauce. What’s your favorite place to get pizza from?
Yesterday was the first day of a graphics design class Danica and I are taking at the community college. Our first day went well. The class is once a week.
-Victoria

Not As Much.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:21:00 -0500

Just to let you know, I won’t be on the computer as much for the next 2 weeks. Gonna be doing more things for the summer. Having fun and whatnot.
Also, Laura (our foreign exchange student) left us today. She will be going back to Germany tomorrow. It won’t be the same without her here. We had some good times together.
Anyway… I don’t know what else to say, so…
Talk to you next time I get the chance! Hopefully, soon!
-Victoria

I'm Here, Again!

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:11:48 -0500

Ok. I’m back from re-vamp! Sorry. I took longer than expected. I would have made it go longer, but I wanted to come back! I still didn’t do all the re-vamping I wanted to do. Oh, well. It doesn’t seem like I didn’t do much, but I kinda did, in a way.
The foreign exchange student that’s been staying with me and my family; well, she’ll be leaving us tomorrow. At least we’ll still be able to keep in contact on Facebook and such.
Plus, I finally know how I did in the big German exam I took a few months back. I did really well! I passed the B1, which only 4 others in my class did, too. Cool, huh?
I know that this is a pretty short blog post, but I should be going. I’ll try to post another blog post tommorow.
Bye!
-Victoria

Busy.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:07:00 -0500

Hello, long lost friends! I’ve been pretty busy. As some of you know, my family got a foreign exchange student from Germany. Her name is Laura, and she’s only a month older than me and Danica. We’ve been doing different things since she got here last Monday; played games, went to different fast-food restaurants, went shopping, went to a music festival, saw a movie at the movie theater, went to our friend’s recital, and more. We also did the regular stuff we usually do. Today we are not going to go anywhere. We are going to stay home and chillax (chill and relax). I think that Laura’s having a fun time here in America with us.
Questions:
1. Have you ever had a foreign exchange student? If so, from where?
2. What have you been doing this Summer, so far?
-Victoria

Two Events.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:38:00 -0500

On June 3^rd, Danica and I each took an English placement test. On the first part of the test you had to read different passages and answer questions on those passages. On the second part of the test you had to correct stuff (example: the grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.) in the passages, then answer, like, one or two questions about the passages (like, main purpose and stuff). I got an 96 on the first part, and an 82 on the second part. Each out of 99.
Yesterday my family and I went to my grandparents’ 50^th anniversary party. That’s right, 50^th! Cool, huh? It was fun-ish! You could eat hamburgers, hotdogs, pasta salad, fruit salad, angel food cake cupcakes, lemon squares, etc. There was also soda, tea, beer (I SO didn’t have any of THAT), water, etc. I had some fruit and pasta salad, a hamburger, some soda, a bite of a lemon square (I didn’t really like it), and such. The hamburger was really yummy! We (my family and some of my relatives) gave my grandparents a special present. A song sung by us (”Love Me Tender” by Elvis). My mom was the main vocal; she sang the whole song. One of my cousins sang the whole song, too. One of my other cousins and his mom (my aunt) sang each of the choruses. Danica and I sang “love me tender” at the beginning of each of the choruses, and my other two sisters sang the two other phrases on each of the choruses. One of my uncles played the guitar for it, sang, and also put it all together. We didn’t all sing it together, you see. Nice gift, eh?
Anywho… that should be enough, right?
-Victoria

Downtime.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:29:00 -0500

Hey, guys! My site had some downtime, and it was back to how it was a whiles ago. But, I’ve updated it back. Thanks for hanging in there! I am back!
One more thing: some of my blog posts have disappeared. I just wrote a new one the other day, too. Like I said in it; I’m going to have an affiliate cleanout. So, if you want to stay, just let me know by June 6^th, I guess! Please and thanks!
-Victoria

Times.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:09:00 -0500

Well, The Last Song was a really good movie. I saw it on March 31^st, the day it came into theaters. I said in my last blog post that I was going to go see it with my mom and Danica, but I actually went with Danica, my dad, and my 12 year old sister, Paige. I cried during some parts. I admit it. I don’t care. Danica and I shared a bag of Sour Patch Kids. Yum! We didn’t finish them all during the movie, so we ate the rest at home.
Now, about Easter. How was your guys’? Mine, I think, was better than it was last year. First, my family and I went to church in the morning. Danica and I helped in the class of 4 year old’s. When we came home from church my sisters and I searched for Easter eggs. We usually do it in the morning before church, but we had less time, because we had to leave early, because Danica and I had to help in Children’s Ministry. Later that day, my family and I went to one of my Aunts’ and Uncles’ house. My aunt and uncle don’t have more than one house, I just have more than one aunt and uncle. Does that make sense? So, anyway, we went there and looked for more Easter eggs there. We ate, talked, and just hung out. My grandma and granddad were there, also one of my aunts, one of my uncles, and two of my cousins (a 13 year old girl, and a 9 year old boy). That doesn’t really matter, though.
You know that German test I kinda recently took? Well, I will get my score/results in May, I believe. Just like that other German test I took, my results (and everyone else’s results) have to go to Germany to be judged/scored or whatever. I’ll let you know how I did when I know how I did.
-Victoria

Whew!

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:59:00 -0500

Whew! The big German test(s) are finally done/over! Yay! I think I did pretty well.
On to other news: Paiige (one of my sisters), had her 13^th birthday yesterday. We had her party yesterday, too. It was nice. The usual relatives came, and also one of our good, good friends, Bessie. She slept over last night, too, and went home this morning. Ok, more like almost noon. We (Danica and I) actually stayed in bed that late. Yeah…
Oh! Any of you guys going to or want to see The Last Song? I want to see it. Danica, my mom, and I, are most likely going to go see it on Wednesday, At least, I hope. It’s kinda a reward for finishing the German test(s). We usually don’t see movies right when they come out. We wait ’til they are at this other movie theater on Base, or come on DVD, and stuff. I want to read the book, The Last Song, after I watch the movie. Have any of you read the book?
I don’t really want to put a joke or a riddle after each blog post anymore.
-Victoria

Another German Test.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:49:00 -0500

[Edit] Previous riddle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer: The letter “m”. [/Edit]

Let’s start this blog off with a “hello”! Now let’s talk about other things. Well, I’ll be taking another German test on Saturday, March 20^th, and the next Saturday, March 27^th. It’s called the German Sprachdiplom. This test is bigger than the one I took in January. It’s also different. This Saturday will be the written part of the test. It will be pretty long. From 9 am in the morning, ’til 2 pm in the afternoon. Long, I know! There will be short breaks after each section in the test, but that’s still a long time! 5 hours! Anyway, the next Saturday will be the oral presentation. I will have to give a presentation in German for 5 minutes in front of a few judges, you could say. I can’t read it off of a paper or anything. It has to be memorized and free-spoken. Before I do that, though, the judges will ask me questions for 5 minutes. After my presentation, they will ask me questions about it for another 5 minutes. Then it’s over. So, 15 minutes in all. Please pray and hope that all will go well! Thanks, and thanks for reading through this! I know you might not care, but I wanted to tell you anyway!
-Victoria

I Mean, Really?

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:58:00 -0600

I’ve been wanting to write a blog post. I know what I want to write about, but I just can’t think of how to start it off. I’ll just try.
Ok, so… I know what kind of cell phone I’m getting, and even my dad is going to get it. At least, eventually. He keeps putting it off, and making silly excuses. We sometimes remind him, and ask him why he isn’t getting it. He says things like, “the buttons are too small for my fingers”, and “what would you do with a cell phone, anyway?” Seriously! He won’t really even be using the cell phone, so it shouldn’t really matter if his fingers are too big. And, there are plenty of things that I would do with a cell phone. I mean, I would finally be able to text my friends that have cell phones (which is pretty much all of them), get on the internet (most likely), and a bunch of other things. I just REALLY want a cell phone! If you’ve been wondering, click hereto see a picture of the cell phone I’m planning to get.
Sorry for that little rant, there.
Toodles ’til my next blog!
First, from now on I will be posting a riddle/joke after each of my blog entries. Here is the fist one:
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
Answer will be given on my next blog post.
-Victoria

Yay!

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:58:00 -0600

Long to no write! Happy late, late Valentine’s Day! Sorry about that! I’m being a “bit” lazy about writing blog posts! What did you do/get for Valentine’s Day? My dad got me and my siblings Krispy Kreme donuts!! He also got us come Dove chocolates with caramel inside! I know, right? Yummy! Especially the donuts! Some of them were the heart-shaped ones!
I’ve put up a new layout since my last blog entry. How do you like it? I think it’s pretty good.
I finally got my score for the AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) test that I took in early January. It was the level 4 test. I got an 88%! I kinda thought I wouldn’t get as good a score. It was harder than the previous year’s level 4 test. You have to get a 70% to pass, if you’re wondering! The reason it takes so long for them to give you your score, is because the people are scoring all the tests from the whole state.
Well, don’t know much else to say, so… bye!
-Victoria

Museum.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0600

On Tuesday my family and I went to the National Museum of American History. We went there and back on the Metro. It was pretty cool! I’ve only been on the Metro once before. (Side note: I just realized that Danica wrote practically the same thing in her recent entry.) We saw alot of things: Thomas Edison’s light bulbs, Kermit The Frog, Julia Child’s kitchen, and much more! A little more than half way through our trip, we were hungry, so we went down to the Stars And Strips Cafe. We got some pizza, french fries, a fruit cup, and a frozen lemonade thingy. All of the food that we had was yummy, but I didn;t really like the pizza. I don’t think it had enough sauce. After our trip through the museum looking at stuff, we went to the museum gift shop! I got a multi-colored pen. It has six colors: black (of course), red, orange/yellow, purple, green, and blue. At least, I think those are the colors.
Anyway, I’m thinking of doing an affiliate cleanout. So, if you would like to stay affiliates with me, please let me know before February 7^th, 2010. Please and thanks!
Also, as you can see, I changed my layout to go with Valentine’s Day coming up. Like it? I can’t really seem to make really good layouts. I have problems with that. I like it though, nonetheless.
-Victoria

Anywho.

victoria@cloudkisses.com (Soft Mist) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:31:00 -0600

Sorry for not blogging for a little while. There’s nothing really going on in my life, at least not anything interesting.
Well, today is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday! What are/did you guys do today? Did you all get the day off? Most of you probably did. I didn’t. I’m homeschooled, so I didn’t really get a choice. My mom just made us do school. *Sigh*
Anywho, I’m going to have hamburgers for dinner tonight. Just trying to fill up this blog, so it’s not really short. Do you like hamburgers? I do. I especially like McDonalds’ hamburgers, and the hamburgers that my dad makes. Also, the ones my granddad makes, too. What’s your favorite hamburger?
Well, toodles!
-Victoria