Exactly One Week Until I'm Sixteen...

Hey everyone,

In one of my many weird moments, I got to thinking about days that stick out in my mind every year. For example: May 6th. I always, on every May 6th, go "It's exactly 2 months now until I'll be ___ years old." EVERY YEAR. I don't know why, but that one sticks out to me. I almost never do that on June 6th and go "It's exactly 1 month until I'll be ___ years old."

Every year, on June 29th, I go "It's exactly 1 week until I'm __ years old." Maybe I'm just a freak. Wouldn't surprise me :)

Anyhoo, I'm excited for my birthday, but I'm even more excited for my license and my party.

Ciao!

The Public Library Must Hate Me...

Hey everyone,

For anyone who is friends with me on Facebook, you probably saw the picture I posted of all of the books that I currently have checked out from the public library. If you aren't friends with my on Facebook, here's the picture:

The books are as follows:

Left Side, Top to Bottom:
1. Gone by Lisa McMann
2. Passion by Lauren Kate
3. Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready
4. Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
5. Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
6. Nightshade by Andrea Creamer
7. Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann
8. Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
9. So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti
10. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
11. Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
12. The Lost Saint by Bree Despain

Right Side, Top to Bottom:
1. Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter
2. Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
3. The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
4. Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
5. Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
6. Graveminder by Melissa Marr
7. The Hollow by Jessica Verday
8. Out For Blood by Alyxandra Harvey
9. Afterlife by Claudia Gray
10. The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch
11. The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
12. Illusions by Aprilynne Pike
13. The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

I have a slight reputation as a book hoarder, so I had already read Gone, Darkest Mercy, Afterlife, Out For Blood, and The Ghost and the Goth. All the rest were new books, though.

A lot of the books have been amazing... I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Paranormalcy! Passion was really good, too. Unfortunately, not all of the books were that great. For example: Keturah and Lord Death. I ended up rating that book a 2 out of 5 stars because it had a few brief good moments, but for the most part, it wasn't very good.

To see all of my book reviews, and to keep up with what I'm reading, you can check me out at www.goodreads.com/brandi_m. This takes you to my Goodreads profile, which is set to private. You can join for free with an email account, however, and become my friend :)

On the topic of Goodreads... it's an epic site where you can get updates from your favorite authors, become friends with your favorite authors, share your writing, poetry, and what you're currently reading. You can also share book reviews, vote in polls, discover new books that you might like, take book quizzes, create quizzes, participate in discussions, get advanced notices of author appearances in your area, organize your books into multiple shelves including "Read", "Currently Reading", "To-Read" (the default bookshelves), and you can add extra shelves such as "Favorites", "Hated", "Paranormal", and so on. If you want to join Goodreads, you can visit www.goodreads.com.

Ciao!

Uncle Greg and Aunt BJ's Wedding

Hey everyone,

Saturday, June 25, 2011, was my Uncle Greg's wedding to his girlfriend BJ. Let me start off by saying that of all the girls my uncle has ever been with that I've known, BJ is my favorite (thankfully, she's his favorite too :) BJ and Uncle Greg have a lot in common, and BJ is very easy to get along with. She's nice and considerate, and my Uncle Greg's two sons seem to love her, too (and she loves them... which I say is pretty impressive since she didn't have to lol ;)

I was a bridesmaid in their wedding at Anchor Baptist Church. On Friday night, we had a rehersal, and we set up the reception hall and had dinner. The following day, my mom and I arrived at the church at 11:00 even though the wedding didn't start until 2:30. (My mom was a bridesmaid too) We got ready, and then it was time for pictures. We took pictures for a while, and then it was time for the wedding. I don't have a whole lot of pictures from it yet (they had a professional photographer who is supposed to be giving them their pictures shortly), but I do have some. My dress was "Key Lime Green", and I had a pretty bouquet. But BJ looked the best out of all of us. She had a holter-top grown that had pearls and different little white-ish jewels sewn in designs across the dress and the train.

I ended up walking down the aisle with my cousin, GW (my uncle's oldest son). During the reception, we kept acting like we were going to beat each other up, but we behaved during the ceremony.

The reception was great, too. I must say that I was loving the "Wedding Party gets first dibs on the food" rule. The DJ was also really good.

Here are some pics:

Uncle Greg and Aunt BJ dancing the first dance

Aunt BJ and Uncle Greg at the Reception Hall

Aunt BJ, Uncle Greg, and Uncle Greg's Best Man, Uncle Jim

Uncle Greg and Aunt BJ cutting the cake

The epic cake topper, that is more truthful than you'd think ;)

Aunt BJ

Uncle Greg and Aunt BJ stuffing cake in each other's faces

Uncle Greg and Aunt BJ

Uncle Greg and Aunt BJ cutting their cake

My bridesmaid dress

The shoes I had to wear

Me in my dress, with my bouquet, with my hair and makeup done for the wedding

My beautiful bouquet :D

My Uncle Jim (my Uncle Greg's Best Man) and me

The Grandkids (l-r): my brother Bowen, Cousin Zac, Me, Cousin GW, Cousin CJ

Uncle Greg's side of the family (l-r): my dad Jay, my mom Tina, my brother Bowen, my cousin GW, my cousin Zac, my grandpa Dan, my uncle Greg, my aunt BJ, my grandma Becky, Me, my cousin CJ, my aunt Arleen, my uncle Jim

The Ceremony (l-r): my mom Tina, me, my aunt BJ's niece Amber, my aunt BJ, my uncle Greg, my uncle Jim, my cousin GW, my cousin Zac

Ciao!

Summer Is Finally Here

Hey everyone,

Summer is finally here! Let's hope that now the rain will die down and the sun will come out more often. I have a lot of things I have to do this summer. For example:

1.) Turn 16 :D
2.) Have an awesome Sweet 16 Birthday Party
3.) Get my license
4.) Hopefully get a car
5.) Hopefully get a job
6.) Go camping with my family
7.) Go to church camp
8.) Work on stuff for yearbook
9.) Do my AP Summer assingments

Well, I'm off for now :)

Ciao!

Dear Dei,

This post goes out to Dei, in response to her Dear Brandi Post. I'm sorry I haven't been updating very often. I promise to try and give you more details about my boring existance ;)

So... let's see.

I went camping this past weekend with my family at Long's Retreat. The place is great, except is has no Internet or Cell Phone Service. It does have water slides, go-karts, canoeing, arcades, mini-golf, a merry-go-round, a tennis court, a beach, a rock climbing wall, a volleyball net, a baseball diamond, a basketball court, and full hookups for my camper which gives me AC, a hot shower, a working toilet, a working TV, a working fridge, a working stove, and working sinks. So, it was worth it :D

Also, my Uncle's wedding is coming up this weekend. Remember my dress and those heels? (especially those heels?) I'll be stuck in those all day Saturday :) And then I have to go to the Rehersal Friday.

And also, you should start following me at www.brandimcconahay.blogspot.com. I put a lot of effort into that blog also, and I would appreciate more than 1 stalker.

Love Always,
Ciao,
Brandi :D

Driver's Ed

Hey Everyone,

Last night was my first Driver's Ed class. It was from 6-10pm. To be honest, I kind of expected them to teach about driving at Driver's Education. Instead, we learned about drug abuse. Again. Thankfully, that class is over though. So I shouldn't have to learn about drug abuse in Driver's Ed again.

I still have to take 5 more classes, and 3 in-car sessions. The in-car sessions will consist of:
1.) Country Roads
2.) City Roads
3.) Downtown, Freeway, Maneuverability

Then I'll be done, and that much closer to my license :D

Ciao!

Officially A JUNIOR!!! :D

Hey everyone,

Yesterday was the last day of school... and you know what that means ;) Today is my first full day of officially being a Junior. It's crazy how fast this past school year flew by. I'll still have a lot of work to do over the summer for school, though, (Yearbook and my AP classes), but it's all good, because I've got 3 months to do it ;). This summer is (hopefully) going to be amazing. I'm going to turn 16 on July 6th, and I will hopefully get my driver's license. I will also be in my Uncle and To-Be-Aunt's wedding on June 25th. There will also be camping trips, summer camps, hopefully a job, and a lot more. But for today, I'm mostly calling around for Drivers Ed classes, and relaxing.

Here's to a great summer! Ciao!